How Many American Adults Are Transgender?

How Many American Adults Are Transgender? | Daily Wire:
"Only 0.53 percent of Americans, or 1.3 million people, identify as transgender, according to data from a 2014 federal survey originally published in the American Journal of Public Health.
In other words, an overwhelming majority of 99.47 percent of Americans do not identify as trans.
The survey, which reviewed a total of 151,000 adult respondents from 19 different states, did not specifically note those who've undergone some sort of physical "transition," but instead included anyone who "identities" as a gender different than their biology.
"Researchers say that 0.53 percent of respondents — about one in every 189 U.S. adults — answered 'yes' to the question, 'Do you consider yourself to be transgender?'" reports CBS News.
Still, the Obama Administration has gone into full panic mode over transgenderism.
For instance, an overreaching federal edict was issued forcing all public schools to allow their students the use the locker-rooms and bathrooms of their subjectively-declared gender, based on their feelings and not biology.
Schools which do not comply are threatened with revoked funding and lawsuits.
...As recent studies have indicated, a stunning 40 percent of trans folks have attempted suicide, relative to just 4.6 percent of the general population.
They also see an increase in homelessness and joblessness. "

BIAS! Look How Differently Reporter Describes Melania and Hillary Wearing The Same Color

BIAS! Look How Differently Reporter Describes Melania and Hillary Wearing The Same Color – American Lookout:

We all know the media is biased for liberals and against conservatives but every once in a while, an example comes along which is so outrageous that you have to laugh.

• Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump wore a white dress to the Republican convention. 
• Hillary Clinton wore a white pant suit to the Democratic convention.

Look at how the same reporter at the same paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer covered each woman.

Image via Reddit:

Obama Added $7.917 Trillion to the National Debt, 68 Percent Spike - Breitbart

Obama Added $7.917 Trillion to the National Debt, 68 Percent Spike - Breitbart:

"President Barack Obama added roughly $7.917 to America’s national debt, which amounts to a 68 percent increase from the $11.657 trillion debt level President George W. Bush accrued by the end of his presidency."

California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine

California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine | US news | The Guardian
"Attorney for Joseph Schawb, charged with driving under the influence of a drug when his blood test showed only caffeine, calls the charge unheard of.
 ‘There are no studies that demonstrate that driving is impaired by caffeine, because no one cares about caffeine,’ said a forensic toxicologist.
Caffeine may be the “nootropic” brain drug of choice in Silicon Valley, but an hour’s drive north in Solano County, California, the stimulant could get you charged with driving under the influence.
...After being pulled over on 5 August 2015, Schwab was charged by the Solano County district attorney with misdemeanor driving under the influence of a drug.
Almost 18 months later, Schwab is preparing to go to trial.
The only evidence the DA has provided of his intoxication is a blood test showing the presence of caffeine.
...The 36-year-old union glazier was given a breathalyzer test which showed a 0.00% blood alcohol level, his attorney said.
He was booked into county jail and had his blood drawn, but the resulting toxicology report came back negative for benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, THC, carisoprodol (a muscle relaxant), methamphetamine/MDMA, oxycodone, and zolpidem.
The sample was screened a second time by a laboratory in Pennsylvania, according to documents provided to the Guardian, where the sole positive result was for caffeine – a substance likely coursing through the veins of many drivers on the road at any given time..."

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History for December 29

History for December 29 - On-This-Day.com:
Charles Goodyear 1800, Andrew Johnson 1808, William Gladstone 1809


Mary Tyler Moore 1936 - Actress, Jon Voight 1938 - Actor, Ted Danson 1947 - Actor ("Cheers")


1170 - St. Thomas à Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II's orders.


1845 - U.S. President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States.


1848 - U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House.


1851 - The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston, MA.


1911 - Sun Yat-sen became the first president of a republican China.


1934 - Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

1940 - During World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London.


1972 - Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstands. The magazine later became a monthly publication.

Obama's Hatred for Israel

Articles: Obama's Hatred for Israel:
"The anti-Israel U.N. resolution of December 23, 2016, which the United States abstained from, is the crowning glory of an anti-Semitic and anti-American administration.  

...It is totally to be expected from a president whose seething animus for all things Jewish was evident from his very first days in office.  
It will remain a ...moment of shame for America.
...the U.N. has become a cesspool of tyrants who do nothing but serve the interests of dictatorships across the globe.  
The U.N. continues to look the other way as Palestinian children are fed a daily diet of anti-American and anti-Semitic material whose result is seen daily as bombs explode all over the world killing the infidels.
...As Benjamin Netanyahu has stated, "at a time when the Security Council does nothing to stop the slaughter of half a million people in Syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the Middle East, Israel, and calls the Western Wall 'occupied territory.'" 
Hence, it is the duty of the United States – in fact, the moral obligation – to end the infamous reign of the United Nations because we are financially supporting an organization that encourages this evil.  
At U.N. Watch, one learns that the UNRWA's "teachers, principals and other staff continually spread racial hatred, anti-Semitism and support for terrorism," as documented in reports that have identified more than 30 individual perpetrators.
Thus, Obama not only failed to protect Israel against the gang-up at the U.N., but "colluded" with the United Nations behind the scenes to promote this dastardly decision.  
In fact, "the Obama administration secretly worked with the Palestinian Authority" to craft the resolution.
Obama and Samantha Power have thrown the United States in with odious regimes where human rights are continually trampled by claiming that "the settlements have no legality."  
It is a shameful act, and it "is a lie..."

GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS ARE RETIRING OUTSIDE THE US

News from The Associated Press:
"A growing number of Americans are retiring outside the United States.
In many cases, they're looking for a way to stretch their retirement income.
The percent of American retirees living abroad rose 17 percent between 2010 and 2015.
All told, the Social Security Administration says there are just under 400,000 American retirees living elsewhere.
Countries they've chosen most often: 

• Canada, 
• Japan, 
• Mexico, 
• Germany and the 
• United Kingdom.

Viviana Rojas, an associate professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, says not speaking the language or knowing the culture may be a hurdle for retirees moving to another country. Accessing health care also can be a challenge.
Olivia S. Mitchell, director of the Pension Research Council, says Medicare is not available to those outside the U.S."

John Bolton Goes For Obama's Jugular, Reveals The REAL Reason Barack Allowed Anti-Israel Vote

John Bolton Goes For Obama's Jugular, Reveals The REAL Reason Barack Allowed Anti-Israel Vote:

"When Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations abstained from a vote condemning Israel at the global body, it was the final perfidy of a president who has alienated and bullied the Jewish state for the entirety of his presidency.

According to John Bolton — former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush and under consideration for a position in the Trump administration — President Obama’s intentions were even more devious than just knifing Israel in the back."

Worth your time-----Thomas Sowell in Pictures

Thomas Sowell in Pictures | Power Line:
"As Scott notes below, the indispensable Thomas Sowell is ending his column. 
One of the things that will be missed is the aphoristic quality of  his writing that has spawned a cottage industry of Sowell memes.
I’ve included a few now and then in the Saturday Week in Pictures gallery, but I think he deserves a grand send off from our format. 
(And here’s to hoping the mischievous folks at Despair.com offer these as wall posters for economics departments in universities everywhere.)"


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California Now Mandating EVs from Volkswagen

California Now Mandating EVs from Volkswagen:
"...And California, which has set its own EV (electric vehicle) mandate requiring electric vehicles, has taken what might be seen as a disproportionately strong role in determining how Volkswagen makes amends—to the point where Sacramento is dictating the
automaker's product lineup.
The federal Secondary Consent Decree released this week for those vehicles included a separate document for California. 
...They go well beyond stating to whom Volkswagen should pay fines or how the state should spend its $800 million share of the $2 billion VW is mandated to spend for infrastructure updates.
It could be the first time ever in which an automaker is required by regulators to build a particular product—a product that might not even have been in the pipeline—as punishment for wrongdoing.
..."The manufacturers will provide at least three new models of electric vehicles for sale in California—including at least one SUV model—before 2019," the California Air Resources Board (CARB) said in a statement accompanying the document's release.
"The companies must add a second electric SUV model by 2020 and keep these electric models on the market through at least 2025."
...The California-specific requirements also compel Volkswagen to complete two Green City initiatives.
These can include the establishment of car-sharing services, zero-emission transit applications, or zero-emission freight transport projects, and they have to be implemented in cities with a population of 500,000 or more "that predominantly consist of disadvantaged communities" as identified by a mapping tool.
The settlement for California also requires Volkswagen to make a payment of $25 million by July 1, 2017, in support of vehicle replacement programs and specifically Plus-Up, a program that helps people in low-income communities in the San Joaquin Valley and South Coast regions get an electric vehicle at reduced cost.
Their trade-in clunker is crushed onsite..."

Lunch video-----Stop Spending Our Future - The Crisis

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Judicial Watch Wins Appeal: Court Rules State Department Can Be Required To Ask Attorney General to Recover Clinton Emails - Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch Wins Appeal: Court Rules State Department Can Be Required To Ask Attorney General to Recover Clinton Emails - Judicial Watch:

"Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a case that would require Secretary of State John Kerry to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails:

The courts seem to be fed up with the Obama administration’s refusal to enforce the rule of law on the Clinton emails.  Today’s appeals court ruling rejects the Obama State Department’s excuses justifying its failure to ask the attorney general, as the law requires, to pursue the recovery of the Clinton emails."

TRENDING: Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity

TRENDING: Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity - The College Fix
VIDEO: Undoing a legacy of ‘harm, oppression and dominance’

Universities across the nation are taking steps to actively purge male students of what’s been labeled “toxic masculinity.”

Examples abound of campuses hosting training sessions, group meetings, lectures and other programs to effectively cleanse what many campus leaders and left-leaning scholars contend is an unhealthy masculinity in young men today.

On campus, toxic masculinity is often blamed for sexual violence, body shaming, a “hyper-masculinized sporting culture,” acts of domestic terrorism and much more.

For example, a class at Dartmouth College this semester, “The Orlando Syllabus,” identifies so-called toxic masculinity as playing a role in the mass murder spree at a Florida club during the summer. 

This despite the fact that the gunman, Omar Mateen, told police on the phone as he committed the massacre he did it on behalf of ISIS..."

Read on!

Consumer confidence surging

Consumer confidence surging:
"The effects of a profound change in national direction are already being felt in the American economy:

Consumer confidence climbed in December to the highest level since August 2001 as Americans were more upbeat about the outlook than at any time in the last 13 years, according to a report Tuesday from the New York-based Conference Board.

• Confidence index increased to 113.7 (forecast was 109) from a revised 109.4 in November
• Measure of consumer expectations for the next six months rose to 105.5, the highest since December 2003, from 94.4

American households are expecting a Donald Trump administration to deliver. They are more upbeat about the prospects for the economy, labor market and their incomes, according to the Conference Board’s report.

The results corroborate surveys by the University of Michigan and the National Federation of Independent Business, which showed jumps in household and business sentiment on Trump’s pledges to boost jobs, cut taxes and ease regulations..."

Stunning photos show difference between West and East Europe (guess who needs police to protect Christmas markets)

Stunning photos show difference between West and East Europe (guess who needs police to protect Christmas markets) | 10News.dk:

EmDrive: Beating NASA, China claims to have carried out successful test of 'impossible technology'

EmDrive: Beating NASA, China claims to have carried out successful test of 'impossible technology'
NASA has been trying to make the hypothetical technology, but China claims that it has successfully carried out a test.
China has also surprised everyone by revealing that more tests are being conducted on EmDrive. The tests are being conducted aboard its Tiangong-2 space station.

A press conference was recently held in Beijing where the EmDrive technology was discussed. This press conference was held by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), which is a subsidiary of the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and the manufacturer of the Dong Fang Hong satellites.

This image explains how the space propulsion technology EmDrive carries out its function.NASA

..."China claims that it has been conducting researches on EmDrive for the past five years, but no proof or paperwork is there to aid their claim of carrying out a successful mission using the technology, Science Alert reported. 

The hypothetical EmDrive technology operates by emitting microwaves in a cone-shaped engine. 
It makes the engine move forward and enact like a propulsion system. 

What makes EmDrive more outstanding is its rare propulsion which terminates any rocket fuel requirement..."

NYT: 'Fake News' Backfires as Breitbart, Conservatives 'Appropriated the Term' - Breitbart

NYT: 'Fake News' Backfires as Breitbart, Conservatives 'Appropriated the Term' - Breitbart:

"From the New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The C.I.A., the F.B.I. and the White House may all agree that Russia was behind the hacking that interfered with the election. But that was of no import to the website Breitbart News, which dismissed reports on the intelligence assessment as “left-wing fake news.”"

How the FAA’s War on Drones Is Killing a Popular Pastime

How the FAA’s War on Drones Is Killing a Popular Pastime
"One year ago, officials at the Federal Aviation Administration rang in the holidays as only bureaucrats can: writing new regulations forcing drone owners to register themselves with the federal government before their first flight.

And because nothing says “Christmas” quite like criminal fines and jail time, the agency promised $277,500 in civil and criminal penalties and three years’ imprisonment to any overeager youngster who rushed out to play without first thinking about the wishes of a distant bureaucracy.

The FAA’s recreational registry was, and remains, one of the most egregious acts of regulatory overcriminalization in recent memory. 

Even the agency’s own registration task force reported that the criminal penalties drone owners would face were disproportionate in the hobby drone context. 

Nevertheless, the FAA charged ahead, releasing its interim final rule to the public just three weeks after the task force report, and a scant seven days before going into effect.

...There were some flaws to this line of reasoning. 

First, the FAA could not, and still cannot, point to a single collision between a drone and a civilian airliner..."

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History for December 28

History for December 28 - On-This-Day.com
Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President, John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer, Clifford Charles "Cliff" Arquette 1905 - Actor (The RCA Victor Show, Hollywood Squares), played character "Charlie Weaver," grandfather of actress Roseanna Arquette


Sam Levinson 1911 - Humorist, Maggie Smith 1934 - Actress (Lettice & Lovage), Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane)


1732 - "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack."


1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.


1836 - Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain.


1877 - John Stevens applied for a patent for his flour-rolling mill, which boosted production by 70%.


1937 - The Irish Free State became the Republic of Ireland when a new constitution established the country as a sovereign state under the name of Eire.


1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance."


1973 - The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its association with the All-American Soap Box Derby. It was stated that the race had become "a victim of cheating and fraud."


1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.