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A man who makes deals for a living does his deals in the world as he finds it. He accepts the world as it is, and tries to make the best deal possible. He doesn't try to change the world; he deals with it. Leaders, on the other hand, such as Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan, do not accept dealing with the status quo. Reagan didn't want to deal with the Soviet Union. He wanted to destroy it. Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, believed in detente, in building relationships and making deals. He scoffed at Reagan and his inordinate fear...

In just two days, Americans will tune in for the final Republican debate before the 2016 primary season officially kicks off in Iowa, and we’re teaming up with Fox News Channel to make sure every citizen can get the most out of it. To help people get informed before heading to the polls, we’re integrating three new components into the debate: a way to hear directly from candidates on Google; real-time Google Trends data; and questions from some of YouTube’s most prominent voices. Hear from candidates directly, right on Google Political search interest spikes 440 percent on average during live...

Order -- A Meditation on one of God's Great Gifts Msgr. Charles Pope January 26, 2016 In this series of two posts, I ponder the glory of something we call order. I do this more in the form of a meditation than a treatise on the glory of order. In the first part (yesterday's post) I set forth how the appreciation and understanding of order has suffered in the modern age. In this second part I want to meditate on the glory of order under four headings.The English word "order" comes from the Latin ordo, which is a row...

Mr Trump, I applaud the way you played this with Fox, they were and are out to set you up, as well as is the rest of the Media, Establishment,Hollywood,Goat ^&%$#@*< ... and so on. Maybe today would be the perfect day to Put a Final End to ALL OF IT, considering yourself and Ted Cruz are the only viable candidates, according to ALL POLLING. Get together and Announce the Primaries are OVER because the two of you are running as a TEAM, with Ted Cruz as VP Pick, the game literally is OVER

EVERETT, Wash. - A man wearing a bra and wig was arrested Friday after he was spotted in a women's bathroom at Everett Community College, police said. Officers responded to the scene at about 1:30 p.m. after a college staff member said she saw the man go into the women's rest room and alerted security personnel. An investigation found that the suspect had gone into the rest room while two women were inside, according to a police report. The women were later interviewed and said they had no idea that the man was there. When police interviewed the man, he...

Media reports about Sen. Ted Cruz's whirlwind effort this week to court high-powered Jewish donors in New York have highlighted claims that the Texas Republican is "too conservative" to be elected president. After Cruz met privately with Sheldon Adelson, a source close to the billionaire casino magnate told The New York Observer on Monday that Adelson likes Cruz but believes he is "too right wing" and a longshot for the Republican nomination in 2016. Adelson later called the Observer to dispute its characterization of his reaction to Cruz, who pointed to a long tradition in which critics seek to paint...

It is time for the GOP to make deals with conservatives and their electorate and stop making deals with Socialists. It is time for the GOP to get in the bunker Betrayal is the only truth that sticks --Arthur Miller The rise of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are a direct reflection of the anger and pain of the electorate and the capitulation of conservative principles by the GOP. The electorate and conservatives are demanding change, and the GOP, for the sake of saving the grand old party, must change.It is necessary for the restoration of the party, conservatism, and...

What would you say Donald Trump's emotional age is? The reason I ask is because of his very questionable, even childish behavior. Everyone he disagrees with is called a "loser" or "stupid" or "failing". This is the language children use in criticizing one another. Instead of responding to each other's arguments, children just give blanket assertions that the others around them are bad. That is exactly what Trump does. Ted Cruz may say he disagrees with Donald Trump's longstanding support for partial birth abortion, but Donald Trump will just respond that Ted Cruz is "dumb" or "unlikeable". It's no different...

Supporters of Mike Huckabee are launching a TV attack ad here in the final days of the race that casts Ted Cruz as a charlatan feigning intense Christian devotion to win votes. The ad, which is being aired by the pro-Huckabee super PAC Pursuing America’s Greatness and was previewed for BuzzFeed News, depicts two women chatting prior to a group Bible study about the upcoming Iowa caucuses. The women are shown discussing recent leaked comments in which Cruz privately told donors he wouldn’t prioritize fighting same-sex marriage if he was elected; they also talk about Cruz’s reportedly meager record of...

Professor Thomas Roedel is a Chemistry Professor at Merseburg University in Germany with three children who is gravely concerned about the future of German society. When Chancellor Merkel was recently invited to give a speech christening the opening of a new chemistry facility at the school, Professor Roedel interrupted Chancellor Merkel and held up a sign in protest of her reckless, irresponsible, suicidal "refugee" policy. It was a brief moment, but now Professor Roedel is facing possibly the loss of his job and even perhaps prosecution from the German government. Via Volksstimme: Merseburg University has distanced itself from one of...

Trump likely understands the turmoil likely to result from his decision--and Trump almost always benefits from turmoil. Perhaps this time he will as well. Trump pounded another stake into the heart of today's so-called Mainstream Media. Trump's decision to withdraw from the coming Republican debate will be financially devastating for Fox News. And, Trump's decision to withdraw will almost certainly harm Fox more than Trump. But why did Trump take this path at this time?

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday morning applauded Donald Trump's refusal to participate in the Thursday debate hosted by Fox News, comparing Trump to Ronald Reagan. "That’s Trump at his very best. He made a lot of great points there," Scarborough said after playing a clip of Trump's press conference discussing his decision to pull out of the debate. During the presser, Trump said it was childish for Fox News to send out a press release mocking Trump's complaints that Fox host Megyn Kelly treats him unfairly. The news organization released a statement joking that they "learned from...

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Bernie Sanders maintains a small lead over Hillary Clinton in Iowa just five days before the caucuses there, a new poll finds. According to a Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday, Sanders takes 49 percent support over Clinton at 45. That's essentially unchanged from the same poll released two weeks ago, in which Sanders led 49 to 44. SNIP (O'Malley at 4 %) SNIP Meanwhile, Sanders has a massive 78 to 21 advantage over Clinton among voters between the ages of 18 and 44. Clinton dominates 53 to 39 among voters between the ages of 45 to 64, and does...

The 10,000 year old bones of a mammoth and other extinct mammals have been unearthed in the north end zone of Oregon State University's Reser Stadium. Construction crews digging up earth during the expansion of the Valley Football Center expansion project...

Full Title: GUT WRENCHING: Eye Witness Claims in Detailed Interview that #OregonStandoff Protestor Robert "LaVoy" Finicum Was Executed by FBI (VIDEO) Join THE true Liberty Movement alternative to Facebook...set up a FREE social profile now at the new Grassfire.com! CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED. Last night news broke that #OregonStandoff Spokesperson Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was shot and killed during a federal traffic stop near Burns, Oregon. In the hours following the shooting reports started coming out suggesting it may very well be possible Finicum had his hands up and did not present a weapon, nor did he attempt to cause...

Fox News released a brutal statement Tuesday reacting to the announcement from the Donald Trump campaign that he would be bowing out of the next Republican presidential debate. "As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus. Donald Trump is refusing to debate seven of his fellow presidential candidates on stage that night, which is near unprecedented," the statement read. The network accused the campaign of leveling terroristic threats against debate moderator and...

Donald Trump has decided to boycott the last GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucus, which means it will likely be the most substantive debate yet. In previous debates Trump's biggest contributions have been in the form of wacky, nonverbal facial expressions. Trump is like having an LOL cat on stage, but less cute. Fun to watch, draws a lot of eyeballs, and ends up as something your aunt forwards around on the Internet. Trump's big bully shtick catapults him from one controversy to the next, purposely evading any real vetting of his previous beliefs and statements. But unlike on...

Fox News, which through the arrogant Megyn Kelly, is leading the charge that ‘Donald Trump will do anything for votes’, is escaping criticism for being willing ‘to DO anything’ to boost ratings It’s not that Fox News narcissist Megyn Kelly allowed herself to be fat-cat fawned over by Michael Moore on last night’s surrealistic “The Kelly File” that should matter, it’s that Fox and Google have turned over tomorrow night’s GOP ‘debate’ to a Muslim YouTube Queen ‘debate participant. “Fox News and Google have invited three YouTube personalities to ask questions at the Jan. 28 GOP debate — including a...

The left loves to use false comparisons of unrelated numbers to make bad arguments.  In a recent article about the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT)  Show in the Guardian, a far-left British newspaper, the reporters start with an off the cuff remark from an economics professor.  From the guardian.com: “People are buying guns as part of the American dream of freedom and liberty,” said Brauer, who is based at the Hull College of Business at Augusta University. “And also, the hope and the dream of being able to use guns in self-defence.” The Guardian then adds this: People...