{"id":17002,"date":"2015-10-29T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17002"},"modified":"2015-10-29T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:44:42","slug":"on-the-edge10292015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/on-the-edge10292015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–10\/29\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I have Short Takes for you.  I\u2019m busy preparing for surgery.  Please keep me in your prayers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>There were fireworks at Wednesday night\u2019s Republican Presidential debate as the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Texas Senator Ted Cruz sparred over their differing timetables for hastening the end of the world.<\/p>\n

While both Carson and Cruz stressed their commitment to accelerating the end times as described in the Book of Revelation, they offered starkly different visions of how they would bring them about.<\/p>\n

When Carson said he hoped to bring the world to an end during his first term in office, he received a mocking rebuke from Cruz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not soon enough,\u201d the Texas senator said. \u201cWhen I am President, I will start working to make the Rapture happen on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorry Andy. This is way too close to true to be funny.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Hillary Rodham Clinton had planned to focus her remarks Wednesday at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in Manchester, N.H., in support of the politically fraught, if somewhat arcane, issue of the Export-Import Bank and how it helps small businesses in the United States. <\/p>\n

But a voter\u2019s question about the death penalty pushed Mrs. Clinton to confront the heated issue for the first time in the Democratic nominating contest.<\/p>\n

Asked her position on capital punishment, Mrs. Clinton said she did not support abolishing the death penalty, but she did encourage the federal government to rethink it.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, that’s double-talk. We need to hit her on this, until she changes her mind.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>It’s not hard to admire and respect Anonymous<\/a> when they seek to destroy the scum of the earth. In a non-violent way, they often target those who are rarely challenged, due to others fearing retaliation. In this case, Anonymous has set its sites on shutting down the KKK\/Ku Klux Klan.<\/a> In the past year, Anonymous has become more aggressive and attacked KKK’s main Twitter account, publishing personal information<\/a> of members from TALKKK, causing some members to leave. Bye, Felicia. <\/p>\n

In a statement released last week, Anonymous said they respect the First Amendment. The attack is for different reason:<\/p>\n

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"We are not attacking you because of what you believe in, as we fight for freedom of speech. We are attacking you because of what you do to our brothers and sisters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In Anonymous’s "Operation KKK," they now plan to release 1,000 identities from the hate group. It would seem exposing members of this malicious, racist, and sometimes murderous gang would have taken place decades ago. But then, we didn’t have the same internet\/social media tools we have today. KKK is one of the most vicious groups in America\u2026<\/p>\n

Click through. I look forward to the list, which could be called Who’s Who in the Republican Party<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>: not homemade<\/font><\/p>\n

\"CorporateTeddy\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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