Sentences with phrase «use it against conservatives»

It's funny that news sources like CNN only highlight religion when they can use it against conservatives or capitalism (ironically to generate web clicks for advertising dollars).

Not exact matches

Rep. Steve Scalise, R - La., asked Zuckerberg about a report that found that a new algorithm Facebook uses to determine what appears in users» newsfeeds had a «tremendous bias against conservative news and content, and a favorable bias toward liberal content.»

Part of the Ten Commandments, this passage has been used by many social conservatives to argue against Roe v. Wade and abortion rights.

This afternoon, I'll be interviewed by Bob Dutko — a conservative talk radio host from Detroit, Michigan, pictured here with the boxing gloves he uses to «fearlessly defend the Christian faith» against democrats, scientists, Muslims, and gays.

One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage points.

American Conservatives are used to their religious leaders stirring up hatred against... everyone not like them.

Malaysia bans non-Muslim publications from using «Allah,» Episcopal church takes disciplinary action against two conservative bishops, and April issue to be CCM magazine's last.

You can't use the hermeneutical diversity canard whenever it suits against a conservative opponent, and then conveniently forget it for yourself.

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

This was just a conservative political weapon they could use against the democrats, target of opportunity.

And I also recognize that you don't have to be a political conservative to object to these incidents; they've also been used as fodder for arguing against GMOs (contained in those Ritz crackers) and against the inextricable links between agribusiness and the federal school meals program, among other issues often raised by the political left.

«We had public sector workers in the NHS using social media to campaign against the Conservative party.

The prime minister used his address at the lord mayor's banquet last night to send a clear signal to the 81 Conservative rebels who revolted against him en masse over an EU referendum last month.

This appeared to be coming into fruition after his announcement at the Conservative party conference last month when he announced he would be changing the law to make it clearer that homeowners could defend their property against intruders — allowing the use of force which might «in the cold light of day appear disproportionate».

For a hint of where Gordon Brown and his chancellor might go, look at the most recent PMQs, in which Brown attacked the Conservatives» inheritance tax cut proposals and used David Cameron's Etonian background against him.

The Conservative leader of the Local Government Association, Sir Simon Milton, has warned councils against over zealous use of surveillance powers that they were given to fight terrorism and criminal offences.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference, Fallon said he was «appalled» at the way human rights law was being used against the British military, with the result that millions of pounds of taxpayers» money were being spent on fighting «fairly spurious cases» rather than on kit and personnel.

The Respect MP used the article to hit out against the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat consensus on issues like Afghanistan and spending cuts.

«Building a Conservative Majority (19): A researched campaign against Ed Miliband's politics Main Building a Conservative Majority (20): Make more use of MPs»

As it happens, I'm against a system of open primaries for Conservative Parliamentary candidates (as opposed to individual Associations having the discretion to use them).

Conservative Philip Davies used the press conference for the publication of the report to launch a personal attack against Labour MP and fellow committee member Tom Watson, saying «some people are getting carried away».

At that time, the Conservative government of John Major and most Westminster Tories were resolutely opposed to intervening militarily against the Bosnian Serbs, either through the despatch of ground troops or the use of air power, or even to allowing the Bosnians to defend themselves by lifting the international arms embargo that locked in place a Serb advantage in heavy weaponry.

In New Jersey, Chris Christie has used ridicule and threats against the same targets, making him a conservative darling and a YouTube star.

Senior Conservatives have already questioned whether he wants to remain in his post after he launched a «theatrical» outburst against David Cameron and George Osborne in a Cabinet meeting over their refusal to denounce tactics used by the No campaign in the AV referendum.

Mr Walker has for the last few months at the request of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards been investigating two previous complaints I made that Bob Blizzard had repeatedly used his # 10,000 p.a. Parliamentary Communications Allowance to publicise attacks on Conservative controlled Waveney District and Suffolk County Councils and even encouraged people to vote against them.

Though Johnson is ostensibly a Conservative, he repeatedly used the office of Mayor to push against any «slavish» interpretation of government or party policy.

Both parties have internal disagreements over this issue, but Democrats believe this vote may be tougher for Republicans, who are divided between libertarian sentiments against foreign aid and conservative bullishness to use funding as leverage overseas.

Additionally, by - elections usually have lower turnout rates and are often used as a way for voters to protest against the current Government, making a Conservative victory in the general election more likely.

All the Orange County legislators were provided with documentation of factual cases of civil forfeiture abuse; law enforcement agencies and local municipalities using the proceeds of forfeiture properties, cash and cars to balance their budgets; articles from conservative think tanks like The Heritage Foundation against this law and public comments from citizens, attorneys and former police officers expressing their view against this law.

The Liberal Democrat peer, Lady Williams, said both the Conservatives and Labour had used a «decapitation strategy» against Liberal Democrat MPs including Mr Cable and Mr Hughes.

Party officials later revealed that he will also use today's speech to deride «part - time liberals» in a jibe against the Tory leader, David Cameron, whose claims to be a «liberal conservative» have faded under pressure from his own rightwing.

For Killzone 3 we use the SPUs to render a conservative depth buffer and perform queries against it.

Even the pretty conservative editor Walt Rubel of the Las Cruces Sun News agrees that the «PED [is using extreme] Strong - Arm [aka bullying] Tactics Against [the] Local School Board.»

Conservative state lawmakers who rail against federal mandates often find themselves using the same weapon in dealing with their own cities and counties, Stateline.org reports.

Michael Petrilli, president of the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a Common Core supporter, said he anticipates another wave of backlash against the standards in the states — so it won't be helpful to have a president using his bully pulpit to rail against them.

If you're a conservative investor, you might use options to provide some protection against possible drops in value.

Sell LEAPS ® Covered Calls The covered call, which is selling (writing) a call against stock, is a widely used conservative options strategy.

For Killzone 3 we use the SPUs to render a conservative depth buffer and perform queries against it.

He and his politicized agencies (IRS, CIA,...) are already using their power against conservatives.

Conservative media outlets have seized on the Daily Mail story, using it as ammunition in their fight against climate science.

Those who push using RICO laws against «corporations and other organizations that have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change» («other organizations» meaning conservative think tanks and any skeptic climate scientist having any association with such entities) are likely emboldened because they've never before encountered push - back on the very core of their accusation.

Public tax filings for 2003 - 7 (the last five years for which documents are available) show that the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the ExxonMobil Foundation and foundations associated with the billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, a longtime financier of conservative causes, including being the primary source of money used to fund attacks against Bill Clinton during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky eras of his presidency [1].

Conservatives will use it against us.

For Killzone 3 we use the SPUs to render a conservative depth buffer and perform queries against it.

The contract can be used by conservative traders as a hedge against volatility, while more aggressive traders can pursue larger gains through such activities.

In an ideal world I'd beat my revenue expectations for selling and buying in other markets, but I want to use (reasonably) conservative estimates to compare against what I expect to make with the other strategy.