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Spin Zone / Interesting Graphic
« on: March 02, 2016, 05:31:36 PM »
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Spin Zone / Trump Receives Another [Almost] Endorsement
« on: March 01, 2016, 11:54:01 AM »
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/271251-farrakhan-praises-trump-for-rejecting-jewish-money
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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan admires GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump for avoiding the influence of Jewish special interests.
“[Trump] is the only member who has stood in front of [the] Jewish community and said, ‘I don’t want your money,’” Farrakhan said on Monday during the Nation's annual Saviours’ Day sermon, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“Anytime a man can say to those who control the politics of America, ‘I don’t want your money,’ that means you can’t control me. And they cannot afford to give up control of the presidents of the United States.”
Farrakhan stopped short of endorsing the outspoken billionaire’s presidential campaign, however.
“Not that I’m for Mr. Trump, but I like what I’m looking at,” he told listeners at the Nation's Mosque Maryam in Chicago.
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Spin Zone / Who knows what was in my head?
« on: February 21, 2016, 10:36:43 AM »
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/270200-trump-on-iraq-comments-who-knows-what-was-in-my-head
Dear Leader can't even tell what's going on inside his own skull.
Dear Leader can't even tell what's going on inside his own skull.
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Spin Zone / I'll Sue Until America is Great Again
« on: February 21, 2016, 09:14:56 AM »
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-questions-rubios-eligibility-219586
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Rubio was born in Florida on May 28, 1971. His parents had come to the United States from Cuba in 1950s. Trump retweeted a tweet on Saturday that suggested both Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were ineligible to be president.
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Spin Zone / That's an impressive amount of influence you're wielding there.
« on: February 18, 2016, 08:12:41 AM »
Almost as bad as Henning's urban gardening kickstarter:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-schultz-shuts-down-superpac-after-receiving-only-25-in-donations/
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-schultz-shuts-down-superpac-after-receiving-only-25-in-donations/
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But three months later, The Daily Caller’s Evan Gahr reports that ASMC’s FEC filings show that they had raised exactly one donation for $25. On the other hand, they managed to rack up $10,345.44 in legal fees, $3,000 in web design fees, and a $100 loan.
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Spin Zone / The Children Are Our Future...and we're doomed
« on: February 09, 2016, 09:33:10 AM »114
Spin Zone / More DUIs in the future
« on: February 05, 2016, 05:42:52 AM »
http://www.kspr.com/news/local/NTSB-wants-to-lower-legal-blood-alcohol-level/21051620_37823592
The NTSB wants to drop the legal limit from .08 to .05. Discuss...
The NTSB wants to drop the legal limit from .08 to .05. Discuss...
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Spin Zone / Good court ruling on guns
« on: February 04, 2016, 07:55:44 PM »
The 4th Circuit ruled on a case on magazine size bans in Maryland:
The important item here is the standard of review: strict scrutiny.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/04/kolbe-v-hogan-4th-circuit-requires-strict-scrutiny-for-maryland-ban-on-magazines-and-semiautomatics/
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the Fourth Circuit held that strict scrutiny is the proper standard of review for bans on common arms, such as those at issue in Kolbe.
The important item here is the standard of review: strict scrutiny.
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A statute that “completely prohibits, not just regulates, an entire category of weaponry . . . might be ‘equivalent to a ban on a category of speech.'”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/04/kolbe-v-hogan-4th-circuit-requires-strict-scrutiny-for-maryland-ban-on-magazines-and-semiautomatics/
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Spin Zone / Another Trump Endorsement
« on: February 03, 2016, 10:49:28 PM »
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/jimmy-carter-id-choose-trump/nqJKc/
That's precisely what the Republican party needs. Someone the Democrats have decided is "completely malleable".
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If he had to choose between Cruz and Trump for the Republican nomination, [Jimmy] Carter chuckled, “I think I would choose Trump, which may surprise some of you.”
(It did, judging by the loud laughter from the audience.)
“The reason is, Trump has proven already he’s completly (sic) malleable,” Carter explained. “I don’t think he has any fixed (positions) he’d go the White House and fight for. On the other hand, Ted Cruz is not malleable. He has far right wing policies he’d pursue if he became president.”
That's precisely what the Republican party needs. Someone the Democrats have decided is "completely malleable".
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Spin Zone / Hawkeye Caucuses
« on: February 01, 2016, 08:23:42 PM »
Looks like Cruz, with Rubio almost overtaking Trump for #2.
Perhaps people think before voting for a Cult of Personality after all.
Hillary and Bernie are almost dead even.
Perhaps people think before voting for a Cult of Personality after all.
Hillary and Bernie are almost dead even.
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Spin Zone / Trump Received Yuuuuuge Endorsement
« on: February 01, 2016, 01:29:17 PM »
http://m.govexec.com/management/2016/01/25-feds-would-consider-leaving-their-jobs-if-trump-becomes-president/125549/?oref=ge-iphone-interstitial-continue
25% of federal workers say they'll consider quitting if Trump elected President. As with lawyer jokes, the punchline should be "OK, that's a good start."
25% of federal workers say they'll consider quitting if Trump elected President. As with lawyer jokes, the punchline should be "OK, that's a good start."
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Spin Zone / Perspectives
« on: January 30, 2016, 10:24:07 PM »So why did the chicken cross the road?
SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!
BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.
JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.... and the road.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.
DONALD TRUMP: We should build a wall so the chicken can't cross the road.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?