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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Fox Business debate moderators plan to get aggressive

By Hadas Gold   For the first time in the 2016 election cycle, the same team of debate moderators will get a second shot to question the Republican presidential candidates. Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo will once again take the stage Thursday night, this time without Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker, to question a smaller group of candidates just a couple of weeks before the first primary states begin casting their ballots. While their first go-round was considered a successful first presidential debate for the business network, the moderators took a safer approach to questioning after… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Washington Post: Obama’s Gun Controls Not Enough, Confiscation Needed

by AWR Hawkins On January 13 The Washington Post observed that President Obama’s executive gun controls do not portend a substantial reduction in gun crime because they lack the one key element–gun confiscation. According to WAPO, confiscation “is likely the only policy that would dramatically reduce gun violence in the United States.” They cite the possibility of disillusionment with the executive actions Obama put forward on January 5, based on the fact that Obama admitted the actions “might have only a modest impact” at best. WAPO quoted Obama speaking at the January 7 gun control town hall, saying, “We’re not going… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Study: Global Warming Has Saved Us From a New Ice Age

by James Delingpole Man-made global warming is our friend. According to a study in Nature, the extra CO2 generated by our burning of fossil fuels has postponed the next ice age for at least 100,000 years. The new research, published in the journal Nature, examined the eight global ice ages over the past 800,000 years and used complex climate models to determine the critical factors that kickstarted the big freezes. The result was surprisingly simple. A particular combination of lower sunlight at a latitude of 65 deg N, where snow surviving through the summer leads to ice sheets, and low carbon dioxide in… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Obama: ‘Michelle Would Kill Me’ If I Ran For A Third Term

by Charlie Spiering President Obama traveled to Nebraska after his State of the Union speech, where he spoke to an enthusiastic group of supporters – some even wanted him to serve as president for a third term. “Four more years!” shouted a person in the audience. Another person in the audience shouted that “Keeping you as President!” would help keep America safe and strong. “Oh, well, I can’t do that,” Obama said. “I can’t do that because of the Constitution. And I can’t do that because Michelle would kill me.” Obama gave a speech at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, referring them… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Kevin O’Leary circling as key Conservatives test Tory leadership waters

Former Dragon looks at the field of candidates before jumping into race By Susan Lunn, CBC News he Conservative leadership race has yet to start, but potential candidates are gearing up, including celebrity businessman and ex-Dragon Kevin O’Leary and some high-profile former cabinet ministers. The actual convention isn’t expected for another 18 months. But the extra time is allowing outsiders to consider putting their name forward, including the outspoken Toronto business mogul O’Leary. Dickinson on O’Leary’s Notley comments: He’s the Donald Trump of Canada Kevin O’Leary tries to trump Rachel Notley, saying she’s ‘bankrupt’ of ideas Alberta Premier Rachel Notley tries to douse… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Under Siege: Women Afraid to Go Out in Danish Town Due to Migrant Assaults

After numerous cases of young girls having been sexually harassed or insulted by migrants, the residents of a small Danish town of Thisted realized that they needed to do something to stop this. © AP Photo/ Ernst van Norde Denmark Gov’t Proposes Stripping Refugees of Their Belongings The town has suffered problems since an asylum camp hosting 365 migrants opened there in November, the local TV2 channel reported.Lars Sloth, the director of the children and families unit in Thisted, recounted regular scuffles between the locals and the asylum seekers who sexually assault young women who are now afraid to go out after dark. “We admit that we… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

‘Soldiers of Odin’: Finnish anti-migrant group with ‘extremist features’ takes to patrolling streets

Far-right militia groups are assuming police functions by patrolling the streets in Finnish towns housing asylum seekers. The “Soldiers of Odin,” who always dressed in black jackets, claim they are protecting native Finns from immigrants, Reuters reports. TrendsEU refugee & migrant influx Finland’s authorities have become increasingly concerned with the group’s activity, as its numbers have grown to hundreds. While it is claimed that the group is not supported by the majority of Finns, the anti-migrant, anti-Muslim group reflects the discontent of many Europeans with the continent’s unprecedented refugee crisis. The group has around 500 members across the country, according… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Cologne Sexual Assault Victim Called a Racist and Harassed After Identifying Her Attackers

by John Sexton A woman, who came forward and told her story of being sexually assaulted in Cologne, Germany, on New Years Eve, was victimized a second time after an Internet video gave out her identity and suggested her account of the attack was anti-Muslim propaganda. The 26-year-old woman named Selina withheld her full name when she gave an interview to German television channel SWR Fernsehen last week. In the interview, she described her moment of terror being surrounded by dozens of men who looked at her like “free meat at the supermarket” and groped her repeatedly. She noted that her attackers… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

Trump’s Southern Strategy on Verge of Stunning Payoff; ‘He’ll Take the South’

by Breitbart News14 Jan 2016264 From Anthony Zurcher writing at the BBC: When Donald Trump takes the stage at the Republican debate in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday night, he’ll have an unlikely home field advantage. The New York real estate mogul has posted a consistently commanding lead in presidential preference polls in the state, which holds its primary election just two weeks after Iowa and New Hampshire. He’s made more than a dozen trips there, drawing crowds in the thousands, while the gatherings of his competitors pull in hundreds at best. In fact, across the South – in states… View Article

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on January 14, 2016 in World News

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Challenges Obama To One-On-One Gun Rights Debate

by AWR Hawkins13 Jan 201652 NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre challenged President Obama to a one-hour, one-on-one debate on guns and gun rights in America. “Americans are growing more and more sick and tired of Barack Obama,”LaPierre said said Jan. 13. “They’re sick of the sanctimony, the narcissistic celebrity, the dishonesty and the growing number of failures. But more than anything, they have never feared for America’s future like they do right now.” He then referenced Obama’s newly announced executive gun controls: Seven years ago, he set out to fundamentally transform our country. And when it comes to the runaway… View Article

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