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The left/right debate in this country is pretty much at an impasse these days.  As many have observed in recent years, the two sides can no longer agree on a basic set of facts to debate from.  Without this, of course, there can be no debate, it can't even get off the ground.   Increasingly, the position taken by the right is that the free American press, mainstream news outlets, mostly owned...

The final nail has been driven into the coffin of American Conservatism with the passage of the Senate's latest "tax reform" bill. As a liberal, I spent my life debating true conservatives about our differing points of view. We rarely came to agreement but we were able to respect each other's positions on the issues. One of the reasons for this was that both liberals and conservatives were...

From crowd size to penis size, everyone has their favorite Trump quote, please share yours.  The quote need not be recent; Trump quotes from years ago are also accepted!

A few new members (especially ex-viners accustomed to NV's structure) have questions regarding the structure of comments in NewsTalkers.   The questions are fair, so here is a description of what is going on under the covers (and, importantly, why). Threaded Comments NewsTalkers is built on a sophisticated (and powerful) web platform.   Beyond the mechanics required to be a website, the...

Another "Mighty, left leaning Liberal" has fallen! "FIRED" for alleged "improper behavior", dallying in the Valley of Love. With so many going down, do you think DONALD J. TRUMP, "America's Biggest SEXUAL PREDATOR", could be next in line? Trump leads the pack with 19 women accusing him of sexual misconduct; 4 others claiming he RAPED them, while two of those four are alleging that he...

Souvenir A picture postcard A folded stub A program of the play File away your photographs Of your holiday And your mementos Will turn to dust But that's the price you pay For every year's a souvenir That slowly fades away Every year's a souvenir That slowly fades away Words and lyrics, B. Joel Souvenir. From the French word...

Should Franken be forced to resign?Judge Roy Moore, the famous Gun Waving, Cowboy is running for Senate as a Republican in the highly contested election in Alabama has weighed in on the so called "Franken Sexual Harassment Incident". Judge Moore said that if he is elected, he will personally" force Franken to resign" at the point of his pistol."We can't have the Senate despoiled by Democrats!...

Sometimes, it gets to me.  Usually when I’m alone, walking around the pond on the ranch.  I reflect on what I’ve worked hard at building for us.  And I begin to realize that there may not be an us.  I made sure that she was taken care of if I passed on.  Plenty of insurance to pay off everything 3 times over.  Monthly survivor benefits that would keep her comfortable. But what happens if I...

"I have cancer!" The words jolted me awake.  I tried to focus on my wife, standing over me in our bedroom. My blurry eyes I reminded me that I had taken my contacts out. I had seen her up and about when I got home from working the night shift.  She reminded me that she had a mammogram scheduled to look at a lump she had found in her left breast.  This was just one of several appointments my...

Also during her early years as First Lady, Mrs. Clinton was put in charge of the 500-member Health Care Task Force which tried, in secret meetings and by stealth, to socialize medical care in the United States, a sector that represented approximately one-seventh of the U.S. economy. This modus operandi was in violation of so-called " sunshine laws ," which forbid such secret meetings from...

Linguistically, the Arabic word "jihad" means a striving or a struggle, no one really disputes that fact. Do they? But Ms. Sarsour was at the ISNA convention, and clearly seemed to be speaking as a believing pious Muslim in her speech , and not, per se, as a linguist. So that alone, in and of itself, is more than reason enough to examine the theocratic component of "jihad". Leading...

Some more things that add up to 666. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,...