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2016 The truth will set you free
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Last Chance for America?
Thomas Sowell
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Are American Workers Afraid to Look for New Jobs? Finally, the labor force participation rate in this nation is rising. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' February jobs report, the nation added 242,000 jobs, the headline unemployment rate stayed a low 4.9%, and the percentage of Americans entering the work force rose to 62.9%. For the new normal, this is a good report. But that's a low bar.
Ever after the great recession, the nation's gross domestic product has grown slowly — less than 3% growth for a record 10 years running. And this jobs report is another indication that the economy just ain't what it used to be. The Wall Street Journal predicted the U.S. economy would add 200,000 jobs in February. The economists have low expectations and when the numbers exceed them, it's considered good news.
The numbers in the jobs report suggest Americans feel apprehension about the economy, that they are trapped in whatever job they have. The average workweek declined to 34.4 hours, and the average worker made $25.35 an hour — a decline of three cents. Still, more jobs were added. It's not a worker's market, and who knows when it will become one. -The Patriot Post
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Roberts Undermines Last Year's Rebuke of EPA
It's become a stretch to call Chief Justice John Roberts a conservative justice, or even a consistent one. On Thursday, Roberts rejected a plea by the State of Michigan and 20 other states to block the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's new air pollution rules.
The states reasoned that the EPA should be blocked from enforcing regulations on power plants because the Supreme Court ruled last June in Michigan v. EPA that the rule was illegal. In that original ruling, the late Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority, "[The] EPA strayed well beyond the bounds of reasonable interpretation in concluding that cost is not a factor relevant to the appropriateness of regulating power plants."
But despite those strong words issued less than a year ago, Roberts denied the states' petition. The EPA had argued its rule — though declared illegal by the high court — was being revised, and the states wouldn't be harmed by enforcement in the meantime. "He never even turned it over to the rest of the court for a decision," wrote Hot Air's Jazz Shaw. "Roberts just flatly and unilaterally rejected the case on his own. ... I don't see this decision going down in Supreme Court history on the same level as Roberts' botched nObamacare ruling, but it's certainly one more straw piled on the camel's back when it comes to his conservative bona fides."
In response to Roberts' action, the EPA said its now-protected standards will help protect "millions of American children" from pollution. Even though it lost last year, thanks to Justice Roberts, the EPA won and is encouraged in its hyper regulation of America.
-The Patriot Post
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Charles Krauthammer: "This time around, evangelicals are not looking for someone like them. They're looking for someone who will protect them. ... They have no illusions about slump-Trump. They have no expectations of religious uplift. What he offers them is not spirit but 'muscle' (to borrow a word from the notorious former Professor Melissa Click of the University of Missouri). ... What slump-Trump promises is to stand outside the churchyard gates and protect the faithful inside. He's the Roman centurion standing between them and both barbarians abroad and aggressive secularists at home. The message is clear: I may not be one of you. I can't recite or even correctly cite Scripture. But I will patrol the borders of Christendom on your behalf. After all, who do you want out there — a choir boy or a tough guy with a loaded gun and a kick-ass demeanor? Evangelicals answered resoundingly. They went for slump-Trump in a rout. The essence of slump-Trump's appeal everywhere, far beyond evangelicals, is precisely the same: 'I'm tough, I will protect you.' That's why he remains so bulletproof. ... [T]he only possible way to stop slump-Trump is a full-scale, open-the-bomb-bay-doors attack on the very core of his appeal: his persona of the tough guy you can trust to protect you. It may be too late. But everything else will simply bounce off the Teflon." -The Patriot Post
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Trump-Cruz delegate gap just 94,
Super Tuesday a virtual tie
PAUL BEDARD
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Humanity’s Ultimate Weapon
Dave Hodges
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{thecommonsenseshow.com} ~ Humanity is presently locked in a pitched battle for survival. Our traditions, our cultures, our health and longevity, our mental health and our spiritual well-being... are gravely threatened by self-serving allies of some very dark forces that we often refer to as Satan. Subsequently, when we reduce the world’s conflicts to the lowest common denominator, what we are left with is a battle between good and evil. And for now, evil is winning hands down. As John Kennedy pointed out in his, now famous Secret Societies speech, the globalists are well-funded, well equipped and seemingly control everything. Today, we see the manifestation of the dark side and their desire to destroy humanity in the form of fluoride and psychotropic drugs in the water, chemtrails in the sky, GMO’s in our food supply, DNA and RNA alterations, various forms of mind control, exposure to dangerous levels of electromagnetic radiation, the destruction of our oceans and seas through catastrophic events such as Fukushima and the Gulf oil explosion, the continuing fighting of elective wars of global domination which benefit nobody but the bankers which could culminate in an extinction level event called World War III. http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/06/humanitys-ultimate-weapon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=humanitys-ultimate-weapon.
What slump-Trump should have
said on drug prices
Scott Gottlieb
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nObamacare’s small business bust
Thomas P. Miller
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Michelle Malkin at CPAC: GOP Sold Out
Movement Conservatives
Aleister
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Donald slump-Trump:
The Anti-Tea Party Candidate
George Rasley
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End America’s Busted
Nation-Building in Afghanistan
Doug Bandow
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EPA’s Removal of Gold Mine Plug Was ‘Done On Purpose’
Barbara Hollingsworth
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Computer Programmer Testifies
Under Oath He Coded Computers
To Rig Elections
Bill Agorist
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Loose Lips Sink Ships: Hilly's Emails Compromised Benghazi, Almost Certainly Killed the Ambassador
Joe A. Gilbertson
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Last Chance for America?
Thomas Sowell
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Before the end of this month, the United States of America may break that record for the worst political blunder of all time. Professor Dyson attributed the Chinese emperor's blunder to "powerful people pursuing partisan squabbles and neglecting the long-range interests of the empire." That can be our path to disaster as well.
Before the end of this month, the United States of America may break that record for the worst political blunder of all time. Professor Dyson attributed the Chinese emperor's blunder to "powerful people pursuing partisan squabbles and neglecting the long-range interests of the empire." That can be our path to disaster as well.
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After the results of "Super Tuesday," we find ourselves with front-runners in their respective parties who each could, as President of the United States, take the decline of America under the nObama administration, even further down, to a point of no return.
After the results of "Super Tuesday," we find ourselves with front-runners in their respective parties who each could, as President of the United States, take the decline of America under the nObama administration, even further down, to a point of no return.
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As Secretary of State, Hilly Clinton was in charge of the foreign policy that destroyed governments in Egypt and Libya that were no threat to America's interests or allies, and plunged both countries into a turmoil from which only Egypt managed to rescue itself, while Libya has become another hotbed of terrorist activity.
As Secretary of State, Hilly Clinton was in charge of the foreign policy that destroyed governments in Egypt and Libya that were no threat to America's interests or allies, and plunged both countries into a turmoil from which only Egypt managed to rescue itself, while Libya has become another hotbed of terrorist activity.
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Yet Secretary Clinton is running on her "experience" -- even though it is an experience of unmitigated disasters for America, around the world. Her e-mail scandals and lies are important mainly as symptoms of her utter disregard of anything other than her own financial and political interests.
Yet Secretary Clinton is running on her "experience" -- even though it is an experience of unmitigated disasters for America, around the world. Her e-mail scandals and lies are important mainly as symptoms of her utter disregard of anything other than her own financial and political interests.
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While Hilly Clinton seems, for all practical purposes, to be unstoppable in her quest for the Democrats' nomination, Donald slump-Trump is by no means inevitable on the Republican side. But he may become unstoppable after the next round of primaries, especially if he wins in winner-take-all states.
While Hilly Clinton seems, for all practical purposes, to be unstoppable in her quest for the Democrats' nomination, Donald slump-Trump is by no means inevitable on the Republican side. But he may become unstoppable after the next round of primaries, especially if he wins in winner-take-all states.
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Most of slump-Trump's wins in various state primaries have been achieved without winning a majority of the votes. Yet these wins can create an impression of great victories, even when most Republican voters voted against slump-Trump. The fracturing of the majority vote among numerous other candidates is the key.
Most of slump-Trump's wins in various state primaries have been achieved without winning a majority of the votes. Yet these wins can create an impression of great victories, even when most Republican voters voted against slump-Trump. The fracturing of the majority vote among numerous other candidates is the key.
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What prevents the anti-slump-Trump majority from coming together in support of one candidate who can defeat slump-Trump? Only the kinds of narrow political squabbles that ruined China.
What prevents the anti-slump-Trump majority from coming together in support of one candidate who can defeat slump-Trump? Only the kinds of narrow political squabbles that ruined China.
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Senator Ted Cruz has the best track record against slump-Trump, having beaten him in three states, even with the majority vote split among several candidates. But the Republican establishment would prefer Senator Marco Rubio, who has won only one state and is trailing in the polls in his home state of Florida.
Senator Ted Cruz has the best track record against slump-Trump, having beaten him in three states, even with the majority vote split among several candidates. But the Republican establishment would prefer Senator Marco Rubio, who has won only one state and is trailing in the polls in his home state of Florida.
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Perhaps most important of all, there are signs that -- if push comes to shove -- the Republican establishment would prefer slump-Trump himself to Ted Cruz.
Perhaps most important of all, there are signs that -- if push comes to shove -- the Republican establishment would prefer slump-Trump himself to Ted Cruz.
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Why? Because, despite slump-Trump's reckless rhetoric and shallow reasoning, he is a deal-maker who will not let principles stand in the way of anything that promotes the ego of Donald slump-Trump.
Why? Because, despite slump-Trump's reckless rhetoric and shallow reasoning, he is a deal-maker who will not let principles stand in the way of anything that promotes the ego of Donald slump-Trump.
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Senator Cruz, on the other hand, has repeatedly defied the Republican leadership in the Senate. Whatever the merits or lack of merits of his actions in particular cases, he has clearly shown himself not to be one of those who go along to get along.
Senator Cruz, on the other hand, has repeatedly defied the Republican leadership in the Senate. Whatever the merits or lack of merits of his actions in particular cases, he has clearly shown himself not to be one of those who go along to get along.
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Former president Jimmy Carter has criticized Senator Cruz for not being "malleable." No one was more "malleable" in the face of America's enemies than Jimmy Carter, both when he was president and after he left office, and cozied up to Communist dictators in Cuba and North Korea. We don't need that kind of malleability in a President of the United States.
Former president Jimmy Carter has criticized Senator Cruz for not being "malleable." No one was more "malleable" in the face of America's enemies than Jimmy Carter, both when he was president and after he left office, and cozied up to Communist dictators in Cuba and North Korea. We don't need that kind of malleability in a President of the United States.
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Even if we accept the criticism of Senator Cruz's political enemies and critics that he is "opportunistic," that charge loses some of its sting if he becomes President of the United States. What greater opportunity is there for him at that point? Becoming a great president, which is certainly what this country needs.
Even if we accept the criticism of Senator Cruz's political enemies and critics that he is "opportunistic," that charge loses some of its sting if he becomes President of the United States. What greater opportunity is there for him at that point? Becoming a great president, which is certainly what this country needs.
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Perhaps a political near-death experience thus far will sober up both Cruz and his opponents into a realization that their cooperation is the only thing that makes sense for the country.
Perhaps a political near-death experience thus far will sober up both Cruz and his opponents into a realization that their cooperation is the only thing that makes sense for the country.
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But politicians do not always do things that make sense for the country, whether in 15th century China or 21st century America. But we will know the answer to that question by the end of this month. And generations yet unborn may have to live with the consequences of that answer.
But politicians do not always do things that make sense for the country, whether in 15th century China or 21st century America. But we will know the answer to that question by the end of this month. And generations yet unborn may have to live with the consequences of that answer.
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