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U.S. training helped mold top
Islamic State military commander
McClatchy D.C., by Mitchell Prothero
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Posted By:Desert Fox, 9/15/2015 8:11:41 PM
KILLIS, Turkey The 15 Chechens looking to cross the border from Turkey to Syria didn’t strike Abdullah as particularly important or unusual. It was early summer in 2012, and as a smuggler based in the Turkish border town of Killis, Abdullah, who’d fled his home village in Syria because of fighting on the outskirts of Aleppo, was used to secretive groups of foreigners – journalists, aid workers and many recently aspiring jihadists – hiring him to cross Turkish military lines at the border while avoiding what was then still a significant Syrian government presence in northern Syrian. “In 2012, everyone was coming to
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U.S. training helped mold top
Islamic State military commander
McClatchy D.C., by Mitchell Prothero
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KILLIS, Turkey The 15 Chechens looking to cross the border from Turkey to Syria didn’t strike Abdullah as particularly important or unusual. It was early summer in 2012, and as a smuggler based in the Turkish border town of Killis, Abdullah, who’d fled his home village in Syria because of fighting on the outskirts of Aleppo, was used to secretive groups of foreigners – journalists, aid workers and many recently aspiring jihadists – hiring him to cross Turkish military lines at the border while avoiding what was then still a significant Syrian government presence in northern Syrian. “In 2012, everyone was coming to
The Establishment Birthed Trump
Creators Syndicate, by David Limbaugh
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 8:09:57
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Much of the establishment´s criticism of Donald Trump comes from its failure to comprehend the reasons for his soaring popularity. Establishment types seem untroubled by the problems facing America, so they can´t understand the urgency that fathered Trump´s rise. Minor adjustments to the Hindenburg´s dining room menu just aren´t going to get it. Their overwrought analysis, their hand-wringing and their contemptuousness for Trump betray a disdain not only for Trump but for Americans who recognize the gravity of America´s predicament — and who, in desperation, have turned to Trump for bold action. It´s hard to overstate Americans´ concern for the state of the
Club for Growth Launches $1 Million
Anti-Trump Ad Campaign
Wall Street Journal, by Rebecca Ballhaus
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 8:03:46
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The fiscal conservative advocacy group Club for Growth said on Tuesday it was funding $1 million in advertisements attacking Republican Donald Trump in the early-nominating state of Iowa, the first concentrated campaign to dislodge the front runner in the race for the GOP nomination. The ads will launch on Thursday, a day after the second official GOP debate in which Mr. Trump will again take the center podium. They publicize statements Mr. Trump has made in recent years in which he takes positions on health care, taxes, and other issues that the group says align him with Democratic front runner Hillary
When Committed Christians
Are Compared to ISIS
Townhall, by Micahel Brown
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 8:02:11
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It’s scary enough when peace-loving Jesus followers are compared to ISIS. What’s even scarier is that many people believe the comparison is accurate. Have they completely lost touch with reality? It’s one thing to have passionate and deep differences on issues like abortion and redefining marriage. It’s another thing to use inflammatory rhetoric that it is not just dishonest but is actually dangerous. Do people not realize that their words have consequences? A few days ago, someone named Dixie posted on my Facebook page, “You are just as ugly as Isis!” I decided to respond, asking, “Because we want to protect innocent babies in
Alabama will require students to
learn about evolution, climate change
Associated Press, by Jay Reeves
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:35:40
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Alabama is updating its decade-old science standards to require that students understand evolution and learn about climate change, topics that can still be controversial in the Bible Belt state. Educators say the new rules — part of a major change that includes more experimentation and hands-on instruction and less lecturing — don´t require that students believe in evolution or accept the idea that climate is changing globally. But public school students will be required for the first time to understand the theory of evolution. And teachers will be required to address climate change, which wasn´t a focus the last time the state
While the Establishment Demands
Purity, Trump Expands the GOP Base
Breitbart Big Government, by John Nolte
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:34:17
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The Season of Trump has offered America an unforgivable look at just how awful the Republican Establishment is. This segment I’ve labeled #GOPSmartSet reminds me so much of their degenerate brethren in the mainstream media, inasmuch as you can’t tell if they are really as dumb as they appear or just playing dumb to push an agenda. They also think you and I are dumb — that as they scream about Trump’s conservative purity we will forget their unblinking support for Mitt “RomneyCare” Romney. Other than the fact that Trump is not the fool their snobbery assured them he was, something
Andrea Mitchell: White Women
‘Abandoning’ Hillary Clinton ‘In Droves’
Mediaite, by Alex Griswold
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:30:13
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NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported on the Today show Tuesday that white women were abandoning Hillary Clinton “in droves,” and that the Democratic presidential candidate was desperately trying to win them back. “Hillary Clinton is reaching out to that group that she had always counted on, white women voters, who are now abandoning her in droves during the last two months,” Mitchell reported. Clinton has spent the past few weeks doing everything possible to court women voters, even going so far as to seek out women-owned businesses to grab lunch. “This after seeing her support among white women in one new poll go
Bill Clinton Asked About Delivering Paid
Speech to Group Tied to Iranian Government
Washington Free Beacon, by Morgan Chalfant
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:25:36
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An aide to Bill Clinton sought permission from the State Department in 2012 for the former president to deliver a paid speech to a group tied to the Iranian government that has been campaigning for an end to U.S. sanctions against the country. Fox News reported: The email from the former president’s office was sent on June 4, 2012, from an aide to Bill Clinton to three aides for then-Secretary Clinton, including Sullivan as well as State Department chief of staff Cheryl Mills. It concerned an event in the U.S. hosted by the National Iranian American Council. “Would USG have any concerns about
President Obama Orders Behavioral
Experiments On American Public
Daily Caller, by Chuck Ross
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:22:37
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President Obama announced a new executive order on Tuesday which authorizes federal agencies to conduct behavioral experiments on U.S. citizens in order to advance government initiatives. “A growing body of evidence demonstrates that behavioral science insights — research findings from fields such as behavioral economics and psychology about how people make decisions and act on them — can be used to design government policies to better serve the American people,” reads the executive order, released on Tuesday. The new program is the end result of a policy proposal the White House floated in 2013 entitled “Strengthening Federal Capacity for Behavioral Insights.” According to
SCOTUS Justice Breyer likes to rely
on the laws of other countries
Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:21:25
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This isn’t too disturbing. Nope. Not at all. Everything is just fine here, folks. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has a new book out in which he shares some of his many philosophical observations about law and the court. In it, as the latest issue of Time reveals, he concludes that there’s clearly nothing wrong with American courts – including SCOTUS – considering the laws and judicial rulings of other nations. Stop laughing and pointing. I’m serious. Should the Supreme Court care that other countries have abolished the death penalty? That looming question animates Justice Stephen Breyer’s “The Court and the World,” a
Jeb Bush video about America uses
stock footage from foreign countries
Politico, by Eliza Stock & Daniel Strauss
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:20:17
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Jeb Bush’s super PAC Right to Rise used stock video images from England and Asia for its new video, which seeks to contrast the former Florida governor´s optimism about America´s future with Donald Trump´s pessimism about its present. The video, which opens with clips of the real estate mogul edited to look sinister, says that Trump is in a “very dark place.” The video, called “Bright,” then pivots to the sun rising in a field along with the text “choose a brighter path” as Bush says his message will be an optimistic one. “If we get a few big things right, we can
Defcon 1: Bill Kristol Threatens
Third Party Support If Trump Wins Nom
Breitbart Big Government, by John Nolte
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/15/2015 7:15:56
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If frontrunner Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, one of the biggest names in the Republican Establishment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, says he “doubts” he would support the Democrat in a general election but would “support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.” “I doubt I’d support Donald. I doubt I’d support the Democrat,” Kristol told CNNMoney via email. “I think I’d support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.” The old GOP Establishment hotness was demanding Trump pledge in writing to support the Republican nominee, even if it isn’t Trump. He has
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Misinformed Electorate,
Not Trump, Is Real Danger
Creators Syndicate, by Thomas Sowell
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/14/2015 7:14:35 PM
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In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one — Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor. No doubt much of the stampede of Republican voters toward Trump is based on their disgust with the Republican establishment. The fact that the next two biggest vote getters in the polls are also complete outsiders — Ben Carson
Donald Trump regales Dallas crowd
with chest-thumping, promise of “wins”
Dallas Morning News, by Gomer Jeffers, Jr.
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Posted By: honeybadger– 9/15/2015 7:26:41 AM
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Donald Trump regaled a crowd of thousands at American Airlines Center on Monday, bragging about his business acumen and pledging to aggressively deal with illegal immigration and companies that move jobs overseas. “If I’m elected president, you are going to be so proud of your country again,” Trump told the boisterous crowd. “You’re going to remember this evening…and you’re going to say we were part of a movement to take back our country. And we will make America great again.”Trump touted his success in the polls and poked at pundits, the media and his Republican rivals in the race for
Chelsea Clinton: It´s ´surprising´
not everyone loves my mom
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog– 9/15/2015 8:58:21 AM
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WASHINGTON — Chelsea Clinton said Tuesday it´s surprising to hear that her mom is slipping in the polls because she´s “my hero.” The young Clinton, who has a daughter of her own, says she believes that as more Americans get a chance to hear from Hillary Rodham Clinton they will understand “why I believe so strongly that she would make a great president.” Despite a big fundraising advantage and a slew of endorsements from party leaders, Hillary Clinton´s standing with voters has slipped — multiple polls show a majority of Americans don´t find her honest and trustworthy. Chelsea Clinton was
Emily Blunt: GOP Debate Made
Me Regret Becoming an American
Mediaite, by Alex Griswold
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Posted By: KarenJ1– 9/15/2015 4:46:52 PM
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Actress Emily Blunt said that after watching the Republican presidential debate in August, she regretted becoming an American citizen. Blunt made the comments in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at the Toronto Film Festival. “I became an American citizen recently, and that night, we watched the debate and I thought, ‘this was a terrible mistake. What have I done?’” she said. The British-born actress only recently obtained dual citizenship in August. Blunt also told THR that she supports Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for president.
David Brooks: Fans of Carson and Trump
‘Insufficiently Respect’ GOP Establishment
National Review Online, by Tom S. Elliott
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Posted By: KarenJ1– 9/14/2015 2:55:45 PM
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New York Times columnist David Brooks chastised supporters of Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump for showing “insufficient respect” for the Republican establishment. “It’s like a mutiny, not a campaign,” Brooks said on Sunday’s Meet the Press.”The problem is, there’s an illusion in this country, and in the Republican base, that you can govern by screaming.” Responding to host Chuck Todd’s earlier interview with Chris Christie, Brooks criticized the New Jersey governor for attacking the Republican party before he did Democrats. ”His first answer to you was not an attack on the Democrats, it wasn’t an attack on Hillary Clinton
Defcon 1: Bill Kristol Threatens Third
Party Support If Trump Wins Nom
Breitbart Big Government, by John Nolte
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Posted By: KarenJ1– 9/15/2015 1:54:25 PM
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If frontrunner Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, one of the biggest names in the Republican Establishment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, says he “doubts” he would support the Democrat in a general election but would “support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.” “I doubt I’d support Donald. I doubt I’d support the Democrat,” Kristol told CNNMoney via email. “I think I’d support getting someone good on the ballot as a third party candidate.” The old GOP Establishment hotness was demanding Trump pledge in writing to support the Republican nominee, even if it isn’t Trump.
Baltimore Prepares to Receive
Syrian Refugees, with Federal Help
Breitbart Big Government, by John Hayward
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 9/14/2015 6:57:39 PM
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Only a few days after President Obama announced that the United States would take another 10,000 Syrian refugees, CBS News in Baltimore ran a story about that city’s preparations to receive the new arrivals: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Baltimore has resettled more than two dozen Syrians so far this year, and they are preparing to help more. “They are desperate to seek safety,” the IRC’s executive director, Ruben Chandrasekar, said. “They are desperate to be given a new chance at a new life.” The International Rescue Committee in Baltimore has welcomed 26 Syrians by providing them with the tools to succeed,
Emaciated polar bear pictures
raise global warming concerns
Telegraph [UK], by David Lawler
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Posted By: Krazy Kamper– 9/15/2015 9:36:24 AM
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Photographs of emaciated polar bears have gone viral on social media, and raised concerns over the effects of global warming. One, taken by National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen, shows a dead polar bear lying on a pile of rocks in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Mr Nicklen is trained as a biologist and has worked in the Arctic for decades. He says that on a trip to Svalbard last summer he was unable to locate any live bears, but did find two that appeared to have starved to death. “These bears were so skinny, they appeared to have died of
Obama: Notion that Illegals ‘Less Worthy
in the Eyes of God’ Is ‘Un-American’
Breitbart TV, by Pam Key
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Posted By: KarenJ1– 9/15/2015 12:36:22 PM
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Monday at North High School in Des Moines, IA, President Barack Obama said the notion that people who illegally come to live in the United States, as they have for generations, are suddenly now “less worthy in the eyes of God,” is “un-American.” Obama said, “This whole anti-immigrant sentiment that is out there in politics right now is contrary to who we are. Because unless you are a native American, your family came from someplace else. And although we are a nation of laws and we want people to follow the law, and I have been pushing Congress to make
Sanders: America Was Founded
on ‘Racist Principles’
Breitbart TV, by Pam Key
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Posted By: JoniTx– 9/14/2015 5:11:37 PM
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(Video) Monday at at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16% said America was founded on “racist principles,” but as the election of the first African-American President Barack Obama shows we have come a long way. Sanders was asked, “If you sir, were elected president, what would you do to bring healing and resolution to the issue of racism in our country. We both want to see that go away. What steps would you begin to take if you were our leader to begin to see that result.?” Sanders said, “That is an excellent
In Church, Hillary Clinton Learns to
be ´Nicer to the Press´
ABC News, by Liz Kreutz
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Posted By: JoniTx– 9/14/2015 3:40:43 AM
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Hillary Clinton is looking to scripture to change her tune with the press. During remarks this morning at the Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., where Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton were celebrating the church’s 200th anniversary, the Democratic presidential candidate said she got some blunt campaign advice from her former pastor. “I got some advice from Dr. Wogaman just earlier this morning, which I promise I will put into effect,” Clinton, a lifelong Methodist, remarked from the pulpit, referring to former pastor J. Philip Wogaman. “Basically he said, if you’re going to read and listen to Romans 12
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