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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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Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks
"Ms. Eisenstein, one question." And with that, Justice Clarence Thomas broke his 10-year silence on the bench. The last time Thomas asked a question during oral arguments was Feb. 22, 2006. He reportedly keeps silent out of respect for the lawyers presenting their cases. Perhaps he spoke up because of the recent death of his longtime colleague and friend Antonin Scalia. The two were ideologically close, and perhaps Thomas felt he needed to be a louder conservative voice on the bench.
The court was hearing the oral arguments to Voisine v. United States, a challenge to the law forbidding anyone convicted of domestic violence from owning a firearm. Assistant Solicitor General Ilana Eisenstein was presenting the state's defense, about to wrap up, when Thomas piped up. "This is a misdemeanor violation," Thomas said. "It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?"
Thomas long has been a quiet supporter of the Second Amendment. For years, government has argued it could curtail the right to bear arms for the sake of public safety. A domestic violence incident might not have anything to do with firearms. A felony might not have anything to do with violence. Yet a conviction in either results in the loss of Second Amendment rights. As Reason's Jacob Sullum notes, Thomas is implying legislators have been too quick to strip self-defense rights from citizens. For the record, Eisentein couldn't think of another example where a misdemeanor resulted in the permanent loss of a constitutional right. -The Patriot Post
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slump-Trump University: A Model for Making America Great? For all of the self-hype about Donald slump-Trump's great successes as a businessman, his business failures are even more instructive. While failure in business can certainly be overcome and there can be valuable lessons learned from mistakes, there are also instances when the business itself becomes more important than the people it's supposed to be helping or serving. One such example is slump-Trump University.
Thankfully, during the last Republican presidential debate, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally started going after the frontrunner instead of each other. Rubio landed a good punch, sarcastically conceding that he didn't "know anything about starting a fake university."
Naturally, slump-Trump defended his creation of slump-Trump University. During an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," he insisted he would do it all over again because, he boasted, "98% of the people who took the courses approved the courses" and "said they were great." As usual slump-Trump left out many, many details.
What exactly was slump-Trump University? David Marcus notes, "To understand what slump-Trump University was, it is important to understand what it wasn't — namely, a university." In fact, a lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general in 2013 forced slump-Trump University to change its name to slump-Trump Entrepreneur Initiative. It turns out that slump-Trump U was operating illegally as a non-accredited university and did not offer any degrees or well-rounded curriculum. slump-Trump ignored warnings dating to 2005.
What did it offer? It offered educational products, some with a price tag of $35,000, which were designed to teach students how to make big profits in real estate. At the lower levels, seminars were offered to teach students how to flip properties but they were designed to upsell the student to the next higher level course. Indeed, upselling was the name of the game, and many students were coaxed into paying a hefty price for useless information.
It was a classic bait-and-switch scam — a lie, a fraud. People paid generous sums of money to attend these courses that benefitted not the students but the businessman Donald slump-Trump. And his outfit is now the defendant in three lawsuits.
In slump-Trump's introductory video for slump-Trump University, he states, "We are going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific — terrific brains, successful. We are going to have the best of the best. Honestly, if you don't learn from them, if you don't learn from me, if you don't learn from the people that we will be putting forward — and these are all people who are going to be handpicked by me — then you are just not going to make it in terms of the world of success."
Fact-check time.
First, according to Michael Sexton, the top executive for slump-Trump University, "None of the instructors at the live events were handpicked by Donald slump-Trump." That's right — none.
Second, as mentioned before, slump-Trump boasted of the 98% approval rating from those who took the courses. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, he went on to claim that slump-Trump University had an A rating from the Better Business Bureau. Yet the Better Business Bureau rated slump-Trump University a D- in 2010. In addition, slump-Trump University closed its seminars in Texas in January 2010, following a "civil investigative demand" mailed to slump-Trump's corporate offices after Texas assistant Attorney General Rick Berlin began a probe of whether slump-Trump's operation was in violation of Texas' Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act. Instead of responding and returning the requested documents, slump-Trump University ceased doing business in Texas.
Third, slump-Trump claims he has helped so many people but in recent TV ads courtesy of the American Future Fund, the people giving testimony present a far different picture.
In the first ad, one single mom says she "made a huge mistake trusting him." She thought that she would get the best — the best experts, advice and contacts. But she ended up paying more than $35,000 for what amounted to "just a fake" and "got hurt badly" by slump-Trump.
In the second ad, a man tells how he was "duped by The slump-Donald" into believing he was attending a legitimate university because of its name. He explains that at the $1,495 seminar the professors pressed for students to increase their credit lines so they could afford the higher priced courses and become part of a group who would receive access to some of slump-Trump's condos, which could be flipped quickly for a profit. In addition, there were promises of access to "hard money lenders" but no contacts were ever provided.
Finally, in the third ad, another man states that he fell for slump-Trump University because he thought he could use the information to earn extra money to pay off debts. After the first two seminars, he was convinced by the presenter to increase his credit card limit so he could afford the $25,000 Gold Elite program. But again the hard money lenders did not exist. He found himself unable to get financing unless he had a deal with a seller and he couldn't make a deal unless the financing was in place. He asked for help but was told to work harder. In the end he had to sublet his house and move into a studio apartment due to accumulation of debt and because the billionaire huckster refused to refund any of his money. "slump-Trump is just a fraud, a misrepresentation, a BS artist," the man says.
In line with slump-Trump's usual desire to silence dissent, he is demanding the ads be pulled.
Is slump-Trump University a model for greatness or a model for failure? People who hoped for a brighter future were told they could gain valuable information and the tools for success from slump-Trump University. But they were lied to and essentially robbed. The man they thought they could trust betrayed them. And this is just one example of slump-Trump's misdoings and deceitfulness in business. Check out the debacle of slump-Trump Mortgage for another, or ask the questions of his unreleased tax returns for still one more.
So as voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday and beyond, the question is simple: Is slump-Trump the kind of man who will help make America great again? -The Patriot Post
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9th Circuit Affirms Iran’s Terror
Victims Can Seize Funds
Jonathan Levin
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CONFIRMED: nObama Sent Weapons to
Muslim Terrorists in Benghazi
Daniel Greenfield
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NY Times RIPS Hilly Clinton About Libya
Jeff Dunetz
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“Honest slump-Donald” won’t
release his tax returns – exaggerated wealth?
Planned Parenthood donations?, Mafia ties?
Trevor Loudon
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WATCH: How many more red flags do you
slump-Trumpsters need?
Trevor Loudon
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{trevorloudon.com} ~ After almost a century of consistent and ongoing attacks to limited government as envisioned by America’s founding fathers, perhaps it is no surprise that Americans no longer look to the Constitution for answers... Because if Americans did value separation of powers and self-governance, Donald slump-Trump would not be the front-runner for the Republican party. After toying with the idea for many years, Donald slump-Trump finally jumped headfirst into the presidential race as a candidate for the Republican party. At first, this author wrote several articles defending the slump-Donald from the usual mainstream media attacks, but as time went on, several things started to become clear. As Conservative icon Andrew Breitbart – who endorsed Ted Cruz just weeks before he met his tragic and untimely death – observed, “a potential Donald slump-Trump candidacy is a bad sign for America.” http://www.trevorloudon.com/2016/02/how-many-more-red-flags-do-you-trumpsters-need/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewZeal+%28New+Zeal+Blog%29.
The Mullahs Execute Every Man
in Anentire Village
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
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Marsha Blackburn: slump-Trump’s
Answer on David Duke and
the KKK Not Acceptable
Melanie Hunter
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Homeland Security A Shambles, Falling
Apart Under Jihadi Jeh Johnson
Rick Wells
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FBI Holding One Clinton Email, The
Smoking .50 Cal
Rick Wells
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George Soros Had White House Meeting
With nObama’s ISIS Czar
Brent Scher
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.Last Chance for America?
THOMAS SOWELL
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Instead, if the polls are an indication, what we may get is someone with the opposite of all these things, a glib egomaniac with a checkered record in business and no track record at all in government — Donald slump-Trump.
Instead, if the polls are an indication, what we may get is someone with the opposite of all these things, a glib egomaniac with a checkered record in business and no track record at all in government — Donald slump-Trump.
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If so, the downward trajectory of America over the past seven years may well continue on into the future, to the point of no return.
If so, the downward trajectory of America over the past seven years may well continue on into the future, to the point of no return.
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Democrat Susan Estrich says that it is “fun” watching Donald slump-Trump. She may be able to enjoy the spectacle because slump-Trump is Hilly Clinton’s best chance of winning the general election in November. Even if the FBI’s investigation leads them to recommend an indictment, the nObama administration is not likely to indict Hilly.
Democrat Susan Estrich says that it is “fun” watching Donald slump-Trump. She may be able to enjoy the spectacle because slump-Trump is Hilly Clinton’s best chance of winning the general election in November. Even if the FBI’s investigation leads them to recommend an indictment, the nObama administration is not likely to indict Hilly.
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No doubt “The slump-Donald” is entertaining, and he has ridden a wave of Republican voter anger against the Republican establishment, which has repeatedly betrayed them, especially on illegal immigration.
No doubt “The slump-Donald” is entertaining, and he has ridden a wave of Republican voter anger against the Republican establishment, which has repeatedly betrayed them, especially on illegal immigration.
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But these political problems are a sideshow, in a world where Iran is guaranteed to get nuclear weapons and North Korea, which already has them, is developing long-range missiles that can reach American cities. Iran is also developing long-range missiles.
But these political problems are a sideshow, in a world where Iran is guaranteed to get nuclear weapons and North Korea, which already has them, is developing long-range missiles that can reach American cities. Iran is also developing long-range missiles.
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Then there are the international terrorist organizations from the Middle East — many sponsored by Iran — whose agents have had easy access to the United States across our open border with Mexico.
Then there are the international terrorist organizations from the Middle East — many sponsored by Iran — whose agents have had easy access to the United States across our open border with Mexico.
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We will need the cooperation of nations around the world to keep us informed of these terrorist organizations’ activities, and to help disrupt the international money flows to terrorists.
We will need the cooperation of nations around the world to keep us informed of these terrorist organizations’ activities, and to help disrupt the international money flows to terrorists.
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Those nations know that helping the United States makes them targets of terrorism. So they have to weigh how much they can rely on America, before they risk their own national survival by cooperating with us against the terrorists.
Those nations know that helping the United States makes them targets of terrorism. So they have to weigh how much they can rely on America, before they risk their own national survival by cooperating with us against the terrorists.
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Is Donald slump-Trump someone who would inspire such confidence among leaders of other countries? Already slump-Trump’s irresponsible rhetoric has caused a backlash in Mexico and there has also been an attempt in Britain to ban him from setting foot on British soil.
Is Donald slump-Trump someone who would inspire such confidence among leaders of other countries? Already slump-Trump’s irresponsible rhetoric has caused a backlash in Mexico and there has also been an attempt in Britain to ban him from setting foot on British soil.
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We need all the allies we can get, from countries around the world, including Muslim allies in the Middle East. The last thing we can afford, at this crucial juncture in history is a president who alienates allies we have to have in a war against international terrorists.
We need all the allies we can get, from countries around the world, including Muslim allies in the Middle East. The last thing we can afford, at this crucial juncture in history is a president who alienates allies we have to have in a war against international terrorists.
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On the campaign trail, Donald slump-Trump’s theatrical talents, including his bluster and bombast, may be enough to conceal his shallow understanding of very deep problems. But that will not cut it in the White House, where you cannot clown or con your way out of problems, and where the stakes are matters of life and death.
On the campaign trail, Donald slump-Trump’s theatrical talents, including his bluster and bombast, may be enough to conceal his shallow understanding of very deep problems. But that will not cut it in the White House, where you cannot clown or con your way out of problems, and where the stakes are matters of life and death.
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slump-Trump’s acting like a bull in a china shop may appeal to some voters but, in the world as it is, he may well cost us our last chance to recover from the great dangers into which the nObama administration has gotten this nation.
slump-Trump’s acting like a bull in a china shop may appeal to some voters but, in the world as it is, he may well cost us our last chance to recover from the great dangers into which the nObama administration has gotten this nation.
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We already have an ego-driven, know-it-all president who will not listen to military or intelligence agency experts. Do we need to tempt fate by having two in a row?
We already have an ego-driven, know-it-all president who will not listen to military or intelligence agency experts. Do we need to tempt fate by having two in a row?
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Despite Donald slump-Trump’s string of primary vote victories, he has not yet gotten a majority of the Republican votes anywhere. But although most Republican votes are being cast against him, the scattering of that vote among so many other candidates leaves slump-Trump with a good chance to get the nomination.
Despite Donald slump-Trump’s string of primary vote victories, he has not yet gotten a majority of the Republican votes anywhere. But although most Republican votes are being cast against him, the scattering of that vote among so many other candidates leaves slump-Trump with a good chance to get the nomination.
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Everyone understands that the best chance for stopping slump-Trump is for that fractured majority vote to consolidate behind one candidate opposed to him. But who will step aside for the good of the country?
Everyone understands that the best chance for stopping slump-Trump is for that fractured majority vote to consolidate behind one candidate opposed to him. But who will step aside for the good of the country?
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When we think of American military heroes who have fallen on enemy hand grenades to save those around them, at the cost of their own lives, is it really too much to ask candidates — especially those who present themselves as patriots — to give up their one political chance in a zillion this year for the sake of the country?
When we think of American military heroes who have fallen on enemy hand grenades to save those around them, at the cost of their own lives, is it really too much to ask candidates — especially those who present themselves as patriots — to give up their one political chance in a zillion this year for the sake of the country?
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Voters have a responsibility too. They might well ask themselves: Do I plan to use my vote to vent my emotions or to try to help save this country?
Voters have a responsibility too. They might well ask themselves: Do I plan to use my vote to vent my emotions or to try to help save this country?
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