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Cuomo Says He Would Sue To Protect Abortion Rights In NY
Post Date: 2018-07-11 22:32:22 by nolu chan
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Cuomo Says He Would Sue To Protect Abortion Rights In NY Spectrum News, State of Politics Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday indicated he would sue to protect access to abortion services in New York should the Supreme Court act to restrict reproductive rights. Cuomo was in Poughkeepsie to once again push for the passage of the Reproductive Health Act, a measure meant to strengthen abortion laws in the state and urge the Republican-controlled Senate to take up the legislation, seizing on the potential shift on the court with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. “I want to get it done before the Supreme Court does that because I don’t want any gaps in a woman’s right to ...
Trump now wants NATO allies to spend 4 percent of GDP on defense
Post Date: 2018-07-11 21:28:40 by Tooconservative
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President Trump is suggesting that NATO allies double their military spending goal to 4 percent of their gross domestic product, the White House confirmed on Wednesday. Trump previously pressed members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to raise their spending to 2 percent by 2024. Most NATO nations spend less than 2 percent of their GDP on military programs, though the U.S. spends more. Trump has argued the U.S. effectively subsidizes its allies' defense. The new 4 percent goal was initially disclosed by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, a supporter of the idea, following a meeting with Trump, and was later confirmed by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. “During ...
Senate resistance to Judge Kavanaugh is collapsing
Post Date: 2018-07-11 20:19:24 by Tooconservative
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The New York Times published a piece today with the bland title “For Midterms, Supreme Court Political Drama Plays to Its Audience.” It turns out that’s a nice way of saying vulnerable Senate Democrats are struggling between telling the base what it wants to hear and reality. Right now, it sounds as if reality is winning: Making his way through the Capitol, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said “look at my statement” three times in 15 seconds when pressed about the appointment, hoping to let his carefully worded news release carry the day. Such dodges only whetted the appetites of Republicans, who taunted the Democrats for their hesitation and, in some cases, ...
The Anti-Trump Conservative Firing Circle Is Wildly Out Of Touch With The American Electorate
Post Date: 2018-07-11 18:52:33 by Tooconservative
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In his rebuttal of Emerald Robinson’s attack on President Trump’s conservative critics, Jonah Goldberg singled me out for opprobrium because I applauded her thesis on Twitter. I thank him for this attention. It forces me to pause and collect my thoughts. I prefer not to defend Robinson’s every turn of phrase, but her main point is irrefutable: Trump’s conservative critics have lost touch with the electorate. Their careers may indeed be humming along, as Goldberg claims, but politically they have maneuvered themselves into an untenable position. In a democratic culture, the pundit is not a philosopher. He exists to inform and guide like-minded voters, which is only ...
What is Wrong with Libertarianism?
Post Date: 2018-07-11 18:12:40 by Gatlin
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For some time now, I’ve been wanting to write a post about what is wrong with Libertarianism from a Biblical worldview. First of all, it would be helpful for you to see visually, a basic graph revealing the current political spectrum. The Political Sprectrum – Left to Right (Source: http://woody.typepad.com)Most Christians who call themselves “Christian Libertarians” don’t really know much about the roots or true ideology of the Libertarian political philosophy. They like the idea of small government, reduced taxes, gun rights, property rights and a free-market economy. So far, so good. I’m right there with them. The problem is in the inherent presuppositions ...
French Court Convicts Muslim Gang for Brutal Robbery, Rape of Jewish Couple in 2014
Post Date: 2018-07-11 16:31:07 by IbJensen
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The Muslim invasion of France has made it dangerous for Jews. And they have been forced to flee in record numbers. The French authorities say they will fight antisemitism, but in reality, Jews have nowhere to turn. Going to the police is futile. They do not respond. I receive regular correspondence from French Jews who describe the deteriorating conditions for Jews in France. Every day is filled with small terrors. And despite the daily horrors, the perps, their ideology is scrubbed, censored, respected and protected. Islam must always and in all cases be protected. “French Court Convicts Antisemitic Gang for Brutal Robbery, Rape of Jewish Couple in 2014,” by Ben Cohen, ...
Lesbian Crackpots Attack “Transgender” Crazies at London Homo March
Post Date: 2018-07-11 12:55:15 by Deckard
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Lesbian feminist crackpots provided great entertainment this past weekend when they dominated the annual London homo march by protesting against “transgender” crazies—who, the lesbians said, are just men pretending to be women seeking to force lesbians into heterosexual relationships and continue the “rape culture.” The annual march—which goes under the official name of “London Pride” saw the feminist lesbians push their way to the front of the crowd and display a banner reading “Transactivism Erases Lesbians!”Pakistani-origin London Mayor Sadiq Khan was meant to lead the march, but ended up stuck behind the lesbian feminists, a group ...
Why the Left Fears Libertarianism
Post Date: 2018-07-11 11:46:46 by Deckard
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Leftist criticisms of libertarianism have surged lately, a phenomenon warranting explanation. We libertarians could justifiably find it all quite confusing. For decades we have thought our battle a largely losing one, at least in the short term. We are a tiny, relatively powerless minority. The state has raged on, expanding in virtually every direction, for my entire lifetime and that of my parents. Yet nearly every week our beloved philosophy of non-aggression is subject to some progressive’s relatively widely read hatchet job. On the surface, it appears at least as misdirected as the rightwing hysteria about Marxists during the Cold War. But at least Marxism was the supposed tenet of ...
Fake News Is A Meaningless Term, And Our Obsession Over It Continues To Harm Actual News
Post Date: 2018-07-11 11:28:39 by Deckard
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from the forget-fake-news dept Many people forget now, but in the wake of the 2016 election, it was mainly those opposed to Donald Trump who were screaming about "fake news." They wanted an explanation for what they believed was impossible -- and one thing that many, especially in the journalism field focused on, were the made up stories that got shared wildly on Facebook. At the time, we warned that nothing good would come from so many people blaming "fake news" for the election, and I think it's fair to say we were correct on that. President Trump quickly co-opted the phrase and turned it into a mantra directed at any news story about him or his administration ...
Court victory legalizes 3D-printable gun blueprints
Post Date: 2018-07-11 11:23:07 by Deckard
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A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat for government authorities who sought to prevent the practice. Cody Wilson, the gunmaker and free speech advocate behind the lawsuit, now intends to expand his operations, providing printable gun blueprints to all who desire them.The longer story of the lawsuit is well told by Andy Greenberg over at Wired, but the decision is eloquent on its own. The fundamental question is whether making 3D models of gun components available online is covered by the free speech rights granted by the First Amendment.This is a timely but complex conflict because it ...
Angela’s ashes: Merkel’s grand project is crumbling
Post Date: 2018-07-11 11:08:52 by Tooconservative
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‘This is not about whether Mrs Merkel stays as chancellor next week or not,’ said Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, as he came out of an emergency summit on immigration last weekend. He was joking. That was exactly what the meeting had been about, and everybody there knew it. The summit was Operation Save Mutti. Their mission: to stop Merkel’s government collapsing by thrashing out a tough stance on immigration to assuage her critics. It’s quite a turnaround. Once, Merkel was queen of Europe, now she’s a beggar. Suddenly, European politics has changed beyond recognition. Merkel may, by now, regret standing for re-election last year. There was a ...
Consumers flooded with dubious claims about marijuana’s health benefits
Post Date: 2018-07-11 10:31:40 by misterwhite
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Spend a few minutes surfing Twitter and you’re likely to encounter a startling claim that comes without proof: Cannabis cures cancer. The online world is awash with such posts, startling scientists and physicians who are urging marijuana proselytizers to hit the brakes. “We know that a component in cannabis — CBD — might be useful in treating cancer,” said Dr. Joseph A. Califano III, director of the Head and Neck Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. “But we don’t know if marijuana can stop or cure it. In some cases, cannabis might make things worse. It’s going to take time to find out. “What’s happening right now ...
RED SMOKE, COMMIE MIRRORS [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-11 10:30:07 by VxH
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THE COLD WAR isn't over for Anatoly Golitsyn. Since last summer's failed coup in Moscow, he has been churning out memos for the CIA, warning them of what he regards as the true import of the tumultuous events taking place in the former Soviet Union. It is all "pretense," he says -- an elaborate exercise in strategic deception, designed to gull the West into embracing what is still an evil empire, still run behind the scenes by communist ideologues. Mikhail Gorbachev is in on the scheme. And so, too, says Golitsyn, is Boris Yeltsin. "At the end, when they win," Golitsyn declares, "they {will} get rid of capitalists forever." Golitsyn, you may ...
Trump Is Cutting Off Big Labor From Skimming Americans' Medicaid Payments And Unions Are Furious
Post Date: 2018-07-11 10:13:32 by Tooconservative
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The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is blistering at a proposed regulation that would prevent the union from siphoning fees from American workers’ Medicaid payments. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a proposed rule Tuesday that would require Medicaid payments to go directly to healthcare workers, ending a 2014 Obama-era rule that let third parties, such as unions and insurance companies, skim off a share of the paycheck before the worker saw any of it. The SEIU, one of the largest public-sector unions in the U.S., referred to the proposed rule “as part of the [Trump] administration’s broad, coordinated attack against working people.” ...
‘Dystopia’ in Chinese Surveillance Looks a Lot Like US Surveillance
Post Date: 2018-07-11 09:36:43 by Deckard
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(FAIR) — There’s a category of story we call “Them Not Us”—US media reporting on problems abroad, and seemingly not noticing that they have the same problems at home. There’s a great example of that in the New York Times (7/8/18), headlined “Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: AI, Shame and Lots of Cameras.” In China, the New York Times (7/8/18) sees facial recognition as a sign of dystopia; in the West, the Times (7/9/18) reports on Amazon‘s promotion of the same technology as a “reputational risk.” Reporter Paul Mozur writes: “Beijing is embracing technologies like facial recognition and artificial ...
Extremely Weird Finish To Astros-As Baseball Game Yesterday
Post Date: 2018-07-11 09:16:00 by no gnu taxes
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The thing that perplexes me is that it is obvious the ball first the ground in foul territory. Shouldn't that had made the play dead?
Trump says Germany 'is captive to Russia' in fiery opening salvo against NATO
Post Date: 2018-07-11 09:06:35 by Tooconservative
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BRUSSELS — President Trump unleashed a blistering attack Wednesday on Germany and other NATO allies, wasting no time to take the offensive before a week of high-stakes diplomacy on both sides of the former Cold War divide. The series of meetings — beginning with NATO and capped by a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — has been largely framed around Trump’s claims that Washington bears an unfair burden to help protect its allies. “Germany, as far as I’m concerned, is captive to Russia because it’s getting so much of its energy from Russia,” Trump told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a fiery on-camera exchange that was ...
Emerging sex disease MG 'could become next superbug'
Post Date: 2018-07-11 08:48:47 by Willie Green
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A little known sexually transmitted infection could become the next superbug unless people become more vigilant, experts are warning. Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) often has no symptoms but can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which can leave some women infertile. MG can be missed - and if it is not treated correctly, it can develop resistance to antibiotics.The British Association of Sexual Health and HIV is launching new advice. Its draft guidelines detail how best to spot and treat MG.What is MG?Mycoplasma genitalium is a bacterium that can cause inflammation of the urethra in men, causing discharge from the penis and making it painful to urinate. In women, it can cause inflammation of ...
University of Wyoming profs protest ‘Cowboys’ slogan
Post Date: 2018-07-11 06:36:36 by Deckard
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Several professors are urging the University of Wyoming to "shelve" its new marketing slogan, "The World Needs More Cowboys," because they feel it evokes the image of a "white, heterosexual male."One professor acknowledged that the real history of cowboys "is more diverse than that racially, and presumably also for sexual orientation," but insisted that the slogan will make non-white students feel less welcome. The University of Wyoming has come under fire for its new slogan, “The World Needs More Cowboys,” with opponents complaining that the word “cowboy” is sexist and non-inclusive.The marketing campaign, set to launch in ...
God is not a Libertarian
Post Date: 2018-07-11 05:22:33 by Gatlin
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A friend of mine recently requested that I review the video “An Introduction to Libertarian Thought” presented by David Boaz on the libertarianism.org website. You can view the video for yourself at this link: http://www.libertarianism.org/media/exploring-liberty/introduction- libertarian-thought. My goal was to compare libertarian philosophy with the teachings of Scripture. This article presents the results of that analysis. Mr. Boaz presented three fundamental tenets of libertarianism: individual rights, spontaneous order and limited government. One of these three is blatantly unscriptural. The other two are somewhat more subtle in their error, but ...
The violence? The hatred? The death threats? The stalking? IT'S ALL 0BAMA!
Post Date: 2018-07-10 17:10:47 by Liberator
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For a while now democrats have been walking down the road toward self-destruction but more recently they have taken a left turn down the steep slippery bank to perdition. On July 4, normally a happy day full of pride democrats led off with a downer: “Everywhere we look, our most fundamental values are under attack. Thousands of children have been separated from their parents at our southern border. At our highest court, workers’ rights are being taken away, voting rights are under assault, Muslim Americans are being discriminated against for their faith, and women’s right to choose is under threat like never before. I guess as Tom Perez and Keith Ellison are minding the ...
Democrats, Please Don’t Appropriate my Culture by Celebrating Independence Day
Post Date: 2018-07-10 15:56:40 by Liberator
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Believe it or not, Lefties, my request is not as outrageous as it may first sound. There is nothing about this holiday for you to like, so I’m really not asking you to give up much. We know that you hate it when Americans appropriate foreign cultures, so in all fairness we have to ask that you not appropriate a culture that is entirely foreign to you! Let’s go through the various elements: Grilling: Feminists have declared that grilling is sexist, as seen in this video from the always excellent Mark Dice Meat: Of course, grilling means meat! No self respecting American thinks of throwing a quinoa burger on the grill. So of course Leftists are against meat Beer: I’ve heard ...
Trump pardons ranchers whose arrests led to armed occupation of wildlife refuge
Post Date: 2018-07-10 14:15:57 by Deckard
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President Trump on Tuesday pardoned the father and son ranchers from Oregon whose imprisonment for setting fires on federal land sparked a 41-day takeover of a wildlife refuge in the state. Trump signed the order granting clemency to 76-year-old Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven Hammond, 49, who were convicted of arson in 2012 for fires that burned on federal land in 2001 and 2006. Though they served their original sentences for the conviction -- Dwight serving three months, Steven serving one year -- an appellate judge ruled in 2015 that the terms were too short under federal minimum sentencing laws and the Hammonds were resentenced to serve the mandatory minimum. ...
How the CIA’s MK-Ultra Ruined Their Lives
Post Date: 2018-07-10 14:02:21 by Deckard
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A group of Canadians is fighting back against years of abuse under a secret experimental U.S. program, and it’s not the first time. A Canadian judge compensated 77 former victims of MK-Ultra in 1992. The U.S., whose CIA oversaw the mind-control program, has yet to see a similar suit successfully brought to trial.By S.T. Patrick Over 40 Canadians are striking back at one of the most notorious covert operations of the 20th century. Calling themselves Survivors Allied Against Government Abuse (SAAGA), the survivors recently gathered in Montreal to publicly share stories of the MK-Ultra abuse that destroyed their lives and their families. Their next step is to bring a class-action lawsuit ...
Carrot and Stick
Post Date: 2018-07-10 13:33:14 by Deckard
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation are working together to design seamless usage-based insurance (UBI) solutions for Mitsubishi automobile owners and drivers. Shown here: LexisNexis Risk Solutions smart phone app for Mitsubishi vehicle owners smart phone app provides feedback after a driving event. (PRNewsfoto/LexisNexis Risk Solutions) Reinhard Heydrich, who was the Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia – formerly Czechoslovakia, until the Nazis decided it wasn’t anymore – was probably the smartest Nazi. He knew how to wheedle his victims into cooperating in their own victimhood.“His Czechs” – as he styled them – ...
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