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The world’s third-richest man weighed in on the national debate over rising levels of income disparity in the United States yesterday, saying that while the gaps between the country’s haves and have nots are definitely increasing, it is not the fault of those at the top. Nor will it be [...]
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So, the infinitely smarter-than-the-rest-of-us Intellect In Chief, Barack Hussein Obama (I still can’t believe we elected a guy named Hussein…twice) has declared in un-denier-ably educated tones that global warming/global cooling/climate change/pick-a-name is a greater danger to ... Read More »
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Alexander Gollan, an assistant principal from Homebush Public School in Sydney's west, has been charged with alleged child grooming offences and possession of child abuse material.
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The measure would have insisted on public access before fast-track designation.
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Racism in America is a two way street, If you are honest with yourself you'll never look at or use the words American-American, Mexican-American, Asian-Ameri...
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Here is the latest Bill Whittle commentary on Progressive Lies. As usual, Bill hits it out of the park. Progressivism: ...
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The unemployment rate for foreign-born workers in the U.S. fell to 5.6% in 2014 from 6.9% in 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, reflecting the overall firming up of the labor market last year.
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Survey Report The new Republican-led Congress is drawing harsh reviews from the public – including most Republicans. Just 23% of Americans say congressional
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On CNN this morning, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded to comments from N.J. Governor Chris Christie, who said we might end up in "coffins" if the NSA's mass warrant-less wiretapping program and the rest of the PATRIOT Act were not renewed by the Senate. "You can't enjoy your civil liberties if you're in a coffin," said the governor.
"I would ask Mr. Christie how many acts of terrorism have been thwarted," Lee said, calling language like Christie's "tantamount to political pornography."
"If Mr. Christie wants to play a part in the national discussion regarding the private security, he should choose his words more carefully."
Transcript:
CNN QUESTION: As you well know, Senator, there are many in your party that don't agree with you. Chris Christie, for example, said "you can't enjoy your civil liberties if you're in a coffin."
Sen. John McCain said this earlier on New Day on CNN: "If we had the means we have today, we may have been able to prevent 9/11, and the fact is that what Senator Paul did yesterday in all due respect is delay what we are going to do for 11 hours while he was on the floor of the senate... to do away with the entire program that is being conducted by the NSA would put the security of this nation at risk."
So I'll ask you point blank, Are you putting American lives in danger by fighting these provisions?
SEN. MIKE LEE: Absolutely not, let me address both of those statements. Senator McCain's statement first.
He is responding there to what one of my colleagues who wants to see the USA-PATRIOT Act expire altogether. I am not one of those people and I am not saying we ought to let it expire. I am saying there is a middle ground and the USA-FREEDOM Act accomplishes.
The statement from Christie, I view that as tantamount to political pornography. I think Mr. Christie should be ashamed of himself for saying we have to choose between the Fourth Amendment and respecting the privacy of the American people on one hand or a coffin on the other, and if Mr. Christie wants to play a part in the national discussion regarding the private security, he should choose his words more carefully...
I would ask Mr. Christie how many acts of terrorism has been thwarted simply because the NSA is collecting telephone data on what your grandma calls or receives? How many acts of terrorism has this thwarted? I think it's difficult to make the case this is necessary, and it's very easy to make the case that this program of collecting everybody's calling data is incompatible at least with the spirit of the fourth amendment, if not the letter...
At a minimum any security benefit that could be achieved by this program could also be achieved by what the USA-FREEDOM Act would allow.
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee tore in the press Friday morning for sensationalizing reports that former reality TV star Josh Duggar had sexually abused several girls, including his own sisters, when he was a teenager.
No purpose whatsoever is served by those who are now trying to discredit Josh or his family by sensationalizing the story. Good people make mistakes and do regrettable and even disgusting things, Huckabee said in a statement posted to Facebook.
The reason that the law protects disclosure of many actions on the part of a minor is that the society has traditionally understood something that today's blood-thirsty media does not understand — that being a minor means that one's judgement is not mature, he said.
Duggar, whose family rose to fame with the TLC reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting, resigned Thursday afternoon from his position at the Family Research Council after reports of his alleged sexual misconduct surfaced.
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Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed with aides the chatter on cable news about whether she actually suffered a concussion in 2012, according to emails released by the State Department on
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Today the Alabama Senate passed a resolution calling for an Article V Convention of States, making it the fourth state to apply for a convention of this kind. The resolution, which was adopted by a...
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Alabama joins Florida, Georgia, and Alaska and passes the Convention of States resolution
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These retired battleships and aircraft carriers give the public a peek into the lives of the men and women who lived, fought and died aboard them.
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Updated 1:42 p.m. ET: TLC has reportedly pulled “19 Kids and Counting” from its schedule. — By now you've probably heard that Josh Duggar -- oldest son in the "19 Kids and Counting" family -- did some very bad things a long time ago. Apparently, when he was 14,...
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"I'm moving deeper into the libertarian realm," says the talk show host.
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"Why is it the only question you want to ask concerns homosexuals?"
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Deadspin says ESPN's Will Cain must be punished for failing to embrace liberal orthodoxy on global warming.
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What took so long?
The question isn't whether George Stephanopoulos compromised his credentials as a
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The Internet's visual storytelling community. Explore, share, and discuss the best visual stories the Internet has to offer.
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Convention of States Movement Adds Alabama Last night, Alabama became the fourth state to pass the Article V Convention of States application, which seeks to limit the power and jurisdiction of the...
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Sen. Orrin Hatch admits he doesn’t know what is in the TPP deal, even though he's managing a bill to fast track it and he objects to the push for more transparency.
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"No justice, no peace" rally fizzles out in 30 minutes
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If reading great literature traumatizes you, wait until you get a taste of adult life, Peggy Noonan writes.
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Though supporters of President Obama's healthcare program tout its success in providing insurance to millions of Americans, recent rate filings from large insurers have revealed that the law is built on a shaky foundation.
In recent weeks, large insurers selling coverage through Obamacare have proposed massive rate increases for 2016 – even exceeding 40 percent – because they haven't been able to sign up enough young and healthy customers.
This is an ominous sign for the future of Obamacare, because two federal programs that were supposed to act as training wheels for insurers in the early years of Obamacare by absorbing excess risk are set to expire after 2016. If insurers don't do a better job of attracting a healthier risk pool, 2017 promises to be a rocky year for insurance markets, regardless of which party is in control of the White House.
In the first two years of the implementation of Obamacare's insurance exchanges (2014 and 2015), insurers set rates with the expectation that the government would absorb a certain degree of risk and they made assumptions about the medical costs of their enrollees.
