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ANALYSIS: TRUE. Trump’s NFL Protest Comments are why Trump is President: He takes a commonly held…:
"ANALYSIS: TRUE. Trump’s NFL Protest Comments are why Trump is President:

He takes a commonly held sentiment — most people don’t like the NFL protests — and states it in an inflammatory way guaranteed to get everyone’s attention and generate outrage among his critics. When those critics lash back at him, Trump is put in the position of getting attacked for a fairly commonsensical view.

Of course, NFL owners firing players on the spot for protesting isn’t necessarily common sense, but this is where “seriously, not literally” comes in.

There is another option, besides firing a player..." 
--Posted at 5:30 pm by Ed Driscoll   
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#1 This day 1966-----Association Cherish 1966

Glitch Allows Non-U.S. Citizens In Pa. To Vote « CBS Philly

Glitch Allows Non-U.S. Citizens In Pa. To Vote « CBS Philly:
"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia Democrat City Commissioner Al Schmidt says a glitch in the state’s “motor-voter” process has allowed non-U.S. citizens to register to vote, even though he thinks they did so accidentally.
...Democrat Secretary of State Pedro Cortes issued a statement saying PennDOT is changing its system to prevent the problem in the future and has already made improvements. He did not address reviewing and cross checking registrations statewide.
A spokeswoman for Cortes said they are conducting their own review..."

Another Obama Official Allegedly Unmasked HUNDREDS Of Americans During Final Days In Office | Daily Wire

Another Obama Official Allegedly Unmasked HUNDREDS Of Americans During Final Days In Office | Daily Wire:

"Samantha Power, Obama’s former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, "unmasked" Americans at such a rapid rate in the administration’s final days in office that she averaged more than one request per day in 2016."

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U.S. flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea - Washington Times

U.S. flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea - Washington Times:

"In a show of American military might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and flight escorts flew on Saturday to the farther point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission in international airspace showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea’s “reckless behavior.”
“This mission is a demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat,” Defense Department spokesman Dana White said in a statement."

History for September 24

History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim McKay 1921


Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets, "Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor


1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.


1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.


1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.


1957 - Republican U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.


1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.


1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.


1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.


1996 - The United States, represented by President Clinton, and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.

Obama’s Watergate | The American Spectator

Obama’s Watergate | The American Spectator:


"Putin did not hack the election. Barack Obama did.

Donald Trump said earlier this year that the Obama Administration wiretapped his campaign. “Like I’d want to hear more from that fool?” President Obama scoffed."

The way we were-----JOHNNY RIVERS - Secret Agent Man 1966

Boob-tube-----Vintage 1960's Anacin TV Commercial

Prof claims microaggressions disprove notion of 'meritocracy'

Prof claims microaggressions disprove notion of 'meritocracy'

• An Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island argues that microaggressions invalidate “meritocracy” and “equal-opportunity” for minorities.
• The same professor, Annemarie Vaccaro, also recently identified a brand new category of
  microaggression that doesn't even require a person to say or do anything offensive.
  
  Annemarie Vaccaro, who teaches about higher education, explained in an article published Tuesday that the experience of microaggressions “challenge[s] dominant ideologies of colorblindness, meritocracy, and equal opportunity” surrounding higher education.
  ...She maintains that “meritocracy and equal-opportunity” are ideologies that “ignore the differential treatment…experienced by individual women,” citing “microaggressions” that students of color “must overcome to be successful.”
  Vaccaro, who also invented a brand new category of “invisibility microaggressions” in another article this week, began her research after being approached by a student named Chantel, who “offered to help recruit participants for a study” that would “document pervasive and covert racism at [her college] and convey women’s concerns to the administration.”...

Feds Spend $138,000 Asking Four-Year-Olds About Their 'Internal Sense of Gender Identity'

Feds Spend $138,000 Asking Four-Year-Olds About Their 'Internal Sense of Gender Identity':
"The National Science Foundation is spending over $130,000 on a study that asks four-year-olds about their "internal sense of gender identity."
A grant for a two-year study was awarded to the University of Washington this summer.
..."However, tests of these theories have been limited because, for most children, internal gender identity and environmental socialization substantially overlap, rendering it impossible to distinguish the relative impact of each factor on gender development."
The study will investigate whether gender theories, such as Gender Schema Theory that blames society on differences between genders, are sufficient for today's "wider range of human gender experiences," where there can be anywhere between 3, 37, and 58 genders..."
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Three Women Called Police on Imran Awan | The Daily Caller

Three Women Called Police on Imran Awan | The Daily Caller:

"Multiple women in relationships with Imran Awan, the indicted former IT aide for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, have recently called Virginia law enforcement and alleged being abused by him, police reports obtained under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act show.

Officers found one of the women bloodied and she told them she “just wanted to leave,” while the second said she felt like a “slave,” according to Fairfax County Police reports obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group. A third woman claimed she was being kept “in captivity.”"

Anaheim's emergency declaration sets stage for removal of huge homeless encampment - LA Times

Anaheim's emergency declaration sets stage for removal of huge homeless encampment - LA Times
"Along the Santa Ana River in the shadow of Disneyland and Anaheim Stadium, scores of homeless people young and old have set up makeshift encampments of tarps and tents.
They have swelled in recent months and become the latest symbol of Orange County’s worsening homeless problem.
“Many times, things appear hopeless because we have nothing — not even restrooms,” said Tammy Schuler, 41, who shares her cluttered tarp-covered plot on the trail with her boyfriend and younger brother.
“We trade and try to help each other. 
We have no choice.”
But this way of life has sparked a backlash from nearby residents as well as joggers and cyclists who say the camps have increased crime and blight.
Anaheim this week declared a state of emergency, clearing the way for the removal of hundreds of people living in a landscape dotted with trash and used hypodermic needles and lacking toilet facilities.
It’s the latest and perhaps boldest move to date to deal with the county’s homeless problem.
Earlier this summer, Anaheim removed bus benches across the street from Disneyland following complaints about the homeless population sleeping on them around the amusement park..."

General Confirms "US Policy Is Not To Defend Canada" In The Event Of A Missile Attack | Zero Hedge

General Confirms "US Policy Is Not To Defend Canada" In The Event Of A Missile Attack | Zero Hedge
"Participation in the ballistic missile defence program would be costly, but, amid nuclear threats, it appears Canada is no longer under the protective umbrella of the U.S.
...That’s why the testimony at a House of Commons defence committee, specially convened to consider the thorny problem that is North Korea, was so memorable.
Honourable members were stumped by the testimony of Lt. Gen. Pierre St-Amand, the Canadian who serves as deputy commander of North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs.
Conservative MP James Bezan asked St-Amand whether he agreed with the common Canadian perception that the Americans would shoot down an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile heading for a Canadian city, even though Canada is not a participant in the U.S.’s ballistic missile defence program.
His response jolted the committee members from their late-summer stupor.
“I’m being told in Colorado Springs that U.S. policy is not to defend Canada. That’s fact I can bring to the table,” he said..."

Lunch video-----ECONOMICS AND WAR: The Economic Impact of the War on Terrorism

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Fed's 'Great Unwinding' Begins, And It's About Time — Now It's Congress' Turn To Act | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Fed's 'Great Unwinding' Begins, And It's About Time — Now It's Congress' Turn To Act | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"Beginning next month, the Fed said it will begin trimming the $4.5 trillion balance sheet simply by not reinvesting the proceeds of some of its maturing Treasurys, and instead letting the principal shrink by about $10 billion a month initially, and then letting that grow to as much as $50 billion a month as time goes on.

How did the balance sheet get so big that it's now a quarter the size of our entire economy? It was built up over eight years of buying Treasury and mortgage bonds, in the mistaken notion that massive Fed cash infusions into those markets would bolster the economy and foster a return to normalcy."

Report: NYC public school grads spend $63 million on college remedial courses | EAGnews.org

Report: NYC public school grads spend $63 million on college remedial courses | EAGnews.org
"NEW YORK – Hundreds of students and parents gathered in front of New York City Hall last week to decry the $63 million “Remediation Tax” they were forced to pay after their public schools failed to prepare them for college.

“This ‘Remediation Tax’ affects 21,000 New York City college students who have graduated from city high schools but are unprepared for college-level coursework,” according to the StudentsFirstNY website.

“The $63 million Remediation Tax refers to the cost of remedial courses that college students are forced to take before they can enroll in classes that earn credit towards a degree. 

This undue burden is imposed disproportionately on low- and middle-income New Yorkers who attend K-12 schools that fail to provide their graduates with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in college.”

The pro-charter school StudentsFirstNY published a reportThursday that shows the city school graduates spent an average of $3,000 a year to gain the basic knowledge they should have learned in high school.

“Students are forced to pick up the slack for a K-12 system that failed them — depleting whatever grants, scholarships, loans or personal resources they had planned to use to pay for college,” according to the report..."