Saturday, September 07, 2019
High School Students Told to Reveal Their Sexuality, Religious Beliefs | Todd Starnes
High School Students Told to Reveal Their Sexuality, Religious Beliefs | Todd Starnes
"I warn parents in my forthcoming book, “Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation” that many public schools have been turned into indoctrination camps for the left.
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"I warn parents in my forthcoming book, “Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation” that many public schools have been turned into indoctrination camps for the left.
The other day I received a message from Dina Bartus, the parent of two sons at Heritage High School in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
On the second day of class her son’s 10th grade English II Honors teacher distributed a “Diversity Inventory” worksheet and called on students to reveal their religion, economic status, and sexual preference.
The students were then instructed to stand under “titles” that asked questions like, “what makes you the most privileged?”
The teacher, who identified herself to students as bisexual, told the class she is privileged because she is white, Mrs. Bartus told me..."Read all.
New Research Suggests Some Climate Data May Be Tainted
New Research Suggests Some Climate Data May Be Tainted
"Al Gore likes to say that the science of climate change is “settled.”
But of course, science, almost by definition, is never settled.
The weather station that was put, say, in the middle of a Nassau County, Long Island, potato field in 1923 is still in the same spot.
You can see some of the most egregious violators here..."
"Al Gore likes to say that the science of climate change is “settled.”
But of course, science, almost by definition, is never settled.
And climate science has always suffered from the problem of shaky and missing data. Seventy percent of the globe is covered by ocean, where data is hard to collect.
Reliable weather records only go back to about 1850 and, in many parts of the world, are far more recent.
Modern recording weather stations date only to the early 20th century.
And many of those stations have a big problem.
While they haven’t changed appreciably over the years, the land around them has changed, often profoundly, with the great growth in urban and suburban areas.
The weather station that was put, say, in the middle of a Nassau County, Long Island, potato field in 1923 is still in the same spot.
But the potatoes are long gone, and now it’s behind a strip mall, twenty feet from the kitchen exhaust fan of a Chinese take-out joint.
A study by meteorologist Anthony Watts found that almost 90 percent of the 1221 weather stations in the U.S. did not meet the National Weather Service’s setting standards, which requires that they be at least 100 feet from any artificial heat source or radiating surface. You can see some of the most egregious violators here..."
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Dems Blame Airplanes, Meat, Business For Climate Crisis – CNN Immediately Runs Ads For Those Three Things | The Daily Caller
Dems Blame Airplanes, Meat, Business For Climate Crisis – CNN Immediately Runs Ads For Those Three Things | The Daily Caller:
CNN aired advertisements for airplanes, meat and businesses during its climate crisis town hall Wednesday as candidates branded those three things as reasons for the crisis.
Ten 2020 candidates answered questions about ways to help the climate crisis during a seven-hour CNN town hall Wednesday evening. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was one of the candidates honing in on decarbonizing fuel for air travel, while Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris called for moderation on red meat.
Ten 2020 candidates answered questions about ways to help the climate crisis during a seven-hour CNN town hall Wednesday evening. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was one of the candidates honing in on decarbonizing fuel for air travel, while Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris called for moderation on red meat.
You want WW2?-----4 Memorable Moments From CNN’s Climate Town Hall – Reason.com
4 Memorable Moments From CNN’s Climate Town Hall – Reason.com"Last week's "Climate Town Hall" on CNN wasn't just long (seven hours!). It was deeply revealing about how Democratic presidential candidates think about government's power to regulate virtually all aspects of human behavior and how they approach policy and cultural change.
...About half of the candidates have endorsed the Green New Deal proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D–Mass.), which could cost as much as $90 trillion to implement.
...A number likened fighting climate change to the effort to win World War II, a metaphor that perhaps says more about their comfort with regimenting society than the speakers intended. During World War II, all industrial production was overseen by the federal government, food and fuel were rationed, and civil liberties were sharply curtailed in the interest of defeating the Axis powers..."
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WHEN VIRTUE-SIGNALLING LEADS TO HORROR
Instapundit Blog Archive WHEN VIRTUE-SIGNALLING LEADS TO HORROR:
The Terrible Truth About ‘Live Aid.’
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As I wrote at the Weekly Standard in 2004, when Live Aid (minus Led Zeppelin’s disastrous set) was first released on DVD, “While Live Aid was spectacular television, it was just another in a series of Big Events from people who believed that throwing money at a problem eventually solves it. Eerily, it forecast how the left would interact with Iraq: Substitute Mengistu for Saddam Hussein and it’s amazing how all the rest of the players stay the same–the BBC, the United Nations, and celebrities who believe that despots can be reasoned with to do the right thing.
We won’t get fooled again? Of course you will.”---Posted by
The Terrible Truth About ‘Live Aid.’
But people felt good about themselves, and that’s the important thing."The assignment was simple — all this money had been raised, where was it going, was it actually doing good?He discovered it was not doing good, but, horrifically, unimaginably, the exact opposite. The Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu, until then deadlocked in the war, was using the money the west gave him to buy sophisticated weapons from the Russians, and was now able to efficiently and viciously crush the opposition. Ethiopia, then the third poorest country in the world, suddenly had the largest, best equipped army on the African continent.
By this time we had all seen the pictures and TV footage of Bob Geldof, the figurehead of Live Aid, bear hugging and playfully punching Mengistu in the arm as he literally handed over the funding for this slaughter. It was on TV now alright, but as an endless, relentless reel of heroic Bob Geldof highlights. He drenched himself in the adulation and no one begrudged him it, until our investigation exposed the holocaust that Live Aid’s collected donations had help perpetrate on the Eritrean independence fighters.
Most damningly, Keating reported that Geldof was warned, repeatedly, from the outset by several relief agencies in the field about Mengistu, who was dismantling tribes, mercilessly conducting resettlement marches on which 100,000 people died, and butchering helpless people. According to Medicins Sans Frontiers, who begged Geldof to not release the money until there was a reliable infrastructure to get it to victims, he simply ignored them.
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We won’t get fooled again? Of course you will.”---Posted by
Hundreds could be implicated by files from heinous Epstein case, says federal judge - TheBlaze
Hundreds could be implicated by files from heinous Epstein case, says federal judge - TheBlaze:A federal judge indicated on Wednesday that there could be hundreds implicated in the civil case against convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, despite his suicide in a Manhattan jail.
One year ago. How soon they forget!-----‘He is a hero’: Armed pastor kills gunman at Washington state Walmart
‘He is a hero’: Armed pastor kills gunman at Washington state Walmart"An armed civilian is credited with saving several lives when he stopped a man firing shots at a Walmart in Washington Sunday.
The Tumwater Police Department identified the deceased gunman Monday as Tim O. Day, 44, of McCleary, Wash.
He shot two people and tried carjacking six people.
Day also fired shots inside the Walmart, but did not hit anyone inside the store.
A man who would rather not be identified stopped the crime spree when he shot and killed Day.
Police say the 47-year-old man is from Oakville, Washington.
He is a pastor, volunteer firefighter, and medic..."
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‘Comey’ is now a verb - The Washington Post
‘Comey’ is now a verb - The Washington Post
"James B. Comey has contributed his name to our political vocabulary.
To “Comey” is a term that should gain wide usage in politics.
May it live forever.
...“Comey” means to repeatedly deceive while cloaking oneself in pious, self-anointed virtue.
In Washington, this happens frequently.
But until now, it had no name.
Comey earned his verb and his iconic status as a swamp creature par excellence.
He ignored the rules and used his office to give a pass to the candidate he thought was going to win and decided to deceitfully derail the candidate he simply did not like, even after he won.
If you don’t believe me, just look to the Justice Department Inspector General’s report..."
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"James B. Comey has contributed his name to our political vocabulary.To “Comey” is a term that should gain wide usage in politics.
May it live forever.
...“Comey” means to repeatedly deceive while cloaking oneself in pious, self-anointed virtue.
In Washington, this happens frequently.
But until now, it had no name.
Comey earned his verb and his iconic status as a swamp creature par excellence.
He ignored the rules and used his office to give a pass to the candidate he thought was going to win and decided to deceitfully derail the candidate he simply did not like, even after he won.
If you don’t believe me, just look to the Justice Department Inspector General’s report..."
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Some Comments on Guns | Power Line
Some Comments on Guns | Power Line
"...First, the last couple of mass shooters likely are copycats.
More than anything else, giving less press coverage to mass shootings, and especially refusing to publish “manifestoes,” would reduce the number of these events...
"...First, the last couple of mass shooters likely are copycats.
More than anything else, giving less press coverage to mass shootings, and especially refusing to publish “manifestoes,” would reduce the number of these events...
Mass shootings are a vanishingly small cause of death.
...There was an uptick in homicides during the last two years of the Obama administration, apparently because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Obama administration’s embrace of that movement..."
...For whatever reason, our editors and reporters have chosen to magnify the significance of mass shooters.
Second, the U.S. homicide rate has been cut in half since the Clinton administration, coinciding with a boom in handgun ownership and an unprecedented issuance of carry permits. ...There was an uptick in homicides during the last two years of the Obama administration, apparently because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Obama administration’s embrace of that movement..."
Third, contrary to popular belief, the U.S. is not home to an unusual number of mass shootings..."
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Bernie Sanders says US should pay for abortions and birth control in 'poor countries' to combat climate change - TheBlaze
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says population control is a key factor in combatting climate change, and suggested U.S. taxpayers should fund abortions and birth control for women in "poor countries" as part of the solution.
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans see weather disasters worsening - The Washington Post
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans see weather disasters worsening - The Washington Post"WASHINGTON — Nearly three-quarters of Americans see weather disasters, like Hurricane Dorian, worsening and most of them blame global warming to some extent, a new poll finds.
...The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey shows 72% of Americans think catastrophic weather is more severe, while 4% see it as less nasty.
About one-quarter say those disasters are about as extreme as they always were.
Half of those who think weather disasters are worsening say it’s mainly because of man-made climate change, with another 37% who think natural randomness and global warming are equally to blame..."
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History for September 7
History for September 7 - On-This-Day.com
Elizabeth I 1533 - Queen of England, Elia Kazan 1909, David Packard 1912
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) 1936 - Singer, Julie Kavner 1951 - Actress ("The Simpsons," "Rhoda"), Corbin Bernsen 1954 - Actor ("L.A. Law")
1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post.
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
Friday, September 06, 2019
600 Border Patrol Agents Assaulted in 2019, Says CBP
600 Border Patrol Agents Assaulted in 2019, Says CBP:
More than 600 Border Patrol agents were assaulted in the line of duty so far this fiscal year. They remain among the most assaulted of all federal law enforcement officers.
Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera, in his capacity as Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307, said assaults continue to happen at an ever-increasing rate during an interview with Valley Central CBS 4.
Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera, in his capacity as Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307, said assaults continue to happen at an ever-increasing rate during an interview with Valley Central CBS 4.
Boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire
Boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire"LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observers as disrespectful to the families of the dead.
Truth Aquatics Inc., which owned the Conception, filed the action in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability.
...Families of the deceased, who are not named in the complaint, will be served with notice that they have a limited time to challenge the company’s effort to clear itself of negligence or limit its liability to the value of the remains of the boat, which is a total loss..."
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Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.
Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.:- The president keeps baring his ass, and the people talking about his clothing as he does so are part of the problem.
"The president is a racist, in his words and his actions.
Before you go clutching your pearls and extolling the virtues of “civility,” let me say this:
Put a sock in it.
This is not a new revelation, nor is it something that we can continue to ignore as though it were coming from a drunk uncle at the family barbecue.
Bigotry is dangerous and, coming from our nation’s commander in chief, it can mean an inability to recognize individual humanity and a failure to act with moral authority in times of crisis.
Every person talking about his clothes as he cheerfully bares his ass is part of the problem..."
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EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Anti-Kavanaugh Lawyer Saying Christine Blasey Ford Wanted ‘Asterisk’ By Justice’s Name | The Daily Caller
Exclusive video footage of Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyer obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows her saying that putting “an asterisk next to” Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s name before “he takes a scalpel” to Roe v. Wade was “part of what motivated” Ford to speak out.
Warren to Utility Companies Using Carbon-Based Fuel: '2035, You're Done'
Warren to Utility Companies Using Carbon-Based Fuel: '2035, You're Done'"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declined to go as far as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in calling for the public ownership of utilities during CNN’s climate change town hall Wednesday evening, but she said she will tell utility companies that use carbon-based fuel that they are “done” by 2035.
...“As president, would you be willing to call out capitalism in this way and advocate for the public ownership of our utilities?” the man asked.
“Gosh. You know, I’m not sure that that’s what gets you to the solution,” Warren said, expressing her willingness to take on “giant corporations” but refusing to take aim at Sanders’ position specifically. Instead, she said, she will simply tell those companies, “sorry guys, but by 2035, you’re done.”
Cal State campuses shell out $7 million per year to give illegal aliens 'priority' legal aid
"Students who are not authorized to be in the country will receive priority status for new $7 million immigration services at California State University.
...California State University announced in late August a systemwide implementation of immigration legal services for current students and staff..."
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Lunch video-----2019 09 04 Laura Ingraham
Greg talks w/ Laura Ingraham about the marathon CNN climate change debate.
House Dems Who Could Leverage Corporate Dollars Required To Fundraise, Donate More To Party, DCCC Document Shows | The Daily Caller
House Dems Who Could Leverage Corporate Dollars Required To Fundraise, Donate More To Party, DCCC Document Shows | The Daily Caller:
The members are Reps. Nita Lowey of the Appropriations Committee, Richard Neal of the Ways and Means Committee, Frank Pallone of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Maxine Waters of the Financial Services Committee. The first three are on track to meet their dues goals, while Waters has not paid a dollar, according to the document.
The chairmen of 17 other committees that are not traditionally feted with corporate cash, meanwhile, are expected to pay $300,000 in dues plus $300,000 in party fundraising in exchange for the gavel.
The chairmen of 17 other committees that are not traditionally feted with corporate cash, meanwhile, are expected to pay $300,000 in dues plus $300,000 in party fundraising in exchange for the gavel.
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