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April 24, 2016

Fact checkers confirm Hillary Clinton is more honest than any of her 2016 opponents

PolitiFact has rated 24% of Hillary Clinton’s contentious claims as receiving a perfect “True” score (source link), which may not sound impressive until you consider that just 15% of Bernie Sanders’ contentious claims have rated out as “True” (source link). There are two other passable categories, “Mostly True” and “Half True.” If you add up the numbers from the top three boxes, Clinton comes out at 72% and Sanders comes out at 70%, which are both robust scores. In the bottom two boxes, just 14% of Clinton’s challenged statements have rated out as “False” or “Pants on Fire” while Sanders has fallen into those bottom two boxes 15% of the time.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/fact-checkers-confirm-hillary-clinton-is-more-honest-than-any-of-her-2016-opponents/24196/
April 13, 2016

Qaddafi apologists have had to refute the stubborn fact that Qaddafi used war planes on his own peop

Today, 27 June 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued three warrants of arrest respectively for Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi for crimes against humanity (murder and persecution) allegedly committed across Libya from 15 February 2011 until at least 28 February 2011, through the State apparatus and Security Forces.


Almost from the being of the Arab uprising in Libya, Qaddafi met the peaceful protesters with maximum violence. By 21 February, he was already using war planes against demonstrations in Tripoli and Benghazi. It was specifically his use of jets and helicopters against the people, a step not yet taken in Bahrain, Yemen or Syria, that earned him a "No Fly Zone."

Death from above is hideous stuff so naturally Qaddafi apologists have had to refute the stubborn fact that Qaddafi used war planes on his own people. To the rescue came the Russian military with the following story:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/7/1/990315/-


April 6, 2016

Bernie needs to win 57% of the remaining pledged delegates to win the majority of pledged delegates

4-5-2016

4,765 total delegates
4,051 pledged delegates
714 superdelegates

2,383 needed for nomination
2026 pledged delegates needed for pledged delegates majority
1,698 pledged delegates still available (4-5-2016)

1290 hillary pledged delegates received
736 pledged delegates needed for majority of pledged delegates
43.3%

1063 bernie pledged delegates received
963 pledged delegates needed for majority of pledged delegates
56.7%

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