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To give a bit of background, the President of the Mormon Church, Thomas Monson, died last week. There were a number of nice obituaries in the national press, but the NY Times started theirs off, "Thomas Monson, the president of the Mormon church who rebuffed demands to ordain women as priests...

I had to laugh at this today, "It began with the familiar dramatic scene: A series of bright flashes chased each other around the condemned stadium, emitting dozens of plumes of smoke. "And then ... nothing. As the smoke cleared, Detroit's famed Silverdome was still standing." An interesting...

"Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use, and at what cost. "The move sets the stage for a crucial vote next month at the Federal Communications Commission that...

An Alabama Crimson Tide fan was arguing with an Auburn Tigers fan in Mobile, apparently in a motel parking lot, over which team was best, and the Alabama fan shot the Auburn fan. The shooter fled and, at last report, was still at large.

As if Roy Moore doesn't generate enough controversy, now we have a woman claiming he pursued her and had a sexual encounter with her when she was a teen. There are also three other women who are alleging that Moore pursued them sexually when they were under 18 years old. Moore, of course, denies...

Rather interesting new discovery about what may have happened to Amelia Earhart: A photo discovered in the National Archives shows a woman who resembles Amelia Earhart on a dock in the Marshall Islands. National Archives "A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart...

AOL Rather funny; many of the Tweets by Trump supporters have been deleted but screen shots still exist. Another article, whose title I used to start the thread (so you can search if you want), has more of the Tweets by Trump supporters, though there was at least on tweet with language not...

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From the New York Times: "The Justice Department on Wednesday warned North Carolina state officials that they would lose millions of dollars in federal funding unless they change the controversial measure limiting access to bathrooms for transgender people because they are in violation of...

link Is this a desperate attempt to win a few more votes by a candidate who appears to be on his last legs? And, whether it is desperate or not, will it give Cruz the momentum he needs to stop Trump?

Apparently the Koch brothers are really not happy with the Republican presidential candidates, speaking during an interview with ABC. "Koch, author of the book Good Profit, said he would only consider contributing to either Trump or Cruz if they backtrack on some of their most controversial...

Conservative writer David Brooks has written a scathing editorial about Donald Trump. Some excerpts: "Donald Trump is epically unprepared to be president. He has no realistic policies, no advisers, no capacity to learn. His vast narcissism makes him a closed fortress. He doesn’t know what he...

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link This from the man who claimed, "I Will Be So Good at the Military Your Head Will Spin."

I think this is something that is under-reported, the fact that Trump is not actually self-financing his campaign. Instead, as of the end of January (the last FEC report), Trump has only donated $250,318 of his own money to his campaign -- while he has accepted almost $8 million in donations...

With the death of Antonin Scalia, the Senate Majority Leader, and other Republicans, are saying they will not debate or vote on anyone that Pres. Obama nominates to the Supreme Court. For the poll, do you support the Republicans to wait until after the election to fill the empty seat on the...

Last August, people were shocked with the shooting of a Harris County Deputy at a gas station while filling his patrol car. It has been discovered that the officer was having an affair and, at the time of the shooting, the woman was with him. Additionally, three other deputies have now been...

From NASA: While his name isn't that well known, only being the sixth (was lunar module pilot on Apollo 14) person on to walk on the moon, it is sad that we are losing that generation of astronauts. My condolences to his family and the NASA community.

The thread title is from an article in Politico, which starts by talking about some of Trump's quotes, such as how we can't get rid of Social Security or Medicare, his support for a national health care system, and that the rich should pay more taxes. He points out that those positions don't...