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Here's a POLITICO reporter on Biden's "rally" at Loon Lake..... There's so few people that it's actually sad!!

An odd little story surfaced this week over President Trump’s idea about buying Greenland. For some reason, a Republican senator felt the need to let some constituents in on a fact not previously reported on – he was the one who had the idea in the first place a year ago.Senator Tom Cotton was back home in Arkansas Wednesday and attended a luncheon hosted by an Arkansas-based news website. The inaugural Talk Business & Politics Power Lunch at the Red & Blue Events Center in Little Rock, Arkansas produced an interesting tidbit from Senator Cotton. When asked about the...

Some years ago, Dr. Tim Ball wrote that climate scientist Michael Mann “belongs in the state pen, not Penn State.” At issue was Mann’s famous “hockey stick” graph that purported to show a sudden and unprecedented 20th century warming trend. The hockey stick featured prominently in the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report (2001), but has since been shown to be wrong. The question, in my view, is whether it was an innocent mistake or deliberate fraud on Mann’s part. (Mann, I believe, continues to assert the accuracy of his debunked graph.) Mann sued Ball for libel in 2011. Principia Scientific now...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday quashed a push from climate activists and some national party members who want a 2020 presidential primary debate devoted exclusively to the climate crisis. The national party committee voted 222-137 at its summer meeting in San Francisco against a resolution that effectively would have rolled back debate rules set by Chairman Tom Perez and freed presidential candidates to participate in a climate-only debate. The move drew rebukes from the Sunrise Movement and other activists who say the party leadership is ignoring young voters' priorities. "The Democratic Party needs the energy and...

Good remake of a classic. Enjoy

Former Vice President Joe Biden mistakenly praised the state of Vermont Saturday when asked about his impression of Keene, New Hampshire by reporters during a press gaggle. Video of the exchange shows Biden remarking about Vermont's "beauty" after an unseen reporter asks him for his "impression" of the town, which is located in southeastern New Hampshire, close to the state's border with Vermont. "I love this place. Look, what’s not to like about Vermont in terms of the beauty of it? And what a neat town, this is like a scenic, beautiful town. The mayor's been a good guy, everybody...

In February, the Ocearch team was denied a state permit to catch and tag great white sharks in state waters. In his letter denying the application, David Pierce, director of the state Division of Marine Fisheries, cited concerns with the team fishing for great whites in an area near public beaches. Without that permit, Ocearch, which has a federal research permit to catch, tag and collect biological samples from white sharks, was anchored outside state waters, 4½ miles off Nantucket. At the same time the bait on seven lines of Ocearch buoys and hooks was going untouched, beaches along the...

In the most shocking development of the NFL offseason, Indianapolis Colts star quarterback Andrew Luck will reportedly retire from the NFL. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that there will be a press conference on Sunday where Luck will announce his decision.

I'm working on a post about how when you want a traffic light to turn read, it immediately turns green. For example, you are at a red light at a busy intersection and so you decide to pick up your phone and read a text or an email. Just as you get engrossed, the light turns green and the guy in back of you honks his horn. Never fails. You sit at these traffic lights forever but when you want them to stay read so you can read something on your phone, they turn GREEN! Back in the very hot...

Victor Hugo on Gutenberg's Press, "The Invention of Printing ... is the Mother of Revolution." HISTORY OF WRITING The invention of "writing" was around 3300 BC. Richard Overy, editor of The Times Complete History of the World, stated in "The 50 Key Dates of World History" (October 19, 2007): "No date appears before the start of human civilizations about 5,500 years ago and the beginning of a written or pictorial history." Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stated in the Cosmos TV series (2014, natgeotv.com, episode 10, "The Immortals"): "It was the people who once lived here, around 5,000 years ago, who...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A giant cat at a Philadelphia animal shelter is taking the internet by storm. Morris Animal Refuge tweeted a picture of the huge animal that’s up for adoption.

The Democratic National Convention summer meeting is taking place in San Francisco over the next three days with a dozen candidates for president scheduled to speak. But today the meeting kicked off with controversy as uncredentialed activists showed up and demanded to be let into a room where a couple of climate change initiatives were being discussed. From KRON 4: The three-day Democratic National Convention summer meeting started off heated, with hundreds of people trying to get in a DNC meeting that essentially filled up. However, activists inside saw there were many seats available, so dozens and dozens of people...

In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent? Trend since 2004 2019 Jul 1-12 R 29 I 38 D 27 2019 Jun 19-30 R 27 I 41 D 29 2019 Jun 3-16 R 26 I 46 D 27 ETC...

Nearly six years ago, viewers of “Breaking Bad” watched the final episode of that series, in which the drug kingpin Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) emerged from hiding and sacrificed his life to rescue his one-time partner, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) from an Aryan Brotherhood gang. When White expired in a meth lab and the credits rolled, audiences believed it might be the last time they would see many of these characters. But it turns out the story of “Breaking Bad” isn’t quite finished. Netflix announced on Saturday that it will release a new “Breaking Bad” movie that will...

Wealth and Poverty are Caused by Parenting and Habits APRIL 17, 2014 BY THOMAS C. CORLEY 1 COMMENT There are three types of parents. Rich Parents, Poverty Parents and Middle-Class Parents. Rich Parents teach their kids the Rich Habits and their children grow up to become happy, successful and wealthy. Those who are raised in Rich Parenting households represent about 5% of the population in America. This 5% do not struggle financially, have nice homes, vacation at the nicest places and are generally well educated. Having learned the Rich Habits from their parents, they pass along what they’ve learned to their children and...

Has there been a president in living memory who relishes a fight more than Trump? I don't think so. That is a major reason why he remains popular with conservatives and has seen his favorability ratings rise. Sure, I like President Trump's actions on job-killing regulations, tax relief, border security, energy independence, military funding, judicial appointments, and so on. But what really invigorates me and millions of other EverTrumpers is that he is fearless -- impervious to attacks by his adversaries and merciless in responding to them. Trump is an oddity: a Republican president who stands up to the Left's...

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders told a crowd at the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday that there are two reasons he’s running for president: 1) President Donald Trump is “dangerous” and must be defeated and 2) to promote economic equality. “This country cannot continue to have a president who is a pathological liar; who conducts public policy via tweet; who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, and a xenophobe and a religious bigot,” he said. This was the first time Sanders, 77, has brought his 2020 Democratic presidential campaign to Minnesota. The Vermont senator spoke Saturday from the Minnesota Public...

The Democratic majority on North Carolina's supreme court ruled to let a child porn offender go free on a technicality and allowed serial sexual offenders to avoid GPS monitoring in two decisions released in August. The decisions illustrate a major shift in the state's supreme court, which has swung decisively into Democratic hands. Democrats hold a 6-1 majority on the state supreme court, up from the 4-3 advantage liberals had before Anita Earls's election. The sole GOP holdout is Judge Paul M. Newby. The court's new composition might help explain its reasoning in the two decisions handed down in August;...

Amazon Synod preparer calls for Mass, Church with pagan elements Fr. Justino Sarmento Rezende enjoys portraying himself with indigenous gear and markings on his Facebook page. (Note the serpent portrayed to his left; ET's comment). August 20, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — For those who wish to understand what is really going on as the October synod on the Amazon looms on the horizon, the words and “dreams” — to use his own expression — of an indigenous Brazilian Salesian priest, Fr. Justino Sarmento Rezende, are among the most revealing. Fr. Justino is considered to be a pivotal element among those who prepared...

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — An institution of old New York City that dates back to the 19th century is taking steps to evolve for the 21st by taking down racist and offensive decorations from its walls, according to reports. Midtown's Keens Steakhouse recently removed 10 posters advertising minstrel shows featuring blackface and artworks portraying racist stereotypes of African Americans that adorned the restaurant's walls for decades, Eater New York first reported. The decision was made by longtime manager Bonnie Jenkins, who told Eater that Keens can remain a historic place without offending people. The restaurant's former owner George Schwarz, who...