History for September 18

History for September 18 - On-This-Day.com
Samuel Johnson 1709, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 1905, Robert Blake 1933 - Actor (TV: "Baretta") 


Fred Willard 1939 - Actor, Frankie Avalon 1939 - Singer, Lance Armstrong 1971 - Cyclist 


1759 - The French formally surrendered Quebec to the British. 

1789 - Alexander Hamilton negotiated and secured the first loan for the United States. The Temporary Loan of 1789 was repaid on June 8, 1790 at the sum of $191,608.81. 






1850 - The Fugitive Slave Act was declared by the U.S. Congress. The act allowed slave owners to claim slaves that had escaped into other states. 


1927 - Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System made its debut with its network broadcast over 16 radio stations. The name was later changed to CBS. 


1946 - Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, MN. On November 23, 1955, the company changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated. 


1947 - The United States Air Force was established as a separate military branch by the National Security Act. 


1955 - The "Ed Sullivan Show" began on CBS-TV. The show had been "The Toast of the Town" since 1948. 


1965 - The first episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" was shown on NBC-TV. The last show was televised on September 1, 1970. 


1981 - A museum honoring former U.S. President Ford was dedicated in Grand Rapids, MI. 


1998 - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to release to videotape of President Clinton's grand jury testimony from August 17. 

University of California Students Could Soon Be Granted a New ‘Right’ That Critics Say Will Turn Free Speech on Its Head | TheBlaze.com

University of California Students Could Soon Be Granted a New ‘Right’ That Critics Say Will Turn Free Speech on Its Head | TheBlaze.com:

"The University of California Regents are set to make a determination Thursday on a new policy that would give students the “right” to be “free from acts and expressions of intolerance.”

First Amendment supporters have been sounding the alarm in the days leading up to the decision as they claim it would infringe on the free speech of students while attempting to shield students from things they might find offensive."

Global Warming: More Evidence Emerges That It's A Con

Global Warming: More Evidence Emerges That It's A Con - Investors.com:
"Extortion:
In the run-up to the Paris climate talks, poorer nations are agitating for greater reparations from developed nations to pay for their climate "damage."
It's further confirmation the warming scare is just a shakedown.
Evidence that man's use of fossil fuels is causing the planet to warm is a shaky proposition, and that's being charitable.
In fact, Earth isn't even warming.
Temperatures have not increased in any appreciable way in almost two decades.
Yet, according to media reports, some poor countries say they're victims of weather disasters, their residents becoming refugees escaping catastrophe.
These nations want the U.S. and other wealthy countries to cough up more than the $100 billion a year that's already been pledged to them to mitigate global warming.
More specifically, they're asking for "additional compensation for weather-related disasters as well as a 'displacement coordination facility' for refugees," says USA Today.
"And they want all this to be legally binding as part of the larger anticipated Paris accord."
Of course they do.
They know a good racket when then see one..."

Too damn easy!-----Attackers sever fiber-optic cables in San Francisco area, latest in a string

Attackers sever fiber-optic cables in San Francisco area, latest in a string:
"Someone deliberately severed two AT&T fiber optic cables in the Livermore, Calif., Monday night, the latest in a string of attacks against the Internet's privately run backbone.
AT&T is offering a $250,000 reward in connection with the latest attacks.
AT&T's fiber optic network is legally considered a critical piece of the nation's Internet infrastructure, and any attackers are subject to both state and federal prosecution.
The FBI already has an open investigation into 14 similar attacks on California Internet backbones since last summer.
...Security experts say the attacks could be the work of a disgruntled employee or of terrorists probing the nation's infrastructure to see how long repairs take. 
FBI officials say it's possible whoever has been attacking the cables is dressed as a utility company employee."

Obama Explains the Problem With the American Economy: ‘Us’ | TheBlaze.com

Obama Explains the Problem With the American Economy: ‘Us’ | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama told CEOs on Wednesday that the American economy is strong and would be stronger if not for Republican gridlock in Congress.

“There’s not a country out there, including China, that wouldn’t look at us with envy right now,” Obama told members of the Business Roundtable in Washington. “Our problem is not that China will out negotiate us or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will out-strategize us. Anybody take a look at the Russian economy lately? That’s not our problem. Our problem is us, typically.”



I bet he's got some lake front property in the desert too!

Elusive crime wave data shows frightening toll of illegal immigrant criminals

Elusive crime wave data shows frightening toll of illegal immigrant criminals | Fox News
"The federal government can tell you how many "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders" stole a car, the precise number of "American Indian or Alaska Natives" who were arrested for vagrancy or how many whites were busted for counterfeiting in any given year. 
But the government agencies that crunch crime numbers are utterly unable -- or unwilling -- to pinpoint for the public how many illegal immigrants are arrested within U.S. borders each year.
In the absence of comprehensive data, FoxNews.com examined a patchwork of local, state and federal statistics that revealed a wildly disproportionate number of murderers, rapists and drug dealers are crossing into the U.S. amid the wave of hard-working families seeking a better life.
The explosive figures show illegal immigrants are three times as likely to be convicted of murder as members of the general population and account for far more crimes than their 3.5-percent share of the U.S. population would suggest.
Critics say it is no accident that local, state and federal governments go to great lengths to keep the data under wraps..."

IT BEGINS: Muslim demands Munich end ‘anti-Islamic’ Oktoberfest

IT BEGINS: Muslim demands Munich end ‘anti-Islamic’ Oktoberfest | The American Mirror:
It was only a matter of time before the “refugees” and their sympathizers pouring into Europe would begin to impose their Islamic will.
Morad Almuradi, writing from the Netherlands, has created a petition on Change.org asking that the city council of Munich, Germany end the traditional 16-day Oktoberfest event.
He writes:
Dear City council of Munich,
I am writing this letter to bring to your attention something that I and many Muslims believe is unfair and requires attention.
I would like to inform you that the Oktoberfest is an Intolerant and Anti-Islamic event. 
We tried to ignore the event, but there too many Un-Islamic acts done at the Oktoberfest. Such as alcohol consumption, public nudity etc.

We are doomed----13 years of public education. Now Kollege----Michigan TE Jake Butt Asks if Hillary Clinton is Married

Michigan TE Jake Butt Asks if Hillary Clinton is Married - Lost Lettermen:
"College football players today are young.
Like, super young.
Michigan TE Jake Butt was born on July 11, 1995, meaning he was just five years old when Bill Clinton left the office of U.S. president.
It’s not Jake Butt’s fault for having little to no memory of the Clinton presidency.
It is, however, kind of weird that he didn’t know he existed."

Obama issues Orwellian executive order

Obama issues Orwellian executive order:

"Two figures whose research played a key role in bringing the new initiative to fruition were Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein (once deemed Obama’s regulatory czar), and Richard Thaler, a University of Chicago economist, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday.

“The two behavioral scientists argued in their 2008 book ‘Nudge’ that government policies can be designed in a way that ‘nudges’ citizens toward certain behaviors and choices,” the Daily Beast reported.

Obama’s executive order requires SBST to issue guidance to federal agencies on how to implement his policy directive within the next 45 days.

SBST will also consider different ways of labeling “benefits, taxes, subsidies, and other incentives” to “more effectively and efficiently promote” the president’s policy goal."

If You’re Wondering Who “Won” the CNN Debate, We’ve Got a Chart for You

If You’re Wondering Who “Won” the CNN Debate, We’ve Got a Chart for You

Surprise: Latest Alleged Cop Killer Was Part of Violent Black Lives Matter Movement

Surprise: Latest Alleged Cop Killer Was Part of Violent Black Lives Matter Movement - Katie Pavlich:
"Two weeks ago I wrote a piece titled, Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing.
In the piece, I pointed to evidence of cop killer glorification and rhetoric used by the movement promoting the execution of police officers.
After all, "pigs in a blanket" is a heinous description of dead police officers in body bags.
Over the weekend, Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder was trying to help Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks during a traffic stop.
After discovering Johnson-Shanks' license was expired, Ponder was shot dead.
Eventually Johnson-Shanks was chased down by other officers and when he refused to drop his weapon, he was killed.
It turns out, Johnson-Shanks was part of the Black Lives Matter Movement, the bogus "hands up don't shoot" narrative and attended the funeral of Michael Brown (who was killed by a police officer after attempting to take away his firearm in a patrol car) in Ferguson, Missouri last year. WeaselZippers has the exclusive:
He had a long criminal history.
But perhaps significantly one arrest, for ‘interfering with an officer’ was on August 11, two days after Michael Brown was killed.
Not only was he a Ferguson protester, but he went to Michael Brown’s funeral and burial in a limo the type usually reserved for family or close friends. 
In that limo he is riding with people from NAN, Al Sharpton’s group.
Meanwhile, 25 police officers have been killed this year. Many of them have been executions and ambushes."

The Most Important Piece Of Advice For Republicans Running for President

The Most Important Piece Of Advice For Republicans Running for President - John Hawkins - Page 1:
"Here are the current rules of the political game in America.
When Democrats are in office, they move the country to the Left as quickly as possible. 
When Republicans are in office, the country still moves to the Left, albeit more slowly; so the GOP can claim it’s "gotten something done."
Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been caught in enough scandals, committed enough gaffes and made enough mistakes to destroy any Republican ten times over; yet they've gotten a pass.
Meanwhile, Republicans live in holy terror of having their political careers destroyed by having a quote in a speech taken out of context.
The Republican Party has become entirely ineffective at communicating conservative principles to the American people and for the most part, has given up on even trying..."

You’ll be STUNNED by how many Muslim migrants the United States is taking in yearly | John Hawkins' Right Wing News

You’ll be STUNNED by how many Muslim migrants the United States is taking in yearly | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

"In 2013 alone, 117,423 migrants from Muslim-majority countries were permanently resettled within the United States— having been given lawful permanent resident status. Additionally in 2013, the United States voluntarily admitted an extra 122,921 temporary migrants from Muslim countries as foreign students and foreign workers as well as 39,932 refugees and asylees from Muslim countries.

Thus, twelve years after the September 11th hijackers were invited into the country on temporary visas, the U.S. decided to admit 280,276 migrants from Muslim countries within a single fiscal year.

To put these numbers into perspective, this means that every year the U.S. admits a number of Muslim migrants larger in size than the entire population of Des Moines, Iowa; Lincoln, Nebraska; or Dayton, Ohio.

The rate of Muslim immigration has been increasing since September 11. Between 2001 and 2013, the United States permanently resettled 1.5 million Muslim immigrants throughout the United States."


We are destroying ourselves.
Have we truly forgotten?  

Healthcare.gov mismanaged millions in government contracts, audit says

Healthcare.gov mismanaged millions in government contracts, audit says | The Verge:
"According to a new audit, the government employees responsible for managing $600 million in contracts to build Healthcare.gov suffered from major lapses in training and leadership.
The audit, reported on today by Bloomberg, was conducted by the inspector general of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which handles federal health care programs.
The review focused on 20 contracts worth a combined $600 million, 70 percent of which has been allocated, and found some major missteps in the process, starting even before the website's well-publicized IT woes.
According to Bloomberg, the audit found that CMS skipped a required 96-hour training period for employees overseeing contracts worth more than $10 million.
Despite not even having the training required to oversee a contract worth $25,000, the audit found, one employee was managing a contract worth $130 million for at least 15 months. 
Federal standards for training won't be met until October of next year.
Frequent changes in leadership, the audit also found, led to confusion about who was in charge, sometimes failing to document the leader of a project.
CMS was also unable to hand over documents requested by the inspector general. 
It is unclear if the agency leading CMS, the Department of Health and Human Services, has or will take any action against employees mentioned in the audit..."

History for September 17

History for September 17 - On-This-Day.com
J. (John) Marriott 1900, Hank Williams, Sr. (Hiram King "Hank" Williams) 1923 - Country music performer, Roddy McDowall 1928 


Anne Bancroft 1931, John Ritter 1948, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson 1951 



1778 - The United States signed its first treaty with a Native American tribe, the Delaware Nation. 

1862 - The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies. 


1920 - The American Professional Football Association was formed in Canton, OH. It was the precursor to the National Football League (NFL). 


1930 - Construction on Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam, began in Black Canyon, near Las Vegas, NV. 


1944 - Operation "Market Garden" was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands. 


1961 - The Minnesota Vikings were debuted as the new National Football League (NFL) team. 


1963 - "The Fugitive" premiered on ABC-TV. The show starred David Janssen. 


1964 - "Bewitched" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1966 - "Mission Impossible" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1972 - "M*A*S*H" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1984 - 9,706 immigrants became naturalized citizens when they were sworn in by U.S. Vice-President George Bush in Miami, FL. It was the largest group to become U.S. citizens. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/09/cross-hairs-by-tammy-derouin-its-eve-of.html

Cross Hairs

By Tammy Derouin

It’s the eve of the 14^th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.  I’ve just read how a periodical publication gives jihadists guidance in finding their targets. Well-known, wealthy Americans have been put in the cross hairs.  I also read that ISIS is posting ads; humans for sale. They are attempting to sell their prisoners to the highest bidder. What?  You didn’t hear about this in the main stream media? 

War was declared on September 11, 2001.  We didn’t understand their hatred.  But, it has always existed.  The years following the attack were spent in a paranoid state; giving up our freedoms in exchange for safety.  Of course, that never ends well. The government was all too eager to take our freedom in exchange for promises they couldn’t and wouldn’t keep.  

In fact, as time went by we became so paranoid that we began to act stupidly.  We elected and welcomed, quite eagerly I might add, an individual who cared more about the enemy than the people who elected him to his dictatorial throne.  He turned against the people by allowing the enemy to gain access to our homeland.  He ignored the law of the land and took it upon himself to rule with a pen, issuing orders if Congress didn’t dance to the beat of his disastrous drum.  Congress became weak and irrelevant. Those who tried to prevent his power grab became targets of the state.

As I write this, I wonder what will happen tomorrow.  Who will live and who will die?  Who will be blamed this time?  It will never be the fault of policies or Radical Islam.  He will find something or someone to blame because deceit is acceptable when engaging the enemy.  Do you feel the cross hairs... 

This gets you fired? In America?!!-----NC police chief out after calling Black Lives Matter a ‘terrorist’ group on Facebook

NC police chief out after calling Black Lives Matter a ‘terrorist’ group on Facebook | WNCN:
SURF CITY, N.C.(WECT) – Surf City Police Chief Mike Halstead has retired effective immediately following a Tuesday emergency meeting called about a Facebook post he made.Major Ron Shanahan will take over as interim chief.

Town leaders and Halstead have agreed on severance pay following his decision to retire.

According to Town Manager Larry Bergman, Surf City Mayor Zander Guy called the emergency meeting in reference to Halstead’s post he made to his personal page on Sept. 3.

...“I was shocked and disgusted with our Town Council,” said Brandy Cuff, who was part of the protest. “No other words, just disgust.” 
She said Halstead was unfairly forced to retire. 
“We have freedom of speech,” Cuff said.
”Someone who spent 35 years of dedicated service can’t post his opinion, or have an opinion about that? 
Someone who has to watch his fellow brothers in uniform be murdered, he can’t have an opinion? 
It makes no sense.”

...Here is the original post from the chief:

Open letter from a Police Chief , this Black Lives Matter group is nothing more than an American born terrorist group brought on by the lie of the hands up don’t shoot during the criminal thug Michael Brown incident.The FBI and other Government Law Enforcement groups need to step up and put a stop to this. The Government and blacks would not tolerate the White Supremacist group to march through the streets and call for the murders of a race of people and a group of public servants. I agree there is a race problem in this country. It is not brought on by police officer doing their sworn duty, it is brought on by the government, the President and his cronies Al Sharpton, who is a criminal tax evader (but has the support of our so called President), Jessi Jackson, Eric Holder and that ignorant S.O.B. Farrakhan who should be charged with solicitation for murder, lord knows a white man would be arrested for the same actions of idiot Farakhan. I am sure there are many hard working Black people who will agree with me. I have been a Police Officer for 35 years. I do not judge anyone by the color of their skin, but by there actions. A criminal is a criminal whether a police officer or any other profession. I will not state statistics because black lives matter do not care or believe proven statistics. I put allot of the blame for these cop murders on the media and the way they report police related shootings. There is no need to list or even state the race of a person shot by the police. It is more important to wait for the facts and report those. But and a big but that does not make money for these greedy media ass holes. When a black thug is killed by the police they are all over it as is Mr. Barack Obama. However when a police officer white, black or any race is murdered for doing his job the media is short with it’s reporting or not at all. When a white person is killed by a black officer you hear nothing. Has our so called President spoke publicly about these murders of police officers by blacks, HELL NO he has not. Step up Mr. President, or step down because we do not need you. Has our Attorney General spoke against these murders, no of course not because she was appointed by Barack Obama. Now let me say this, and this is not a threat but common knowledge. I have instructed my officers to be vigilant, if threatened take appropriate action. If that means shoot a thug, then do it and answer for it while you are still alive not dead. Law Enforcement is fed up with this murderous society who want to take out those who protect and serve. Imagine if all law enforcement shut down for just 1 day. There would be murders, rapes, robberies, you name it. America wake up, all of you black, white, Mexican whatever you need the police, we do not need you. End this Black Lives Matter bull shit and start a movement that all lives matter. As for the New Black Panther movement who wants to kill whites and cops, go for it, we are ready for you. You take one of us and there will be 100 who will step up and end you. This letter is not meant to offend anyone, just the feelings of a man who has spent the last 35 years of his life serving and protecting, for what so a thug can take it or to be treated as a criminal by the very people I swore to protect. Let’s get this around folks so maybe our President and the media will get a wake up call. Be safe all of my Brothers and Sisters in blue, not white, black, yellow or brown BLUE.

Top Muslim: ‘Right-wing extremists’ bigger threat than ‘refugees’

Top Muslim: ‘Right-wing extremists’ bigger threat than ‘refugees’:

"A spokesman for the most well-known Muslim-American advocacy group said at a pro-refugee rally Sunday in St. Louis that Americans should fear their own “right-wing extremists” more than the 10,000 Syrians President Obama wants to resettle in U.S. cities and towns.

The involvement of the Council for American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, in the rally, billed as the “Bring Them Here March,” confirms what WND has been reporting for months – that 95 percent of the Syrian “refugees” will be Muslims.

“Either we let them in, or we take the statue of liberty down,” Faizan Syed, executive director of CAIR for St. Louis, told KMOV-TV in St. Louis."

Syrian Refugees: Europe Shouldn’t Take Them

Syrian Refugees: Europe Shouldn’t Take Them | National Review Online:
"Allowing millions of Syrians and others from the Muslim Middle East into Europe will end up as a catastrophe for Europe, and therefore for the West. 
This may be the most difficult sentence I have ever written.
Little seems more obviously moral than to allow these benighted Syrians, Iraqis, and others to flee from hell into heaven.
Therefore, arguing against allowing large numbers of them into Europe (and the United States) seems to be advocating for something that is heartless and just morally wrong.
Also, as a Jew, I am particularly sensitive to any parallels to the Holocaust.
And looking at photos and videos of families trying to escape Syria, where two monsters — the Assad regime and the Islamic State — are devouring each other and hundreds of thousands in their way, how can I not think back to a time when Jews sought to escape the Nazi monster devouring them?
...In contrast, most of the Muslims of the Middle East — and the largely Muslim population (from non-Arab countries) already in Europe — hold values that are not merely different from, but opposed to, those of Europe.
It is not as if Europe has no experience with large numbers of Muslim immigrants.
And the experience has been largely negative.
Most European countries are bad at assimilating people from other cultures, especially from Muslim cultures. 
And large numbers of people from Muslim cultures are bad at assimilating into non-Muslim cultures. When good intentions trump experience and wisdom, you’re asking for trouble — in this case, civilization-threatening trouble..."

Stop refugee flow: We’ve had enough

Stop refugee flow: We’ve had enough:

"Our daily freedoms could be sharply limited if terrorists were to slip into our country along with migrants from areas hostile to the United States. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., warns that “we’re really not able to vet Middle Eastern applicants now, and if we increase that number, we’ll be even less able to do so.”

Stark financial problems also stand against welcoming so many strangers into our country. More than 90 percent of recent refugees from the Middle East are on welfare, according to official statistics published by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)."

Survey: 92% Call Illegal Immigration a 'Problem,' 77% Say It's 'Serious'

Survey: 92% Call Illegal Immigration a 'Problem,' 77% Say It's 'Serious' | MRCTV:
"A recent survey shows a majority of Americans think illegal immigration is a “very serious” problem and would support measures to deport illegal immigrants currently living within the country - such as creating a hotline to report “activity connected to illegal immigration.”
The survey also found that:
Half of Americans would report an employer they suspected of hiring illegal immigrants to the government,
Nearly half of Americans would support the government “actively searching for illegal immigrants who have not committed any other crimes to deport them from the United States,” and
39% of respondents would report their neighbors for being illegal immigrants.
YouGov asked 1,000 American adults between Sept. 1-2 for their opinions on various issues related to illegal immigration.
Asked, “How serious a problem is ILLEGAL immigration in the US?” 51% of respondents replied it is “very serious,” while 26% responded illegal immigration is “somewhat serious,” and 15% described illegal immigration as a “minor problem.”
In total, 77% of respondents believe illegal immigration is either a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem. Including the 15% who responded illegal immigration is a “minor problem,” 92% of Americans view illegal immigration as a problem.
YouGov also asked individuals about certain measures they would support in order to remove illegal immigrants currently in the country.
A majority of respondents (55%) claimed they would support “creating a phone number where people could report activity connected to illegal immigration to the government...”

More Bad News For Climate Alarmists: Africa's Deserts Are Getting Greener

More Bad News For Climate Alarmists: Africa's Deserts Are Getting Greener:
"Climate change has saved hundreds of thousands of Africans from extreme poverty, starvation and premature death, a study from Arizona State University has confirmed.
The study shows that the West African Sahel – part of the semiarid strip just south of the Sahara desert, which spans the African continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea – has been steadily “regreening” since the severe droughts of the 1970s and 1980s which killed more than 100,000 people.
Among the reasons for the “regreening” are increased rainfall, the beneficial effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plant growth and the ingenuity of farmers (“community-led conservation efforts) in this harsh, marginal region.
Skeptics have long been aware of these beneficial side effects of “global warming” – see, for example, this report from 2011 by the Global Warming Policy Foundation called The Sahel Is Greening.
But alarmists have fiercely resisted this good news because it so flies in the face of their doomsday narrative that “climate change” is making everything worse, in third world regions like sub-Saharan Africa especially, and that human beings are quite incapable of adapting to cope with it.
That stuck-vampire screeching you can hear in the background comes from the Soros-funded climate alarmist attack-dog website DeSmog.
After The Sahel Is Greening report, it hurried out a furious, pseudo-erudite rebuttal drawing on all its favourite parti-pris sources..."

Here’s the List of Cities Obama will Dump Invading Muslim “Refugees”

Here’s the List of Cities Obama will Dump Invading Muslim “Refugees” - The Washington Standard:
Just before the weekend, we learned that out of the fifty states, California, Texas and New York will be getting the largest dump of Muslim “refugees” coming from the Middle East.
They are also unscreened Muslims as well.
So, if you were wondering if a town near you was going to be a dumping ground for potential jihadists, we’ve got a complete list for you.

The Obama State Department has released a list of 190 cities in the United States that they will be releasing these unvetted and unscreened Muslim “refugees” into. 
Here’s the list:
Michigan (click link to see complete list)
USCRI MI-USCRI-02: USCRI Dearborn Address: 13942 Michigan Ave, Upper Level Suite 1 Dearborn, MI 48126 Phone: 313-581-4420 Fax: 313-581-4472
CWS MI-CWS-01: Bethany Christian Services-Refugee Resettlement Program Address: 1050 36th Street  Se Suite 400 Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Phone: 616-284-3262 Fax: 616-284-3263
DFMS MI-DFMS-03: Lutheran Social Services Of Michigan Address: 207 E. Fulton, Fourth Floor Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: 616-356-1934 Fax:
LIRS MI-LIRS-03: Grand Rapids - Foster Care Address: 1050 36th  Street Se, Suite 400 Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Phone: 616-224-7544 Fax: 616-254-7550
LIRS MI-LIRS-04: Lutheran Social Services Of Michigan Address: 207 E. Fulton, Fourth  Floor Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: 616-356-1934 Fax: 616-356-5779
USCCB MI-USCCB-04: Bethany Christian Services Address: 1050 36th Street Se, Suite 400 Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Phone: (616) 965-8017 Fax: 616-254-7750
LIRS MI-LIRS-02: LSS Of Michigan, Unaccompanied Minors Program Address: 801 South Waverly, Suite 202 Lansing, MI 48917 Phone: 517-321-7663 Fax: 517-321-8247
USCCB MI-USCCB-03: Refugee Services Address: 2800 W. Willow Lansing, MI 48917 Phone: 517-323-4734  X 1402 Fax: 517-886-1150
DFMS MI-DFMS-02: Lutheran Social Services Of Michigan Address: 2170 Big Beaver Rd. Troy, MI 48083 Phone: 248-423-2790 Fax: 248-423-3025

Tragedy Narrowly Avoided After Armed Man Entered Church and Said Allah Ordered Him to ‘Slay the Infidels.’ The Next Day, Pastor Found a Note. | TheBlaze.com

Tragedy Narrowly Avoided After Armed Man Entered Church and Said Allah Ordered Him to ‘Slay the Infidels.’ The Next Day, Pastor Found a Note. | TheBlaze.com:

"Rasheed Abdul Aziz walked into a Texas church Sunday afternoon dressed in camouflage pants, tactical vest, boots and a camouflage helmet. A pistol rested in his waistband.

He would later proclaim that he was on a mission from Allah, witnesses said."

Microaggressions: A Case Study

Ace of Spades HQ:
Microaggressions: A Case Study

We have a major microagression situation at, get this, Oberlin College.

Apparently there was an intramural soccer match scheduled at the same time as a Latin Heritage Club meeting. 
A White Male (uh oh) sent out an email to a Hispanic girl noting that he'd like to have her at the match, if she wasn't going to the Latin Club meeting.

He wrote the most racist sentence since Mein Kampf:

Hey, that talk looks pretty great, but on the off chance you aren't going or would rather play futbol instead the club team wants to go!!

Anyone see the problem there?

That's right, he said the f-word-- Futbol. 
He racistly appropriated the Spanish language.

Here's what the Lantina maniac wrote back to him:

1. Your (sic) not latino, call it soccer. You don’t play futbol. Futbol is played with people (LATINO) who know how to engage in community soccer, as somebody who grew up on the cancha (soccer field) I know what playing futbol is, and the way you take up space, steal the ball, don't pass, is far from how my culture plays ball.2. I'm not playing intramural once again this semester because you and your cis-dude, non passing the ball, stealing the ball from beginners, spanish-mocking, white cohort has ruined it (for the second time). Unless I find another team you won’t be seeing me.

3. I don't care if this email is over the top or mean. So complain to whatever white friends you want about it. You’re never going to know what its like to not be able to your own heritage sport comfortably because of your gender/race/ethnicity.

But this aspiring young lunatic wasn't done yet -- she also published a complaint on the, get this, Oberlin Microagressions blog:...
Read on!
Yeah, it gets worse.

Students rip Michelle O lunches: ‘Criminals getting better food than we are’

Students rip Michelle O lunches: ‘Criminals getting better food than we are’ - EAGnews.org
FORT WASHINGTON, M.D. – A smorgasbord of horror unfolds before the students in Prince George’s County, Maryland schools each day and students have had enough of it.

They say they’re served “moldy and undercooked” meals and have taken to Twitter and other social media outlets to show taxpayers exactly what is going on.

From multi-colored hamburger patties (or is that sausage?) to hollow chicken nuggets to other substances that may or may not actually be food, students are sounding the alarm.

“Criminals are getting better food than we are,” Tamera Perry, a senior student at Friendly High School tells Fox 5.

“You’re giving us something that’s not healthy, that can possibly cause us to die and it’s just unacceptable.”

She claims a lunch last week was supposed to include “Rojo Fiesta Pizza...”

North Korea says main nuclear complex operational, warns U.S.

North Korea says main nuclear complex operational, warns U.S. | Reuters:
"North Korea said on Tuesday its main nuclear complex was operating and it was working to improve the "quality and quantity" of its weapons which it could use against the United States at "any time".
The comments follow a declaration by the North in 2013 vowing to restart all nuclear facilities, including the main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon that had been shuttered.
It marked the first acknowledgement since then that the plant, which has been the source of fissile material used in the country's atomic weapons program, is operational, experts said.
"All the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon including the uranium enrichment plant and 5 MW graphite-moderated reactor were rearranged, changed or readjusted and they started normal operation," the North's state-run KCNA news agency said, quoting the director of its atomic agency.
"If the U.S. and other hostile forces persistently seek their reckless hostile policy towards the DPRK and behave mischievously, the DPRK is fully ready to cope with them with nuclear weapons any time," the director was quoted as saying."

Is Capitalism Moral? George Mason University Professor Answers That Question in 5 Minutes | TheBlaze.com

Is Capitalism Moral? George Mason University Professor Answers That Question in 5 Minutes | TheBlaze.com:

"A renowned economics professor is attempting to dispel claims that capitalism is greedy and immoral in a newly released Prager University video, arguing that it is the government — and not the private sector — that creates and facilitates unpalatable fiscal situations.

Dr. Walter Williams, an economist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, said in the five-minute clip that he believes that government creates a “zero-sum game” when it comes to economic affairs."

Yep. If let them, they will come-----L.A. Touts Itself as "Northern Capital of Latin America" for 2024 Olympic Bid

L.A. Touts Itself as "Northern Capital of Latin America" for 2024 Olympic Bid - Hollywood Reporter:
"The International Olympic Committee just got an eyeful of the City of Angels.
Los Angeles is amazing and diverse.
That is the message in a new promotional video released Monday by Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid organizers.
In the video, which is a little longer than a minute, L.A. is called the "western capital of the U.S., the northern capital of Latin America and the eastern capital of the Pacific Rim."
All that is accompanied with amazing visuals of some of the city's most iconic sites.
"Hosting the Games in Los Angeles would give our city the chance to show the world how much has changed in 40 years,"
Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement on the LA24 bid committee's website.
"This bid is a bold vision for an innovative, sustainable and inspiring Los Angeles 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games that will benefit our community, the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement.""