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Top fast-food, full-service restaurants for customer satisfaction named in new ACSI survey

Top fast-food, full-service restaurants for customer satisfaction named in new ACSI survey


Via: jasper2529  •  News & Politics  •  149 Comments  •  8 years ago

When it comes to their favorite fast-food chain, consumers keep clucking about Chick-fil-A, a new survey finds. The chicken-sandwich chain maintained its lead to emerge as the favorite chain by a...
Clean energy is catching up to natural gas much faster than anyone thought

Clean energy is catching up to natural gas much faster than anyone thought


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

The natural gas “bridge” to sustainability may be shorter than expected. For around 10 years, the conventional wisdom in the energy sector has been that natural gas is ascendant. Coal is...
Trump Mocks Elizabeth Warren and Me Too Movement

Trump Mocks Elizabeth Warren and Me Too Movement


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  64 Comments  •  8 years ago

People Are Extremely Uncivil After Trump Revives ‘Pocahontas’ Insult, Then Mocks #MeToo   Ross A. Lincoln and Phil Hornshaw, The Wrap   13 hours ago         This iframe is not...
Fox Headline Doesn't Tell What Might Happen When Peter Strzok Testifies Tomorrow on LIVE TELEVISION!

Fox Headline Doesn't Tell What Might Happen When Peter Strzok Testifies Tomorrow on LIVE TELEVISION!


By: a-macarthur  •  News & Politics  •  325 Comments  •  8 years ago

THE FOX HEADLINE … "Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok set to testify publicly, after lover Lisa Page defied House GOP's subpoena" Dear Trump Sycophants, Despite whatever granted wish and...
Woman Beats a 91-year old Mexican man with a brick, tells him to 'go back to your country'

Woman Beats a 91-year old Mexican man with a brick, tells him to 'go back to your country'


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  223 Comments  •  8 years ago

U.S. Woman beats a 91-year-old Mexican man with a brick, tells him to ‘go back to your country’ Washington Post   22 hours ago   A Los Angeles Fourth of July fireworks display was just...
China Just Handed the World a 111-Million-Ton Trash Problem

China Just Handed the World a 111-Million-Ton Trash Problem


Via: kavika  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  8 years ago

Few people consider used plastic to be a valuable global commodity. Yet China has imported 106 million tons of old bags, bottles, wrappers and containers worth $57.6 billion since 1992, the...
6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown

6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in   Janus v. AFSCME   that people cannot be forced to pay unions they don’t want to join, the country has gone from 28 right-to-work states to 50...
Senate takes swipe at Trump with 97-2 pro-NATO vote

Senate takes swipe at Trump with 97-2 pro-NATO vote


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  21 Comments  •  8 years ago

The Senate took a bipartisan swipe at President Donald Trump on Tuesday when it overwhelmingly approved a motion of support for NATO. The 97-2 vote reflects the broad concerns on...
Are you tired of winning yet?

Are you tired of winning yet?


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  164 Comments  •  8 years ago

Remember when President Trump said we were going to win so much that we are going to get tired of it? That's exactly how it felt this past month. But I'm not tired. Far from it. The Supreme...
What will the angry left do now?

What will the angry left do now?


By: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  307 Comments  •  8 years ago

With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy the radical left is now beside itself. Kennedy was a swing vote from the Originalist side. Unlike their Conservative counter parts, activist judges...
North Koreans Are No Show at U.S. War Dead Talks

North Koreans Are No Show at U.S. War Dead Talks


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

www.bloomberg.com North Koreans Are No Show at U.S. War Dead Talks By David Tweed and Kanga Kong North Korean officials didn’t show up for a planned meeting with U.S. counterparts to...
Playing up Brett Kanvanaugh As A Good Dad to Girls is Shameless

Playing up Brett Kanvanaugh As A Good Dad to Girls is Shameless


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Playing Up Brett Kavanaugh As A Good Dad To Girls Is Shameless   Emily Peck, HuffPost   22 hours ago           Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for...
Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court


Via: heartland-institute-shill  •  News & Politics  •  75 Comments  •  8 years ago

President Trump nominated appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Monday night to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, ending a days-long guessing game that began the...
Brett Kavanaugh Ruled Against Workers

Brett Kavanaugh Ruled Against Workers


Via: tessylo  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

Politics Brett Kavanaugh Ruled Against Workers When No One Else Did   Dave Jamieson, HuffPost   Tue, Jul 10 9:18 PM EDT         WASHINGTON ― In 2005, a group of workers at a...
House passes unanimous resolution in support of NATO

House passes unanimous resolution in support of NATO


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

Photo:Getty Images The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for NATO as  President Trump  roiled allies with escalating calls for increased spending from...
Determinedly centrist! ... by Bob Nelson

Determinedly centrist! ... by Bob Nelson


By: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  49 Comments  •  8 years ago

According to the dictionary , a "centrist" is a person who holds moderate political views OK. Fine. But how does one define "moderate"? In fact, the "centrist" in the cartoon doesn't...
Over 100 Dogs And Monkeys Were Rescued From Michigan Democrat’s Shuttered Company

Over 100 Dogs And Monkeys Were Rescued From Michigan Democrat’s Shuttered Company


Via: 96ws6  •  News & Politics  •  32 Comments  •  8 years ago

About 170 dogs and monkeys were rescued in 2010 from an abandoned pharmaceutical testing lab owned by Shri Thanedar, a Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate currently leading in the polls....
"Putin Is Fine"

"Putin Is Fine"


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

In Montana, Trump says ' Putin is fine ' and sticks by ... Dallas Morning News 5 days ago · Mimicking the carping about his supposedly naive approach to Putin , he said, "'You know...
The government officials who wrote the tax bill have new jobs as lobbyists

The government officials who wrote the tax bill have new jobs as lobbyists


Via: bob-nelson  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  8 years ago

Swamp check: still not drained. Six months after the Republican tax bill passed, the people who wrote it are cashing out — but not with new, higher tax savings. They’re leaving their...
A son is separated from his father at the border, then comes a wrenching call

A son is separated from his father at the border, then comes a wrenching call


Via: galen-marvin-ross  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

LOS ANGELES - On the day the government rushed to reunite dozens of families separated at the border, one immigrant father showed up to a federal appointment downtown fearful that he would be...
From Florida to Wisconsin to Washington state, Trump risks threatening the very industries he pledged to protect on the campaign trail

From Florida to Wisconsin to Washington state, Trump risks threatening the very industries he pledged to protect on the campaign trail


Via: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  8 years ago

Tariffs roundup – 7/1-7/10 by harrisl585 via Sad!   Canada and China have slapped the US with retaliatory tariffs in response to President Trump's...
If You Don’t Believe In Limited Self-Government, You’re Not An American Patriot

If You Don’t Believe In Limited Self-Government, You’re Not An American Patriot


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  38 Comments  •  8 years ago

America is not whatever you want it to be. America is not freedom from worry. It is not free stuff from the taxpayer. It is not a guarantee that you will be successful in life. Jesse Kelly...
Hey, Democrats, The System Doesn’t Need To Be ’Fixed’ Every Time You Lose An Election Maybe it's your agenda that's broken.

Hey, Democrats, The System Doesn’t Need To Be ’Fixed’ Every Time You Lose An Election Maybe it's your agenda that's broken.


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  101 Comments  •  8 years ago

If you’re under the impression that the system exists merely to facilitate your partisan agenda, it’s not surprising that you also believe it’s “broken” every time things don’t go your way. This...
How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment

How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment


Via: heartland-american  •  News & Politics  •  31 Comments  •  8 years ago

WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm. The court’s five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt...
A President* Who Couldn't Even Win A Plurality Of The Vote Is Leading A Movement Of 35% Of The Population To Bamboozle And Lie To The Rest Of Us

A President* Who Couldn't Even Win A Plurality Of The Vote Is Leading A Movement Of 35% Of The Population To Bamboozle And Lie To The Rest Of Us


By: johnrussell  •  News & Politics  •  74 Comments  •  8 years ago

One of the things one is most immediately struck by is the confident belief of Trumpsters that THEY represent "the American people". They are always talking about "we" want this or "we" demand...
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