"On the heels of the controversy surrounding the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech at University of California, Berkeley, a university student senator who originally branded Coulter’s speech a “violent conversation” told the school newspaper that police presence on campus is traumatizing to minorities."
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Berkeley students are worried that police presence might traumatize minorities – TheBlaze
Berkeley students are worried that police presence might traumatize minorities – TheBlaze:
"On the heels of the controversy surrounding the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech at University of California, Berkeley, a university student senator who originally branded Coulter’s speech a “violent conversation” told the school newspaper that police presence on campus is traumatizing to minorities."
"On the heels of the controversy surrounding the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech at University of California, Berkeley, a university student senator who originally branded Coulter’s speech a “violent conversation” told the school newspaper that police presence on campus is traumatizing to minorities."
Rogue journalist stuns White House reporters with surprise grilling
Rogue journalist stuns White House reporters with surprise grilling:
"As soon as Press Secretary Sean Spicer concluded his daily briefing and left the room, documentary filmmaker Mike Cernovich addressed reporters and loudly asked, “Why will nobody here cover the violence against Trump supporters?”
A confused hush fell over the room as reporters, unaccustomed to being on the receiving end of shouted questions, tried to figure out what was going on.
But Cernocivh immediately continued, “And why won’t you demand that leaders of the Democrats disavow the violence by Antifa the way you demanded Trump disavow violence from his supporters?”"
A confused hush fell over the room as reporters, unaccustomed to being on the receiving end of shouted questions, tried to figure out what was going on.
But Cernocivh immediately continued, “And why won’t you demand that leaders of the Democrats disavow the violence by Antifa the way you demanded Trump disavow violence from his supporters?”"
Trump will test Democrats' tax patriotism: Glenn Reynolds
Trump will test Democrats' tax patriotism: Glenn Reynolds:
"Democrats have been saying for years that we need tax increases, and that paying taxes is one of the greatest forms of patriotism.
Now it looks like President Trump is going to put their beliefs to the test.
Trump’s new tax plan would hit blue states hardest, by eliminating the federal deductibility of state income and property taxes.
That’s going to make it harder for blue states to maintain the high tax rates they’ve traditionally levied.
Right now, if you pay state property or income taxes, you can deduct them against your federal income taxes.
In effect, it means that if you’re in a high federal bracket, your state taxes may be offset by that federal deduction to the tune of 40% or more.
End the federal deduction, though, and high state taxes come straight out of taxpayers’ pockets with no offset.
As economist Nicole Kaeding told The Hill, by allowing deductions for state taxes, “the federal government is essentially subsidizing high tax rates in states like California and New York...”
"Democrats have been saying for years that we need tax increases, and that paying taxes is one of the greatest forms of patriotism.
Now it looks like President Trump is going to put their beliefs to the test.Trump’s new tax plan would hit blue states hardest, by eliminating the federal deductibility of state income and property taxes.
That’s going to make it harder for blue states to maintain the high tax rates they’ve traditionally levied.
Right now, if you pay state property or income taxes, you can deduct them against your federal income taxes.
In effect, it means that if you’re in a high federal bracket, your state taxes may be offset by that federal deduction to the tune of 40% or more.
End the federal deduction, though, and high state taxes come straight out of taxpayers’ pockets with no offset.
As economist Nicole Kaeding told The Hill, by allowing deductions for state taxes, “the federal government is essentially subsidizing high tax rates in states like California and New York...”
Remember the VICTIMS of Communism on May Day! | Trending
"...But May 1 is also suggested as a commemorative day for another, much darker, reason.
Ilya Somin has been campaigning for years to have May 1 declared Victims of Communism Day.
Here's why it's important:
Communism in the 20th century killed 100 million people, according to the Black Book of Communism.
That included Jews, Kazakhs, Ukrainians in Russia, millions of Chinese under Mao, millions of Cambodians under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge;
for most of that time, western media was at best indifferent and at worst directly misleading (like Walter Duranty and the Holodomor).
As Somin says:
Our comparative neglect of communist crimes has serious costs.
Victims of Communism Day can serve the dual purpose of
- appropriately commemorating the millions of victims, and
- diminishing the likelihood that such atrocities will recur.
Just as Holocaust Memorial Day and other similar events help sensitize us to the dangers of racism, anti-Semitism, and radical nationalism, so Victims of Communism Day can increase awareness of the dangers of left-wing forms of totalitarianism, and government control of the economy and civil society..."
Climate Change Rally in Colorado Postponed After Monster Snowstorm - Breitbart
Climate Change Rally in Colorado Postponed After Monster Snowstorm - Breitbart:
"A rally in Colorado Springs designed to warn people of the effects of climate change and global warming was postponed this weekend after a snowstorm made it too risky to proceed.
The event, organized by local environmentalist group 350 Colorado Springs, was also a protest against the Trump administration’s policies on climate change."
The event, organized by local environmentalist group 350 Colorado Springs, was also a protest against the Trump administration’s policies on climate change."
Rush on the terrible spending bill: "Why is anybody voting Republican, if this is what happens when we win?" - Hot Air Hot Air
Rush on the terrible spending bill: "Why is anybody voting Republican, if this is what happens when we win?" - Hot Air Hot Air:
"It’s a fair question.
I know the headline makes it sound like he’s criticizing Trump, but after a year and a half of Rush applauding him at every turn, you should know better than that by now.
He sort of criticizes him.
It’s the special interests who are responsible for this garbage spending bill, he insists, aided and abetted by the corrupt Republican establishment.
All true enough, but how about the superhero whom America elected to impose his will on Washington and to drain the swamp?
Does he bear any blame?
Would Obama bear any blame on conservative talk radio if Democrats controlled Congress during his presidency and produced a bill like this?
Limbaugh concedes that Trump should be more proactive, writing his own legislation and sending it to the Hill.
But what if, and bear with me here, what if Trump … just doesn’t care much about the details of legislation?
That might explain why we ended up with a bizarrely anti-populist health-care bill and a series of surreal reversals on core campaign points like NATO’s obsolescence and China’s currency manipulation.
What if his main concern is popularity, in the form of averting any shutdowns for which he might be blamed, instead of major policy gains?
"It’s a fair question.
I know the headline makes it sound like he’s criticizing Trump, but after a year and a half of Rush applauding him at every turn, you should know better than that by now.
He sort of criticizes him.
It’s the special interests who are responsible for this garbage spending bill, he insists, aided and abetted by the corrupt Republican establishment.
All true enough, but how about the superhero whom America elected to impose his will on Washington and to drain the swamp?
Would Obama bear any blame on conservative talk radio if Democrats controlled Congress during his presidency and produced a bill like this?
Limbaugh concedes that Trump should be more proactive, writing his own legislation and sending it to the Hill.
But what if, and bear with me here, what if Trump … just doesn’t care much about the details of legislation?
That might explain why we ended up with a bizarrely anti-populist health-care bill and a series of surreal reversals on core campaign points like NATO’s obsolescence and China’s currency manipulation.
What if his main concern is popularity, in the form of averting any shutdowns for which he might be blamed, instead of major policy gains?
But the dirty little secret is that there isn’t any evidence that anywhere in Washington is there any aspect of the Trump agenda on display. It doesn’t seem to be that in the House of Representatives that there is a desire to implement any of the Trump agenda. It doesn’t seem in the Senate that there is a desire to implement any of the Trump agenda. It does seem in the House that there is a lot of energy devoted to stopping a Trump agenda. Ditto in the Senate…
Buyer beware: Subsidy-driven solar industry a bubble waiting to burst | TheHill
Buyer beware: Subsidy-driven solar industry a bubble waiting to burst | TheHill
"Automotive research company Edmunds warned that the elimination of the $7,500 U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles (EV) is, “likely to kill the EV market” according to Bloomberg.
Think about this.
TESLA, an electric car company that has yet to make a profit, has the largest market capitalization of any U.S. auto company recently surpassing both Ford and General Motors, and a leading auto company analyst predicts that absent federal government subsidies, the entire market for their product will collapse.
Talk about tulip bubble.
In a separate article, Bloomberg reports that GM expects to earn more than $9 billion this year and analysts predict Ford will generate adjusted profit of about $6.3 billion.
On that basis, Tesla is expected to lose more than $950 million.
The largest auto company in the U.S. is valued on the U.S. stock market at approximately $60 billion, they don’t make a profit, and would be devastated if federal and state government subsidies were removed.
As the old television show starring Fran Tarkenton used to say, “That’s Incredible!”
The owner of TESLA, Elon Musk is the primary beneficiary of this government subsidized valuation bubble, but this is not the first industry that Musk has been involved in which receives massive subsidization and is wrapped in controversy.
Musk also owns solar panel company Solar City.
A recent report issued by Americans for Limited Government Foundation chronicled on-going consumer complaints and problems across America due to shady sales and marketing practices that run rampant throughout the highly subsidized solar panel industry.
...In Arizona, a spokesperson for the state attorney general reported that they have been “flooded” with complaint calls over the failure of a solar installation contractor to actually perform the work after accepting thousands of dollars in payments from more than a thousand customers. It must be noted that Arizona offers state solar tax credits up to 25 percent of total system costs not to exceed $1,000, subsidies which are used as sales tools to convince consumers that solar makes sense.
...Given the levels of government subsidies, commonsense transparency reforms need to be put in place at the state level to help consumers make an informed solar judgment.
It is in the interest of both the solar industry and the consumer to ensure that the government subsidy they get doesn’t turn to fools gold for the consumers they entice.
Read the full report here
And when it comes to TESLA stock, let the buyer beware."
"Automotive research company Edmunds warned that the elimination of the $7,500 U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles (EV) is, “likely to kill the EV market” according to Bloomberg.
Think about this.
TESLA, an electric car company that has yet to make a profit, has the largest market capitalization of any U.S. auto company recently surpassing both Ford and General Motors, and a leading auto company analyst predicts that absent federal government subsidies, the entire market for their product will collapse.
Talk about tulip bubble.In a separate article, Bloomberg reports that GM expects to earn more than $9 billion this year and analysts predict Ford will generate adjusted profit of about $6.3 billion.
On that basis, Tesla is expected to lose more than $950 million.
The largest auto company in the U.S. is valued on the U.S. stock market at approximately $60 billion, they don’t make a profit, and would be devastated if federal and state government subsidies were removed.
As the old television show starring Fran Tarkenton used to say, “That’s Incredible!”
The owner of TESLA, Elon Musk is the primary beneficiary of this government subsidized valuation bubble, but this is not the first industry that Musk has been involved in which receives massive subsidization and is wrapped in controversy.
Musk also owns solar panel company Solar City.
A recent report issued by Americans for Limited Government Foundation chronicled on-going consumer complaints and problems across America due to shady sales and marketing practices that run rampant throughout the highly subsidized solar panel industry.
...In Arizona, a spokesperson for the state attorney general reported that they have been “flooded” with complaint calls over the failure of a solar installation contractor to actually perform the work after accepting thousands of dollars in payments from more than a thousand customers. It must be noted that Arizona offers state solar tax credits up to 25 percent of total system costs not to exceed $1,000, subsidies which are used as sales tools to convince consumers that solar makes sense.
...Given the levels of government subsidies, commonsense transparency reforms need to be put in place at the state level to help consumers make an informed solar judgment.
It is in the interest of both the solar industry and the consumer to ensure that the government subsidy they get doesn’t turn to fools gold for the consumers they entice.
Read the full report here
And when it comes to TESLA stock, let the buyer beware."
Fox News Contributor Points to Fresno Shooting As Obama's Legacy
Fox News Contributor Points to Fresno Shooting As Obama's Legacy:
"Broken politics and radical beliefs have consequences — and one of the consequences of former President Barack Obama’s eight years in office may be a lingering legacy of anger and hatred.
That view was recently expressed by Kevin Jackson, a conservative commentator and talk radio host. During an appearance on Fox News, Jackson pointed out how the Fresno mass shooting is connected to Obama’s past rhetoric.
“It’s a typical sort of narrative of the left to say, ‘pick one,’ right now they’re saying ‘pick one,’” Jackson began. “You can’t have terror and you can’t have race at the same time, when in fact, that’s exactly what it was.”"
"Broken politics and radical beliefs have consequences — and one of the consequences of former President Barack Obama’s eight years in office may be a lingering legacy of anger and hatred.
“It’s a typical sort of narrative of the left to say, ‘pick one,’ right now they’re saying ‘pick one,’” Jackson began. “You can’t have terror and you can’t have race at the same time, when in fact, that’s exactly what it was.”"
It’s a crime this story was ignored – Da Tech Guy Blog
It’s a crime this story was ignored – Da Tech Guy Blog:
"“Crime by Migrants in Germany Increase.”
The headline on the story, buried deep within the Wall Street Journal, was so innocuous it might as well have said, “Nothing to See Here, Folks — Please Move Along.”
Despite the mild headline, however, the article by Ruth Brenner was filled with statistics that spun a tale of terror.
From 2015 to 2016, crimes committed by refugees and other migrants to Germany soared by 52.7%, a figure sure to attract attention.
Except it didn’t.
I saw a few references to the stats on conservative websites, but not even the crickets chirped in the mainstream media.
The pure numbers are just as startling: Migrants were charged with 114,238 crimes in 2015 and 174,438 last year.
Meanwhile, crimes committed by German citizens plummeted by 3.4% in the same period.
Despite the drop in misconduct by natives, the country’s overall crime rate was up by 0.7 percent..."
"“Crime by Migrants in Germany Increase.”
The headline on the story, buried deep within the Wall Street Journal, was so innocuous it might as well have said, “Nothing to See Here, Folks — Please Move Along.”Despite the mild headline, however, the article by Ruth Brenner was filled with statistics that spun a tale of terror.
From 2015 to 2016, crimes committed by refugees and other migrants to Germany soared by 52.7%, a figure sure to attract attention.
Except it didn’t.
I saw a few references to the stats on conservative websites, but not even the crickets chirped in the mainstream media.
The pure numbers are just as startling: Migrants were charged with 114,238 crimes in 2015 and 174,438 last year.
Meanwhile, crimes committed by German citizens plummeted by 3.4% in the same period.
Despite the drop in misconduct by natives, the country’s overall crime rate was up by 0.7 percent..."
Study Wants To End Calling Breastfeeding 'Natural'
Study Wants To End Calling Breastfeeding 'Natural'
"Those aligned with the "party of science" have been, ironically, finding sillier and sillier ways to pretend that biology isn't science.
For example, nature -- not intellect -- created breastfeeding, so by definition breastfeeding is natural.
However, a major medical journal has just published a study arguing that calling nature "natural" is "unethical," because truth is problematic or something:
"Those aligned with the "party of science" have been, ironically, finding sillier and sillier ways to pretend that biology isn't science.
It’s “ethically inappropriate” for government and medical organizations to describe breastfeeding as “natural” because the term enforces rigid notions about gender roles, claims a new study in Pediatrics.
Why You Should Buy the Dumbest Appliances You Can Find
Why You Should Buy the Dumbest Appliances You Can Find:
Many of the predictions sounded familiar, so while the panelists were talking I did a Google search on my phone and found this New York Times article: "Forget about waiting in your bathrobe for the tub to fill or padding around at night to lock the doors and turn off the lights. Think instead about calling up your appliances—the refrigerator, the hot tub, the alarms—from the car phone as you commute home from work. The refrigerator defrosts a pie and tells the oven to start the roast; the range signals the microwave oven to heat the soufflé, and 102-degree water fills the bathtub."
That article is from 1988.
...Most people's houses still don't have almost any of that stuff, and the fact that they don't suggests either that manufacturing truly smart gadgets is harder than anyone lets on, or that consumers aren't all that interested in leaving raw meat in a cold oven all day so that they can begin cooking it as they drive home from work.
Or maybe it's a little of both.
Buy the dumbest appliances you can find..."
"...One afternoon, I attended a panel discussion about the rapidly approaching "connected home," referred to nowadays as the Internet of Things.
The panelists promised that household devices of all kinds would soon be connected to one another and to the internet, thereby transforming the average American home into a futuristic fortress of hyperefficiency.
The panelists promised that household devices of all kinds would soon be connected to one another and to the internet, thereby transforming the average American home into a futuristic fortress of hyperefficiency.
Many of the predictions sounded familiar, so while the panelists were talking I did a Google search on my phone and found this New York Times article: "Forget about waiting in your bathrobe for the tub to fill or padding around at night to lock the doors and turn off the lights. Think instead about calling up your appliances—the refrigerator, the hot tub, the alarms—from the car phone as you commute home from work. The refrigerator defrosts a pie and tells the oven to start the roast; the range signals the microwave oven to heat the soufflé, and 102-degree water fills the bathtub." That article is from 1988.
...Most people's houses still don't have almost any of that stuff, and the fact that they don't suggests either that manufacturing truly smart gadgets is harder than anyone lets on, or that consumers aren't all that interested in leaving raw meat in a cold oven all day so that they can begin cooking it as they drive home from work.
Or maybe it's a little of both.
...I hereby propose the Owen Test of appliance connectivity: Until I can operate my Samsung TV, Blu-Ray player, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Cisco cable box with a single remote control, the Internet of Things is a hoax.
...The appliances in my mother's kitchen weren't smart, but they lasted forever. If one of them broke, a repairman came to our house and fixed it.
The last time a repairman came to my house, he told me that he'd had to get a full-time weekday job at Home Depot because nowadays, when appliances break, most people just buy new ones.
And they do break.
Now, the most vulnerable parts of modern appliances are usually the ones containing computer chips.
My wife and I learned that when we fried the brains of a pair of expensive side-by-side convection ovens by self-cleaning them simultaneously.
The repairman's advice, after pronouncing the circuit boards too costly to replace: Buy the dumbest appliances you can find..."
Major state playing devious trick with ‘religious freedom’
Major state playing devious trick with ‘religious freedom’:
"“This bill has nothing to do with genuine religious freedom issues,” Robert Spencer, co-founder of Stop Islamization of America and the Freedom Defense Initiative told WND. “Instead, it is intended to hamper law enforcement by being a Shariah-compliant bill to hamper legitimate attempts to keep us safe.”
SB 31, labeled the California Religious Freedom Act, would appear to be in the same vein as bills passed by state legislatures in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. It passed the state Senate April 4 and now is in the hands of the Assembly."
SB 31, labeled the California Religious Freedom Act, would appear to be in the same vein as bills passed by state legislatures in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. It passed the state Senate April 4 and now is in the hands of the Assembly."
Almost every speed limit is too low
Almost every speed limit is too low
"When lieutenant Gary Megge of the Michigan State Police attends a meeting, he sometimes asks, “How many of you broke the speed limit on your way here?”
Hearing his question, you might assume that lieutenant Megge is a particularly zealous police officer. The type of person who walks half a city block to avoid jaywalking on an empty street.
The model citizen who defers almost obnoxiously to the letter of the law.
But that is not the point of lieutenant Megge’s question at all.
“We all speed, yet months and months usually pass between us seeing a crash,” lieutenant Megge tells us when we call to discuss speed limits.
“That tells me that most of us are adequate, safe, reasonable drivers.
Speeding and traffic safety have a small correlation.”
Over the past 12 years, lieutenant Megge has increased the speed limit on nearly 400 of Michigan’s roadways.
Each time, he or one of his officers hears from community groups who complain that people already drive too fast.
But as Megge and his colleagues explain, their intent is not to reduce congestion, bow to the reality that everyone drives too fast, or even strike a balance between safety concerns and drivers’ desire to arrive at their destinations faster.
Quite the opposite, lieutenant Megge advocates for raising speed limits because he believes it makes roads safer.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING 101
Every year, traffic engineers review the speed limit on thousands of stretches of road and highway. Most are reviewed by a member of the state’s Department of Transportation, often along with a member of the state police, as is the case in Michigan.
In each case, the “survey team” has a clear approach: they want to set the speed limit so that 15% of drivers exceed it and 85% of drivers drive at or below the speed limit.
This “nationally recognized method” of setting the speed limit as the 85th percentile speed is essentially traffic engineering 101.
It’s also a bit perplexing to those unfamiliar with the concept.
Shouldn’t everyone drive at or below the speed limit?
And if a driver’s speed is dictated by the speed limit, how can you decide whether or not to change that limit based on the speed of traffic?
The answer lies in realizing that the speed limit really is just a number on a sign, and it has very little influence on how fast people drive..."
"When lieutenant Gary Megge of the Michigan State Police attends a meeting, he sometimes asks, “How many of you broke the speed limit on your way here?”
Hearing his question, you might assume that lieutenant Megge is a particularly zealous police officer. The type of person who walks half a city block to avoid jaywalking on an empty street.
The model citizen who defers almost obnoxiously to the letter of the law.
But that is not the point of lieutenant Megge’s question at all.
“We all speed, yet months and months usually pass between us seeing a crash,” lieutenant Megge tells us when we call to discuss speed limits.“That tells me that most of us are adequate, safe, reasonable drivers.
Speeding and traffic safety have a small correlation.”
Over the past 12 years, lieutenant Megge has increased the speed limit on nearly 400 of Michigan’s roadways.
Each time, he or one of his officers hears from community groups who complain that people already drive too fast.
But as Megge and his colleagues explain, their intent is not to reduce congestion, bow to the reality that everyone drives too fast, or even strike a balance between safety concerns and drivers’ desire to arrive at their destinations faster.
Quite the opposite, lieutenant Megge advocates for raising speed limits because he believes it makes roads safer.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING 101
Every year, traffic engineers review the speed limit on thousands of stretches of road and highway. Most are reviewed by a member of the state’s Department of Transportation, often along with a member of the state police, as is the case in Michigan.
In each case, the “survey team” has a clear approach: they want to set the speed limit so that 15% of drivers exceed it and 85% of drivers drive at or below the speed limit.
This “nationally recognized method” of setting the speed limit as the 85th percentile speed is essentially traffic engineering 101.
It’s also a bit perplexing to those unfamiliar with the concept.
Shouldn’t everyone drive at or below the speed limit?
And if a driver’s speed is dictated by the speed limit, how can you decide whether or not to change that limit based on the speed of traffic?
The answer lies in realizing that the speed limit really is just a number on a sign, and it has very little influence on how fast people drive..."
History for May 2
History for May 2 - On-This-Day.com:
Catherine The Great (Ekaterina Alekseevna) 1729 - Russian leader Catherine II, Henry M. Robert 1837 - U.S. Army General, author, Hedda Hopper (Elda Furry) 1890 - Actress and gossip columnist
Baron Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) 1892 - German fighter pilot, Bing Crosby 1903 - Singer, according to Bing Crosby his birthday is May 2nd, his birthday is actually May 3, real name: Harry Lillis Crosby, Lesley Gore 1946 - Singer
1670 - The Hudson Bay Company was founded by England's King Charles II.
1863 - Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by his own men in the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. He died 8 days later.
1885 - The Congo Free State was established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
1885 - The magazine "Good Housekeeping" was first published.
1902 - "A Trip to the Moon," the first science fiction film was released. It was created by magician George Melies.
1941 - The Federal Communications Commission agreed to let regular scheduling of TV broadcasts by commercial TV stations begin on July 1, 1941. This was the start of network television.
1969 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) made its maiden voyage.
1974 - The filming of "Jaws" began in Martha's Vineyard, MA.
Monday, May 01, 2017
May Day: Truth About Labor Unions They Don't Teach in School | The Federalist Papers
May Day: Truth About Labor Unions They Don't Teach in School | The Federalist Papers:
"Capitalism is what works. Labor unions don’t!
From History.com:
In early 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford’s office workers the following August."
"Capitalism is what works. Labor unions don’t!
From History.com:
In early 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford’s office workers the following August."
Dear Germany – this time you’re making the front pages - Israel National News
Dear Germany – this time you’re making the front pages - Israel National News:
"This is not 1933, nor is it 1943. Things are different. Israel is the big difference and what a difference a generation makes.
These days Israel celebrates the 69th Anniversary of its Independence. The Jewish State is not to be trifled, as were the Jews in the good old days.
Back then when you kicked us around you managed to get the cooperation of The New York Times and others to hide your dirty work.
The papers – led by the Times – let you off the hook as you rounded up, shot and gassed millions of our people.
They buried the news on the back pages.
"This is not 1933, nor is it 1943. Things are different. Israel is the big difference and what a difference a generation makes.
Back then when you kicked us around you managed to get the cooperation of The New York Times and others to hide your dirty work.
The papers – led by the Times – let you off the hook as you rounded up, shot and gassed millions of our people.
They buried the news on the back pages.
Technology - Bloomberg
Technology - Bloomberg:
"Austria is seeking ways to make digital services like Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Facebook Inc. pay taxes for transactions with the nation’s internet users, trying to plug gaps in a tax system still designed for brick-and-mortar business.
The most ambitious part of the plan targets the business models of Twitter Inc., Google or Facebook:
The tacit pact under which searching, liking, posting and tweeting remains free as long as users let the companies feed usage data into algorithms that help tailor advertising that can be aimed at the most likely buyers.
That arrangement is a form of bartering, and a value-added tax could be imposed on such transactions just as the levies are extended in other parts of the economy, said Andreas Schieder, the parliamentary head of Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s Social Democrats, which govern in a coalition with the conservative People’s Party.
“The business transaction that’s going on here is that users are paying with their personal data,” Schieder told journalists in Vienna.
“The business model of those internet companies is based on massive revenues that are generated with the help of those data...”
Read on!
"Austria is seeking ways to make digital services like Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Facebook Inc. pay taxes for transactions with the nation’s internet users, trying to plug gaps in a tax system still designed for brick-and-mortar business.
The most ambitious part of the plan targets the business models of Twitter Inc., Google or Facebook: The tacit pact under which searching, liking, posting and tweeting remains free as long as users let the companies feed usage data into algorithms that help tailor advertising that can be aimed at the most likely buyers.
That arrangement is a form of bartering, and a value-added tax could be imposed on such transactions just as the levies are extended in other parts of the economy, said Andreas Schieder, the parliamentary head of Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s Social Democrats, which govern in a coalition with the conservative People’s Party.
“The business transaction that’s going on here is that users are paying with their personal data,” Schieder told journalists in Vienna.
“The business model of those internet companies is based on massive revenues that are generated with the help of those data...”
Read on!
QOTD: “Everybody knows somebody who has gotten their daughter cut [FGM]…”
QOTD: “Everybody knows somebody who has gotten their daughter cut [FGM]…” |:
"The recent arrest of a Michigan doctor accused of performing the procedure on two 7-year-old girls from [Zehra] Patwa’s own Shiite Muslim sect, the Dawoodi Bohra, highlights how female genital mutilation is alive and well in parts of the Western world where its adherents have migrated and formed communities.
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is accused of performing the procedure on two Minnesota girls that left them with scars and lacerations.
Her attorney, Shannon Smith, insists that Nagarwala conducted a benign religious ritual that involved no mutilation.
Prosecutors on Friday charged two other Bohras, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, Farida Attar, with conspiracy.
Fakhruddin Attar owns the Detroit-area clinic where the alleged procedures were performed in February, and investigators say the couple knew Nagarwala was doing the procedures after business hours.
There are more than a million Bohras in the world, most of whom live in India.
No one knows how many there are in the U.S., but it’s estimated there are about 25,000 and that they have about 20 mosques and gathering places..."
"The recent arrest of a Michigan doctor accused of performing the procedure on two 7-year-old girls from [Zehra] Patwa’s own Shiite Muslim sect, the Dawoodi Bohra, highlights how female genital mutilation is alive and well in parts of the Western world where its adherents have migrated and formed communities.
Her attorney, Shannon Smith, insists that Nagarwala conducted a benign religious ritual that involved no mutilation.
Prosecutors on Friday charged two other Bohras, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, Farida Attar, with conspiracy.
Fakhruddin Attar owns the Detroit-area clinic where the alleged procedures were performed in February, and investigators say the couple knew Nagarwala was doing the procedures after business hours.
There are more than a million Bohras in the world, most of whom live in India.
No one knows how many there are in the U.S., but it’s estimated there are about 25,000 and that they have about 20 mosques and gathering places..."
CNN Head: Journalism 'Threatened' By Trump. Here Are 4 Reasons That's Nonsense. | Daily Wire
CNN Head: Journalism 'Threatened' By Trump. Here Are 4 Reasons That's Nonsense. | Daily Wire:
"While Trump has repeatedly slammed the establishment media over rolling out "fake news," deliberately misleading the American people, and unfairly targeting him, Zucker's claim that journalism is legitimately "threatened" by the Trump administration is hyperbole. It also reveals a double standard on the CNN president's part. Here are four reasons why.
1. Trump has criticized specific news outlets. So did Barack Obama. "
1. Trump has criticized specific news outlets. So did Barack Obama. "
Where College Seniors Are Falling Short – Business Education Week
Where College Seniors Are Falling Short – Business Education Week
"Expected graduates are ill-prepared for the job hunt and many coveted positions, a survey finds
Parents rejoice: 2017 is shaping up to be another healthy year for college hiring.
The latest forecast from the National Association of Colleges and Employers finds that employers expect to hire 5% more graduates than they brought on last year, the eighth year in a row that companies say they are increasing their college hires.
...Among other things, employers reported that one-third of all applications for entry-level roles come from unqualified candidates.
...The mismatch extends to hard skills, too.
Engineering, business and computer science majors are in highest demand, with at least two-thirds of employers seeking graduates in those fields, according to NACE.
But fewer than half of the students surveyed by iCIMS majored in those subjects.
College seniors feel good about their prospects: more than 90% of the students surveyed by iCIMS reported feeling confident about their interview skills.
They also expect to earn over $53,000 in their first job, compared with average salary of $45,000 that recruiters expect to pay for those positions.
While new grads have a “bloated” sense of their abilities, employers too have unrealistically high expectations for 21-year-olds..."
"Expected graduates are ill-prepared for the job hunt and many coveted positions, a survey finds
Parents rejoice: 2017 is shaping up to be another healthy year for college hiring.
The latest forecast from the National Association of Colleges and Employers finds that employers expect to hire 5% more graduates than they brought on last year, the eighth year in a row that companies say they are increasing their college hires.
...Among other things, employers reported that one-third of all applications for entry-level roles come from unqualified candidates.
...The mismatch extends to hard skills, too.Engineering, business and computer science majors are in highest demand, with at least two-thirds of employers seeking graduates in those fields, according to NACE.
But fewer than half of the students surveyed by iCIMS majored in those subjects.
College seniors feel good about their prospects: more than 90% of the students surveyed by iCIMS reported feeling confident about their interview skills.
They also expect to earn over $53,000 in their first job, compared with average salary of $45,000 that recruiters expect to pay for those positions.
While new grads have a “bloated” sense of their abilities, employers too have unrealistically high expectations for 21-year-olds..."
Misunderstanding Pre-Existing Conditions Is Derailing the Health Care Debate | The Weekly Standard - Linkis.com
"The term "pre-existing conditions" has become a catch-all to describe a certain category of health status, high-cost medical patients, and a popular provision of Obamacare under scrutiny in the health care reform process.
It's applicable to all three of these things.
But without understanding how, debate of the GOP's health bill has become further politicized and misinformed:
What the legislation actually does to address consumers with pre-existing health conditions isn't clearly understood.
The latest and perhaps most egregious instance yet happened Sunday morning, when President Trump participated in a messy interview on CBS's Face the Nation.
Trump brought up the issue of coverage for individuals with pre-existing medical conditions in the latest version of the American Health Care Act.
After raising the point, host John Dickerson challenged Trump repeatedly to clarify and explain himself, leading to an inarticulate exchange that provided neither clarification nor helpful explanation of the Republican legislation.
The term "pre-existing" was used 18 times in the interview.
Here is a review of the most relevant mentions, sometimes grouped together.
First:
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I just watched another network than yours, and they were saying, "Pre-existing is not covered." Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it. I said, "Has to be."
Read on!
New York Times Labels Salad Racist. SALAD. | Daily Wire
New York Times Labels Salad Racist. SALAD. | Daily Wire:
"In an opinion piece titled Why Is Asian Salad Still On The Menu?, by Bonnie Tsui, it is argued that the Asian Salad reeks of cultural appropriation by racist Westerners who often use offensive puns and stereotypes to name such Americanized cuisine while fetishizing Asian culture.
Tsui's anti-salad rant was triggered by the "Asian Emperor Salad" listed on a menu at a San Francisco joint she was dining at last Friday. "
Tsui's anti-salad rant was triggered by the "Asian Emperor Salad" listed on a menu at a San Francisco joint she was dining at last Friday. "
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