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Far more military men are being raped by other men than is reported by the Pentagon because of the stigma attached to such sexual assaults, says a new study by the American Psychological Association. “Rates of military sexual trauma among men who served in the military may be as much as 15 times higher than has been previously reported, largely because of barriers associated with stigma, beliefs in myths about male rape, and feelings of helplessness,” the APA said in releasing its findings Tuesday.

Jeb Bush Hires TV Wizard to Save Campaign - Exclusive Video! See link for video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvQRdDJtLA ---- FR reference article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3355944/posts

A soul-crushing society, led by a click-happy media and finger-wagging president, that has demanded our country and culture change everything from its football-team names to its campus speech policies, has gone largely unchecked for the past seven or so years. Today, the shirt a scientist wears is more important than his first-in-human-history accomplishments, and the jokes we tell on Twitter lead to angry mobs waiting for us at the airport. Random YouTube comments are held up as paramount examples of our society as savagely sexist, racist, or whatever other kind of "ist" the shame media can think of. The Gawkerization...

The Coffee Party, a liberal Facebook group with nearly a million fans, posted this meme of Thomas Paine, one of America’s founding fathers. While I’m glad to see anyone studying the Founding, it looks like the message was lost on a majority of their left-leaning audience. Below are 11 of the best comments from their readers, with my responses: 1. “That is exactly like trying to reason with a republikkklan” -Ed. You know the KKK was founded by Democrats, right? 2. “Thomas Paine must have anticipated the Tea Party!” -Ed. Yes, he did – the original Tea Party that you’ve...

A leaked internal Jeb Bush campaign memo says Republican voters suffer from attention-deficit disorder. It offers 112 pages of reasons that Jeb Bush will survive recent problems and was aimed at wobbly supporters. In fact, the reference to Republican voters having A.D.D. appears multiple times in the leaked internal campaign memo. Another instance: The 112-page PDF document was leaked after the campaign released selective portions after meetings with supporters begging them to maintain support for Jeb Bush. The full memo can be read here. LEAKED FULL 112 PAGE INTERNAL MEMO http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2490797-jeb.html#document/p112

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville apologized to the school's entire Hispanic community Thursday after a photo surfaced showing President James Ramsey among a group of staffers at a Halloween party dressed in matching stereotypical Mexican costumes. They wore bushy mustaches and sombreros, and rattled maracas as they posed for the photo. Ramsey's chief of staff, Kathleen Smith, issued a statement expressing "deep regret" over the incident. "We made a mistake and are very sorry," she wrote, adding that the university pledges to train staff and engage with the campus over diversity and racial equality issues. "This event shows...

If you think homosexual behavior is wrong, new research says you might not be right in the head. This summer, the Supreme Court narrowly redefined marriage and handed the gay-rights movement a major victory: full “equality” and recognition by the government. With that box checked, the gay-rights movement can now focus on its ultimate goal: silencing those who disagree. One new and troubling strategy has emerged from the scientific community. Instead of vilifying those who believe in natural marriage, suggest some researchers, we should diagnose them. It’s an ironic reversal. Years ago, homosexuality was listed in the American Psychiatric Association’s...

Comrades, have you ever thought that the definition of our cherished base ideology of socialism (or whatever you want to call it : collectivism, Communism, democratic socialism, Fabianism, Fascism, Leninism, Marxism, Marxism;Leninism, socialism, statism, Trotskyism) is far too narrow to account for all the success in countries around the world where they aren't even socialist? This is how the capitalist dictionaries (spit) define it: Definition of socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. policy or practice based...

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Mrs. Clinton: Why Should anyone trust a proven Liar such as yourself in the nation's highest office? Mrs. Clinton: How is your socialist national agenda Different from Mr. Obama's socialist national agenda? Please be specific and explain why that agenda wouldn't be an unmitigated disaster as it has every time in the past. Mrs. Clinton: If you don't have to obey the rule of law, please explain why anyone else has to? Mrs. Clinton: What is the point of Intergalactic Background Checks if not for registration and Confiscation? Mr. Sanders: Please cite a Real World example (i.e. Not a small...

The 266-167 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed the bipartisan budget-and-debt deal that averts a federal financial crisis and lifts onerous spending caps for the Pentagon and domestic agencies. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the measure. Voting yes were 187 Democrats and 79 Republicans. Voting no were 0 Democrats and 167 Republicans. X denotes those not voting. ALABAMA Democrats — Sewell, Y. Republicans — Aderholt, N; Brooks, N; Byrne, N; Palmer, N; Roby, N; Rogers, Y. ALASKA Republicans — Young, N. ARIZONA Democrats — Gallego, Y; Grijalva, Y; Kirkpatrick, Y; Sinema, Y. Republicans — Franks,...

Research has shown that probabilities derived from betting markets are more accurate than polls at predicting political outcomes. For the purpose of convenience, this site lists estimated probabilities of each candidate winning a major party nomination, the general election, and the general election conditional on winning a major party nomination. It uses data from Betfair to perform the estimation.

With every new betrayal by the Washington GOPe, there are more and more who echo George Wallace's phrase in his 1968 third party run, "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the two parties." Wallace was mostly right, and profoundly wrong in one sense. As a historian, it's only natural I turn to history to review the founding of the two major parties, because it is important. The modern day Democrat Party had its origins in the election of 1824. At the time, there was only one political party---I kid you not---the "Democratic Republicans," a progeny of Thomas Jefferson's...

The Iranian regime is exploiting race tensions in the United States between police and African Americans by inviting the families of those killed by law enforcement to attend a discrimination conference in Iran Monday. The third annual "New Horizons" conference will focus on “police brutality against blacks in America,” according to the event announcement.

As we watch Jeb’s campaign implode I thought I’d pen a little tune that summarizes my thoughts on his unraveling campaign. My song’s to be sung to the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies’ theme song. Enjoy and share it with Donald Trump. Come and listen to a story about a man named Jeb A big gov-a-neer, who’s politically kept his family fed, Then one day Rove started rootin’ for this dude, And up via Florida come-a RINO crude. Jeb that is, ‘stablishment gold, Amnesty tea. Well the first thing you know ol’ Jeb’s wedged-up-our rear, Spinfolk said, “Jeb, we’ll gitcha...

A woman in the US state of Indiana is recovering after being shot by her dog in a bizarre hunting accident, an environment official says. The woman, named as Allie Carter, 25, was hunting waterfowl on Saturday in the north of the state, Jonathon Boyd, an Indiana conservation officer said. She put down her 12-gauge shotgun but her chocolate Labrador stepped on it, shooting her in the foot. To add insult to injury, the dog was named Trigger.

Interview with William Palumbo on the Andrea Shea King Show. Recorded on October 26, 2015. Topics discussed: Presidential race, Iranian nuclear deal, Muslim Brotherhood, foreign affairs. Listen to recorded show here: http://usatransnationalreport.org/wp/2015/10/27/radio-interview-with-william-palumbo-on-politics-current-events-iranian-nuclear-deal-and-muslim-brotherhood-in-obama-administration/

Ten years ago, if you wanted to offend people using the internet, you had to send annoying email forwards to all of your contacts. These days, however, it's as easy as getting on Facebook and broadcasting your worst self for the entire world to see. The ways to be off-putting on Facebook are endless — God only knows how many people I’ve offended over the years. So if you’re looking to make some new Facebook frenemies, you can count on a handful of repeat offenses to do the trick, starting with this one: 1. Post flattering bathroom selfies. Listen, I...

It's been more than a week now since Barack Obama announced that reports of his plan to end U.S. involvement in the war in Afghanistan have been greatly exaggerated. By himself. Related Articles VictimÂ’s mom wonÂ’t watch Benghazi hearing Adriana Cohen: Obama, Kerry weak hostage negotiators Harvard football team on point And now it turns out that the war in Iraq, which I could have sworn heÂ’d sworn was already over, isnÂ’t. In fact, a U.S. soldier was just killed there during a hostage-rescue operation against ISIS terrorists. Cindy Sheehan could not be reached for comment. Traffic on I-93 continues...

On State of the Union this morning, CNN’s Jamie Gangel sat down with Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), where she picked the Republican presidential candidate’s brain on a variety of topics. Such as: -- Why is Donald Trump beating you in your home state? -- What do you think about Donald Trump saying he’s going to win with Hispanics? -- Is Donald Trump more in tune with Republicans on immigration than you are? -- Are you comfortable with Donald Trump having “his finger on the button”? -- Is Donald Trump “ready to be commander in chief”? -- If he’s the...