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On December 15, the Kentucky Republican Party informed the State Board of Elections not to hold a Republican presidential primary. Instead the party will hold a caucus. Although the party had made that decision several months ago, it waited until December 15 to make the decision binding.Here is the Republican Party’s web page concerning its March 5 caucus. Paper ballots will be used. Candidates have until January 7, 2016, to file. So far eight candidates have paid the $15,000 filing fee. …read more

Elon Musk, CEO and product architect of the company Tesla Motors, is an entrepreneur not only interested in making money, but also advancing solutions to humanity’s pressing problems. Musk is unabashed in his commitment to help transition our energy paradigm from toxic fossil fuels into clean, renewable energy.
Besides producing state-of-the-art electric cars which will be ready for the renewable future, Tesla has innovated something called the Powerwall. This home battery system is charged using electricity generated from solar panels, which has helped to open the floodgates to residential solar power generation.
Tesla’s next technological marvel is currently being built in Nevada, …read more

We want to shove the “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA) down Congress’s throat. In fact…

We think we could pass RTBA, and all our other bills, in as little as five years. How?

We think the necessary support is already out there.

Consider…
How many Americans would support RTBA and our other bills if they knew about them?
How many Americans would have to consistently pressure Congress to get them to submit?
If the second number is less than the first, then the task is theoretically possible. But we think it’s more than theoretically possible. We think there’s a real-world model we could follow…

Gun Owners’ Rights

It’s …read more

A nineteen-year-old engineering student and a 55-year-old mother of five were shot and killed by Chicago police answering an emergency report of a domestic disturbance — but the incident already echoes a spate of impossible-to-justify killings at the hands of Chicago PD. Relatives and friends of the two victims, as well as a fed-up public, are justifiably calling the suspicious circumstances of the killings into question, especially as answers from police have been difficult to come by.
According to police, officers responding to the West Garfield Park residence around 4:30 am were “confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging …read more

Republican-aligned activists in Florida’s Broward County who otherwise offer uncritical support for law enforcement have finally found an officer they consider unsuitable for duty – not because of anything he has done, but because of his identity. Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Nezar Hamze is unsuitable for his position, his detractors insist, because he is a devout Muslim.
According to David Rosenthal of the Citizens’ Action Group of South Florida (CAG), this is sufficient cause not only to fire Hamze, but to expel him from the country.
“I hate Islam,” Rosenthal told a reporter for Miami’s ABC affiliate. “Islam is evil. Ideally, I …read more

This Bloomberg News story says Jim Webb recently criticized Hillary Clinton’s performance as Secretary of State. The story then talks about the possibility of Webb declaring as an independent presidential candidate.
It is not clear why the story talks about Ralph Nader’s 2000 run as involving “fractions of a percent.” Nader received more than 1% of the vote in every state in which he was on the ballot, in 2000, except Mississippi (.83%) and Tennessee (.95%). His best percentage was in Alaska, where he got 10.10%. Also the story says South Dakota has the earliest independent presidential …read more

Quentin Tarantino made headlines last week when he was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and Howard Stern. During those interviews, Tarantino stuck to his guns about hs recent comments about police by saying he “completely rejects” the “bad apples” argument that only a small number of police officers behave inappropriately on the job.
Is Tarantino right? Are there any good cops left?
Here is a quick two-question quiz for you to try on anyone you know in law enforcement, to see if he is one of those rare, possibly mythical creatures known as a “good cop.” These are people you know and feel …read more

Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush is seeking his 13th term next year. In Illinois, candidates need petitions to appear on a primary ballot. Rush needs 1,314 valid signatures for the March 2016 primary. He submitted 3,100, but one of his Democratic opponents, Alderman Howard Brookins, challenged the Rush petition. On December 17, employees of the Board of Elections checked the signatures and found that Rush has 1,407 valid signatures, so he had 93 more signatures than he needed. However, that is a validity of only 45.4%.
The challenger still has an opportunity to contest the findings, but …read more

Hernando County, FL — Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Timothy Bammert committed such a brutal act of assault that it made a fellow officer cross the thin blue line to turn him in.
Had the good cop not blown the whistle on this 25-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, no one would have ever seen the surveillance video of Bammert savagely beating a handcuffed suspect.
However, despite the good cop’s bravery, and the department seeing this video, Bammert won’t receive so much as a slap on the wrist.
In February, Bammert and other officers had pulled over a man for suspicion of DUI. …read more