"The union dues that the journalist helps to fund political contributions, 97 percent of which have gone to Democrats, according to the Politico piece that cites information from OpenSecrets.org, the website of the Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors political donations.
Since 2008, the organization has contributed more than $8.7 million to federal candidates. These have included some of the most liberal members of Congress, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
Despite endorsing Sanders for president, the group actually spent more on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, $15,000, Politico reported."
SCOTUS Gets It Wrong: Noncitizens Should Not Be Counted for Voting Purposes
In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against two residents of Texas who had argued that the Texas legislature diluted their votes when it used total population to redraw state Senate districts.
In Evenwel v. Abbott, the Supreme Court allowed states to use total population in redrawing district lines, even though that this includes a large number of noncitizens (legal and illegal), felons, and others who are ineligible to vote. Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger challenged the state Senate districts drawn by the Texas legislature using total population in 2013.
They claimed that both the number of citizens of voting age and the number of registered voters in their districts deviated substantially—between 31 and 49 percent—from the “ideal” population of a Texas Senate district.
They argued that this disparity significantly diluted their votes in comparison to those of voters who live in districts with large numbers of non-voters.
According to this logic, their votes were worth roughly half those of voters in other districts.
In other words, they claimed that their Senate districts had the same number of representatives as other districts that contained the same number of people but only half the number of eligible voters.
This is a particular problem in Texas, which has almost two million illegal aliens, about seven percent of the state’s population..."
Liberal Woman in Starbucks Screams at Rick Scott For Being Pro-Life » Louder With Crowder: "Next time someone tells you about the “tolerant left,” play the video below on a loop like a morphine drip.
In this one, yet another “tolerant” leftist feminist treats a man as sub-human simply because he has an (R) next to his name (your truly has had a few run-ins like this before).
Gov. Rick Scott was just trying to get a cup of coffee.
Not today.
Not so long as the leftist, fascist, PC police are around.
Especially since this broad fancies herself the chief. Watch, or read the transcript below.
“You cut Medicaid so I couldn’t get Obamacare! You’re an asshole.
You don’t care about working people. Y
ou should be ashamed to show your face around here.” Isn’t this just emblematic of today’s SJW left?
The woman doesn’t argue ideas or policy, she simply attributes motive.
How does she know that Rick Scott “doesn’t care about working people”?
She doesn’t.
Also, why isn’t Rick Scott considered a “working person”?
He has a job, doesn’t he?
Rick Scott worked his way through college, served several years in the Navy and has owned multiple businesses.
None of that counts?
Not to leftists.
Because only their feelings count (read “Bernie Sanders: Simply a Fascist for Mediocrity” here). What comes next is important.
As Gov. Rick Scott points out that he’s created a million jobs, she cuts him off… Much, much more at link. Read and wonder how ANYONE can communicate with these morons.
Time Is Running Out (Again) for Greece - Bloomberg View:
"The Greek economy is still in desperate trouble, and yet another crisis is looming.
If it happens, this could set back hopes of recovery across much of Europe.
The last emergency won't soon be forgotten -- yet nothing is being done to avoid a rerun.
Greece's Financial Odyssey The latest quarrel between Greece's government and the International Monetary Fund, one of its official creditors, only underlines this continuing dysfunction.
The impasse has to be broken.
For that to happen, the European Union must take the lead, rethink its current position, and grant Greece debt relief. Greece's gross domestic product is still falling year over year.
About a quarter of the population is out of work.
Depositors pulled a further 500 million euros ($570 million) out of the country's banks in February, showing that last year's rescue plan has failed to restore confidence.
Time is running out..."
"Friedman tried to reason with the collectivists who believed in socialism and wanted more of it, including more health care.
MILTON: I say to people who say we have to have government medicine in there. I say, would you mind first telling me which of the other great reforms of government have achieved their objectives? I take it you mean the federal housing program has solved the problem of housing for the low-income groups. I take it you mean that the federal welfare program has solved the problems of welfare of indigents and dependents, that federal urban renewal and housing — and reconstruction programs have solved the problem of urban life."
Heartland Daily Podcast – Lennie Jarratt: Common Core and its Effect on Homeschooling | Somewhat Reasonable:
In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, we listen in as Project Manager for Education Transformation Lennie Jarratt speaks in front of the Great Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He discusses Common Core and its effect on homeschooling.
Jarratt talks about his personal background with homeschooling and why education choice is so important.
He also clears up some of the confusion as to what Common Core actually means.
Jarratt explains the danger of ever-expanding government regulations and control over education and what you can do to stop the overreach."
History for April 7 - On-This-Day.com: W.K. Kellogg 1860 - Industrialist in food manufacturing, most known for founding of the Kellogg Company, Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer, James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick") Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director, Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2"), Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator") 1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California. 1922 - U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States. 1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission. 1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway. 1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament. 1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films. 1989 - A Soviet submarine carrying nuclear weapons sank in the Norwegian Sea.
I had the pleasure of revisiting a memory of my youth this
past weekend. I was several months late in watching The
Force Awakens. I had my reasons, both
controllable and uncontrollable.
Understanding how the forces of the dark side operate in your own life allows
you to deflect and survive attacks. A
Higher Power is in control. I’m grateful
for the knowledge and the ability I’ve gained to be able to deal with such
struggles and battles.
I was eight years old when I saw the first STAR WARS movie,
A New Hope. The special effects combined
with the classic tale of good versus evil were captivating. I was hooked.
Of course, back in the days of my youth, our lives seemed a lot more
secure. The original trilogy came out during a time when the United States was
great. Did we ever think our government
would intentionally lower our defenses, making us vulnerable to attack or
undermine our foundation as a Republic?
When the next three STAR WARS movies were released, we were
entertained, prequel style, as to what led to the fall of the old
Republic. We learned about events that
would allow the right conditions for evil to take hold and grow. We then watched in disbelief as freedom was
handed over to an all-powerful centralized government. Freedom was ushered into
darkness, escorted by thunderous applause.
It was an excellent example of how tyranny creeps its way into our lives
and one which has played out many times over throughout history.
As I watched the latest struggle in a galaxy far, far, away,
I noticed how the similarities to real life were undeniable. The chilling scene, to once again, put an end
to the Republic were reminiscent to scenes right out of the Third Reich. Of course, there were many examples of the
destructive power and the evil deeds of this autocracy, or the First Order.
We identify evil on the silver screen, the television and
every video game available. We
understand why evil is evil and that it must be destroyed. So why do so many cheer when evil is
identified and destroyed in the land of make-believe but miss the same signs
and vote it into power in real life?
We have a real life crises taking place in our
Republic......
"The filmmaker behind undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives wrote in a social media post that California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office seized his video footage on Tuesday evening.
The Center for Medical Progress posted on Facebook that the California Attorney General’s office was searching the apartment of its founder, David Daleiden.
“Today, the California Attorney General’s office of Kamala Harris, who was elected with tens of thousands of dollars from taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood, seized all video footage showing Planned Parenthood’s criminal trade in aborted baby parts, in addition to my personal information,” Daleiden wrote in a Facebook post."
Experts: ISIS building 'kill lists' of Americans overseas | Washington Examiner:
"The Islamic State is using social media to identify Americans overseas who can be targeted outside of a secure location, experts warned a Senate panel Tuesday.
"One of the emerging tactics that ISIS in particular is trying to use is stalking and killing its foes, especially those who are affiliated with governments," Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing.
"Basically, taking them out of the government sphere, making them individuals who can be tracked."
Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., convened the hearing to discuss the threat of terrorism following the Brussels bombings last month. The panelists agreed that government personnel in Brussels and at various NATO facilities in Europe are at risk, but also noted the difficulty of providing adequate protection outside of government facilities.
"What some of the followers and adherents of ISIS have tried to do is expose military personnel and their family members with personal data, addresses, etc.," said Juan Zarate, a former deputy national security adviser under President George W. Bush.
"So there is a vey real effort underway to at least threaten, if not put at risk, family members and personnel outside the bounds of classic security.""
The 50 Worst Cars of the '80s | Complex: "Some pretty bad cars have been made throughout the years, and most of them seem to have been the result of the questionable engineering and design of the '80s. Seriously, it might be best if we just pretended that this stretch of 10 years never happened, and if it took most of the '70s with it that would be OK too. We've gone back and looked at the various automotive horrors of the decade, and we can definitively say that these are The 50 Worst Cars of the '80s." 35. Pontiac Phoenix
Milton Friedman Part I: Economics 101 | Glenn Beck:
"Today, Friedman would no doubt be labeled an uncaring, hateful racist for his straightforward thinking. For example, when asked at a college forum what role the government plays in helping the poor, he spoke decisively on the matter:
“First of all, the government doesn’t have any responsibility. People have responsibility. This building doesn’t have responsibility. You and I have responsibility. People have responsibility,” Friedman said. “How can we as people exercise our responsibility to our fellow man most effectively? That’s the problem. So far as poverty is concerned, there has never in history been a more effective machine for eliminating poverty than the free enterprise system and the free market.”"
Academic Farce of the Week: How to Ruin Thin Mints | Power Line: Some day I’ll have to try to figure out why it is that geography departments became an early hotbed of leftist ideological cant at so many universities, where most of the subject matter and courses no longer have anything to do with . . . geography. At least as that subject has always been understood.
Take in this Ph.D dissertation in geography accepted by the University of California at Santa Barbara:
Smart Cookies: The Gendered Spaces of Labor, Citizenship, and Nationalism in the Girl Scout Cookie Sale
Denise Goerisch-Abstract:
Each year thousands of Girl Scouts sell cookies to friends, family, and neighbors to raise money for their troops and local councils. Lauded as the largest girl-led financial literacy program, the annual Girl Scout cookie sale not only teaches girls important business and leadership skills but also prepares girls for their roles as American women in a neoliberal and capitalist society. Girls learn the importance of ‘giving’ through multiple spaces of the cookie sale. Scouts learn to give and care for others under the veil of market capitalism, neoliberalism, and American nationalism, which seeks to reproduce hegemonic gender roles regarding labor, education, and citizenship. Based on a two-year study on the Girl Scout cookie sale, using qualitative methods and rooted in feminist methodologies, this project seeks to understand how ‘spaces of giving’ emerge in the cookie sale and how these spaces shape social constructions of gender, citizenship, and national identity.
First of all, it takes a special kind of academic fathead to ruin Thin Mints.
But we have people up to it.
Second, if the GPS system failed suddenly, anyone think a current Ph.D in geography could help you navigate a boat in the middle of the ocean, or read a map to get un-lost in the mountains?
If you’re a glutton, you can actually download this dissertation for free right here."
Activist at Chicago Teachers Union Rally Ends Furious Speech by Screaming Three-Word Slogan Every Cop Despises | Video | TheBlaze.com:
Amid furor over budget and program cuts, Chicago Teachers Union members and their allies staged a one-day strike on Friday filled with protests and rallies on the city streets.
The walkout meant classes were cancelled for over 300,000 students, the Chicago Tribune reported, and many teachers — embroiled in a contract battle — demonstrated in front of schools.
But while the intensity surrounding last week’s “day of action” has tapered off, the conclusion of one incendiary speech has been surging on social media.
Page May, an activist and Black Lives Matter supporter, hollered into the microphone to a cheering audience about young people “winning” ideological battles in the streets. “I am so in love with my friends and the young black people and allies who are showing up and pouring their blood, their sweat and their tears into the streets every day and shutting s**t down and winning!” she said.
“I am inspired by my 13-year-old students who are half my age and already understand that #BlackLivesMatter is not a slogan, it is a demand.”
Then May added a final message that got the crowd into even more of a frenzy: “F*** the police!” May hollered. “F*** the CPD! … F*** the police, and everybody f*** with ‘em!”
Here’s video of May’s words.
While the clip’s description indicates she’s a teacher,
May instead appears to be an activist. (Content warning: Rough language): Click to see who teaches our children!
"Utah has become the first state to enact a unique new law requiring that abortion clinics give anesthesia to unborn babies at 20 weeks or later before they are aborted.
Pro-life Gov. Gary Herbert signed the law on Monday, CBS News reports. The law will “eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child” in abortions starting at 20 weeks. "
Belgian Minister Reveals That After Brussels Attacks There Were Street Celebrations…in Belgium | TheBlaze.com: "Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon revealed Wednesday that street celebrations had broken out in various cities in his country last week celebrating the Brussels terrorist attack, as a top politician accused the media of ignoring anti-police riots in a Muslim neighborhood.
...While the right-wing politician conceded that Belgium has a problem with jihadism, he also asserted that profiling does not work as a countermeasure.
According to JTA, Jambon said that Islamists can be found among diverse groups “including doctors, lawyers, and common criminals.” Only one in six Belgian jihadists grew up in poor homes, he said..."
Schumer Wants New Smartphone Gun Investigated | PJ Media "Last week, I wrote about a new firearm that folds into the shape of a smartphone. A Minnesota company, Ideal Conceal, developed the gun as way for people to carry a firearm that doesn't "scare" people by looking like a firearm.
"This little kid says, 'Mommy, Mommy, that man's got a gun,' so the whole restaurant looks at you like you're about to shoot the place up," creator Kirk Kjellberg explained to CNNMoney. "So I thought to myself there's got to be another way to be able to carry without bothering other people."
It's an interesting idea -- perhaps too interesting.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), one of America's most enthusiastic gun-regulators, has called on the DOJ and the ATF to investigate the gun before it comes to market.
The senator says the gun "is just a disaster waiting to happen."
"Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland, said he also plans to follow the Catholic leaders’ call to pass the measure. According to Reuters, Kaczynski said he will not force his party to vote on the measure, but he is “convinced that a vast majority of the caucus, or perhaps all of it, will back the proposal.”
On Sunday, the Catholic churches in Poland read a statement by the bishops in support of the bill. According to the Catholic news group The Tablet:"
The Rogue Immune Cells That Wreck the Brain: "Beth Stevens thinks she has solved a mystery behind brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia...
...In one groundbreaking paper, in January, Stevens and researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard showed that aberrant microglia might play a role in schizophrenia—causing or at least contributing to the massive cell loss that can leave people with devastating cognitive defects. Crucially, the researchers pointed to a chemical pathway that might be targeted to slow or stop the disease.
Last week, Stevens and other researchers published a similar finding for Alzheimer’s..."
History for April 6 - On-This-Day.com: Walter Huston (Houghston) 1884 - Actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948]), Lowell Thomas 1892 - Broadcaster, journalist, Merle Haggard 1937 - Country musician, songwriter Billy Dee (December) Williams 1937 - Actor ("Brian's Song", "The Return of the Jedi", "Batman"), John Ratzenberger 1947 - Actor ("Cheers"), Vince Flynn 1966 - Author 1607 - An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico for supplies before continuing on their journey. On May 14, they went ashore and founded Jamestown, Virginia, as the first permanent English colony in America. 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in western New York. 1830 - Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico would not allow further emigration into Texas by settlers from the U.S. 1862 - The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee. 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece. 1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole. 1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side. 1998 - Pakistan successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of attacking neighboring India.
Since 2008, the organization has contributed more than $8.7 million to federal candidates. These have included some of the most liberal members of Congress, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).
Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger challenged the state Senate districts drawn by the Texas legislature using total population in 2013.
The latest quarrel between Greece's government and the International Monetary Fund, one of its official creditors, only underlines this continuing dysfunction.
"Friedman tried to reason with the collectivists who believed in socialism and wanted more of it, including more health care.
When the next three STAR WARS movies were released, we were
entertained, prequel style, as to what led to the fall of the old
Republic. We learned about events that
would allow the right conditions for evil to take hold and grow. We then watched in disbelief as freedom was
handed over to an all-powerful centralized government. Freedom was ushered into
darkness, escorted by thunderous applause.
It was an excellent example of how tyranny creeps its way into our lives
and one which has played out many times over throughout history.
"The filmmaker behind undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives wrote in a social media post that California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office seized his video footage on Tuesday evening.
The panelists agreed that government personnel in Brussels and at various NATO facilities in Europe are at risk, but also noted the difficulty of providing adequate protection outside of government facilities.
The panelists agreed that government personnel in Brussels and at various NATO facilities in Europe are at risk, but also noted the difficulty of providing adequate protection outside of government facilities.
Each year thousands of Girl Scouts sell cookies to friends, family, and neighbors to raise money for their troops and local councils. Lauded as the largest girl-led financial literacy program, the annual Girl Scout cookie sale not only teaches girls important business and leadership skills but also prepares girls for their roles as American women in a neoliberal and capitalist society. Girls learn the importance of ‘giving’ through multiple spaces of the cookie sale. Scouts learn to give and care for others under the veil of market capitalism, neoliberalism, and American nationalism, which seeks to reproduce hegemonic gender roles regarding labor, education, and citizenship. Based on a two-year study on the Girl Scout cookie sale, using qualitative methods and rooted in feminist methodologies, this project seeks to understand how ‘spaces of giving’ emerge in the cookie sale and how these spaces shape social constructions of gender, citizenship, and national identity.
“I am so in love with my friends and the young black people and allies who are showing up and pouring their blood, their sweat and their tears into the streets every day and shutting s**t down and winning!” she said.
"Utah has become the first state to enact a unique new law requiring that abortion clinics give anesthesia to unborn babies at 20 weeks or later before they are aborted.![TSA's Very Expensive App Takes About 10 Minutes to Build [Updated]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uISsGTxYsaRZNED7ys0FJ545Ifr7jMHDmmnLJ5SzJI4rs2EH6waXe3sVUDwZHAVJ4vdKYczTayhMzwFDD-BYtz0tk14jQ0cB2w0prkEeisSkvU0iyEhFdtaBGQRs3qPb_DYB7EhjQufea9475jA4qWQEFlLTsARC0-=s0-d)
"Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon revealed Wednesday that street celebrations had broken out in various cities in his country last week celebrating the Brussels terrorist attack, as a top politician accused the media of ignoring anti-police riots in a Muslim neighborhood.
"Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland, said he also plans to follow the Catholic leaders’ call to pass the measure. According to Reuters, Kaczynski said he will not force his party to vote on the measure, but he is “convinced that a vast majority of the caucus, or perhaps all of it, will back the proposal.”
"Beth Stevens thinks she has solved a mystery behind brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia...
