Polls Show Record Number of Americans Want More Government Intervention and Spending | The Daily Sheeple

Polls Show Record Number of Americans Want More Government Intervention and Spending | The Daily Sheeple:
"Isn’t it interesting how, no matter which political party is in charge, the government continues to grow? 
This is especially puzzling, since Republican voters and politicians are supposedly supportive of small government. 
You’d think that the size of the government would ebb and flow over time, as Democrats increase spending and Republicans roll back government growth when they get into office. 
However, that never happens, and there’s a very simple reason why.

On Sunday, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that 57% of Americans wanted the government to do more to solve problems, which is the most support for government intervention since the poll began in 1995. 
That support was stagnant throughout Obama’s presidency until 2015, when it suddenly shot up.
But that’s not all.
A recent Pew poll found that American support for more government spending on a wide variety of programs has drastically increased compared to several years ago. 
On average, support for bigger government increased 7 percentage points since September, and hasn’t been this high since 2008..."

How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All - Slashdot

How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All - Slashdot:
"Thelasko shares an excerpt from a report via The Atlantic, which describes how price discrimination is used in online shopping and how businesses like Amazon try to extract consumer surplus:
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? 
Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? 
Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
We live in the age of the variable airfare, the surge-priced ride, the pay-what-you-want Radiohead album, and other novel price developments.
But what was this?
Some weird computer glitch?
More like a deliberate glitch, it seems.
"It's most likely a strategy to get more data and test the right price," Guru Hariharan explained, after I had sketched the pattern on a whiteboard.
The right price -- the one that will extract the most profit from consumers' wallets -- has become the fixation of a large and growing number of quantitative types, many of them economists who have left academia for Silicon Valley.
It's also the preoccupation of Boomerang Commerce, a five-year-old start-up founded by Hariharan, an Amazon alum.
He says these sorts of price experiments have become a routine part of finding that right price -- and refinding it, because the right price can change by the day or even by the hour. (Amazon says its price changes are not attempts to gather data on customers' spending habits, but rather to give shoppers the lowest price out there.)"

This Company Wants to Show You the Cost of Health Care

This Company Wants to Show You the Cost of Health Care
"For a patient looking to see a doctor for any given medical procedure, costs often vary wildly based on the facility or physician.
Take non-surgical repair for a broken ankle.
For a 26-year-old female insured by Cigna who chooses a top-rated orthopedic surgeon in Washington, D.C., such a procedure costs $1,729.
But if she chooses another top-rated orthopedic surgeon in nearby College Park, Maryland, the procedure costs $1,199.
That’s according to a company called Amino, which mines data from billions of health insurance claims from the private and public sectors. 
Amino then gives patients access to information on the cost of various procedures and how much experience doctors nationwide have in those procedures.
And in the age of rising deductibles and out-of-pocket costs for health care, this Silicon Valley-based company is working to put more of such information in the hands of  patients..."
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ALEC: Mostly Democratic-run States Are A Total Disaster, Have The Worst Economies - Matt Vespa

ALEC: Mostly Democratic-run States Are A Total Disaster, Have The Worst Economies - Matt Vespa:

"The American Legislative Exchange Council released their “Rich States, Poor States” report last week and shocker—mostly Democratic-run states are a disaster concerning economic performance and competitiveness. ALEC included the top and bottom ten states in the press release announcing the 10th edition of the report. NTK Network broke down who controls what in the respective state legislatures of these low performing states as well."

Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' - Slashdot

Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' - Slashdot:
"pogopop77 quotes a report from Motherboard:
In September 2014, Mats Jarlstrom, an electronics engineer living in Beaverton, Oregon, sent an email to the state's engineering board. The email claimed that yellow traffic lights don't last long enough, which "puts the public at risk." "I would like to present these facts for your review and comments," he wrote. This email resulted not with a meeting, but with a threat from The Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying [stating]: "ORS 672.020(1) prohibits the practice of engineering in Oregon without registration -- at a minimum, your use of the title 'electronics engineer' and the statement 'I'm an engineer' create violations." In January of this year, Jarlstrom was officially fined $500 by the state for the crime of "practicing engineering without being registered."Since the engineering board in Oregon said Jarlstrom should not be free to publish or present his ideas about the fast-turning yellow traffic lights, due to his "practice of engineering in Oregon without registration," he and the Institute for Justice sued them in federal court for violating his First Amendment rights. 
"I'm not practicing engineering, I'm just using basic mathematics and physics, Newtonian laws of motion, to make calculations and talk about what I found," he said. 
Sam Gedge, an attorney for the Institute for Justice, told Motherboard: 
"Mats has a clear First Amendment right to talk about anything from taxes to traffic lights. It's an instance of a licensing board trying to suppress speech."

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History for April 27

History for April 27 - On-This-Day.com:

Edward Gibbon 1737 - Historian, author, Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse 1791 - Inventor (electromagnetic telegraph), Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 18th U.S. President, Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox


Wallace Hume 1896 - Chemist, inventor, credited with invention of nylon, Walter Lantz 1900 - Animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Coretta Scott King 1927 - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King



1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.


1805 - A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.


1861 - U.S. President Lincoln issued an order to General Winfield Scott that authorized him to suspend the writ of habeas corpus between Philadelphia and Washington at or near any military line.


1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.


1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.


1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.

1989 - Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.


2005 - The A380, the world's largest jetliner, completed its maiden flight. The passenger capability was 840.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/04/april-26-2017-freedom-of-speech-by.html

Freedom of Speech

By Tammy Derouin

Americans are calling for violence against Americans because of differences in beliefs. Lack of education and an understanding of our founding principles, our founding documents, are the root cause of our misguided journey.

The Left is attempting to redefine our God-given rights. Anyone who does not agree with the rhetoric being churned and spun is labeled X, Y, or Z. Freedom of speech, expression, the ability to decide what you believe, including religion, are all under attack, but only if you do not share the current Left-wing liberal agenda.

If you fall in line with the Left and the belief that your rights are protected but anyone who disagrees with you doesn't have a right to be heard, you do not believe in freedom of speech. How would you feel if you were being silenced for disagreeing with a political agenda or a theory? When we do not learn from past mistakes, history repeats. When the rule of man replaces the rule of law, your rights are subject to change.......

The way we were-----The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History #40

Flint Water Crisis: 1,096 Days, Over $100 Million in Aid, and US City Still Has No Clean Drinking Water | The Daily Sheeple

Flint Water Crisis: 1,096 Days, Over $100 Million in Aid, and US City Still Has No Clean Drinking Water | The Daily Sheeple:
"Residents of Flint, Michigan in the United States remain exposed to water contaminated with lead and bacteria three years since the water crisis first hit the headlines.

Anger is still palpable among its residents, who are facing the prospect of at least another three years before the problem is fixed despite the vast sums of money allocated to fix the problem. 
The people of Flint have now been without clean water for 1,096 days.

Lead levels have now reportedly dropped below federal standards, but the water remains contaminated with bacteria and residents have been advised to only drink bottled or filtered water.

Local and state officials have been accused of failing to do enough to fix the water, causing ongoing health problems due to pipe corrosion. 
The long-term effects to residents’ health have yet to be established..."

Teach the children well-----TPC Dictionary of Modern Usage

TPC Dictionary of Modern Usage:

government |ˈɡəvər(n)mənt|

noun

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

• policy or practice based on the political and economic theory of socialism.

• (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.

democracy |dəˈmäkrəsē|
noun (pl. democracies)

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
• policy or practice based on the political and economic theory of socialism.
• (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.

freedom |ˈfrēdəm|

noun

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

• policy or practice based on the political and economic theory of socialism.

• (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.

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Former Obama Official: Climate Data 'Misleading' | The Daily Caller

Former Obama Official: Climate Data 'Misleading' | The Daily Caller:

"A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion.

Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion."

DHIMMI: New York Times Refuses To Use Term ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ To Avoid Offending Muslims | Daily Wire

DHIMMI: New York Times Refuses To Use Term ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ To Avoid Offending Muslims | Daily Wire:
"Cultural relativism is perhaps the most morally perverted concept ever formulated in the academic left’s out-of-touch ivory tower. 
Under the banner of “tolerance,” the Left is willing to condone cultural and religious practices that would make Satan himself blush. 
Nowhere is this truer than when the Left obfuscates the truth about female genital mutilation to avoid offending Islam. 
The vile practice, carried out by certain sects of Islam, is objectively evil. 
Anyone with a beating heart knows instinctively that FGM, or female genital mutilation, is child abuse. 
To think otherwise requires an unfathomable amount of leftist indoctrination and “multi-culturalism” brainwashing.
Cue The New York Times.

On Friday, the “newspaper of record” whitewashed the brutality of the misogynistic practice by substituting the term “cutting” for “mutilation,” suggesting that the term FGM was “culturally loaded” ..."

Simon the giant rabbit, destined to be world's biggest, dies on United Airlines flight | Fox News

Simon the giant rabbit, destined to be world's biggest, dies on United Airlines flight | Fox News
"Scandal-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.

Three-foot Simon, destined to be the world’s biggest bunny, died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after flying out of Heathrow to a new celebrity owner in the US.

Breeder Annette Edwards, of Stoulton, Worcs, said: “He was fit as a fiddle. I’ve sent rabbits round the world, nothing like this happened.” 
United’s reputation is at rock bottom after film of a doctor being dragged from a jet went viral..."

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NYPD Cops Spout Off Against De Blasio And O'Neill Over Remarks Made By AG Sessions | The Daily Caller

NYPD Cops Spout Off Against De Blasio And O'Neill Over Remarks Made By AG Sessions | The Daily Caller:

"New York City cops took umbrage with comments made by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill that were critical of Attorney General Jeff Sessions for demanding the city comply with federal immigration law.

NYPD active and retired law enforcement officers reacted to the statement sent out by the Justice Department as well as the reaction to it from the mayor and police commissioner."

W. MI students learn about zero waste during Earth Week | WOODTV.com

W. MI students learn about zero waste during Earth Week | WOODTV.com:
"LAKETON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — More than 2,000 students throughout Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties had a hand in making the planet cleaner, as part of Earth Week.
Jessica Vander Ark, who works for West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC), spent the week traveling to schools to educate students and teachers on how to make Earth a cleaner place to live.
Second-graders at Central Elementary School, located north of Muskegon, spent the week digging into Earth.
They learned about composting, recycling, landfills and how to sort trash.
Vander Ark, the environmental education director at WMEAC, also educates teachers and students on how to make the switch over to zero waste.
“Teachers are really looking for making big changes with their students as partners,” said Vander Ark.
...The school is taking small steps when it comes to transferring to zero waste. It starts with the kids making the switch from paper to plastic. Eventually, they want the whole lunchroom to start composting and recycling....

IL school cancels mandatory ‘white privilege’ lessons after 800 parents protest at board meeting | EAGnews.org

IL school cancels mandatory ‘white privilege’ lessons after 800 parents protest at board meeting | EAGnews.org:
"WINNETKA, Ill. – An affluent Chicago area school is dumping its mandatory “white privilege” day for students after hundreds of parents flooded a school board meeting to denounce the “political indoctrination.”
New Trier High School assistant superintendent Tim Hayes put the kibosh on a second mandatory “All-School Seminar Day” at an April school board meeting after more than 800 parents showed up to a meeting in February to complain about this year’s event, the North Cook News reports.
The parent complaints about the seminar’s wildly liberal slant and unbalanced focus on white privilege theory can on the same day more than 950 students skipped the event, which featured seminars like

• “Whose Civil Rights? Transpeople of Color Navigating the U.S.,” 
• “Western Bias in Science,” 
• “Blackenomics 101,” 
• “21st Century Voter Supression” (sic), and others.

For Blackenomics 101, for example, “Rapper, entertainer, and activist, John the Author explore(d) systemic racism in relation to building a black business and artist presence in minority communities,” according to the event’s agenda..."

Al Gore Wants To Spend $15 Trillion To Stop Global Warming | The Daily Caller

Al Gore Wants To Spend $15 Trillion To Stop Global Warming | The Daily Caller:
"A group of executives who want to fight global warming has published a new report calling for countries to spend up to $600 billion a year over the next two decades to boost green energy deployment and energy efficiency equipment.
...ETC is made up of energy executives, activist leaders and investment bankers, including former Vice President Al Gore, who would no doubt get a piece of the trillions of dollars they are calling for.
...ETC says fossil fuel investment would need to be cut $3.7 trillion over this time, and that’s on top of fundamentally altering their economic systems to make green energy cost-competitive with fossil fuels in some parts of the world by 2035..."

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Records Show Obama Funneled Millions of Dollars to George Soros For Election Rigging | Conservative Journal

Records Show Obama Funneled Millions of Dollars to George Soros For Election Rigging | Conservative Journal:

"It was announced by Judicial Watch on Wednesday that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit had been filed against the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for records and communications relating to $4,819,125 in funding and political activities of the Open Society Foundation – Macedonia."

Culture-----Florida mall brawl video: Teens caught on camera in wild brawl at Orange Park Mall | WJAX-TV

Florida mall brawl video: Teens caught on camera in wild brawl at Orange Park Mall | WJAX-TV
"Brawl at Orange Park Mall involved up to 60 people, Clay County Sheriff's Office says

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said up to 60 people may have been involved in the brawl, which led to five arrests, including three juveniles.
Facebook posts suggest the fight was premeditated.
Action News Jax spoke to a mother of one of the girls who was arrested. 

She says her daughter is a victim.
She said her daughter went to the mall with her friends to watch a movie when people started bullying them.
The mother does not want to be identified but says her daughter was pummeled on a couch in the mall. 

Her 15-year-old daughter was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer, but the mother insists her daughter is the victim."

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History for April 26

History for April 26 - On-This-Day.com:
John James Audubon 1785 - Ornithologist, naturalist, painter, Frederick Olmsted 1822 - Journalist, landscape designer, Anita Loos 1893 - Screenwriter, playwright, author


Rudolf Hess 1895 - Adolf Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi Party, Charles Richter 1900 - Seismologist, creator of the Richter magnitude scale used to quantify earthquakes, Carol Burnett 1933 - Actress, comedian


1514 - Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.


1607 - The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. It was the first permanent English establishment in the Western Hemisphere.


1865 - John Wilkes Booth was killed by the U.S. Federal Cavalry.


1937 - German planes attacked Guernica, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish nationalist government. This raid is considered one of the first to be attacks on a civilian population by a modern air force.


1941 - An organ was played at a baseball stadium for the first time in Chicago, IL.


1954 - Grace Kelly was on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.


1982 - The British announced that Argentina had surrendered on South Georgia.


1986 - The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.