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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday began a two-day tour through New Hampshire, the first Republican primary state, where where he offered up a heap of red meat to supporters and local officials ahead of a likely run for president in 2016. Attending a breakfast with state legislative leaders in downtown Manchester, Paul engaged in a conversation about the viability of safety net programs. “The thing is, in all of these programs there’s always somebody who’s deserving. But everybody in this room knows somebody who is gaming the system,” the Kentucky Republican said in a video uploaded by American Bridge, a Democratic opposition-research firm.

In New Hampshire on Wednesday, Paul is scheduled to attend a number of events intended to consolidate conservative support ahead of what is shaping up to be a very competitive presidential primary. He will stop at a fish and game club for a “Second Amendment Supporter Event,” tour a public charter school, and hold a session on the Common Core education standards, in which he is likely to draw a contrast between potential rival and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R).

Sen. Rand Paul began the new year by lobbying for one of his favorite causes: criminal-justice reform. Last week, Paul issued a press release urging the Kentucky Legislature to act on a bill that would let state voters decide whether or not to create a path back to voting rights for nonviolent felons who have completed their sentences. "Restoring voting rights for those who have repaid their debt to society is simply the right thing to do," Paul said in the release.

In 2014, the Democratic-controlled Kentucky House approved a bill that would put a constitutional amendment on ballots in the fall—if voters approved the measure, it would have automatically restored the voting rights of nonviolent felons who have served their time. But the Republican-controlled Senate passed a substitute that proposed several tough restrictions, including a mandatory five-year waiting period after prison before felons could reapply to vote. The two chambers couldn't agree, and the issue has stalled. Paul, who favors the less-restrictive House bill, is trying to give the issue CPR. (His office declined to comment for this article.)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is back in insurgent mode, lobbing bombs at his potential Republican presidential rivals and looking to take back a political spotlight that Bush and Romney have been hogging lately. Paul is also heading to New Hampshire and Nevada this week, hoping to strike a fire with voters who want a new voice to carry the GOP’s message to the White House.

“You need a candidate who reaches out to new constituencies and is able to bring new people into the party,” Paul said. “Because if we do the same old, same old candidates, we are going to get the same old result.”

While other Republican House and Senate members attend this week’s rare GOP joint congressional summit in Pennsylvania, Paul will be in New Hampshire to meet with mothers and activists railing against Common Core, the education program reviled by the tea party right. An added advantage: The issue gives him a chance to further needle Bush, a prominent Common Core supporter who would probably be a front-runner for the presidential nomination.

In an interview Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican did just that.
“He’s been a proponent of Common Core, a proponent probably of a much bigger government — a Big Government Republican who believes more things should be occurring in Washington rather than decentralization,” Paul said of the former Florida governor. He added that his rival’s brother and father, former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, also backed education policies aimed at “more Washington control.”

Jeb Bush spokeswoman Kristy Campbell responded: “Gov. Bush would put his successful conservative governing record up against anyone’s.”
Paul’s assessment of Romney is only slightly less critical.

“I think you are already hearing rumblings that he had his shot,” Paul said of the GOP’s 2012 presidential standard-bearer. “I think he could have been a good leader of the country. But I think many people are going to say, ‘He’s had his chance.’”

For much of the past year, Paul had a major target on his back as his profile rose in the party and the media dubbed him a potential front-runner in the crowded field of likely presidential candidates. His libertarian-minded foreign policy views became a frequent source of criticism from the party’s defense hawks — especially in light of the U.S. war against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants — as did his lack of executive experience.
But as Jeb Bush has taken serious steps toward a presidential bid, and Romney is now floating a third run at the GOP nomination, Paul appears eager to return to his role as a conservative firebrand, unafraid to take shots at his foes while attempting to consolidate support from crucial Republican factions in the four early presidential primary states. In multiple interviews with POLITICO, Paul also sharply pushed back at Rubio’s criticism of his views on Cuba and even ridiculed the Democratic secretary of state in Kentucky, Alison Lundergan Grimes, who has said he cannot appear on the state’s ballots for both president and the Senate in 2016.

Voters, he said, would look past his lack of executive experience and less than one full term in the Senate and instead back a candidate with a “vision” for the direction of the country. But he also believes voters won’t back a candidate who fails to respond aggressively to attacks.

One example of his forceful response to criticism: After Paul expressed support for President Barack Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba, Rubio responded to a question on the matter by dubbing the Kentucky Republican the “chief cheerleader of Obama’s foreign policy.” But Paul fired back at the Florida Republican and anti-Castro hard-liner in an interview last week.

“That’s sort of silly,” Paul said. “We could ask the same, ‘Is he the biggest cheerleader of Obama’s immigration policy?’ That’s childish.”

A Paul presidential run appears increasingly likely, and his advisers expect an announcement in the March or April time frame. He is building a political apparatus in the key primary states and has settled on a campaign manager, Chip Englander, who ran Republican Bruce Rauner’s successful 2014 gubernatorial bid in Illinois.

Wednesday’s trip to New Hampshire will be his third since the beginning of last year. He will meet with roughly 20 elected officials in Manchester, the start of an effort to win backing from influential state legislators who have pockets of support throughout the state. He’ll then stump alongside pro-gun enthusiasts in Litchfield, followed by swings through Manchester and Concord for meetings with anti-Common Core activists and with business leaders, respectively.

Later in the week, he will head to southern and northern Nevada, traveling for a Friday and Saturday swing to Las Vegas and Reno. Nevada is a state with another pivotal early primary.

With their libertarian streaks, New Hampshire and Nevada both present attractive opportunities for Paul, who may have a much more challenging time competing in Iowa, a state dominated by religious conservatives, as well as the first-in-the-South primary state of South Carolina. In 2012, Paul’s father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, took second place in New Hampshire, securing 22 percent of the vote compared with Romney’s 39 percent. The elder Paul came in third place in Nevada, winning 19 percent of the vote.

While Paul will certainly rely on the same passionate voters who fueled his father’s rise, the 52-year-old former ophthalmologist has taken steps to broaden his appeal beyond that segment of the GOP base. How he straddles the line between purity politics and political pragmatism without appearing to pander to voters will be a continuing challenge as he navigates the land mines of a presidential run.

Indeed, in the interview, Paul flatly said, “No,” when asked if his father would join him on the campaign trail should he run.

“It’s just I need to represent the ideas and present ideas, because if I were to run, obviously it’s me running,” he added.

But after comparing his own foreign policy views to those of Ronald Reagan and noting he “grew up as a Reagan Republican,” Paul punted when asked if he would consider himself now to be more of a Reagan Republican or Ron Paul Republican.

“I think the thing is I have to express my own ideas of who I am, and people can judge where they come from,” Paul said.

For some Republicans, Paul’s views appear straight from the isolationist wing of the party, something they argue GOP voters will greet skeptically.
“I like Rand a lot, but I’ve never been with him on foreign policy,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and leading defense hawk. “I think his worldview is out of sync with the times in which we live.”

Asked about the criticism, Paul argued that polls in early states like Iowa show a large number of primary voters would back his contention that the Iraq War was a “mistake” and support a less aggressive U.S. role in the world. “I don’t consider that to be an outlier position,” he said, adding that he would have voted against authorizing war in Iraq in 2002 and that the U.S. should resist attempts to oust secular dictators because of the likelihood it would spawn “chaos.”

Yet he chafes at the characterization that he’s an “isolationist,” saying: “I’m for less intervention, not no intervention. And for being wise when we intervene and for intervening when we actually must intervene.”

But as more conflicts emerge overseas, his opponents will have opportunities to bring some of his more contentious views to light — as Rubio did when asked about Paul’s stance on Cuba.
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Dividend should of course have been payed every week for the period it has been missing to based on the profit made during that time, no vote can change that as it dident excist any clause for changing the contract AUTOTRADE have with its shareholders.

Anarchapulco is the first international anarchist/anarcho-capitalist conference of its type and will be held in drone and relatively regulation free, Acapulco, Mexico from February 24th to March 1st, 2015 at the Copacabana Hotel on the beach.  Our vision is to take freedom and anarchy to the next level and that means holding events in much freer areas like Acapulco which is the most anarchic city in North America.  The event will be a mix of music, speakers, panels, parties and educational opportunities including an entrepreneurship bootcamp hosted by Exosphere to help prepare the next generation of ancaps, Luke Rudkowski’s “Change Media University” and Dayna Martin’s workshop on peaceful parenting and unschooling.  Already confirmed is anarchist rapper, Rob Hustle (famous for his track, “This Is What Happens When You Call The Cops”), libertarian songbird Tatiana Moroz, Neema V and countless other artists and cutting edge anarchist speakers and activists.

Topics covered will include anarchism, entrepreneurism, expatriation, investing, Austrian economics, precious metals, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, decentralization of the internet and much more.

Stay tuned to our website as we confirm more amazing anarchists from around the world who you can rub shoulders with and trade with bitcoin as we celebrate the success of the anarchist movement and plan future world non-domination plans to effect change to bring about a world full of peace and prosperity by moving past the anachronistic state.

The Ford GT is back. And then some. Taking all the headlines at the Detroit motor show - and confirming some tasty rumours that have been rumbling for a little while now - is the third iteration of Ford's supercar.

And gone is the supercharged V8 of old, replaced by an Ecoboost engine. Fear not, though, as it still packs a proper amount of cylinders. A twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 engine drives the rear wheels with ‘more than' 600bhp, and with motorsport development behind it, Ford is claiming great efficiency.

Of course, it's performance we care about. Nothing's confirmed in that area just yet, but a 0-60mph time close to 3.0secs and a top speed north of 200mph ought to be very feasible targets.

There's plenty to help it on its way too, with lots of carbon fibre to keep the weight down. A carbon passenger cell, a la McLaren 650S and P1, is joined by carbon in chassis components too. "The GT will exhibit one of the best power-to-weight ratios of any production car", Ford promises.

Aerodynamics play a huge role, as you may be able to tell from styling way more intricate and involved than the rather retro-tastic GT of ten years ago. Keeping pace with its key rivals - and with Ferrari's spectacular 458 clearly in mind - there are active aero elements, including a rear wing whose height and angle react to speed and conditions.

By Robert Costa January 13 at 8:00 PM

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.

The hiring of strategist Chip Englander, who recently guided a gubernatorial candidate to victory in Illinois, marks a clear step forward for the Kentucky Republican as he prepares to transform his cadre of loyalists into a full-scale campaign.

Doug Stafford, Paul’s longtime confidant, will remain as his chief political adviser. In an interview Tuesday, Stafford said he will rely on Englander “for the day-to-day execution” of Paul’s operation.

Paul added in a statement: "His management of Governor Rauner's successful race last year highlights his strengths: precise and strategic management of massive, grassroots-driven operations."

Englander joins a group of advisers at Paul's political-action committee that will serve as Paul's brain trust, should he formally enter the 2016 race. Iowa-based Republican Steve Grubbs has already joined the PAC, as has Michigan-based operative John Yob, who serves as Paul's national political director. Chris LaCivita - who advised Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) in 2014 and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli (R) in 2013 - is planning to direct Paul's South Carolina campaign. All are senior advisers in the freshman senator's political shop.

Michael Biundo, who was campaign manager for former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum's 2012 presidential campaign, which won 11 primaries and caucuses, is another senior adviser set to run Paul's New Hampshire campaign.

Digital strategist Vincent Harris - who previously worked for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) - is also onboard for Paul 2016 along with online fundraiser Mike Rothfeld and media director Rex Elsass.

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Most big French cities have areas which have become "no-go zones" which non-Muslims and even police cannot enter, Nigel Farage has said.
The Ukip leader said that Britain and European countries have suffered from "moral cowardice" and allowed "big ghettos" to develop.

He said: "It's happening right across Europe. We have got no-go zones in most of the big French cities. We've been turning a blind eye to preachers of hate that have been coming here from the Middle East and saying things for which the rest of us would be arrested.

"In parts of northern England we've seen the sexual grooming of under-age girls committed by Muslim men, in the majority, and for all of these things we are seeing the law not being applied equally, we're seeing the police forces not doing their job because we've suffered from moral cowardice.

"We have through mass immigration and through not checking the details of those people who have come to our countries, we have allowed big ghettos to develop and when it comes to confronting tough issues we're run a mile and that is why we're in the mess we're in, we've been led very badly."

Mr Farage said that he is "hoping and praying" that similar no-go zones do not develop in British cities.

The arc of the political universe is long, but it bends towards monetary policy.

That's the boring truth that nobody wants to hear. Forget about the gaffes, the horserace, and even the personalities. Elections are about the economy, stupid, and the economy is mostly controlled by monetary policy. That's why every big ideological turning point—1896, 1920, 1932, 1980, and maybe 2008—has come after a big monetary shock.

Think about it this way: Bad monetary policy means a bad economy, which gives power back to the party that didn't have it before. And so long as the monetary problem gets fixed, the economy will too, and the new government's policies will, whatever their merits, get the credit. That's how ideology changes.

In 1896, for example, Republicans completed their transformation from being the anti-slavery party to the anti-inflation one. Back then, the U.S. was on the gold standard, but there wasn't enough gold. Miners had found so little of it that global prices were falling, which was particularly bad news for anyone who'd borrowed money. That's because wages fall if prices do, so debts that don't become harder to pay back. The result was two decades of slower-than-it-should-have-been growth where the economy was in recession more often than not.

Democrats, for their part, finally came up with a solution: stop crucifying mankind on a cross of gold, and use silver as money, too. They were four years too late, though. Gold discoveries in South Africa in 1896 and the Yukon in 1898 made the gold standard sustainable just in time for the Republicans, who had become the party of the financial elite that stood to lose a lot of money from inflation, to rally to its defense. Wall Street threw more money, as a percent of gross domestic product, into defeating the pro-silver Democrats than has been spent in any presidential election before or since. And it worked. Republicans won, the gold standard survived, and a new old era of conservative politics, of balanced budgets and low inflation, was ushered in.

DEER PARK, Ohio – Ebola, evil voices and the devil.

Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons he was going to kill House Speaker John Boehner this past fall, federal agents said.

Michael Robert Hoyt, 44, was indicted Jan. 7 on charges of threatening to murder the congressman in a plot police said included poisoning his drink at a country club.

Hoyt served drinks to Boehner for more than five years at the Wetherington Country Club in West Chester and was known as “Bartender Mike” to employees there.

Hoyt called police on Oct. 29, a week after being fired from the club, and blamed Boehner for his woes, police said.