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SummerSnow's JournalDeez Nuts, surprise presidential candidate, is polling at 9 percent in N.C.
http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/deez_nuts_president_poll_trump_clinton.htmlA new poll in North Carolina shows Donald Trump leads Republicans for the 2016 presidential election, and Hillary Clinton is the favorite among Democrats. But an unusually named candidate running as an Independent is making the race more interesting.
A new survey by Public Policy Polling among registered voters in N.C. finds "Deez Nuts" is gaining ground on Trump and Clinton.
According to CBS, Deez Nuts of Wallingford, Iowa, is among more than 500 people who have now filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission as of last month. Others making a bid for the White House include a woman named "Sara H. Paylin" and a cat named Limberbutt McCubbins.
* more at link
Donald Trump is gone
he wants to change the 14th Amendment and 'deport' American citizens to other countries.
deport- 1.expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status .
keep talking Donald and the other GOP candidates. the pain will be great
Are we watching the death spiral of the Republican party by Donald Trump ?
Is Rand Paul Disappearing From The Presidential Race?--Inquisitor.com
We may be seeing the last days of the Rand Paul campaign for president, as he is falling behind further in the polls and is perceived to have little chance of winning the GOP nomination for president. Business Insider is asking if the Paul campaign is “completely collapsing.”
“The moment one veteran Republican strategist realized Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) was flailing as a presidential candidate came when he suddenly decided to take on Donald Trump last week at the first presidential debate,” Business Insider reported.
Paul, who once appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was described as the “most interesting man in politics,” has fallen flat as a presidential candidate, in the eyes of some. The attack on Donald Trump drew a swift counter-attack from The Donald.
“I feel sorry for the great people of Kentucky who are being used as a back up to Senator Paul’s hopeless attempt to become President of the United States — weak on the military, Israel, the Vets and many other issues. Senator Paul has no chance of wining the nomination and the people of Kentucky should not allow him the privilege of remaining their Senator,” Trump attacked back at Paul.
Rand Paul is “using the people of Kentucky,” says Donald Trump, who suggests Paul should “either run for senate or run for president,” Real Clear Politics is reporting. He then added that Paul should not “run for president and by the way, if (he doesn’t) make it, (he) will become your senator reluctantly.”
Rand Paul hit back at Trump, suggesting that the nomination of Trump as GOP nominee would cause the election of Hillary Clinton, the Inquisitr reported. He says it would guarantee that Republicans lose if Trump is the nominee. In the first GOP debate, Paul criticized Trump for buying and selling politicians.
“On Saturday, Paul spoke further about Donald Trump,” the Inquisitr reported, “calling him a ‘chameleon’ who ‘was pro-choice before he was pro-life,’ ‘liberal before he was conservative,’ and ‘a Democrat before he was a Republican.’ ”
Paul said, “Ross Perot gave us Bill Clinton,” referring to the 1992 presidential election, “and Donald Trump will give us Hillary.”
Paul’s campaign recently had been shaken by indictments against two key staffers, Politico reported. The two had also worked for his father, Ron Paul, in 2012, for a pro-Rand Paul super PAC called America’s Liberty.
Is Rand Paul shrinking out of the presidential race quietly, or will he make a comeback and become a viable candidate? Only time will tell.
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2343823/is-rand-paul-disappearing-from-the-presidential-race/#KB7Vo7qWZmwOtr4m.99
Trumps new home....Antipodes Islands
The Antipodes are a group of volcanic islands south of New Zealand. The cold climate and harsh winds make the islands too harsh a place to live. It is known for numerous shipwrecks and deaths, some from trying to survive on the islands, despite supplies being left there in castaway huts, as seen in the photograph. Two people died by shipwreck there as recently as 1999.
This is where we need to exile him to. Maybe Obamas birth certificate is there too. He'll have plenty of time searching for it.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/30692/10-uninhabited-islands-and-why-nobody-lives-them
***See the map of the world according to Donald Trump***
http://www.boredpanda.com/donald-trump-world-map/
Prank calls may bring 911 rule change
WASHINGTON – Discarded cell phones still must be able to call 9-1-1 even if the owner is no longer paying for wireless service. The federal government wants to end that nearly 20-year-old rule as part of a proposal that’s stirring debate across the country, including in Florida.
The Federal Communications Commission says 9-1-1 capability on otherwise unusable phones is no longer necessary given the proliferation of low-cost wireless plans. It also contends problems the rule has created for emergency call centers appear to outweigh the benefits.
“The record suggests that fraudulent calls to 9-1-1 from (such) devices constitute a large and continuing drain on public safety resources and that the problem is not abating,” the agency wrote in May when announcing the proposed change.
Prank calls have been a problem in Florida, especially in heavily populated areas where it’s difficult to precisely identify who’s making the call or where it originates.
Lee County in Southwest Florida receives two to six fraudulent calls per day on cell phones with no wireless service and it takes up to four hours on average to identify the caller. Most of those prank calls originate from the same phones and occur repeatedly as a harassment either to law enforcement or to an unidentified subject known to the caller, county officials wrote to the FCC.
Even so, the perpetrator is seldom caught because technology can help identify the general neighborhood where someone is calling from but often not the address, said Rob Farmer, director of the Lee County Department of Public Safety.
One caller in southwest Lee County has kept emergency responders busy over the past five months, calling 9-1-1 late at night and immediately hanging up, he said. It’s resulted in frequent late-night knocks by sheriff’s deputies on neighbor’s doors looking for any signs of an emergency but no arrest. Farmer said it’s not just a drain on resources but a challenge to keep responders sharp in the event of a real crisis.
“What I fear on the street as a manager is (responders) getting complacent,” Farmer said.
The requirement was created in 1996 over objections from wireless carriers.
The aim was to allow emergency calls even if a wireless service account had been suspended because of failure to pay, or if a cell phone was kept as a spare in case of emergency.
“I personally keep an old cell phone in my car for emergencies always charged and ready, should my primary phone go dead or I accidentally leave it at home,” John Hawk, a Panama City resident recently wrote to the FCC, asking the agency to keep the rule. “While I grant you abuse might occur, it is clear that some senior citizens were hit hard by the economic damage of the last five to seven years and use this service.”
A coalition of nine public safety organizations asked the federal government in 2008 to examine the issue. Florida was among states that provided feedback.
Albert Erdmann of Cocoa opposes the FCC’s proposed change and thinks an easy fix would be to block only those phones traced to multiple false calls.
“Someone will die if they cannot get thru,” he wrote on the agency’s online comment page. “The ability to reach 9-1-1 is more important than the problems (of fraudulent calls). I guess if this is adopted, I should give up on cell phones in emergencies, and rely on Ham Radio instead.”
Farmer said the phones have been useful for groups that may not have access to a wireless phone in an emergency such as victims of domestic battery. He’d like to see telecommunications companies do more to provide specific locations for fraudulent calls and data on the owner of the phone.
The National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators, whose members are divided over whether the rule should be changed, offered multiple examples of problems the rule is causing:
• A call center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, received 1,162 calls from such phones in April, of which only a small percentage were legitimate.
• A mentally handicapped caller placed more than 20,895 calls to a call center in Iowa in 2014. It took nearly a year to identify the caller.
• The Oahu, Hawaii, Police Department reported receiving 200 to 300 calls daily over a nine-month period from an individual using such a phone who would whisper or leave the line open.
Wireless companies, which initially opposed the requirement, now oppose ending it.
People expect 9-1-1 to “just work” from any phone, CTIA-The Wireless Association told the FCC. The trade group said those who rely on wireless devices without regular service include lower-income populations, the elderly and people with disabilities.
In addition, the change would cost companies time and money.
“Carriers would have to take significant steps to modify their networks — again,” CTIA officials wrote.
Telford Forgety, director of government affairs for the National Emergency Number Association, said the group understands the rational desire of wireless carriers to avoid having to change their networks. But, Forgety wrote to the FCC in July that “costs to the public of maintaining the status quo — both in dollar terms and in safety and security terms — are clearly greater.”
The FCC has no set deadline to make a decision.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/prank-cell-calls-to-911-may-bring-rule-change/ar-BBlO9aK?ocid=spartandhp
Found this on HuffPo, some may have seen it. I think it's funny
Can You Out-Survive Donald Trump In A Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland?
TRUMPOCALYPSE!
Andy McDonald
Associate Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 07/30/2015 05:02 PM EDT
Donald J. Trump is hypothetically on the road to becoming the next president of the United States. If that happens, I think we can all agree the end times are right around the corner.
But in such an event, and you were to survive in the post apocalyptic wasteland that was once the U.S., how would you fare against say, the bringer-of-doom himself, Donald Trump? Find out below
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-apocalypse_55b7bf53e4b0a13f9d1a696d?utm_hp_ref=new-york&ir=New%2BYork§ion=new-york&kvcommref=mostpopular
*take the quiz...I failed. lol
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Armed advocates guard Lincoln-area mine amid dispute with Forest Service
TOM KUGLIN for the Missoulian
Self-described constitutional rights activists confer Wednesday just off Main Street in Lincoln. According to retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Jospeh Santoro, the Oath Keepers and other groups are protecting the rights of White Hope Mine claimants George Kornec and Phill Nappo.
HELENA – Armed groups describing themselves as constitutional advocates are in Lincoln to try to stop what they call harassment and unlawful action by the U.S. Forest Service concerning mining on a federal claim.
Oath Keepers, a national group best known as among the supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy during a 2014 grazing dispute with the Bureau of Land Management, initiated a “security operation” and national call for personnel at the White Hope Mine east of Lincoln on Tuesday. Oath Keepers are joined by Pacific Patriot Network and Idaho III%, deriving its name from the 3 percent of Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Members of the groups, many of them wearing camouflage and openly carrying firearms, came to Lincoln on Monday to begin the security operation. They came from Montana, but also Oregon, Utah, Idaho and Colorado.
The groups say the mining claim held by George Kornec predates 1955 regulations that granted surface rights to the Forest Service. The claim thus falls under the 1872 mining law, granting both surface and subsurface rights to Kornec, they say.
The Forest Service, the groups said in a news release, has been unlawfully demanding operating plans under the 1955 law, and not allowed the miners to operate for two years.
read more at link: http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/news/local/article_57459d49-7ac5-5ea5-847b-f776d106a777.html
George Will: Conservatives "Looking For A Candidate Who Will Affirm And Validate Their Anger"
GEORGE WILL: Well, the Republicans have been fighting with one another since Teddy Roosevelt split with William Howard Taft in 1912. On Thursday night, it's going to be like three dimensional chess. Because you have ten candidates on stage, each with their own needs, and you're going to have at least two important audiences. One audience is the Republican base, whose mood at the moment I think can best be described as volcanic.
This debate takes place in the shadow of the Planned Parenthood imbroglio here in Washington, and the Republican base simply cannot understand the reasons, and there are good reasons. But they cannot understand the reasons why they send Republican majorities to both Houses of Congress and still can't defund Planned Parenthood. So I think they're looking for a candidate who will affirm and validate their anger at the moment.
Another group of Republicans watching this debate will be looking for someone who can get to 270 electoral votes. That is they're simply trying to find someone who's the most plausible candidate to defeat the most likely Democratic nominee, Mrs. Clinton. So you have ten candidates different needs and two audiences with somewhat different emphases.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/08/06/george_will_conservatives_looking_for_a_candidate_who_will_affirm_and_validate_their_anger.html
Hungary using unemployed to build anti-immigration fence
Almost 500 people on job seeker’s allowance told to report for duty or face having their dole money stopped as Hungary races to complete fence by end of the month
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/11780468/Hungary-using-unemployed-to-build-anti-immigration-fence.html
Hungary has drafted hundreds of unemployed workers to help speed up work on the country’s controversial anti-immigration fence that will run along the border with Serbia.Almost 500 people on job seeker’s allowance have been told to report for duty as labourers or face having their dole money stopped as Hungary races to complete the fence by the end of the month.
The Hungarian plan for the 108-mile barrier has provoked sharp international criticism with some labelling it a new Iron Curtain in Europe. But the Hungarian government has defended its decision, saying the wall is needed to curb the growing number of migrants targeting the Schengen-zone country as a gateway into the EU.
Last month Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, described illegal immigrants coming from the “depths of Africa” as a threat to Europe’s existence.Drawn from the ranks of unemployed in southern Hungary, the draftees, if they pass a medical declaring them fit, will work eight-hour shifts on the fence.One unemployed man called up for service on the border fence told Delmagyarorszeg, a local paper, that he had been told he would get HUR 51,000 a month (about £116) and two meals a day for his labour, but added that if he refused the job he risked losing his monthly jobseekers’ allowance of £52.
Hungary’s Fidesz government has introduced some of the toughest unemployment benefit rules in Europe since winning the first of two consecutive election victories in 2010. Benefits have been slashed and there has been an expansion in public work programmes using the unemployed as labour.
The government has announced plans to phase out unemployment assistance completely by 2018.
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