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Who was Jamal Khashoggi? - ... (Views: 23, 2018-10-17, 4:18 am)
- He was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and close to - Arab spring. He was kicked out of (Views: 19, 2018-10-17, 4:22 am)
- Yes, a Muslim Brotherhood media operative. Seems his - "journalism" credentials weren't as (Views: 9, 2018-10-17, 6:39 am)
- He says he is not trying to excuse - what they did (Views: 11, 2018-10-17, 8:10 am)
  - No it isn't. He's just explaining who this guy is, so there are - plenty of people who want him dead. (Views: 6, 2018-10-17, 8:23 am)
  - That's you inferring something that he didn't say. - nm (Views: 8, 2018-10-17, 8:41 am)
- Thank you for posting this. I had no idea he was with the - Muslim Brotherhood. (Views: 6, 2018-10-17, 8:24 am)
- I heard Rush talking about it yesterday. The minute anyone - hears the word "journalist" (Views: 7, 2018-10-17, 8:36 am)
  - Seems stupid for him to do to the Saudi Embassy. He was - a spy for the Muslim Brotherhood. (Views: 6, 2018-10-17, 8:43 am)
US is world’s most competitve economy for first time - in a decade. (Views: 24, 2018-10-16, 9:46 pm)
- Who cares? - SM (Views: 18, 2018-10-17, 6:33 am)
Once again - Donald Trump shows his class (Views: 53, 2018-10-16, 3:28 pm)
- The real question is - sm (Views: 46, 2018-10-16, 6:23 pm)
  - No but - sm (Views: 42, 2018-10-16, 6:27 pm)
    - LOL - He really does get under the skin - sm (Views: 24, 2018-10-17, 12:50 am)
      - There is no goodness in that family - and God has nothing to do with it (Views: 11, 2018-10-17, 8:13 am)
  - Or act like a horse's... - JTE (Views: 36, 2018-10-16, 6:54 pm)
    - Didn't seem to - sm (Views: 34, 2018-10-16, 6:58 pm)
  - Or what about the respect NOT shown - to the POTUS or FLOTUS? (Views: 34, 2018-10-16, 6:56 pm)
    - Hmmmm - sm (Views: 35, 2018-10-16, 6:59 pm)
    - Bingo! Thank you for being - awake - nm (Views: 14, 2018-10-17, 12:56 am)
  - No, the real question is whether the behavior - that Trump exhibits (Views: 9, 2018-10-17, 8:17 am)
- Can name you 100 things that show Clintons and Obamas (all 4 of them) have - no class - sm (Views: 27, 2018-10-16, 8:38 pm)
  - It absolutely matters - sm (Views: 29, 2018-10-16, 8:48 pm)
    - It does not matter what he says or does. - Sm (Views: 29, 2018-10-16, 9:42 pm)
      - They even get mad at the NPC meme mocking them. I think - this is hilarious because it's true, (Views: 11, 2018-10-17, 4:34 am)
    - No, the seat was disgraced by the last joker - sm (Views: 16, 2018-10-17, 1:27 am)
  - Improving lives for - millions of Americans? (Views: 20, 2018-10-16, 10:52 pm)
  - JFK had multiple affairs in the White House. LBJ urinated - in the Rose Garden. Bill Clinton (Views: 9, 2018-10-17, 3:57 am)
What About Redistribution of Wealth?: O'Rourke Knocked for Not - Sharing Record $38M Haul With Dems (Views: 26, 2018-10-16, 11:34 am)
- It's really distribution of OTHER PEOPLE'S wealth that - lefties are all for, not their own. (Views: 31, 2018-10-16, 11:40 am)
  - He has said that the vast majority of his - contributors (Views: 24, 2018-10-16, 3:29 pm)
    - The vast majority of his supporters are NOT from Texas. - They are in Hollywood. (Views: 4, 2018-10-17, 2:28 am)
    - Democrats from outside Texas POURED millions of dollars - into his campaign. Pretty much (Views: 5, 2018-10-17, 2:36 am)
Every American - should be outraged (Views: 69, 2018-10-16, 8:50 am)
- This was a Supreme Court decision to allow North Dakota - to enforce voter ID laws. (Views: 46, 2018-10-16, 9:17 am)
  - North Dakota has no voter registration. This means out of - state voters could vote. (Views: 36, 2018-10-16, 9:54 am)
  - The SC - refused to intervene (Views: 21, 2018-10-16, 10:26 am)
    - They refused to toss out an appeal that allows NK to - enforce voter ID laws. Read the (Views: 17, 2018-10-16, 10:36 am)
      - Should be ND - nm (Views: 9, 2018-10-16, 10:37 am)
- Even Breyer and Sotomeyer voted for it. Why are you singly - out Trump supporters? (Views: 33, 2018-10-16, 9:24 am)
  - I singled out - Trump supporters (Views: 35, 2018-10-16, 10:38 am)
    - calm down, calm down - Proud Trump Supporter (Views: 19, 2018-10-16, 8:49 pm)
- This is old news. I see this making the rounds as well as - health care and preexistng conditions (Views: 33, 2018-10-16, 9:41 am)
  - Heidi Heitkamp is in trouble and her Kavanaugh vote - made it worse. (Views: 26, 2018-10-16, 9:44 am)
    - She is in trouble with women for using their names in the - paper as sexual assault victims (Views: 3, 2018-10-17, 4:09 am)
  - Al Gore tried to BLOCK military votes. This is nothing like that. - This is just trying to prevent fraud. (Views: 24, 2018-10-16, 10:33 am)
  - One thing we can probably - agree on (Views: 29, 2018-10-16, 10:41 am)
    - Yes, I do agree with you on that. They play ominous - music when playing sound bites (Views: 19, 2018-10-16, 11:51 am)
      - muscle should be music (I'm working LOL) - nm (Views: 10, 2018-10-16, 11:52 am)
      - Unfortunately - it works (Views: 12, 2018-10-16, 3:31 pm)
Ellison's lead vanishing amid domestic abuse allegations - SL (Views: 17, 2018-10-16, 8:48 am)
- "An allegation standing alone is not necessarily sufficient - to conclude that conduct occurred, (Views: 14, 2018-10-16, 10:48 am)
When I first realized America is exceptional - ... (Views: 28, 2018-10-16, 7:58 am)
- This post is nice, entertaining and uplifting. I know an - American Indian (Choctaw) and past (Views: 23, 2018-10-16, 8:02 am)
  - At our Wawa gas station, it's a microcosm of America. - Blacks and whites holding the door (Views: 22, 2018-10-16, 8:04 am)
Seeking government coddling. Do Americans still value - our freedom? Do we still hold the (Views: 26, 2018-10-16, 3:11 am)
- This American values her freedom. - sm (Views: 22, 2018-10-16, 8:39 am)
  - I would never - sm (Views: 24, 2018-10-16, 6:32 pm)
    - Who is - Mitch Mitchell? (Views: 17, 2018-10-16, 7:55 pm)
      - Mitch McConnell - nm (Views: 6, 2018-10-16, 8:49 pm)
    - Can you please provide proof of your claims? - And (Views: 16, 2018-10-16, 9:54 pm)
Porny Daniels’ lawyer has to pay Trump - ROFLOL (Views: 40, 2018-10-15, 7:03 pm)
- Porny ordered to pay Trump’s legal fees. - Link inside. (Views: 34, 2018-10-15, 7:17 pm)
Cherokee Nation makes statement on Pocahontas’ claim - Sm (Views: 48, 2018-10-15, 4:39 pm)
- I don't think she claimed to be...SM - Old Anon (Views: 43, 2018-10-15, 5:02 pm)
  - Did you read the article? - Does tribe matter? (Views: 35, 2018-10-15, 5:40 pm)
    - According to 23and me, blacks are about 20% white, so they are - more white than Warren is native. (Views: 18, 2018-10-16, 2:53 am)
  - The warpath is about how she USED her claim to be - Native American (Views: 41, 2018-10-15, 7:41 pm)
    - Her DNA match is to Latin Americans, not natives. - sm (Views: 28, 2018-10-16, 3:07 am)
      - No, her DNA match is NOT to Latin Americans. Go actually - read the article whose link you provided (Views: 18, 2018-10-16, 11:01 am)
        It's the headline, but thanks for the advice anyway. - nm (Views: 14, 2018-10-16, 11:27 am)
        You're very welcome. We need to be careful of headlines and sound bytes. - nm (Views: 10, 2018-10-16, 3:04 pm)
      - She claims she is part Cherokee, when she may only be a - tin bit Peruvian. (Views: 10, 2018-10-16, 11:36 am)
- It's all about identity politics. It's a joke now. Orin Hatch - says he's 1/1032 T-Rex (LOL)! (Views: 16, 2018-10-16, 2:51 am)
  - Elizabeth Warren was refused entry at Boston restaurant. - She didn't have a reservation (JOKE) (Views: 6, 2018-10-16, 11:29 am)
- I heard someone on talk radio yesterday who is 1/16 Cherokee - She said if you aren't on the rolls, (Views: 17, 2018-10-16, 3:03 am)
- She's only 1/1024 percent victim! So you can claim to be a - victim of oppression, too, if you (Views: 16, 2018-10-16, 4:01 am)
- What will MAGA? - Hopeful (Views: 38, 2018-10-16, 5:52 am)
  - Don't look to - Donald Trump (Views: 32, 2018-10-16, 7:40 am)
    - Absolulely not...sm - Anon (Views: 4, 2018-10-17, 5:56 am)
Dems Advised Not to Speak About Unpopular Open Borders Policies - Very Difficult to Win on Immigration (Views: 44, 2018-10-15, 8:21 am)
- That would be because they do not have - an open border policy (Views: 43, 2018-10-15, 3:16 pm)
  - Here we go again. Dems not even knowing - what their own party states (Views: 37, 2018-10-15, 3:22 pm)
    - So untrue...SM - Old Anon (Views: 47, 2018-10-15, 5:07 pm)
      - It is true. Dems need more voters. - sm (Views: 42, 2018-10-15, 7:06 pm)
        In what right-wing rag did you read...SM - Old Anon (Views: 41, 2018-10-16, 6:29 am)
        Good for you. - You are the exception. (Views: 24, 2018-10-16, 8:14 am)
        "There is NO plan to target illegal immigrants that I know of or can see" - sm (Views: 23, 2018-10-16, 11:08 am)
        There is no - illegal alien (Views: 25, 2018-10-16, 7:43 am)
        Voter fraud is real. Dead people "voting" in many states, - plus voter fraud in IN, VA, CO, (Views: 22, 2018-10-16, 7:53 am)
        Sorry - but that is (Views: 23, 2018-10-16, 8:47 am)
        Dead people in Chicago have been voting since John - Kennedy ran. There are many, (Views: 18, 2018-10-16, 9:12 am)
        That's why they want so many illegals. If they voted republican, - the wall would have already been (Views: 19, 2018-10-16, 7:55 am)
US Secret Service: On The Front Line show on NatGeo. - Interesting.... (Views: 50, 2018-10-15, 5:04 am)
- Your link says nothing about...SM - Old Anon (Views: 34, 2018-10-15, 7:56 am)
  - No, it is not propaganda about the Secret Service. - DUH (Views: 31, 2018-10-15, 8:29 am)
    - You're supposed to put the URL...SM - Anon (Views: 22, 2018-10-15, 5:12 pm)
      - There were 2 links to the post - Einstein (Views: 31, 2018-10-15, 5:43 pm)
        Thank you, I'm the OP and I assumed people would figure - out what you posted. It was a matter of (Views: 10, 2018-10-16, 2:44 am)
- Thanks for posting. I read about this on the Daily Beast - the other day. God protect Pres. (Views: 21, 2018-10-15, 12:32 pm)
A looter was shot and killed in Florida. - Sm (Views: 53, 2018-10-14, 5:15 pm)
- This is crime - not politics (Views: 37, 2018-10-15, 7:43 am)
  - Correct! Belongs on Gab Board...NM - Anon (Views: 19, 2018-10-15, 7:58 am)
    - Nothing says we can't talk about...SM - Old Anon (Views: 22, 2018-10-15, 5:15 pm)
      - I've noticed that popping up a lot recently, too. "This belongs - on another board".... (Views: 8, 2018-10-16, 2:46 am)
  - This is not about immigrants. - sm (Views: 31, 2018-10-15, 8:32 am)
    - It's not about - politics either (Views: 17, 2018-10-15, 3:42 pm)
Somali man whose deportation was stopped by plane - passengers, raped a 16-year-old (Views: 27, 2018-10-14, 1:28 pm)
- London is now more Islamic than many Muslim countries - put together, 423 new mosques while (Views: 24, 2018-10-14, 1:35 pm)
Hillary and Holder hurting Democrats with their amazing and disgusting comments - says Doug Schoen (Views: 42, 2018-10-14, 8:57 am)
- Judge Jeanine on Holder, etc., 10/13/2018 - sm (Views: 36, 2018-10-14, 9:16 am)
- Holder proves the old adage... - See msg. (Views: 39, 2018-10-14, 9:19 am)
- I'm not shocked by Holder. The New Black Panther Party - was intimidating people in PA, (Views: 37, 2018-10-14, 1:04 pm)
  - BTW, this story might not be true. I just saw it on another - site, since the woman was high on meth (Views: 34, 2018-10-14, 1:09 pm)
- Doesn't surprise me one bit - As they say... (Views: 33, 2018-10-14, 1:19 pm)
Hundreds of Hondurans head for US border in mass migration 'march' - HereWeGoAgain (Views: 33, 2018-10-14, 8:51 am)
- Just in time to make headlines before the midterms. - Why are we giving this country (Views: 27, 2018-10-14, 2:33 pm)
  - That last sentence is correct, and they will come here - and be dependent on the govt. (Views: 21, 2018-10-14, 2:35 pm)
  - Simon Bolivar knew he wasn't dealing with a people that had - the constitution (not the document, but (Views: 26, 2018-10-14, 2:51 pm)
Federal Jobs Guarantee - Not UBI (Views: 28, 2018-10-14, 8:39 am)
Simplistic discussion of US economics - see link (Views: 26, 2018-10-13, 7:22 pm)
How Living Two Years Under Socialism Made Me - A Capitalist (Views: 38, 2018-10-13, 1:01 pm)
- Something I don't understand is socialism exists in many - places of the world. If someone (Views: 49, 2018-10-13, 1:08 pm)
- Socialism works for a while (while borrowing from the future) - so they get the satisfaction of telling (Views: 31, 2018-10-13, 2:38 pm)
  - Learn #OperationalReality - Sm (Views: 44, 2018-10-13, 3:36 pm)
    - This makes about as much sense as saying food stamps - and birth control stimulate the (Views: 46, 2018-10-13, 3:58 pm)
      - Or dogs are green. - ?? (Views: 19, 2018-10-13, 6:03 pm)
        Those are Nancy Pelosi's words and the point was it - doesn't make sense. (Views: 21, 2018-10-14, 2:07 am)
      - Universal income is all the rage now. Okay, if we do that then - let's get rid of all the other welfare (Views: 24, 2018-10-14, 9:47 am)
        Everyone loves Santa Clause, until you find out Santa - Clause is not real. It's bread and (Views: 16, 2018-10-14, 9:59 am)
        Everyone loves Santa Clause, until you find out YOU - are the Santa Clause! (Views: 17, 2018-10-14, 10:01 am)
        Think about this. If there is a universal basic income, it will be an - absolute disincentive to do any (Views: 16, 2018-10-14, 10:00 am)
        Gov has nothing it can give, without having it taken - from someone in some manner. (Views: 13, 2018-10-14, 3:22 pm)
    - 2 + 2 = 5 - nm (Views: 19, 2018-10-13, 4:00 pm)
    - Like "shovel ready" jobs and stimulus (AKA Porkulus) - spending $60,000 to haul horse (Views: 26, 2018-10-13, 4:27 pm)
      - No. Real jobs for real people - Not $1000 bolts in pentagon (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 6:08 pm)
    - This site says owning property is theft. Is this a satire site? - nm (Views: 22, 2018-10-13, 4:42 pm)
      - Where? In context please. - No, it is not satire (Views: 17, 2018-10-13, 6:06 pm)
        Click home and read the website - nm (Views: 14, 2018-10-14, 2:05 am)
        Did you mean this website or OP at top - Of thread? (Views: 14, 2018-10-14, 8:43 am)
        I mean the link you provided. I clicked on home, and on the right side - there was an article about (Views: 18, 2018-10-14, 9:43 am)
    - This is just printing money with nothing but future taxes - to pay for it. No more, no less. (Views: 14, 2018-10-14, 2:08 am)
      - That horse left the barn. It's great to have intellectual - discussions about it, but we passed (Views: 16, 2018-10-14, 3:21 pm)
- Really good article. If socialism and the kibbutz actually - worked, I would give it a try, but (Views: 33, 2018-10-13, 2:50 pm)
Democratic Candidate: ‘Undocumented’ Immigrants Are Part of the ‘Blue Wave’ - SomeoneFinallySpeaksTruth (Views: 44, 2018-10-13, 11:06 am)
- In other words, legal and illegal votes. Maybe we need ICE - at the polling booths for election fraud. (Views: 30, 2018-10-13, 11:32 am)
- In a sane time and place, that remark would have finished - her forever. (Views: 30, 2018-10-13, 11:35 am)
- Speaking of voter fraud, 4 women accused in paid voter - fraud ring (Democrats) in (Views: 29, 2018-10-13, 11:46 am)
  - Easy for cheaters all over the nation... - sk818 (Views: 25, 2018-10-13, 2:28 pm)
    - I just got my driver's license renewed in Indiana with that - real ID. I had to bring my birth (Views: 31, 2018-10-13, 3:29 pm)
- I think it's time to start throwing the Left's terms right back - at them "Reject Hate" (Views: 29, 2018-10-13, 12:41 pm)
  - A female activist has been bird dogging Senators - over their Kavanaugh vote. (Views: 34, 2018-10-13, 12:50 pm)
  - I bet the networks refused to air it. - nm (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 1:13 pm)
    - Of course they refuse to air it. - It goes against their agenda. (Views: 20, 2018-10-14, 9:35 am)
Stop the madness, learn economics, - The operational reality of US govt (Views: 47, 2018-10-13, 7:53 am)
- Modern monetary theory is all backwards. If the govt can set - values for the worth of X by (Views: 34, 2018-10-13, 7:58 am)
  - MMT is simply put, the "inner party" controls all the - money, both fiscal and monetary (Views: 27, 2018-10-13, 9:15 am)
- A quick Wiki search shows this theory thinks that since a - govt controls the monetary printing (Views: 23, 2018-10-13, 8:21 am)
  - They fail to realize that any money a government prints is - fiat money unless there is something to back (Views: 22, 2018-10-13, 8:27 am)
    - Party on the printing press! That is what John Maynard - Keynes did, the Communists and Turks (Views: 14, 2018-10-13, 11:28 am)
      - This just makes it easier for govt officials to embezzle - money to fund their lavish lifestyles. (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 12:20 pm)
    - Nope. - Sm (Views: 20, 2018-10-13, 11:44 am)
      - "Can be managed with taxes and stabilizers," - In other words, raising taxes. (Views: 21, 2018-10-13, 11:53 am)
    - US has had fully fiat currency for last 47 years.. - No sky fallen yet (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 12:04 pm)
      - Then why keep talking about the debt? Why care about the - interest rate? Is the debt really there? (Views: 17, 2018-10-13, 12:08 pm)
        The deficit is necessary. - Sm (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 12:18 pm)
        Thank goodness the world and American citizens take our - printed, fiat currency at near zero (Views: 20, 2018-10-13, 12:30 pm)
      - Big mistake going off the gold standard. Other countries like - China bought US Treasury Bonds (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 12:12 pm)
  - No, spending should still be controlled - Understanding funding and demanding (Views: 15, 2018-10-13, 12:00 pm)
- This sounds convoluted. Bottom line is, it's probably going to - work for about 10 years or so. Then, (Views: 19, 2018-10-13, 8:24 am)
- So who is financing this debt? - nm (Views: 8, 2018-10-13, 8:29 am)
  - Well, you see, the debt "isn't really there," because the - gov just prints more money to cover (Views: 20, 2018-10-13, 8:37 am)
    - Just in case you haven't read the other - Comments (Views: 14, 2018-10-13, 11:52 am)
- What is modern about it? Current economics is the same as - old economics. Revisionism is the (Views: 17, 2018-10-13, 8:54 am)
  - Creation of money out of thin air leads to increased - supply of money, which leads to (Views: 23, 2018-10-13, 9:18 am)
    - Nope - Controlled by taxes (Views: 14, 2018-10-13, 11:47 am)
      - So govt created money feeds the pig that is the federal govt - and federal-related spending, (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 12:05 pm)
        Without the austerity threats - Funding to the society (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 12:20 pm)
- Unlimited budget for government. - nm (Views: 14, 2018-10-13, 10:25 am)
  - No, not unlimited...and we need to demand it be spent - On ALL of us (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 11:49 am)
    - "When the people find that they can vote themselves - money, that will heard the end of the (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 11:55 am)
      - Um...there is still Congress in the equation - We need to Learn and Demand (Views: 21, 2018-10-13, 12:22 pm)
        Ah, now we are getting to what this is really all about. - Socialism. I'm not for corporate (Views: 23, 2018-10-13, 12:37 pm)
        That is not socialism - Sm (Views: 16, 2018-10-13, 3:42 pm)
        Central planning never works because it does not incorporate - human nature. (Views: 15, 2018-10-13, 4:13 pm)
- Economics 101 - See link (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 6:01 pm)
Honest political ad. Gil Fulbright for Senate - Funny! (Views: 27, 2018-10-13, 7:51 am)
Karl Marx was a foreign correspondent for one of America's - largest newspapers (Views: 27, 2018-10-13, 5:13 am)
- Interesting. A few of Marx' writings can be read at - the links inside. (Views: 15, 2018-10-13, 6:19 am)
  - It is well known that Marx only wrote some of the articles - he submitted. His English was so (Views: 13, 2018-10-13, 8:19 am)
- It would be more filling if journalists competed today for - the Karl Marx Prize instead of (Views: 19, 2018-10-13, 7:08 am)
  - Stalin tried to use John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath - as anti-Capitalist propaganda, but (Views: 14, 2018-10-14, 7:19 am)
- If Karl Marx was around today, CNN would have him as their - "conservative" commentator for (Views: 21, 2018-10-13, 7:14 am)
- Interesting critique - Probably close (Views: 21, 2018-10-13, 8:05 am)
  - Hollywood makes a profit. Google makes a profit. Apple - makes profit. All left leaning. (Views: 24, 2018-10-13, 8:18 am)
    - I always got a kick out of the Occupy Wall Streets kids - railing against business while texting (Views: 15, 2018-10-13, 8:32 am)
    - State budgets and economics are - Not same as federal (Views: 20, 2018-10-13, 12:26 pm)
      - What is the point of opening a business if I don't make - money (a profit)? (Views: 21, 2018-10-13, 12:31 pm)
        Is your profit limitless? - The response was taking profit (Views: 18, 2018-10-13, 3:57 pm)
    - Top Hollywood execs give overwhelmingly to Dems, - 99.7%. Steve Spielberg ($549,000) and (Views: 17, 2018-10-13, 2:54 pm)
      - And... neoliberals and austerity - Politicians abound on both sides of aisle (Views: 15, 2018-10-13, 6:12 pm)