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发帖数: 2153 | 1 The top USA LGBT stories of 2011
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/26/the-top-usa-lgbt-stories-o
10 – High profile figures come out as gay
In October, the Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto came out as gay. On his blog,
Quinto wrote that the recent suicide of gay 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer had
spurred him to be open.
Don Lemon, the CNN anchorman who appears in 100 million US homes also came
out at the age of 45, and spoke to PinkNews.co.uk’s Laurence Watts about
the experience. Lemon’s biography wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 2 New Jersey Assembly Panel Advances Gay Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer
NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSE (SCOTT MCPHERSON) | ADVOCATE.COM
The New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee approved the marriage equality
bill in a vote Thursday afternoon, promising to escalate the standoff
between Democratic lawmakers and Republican governor Chris Christie, who has
vowed to veto the legislation.
In its first-ever hearing in the Assembly, the Marriage Equality and
Religious Exemption Act bill passed the panel Thursda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 3 Hemera/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- College freshman entering the University
of California system next year could be asked to identify themselves as gay,
straight, bi, or transgender when they accept their admissions offer.
The system’s Academic Senate initiated the proposal, which would add a
question to the statements of intent students fill out when deciding to go
to the University of California. The statements already include a host of
identifiers such as race, gender and ethnicity.
The quest... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 http://news.yahoo.com/dharun-ravi-found-guilty-rutgers-trial-21
A New Jersey jury today found former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi guilty on
all counts for using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having
a gay sexual encounter in 2010.
Ravi, 20, was convicted of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness
tampering and hindering arrest, stemming from his role in activating the
webcam to peek at Clementi's date with a man in the dorm room on Sept. 19,
2010. Ravi was also convicted... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 5 NEW YORK - There was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case,
but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent
are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of justice?
The gist of the verdict: Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was
convicted Friday of anti-gay intimidation for using a webcam to spy on his
gay roommate's love life. The roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, threw
himself to his death off a bridge not long after reali... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 6 125,000 sign Iraq veteran’s petition to keep New Hampshire’s equal
marriage law
125,000 people across the US have called on New Hampshire’s legislature to
keep the state’s equal marriage laws in a vote tomorrow, signing a petition
started by marine who wants to be best man at his brother’s wedding.
Craig Stowell, a married marine, said he started the Change.org petition to
lobby lawmakers to protect the marriage laws for his brother, who, he said,
finally felt accepted under the law.
New Hampshi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 7 WASHINGTON -- The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is the leading
group fighting the legalization of same-sex marriage around the country. It
has raised and spent millions, opposing not only marriage equality but also
civil unions.
Yet NOM is now backing legislation in New Hampshire that would repeal same-
sex marriage but legalize civil unions, signaling a shift in its tactics as
more states move toward recognizing marriage equality.
The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2113 | 8 報導寫得很不錯。
還記得新澤西Rutgers大學生Tyler Clementi，遭室友用攝像頭監控並被放到Twitter上.
後來他跳橋自殺，引發全美的大規模聲討。
犯案的人三月被判處有罪，面臨十年監禁，而因為是印度公民，他將被驅逐出境。
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 The documentary “Bully” has been officially retagged PG-13 by the Motion
Picture Association of America. This shift from its initial R rating for
language occurred after a drawn-out battle of wills among the studio, the
trade association responsible for the voluntary ratings system, and vocal
advocates of antibullying initiatives.
A compromise version, which cuts the number of "F-bombs," will be in
theaters beginning April 13, when the film goes into national distribution.
Now that the critica... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 Hunger Games Star is Youngest GLAAD Vanguard Honoree Ever
The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson, 19, is a longtime equality advocate and
becomes the youngest recipient of the Vanguard award in the organization's
history.
By Jeremy Kinser
The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson, 19, will be presented with Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Vanguard Award, making the longtime
equality advocate the youngest recipient of that award in the organization's
history.
GLAAD's Vanguard Award is annually p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 11 Aside from the standing exhibits, the show will feature eight evening and
weekend events in the space. A full list of events and artists is included
below.
Thursday, August 9th – Staged reading of the play Waafrika, by Nick Mwaluko
Saturday, August 11th – Opening Reception
Tuesday, August 14th – Staged reading of the play The Marriage Trick, by
Riley Macleod
Thursday, August 16th – Before I Was Queer: An evening of queer memoir
hosted by Kelli Dunham
Tuesday, August 18th – Queer Archives Chat: A... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17544 | 12 BOSTON MARATHON EXPLOSIONS: Dozens Of Injuries Feared
Adam Taylor | 23 minutes ago | 141,276 | 11
Reporters on the scene are reporting dozens of injuries and lost limbs.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/explosion-at-boston-marathon-2013-4#ixzz2QYslhWGT
 http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/516c5042eab8ea0812000003-453-338-590-/screen shot 2013-04-15 at 3.08.05 pm.png" onload="adjustimg(this)">
There have been multiple explosions at the finish line for the Boston
Marathon, w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1846 | 13 华人在美国悲惨生活
This week, Sharon Osbourne revealed her long-ago fling with Jay Leno, Aisha
Tyler opened up about her infertility struggle and Sara Gilbert said she
realized she was gay while dating her Roseanne costar Johnny Galecki.
On Wednesday's show, Julie Chen, 43, said that racist remarks from a former
news director led her to undergo plastic surgery to make her eyes look
bigger.
"When I was 25, I was working as a local news reporter in Dayton, Ohio. I
asked my news director if I could fill in ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 QueerNews 讨论区 】
发信人: majia111 (majia111), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: 悼念在黑色九月里被迫害致死的同性恋少年
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Oct 1 02:07:40 2010, 美东)
更换版标一个月
May they R.I.P!
Seth Walsh (California), 13 yrs old, September 19th
Asher Brown (Texas), 13 yrs old, September 23rd
Billy Lucas (Indiana), 15 yrs old, September 9th
Tyler Clementi (New Jersey), 18 yrs old, September 22nd |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 【 以下文字转载自 QueerNews 讨论区 】
发信人: majia111 (majia111), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: 又死了一个！第五个了！！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Oct 1 11:49:25 2010, 美东)
Gay R.I. Student Commits Suicide
By Advocate.com Editors
RaymondChase2x390 (Screengrab) | Advocate.com
Raymond Chase, a student at Johnson & Wales in Providence, R.I., died by
hanging himself in his dorm room this past Wednesday.
Campus Pride reports on the death of Chase, which follows the suicide of
Tyler Clementi of Rutgers University this week and the recent repo |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 Obama will have to produce birth certificate to run again
Posted: January 25, 2011
7:42 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
U.S. President Barack Obama greets the media as he walks on the South Lawn
of the White House upon his return to Washington, November 14, 2010.
President Obama is back in Washington after a 10-day trip to Asia. UPI/Yuri
Gripas/Pool Photo via Newscom
It could be a game-changer.
A plan in Arizona to require presidential candidates to prove their
eligibility to o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 By Howard Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman
The latest house price data (the S&P Case-Shiller index) shows a clear
downward trend for the most recent six months, as shown in the graph below:
The next graph shows how this year's data fits in with the long-term trend.
It is clear that the house price bubble, which began in 1997 and peaked in
2006, has not yet finished popping:
How We Got Here
The black stars in the above graph highlight 1951 and 1997, the two years
when Congress changed ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 By Robert Oscar Lopez
As Mike Bates at NewsBusters points out, gay-themed news stories have
reached an absurd prominence lately. He was flummoxed by the amount of time
devoted by Don Lemon (CNN) to same-sex marriages in New York:
Lemon devoted most of the hour-long program to stories of men marrying men
and women marrying women. Less than ten minutes were spent on a potential
debt ceiling deal in Washington. The Norwegian tragedy warranted about four
minutes of air time.
It has been almost a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 52743 | 19 1. Congress
2. Grover Norquist
3. Oprah
4. NFL
5. Mark Zuckerberg
6. Supreme Court
7. Georgre Soros
8. Pixar
9. Tyler perry
10. Verizon Custom Service
11. American President
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3%
Debt/GDP, $14 Billion From Breaching Debt Ceiling
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/03/2012 16:49 -0500
While not news to Zero Hedge readers who knew about the final debt
settlement of US debt about 10 days ahead of schedule, it is now official:
according to the US Treasury, America has closed the books on 2011 with debt
at an all time record $15,222,940,045,451.09. And, as was observed here
first in all of the press, US debt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 Last week, the White House claimed that unemployment dropped for the fifth
consecutive month to 8.3 percent — the lowest it has been in nearly three
years — after adding 243,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
But financial experts are saying the figures may have been manipulated —
and that the significant drop in employment was because of the fact that the
federal agency charged with computing key economic data has significantly
decreased the number of Americans in the workfo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 My op-ed on Ravi/Clementi
by Rossputin
I was very pleased to be contacted by USA Today on Thursday, asking me to
write an opposing view on their take that the conviction and sentencing of
Dharun Ravi was fair because society is becoming less tolerant of bias. (
They had seen my American Spectator article which made roughly the opposite
point to theirs.)
I wrote my view for them, and it has been published as the “Opposing View”
in Friday’s USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/story/201... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 Foodstamps Surge By Most In One Year To New All Time Record, In Delayed
Release
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/10/2012 10:46 -0500
While there had been speculation that the BLS may delay the release of its
October nonfarm payroll number until after the election, it turned out there
was no reason to worry. Perhaps this is because the number, while at stall
speed, was not quite as horrible as some had expected (even if the change in
average hourly earnings did tumble to new all time lows) and so ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 Stupidity has become a pandemic:
An Ipswitch, Ma., middle-school principal has canceled his school’s
annual honors assembly because it Stupiditywas too upsetting for some
students. Boston’s Fox affiliate reports the explanation of Principal David
Fabrizio, the man at the center of the silliness:
“Honors Night, which can be a great sense of pride for the recipients’
families, can also be devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard
in a difficult class but who, despite growth, has not... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 美国人一直以来都对自己敢于为梦想而冒险感到自豪。但是，如今这种冒险精神似乎正
在退却。
三种长期趋势显示出，美国经济的风险偏好已经转弱。这三种趋势分别是：公司新增工
作岗位的速度越来越慢，即使在经济景气时也是如此；投资者对初创企业的投资越来越
少；并且，从整体来看，美国人创建的企业数量越来越少，并且他们更换工作或为追求
新机会而搬家的意愿也越来越低。
上述变化折射出了更广泛、更持久的社会变迁，其中包括人口老龄化以及近期在众多行
业中大型企业优势地位的确立。专家们表示，这些社会变迁可能有助于解释在过去的三
次经济衰退后，经济复苏的速度变得越来越慢的原因。
马里兰大学(University of Maryland)经济学家约翰•霍尔蒂万格(John
Haltiwanger)表示：“美国以前取得的成功，在一定程度上是因为它的活力、它在创造
就业和淘汰岗位以及促进就业人员流动上的高效。可悲的是，如今我们已经丢掉了护身
符。”霍尔蒂万格曾专门就美国创业精神的衰落展开过研究。
D.L. Anderson for The Wall Street Journal
托尼•雷尼离开... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 94 | 26 Is Egypt On The Verge Of Engineered Civil War?
by Tyler Durden
From: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-03/egypt-verge-engineered-civil-war
For thousands of years, Egypt has been one of the primary pillars of the
Eastern world. When Egypt falls into turmoil, a shockwave is felt by all
other nations that heralds great change and perhaps even great catastrophe.
The West's longtime interest in maintaining a solid foothold in Egypt is
based on this reality; even in our modern age, when Egypt is i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 不会吧. AZ太热.
好像听说TX的Tyler是退休的好地方. |
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发帖数: 318 | 28 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-27/2014-year-propaganda-c
2014: The Year Propaganda Came Of Age
From just about as early in my life as I can remember, growing up as a child
in Holland, there were stories about World War II, and not just about Anne
Frank and the huge amounts of people who, like her, had been dragged off to
camps in eastern Europe never to come back, but also about the thousands who
had risked their lives to hide Jewish and other refugees, and the scores
who had been execute... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 你能想象吗？2014年其实是民用航空史上最为安全的一年。不过，失事场面总是会引起
人们更多关注。本周二 “德国之翼”班机坠落是多年以来欧洲最为严重的一次空难。
（德国之声中文网）按照国际航空运输协会（IATA）的统计，2014年全球共发生12起造
成人员死亡的空难事件，遇难者总数为641人。从2009年到2013年，平均每年有19架飞
机失事，死亡人数517人。
国际航空运输协会的报告称，2014年平均每440万次航班中会有一次失事，也就是每百
万次航班失事率0.23。这是航空发展史上最低纪录。2013年的数字是0.41。
马航悲剧
"尽管这一年飞行安全话题总是出现在报纸头版，但是坐飞机还是很安全的"，国际航空
运输协会主席泰勒（Tony Tyler）3月9日在香港表示。而自从马航MH370航班失踪后，
航空业也已经达成一致：在航班追踪问题上必须加以改善。
马来西亚航空公司去年祸不单行，连续经历重大打击。但国际航空运输协会的报告中并
没有将7月坠落在乌克兰东部的MH17航班记录在内。因为这起事件并不是意外事故。乌
克兰政府和西方国家认为，亲俄分离主义分子击落该架客机。莫斯科则认为基辅政... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 FBI: Number of Police Officers Killed On-Duty Up By 89 Percent In 2014
Katie Pavlich | May 11, 2015
Over the course of 2014 and the months leading into 2015, the issue of
alleged police brutality from Ferguson to Baltimore has been a hot topic of
news cycles, race baiters like Al Sharpton and advocacy groups. But despite
what many in the media would have us believe, police are human beings too
and they get up everyday to do a dangerous job not many thank them for. They
too deserve justice when t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 32 美国阿拉巴马州惊传逆伦血案，22岁大学生布兰希特（Tyler Blansit），因为学校成
绩跟母亲发生争执，竟然用棒球棒打死母亲，他起初报警时还谎称发现母亲尸体，企图
脱罪。
布兰希特在阿拉巴马大学伯明罕校区主修生物学，目前放假在家，上周五他主动报警，
宣称发现母亲过世了，陈尸后院，但警方到达现场时，他身上有明显抓痕，追问之下，
他才承认先前跟妈妈为了成绩吵架，激动之下拿起球棒殴打母亲头部，打死45岁的妈妈
，当时布兰希特的父亲外出工作了。
警方说，很难理解布兰希特杀人的心态，他们一家人所居住的小镇居民只有500人，当
地30年来没发生过命案。 |
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发帖数: 28562 | 33 Lol.
我来抬个杠吧。历史上的长脸美国总统有：
Lyndon Johnson, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, John
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发帖数: 21328 | 34 数目不是关键。你说的不准确，最多罗斯福3522,第二位而是威尔森1803
President Number issued Starting with E.O. number
George Washington 8 n/a
John Adams 1 n/a
Thomas Jefferson 4 n/a
James Madison 1 n/a
James Monroe 1 n/a
John Quincy Adams 3 n/a
Andrew Jackson 12 n/a
Martin van Buren 10 n/a
William Henry Harrison 0 n/a
John Tyler 17 n/a
James K. Polk 18 n/a
Zachary Taylor 5 n/a
Millard Fillmore 12 n/a
Franklin Pierce... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 35 美国的监狱很明显是错误的。法律的严厉也不到位。
最后都中产挤奶。
Springfield man's 17-page criminal record costs him $50,000 in bail on new
charges
SPRINGFIELD – It wasn't the first time Roberto Hernandez was in handcuffs.
By the time the house painter was arrested and charged with being a
housebreaker this week, Hernandez had compiled a 17-page criminal history,
with multiple drug arrests, several prisons sentences and one attempted
prison break, according to student prosecutor Tyler Kenefick.
The latest entry came on Tuesday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 Boy, 15, is latest young victim of Cleveland fatal shootings
CLEVELAND (AP) — A 15-year-old boy fatally shot in Cleveland has become the
latest young victim of gun violence there this year.
The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County medical examiner on Monday identified
the teen as Sheron Tyler of Cleveland. He was outside when he was killed in
a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon on Cleveland's east side.
Police say Sheron was shot multiple times and died at a hospital. No arrests
have been made.
Dat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Dear Striking Fast-Food Workers: Meet The Machine That Just Put You Out Of A
Job
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/10/2015 17:06 -0500
Today, U.S. fast-food workers will strike across 270 cities in a protest for
higher wages and union rights that they hope will catch the attention of
candidates in 2016 elections, organizers said.
The walkouts will be followed by protests in 500 cities by low-wage workers
in such sectors as fast food and home and child care, a statement by
organizers of the Fight f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3091 | 38 Has the United States Ever had a Jewish President?
Best Answer: No
Baptist
Warren Harding
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter (Southern Baptist)
Bill Clinton (Southern Baptist)
Congregationalist
Calvin Coolidge
Disciples of Christ
James Garfield
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan (also Presbyterian)
Dutch Reformed
Martin Van Buren
Theodore Roosevelt
Episcopalian
George Washington
James Madison
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Chester A. Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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发帖数: 61690 | 39 Trump lawyer warns Nevada GOP of Cruz tactics
By Nolan D. McCaskill
An attorney representing Donald Trump’s campaign has warned the Nevada
Republican Party to be wary of "voter intimidation tactics" from Ted Cruz’s
campaign ahead of the state’s caucuses on Tuesday.
In a letter to state Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, Trump
counsel Donald McGahn cites a series of allegations of underhanded tactics
from the Cruz campaign, such as a Wall Street Journal report that suggests
Cruz’s campai... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2239 | 40 Here's How The Establishment Will Steal The GOP Nomination From Trump
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By Tyler Durden
The political establishment in America is terrified.
Donald Trump gets closer to securing the GOP nomination with each passing
month and his rivals on both sides of the aisle are in disbelief.
Worse - or “better” if you enjoy entertainment - Trump has seemingly given
up any attempt to be anything other than... well... than Donald Trump. He
rec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 41 摘抄 Lying Ted FB 上留言。更多的前Lying Ted supporters are waking up.
You really don’t know when to stop do you Ted? You keep accusing Donald of
all this wrong doing without a shred of truth behind it about the Enquirer.
Why would he shame Katrina Pierson? She is his spokesperson, and damn good
on at that. Your attempt to paint Trump out to being a bad guy is failing
because every time you do more and more dirt seems to come out on you. You
have played dirty enough. Play nice or get out of the race.
Damag... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 25729 | 42 What is Mr. Trump hiding by not releasing his tax returns?
AS REPUBLICAN voters from Maryland to Rhode Island go to the polls Tuesday,
there is a lot they will not know about Donald Trump. Unlike his rivals, he
has no history in public office on which to judge his suitability for
political leadership. This has enabled the billionaire to attack politicians
, who have to defend political records open for everyone to see, while
touting his business record, which is not subject to a similar level of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5818 | 43 "This was not an alliance. This was a tentative detente and it was designed
to keep Kasich out of Indiana and it worked," Tyler told NBC's Chuck Todd.
Now, message out, Kasich don't want to show in Indiana, his supporters will
be dispointed, if go vote, will likely split between trump and cruz, if sit-
out, also help cruz a little bit,
no person is better than Cruz to play the "game".
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发帖数: 6571 | 44 tyler durn5 hours ago
speaking without political correctness will set you free |
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发帖数: 6571 | 45 更新：
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar (Photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)
An off-duty police officer fatally shot a man who was trying to enter his St
. Louis-area home late Saturday afternoon, Missouri officials say.
According to police, 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard rang the doorbell at
theofficer’s Lakeshire, Mo., home shortly before 6 p.m. When the officer’s
wife answered the door and refused entry, police said, Gebhard, a
formerhigh school football star, threw a 50-pound concrete planter through a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24123 | 46 Independent Journal Review spoke to Texas delegates about what they thought
of their senator’s speech. Here is what 11 of them said:
Janis Holt from Silsbee, Texas:
“When he ended it the way he ended it, I sat down, I had tears in my eyes.
It’s a sad day for Texas and it’s a sad day for America. I feel like the
damage he has done to this convention is enormous.”
Anna Maria Farias from San Antonio, Texas:
“If Hillary wins, he’s going to be partly responsible for it. … Sen. Cruz
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发帖数: 1112 | 47 New Jersey Get’s NASTY Surprise After Blocking Building Of New Mosque
http://www.americasfreedomfighters.com/2016/08/08/jersey-building/#
The township of Bernards in New Jersey is located about an hour west of New
York City. It’s known for its tree-lined streets and multi-million dollar
homes with a population of about 27,000 people. And like many other towns
across America, it seems Islam has set its sites on Bernards as a place to
build a new mosque. Several residents stated “NO WAY!” and the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5601 | 48 In 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of
Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some
2000 years prior:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a
permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until
the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from
the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the
candidates who promise the most benef... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3045 | 49 Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions
By TYLER PAGER 07/27/16 01:26 PM EDT
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Donald Trump said Wednesday that, if he is elected president, he would
consider recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and lifting the sanctions
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