Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride

Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride - Breitbart:
"Whether or not Melania Trump cribbed a passage from a Michelle Obama speech, there is one crucial sentiment Donald Trump’s Slovenian born wife certainly didn’t copy from Obama’s — the inherent pride of being an American citizen.
As the media pours over one passage in Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention speech that is similar to Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention, they overlook a key sentence that was undeniably written by Mrs. Trump and reveals all the difference in the world between these two women and their husbands.
“On July 28th, 2006, I was very proud to become a citizen of the United States — the greatest privilege on planet Earth,” the smiling Mrs. Trump said to thunderous applause.
...What a difference these sentiments are to Michelle Obama’s infamous remarks during the 2008 campaign, when she said, “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.”
Why was she suddenly proud “for the first time” in her “adult life”? Because her husband was running for president.
Contrast that with Melania Trump’s inherent pride in being an American citizen, which in her words is “the greatest privilege on planet Earth.”
That was the most important line in Melania Trump’s speech.
And she didn’t steal it from Michelle Obama."

AM Fruitcake

History for July 20

History for July 20 - On-This-Day.com:
Francesco Petrarch 1304, Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - Explorer, first to climb Mt. Everest, Mike Ilitch 1929 - Founder of Little Caesar's Pizza franchises, owner of Detroit Red Wings


Chuck Daly 1933, Natalie Wood (Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin) 1938 - Actress (From Here to Eternity, West Side Story, Rebel Without a Cause), Kim Carnes 1946 - Singer


1861 - The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, VA.


1868 - Legislation that ordered U.S. tax stamps to be placed on all cigarette packs was passed.


1881 - Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since the Battle of the Little Big Horn, surrendered to federal troops. (Montana)


1942 - The first detachment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, (WACS) began basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.


1944 - An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed. The bomb exploded at Hitler's Rastenburg headquarters. Hitler was only wounded.


1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.


1982 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan pulled the U.S. out of comprehensive test ban negotiations indefinitely.


1998 - Russia won a $11.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to help avert the devaluation of its currency.

A Heartfelt Plea, Nation of Islam and Blood on Obama’s Hands — All in a Weekend | Glenn Beck

A Heartfelt Plea, Nation of Islam and Blood on Obama’s Hands — All in a Weekend | Glenn Beck:

"“I don’t know if anybody noticed, but there was talk — serious talk — on television about martial law in America. We haven’t even hit the tough times yet, gang,” Glenn said. “They’re talking in Cleveland today, chief of police who says, ‘I’m an NRA member. I’m a gun guy. I’m a Second Amendment guy, but can’t we just suspend this concealed weapons permit just for a while?'”

Suspending the second amendment is never a good idea and this example just goes to show politicians often miss the mark on these issues. President Obama barely paid lip service to the fallen police officers while glorifying the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and those who were shot by police.
This was not lost on the president of the Cleveland Police Association, who came out with the following statement:

The president of the United States validated the false narrative and the nonsense that Black Lives Matter and the media are pressing out there to the public, validated with his very divisive statements,"

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Erdoğan was a semi-professional footballer playing for Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü before being elected as the Mayor of Istanbul from the Islamist Welfare Party in 1994.
He was stripped and banned from office after being sentenced to 10 months in prison for inciting religious intolerance in 1998, after which he abandoned openly Islamist politics and established the moderate conservative AKP in 2001.
The AKP won a landslide victory in the 2002 general election, with the party's co-founder Abdullah Gül becoming Prime Minister until his government annulled Erdoğan's ban from political office. Erdoğan subsequently became Prime Minister in March 2003 after winning a seat in a by-election held in Siirt.[6]"
...A US$100 billion government corruption scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdoğan's close allies, with Erdoğan himself incriminated after a recording was released on social media.[15][16][17]
Erdoğan's government has since come under fire for electoral fraud, demeaning the Constitution, alleged human rights violations and crackdown on press and social media, having blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on numerous occasions.[18][19][20][21]
Opposition journalists and politicians have thus branded him a "dictator".[22][23][24][25][26]

"T-word"?-----New Progressive Media Lunacy: 'Terrorist' is a Biased Word

New Progressive Media Lunacy: 'Terrorist' is a Biased Word | PJ Media
"Off the deep end.

This is boilerplate leftist navel gazing, which they're especially prone to after terrorism attacks. 
Even when they're finally talking about it, they aren't really talking about it.

Here's the relevant drivel from this piece:

Some of my fellow word people, in discussing this same issue, have arrived at a less extreme conclusion than mine: Just use the T-word consistently, they say. Maybe that was once the right advice, but words and their connotations change over time with their usage, and therefore so must news organization policies.

The big problem with illegal immigrant wasn’t that reporters applied it inconsistently—the term simply became too judgmental, too toxic for neutral copy. So, in 2013, the Associated Press Stylebook dropped it.

Likewise, I think we’ve reached the same point with the T-word. Reuters—a less influential force in American journalism style than the AP—agrees with me.

There you have it, we are simply not using the word "terrorist" consistently!

I would argue that the MSM has a problem of frequency when it comes to calling terrorists what they are. 

Since the attack in Nice, I've read and heard a lot about a "truck attack" and a "lone wolf," but "terrorist" has been used as sparingly as if rent were being paid for its utterance.

The notion that being "too judgmental" when merely referring to terrorists is problematic is quite, well, insane. 

This just adds another dangerous layer of make-believe to the denial dance that the press does in concert with left-leaning politicians.

There is a lot that is nuanced in this complex, dangerous world. 

Figuring out who the terrorists are and labeling them as such isn't one of them, however. This is all very simple, and anyone fancying him or herself a deep thinker because he or she introduces complexity to something simple isn't very bright."

Secret Document Shows Key Iran Deal Restrictions Will Ease in Next Decade | TheBlaze.com

Secret Document Shows Key Iran Deal Restrictions Will Ease in Next Decade | TheBlaze.com:

"VIENNA (AP) — A document obtained by The Associated Press shows that key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will ease in slightly more than a decade, halving the time Tehran would need to build a bomb."

Hillary: White Americans Need To Do A Better Job Recognizing Their Privilege

Hillary: White Americans Need To Do A Better Job Recognizing Their Privilege - Breitbart:
"Monday in Cincinnati at the 107th NAACP convention, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said white Americans need to “recognize our privilege and and practice humility.”
Clinton said, “We white Americans need to do a better job of listening when African-Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers you face everyday.
We need to recognize our privilege and and practice humility, rather than assume our experiences are everyone’s experiences.”

Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times

Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times | Techdirt:
The TSA is a multibillion dollar agency with nearly zero redeemable qualities. 
It can only act in hindsight, does almost nothing to make traveling safer, and seemingly devotes most of its screening efforts to toddlers, cancer patients, and ensuring carry-on liquids do not exceed three ounces.

What it lacks in competency, it makes up in misconduct. 

Lines at security checkpoints have slowed to a crawl. 

Making it through the tedious, invasive process sometimes means inadvertently "donating" expensive electronics to sticky-fingered agents. 

The TSA's morale is generally on par with Congress' approval rates. 

And, when it's all said and done, the people hired to protect travelers just plain suck at their job.

Despite the Transportation Security Administration's ten-point action plan to reduce long lines at airports across the country, lengthy queues remain. Now, the TSA's summer may be getting even worse: According to a recent report from the House Homeland Security Commission entitled "Misconduct at TSA Threatens the Security of the Flying Public", nearly half of the TSA’s 60,000 employees have been cited for misconduct in recent years.

As Katherine LaGrave of the Conde Nast Traveler points out, the problem is only getting worse. Complaints are up 28% over the last three years, with larger airports averaging a complaint a week. 
Long lines may be causing a spike in the complaints, but the misconduct detailed in the report has very little to do directly with this issue..."

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Baltimore Judge Acquits Fourth Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case | Video | TheBlaze.com

Baltimore Judge Acquits Fourth Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge has acquitted a Baltimore police officer on all charges in the death of Freddie Gray, a black who died after he was injured in a police transport van."

“On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from …

Instapundit » Blog Archive » HISTORY: “On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from …:

HISTORY:
“On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from Edward M. Kennedy’s submerged automobile in a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island.”

"Democrats and the media lionized Kennedy even though they knew what he had done.
They did so because his politics were good, and that washes away all sins on the left — because on the left, the only sin is for one’s politics to be incorrect."

WWI Re-enactors Banned from Taking Antique Rifles to France

WWI Re-enactors Banned from Taking Antique Rifles to France:
"Members of the Great War Society, a WWI re-enactment group which represents the Accrington Pals, has come under scrutiny for anti-terror laws after attempting to travel to France with antique rifles to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
The Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifles, while disabled, still attracted attention aft
er the most recent terror attacks in Paris.
Instead of using their own rifles, thought to date back to 1907, the group was told to buy replica rifles in France for £1,200 to use in their reenactment of the Pals’ advance across “No Man’s Land” towards German lines.
Unfortunately, members of the society caught with their rifles still faced charges for firearms offenses. ...Under the new EU Firearms Directive, however, rifles are required to have their magazines fixed or blocked.
...The UK Home Office told the society their rifles were permissible, but to their remiss, the bayonets were not"

The Clinton Foundation Enriched Itself By Ripping Off Haiti After 2010 Earthquake

REPORT: The Clinton Foundation Enriched Itself By Ripping Off Haiti After 2010 Earthquake: "...How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians
In January 2015 a group of Haitians surrounded the New York offices of the Clinton Foundation. They chanted slogans, accusing Bill and Hillary Clinton of having robbed them of “billions of dollars.”
Two months later, the Haitians were at it again, accusing the Clintons of duplicity, malfeasance, and theft.
And in May 2015, they were back, this time outside New York’s Cipriani, where Bill Clinton received an award and collected a $500,000 check for his foundation. 
“Clinton, where’s the money?” the Haitian signs read. “In whose pockets?” Said Dhoud Andre of the Commission Against Dictatorship, “We are telling the world of the crimes that Bill and Hillary Clinton are responsible for in Haiti.”
...The devastating effect of the earthquake on a very poor nation provoked worldwide concern and inspired an outpouring of aid money intended to rebuild Haiti.
Countries around the world, as well as private and philanthropic groups such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, provided some $10.5 billion in aid, with $3.9 billion of it coming from the United States.
Haitians such as Andre, however, noticed that very little of this aid money actually got to poor people in Haiti.
Some projects championed by the Clintons, such as the building of industrial parks and posh hotels, cost a great deal of money and offered scarce benefits to the truly needy.
Port-au-Prince was supposed to be rebuilt; it was never rebuilt.
Projects aimed at creating jobs proved to be bitter disappointments.
Haitian unemployment remained high, largely undented by the funds that were supposed to pour into the country.
Famine and illness continued to devastate the island nation."

Fed-Up Sheriff David Clarke Forces Don Lemon to Cut to Break During Tense Black Lives Matter Exchange | Video | TheBlaze.com

Fed-Up Sheriff David Clarke Forces Don Lemon to Cut to Break During Tense Black Lives Matter Exchange | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Hours after the devastating police shooting that claimed the lives of three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sunday, CNN’s Don Lemon invited Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke on air to speak about the recent surge in anti-police violence nationwide.

Lemon began the interview by asking Clarke what his message was to American citizens in the wake of another attack on police just about a week after the shootings in Dallas. The CNN anchor said that he spoke to the Baton Rouge sheriff’s department and police department.

“Their message is peace and coming together in the country. What’s your message?” he asked.

“You don’t believe that for one minute, do you?” Clarke scoffed."

Countering The Fallacy Of Global Warming

Countering The Fallacy Of Global Warming - Technocracy News: 
"The biggest lie about global warming is that the science ‘is settled’ and that the ‘vast number of climate scientists agree.” 
Well, it is not settled and there are many more scientists who disagree that who agree. 
In other words, a minority of fanatical Technocrat scientists are driving the paranoia.  ⁃ Technocracy News Editor"
(Lots more at link)

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History for July 19

History for July 19 - On-This-Day.com:
Samuel Colt 1814, Edgar Degas 1834, Lizzie Borden 1860


Charles Horace Mayo 1865, Philip Agee 1935, George Hamilton IV 1937


1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.


1848 - The Women's Rights Convention took place in Seneca Fall, NY. Bloomers were introduced at the convention.


1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.


1943 - During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.


1971 - In New York, the topping out ceremony for Two World Trade Center (South Tower) took place. The ceremony for One World Trade Center had taken place on December 23, 1970.


1982 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 14% of the population had an income below the official poverty level in 1981.


1984 - Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to become the first woman from a major political party to run for the office of U.S. Vice-President.


1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.

WOW: Oklahoma Makes Massive Move to Strip ALL Power From Barack Obama

WOW: Oklahoma Makes Massive Move to Strip ALL Power From Barack Obama:

"As President Barack Obama has advanced his progressive agenda over the past seven-and-a-half years with coerced help from a kowtowed Congress and ruling by executive fiat when they refused, there has been one state consistently at the forefront of opposition to his destructive efforts.

That state is Oklahoma, and there are plenty of reasons why Obama failed to win even a single county in that state during the 2012 election."

Georgia State prof: 'ISIS not coming after us,' France attack 'increases right-wing politics'

Georgia State prof: 'ISIS not coming after us,' France attack 'increases right-wing politics' - The College Fix:
"On CNN last evening, Georgia State professor Mia Bloom claimed that the terror group ISIS was not “coming after us,” and expressed concern that attacks like that in Nice, France yesterday increase the “degree of right-wing politics” and Islamophobia.

Bloom took issue with former CIA analyst Bruce Sexton whom she believed wasn’t aware that the majority of ISIS’s victims are Muslims.

“I do disagree with Mr. Sexton, because the fact is, and I’ll say this to you, Buck, directly, the vast majority of ISIS’ victims are Muslim. Not us. Not the West,” she said in a somewhat mocking tone.

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

“I’m fully aware of that,” Sexton said. “No one disputes that.”

An animated Bloom took exception to Sexton earlier saying “they’re coming after us,” saying, “They’re not coming after us more than they’re coming after each other.”

“I was referring to the Islamic State, which very clearly through its external operations arm … along with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula which until recently was considered the most virulent and deadly of the jihadist terrorist organizations for this kind of external plotting, they’re continuing to do this,” he said. “Of course they’re killing Muslims.”

MORE: Sadly, here’s 11 ISIS wins on American college campuses

He said he’d seen their “handiwork” in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. After CNN host Don Lemon cut in to make a nonsensical point about the killers being Muslim, Sexton said he was confused that Bloom was accusing him of saying Muslims didn’t make up the majority of the victims from these terrorists.

“Because you said they’re coming after us,” Bloom said. “They’re not just coming after us.“

“Yes, they are in fact coming after us!“ Sexton shouted. “Do you want me to sit here and talk to you about all the terrorist—”

“But they’re mostly going after each other,” she shot back.

“When I say us, I’m referring to America and Europe and the West and all peaceful Muslims and everyone around the world who doesn’t believe that strapping a suicide vest on because you’re disaffected, because you have some belief that somehow this will take you to a place of paradise and virgins, whatever the case may be, everybody who isn’t on that team is on my team,” Sexton said. “This notion you have in your head that when I say us, I’m referring to what? Republican Americans?”

Sexton tore into Bloom’s “preposterous” implication and ridiculed “knee-jerk reaction” that’s frequently expressed by those on the left regarding the “bad rhetoric” from folks attempting “to speak honestly about terrorism.”

Read the full article.

Detroit ranked highest in luxury vs. non-luxury rent disparity

Detroit ranked highest in luxury vs. non-luxury rent disparity | MLive.com:
"Among large U.S. cities, Detroit has the nation's widest gap between luxury and non-luxury apartment rental rates, according to figures gathered by a company that helps renters find homes.
In the report from RENTCafé, Detroit was ranked No. 1 among cities with at least 500,000 residents, with an average luxury apartment rental rate nearly twice as expensive as the average non-luxury unit.
The study compiled rent data across 300 cities with at least 800 apartment units, and looked only at buildings with at least 50 units.
Luxury apartments in Detroit cost, on average, $1,512 a month, according to RentCafe.
The average non-luxury unit: $789, according to the study.
The jump from normal to luxurious means a 92-percent average rate hike. Chicago was ranked second, with an 83-percent disparity.
More on the study here.
A Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies report released earlier this year showed that around 21.3 million renters (49.3 percent) in the U.S., were living in rental units that cost more than 30 percent of their income.
And more than a quarter of the renting population were spending more than half their income on housing.
More on that study here..."

Hacked! Attorney General's Plans to Create Chaos at the RNC and Attack Trump Exposed | iPatriot

Hacked! Attorney General's Plans to Create Chaos at the RNC and Attack Trump Exposed | iPatriot:

"Martial law cannot be imposed country-wide when riots are concentrated in one area, or city – as I understand it, there are 37 cities involved.  This upcoming riot or protest is being coordinated by four individuals.  These individuals are: DeRay McKesson, Johnetta Elzie, Sam (a white guy, who is a useful idiot) and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.  These hacked messages also show that not only is Attorney General Lynch involved – she is one of the master-minds behind the plot to create martial law which would keep Obama in office. While a transcript of the discussion follows, screenshots and details of the hack can be found by clicking this link."