"It is a fact that ISIS is a murderous, intolerant and callous terrorist organization. The Muslim terrorist group known as the “JV Team” to the Obama Regime, follows a barbaric code of conduct, and beheadings seem to be the way communicate their reign of terror throughout the globe. When Obama and Holder continue to racially divide this Republic, they are leaving the door wide open for this terror group to walk right in and start recruiting on American soil."Friday, November 28, 2014
If this Latest Strategy by ISIS is Successful, It Will Mean Huge Danger for America
If this Latest Strategy by ISIS is Successful, It Will Mean Huge Danger for America:
"It is a fact that ISIS is a murderous, intolerant and callous terrorist organization. The Muslim terrorist group known as the “JV Team” to the Obama Regime, follows a barbaric code of conduct, and beheadings seem to be the way communicate their reign of terror throughout the globe. When Obama and Holder continue to racially divide this Republic, they are leaving the door wide open for this terror group to walk right in and start recruiting on American soil."
"It is a fact that ISIS is a murderous, intolerant and callous terrorist organization. The Muslim terrorist group known as the “JV Team” to the Obama Regime, follows a barbaric code of conduct, and beheadings seem to be the way communicate their reign of terror throughout the globe. When Obama and Holder continue to racially divide this Republic, they are leaving the door wide open for this terror group to walk right in and start recruiting on American soil."
More ObamaCare Lies Matter
More ObamaCare Lies Matter « Commentary Magazine:
"Two weeks after the country first digested the revelation that one of the architects of ObamaCare confessed that its passage was largely the product of a series of deceptions aimed at deceiving the Congressional Budget Office, Congress, and an American public that was too “stupid” to grasp what was going on, it turned out the falsehoods haven’t ended.
As open enrollment began for a new year of ObamaCare policies, it was revealed that some of the numbers promoted by the administration as proof of the Affordable Care Act’s success were falsified.
While in and of itself this latest problem is not proof that the ACA is doomed, with the law’s existing credibility gap growing and more problems looming ahead in the coming year in which the balance between those who gain from the law may be matched by those who lose from it, perhaps its time for the administration to stop pretending this isn’t a pattern."
....In its initial enrollment periods the only significant figures about the ACA were the total of enrolled and throughout the process we have seen these numbers manipulated to include unpaid policies and now plans that are unrelated to the actual legislation.
If this continues as the accounting becomes more complex, then it will be impossible for anyone to know what is going on or whether it is helping or hurting more Americans.
In the first year, we know millions lost their insurance or their doctors despite promises from the president that this wouldn’t happen.
In the second, the toll will extend to different groups that may soon find themselves counted among the growing numbers of ACA losers to be matched up against the millions who have benefited by receiving insurance that they might not otherwise have obtained.
A government with a credibility gap is always in trouble.
But an Obama administration that can be counted on to tell the truth about ObamaCare is a government with an approval rating that will not only sink lower in the polls but also be unable to justify the president’s main legislative achievement.
If its honesty does not improve, don’t count on its health-care law being able to move smoothly into a period of greater acceptance.
"Two weeks after the country first digested the revelation that one of the architects of ObamaCare confessed that its passage was largely the product of a series of deceptions aimed at deceiving the Congressional Budget Office, Congress, and an American public that was too “stupid” to grasp what was going on, it turned out the falsehoods haven’t ended.
While in and of itself this latest problem is not proof that the ACA is doomed, with the law’s existing credibility gap growing and more problems looming ahead in the coming year in which the balance between those who gain from the law may be matched by those who lose from it, perhaps its time for the administration to stop pretending this isn’t a pattern."
....In its initial enrollment periods the only significant figures about the ACA were the total of enrolled and throughout the process we have seen these numbers manipulated to include unpaid policies and now plans that are unrelated to the actual legislation.
If this continues as the accounting becomes more complex, then it will be impossible for anyone to know what is going on or whether it is helping or hurting more Americans.
In the first year, we know millions lost their insurance or their doctors despite promises from the president that this wouldn’t happen.
In the second, the toll will extend to different groups that may soon find themselves counted among the growing numbers of ACA losers to be matched up against the millions who have benefited by receiving insurance that they might not otherwise have obtained.
A government with a credibility gap is always in trouble.
But an Obama administration that can be counted on to tell the truth about ObamaCare is a government with an approval rating that will not only sink lower in the polls but also be unable to justify the president’s main legislative achievement.
If its honesty does not improve, don’t count on its health-care law being able to move smoothly into a period of greater acceptance.
What a Burger King Employee Did After Finding $100,000 in Cash | Video | TheBlaze.com
What a Burger King Employee Did After Finding $100,000 in Cash | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“I’ve been in this country 26 years, and I worked two jobs for 15 years before I bought this Burger King,” Chaus said. “So I’m a very hard working man. I don’t want that money, maybe it belongs to somebody.”
“I’ve been in this country 26 years, and I worked two jobs for 15 years before I bought this Burger King,” Chaus said. “So I’m a very hard working man. I don’t want that money, maybe it belongs to somebody.”
Turning on the cops: Forgetting what crime was like
Read all of this!
Turning on the cops: Forgetting what crime was like | New York Post:
"As jaws flap nationwide and tongues cluck disapprovingly in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, consider this savage irony:
Due to the heroic actions of America’s police officers and police departments over the past two decades, we are now free to have a national debate about the supposedly problematic behavior of America’s police officers and police departments.
That debate doesn’t just involve minorities.
The revolution in policing that swept through the nation in the early 1990s has changed American life so profoundly we can barely remember what it was like in the years when crime was the central domestic preoccupation of the United States.
Consider this: Nearly 100 million people in this country were born after the national crime drop began in 1994.
That means 100 million people think the way we live now is the natural state of things.
Most of the rest of us have come to accept it as the “new normal” as well.
This has happened several times in our history. As the late sociologist Eric Monkkonen wrote in his seminal 2001 study, “Murder in New York City,” Americans have often responded to an era of relative calm by deciding that the authorities have been too restrictive and cruel — resulting in a subsequent period in which greater laxity led to higher rates of crime.
Americans today have either never known or have forgotten that that for decades, it was the working theory of police departments that their job was to respond to crimes after they occurred rather than to prevent crime from happening in the first place.....
Read the rest!
Turning on the cops: Forgetting what crime was like | New York Post:
"As jaws flap nationwide and tongues cluck disapprovingly in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, consider this savage irony:
That debate doesn’t just involve minorities.
The revolution in policing that swept through the nation in the early 1990s has changed American life so profoundly we can barely remember what it was like in the years when crime was the central domestic preoccupation of the United States.
Consider this: Nearly 100 million people in this country were born after the national crime drop began in 1994.
That means 100 million people think the way we live now is the natural state of things.
Most of the rest of us have come to accept it as the “new normal” as well.
This has happened several times in our history. As the late sociologist Eric Monkkonen wrote in his seminal 2001 study, “Murder in New York City,” Americans have often responded to an era of relative calm by deciding that the authorities have been too restrictive and cruel — resulting in a subsequent period in which greater laxity led to higher rates of crime.
Americans today have either never known or have forgotten that that for decades, it was the working theory of police departments that their job was to respond to crimes after they occurred rather than to prevent crime from happening in the first place.....
Read the rest!
The Next Time Someone Asks Why One Would NEED an AR-15, Tell them THIS STORY…
The Next Time Someone Asks Why One Would NEED an AR-15, Tell them THIS STORY…:
"So, why would anyone need an AR-15? Aside from the fact that the Second Amendment protects the right of individual firearm ownership for such weapons, a real-world application of so-called “assault weapons” is to repel the mobs of looters threatening your business.
When a crowd of angry rioters come-a-knockin’, a hunting rifle just is not going to cut it.
Good for these business owners for standing up for themselves in this era of lawlessness."
"So, why would anyone need an AR-15? Aside from the fact that the Second Amendment protects the right of individual firearm ownership for such weapons, a real-world application of so-called “assault weapons” is to repel the mobs of looters threatening your business.When a crowd of angry rioters come-a-knockin’, a hunting rifle just is not going to cut it.
Good for these business owners for standing up for themselves in this era of lawlessness."
George F. Will: Thanks, or something
George F. Will: Thanks, or something - The Washington Post:
"Claremont McKenna College requires “all” — not “both,” which would discriminate against groups — participants in a sexual engagement to understand that withdrawal of consent can be any behavior conveying “that an individual is hesitant, confused, uncertain.”
A severely moral California high school principal prohibited the football booster club from raising money by selling donated Chick-fil-A meals because this company opposed same-sex marriage.
The school superintendent approved the ban because “we value inclusivity and diversity.”
Up to a point.
At a Washington state community college, invitations to a “happy hour” celebrating diversity and combating racism said white people were not invited."
A severely moral California high school principal prohibited the football booster club from raising money by selling donated Chick-fil-A meals because this company opposed same-sex marriage.
The school superintendent approved the ban because “we value inclusivity and diversity.”
Up to a point.
At a Washington state community college, invitations to a “happy hour” celebrating diversity and combating racism said white people were not invited."
Ferguson Protesters Call to Boycott Businesses on Black Friday ‘Unless They Are Black-Owned’ | Video | TheBlaze.com
Ferguson Protesters Call to Boycott Businesses on Black Friday ‘Unless They Are Black-Owned’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Some protesters in opposition to the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson following the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown are now threatening to boycott businesses nationwide on Black Friday “unless they are black-owned.”
"Some protesters in opposition to the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson following the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown are now threatening to boycott businesses nationwide on Black Friday “unless they are black-owned.”What's Wrong With Our Health Care Safety Net?
What's Wrong With Our Health Care Safety Net?:
"California expects to enroll 2.6 million additional low-income families in its Medicaid program this year.
But here’s a surprise: an even greater number of people who were previously on Medicaid may not renew.
That’s right.
The total number of people with Medicaid coverage may actually go down.
Both changes are due to Obamacare."
But here’s a surprise: an even greater number of people who were previously on Medicaid may not renew.
That’s right.
The total number of people with Medicaid coverage may actually go down.
Both changes are due to Obamacare."
Fab Kindle deals!!!-- HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY!
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NOVEMBER 28, 2014
HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY! Please do your shopping via my Amazon links!
And some special deals today: Kindle Paperwhite, $99 ($20 off).
Amazon Kindle, $49 ($30 off).
Kindle Fire HD7, $109 ($30 off).
And some special deals today: Kindle Paperwhite, $99 ($20 off).
Amazon Kindle, $49 ($30 off).
Kindle Fire HD7, $109 ($30 off).
New Black Panther Party members plotted to murder Ferguson prosecutor, but it gets crazier
New Black Panther Party members plotted to murder Ferguson prosecutor, but it gets crazier (Video) by Renee Nal:
"New Black Panther Party members used straw purchasers to buy two .45 ACP pistols in order to “kill St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch and Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson,” according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The pair also “allegedly had plans to bomb the Gateway Arch” but “could not afford to do it until one suspect’s girlfriend’s Electronic Benefit Transfer card was replenished.”
Brandon Baldwin, who goes by the name Brandon Muhammad (and has also been referred to as “Brandon Orlando“), and Olajuwon Davis, also known as Olajuwon Ali, also planned to detonate pipe bombs “in the event of a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision to refuse to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michel Brown,” as reported by Chuck Ross at the Daily Caller."
The pair also “allegedly had plans to bomb the Gateway Arch” but “could not afford to do it until one suspect’s girlfriend’s Electronic Benefit Transfer card was replenished.”
Brandon Baldwin, who goes by the name Brandon Muhammad (and has also been referred to as “Brandon Orlando“), and Olajuwon Davis, also known as Olajuwon Ali, also planned to detonate pipe bombs “in the event of a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision to refuse to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michel Brown,” as reported by Chuck Ross at the Daily Caller."
$130-worth of Amazon apps now available for free
$130-worth of Amazon apps now available for free | Android Central:
"Leading up to Black Friday shenanigans,
Amazon has kicked off a great promotion on their Appstore, featuring $130-worth of apps for free.
Some of the highlights of the collection includes Angry Birds Seasons, Perfectly Clear, Quell Memento, Edge Extended, and Docs to Go Premium.
There are plenty more beyond that, and hey, since they're free, you might as well chow down and get them associated with your account, even if you never crack open the apps again.
To start digging into the deals, hit up the Amazon Appstore here, and if you're hankering for more, we've got plenty of Black Friday deals rounded up for you."
"Leading up to Black Friday shenanigans,
Some of the highlights of the collection includes Angry Birds Seasons, Perfectly Clear, Quell Memento, Edge Extended, and Docs to Go Premium.
There are plenty more beyond that, and hey, since they're free, you might as well chow down and get them associated with your account, even if you never crack open the apps again.
To start digging into the deals, hit up the Amazon Appstore here, and if you're hankering for more, we've got plenty of Black Friday deals rounded up for you."
A country built on caring------How the Civil War Created Thanksgiving
How the Civil War Created Thanksgiving - NYTimes.com:
"...That fall, Lincoln had precious little to be thankful for.
The Union victory at Gettysburg the previous July had come at a dreadful cost – a combined 51,000 estimated casualties, with nearly 8,000 dead.
Enraged by draft laws and emancipation, rioters in Northern cities like New York went on bloody rampages.
And the president and his wife, Mary, were still mourning the loss of their 11-year-old son, Willie, who had died the year before.
So it might seem odd that Lincoln chose this moment to announce a national day of thanksgiving, to be marked on the last Thursday in November.
His Oct. 3, 1863, proclamation read: “In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity … peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict.”
But it took another year for the day to really catch hold.
In 1864 Lincoln issued a second proclamation, which read, “I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust.”
Around the same time, the heads of Union League clubs – Theodore Roosevelt’s father among them – led an effort to provide a proper Thanksgiving meal, including turkey and mince pies, for Union troops.
As the Civil War raged on, four steamers sailed out of New York laden with 400,000 pounds of ham, canned peaches, apples and cakes – and turkeys with all the trimmings.
They arrived at Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters in City Point, Va., then one of the busiest ports in the world, to deliver dinner to the Union’s “gallant soldiers and sailors.”
This Thanksgiving delivery was an unprecedented effort – a huge fund-raising and food-collection drive.
One soldier said, “It isn’t the turkey, but the idea we care for.”"
"...That fall, Lincoln had precious little to be thankful for.
The Union victory at Gettysburg the previous July had come at a dreadful cost – a combined 51,000 estimated casualties, with nearly 8,000 dead.
And the president and his wife, Mary, were still mourning the loss of their 11-year-old son, Willie, who had died the year before.
So it might seem odd that Lincoln chose this moment to announce a national day of thanksgiving, to be marked on the last Thursday in November.
His Oct. 3, 1863, proclamation read: “In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity … peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict.”
But it took another year for the day to really catch hold.
In 1864 Lincoln issued a second proclamation, which read, “I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust.”
As the Civil War raged on, four steamers sailed out of New York laden with 400,000 pounds of ham, canned peaches, apples and cakes – and turkeys with all the trimmings.
They arrived at Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters in City Point, Va., then one of the busiest ports in the world, to deliver dinner to the Union’s “gallant soldiers and sailors.”
This Thanksgiving delivery was an unprecedented effort – a huge fund-raising and food-collection drive.
One soldier said, “It isn’t the turkey, but the idea we care for.”"
Racism...everywhere!!!------Whiny student official plays the race card because of incorrect photo caption
I'm thinkin' she'd be a ...... shall we say... a high maintenance employee........
Whiny student official plays the race card because of incorrect photo caption
This is Kandeh and Watson.
Kandeh tells the senate that because she’s “a trained journalist” and “a woman of color,” she couldn’t let the incorrect caption “slide.”
Whiny student official plays the race card because of incorrect photo caption
This is Kandeh and Watson.
Kandeh tells the senate that because she’s “a trained journalist” and “a woman of color,” she couldn’t let the incorrect caption “slide.”
You see, Kandeh is an unusually special student whom everyone should recognize:
"Despite having been awarded the Top Undergraduate of 2014 during the Spring Leadership Gala, featured in the “It’s Y [ ] U” campaign where my face hung in Baker for a year, this semester’s Homecoming Queen and most recently Scripps Next Top … there is no excuse I can possibly imagine as to why that photo was approved by several people, sent to the printer and then published online."
The paper’s first correction correctly identified the official as Watson but called her a “candidate for treasurer,” the office that Kandeh eventually won – a revision that Kandeh said “marginalized and erased my identity as the actual treasurer.” (Kandeh ran on a competing ticket.)
Turns Out Republicans CAN Cut The Funding For Obama Amnesty | The Daily Caller
Turns Out Republicans CAN Cut The Funding For Obama Amnesty | The Daily Caller:
"Congress has the power to defund President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty order, the Congressional Research Service announced Wednesday. This, after a week of bipartisan declarations that Congress was powerless to stop the order."
"Congress has the power to defund President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty order, the Congressional Research Service announced Wednesday. This, after a week of bipartisan declarations that Congress was powerless to stop the order."9 fun facts we bet you didn't know about Thanksgiving
9 fun facts we bet you didn't know about Thanksgiving - CNN.com:
"Here's 9 to get you started.
We bet you they'll eat them up!
1. A tradition is born: TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank.
In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS!
Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan:
Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side?Thus, the first TV dinner was born!
2. Going shopping?:
Not if you're a plumber.
Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for them, according to Roto-Rooter, the nation's largest plumbing service.
After all, someone has to clean up after household guests who "overwhelm the system.""
We bet you they'll eat them up!
1. A tradition is born: TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank.
In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS!
Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan:
2. Going shopping?:
Not if you're a plumber.
Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for them, according to Roto-Rooter, the nation's largest plumbing service.
After all, someone has to clean up after household guests who "overwhelm the system.""
History for November 28
History for November 28 - On-This-Day.com
John Bunyan 1628, Berry Gordy, Jr. 1929, Gary Hart (Hartpence) 1936
Judd Nelson 1959, Jon Stewart 1965, Anna Nicole Smith 1967
1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.
1922 - Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public exhibition of skywriting. He spelled out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square.
1934 - The U.S. bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson was killed by FBI agents near Barrington, IL.
1942 - 491 people died in a fire that destroyed the Coconut Grove in Boston.
1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.
1979 - An Air New Zealand DC-10 flying to the South Pole crashed in Antarctica killing all 257 people aboard.
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland through Hungary.
1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
1994 - Norwegian voters rejected European Union membership.
1995 - U.S. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2010 - WikiLeaks released to the public more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. About 100,000 were marked "secret" or "confidential."
John Bunyan 1628, Berry Gordy, Jr. 1929, Gary Hart (Hartpence) 1936
Judd Nelson 1959, Jon Stewart 1965, Anna Nicole Smith 1967
1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.
1922 - Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public exhibition of skywriting. He spelled out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square.
1934 - The U.S. bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson was killed by FBI agents near Barrington, IL.
1942 - 491 people died in a fire that destroyed the Coconut Grove in Boston.
1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.
1979 - An Air New Zealand DC-10 flying to the South Pole crashed in Antarctica killing all 257 people aboard.
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland through Hungary.
1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
1994 - Norwegian voters rejected European Union membership.
1995 - U.S. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2010 - WikiLeaks released to the public more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. About 100,000 were marked "secret" or "confidential."
Thursday, November 27, 2014
America’s First Failed Experiment with Socialism Began With the Pilgrims
America’s First Failed Experiment with Socialism Began With the Pilgrims:
"Modern day promotion of these evils are communicated and shielded using code phrases such as “The Common Good”, Equality, Fairness, Justice, Community (as in the nonexistent “World Community”), and “spreading the wealth around”. All promises of achieving these unachievable ideals come at the cost of personal freedom and individual rights.
Americans, especially politicians, educators, and the media, ignore the ultimate failure of such forms of tyranny, and there’s no better example of this than our nation’s first experiment with Socialism."
"Modern day promotion of these evils are communicated and shielded using code phrases such as “The Common Good”, Equality, Fairness, Justice, Community (as in the nonexistent “World Community”), and “spreading the wealth around”. All promises of achieving these unachievable ideals come at the cost of personal freedom and individual rights.Americans, especially politicians, educators, and the media, ignore the ultimate failure of such forms of tyranny, and there’s no better example of this than our nation’s first experiment with Socialism."
Obama: Americans Have No Right To Resist Immigration | The Daily Caller
Obama: Americans Have No Right To Resist Immigration | The Daily Caller:
"The only Americans who can legitimately object to immigration are native Indian-Americans, President Barack Obama told his Chicago audience Nov. 24, as he made an impassioned ideological plea for endless immigration, cultural diversity and a big government to manage the resulting multicultural society."
"The only Americans who can legitimately object to immigration are native Indian-Americans, President Barack Obama told his Chicago audience Nov. 24, as he made an impassioned ideological plea for endless immigration, cultural diversity and a big government to manage the resulting multicultural society."A town ravaged by anger: Before and after pictures show extent of damage to buildings in Ferguson
A town ravaged by anger: Before and after pictures show extent of damage to buildings in Ferguson | Daily Mail Online:
A town ravaged by anger: Before and after pictures show extent of damage to buildings in Ferguson
A town ravaged by anger: Before and after pictures show extent of damage to buildings in Ferguson
- Pictures compares buildings in Ferguson before and after Monday
- The grand jury decision in Derren Wilson case led to riots in city
- Buildings were looted and set on fire as protests turned violent
- Jury ruled Wilson will not be charged over killing Michael Brown
Epidemic!-------Teacher promised student good grades if she kept affair a secret
CHARGE: Teacher promised student good grades if she kept affair a secret - EAGnews.org
RICHARDSON, Texas – Richardson High School English teacher James Quigley faces felony charges after he allegedly attempted to get his 16-year-old victim to sign a nondisclosure contract.
QuigleyQuigley, 34, was charged with sexual assault and having an improper relationship with a student for allegedly twice having sex with a young girl in his class this year, after which he sent numerous unwanted and threatening messages, the New York Daily News reports.
Quigley first approached the girl in March and asked for her email and phone number to discuss an essay, the victim told police, but it was soon clear he had other ideas in mind.
RICHARDSON, Texas – Richardson High School English teacher James Quigley faces felony charges after he allegedly attempted to get his 16-year-old victim to sign a nondisclosure contract.
Quigley first approached the girl in March and asked for her email and phone number to discuss an essay, the victim told police, but it was soon clear he had other ideas in mind.
The Life and Times of the Thanksgiving Turkey: He Never Saw It Coming
The Life and Times of the Thanksgiving Turkey: He Never Saw It Coming
The Black Swan Theory is used by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain the existence and occurrence of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations.
One example often put forth by Taleb is the life and times of the Thanksgiving Turkey.
The turkey spends the majority of its life enjoying daily feedings from a caring farmer.
Weeks go by, and it’s the same thing day-in-day-out for the Turkey.
Free food.
Open range grazing.
Good times all around.
The Black Swan Theory is used by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain the existence and occurrence of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations.
One example often put forth by Taleb is the life and times of the Thanksgiving Turkey.
Weeks go by, and it’s the same thing day-in-day-out for the Turkey.
Free food.
Open range grazing.
Good times all around.
The thinking turkey may even surmise that the farmer has a vested interest in keeping the turkey alive.
For the turkey, it is a symbiotic relationship. “The farmer feeds me and keeps me happy, and I keep the farmer happy,” says the turkey.
“The farmer needs me, otherwise, why would he be taking care of me?”
For the turkey, it is a symbiotic relationship. “The farmer feeds me and keeps me happy, and I keep the farmer happy,” says the turkey.
“The farmer needs me, otherwise, why would he be taking care of me?”
This goes on for a 1,000 days.
Then, two days before Thanksgiving on Day 1,001, the farmer shows up again.
But this time he doesn’t come bearing food, but rather, he’s wielding an ax.
This is a black swan event — for the turkey.
By definition, it is a high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare event for the turkey, who not only never saw it coming, but never even contemplated the possibility that it could occur.
For the farmer, on the other hand, this was not a black swan event.
The farmer knew all along why he was feeding the turkey, and what the end result would be.
The farmer knew all along why he was feeding the turkey, and what the end result would be.
The very nature of black swan events make them almost impossible to predict.
The point of this parable is to put forth the idea that sometimes we are the Thanksgiving turkey and understanding this may make it easier to begin to, at the very least, contemplate the possibility of far-from-equilibrium events.
The point of this parable is to put forth the idea that sometimes we are the Thanksgiving turkey and understanding this may make it easier to begin to, at the very least, contemplate the possibility of far-from-equilibrium events.
This year, when you enjoy that drumstick or Turkey breast, give thanks to the latest victim of the black swan for being non-contemplative, otherwise, he may have bugged-out long ago and you’d be eating a chicken instead.
When You Read What Mexico Had Planned, You May Never Vacation There Again
When You Read What Mexico Had Planned, You May Never Vacation There Again:
"The National Immigration Institute (INAMI) in Mexico implemented a program that would require any visitor who was in Mexico for 7 days or longer, or who was going for paid work, to pay a fee of nearly $30. This applies to those crossing by foot, not yet applicable to car, through port of entries in Otay, San Ysidro/El Chaparral and Puerta Mexico Este.
The rationale behind their decision is even more astounding."
"The National Immigration Institute (INAMI) in Mexico implemented a program that would require any visitor who was in Mexico for 7 days or longer, or who was going for paid work, to pay a fee of nearly $30. This applies to those crossing by foot, not yet applicable to car, through port of entries in Otay, San Ysidro/El Chaparral and Puerta Mexico Este. The rationale behind their decision is even more astounding."
Should You Fear Your Thanksgiving Dinner?
The Center for Accountability in Science | Should You Fear Your Thanksgiving Dinner?
A Thanksgiving staple, pumpkin pie presents a cornucopia of trouble for activist groups.
If you use canned pumpkin, you may be exposing your guests to BPA. (Still safe).
The pie may also contain HFCS or GMOs—depending if you make it fresh or buy it frozen. Regardless of how you decide to enjoy your holiday dessert, it’s safe to eat.
The holiday season is a prime time for activist groups to whip up fears about the contents of your Thanksgiving meal.
But before you spurn your mother’s green bean casserole or turn down non-organic turkey, check out our slide show that cuts through the activist fear-mongering and explains why you shouldn’t be afraid to enjoy your favorite seasonal treats.
A Thanksgiving staple, pumpkin pie presents a cornucopia of trouble for activist groups.
If you use canned pumpkin, you may be exposing your guests to BPA. (Still safe).
The holiday season is a prime time for activist groups to whip up fears about the contents of your Thanksgiving meal.
But before you spurn your mother’s green bean casserole or turn down non-organic turkey, check out our slide show that cuts through the activist fear-mongering and explains why you shouldn’t be afraid to enjoy your favorite seasonal treats.
Time For Republicans To Go On Offense | The Daily Caller
Time For Republicans To Go On Offense | The Daily Caller:
"On one hand, part of me is rooting for someone to stand up to the president over his recent constitutional encroachments. The problem is that, though merited, such a thing would likely be ineffective, and would also come with an opportunity cost.
Having just won the Senate, rather than playing defense by continuing to react to Obama’s provocations, Republicans might do well to start playing their own game for a change."
"On one hand, part of me is rooting for someone to stand up to the president over his recent constitutional encroachments. The problem is that, though merited, such a thing would likely be ineffective, and would also come with an opportunity cost.Having just won the Senate, rather than playing defense by continuing to react to Obama’s provocations, Republicans might do well to start playing their own game for a change."
The "film and arts world"?????-----Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott
Think about this for a second.
These black millionaires are telling poor folks to avoid store discount sales so the millionaires can feel better about themselves.
And the media will tell us this is "brave" and "wise" advice.
Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott (Opinion) - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Once again, the streets are electric with anger after a white police officer evades charges for fatally shooting a black man.
Sirens screech and wood batons push back marchers protesting from Missouri to New York to Los Angeles.
This time the cadence of "No Justice, No Peace" has been replaced with "Hand's Up. Don't Shoot."
But there was another sign raised above the crowd in a recent protest in New York:
"Doing Nothing with Saying Nothing.
Changes Nothing."
The mathematics of this one are clear.
Something's gotta give.
A loose network led by African Americans in the film and arts world has emerged from the fog of tear gas to call for a quiet riot in response: a boycott of Black Friday shopping.
....."We've got to fight the powers that be!" proclaimed Public Enemy's Chuck D in 1989.
With the embers of Ferguson still smoldering, it is clear that the struggle continues.
But by taking their purchasing power away on retailers' favorite day of the year, the voice of blacks in America, and their allies, may echo more loudly in its absence from shopping malls and big box stores.
These black millionaires are telling poor folks to avoid store discount sales so the millionaires can feel better about themselves.
And the media will tell us this is "brave" and "wise" advice.
Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott (Opinion) - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Once again, the streets are electric with anger after a white police officer evades charges for fatally shooting a black man.
This time the cadence of "No Justice, No Peace" has been replaced with "Hand's Up. Don't Shoot."
But there was another sign raised above the crowd in a recent protest in New York:
"Doing Nothing with Saying Nothing.
Changes Nothing."
The mathematics of this one are clear.
Something's gotta give.
A loose network led by African Americans in the film and arts world has emerged from the fog of tear gas to call for a quiet riot in response: a boycott of Black Friday shopping.
....."We've got to fight the powers that be!" proclaimed Public Enemy's Chuck D in 1989.
With the embers of Ferguson still smoldering, it is clear that the struggle continues.
But by taking their purchasing power away on retailers' favorite day of the year, the voice of blacks in America, and their allies, may echo more loudly in its absence from shopping malls and big box stores.
VIDEO: Barack Obama Admits that He Violated the Constitution
VIDEO: Barack Obama Admits that He Violated the Constitution:
"Responding to hecklers who shouted during his speech that he was deporting families, Obama went off script from his teleprompter and made the stunning admission that he changed the law unilaterally."
"Responding to hecklers who shouted during his speech that he was deporting families, Obama went off script from his teleprompter and made the stunning admission that he changed the law unilaterally."Makes you want to cry------Natalie’s Cakes & More plans to remain in Ferguson
Natalie’s Cakes & More plans to remain in Ferguson | FOX2now.com:
"(KTVI)- Dozens of Ferguson and St. Louis area business were torched or looted after the grand jury decision was announced on Monday night.
Natalie’s Cakes and More is one of those businesses.
We’ve spoken with the owner many times here on FOX 2, on our neighborhood show on other newscasts.
Natalie DuBose tells us how she plans to pick up the pieces and rebuild.
Natalie’s Cakes and More is located at 100 South Florissant Road in Ferguson."
"(KTVI)- Dozens of Ferguson and St. Louis area business were torched or looted after the grand jury decision was announced on Monday night.
Natalie’s Cakes and More is one of those businesses.
We’ve spoken with the owner many times here on FOX 2, on our neighborhood show on other newscasts.
Natalie DuBose tells us how she plans to pick up the pieces and rebuild.
Natalie’s Cakes and More is located at 100 South Florissant Road in Ferguson."
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