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President Donald Trump is "deadly serious" about his threat to impose a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico over his concerns of illegal immigration, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said Sunday. "He is absolutely, deadly serious," Mulvaney said on Fox News Sunday. "I fully expect these tariffs to go on to at least the 5 percent level on June 10." Trump last week tweeted the United States would impose a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico "until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP." Mulvaney doubled-down...

Though former second lady Jill Biden has promised to keep a close rein on husband Joe’s inappropriate touching and sniffing of women on the campaign trail, there was another incident this week involving a 10-year-old girl at a town hall in Houston hosted by the American Federation of Teachers. Jill explained that “the batteries in the shock collar he now ears under his shirt had rundown from overuse. Without this needed reminder not to touch, Joe was being his usual touchy-feely self. I take full responsibility for not having a back-up power source in place. But let’s not overlook the...

VIDEO Rob Reiner appeared on the May 31 "Morning Joe" show and made the absurd claim that there are "piles of evidence of collusion" in the Mueller Report. Really, Meathead? Somehow he has found evidence of Trump-Russia collusion in the Mueller Report that no one else has seen. I therefore challenge Meathead Reiner to SHOW THE EVIDENCE of such collusion. All talk show interviewers should never again allow Meathead on their programs unless he provides such evidence of collusion.

I am seeking help, information, your experience and helpful advice on the purchase of a home security plan. I set out to find something that would help to protect my husband who is house bound and alone when I have to go to the grocery store or doctor appointments etc. There are medical alert companies that would work fine. My problem was how would emergency personnel get in the house if he was in trouble and dialed 911? So I started leaving the door unlocked. Then in a couple of weeks a rash of home invasions, burglaries, cars broken into...

Obama tangos in Argentina during his South American Wine tour, 2016Maintaining his long-standing tradition Barack Hussein Obama again took the opportunity to criticize America on foreign soil last week, this time in Brazil. “Some of you may be aware, our gun laws in the United States don’t make much sense. Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation." Perhaps Brazilians can be forgiven for thinking our gun laws don’t make much sense as they are not necessarily educated in the terms of our Constitution. One does however expect an ex-American president to be familiar with such...

“Behold, I Am Coming Soon!” (Revelation 22:1-6, 12-20) This is now the third in a three-part sermon series on the readings from Revelation 21 and 22. We began two weeks ago when St. John was given a vision of a new heaven and a new earth, and he saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. And a voice from the throne announced: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will...

On April 10, 2018, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz grilled Facebook Chairman and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg over the social media platform’s content moderation policies. Citing examples of Facebook censoring pro-conservative accounts and articles, Sen. Cruz explained to Zuckerberg, “to a great many Americans, that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias.” Sen. Ted Cruz then pressed the Facebook chairman on whether his organization was a “neutral public forum,” arguing that neutrality is necessary to enjoy the protections guaranteed by Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. A willingness to consider modifying Section 230 to weaken protections enjoyed by...

So, on FR you CANNOT kink to sites deemed liberal but CAN post tin foil hat conspiracy nonsense from 8ch. A site that hosts pedo and zoophilia and I'm the one whose account was deleted? Good luck with that. There are plenty of other rational sites around to peruse. This is certainly not one of them. 01/06/19

I recently agreed to co-sign for our veteran son for a used/low-mileage 2014 truck (31k sticker) from a dealership. He's in the police academy and need transportation for work & school. He's had some bad luck with vehicles and just lost his last rig for reasons pertaining to an ex (long unrelated story). I provided my info over the phone to our boy while he was in the sales office with the rep. Dealership sent me the paperwork to sign this week and on the form they increased my income by 25% in addition to other false statements pertaining to...

Alarmed by the Department of Justice probe into the intelligence community’s spying on the Trump campaign and presidency, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) urged Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats “to resist exposing our guardians to undue scrutiny.” “While Attorney General Barr’s assertion that spying on a campaign is a ‘big deal’ may sway ignorant voters, it is out-of-step with modern day reality,” Schiff contends. “Every advanced nation has used secret police to protect itself from outside threats. This is the normal way of doing business. For Barr to go on a spree of declassification is an unparalleled...

Democrats across the ideological spectrum want their party to dedicate one of its presidential primary debates to climate change — despite the risk of exposing their own divides. At least five presidential candidates have backed fellow presidential contender Jay Inslee's idea for a climate-centric debate, in a sign of the issue's growing profile among Democratic voters. But a public debate might also force Democratic contenders to confront policy differences they have so far papered over, including how quickly they would push the U.S. to shift away from the fossil fuels that provide union jobs. The candidates would also face pressure...

An analysis of the media campaign to vilify European leaders willing to protect their continent and countries.

VIDEO Teddy the Golden Retriever is less than a year old but he has already learned how to steal your stuff which he loves to do. Nothing is safe from Teddy. If he thinks you have something you value in any way, he will try to steal it from you. For example, he once stole my selfie-stick and hid it under the dining table. Another time he grabbed a plastic bag containing a bottle of Pepsi from me and stole that as well. Teddy also goes on "havoc runs" in which he runs upstairs and quickly grabs things at random...

Prosecutors just released a lot of the evidence from their investigation that led to 16 criminal charges against Jussie Smollett, the gay black actor and former "Empire" star. Instead of explaining why all 16 of those charges were abruptly dropped all it does is make you go “huh?”A brief recap in case you’ve dropped this gnat from your radar: Jussie staged a phony hate crime attack on himself in order to advance his pitiful career. He claimed two white guys wearing MAGA hats attacked him, tied a rope around his neck, poured bleach on him and then left yelling "This...

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is appealing the decision to stop the removal of food and water from quadriplegic hospital patient Vincent Lambert..... In Missouri a judge allowing the states last abortion clinic to remain open while a request for a permanent injunction is considered..... 12 are dead and the shooter killed by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia.... Mohamed Hichem M is the name of the suspect in last Friday's parcel bombing in Lyon, France...... In Morocco Abdessamad Ejjoud is one of three men who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and is one of 24 men accused...

The story of the French police under investigation for attacking Yellow Vests protesters over the last six months has been in the news this week. One officer being investigated for charging into a 73-year old protester in Nice on March 23rd told investigators that he is: "sincerely sorry" for what happened to the protester. But also noted that his charge into the protesters was: "lawfully ordered" Genevieve Legay suffered fractured ribs, a broken skull and was knocked unconscious for a brief time as a result of the officer's charge.......

Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's statement this week that he "did not have confidence that the president did not commit a crime" violates Rule 3.8(f) of the American Bar Association's code of professional conduct. The rule states that "The prosecutor in a criminal case shall refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused." House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) excused this violation on the grounds that "special circumstances call for unprecedented actions. The 'innocent unless proven guilty' presumption may be a good approach in most cases, but prosecutors, especially Special...

R.I.P. iTunes. Apple is phasing out its content download and streaming service, Bloomberg reports. CEO Tim Cook will unveil a spread of new features geared to move the company’s focus away from the iPhone starting Monday at the tech giant’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Here are two examples of idiots on Mt. Everest who should not be allowed to be there The New York Times recently published this article about the relatively large number of recent deaths on Mt. Everest.The article states:Some climbers did not even know how to put on a pair of crampons, clip-on spikes that increase traction on ice, Sherpas said.People like that should not be allowed on the mountain.This is from the same article. The bolding is mine:“I saw some people like they had no emotions,” he said. “I asked people for water and no one gave me any. People are...