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on May 15, 2016 in World News

Trump’s Mission: Make America Great Again, Thinking Big and Winning — Lessons from U.S. History

by James P. Pinkerton Second in a Series: In his 2008 book, Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life, Donald Trump wrote, “Think BIG!  You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!” Trump’s maxim has profound implications for today’s America.  As individuals, and as a nation, we should all think big, because that’s the key to personal and national success. And the greatest success—or failure—that we could encounter is in the military arena; there’s nothing much worse than losing a war.  So in our national defense, we indeed need to think big, because we always want… View Article

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on May 14, 2016 in World News

Trump Leading Hillary Among Hispanic Voters by 10 Points John S. Roberts

Donald Trump is a racist, xenophobic, yada yada. That’s all you hear from the Left. Yet, he’s beating Hillary Clinton convincingly among Hispanic voters. Go figure. From Daily Caller: … Clinton leads Trump among all voters in the poll when they are presented with only two options, 51 to 49 percent. When those polled were offered the choice of “other,” Clinton leads Trump 48 to 46 percent — “other” earns 5 percent. When the poll is broken down to self-described moderates, Clinton leads Trump 54 to 46 percent. Among African-Americans, Hillary maintains a strong lead with almost 87 percent support…. View Article

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on May 14, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Vermont: Universal Background Checks Defeated for 4th Consecutive Year

by AWR Hawkins On May 12, Vermont lawmakers rejected initiatives designed to put universal background checks in place for law-abiding citizens in the state. This was the fourth consecutive year that universal background checks have been rejected in Vermont. VermontWatchdog.org quoted Gun Owners of Vermont’s Bob DePino, who explained that universal checks were pushed but defeated in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. After the gun control was defeated again this year, DePino said, “They keep coming. They tried and they tried it again.” One of the bills introduced this year — S31 — “would have made criminal background checks required for… View Article

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on May 14, 2016 in World News

It’s Not the Free Market that is Killing Coal

by Terry Jarrett These days, the pundits are offering a lot of different reasons why America’s coal industry is faltering: Natural gas is taking the place of coal; Demand in China has slowed; A warm El Nino winter has meant less power use. The list goes on. However, we never hear much about the big elephant in the room— the Obama Administration’s deliberate efforts to strangle the nation’s coal sector. President Obama came into office with a well-expressed desire to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants. In a 2008 interview he explained, “If somebody wants to build a coal-powered… View Article

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