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This week's #GOPDebate was a barn-burner. Filled with a crap ton of excitement, drama, infighting, and, frankly, plenty of Donald Trump. Fox Business, they take his calls. So here's a parody. Anyway, these original cartoons always take a loooottt of work, but hopefully you enjoy. Any support always appreciated! VIDEO AT LINK

After more than a year battling an aggressive type of brain cancer, 6-year-old Nate Sansom passed away at his home in Chapmanville, WV on Monday January 11th. "Nate was a strong kid, he always had a smile on his face even throughout this whole journey. He never let it get him down," said Aaron Fry, Nate's uncle. The Heroes4Higher crew out of Huntington, WV spent quite a bit of time with Nate throughout his journey and were saddened but honored to be apart of his funeral services. They carried the boys custom made casket created by Trey Ganem Designs out...

"You will hear... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man." -GK Chesterton "Orthodoxy"

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reportedly failed to disclose a second loan for as much as $500,000 from Citibank to fund his 2012 Senate campaign, according to a letter he sent to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday. The disclosure comes after the Republican presidential candidate was already facing scrutiny for failing to adequately report a Goldman Sachs loan of up to $500,000 he also used to fund his 2012 bid. The one-page letter, obtained by The New York Times, said both loans were "inadvertently omitted" from the required filings. The Citibank loan was a line of credit, according to...

For the first time ever, the total assessed value of Big Apple properties has topped $1 trillion

Sitting in his white-walled room on the second floor of an anonymous office block, the German politician talks from the heart. He states emotionally that his country has changed for ever; that the European Union is finished and Chancellor Angela Merkel days are numbered. Frau Merkel, she is not right in the head, adds 46-year-old Siegbert Droese, pointing his finger at his temple.

Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman and GOP presidential frontrunner, has taken off the gloves in his fight with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. What was friendly jabbing in the Fox Business Channel debate has gotten nasty as Trump now directly questions Cruz's eligibility to serve as president and the $1 million loan Cruz took from Goldman Sachs to jumpstart his Senate campaign. "Goldman Sachs owns him, he will do anything they demand. Not much of a reformer!" Trump tweeted. "Ted Cruz purposely, and illegally, did not list on his personal disclosure form personally guaranteed loans from banks," Trump added. "They own...

Unlike the chatter amid most of the professional punditry we don’t view the Ted Cruz -v- Donald Trump debate confrontation as the most consequential part of the GOP debate in South Carolina. The exchange between Donald Trump and Jeb Bush regarding China and trade economics was actually the most revealing. Donald Trump pointed out because of the size of our market we have tremendous leverage on China; leverage we have failed to use for the past three decades.

I said the other day that they’d rather go all in with Trump than nominate Ted Cruz. They hate him. They think that Trump is an opportunist they can cut a deal with while Cruz is the true blue conservative. And it is. They know it. The Politico ran a story the other day that reported House Republicans fear Cruz would destroy down ballot races. Why? Because they took a poll on Donald Trump and it showed Donald Trump would destroy the GOP down ballot. Perversely, they read the poll to mean Cruz would be terrible for them. Then there...

The news from Cologne Germany is getting worse every day. Ever since the news broke about German women being sexually assaulted by migrants on the New Year's Eve in Cologne, the number of complaints has been rising steadily and reached 516 as of last Sunday. Among the 516 complains, 40% of them were sexual offenses, including two rape allegations. Several other German cities reported similar coordinated sexual assaults on a smaller scale.  Local police and government officials were criticized not only for their failure to prevent such assaults from happening, but also for their initial hesitation to acknowledge the attackers...

Tons of thin skinned New Yorkers (some of whom are even masquerading as Republicans) were putting their “faux outrage” on full display for all to see this week. Why? All over Ted Cruz’s “New York values” comment. They demand an apology. The demand it, damn you!Well, Ted Cruz obliged. And it. Is. Brilliant.Ted Cruz 'apologizes' to offended New Yorkers (Video) Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio have all demanded an apology. I’m happy to apologize:I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been let down by liberal politicians in that state.I apologize to the hard...

Former presidential daughter and Hillary surrogate Chelsea Clinton tweeted out a map showing all the Starbucks coffee shops compared to all the "gun dealers" in America. Wow. https://t.co/HqRcYNvtTT - Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) January 14, 2016 The link goes to a story on the "CityLab" part of The Atlantic magazine operation. Here is the website, called "Firearms and Frappuccinos," upon which their story is based. "So a new mapping project by data viz company 1point21 Interactive tries to contextualize this number by comparing it to something all Americans know exists in abundance: Starbucks," writes CityLab.

Ivan Jurcevic, Kickboxing Legend "Hero of Cologne" Five-Time World Champion Croatian Kickboxing Legend Fought Off Muslim Mob, Saved German Women From Being Raped By Muslim Savages Despite all of the tragic and disturbing stories that have come out of the New Year's Eve attacks in Cologne, there were also some happy ones. Such is the story of Ivan Jurcevic, a five-time world champion kickboxing legend who successfully fought back the Muslim hordes and saved countless women from being raped, leading locals to dub him with the title "The Hero of Cologne."Via the UK Daily Mail: Speaking to MailOnline, Mr...

Donald Trump turned from an apparent victory in the battle of the airwaves to the start of an intense period of retail politics on Friday, as he flew without sleep to Iowa to try to persuade his supporters to vote on 1 February. "I love you folks. Caucus, caucus, caucus," roared the real-estate magnate as he squeezed minders and journalists into a small venue far removed from the bright lights of the television studios that have propelled his unlikely candidacy so far. There was a palpable new confidence at Trump's first campaign appearance since his clash with Senator Ted Cruz...

Germany's finance minister on Saturday floated the idea of a European tax on gasoline to help finance the continent's efforts to manage the migrant crisis. *snip* "If the funds in national budgets and the European budget aren't enough, then let's agree, for example, to raise a levy on every liter of gasoline at a certain level," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung

The Falcon 9 booster that dramatically flew back to Earth last month following a commercial satellite launch ignited again Friday in a hold-down test at SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral launch pad, days before the company is due to launch its next mission from California, officials said. SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk tweeted that the “data looks good overall” but one of the Merlin engines — Engine No. 9 — showed thrust fluctuations during the test firing. Officials did not say how long the nine-engine first stage fired at the Complex 40 launch pad at Cape Canaveral, where the Falcon 9 took...

The Division (which hits March 8 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC) is from Sweden-based developer Ubisoft Massive. The open-world shooter takes place in a wintry New York City during the middle of a catastrophic societal collapse. The city is reeling from an outbreak of a mysterious but fatal disease. As the body count rises and food and water become increasingly scarce, the remaining survivors grow uneasy and resort to violence. Some of them form merciless gangs to take advantage of the anarchy. In this near-future wild west, you play as a member of the Division, a special task...

Msgr. Charles Pope The Catholic Answer Teleology vs. Typology? Q. I am trying to understand the different theological and philosophical terms that we use as a Church. Two big ones for me are teleology and typology. They both seem to point to the future, but how are they different? Typology was used by the Church Fathers, right? Claire, Alexandria, Va. A. Teleology comes from the Greek word telos, meaning “end,” “goal,” “destination” or “perfection.” As such, teleology is that aspect of theology that looks to the end, or goal, of something. In terms of theology, the end goal of the...

On Jan 12th, Iran captured 2 American Patrol boats claiming that the vessels were in Iranian territorial waters. U.S. officials said that the incident happened near Farsi Island in the middle of the Persian Gulf. They suggested that some type of mechanical trouble with one of the boats caused them to run aground where they were picked up by Iran. The current spin is that straying into Iranian waters was a “mistake” on the part of U.S. sailors. Defense Secretary Ash Carter noted that a “navigation error” was ultimately to blame. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but American officials...

New York values — Ted Cruz seems to think he has a pretty good idea of what exactly they are. So does Donald Trump, although his definition is exactly the opposite of Cruz’s, and The Donald has the advantage of having lived in N.Y., N.Y. his entire life. Which brings us to “Massachusetts values.” There’s less debate over those, I dare say. There are certain things — actually, many things — that all can agree indisputably represent “Massachusetts values.” A sign that says “EBT Accepted Here.” Moving a fire hydrant from out in front of your mansion. Potholes. Third bathrooms....