George Soros, liberal megadonor, is bankrolling Fusion GPS, claims Russian billionaire - Washington Times

George Soros, liberal megadonor, is bankrolling Fusion GPS, claims Russian billionaire - Washington Times:

"A Russian billionaire writes that George Soros, a major financier of liberal causes, is funding Fusion GPS, the firm that orchestrated the Christopher Steele dossier.
If true, it is possible that Fusion GPS’s ongoing anti-Trump investigations have not only been funded by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign, but also by currency trader Soros. He recently pledged $18 billion to a cast of liberal groups and causes.
The Soros connection was asserted by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate whose name pops up from time to time in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation."

The return of the euro crisis foretold - AEI

The return of the euro crisis foretold - AEI:
"Anyone who thought that the Eurozone debt crisis was resolved has not been paying attention to economic and political developments in Italy, the Eurozone’s third-largest member country.
They have certainly not been focusing on how very vulnerable the Italian economy remains to a less favorable international economic environment and to more challenging global liquidity conditions than those that have prevailed over the past few years.
Nor have they been drawing the implications for economic policy from the recent Italian parliamentary election. 
That election saw a surge in support for populist political parties not known for their commitment to economic orthodoxy or to real economic reform.
At a minimum, this is likely to usher in a prolonged period of Italian political uncertainty.
To say that the Italian economy is in a very poor state would be a gross understatement..."
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Illinois is officially a ‘sanctuary state’ for immigrants - Hoy Chicago

Illinois is officially a ‘sanctuary state’ for immigrants - Hoy Chicago: "
"With mariachis performing in the background, Governor Bruce Rauner signed the TRUST Act on Monday, at a Mexican restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, officially barring cooperation between Illinois police departments and

immigration officials.
The TRUST Act, valid in all cases except where a federal judge has issued a warrant for arrest, will make Illinois more welcoming to immigrants and refugees, according to its supporters.
...The law denies local law enforcement the ability to detain people on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency charged with identifying and investigating immigrants present in the country illegally. 
It also prohibits local officials from inquiring about a person’s immigration status, something Ruiz-Velasco called a “very important protection,” that will make immigrants more comfortable reporting crimes to local police..."
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History for March 12

History for March 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Clement Studebaker 1831, Jack Kerouac 1922, Barbara Feldon 1933 - Actress ("Get Smart")


Johnny Rutherford 1938, Mitt Romney 1947 - Politician, James Taylor 1948 - Singer, songwriter


1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.

1911 - Dr. Fletcher of Rockefeller Institute discovered the cause of infantile paralysis.


1912 - The Girl Scout organization was founded. The original name was Girl Guides.


1933 - President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.


1947 - U.S. President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.


1974 - "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.


1989 - About 2,500 veterans and supporters marched at the Art Institute of Chicago to demand that officials remove an American flag placed on the floor as part of an exhibit.


2003 - In Utah, Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family nine months after she was abducted from her home. She had been taken on June 5, 2002, by a drifter that had previously worked at the Smart home.

Hollywood attacks NRA while using guns for movie, TV violence - Washington Times

Hollywood attacks NRA while using guns for movie, TV violence - Washington Times:

"“Criminologists across the political spectrum have known there’s a direct and strong correlation between young male violence and the lack of a presence of fathers,” he said. Why not make more stories revealing that hard truth?
“Movies that glorify violence and guns would be far less influential if we had far more boys growing up knowing their dads,” he said."

The way we were-----Cher - Half Breed

Boob-tube-----Do You Trust Your Wife" with Johnny Carson (1958)

The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Interview With Scott Pruitt

The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Interview With Scott Pruitt
"Rob Bluey: 
You gave a speech at CPAC last year where you were just at the beginning of your tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency, and you outlined some of the things that you wanted to do. 
Here we are a year later, you’ve repealed, taken back, 22 regulations at a savings at $1 billion, a significant contribution to the U.S. economy, as President Donald Trump talked about in his speech. What does that mean?
Scott Pruitt: 
Busy year. 
And it was great to be at CPAC about two weeks after having been sworn in last year. 
And I talked last year about the future ain’t what it used to be, that Yogi Berra quote that I cited about the change that was gonna take place at the agency and I think we’ve been about that change the last year. 
Focusing on rule of law, restoring process and order, making sure that we engage in cooperative federalism as we engage in regulation.
But the key to me is that weaponization of the agency that took place in the Obama administration, where the agency was used to pick winners and losers. 
Those days are over..."
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It's Not All Bad - These 6 Charts Show How The World Is Improving | Zero Hedge

It's Not All Bad - These 6 Charts Show How The World Is Improving | Zero Hedge:
"Today’s infographic comes to us from economist Max Roser of Our World in Data, and it highlights six megatrends that show that in many important ways, our world is improving drastically.

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

The one commonality of these six indicators? They all happen slowly and incrementally, but are more evident with a long-term perspective.

Each family lifted out of poverty, each classroom that gets built, and each village gaining access to basic vaccinations may not seem significant on a scale of billions of people – but over decades, these gains add up to create a richer, more educated, and healthier world and a very powerful statistical story.

SIX GLOBAL TRENDS

Here are the six big picture trends pointed out by Roser, using data collected over hundreds of years:
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FBI staffers knew warnings about Nikolas Cruz were related but closed the case, lawmakers learn | Fox News

FBI staffers knew warnings about Nikolas Cruz were related but closed the case, lawmakers learn | Fox News:

"The FBI this week detailed to Congress a series of mistakes and missed opportunities to intervene before a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida -- including a revelation that staffers knew two warnings about suspect Nikolas Cruz were related, but still closed the case.
FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich made the comments in a closed briefing Tuesday with members of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
In a summary released Wednesday to Fox News, Bowdich cited two tips that the FBI received about Cruz in September 2017 and January 2018 that were mishandled."

How We CAN End School Shootings for Good???? – Soldier of Fortune Magazine

How We CAN End School Shootings for Good???? – Soldier of Fortune Magazine
"After the recent school shootings in Florida and immediate attacks on guns, AR-15s, and so-called “assault weapons,” I decided to research, without political agenda, to see if people like me have been wrong. 

• During the 18th century there was 1 incident of a school shooting.
• During the 19th century there were 28 shootings.
• In the 20th century there were 227 shootings.
• So far in the 21st century, including the February 14, 2018 shooting, there have been 207 shootings.
• Looking at the numbers in the primary article, I found that in the 1990 time frame of school shootings, the figure almost doubled, a drastic increase.

I asked myself, “What did we do differently that caused that jump?”

The answer was easily discovered: The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) is an act of the U.S. Congress which was introduced in the U.S. Senate in October, 1990 by then-Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware and was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush..."
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Student Loans – A Generational Disaster | The Liberty Conservative

Student Loans – A Generational Disaster | The Liberty Conservative
"One of the biggest generational differences which causes a disconnect between baby boomers and millennials is student debt. 
Many baby boomers are confused why college graduates don’t immediately move out of their parents’ house like baby boomers did. 
The issue is that once a student graduates, they become debtors. 
It’s a vicious cycle which turns compound returns against borrowers...
Finances By Degree

The chart below shows the net worth of loan applicants for various degrees.

NET WORTH OF LOAN APPLICANTS

Conclusion-Student loans are devastating for millennials as they are graduating with excessive debt, yet getting paid similar amounts to baby boomers when they were young. 
Baby boomers were able to enter their 20s with little debt which helped them buy a house and start a family at a young age..."

Lunch video-----Catastrophe at O'Hare (American Airlines Flight 191)

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CNN Admits: U.S. Town Where Guns Are Required Has Had Only 1 Murder in 6 Years

CNN Admits: U.S. Town Where Guns Are Required Has Had Only 1 Murder in 6 Years:

"CNN admitted in a report on March 6, 2018, that a Georgia town requiring gun ownership has only seen one murder in six years and maintains a violent crime rate of less than two percent."

Sweden: Woman faces two years in prison for making jokes about Islam

Sweden: Woman faces two years in prison for making jokes about Islam
“The woman is charged with ‘talking in a negative or threatening way about a group of people’ after she posted cartoons about Islam on Facebook.”

Sweden is on fire with jihad activity, and this is what they prosecute. 

Would this woman have been prosecuted for joking about Christianity or Judaism? 

What do you think?

The joke may be stupid or in poor taste. 

But if you said the same thing about any other group, no one would care..."

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Gotta love the date of this love-fest----Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle - Salon.com

Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle - Salon.com-DAVID SIROTA-03.06.2013
"The Venezuelan leader was often marginalized as a radical.
But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains.
For the last decade in American politics, Hugo Chavez became a potent political weapon - within a few years of his ascent, he was transformed from just a leader of a neighboring nation into a boogeyman synonymous with extremism.
...No, Chavez became the bugaboo of American politics because his full-throated advocacy of socialism and redistributionism at once represented a fundamental critique of neoliberal economics, and also delivered some indisputably positive results.
Indeed, as shown by some of the most significant indicators, Chavez racked up an economic record that a legacy-obsessed American president could only dream of achieving..."
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#1 This day 1967-----Love is Here and Now You're Gone - The Supremes

The Media and Joe McCarthy | Trending

The Media and Joe McCarthy | Trending:
"...If Evans and West are to be believed -- and their argument is certainly persuasive -- McCarthy has been unjustly smeared by the press and by antihistorical writing in general. 
As Wes Vernon writes in Accuracy in Media, “The media’s role in tilting the scales against the most controversial United States senator in the 20th century began the very moment he burst on the national scene in February of 1950.” 
It continues in one form or another to this day, often “mediated” through the anti-Trump mania that has consumed the Left and the FNM (Fake News Media). 
Trump is now regarded by the anti-anti-communist syndicate as a kind of McCarthy redivivus -- all the more reason to explode the media fable.
But the belief in McCarthy’s treachery has penetrated everywhere..."
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