Read it all. They turn a great story into "white guilt"-----How the ubiquitous foam finger reveals the true nature of American entrepreneurship

How the ubiquitous foam finger reveals the true nature of American entrepreneurship:
"....As Designboom tells the tale, the wooden versions of the hand were a big hit.
They sold out, earning the industrial arts club far more money than anyone had anticipated.
It dawned on Fauss that he had a product with near-universal appeal to football fans everywhere. 
He quickly put together a bunch of plywood versions of the hand (they had a hole at the bottom where people could hold them) and got a friend to go with him to the 1978 Cotton Bowl game.
They hung out all night in the parking lot in a cold camper van, nearly setting it on fire when one of their pillows got too close to the portable heater, and the next morning Fauss talked a concessions manager into letting him sell the hands through the concession stand at a 60-40 split.
He sold out before the game started.
With those two successes under his belt, Fauss quit his job and converted the old building that used to house his father's sheet metal business into an ad-hoc factory..."

De-masculinization of America-----Vanderbilt Women's Center to Lecture Men on 'Healthy Masculinities'

Vanderbilt Women's Center to Lecture Men on 'Healthy Masculinities' | MRCTV
Vanderbilt University’s Women’s Center will be hosting a week-long event dedicated to lecturing men about what it means to have “healthy masculinity.”
The “Healthy Masculinities Week” is sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, which claims to be devoted to “Celebrating Women” while “Empowering All.”
The mission of the Women’s Center is to affirm a “space for all members of the Vanderbilt community that acknowledges and actively resists sexism, racism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression while advocating for positive social change.”

The “core values” of the Women’s Center includes the idea that, “progress toward gender equality calls all of us to be champions for change” while simultaneously claiming to “celebrate the unique differences among all persons and work to build community in diversity.”
...The full title for Katz’s book is, “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help.”
It is unclear why the word “Women” was removed from Vanderbilt’s event listing.
According to a review for Katz’s book, “Katz explores those aspects of American culture that promote violence against women, focusing separate chapters on pornography, prostitution, and other sex-related businesses as well as sexual violence in the military, the music industry, and athletics.”
It also “offers advice on how men can ally with women to curb violence and change those aspects of the ‘boys will be boys’ attitude on male aggressiveness and masculinity that can lead to violence and abuse.”
...The advertisement for “Healthy Masculinities Week,” which was emailed to members of the student body, includes a portrayal man with a thought bubble, thinking, “Don’t cry,” “Have sex,” “Major in business,” “Play sports,” and “Man up.”
Allegedly, these are examples of unhealthy masculinity..."

Marine’s Unfiltered On-Air Remarks on Race: ‘It Hurts Me as a Black Man…to Tell the Truth About My Own People’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Marine’s Unfiltered On-Air Remarks on Race: ‘It Hurts Me as a Black Man…to Tell the Truth About My Own People’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“If a black person goes to kill another black person, they’re going to deny it until the day they die,” Michael Whaley told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. “They’re not going to admit the truth. And some people don’t like to admit the truth because they don’t like that. It hurts me, as a black man, to have to tell the truth about my own people, but I did it because I care about my people.”

“There’s too much killing that’s going on. And the Black Lives Matter movement only protests when a white officer kills a black person,” the former Marine added."

A family of monsters-----Book claims Joseph Kennedy had his mentally disabled daughter Rosemary lobotomized

Book claims Joseph Kennedy had his mentally disabled daughter Rosemary lobotomized | Daily Mail Online:

The Kennedy dynasty's darkest secret revealed: Book claims Joseph Kennedy had his mentally disabled daughter Rosemary lobotomized to prevent her 'sexual exploits' from damaging his sons' political careers

• Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff's The Missing Kennedy and Kate Clifford Larson's Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter shine a light on Rosemary Kennedy's life in the shadows 
• Kennedy underwent a lobotomy in 1941 when she was 23 years old
• Botched procedure left her unable to speak or walk normally 
• She spent more than 50 years living in a Wisconsin hospital away from public view
• Her mother, Rose, claimed husband Joseph kept her in the dark about lobotomy for 20 years; Rosemary's siblings also knew nothing of her fate
• The biographies suggest Joseph Kennedy subjected his daughter to the surgery because he was afraid she might get pregnant

Beware the power of Islamics in America----- ESPN Pulls Curt Schilling for Rest of Season After Muslim-Nazi Tweet Controversy

ESPN Pulls Curt Schilling for Rest of Season After Muslim-Nazi Tweet Controversy | Mediaite: "ESPN has pulled Curt Schlling for the rest of the season in the continuing fallout from Schilling tweeting a link between Muslims and Nazis last week"

Bombastic fool-----The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Not the Start of 'Peace in Our Time'

The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Not the Start of 'Peace in Our Time':
Even eerier was the similarity of Kerry’s words to those of Neville Chamberlain in the British parliamentary debate on the Munich agreement in 1938.
Here is Kerry’s assertion about Israel, together with his concluding words:

The people of Israel will be safer with this deal, and the same is true for the people throughout the region. … 

[H]istory may judge [the Iran agreement] a turning point, a moment when the builders of stability seized the initiative from the destroyers of hope, and when we were able to show, as have generations before us, that when we demand the best from ourselves and insist that others adhere to a similar high standard – when we do that, we have immense power to shape a safer and a more humane world. 

That’s what this is about and that’s what I hope we will do in the days ahead.

In the debate on the Munich agreement, Chamberlain’s claims were actually more modest than Kerry’s.

Hacker Claims to Have Trove of Hillary Clinton’s Unreleased Private Emails That Would Kill Her Presidential Bid If They ‘Got Out’ | TheBlaze.com

Hacker Claims to Have Trove of Hillary Clinton’s Unreleased Private Emails That Would Kill Her Presidential Bid If They ‘Got Out’ | TheBlaze.com:

 "The anonymous “computer specialist” claims to be in possession of 32,000 emails from Clinton’s private server that were retrieved because, according to the site’s source, “Hillary or someone from her camp erased the outbox containing her emails, but forgot to erase the emails that were in her sent box.”

Clinton’s attorneys recently admitted the former secretary of state had her hard drive wiped clean before turning it over to the FBI. Accordingly, the claim that she merely forgot to delete sent emails should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism."

Democrat, Rahm proposes massive property tax hike for Chicago

Blog: Rahm proposes massive property tax hike for Chicago:
"In the beginning of a series of tax hikes that will drive up the cost of living for Chicago residents, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing half a billion dollars in property tax hikes, along with another hundred million bucks in mandatory garbage collection fees – another tax hike, in effect.
Fran Spelman writes in the Chicago Sun-Times:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is poised to raise property taxes by $500 million for police and fire pensions and school construction and impose a garbage-collection fee to generate $100 million more, City Hall sources said Wednesday.
The $500 million property tax increase will cost the owner of a home valued at $250,000 roughly $500 more each year.
The garbage fee — widely viewed as a back-door property-tax hike — will be a monthly assessment of roughly $11 to $12 per household.
I am not sure how many houses are available for $250k in the Windy City.
I do know that a decent house costs 2 or 3 times that, and that million dollar properties are not uncommon in the city’s nicer neighborhoods.
As they say on the TV pitches, “ But wait! There’s more.”
The mayor’s 2016 budget also will include..."

"Uphold the law"??!!--She's not just a crook. She's a clueless moron-----Clinton: Officials should 'uphold the law'

Clinton: Officials should 'uphold the law' | TheHill:
 "Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton posted a message Thursday saying that government officials should "uphold the law – end of story."
The message from the former secretary of State came in response to news that a judge had found Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Davis, who is now in custody, has cited her religious objections.
Several Republican presidential candidates have similarly suggested this week that the Rowan County clerk, as a public official, should issue the marriage licenses..."

Straight to the unemployment lines-----Five of the most obscure college degrees in America

Five of the most obscure college degrees in America - The College Fix:

• "Puppet Arts – University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut’s Fine Art Department has offered undergraduate and graduate degrees in puppet arts with classes dating back to 1964.
Since the creation of the program, students have put on nearly 500 productions with puppets and the school said “each year [they] see an increase in the number of people wishing to be part of our program.”
Students must take foundational courses in drama, such as costuming, lighting and scenery.
Once they progress through those classes, they move onto “puppetry production,” and elective like “marionette construction.”
Students who wish to apply must do so through the standard application process and audition for the school of fine arts, which includes a three to five minute presentation of skills and a portfolio.
Many who have graduated have gone on to “perform and design for many theatres around the world,” according to the degree’s website. 
“They appear in, build for and manage internationally recognized television programs… and films, write books, design toys, teach children, and direct prominent schools and museums.”"

POWERFUL Meme Highlights Obama's Response to Murdered Police Officers

POWERFUL Meme Highlights Obama's Response to Murdered Police Officers:

"President Obama and his progressive pals in both the government and the media have done their very best to capitalize on the racial tension in America — which they created — using it to paint police officers as power hungry, trigger happy racists who prowl the city streets looking for a black man to shoot.

Thanks to this narrative constantly being pushed down the throats of citizens, people have become more hostile toward law enforcement officers, some even violently so, as is clearly illustrated in this powerful meme that puts the fruit of this left-wing lunacy on full display for all to see."

Hang on to YOUR Constitution!!-----White House Revisits International Gun Control Via UN Treaty

White House Revisits International Gun Control Via UN Treaty:
"On August 24 officials from the Obama administration will be attending the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference in Mexico City.
The ATT was signed by Secretary of State John Kerry on September 25, 2013 but never ratified by the US Senate.
Nevertheless, Gun Owners of America reports that Obama officials will be in Mexico City for the conference.
Breitbart News previously reported that the ATT is an international gun control treaty designed to be implemented apart from, or in spite of, the general framework of governance for countries that are signatories to it.
Thus, while it will not do away with the Second Amendment on paper, it will subjugate the Second Amendment to the ATT’s gun controls if Obama administration officials return and implement the plans they will discuss in Mexico City.
...Because of all these troubling aspects of ATT, Gun Owners of America (GOA) warns that the Mexico City conference is part of a plan “to bring back the framework for a global gun control regime.” 
...We must be diligent, especially because Democrat Senators have already shown their willingness to subjugate the Second Amendment to the ATT.
Forty-four Democrat Senators voted for the ATT in April 2013."

History for September 4 - On-This-Day.com

History for September 4 - On-This-Day.com
Henry Ford II 1917, Paul Harvey 1918, Dick York 1928 


Tom Watson 1949 - Golfer, Judith Ivey 1951 - Actress, Beyoncé Knowles 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child) 


1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan. 


1781 - Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels." 


1886 - Geronimo, and the Apache Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton Canyon in Arizona to Gen. Nelson Miles. 


1888 - George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll. 


1923 - The first American dirigible, the "Shenandoah," began its maiden voyage in Lakehurst, NJ. 


1957 - The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market only two years. 


1967 - "Gilligan's Island" aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows. 


1967 - Michigan Gov. George Romney said during a TV interview that he had undergone "brainwashing" by U.S. officials while visiting Vietnam in 1965. 


1998 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $257 million loan for the Ukraine. 







1998 - Google was incorporated as a privately held company. 

Retiring Democratic Senator Gives Obama Final Vote to Ensure Victory on Iran Deal | TheBlaze.com

Retiring Democratic Senator Gives Obama Final Vote to Ensure Victory on Iran Deal | TheBlaze.com:

"Retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is the 34th senator to support Iran nuclear deal, guaranteeing that President Barack Obama will be able to sustain a veto of an attempt to kill the agreement."

U.S. general on Iran nuke deal: ‘It’s not over yet’

U.S. general on Iran nuke deal: ‘It’s not over yet’:

"If all 34 Democrats hold firm, Republicans are powerless to stop the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran. But Gen. Boykin said 34 promised votes are not the same as a done deal.

“It is not over yet. There is a big rally here next week, the ninth of September. Tens of thousands of people are going to be in the streets,” said Boykin, who is one of more than 200 retired military officers who wrote to leaders of both parties in both chambers imploring lawmakers to reject the Iran deal.

Talk-show hosts Glenn Beck and Mark Levin and GOP presidential contenders Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are scheduled to attend the Stop the Iran Deal Rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots, Center for Security Policy and Zionist Organization of America. The rally will take place just after lawmakers return from recess and before the vote on the nuclear deal. It will be held on the west lawn of the Capitol at 1 p.m. EST."

Protect yourself!!-----Defeating a sliding chain lock using a rubber band

Shock Audio: Self-Proclaimed Black Lives Matter Activist Declares ‘It’s Open Season on Killing Whites and…Police Officers’ (UPDATED) | TheBlaze.com

Shock Audio: Self-Proclaimed Black Lives Matter Activist Declares ‘It’s Open Season on Killing Whites and…Police Officers’ (UPDATED) | TheBlaze.com:

"The host, who goes by “King Noble,” associates himself with the Black Lives Matter and “f*** yo flag 911” movements.

“To me, what the Houston, Texas, brutal execution before the public represents to me is it’s open season on killing whites and white police officers — and probably killing cops period,” he said. “It’s unavoidable, inescapable. It’s funny that that now we are moving to a time where the predator will become the prey.”

After claiming that blacks can win a “race war” against whites and praising the execution of the Texas deputy, “King Noble” then made a sickening prediction."

Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing

Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing - Katie Pavlich:
It's time to expose the Black Lives Matter [BLM] movement for what it is: a racist, violent hate group that promotes the execution of police officers. 
The evidence is in their rhetoric and written on their shirts.

If you take a look at the Black Lives Matter Twitter feed, you'll find photos of activists wearing shirts that say, "Assata Taught Me." 
They're referring to infamous cop killer Assata Shakur, otherwise known as Joanne Chesimard, who shot and killed a New Jersey State Trooper back in 1973. 
In 1977, Shakur was convicted and sentenced to prison but quickly escaped and has been a fugitive in Cuba ever since. 
She's also on the FBI's most wanted terrorism list. 
BLM glorifies Shakur as a hero and uses her writings and materials during training sessions. 
Lee Stranahan has more: 

BlackLivesMatter—the activist group that demands a “racial justice agenda” that includes constant criticism and activism against police—invokes the words of convicted cop killer Assata Shakur at “all its events.”

At a recent event for female bloggers, BlackLivesMatter leaders had a crowd of thousands repeating lines from a letter written by Shakur that include an explicit reference to the Communist Manifesto.

The BlackLivesMatter group, which has met with President Obama and largely been given a free pass by the media, has skyrocketed to national prominence after its involvement with unrest and rioting in Ferguson, Baltimore, and a recent takeover of events the Netroots Nation conference for progressive Democrats in Phoenix, Arizona.

Assata Shakur, who has been living in exile in Cuba for over thirty years, is a hero to communist revolutionaries for her involvement in the 1960s and 1970s with a violent, criminal Black Panther Party offshoot called the Black Liberation Army. Shakur and the group robbed several banks as a revolutionary act and eventually killed a New Jersey State Trooper with his own gun after a highway stop in 1973.

...Now, onto those who condone this behavior and the rhetoric being used. 

Not only have the leaders of the Democrat Party refused to condemn the movement, they've desperately tried to embrace it. 

In the age of Obama, where Democrats thrive on division and embrace a racial justice narrative, this isn't surprising. 

Last week at the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis, a resolution was passed in solidarity with the movement. BLM later rejected it.

"The DNC joins with Americans across the country in affirming ‘Black lives matter’ and the ‘say her name’ efforts to make visible the pain of our fellow and sister Americans as they condemn extrajudicial killings of unarmed African American men, women and children," the solidarity resolution states.

The day after the resolution was passed, BLM activists in Minneapolis chanted, "pigs in a blanket, fry em' like bacon," as they marched down the street. 
This rhetoric also came just one day after the execution of Texas Sheriff Deputy Daron Goforth while he was filling up his patrol car at a local gas station. 
If you aren't familiar, "pigs in a blanket" refers to the bodies of dead police officers in body bags. 

Feminists are angry that Kermit the Frog's new girlfriend is young and thin - Telegraph

Feminists are angry that Kermit the Frog's new girlfriend is young and thin

Kermit has denied rumours that the woman he's been spotted out and about with is his new love - but that didn't stop people being outraged

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Kermit the Frog has been spotted out and about with a new lady, Denise, after splitting with his ex-girlfriend Miss Piggy last month.

In typical fashion, people on Twitter had a lot to say about Kermit's new lady and, while he denies speculation they are romantically linked, the pictures appear to tell another story.

• Devastated, moi? Miss Piggy and Kermit announce break-up
• Kermit the Frog – alive and well?

Many have expressed dismay that Kermit the Frog ditched the feminist and fuller-figured Miss Piggy for a younger, skinnier model, who has not yet expressed opinions on the works of Germaine Greer or bell hooks.

Some think that it is a backward step for feminism

Absolute disinformation! Using "immigrants" rether than "ILLEGAL immigrants" Intended to confuse----- More than half of immigrants on welfare

Report: More than half of immigrants on welfare:
More than half of the nation's immigrants receive some kind of government welfare, a figure that's far higher than the native-born population's, according to a report to be released Wednesday.
About 51% of immigrant-led households receive at least one kind of welfare benefit, including Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches and housing assistance, compared to 30% for native-led households, according to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for lower levels of immigration.
Those numbers increase for households with children, with 76% of immigrant-led households receiving welfare, compared to 52% for the native-born....

Muslima Stewardess Refuses to Serve Alcohol, Hamas-CAIR Claims Airline Violated Her Constitutional Rights | Pamela Geller

Muslima Stewardess Refuses to Serve Alcohol, Hamas-CAIR Claims Airline Violated Her Constitutional Rights | Pamela Geller:

"Why would a devout Muslim want to be a flight attendant when half your job is serving alcohol?

This is just like the devout Muslim who sued soft porn retailer Abercrombie and Fitch because she wanted to wear the hijab.

The EEOC is suing Star Transport for rightfully terminating two Muslims who refused to do their job. If these Muslim truck drivers don’t want to deliver alcohol, then they shouldn’t have taken a job in which part of their duties would be to deliver alcohol. It’s that simple.

But no, Islamic supremacists chip, chip, chip away at the establishment clause, and in doing so, impose Islam on the secular marketplace. Muslim lawsuits against Hertz, Wal-Mart, Target, Disney and a host of other American businesses for special rights, special accommodation have been largely successful creating a special rights for a special class of people — "

Georgia Cops Shoot Resident, Kill His Dog After Responding to Wrong Home During 911 Call

Georgia Cops Shoot Resident, Kill His Dog After Responding to Wrong Home During 911 Call - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Three officers in DeKalb County, Georgia, were responding to a 911 call about a possible burglar outside the last house on Boulderwoods Drive in Atlanta but entered the second house on the street, because, police say, it "matched the physical description of the house."
They entered through a rear door they said was unlocked and ran into Chris McKinley, who had been watching a movie with his wife and 1-year-old child before entering another room with his dog. 
The cops shot McKinley, wounding him, and shot and killed his dog.
What's more, after using potentially deadly force, the police officers did not secure the crime scene they had created.
McKinley stumbled outside, and ran into a neighbor who gave him first aid.
She says McKinley kept repeating "Why did they shoot me? Why did they kill my dog?"
Police insist they're taking responsibility.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
"Are we perfect?" DeKalb director of public safety Cedric Alexander said.
"Absolutely not.
But when we find a mistake, we own it.
We own the fact that we were at the wrong house.
We didn't hide it.
We didn't mismanage it.
We were at the wrong location based on information that was given to us."
Pro-tip for Alexander: if you're blaming your mistake on what someone else told you, you can't say you're "owning" it.
In fact, you're kind of disowning it.
The incident is at least the fourth questionable police shooting in DeKalb County in the last two years. 
None appeared to result in termination of employment for any police officer...

Comeback city?-----Man Shot in Street Robbery Over a Bag of Chips

Man Shot in Street Robbery Over a Bag of Chips –  Deadline Detroit
This one is hard to believe.
WDIV reports that a 60-year-old man was shot in the groin Tuesday night during a street robbery at 8 mile Road and Dequindre outside of a McDonald's over a bag of chips.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment.WDIV reports that three men were involved.
At least one the suspects was taken into custody, WDIV reports.



Read more:  WDIV

This Action Reportedly Taken Effectively Sent Classified Clinton Emails ‘Down a Deep Black Hole’ | TheBlaze.com

This Action Reportedly Taken Effectively Sent Classified Clinton Emails ‘Down a Deep Black Hole’ | TheBlaze.com:

"At least four classified Hillary Clinton emails had their markings changed to a category that shields the contents from Congress and the public, Fox News reported Tuesday, citing sources.

Citing a congressional source and intelligence source, Fox News reported that the four emails had an initial marking of classified which was later changed to “B5,” a designation reserved for deliberations within the Executive Branch."

I guess we need about a dozen “differently gendered” bathrooms in schools now

I guess we need about a dozen “differently gendered” bathrooms in schools now « Hot Air

We’ve seen enough of these stories by now that, sadly, it might not even be worth mentioning, but there is a particularly troubling “transgender child bathroom” story out of Missouri this week which seems to demonstrate exactly how far out of control the situation has become. 
A seventeen year old boy at Hillsboro High School has determined that he will self-identify as a girl and go by the name of Lila Perry. 
Seventeen is pretty close to adult age and, in the current social climate, that’s probably not all that unusual anymore. 
The school had apparently been going to great lengths to accommodate Perry, even allowing him to use a unisex faculty bathroom. 
(Seriously? 
You have a unisex faculty bathroom in a high school?) 
But the situation came to a boil when he was enrolled in phys ed class and was determined to change in the girl’s locker room. 
At that point, the girls in the school seem to have decided that they’d had enough and a walkout ensued, supported by many of the parents. (Daily Mail)

Almost 200 high school students in Missouri walked out of their classes to protest one a transgender student in senior year being allowed in the girls’ bathroom.

Members of the Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Missouri, ditched two hours of lessons to object to Lila Perry, a 17-year-old senior, being granted access to female bathrooms.

Perry, who started identifying as transgender earlier this year, was using the female facilities to change for gym classes, which upset many other girls at the school.

People carried “Girls Rights Matter” signs and expressed their discontent. 
It wasn’t just the parents.. the girls who needed to use the locker room had some rather blunt language which should have been obvious to all concerned. 
And some of their mothers voiced similar concerns.

Workers don’t do better in unions

Workers don’t do better in unions - MarketWatch:
"Just in time for Labor Day, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is resurrecting the old canard that workers do better in unions.
 His latest blog post uses misleading data to suggest that if workers were unionized, they would receive $200 more per week.
Of course, anyone would want a $200 a week raise.
 That’s $10,400 a year. 
But the facts aren’t so simple.
Let’s look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics data itself.
Perez compares median weekly earnings for union members with non-union members.
This is misleading because union members are not equally distributed across occupations, industries and regions.
Union members are more concentrated in higher-paying government-sector jobs, including teachers and federal employees.
Forty percent of union members are public-sector employees. 
The BLS data that Perez cites do not separate public and private-sector workers."