GOP's tax bill cancels $23 billion in credits claimed by illegal immigrants - Washington Times

GOP's tax bill cancels $23 billion in credits claimed by illegal immigrants - Washington Times:

"The new GOP tax overhaul would strip illegal immigrants of the ability to claim several major tax credits, saving the government $23.1 billion over the next decade, according to the bill’s authors.
For years Republicans have complained that despite a general ban on taxpayer benefits flowing to illegal immigrants, the IRS has allowed them to collect the child tax credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Efforts to shut down those claims have been tried in the House but have never cleared Congress."

Bergdahl goes free, but the wounded serve life sentences | New York Post

Bergdahl goes free, but the wounded serve life sentences | New York Post:
"Attention, all troops peeved with your platoon sergeant, bored with your field rations, or who just want a little private time: 
It’s okay to desert your post in a combat zone. 
It’s fine for you to trigger the deaths and grave woundings of better men than you. 
A military judge just set a precedent: Deserters in wartime walk free.
You’ll probably get a book deal, too, and be portrayed as a hero in a big-budget film.
The US Army colonel and judge who decided Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s fate has some explaining to do.
How is it that a confessed deserter, whose actions brought our Afghan campaign to a halt and led to the acknowledged wounding and alleged deaths of his comrades, can walk out of a military courtroom a free man?
With not one day of prison time?
How is that possible?..."
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Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud

Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud:
"FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted more than $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday.
The revelations follow an internal investigation of how money was handled during the 2014-2016 epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
The disease erupted in Guinea and quickly spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The international aid response was initially slow, and money once it arrived was often disbursed quickly in the rush to purchase supplies and get aid workers into the field.
As much as $2 million disappeared as the result of "likely collusion" between Red Cross staff and employees at a Sierra Leonean bank, the investigation found.
...IFRC also revealed evidence of fraud in the two other hardest-hit countries during the Ebola crisis.
In Liberia, investigators found "evidence of fraud related to inflated prices of relief items, payroll and payment of volunteer incentives." IFRC estimated the loss at $2.7 million.
And in Guinea, at least $1 million disappeared because of fraudulent billing practices by a customs clearance service provider..."
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Actress Mila Kunis Says She Set Up Monthly Donation to Planned Parenthood In Mike Pence's Name

Actress Mila Kunis Says She Set Up Monthly Donation to Planned Parenthood In Mike Pence's Name:

"Actress Mila Kunis predicted she would receive “a lot of hate mail” after revealing in a recent interview after admitting to the “little prank” she pulled against Vice President Mike Pence.

It was during her appearance on TBS’ “Conan” that Kunis apologized in advance before describing to host Conan O’ Brien how she sends Planned Parenthood a monthly donation in Pence’s name."

Will H7N9 Flu Go Pandemic? There's Good News and Bad News - The Atlantic

Will H7N9 Flu Go Pandemic? There's Good News and Bad News - The Atlantic:
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) keeps a Most Wanted list for flu viruses.
...At the top of the list, with scores of 6.5 for emergence and 7.5 for impact, is H7N9.
...H7 viruses infect birds, and only very rarely jump into humans.
H7N9 in particular had never been known to infect humans at all before 2013, when it caused an unexpected epidemic in China.
It was billed as low-pathogenic (or “low-path”) because it only caused mild disease in chickens. But in humans, the story was different:
Of the 135 people infected, around a quarter died.
Every year since, there’s been a new epidemic, and the current one is the worst.
...“It was a matter of time,” says the flu expert Yoshihiro Kawaoka, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“It wasn’t surprising to see this change.”
...“Clearly this is a virus that we don’t want to become any more transmissible between humans.”
“When you compare H5 and H7 viruses, I think H7 are more worrisome,” says Kawaoka..."
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A Big Day For the Crazy Left | Power Line

A Big Day For the Crazy Left | Power Line:


"In Bowling Green, Kentucky, a neighbor of Senator Rand Paul assaulted him outside Paul’s home:

Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, was charged with one count of fourth-degree assault in the incident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. local time Friday, Kentucky State Police said."

Marxism: The Key to Health? | Power Line

Marxism: The Key to Health? | Power Line
MARXISM: THE KEY TO HEALTH?

"...Lancet’s editor in chief, Richard Horton. Horton argues that Marxism represents the best path forward for medicine.
Of course, Marxism wasn’t the route to good health for the 100 million who were murdered by Marxist governments, or by the countless millions who were reduced to abject poverty by various Marxist regimes, most recently in North Korea and Venezuela. 
The North Koreans who try to survive by eating grass and the Venezuelans who hunt rats to eat for dinner would no doubt view Horton’s claims for Marxism with disbelief.

Horton writes:

...[M]ore and more people, especially younger generations, believe that economies based only on free markets are not necessarily the best means to deliver fairer or healthier societies.

These would be young people who have never actually lived under socialism. 
...Marxism is about stealing other people’s money while asserting power over their lives...

Horton offers three reasons why Marxism can be the salvation of medicine:

First, Marx offers a critique of society, a method of analysis, that enables explication of disquieting trends in modern medicine and public health—privatised health economies, the power of conservative professional elites, the growth of techno-optimism, philanthrocapitalism, the importance of political determinants of health, global health’s neoimperialist tendencies, product-driven definitions of disease, and the exclusion of stigmatised communities from our societies.

It would be hard to write a more incoherent sentence..."

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IL Residents Just Got a HARD LESSON About Electing Democrats

IL Residents Just Got a HARD LESSON About Electing Democrats:
"After decades of profligate spending by leftist leaders, the chickens have finally come home to roost in Illinois.
The Land of Lincoln became the first state in the country to have its bond rating reduced to one step above “junk” status by S&P and Moody’s credit agencies.

It’s the lowest ranking ever recorded for a U.S. state and a sign of the ineffectiveness of liberal financial leadership.
Almost one year ago, S&P warned state leaders that Illinois would almost certainly lose it’s investment-grade status – unprecedented for any state – if they couldn’t agree on a budget that tackled their massive deficits. 
They made no progress, so S&P made the “junk” determination, followed by Moody’s.
They cited the state’s chronically underfunded pension system and the overdue bills that amount to 40 percent of the state’s entire operating budget..."
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Military Judge: Fines but No Jail for Deserter Bowe Bergdahl

Military Judge: Fines but No Jail for Deserter Bowe Bergdahl:

"Bowe Bergdahl will not serve more time behind bars, a military judge has decided eight years after he deserted his platoon in Afghanistan.
His desertion, to which he pleaded guilty, and the subsequent search for him that led to the deaths of six soldiers did not result in the 14-year sentence prosecutors requested in the case.

The judge also ruled that Bergdahl be dishonorably discharged, that his rank be reduced from sergeant to private, "

Average annual GDP growth is not what you think it is - NetRight Daily

Average annual GDP growth is not what you think it is - NetRight Daily:
"One of the greatest disappointments with the U.S. economy since the turn of the century has been its consistent underperformance, not growing above an inflation-adjusted average annual rate of 4 percent since 2000, and not above 3 percent since 2005.
What has come in its stead the past 10 years is the slowest economic growth rate in U.S. history — even slower than the Great Depression.
Restoring the U.S. to 3 percent or maybe even 4 percent growth has been one of President Donald Trump’s major goals, but getting there will not be so easy.
Just take 2017.
On an inflation-adjusted, annualized basis, there was 1.2 percent growth in the first quarter, 3.1 percent in the second quarter and 3.0 percent growth in the third quarter, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
So, to get to 3 percent growth for the year, we’d need 4.7 percent growth in the fourth quarter, right?
Wrong. 
The actual answer would be 14.5 percent. 
Why? 
How is that possible?
Because annual GDP growth is calculated by the taking the four readings of the real GDP using chained dollars for two consecutive years, averaging each year out and then calculating the growth rate.
I’ll show you the work because I didn’t believe it myself the first time I worked it out — and like millions of Americans I want to see the economy start growing again robustly..."
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History for November 5

History for November 5 - On-This-Day.com
Eugene Victor Debs 1855 - American union leader, socialist politician, Will Durant 1885 - American historian, philosopher, author, Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) 1911 - Singer, guitarist, and actor


Vivien Leigh 1913 - Actress ("Gone with the Wind (1939)"), Art Garfunkel 1941 - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Simon & Garfunkel), Peter Noone 1947 - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Herman's Hermits)


1605 - The "Gunpowder Plot" attempted by Guy Fawkes failed when he was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure to blow up all the members of Parliament and King James I.


1872 - In the U.S., Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the presidential election. She never paid the fine.


1895 - George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. He sold the rights for $200,000 four years later.


1935 - The game "Monopoly" was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.


1946 - John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29.


1956 - British and French forces began landing in Egypt during the Suez Canal Crisis. A cease-fire was declared 2 days later.


1959 - The American Football League was formed.


1998 - In the U.S., Chairman Henry Hyde of the Judiciary Committee asked President Clinton to answer 81 questions for the House impeachment inquiry.

SHOCK REPORT: Obama Hid 470,000 Documents From Bin Laden Raid To Ensure His Reelection | Daily Wire

SHOCK REPORT: Obama Hid 470,000 Documents From Bin Laden Raid To Ensure His Reelection | Daily Wire:

"Hayes writes, “Why would ODNI think it could get away with such an aggressive lie? … In this context, ODNI’s bet wasn’t a crazy one. No one outside of a small group of terrorism researchers and intelligence professionals had paid much attention to the fate of the bin Laden documents. The likelihood that these ODNI claims would get much scrutiny in the middle of the frenzy that accompanies a presidential transition was low.”

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Hope n' Change Cartoons - Posts

Hope n' Change Cartoons - Posts:
"Those who have always felt there was something a little "off" about Hillary's rise to her party's Presidential nomination are now having all of their suspicions (and more) confirmed in a new book by the soon-to-be-late Donna Brazile, who headed the DNC in the final days leading up to the election.
In her book, "Hacks," the title of which apparently isn't meant to describe sleazy political operatives such as herself, Brazile says that Bernie Sanders never stood a chance because early in the primary campaign Hillary essentially bought the entire DNC and thereafter made all decisions to assure her eventual candidacy. 
...Just one more rat deserting a sinking ship."

A ‘Marxist’ explanation for the Trump revolution | New York Post

A ‘Marxist’ explanation for the Trump revolution | New York Post
"‘Red October” was the name for a great Cold War movie.
It’s also the name for the Communist takeover of the Russian government on Oct. 26, 1917, when Bolshevik forces stormed the Winter Palace in today’s St. Petersburg.
That’s according to the old-style calendar; in the new calendar, the 100th anniversary of the Revolution is Tuesday, Nov. 7.
We had our own revolution, a year ago.
Which makes it a good time to compare Red October with red-state America, the Trump revolution in American politics.
I got a heads up about the comparison at a 2015 dinner, when I heard a congressman complain about the members of the House’s rambunctious and very conservative Freedom Caucus. “Right-wing Marxists,” he called them.
Aha, I thought.
That’s me.
...With all the horrors of communism, with all the misery it unleashed on the world, Karl Marx still has something to tell us.
Something about the problem he had with America.
It didn’t fit with his theories.
He said society progressed in stages: first feudalism, then capitalism, then socialism.
But in 1852, when he wrote “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon,” the most advanced capitalist society was that of the United States, and it was nowhere near socialism.
That was a bit of an embarrassment for Marx, but then he had an explanation for what he might have called American Exceptionalism.
...The election was thus a struggle between one set of voters with a revolutionary consciousness against a counter-revolutionary class that denied that any change was possible.
It was like 1917, with the difference that now it’s the Left that is counter-revolutionary, that wants to keep things as they are — unjust, unequal.
And that’s why, of the different kinds of Marxism, mine is right-wing.
It wasn’t free-market capitalism that made us immobile. 
Instead, it was all the barriers to advancement that liberals created, through statutes and regulations that place a stumbling block in the path of those who seek to rise. 
Today it’s the socialist who is objectively counter-revolutionary, for there’s nothing more truly revolutionary than a capitalist system that opens its doors to talent and industry, that erases unearned privileges..."
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Communist NY Mayor De Blasio: Ricketts 'A Coward' For Shutting Down Unprofitable Gothamist. Has De Blasio Ever Heard Of Economics? | Daily Wire

Communist NY Mayor De Blasio: Ricketts 'A Coward' For Shutting Down Unprofitable Gothamist. Has De Blasio Ever Heard Of Economics? | Daily Wire:

"But De Blasio, like many on the Left, believes that basic economics should reflect an arbitrary moral code. That’s why Joe Biden has said that paying more taxes is somehow more patriotic; it’s why the Left went nuts when businesses began laying people off due to additional Obamacare costs; it’s why Democrats never seem to understand why businesses use part-time labor after minimum wage regulations hit the books. All of that is immoral and uncaring.

Except it isn’t. Numbers aren’t immoral and they aren’t uncaring. They’re just numbers. And the numbers either work or they don’t."

Just how pathetic are college students' views of the First Amendment? - The College Fix

Just how pathetic are college students' views of the First Amend
"...The United States is rather unique in the world regarding individuals’ speech rights, but more and more supposedly well-educated young people want the country to align itself with our First World counterparts … which restrict so-called “hate speech” and “hateful” expressions.
Above all, our First Amendment protects political speech, and few would argue that the topic of abortion is not political. But … many of those few come from higher education.
Like their neighbors at the University of Oregon, students at Portland State University recently were “chagrined” at the “triggering imagery” used by the anti-abortion group Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) during a recent stop at the college.
And what an example Associated Students of PSU Vice President Donald Thompson III set for his peers: He tore up a GAP poster from a bulletin board “because he sees his position as advocating for the ‘marginalized’ rather than the ‘minority’ of students.”
He added that since Donald Trump is now president, “pro-lifers in the context of this country are not necessarily marginalized.”
Meaning, naturally, it’s OK to destroy others’ speech if he doesn’t like it..."
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The 2017 George Washington Campaign - WSJ

The 2017 George Washington Campaign - WSJ
"Looks like the father of our country could still win a few votes in his home state. 
On Wednesday this column described the ingrates at Alexandria, Virginia’s Christ Church who decided to remove a plaque commemorating their devoted parishioner George Washington from the church’s sanctuary. 
While members of the vestry who oversee the organization ponder a substitute location, it seems that some current parishioners aren’t supporting the expulsion of America’s first President from the church he made famous.

Kudos to Alexa Epitropoulos of Virginia’s Alexandria Times. 
This week she extensively reports on the reaction to the vestry’s decision and also on the decision itself. The church’s emailed explanation to members of its congregation had a less-than-persuasive argument why the Washington plaque had to be ejected along with one honoring Robert E. Lee (the Confederate general, not the broadcaster). According to Ms. Epitropoulos:

While the email detailed the problematic legacy of Lee, it went into less detail about Washington, saying only that the plaques “visually balance each other, maintaining the symmetry of our sanctuary.”

They’re kicking George Washington out of his church to maintain the quality of the interior design?..."

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