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Recognize, Resist, Report (America's long history of teaching kids to identify with the police)
Post Date: 2017-04-17 06:57:16 by Deckard
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In April 1990, a guidance counselor at a Searsport, Maine, elementary school summoned a fifth-grader to her office. The counselor asked the 11-year-old, Crystal Grendell, whether her parents used drugs. After the counselor reassured her that "nothing would happen," Crystal eventually admitted that her parents occasionally smoked pot. At school a few days later, Crystal was greeted by three D.A.R.E. police officers, who interrogated her about her parents' drug use. The officers threatened Crystal, saying her parents would be arrested if she didn't tell them everything she knew about her mother and father's recreational drug habits. The officers then warned her against ...
Trump Replaces John Kerry as Flip-Flop Gold Medalist
Post Date: 2017-04-17 06:46:34 by Deckard
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Trump's voters are watching the Washington Establishment capture Donald Trump.His reversals are now heralded by the mainstream media. The Washington Post has continued to attack him 24x7, yet it admits he is taking centrist positions. The BBC has also noted it.He campaigned against ObamaCare. He failed to promote repeal. The accent was on "replace." Paul Ryan's compromise was a disaster. The Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives blocked it. Trump declared war on them. But he has no clout in their districts. Most of them pulled better than he did last November.The Export-Import Bank has subsidized big businesses for decades. Candidate Trump said he was against it. ...
The “Hero” Problem
Post Date: 2017-04-17 06:43:12 by Deckard
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When the state and its media bullhorns refer to armed government workers – law enforcers – as “heroes,” it’s a sign the hour is getting late.When most people don’t draw back and spit coffee all over the keyboard at the idea, it’s minutes to midnight.How did it become “heroic” to enforce laws?And if it is “heroic” to enforce laws then – ipso facto – the East German Stasi, the Soviet GRU and NKVD were “heroic” also.Right? Crickets, usually.Well, cognitive dissonance. Too many people don’t make such connections; see the concept behind the particular.“Law enforcement,” like references to the ...
Large Asteroid Coming Close On Earth April 19, 2017
Post Date: 2017-04-16 22:45:36 by goldilucky
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A big asteroid will have a safely sweep past Earth on April 19, 2017. It’ll come so close – and it’s known so far in advance – that scientists will be able to study the space rock using both radar and optical observations. The flyby should also be visible in amateur telescopes. Asteroid 2014 JO25 was discovered by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona in May 2014. It appears to be roughly 2,000 feet (650 meters) in size, with a surface about twice as reflective as that of Earth’s moon. The asteroid will safely pass at some 1,098,733 miles (1,768,239 km ) from our planet or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. After analyzing ...
Research Claiming Sex-Change Benefits Is Based On Junk Science [Bruce emasculatated]
Post Date: 2017-04-16 21:21:03 by Tooconservative
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Sex-change studies base their conclusions on as few as 10 percent of study subjects. The truth is, many people who follow Caitlyn Jenner’s path will deeply regret it. Caitlyn Jenner has perfected the art of cashing in on each step of gender transition. A few short weeks before the release of his new book, Jenner acknowledges the boys are now gone. Adios to his life-long companions in gender reassignment surgery (known as bottom surgery).Jenner is wealthy and can cash in on celebrity, but a large portion of the transgender population remains lost and unaccounted for. Did they die, detransition, or commit suicide? All we know is the attempted suicide rate for transgender people ...
The Violent Clashes In Berkeley Weren't 'Pro-Trump' Versus 'Anti-Trump'
Post Date: 2017-04-16 17:43:30 by Justified
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The Violent Clashes In Berkeley Weren't 'Pro-Trump' Versus 'Anti-Trump' By Natasha Lennard Apr 16, 2017 3.6k Militias, alt-right, nazis etc won today in Berkeley. They outnumbered the opposition, pushed it back, and held downtown. Today's America. pic.twitter.com/0l0lcOn822 — Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017 c The Proud Boys, an alt-right subset boasting a philosophy of "Western Chauvinism," handed out recruitment fliers and posed for pictures with members and leaders from the white supremacist group Identity Evropa, which preaches that America belongs to the white race. The group's leader, Nathan Damigo, who was convicted in 2007 for ...
The Empty Tomb
Post Date: 2017-04-16 12:31:43 by redleghunter
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The Empty Tomb Poster Comment:He is Risen!!!!
What Kind of Pet Should Trump Get?
Post Date: 2017-04-16 10:47:29 by Willie Green
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Of all the stains besmirching the Trump presidency — the ethical lacunae, the spasmodic “policy” fits, the Golf Digest aesthetic — none looms so large as the absence of a White House pet. Breathes there a man with a soul so dead that he doesn’t want a loyal dog or faithful feline trotting beside him when he mounts that lonely staircase to the venerable Master Bedroom?Apparently, yes.It seems emblematic of President Trump’s blaring tone-deafness for the office that he doesn’t even feign interest in recruiting a furry, fowlish or finny friend. Pets reap vast, humanizing rewards for presidents, as almost every one of his predecessors has discovered.The White ...
What Does the Easter Bunny Have to Do with Jesus?
Post Date: 2017-04-16 10:00:05 by Willie Green
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Facebook Suspends YouTuber for Disliking ‘Transgender Mother’ Commercial
Post Date: 2017-04-16 08:05:13 by HomerBohn
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Popular conservative YouTuber Mark Dice has allegedly been suspended from Facebook after insulting a Baby Dove soap commercial that featured a transgender “mother.” “The Dove soap company has a new commercial out titled ‘No One Right Way’ which features a transgender ‘woman’ as a new ‘mom’ holder ‘her’ little baby,” wrote Dice in the status, which has since been removed by Facebook. “Excuse me now while I go grab some Irish Spring to clean up my puke.” Poster Comment:Facebook and Dove soap belong together. Don't subscribe to Facebook for accepting homosexuals as women and mothers and don't buy any Dove soap!
North Korean Missile Launch Fails ‘Almost Immediately’, U.S. Military Says
Post Date: 2017-04-15 21:24:56 by Hondo68
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North Korea attempted a missile launch Sunday morning local time (5:21pm ET), but it failed "almost immediately" United States military officials confirmed to NBC News. South Korea's military detected the same results, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The launch was attempted from Sinpo, a city on North Korea's east coast, some 400 miles from Japan,according to U.S. Pacific Command. Early assessments suggested the projectile was not an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the continental U.S., two U.S. military officials told NBC News. The attempted launch comes just one day after the North held a massive parade to ...
Here Are the Retail Stores Taking Hits, Closing Hundreds of Locations (Trump: MAGA)
Post Date: 2017-04-15 20:19:59 by Deckard
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For the retail industry's brick-and-mortar stores, the realities of online shopping and changing tastes have driven down sales, causing hundreds of locations to close their doors.So what's the status of the stores making headlines these days? Here's a quick guide:Abercrombie & Fitch: The preppy classic clothing store is closing 60 U.S. stores during the 2017 fiscal year as leases expire, CNBC reported. This follows the closing of 53 domestic shops last year and likely won't be the end of it. The company has more than 700 locations, and half of them have leases that will be up for renewal by the end of fiscal 2018, lending the option to more closings.Aeropostale: The teen ...
Feds Promise to Protect Half a Million American Girls from Genital Mutilation
Post Date: 2017-04-15 20:15:05 by cranky
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An Indian-heritage woman doctor is facing a lifetime jail sentence for allegedly helping immigrant Somali mothers cut the genitalia from their two American seven-year-old daughters, and federal officials have promised to wipe out the imported practice which threatens more than half a million American girls and women. “The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse,” the acting Assistant Attorney General of the justice department’s criminal division, Kenneth Blanco, said April 13. “Female genital mutilation constitutes a ...
ANALYSIS: 9 Out of 10 IRS Asset Seizures Fleece Innocent Taxpayers
Post Date: 2017-04-15 20:01:11 by Deckard
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Innocent until proven guilty is a fundamental principle of the American legal system. David Vocatura/PHOTO: Institute for Justice But it is not the policy of the IRS. And a new tax-season report airing Sunday on investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s nationally syndicated show “Full Measure” sheds light on just how badly the IRS abuses one of its most odious policies: 9 times out of 10. WND has long covered cases of abuse committed by the IRS under its civil asset-forfeiture procedures, such as that of baker David Vocatura, who went through a legal nightmare all because his family business, a nearly 100-year-old community institution, made a series of cash ...
Hate Crime Hoax Finds Black Man Posing as Racist White Man in Obscene Letter Campaign
Post Date: 2017-04-15 19:56:54 by cranky
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An African American man in Tennessee was arrested for allegedly posing as a local white business owner and writing hoax letters pretending the businessman was a racist who was planning attacks on local black leaders. Police in Knoxville, Tennessee, arrested Justin Lamar Coleman after they say he launched a campaign to discredit businessman Jeff McCown, the white owner of McCown Body Shop in Knoxville, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Coleman came to the attention of police after it was reported by recipients that he sent letters to several African American leaders in the area, including Daryl Arnold, the pastor of Overcoming Believers Church in East Knoxville. Police said the ...
Trump Won’t Release White House Visitor Logs; Legal Fight Already Underway
Post Date: 2017-04-15 19:55:28 by Deckard
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Reversing a policy of the Obama era, the Trump administration announced Friday that it will not release records on visitors to the White House, claiming that doing so would present “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.” Photo by Diego Cambiaso Under the new policy, logs of people entering the White House to lobby or meet with the president or his aides will not be made public until five years after President Donald Trump leaves office. Watchdog groups on the left and right quickly denounced the decision, arguing it casts a shroud on whom the president is meeting with and what groups are trying to influence him. “This new secrecy policy undermines the rule ...
Congressman Says Corruption in Washington Is ‘Worse Than You Think’
Post Date: 2017-04-15 19:52:18 by Deckard
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Corruption on Capitol Hill is “worse than you think,” according to Colorado Rep. Ken Buck. Photo by Gage Skidmore (CC) “When you first get here, you think that you are in some sort of fairy-tale novel,” Buck, a Republican, said. “They wine and dine you and they show you just exactly what it’s like if you play the game. It’s a wonderful life.” Things quickly change, however, if “you don’t play the game.” “If you don’t play the game … it becomes a much less conformable existence here,” Buck said. Buck, who has served Colorado’s 4th Congressional District since 2015, also previewed his new book, ...
Facebook targets 30,000 accounts in crackdown on fake news in France
Post Date: 2017-04-15 18:43:35 by Justified
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Facebook targets 30,000 accounts in crackdown on fake news in France Ivana Kottasova "Our priority, of course, is to remove the accounts with the largest footprint, with a high amount of activity and a broad reach," Facebook security manager Shabnam Shaik said in a blog post. The social media giant acknowledged, however, that the purge will not remove all accounts that are spreading fake news. "We know we have to keep getting better," said Shaik. "These accounts were targeted because they are fake. Full stop," a Facebook spokesman told CNNTech. He said that taking down fake accounts helps prevent hoaxes, spam, political trolling and fake news. "We ...
Baseball Trivia
Post Date: 2017-04-15 18:10:31 by no gnu taxes
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I had this dream last night. The Astros were playing the Dodgers. A batter for the Dodgers hit a high fly ball down the right field line. It was a fair ball and barely cleared the wall. However, a fan trying to catch the ball muffed it and the ball fell back into the field of play. An outfielder for the Dodgers caught it. A home run, right? Yet in my dream an umpire ruled an out. Was my dream correct?
Trump wants gold-plated carriage ride with Queen during UK visit
Post Date: 2017-04-15 17:29:23 by Willie Green
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President Trump has requested a ride with Queen Elizabeth II in a gold-plated carriage during his visit to the United Kingdom this October, according to a report by The Times of London.The tradition of world leaders taking a carriage ride along the mall from the Royal Mews to Buckingham Palace with the Queen is not entirely unusual.The decision has not yet been confirmed, and aspects of Trump's visit are still in flux. While President Obama chose not to ride in such a carriage during his U.K. visit, other world leaders — including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Chinese President Xi Jinping — have taken such ...
The Coming Incompetence Crisis
Post Date: 2017-04-15 17:28:44 by Hondo68
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President Trump in the White House. I just read that the Trump administration has filled only 22 of the 553 key positions that require Senate confirmation. This makes me worry that the administration will not have enough manpower to produce the same volume and standard of incompetence that we’ve come to expect so far.Granted, in its first few months the administration has produced an impressive amount of ineptitude with very few people.On his worst days Sean Spicer can produce more errors than 10 normal men on their best days. Kellyanne Conway can flail her way through television confrontations 24/7 and still have the stamina to lose to the Teletubbies on Saturday morning.The White ...
Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117
Post Date: 2017-04-15 16:04:57 by nativist nationalist
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Rome (AFP) - Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century, died Saturday at the age of 117, Italian media reported. Morano, born on November 29 1899, died at her home in Verbania, in northern Italy, the reports said. "She had an extraordinary life, and we will always remember her strength to move forward in life," said Silvia Marchionini, the mayor of Verbania, a small village of some 2,000 residents. According to the US-based Gerontology Research Group (GRG), Morano ceded the crown of the world's oldest human being to Jamaican Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900. Morano's death, at the ...
Russia Says Syria Invited Chemical Weapons Experts to Idlib
Post Date: 2017-04-15 15:10:46 by Tooconservative
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Russia called for international inspectors to visit Idlib, where the U.S. accused Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad of carrying out a deadly chemical weapons attack against his own citizens. Syria’s government invited the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to visit the site of the April 4 incident and the airbase that the U.S. later bombed, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Representatives of United Nations Security Council members, the European Union and the Middle East should travel with OPCW inspectors to ensure a “transparent” investigation, he said at a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed Al Thani Saturday in Moscow. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
President Daddy and the Beautiful Babies
Post Date: 2017-04-15 13:20:50 by Deckard
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Let’s put on a show. For a good cause, of course. Call it the Andy Hardy Strategy. All singing. All dancing. Fundamentally, all fluff; that is, all surface. And the central key to success? A deceptive, shameless appeal to emotion. Oscar Levant once said, “Beneath all the tinsel and glitter of Hollywood—is more tinsel and glitter.” How aptly this characterizes the unfolding essence of Donald Trump. The old MGM Andy Hardy films most famously showcased the teenaged Mickey Rooney (all energy, and without an ounce of self-reflection) and the talented Judy Garland. Propelled by some trivial goal which necessitated raising money, the pair would embark on a whirlwind effort to ...
Kremlin on the Potomac: Trump’s White House makes Americans into strangers in a strange land
Post Date: 2017-04-15 10:52:55 by Willie Green
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Donald Trump’s administration is a black box of confusion, chaos and incompetence. Those on the outside looking in are left confused and bewildered, desperately seeking signs and portents of what the most powerful man in the world will do next. This is not normal. In a time of global crises and increasing tensions it is also very dangerous.The United States is supposed to be the world’s leading democracy. The health of a democracy is highly dependent on transparency and accountability. Trump’s administration has repeatedly shown his disdain for both of those fundamental principles. This is a lubricant for America’s further descent into fascism. It also signals to a much ...
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