UNM seal with conquistador and frontiersman under review because 2% of students say it's racist

UNM seal with conquistador and frontiersman under review because 2% of students say it's racist - The College Fix:
Sword and musket called ‘weapons of conquest’
ALBUQUERQUE — There’s nearly 30,000 students at the University of New Mexico, and about 665 of them want its longtime seal to be abolished, saying it’s racist because it has a conquistador and frontiersman on it.
Those complaints — along with demonstrators telling the university president he has “blood on his hands” — have prompted campus officials to agree to review the seal and possibly change it..."

8 Dumb Hoaxes You Probably Believed Were True

8 Dumb Hoaxes You Probably Believed Were True - ODDEE

Facebook Privacy Notice

Periodically, you may have seen, or even copied and posted a statement along the lines of: 
“Due to the fact that Facebook has chosen to involve software that will allow the theft of my personal information, I state: at this date,, in response to the new guidelines of Facebook, pursuant to articles L.111, 112 and 113 of the code of intellectual property, I declare that my rights are attached to all my personal data drawings, paintings, photos, video, texts etc. published on my profile and my page. For commercial use of the foregoing my written consent is required at all times.” 
The only thing this statement will do is make you look foolish. Many legal experts have pointed out that when you sign up for Facebook, you have already agreed to their terms and conditions, which you cannot modify unless you delete your account. (Source)

Immigration Rises -- Legal and Illegal Alike, & It Remains an Issue in U.S. Politics

Immigration Rises -- Legal and Illegal Alike, & It Remains an Issue in U.S. Politics | National Review:
"The numbers of arrivals, legal and illegal alike, are rising, not falling.
‘The immigration crisis that has roiled American politics for decades has faded into history.”
That was the lede of a New York Times op-ed four years ago that neatly summarized the preferred narrative of supporters of amnesty and unlimited immigration.
This was reinforced by a Pew study that found “More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.” (though it arrived at that headline only by counting the U.S.-citizen children of the immigrants as “Mexicans”).
The storyline was that mass immigration was a phase we’d now finished with.
Thus any continued agitation about amnesty or border enforcement or job competition could only be naked racism.
Oops.
The newest data from the Census Bureau show a surge in total immigration over the past two years. In 2014 and 2015, 3.1 million new foreign-born people moved here, or about 1.5 million per year. This is up from the 2.3 million in the prior two-year period, and 2.1 million in 2010–2011."

ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women’s restroom | Power Line

ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women’s restroom | Power Line:

"The resignation occurred after her two daughters were traumatized by encountering men in the women’s restroom. Dillard Smith explained:

I have shared my personal experience of having taken my elementary school age daughters into a women’s restroom when shortly after three transgender young adults, over six feet [tall] with deep voices, entered. My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer."

AM Fruitcake

History for June 4

History for June 4 - On-This-Day.com
Rosalind Russell 1908, Gene Barry 1922, Dennis Weaver 1924


Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928, Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas & the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing"), Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress


1792 - Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Britain.


1896 - Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle was called a "Quadricycle."


1939 - The first shopping cart was introduced by Sylvan Goldman in Oklahoma City, OK. It was actually a folding chair that had been mounted on wheels.


1940 - The British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France.


1942 - The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific.


1944 - During World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital.


1974 - The Cleveland Indians had "Ten Cent Beer Night". Due to the drunken and unruly fans the Indians forfeited to the Texas Rangers.


1989 - In Beijing, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square to crush the pro-democracy movement. It is believed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed.

FBI Wants Biometrics Database Exempt From Federal Privacy Law | TheBlaze.com

FBI Wants Biometrics Database Exempt From Federal Privacy Law | TheBlaze.com:

"The public has an opportunity to object to the proposed rule change.

Among the groups challenging the proposal is the American Civil Liberties Union, which says the change would make it harder for people to know whether the government maintains information on them and whether that information contains errors.

Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU legislative counsel, said in a statement that it was disturbing that the FBI has been collecting biometric information “without adequate privacy protections.”"

Saudi Father Overjoyed To Welcome Baby Into World, Shoots OB/GYN For Seeing Wife Naked

Saudi Father Overjoyed To Welcome Baby Into World, Shoots OB/GYN For Seeing Wife Naked | Daily Wire:
"A Saudi man was naturally ecstatic about his new baby being born, so he proceeded to shoot the doctor who delivered the baby.
According to Gulf News, the man had requested that a female gynecologist operate on his wife, and was enraged when the male Dr. Muhannad Al Zabn was the one who delivered the baby at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia back in April.
The man lured Dr. Al Zabn to the hospital garden by telling him he wanted to express gratitude for successfully bringing a newborn baby into the new world.
In the middle of their conversation, the man suddenly unleashed a handgun and shot Al Zabn.
The man fled but was eventually arrested by the police and is currently in jail.
Al Zabn is currently in stable condition inside the hospital, according to the hospital's spokesperson Bassam Al Buraikan.
The reason for the man's rage: Dr. Al Zabn had seen his wife naked by delivering the baby. 
That was apparently too much for the man to bear..."

Hillary University: Bill Clinton Bagged $16.46 Million from For-Profit College as State Dept. Funneled $55 Million Back

Hillary University: Bill Clinton Bagged $16.46 Million from For-Profit College as State Dept. Funneled $55 Million Back - Breitbart:

"With her campaign sinking in the polls, Hillary Clinton has launched a desperate attack against Trump University to deflect attention away from her deep involvement with a controversial for-profit college that made the Clintons millions, even as the school faced serious legal scrutiny and criminal investigations.
In April 2015, Bill Clinton was forced to abruptly resign from his lucrative perch as honorary chancellor of Laureate Education, a for-profit college company.
The reason for Clinton’s immediate departure: Clinton Cash revealed, and Bloomberg confirmed, that Laureate funneled Bill Clinton $16.46 million over five years while Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. pumped at least $55 million to a group run by Laureate’s founder and chairman, Douglas Becker, a man with strong ties to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Laureate has donated between $1 million and $5 million (donations are reported in ranges, not exact amounts) to the Clinton Foundation..."

Authorities Find Accused Somali War Criminal Working as Airport Security Guard in Washington, D.C. | TheBlaze.com

Authorities Find Accused Somali War Criminal Working as Airport Security Guard in Washington, D.C. | TheBlaze.com:

"A Somali national accused of leading mass executions and torturing people during his country’s bloody civil war in the 1980s has been working as a security guard at the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C, passing through all TSA and FBI checks for the past six years.

Yusuf Abdi Ali, who is living in Alexandria, Virginia, was discovered by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, according to Fox 5. Ali had been through the full, federally mandated vetting process required to obtain an airport badge, officials said."

Democrat cities killing our children?-----At Least 33 US Cities Used Water Testing 'Cheats' Over Lead Concerns

At Least 33 US Cities Used Water Testing 'Cheats' Over Lead Concerns - Slashdot:
"In an exclusive report via The Guardian, investigators found there to be at least 33 cities across 17 U.S. states that have used water testing "cheats" in an effort to cover up potentially dangerous levels of lead. 
The investigation was launched after the toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and found that 21 of these cities used the same water testing methods that resulted in criminal charges against three government employees in Flint.
Such cities include Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee. 
The Guardian reports: "The Guardian investigation concerned thousands of documents detailing water testing practices over the past decade.
They include: Despite warnings of regulators and experts, water departments in at least 33 cities used testing methods over the past decade that could underestimate lead found in drinking water.
Officials in two major cities -- Philadelphia and Chicago -- asked employees to test water safety in their own homes.
Two states -- Michigan and New Hampshire -- advised water departments to give themselves extra time to complete tests so that if lead contamination exceeded federal limits, officials could re-sample and remove results with high lead levels.
Some cities denied knowledge of the locations of lead pipes, failed to sample the required number of homes with lead plumbing of refused to release lead pipe maps, claiming it was a security risk.""

Wonderful American heroes!-----Doughnut: The Official Story

Doughnut: The Official Story:
"Since 1917, when a cheerful Salvation Army lassie handed a fresh doughnut to a homesick doughboy in France, The Salvation Army doughnut has symbolized loving concern for those in the armed forces.
In 1917 young Helen Purviance, an ensign in the Salvation Army, was sent to France to work with the American First Division.
Putting her Hoosier ingenuity to work, she and a fellow officer, Ensign Margaret Sheldon, patted the first dough into shape by hand, but soon employed an ordinary wine bottle as a rolling pin.
Since they had no doughnut cutter, the lassies used a knife to cut the dough into strips and then twisted them into crullers..."
Read on!

Lunch video-----Latino Trump Supporter Angelo Gomez Explains Why He is Voting for DONALD...

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Obama Failed to Nominate Inspector General for Clinton’s State Department | Glenn Beck

Obama Failed to Nominate Inspector General for Clinton’s State Department | Glenn Beck:

"During Hillary Clinton’s term to oversee the State Department, there wasn’t an Inspector General appointed, Buck Sexton said while filling in for Glenn on The Glenn Beck Program Wednesday. That would be a very convenient coincidence for a Secretary of State who played loosey goosey with her email communications."

Government jobs increase. Not sustainable.-----U.S. job creation weak, even as unemployment rate falls to 4.7% - Jun. 3, 2016

U.S. job creation weak, even as unemployment rate falls to 4.7% - Jun. 3, 2016:

Obama: Prepare to Flee Climate-Caused Hurricane Devastation

Obama: Prepare to Flee Climate-Caused Hurricane Devastation | MRCTV
"Pres. Obama called for every American to put together a disaster supply kit and evacuation plan because climate change is bringing “more powerful and more devastating” hurricanes to the U.S. – even though the U.S. hasn’t been hit with a major hurricane in more than a decade.
Announcing the June 1 start of hurricane season, Obama warned Americans to prepare for imminent climate change-caused hurricanes:
“All of us have seen the heartbreak, the damage and, in some case, the loss of life that hurricanes can cause.
And as climate continues to change, hurricanes are only going to become more powerful and more devastating..."

Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2016 Edition

Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2016 Edition | Mercatus:
A new study for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranks each US state’s financial health based on short- and long-term debt and other key fiscal obligations, such as unfunded pen­sions and healthcare benefits. 
This 2016 edition updates the version the Mercatus Center pub­lished in 2015. 
Using the approach pioneered in 2015, the 2016 edition presents information from each state’s audited financial report in an easily accessible format, this time including Puerto Rico to provide a benchmark of poor fiscal performance.

Growing long-term obligations for pensions and healthcare benefits continue to strain the finances of state governments, highlighting the fact that state policymakers must be vigilant to consider both the short-term and the long-term consequences of their decisions. 
Understanding how each state is performing in regard to a variety of fiscal indicators can help policymakers as they consider the consequences of policy decisions.

The study also highlights some of the limits of the financial data reported by state governments. 
States release these data years after they are most relevant, and because the information is highly aggregated, analysts and the public have difficulty discerning the true fiscal position of any state.

To read the study in its entirety and learn more about its authors, Mercatus Senior Research Fel­low Eileen Norcross, director of the Mercatus Center’s State and Local Policy Project, and Research Assistant Olivia Gonzalez, see the 2016 edition of “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition.”

If You're A Woman Planning On Using A Public Restroom In The Future, You Should Know About This

If You're A Woman Planning On Using A Public Restroom In The Future, You Should Know About This:

"I’m at the point where I’m ruling out using public restrooms altogether. I mean, they’re usually disgusting anyway, so it isn’t that difficult of a decision. But now we run the risk of having creepy pervy men using our bathrooms for no other reason than “they feel like a woman.” And it’s not just that. Cameras. We have to watch out for hidden cameras now."

Simply wrong!-----CRAZY BARRY’S IS HAVING A HALF-OFF SALE! “Bank of America gets half off its Justice Dept. settle…

CRAZY BARRY’S IS HAVING A HALF-OFF SALE! “Bank of America gets half off its Justice Dept. settle…:

CRAZY BARRY’S IS HAVING A HALF-OFF SALE! “Bank of America gets half off its Justice Dept. settlement…by giving millions of dollars to liberal groups approved by the Obama administration:”

The bank has wiped about $194 million off its record $16.6 billion 2014 mortgage settlement by donating to nonprofits and legal groups. Thanks to little-known provisions in the settlement, the bank only had to make $84 million in donations to do that.

The bank wasn’t exploiting any loophole. It’s a key part of the deal the Justice Department offered to get it to settle in the first place. For every dollar the bank has given the nonprofits — none of which were victims of fraud themselves — it has claimed at least two dollars off the settlement. The deal ensured the Obama administration that a certain part of the settlement funds would go to friendly liberal groups, bypassing the normal congressional appropriations.

Among the groups receiving the money were Hispanic civil rights group the National Council of La Raza ($1.5 million), the National Urban League ($1.1 million) and the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America ($750,000).

* * * * * * * *

“This is nothing short of a shakedown and another example of how the Obama administration is rigging the system to benefit their political allies. Instead of directing settlements directly to victims or returning the money to the U.S. Treasury, President Obama set up a slush fund for community organizers and other liberal activists. This is outrageous,” said Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., chairman of the Financial Services Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

It’s quite a racket – the 2008 financial crisis was caused by the Clinton administration massively expanding Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act, forcing banks to give high-risk loans to those who had no business owning a home, in a textbook example of Reynolds’ Law run amok. Now in its wreckage, Bank of America is shaken down for billions by the same party that created the CRIA. And of course, no one in the MSM will ask Hillary about her husband’s involvement in the debacle – instead, as this NewsBusters headline today notes, “NY Mag Writer Begs Media to ‘Stop Bugging Hillary Clinton!’”

As Michael Walsh would say, “think of the Democratic Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party,” and you won’t go far wrong. Not to mention how all of the above is another marker on the road to “The Coming Middle-Class Anarchy,” if sufficient voters begin to realize how corrupt Beltway elites have rigged the system to benefit themselves and their cronies.

AM Fruitcake

History for June 3

History for June 3 - On-This-Day.com
Jefferson Davis 1808/1808 - American soldier, politician, President of the Confederate states of America during the U.S. Civil War,  Josephine Baker 1906 - Dancer, singer and Actress, Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) 1925 - Actor ("Sweet Smell of Success," "Some Like it Hot," father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis


Allen Ginsberg 1926 - Writer, poet, Chuck Barris 1929 - Producer, creater and game show host ("The Gong Show"), Larry McMurtry 1936 - Author ("Lonesome Dove")


1098 - Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seized Antioch, Turkey.


1539 - Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain.


1805 - A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tripoli was completed in the captain's cabin on board the USS Constitution.


1856 - Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine.


1923 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini granted women the right to vote.


1937 - The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.


1959 - The first class graduated from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.


2003 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) broke a bat when he grounded out against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The bat he was using was a corked bat. (Illinois, Florida)