Interesting but 10 years ago. BEFORE big "epidemic"-----Over 60 percent of people who OD on opioids and die have chronic pain: Study - UPI.com

Over 60 percent of people who OD on opioids and die have chronic pain: Study - UPI.com: "TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2017 -- More than 60 percent of opioid overdose deaths involve people who suffer from chronic pain, a new analysis reveals.
Many of them also struggled with depression or anxiety, the investigators found.
The findings stem from a study that examined the medical backgrounds of more than 13,000 men and women who died from an opioid overdose between 2001 and 2007.
...The current findings were published online Nov. 28 in the American Journal of Psychiatry."

Sea Level Rises Hundreds Of Feet Due To Sweat From Celebrities Waiting To Be Outed As Perverts

Sea Level Rises Hundreds Of Feet Due To Sweat From Celebrities Waiting To Be Outed As Perverts
"U.S.—Stunned meteorologists reported Wednesday that the sea level has risen an astonishing 300 feet overnight, as the sweat from celebrities trying to cover up their sexual harassment scandals rained down “in buckets.”
Vast swathes of the United States are now entirely underwater, including major coastal cities and regions, as the investigations into various celebrities and TV personalities continue.
“This is a worldwide disaster,” one NBC News anchor (not Matt Lauer) said.
“We saw an uptick when Harvey Weinstein’s deviant behavior came to light, but when it became clear the revelations wouldn’t be slowing down anytime soon, celebrities and otherwise powerful individuals all across the nation began sweating profusely.”
At publishing time, FEMA disaster officials had recommended that all yet-to-be-outed celebrity perverts simply confess their sins, repent, and find peace with God in Christ, in order to avoid further guilt and flooding."

YouTube pulls plug on Bible videos

YouTube pulls plug on Bible videos:

"Videos promoting ISIS and violent jihad can be found on YouTube. So can those of the KKK, communists and antifa.
But the Bible lessons and radio interviews posted on the personal channel of Carl Gallups, a popular pastor and author, can’t.

They’ve been censored by the Internet giant. Pulled down. Dropped."

National Reciprocity for Concealed Carry Passes, Next Stop House Floor - Breitbart

National Reciprocity for Concealed Carry Passes, Next Stop House Floor - Breitbart
"National reciprocity for concealed carry passed the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday is expected to receive a floor vote before the end of the year.
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 was introduced by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) on January 3, 2017. 
It changes federal law that so concealed carry permits are treated like driver’s licenses, making a permit from one state valid in the other 49. 
This would fix the complicated and often confusing patchwork of concealed carry laws currently in effect throughout the country.
To put it simply, Hudson’s bill allows the common man to defend himself and his family as he travels throughout this country...."
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Matt Lauer & Fox News: How Tribalism Affects the Press | National Review

Matt Lauer & Fox News: How Tribalism Affects the Press | National Review
"...When the allegations about Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes came out, the mainstream media had a field day. 
But there was no larger feeding frenzy. 
Last year it was a “Fox News” story, not a “societal problem” story. 
It took the Harvey Weinstein allegations to get the mainstream press to start asking uncomfortable questions about its own institutions. 
I can think of several reasons for this, but one that stands out is the tribalism of media itself. 
The Fox stories confirmed, to one extent or another, what a lot of mainstream liberals think about Fox or about conservatives generally: 
They’re retrograde. 
They’re bad. 
That’s the kind of thing that goes on over there. 
It’s related to what some reporters I know at Fox call the “Fox News effect”
...If Fox puts a lot of weight on a story, other outlets go the opposite direction. 
That’s why so many conservative pundits played the “If this was Bush” game during the Obama presidency. 
But back to the sexual-harassment thing. 
One of my longstanding gripes is how when conservatives do something bad, it’s proof of the inherent badness of conservatives and conservatism. 
But when liberals do something bad, it is immediately turned into an indictment of America itself..."
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Lunch video-----Michael Hansen on the cancellation of the movie, KILLING EUROPE

Lunch video-----KILLING EUROPE: Trailer

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Trump Family Christmas Card Wishes Families 'Merry Christmas' Instead of 'Happy Holidays' - Breitbart

Trump Family Christmas Card Wishes Families 'Merry Christmas' Instead of 'Happy Holidays' - Breitbart:

"President Trump is fulfilling his promise to bring back “Merry Christmas” to the White House by including the phrase in his 2017 White House Christmas card."

Instapundit » Blog Archive » IF I WERE SOMEBODY ELSE, THIS COULD BE A TEDIOUS 3000 WORD THINKPIECE IN THE NEW YORKER. INSTEAD, Y…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » IF I WERE SOMEBODY ELSE, THIS COULD BE A TEDIOUS 3000 WORD THINKPIECE IN THE NEW YORKER. INSTEAD, Y…:
"IF I WERE SOMEBODY ELSE, THIS COULD BE A TEDIOUS 3000 WORD THINKPIECE IN THE NEW YORKER. 
INSTEAD, YOU GET A BLOG POST. 
But I was pondering the weird behavior of people like Harvey Weinstein and Charlie Rose. 
This isn’t just about using the power of your position to get women. 
Instead, there was this weird stuff about walking around naked or in a bathrobe and expecting women to be impressed. 
So my thought: Instead of exercising traditionally male power, they were trying to exercise the traditionally female power of being desirable and desired. 
Maybe it’s because they were in industries where that power is especially prominent, but pathetically, they were acting like they hoped someone would find them . . . beautiful.-Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 8:50 am

Minnesotan does some homework on refugee employment issue; comes to unexpected conclusion « Refugee Resettlement Watch

Minnesotan does some homework on refugee employment issue; comes to unexpected conclusion « Refugee Resettlement Watch
"...THE PARALLEL SOCIETY

Is a parallel society coming to a town near you?

...The American people are constantly told that refugee resettlement serves to fill the labor needs that go unmet, due to low birth rates, an aging population, and the unwillingness of Americans to perform certain kinds of menial labor.

How does this mantra square with the data reported by federal and state government?

...Now, this is where things get interesting.

If 1,500 Somalis are eligible for employment and, of these, 400 are employed in the “livestock” sector, then at least 1,100 Somalis engaged in employment of some other kind have yet to be accounted for.

...The lion’s share of the 1,100 Somali workers who, so far, are unaccounted for are likely working in support capacities for other Somalis: translation services for schools, law enforcement, health care, health and human services, refugee resettlement agencies, and transporting fellow Somalis to locations where they partake of these services. 
...What we are witnessing and financing with public dollars is a closed, parallel society in America.
...The trade-off, then, is more refugees, in exchange for new Democratic voters. 
But what is new this time around, my fellow Americans, is that, in the New Normal, taxpaying Americans pay an exorbitant price in the bargain, in public finance, cultural identity, and quality of life. 
Or, as our friend Ann Corcoran often reminds us, “changing America by changing its people.”...
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#1 This day 1966-----New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral [stereo]

US troops killed in plane crashes skyrockets in 2017 | Fox News

US troops killed in plane crashes skyrockets in 2017 | Fox News
"Even before the Navy cargo plane crash Wednesday, the number of U.S. troops killed in plane crashes had skyrocketed this year along with the total number of crashes overall compared to this point a year ago, a Fox News investigation has uncovered.
So far this year, there have been 22 U.S. military non-combat plane crashes flying routine operations. That’s up 38 percent from this time last year.
The number of American troops killed in these plane crashes has more than doubled. 

...Many on Capitol Hill say years of budget cuts are taking a toll.
The Navy’s crisis in aviation extends into its premier strike aircraft as well.
The head of naval aviation says only half the Navy’s 542 F-18 Super Hornet jets can fly right now and only 31 percent are fully mission capable and ready to “fight tonight.”
It’s even worse for the Marine Corps where roughly 70 percent of its fleet of older model F-18 Hornets can’t fly.
In the Air Force, only half of the bomber fleet of B-1 and B-2 bombers can fly, forcing airmen to scrounge for spare parts in places in a remote desert scrapheap known as “The Boneyard.”...

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You ought to know!

How a House Dem accused of drunken shenanigans revealed another secret 'hush fund' - Washington Times

How a House Dem accused of drunken shenanigans revealed another secret 'hush fund' - Washington Times:

"Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill.
While the Office of Compliance has been the focus of outrage on Capitol Hill for hush-money payouts in sexual harassment cases, the Grijalva payout points to another office that lawmakers can use to sweep accusations under the rug with taxpayer-funded settlements negotiated by the House Employment Counsel, which acts as the attorney for all House offices."

Theology prof writes book connecting Christianity to racism

Theology prof writes book connecting Christianity to racism:
"Fordham University last week touted a new book that examines the connection between “Christianity, racism, and religious diversity in America.”
Written by Fordham professor of Theology Jeannine Hill Fletcher, the work “proposes strategies that will help foster racial healing in America, the first of which is to demand of white Christians that they accept their responsibility for racist policies and structural discrimination in America.”
"The ideology of Christian supremacy was actually a piece that informed legislation that dispossessed native people." 
The author told Fordham News that her studies have led her to realize that “the ideology of Christian supremacy was actually a piece that informed legislation that dispossessed native people.”
To support her position, Hill Fletcher references the Doctrine of Discovery: a belief that Christian settlers had the right to claim the land of non-Christians, but not land inhabited by fellow Christians. The professor argues that the doctrine’s historical use to deny Native Americans’ right to land does not only prove the existence of religious intolerance, but also of racism..."
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History for November 30

History for November 30 - On-This-Day.com
Jonathan Swift 1667, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835 - Writer ("Tom Sawyer," "Huckleberry Finn"), Winston Churchill (Britain) 1874



Richard Crenna 1926, Dick Clark 1929 - Television personality ("American Bandstand"), G. Gordon Liddy 1930 - Radio talk show host, convicted for his role in the Watergate burglaries in 1972


1782 - The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.


1803 - Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France.


1853 - During the Crimean War, the Russian fleet attacked and destroyed the Turkish fleet at the battle of Sinope.


1936 - London's famed Crystal Palace was destroyed in a fire. The structure had been constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851.


1940 - Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.


1954 - In Sylacauga, AL, Elizabeth Hodges was injured when a meteorite crashed through the roof of her house. The rock weighed 8½-pounds.


1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.


1986 - "Time" magazine published an interview with U.S. President Reagan. In the article, Reagan described fired national security staffer Oliver North as a "national hero."

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-29-2017-american-way-by-tammy.html

The American Way

By Tammy Derouin

In my little corner of the world, I do not witness the behavior which the main stream media likes to portray as lurking everywhere in our society. Since all of these accusations of rampant racism, sexism, isms and phobias of all shapes and sizes began to inundate the population, I've paid close attention to my surroundings. I've watched and I've listened and then I've wondered, why do so many people still give the main stream media the time of day? I'm not saying it doesn't happen but I feel the Left has attempted to create a crisis. And as we know, the Left loves a crisis because it provides opportunities that wouldn't ordinarily exist.

My experience has been that most people are good. Most people will offer to help regardless of race, sex or any type of difference. Americans are known for their generosity and kindness. Even when things get crazy in our own little worlds, and especially when disaster strikes, for the most part, people help one another, unconditionally. That's the America I know, that's the American way......

The way we were-----Bonanza Theme Song By Lorne Greene

Boob-tube-----Dean Martin & Lorne Green - Don't fence me in

College Campuses And The Origins Of The New Totalitarianism | Daily Wire

College Campuses And The Origins Of The New Totalitarianism | Daily Wire:
"...For the precious few who will attempt to wade through Arendt’s subtle and difficult concepts, not to mention sentences that seem to go on forever, it will become obvious that ground zero of totalitarianism’s resurgence...the college campus.
Whereas the essence of democracy, as Tocqueville so brilliantly notes, is compromise and conciliation, the essence of totalitarianism is that truth is whatever the movement says it is. 
Different ideas are to be quashed.
The individual who believes that politics is a series of negotiations or deal making is hardly a totalitarian.
By contrast, the diversity administrator who organizes a bunch of pubescent thugs who have been inculcated in the belief that truth is that which advances the interests of their identity and those who share it, is a totalitarian.
He or she is no different from those who mobilized Hitler’s Brownshirts to shut down intellectuals whose ideas were not sanctioned by the Nazi movement..."
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Accountability? Nothing Appears Closer To Eternal Than A Failed Detroit School [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Accountability? Nothing Appears Closer To Eternal Than A Failed Detroit School [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Watch what they do, not what they say — or even what the law requires
The board of the Detroit public school district held a meeting Nov. 20 to discuss a Senate-passed bill that would require intermediate school districts to share with public charter schools some of the property tax revenue they may receive in the future from new millage requests.
Among other things, the information pack given to school board members for the meeting included details about state efforts to make districts more accountable for the academic progress of their students.
“Michigan schools are subject to several accountability systems,” the packet stated.
It named some, including an annual list that identifies the worst schools in the state.
ForTheRecord says: It’s ironic that Detroit school administrators would cite the state’s worst-school list as an example of accountability.
The reason is simple:
The state of Michigan has never shut down a conventional public school for poor academic performance, including any of the schools at the bottom of the performance list..."
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Against Net Neutrality – American Greatness

Against Net Neutrality – American Greatness:

"After numerous attempts at congressional action failed to result in new laws, the Federal Communications Commission in 2015 adopted net neutrality rules in under the leadership of Obama appointee Tom Wheeler. Now, under chairman Ajit Pai—a Trump appointee—net neutrality is at risk, as its legal underpinnings have come under greater scrutiny.

But should the end of “net neutrality” worry anyone?"

Russian Diplomat's Warning: 'Apocalyptic Scenario' Likely On Korean Peninsula

Russian Diplomat's Warning: 'Apocalyptic Scenario' Likely On Korean Peninsula:
"The tense situation over North Korea’s nuclear program has one top Russian diplomat sounding the alarm.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said that the world can no longer turn a “blind eye” to alarming speed with which North Korea is advancing their weapons of mass destruction.
North Korea’s nuclear program could evolve into an “apocalyptic” scenario, Morgulov said. ...Correspondingly, China recently shut down the main road connecting it with North Korea, and the state-owned airline Air China suspended flights from Beijing to the reclusive nation.
Morgulov, whose nation, Russia, shares a border with North Korea, appears to be concerned about the rogue country’s handling of weapons of mass destruction..."

Scripting President’s Downfall For Christmas Release

Scripting President’s Downfall For Christmas Release
"Somewhere in a bug-proofed, swanky lawyer’s office, President Donald Donald Trump’s sexual harassment character assassinator is being groomed and rehearsed.

Mentors are prompting her how to state her case to the mainstream media; how to cry with enough pathos to be credible.

The mentors are counting on people to be too busy preparing for Christmas 2017 to be aware of what lies ahead.

Their MSM pals are pushing an almost daily meme that it’s now been discovered that rich and powerful men in Hollywood, politics and business are helplessly addicted to inappropriate sexual behavior, counting on it not being too much of a shock when the president is openly accused of having long been among them.

...After the 16 sexual harassment Trump accusers who vaporized into thin air during the 2016 presidential election campaign and the spittle-flecked charges of media darling Hillary Clinton, Billy Baldwin was first off the mark linking Trump to inappropriate sexual behavior, by suddenly remembering 20 years on an incident involving Trump and his wife—on Thanksgiving morning.

...Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is coming.

But so is the howling wolf pack determined to impeach Trump by unprovable sexual harassment allegations.
Patriots, they’re coming soon to take down your president."

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Lunch video-----Rigging the Election - Video I: Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite Violence...

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Judicial Watch Obtains Records from EPA Showing Obama Agency’s Illegal Use of Social Media Platform for Propaganda - Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch Obtains Records from EPA Showing Obama Agency’s Illegal Use of Social Media Platform for Propaganda - Judicial Watch:

"(Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch obtained 900-pages of documents from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which reveal the agency’s use of the mass-sharing Thunderclap social media platform to covertly promote its policies in violation of federal law.

The documents show that EPA staffers, via the Thunderclap platform, recruited outside groups to lobby in support of the Clean Water Rule or “Waters of the United States.” Thunderclap shares member messages across multiple Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr accounts simultaneously.

Federal law prohibits agencies from engaging in propaganda, which is defined as covert activity intended to influence the American public. "

Dating Tips For Prominent Democrats - Kurt Schlichter

Dating Tips For Prominent Democrats - Kurt Schlichter
"Editor's note: This column is satire.
We’ve learned so much about what women face in the last few weeks, and you liberal men should take this as an opportunity to change – specifically, out of your flapping bathrobes and into some Dockers.
Groping, flashing, molesting shrubs – believe it or not, some women consider these things to be wrong.
Crazy?
Sure, but for now it’s no more monkey business as usual.
As a noted Democrat, you need to maintain your political viability, and you can exploit the respect and concern for women you’ve always pretended to have to help you dodge responsibility for whatever you’ve already done!
Hey, nobody gets into liberal politics because they actually believe this stuff!
Being a Democrat leader has always been a traditional path to making special new friends for guys who can’t cut it on looks and personality. 
Face it – no one ever said, “You know who’s hot? Al Franken. I bet he can bench his body weight.”
If Harvey Weinstein had managed a Safeway, America’s starlets and ferns would be substantially less traumatized..."
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Should be hilarious.
Instead, it's a national disgrace.

Top House Democrat Took $50K From Taxpayers To Keep A Former Staffer Quiet | The Daily Sheeple

Top House Democrat Took $50K From Taxpayers To Keep A Former Staffer Quiet | The Daily Sheeple

The top Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources used taxpayer dollars to pay off a former staffer who threatened to sue, claiming the lawmaker was often drunk and created a hostile workplace.

Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva’s secret deal with a former female staffer was revealed by The Washington Times on Monday. 
The payout was negotiated by the House Employment Counsel, the body’s attorney, and cost taxpayers $48,395..."
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