Friday, October 2, 2015

Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 2015 average temperature anomaly: +4.4 degrees F

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September 2015 was 4.4 degrees ABOVE normal on average in Grand Rapids, Michigan, dropping the cumulative anomaly for the year to -18.2 de...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Sean Hannity the hypocrite: Shocked Rand Paul criticizes Ted Cruz while the three of them have ripped fellow Republicans for years

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Well, I say "fellow Republican" advisedly. What they are is libertarians, and put three libertarians in a room, or 300, all yo...

Trump's lead in first is actually up 35% in the last USAT/Suffolk poll

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When you compare Trump's performance in the last USA Today/Suffolk poll to the previous one by USA Today/Suffolk in July, he's act...

Freedom Caucus cracks up at lightning speed proving they've never had any credibility

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They oust Boehner on Friday but have no one to put forward They organize to fire Kevin McCarthy before he even wins the speakership whil...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Trump reestablishes the momentum in USA Today poll, in first by 10 points ahead of Carson and Fiorina

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A crack in the Trump facade

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Donald Trump, quoted here : “I’m a practical person,” Trump said. "If I see things aren’t going well, like for instance there are...

Libertarian impotence: Purple PAC suspends raising money for Rand Paul but has spent next to nothing on him all year

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Amazing but true. Reported here : “I don’t want to raise money for a futile crusade,” [Ed Crane of Cato fame] said. “I still hope ...

Neocon insanity: Krauthammer blows a gasket, says Russia trying to expand hegemony in Syria

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Oh yeah, like Syria is somehow Ukraine. The USSR is alive and well, but only in the fevered minds of the neoconservatives. Here : ...

The Tax Foundation says Trump tax plan will blow up the deficit, reducing revenues to 12% of GDP

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From Alan Cole, here : "Looking at these rates, collectively, note that Mr. Trump is frequently cutting rates in half, and someti...

Larry Kudlow really likes the Donald Trump 15% corporate tax plan, saying he never thought he'd see it

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Here : 'Kudlow, who hosts his own syndicated radio show, has long championed a 15 percent corporate tax rate, but "I never th...

Zogby poll on September 20th had Trump out front with 33%

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Reported here at Forbes: Trump 33% Carson 13% Bush 9% Fiorina 7% Cruz 5% Rubio 4% Paul 4% Kasich 4% Christie 3% Wal...

Ipsos/Reuters poll of core political approval as of September 24th has Trump in the lead with 30%

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Seen here : "After the Wednesday Republican debate, Donald Trump continues to hold the support of 30% of Republicans in our track...

Vladimir Putin tells Obama he's brought nothing but violence, poverty and social disaster to the Middle East

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Marco Rubio was for in-state tuition for illegals before he was against it in October 2011

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

CBS News claims Trump keeps the EITC

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Here . For the current 5-year period 2012-2016 the Joint Committee on Taxation has previously estimated the annual cost of the Earned In...

Sean Trende spells out the achievements of John Boehner

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Sean Trende notes that: federal expenditures on a quarterly basis flatlined beginning in early 2011, right when Republicans took control...

The Detroit News says GOP malcontents weakened John Boehner's hand in dealing with Obama

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Rep. Justin Amash, MI-3, a ringleader of the malcontents Here : Boehner has been no pushover for the Obama administration. He has ...

Joe Nocera says Trump will be out before Iowa

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In The New York Times here .
Monday, September 28, 2015

Washington Examiner has the rare proper assessment of Speaker John Boehner, faced with the unique challenge of a president disloyal to the constitution

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Here : "[R]ight wingers give him an undeservedly bad rap. As a Republican speaker with a Democratic president, he never had a cha...

Trump's tax plan released to the public today is ambitious and pro-growth

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The Trump tax plan can be reviewed here . Notable features include exemption from federal income taxation entirely for up to about 7...