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Poll: Younger Americans much less likely to say that patriotism, religion, and having children are "very important"
Post Date: 2019-08-27 17:38:54 by Tooconservative
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What a horrifying result. Of course patriotism is important! I’m wondering, though, how angry we should be at a generation whose lives were wrecked by the Great Recession (and will be even more wrecked by the next recession) and whose future was mortgaged so that the country could pretend for a little while longer that it can afford entitlement programs for senior citizens. Like, there’s probably *some* blame to be placed for the civic alienation of young adults on the garbage generation we call Baby Boomers, no? The WSJ didn’t provide partisan splits on each question, but if you suspect that young Democrats are driving this collapse in basic American values, you’re ...
The Next Recession Will Destroy Millennials
Post Date: 2019-08-27 17:37:08 by Tooconservative
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. . . As a result, Millennials have not benefited from the dramatic rebound in housing prices that has occurred since the financial collapse and the foreclosure crisis. Millennials have also been forced to shell out hundreds of billions of dollars in rent as housing costs have skyrocketed in many urban areas. This represents a large generational transfer of wealth from the young to the old. Boomers own the houses and bar municipalities from building more of them, thus benefiting from rising prices and soaking up endless rent checks forked over by younger and poorer families. Cost pressures have also made it difficult or impossible for Millennials to save or invest. The share of Americans ...
They've Lost Their Minds in San Francisco
Post Date: 2019-08-27 12:03:53 by IbJensen
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San Francisco, a city described in song for its natural beauty, is descending into an abyss of homelessness, the use of sidewalks as toilets and a place you might not want to visit, much less live. The latest, but surely not the last demonstration of insanity, is San Francisco's Board of Supervisors' adoption of new "person first" language guidelines meant to "change the public's perception of criminals." The words "convicted felon," "offender," "convict," "addict" and "juvenile delinquent" are now out. These individuals will henceforth be referred to as a "justice-involved person." Someone ...
Carpentersville family sues after video shows police raiding home, grabbing teen by neck
Post Date: 2019-08-27 10:18:40 by Deckard
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CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A family in north suburban Carpentersville is suing police officers, claiming they raided their home without a search warrant while their teenage son was home alone.In video of the raid, the 16-year-old boy, who wishes to remain anonymous, was knocked off his feet by the officer, who charges through the doorway. The teen ends up on a couch."I did get scared because I never expected something like this to happen to me," he said.The encounter happened in June, the result of a search for a missing girl who is friends with the boy.As the officer's partner searches upstairs, there's more grabbing and pushing. Twice the officer grabs the boy's ...
Giving Government Permanent Authority To Spy on Everyone in America
Post Date: 2019-08-27 09:03:24 by Deckard
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While most of us have been thinking about the end of summer and while the political class frets over the Democratic presidential debates and the aborted visit of two members of Congress to Israel, the Trump administration has quietly moved to extend and make permanent the government’s authority to spy on all persons in America. The president, never at a loss for words, must have been asked by the intelligence community he once reviled not to address these matters in public. These matters include the very means and the very secret court about which he complained loud and long during the Mueller investigation. Now, he wants to be able to unleash permanently on all of us the evils he ...
Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk," live
Post Date: 2019-08-27 07:47:36 by Deckard
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Dave Brubeck – pianoPaul Desmond – alto saxophoneJoe Morello – drumsEugene Wright – double bass (also credited "Gene Wright")DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET -"Live In Portland 1959" (full album)
Meet the Next Generation of Koch: ‘Libertarian’ Social Justice Warriors for Big Brother
Post Date: 2019-08-27 07:08:14 by Deckard
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With the passing of libertarian icon and capitalist titan David Koch this past week from prostate cancer, it has put the focus on who will lead Koch industries for the next generation. 83-year-old Charles Koch, the surviving Koch brother who is preparing for retirement, is handing off the reigns to his son, Chase. According to a profile by Politico Magazine, Chase is pushing for a “kinder, gentler libertarianism” that is more focused on pushing social justice initiatives than pushing back against leftism and statism on a political level. “My passion is to bring people together to solve some of the major challenges facing society today, including in education and in many ...
Who Are The Real Extremists? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2019-08-27 06:57:55 by Deckard
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The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have re-ignited efforts to pass “Red Flag” laws, which allow the government to take away a person’s guns without due process, and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun. Some supporters of these measures acknowledge they would not have prevented the Dayton and El Paso shootings, but they think the government must “do something,“ even if that something only makes it more difficult for average Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.The fact that one of the shooters may have been motivated by anti-immigrant views has led to calls for government surveillance of “right-wing ...
Poll: 70% of Americans ‘Angry’ at Political System for Only Serving Insiders With Money and Power
Post Date: 2019-08-27 06:19:21 by Deckard
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“A deep and boiling anger” is the sentiment behind a recent poll conducted this month, showing just how utterly pissed off Americans are with their government. Despite Americans being pitted against each other with divisive partisan tactics rammed down their throats on a daily basis by the political establishment and the media, this recent poll shows they agree on one thing—the government serves the connected elite and no one else. This latest poll, conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal paints a picture of an angry America. But these Americans aren’t angry at one another, they are angry at the political and financial establishment that continues to ...
Johnson & Johnson liable for $572 million in Oklahoma opioid epidemic trial; shares rise
Post Date: 2019-08-27 05:58:42 by Deckard
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NORMAN, Okla./BOSTON (Reuters) - An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, a sum that was substantially less than investors had expected, driving up J&J’s shares. The state’s attorney general had filed the lawsuit, seeking $17 billion to address the impact of the drug crisis on Oklahoma. It had been considered a bellwether for other litigation nationwide over the opioid epidemic. “The expectation was this was going to be a $1.5 billion to $2 billion fine,” said Jared Holz, healthcare strategist for Jefferies & Co. ...
Chino police body camera footage shows moments leading to police shooting that killed unarmed Fontana man
Post Date: 2019-08-27 05:46:24 by Deckard
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Footage from a body camera released by the Chino Police Department on Friday shows the events leading up to a police shooting that left a man dead in early July. An officer shot Li Xi Wang, 49, of Fontana on July 3 while searching a house in the 6800 block of Rockrose Street. Wang was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. The footage showed police officers instructing people in the building that they had a search warrant and were going to enter the house to conduct a search. After announcing themselves multiple times, officers entered the house and immediately encountered a 53-year-old woman, who they handcuffed.Chino police Sgt. Nancy Franklin said officers were at the ...
An innocent man spent months in jail after customs officials thought honey he brought back from Jamaica was liquid meth
Post Date: 2019-08-27 05:34:46 by Deckard
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Leon Haughton told The Washington Post that he was stopped at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on December 29. He said he was jailed after US Customs and Border Protection agents on December 29 alleged that the three jars of honey he had brought back from Jamaica were actually meth. He remained in jail for 82 days even though state and federal lab tests determined the honey was actually honey. Haughton, a Jamaican native and green card holder with no prior convictions, told The Post that this was the first time he had been stopped by customs in the 10 years he had been traveling back and forth to visit his mother. Visit Insider's homepage for more ...
'I Still Think They're Heroes,' Houston's Police Chief Says of the Cops Who Killed a Couple During a Fraudulent Drug Raid
Post Date: 2019-08-27 05:27:04 by Deckard
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(Houston Police Department) "I still think they're heroes," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says of the narcotics officers who shot and killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a fraudulent drug raid at their Harding Street home on January 28. At a press conference Friday, Acevedo said Gerald Goines, the officer who instigated the raid by falsely claiming that a confidential informant had bought heroin from Tuttle at the house the day before, and Steven Bryant, who bolstered Goines' cover story, had "dishonored" their badges and the Houston Police Department (HPD). But Acevedo insisted that the other officers who participated in the raid had "acted ...
The Revolving Door Between Government and Cable News
Post Date: 2019-08-27 05:18:39 by Deckard
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(Ron Sachs/CNP/AdMedia/SIPA/Newscom) When former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined Fox News as a contributor last week, her announcement was greeted with a predictable flurry of jokes about the minimal difference between her new role at the conservative network and her old job for the Trump administration. But she was hardly the first government official of either major political faction to find a new perch in the media—or to move the other way, for that matter. It's all part of the creeping merger between the political class and the journalists supposedly tasked with subjecting government to scrutiny.That kind of close relationship between the public and ...
Alleged Pedophile Cop Caught by His Own Department in South Carolina
Post Date: 2019-08-27 02:00:28 by Tooconservative
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According to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, one of his deputies was busted by his own department during an undercover investigation into child sex. Derek Vandenham, 34, was allegedly “communicating to have sex with a 15-year-old” when officers arrested him. Lott claims that Vandenham was “working on-duty in [Lott’s] car” when he was taken into custody last week. “That was something that made me sick to my stomach to know that one of my deputies that I trusted and that we put out here in this community was one of these monsters,” Lott said regarding the incident. Since his arrest, Vandenham has been let go from the force. The investigation, called ...
Owner of 3 Pit Bulls That Mauled 9-Year-Old Girl to Death Charged with Murder [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2019-08-27 01:48:49 by Tooconservative
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Pierre Cleveland, 33, the owner of the three pit bulls that mauled a 9-year-old Detroit girl to death, has been charged with murder. According to the victim’s family, Emma Hernandez, 9, was riding her bike on Monday when dogs attacked her in an alley around 4 p.m. Family members said that she often rode her bike in the area around Central Avenue and Smart Street and was probably trying to use a nearby alley to turn around. Among the various neighbors who came out to help Hernandez was Deborah Gordon, a woman who lives down the block. She reportedly tried to perform CPR and was shocked by what happened. “You’re talking about a 9-year-old girl who was just out there ...
Former Clovis Police employee arrested for alleged sexual assault on a minor
Post Date: 2019-08-27 01:40:33 by Tooconservative
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FRESNO, California (KSEE/KGPE) – A former Community Service Officer with Clovis Police has been arrested for sexual assault of a minor. Clovis Police announced Monday that 26-year-old Mitchell Singh is facing more than 30 allegations of acts of sexual misconduct. Investigators add that all allegations took place while Singh was off-duty and not in his capacity as an employee of the City of Clovis. Officers say he was released from his employment in July, for reasons unrelated to these charges. Singh is facing charges of lewd and lascivious acts to a child and of continual acts to a child under the age of 14. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about the ...
Light of the World: Mexican church holds gathering amid sex crimes scandal
Post Date: 2019-08-27 01:33:22 by Tooconservative
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Some 600,000 followers from 58 countries have descended on the city of Guadalajara, where La Luz del Mundo has its international headquarters, for their week-long "holy convocation", when leaders hold mass baptisms and a "holy supper". The fundamentalist Christian organisation was founded in 1926 by Mexican Eusebio Joaquín González, Mr García's grandfather. It claims to have 1.8 million followers in Mexico and millions more worldwide, although many religious experts question these numbers. The church describes itself as a "resurgence of the early Christian church", and their followers believe 50-year-old Mr García is an ...
CHINA-DEMOCRAT COLLUSION: Red Threat Focuses New Tariffs on Punishing Crucial 2020 States
Post Date: 2019-08-26 17:31:00 by IbJensen
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As the trade war escalates, China is targeting tariffs to hurt pro-Trump states, including crucial swing states in America’s heartland, where President Donald Trump will need votes the most in order to win re-election in 2020. China announced on Wednesday that the country will levy an additional 25 percent tariff on 106 American products, including pork, soybeans and aircraft, totaling $50 billion in U.S. dollars. This was done as a likely response to Trump’s announcement of tariffs on 1,333 Chinese products. The soybean tariffs will prove particularly problematic to the U.S. economy, as they are currently the largest U.S. export to China. Rural states that overwhelmingly ...
Huge hoard of muscle cars uncovered in Iowa and heading for auction
Post Date: 2019-08-26 11:25:38 by Deckard
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Red Oak is a small Iowa town, but not too small to hide a massive collection of muscle cars. (VanDerBrink Auctions)The hundred or so vehicles were collected over the past 50 years by a man named Coyote Johnson.The 65-year-old construction company owner has been buying them since he was 16 and building barns with his own hands to store them. (VanDerBrink Auctions)They’re filled with Plymouth Road Runners, Chevy Chevelles, Ford Mustangs and practically every kind of muscle car from the 1960s and 1970s you can think of. (VanDerBrink Auctions)There are also plenty of other cars and trucks, from a 1951 Ford Victoria Custom to a 1997 Pontiac Trans Am coupe and convertible. (VanDerBrink ...
Florida Man Who Fatally Shot Black Man During Parking Dispute Found Guilty
Post Date: 2019-08-26 11:01:30 by misterwhite
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A white man who cited Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law after fatally shooting a Black man during a dispute over a parking space last year has been convicted of manslaughter. Jurors in Clearwater, located roughly 25 miles west of Tampa, deliberated for six hours on Friday before announcing their verdict against Michael Drejka, 49, in the shooting death of Markeis McGlockton, reported the Tampa Bay Times. Drejka’s attorneys reportedly plan to appeal the verdict after their client’s sentencing hearing, which has been scheduled for Oct. 10. He faces up to 30 years in prison. The shooting occurred after McGlockton, a 28-year-old father of three, parked ...
Australian Survivor Of Satanic Pedophile Trafficking Network Names High Ranking People
Post Date: 2019-08-26 09:02:11 by Deckard
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In BriefThe Facts:Supposed survivor of Satanic ritual abuse Fiona Barnett shares her story and provides the names of some high ranking people that are supposedly involved.Reflect On:With everything that's come out in the mainstream regarding this type of abuse, from the Vatican, into the Royal Families and all the way into the political and financial elite, it's important to consider these stories and listen to the testimony.“A tightly organised, mafia-style, hierarchically structured crime syndicate has infiltrated every aspect of Australian society including Parliament, judiciary, church denominations, law enforcement, military, child protection, hospitals, educational ...
Officer sacked after lying about being shot by a sniper
Post Date: 2019-08-26 08:32:37 by Deckard
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The deputy's claim sparked a massive search for a sniper, but some of his colleagues grew suspicious at his lack of injuries.A Los Angeles County deputy has been fired and could face a criminal investigation after lying about being shot.Deputy Angel Reinosa called his colleagues to say he had just been shot at from a building.The 21-year-old told them he had been walking from his station in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles, to his car at the time.His colleagues sprang into action, with SWAT officers going door-to-door searching for the gunman.Homes and businesses were evacuated - and public transport ground to a halt. Reinosa appeared to have had a lucky escape - his bulletproof vest ...
Confirmed: Obama knew about, and was DIRECTING, the “Spygate” coup attempt against Trump from the very beginning
Post Date: 2019-08-26 08:16:35 by Deckard
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(Natural News) For nearly two years as information about the coup attempt against President Donald Trump known as “Spygate” dripped out, observers long suspected that an operation of this scope – involving the Justice Department, the FBI, U.S. and foreign intelligence assets – had to have come from the very top.That is, former President Obama, who was in the Oval Office when Spygate was hatched and began as the 2016 presidential election cycle kicked off, had to have not only known about it but approved it. Now, the speculation is over: Of course, he did. Earlier this week during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Andrew McCarthy, attorney and former ...
The Pointless Flex
Post Date: 2019-08-26 08:09:07 by Deckard
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It’s amazing what you can do in a three-row/eight passenger SUV . . . but not many people do it anymore. This 2020 Kia Telluride I’m test-driving right now (reviewed here) can hustle through the curves faster and with less effort and much more margin than my ’76 Trans-Am. Which is no small thing because in its day, the Trans-Am was the best-handling high-performance car made in America. It was designed for speed; everything else was secondary. The Kia is a family hauler. But it hauls better. One hand on the wheel through the esses and not even close to pushing it at speeds that would have the Trans-Am’s rear end slip-sliding and near the break-loose point. ...
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