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English translation of Spanish Kings address to the nation

The Defense secretary’s response was both forthright and evasive. “We are not winning in Afghanistan right now,” he conceded, while promising that “we will correct this as soon as possible.” Mattis then unleashed a cloud of blather, promising “a change in our approach” so as “to do things differently” and devise “a more regional strategy” involving “across-the-board whole of government” collaboration. He offered no specifics. The fact is that every couple of years since 2001, policymakers in Washington and commanders in the field (including McChrystal) have trotted out plans “to do things differently” in Afghanistan. Those plans have come in...

Three-term Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, has proposed legislation that would prohibit any U.S. assistance to terrorist organizations in Syria as well as to any organization working directly with them. Equally important, it would prohibit U.S. military sales and other forms of military cooperation with other countries that provide arms or financing to those terrorists and their collaborators. Gabbard’s “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” challenges for the first time in Congress a U.S. policy toward the conflict in the Syrian civil war that should have set off alarm bells long...

<p>PALM BEACH, Fla.—Hunter S. Thompson used to mail me giant photos of objects being blown to smithereens with dynamite or flung from some kind of skeet contraption so they could be exploded midair, and in most cases he was both the photographer and the destroyer. He would scrawl the precise date and time of the explosion on the bottom of the photo and copy it to the sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, who had repeatedly warned Thompson that he was in possession of illegal military ordnance, that he was in violation of pyrotechnic laws, and that he was in imminent danger of jail. As a Second Amendment radical, Thompson wanted to document exactly when, where, and how he had violated the law, then dare the law to do something about it. To me he would just write, “I’m on it.”</p>

Michael Picker stood in the freezing cold outside of the Environmental Protection Agency early Thursday morning passing out fliers that read, “Come work for California. Fight climate change.” Picker was far away from his home in Sacramento, where he is the president of California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), for meetings with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He decided to try to recruit demoralized EPA staffers, who are facing deep program cuts and controversial new leadership. The EPA's new administrator, Scott Pruitt, has a long record of opposing the agency's work. Picker hopes to entice them to work for...

Federal Gov't owns about 750 million acres of land ( excluding Alaska ). Much of this land is low value, but a surprising amount is in high value areas. If the Feds sold off 1/2 their property at average price of $50,000 per acre that would generate about $20 trillion. This would be enough to retire the entire national debt. What are Freepers thoughts' ?

All freepers should listen to 1 full hour of NPR drive time radio. It's as if these liberals live in some parallel upside down universe. It's a extreme evil 'news' outlet. Why are my taxes paying for this bizarro propaganda and fake news ?

Carrier Corp. has agreed to keep in Indiana roughly half of the 2,100 jobs it had planned to shift to Mexico, after a lobbying effort from the incoming Trump administration.

A powerful and Well made Video of Blacks expressing their Support for Trump. pass it on https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDliwn0Xjg

a powerful video of interviews with a dozen young women Trump supporters. Pass it on https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=80vXDKdCg1Y

finally saw a couple of Trump ads on Fox News - nice powerful ads. one ad was a solid presentation of Trump's Tax proposals including the maternity leave tax credit

Hillary Running very expensive TV ads in Southern California. I am seeing more and more Hillary TeeVee ads. Why ?

Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQLQ1Rc_Js

A powerful Video of how another Country communicates to would Be illegal Aliens. This Video Is produced in dozen Landguages and heavily Promoted among Populations trying to enter Oz illegally https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rT12WH4a92w

By Peter Navarro Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal In 1993, First Lady Hillary Clinton lobbied for the North American Free Trade Agreement and her husband signed it. At the time, the Clintons promised NAFTA would create 200,000 new jobs. Instead, NAFTA has destroyed more than 850,000 American jobs while the U.S. trade deficit in goods has rocketed from near zero to $60 billion annually. The even bigger failure of the Clinton NAFTA deal, however, has been its tremendous negative impact on Mexico itself and Hispanics on both sides of the border. While tens of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs...

LAS VEGAS — Hillary Clinton is expected to clinch the Democratic nomination on the night of June 7, after the polls close in New Jersey. But her campaign is girding for what could be an anticlimactic and potentially embarrassing finish, after the fact — Clinton could lose California, where the polls close three hours later, after she has already won the nomination.

Freepers check Out comments section of this article. Its a example of the bloodthirsty struggle going on within the Dem party. The Liberals are Falling apart http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-223280

Wall Street Analyst Who Warned on GE Ahead of Crash Calls Clinton Foundation “Charity Fraud” Michael Krieger The Clinton Foundation’s finances are so messy that the nation’s most influential charity watchdog put it on its “watch list” of problematic nonprofits last month. The Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid. The group spent the bulk of its windfall on administration, travel, and salaries and bonuses, with the fattest payouts going to family friends. “It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund...

17 Mar 2003 : Column 725—continued 17 Mar 2003 : Column 726 Personal Statement 9.44 pm Mr. Robin Cook (Livingston): This is the first time for 20 years that I have addressed the House from the Back Benches. I must confess that I had forgotten how much better the view is from here. None of those 20 years were more enjoyable or more rewarding than the past two, in which I have had the immense privilege of serving this House as Leader of the House, which were made all the more enjoyable, Mr. Speaker, by the opportunity of working closely...

For the last two days the Prosecution was busy with 3 new witnesses and few technical/legal debates in open court. This all was just quantity and their case further caved in. First, they invited our Government representative to discuss documents needed for this 'trial'. I saw a piece of this argument, read reports of it in our press and heard bits on TV, and I also read a JCI article on that. It is always far more significant what JCI omits to report than what it actually reports. In her last piece, titled 'Trial Chamber Declines to Order Serbia-Montenegro to...