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Brexit spurs breakaway from Britain's opposition Labour Party
“We are clear where we stand on Brexit. This is a national catastrophe and we want no part facilitating the disaster if it happens.”
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American woman who joined ISIS begs to come back home
Via: badfish-hd-h-u • News & Politics • 43 Comments • 1 Like • an hour agoAn American woman who fled her home in Alabama to join ISIS in Syria now admits she made “a big mistake” and wants to return to her family in the US. “We were basically in the time of ignorance…and then became jihadi, if you like to describe it that way,” 24-year-old Hoda Muthana told The...
Brexit spurs breakaway from Britain's opposition Labour Party
Via: perrie-halpern • Op/Ed • 3 Comments • an hour ago““We are clear where we stand on Brexit. This is a national catastrophe and we want no part facilitating the disaster if it happens.””
By Rachel Elbaum LONDON — With just 39 days until Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union, Brexit has prompted a split in the U.K.'s main opposition party. Seven British lawmakers on Monday resigned from the Labour Party over its Brexit policies as well as other issues, including its...
31 Actual National Emergencies
Via: don-overton • News & Politics • 25 Comments • 2 hours ago“A Wannabe Strongman’s Brown Menace Straw Man”
Everyone with five functioning gray cells knows that the aspiring fascist strongman Donald Trump’s Declaration of a National Emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border is absurd. There is no “national security crisis” of illegal immigration on the southern United States border. Illegal crossings are...
CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN HITS MEDIA FOR BECOMING ‘PROPAGANDISTS’
Via: make-america-great-again • Op/Ed • 4 Comments • 2 hours ago““You say the media is mostly liberal. I agree with you. It’s true. Why can I say that with certainty?” Logan began. “Well, first of all, I’ve been...”
CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan criticized the mainstream media for their left-leaning tilt during an interview with retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland for the Friday episode of his “Mic Drop” podcast. WATCH (START AT 2:16:00): “You say the media is mostly liberal. I agree with...
'Rebels without a clause': 10 times Dem. senators questioned Trump nominees' religious beliefs
Via: make-america-great-again • Op/Ed • 37 Comments • 1 Like • 2 hours ago“Democrat senators have questioned Trump judicial and political nominees about their religious beliefs and religious affiliations as to suggest that...”
One of the nation’s leading Christian conservative advocacy organizations has called out 12 senators who have employed “unconstitutional religious tests” on Trump nominees in the past two years. Since the Trump administration came into power in 2017, a noticeable trend has occurred in which...
Senate panel to investigate meetings between Russians, Obama officials
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 100 Comments • 2 hours ago“The Senate Finance Committee is probing meetings reportedly held in 2015 between two of former President Barack Obama’s top economic officials and...”
The Senate Finance Committee is probing meetings reportedly held in 2015 between two of former President Barack Obama’s top economic officials and Maria Butina, a Russian national who later pleaded guilty to conspiring to covertly influence U.S. foreign policy, the panel said Friday. Committee...
YES OR NO
By: johnrussell • Other • 47 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 hours ago1. Do you ever listen to classical music ? 2. Have you ever broken anything that was really valuable? 3. Do you speak a language other than English or Spanish? 4. Have you ever been robbed? 5. Have you ever taken part in a dance contest? 6. Have you ever intentionally eaten a...
A real tube carrying dreams of 600-mph transit
Via: kavika • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 1 Like • 3 hours agoFull screen 1/7 SLIDES © Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times The tube used for unmanned testing by Virgin Hyperloop One north of Las Vegas. The system aims to move people and cargo through tubes in wheel-less pods. MOAPA, Nev. —...
On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 Presidents
By: johnrussell • News & Politics • 42 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 hours agoThere have been 44 U.S. presidents ( Trump is the 45th presidenCY ) with Grover Cleveland having been elected twice (non-consecutively) but counted, understandably, as only one person. Gee, I wonder where these scholars have ranked Mr. ("I am the greatest") Trump ? "Here are the greatest US...
Hunters say it's not a 'zombie disease,' but they are worried about deer illness
Via: perrie-halpern • Op/Ed • 21 Comments • 1 Like • 4 hours ago““Thankfully no one has ever contracted the disease from eating CWD-positive venison, but I‘d love to have a crystal ball to see if that’s still the...”
By Phil McCausland Doug Duren lives on a 430-acre farm in Wisconsin that’s been in his family for 115 years, and he keeps more than 200 acres of it wild for deer hunting. It’s a vast plot of land to hunt on — boasting around 75 white-tail deer per square mile — and Duren, 60, keeps in mind a...
Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested After His Refusal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance Led to Confrontation
Via: buzz-of-the-orient • News & Politics • 80 Comments • 3 hours agoFlorida sixth-grader charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance By Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post, February 17 2019 A Florida student is facing misdemeanor charges after a confrontation with his teacher that began with his refusal to recite the Pledge of...
Socialism has already hurt America
Via: make-america-great-again • Op/Ed • 1 Comments • 4 hours ago“Entire communities in America are in distress for the same reasons that Venezuela has fallen apart – government housing, government healthcare,...”
President Donald Trump was principled and politically astute to address, in his State of the Union, the horrors taking place now in Venezuela, and then to declare: "Tonight we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country." Venezuela is indeed a poster child for what happens...
The Real Reason Why America is Broke
By: emily-sharp • minds • 13 Comments • 4 Likes • 8 hours ago“What we hear out of Washington and in the media is little more than a diversion that keeps Americans from discovering the real reason for our...”
Every night and day on the 24 hour news channels, the “talking heads” argue vigorously over who is at fault for the economic crisis. The Democratic heads blame the Republican heads for their refusal to increase taxes. They say we have a “revenue problem.” The Republican heads blame the...
Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall?
Via: bob-nelson • Food for Thought • 38 Comments • 10 hours ago“People tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and Florida’s coastal real estate may be on the cusp of delivering that...”
I stood behind a worn shopping center outside of Crystal Springs, Florida, looking for the refuge where a hundred manatees were gathered for winter. I found them clustered in the emerald-colored spring, trying to enjoy a wedge of sunlight and avoid the hordes of people like me, boxing them in...
Epitaph Words
By: enoch • Chaplain's Corner • 70 Comments • 3 Likes • 8 hours ago“"Smoker, Eater (Glutton)". Rabbi Keninsgberg. "Father, Educator". Reb Shteisel. ”
On the Israeli TV series, Shteisel the matchmaker, Rabbi Kenisberg has a coding function in his matchmaking notebook. For Rabbi Shulem Shteisel he has the words, "Smoker" and "Eater" (Glutton) to indicate who the person is and what are their major characteristics. These words hurt Rabbi...
Brex-split: 7 UK lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism
Via: krishna • Magic • 6 Comments • 12 hours ago“Many Labour lawmakers have been unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with...”
Luciana Berger speaks during a press conference to announce the new political party, The Independent Group, in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Seven British Members of Parliament say they are quitting the main opposition Labour Party over its approach to issues including Brexit and...
The big divide among 2020 Democrats over trade — and why it matters
Via: bob-nelson • Food for Thought • 2 Comments • 13 hours ago“Democrats are on the brink of completely reorienting their party on trade.”
It’s a pretty safe bet that no candidate is going to campaign as a free trader in the 2020 Democratic primary, setting up the potential for a large-scale realignment on a major policy issue for the party. The Democratic Party faces a fork in the road, on an issue where President Donald Trump...
Bill and Melinda Gates and the problem of the “good billionaire”
Via: bob-nelson • Food for Thought • 4 Comments • 14 hours ago“A new wave of critics say even the most generous billionaires are bad. Are they right?”
Melinda and Bill Gates speak at Hunter College on February 13, 2018, in New York City. John Lamparski/Getty Images Bill and Melinda Gates are odd billionaires. The Gateses, who released their foundation’s annual letter this week, are not cartoonishly out-of-touch like Stephen Schwarzman,...
I'm Back With Another 10 Photos From China
By: buzz-of-the-orient • Discovery Group • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 21 hours agoI'm Back With Another 10 Photos From China These photos have been taken over a period of 12 years. Some you may have seen before but all have been re-edited and framed for better presentation. 1. Young girls dressed in the traditional colourful ethnic clothing of the Zhuang ethnic group...
The Spanish Civil War - Seven Movies
By: buzz-of-the-orient • EVERYONE LOVES MOVIES - CLASSIC TO CURRENT • 26 Comments • 1 Like • yesterdayThe Spanish Civil War - Seven Movies This article is a collaboration of Buzz of the Orient and Nowhere Man From Wikipedia [added information in brackets] The Spanish Civil War took place from 1936 to 1939. Republicans [Loyalists] loyal to the left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, in...
FROM COLOUR TO BLACK AND WHITE
By: buzz-of-the-orient • CREATIVE ARTS ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 24 Comments • yesterdayFROM COLOUR TO BLACK AND WHITE Notwithstanding the reversal of that direction that progress has created, sometimes black and white better illustrates the photographer's intent and/or better directs the attention of the viewer. Many years ago black and white photos were much more common than...
TV Guilty Pleasure
By: veronica • Generic • 130 Comments • 3 weeks ago“"Pass the Bonbons, Please"”
As I perused the main screen today, I see the same thing as I did last Friday. Arguing and name-calling and refusal to come together. So I thought I would do something fun, at least for my own sake. Do you have a TV guilty pleasure? Is there some show you watch that you would be totally...
Guide to Migration
By: tig • TechMeta • 6 Comments • 3 weeks ago“If you have a need to organize your collection, the migrate function provides a means to clean things up. ”
Types of Articles NewsTalkers provides three types of articles: discussion, blog and group discussion. The discussion type is the most common - it is used to create articles (original or seeded) in the general forum. Blogs are typically used by original authors who might syndicate their...
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tomwcraig • 2 hours ago • CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN HITS MEDIA FOR BECOMING ‘PROPAGANDISTS’
Or, watch a short video of a Native American being surrounded by boys from a Catholic school and act like the boys were in the complete wrong and should be blacklisted for their behavior. That reporting caused even...
Keep America Great! • 2 hours ago • CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN HITS MEDIA FOR BECOMING ‘PROPAGANDISTS’You are right and now one must wonder how much longer she will be a CBS reporter. They got rid of their investigative reporter hen she wasn’t sufficiently liberal. I also appreciated her props for Breitbart News as...
Buzz of the Orient • 2 hours ago • CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN HITS MEDIA FOR BECOMING ‘PROPAGANDISTS’She's absolutely correct. As a former Editor-in-Chief for 2 years of my university newspaper back in 1957-58, I became very aware of media bias, and at that time we considered The Christian Science Monitor our model...
Keep America Great! • 2 hours ago • 'Rebels without a clause': 10 times Dem. senators questioned Trump nominees' religious beliefsI think it’s awesome that members and leaders of groups on the SPLC’s biased and bigoted hate list are all over in government. In the courts, the administration, congressional staffs. Their leaders testify before...
tomwcraig • 2 hours ago • Senate panel to investigate meetings between Russians, Obama officialsBoth the House and Senate were in Democrat hands until almost a year after the PPACA was passed. Remember, it passed in early 2010 and the Republicans did not officially take over the House until 2011 AFTER the...
Buzz of the Orient • 3 hours ago • Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested After His Refusal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance Led to ConfrontationI'm pleased that America's laws and principles do not bar me from voicing my opinions about your country. I would expect you would feel no different. And actually I DO agree that there are valid positions on both...
Tacos! • 3 hours ago • On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 Presidents"..." Yeah, we should maybe consider who those members are. They're all academics, which maybe shouldn't surprise us, but as has been well documented, the academy in this country leans strongly to the Left. However,...
Keep America Great! • 3 hours ago • CBS NEWS’ LARA LOGAN HITS MEDIA FOR BECOMING ‘PROPAGANDISTS’....Logan called the media “mostly liberal,” criticized overwhelmingly one-sided coverage of President Trump, and said there was “some merit” to calling those in the media “propagandists.” “You say the media is...
JBB • 3 hours ago • On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 PresidentsWilliam Jennings Bryan lost three time as Democratic Party Nominee... He was my great grandmother's uncle. That Monkey Trial killed him along with his image as a populist man of the people. Though he won that trial...
Split Personality • 3 hours ago • On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 PresidentsGoing from memory, I believe the only multiple loser for the Presidency is Henry Clay. He didn't lose twice though, he lost three Presidential campaigns representing three different parties. Everyone else who ran...
lib50 • 4 hours ago • Hunters say it's not a 'zombie disease,' but they are worried about deer illnessWe lived in Ireland and England when Mad Cow disease was becoming more public. Always felt relief nothing happened to us, but as far as I know we still aren't allowed to donate blood. Unless they've changed things....
Dismayed Patriot • 4 hours ago • Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested After His Refusal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance Led to ConfrontationThere are valid positions on both sides of the "knee" debate being taken by American citizens how they choose to honor their country, but it's up to each and every one of us who lives here and we're free to make that...
dennis smith • 4 hours ago • On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 PresidentsI believe Kennedy could have done great things but unfortunately did not have enough time in office to do so. The bay of pigs was his legacy and as such he should be much lower than his ranking shows
Nowhere Man • 4 hours ago • Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested After His Refusal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance Led to ConfrontationSounds to me like she has been soundly and completely indoctrinated in the latest Democrat ideology, or is that victimology....... I remember my son having to learn the hard way that you don't sas the police........
Perrie Halpern R.A. • 5 hours ago • American woman who joined ISIS begs to come back homeI can see your POV. But so far it seems that only two women applied for asylum, one from the US and one from the UK. Of course, she could just be sick of the camps and still feel the same way. Either way, I think...
Steve Ott • 5 hours ago • Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested After His Refusal to Recite Pledge of Allegiance Led to ConfrontationActually, no, I don't. And I was in school in the 60's and early 70's. And that isn't the way I raised my daughter either. She quit teaching because the system allows this type of goose stepping approach to education.
Thrawn 31 • 5 hours ago • On President's Day, A Survey Of Political Science Scholars Ranks Trump As Dead Last Among America's 44 PresidentsFunny thing is those polls weren't very far off, Clinton did win the majority vote, she simply lost by a slim margin in a select few states that decided the elctoral outcome.
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