Showing posts with label Dr. Ben Carson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Ben Carson. Show all posts
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
The Family Values Party and the Trump First Lady, GOD's Sense of Humor, Stand for Laney
Laney was found completely emaciated and covered in cuts and abrasions. She's only about a year old, but in horrible shape. The shelter is not sure if she was used for bait or what happened, but life has not been kind to this sweet, shy girl.
Rescue Dogs Rock NYC stepped right up to save this little girl from the shelter and are determined to turn Laney's life around.
Thanks to Rescue Dogs Rock NYC, Laney is safe from the pain she has had to endure. But, she needs your help today. With every product purchased, Hendrick & Co. will give $10 to help save Laney and support Rescue Dogs Rock NYC.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Fox News = Fake News, Taking Care of OUR Veterans, Reaganomics,
Reagan's economic policies have been demonstrably shown to be a dismal failure. It's time to stop doubling down on trickle down and to implement something better for the American people.
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Because the fact that nothing she did was against the law when she did it doesn't seem to matter at all
Keep unions and laborers - outsource CEOs!
Labor 411
Labor 411
Recently, there was nothing on PBS, so channel surfing led to FAUX News.....have ya listened to the Wacko programs?
Juvenile rants, unprofessional comments....who listens to this propaganda?
Posting for Chris Hoffmanski
Sunday, July 12, 2015
RSN: Unprecedented Wildfires Drive Thousands From Homes in Canada and Alaska, Let's Get Real, Muslim and Jewish Groups at Forefront of Efforts to Rebuild Black Churches
Elizabeth Warren | Let's Get Real
Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Blog
Warren writes: "Seven years ago, Wall Street's high-risk bets brought our economy to its knees. We've made progress since then. The Dodd-Frank Act was the strongest financial reform law in three generations, and it gave regulators a number of common-sense tools to prevent future crises. But let's get real: Dodd-Frank did not end the 'too big to fail' problem."
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Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Blog
Warren writes: "Seven years ago, Wall Street's high-risk bets brought our economy to its knees. We've made progress since then. The Dodd-Frank Act was the strongest financial reform law in three generations, and it gave regulators a number of common-sense tools to prevent future crises. But let's get real: Dodd-Frank did not end the 'too big to fail' problem."
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Weekend With Bernie: How This Grumpy Socialist Became a Populist Hero
Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "Sanders believes that by keeping his focus on economic populism, he has a shot - a long one, he admits - at beating the historical odds. 'Once you get off of the social issues - abortion, gay rights, guns - and into the economic issues,' he says, 'there is a lot more agreement than the pundits understand.'"
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Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "Sanders believes that by keeping his focus on economic populism, he has a shot - a long one, he admits - at beating the historical odds. 'Once you get off of the social issues - abortion, gay rights, guns - and into the economic issues,' he says, 'there is a lot more agreement than the pundits understand.'"
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The Dream World of the Southern Republicans
Howell Raines, The New York Times
Raines writes: "Mr. Bentley is among the Southern Republican officeholders who, despite the smart occasional concession, do not fully understand that their dominance will not be a feature of the region’s two-party future. They still act as if tomorrow will be exactly like today, their tenure assured by unbendable evangelical Christians and testy white suburbanites."
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Howell Raines, The New York Times
Raines writes: "Mr. Bentley is among the Southern Republican officeholders who, despite the smart occasional concession, do not fully understand that their dominance will not be a feature of the region’s two-party future. They still act as if tomorrow will be exactly like today, their tenure assured by unbendable evangelical Christians and testy white suburbanites."
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Albuquerque to Pay $5m to Family of Homeless Man Killed by Police
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The settlement was announced on Friday by an attorney representing the family of James Boyd, who was killed during a March 2014 standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains where he had been illegally camping."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "The settlement was announced on Friday by an attorney representing the family of James Boyd, who was killed during a March 2014 standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains where he had been illegally camping."
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Ben Carson: He May Be Pro-Life, but He Knows the Science Isn't There
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson told ThinkProgress that as a doctor, he couldn't advocate for a technique will so little scientific evidence to support it."
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Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson told ThinkProgress that as a doctor, he couldn't advocate for a technique will so little scientific evidence to support it."
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Muslim and Jewish Groups at Forefront of Efforts to Rebuild Black Churches
Max Blau, Guardian UK
Blau writes: "In the wake of those arsons, dozens of religious institutions and nonprofits have raised cash for those churches. To the surprise of some pastors, the recovery effort is being partially led by Jewish and Muslim leaders, who understand both the sanctity of houses of worship and the seriousness of attacks against them."
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Max Blau, Guardian UK
Blau writes: "In the wake of those arsons, dozens of religious institutions and nonprofits have raised cash for those churches. To the surprise of some pastors, the recovery effort is being partially led by Jewish and Muslim leaders, who understand both the sanctity of houses of worship and the seriousness of attacks against them."
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Unprecedented Wildfires Drive Thousands From Homes in Canada and Alaska
Nathan Rott, NPR
Rott writes: "The wildfires are centered in the northwest of the continent, but their consequences are far-reaching. Thick smoke has blanketed parts of Wisconsin and North Dakota. It's triggered air alerts in Minnesota and Montana and muddied skies as far south as Tennessee and Colorado."
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Nathan Rott, NPR
Rott writes: "The wildfires are centered in the northwest of the continent, but their consequences are far-reaching. Thick smoke has blanketed parts of Wisconsin and North Dakota. It's triggered air alerts in Minnesota and Montana and muddied skies as far south as Tennessee and Colorado."
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Saturday, March 7, 2015
RSN: The Libertarian Takeover of the GOP Is Almost Complete
Scott Walker. (photo: AP)
The Libertarian Takeover of the GOP Is Almost Complete
06 March 15
et me start out by saying, pay close attention to all those who think a third party is the way to go. The Koch Brothers tried that route. David Koch even ran for vice president as a Libertarian. He spent two million dollars of his own money to get 1% of the vote. David and his brother Charles, also a Libertarian, were outraged at how conservatives like William F. Buckley Jr. bashed their movement, Buckley calling it “Anarcho-Totalitarianism.” They decided to move in another direction. The brothers themselves would no longer be the messengers – instead, they would fund organizations that would shape political theory and discourse. According to Brian Doherty’s book “Radicals for Capitalism,” the brothers believe politicians are nothing more than actors. They decided they would write the scripts, and 35 years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, they have built a political machine that rivals both political parties. It includes a donor network that, along with their own money, will allow them to spend an estimated 900 million dollars in the 2016 elections. That is their estimate – Bernie Sanders thinks it’s conservative and they will spend more. Their power is increasing. Six years ago it wasn’t enough to topple Bain Capital’s boy. That was a flawed field as well. Ron Paul, closest to their beliefs, was easily cast aside as outside the mainstream. Rick Santorum, the darling of the Christian right, was too religious. The result was that Mitt Romney was able to get the nomination the old fashioned way, by buying it.
Jeb Bush has all his family’s fundraising connections and will raise a ton of money. What he lacks is the right positions on the issues that the Koch brothers have used their think tanks and political organizations to shape. Last week’s CPAC conference was a good example. The straw poll was won by Rand Paul, with Scott Walker in a close second. Jeb Bush was booed twice before he even took the stage. Bush’s positions on Common Core and immigration reform were non-starters in today’s Republican Party. The Koch machine has succeeded in making Washington and immigrants the enemy. In the past, the trendy conservative alternative would do well, but the money would dry up, and the more mainstream Republican would prevail.
2016 won’t follow that pattern. Rand Paul and Scott Walker will appeal to the Libertarian wing of the party and they will have access to the Koch money machine. Rand Paul will have trouble with many factions within the party, so I don’t see him winning the nomination. Scott Walker, however, has to be considered the front runner. He is popular with the traditional conservative wing of the party, the new Libertarian wing, and moderates. While I hear some pundits calling Jeb Bush the front runner, early polling doesn’t show that.
Scott Walker has two times the support of any other potential candidate in Iowa with 25% in the latest Quinnipiac University Poll. Rand Paul was 2nd with 13%, and Mike Huckabee and Dr. Ben Carson tied for third with 11%, followed by Jeb Bush at 10%. Jeb does lead polls in Florida and South Carolina, but only by 1% over Walker. Walker also has a big lead in Nevada, leads California, and is only down one point in Texas compared to native son Ted Cruz. The overall result is that Scott Walker leads in national polling 25% to 17% over Bush.
In the past we would expect Bush to outspend Walker and for Walker to fade, but not anymore. Scott Walker will benefit from the Koch network of cash. The Koch dark money regime will likely go negative against any threats to their agenda’s becoming the agenda of the GOP. A Walker or Paul win would put the Koch machine at the helm of the party. The party nominee controls the convention, the platform, and the electing of party officials. If the nominee is Scott Walker or Rand Paul, the Koch Brothers will be the puppet masters. If it’s Jeb Bush, then Karl Rove, James Baker, and the old guard will maintain their control.
A Scott Walker presidency with a Republican Congress would be a disaster for the poor and for working people. The Koch Brothers don’t only want to take on unions, they want to abolish Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Pell Grants. There is no social program that would be safe if one of the Koch’s puppets wins the White House. According to Wikileaks, the Clark-Koch ticket in 1980 promised to abolish Social Security, the Federal Reserve Board, Welfare, minimum-wage laws, corporate taxes, all price supports and subsidies for agriculture and business, and U.S. Federal agencies including the SEC, EPA, ICC, FTC, OSHA, FBI, CIA, and DOE.
The Kochs couldn’t achieve those goals with the Libertarian Party as the vehicle, they needed the Republican Party. Their takeover is nearly complete, they are writing the script. Scott Walker is their lead actor, and Rand Paul is his understudy and the backup in case Scott Walker stumbles. Don’t be surprised if the ticket next year is Walker/Paul. That would put the Libertarians in charge.
I know that Progressives don’t have the Koch billions, but I still believe if we put the energy we have put into building third parties into taking back the Democratic Party, we might be in a position to nominate candidates who can support our agenda. As long as we leave the old guard in charge we will get the candidates they choose.
I guess it’s good news that we will not get another Bush, but it won’t be good news if the script is being written by David and Charles Koch.
Scott Galindez attended Syracuse University, where he first became politically active. The writings of El Salvador's slain archbishop Oscar Romero and the on-campus South Africa divestment movement converted him from a Reagan supporter to an activist for Peace and Justice. Over the years he has been influenced by the likes of Philip Berrigan, William Thomas, Mitch Snyder, Don White, Lisa Fithian, and Paul Wellstone. Scott met Marc Ash while organizing counterinaugural events after George W. Bush's first stolen election. Scott will be spending a year covering the presidential election from Iowa.
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