{"id":11285,"date":"2016-03-06T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T23:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=11285"},"modified":"2016-03-06T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T23:34:41","slug":"news-of-the-week-march-6th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/03\/06\/news-of-the-week-march-6th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (March 6th, 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>News of the Week for March 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/news-of-the-week\/image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" title=\"News of the Week\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg 229w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Election2016\">Election 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#ObamaScandal\">Obama Scandals<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Election2016\"><\/a>Election 2016<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicksontheright.com\/bernie-supporter-cries-because-republicans-disagree-with-her\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie Sanders Supporter Cries Because Republicans Disagree With Her<\/a><br \/>\nSo, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh today and  heard some interesting  soundbites from a whiny Bernie Sanders supporter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CoAmll3ViQA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/361831.php\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s Off-the-Record Interview With the New York Times: Is He A Lot More Flexible, and a Lot Less Hard-Line, on Immigration Than He&#8217;s Telling Conservative Voters?<\/a><br \/>\nGiven that this is his signature issue, and the only thing I personally would entertain voting for him on, I&#8217;d sure like to know if this is true.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/361832.php\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, Trump Has Flip-Flopped on Deportations, H1Bs<\/a><br \/>\nIn the below thread, a commenter claims that Cruz has &#8220;flip-flopped&#8221; on H1B visas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/02\/29\/donald-trump-is-the-next-barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Is The Next Barack Obama  <\/a><br \/>\nThe difference between Donald Trump and Barack Obama amounts only to whatever difference may exist between each emperor&#8217;s set of cronies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/02\/29\/if-trump-runs-america-like-trump-university-his-campaign-promises-are-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\">If Trump Runs America Like Trump University, His Campaign Promises Are Lies  <\/a><br \/>\nFor a man whose entire candidacy is based upon his brilliance as a businessman, the debacle that was Trump University is a tough stain to wash out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/leon_h_wolf\/2016\/02\/29\/video-senator-ben-sasse-explains-joined-nevertrump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Ben Sasse Explains Why He Joined #NeverTrump<\/a><br \/>\nThis just happened on CNN. Ben Sasse, my new favorite Senator, just explained to Jake Tapper why he will never vote for or support Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Gex8IV_zjI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/2016\/02\/29\/did-trump-tell-the-new-york-times-he-doesnt-believe-in-his-immigration-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Report: There&#8217;s Secret Audio of Trump Telling New York Times His Real Thoughts on Immigration<\/a><br \/>\nBuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith has been told by staffers at the New York Times that an audio tape exists of Donald Trump telling the editorial board of the newspaper that he wasn&#8217;t serious about advancing his immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/election\/2016\/02\/29\/coburn-trump-threatens-to-undo-and-reverse-tea-party-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coburn: Trump &#8220;Threatens to Undo and Reverse&#8221; Tea Party Gains<\/a><br \/>\nA populist former senator who famously chronicled government waste and set the conservative austerity agenda blasted Donald Trump as &#8220;a populist without portfolio&#8221; in his endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/02\/28\/the-gope-fatwah-against-tedcruz-has-me-hoping-for-a-dewhurst-on-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\">The GOPe Fatwah Against @TedCruz Has Me Hoping For A Dewhurst On Tuesday<\/a><br \/>\nJeff Sessions of Alabama endorsing Trump?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/271153-jesse-ventura-im-torn-between-backing-sanders-and-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Ventura torn between backing Sanders, Trump<\/a><br \/>\nFormer Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) on Monday said he is torn between supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) or Donald Trump for president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/2016\/02\/29\/is-trump-the-harbinger-of-the-gops-demise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is Trump the Harbinger of the GOP&#8217;s Demise?<\/a><br \/>\nBoth Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters and detractors seem to agree that the rise of his rogue candidacy was precipitated by years of widening divergence between the Republican base and its established leadership. Trump, himself representing nearly nothing of substance, has become the consummate protest candidate. While many may be attracted to his nationalist rhetoric about rounding up illegals, taking on China, and making America great again, many others see through the facade, know Trump&#8217;s candidacy will mortally wound the party, and merely want to watch the world burn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/02\/28\/exclusive-clintons-swiss-ally-gave-big-bucks-to-u-s-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Clinton Donor Made Donations To US Campaigns<\/a><br \/>\nHansjorg Wyss, a billionaire Swiss citizen and multi-million dollar Clinton Foundation donor, gave 30 contributions to American political campaigns over a nine-year period, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therightscoop.com\/boom-illinois-judge-dismisses-stupid-cruz-birther-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois judge dismisses stupid Cruz birther lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\nThe idiot lawyer who keeps trying to get Cruz off the ballot in Illinois has lost again. A judge threw out his lawsuit because he didn&#8217;t properly serve his original complaint to Cruz and the election board<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/kasich-team-rubio-is-like-pepsi-crystal\/article\/2584699?custom_click=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Kasich team: Rubio is like Crystal Pepsi<\/a><br \/>\nOhio Gov. John Kasich spun his failure to win a single state Super Tuesday by comparing Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to Pepsi&#8217;s infamous Crystal soft drink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/432245\/ben-carson-campaign-debate\" target=\"_blank\">Carson&#8217;s Out (Kind of) <\/a><br \/>\nAccording to reports, Ben Carson is not formally suspending his campaign and will hold events for several more days, but he says he will not participate in Thursday\u2019s GOP debate. Here is the official statement:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2016\/03\/bernie-playing-to-box-out-other-candidates-after-hillary-indicted\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie playing to box out other candidates after Hillary indicted<\/a><br \/>\nBernie outraises Hillary by $10 million in February, so he has the money to hang on to the end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2016\/03\/cruz-and-rubio-playing-game-of-chicken\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cruz and Rubio playing game of Chicken<\/a><br \/>\nAnd neither seems likely to swerve<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2016\/03\/democrats-might-have-a-2016-turnout-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats Might Have a 2016 Turnout Problem<\/a><br \/>\nRepublicans have all the enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/271578-22-republicans-who-wont-back-trump-as-nominee\" target=\"_blank\">25 Republicans who won&#8217;t back Trump as nominee<\/a><br \/>\nA growing number of Republicans are vowing not to support Donald Trump for president even if he wins the party&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results\/2016\/03\/ted-cruz-new-national-spokesman-220147\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Cruz hires new national spokesman <\/a><br \/>\nSen. Ted Cruz has hired Ron Nehring as his new national spokesman, less than 10 days after he fired his former spokesman, Rick Tyler, for promoting a video that falsely questioned Marco Rubio&#8217;s faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/03\/ben-carson-announces-campaign-is-suspended-220281\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Carson announces campaign is over<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I will still continue to be heavily involved in trying to save our nation,&#8221; the retired neurosurgeon said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/election\/2016\/03\/04\/get-ready-for-chaos-ohio-republicans-can-vote-twice-for-president\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get Ready for Chaos: Ohio Republicans Can Vote Twice for President<\/a><br \/>\nEvery Republican primary voter in Ohio has two opportunities to vote for president, in a ballot twist that&#8217;s only escalating the potential confusion caused by the party&#8217;s large and fractious field of candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/joesquire\/2016\/03\/05\/happened-louisianas-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Happened In Louisiana\u2019s Primary?<\/a><br \/>\nWhen the calls were first made for Louisiana, virtually every network saw Donald Trump as the clear winner based on the early vote results: Somewhere in the neighborhood of 45-23 Trump to Cruz. However, as the night went on, that changed. Ted Cruz came back within about four points of Trump (at times during the night, he was within three points). So\u2026 what happened?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"ObamaScandal\"><\/a>Obama Scandals<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/taxprof.typepad.com\/taxprof_blog\/2016\/03\/the-irs-scandal-day-1029.html\" target=\"_blank\">The IRS Scandal, Day 1030<\/a><br \/>\nAlthough legitimacy is vital to any legal institution, in the case of the IRS legitimacy has been discussed and analyzed only in the face of catastrophic assaults. These include attempts by a President to use the IRS to persecute political enemies; allegations of serious abuse of taxpayers by IRS agents; and most recently allegations that conservative organizations seeking section 501(c)(4) status were disproportionately singled out for intrusive scrutiny and delay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salemnews.com\/cnhi_network\/west-virginia-lawmakers-eliminate-permits-for-concealed-carry-guns\/article_81eb5fcc-3bf4-57c5-b314-1d6a98fc3f15.html\" target=\"_blank\">West Virginia lawmakers eliminate permits for concealed carry guns <\/a><br \/>\nThe West Virginia Legislature has approved legislation allowing residents 21 or older to carry a concealed gun without first obtaining a permit or undergoing training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I6nOXAa9ZLw\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom&#8217;s Safest Place<\/a><br \/>\nJust a few years ago, the government of Venezuela came for the people&#8217;s guns, telling them that they&#8217;d be safer without them. Now the country is still plagued with crime, while law-abiding citizens are disarmed\u2014and would do anything for the Second Amendment freedom that we enjoy as Americans. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6nOXAa9ZLw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2016\/03\/de-blasio-credits-fewer-guns-for-more-stabbings\/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Mayor de Blasio Credits Fewer Guns for More Stabbings<\/a><br \/>\nAverage of ten stabbings a day in first six weeks of this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2016\/03\/06\/west-virginia-lawmakers-override-veto-permitless-carry-becomes-law-in-90-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">West Virginia Lawmakers Override Veto: Permitless Carry &#8220;Becomes Law In 90 Days&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nOn March 4, the West Virginia House voted to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin\u2019s (D) veto of permitless carry legislation and on Saturday, March 5, the West Virginia Senate followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2016\/03\/05\/uh-oh-manns-mbh98-hockeystick-emails-ruled-fair-game-by-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uh, oh, Mann&#8217;s MBH98 &#8220;hockeystick&#8221; emails ruled fair game by judge<\/a><br \/>\nFrom the &#8220;all your emails belong to us&#8221; department comes this ruling that I&#8217;m sure Mikey Mann and company will go ballistic over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2016\/03\/06\/cloudy-modeling-problems-todays-clouds-might-not-be-the-same-as-pre-industrial-ones\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudy modeling problems: Today&#8217;s clouds might not be the same as pre-industrial ones<\/a><br \/>\nStudy helps narrow down one reason why clouds are hard to model<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/432390\/hopelessly-ill-do-change-their-minds-about-suicide\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8220;Hopelessly Ill&#8221; DO Change Their Minds About Suicide <\/a><br \/>\nAs Canada rushes to give suicidal sick and disabled people an enforceable right to be made dead, and California prepares to institute legalized assisted for the terminally ill, supporters applaud and congratulate themselves on being oh, so compassionate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3478477\/NHS-harvest-babies-organs-Bombshell-new-proposal-mums-pregnant-damaged-babies.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHS to harvest babies&#8217; organs: &#8220;Ghoulish&#8221; proposal gives mothers pregnant with a damaged foetus an agonising choice &#8211; abort the dying child or give birth so body parts can be used for transplants<\/a><br \/>\nThey will then be used to save the lives of other children who are currently being placed on 7,000-strong waiting list<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3469100\/Woman-black-burka-holding-child-s-severed-HEAD-shouting-Allahu-Akbar-shuts-metro-station-Moscow.html\" target=\"_blank\">Decapitated in her cot: Horrific details emerge of how burka-clad nanny left child&#8217;s body in cot before parading through Moscow streets with little girl&#8217;s head <\/a><br \/>\nEyewitnesses say they saw the woman holding the severed head of a child<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2016\/02\/29\/mexico-on-high-alert-again-after-another-truck-loaded-with-radioactive-material-stolen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico on High Alert Again After Another Truck Loaded with Radioactive Material Stolen<\/a><br \/>\nThe Mexican government has placed six states on high alert following the theft of a vehicle with radioactive material. That alert comes less than a year after Mexico had an almost identical case where authorities throughout most of southern Mexico spent days searching for the missing material.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2016\/03\/01\/8-year-old-yazidi-girl-sets-self-on-fire-to-stop-islamic-state-jihadists-from-raping-her\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eight-Year-Old Yazidi Girl Sets Herself on Fire to Prevent Islamic State Rape<\/a><br \/>\nGerman doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, treating Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (ISIS\/ISIL\/IS), tells the Agence France-Presse he has treated an 8-year-old girl who set herself on fire to stop jihadists from raping her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3473313\/ISIS-established-international-sex-ring-smuggling-kidnapped-Yazidi-slaves-countries-including-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Chechnya-freed-women-reveal.html#ixzz41n8GX0od\" target=\"_blank\">ISIS has established an international sex ring by smuggling kidnapped Yazidi slaves<\/a><br \/>\nISIS abducted hundreds of women, young girls from Yazidi towns in 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2016\/03\/03\/u-s-urging-greater-indian-military-presence-in-south-china-sea-to-counter-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Building India-Australia-Japan Coalition to Counter China in South China Sea<\/a><br \/>\nAs China expands its military presence in the international waters of the South China Sea, U.S. Pacific Command head Admiral Harry B. Harris is proposing that the United States join with Australia, India, and Japan in conducting operations in the region to keep Beijing from stretching its military muscle against its smaller neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.votedanbishop.com\/news\/2016\/02\/24\/blunder-new-charlotte-ordinance-prohibits-all-sex-specific-bathrooms-and-showers-inside-of-city-limits-000041\" target=\"_blank\">New Charlotte Ordinance Prohibits ALL Sex-Specific Bathrooms and Showers inside of City Limits<\/a><br \/>\nAll Men Now Have a Legal Right to Access Women&#8217;s Facilities and Vice Versa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/992\/2913750\/%20Man-caught-undressing-in-front-of-girls-at-Green-Lake-locker-room\" target=\"_blank\">Man caught undressing in front of girls at Green Lake locker room<\/a><br \/>\nSeattle Parks and Recreation has confirmed an adult male inappropriately used a female locker room at Evans Pool in Green Lake while a youth swim team used the facilities on Feb. 8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/Justice-Clarence-Thomas-asks-questions-in-court-1st-time-in-10-years-370509211.html\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Questions in Court, 1st Time in 10 Years<\/a><br \/>\nThomas&#8217; unusual silence over the years has become a curiosity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2016\/02\/28\/anti-gay-stickers-at-indio-high-school-touch-off-debate-hate-speech-or-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-Gay Stickers At High School In Indio Touch Off Debate: Hate Speech Or Free Speech?<\/a><br \/>\nStudents displaying anti-LGBT stickers at a high school in Indio have touched off a debate: is that free speech or hate speech?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2016\/02\/28\/states-looking-at-new-laws-to-limit-child-marriage-and-forced-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immigrant Child Marriage, Often for Green-Card Fraud, Stirs Action in State Capitols<\/a><br \/>\nIn Virginia, State Sen. Jill Vogel (R) decided to look into her state&#8217;s marriage laws after she heard the tale of &#8220;a man in his early 50s marrying a girl in her mid-teens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrctv.org\/blog\/cdc-warns-healthy-food-outbreaks-sprouts-salads-organic-shakes-and-meals-cucumbers\" target=\"_blank\">CDC Warns of &#8220;Healthy&#8221; Food Outbreaks: Sprouts, Salads, Organic Shakes and Meals, Cucumbers<\/a><br \/>\nIronically, all of the CDC&#8217;s outbreak warnings on its homepage are currently for items on the so-called &#8220;healthy&#8221; foods list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/the-new-republics-new-owner-covered-up-the-fact-that-oregons-governor-was-a-rapist\/article\/2001327\" target=\"_blank\">The New Republic&#8217;s New Owner Covered Up The Fact That Oregon&#8217;s Governor Was a Rapist<\/a><br \/>\nThe news last week was that The New Republic had been sold. After the magazine&#8217;s turbulent tenure under Facebook mogul Chris Hughes, it was purchased by Win McCormack, an Oregon resident. At first glance this seems like a good fit. McCormack co-founded Mother Jones, another liberal publication, and has a lot of experience both in publishing and Democratic activism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.kvue.com\/story\/news\/state\/2015\/03\/02\/happy-birthday-texas-state-turns-179\/24252903\/\" target=\"_blank\">Happy birthday, Texas! Today marks Texas Independence Day<\/a><br \/>\nHappy birthday, Texas! On this day in 1836, Texas broke away from Mexico and became a republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eagnews.org\/police-investigate-after-student-finds-antidepressants-in-school-cereal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate after student finds antidepressants in school cereal<\/a><br \/>\nA New Jersey mother is demanding answers on how antidepressants got into her daughter cereal at Swimming River Elementary School, and why officials dragged their feet to investigate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/in-clinton-email-investigation-justice-department-grants-immunity-to-former-state-department-staffer\/2016\/03\/02\/e421e39e-e0a0-11e5-9c36-e1902f6b6571_story.html?tid=sm_tw\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server<\/a><br \/>\nThe Justice Department has granted immunity to a former State Department staffer, who worked on Hillary Clinton\u2019s private email server, as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/aglanon\/2016\/03\/03\/rep.-tom-cole-loves-rat-ejaculate.\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Tom Cole loves him some rat ejaculate.<\/a><br \/>\nJust over a month ago, I wrote this post about how Rep. Tom Cole had decided to get Republicans to fund studies on monkey drug habits and rat ejaculation up the wazoo using your tax dollars because that was apparently a priority for \u201cconservative\u201d Republicans in our United States Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/03\/02\/episcopalian-priest-aborted-her-baby-so-she-could-finish-divinity-school\/#.VtjW0YT2UiA.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Episcopalian Priest Aborted Her Baby So She Could Finish Divinity School<\/a><br \/>\nAbortion advocates across the nation are trying to send the U.S. Supreme Court a message: Women need abortions to be successful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/party-culture\/2016\/03\/03\/fdb46cc4-e185-11e5-9c36-e1902f6b6571_story.html?wpmm=1&#038;wpisrc=nl_headlines\" target=\"_blank\">Political correctness devours yet another college, fighting over mini-sombreros<\/a><br \/>\nOn Saturday, two members of Bowdoin College&#8217;s student government will face impeachment proceedings. What heinous transgression did they commit? Theft, plagiarism, sexual assault?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2016\/03\/academic-gibberish-watch-we-have-another-winner.php\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Gibberish Watch: We Have Another Winner<\/a><br \/>\nTake in this abstract from the obviously mis-named journal Progress in Human Geography<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/03\/04\/n-c-teacher-30-charged-in-lesbian-sexual-affair-with-female-student-17\/\" target=\"_blank\">N.C. Teacher, 30, Charged in Lesbian Sexual Affair With Female Student, 17<\/a><br \/>\nPolice in Fayetteville, N.C., say Laura Garrigus, 30, had sex with a 17-year-old girl who was her student at Cumberland International Early College on the campus of Fayetteville State University. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/absentee\/2016\/03\/05\/nyc-kindergarten-students-pledge-allegiance-international-flag-made-desecrated-american-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Kindergarteners Pledge Allegiance To &#8220;International Flag&#8221; Made from a Desecrated American Flag<\/a><br \/>\nNew York values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/26418\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prepare to be called &#8220;racist&#8221;: Oklahoma U. College Republicans contest mandatory diversity training<\/a><br \/>\nMembers of the University of Oklahoma&#8217;s College Republicans are taking on the five-hour &#8220;diversity&#8221; course requirement that came about after the infamous Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity &#8220;racist chant&#8221; scandal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/nancy-reagan-dead-94-n532871\" target=\"_blank\">Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead at 94<\/a><br \/>\nNancy Reagan, one of the most high-profile and influential first ladies of the 20th century, has died. She was 94.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2016\/03\/06\/california-bill-would-defund-government-travel-to-states-with-religious-freedom-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">California bill would defund government travel to states with religious freedom laws<\/a><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s take a break from the primary battles and check in on the latest antics unfolding out in California. This month, having solved all other problems plaguing their state, the California legislature has taken up a new measure which would ban government funded travel to states which they deem to be insufficiently supportive of LGBT rights. The author of the bill, Evan Lowe, seems to feel that such a move will be a way to take a stand for the little guy, I suppose. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/12184260\/Harvard-Law-School-to-scrap-crest-over-links-to-slavery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Law School to scrap crest over links to slavery<\/a><br \/>\nRoyall Must Fall group campaigned for the replacement of the crest of the famed Massachusetts college, which includes the seal of Isaac Royall \u2013 a notoriously brutal 18th Century slave owner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2016\/03\/04\/lose-american-flag-or-lose-job-iron-workers-stand-ground-after-reported-threat-313151\" target=\"_blank\">Lose American flag or lose job; Iron workers stand ground after reported threat<\/a><br \/>\nA group of ironworkers and riggers working in Louisiana have been told to remove American flags from their trucks or be terminated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/03\/06\/pols-want-to-make-citizenship-irrelevant-showing-disrespect-for-the-american-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pols want to make citizenship irrelevant \u2014 showing disrespect for the American dream<\/a><br \/>\nMark-Viverito wants to grant voting rights to non-citizens \u2014 including, perhaps, illegal immigrants \u2014 in all municipal elections. And she&#8217;s not alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2016\/03\/san-francisco-raises-legal-age-to-buy-cigarettes-to-21\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Raises Legal Age to Buy Cigarettes to 21<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia: Where liberty for citizens goes up in smoke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy &#038; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/judgybitch.com\/2016\/03\/04\/to-improve-productivity-men-are-offered-a-paid-leave-to-masturbate\/\" target=\"_blank\">To improve productivity, men are offered paid leave to masturbate<\/a><br \/>\nCoexist, a community interest firm in Bristol, has a largely male workforce and believes tapping into employees&#8217; natural sexual desires will benefit everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/world\/2016\/02\/27\/peacekeepers\/?wpmm=1&#038;wpisrc=nl_headlines\" target=\"_blank\">Members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic allegedly turned to sexual predation, betraying their duty to protect<\/a><br \/>\nThe neighborhood is a patchwork of low-slung buildings scorched and looted at the height of the civil war, a place where the United Nations was supposed to come to the rescue. But in a number of homes, women and girls are raising babies they say are the children of U.N. troops who abused or exploited them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-02-29\/how-bad-its-got-latin-americas-socialist-utopia\" target=\"_blank\">This Is How Bad It&#8217;s Got In Latin America&#8217;s Socialist Utopia<\/a><br \/>\nSocialism works so well that this Venezuelan man was caught smuggling&#8230; not drugs, not guns&#8230; But food &#8211; powdered milk!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35668358\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Girls in tech&#8221; competition won by boy<\/a><br \/>\nEDF Energy has been criticised after a 13-year-old-boy won a competition that was part of a campaign to attract teenage girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-hampshire-35671519\" target=\"_blank\">Hampshire school calls police after pupil looks at UKIP website<\/a><br \/>\nSchool staff called police when a pupil looked at a UKIP website and an English Defence League video in class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2016\/03\/01\/in-uganda-election-season-means-spike-in-child-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_blank\">In Uganda, Election Season Means Spike in Witch Doctor Child Sacrifice<\/a><br \/>\nThe number of incidents of child sacrifice \u2014 in which witch doctors abduct children to use their body parts in potions or rituals \u2013 in Uganda increased significantly in 2015 as the nation braced for election season, thanks to desperate political candidates seeking any possible advantage at the polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2016\/03\/01\/witness-describes-cannibalism-under-khmer-rouge-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\">Witness Describes Cannibalism Under Khmer Rouge Regime<\/a><br \/>\nWitness Meu Peou told a court during an ongoing genocide hearing in Cambodia about a woman the Khmer Rouge executed and ate in front of him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2016\/03\/03\/france-blackmails-britain-stay-in-eu-or-well-flood-you-with-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\">France Blackmails Britain: Stay in EU or We&#8217;ll Flood You with Migrants<\/a><br \/>\nIf Britain votes to leave the European Union in a June referendum, France will allow migrants to move to Britain by ending border controls and roll out a red carpet for bankers fleeing London, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/news\/adventure-company-discriminated-against-christian-job-applicant-must-pay-8500-b-c-rights-tribunal\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure company discriminated against Christian job applicant, must pay $8,500: B.C. rights tribunal<\/a><br \/>\nA mysterious wilderness adventure tour company discriminated against a job applicant because of her Christian faith and must pay $8,500 for injuring her &#8220;dignity and self respect,&#8221; the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/26490\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian university mandates 45 percent quota for &#8220;self-identified diversity categories&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nCriticism of diversity quotas is coming from an odd place: an editor of a Canadian newsweekly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/03\/03\/tell-a-joke-dont-pass-go-pay-200000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tell A Joke, Don&#8217;t Pass Go, Pay $200,000  <\/a><br \/>\nThis hate speech lawsuit is no longer about comedian Mike Ward and Little Jeremy. It&#8217;s not even about Canada. It&#8217;s about free speech in the West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/calais-jungle-refugee-children-being-raped-in-camp-aid-workers-claim-a6912711.html\" target=\"_blank\">Calais Jungle refugee children being raped in camp, aid workers claim<\/a><br \/>\nMedical volunteers say they have treated seven boys aged between 14 and 16 in the past six months<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/true-to-you.net\/morrissey_news_160304_01\" target=\"_blank\">Morrissey: Mayor of London?<\/a><br \/>\nMorrissey has been invited to become the London Mayoral candidate for the Animal Welfare Party in the upcoming 2016 election. Morrissey would require 330 signatures of support in order to enter the race, and is considering the contest very seriously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2016\/03\/05\/multiple-young-boys-raped-in-calais-jungle-migrant-camp-requiring-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple Young Boys Requiring Surgery After Being Raped In Calais &#8220;Jungle&#8221; Camp<\/a><br \/>\nDoctors and medical staff have confirmed that at least seven boys, aged between 14 and 16, have been raped inside the so-called &#8220;Jungle&#8221; migrant camp in Calais.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/03\/06\/south-african-president-says-women-are-now-too-quick-to-claim-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\">South African President Says Women Are Now Too Quick to Claim Harassment<\/a><br \/>\nIn an impromptu exchange with reporters Saturday, South African President Jacob Zuma said modern women no longer know how to accept a compliment: &#8220;But when men compliment you innocently, you say it&#8217;s harassment. You will miss out on good men and marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/02\/29\/are-working-class-gripes-real-or-exaggerated\/\" target=\"_blank\">Are Working Class Gripes Real, Or Exaggerated?  <\/a><br \/>\nIf you just look in economic terms, America\u2019s bottom third has it better than 99 percent of people in world history. They&#8217;ve still got legitimate grievances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/02\/28\/freestacy-wont-shut-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">#FreeStacy Won&#8217;t Shut Up<\/a><br \/>\nThe difference between Anita Sarkeesian (@femfreq on Twitter) and myself can be summarized, as Da Tech Guy points out, in a single paragraph from Debra Saunders&#8217; column<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/03\/01\/how-to-redirect-todays-socialism-and-fascism-towards-limited-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Redirect Today&#8217;s Socialism And Fascism Towards Limited Government  <\/a><br \/>\nIn the midst of the nightmare, we might take comfort in this silver lining: if we wake up, there may still be a path forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/02\/29\/did-nian_hu-friend-zone-you-freestacy-feminism-is-a-death-cult\/\" target=\"_blank\">Did @Nian_Hu &#8220;Friend-Zone&#8221; You? #FreeStacy: Feminism Is a Death Cult<\/a><br \/>\nYoung fools have never let their paucity of experience and knowledge deter them from insulting their elders, and ignoring the counsel of the wise. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/361851.php\" target=\"_blank\">And After Trump&#8230;?<\/a><br \/>\nUnlike some, I object to Trump on a personal level &#8212; he is in fact a conman, and his lifelong liberal orientation guarantees he will always bow to liberal pressure and take the liberal path of least resistance &#8212; but I do not object to aspects of Trumpism, and in fact support some of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nation.foxnews.com\/2016\/03\/01\/liberals-turn-twitter-facebook-and-even-college-campuses-unsafe-spaces-right\" target=\"_blank\">Liberals Turn Twitter, Facebook And Even College Campuses Into Unsafe Spaces For The Right<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Free speech isn&#8217;t free&#8221; the saying goes. Certainly not when we count on private institutions like colleges, Twitter or Facebook to keep it that way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2016\/03\/02\/the-french-revolution-comes-to-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">The French Revolution comes to America<\/a><br \/>\nAmerican voters are angry. They see both parties as corrupt, unstable organizations which care nothing about their constituents, and only about staying in power. Voters see the parties only interested in handing out favors to their rich friends, and not doing things which would help everyone. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/donsurber.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/hitler-finished-second-and-why-that-is.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hitler finished second, and why that is important <\/a><br \/>\nJeff Zebos and the Washington Post today admitted they have no logical or compelling reason to oppose Trump, so they called him Hitler. Oh, not explicitly. They are too chicken shit to do that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/articles\/65661\/who\u2019s-afraid-freestacy\" target=\"_blank\">Who&#8217;s Afraid of #FreeStacy?<\/a><br \/>\nFeminists won&#8217;t debate their critics and they silence dissent online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jewishworldreview.com\/cols\/sowell030116.php3#WBjhYjOEXG1jeI8T.99\" target=\"_blank\">Last Chance for America?<\/a><br \/>\nThe &#8220;Super Tuesday&#8221; primaries may be a turning point for America \u2014 and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing international dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraordinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and personal character to rescue America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/strange-case-campus-cry-bully\" target=\"_blank\">The Strange Case Of The Campus Cry-Bully<\/a><br \/>\nThe oxymoron &#8220;Cry-bully&#8221; has become a popular way to describe the schizophrenic contemporary college student.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/03\/04\/a-users-guide-to-free-expression-and-bathroom-sanity\/\" target=\"_blank\">A User&#8217;s Guide To Free Expression And Bathroom Sanity  <\/a><br \/>\nAs the LGBT lobby moves beyond gay marriage into putting boys in girls&#8217; locker rooms, here are four kinds of laws to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/03\/05\/does-immigration-mean-the-end-of-western-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\">Does Immigration Mean The End Of Western Civilization?  <\/a><br \/>\nIn 1973, French novelist Jean Raspail wrote a prophetic book predicting Western Civilization would be threatened by mass immigration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2016\/03\/a-word-from-edmund-burke.php\" target=\"_blank\">A word from Edmund Burke<\/a><br \/>\nIn the spirit of Steve Hayward\u2019s occasional blasts from the past, I offer these words that have been going around in my head over the past week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2016\/03\/05\/freestacy-cpac2016-ive-got-friends-in-low-places-and-everywhere-else\/\" target=\"_blank\">#FreeStacy #CPAC2016: I&#8217;ve Got Friends in Low Places (and Everywhere Else)<\/a><br \/>\nEverybody at CPAC is talking Trump (his supporters walked out on Ted Cruz) but I find it impossible to get excited about the presidential campaign. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/articles\/the-return-of-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Return of Socialism<\/a><br \/>\nIt was lying in wait all these years, and now it&#8217;s come roaring back to life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=7354\" target=\"_blank\">College students think free handouts are the way to achieve American Dream<\/a><br \/>\nThe students often had difficulty expressing why they supported Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0BnfWma9wY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/accordingtohoyt.com\/2016\/03\/04\/the-war-on-competence\/\" target=\"_blank\">The War On Competence<\/a><br \/>\nThere is a war on.  People who can do things, even just the things our parents could do, or less, are losing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bernardgaynor.com.au\/13192-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Good-natured destruction<\/a><br \/>\nAs far as vigilante mobs go, this one was &#8220;good-natured&#8221;.  In fact, that&#8217;s exactly how they described themselves. Peter, from the Refugee Action Collective even told the ABC that they were &#8220;good-natured&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/classicalvalues.com\/2016\/03\/authoritarianism-unmasked\/\" target=\"_blank\">Authoritarianism Unmasked<\/a><br \/>\nWith the rise of Trump and Sanders we see the authoritarianism that has become currency in America unmasked. It is ugly. The problem is that they ALL do it. But in this election cycle it is nakedly on view. I had this to say about it in a comment I made elsewhere in a discussion about socialism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordaroundthe.net\/2016\/03\/why-its-over.html\" target=\"_blank\">WHY ITS OVER <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;A republic, if you can keep it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; News of the Week for March 6th, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-11285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11289,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11285\/revisions\/11289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}