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"...'Republicans are so quick to demonize President Obama or to demean him.''Both Ted Cruz and Chris Christie called him a child the other night,' [Hillary] Clinton said, continuing. 'Too often we hear Republicans talking in coded, racial language about free stuff, takers and losers.'Her voice growing louder as she went on, the Democratic presidential candidate said, 'That has absolutely no place in our democracy and in our politics and we should all stand up and say that loudly and clearly.' Clinton said that 'instead of insulting our president, we should be thanking him for saving our economy and 'leading our...

Saturday Night Live kicked off with a skit mocking Wednesday night's Republican debate, including Ted Cruz's 'New York values' comment and Donald Trump's taunts toward other candidates. The skit poked fun at all of the candidates, giving impersonations of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. It began with the moderators saying that any candidate who dropped below three per cent in the polls would be taken off stage. The moderators then asked Trump, performed by Darrell Hammond, about his fellow candidate, Ted Cruz, performed by Taran Killam. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403280/SNL-pokes-fun-Ted-Cruz-s-New-York-values-comment-Trump-s-debate-performance.html#ixzz3xU4tKV6X Follow us: @MailOnline...

Every once in a while our society surprises me and that's what happened in Baltimore recently. When the first police officer in the Freddie Gray case went to court it ended in a mistrial. That was surprising enough in and of itself. I'm fairly sure that when the city, led by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, decided to put the officers on trial they were fairly sure that any jury they seated would bring back a conviction. That's probably why they fought so hard against moving the case out to an area where they might find a slightly...

On the eve of the next Democratic debate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his support for legislation that would reverse a 2005 law granting gun manufacturers legal immunity that he once supported. Sanders' changed position came after days of attacks from rival Hillary Clinton, who had attempted to use his previous vote to undercut his liberal image. ...

Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries are scooping up farmland in drought-afflicted regions of the U.S. Southwest, and that has some people in California and Arizona seeing red. Saudi Arabia grows alfalfa hay in both states for shipment back to its domestic dairy herds. In another real-life example of the world's interconnected economy, the Saudis increasingly look to produce animal feed overseas in order to save water in their own territory, most of which is desert. Privately held Fondomonte California on Sunday announced that it bought 1,790 acres of farmland in Blythe, California -- an agricultural town along the...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the official implementation Saturday of the landmark deal reached between Tehran and six world powers has satisfied all parties except radical extremists. Speaking in the parliament in comments broadcast live on state television, Rouhani said, "In (implementing) the deal, all are happy except Zionists, warmongers, sowers of discord among Islamic nations and extremists in the U.S. The rest are happy." ...

(CNN)Iran has completed the necessary steps in a deal to restrict its nuclear program, meaning international economic sanctions are lifted, U.N. and EU inspectors said.

Movie Review: 13 Hours, A Great Movie and an Enormous, Enormous Problem for Hillary 13 Hours is, doubtless, the best film of Michael Bay's career. It's also an objectively good movie. Let me get to the politics first. The film is not blatantly political. Do not doubt, however, that it does not have an overt political meaning. It's overt -- just not in-your-face. The film is filled with the heroes wondering "When is someone coming to help us?" There are shots of planes lying dormant while Americans are being shot to pieces. There is an exchange where one soldier (actually,...

Interesting read from Peggy Noonan.

GOP presidential candidate Sen.Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won a "prominent New York City straw poll" after commenting on "New York values." On Saturday the Resurgent posted on Twitter: "Ted Cruz Wins Prominent New York City Straw Poll AFTER Insulting 'New York Values.'" According to the Resurgent, The Metropolitan Republican Club in New York City held its straw poll after Cruz's statements criticizing "New York Values," and Cruz won first place. GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said Cruz insulted New Yorkers when he criticized New York Values during the GOP debate on Thursday night in South Carolina....

Watch: Teenage pop star's humiliating apology to China for waving Taiwan flag By Simon Denyer and Xu Jing January 16 at 5:45 AM TAIPEI - She is a 16-year-old singer from Taiwan, who performs with a South Korea girl band. But on Saturday Chou Tzu-yu became the center of a political storm, after she forced to make a humiliating apology to China for daring to hold Taiwa's flag on Korean television. The controversy has engulfed social media in Taiwan on the day that the island went to the polls to elect a new president, and has brought the issues of...

Rutgers professor admitted taking disabled man with cerebral palsy out of his wheelchair, removing his diaper and sexually assaulting him. The former chairwoman of the Rutgers University Philosophy Department will go to jail for as many as 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a disabled man in her school office, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray has announced. Siobhan Teare, state Superior Court judge, handed down the sentence on Friday. On Oct. 2, 2015, an Essex County jury convicted Marjorie Anna Stubblefield, 46, of West Orange of two counts of first degree aggravated sexual...

I'm listening to Kudlow's Money Talk on the radio. Larry, the host is furious at Ted Cruz for making his remarks. This has become almost a Rorschach Test where everyone gives their own interpretation on exactly what Ted was saying. I know what he was referring to, the New York that would elect Bill de Blasio, had elected Bloomberg, and Hillary to office long before that. These people were elected in spite of their hard left leanings. Ted was speaking of people like Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said "Pro Gun Supporters have no place in the state of New York....

New Years' Eve 2016 was a moment divided between the two sentiments of embracing refugees from the Western world and of bemoaning the image of Aylan Kurdi (the drowned baby from the media), and between these the terror from "Islamic rape culture", which spreads like an epidemic in several European capitals every minute. The world media is responsible for stopping the public from loving Arab children, then monopolizing their culture and their religion, and utterly so, as shown in the drawing of Charlie Hebdo's latest issue. If all of these "neutral" media outlets existed as their ethics lay them out...

......BURNS, Ore.-The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon clashed with environmentalists Saturday as the standoff stretched into a 15th day. Meanwhile, authorities said a Cescent man arrested Friday for use of a stolen refuge vehicle also likely faces charges for violating a court order to stay off federal property. Kenneth Medenbach, 62, was taken to the Multnomah County Jail, where was booked Friday night, according to jail records showing him held without bail Saturday on a "facility hold." According to The Associated Press, The Oregonian reports that a shouting match erupted as members of the Center...

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are, not surprisingly, now in a total war. One school of thought is that Cruz made a mistake in cozying up to Trump for so long now that The Donald is lambasting him in the harshest and most demagogic terms. I don’t think that’s right. Even though Cruz’s “friendship” was transparently insincere–and often cringe-inducing–it was very shrewd, and the timing of the break-up is too. It was very unlikely that the truce could last forever, and the timing of the open hostilities means that Cruz can blame Trump for firing the first shot (the Canadian...

As polls tighten and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders looks more like a serious contender than a novelty candidate for president, the liberal media elite have suddenly stopped calling him socialist. He’s now cleaned-up as a “progressive” or “pragmatist.” But he’s not even a socialist. He’s a communist. Mainstreaming Sanders requires whitewashing his radical pro-Communist past. It won’t be easy to do.

“It’s hard to demonstrate love from the institution now,” says Jimmy Wolfe, a pastor and married father of four who lives near Atlanta. “But in a relationship, I can live out love: If I have an opinion about same-sex marriage, and I’m talking with someone who has same-sex attraction, then I’m able to figure out what’s in their heart.... And I can share what I think God shows me in Scripture, and be open to go on a journey with them whether I’m right or I’m wrong.” Mr. Wolfe left the institutional setting of church but still ministers to people...

January 17, 2016 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 62:1-5 For Zion's sake I will not be silent,for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,until her vindication shines forth like the dawnand her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication,and all the kings your glory;you shall be called by a new namepronounced by the mouth of the LORD.You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD,a royal diadem held by your God.No more shall people call you "Forsaken, "or your land "Desolate, "but you shall be called "My Delight, "and your...

Dozens of people have died in an offensive by so-called Islamic State on government-held areas of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, local media say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 85 civilians were killed in the attack, as well as 50 Syrian soliders. Syria's state news agency Sana reported that around 300 civilians had died in the Baghaliyeh area of the city..... The IS assault on government-held areas in the city began at dawn on Saturday, Syria's Local Coordination Committees (LCC) said. A car bomb explosion was followed by a ground attack, the LCC said. Government forces retaliated with...