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Repealing the Rancor
by Laura Hollis
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Author Hamed Abdel-Samad:
‘Jihadist Terrorism Is Inherent Part of Islam’
by Vincent van den Born
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{gatestone.eu} ~ Although the video is almost two years old, it’s making its rounds again on social media thanks to Iraqi-born atheist Faisal Saeed Al Mutar (worth following!)... It is a subtitled part of a much longer program by German broadcaster ZDF. It features the Egyptian-born political scientist Hamed Abdel-Samad, who’s a colourful figure, to say the least, confronts a female Islamist with the fact that Islamic State has everything to do with Islam. His arguments are as articulate as they are compelling. At the same time, it gives a stark insight into the ways these kinds of discussions are moderated and guided, by the choice of guests and their strategy of denying an alternative viewpoint. If it is less noticeable, it is because Abdel-Samad manages to get his point across regardless. For those able to understand German, the original, far longer broadcast, is available on YouTube.  https://gatestone.eu/is-is-islamic/
VIDEO:  at the site
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Trump Fires Up Europe's
Anti-Establishment Movement
by Soeren Kern
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{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ Inspired by the inauguration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, the leaders of Europe's main anti-establishment parties have held a pan-European rally aimed at coordinating a political strategy to mobilize potentially millions... of disillusioned voters in upcoming elections in Germany, the Netherlands and France. Appearing together in public for the first time, Marine Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, Frauke Petry, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's Northern League and Harald Vilimsky of Austria's Freedom Party gathered on January 21 at a rally in Koblenz, Germany, where they called on European voters to participate in a "patriotic spring" to topple the European Union, reassert national sovereignty and secure national borders...  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9810/trump-europe-establishment
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Tucker Carlson Exposes, Mocks
“Demand Protest” Hoax Live On-Air
by Rick Wells
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{rickwells.us} ~ Tucker Carlson completely broadsides the fraudster who is behind the “Demand Protest” scam, hanging him out to dry on national television... Demand Protest presented itself as a provider of actors posing as protesters for thuggish disruptions of the type that have become commonplace at Trump rallies during the campaign and at the inauguration. The same type of misconduct that they profess to organize and provide was also observed being committed by Black Lives Matter before they recently went dark. That may have been intentional, to advertise this group and allow them to become the face of agitation, removing that well-deserved recognition from the Democrats and George Soros and his Open Society front organizations, including Black Lives Matter. They were all recently exposed by Project Veritas so an effort to shift the blame would not unexpected...  http://rickwells.us/busted-tucker-carlson-exposes-mocks-demand-protest-hoax-live-air/
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Judge Jeanine Hammers Rachel Maddow
For Calling Trump “Dark And Militant”
by Rick Wells
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{rickwells.us} ~ Judge Jeanine’s opening statement begins at the 2:05 point in the video. She says, “Now you know that the only way to make actual change in this country is not only to have the moxie and the guts to do it... but also to not care about what the drive-by media and the haters think of it. To make change will take someone who doesn’t obsess, put fingers to the wind, someone who doesn’t give a damn about what the naysayers or the chattering classes say.” She continues, “He is someone who is focused and understands what it takes to get the job done. And he understands because he’s been up and down and smart enough to get back up again. But there will be bumps in the road. He understands that changing the bureaucracy and the Washington machine is not for the faint of heart. He understands that in order to do what has to be done, he can have no fear.” Judge Jeanine says, “Because Donald Trump has been fearless in his campaign to become Commander-in-Chief, and because he fought outside all of the political boxes, because he was willing to do into a den of lions, with only one thing in mind, winning and indeed, came out winning, Donald Trump will be the biggest change agent in the history of the United States.”...  http://rickwells.us/judge-jeanine-hammers-rachel-maddow-calling-trump-dark-militant/
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liar-nObama Nat’l Community Organizing
Foundation Launch – Not Going Away
by Rick Wells
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{rickwells.us} ~ Isn’t there some kind of penicillin or something that will clear up this liar-nObama infection that has attacked the American people? It seems that no matter what we try we just can’t get rid of them... It took them two months of endless goodbyes to go a half day and launch the latest scheme. All they did was change houses and the methods they use to get rich and control the people. Now they’re in Palm Springs or wherever, living large off of their connections and God knows what other money they managed through green energy, sustainable development, support from George Soros, skimming or whatever else they think they can and likely will get away with to acquire for their own personal use. They’re announcing, it’s official, the darker completed version of the liar-Clinton Foundation is here to continue their feeding parasitically upon the American people. As if we gave a rat’s butt, liar-nObama says, “we also want to tell you a little bit about what we’ll be up to next.” Of course they can only tell us a little bit, if they told us the whole story, the FBI would be forced to get involved...  http://rickwells.us/obama-natl-community-organizing-foundation-launch-not-going-away/
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Repealing the Rancor
by Laura Hollis
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{jewishworldreview.com} ~ The hostility being displayed between Americans today is at a level that is frankly shocking. President-elect Donald Trump's imminent inauguration has his opponents in a fit of pique. But in truth, the fury and hatred displayed toward Trump's supporters throughout his campaign was just about as bad.

Plenty of pundits say that Americans are more polarized than ever. But we seem to be uncertain about solutions. So, what could we do as a society to cool things down a bit? Quite a few things, I think.

1. Scrap the hypocrisy.

For starters, decide which standard of behavior matters, and then hold yourself and those you support politically to that same standard. A textbook example is Democrats' braying about the Republican Party's (nonexistent) war on women. But they have a history of supporting some of the greatest offenders. President John F. Kennedy was a philanderer. Sen. Ted Kennedy left a woman to drown in his car. President Bill liar-Clinton has been accused of rape. Hollywood professes to be shocked -- shocked -- by Trump's callous comments, but you can find far worse than that on cable TV or in rap music lyrics.

Until recently, Democrats could count on the double standard playing out in their favor: Conservative voters actually held their candidates' feet to the fire, while voters on the left shrugged at most of their candidates' moral shortcomings.

In 2016, the left was completely gobsmacked that voters on the right were willing to overlook Trump's multiple wives, crude language and inconsistencies. This time, conservative voters took a page out of the left's playbook. How do you like us now?

2. Stop lying about your opponents.

"Fake news" is just another version of "fake narrative." Democrats routinely come up with baseless accusations think Sen. Harry dinky-Reid's allegations that former Gov. Mitt Romney paid no taxes for 10 years and repeat them ad nauseam with ever-higher decibels of faux outrage. Thus, conservatives "want to push granny off a cliff" or are going to "put blacks back in chains." Conservative voters accuse liberals of being communists who want to destroy the country. If you assume -- accurately, in most cases -- that your political opponents also want to help people, you might actually get to discuss the merits of their arguments, to everyone's general benefit.

3. Stop being so emotionally invested in the methodology, and focus on the results.

The left wants to focus exclusively on its intentions: "We want to fight poverty"; "We want everyone to have health care." OK, but intentions are irrelevant. They don't excuse policy failures; they just enable another round of the "my opponent is evil" game (see number 2, above). If you really want to alleviate poverty, you should be less concerned with what you have proposed and more concerned with whether it works . If it doesn't, it's time to try something else, even if it's coming from the opposition.

4. Get the federal government out of our lives as much as possible.

This is a much-overlooked cause of public rancor. But think about it: Very few of us have much influence on or control over federal law, and it is extremely difficult to change a federal statute or regulation, or a Supreme Court decision once it's in place -- which is one reason why Democrats have been so focused on implementing their preferred policies that way. But this methodology has left millions of Americans feeling voiceless, powerless and resentful. Of course the left is completely freaking out now that Republicans are in control of every branch of the federal government. Well, it's sauce for the goose, as they say. By contrast, it is far easier to have a say -- and therefore, an impact -- on the law at the state, county or local level. And truthfully, it's harder to demonize your political opponents at those levels. Are you really going to spread lies about them when you're working with them every day on the school board or city council?

5. Be more entrepreneurial about problems.

The federal government is a very lousy place to try to solve most people's problems. It is bloated, ineffective and inefficient, even when circumstances call for radical change. Consider the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ability to pivot quickly in response to a problem is characteristic of small organizations, not large ones this is as true in the private sector as it is in government. When solutions are proposed at the level of state or local government, affected parties have an easier time responding to new information and changing course if need be. There are 242 million adults in the United States. Do you seriously think that the vast majority of them are not as capable of handling issues as some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.?

6. Stop trying to perfect society.

I didn't say, "improve"; I said, "perfect." There's no such thing as utopia. You are never going to get everyone to agree with you, approve of you or live their lives as you think they should. And this is true notwithstanding the explosion of legislation or lawsuits. The pursuit of societal perfection (whatever that is) is smothering the "live and let live" sensibility that makes it possible for the 324 million people in the United States to live together amicably.

7. Use persuasion, not power.

Appeal to people's rational self-interest and compassion. Successful advertising, marketing and social media campaigns do this every day.

What do all of these things have in common? A belief in the basic goodness of others and a willingness to let them show it. They would be a good start.
 
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