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  • Why Donald Trump’s Polling Is Scaring The Hell Out of The Professional Political Class…

    07/18/2015 9:01:34 AM PDT · by smoothsailing · 63 replies
    The Conservative Tree House ^ | 7-17-2015 | sundance
    July 17, 2015 Why Donald Trump’s Polling Is Scaring The Hell Out of The Professional Political Class…by sundance We’ve explained the underlying problem of why the GOP hates their own base – and why they will never do anything to stop the progressive agenda. The GOP are committed to #1) ObamaCare remaining; #2) Comprehensive Immigration Reform to include Amnesty; and #3) Common Core Education Standards. We’ve also explained why admitting that factual reality is just a matter of following the facts where they lead.When you admit the problem, and finally agree to stop being a co-dependent in your own diminishment,...
  • Iran-Kerry and a World Turned Upside-Down

    07/17/2015 7:39:49 PM PDT · by jfd1776 · 5 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | July 17, 2015 A.D. | John F. Di Leo
    There has always been a rule – an overriding rule in the common law, in the criminal justice system and in the insurance industry – that society must not allow you to profit from a crime you committed. For example, if you file an insurance claim on your house, and it’s proven that you burned it down yourself, you get imprisoned for arson and the insurance company gets all the money back. Or if you file for the life insurance on your parent or spouse, and it’s proven that you murdered him or her for the insurance money, you get...
  • MA: Where lack of Open Carry Leads

    07/17/2015 8:40:17 AM PDT · by marktwain · 9 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 15 July, 2015 | Dean Weingarten
    In some countries, such as Israel and Switzerland, it is common to see people walking around with slung military rifles.  No one except tourists pay much attention.  The United States is split.  In areas where the gun culture is entrenched and accepted (most of the land area of the U.S.) nobody pays much attention, but it is more unusual than in Switzerland.  In areas where the gun culture is reviled by the local powers that be, it can land you in trouble.  There are five states that ban the open carry of firearms in most public places.  They  are...
  • WaPo: Germans forcing Greece to accept reforms sort of makes it seem like the Nazis are back, huh?

    07/16/2015 1:15:12 PM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 17 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 07/16/15 | Dan Calabrese
    Greece wildly overcommits in spending on its welfare state, spending the country to the brink of collapse and then failing to live up to the terms of not one but two IMF bailouts, both of which were heavily financed by Germany I don’t even know what to do with this. If you ever help anyone with a problem, don’t expect to get credit for it from the Washington Post. Because it might be necessary for you to make the recipient of the help shed some bad habits, and if you do that . . . hey, remember how cruel Hitler...
  • Shale Industry May Need A Complete Rethink To Survive

    07/16/2015 11:30:32 AM PDT · by bananaman22 · 3 replies
    Oilprice.com ^ | 16-07-2015 | shale overhaul
    Shale reservoirs have become an important part of North American oil and gas supply and their development has begun a new era of oil and gas production worldwide. Advances in well drilling and completion technologies supported the rapid development of shale resources which contributed to the almost overwhelming success of U.S. shale in recent years. Globally, Argentina’s Neuquén Basin and China’s Sichuan Basin are the two front-runners to emulate the successes of the United States, with Poland, Algeria, Australia, Colombia, Russia, and Mexico still in earlier phases of exploration and evaluation, while Saudi Arabia also has plans for domestic shale...
  • Wisconsin Gas Station Welcomes Guns (Trend Continues)

    07/16/2015 6:05:01 AM PDT · by marktwain · 7 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 13 July, 2015 | Dean Weingarten
    A  gas station and fuel supplier in Stanley, Wisconsin, is not shy about being a supporter of the Second Amendment, as shown by the sign on the door.  The pictures were taken on July 11th, 2015.  Stanley is a small town in North central Wisconsin,  about 20 miles east of Chippewa Falls on Highway 29.  Privately owned small businesses are less subject to national pressure from the old media, and more likely to appreciate individual liberties and responsibilities. ©2015 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included.Link to Gun Watch
  • Makers of Planned Parenthood video expose brochure proving profit motive in sale of fetal body parts

    07/16/2015 5:14:18 AM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 15 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 07/16/15 | Dan Calabrese
    Naturally, monstrous butchers are liars too Image Credit: StemExpress via Center for Medical ProgressDo a quick Google search and you’ll find it just about everywhere on liberal opinion sites and on dinosaur media sites that aren’t still ignoring the story. It’s one or another variation on the following: “No, Planned Parenthood Isn’t Selling ‘Aborted Baby Parts’.” And how can Planned Parenthood and its media protectors make such a claim when there’s a video out that shows one of the organization’s top medical officials engaged in a three-hour discussion of how Planned Parenthood sells aborted body parts? Nuances, you see! You...
  • Macy’s “dump Trump” backfires as 30,000 irate customers cut up their cards

    07/16/2015 4:05:16 AM PDT · by HomerBohn · 33 replies
    Fellowship Of The Minds ^ | 7/15/2015 | Dr. Eowyn
    It’s a topsy-turvy world when law-breakers — those who illegally enter and stay in the United States — are sacred cows, while those who criticize the law-breakers are ostracized and demonized. On June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump announced that he’s entering the crowded race to become the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, he made some remarks about illegal immigration which brought the wrath of the PC Left on his head. Trump said: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. I will...
  • Destroyed QuikTrip in Ferguson to Be Rebuilt as Job Center

    07/15/2015 10:11:41 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 44 replies
    Black Entertainment Television ^ | July 14, 2015 | Isabelle Thenor-Louis
    A QuikTrip convenience store destroyed during unrest in Ferguson will be rebuilt as a community center. Nearly one year ago, massive demonstrations occurred within the St. Louis suburb and across the nation to protest the death of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown. He was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. The center’s creation was funded by three companies: QuikTrip, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Starbucks. The center’s focus will be on much needed job-training and placement for African-Americans. The Urban League has also pledged to train and find jobs for 500 young people in this area by the end...
  • Chipotle—GMO and Minimum Wage Issues

    07/14/2015 4:06:32 PM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 46 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 07/14/15 | Jack Dini
    Chipotle claims they have stopped serving food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). What are the health risks from eating genetically modified food? There aren’t any. Twenty-five years of scientific studies have shown no evidence of harm from the use of GM crops. A recent report from the European Union found that ‘the main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not more risky to consume than conventional plant...
  • Tsipras Stunner: Creditors Said "There Is No Point In Holding Elections" In Bailed Out Countries

    07/14/2015 2:20:03 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 20 replies
    ZeroHedge ^ | 7/14/15 | Tyler Durden
    While Germany's finmin Schauble is about to burst at few capillaries after reading the latest provocation from Tsipras in which he said, according to Reuters, that: GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS I SIGNED I DEAL I DO NOT BELIEVE IN BUT I'M WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AND WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITIES It should be the Greek people that are reeling by another, even greater stunner, just spoken by the Greek PM during his TV interview: an admission from the chosen Greek "leader" that Greece, as a sovereign nation, no longer exists:
  • Greeks Can’t Tap Cash, Gold, Silver In Bank Safety Deposit Boxes

    07/14/2015 1:32:35 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 33 replies
    ZeroHedge ^ | 7/14/15 | GoldCore
    - Greek capital controls also prevent access to contents of safe deposit boxes - Restrictions on safe deposit access doesn’t protect banking system unless contents confiscated - Readers should heed warnings by Marc Faber and Ian Spreadbury of Fidelity - Important to own assets outside banking system and not in bank safe deposit boxes - Own physical bullion in private safety deposit boxes and the safest private vaults Capital controls have been in place in Greece since the start of the month to protect the banks from mass withdrawals by nervous Greeks. They have rightly been concerned about their savings,...
  • CNBC.com Live Stream Interview with Sen Ted Cruz from Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Confab

    07/14/2015 12:22:24 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 3 replies
    CNBC ^ | July 14, 2015 | Staff Press Release
    CNBC TO AIR PORTIONS OF INTERVIEW DURING CNBC'S "CLOSING BELL" WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH AT 3:10PM ET In a CNBC EXCLUSIVE, CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood interviews Senator Ted Cruz live from the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Wednesday, July 15th. CNBC.com will live stream the full interview and portions of the interview will air on CNBC's "Closing Bell" (M-F, 3PM-5PM ET). Mandatory credit: CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference. Transcript to follow the interview. About CNBC: With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa,...
  • Trump has Republicans Whig-ing Out

    07/14/2015 10:33:26 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 34 replies
    The Houston Chronicle's GOPlifer Blog ^ | July 14, 2015 | Chris Ladd
    This has been a tough few weeks for Republicans. Donald Trump is emerging as a far more complex threat to the party’s future than it first appeared. It remains nearly impossible for him to win the nomination and he probably lacks the attention span for an independent run, but that’s cold comfort. Viability as a candidate is not what makes him dangerous. By loudly embracing the party’s nastiest impulses, Trump threatens to topple a domino that could force the GOP into an open split and a full rebranding. Though rare, there is a precedent for this phenomenon in the Republican...
  • OPEC, Get Ready For The Second U.S. Oil Boom

    07/14/2015 9:46:17 AM PDT · by bananaman22 · 15 replies
    Oilprice.com ^ | 14-07-2015 | shale 2.0
    What OPEC countries fear most is a follow-up technological revolution that will lead to a second oil boom in the U.S., and that fear is now being realized. A technological revolution spurred the U.S. oil boom that resulted in the greatest increase in domestic oil production in a century, and while that has stuttered in the face of a major oil price slump and an OPEC campaign to maintain a grip on market share, the American response could be another technological revolution that demonstrates that the first one was merely an impressive embryonic experiment. It’s not only about shale now—it’s...
  • Killer to Get ESPY “Courage” Award

    07/14/2015 6:38:46 AM PDT · by kathsua · 34 replies
    London Telegraph ^ | July 14th, 2015 | reasonmclucus
    It was in the county of Los Angeles, California. It was Saturday Feb. 7, 2015. At 12:12 P.M. the call came in. ESPY’s future hero then known as Bruce Jenner had been courageously driving along the Pacific Coast Highway at just over 46 mph casually smoking a cigarette like an old movie hero. He was apparently unaware of the danger ahead where some vehicles were stopping at a traffic light. ESPY’s future hero didn’t have to worry. The big Cadillac SUV he was driving would protect ESPY’s hero from injury when he couldn’t stop fast enough to avoid hitting the...
  • Vanity: Those irritating "Pope Francis Said..." commercials on WMAL -- suggested action

    07/14/2015 3:25:24 AM PDT · by markomalley · 24 replies
    7/14/15
    I'm sure I'm not alone in being really sick of the saturation advertising by the left-wing group "Knights of St Francis" that is being broadcast on WMAL. Here are a couple of suggestions: Find another source for conservative talk. A couple of samples that have basically the same network shows as WMAL (though different local shows): WCBM Baltimore. http://stream.dar.fm/4277WBAP Dallas. http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/WBAPAM.pls Take a moment and write the Advertising Manager for Cumulus DC: jake.mccann@cumulus.com. I suggest that you use something like the following format (I am not giving you text to copy/paste in an email as form emails are never as...
  • Mille 3D Printer Unveiled – Turns Shipping Containers into Large 3D Printers, Shredders & Extruders

    07/13/2015 9:01:31 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 15 replies
    3DPrint ^ | July 8, 2015 | Eddie Krassenstein
    A few months ago, I had an opportunity to take the one hour drive from my home in Cape Coral, Florida, down I-75 to Naples, where I met a man named Andy Tran. Tran, who is the founder of Southwest FL 3D, peaked my interest with some of his 3D printing related posts on social media sites such as Instagram. Upon meeting Tran, I got a feel for his extraordinary passion when it comes to 3D printing, and left Naples knowing that it wouldn’t be the last I heard from him. Tran’s innovative mind has led him to come up...
  • The Shut-In Economy ("Pampered, isolated royalty or 21st century servant")

    07/13/2015 4:45:08 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 27 replies
    Medium ^ | March 25, 2015 | Lauren Smiley
    In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant.Angel the concierge stands behind a lobby desk at a luxe apartment building in downtown San Francisco, and describes the residents of this imperial, 37-story tower. “Ubers, Squares, a few Twitters,” she says. “A lot of work-from-homers.” And by late afternoon on a Tuesday, they’re striding into the lobby at a just-get-me-home-goddammit clip, some with laptop bags slung over their shoulders, others carrying swank leather satchels. At the same time a second, temporary population streams into the building: the app-based meal delivery people hoisting...
  • Donald Trump: Macy's Takes it In the Shorts...Over Firing

    07/13/2015 3:09:49 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 43 replies
    TMZ ^ | July 13, 2015 | Staff
    Macy's is paying the price for sacking Donald Trump, because we've learned thousands of customers are cutting up their Macy's credit card in protest. Sources connected to the department store tell TMZ, Macy's has received complaints from approximately 30,000 customers since ending its relationship with Trump nearly 2 weeks ago. We're told the store has been "inundated with complaints" from customers who believe the department store is unfairly punishing Trump for his views on immigration. Our sources say thousands of customers have vowed never to shop at Macy's again and many of them say they're cutting up their Macy's credit...