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Time Magazine called this the “your mama” response in presidential political debates. Since the entire eligibility issue for Ted Cruz hinges on his mother’s status as a natural-born citizen of the US (thereby making him one despite his birth in Canada), Cruz’ pushback against Trump seems appropriate — if a bit of a reach. Cruz obviously prepared for this moment, and delivered his attack with considerable flair and relish:Donald Trump Vs. Ted Cruz over Natural Born Citizen Issue - 6th GOP Debate (Video) Trump, the bombastic billionaire, remains atop the polls nationally but locked in a tight race with Cruz...

CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO While Donald Trump cynically maintains that he has no clue what Ted Cruz's phrase "New York values" means -- and while he scurrilously implies that Cruz has some sort of malicious, nasty feeling about New Yorkers over 9/11 -- video has now emerged of a nationally televised 1999 interview in which Trump seems completely familiar with the "New York values" to which Cruz referred.Trump appeared on Meet The Press on October 24, 1999, where he had several exchanges with Tim Russert: RUSSERT: Do you think gays should be allowed to be married?TRUMP: It's something...

Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters have collided off Hawaii Jan 15 2016 - By David Cenciotti The two CH-53E Super Stallions were conducting night ops off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The U.S. Marine Corps have just confirmed that a Search and Rescue operation is underway off Hawaii’s Oahu after two CH-53E Super Stallions helicopters collided mid-air during night training. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, debris field was spotted less than 3 miles off the coast, near the town of Haleiwa, Both helicopters were from MCAS Kaneohe Bay and each had six people aboard. No further details on...

Recently Robert Bigelow, the Nevada real estate tycoon who has started a commercial space company, opened his Twitter account with a shout-out to Donald Trump, a New York real estate tycoon who has started his own campaign for the presidency of the United States. Bigelow took the tweet down, but then reposted it with some additional commentary. “What this country needs is an inspirational space program. I'll bet @realDonaldTrump could do it.”

Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 1,693 registered Republican voters in the U.S. regarding the performance of the candidates during the Fox Business News primary debate. The poll has a margin of error of ± 2.4%. The total may not round to 100% because of rounding. The polls were conducted using automated telephone calls (IVR technology) and weighted by voting demographics. The poll was conducted for One America News Network.

If there’s one thing we learned from his 2010 Senate race, it’s that you can take anything Rubio says about immigration to the bank. Word is bond. This ad is a sort of revenge on border hawks, I think, for using the word “amnesty” so prodigally in criticizing immigration plans they don’t like. There are at least four different definitions. Rubio’s taking advantage of that to insist that his presidency will be 100 percent amnesty-free, which is true if you define the term in its narrowest sense, as a no-strings-attached grant of legal residency to illegals.

<p>U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Friday ahead of a long weekend and the onslaught of earnings season, after a slew of disappointing U.S. data, a plunge in oil to below $30 a barrel, and a sell-off in Chinese stocks added to mounting concerns about slowing global growth.</p>

A Houston lawyer has filed the first lawsuit challenging Ted Cruz's eligibility to run for president. While there's a serious question as to whether Newton B. Schwartz Sr., an 85-year-old private attorney, is himself eligible to sue, plenty of other people will be in a position to force the matter before a judge as Cruz advances in the polls. "All the people in state government who have to put Cruz on the ballot should in theory be asking themselves, 'is he eligible?'" said Scott Gant, a partner in the Washington office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner who has written a...

200 million devices are now running Windows 10 all over the world, or almost two-thirds of the entire U.S. population. It's a bit surprising, given that much of this growth (about 40%) has occurred just since Thanksgiving. According to recent published data, Windows 10 is is on a trajectory of growth that beats Windows 7 (by 140%) and Windows 8 (by 400%). The question you might ask is: Why all of the raging success? And why now? [SNIP] My theory is more about speed. We notice when a computer is slow or fast, and we have almost zero patience for...

Has anyone received a bill for their their new yearly Environment tax?

Donald Trump and the Mainstream Media are foaming at the mouth over the comment Senator Ted Cruz made about New York values. Now, all of us folks who are not New York City liberals know exactly what Senator Cruz was talking about -- and it had nothing to do with the aftermath of 9-11. Senator Cruz was talking about cultural and political values. Duck Dynasty values versus Bill de Blasio values. He was referring to the permissive New York values celebrating public debauchery that would make the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah blush. Just ask the families from the Heartland...

When we look at how many PCs across the globe run Windows 10, we see Microsoft's latest operating system having a relatively modest usage share of around 10 percent. That is even though it is offered as a free upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, both of which have remained more popular so far.However, things are quite different in US, where a new IDC survey claims that nearly 30 percent of PC users have embraced Windows 10. That figure may not accurately represent the entire PC user base in the country, due to the nature of the survey, but...

Did you know it’s perfectly legal in Texas for an adult to send sexually explicit communications to minors online, as long as there is no clear intent to harm the child? The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has just overturned the prison convictions of seven men who did just that. They were serving sentences of two years to life, and now many more are also expected to be freed. It’s because the courts overturned a 2005 law that jailed such people, and now local parents and lawmakers are scrambling to protect the kids. The courts say anyone convicted before 2015...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: So, ladies and gentlemen, let's just go to audio sound bites. I have a point to make here because the long knives, predictably, are out for your beloved host. That would be me. We will start with CNN last night, Jake Tapper's program, speaking with the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus about me and my reaction to Governor Nikki Haley. Who, by the way... Did anybody notice Nikki Haley walking it all back now? Did you notice that? It started with this mutual apology and embrace between Trump and Nikki Haley at the debate last night and...

A widower of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is inviting Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to Ground Zero in order to show him what "New York values" look like. NYPD officer Jim Smith, husband of fallen police officer Moira Smith, sent the invitation in a Facebook post on Thursday after Cruz attacked Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump for embodying "New York values." "I invite you to come to the National 9-11 Memorial and Museum and see for yourself, and perhaps learn something about, the values of New Yorkers and the Heroes who defended American values on September 11th, 2001," Smith...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won't be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn't asked. It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. Planting, Harvest to Table(recipes)preserving, good living - there is no...

Donald Trump was offended last night that Ted Cruz accused him of having "New York values." Speaking to the television audience in Iowa, New Hampshire and the rest of the country, and the live audience in South Carolina, Cruz reminded us that we know what that means.When I was barely able to vote, growing up in N.H., I attended a town meeting in Seabrook. This is the oldest form of democracy, and it's still used in the Granite State, where a Board of Selectmen and a moderator have an annual meeting where all residents have a say, and a vote,...

<p>Iran removed the core of its plutonium reactor and filled it with concrete Monday, paving the way for economic and financial sanctions to be lifted soon.</p> <p>The work that effectively rendered the reactor at Arak harmless was the last major hurdle for Iran to fulfill its commitments under a landmark deal reached just shy of six months ago in Vienna. The International Atomic Energy Agency must verify that everything was done satisfactorily before U.S. and international sanctions can be lifted. But that is expected to take days, not weeks.</p>

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is desperate to do well enough in Iowa and New Hampshire to justify his continued candidacy. Unfortunately, for his presidential hopes Christie’s desperation showed way too much in last night’s GOP debate. Christie seemed off his game from the get go. Drawing the third question, his answer about recent global events was okay, but not inspiring and certainly wouldn’t convert anyone into a Christie supporter. A bit later, moderator Neil Cavuto asked Sen Rubio about the “fairly nasty” exchange of words between him and Christie. In his answer, Rubio went after Christie for donating to...