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Why Rand Paul's Future Prospects Are Bright

DjPe5h Thu, 02/04/2016 - 15:06

Rand Paul’s decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race Wednesday marks the end of a primary season that he can’t help but regard as a disappointment. On paper, Ron Paul's heir seemed poised to capitalize on the growing number of voters whose mistrust of big government extends to the GOP establishment, its neoconservative foreign policy, and its support for mass surveillance.

Reptilian Presidential Debate (Feb 6 '16)

The Pen Thu, 02/04/2016 - 00:22
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I will be avoiding the upcoming debate.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-news-announces-debate-criteria-for-feb-6...

Apparently we've allowed the media to choose who will continue and who will be packing their bags. I hope this Saturday is the point when many realize the silence is deafening for liberty. And that it doesn't matter if Rand has suspended his campaign, for what should he do if he is unable to avert people from mistaking liberty? He is on all ballots

Dear Rand Paul & Rand-Paul-Republicans

Freeman15 Wed, 02/03/2016 - 23:10

I was sad to read this morning the deflating and yet inevitable headline: “Rand Paul to suspend his 2016 presidential campaign.” Even though I have already crossed the Liberty threshold and divorced myself from the GOP swearing ‪#‎noturningback‬, I couldn’t help but watch and listen and feel that warmth of hope that maybe this time; maybe this time will be different; all the while being restrained by the warnings in my heart

The Rand Paul campaign ends, the Rand Paul campaign continues

Zagabe Wed, 02/03/2016 - 22:43

What made Paul interesting, according to Time in 2014, was that he seemed to be the only Republican paying attention to “the emerging demographics, the young minorities, the urban shifting away from older generations and embracing of more libertarian views on privacy, drug sentencing and foreign intervention.”

Would the libertarian-leaning Paul be able to appeal to African-Americans and Hispanics? Would he change his party’s traditional hardline stance on drug prohibition? Would Paul challenge Republicans’ hawkish foreign policy?

 

Johnson: Fiscally Conservative, Socially Tolerant Voters Alienated by Iowa Results

Zagabe Wed, 02/03/2016 - 22:37

2016 Libertarian presidential candidate and former N.M. Republican Gov. Gary Johnson said on Monday that the results of the Iowa Caucuses show that the Democratic and Republican parties are not going to nominate a candidate that appeals to fiscally conservative and socially tolerant independent voters.

This ESF ("Exchange Stablization Fund") And Its History

bort Wed, 02/03/2016 - 18:59

I just started watching the 5 videos about this.  Looks interesting.

Family of Oregon occupier shot by law enforcement alleges cover-up

JD Wed, 02/03/2016 - 15:59

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Relatives of a man shot dead by law enforcement officers after taking part in the armed occupation of a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon have accused the FBI and state police of covering up the circumstances of his death last week.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, family of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum called the shooting "unjustified" and said the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Oregon State Police were "seeking to manipulate and mislead the media and the American public about what really happened."

If Russia Started a War in the Baltics, NATO Would Lose — Quickly

JD Wed, 02/03/2016 - 15:57

If Russian tanks and troops rolled into the Baltics tomorrow, outgunned and outnumbered NATO forces would be overrun in under three days. That’s the sobering conclusion of war games carried out by a think tank with American military officers and civilian officials.

“The games’ findings are unambiguous: As currently postured, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members,” said a report by the RAND Corp., which led the war gaming research.

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