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| Dayton Business Journal… Flick picks: ‘Unbroken,’ ‘Into the Woods’ offer inspiring, entertaining holiday diversions,
by Annlee Ellingson -- Dec 24, 2014 -- Amid a deluge of prestige
pictures this holiday weekend, two titles are especially suited for a
family film outing. "Unbroken" is an inspiring, though oddly unmoving,
true story of American prowess, endurance and resilience, while "Into
the Woods" is an entertaining, if awkward, adaptation of Stephen
Sondheim's hit Broadway musical. Either would be a fine Christmas
diversion...
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Townhall… Bush, Romney, Cruz, Paul, Perry or ? by Rachel Alexander
Dec 29, 2014 -- Since forming a presidential exploratory committee
earlier this month, Jeb Bush is being considered a serious Republican
candidate for president. But as George Will astutely pointed out last
week, Bush has two significant hurdles; his support for Common Core and
immigration reform. Will correctly points out that his support for the
latter is far more nuanced than people understand. Bush does...
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The Daily Signal… The Economy
Just Had the Strongest Growth in a Quarter Since 2009,
Curtis Dubay - December 23, 2014 - There is no doubt that the economy
has languished in its recovery from the Great Recession, which ended
more than five years ago. But signs are emerging that it is finally
shaking free the weight of President Obama’s anti-growth policies. The
latest bit of good news is that the economy grew at 5 percent in the
third quarter (July 1 to Sept. 30...
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| The Daily Signal… ‘Public Education’ Should Fund Any
Education, Not Just Government-Run Schools,
by Brittany Corona -- December 22, 2014 -- “Are you saying public
education is just a funding mechanism? … Is all education now public
[and parents] can just choose?” asked Colorado Supreme Court Chief
Justice Nancy Rice during oral arguments over the constitutionality of
Douglas County’s Choice Scholarship Pilot Program. The case has brought
forth a question that has been at the forefront of state and national
debates...
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NBC Washington… Bao Bao Back
With Mom After Scary 24 Hours in a Tree
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 -- Good news from the National Zoo: After more
than 24 hours in a tree following a fright, giant panda cub Bao Bao has
rejoined her mom. The National Zoo's panda cub came down from a tree
late Christmas Eve after spending Tuesday night and much of Wednesday
there. Bao Bao was spooked after apparently touching a "hot wire" in
her enclosure...
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The
Daily Signal… How Much Your
Taxes Are Really Costing You, by David Allen
December 18, 2014 -- Your taxes are costing you a lot more than you
think. In addition to the direct burden imposed by the taxes
themselves, Americans face compliance costs, as well as costs in the
form of revenue loss during the IRS’ tax collection process. Pete Sepp,
president of the National Taxpayers Union; Jason Fichtner, a senior
research fellow at the Mercatus...
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Santorum on President Obama's Policy Change
Towards Cuba
Verona, PA - Former U.S. Senator, former Presidential candidate and
Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum issued the following statement
regarding the United States policy change towards Cuba: Senator
Santorum said, "I am pleased that Alan Gross has been released and able
to return safely home, but I am extremely concerned with how his
release was negotiated. Over and over again, President Obama's
foreign policy actions have...
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The Daily Signal… The Preschool
Mirage, By Lindsey Burke & Rachel Sheffield
Grow the economy, not government intervention in child care.
December 10, 2014 - The Obama administration has just announced a new
$1 billion initiative ($750 million in federal grants and the remainder
from private funding) to enroll more children in government preschool
programs. The new measure is being...
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Bush family voucher legacy, By
William Phillis
Jeb Bush is enmeshed in the crusade to privatize public education.
While serving as Governor of Florida, he zealously pushed the
voucher/privatization agenda. He essentially declared war on public
education in Florida. As a private citizen, he is continuing his battle
against public education. It may be in his DNA. His father, as
President, made a speech in Columbus on November 25, 1991 in which...
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| Market
does not work in education: Shocking admission from the Hoover
Institution's Margaret Raymond,
by William Phillis -- Dr. Margaret Raymond, a staff member of the
Hoover Institution at Stanford (bulwark of a free market) discussed the
recent Stanford CREDO charter school study during a presentation at the
Cleveland City Club on December 10. She reviewed the report that
seriously damages the credibility of the charter school industry in
Ohio. During the question/answer segment, she stated, "This is
one of the big insights for me...
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CREDO study:
Charter industry students lag behind, By William Phillis
The pro-charter school Fordham Institute commissioned the Center for
Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University to study
charter school performance. Please note that CREDO is funded by one or
more pro-charter school foundations. The analysis presents findings
regarding the effects of charter schools on student academic performance...
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The Daily Signal… Elijah’s
Story: A Life Saved Before Birth, by Josh Siegel
December 09, 2014 -- DE PERE, Wis.—Eight weeks before he was born,
Elijah Leffingwell met the outside world. On Sept. 21, 2012, at 25
weeks, Elijah was partially removed from his mother’s womb so surgeons
could surgically remove a tumor the size of an orange from his left
lung. Midway through the surgery, his heart stopped. The doctors
massaged it back to life...
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The
Daily Signal… Legislation Lets
States Cut Ties Between Common Core and Federal Grants,
by Kelsey Harkness -- December 08, 2014 -- Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,
has drafted legislation to prohibit the federal government from
“mandating, incentivizing or coercing” states to adopt the national
education standards known as Common Core, The Daily Signal has learned.
The intent of Vitter’s bill is to enable states to more easily exit the
national standards, which more and more parents and...
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| Natural News… CDC issues flu vaccine apology: this year's
vaccine doesn't work!
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger -- Friday, December 05, 2014 -- For
the first time we can remember, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention are going on the record, saying the flu vaccine won't work
this year. The warning comes just before the busiest part of flu
season, in January and February. Unfortunately, there won't be any
refund for any of the patients or insurance companies who spent money
on flu shots earlier this fall. But don't worry...
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| The Daily Signal… Since Obama Took Office, the Federal Debt
Has Increased by Almost 70 Percent,
by Michael Sargent -- December 03, 2014 -- The federal government hit a
new milestone Friday: The total federal debt now tallies more than $18
trillion. Just six years ago when President Obama took office, total
debt stood at $10.6 trillion, which means it now has increased by
almost $8 trillion—roughly 70 percent—during his tenure as president.
The surge in total debt, which has hit 103 percent of gross domestic
product, comes at a time...
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The
Daily Signal… Federal Agency
Faces Fallout From Controversial Study That Put Babies at Risk,
by Sharyl Attkisson -- December 04, 2014 -- A federal agency has taken
controversial new steps to marginalize its own ethics body, according
to new information revealed by the watchdog group Public Citizen. That
after the federal ethics body criticized a government study that
resulted in the deaths of some premature babies. The government-backed
study in question...
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Economic Collapse Blog… Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy Banks,
By Michael Snyder
December 3rd, 2014 - Panic Button - Public DomainCould rapidly falling
oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives
market? The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home
prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008,
and their models did not anticipate a decline in the price of oil by
more than 40 dollars in less than six months this time either. If
the price of oil stays at this level or goes...
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| The Daily Signal… Conservatives Push Short-Term Funding to
Block Obama on Illegal Immigrants,
by Melissa Quinn -- December 03, 2014 -- Breaking with House Republican
leaders, conservatives are pressing for a short-term plan to fund the
government while blocking President Obama’s move to grant legal status
to millions of illegal immigrants. The measure would allow the new
Congress to weigh in on the president’s unilateral action and shape the
spending debate. Speaking yesterday during Conversations with
Conservatives, a monthly...
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The
Washington Times: Protecting American workers during the immigration
debate,
By Rick Santorum -- For the past decade, perhaps the one issue that has
crossed partisan lines yet created a national divide is our nation's
immigration policy. And now that President Obama has issued an
executive order granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, we
have to discuss how this impacts American workers. Those on the left
stand for open borders and amnesty because they believe...
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Townhall… Report: 'Dark Days Ahead' for Obamacare,
Guy Benson
Dec 02, 2014 - The Hill's Elise Viebeck chronicles Obamacare's
continued losing streak, major elements of which were predicted months
ago. Viebeck's story begins with a mention of the destruction
Jonathan Gruber hath wrought, then outlines four categories of
forthcoming Obamacare headaches. They include pending legal
challenges, the still-simmering threat of Ebola, as well as open
Enrollment 2.0 challenges ("the back-end of HealthCare...
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Townhall… Opinions Versus Facts, Thomas
Sowell
Dec 02, 2014 - Everyone seems to have an opinion about the tragic
events in Ferguson, Missouri. But, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to
say, "You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to
your own facts." Soon after the shooting death of Michael Brown, this
285-pound young man was depicted as a "gentle giant." But, after a
video was leaked, showing him...
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The Hill… 13 Republicans most likely to win WH,
By Jonathan Easley
Republicans say their long list of 2016 hopefuls is among the deepest,
most diverse group in recent history without a clear frontrunner. “This
is the most open field we’ve ever seen,” one GOP strategist told The
Hill. That means there will be a narrow path to victory for many of the
candidates, as they fight for the money, media, and voters they’ll need
in the win-early-or-go-home battle royale. The Hill spoke...
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Townhall… Don't Shoot (Your Mouth Off) Before All the
Facts Are Known, Debra J. Saunders
Nov 30, 2014 -- We hand a man a gun and ask him to protect us. If
something goes horribly wrong, perhaps in a flurry of panic, we don't
rush to punish him. We make sure a criminal justice system meant to
protect all citizens also protects him. We blanket him in the
presumption of innocence. It's the reason juries are loath to convict
and, as happened in Missouri, grand juries are loath to indict officers
involved in shootings. So do I believe that Ferguson police officer
Darren Wilson...
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Redstate… The Truth, By: Erick Erickson
November 28th, 2014 -- I will keep nothing from you. Today, let me
share with you the truth. Republicans will not stop Barack Obama’s
executive overreach. In fact, while you were enjoying your Thanksgiving
there were a number of stories out that the Republican leadership wants
to give its members an opportunity to express their outrage and
opposition. Expression is not action. They will take no action...
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Townhall… Ferguson Obscures Much Bigger Problems in
the 'Black Community' Larry Elder
Nov 27, 2014 - From the very beginning, this was much ado about an
aberration, a tragic aberration to be sure, but an aberration
nonetheless. Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police
Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. Immediately, according to St.
Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, witnesses began to
give different versions of what happened. The apparent would-be star
witness, Dorian Johnson, was with Brown...
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Townhall… An Inconvenient Law, Victor
Davis Hanson
Nov 27, 2014 - There is a humane, transparent, truthful -- and
constitutional -- way to address illegal immigration. Unfortunately,
President Obama's unilateral plan to exempt millions of residents from
federal immigration law is none of those things. Obama said he had to
move now because of a dawdling Congress. He forgot to mention that
there were Democratic majorities...
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Federal News Radio… Thank you, federal employees,
Commentary by Jeff Neal
Tuesday - 11/25/2014 -- It is Thanksgiving week and before everyone
heads out of the office to take a well-deserved holiday, I want to give
thanks for our federal workforce. Fed- bashing may be a popular sport
in some places, but not in my home. I believe that majority of federal
employees do a great job, care about their work, do more than is
necessary, support their co-workers in times or need and provide
tremendous benefit to the American people...
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Natural News… It is now illegal to share food with the
homeless in Florida, by: J. D. Heyes
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 -- If you're someone who believes in
personal (not government-provided) charity and who likes to make sure
that as many homeless people as possible get a decent meal each day,
good for you. But you might want to avoid Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
because you could wind up with a hefty fine and some jail time.
Seriously. According to reports, police in the city issued citations
and further threatened to arrest two priests...
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Natural News… New pictures of school lunches illustrate
America's decline toward third world status,
by Daniel Barker -- Wednesday, November 26, 2014 -- It can be assumed
that First Lady Michelle Obama had good intentions when she used her
influence to foist her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on an unsuspecting
population of school-aged American children. After all, obesity,
nutrition and hunger are real issues, but the dismal failure of the
initiative -- which resulted...
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The Daily Signal… Amid Crises, Obama Pushes Out Hagel as
Defense Secretary,
Josh Siegel - November 24, 2014 - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
resigned today after less than two years in the post amid the struggles
of President Obama’s national security team to respond to a slew of
global crises. Hagel, the only Republican in Obama’s Cabinet, is widely
believed to have been pushed out by the president as he seeks a
different approach to enduring challenges such...
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Natural News… Prescription drug vending machines on
college campuses, by Mike Adams
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 -- The total insanity of over-medication in
America has reached a new low as Arizona State University has installed
a prescription drug vending machine called InstyMeds. American college
students -- who are already the most over-medicated population on the
planet -- now have an even easier way to pollute their brains with SSRI
drugs, antidepressants, antipsychotics and prescription "speed"
amphetamines which...
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Patriot Voices… "Made in the USA" Christmas Challenge,
Rick Santorum
VERONA, PA - Former presidential candidate, former U.S. Senator, and
Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum today launched Patriot Voices'
2nd annual "Made in the USA" Christmas Challenge urging shoppers to buy
goods and gifts made in the United States this holiday season and to
shop at local small businesses across the country. Rick Santorum said,
"This Christmas season, millions...
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Patriot Voices… Santorum Responds to President Obama's
Immigration Edict
VERONA, PA - Former presidential candidate, former U.S. Senator, and
Chairman of Patriot Voices issued the following statement in response
to President Obama's executive action to provide amnesty to 5 million
illegal immigrants. Rick Santorum said: "Tonight's announcement by the
President is just another in a long line of power-grabs by this
Administration. Despite saying as recently as one...
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| Heritage Foundation… Why should we trust Barack Obama on
immigration reform?
By Jim DeMint - President Obama has been quite up-front about it: he
refuses to enforce laws he dislikes and unilaterally changes others
without the consent of Congress. The Supreme Court may soon have to
decide the constitutionality of all this but, in the meantime, many are
wondering why Congress would believe they can trust the president to
work with them in good faith on any issue. Still more are scratching
their heads over the notion that now, when Obamacare is hurting
millions and the...
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Human Events… Obama denies Gruber, but facts deny Obama,
By David Limbaugh
11/18/2014 -- Do President Obama’s adamant denials that he misled the
American public on various important aspects of Obamacare stand up to
scrutiny? No, and it’s not even a close call. In the past several
weeks, there’s been a major uproar in the alternative media — the
liberal media doing their usual best to cover up stories damaging to
this administration and the cause of progressivism...
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Townhall… Racial Quota Punishment,
Thomas Sowell
Nov 18, 2014 - If anyone still has any doubt about the utter cynicism
of the Obama administration, a recent agreement between the federal
government and the Minneapolis Public Schools should open their eyes.
Under the Obama administration, both the Department of Education and
the Department of Justice have been leaning on public schools around
the country to...
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The Daily Signal… What Do the 2016 GOP Hopefuls Really Think
About Same-Sex Marriage?
Genevieve Wood -- November 14, 2014 -- The marriage issue didn’t play a
major role in the 2014 midterms, but activist courts overturning state
laws and lawsuits threatening the rights of those who disagree with
redefining marriage may very well make the issue a top one in 2016.
Since 1998 and across the early 2000s, millions of Americans voted at
the state level to define marriage as the union of a man...
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The
White House… We all have a stake
in the fight against Ebola, Dr. Kent Brantly
I've come to be known as the first Ebola patient to be treated in the
United States -- but I'd prefer to think of myself simply as a family
physician. I was born and raised in Indiana, and trained in family
medicine in Texas. I spent the last year living and working as a
missionary doctor in a small hospital outside Monrovia, Liberia. So
when the Ebola virus came to that country, I was among the first to
treat infected patients. And in late July, I contracted the disease...
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Top down education "reforms": mere
alterations with no evidence than improvements will accrue,
By William Phillis -- During the past couple decades, politicians and
other non-educators have hurled education reform packages at public
school boards, administrators and teachers with the warning that if
they oppose any of the packages, they will be labeled as
obstructionists in support of the status quo. Generally speaking, the
public education community has attempted to implement the...
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Patriot
Voices… Santorum Outlines
Foreign Policy Against Radical Islamic Threats
VERONA, PA - Former presidential candidate, former U.S. Senator, and
Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum addressed several thousand
Liberty University students yesterday focusing on the mounting clash
between the Western Civilized World and the growing threat of radical
Islamists. In his speech, Santorum specifically described his work in
2005 and 2006 to draw attention to the threat posed by an Iranian...
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The
Daily Signal… Veterans Are the
Real 1 Percenters, by Bruce Klingner
November 11, 2014 -- Mentioning “1 percenters” conjures up images of
protest and class warfare. But there is another 1 percent who are
beyond politics: the men and women who serve in America’s armed forces,
as well as the veterans who served before them. Despite over a decade
of ceaseless war against terrorism, fewer than 1 percent of the U.S.
population has been on active duty. A smaller share of Americans now
serve in the military than at any point...
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The Daily Signal… School Choice
Wins, Common Core Loses in Election 2014,
Lindsey Burke - November 05, 2014 - Last night’s election results have
seismic implications for education policy at both the state and federal
levels. Voters sent a message that school choice and local control are
important to them. School Choice Wins Big - Charlie Crist, running as a
Democrat, lost his election bid for Florida governor to incumbent
Republican Rick Scott. Crist supported the state’s teachers...
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| The
Daily Signal… The War on
Women Didn’t Work and 3 Other Lessons From the Midterm Elections,
by Hans von Spakovsky -- November 07, 2014 -- Many pundits and campaign
consultants are no doubt analyzing the election results across the
country to try to decipher what lessons the Republican wave holds for
candidates planning to run in 2016. But there are four easily seen
lessons that both of the major political parties should take to heart:
First, the manipulation of election rules and political trickery didn’t
work. In Kansas, for example, the Democratic...
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Townhall… Is There a Viagra for
Bored Voters? By Debra J. Saunders
Nov 09, 2014 -- Democrats won every statewide office (California) and a
comfortable majority of the congressional delegation and legislative
seats. Yet at Capitol Weekly's election postmortem confab Thursday,
Republicans were giddy, and many Democrats were, well, agitated. Even
for California Republicans, Tuesday was heavenly. To start, they spent
Tuesday night watching the GOP make big gains nationally...
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| The
Daily Signal… Here’s How
Conservatives Aim to Stop Obama’s Action on Illegal Immigrants,
by Josh Siegel -- November 07, 2014 -- Aides to conservative members of
the U.S. Senate say their bosses are rallying around a strategy to
prevent President Obama from taking executive action to move illegal
immigrants toward citizenship: Use government funding bills to withhold
the money the president needs to implement his plan. At the same time,
some of the Senate’s most conservative members are worried that party
leadership could try to strike a deal with Democrats...
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The Economist – Lexington… A big
win for John Kasich
Ohio’s Republican governor puts results ahead of ideological purity -
November 8, 2014 - WHAT is conservatism for? In the election campaign
just past, too many Republicans ignored that question. Instead they
went negative, harnessing the anger of voters who feel that America is
going to ruin and have no faith in President Barack Obama. Senator...
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You
really want to know about this, By Tom Dunn
In a previous article, I criticized state superintendent Dr. Richard
Ross for his claim that the state's quest for transparency is the
driving force behind the Ohio Department of Education's (ODE) School
District Report Card. I suggested that his, the ODE's, and the
legislature's quest for transparency seems to end where their pet
project, the charter school movement, begins. I challenged readers to
visit the independently created web site known as...
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Santorum Comments on Republican Election
Victories
VERONA, PA - Former presidential candidate, former United States
Senator, and Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum issued the
following statement in response to the results of the midterm election:
"Tonight's results are not just a victory for the Republican Party, but
a victory for America. And while the results are a clear
repudiation of President Obama and his policies, we cannot take
tonight's results...
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| Natural News… Meat industry uses chemical 'meat glue' to
trick consumers into eating food scraps,
by: S. D. Wells - Thursday, October 30, 2014 - A white powder that
glues together small scrap pieces of beef, lamb, chicken and fish is
sold by the kilo and is considered to be the meat industry's "dirty
little secret." This is not breaking news, as the industry has been at
it for quite some time, but just how many people need to know if
they're greatly increasing their chances of consuming some E. coli with
those "choice" filets...
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Townhall… Survey: 51 Percent of People
Who Used Obamacare Exchanges Last Year Won't Use Them Again,
Katie Pavlich - Nov 03, 2014 - According to a new study conducted by
Bankrate.com, a majority of Americans who used the Obamacare healthcare
exchanges last year through Healthcare.gov don't plan on doing so again
this year when open enrollment begins on November 15. "Those who
experienced the rocky rollout of the Obamacare health...
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| The Daily Signal… The People You Vote Out of Office Tuesday
Will Still Have Two Months in Power. What Will They Do?
by Genevieve Wood -- November 03, 2014 -- In most of America, when
someone gets fired for poor performance, they are not allowed to stay
on the job another two months. But Washington isn’t like the rest of
America, and being a member of Congress isn’t like most other jobs. On
Tuesday, Americans will elect people to represent them in Washington.
In the process, they will also un-elect some current members of
Congress in whom, for whatever reason...
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Heart of the matter: Public Education,
By William Phillis
Heart of the matter: Charters, vouchers and other strategies to
privatize public education are backdoor approaches to the annulment of
state constitutional provisions for public education. Each state has
one or more constitutional provisions for a system of public education.
Words such as thorough, efficient, uniform, fundamental value and high
quality set the standards for the state systems. The importance...
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| The Daily Signal… These Studies Found Exposure to the Arts
Boosted Educational Success,
by Brittany Corona -- October 27, 2014 -- New research into humanities
education suggests student learning outcomes increase with exposure to
the arts. Few empirical studies have been conducted on the benefits of
arts education for students. Jay Greene, endowed chair of the
Department of Education at the University of Arkansas, and his team
have released two studies on the educational benefits of engagement
with the arts. Last year, Greene, along with researchers...
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Townhall… Citing
Terrorism Concerns, DHS Beefs Up Security At Federal Government
Buildings,
by Katie Pavlich -- Oct 28, 2014 -- Late Tuesday afternoon the
Department of Homeland Security announced security will be beefed up at
federal government buildings across the country, citing terror concerns
and recent attacks in Canada for the increase. The following statement
was released by DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: Today I am announcing that I
have directed the Federal Protective...
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| SHTF Plan… Mining CEO Proposes: Crush Market
Manipulation By Halting Silver Sales,
Mac Slavo - October 24th, 2014 - In 2011 the price of silver topped $48
per ounce, but just a few years later we’ve seen it collapse to such
levels that it is now becoming nearly impossible to for mining
companies to get it out of the ground and make any sort of profit. Many
believe the price of silver, and it’s precious metal counterpart gold,
is being manipulated by top-tier financial organizations that include
large investment firms as well as Western central banks. Through the...
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U.S. News & World Report… Ryan
Gets It Right, By Pete Sepp
Dynamic scoring would show which tax changes are actually the most
beneficial. Oct. 28, 2014 - It’s a week before the election, and
Washington can’t seem to get enough of “what if” scenarios. One has to
do with the long-overdue task of reforming our nation’s hopelessly
burdensome, complex tax code. In a speech before the Financial Services
Roundtable, House Budget...
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| U.S. News & World Report…
Trouble to the
North: Recent attacks in Canada highlight the problem of homegrown
extremism,
By Michael P. Noonan -- Oct. 25, 2014 -- This week’s events in Quebec
and Ottawa point to a potentially troubling trend in the radicalization
of violent extremists. The perpetrators of the deadly attacks – Martin
“Ahmad” Couture Rouleau in Quebec and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau in Ottawa –
were both converts to Islam with troubled, criminal pasts. (As Humera
Khan of Muflehun told Gwen Ifill on the Aug. 27 broadcast of...
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Redstate… When I Survey,
By: Erick Erickson
October 28th, 2014 -- We stand a week from the final midterm election
of Barack Obama’s Presidential career. When I survey the field I do not
see a wave election for the GOP. I never have seen a wave in the
polling, at least not at the national level. At the local level, I
think we will see a lot of what we saw in 2010. It will be wavy. But
while I think the GOP will take the Senate, I do not think it will be
by much. Much of the success the...
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Townhall… Incumbents
Always Win, By John Stossel
Oct 29, 2014 -- I'm told that the public is "angry" at today's
politicians. Eighty-two percent disapprove of the job Congress is
doing. So will Tuesday's election bring a big shakeup? No.
Congressional reelection rates never drop below 85 percent. The last
big "wave" election was 1994, when Democrats lost control of both
houses. The media called it a "revolution," and the late Peter Jennings
from ABC likened Americans to...
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The Daily Signal… Journalist:
Obama Administration More ‘Restrictive’ and ‘Dangerous’ Than Any In
History,
Kate Scanlon - October 28, 2014 - USA Today Washington Bureau chief
Susan Page is the latest in a series of journalists to criticize the
White House on transparency. At a White House Correspondents’
Association seminar on Saturday, Page described the Obama
administration as “more restrictive” and “more dangerous” to the press
than...
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| The Daily Signal… The True Reason Gas Prices are Falling
(Hint: It’s Not Because of Green Energy),
by Stephen Moore -- October 26, 2014 -- American workers and motorists
got some badly-needed relief this week when the price of oil plunged to
its lowest level in years. The oil price has fallen by about 25 percent
since its peak back in June of $105 a barrel. This is translating
to lower prices at the pump with many states now below $3 a gallon. At
present levels, these lower oil and gas prices are the equivalent of a
$200 billion cost saving to American consumers and businesses...
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Patriot Voices… George W. Bush’s
Puzzling WMD Coverup, By Rick Santorum
How to prevent the president from deceiving Congress the American
people, regardless of who controls the White House. The most shocking
revelation by The Daily Beast, The New York Times and other news
sources in reporting on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is that the
Bush Administration so aggressively fought to suppress the truth about
them. The entire world was understandably focused on finding chemical...
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| The Daily Signal… This Little Girl With Down Syndrome Was
Stuck in a Horrible School Situation. How a New Policy Changed Her Life
Completely.
By Lindsey Burke -- October 19, 2014 -- “When I would pick her up
almost every evening, she would wait until she got into the car and she
would just start weeping.” That’s what Veronica, mother of Salima, who
has Down syndrome, says in a powerful video about her daughter’s
experience at her assigned public school. But thanks to a fairly new
school choice policy, Salima’s life is now totally different. And
starting this year...
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The
Daily Signal… Make Conservatism
Cooler, College Students Advise GOP Candidates,
by Josh Siegel -- October 21, 2014 -- RALEIGH, N.C.—Consider a few
truths about the politics of students at North Carolina State
University, a school known for its engineering and agriculture programs
and said to be more conservative than the higher-profile University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Political ads turn the students off.
They don’t pay attention to the ads, and are unlikely to be swayed by
their...
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The Daily Signal… Top 7 Wackiest
Examples of Wasteful Government Spending from Wastebook 2014
- Spencer Woody - October 22, 2014 - Rabbit massages, laughing classes,
and watching the grass grow–these are just a few examples of where your
tax dollars went this year. During a time when many families have made
financial sacrifices to make ends meet, the federal government
continues to spend. Washington politicians continue to claim their
levels of...
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| The Daily Signal… The New Civil Rights Division Head Wants to
Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs,
by Cully Stimson -- October 20, 2014 -- So who supports decriminalizing
cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamine, ecstasy and all dangerous drugs,
including marijuana? No, it’s not your teenage nephew. It’s President
Obama’s new acting head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights
Division, Vanita Gupta. In 2012, Gupta wrote that “states should
decriminalize simple...
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The Daily Signal… Government to
Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail,
Ryan T. Anderson - October 18, 2014 - For years, those in favor of
same-sex marriage have argued that all Americans should be free to live
as they choose. And yet in countless cases, the government has coerced
those who simply wish to be free to live in accordance with their
belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman. Ministers...
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| Townhall… Over It: 'Steady Stream' of Democrats Leave
Campaign Rally During Obama Speech,
by Guy Benson -- Oct 20, 2014 -- In 2008, they were passing out. In
2014, they're walking out. These tweets come from mainstream
media correspondents who watched in puzzlement as "lots" of Maryland
voters departed a campaign rally over the weekend while President Obama
was still talking. Change: Here's how Reuters' Jeff Mason
summarized the event: President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on
the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic...
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Patriot
Voices… Santorum Condemns
Houston for Violating First Amendment Rights
Verona, PA - Former Presidential candidate, U.S. Senator and Chairman
of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum issued the following statement today
regarding the actions by the City of Houston to violate our First
Amendment: Rick Santorum said, "Many say fighting to protect our First
Amendment is a conservative issue. It is not. It is an
American issue. Regardless of one's religious or political views,
we should be extremely alarmed...
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| The Daily Signal… Here’s Why Budget Cuts Have Nothing to Do
With Developing an Ebola Vaccine,
Melissa Quinn - October 17, 2014 - Some government health officials
have joined Democrats in blaming the lack of an Ebola vaccine on budget
cuts orchestrated by Republicans. However, more federal funding likely
would not have led to creation of a vaccine to combat the deadly
disease, since pharmaceutical companies had little incentive to do so.
In addition, a review of federal budget figures by The Daily Signal
shows that in...
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Townhall… Ft. Hood Murderer's
Attorney: "I Don't Know Where They Come Up With Workplace Violence"
by Katie Pavlich -- Oct 14, 2014 -- Ft. Hood murderer Nidal Hasan
recently sent a six page letter to Pope Francis about waging Jihad,
further clarifying Hasan's murder of 13 people and the shooting of 30
others in 2009 was Islamic terrorism, not work place violence as the
politically correct Obama administration has said and argued. Last
night on The Kelly File Hassan's current attorney, John Galligan, said
he doesn't understand...
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The Daily Signal… Thanks to
Obamacare, Health Costs Soared This Year, Robert Moffit
October 13, 2014 - On November 15, open enrollment in the Obamacare
exchanges begins again. Before the second act of our national
healthcare drama commences, let’s review what we’ve learned in Act I.
For starters, everyone now knows that federal officials are challenged
when it comes to setting up a website. But they’ve demonstrated the
ability to dole out...
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Townhall… The Obamacare Trifecta, by
Hank Adler
Oct 13, 2014 -- Over the past several years, I have written at least a
dozen columns on Townhall.com regarding individual and specific issues
with Obamacare. This week, I attended a meeting to learn about my
employer's plan to deal with our Preferred Provider Organization (our
PPO health insurance plan). Touch 'em all: Over the next couple of
years, I will lose my doctor, I will lose my plan and my healthcare
costs will increase. The next two phases of Obamacare are now kicking...
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Redstate… I Have a Question,
By Erick Erickson
October 13th, 2014 -- I think the President of the United States owes
the American public an answer now. I had been willing to give him the
benefit of the doubt in his role as Command-in-Chief, but not now. In
Dallas, TX, a health care worker who came into contact with the Ebola
patient has contracted Ebola. The health care worker was a trained
professional wearing protective clothing. But that trained professional
in protective...
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The Daily Signal… The 2014 Deficit Is the Smallest In Six
Years. But Here’s the Bad News. By Romina Boccia
October 09, 2014 - The Congressional Budget Office released Wednesday
the figures for spending, revenues and the deficit in 2014. At $486
billion, the 2014 deficit is the smallest since the pre-stimulus and
pre-bailout level of $498 (adjusted for inflation to 2013) in 2008.
This means the household national debt burden rises by about $4,000.
The total household debt burden exceeds $150,000. While some, like
President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, see today’s
announcement...
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| The Daily Signal… Obama Administration’s New Teacher Equity
Plan Will Not Improve Access to Good Teachers,
Brittany Corona - October 07, 2014 - We can all agree that all students
should have access to top-notch teachers. But the approach the Obama
administration is taking is unlikely to lead to this. Last Wednesday,
the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights sent 14,000
school districts a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter outlining administration
guidance on resource equity—ensuring resources and good teachers are as
available to underprivileged children as to...
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| The Daily Signal… Supreme Court Decision Will Lead to Gay
Marriage in Five States. Why That’s Wrong.
By Ryan T. Anderson -- October 06, 2014 -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court
declined to review appeals from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and
Wisconsin on the definition of marriage. This means that lower court
rulings that struck down state marriage laws now will go into effect,
forcing the redefinition of marriage in these states and potentially in
other states in the 4th, 7th, and 10th circuits. This is an unfortunate
setback for sound constitutional self-government and a setback...
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| The Daily Signal… All About the Money: Why Government
Spending and Debt Matter for Millennials,
by Michael Sargent -- October 06, 2014 -- If you’re a millennial who
recently returned to your college campus or started your first job, you
probably haven’t paid much attention to the trillion-dollar spending
measure Congress passed without much fanfare. And why should you have?
How does it affect your life? Spending decisions made in Washington can
seem abstract and irrelevant for what matters to you. But Congress’s
spending decisions DO matter for today’s young people...
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National
Review… ESAs Are Changing the
Game, By Lindsey M. Burke
October 6, 2014 - ‘A blind student in Arizona gets about $21,000 a
year,” says Marc Ashton, whose son, Max, is legally blind. That $21,000
represents what Arizona spends to educate a student such as Max in the
public-school system. “We took our 90 percent of that, paid for Max to
get the best education in Arizona, plus all of his Braille, all of his
technology, and then there was still money left over to put toward...
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The Daily Signal… 6 Steps to
Subtract 2 Numbers: Common Core Homework in 1 Photo,
Kelsey Harris - October 02, 2014 - For third-graders learning Common
Core math in Georgia, there are four ways to subtract—and only four
ways allowed. The picture above is just one of the methods for
subtraction under Common Core straight from RedState editor in chief
Erick Erickson’s third-grade...
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Townhall… Ebola In America: Is The Government Doing
Enough? By Derek Hunter
Oct 05, 2014 -- I’m writing this with Ebola-type symptoms. I don’t have
Ebola;, I have food poisoning. But still. The world is not yet in panic
mode over the latest outbreak, but it’s close. Is it justified? Ebola
isn’t an easy virus to contract, or at least it didn’t used to be. The
only sure way to catch it is from the bodily fluids of people with it –
and then only once they start to exhibit symptoms themselves. That’s
why it’s been the near-exclusive domain of countries without proper
sewage...
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Townhall… CDC Director Doubles
Down on Lack of Flight Restrictions From Ebola Stricken Countries,
by Katie Pavlich -- Oct 03, 2014 -- In light of the first case of Ebola
in the United States emerging earlier this week after Thomas Duncan
traveled to and from the country of Liberia to attend a funeral (and
then knowing he was infected, lied on a medical form before hopping on
a flight back), many people are asking why flight bans or restrictions
to Ebola stricken countries have not been put in place. On Wednesday,
White House...
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| The Daily Signal… School Board Tells Homeschool Family Their
Curriculum Must Be ‘Guided’ by Common Core Standards;
Chris McNutt -- September 30, 2014 -- For many public school students,
Common Core national standards and tests are being implemented in their
classrooms this school year. Yet parent opposition has been vocal over
the past few years, 60 percent of the public opposes Common Core, and
teacher support for the standards has dropped precipitously over the
past year from 76 percent in 2013 to just 46 percent in 2014, according
to a Harvard poll. But it ...
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| Townhall Finance... Obama Claims Obamacare is Working – You
Just Haven’t Noticed,
Michael Schaus - Oct 04, 2014 - I’m beginning to think that Obama
doesn’t actually have any speech writers or talking-point authors… He’s
just recycling the set of talking points he was handed in the first
four years of his tenure. During a recent Q&A session at a campaign
event in Princeton Indiana, the President trotted out the
tried-and-failed talking points of 2012 to defend his signature
healthcare law. According to the Free Beacon: “We are seeing almost a...
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Natural News… Kansas governor
declares October Zombie Preparedness Month,
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger; Tuesday, September 30, 2014 -
(NaturalNews) Although Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is sure to be
teased about this by persnickety whiners, it's actually a smart
initiative: Kansas has declared October to be "Zombie Preparedness
Month" in an effort to raise awareness about disaster preparedness
among its citizens. Obviously, the Kansas government isn't literally
concerned about...
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