Sunday, June 10, 2018
KASHUV: We Need To Stop School Shootings And Here's How | Daily Wire
KASHUV: We Need To Stop School Shootings And Here's How | Daily Wire:
Americans who educate themselves about mass shootings know that not a single gun control law pushed by left-wing activists would have stopped any of the recent high-profile tragedies. Instead of acknowledging this, or changing their tactic, or coming up with new ideas, the demands from the confiscation crowd just gets louder and louder. Do they not know that shouting is rarely an effective tactic?
Another lying liberal candidate-----Veteran Appeals to Authority to Relieve You of Your Rights, Fails - Victory Girls Blog
Veteran Appeals to Authority to Relieve You of Your Rights, Fails - Victory Girls Blog
"...Fact: in 2016, according to the CDC, there were 38,658 deaths by firearms, including homicides, suicides, legal interventions, and accidents.
"...Fact: in 2016, according to the CDC, there were 38,658 deaths by firearms, including homicides, suicides, legal interventions, and accidents.
Fact: 22,938 – or 59.3 percent – of those deaths were suicides.
Fact: A suicide is not gun violence. Suicide is feeling so much agony, that you feel only ending it permanently will stop the pain, and no amount of legal maneuvering, policy changes, or regulations will change that. As a matter of fact, Japan – where guns are effectively banned – has a much higher suicide rate than the US, where guns are aplenty.
Fact: 38,658 deaths per year is less than one percent of our population, and when you subtract suicides from this scenario, the 15,720 people who died from gun shot wounds in 2016, (which includes not only legal intervention, but accidents and other undetermined causes) is such a tiny percentage of the population, my calculator, can’t even fathom it.
Recently, we’ve added two devastating school shootings to the list – Parkland, Fla. and Santa Fe, Tex. As a mom to two young children, these shootings have forced me to reflect on who we are as a nation. I find myself wondering: Should we be homeschooling our children? I increasingly wonder if they are safe in their school. With school shootings occurring once a week on average, I would have to be a fool to think “it can’t happen here.”
Nice Everytown talking point here, Becks, but even Snopes is calling bullshit on that one, because it includes a BB gun shooting, a shooting at a school that had been closed for several months when the “shooting” occurred, an incident in which someone fired shots at students from a vehicle in the school parking lot, with no one injured by gunfire, and stray bullets hitting a school building..."
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San Francisco Sheriff Who Defended Sanctuary City Status Defeated In a Landslide - Matt Vespa
San Francisco Sheriff Who Defended Sanctuary City Status Defeated In a Landslide - Matt Vespa
"San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi looks like he’ll be updating his resume after suffering a landslide loss in his re-election bid last night.
Mirkarimi was in office when Kate Steinle was shot and killed by Francisco Sanchez, a five-time deported illegal alien.
It set off a national debate about sanctuary cities, San Francisco becoming one of them in 1989.
In July, Mirkarimi defended the policy, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that the policy makes the city “safer.”
...Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association.
As of early Wednesday morning, Hennessy had received 62 percent of the vote to just 31 percent for Mirkarimi..."
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"San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi looks like he’ll be updating his resume after suffering a landslide loss in his re-election bid last night.
Mirkarimi was in office when Kate Steinle was shot and killed by Francisco Sanchez, a five-time deported illegal alien.It set off a national debate about sanctuary cities, San Francisco becoming one of them in 1989.
In July, Mirkarimi defended the policy, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that the policy makes the city “safer.”
...Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, 54, was defeated by Vicki Hennessy, a former sheriff's official who had the endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the sheriff deputies association.
As of early Wednesday morning, Hennessy had received 62 percent of the vote to just 31 percent for Mirkarimi..."
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Everything gives the American press the vapors-----Trump Nails Trade Hypocrisy | Power Line
Trump Nails Trade Hypocrisy | Power Line
"President Trump’s participation in the G7 conference in Canada focused on trade.
Once again, he made it clear that he wants our trading partners’ tariffs and other barriers to U.S. imports to come down.
This gave the American press the vapors, but why?
Our president certainly should try to reduce obstacles to sales of American goods.
"President Trump’s participation in the G7 conference in Canada focused on trade. Once again, he made it clear that he wants our trading partners’ tariffs and other barriers to U.S. imports to come down.
This gave the American press the vapors, but why?
Our president certainly should try to reduce obstacles to sales of American goods.
President Trump gave a press conference this morning in which he expressed his belief in free trade..."
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Dossier Source Offered Papadopoulos $30K A Month While In Trump Campaign, His Wife Claims | Daily Wire
Dossier Source Offered Papadopoulos $30K A Month While In Trump Campaign, His Wife Claims | Daily Wire:
A man who is alleged to be a major source for the anti-Trump dossier allegedly offered Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos $30,000 a month to be a consultant while he worked inside the Trump campaign, according to Simona Mangiante — Papadopoulos' wife.
Mangiante, a former attorney in the European Parliament, said in a recent interview that she believes Sergei Millian — a Belarusan American businessman identified in the anti-Trump dossier as "Source D" and "Source E" — may have tried to "entrap" her husband into some sort of scheme.
Mangiante, a former attorney in the European Parliament, said in a recent interview that she believes Sergei Millian — a Belarusan American businessman identified in the anti-Trump dossier as "Source D" and "Source E" — may have tried to "entrap" her husband into some sort of scheme.
History for June 10
History for June 10 - On-This-Day.com:
Andre-Marie Ampere 1836 - Developed technology for measuring electricity, Hattie McDaniel 1889, Frederick Loewe 1901
Saul Bellow 1915, Judy Garland 1922, F. Lee Bailey 1933 - Attorney
1801 - The North African State of Tripoli declared war on the U.S. The dispute was over merchant vessels being able to travel safely through the Mediterranean.
1854 - The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, held its first graduation.
1903 - Binney & Smith Company began developing a product line of wax crayons. The product was named Crayola.
1909 - The SOS distress signal was used for the first time. The Cunard liner SS Slavonia used the signal when it wrecked off the Azores.
1920 - The Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman suffrage.
1935 - Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
1943 - Laszlo Biro patented his ballpoint pen. Biro was a Hungarian journalist.
1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.
Saturday, June 09, 2018
BOMBSHELL: Iran Admits To Facilitating 9/11 Attacks, Report Says | Daily Wire
For the first time ever, Iranian government officials have admitted to helping facilitate the 9/11 terror attacks that resulted in the deaths of approximately 3,000 Americans.
Retired Secret Service agent had warned Stoneman Douglas about security failures - Sun Sentinel
Retired Secret Service agent had warned Stoneman Douglas about security failures - Sun Sentinel"Two months before the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School, a retired Secret Service agent warned administrators that the school could be vulnerable to a gunman.
Gates were unlocked. Students did not wear identification badges.
A fire alarm could send students streaming into the halls.
Active-shooter drills were inadequate, he said.
The retired agent, Steve Wexler, said he made his point by strolling through the school with Post-it notes, attaching them to places his bullets or knife would land if he were an intruder.
No one stopped him, he said.
“I said, ‘This stuff is blatantly obvious. You’ve got to fix this,’” Wexler said.
He never heard another word from the district, he said..."
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Happening EVERYWHERE in the public sector---Disgusting!-----30,000 Six-Figure Illinois Educators Cost Taxpayers $3.7 Billion
30,000 Six-Figure Illinois Educators Cost Taxpayers $3.7 Billion
"We mapped the exclusive club of 30,000 Illinois educators with either salaries or pension payouts greater than $100,000 costing taxpayers $3.7 billion annually.
"We mapped the exclusive club of 30,000 Illinois educators with either salaries or pension payouts greater than $100,000 costing taxpayers $3.7 billion annually.
Illinois teachers are starting their three-month summer break. But when it comes to teacher salaries, there’s no break for taxpayers. Last week, the Illinois legislature passed a new mandate requiring base pay of $40,000 for Illinois educators. (Cue the teacher’s union cheering.)
...Thanks to an interactive tool we’ve built at our government transparency web site, OpenTheBooks.com, every taxpayer in Illinois and across the country can search the $100,000 Club at the teachers' retirement system by zip code.
Want to see who in your backyard makes a $150,000 salary for teaching drivers ed or PE classes?
What about the retired art teacher with a $100,000+ lifetime pension annuity?
It’s a game the whole taxpaying family can play! Use it and be amazed – and also help out reform-minded legislators and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s team identify waste.
Click here to access the map below.
...Thanks to an interactive tool we’ve built at our government transparency web site, OpenTheBooks.com, every taxpayer in Illinois and across the country can search the $100,000 Club at the teachers' retirement system by zip code.
Want to see who in your backyard makes a $150,000 salary for teaching drivers ed or PE classes?
What about the retired art teacher with a $100,000+ lifetime pension annuity?
It’s a game the whole taxpaying family can play! Use it and be amazed – and also help out reform-minded legislators and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s team identify waste.
Click here to access the map below.
Using our interactive mapping tool, quickly review (by zip code) the 30,000 Illinois educators who make more than $100,000 – either from a salary or public pension. Just zoom in, click a pin (zip code) and scroll down to see the results rendered in the chart beneath the map.
Here’s how it breaks down in just three of 850 school districts:
Here’s how it breaks down in just three of 850 school districts:
- In Township HSD 214 in Arlington Heights, 617 working educators made $100,000 or more in addition to 578 retirees receiving six-figure annual pension payouts.
- In Palatine Township HS 211, there were 594 educators pulling down six-figure salaries and 533 retirees receiving six-figure lifetime pensions. Read the superintendent’s response here.
- In Naperville CSD 203, there were 374 educators making $100,000 or more while another 278 retirees received six-figure pension payouts.
In Illinois, some of the worst performing school districts award the largest salaries – and it hasn’t helped student scores.
In many cases, administrators making $300,000 or even $400,000 have districts where a majority of their students come from families receiving public aid, living in substitute care, or are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
In many cases, administrators making $300,000 or even $400,000 have districts where a majority of their students come from families receiving public aid, living in substitute care, or are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
Consider these examples:
- Troy Paraday made $407,145 as the superintendent of Calumet CSD 155 even though enrollment is just 1,200 students. Meanwhile, the kids are struggling. Nearly 70 percent of are from low-income families and just 16 percent are considered ready for the next level. Paraday’s paycheck is up from the $384,138 last year.
- Joyce Carmine, former superintendent of Park Forest SD 163, retired on a first-year pension of $290,526 (2017). Last year, Carmine earned the #1 salary in the entire system with a massive salary increase from $81,382 (2000) to $398,229 (2016). She earned this largess even though less than one out of four students in her district were considered ready for the next level and 88 percent of students were considered low-income.
- Gregory Jackson received $340,405 (up from $325,208 last year) as the superintendent of Ford Heights SD 169. Why is Jackson making a massive salary when just one in five children in his district passed the statewide PARCC exam? Further, there are just 434 students in the district, and 97 percent are from low-income homes.
- Arthur Culver made $265,000 as the superintendent of East St. Louis SD 189, even though just six percent of students are considered ready for the next level and 96 percent of students are from low-income homes.
Review the Top 500 Illinois teacher and administrator salaries in 2017, click here..."
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The Obama Administration LIED To The American People. Repeatedly. Here's The Proof. | Daily Wire
The Obama Administration LIED To The American People. Repeatedly. Here's The Proof. | Daily Wire:
The Obama administration lied to the American people.
A lot.
The latest proof of their dishonesty: according to the Associated Press, the Obama administration attempted to end-around its own sanctions in order to give cash to the worst terror sponsor on the planet. Here’s the report:
The Obama administration lied to the American people.
A lot.
The latest proof of their dishonesty: according to the Associated Press, the Obama administration attempted to end-around its own sanctions in order to give cash to the worst terror sponsor on the planet. Here’s the report:
Your tax dollars sponsering hate-----Study: Dog parks are manifestations of rape culture and oppression - The College Fix
Study: Dog parks are manifestations of rape culture and oppression - The College Fix
"If you’re a dog owner, maybe, just maybe, a couple of things that come to mind when you take ‘ol Spot to the dog park are rape culture and non-heterosexual “performativity.”
Her paper, “Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon,” discusses the “emerging themes in human and canine interactive behavioral patterns in urban dog parks” in order to gain a better understanding about people’s decisions and “emergent assumptions around gender, race, and sexuality.”
"If you’re a dog owner, maybe, just maybe, a couple of things that come to mind when you take ‘ol Spot to the dog park are rape culture and non-heterosexual “performativity.”
What’s that?
You don’t consider such things when you’re walking the pup?
No worries, then.
The Portland Ungendering Research Initiative’s Helen Wilson is here to clue you in.
The PhD in feminist studies writes that dog parks are “petri dishes for canine ‘rape culture.’”...
Read all if you can stomach it.They offer a very public view into the ways human companions foster and perpetuate masculinist systems of communal oppression across species and in public spaces. The cultural norms operating within and upon these spaces form microcultures where acceptable and unacceptable behavior in human communities may be reflected in the way human companions construct their interactions with dogs, particularly in regard to rape culture and queering, and a-/moral interpretations of such behaviors and their human analogues under the assumptions of rape culture..."
Aussie Alexander Downer from Spygate Involved in Sale of Australian Uranium to Same Russian Company that Purchased Uranium One
Aussie Alexander Downer from Spygate Involved in Sale of Australian Uranium to Same Russian Company that Purchased Uranium One
Aussie Alexander Downer from Spygate fame not only signed a deal to provide $25 million to the Clinton Foundation but he was also involved in the sale of uranium to the same Russian state owned company that later purchased Uranium One.
Australian Alexander Downer has a storied past.
In 2006 he signed an agreement to provide $25 million to the corrupt Clinton Foundation –The Australian diplomat whose tip in 2016 prompted the Russia-Trump investigation previously arranged one of the largest foreign donations to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charitable efforts, documents show.Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer’s role in securing $25 million in aid from his country to help the Clinton Foundation fight AIDS is chronicled in decade-old government memos archived on the Australian foreign ministry’s website.Downer and former President Clinton jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding in February 2006 that spread out the grant money over four years for a project to provide screening and drug treatment to AIDS patients in Asia.
Next Downer in 2007 signed an agreement for Australia to provide Australian uranium to Russian company Rosatom –..."
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Ignoring the Samantha Power bombshell
Ignoring the Samantha Power bombshell:
Why is Samantha Power herself so seemingly unconcerned about this violation of public trust?��Wouldn't you expect this brave journalist, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the champion of the people, to be at least a little bit curious as to exactly who it was in the Obama administration who stole her passwords and used her security clearance in such a blatantly undemocratic and unlawful manner?
And wouldn't you expect her to speak up about it?
And wouldn't you expect her to speak up about it?
So filled with hate-----MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace slammed for asking if Melania, Ivanka are 'dead inside' or 'paid off' | Fox News
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace slammed for asking if Melania, Ivanka are 'dead inside' or 'paid off' | Fox News
"MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace is under fire for making a derogatory comment Thursday about first lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka, asking if they are “dead inside” or simply being “paid off.”
"MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace is under fire for making a derogatory comment Thursday about first lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka, asking if they are “dead inside” or simply being “paid off.”
On her show "Deadline: White House" Wallace pondered how women close to the president cope with the ongoing allegations surrounding adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a consensual sexual encounter with Trump over a decade ago (Trump denies the allegation).
“Are they just the most stoic human beings, are they numb, are they dead inside, are they paid off, I mean, what’s their deal?” Wallace asked.
The comment was immediately panned across social media and by conservative commentators..."
Sick. Read/view on.
Sick. Read/view on.
Sucking Carbon Dioxide from the Air to Produce Gasoline? - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Sucking Carbon Dioxide from the Air to Produce Gasoline? - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Recycling the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by turning it back into fuel would help slow the process of global warming.
An earlier estimate calculated that direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide would be prohibitively expensive at least $600 per ton.
But now Carbon Engineering, located in the British Columbia, has published a detailed engineering and cost analysis of its pilot DAC plant that suggests that its technology can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for $94 to $232 per ton.
The low-end figure is based on a scenario in which electrolysis using no-carbon energy sources breaks apart water to provide both the oxygen and—crucially—the hydrogen needed to combine with the captured carbon dioxide to produce hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline and diesel..."
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An earlier estimate calculated that direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide would be prohibitively expensive at least $600 per ton.
But now Carbon Engineering, located in the British Columbia, has published a detailed engineering and cost analysis of its pilot DAC plant that suggests that its technology can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for $94 to $232 per ton.
The low-end figure is based on a scenario in which electrolysis using no-carbon energy sources breaks apart water to provide both the oxygen and—crucially—the hydrogen needed to combine with the captured carbon dioxide to produce hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline and diesel..."
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The lunacy of kicking ‘beauty’ out of the Miss America pageant
The lunacy of kicking ‘beauty’ out of the Miss America pageant:
The Miss America Organization announced this week that it will no longer judge women on their “outward physical appearance.”
...If you hadn’t noticed, physical beauty is a huge part of our economy and our culture.
And before you go on about this showing how sexist or “lookist” American society is, physical beauty is a huge part of literally every culture on earth and has been for all time.
...Moreover, this is not because it’s a “man’s world.”
The glossy women’s magazines are run by women and read by women.
...The point I’m getting at is that beauty pageants are competitions over who is the most beautiful of the bunch.
...No one asks bodybuilders how they would bring about world peace.
Hell, I offer my opinions for a living and I’ve never been asked that question.
Contestants on “American Idol,” ‘‘America’s Got Talent,” ‘‘American Ninja Warrior,” ‘‘Top Chef,” ‘‘Shark Tank” and “America’s Next Top Model,” not to mention Olympic athletes, hope to be the best at what they’re there for.
They aren’t graded on how they answer questions about the Mueller investigation or the Charlottesville white supremacist rally, as happened at the Miss America pageant last year.
...In other words, they want to prove that women — attractive or, presumably, otherwise — can be smart, confident activists and leaders.
Did we not know this already?
Why not just call it the Woke Olympics and be done with it?..."
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The Miss America Organization announced this week that it will no longer judge women on their “outward physical appearance.”
...If you hadn’t noticed, physical beauty is a huge part of our economy and our culture.
And before you go on about this showing how sexist or “lookist” American society is, physical beauty is a huge part of literally every culture on earth and has been for all time.
...Moreover, this is not because it’s a “man’s world.”The glossy women’s magazines are run by women and read by women.
...The point I’m getting at is that beauty pageants are competitions over who is the most beautiful of the bunch.
...No one asks bodybuilders how they would bring about world peace.
Hell, I offer my opinions for a living and I’ve never been asked that question.
Contestants on “American Idol,” ‘‘America’s Got Talent,” ‘‘American Ninja Warrior,” ‘‘Top Chef,” ‘‘Shark Tank” and “America’s Next Top Model,” not to mention Olympic athletes, hope to be the best at what they’re there for.
They aren’t graded on how they answer questions about the Mueller investigation or the Charlottesville white supremacist rally, as happened at the Miss America pageant last year.
...In other words, they want to prove that women — attractive or, presumably, otherwise — can be smart, confident activists and leaders.
Did we not know this already?
Why not just call it the Woke Olympics and be done with it?..."
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LOOK OUT: Dems In Senate And House Propose National Firearms Licensing System | Daily Wire
LOOK OUT: Dems In Senate And House Propose National Firearms Licensing System | Daily Wire:
For the fourth time in 11 years, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced The Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act; he had already introduced a form of the bill in 2007, 2009, and 2013. According to Rush’s website, the bill would “prohibit unlicensed gun-ownership and transferring or receiving firearms without a valid firearms license, as well as direct the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.” It would also require universal background checks for all purchases or transfers of firearms.
Seattle cracks down on renters, free speech – and common sense. Good luck trying to rent an apartment | Fox News
Seattle cracks down on renters, free speech – and common sense. Good luck trying to rent an apartment | Fox News:
"The Seattle City Council seems to think the right to speak is a privilege it can grant or withhold at its pleasure.
It has slapped a year-long ban on the use of certain housing websites that allow renters to place bids on advertised rental housing, while it reviews the sites.
Officials say they fear the sites might violate local housing laws or inflate housing costs, so the City Council wants to study the sites while forbidding their use in the meantime.
While city leaders try to figure things out, landlords are barred from posting ads on the sites, and renters can’t even do a simple search for Seattle housing on the sites.
...the City Council has resurrected a frightening government power – the power to censor speech until the government has decided to approve it.
In First Amendment parlance, a law that forces speakers to receive government approval in advance of speaking (including publishing) is called a prior restraint – the most insidious form of government speech restriction..."
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It has slapped a year-long ban on the use of certain housing websites that allow renters to place bids on advertised rental housing, while it reviews the sites.
Officials say they fear the sites might violate local housing laws or inflate housing costs, so the City Council wants to study the sites while forbidding their use in the meantime.
While city leaders try to figure things out, landlords are barred from posting ads on the sites, and renters can’t even do a simple search for Seattle housing on the sites.
...the City Council has resurrected a frightening government power – the power to censor speech until the government has decided to approve it.
In First Amendment parlance, a law that forces speakers to receive government approval in advance of speaking (including publishing) is called a prior restraint – the most insidious form of government speech restriction..."
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