Monthly Archives: July 2016

Hillary’s War on the Bill of Rights

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Joe Benning

To the surprise of exactly no one, Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech was mainly the same old plodding boilerplate that she has been droning on about for decades. But it’s worth going through, because underneath it all lies a collection of … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump: Comedian

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Joe Benning

Donald Trump now says he was only joking when he invited Russian intelligence agencies to find and release Hillary Clinton’s 30,000 missing e-mails. Sure he was. Watch his delivery in the video below and see what a thigh slapper his … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits July 25, 2016

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Joe Benning

More Hacks Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook charged that leaked DNC e-mails were leaked by Russian intelligence agencies for the purpose of helping Donald Trump. The Clinton campaign also argues, rather implausibly, that the candidate’s home brew server was … Continue reading →

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Vote Your Conscience

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Joe Benning

“I am your voice,” bellowed Trump from the podium. “I alone can fix it. I will restore law and order”. The audience went wild, bursting into applause.   Hail Caesar! Hail Trump!   The day before Ted Cruz, calling on … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton Tries Again to Crush Free Speech

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Joe Benning

Hillary Clinton, one of the most corrupt politicians in U.S. history, and certainly the most corrupt to become the presumptive nominee of a major party, has promised to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, and thus gut the first … Continue reading →

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Review: The Intimidation Game by Kimberly Strassel

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Joe Benning

Scientists ask questions. They form hypotheses around those questions and then collect and analyze data to see if and how well their hypotheses hold up when subjected to testing. They report the results of their work (often in peer reviewed … Continue reading →

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Crunch Time for #NeverTrump

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Joe Benning

The Rules Committee for the Republican Convention meets this Thursday July 14, 2016. Gordon Humphrey and Kendal Unruh are cofounders of an organization called Delegates Unbound. In prior years (1979 – 1990) Gordon Humphrey, a delegate to the convention, served … Continue reading →

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FBI Director Comey Goes to the Hill

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Joe Benning

FBI Director James Comey went up to the Hill to answer Congressional inquiries about his stunning decision to lambaste Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of highly sensitive classified data, but then to refrain from recommending that she be criminally charged. … Continue reading →

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Politics and the Law

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Joe Benning

After making an ironclad case for Hillary Clinton to be criminally charged for mishandling classified information, FBI Director James Comey announced he would not recommend that the Justice Department move to prosecute her. Comey offered the rationale that the FBI … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton Dodges Another Bullet, Comey Takes One

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Joe Benning

FBI Director James Comey presented a strong case for Hillary Clinton’s prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 793 (f) which creates criminal liability for gross negligence in the mishandling of certain classified information related to the defense of the U.S. And … Continue reading →

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