Today, over 55 million Turkish citizens are voting to decide if they want a presidential republic. The whole country is pretty excited about the whole thing. There's nationwide ban on public campaigning on the voting day, the media are not allowed to announce exit poll results or air political adverts, or discuss the vote with politicians or ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34873057So...the Donald doesn't object to a database to assist monitoring Muslims. Is there a constitutional amendment that deals with this? Is it possible to be on other lists too? Could, for example, one be on the Muslim database, and the gun-owner's database, or are they mutually exclusive? Or is it ( Read more... )

Children who were born on US territory automatically acquire US citizenship. Doesn't matter if their parents are legal or illegal immigrants. But many Americans now have a problem with that rule. And Donald Trump advocates for a harsher approach to illegal immigrants, including their children who are born on US soil.

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Originally posted by ricomsmith77 at "The President's New Groove"
The fire has been lit.  The bull has been let loose.  The well has been poisoned.  The country has exploded.


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Originally posted by ricomsmith77 at "The Executive Orders of America: Why Obama Has No Excuses, But To EXECUTE"
Alright kids, its time for a little high school refresher course on CIVICS....


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Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election

On election night, Erdogan pointed out in his speech that he'll be president of all Turks. That is, of those 48% who didn't vote for him, too. That's a timely promise, since he was often being accused of only favoring his base with his policies, and turning his back on the rest. Well, now the ( Read more... )

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

When we consider the US founding document, we spend a lot of time talking about the first, tasty, juicy section, where Jefferson lays out in elegant prose an expression ( Read more... )

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Viktor Orban, it seems, is a guy who never takes a "No" for an answer. No matter if it comes from the EU, from major international organizations or from the Constitutional court of his own country. The Hungarian prime-minister is unshakably convinced that he knows what's best for his people (which, surprise-surprise, is exactly what's best for his ( Read more... )