[NATIONALREVIEW] Of all the ill-considered tropes that are trotted out in anger during our ongoing debate over gun control, perhaps the most irritating is the claim that the Constitution may indeed protect firearms, but it says “nothing at all about bullets.” On its face, this is flatly incorrect.
Quite deliberately, the Bill of Rights is worded so as to shield categories and not specifics, which is why the First Amendment protects the “press” and not “ink”; why the Fourth covers “papers” and “effects” instead of listing every item that might be worn about one’s person; and why the Fifth insists broadly that one may not be deprived of “life, liberty, or property” and leaves the language there.
The “right of the people” that is mentioned in the Second Amendment is not “to keep and bear guns” or “to keep and bear ammunition” but “to keep and bear arms,” which, per Black’s Law Dictionary, was understood in the 18th century to include the “musket and bayonet”; “sabre, holster pistols, and carbine”; an array of “side arms”; and any accoutrements necessary for their operation.
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[PJ Media] Donald Trump holds a dominant position in national polls in no small part because he is extremely strong among people on the periphery of the Republican coalition.
He is strongest among Republicans who are less affluent, less educated and less likely to turn out to vote. His very best voters are self-identified Republicans who nonetheless are registered as Democrats. It's a coalition that's concentrated in the South, Appalachia and the industrial North, according to data provided to The Upshot by Civis Analytics, a Democratic data firm.
Mr. Trump's huge advantage among these groups poses a challenge for his campaign, because it may not have the turnout operation necessary to mobilize irregular voters.
But it is just as big a challenge for the Republican Party, which has maintained its competitiveness in spite of losses among nonwhite and young voters by adding older and white voters, many from the South. These gains have helped the party retake the House, the Senate and many state governments. But these same voters may now be making it harder for the party to broaden its appeal to nonwhite and younger people -- perhaps even by helping to nominate Mr. Trump.
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I suspect most out of work coal miners will back Trump
auto workers
software engineers
communication workers
manufacturing workers
defense workers
farm workers
X-military
police
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Any person who addresses the America that has been ignored for far too long will draw from many people. The media and self appointed elites Have never understood the hatred towards them. The suggestion they will not vote is another lie they hope to propagate. As usual they haven't a clue. The suggestion they are less educated is another smear.
[Breitbart] Thursday, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan posted a video on his Facebook page from "The Cliff Kelley Show" on WVON from earlier this month in which he warned Americans about a Donald Trump presidency
Farrakhan said, "Mr. Trump is tearing away the skin of the onion of white civility and the more he pulls the skin of that onion back, he's beginning to show something in the character of the whites that follow him, that they don't care what he says. He could say one thing this minute, another thing the next minute and you can see that the man has a little problem. A little problem. But he is exacerbating the race situation in America."
He continued, "I guarantee you if he becomes president--if he becomes president he'll take America exactly where America is heading. He'll take you there on a rocket ship. How can a man say he is not a thug--he's a diplomat--he's a president. 'We'll go into Iraq and just take the oil out.' See? That's the thug coming out. That's the part of the nature of the beast that's manifesting. Well If he becomes your president, you'll be just like him."
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Calypso Louie criticizes Trump for exacerbating the race situation in America? This race-baiting POS calls the kettle white?
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The Dems are mobilizing the fringe to reach their base. Their worst fears are disaffected democrats voting for Trump Republicans. If Trump's poll numbers hold, we'll be seeing more of this heading up to the election.
If the pub leadership were smart [which they are not], they'd be getting behind Trump with everything they have.
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The pub leadership are really democrats pretending to be pubs.
Establishment Republicans have always been "just a bit to the right" of Democrats.
But considering the Democrats have sailed further and further left since the late 1960s, where do you think moderate and conservative Democrats would have gone?
[DAWN] WHILE Learned Elders of Islam are supposed to lead by example, what transpired at the Council of Islamic Ideology's 201st meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday can only be described as disgraceful. Two of the CII's members -- its chairman Maulana Sherani and Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi -- had a physical altercation after disagreement over agenda items. As reported, while the meeting was in progress Tahir Ashrafi entered and, according to one eyewitness, started making a fuss. While it is difficult to conclude who cast the first stone, what ensued was an ugly exchange of street language, expletives and, eventually, physical violence. This sort of distasteful behaviour is thoroughly unacceptable from 'men of learning', especially those serving an officially sanctioned body. Instead of discussing matters in a cool and collected manner, the individuals involved have put on display antics that have no place in a civilised society.
However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... if it were only this single incident involving the CII, perhaps it could be overlooked. Unfortunately, many of the issues the body has chosen to put on its agenda over the past few years are deeply troubling. Apparently, one of the factors behind the brawl was the presence on the agenda of the issue of the status of Ahmadis in relation to Islam, and whether the current members of the community are to be termed murtad (apostates) or not. As it is, Ahmadis in Pakistain live in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation and for the CII to even discuss this is akin to playing with fire. Also on the recent meeting's agenda were items related to defining which sects fall within the ambit of Islam, as well as the imposition of jizya (poll tax). In the past, the council has taken a stance endorsing child marriage. Clearly, the CII has a penchant for indulging in explosive debate rather than giving progressive solutions to the country's many faith-related problems. These examples of retrogressive thinking justify calls for its disbandment. There is much the council can discuss, including burning issues such as sectarianism, terrorism and rising extremism -- problems that have torn the country apart, yet that have not been discussed in a critical and constructive manner by the clergy. The CII has chosen to raise divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... issues and weigh in with regressive views at a time when moderation and a pluralistic ethos are required in society. Moreover, if its members cannot behave in a civilised manner, it is all the more reason to wrap up the CII.
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"We gonna have to have a special meetin', we get back to Hahira
About your conduct at this year convention! Embarrassin'!
Now Coy, you be at the secret conclave tonight, you hear me?
And Coy, keep it a secret! Huh!"
Well, it was a secret meeting in the dead of the night
With mysterious sanctimony
In accordance with prescribed
Rituals of time honored ceremony
Matters of grave concern
Were weighed with dedicated caution
Like whether or not to raise at stud
Or draw or spit in the ocean
[DAWN] THE Mardan suicide kaboom was a grim reminder of the existing terror threat in the country, but the news from elsewhere is equally worrying. The Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Counter-Terrorism Department this week revealed that it had broken up an alleged cell of the Death EaterIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in Sialkot -- the cell apparently consisted of eight individuals who had in their possession propaganda material and were allegedly planning to launch a series of attacks across the country. It is too early to know if a pattern is emerging, but certainly there is no room for complacency. IS is the Death Eater group du jour and would-be Death Eaters are likely to be attracted to the latest that the world of 'jihad' has to offer. But examples from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... -- where the Safoora Goth gang, with university-educated members, has been busted -- and from Lahore -- where recent allegations that a professor of a well-known private university was consorting with Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... -- suggest that extreme vigilance is needed.
The temptation is to believe that this is a new phenomenon. It is not. The murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002 was linked to Omar Sheikh, educated in prominent institutions in Pakistain and in the UK, and suggested an early link between centres of higher education and Death Eater recruitment. Al Qaeda too has over the years tried to appeal to an urban, educated, middle and upper-middle class. The fear, though, is that IS's appeal is building on the earlier iterations of militancy and that the Death Eater group is significantly more sophisticated in its propaganda machine. When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to the need to counter the negative image of Islam online, he surely was referring to the new and sophisticated tactics of Death Eater Islam. Worryingly, states themselves appear least equipped to handle the emerging threat. Pakistain, for example, has banned YouTube for more than three years now, but still has no strategy for dealing with online hate material. The country's regulators appear more determined to squash legitimate dissent than eliminating hate speech that encourages violence.
Whatever the attempts of the state, however, they must be aided by society and private-sector organizations. While the boundaries between privacy and security must be respected, it is surely the case that far too many institutions of higher education in the country remain lax when it comes to identifying dangerous elements in their midst. Higher education in the country remains mired in the battles of a generation ago. Today, the challenge is to produce college and university graduates who not only have a set of skills that makes them economically and socially relevant, but who can help put Pakistain on a path to stability and peace. It is not just Fata or other militancy-hit areas that have a terrorism problem. All of Pakistain does. Surely the fight to reclaim Pakistain and re-anchor it in its founding principles must be led by the centres of higher education.
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Hate, by the disadvantaged, dresses both left and right.
[DAWN] THE phenomenon of cults exists in most religions and has been the focus of much academic research; however, its classification is negligible in our society. When we hear stories of religious exploitation of the vulnerable then what we are mostly likely witnessing is cult phenomenon.
While there are genuine religious guides who offer a transparent exposition of faith and are regarded accordingly in the mainstream, cult leaders comprise charismatic individuals outside the mainstream who claim to uniquely possess 'special knowledge' and who use deceptive methods to develop their following.
A deliberate concealment of core beliefs until one is very deep inside the group and a staunch mind-controlling environment that alters reality distinguishes cults from mainstream religion. Once someone joins a cult, then it profoundly affects his or her relationships with family and friends, for then one's existence is meant for the group.
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When we hear stories of religious exploitation of the vulnerable then what we are mostly likely witnessing is cult phenomenon.
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[Breitbart] Thursday, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan posted a video on his Facebook page from "The Cliff Kelley Show" on WVON from earlier this month in which he warned Americans about a Donald Trump presidency
