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2016 The turth is the gold of today
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How a Balanced Budget Amendment Gives the
Feds Power over Whatever They Want
Publius Huldah
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Green Beret Punished for Protecting Child
In 2011, two Green Berets in a remote outpost in Afghanistan discovered that a commander in the Afghan Local Police (ALP) had kidnapped a young boy and raped him. When the rapist admitted what he did and laughed about it, Captain Dan Quinn picked up the man and slammed him into the ground. Sgt. First Class Charles Martland joined in, helping to drag the man outside the compound. The two told the rapist to never return. But the Army has policies to respect Afghan "culture," and beating a child rapist is evidently in violation of those rules.
After Army Human Resources Command recommended Martland be removed from service, Rep. Duncan Hunter sent a letter to Sen. Pat Roberts asking him to assist in keeping Martland in the Army. "I am not offended by, nor do I take any issue with, Martland's confrontation of the child rapist," Hunter wrote. "Martland was part of a small team of Green Berets, entrusted to keep America safe in ways that often go unreported or unnoticed, whose mission was being put at risk due to the illegal action of a corrupt ALP commander. The Afghan justice system continually failed to uphold individual human rights, and we would expect any of our elite warriors to protect a child from a known and admitted rapist."
If nothing else is done, then Martland's military career will end March 1. Meanwhile, the nObama administration is content to let Army bureaucracy run its course, as nObama spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters last year that Afghanistan has its legal system to handle these sorts of cases. Or not handle it. Because cultural sensitivity is more important to nObama than our soldiers. -The Patriot Post
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Civil Disobedience Only Works for Liberals?
A couple of stories this week are indicative of a society increasingly unmoored to common sense and common decency, much less Rule of Law.
In Houston, the results of that city's investigation of a Planned Parenthood clinic's trafficking in baby parts has resulted in an indictment — of the whistleblowers. Californians David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt have been charged by a Harris County grand jury for tampering with a governmental record, a second-degree felony with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Adding insult to injury, Daleiden, the leader of the videographers from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) that published the exposé, was also charged with the same misdemeanor he had accused Planned Parenthood of committing — namely the purchase or sale of the organs of unborn babies.
"As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us," said Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, a registered Republican. "All the evidence uncovered in the course of this investigation was presented to the grand jury. I respect their decision on this difficult case."
Their decision is a travesty. The series of videos published by CMP are a compendium of outrages. In one, the organization's Chief Medical Director, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, is shown casually discussing the various abortion techniques employed to preserve as much fetal tissue as possible. In another, Dr. Mary Gatter, president of the Planned Parenthood Medical Directors' Council, is shown discussing the "less crunchy" abortion techniques needed to procure "whole specimens," and haggling over fetal tissue sales prices because she wants "a Lamborghini." In still another, Melissa Farrell, Director of Research for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, promotes that branch's track record of fetal tissue sales, and its ability to "get the best specimens."
Planned Parenthood claimed the videos were "heavily edited," but that is simply a lie. Nothing was cut or juxtaposed, and the videos are available in full at the CMP website. -The Patriot Post
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FBI continues probe into Hilly server - The Hill: “Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hilly Clinton’s private email server shows no signs of slowing down. Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual, and speculated that a decision on whether to file charges against Clinton or her top aides could come later this year, during the heat of the general election campaign. ‘I don’t know that there’s any magical cutoff date,’ said Ron Hosko, the FBI’s former assistant director of the criminal investigative division and a 30-year veteran of the bureau. For Democrats, the extended investigation has become a source of some anxiety, with Republicans gleefully raising the prospect of their presidential front-runner being indicted.” -Fox News
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Another nObama concession to Iran: $10 million
claim dropped in prisoner deal
Robert Spencer
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Nader Modanlo
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Netanyahu: “The words of the
U.N. secretary general give a
tailwind to terrorism”
Robert Spencer
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“Netanyahu Chides Ban Ki-moon for Settlement Remarks,”
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nObamacare’s rising costs out
of reach for many
Sharyl Attkisson.
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CNN Stages Town Hall to
Boost Clinton Candidacy
Roger Aronoff
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IDF Preparing for Arrival of
ISIS on Syrian Border
Yaakov Lappin
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nObama nukes Hilly, admits server
contained top U.S. secrets
DOUGLAS ERNST.
{wnd.com} ~ The nObama administration leveled a devastating blow to Hilly Clinton on Friday by admitting for the first time that her personal email server contained the highest levels of classified U.S. intelligence... The White House said 22 emails from former secretary of state’s “home brew” server must be censored from public view when the State Department releases its final batch on Friday. Diplomatic Security and Intelligence and Research bureaus will now try to determine if any of the emails were marked classified at the time of transmission, the Associated Press reported Friday.
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Issa: FBI wants Hilly, Huma prosecuted
in 'slam dunk' case
DOUGLAS ERNST.
HIlly Clinton and Huma Abedin
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{wnd.com} ~ California Rep. Darrell Issa says the FBI has a “slam dunk” case against former Secretary of State Hilly Clinton and senior aide Huma Abedin that it’s itching to prosecute... The former House Oversight chairman’s statement on Friday comes just days after former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said his contacts in the agency will “blow the whistle and go public” if Attorney General Loretta Lynch does not prosecute. “I think the FBI director would like to indict both Huma and Hilly as we speak,” Issa said at Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s New Hampshire campaign headquarters on Thursday, the Washington Examiner reported. “I think he’s in a position where he’s being forced to triple-time make a case of what would otherwise be, what they call, a slam dunk.”http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/issa-fbi-wants-hillary-huma-prosecuted-in-slam-dunk-case/
Desmond Lachman
Ali Alfoneh and Scott Modell
.{defenddemocracy.org} ~ Is there a nuclear proliferation nexus between Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)? Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon in early January – its fourth such test in a decade and its third since President Barack nObama took office...A top Iranian official overseeing Tehran’s nuclear program was present during the last test, in 2013, and if experience is any guide, the Islamic Republic may have sent representatives to this year’s as well. And just as North Korea unilaterally withdrew over a decade ago from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and proceeded to conduct nuclear tests, an Iranian repeat of such a “breakout” scenario remains a disconcerting possibility. Despite nearly two decades of Iranian denial and deception pointing to an ultimate objective of obtaining nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave its go-ahead for the implementation of the nuclear agreement signed by Tehran and the P5+1 the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, and Germany in July 2015. This approval came despite the fact that Iran had not addressed many of the most troublesome aspects of its nuclear program – the so-called possible military dimensions. http://www.defenddemocracy.org/content/uploads/documents/Iran_DPRK.pdf
.{pamelageller.com} ~ A public school system in Maryland is being sued for promoting Islam over other religions... The lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday on behalf of a former Marine and his wife who fought back at their daughter’s high school for forcing students to complete assignments that endorsed Islam. The Thomas More Law Center filed the civil rights complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, accusing leaders at the Charles County Public Schools of violating the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.
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Planet Earth to Janet Yellen
Desmond Lachman.
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen listens to a reporter’s question during a news conference to announce raised interest rates in Washington December 16, 2015
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{aei.org} ~ Coming so soon after the FOMC’s ill-advised interest rate hike last month, yesterday’s FOMC statement underlines how out of touch the Federal Reserve has become about global financial market and economic developments... Indeed, by giving no intimation that it is now ruling out a March interest rate hike, or that it is now reconsidering the interest rate hike path upon which it believes itself to be on, the Fed seems to be repeating the same mistake it made in 2008 of being overly sanguine about the US and global economic outlooks. Minutes of the 2008 FOMC meetings reveal that as late as August 2008, the Fed had no inkling about the magnitude of the sub prime crisis that was about to hit the US and global economies later that year. There are at least three reasons why the Fed is mistaken about now not pursuing a more dovish monetary policy. The first is that it is clear that the credit cycle has turned and that the market has already raised corporate borrowing costs substantially. Market estimates consider that the sharp market interest rate rises in recent months, especially in high-yield corporate borrowing costs, constitutes the equivalent of between three and four increases in the Fed’s federal funds rate. If the market is doing the tightening for it, it would seem that there is little reason for the Fed to further increase its interest rate. http://www.aei.org/publication/planet-earth-to-janet-yellen/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AEITODAY&utm_campaign=012915.
The Iran-North Korea Nuclear Nexus:
Unanswered Questions
Ali Alfoneh and Scott Modell.
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Maryland Public School System Sued for
Pushing Islamic Propaganda
PAMELA GELLER
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How a Balanced Budget Amendment Gives the
Feds Power over Whatever They Want
Publius Huldah
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The Language of Liberty
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{coachisright.com} ~ Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want? No! It contains precise limits on federal spending..
Federal spending is limited by the enumerated powers delegated to the federal government. If you go through the Constitution and highlight all the powers delegated to Congress and the President, you will get a complete list of the objects on which Congress is permitted to spend money.
Federal spending is limited by the enumerated powers delegated to the federal government. If you go through the Constitution and highlight all the powers delegated to Congress and the President, you will get a complete list of the objects on which Congress is permitted to spend money.
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Here’s the list: • The Census (Art. I, §2, cl. 3) • Publishing the Journals of the House and Senate (Art. I, §5, cl. 3) • Salaries of Senators and Representatives (Art. I, § 6, cl. 1) • Salaries of civil officers of the United States (Art. I, §6, cl. 2 & Art. II, §1, cl. 7) • Pay the Debts (Art. I, §8, cl. 1 & Art. VI, cl.1) • Pay tax collectors (Art. I, §8, cl.1) • Regulate commerce with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with Indian Tribes (Art. I, §8, cl.3) • Immigration office (Art. I, §8, cl.4) • The mint (Art. I, §8, cl. 5) • Attorney General to handle the small amount of authorized federal litigation involving the national government (e.g., Art. I, §8, cls. 6 & 10) • Post offices & post roads (Art. I, §8, cl. 7) • Patent & copyright office (Art. I, §8, cl. 8) • Federal courts (Art. I, §8, cl. 9 & Art. III, §1) • Military and Militia (Art. I, §8, cls. 11-16) • Since Congress has general legislative authority over the federal enclaves listed in Art. I, §8, next to last clause, Congress has broad spending authority over the tiny geographical areas listed in this clause. • The President’s entertainment expenses for foreign dignitaries (Art. II, §3); and • Since Congress had general legislative authority over the Western Territory before it was broken up into States, Congress could appropriate funds for the US Marshalls, federal judges, and the like for that Territory (Art. IV, §3, cl. 2).
Here’s the list: • The Census (Art. I, §2, cl. 3) • Publishing the Journals of the House and Senate (Art. I, §5, cl. 3) • Salaries of Senators and Representatives (Art. I, § 6, cl. 1) • Salaries of civil officers of the United States (Art. I, §6, cl. 2 & Art. II, §1, cl. 7) • Pay the Debts (Art. I, §8, cl. 1 & Art. VI, cl.1) • Pay tax collectors (Art. I, §8, cl.1) • Regulate commerce with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with Indian Tribes (Art. I, §8, cl.3) • Immigration office (Art. I, §8, cl.4) • The mint (Art. I, §8, cl. 5) • Attorney General to handle the small amount of authorized federal litigation involving the national government (e.g., Art. I, §8, cls. 6 & 10) • Post offices & post roads (Art. I, §8, cl. 7) • Patent & copyright office (Art. I, §8, cl. 8) • Federal courts (Art. I, §8, cl. 9 & Art. III, §1) • Military and Militia (Art. I, §8, cls. 11-16) • Since Congress has general legislative authority over the federal enclaves listed in Art. I, §8, next to last clause, Congress has broad spending authority over the tiny geographical areas listed in this clause. • The President’s entertainment expenses for foreign dignitaries (Art. II, §3); and • Since Congress had general legislative authority over the Western Territory before it was broken up into States, Congress could appropriate funds for the US Marshalls, federal judges, and the like for that Territory (Art. IV, §3, cl. 2).
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That’s what Congress is authorized by our Constitution to spend money on. Did I leave anything out? Take a few minutes and, armed with a highlighter, read carefully through the Constitution and see for yourself.
That’s what Congress is authorized by our Constitution to spend money on. Did I leave anything out? Take a few minutes and, armed with a highlighter, read carefully through the Constitution and see for yourself.
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Congress is to appropriate funds to carry out this handful of delegated powers; and it is to pay the bills with receipts from taxes.
Congress is to appropriate funds to carry out this handful of delegated powers; and it is to pay the bills with receipts from taxes.
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Pursuant to Article I, §9, clause 7, the federal government is to periodically publish a Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures. Citizens could use this Statement and Account – which would be so short that everyone would have time to read it – to monitor the spending of their public servants.
Pursuant to Article I, §9, clause 7, the federal government is to periodically publish a Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures. Citizens could use this Statement and Account – which would be so short that everyone would have time to read it – to monitor the spending of their public servants.
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So that’s how our existing Constitution limits federal spending: • If it’s on the list of enumerated powers, Congress may lawfully spend money on it. • But if it’s not on the list, Congress usurps powers not delegated when it appropriates money for it.
So that’s how our existing Constitution limits federal spending: • If it’s on the list of enumerated powers, Congress may lawfully spend money on it. • But if it’s not on the list, Congress usurps powers not delegated when it appropriates money for it.
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It was unconstitutional spending and unconstitutional promises(Social Security, Medicare, etc., etc., etc.) which got us a national debt of almost $19 trillion, plus a hundred trillion or so in unfunded liabilities.
It was unconstitutional spending and unconstitutional promises(Social Security, Medicare, etc., etc., etc.) which got us a national debt of almost $19 trillion, plus a hundred trillion or so in unfunded liabilities.
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Since the Constitution delegates to Congress only limited and narrowly defined authority to spend money; the Constitution doesn’t provide for a budget.
Since the Constitution delegates to Congress only limited and narrowly defined authority to spend money; the Constitution doesn’t provide for a budget.
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We never had a federal budget until Congress passed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. By this time, the Progressives controlled both political parties and the federal government.
We never had a federal budget until Congress passed the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. By this time, the Progressives controlled both political parties and the federal government.
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The Progressives wanted a federal budget because they wanted to spend money on objects which were not on the list of delegated powers.
The Progressives wanted a federal budget because they wanted to spend money on objects which were not on the list of delegated powers.
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A balanced budget amendment (BBA) would substitute a budget for the enumerated powers, and thus would legalize the current practice where Congress spends money on whatever they or the President put in the budget.
A balanced budget amendment (BBA) would substitute a budget for the enumerated powers, and thus would legalize the current practice where Congress spends money on whatever they or the President put in the budget.
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The result of a BBA is to legalize spending which is now unconstitutional – it changes the constitutional standard for spending from whether the object is on the list of enumerated powers to a limit on the total amount of spending.
The result of a BBA is to legalize spending which is now unconstitutional – it changes the constitutional standard for spending from whether the object is on the list of enumerated powers to a limit on the total amount of spending.
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• To add insult to injury, the limits on spending are fictitious because they can be waived whenever Congress votes to waive them.
• To add insult to injury, the limits on spending are fictitious because they can be waived whenever Congress votes to waive them.
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And because a BBA would permit Congress to lawfully spend money on whatever is put in the budget, the powers of the federal government would be lawfully increased to include whatever THEY decide to put in the budget.
And because a BBA would permit Congress to lawfully spend money on whatever is put in the budget, the powers of the federal government would be lawfully increased to include whatever THEY decide to put in the budget.
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So a BBA would fundamentally transform our Constitution fromone of enumerated powers only to one of general and unlimited powers – because the federal government would then be authorized by the Constitution to exercise power over ANY object they decide to put into the budget.
So a BBA would fundamentally transform our Constitution fromone of enumerated powers only to one of general and unlimited powers – because the federal government would then be authorized by the Constitution to exercise power over ANY object they decide to put into the budget.
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You must read proposed amendments and understand how they change our Constitution before you support them.
You must read proposed amendments and understand how they change our Constitution before you support them.
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Endnotes: (1) Our original Constitution authorized only excise taxes & tariffs on imports (Art. I, §8, clause 1), with any shortfall being made up by an apportioned assessment on the States based on population (Art. I, §2, clause 3).
Endnotes: (1) Our original Constitution authorized only excise taxes & tariffs on imports (Art. I, §8, clause 1), with any shortfall being made up by an apportioned assessment on the States based on population (Art. I, §2, clause 3).
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(2) Compact for America’s (CFA) version of a BBA permits spending limits to be waived whenever Congress and 26 States agree. CFA’s version also authorizes Congress to impose a national sales tax and a national value added tax in addition to keeping the income tax!
(2) Compact for America’s (CFA) version of a BBA permits spending limits to be waived whenever Congress and 26 States agree. CFA’s version also authorizes Congress to impose a national sales tax and a national value added tax in addition to keeping the income tax!
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