‘There’s No Pathway for Him to Win’: Glenn Beck Says This Is Why Marco Rubio Is Staying in the Race | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Glenn Beck said Friday that Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is only remaining in the race for two reasons: he’s running for vice president, and he’s following “marching orders” from the GOP to guarantee a brokered convention."
Important stuff you won't get from the liberal media! We do the surfing so you can be informed AND have a life!
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Bill Clinton Loses It Over Benghazi Hecklers At Campaign Rally
Bill Clinton Loses It Over Benghazi Hecklers At Campaign Rally [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller:
Former President Bill Clinton became angry when he was heckled by protesters during a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday.
The protesters demanded to know if his wife Hillary Clinton lied about the four American deaths that occurred during the attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.
...Another woman yelled out, “Hillary lied over four coffins! She lied and she lied to those families, so all those families are liars? I want to know. Did she lie?”
Clinton responded, “Are you going to give me a chance to answer?”
“Answer. Did she lie?” the woman said.
“No,” Clinton responded.
“Those families are lying?” The woman asked.
“Will you listen to me?” Clinton responded.
At that point the crowd began to drown her out as she shouted, “No, I’m not going to shut up!”
“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?” Clinton inquired.
“I am,” she said.
“Are you afraid?” he asked.
“No. I’m not afraid because I know you’re going to lie,” she said.
Law enforcement grabbed the woman and began to lead her out of the room at that point, as she screamed “She lied!”
Former President Bill Clinton became angry when he was heckled by protesters during a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina on Friday.
The protesters demanded to know if his wife Hillary Clinton lied about the four American deaths that occurred during the attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.
Clinton responded, “Are you going to give me a chance to answer?”
“Answer. Did she lie?” the woman said.
“No,” Clinton responded.
“Those families are lying?” The woman asked.
“Will you listen to me?” Clinton responded.
At that point the crowd began to drown her out as she shouted, “No, I’m not going to shut up!”
“Why are you trying to not listen to my answer?” Clinton inquired.
“I am,” she said.
“Are you afraid?” he asked.
“No. I’m not afraid because I know you’re going to lie,” she said.
Law enforcement grabbed the woman and began to lead her out of the room at that point, as she screamed “She lied!”
Bruce Jenner Named New Face of MAC Cosmetics
Bruce Jenner Named New Face of MAC Cosmetics - Breitbart:
Bruce.
Bruce.
Transgender reality TV personality Bruce Jenner was introduced as the new face of MAC Cosmetics on Friday, officially making the Olympian gold medalist the first transgender model to secure a beauty contract with a major makeup retailer.
According to Page Six, Jenner inked a deal with MAC that is rumored to be worth at least seven figures and gives him his own signature lipstick.
The deal will also assist the Estée Lauder-owned company in becoming more involved with the transgender community, as all profits from Jenner’s “Finally Free” lipstick will benefit the M•A•C AIDS Fund Transgender Initiative, per the company’s website.
Jenner took to Instagram on Friday to share details of the agreement with his followers.
"I’m finally free to announce my partnership with @MACcosmetics,” wrote Jenner.
“All sales of our lipstick shade, Finally Free, go toward improving transgender communities.”...
According to Page Six, Jenner inked a deal with MAC that is rumored to be worth at least seven figures and gives him his own signature lipstick.
The deal will also assist the Estée Lauder-owned company in becoming more involved with the transgender community, as all profits from Jenner’s “Finally Free” lipstick will benefit the M•A•C AIDS Fund Transgender Initiative, per the company’s website.
Jenner took to Instagram on Friday to share details of the agreement with his followers.
"I’m finally free to announce my partnership with @MACcosmetics,” wrote Jenner.
“All sales of our lipstick shade, Finally Free, go toward improving transgender communities.”...
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Says "White Folks" Need To "Sacrifice" THIS
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Says "White Folks" Need To "Sacrifice" THIS:
"The leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have said many stupid things over the past several months, but co-founder Marissa Jeanae Johnson may take the cake for the dumbest thing said yet.
Breitbart reported that Johnson, in an interview with Fox News, stated that white people need to “sacrifice” themselves in order for blacks to be equal."
"The leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have said many stupid things over the past several months, but co-founder Marissa Jeanae Johnson may take the cake for the dumbest thing said yet.
Breitbart reported that Johnson, in an interview with Fox News, stated that white people need to “sacrifice” themselves in order for blacks to be equal."
German Government Admits They Have Lost 130,000 Migrants.
UK OPEN Political Debate:
German Government Admits They Have Lost 130,000 Migrants.
"...German authorities do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 migrants, the government confessed today.
It means that more than one in ten unvetted new arrivals from the Middle East have disappeared, somewhere in Europe.
Of the 1.1 million migrants who registered as asylum seekers in Germany in 2015, “about 13% did not turn up at the reception centres to which they had been directed,” the government said in a written reply to a question from a lawmaker from the Left Party.
The official government admission follows a previous calculation suggesting that the number of missing migrants could be as high as 600,000.
The Interior Ministry said that the migrants, who were initially invited into Europe by German Chancellor Merkel, may have travelled on to other countries or “slipped into illegality”...
German Government Admits They Have Lost 130,000 Migrants.
"...German authorities do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 migrants, the government confessed today.
It means that more than one in ten unvetted new arrivals from the Middle East have disappeared, somewhere in Europe.
Of the 1.1 million migrants who registered as asylum seekers in Germany in 2015, “about 13% did not turn up at the reception centres to which they had been directed,” the government said in a written reply to a question from a lawmaker from the Left Party.
The official government admission follows a previous calculation suggesting that the number of missing migrants could be as high as 600,000.
The Interior Ministry said that the migrants, who were initially invited into Europe by German Chancellor Merkel, may have travelled on to other countries or “slipped into illegality”...
GREAT!!-----SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Trolls Arrogant Fighter Pilot with Ground Speed Check.
“...Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground.”
And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what?
As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios.
Still, I thought, it must be done – in mere seconds we’ll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost.
That Hornet must die, and die now.
I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming.
I was torn.
Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet.
Then, I heard it.
The click of the mic button from the back seat.
That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew..."
ABC Forces “Last Man Standing” To Lessen Anti-Obama Jokes, But Then Tim Allen Does THIS
ABC Forces “Last Man Standing” To Lessen Anti-Obama Jokes, But Then Tim Allen Does THIS:
"Usually, Allen fires off joke after joke with no rebuttal. However, ABC has become sensitive to the over-the-top Obama abuse that the show has come to accept. Unfortunately, they have started sticking their heads in the show, to even out the field."
"Usually, Allen fires off joke after joke with no rebuttal. However, ABC has become sensitive to the over-the-top Obama abuse that the show has come to accept. Unfortunately, they have started sticking their heads in the show, to even out the field."
The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night - and the International Media Is Asleep At the Switch
The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night - and the International Media Is Asleep At the Switch | Caracas Chronicles:
Dear International Editor:
Listen and understand.
The game changed in Venezuela last night.
What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many years went kinetic all of a sudden.
What we have this morning is no longer the Venezuela story you thought you understood.
Throughout last night, panicked people told their stories of state-sponsored paramilitaries on motorcycles roaming middle class neighborhoods, shooting at people and storming into apartment buildings, shooting at anyone who seemed like he might be protesting.
People continue to be arrested merely for protesting, and a long established local Human Rights NGO makes an urgent plea for an investigation into widespread reports of torture of detainees.
There are now dozens of serious human right abuses: National Guardsmen shooting tear gas canisters directly into residential buildings.
We have videos of soldiers shooting civilians on the street.
And that’s just what came out in real time, over Twitter and YouTube, before any real investigation is carried out.
Online media is next, a city of 645,000 inhabitants has been taken off the internet amid mounting repression, and this blog itself has been the object of a Facebook “block” campaign.
What we saw were not “street clashes”, what we saw is a state-hatched offensive to suppress and terrorize its opponents.
Here at Caracas Chronicles we’re doing what it can to document the crisis, but there’s only so much one tiny, zero-budget blog can do.
After the major crackdown on the streets of large (and small) Venezuelan cities last night, I expected some kind of response in the major international news outlets this morning.
I understand that with an even bigger and more photogenic freakout ongoing in an even more strategically important country, we weren’t going to be front-page-above-the-fold, but I’m staggered this morning to wake up, scan the press and find…
Nothing.
As of 11 a.m. this morning, the New York Times World Section has…nothing.
Dear International Editor:
Listen and understand.
The game changed in Venezuela last night.
What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many years went kinetic all of a sudden.
What we have this morning is no longer the Venezuela story you thought you understood.
Throughout last night, panicked people told their stories of state-sponsored paramilitaries on motorcycles roaming middle class neighborhoods, shooting at people and storming into apartment buildings, shooting at anyone who seemed like he might be protesting.
People continue to be arrested merely for protesting, and a long established local Human Rights NGO makes an urgent plea for an investigation into widespread reports of torture of detainees.
There are now dozens of serious human right abuses: National Guardsmen shooting tear gas canisters directly into residential buildings.
We have videos of soldiers shooting civilians on the street.
And that’s just what came out in real time, over Twitter and YouTube, before any real investigation is carried out.
Online media is next, a city of 645,000 inhabitants has been taken off the internet amid mounting repression, and this blog itself has been the object of a Facebook “block” campaign.
What we saw were not “street clashes”, what we saw is a state-hatched offensive to suppress and terrorize its opponents.
Here at Caracas Chronicles we’re doing what it can to document the crisis, but there’s only so much one tiny, zero-budget blog can do.
After the major crackdown on the streets of large (and small) Venezuelan cities last night, I expected some kind of response in the major international news outlets this morning.
I understand that with an even bigger and more photogenic freakout ongoing in an even more strategically important country, we weren’t going to be front-page-above-the-fold, but I’m staggered this morning to wake up, scan the press and find…
Nothing.
As of 11 a.m. this morning, the New York Times World Section has…nothing.
THE JOKE HERE IS TWOFOLD: THE EXAGGERATED FEAR, AND THE PRESUMPTION THAT CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS WERE…
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE JOKE HERE IS TWOFOLD
THE JOKE HERE IS TWOFOLD: THE EXAGGERATED FEAR, AND THE PRESUMPTION THAT CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS WERE FREE AND OPEN BEFORE:
UH faculty suggest steering clear of some topics if students armed.
THE JOKE HERE IS TWOFOLD: THE EXAGGERATED FEAR, AND THE PRESUMPTION THAT CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS WERE FREE AND OPEN BEFORE:
UH faculty suggest steering clear of some topics if students armed.
‘White Privilege Conference’ videos offer chilling glimpse into leftist indoctrination
‘White Privilege Conference’ videos offer chilling glimpse into leftist indoctrination | EAGnews.org
MADISON, Wis. – The annual White Privilege Conference sells itself as a gathering of people who want to bring all Americans closer together in an effort to build a more just society.
MADISON, Wis. – The annual White Privilege Conference sells itself as a gathering of people who want to bring all Americans closer together in an effort to build a more just society.
...But is the message conveyed to those educators really about racial tolerance and cooperation, and making the American dream more accessible to everyone?
Or is it an opportunity for radical left wing activists to attack the United States, white citizens and fundamental foundations of American culture, like Christianity and free market economics?
...It’s definitely not about “understanding, respecting and connecting.”
The U.S. is castigated as an evil, unjust nation that goes out of its way to keep people of color trapped in poverty and second-class citizenship.
“Racism is central to America,” said Professor Adrien Wing of the University of Iowa during her remarks to the conference. “It’s central to how the country was developed. It is central to how it operates right now. And if you don’t understand that you can’t actually understand how the country is developing and has developed.”
If the conference does not mean to “attack, degrade or beat up on white folks,” it has some work to do in that area.
“And then there are the little white families who live in the little white zones in little white gated communities and send their kids to little white academies,” said activist Leonard Zeskind during a conference workshop.
When asked if he thought those families live in gated communities because they are racist, Zeskind replied, “I sure the **** do.”
Read on wonder where your tax dollars are going.
This U.S. General Just Ripped Wide Open Obama's Plan To Allow ISIS Into America ⋆ US Herald
This U.S. General Just Ripped Wide Open Obama's Plan To Allow ISIS Into America ⋆ US Herald:
"Lt. General Stewart is no stranger to the complex issues within the Middle East, he comes from the Defense Intelligence Agency, and is well versed with how rapidly ISIS is spreading through the region, and was extremely blunt in his assessment of this administration.
He then warned congress, saying; “US President Obama has no intention of being a leading part of that team. When will he learn that diplomacy doesn’t work with savages!"
"Lt. General Stewart is no stranger to the complex issues within the Middle East, he comes from the Defense Intelligence Agency, and is well versed with how rapidly ISIS is spreading through the region, and was extremely blunt in his assessment of this administration.
He then warned congress, saying; “US President Obama has no intention of being a leading part of that team. When will he learn that diplomacy doesn’t work with savages!"
When Someone Argues “Not All Muslims Are Bad”, Show Them THIS EPIC Response
When Someone Argues “Not All Muslims Are Bad”, Show Them THIS EPIC Response | The Proud Conservative:
We always hear the argument that most Muslims are peaceful people, which is actually a true statement.
Most Muslims are in fact peaceful people, but there is one major problem that Brigitte Gabriel brings to light in the most epic way imaginable.
She destroys the poor questioner from the audience, but with facts.
There is an estimated 1.8 billion (give or take) Muslims on the planet, so if even a small percentage, or a large percentage as Brigette points out, of Muslims are radical or extreme, then there are potentially still hundreds of millions of Muslims out there that pose a threat to the rest of the world that are not Muslim.
WATCH Brigette Gabriel deliver, without a doubt, the best response you will ever hear to the notion of “not all Muslims are bad”.
In fact, memorize it and use it against those who make the claim…
We always hear the argument that most Muslims are peaceful people, which is actually a true statement.
Most Muslims are in fact peaceful people, but there is one major problem that Brigitte Gabriel brings to light in the most epic way imaginable.
She destroys the poor questioner from the audience, but with facts.
There is an estimated 1.8 billion (give or take) Muslims on the planet, so if even a small percentage, or a large percentage as Brigette points out, of Muslims are radical or extreme, then there are potentially still hundreds of millions of Muslims out there that pose a threat to the rest of the world that are not Muslim.
WATCH Brigette Gabriel deliver, without a doubt, the best response you will ever hear to the notion of “not all Muslims are bad”.
In fact, memorize it and use it against those who make the claim…
History for February 27
History for February 27 - On-This-Day.com:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 - Poet, Hugo (Lafayette) Black 1886 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, John Steinbeck 1902 - Writer ("The Grapes of Wrath")
Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), Howard Hesseman 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), Josh Groban 1981 - Singer
1827 - New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.
1896 - The "Charlotte Observer" published a picture of an X-ray photograph made by Dr. H.L. Smith. The photograph showed a perfect picture of all the bones of a hand and a bullet that Smith had placed between the third and fourth fingers in the palm.
1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
1972 - The Shanghai Communique was issued by U.S. President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai.
1974 - "People" magazine was first issued by Time-Life (later known as Time-Warner).
1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of $1.7 billion in 1980.
1982 - Wayne B. Williams was convicted of murdering two of the 28 black children and young adults whose bodies were found in Atlanta, GA, over a two-year period.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 - Poet, Hugo (Lafayette) Black 1886 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, John Steinbeck 1902 - Writer ("The Grapes of Wrath")
Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), Howard Hesseman 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), Josh Groban 1981 - Singer
1827 - New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.
1896 - The "Charlotte Observer" published a picture of an X-ray photograph made by Dr. H.L. Smith. The photograph showed a perfect picture of all the bones of a hand and a bullet that Smith had placed between the third and fourth fingers in the palm.
1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
1972 - The Shanghai Communique was issued by U.S. President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai.
1974 - "People" magazine was first issued by Time-Life (later known as Time-Warner).
1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of $1.7 billion in 1980.
1982 - Wayne B. Williams was convicted of murdering two of the 28 black children and young adults whose bodies were found in Atlanta, GA, over a two-year period.
Friday, February 26, 2016
State Dept. Turns Over 1,600 Pages of New Documents Related to Clinton, Libya, Benghazi | TheBlaze.com
State Dept. Turns Over 1,600 Pages of New Documents Related to Clinton, Libya, Benghazi | TheBlaze.com:
"The State Department on Friday afternoon turned over 1,600 pages of new documents related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Libya, the House Select Committee on Benghazi announced.
The trove of documents, requested by the House committee nearly a year ago, could ultimately be released to the public if a Freedom of Information Act request is filed, but would likely contain redactions."
"The State Department on Friday afternoon turned over 1,600 pages of new documents related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Libya, the House Select Committee on Benghazi announced.
The trove of documents, requested by the House committee nearly a year ago, could ultimately be released to the public if a Freedom of Information Act request is filed, but would likely contain redactions."
Facebook Employees Defy CEO’s Warning, Replace ‘Black Lives Matter’ With ‘All Lives Matter’ — Read Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Response | TheBlaze.com
Facebook Employees Defy CEO’s Warning, Replace ‘Black Lives Matter’ With ‘All Lives Matter’ — Read Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Response | TheBlaze.com:
"In an internal message to employees obtained by Gizmodo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he considers the behavior “malicious.”
“There have been several recent instances of people crossing out ‘black lives matter’ and writing ‘all lives matter’ on the walls at MPK,” Zuckerberg wrote. “Despite my clear communication at Q&A last week that this was unacceptable, and messages from several other leaders from across the company, this has happened again.”
It's nice to see that some of his employees are capable of thinking for themselves.
This current administration is doing everything it can to create racial tension and the younger generation keeps falling for it.
"In an internal message to employees obtained by Gizmodo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that he considers the behavior “malicious.”
“There have been several recent instances of people crossing out ‘black lives matter’ and writing ‘all lives matter’ on the walls at MPK,” Zuckerberg wrote. “Despite my clear communication at Q&A last week that this was unacceptable, and messages from several other leaders from across the company, this has happened again.”
It's nice to see that some of his employees are capable of thinking for themselves.
This current administration is doing everything it can to create racial tension and the younger generation keeps falling for it.
ALERT: Speaker Ryan Drops BOMBSHELL About How Obama Is Ordering Troops to Break the Law
ALERT: Speaker Ryan Drops BOMBSHELL About How Obama Is Ordering Troops to Break the Law:
“Our law is really clear — and by the way, Democrats wrote this law when they were in the majority, when they ran Congress — which is, these detainees cannot come to American soil,” Speaker Ryan pointed out in regard to the National Defense Authorization Act, which specifically prohibited Obama from moving Gitmo detainees into America, according to CNS News.
He added, “And what boggles my mind, is that the president is contemplating directing the military to knowingly break the law.”
“Our law is really clear — and by the way, Democrats wrote this law when they were in the majority, when they ran Congress — which is, these detainees cannot come to American soil,” Speaker Ryan pointed out in regard to the National Defense Authorization Act, which specifically prohibited Obama from moving Gitmo detainees into America, according to CNS News.
He added, “And what boggles my mind, is that the president is contemplating directing the military to knowingly break the law.”
‘This Is How the Fascists Do It’: Watch How Protesters Try to Shut Down Ben Shapiro’s Campus Lecture | Video | TheBlaze.com
‘This Is How the Fascists Do It’: Watch How Protesters Try to Shut Down Ben Shapiro’s Campus Lecture | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“If this sort of thing happened during classes at this university, the kid that pulled the fire alarm would be off this campus so fast it would make your head spin,” he continued. “But not you out there, the protesters. Those special, magical leftist children, protected from the consequences of living in the real world with my taxpayer dollars. You get to shut us down for disagreeing with your thug tactics and your nasty, pathetic, evil ideology.”
As Shapiro spoke inside, dozens of students and Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated in front of the auditorium."
“If this sort of thing happened during classes at this university, the kid that pulled the fire alarm would be off this campus so fast it would make your head spin,” he continued. “But not you out there, the protesters. Those special, magical leftist children, protected from the consequences of living in the real world with my taxpayer dollars. You get to shut us down for disagreeing with your thug tactics and your nasty, pathetic, evil ideology.”
As Shapiro spoke inside, dozens of students and Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated in front of the auditorium."
Syria: high winds and technical difficulties hinder UN airdrop
Syria: high winds and technical difficulties hinder UN airdrop | Global development | The Guardian:
"The UN’s first attempt to airdrop food to thousands of Syrian civilians in the besieged city of Deir ez-Zor has been thwarted by high winds and technical difficulties, according to the World Food Programme.
The UN food agency, which organised Wednesday’s operation, said of the 21 pallets of food airdropped to the city,
The mission saw a WFP-chartered Russian transport plane drop the equivalent of a medium-sized truckload of vegetable oil, lentils, rice and salt from an altitude of 7,000 metres (23,000ft).
Had it landed safely, the food would have fed 2,500 people for a month.
Unverified reports have suggested that as many as 20 people in the city have already died of starvation..."
"The UN’s first attempt to airdrop food to thousands of Syrian civilians in the besieged city of Deir ez-Zor has been thwarted by high winds and technical difficulties, according to the World Food Programme.
The UN food agency, which organised Wednesday’s operation, said of the 21 pallets of food airdropped to the city,
- four were damaged because their parachutes failed to open properly,
- seven landed in no man’s land and
- 10 drifted away and remained unaccounted for.
The mission saw a WFP-chartered Russian transport plane drop the equivalent of a medium-sized truckload of vegetable oil, lentils, rice and salt from an altitude of 7,000 metres (23,000ft).
Had it landed safely, the food would have fed 2,500 people for a month.
Unverified reports have suggested that as many as 20 people in the city have already died of starvation..."
New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence
New Report: Preschool Benefits Not Supported by Evidence | Intellectual Takeout:
Would it be wise to wait before we spend millions of dollars on the alleged preschool panacea?"
As state legislative sessions kick into high gear for 2016, it’s inevitable that some lawmakers will suggest implementing a universal Pre-K plan.
This is because universal pre-K has become the silver bullet with which politicians try to lift the masses out of poverty while simultaneously improving academic performance in the public schools.
But before politicians pile on the pre-K bandwagon, they may be wise to look at the evidence first. According to a new report by Brookings scholar Dale Farran, the evidence of pre-K’s effectiveness is miniscule.
Farran writes:
“The proposition that expanding pre-K will improve later achievement for children from low-income families is premature.
Premature as well is the presumption that solid research exists to guide the content and structure of pre-K programs.
Despite more than 50 years of preliminary work on pre-K as an early intervention for young children from poor backgrounds, the field of early childhood education has a relatively small database to use as a guide to effective practice.”
Farran goes on to explain several reasons why the evidence for pre-K success is slim:
It’s based on old studies – As Farran notes, the main evidence for the effectiveness of pre-K is based on old studies, such as the Perry Preschool and the Abecedarian Project.
According to Farran, these studies sought different goals (namely the increase of IQ scores among children labeled with “mild retardation”) than the one of “school readiness” which modern preschool proponents seek.
Furthermore, these studies incorporated elements not found in today’s preschools, including intense educational and parental-aid measures.
To say that today’s less intense pre-K programs can produce the same benefits as these old studies, Farran argues, is simply not supported by evidence..."
Would it be wise to wait before we spend millions of dollars on the alleged preschool panacea?"
As state legislative sessions kick into high gear for 2016, it’s inevitable that some lawmakers will suggest implementing a universal Pre-K plan.
This is because universal pre-K has become the silver bullet with which politicians try to lift the masses out of poverty while simultaneously improving academic performance in the public schools.
But before politicians pile on the pre-K bandwagon, they may be wise to look at the evidence first. According to a new report by Brookings scholar Dale Farran, the evidence of pre-K’s effectiveness is miniscule.
Farran writes:
“The proposition that expanding pre-K will improve later achievement for children from low-income families is premature.
Premature as well is the presumption that solid research exists to guide the content and structure of pre-K programs.
Despite more than 50 years of preliminary work on pre-K as an early intervention for young children from poor backgrounds, the field of early childhood education has a relatively small database to use as a guide to effective practice.”
Farran goes on to explain several reasons why the evidence for pre-K success is slim:
It’s based on old studies – As Farran notes, the main evidence for the effectiveness of pre-K is based on old studies, such as the Perry Preschool and the Abecedarian Project.
According to Farran, these studies sought different goals (namely the increase of IQ scores among children labeled with “mild retardation”) than the one of “school readiness” which modern preschool proponents seek.
Furthermore, these studies incorporated elements not found in today’s preschools, including intense educational and parental-aid measures.
To say that today’s less intense pre-K programs can produce the same benefits as these old studies, Farran argues, is simply not supported by evidence..."
Three Black College Students Say They Were Racially Attacked; Outrage and Protests Follow. But New Information Just Turned the Tables. | Video | TheBlaze.com
Three Black College Students Say They Were Racially Attacked; Outrage and Protests Follow. But New Information Just Turned the Tables. | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"But now WTEN-TV is reporting that the trio’s claims are being called false.
Turns out statements from other minority passengers on the bus contradicted what the three students claimed, sources told the Times-Union. And now charges against the three women are forthcoming, the paper reported, noting that the accusers were issued tickets to appear in court next Monday on undisclosed charges in connection to the Jan. 30 incident.
The smoking gun may be the bus’ surveillance video — "
"But now WTEN-TV is reporting that the trio’s claims are being called false.
Turns out statements from other minority passengers on the bus contradicted what the three students claimed, sources told the Times-Union. And now charges against the three women are forthcoming, the paper reported, noting that the accusers were issued tickets to appear in court next Monday on undisclosed charges in connection to the Jan. 30 incident.
The smoking gun may be the bus’ surveillance video — "
Hundreds show up for Kalispell (MT) refugee talk
Hundreds show up for Kalispell refugee talk - Daily Inter Lake: Members
An estimated 460 people turned out Tuesday in Kalispell to hear a Bozeman-based immigration speaker detail the reasons he believes settlement of refugees in the United States is a drain on national resources and potential threat to homeland security.
Paul Nachman said immigrants often don’t assimilate and are a drain on state resources.
He pointed out that the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings were children of parents who were granted asylum from war-torn Chechnya.
...Nachman said the purpose of the United States is stated in the Preamble to the Constitution.
He focused on the part that says the people of the United States will “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”
“So what the United States is about is benefiting the citizens of the United States, not rescuing the rest of the world from its distress,” Nachman said.
...After the event, Solomon said that most people came out because they wanted to learn about the refugee resettlement issue and how to speak out against bringing people into the country without proper vetting.
“I think they are ready, in an intelligent and humane way, to express their feelings and what they are standing for,” Solomon said.
The Obama administration announced in September that it intends to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States..."
An estimated 460 people turned out Tuesday in Kalispell to hear a Bozeman-based immigration speaker detail the reasons he believes settlement of refugees in the United States is a drain on national resources and potential threat to homeland security.
Paul Nachman said immigrants often don’t assimilate and are a drain on state resources.
He pointed out that the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings were children of parents who were granted asylum from war-torn Chechnya.
...Nachman said the purpose of the United States is stated in the Preamble to the Constitution.
He focused on the part that says the people of the United States will “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”
“So what the United States is about is benefiting the citizens of the United States, not rescuing the rest of the world from its distress,” Nachman said.
...After the event, Solomon said that most people came out because they wanted to learn about the refugee resettlement issue and how to speak out against bringing people into the country without proper vetting.
“I think they are ready, in an intelligent and humane way, to express their feelings and what they are standing for,” Solomon said.
The Obama administration announced in September that it intends to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States..."
Lawmakers: Administration Illegally Diverted Billions to Insurers
Lawmakers: Administration Illegally Diverted Billions to Insurers:
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are questioning the legality of a move by the Obama administration to give billions to insurers under a program implemented under Obamacare that they say is equal to an insurer bailout.
At issue for lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is whether the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services violated the Affordable Care Act by diverting $3.5 billion intended for the U.S. Treasury to insurance companies.
“[Earlier this month], the administration announced that they would be using billions of taxpayer dollars to make payments to insurance companies under the Obamacare reinsurance program,” Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Penn., said Wednesday during a hearing with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell.
“The announcement that the administration made represents an illegal wealth transfer from hardworking taxpayers to insurers,” he continued, “and this law is very clear—$5 billion of reinsurance fees must be returned to the taxpayers...”
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are questioning the legality of a move by the Obama administration to give billions to insurers under a program implemented under Obamacare that they say is equal to an insurer bailout.
At issue for lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is whether the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services violated the Affordable Care Act by diverting $3.5 billion intended for the U.S. Treasury to insurance companies.
“[Earlier this month], the administration announced that they would be using billions of taxpayer dollars to make payments to insurance companies under the Obamacare reinsurance program,” Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Penn., said Wednesday during a hearing with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell.
“The announcement that the administration made represents an illegal wealth transfer from hardworking taxpayers to insurers,” he continued, “and this law is very clear—$5 billion of reinsurance fees must be returned to the taxpayers...”
Democrats run your city? You got Venezuela!----- Mobile food pantry aims to lessen effects of lead from Flint water crisis
Mobile food pantry aims to lessen effects of lead from Flint water crisis | MLive.com:
FLINT, MI – The sanctuary was full and pastor behind the pulpit, but there was no service taking place Wednesday afternoon at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Flint.
Residents wound their way from the front door, through a registration table and waited to have their numbers called before heading downstairs and choosing food items dropped off a short time earlier by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
The mobile food pantry event at the Stevenson Street church, a partnership between the food bank and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, offered fruits, vegetables and non-perishable food items meant to combat the impact of lead exposure for up to 400 families.
Pastor Jeffrey Hawkins said the purpose of Wednesday's gathering was to "fight lead through nutrition, so it gives us an opportunity to help our residents out."
The food pantry is being paid for in part by a $28 million appropriations bill passed by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in January.
...."We all need help. We're suffering because of this water and high water bills and high electricity bills," she said.
"It just doesn't make no sense us paying for this water we can't use. "
...Other upcoming mobile food pantry events set to take place in the city include the following times, dates and locations:
Noon, Friday Feb. 26, My Brother's Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse Blvd.
Noon, Tuesday, March 1, Church Without Walls, 6202 Dupont St.
Noon, Wednesday, March 2, Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 Ballenger Highway..."
FLINT, MI – The sanctuary was full and pastor behind the pulpit, but there was no service taking place Wednesday afternoon at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Flint.
Residents wound their way from the front door, through a registration table and waited to have their numbers called before heading downstairs and choosing food items dropped off a short time earlier by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
The mobile food pantry event at the Stevenson Street church, a partnership between the food bank and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, offered fruits, vegetables and non-perishable food items meant to combat the impact of lead exposure for up to 400 families.
Pastor Jeffrey Hawkins said the purpose of Wednesday's gathering was to "fight lead through nutrition, so it gives us an opportunity to help our residents out."
The food pantry is being paid for in part by a $28 million appropriations bill passed by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in January.
...."We all need help. We're suffering because of this water and high water bills and high electricity bills," she said.
"It just doesn't make no sense us paying for this water we can't use. "
...Other upcoming mobile food pantry events set to take place in the city include the following times, dates and locations:
Noon, Friday Feb. 26, My Brother's Keeper, 101 N. Grand Traverse Blvd.
Noon, Tuesday, March 1, Church Without Walls, 6202 Dupont St.
Noon, Wednesday, March 2, Bethel United Methodist Church, 1309 Ballenger Highway..."
U.S. general: Obama ‘aiding and abetting the enemy’
U.S. general: Obama ‘aiding and abetting the enemy’:
"President Obama is urging Congress to approve the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, allow for the transfer of remaining detainees to the U.S. and try them in U.S. courts.
In calling for the policy change, Obama said the move would save taxpayers money without compromising security. In fact, Obama argues that America is less safe because of the facility."
"President Obama is urging Congress to approve the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, allow for the transfer of remaining detainees to the U.S. and try them in U.S. courts.
In calling for the policy change, Obama said the move would save taxpayers money without compromising security. In fact, Obama argues that America is less safe because of the facility."
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