Tag Archives: Current Events

Chaos: House Republicans in Complete Disarray, No Easy Fix in Sight – Guy Benson

Posted on October 9, 2015 by RaulYbarra

Source: Chaos: House Republicans in Complete Disarray, No Easy Fix in Sight – Guy Benson Guy makes critical errors in your baseline assumption and that leads his analysis astray. 1. I sense a presumption that a government that isn’t doing something is … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Failed Liberal State – Stephen Moore

Posted on September 15, 2015 by RaulYbarra

When I grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago in the 1960s and ’70s, Illinois was still a financial and industrial powerhouse. Source: Anatomy of a Failed Liberal State – Stephen Moore I guess I’ll have to be the … Continue reading →

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Fox News: Kentucky clerk still won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses

Posted on September 1, 2015 by RaulYbarra

This is going to be important to watch – Kentucky clerk still won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses – Fox News. There is a lot of controversy over the how in the Supreme Court decision.  Couple this with the fact that while the … Continue reading →

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Peggy Noonan Gets It Better Than the Rest

Posted on August 28, 2015 by RaulYbarra

I’ve always been on again off again on Peggy’s commentaries.  I suppose the good thing is that if I only read someone with whom I always agreed, it would get pretty boring.  Her WSJ editorial, however, should be required reading for … Continue reading →

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Letter to a Friend: ‘Harsh Immigration’ Is Not Why Latinos Hate Republicans – Larry Elder – Page full

Posted on August 27, 2015 by RaulYbarra

Dear Larry: Geez, I cannot fathom the polls that have Donald Trump leading. Either a lot of Republicans are just frustrated or stupid, or both — and they want a bomb-thrower. Or it is pro-Hillary Clinton Democrats voting in those … Continue reading →

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Walmart and guns; Not a big deal

Posted on August 27, 2015 by RaulYbarra

For some bizarre reason, this story has crept to national news: Walmart to stop selling semi-automatic weapons This isn’t a news story.  Nor is Walmart abandoning the AR platform.  It’s not the first time that I’ve seen Walmart not carrying … Continue reading →

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Trump migrant proposals could be ‘catastrophic’ to both U.S., Mexico | McClatchy DC

Posted on August 18, 2015 by RaulYbarra

Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s calls to impound the money undocumented workers send home and to jack up fees for Mexicans crossing the border legally each day could prove harmful to the economies of both countries, Mexican experts said Monday. Source: … Continue reading →

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The Arrogance of Power: Megyn Kelly’s ‘Good Journalism’ – Breitbart

Posted on August 12, 2015 by RaulYbarra

Was Megyn Kelly’s performance “good journalism”? Here are her questions, evaluated one by one. Source: The Arrogance of Power: Megyn Kelly’s ‘Good Journalism’ – Breitbart This article does a good job of making my (repeated) point that Megyn wasn’t just … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump’s Six Stages Of Doom | FiveThirtyEight

Posted on August 6, 2015 by RaulYbarra

The recent polling surge by Donald Trump has launched a thousand stories about Trump’s “unprecedented campaign.” But it’s nothing all that unusual: Similar surges occurred for almost every Republic… Source: Donald Trump’s Six Stages Of Doom | FiveThirtyEight At the … Continue reading →

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Chicago police detained thousands of black Americans at interrogation facility | The Guardian

Posted on August 6, 2015 by RaulYbarra

Source: Chicago police detained thousands of black Americans at interrogation facility | US news | The Guardian If you want to know what Democrats really think of African Americans, this should tell you.  It really is beyond comprehension how they … Continue reading →

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