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Sarah Palin, who was a vice presidential candidate, was governor of Alaska for nearly two and a half years before quitting, and had her own reality TV show, endorsed Donald Trump for President. In her own words: Looking around at all of you, you hard-working Iowa families, you farm families and teachers and teamsters and cops and cooks, you rock 'n' rollers and holy rollers. All of you who work so hard, you full-time moms, you with the hands that rock the cradle. You all make the world go round. And now our cause is one. Their cause is indeed...

"...Truth be told, he is a prodigal son of the establishment. In no real sense is Cruz an outsider. He graduated from Princeton and Harvard. He worked for the George W. Bush campaign and served in Bush’s administration. He became solicitor general of Texas, and defended corporate clients at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. All the while he was angling for a political opportunity and hit pay dirt in his upstart campaign for the Senate, which immediately became a launching pad for the presidency...." Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-right-213548#ixzz3xtYBp6oS

Chinese police have fined a taxi driver for endangering other motorists on the road after a video emerged of him driving while steering with a spanner. The cabbie lost his car's steering wheel after it broke off but instead of losing time and his fare to have it towed, decided to continue driving using the tool. Reports said the amateur video, which has been set to dramatic music, was shot by a passenger who was in the vehicle when the steering wheel suddenly came loose and fell off. The car was driving in Yinchuan, capital of north-west China's Ningxia Hui...

The text of the decree in Latin and Italian, signed by Robert Cardinal Sarah: Decreto della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti sul Rito della “Lavanda dei Piedi”, 21.01.2016 From Vatican Information Service: The Pope decrees that not only men may be chosen for the washing of the feet in the Liturgy of Holy Thursday Vatican City, 21 January 2016 (VIS) – The Holy Father has written a letter, dated 20 December and published today, to Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in which he decrees...

Canadian Citizenship Through Birth in Canada Written by Henry J. Chang Overview Prior to January 1, 1947, there was no citizenship statute in existence. Canada was in a curious position of being a nation without citizens. This was corrected on January 1, 1947 with the Canadian Citizenship Act, S.C. 1946, c.15 (the "Former Act"). The Former Act recognized Canadian citizenship for the first time.... .......... Both statutes are discussed below. Persons Born in Canada After February 14, 1977 Section 3(1)(a) of the Current Act states that anyone born in Canada after February 14, 1977 is considered a Canadian citizen. This...

A former marketing executive for textbook publishing giant Pearson Education reveals the anti-American agenda behind Common Core and the Advanced Placement U.S. History framework in the third video of a series produced by Project Veritas and focused on the corporate cronyism behind the education reform known as Common Core. Kim Koerber, a former Pearson executive who now works as a sales consultant for National Geographic – another Gates Foundation-funded Common Core publisher – tells the Project Veritas undercover journalist that “conservative voters are afraid of everything,” and proceeds to say why Common Core is important in her view. She explains...

It’s now clear that despite escalating jihadi attacks and threats worldwide, nothing will dissuade President Obama from releasing or bringing in some of the world’s most vicious Islamic killers. Within 24 hours of the Islamic State attacks in Paris last November, Mr. Obama released five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates. The timing, optics and dangerous reality of a terrorist release coming immediately after mass slaughter committed by their fellow jihadis-in-arms did not concern him.

One of the interesting aspects of any modern presidential campaign has been the lack of detailed policy positions from the candidates on NASA and space exploration. The reason for this can be illustrated by what happened to Newt Gingrich when he made an exception and proposed building a moon base when he ran for president in 2012. More of that anon.

Clashes broke out in the southeastern district of Morang Thursday afternoon when hundreds of protesters armed with batons, knives and petrol bombs tried to disrupt a meeting of activists from the ruling CPN-UML party. Demonstrators from the Madhesi ethnic minority, mainly from the southern plains, have led a months-long blockade of a key border crossing, causing a crippling shortage of fuel and other vital supplies across the landlocked country.In a bid to break the deadlock, parties tabled a bill to amend the constitution and increase the Madhesi presence in government bodies through proportional representation. But protesters say the bill, currently...

As of now, and until after the Iowa Caucus, I will no longer engage in any Trump v Cruz arguments in FR. I just want to put this little vanity note up to make it clear that my silence does not mean I have given up. I support Trump for President. I support Palin for endorsing Trump. Some of my reasons are on my about page.

One of my contacts in Las Vegas is Garrett Cameron of Montactical.com. They are doing a good business of custom stencils and Duracoat finishes of just about any pattern that you can imagine on a firearm.  Garrett was with a few friends and associates from the Shot Show.  They decided to give the Hustler Cub a try.  I do not think they knew it is owned by a noted disarmist and Hillary Clinton Supporter, Larry Flynt.When they got to the door, they were met by a security guy with a metal detecting wand.  He was very polite, but asked...

Dozens of celebrities and activists have joined a new campaign aimed at derailing the presidential prospects of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and the “politics of hate and exclusion he represents.”

53% of GOP primary voters say someone born in another country should not be allowed to serve as President, to only 28% who say they're alright with that.

In the Friedrichs case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the core of union-supporters' argument is that government employees should be forced to pay fees to a union because they benefit from union activities. Not paying the union, they say, makes an employee a free rider. Or, as The Atlantic put it recently: “[Rebecca] Friedrichs is not a member of the union, but, like many other public employees, is required to pay a so-called agency fee to cover the costs of collective bargaining and other negotiations with the school district — union activities that all teachers, even nonunion teachers like Friedrichs,...

Greg Gutfeld outlines the situation to date concerning the latest disclosures about mrs bill's continuing email woes.

Donald Trump is the favorite to win the Republican nomination. And with the growing legal troubles of Hillary Clinton and the leftist extremism of Bernie Sanders, he may well be the favorite for the presidency, too. And so, it's not too early to start considering whom he might choose for his Cabinet. VP - Ted Cruz Sec of State - Rob Portman Sec of Treasury - Larry Kudlow Sec of Defense - General James "Mad Dog" Mattis See link for 22 selections and discussion.

Florida Atlantic University released a series of polls Wednesday that will dishearten those pushing the idea that Trump cannot win a general election. The poll not only shows that Trump beats Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in a general election match-up in the must-win state of Florida, it shows that Trump is the only Republican who beats both.

I’m one of those masochists who signs up for daily email alerts from several news services just to keep tabs on the stories I might miss on cable news. I get a couple of them from the Washington Post, one of which is the “Five Minute Fix.” These breaking news alerts provide not only a quick glance at the news of the day, but frequently a good look at how reporters at one of the nation’s largest newspapers view the news and choose to project it to the public. Last night’s Fix was a great example of the latter...

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) - The nation's foremost homosexual and transgender political group has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, saying she has made banning reparative therapy and allowing transgender military service "a pillar" of her presidential campaign. “All the progress we have made as a nation on LGBT equality -- and all the progress we have yet to make -- is at stake in November," said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. The HRC said that Clinton has made homosexual and transgender political advocacy "a pillar of her campaign and recently unveiled the most robust and ambitious LGBT...

CARSON CITY — A state judge Wednesday rejected arguments challenging language in a proposed constitutional amendment to gradually raise Nevada's minimum wage. District Judge James Wilson said a coalition of business groups failed to show that a required description of effect was misleading or that language setting dates for when new minimum wage rules must be posted are inappropriate. Attorneys Matt Griffin and Kevin Benson, arguing on behalf of the Committee to Preserve Nevada Jobs, argued that the explanation on what the initiative would do was misleading because it didn't explain that employers who violated minimum wage laws would be...