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Down To One Liberal And Defender Of Civil Liberties In Presidential Race

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruWSO6vYKXQ The number of presidential candidates should drop quickly now that voting has begun. It is not surprising that many of the candidates are waiting to see if they do better than the polls have predicted, which is reasonable considering how poorly polls often are at predicting primary results. Some of the more mainstream candidates … [Read more...] about Down To One Liberal And Defender Of Civil Liberties In Presidential Race

Who’s a real progressive? Sanders, Clinton make their cases at N.H. town hall

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DERRY, N.H. — Eager to regain lost ground with voters here, Hillary Clinton pivoted off stepped-up attacks on her record by rival Bernie Sanders into a forceful defense of her progressive credentials. Clinton's push to define her record on her own terms, and to persuade voters she has done substantially more than Sanders to advance the… … [Read more...] about Who’s a real progressive? Sanders, Clinton make their cases at N.H. town hall

Cartoon: IOWA COIN TOSS

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This cartoon by Clay Jones is from his website http://claytoonz.com/ is licensed to run on The Moderate Voice. He writes on his blog: Ever see one of the many scenes in Family Guy where Cleveland is naked in his bathtub, his house destroyed and he and the tub are about to crash to the ground from the second story? As the tub is sliding before eventually falling Cleveland is … [Read more...] about Cartoon: IOWA COIN TOSS

(Updated) In First Mosque Visit, Obama Includes Muslim-Americans in ‘American Family’

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Update: Before reading parts of the President's speech at the Baltimore mosque, readers may want to listen to how Sabah Muktar, a young, beautiful, “proud, black, Muslim, African-American...an American” introduces the President of the United States. Click on the link below. Sabah Muktar introduces Obama at a MosqueYou need to watch this. Conservatives have been in … [Read more...] about (Updated) In First Mosque Visit, Obama Includes Muslim-Americans in ‘American Family’

Trump accuses Cruz of Iowa “voter fraud” and says he’ll probably sue

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So much for the (slightly) more humble Donald Trump that we saw Monday night when he lost the Republican Iowa caucus vote to Ted Cruz, the darling of many conservatives who seems more like Charles Dickens' Uriah Heep to many other voters. And if there was any semblance of the early election cycle bromance between Cruz and Trump, it's over. Done with. Trump is accusing Cruz of … [Read more...] about Trump accuses Cruz of Iowa “voter fraud” and says he’ll probably sue

The Revolution Begins For Bernie Sanders In Iowa (And No, There Is No Guaranteed Firewall For Clinton In The South)

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  Hillary Clinton won the Iowa caucus by a fraction of one percent thanks to the arcane rules of the Iowa caucus and the luck of winning the coin toss six out of six times when it decided delegates. Sanders has requested that the actual raw vote be released. It will probably not be done in accordance with the Iowa caucus rules, but it was a smart move to make. There … [Read more...] about The Revolution Begins For Bernie Sanders In Iowa (And No, There Is No Guaranteed Firewall For Clinton In The South)

(Updates) The Zika Virus: Recent Developments

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UPDATE II: For a heartbreaking, yet touching and inspirational story of a mother (and a father) with two children suffering from microcephaly, please click here, but have your handkerchief handy. _._ UPDATE I: A reader commenting on the alarmism which sometimes surrounded the Ebola crisis, makes a potential connection between the Zika virus outbreak and the … [Read more...] about (Updates) The Zika Virus: Recent Developments

India’s Tata Motors will rename its “Zica” car

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There's a fallacious, often told story about how Chevrolet had to change the name of its "Nova" car in Latin America because it was too close to "doesn't go" in Spanish. Then there's the true story about the San Diego-based Isis Pharmaceuticals changing its name to Ionis Pharmaceutical after months of CEO and founder Stanley Crooke, resisting colleagues, advisors and … [Read more...] about India’s Tata Motors will rename its “Zica” car

Hippos are big losers as animals suffer from South Africa’s extreme drought

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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa — At South Africa’s biggest national park, wildlife officials are warning of difficult weeks ahead: unless significant rains come, animals will start dying. This is the harsh reality of life in a country suffering its worst drought in decades. Cattle are already dying, and crops have been destroyed. Many South Africans… … [Read more...] about Hippos are big losers as animals suffer from South Africa’s extreme drought

Hope (Guest Voice)

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Hope by Arif Ahmad Dear Muslim Jihadist, It feels like yesterday when you accounted for all of them lives, and with your own included And I am not here to demonize you, patronize you or judge you on your motive I concede that you may have faced your own provocation, your own injustice But besides your reasons, this is to update you on the state of affairs … [Read more...] about Hope (Guest Voice)

Rubio becomes early hope for mainstream Republicans

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By Emily Stephenson and Emily Flitter EXETER, N.H./MILFORD, N.H. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, emerging from the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa as the leading Republican mainstream contender, portrayed himself in New Hampshire on Tuesday as the party's best hope to recapture the White House. But Rubio, 44, a U.S. senator from Florida, faces a strong … [Read more...] about Rubio becomes early hope for mainstream Republicans

But are you as bored as me by this election?

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There was a point in one of those debates when Sen. Marco Rubio (who gave a victory speech Monday night after losing in Iowa) was asked, more or less, if he considered himself the savior of the Republican Party. His underwhelming, cloying, and thoroughly contrived response was that Jesus Christ is the only savior he knows about. That’s fine but it’s unoriginal and boring. … [Read more...] about But are you as bored as me by this election?

Who Is O.J. Simpson And What’s ‘American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson’ About?

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The first season of American Crime Story— the true crime anthology executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk of American Horror Story fame—is subtitled The People v. O.J. Simpson. If you lived through the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial than the evocative title is probably conjuring up memories of black gloves and Ford Broncos. But if… … [Read more...] about Who Is O.J. Simpson And What’s ‘American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson’ About?

Three things you can’t say in black America (Guest Voice)

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Three things you can't say in black America by Jordan Cooper There are 3 things you can't say truthfully about Black America. There isn't a black who has a great-great-great-grandfather who graduated from an Ivy League university. There isn't a black who has been an All-Pro kicker in the National Football League. There isn't a black who can say that their has been … [Read more...] about Three things you can’t say in black America (Guest Voice)