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Earlier this week James Carville went on MSNBC and told Democrats it was time to panic. “I mean, I’m 75 years old why am I here doing this? Because I am scared to death that’s why,” Carville said. The clip of Carville’s on-air panic went viral and today, Vox interviewed Carville and gave him a chance to revise and extend his remarks: Sean IllingWhy are you “scared to death” about the 2020 election?James CarvilleLook, the turnout in the Iowa caucus was below what we expected, what we wanted. Trump’s approval rating is probably as high as it’s been. This...

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Jorge Ramos has an opinion piece in the NY Times today in which he argues that Mexico’s president Obrador is making a terrible mistake by, essentially, becoming Trump’s border wall: Mexico is now the wall. President Trump got his wish.The heart-wrenching images documenting a recent confrontation in the state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, are evidence of this. Dozens of Mexican National Guard troops equipped with helmets, batons and transparent shields coalesced on the highway connecting the Mexican cities of Ciudad Hidalgo and Tapachula to stop a caravan of migrants heading to the United States from Central...

Below is a piece I wrote up for a social media forum on Scientology (COS). While I don’t have extensive experience with that cult, I do have many years of experience dealing with many other groups. I am publishing it here because I think what I offer might be beneficial to others who have experience with other groups. Extreme Measures. I’ve probably spent the most amount of time dealing and conversing with Jehovah’s Witnesses out of all of the various cults, sects, and fringe groups. It is common when someone leaves the Watchtower to become an atheist. The reasoning goes...

TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday and we have Brilliancy by Howdy Forrester (1962). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University will offer free tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the campus’ bathrooms in response to student advocates who have been pushing for the move for three years. University President Mitch Daniels on Thursday credited the University Senate, a faculty-led body, for proposing the initiative in a resolution that described feminine hygiene products as a basic necessity that should be in campus restrooms free of charge. Alison Rickert, a junior studying neurobiology and physiology at Purdue, founded The Period Project— an initiative aimed at providing menstrual products to those who need them both in...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, under pressure from the Trump administration, has beefed up his strategy to fight drug cartels, including bringing the marines, Mexico’s elite security force, back to the front lines of the drug war. The moves mark a shift by Mexico from a counternarcotics strategy that largely ended the pursuit of high-profile arrests and focused almost exclusively on poverty alleviation. “We are operating again,” said a senior Mexican navy officer. “The targets we need to go after have been defined.” The change in strategy comes amid growing alarm in Washington at Mexico’s failure to crack down...

Democrats already have lined up possible charges if they choose to pursue impeachment 2.0. Still pending is a wide-open probe launched by Rep. Adam B. Schiff, California Democrat. Mr. Schiff has been investigating President Trump, his family and businesses, the Trump Organization, over the congressman’s suspicions of blackmail, money laundering and bribery. Republican staffers say the inquiry was put on hold last fall pending the Ukraine impeachment proceedings led by Mr. Schiff. But there is no sign Mr. Schiff has given up trying to prove Mr. Trump is corrupt, and if the president is impeached again, the charges would likely...

Just Like Impeachment Knocked Biden out of the Demo Pres Race, Romney has knocked Kelly Loeffler out of the Georgia Senate Race

Joe Biden is reorganizing his top presidential campaign leadership after a fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, elevating Anita Dunn to a role that effectively puts her in charge of his third White House bid. Two people with knowledge of the decision confirmed that Dunn, once the top communications aide in President Barack Obama’s White House, would take on an elevated role, but that campaign manager Greg Schultz would retain his title. One of the people told The Associated Press that Dunn will have final decision-making authority. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy. The...

With reports from 100% of the precincts in, we are taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the results. An independent investigation of what happened is necessary once we finalize the results. @iowademocrats are committed to earning your trust and electing Democrats in Nov. Troy Price

People who are quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan have been wondering how long their isolation would last. On Friday, a health official gave an answer they might not like: the quarantine will be extended every time a new case of the Wuhan coronavirus is confirmed on the ship.

... A bill sponsored by Sanders and socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would ban hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, by the year 2025. If Sanders becomes president, you can bet that he would work hard to turn this destructive legislation into the law of the land. Fracking is the key to the energy revolution that has turned America into an energy powerhouse and drastically reduced our need to import oil and natural gas from other countries. America gets half its oil and two-thirds of its natural gas from fracking. The abundance of our domestic energy – responsibly and safely...

Sen. Chuck Grassley expanded his investigation into the Department of Defense’s Office of Net Assessment. Grassley has asked for more information about the payments to one of the office’s contractors, Stefan Halper, who is an alleged Intel Community informant. Video here

Full title: "India residents surprised to find beer, brandy, rum mixture coming out of kitchen faucets" "Residents in an apartment building in India discovered free mixed drinks on tap in their kitchens earlier this week"

At this writing, early Wednesday morning, the Democratic Party has still not released the full results of Monday evening’s Iowa caucus. The Democratic Party tells us this is because of a technological failure - that some new app failed in tabulating the votes. Hogwash. Never mind that Iowa has been holding caucuses for generations without such problems… Never mind the fact that every state has been holding elections for centuries, some twice a year, some three or four times a year, without such severe failures. This is Iowa, in a presidential year. While Iowa is a fine state, with a...

The American Revolution summation from this channel went over well here so I wanted to point out this new one - a nearly half hour long animated history. It's engaging and a good way to introduce children to the subject matter.

RUSH: Folks, it was such a joyous occasion. It was unbelievable and something for which not only me, but my family will be eternally grateful for. It’s a very, very special moment indeed. And I thank, again, the president and his family. Vice President Pence called after we left the Capitol and were on the way back to our super-secret location and where we spent the rest of the week. Oh, one thing. Do you remember later in the evening there was a young mother and her — I think it was two kids sitting just to the left of...

Thanks to her new status as a national Republican figure, Rep. Elise Stefanik raised $3.2 million in campaign funds during the last quarter of 2019 – putting her way ahead of her progressive counterpart Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who raised $1.9 million. When Stefanik took office at age 30, in 2015, she was the youngest woman to serve in Congress – until Ocasio-Cortez was inaugurated at age 29 last year, but the biggest fundraiser on the Democratic side was House impeachment manager Adam Schiff, who raised $2.5 million. Stefanik, who represents the North Country, has seen a meteoric rise in popularity...