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MBefore Carroll Quigley wrote Tragedy & Hope, he wrote The Anglo-American Establishment, a forthright history of the secret power dealers, meant only for the eyes of their inner group, but the info escaped. 125 years ago Cecil Rhodes had monopolized S. African gold; he wanted a British-led 1 world govt. There were branch offices, Institutes of Royal Affairs, in all British Commonwealth nations; in the U.S., it was called the Council on Foreign Relations. Rhodes gave his name to the Rhodes Scholarship, it was the training school for the high servants of the 1-world govt, Bill Clinton was a scholar...

Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world should resist cynicism over the rise of strongmen, in an apparent reference to populist leaders who hold power in a number of countries. […] “Just as people spoke about the triumph of democracy in the 90s, people now are talking about the triumph of tribalism and the strong man. But we need to resist that cynicism,” Obama said in a speech in Johannesburg to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. Some of Obama’s language echoed that of Trump’s critics. “Too much of politics today seems to reject the very...

The surprise commencement speaker at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February was Jimmy Fallon, who said he wanted to thank the students personally for their courage and bravery. “Most commencement speakers get up and talk in future tense: `You will succeed. You will make us proud, you will change the world,’ the “Tonight Show” host said. “But I’m not going to say that, because you’re not the future. You’re the present. … You are succeeding, you are making us proud.” Fallon joked about his own less-than-stellar high school performance — it took having to...

. October 4, 2014 Newt Gingrich : 11 GOP Principles for America ===================================================== Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus gave a very good speech yesterday focused on 11 principles for American renewal. They are eleven positive statements about what Republicans believe we must do about the challenges confronting America. Take a look at his list of Republican principles below. How many do you agree with? 1. Our Constitution should be preserved, valued and honored.2. We need to start growing America’s economy instead of Washington’s economy so that working Americans see better wages and more opportunity. 3. We need to pass a...

Every time anything even marginally critical of Muslims or Islam appears in the media apologists, Muslim or otherwise, respond by saying 'moderate voices must be heard' or 'misconceptions about Islam are widespread' or 'Islam is really a religion of peace and tolerance' or other such platitudes. These pronouncements are dead wrong. What we must look at is how and why Islam manifests itself the way it does and what we must listen to are the cries of its victims, those that are still alive that is. If we did we would realize that Islam is not a religion of peace...

While I realize my efforts to decode Barack Obama may turn into a never-ending task, I want to focus on another of his rhetorical habit: his ceaseless attempts to portray himself as America's philosopher-king, the person standing not only above country but above politics itself. Obama is, he would have us believe, uniquely able to transcend old, tired, and rutted debates, to think anew, and to bring a fresh, creative approach to the problems of our time. He alone inhabits the upper world. On the stimulus package, Obama accused the bill's critics of employing "phony arguments and petty politics." Speaking...

Calling Barack Obama's speeches "a run-on string of embarrassing, sophomoric Hallmark bromides," Ann Coulter nailed the central issue of the '08 election all the way back in February. After watching Obama's recent speech in Berlin (I use the word "speech" liberally -- Obama was speaking, but use of that word normally implies the communication of ideas, which this "speech" omitted) this idea came back to me. But while some used to argue that Obama's persistent failure to take a stand on anything would, ultimately, be his downfall, it's become clear that this is really the primary reason for his success....

WGAN Morning News with Ken & Mike GLENN: Yeah, yeah. So Ken actually, his daughter, Amy, works for me in New York. She's at CNN, and she is absolutely fantastic. I just absolutely love her to death. She is a keeper. I think she was a pivot point quite honestly on the television program, but I just love her to death. You know, she's a Clinton supporter. She has explained your position in life as a socialist, Ken. ALTSHULER: She compliments me too much. GLENN: I know. But you and I were having an interesting conversation today because I...

Despite strenuous and continuing efforts to portray each other in the most negative light possible, both Democratic presidential contenders responded affirmatively to the question of the other’s electability during their recent debate in Pennsylvania. “Yes, yes she can,” was Senator Barack Obama’s assessment of Senator Hillary Clinton’s potential to defeat Republican nominee Senator John McCain. “She has the raw cunning and guile necessary to succeed with American voters. She’s proven this by surviving scandal after scandal during her husband’s political career. Ever time she’s been down, she has risen again—just as scum always rises to the surface of a pond.”...