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While Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-Vt) was first out of the gate for the 2020 presidential election with a proposal to give everyone who wants or needs a job a $15 per hour spot on a federal government payroll, other hopefuls are signing on to the idea. A poll indicating that 46% of potential voters like the idea has inspired imitators. Sens. Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) eagerly endorsed the idea. “I think it’s a good start on the road to an economy where everyone basically works for the government,” Booker said. “Then we could ensure that everyone gets...

Trailmen from OR-1531 took part in the 67th observance of the National Day of Prayer during the morning Mass at St. Joseph. It was fitting that today was the Feast of Saints Phillip and James, Apostles. The readings themselves emphasized the evangelical work of the Apostles in early Church that we continue as Trailmen. The first reading, from 1 Cor 15, I am reminding you, brothers and sisters, of the Gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand.

"This is Dr. Jordan Peterson at his very best- nuking the oppression olympics at its very foundations." excerpted from: Freedom Of Speech/Political Correctness: Dr. Jordan B Peterson (2017/01/22: Pt 2:) https://youtu.be/aDRgMUoEvcg (52:07)

An important part of membership into Trail Life is internalizing the oath: On my honor, I will do my best To serve God and my country; To respect authority; To be a good steward of creation; And to treat others as I want to be treated. On my honor… Today, many people equate “honor” with fame, awards, and recognition from the world. However, for the Trailman, honor is understood

While typical entry-level jobs today pay around $40,000 to $50,000 annually, if you choose the right career route, you could be starting your career off making around six figures right off the bat. Of course, that depends on your job. Unsurprisingly, if you’re in technology, you’re in luck. A recent study by Comparably that analyzed nearly 20,000 anonymous employee salary records from companies big and small, public and private, uncovered the top six entry-level jobs that have average annual salaries of $90,000 or more. One of the highest paying jobs for people just stepping into the workforce is that of...

 By the 21st century everyone needed brains but unfortunately nobody could read well enough to locate them. I have been unable to get this report out of my mind: in 2017 65% of American Public School 8th Graders Not Proficient in Reading; 67% Not Proficient in Math. And that’s burying the bad news: in many urban areas proficiency levels are much worse. Detroit came in dead last with 8th grade reading proficiency at 7%, and math just 5%. But the schools are more concerned about social justice than basics. It’s enough to make you weep. While the children in the...

A new study from the Public Religion Research Institute reveals just how badly social conservatives are losing the battle over marriage and sexuality. Not only do two-thirds of Americans polled support so-called gay marriage, but even among evangelicals, support is rapidly growing. The majority of evangelical youth now reject Christ’s teaching on the subject. Outcomes like this surprise too many of us because we underestimate both the power of rhetoric and the extent to which conservatives willingly submit ourselves and our children to it. Anyone who is competent in the art of rhetoric knows the value of “frame,” deliberately using the...

Jordan Peterson and Matt Dillahunty discuss religion & science.

Blue Origin test flight, China's space-program, SLS, earth's magnetic field flipping?

We hear so much these days about “hate speech” on campus that it’s almost a shock to find the real thing. Leftists have taken to calling almost any argument against their belief system “hate speech” such that, for example, Christina Hoff Sommers is denounced for hate speech because she does not agree with radical feminists that there is a “rape culture” on most of our college campuses. But following the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush, we got a dose of true hate speech from a professor at Fresno State University. Randa Jarrar teaches creative writing at the school...

"Comey played along with the Obama fix for HRC. 1 of 2." @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/comey-confirms-in-clinton-emails-caper-the-fix-was-in/

Ladies and Gentlemen of the deplorable world, these donkeys hee-hawing, patting each other on the back and slapping their knees with their flimsy paper programmes are what’s being passed off as the fourth Estate! While the fake stars of the mainstream media were all making fools of themselves laughing themselves to hiccup stage at smears pretending to be jokes during Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, guess what their conspicuously absent ’Guest of Honor’ was doing? Putting the run to the Feds in Public Education. That’s what! “The Trump Administration announced today that it will began taking steps to...

A few weeks ago while at a "everything must go" estate sale I noticed a medium sized box full of knives. A quick examination showed that more than half of them were Cutco brand. Cutco has always been good to us here at the ranch, so I bought the box for $2. Threw it in the back of the gas guzzling SUV and left the next morning on a business trip. Last Friday I "remembered" that I had bought the knives so I retrieved the box for closer examination. Sadly most of the cutlery is butter knife dull. With determination...

Replay of the April 28, 2018 Monthly Q & A from Jordan Peterson.

Akira The Don x Jordan Peterson - Don't Bother Children When They're Skateboarding. Taken from 12 RULES FOR LIFE: THE ALBUM.

I am a Millennial. I am smackdab in the middle of this generation that now makes up the largest portion of the U.S. workforce. I write this out of love, a desire to inform, and a deep concern for where we are and where we are going. The over-analyzed, overly entitled, and increasingly struggling generation of Americans born roughly between 1981 and 1997 have been berated by a never ending stream of articles about them in recent years. They are the most ethnically and racially diverse in America’s melting pot so far, behind only the generation to follow it. Millennials...

To my State Representatives: As I saw on TV a sea of red marchers marching downtown to the capitol one thought kept coming to my mind over and over again: " Red is a good color for them." The culture now says ‘Red State’ verses ‘Blue State’ to represent Republicans verses Democrats. As is so typical of the left they muddle words and change their meanings in order to promote their cause. They call it "Progressivism" when their anti-capitalism crusades destroy capital and progress. They call German Socialists "Fascists" and "Right Wing" even though the Nazi's were just another...

Segment 1 mp3 podcast [13:27 total]; "Europe’s Trace Gas Orbiter has released its first image after reaching its planned science orbit...Martian geology from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter... moving-images from the surface of Comet 67P...simulating super-nova explosions--are neutrino's the key?"

A Marquette University professor recently argued that individual liberties, including free speech and property rights, are merely forces “that reproduce capitalist violence.” Professor Jodi Melamed made the remarks during a lecture titled “Understanding Racial Capitalism and the Open Secret of Racial Capitalist Violence,” which she delivered at St. Olaf college on April 20. After “acknowledging the people of this land, especially the Wahpekute Dakota who have been relative to this land on which St. Olaf sits for melania,” Melamed stated that the purpose of her address was to “share with you guys some new work on the open secret of...

"Sebastian Gorka (national security strategist) joins Dave Rubin to discuss his hope for the political future of California, his brief role as deputy assistant to President Trump, his response to the lies and attacks in the media, the dangers of political correctness, and more..."