History for August 20

History for August 20 - On-This-Day.com:
Benjamin Harrison (U.S.) 1833, Jacqueline Susann 1921 - Author, Don King 1931


Ron Paul 1935, Isaac Hayes (Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.) 1942 - Singer, songwriter, actor, producer, Al Roker 1954 - Telvision personality


1866 - It was formally declared by U.S. President Andrew Johnson that the American Civil War was over. The fighting had stopped months earlier.


1882 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuted in Moscow.


1939 - The National Bowling Association was founded in Detroit, MI. It was the first bowling association in the U.S. for African-Americans.


1940 - France fell to the Germans during World War II.


1955 - Colonel Horace A. Hanes, a U.S. Air Force pilot, flew to an altitude of 40,000 feet. Hanes reached a speed of 822.135 miles per hour in a Super Sabrejet.


1964 - A $1 billion anti-poverty measure was signed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1997 - Britain began voluntary evacuation of its Caribbean island of Montserrat due to the volcanic activity of the Soufriere Hills.


1998 - Canada's Supreme Court announced that Quebec could not secede without the federal government's consent.

Clinton Claims She’s a ‘No-Excuse Person’ and Is Immediately Rebutted With Video | Video | TheBlaze.com

Clinton Claims She’s a ‘No-Excuse Person’ and Is Immediately Rebutted With Video | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told listeners at a speech in Cleveland Wednesday, “I don’t want any excuses. I’m a kind of no-excuse person.”

So the Washington Free Beacon posted a video mashup of Clinton doing exactly that over the years:"

Porn star teaches UCLA students how to have sex

Porn star teaches UCLA students how to have sex - The College Fix:
"Jessica Drake, whose recent filmography includes “Sexbots: Programmed for Pleasure,” “Magic Mike XXXL: A Hardcore Parody,” and “Supergirl XXX: An Axel Braun Parody,” recently swung by a summer psychology course on human sexuality at UCLA to give the undergrads some professional advice on how to have sex.
“Jessica Drake teaches modern sex ed to rousing ovation in UCLA,” declares a press release from her management company, which included pictures of the Aug. 11 guest lecture and a quote from its instructor, David Frederick, who gushed: “I always do a little jump for joy when she is coming because she is an engaging and thoughtful presenter who really knows how to keep students’ attention.”
Drake reportedly discussed sexual consent, communication and pleasure in bed.
“There is a definite call for available sex education and Jessica is in a unique position to respond with equal parts understanding, compassion, education and experience,” added Frederick, who has made a habit out of inviting Drake to speak to his human sexuality classes..."

This is How the Obamacare Story Will End

This is How the Obamacare Story Will End | Foundation for Economic Education
"The ACA was supposed to guarantee that every American could afford health insurance.
Not only has it failed to do so, but a more spectacular failure is imminent.
It’s about to get a whole lot harder to be sick and poor in America.
Health insurance company Aetna is pulling out of Obamacare in most states.
After announcing a $300 million loss, the company joins UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc. which also lost hundreds of millions of dollars by participating in Obamacare exchanges. Anthem and Cigna have also complained about losses from participation.
Why are they leaving?
The ACA only helps the very poor and very sick.
To make insurance affordable for those people, the ACA subsidizes their insurance premiums.
Very sick people cost a lot more to insure but don’t bring in any more revenue because Obamacare outlaws that.
To do this, the poor and sick buy their insurance on state-run exchanges.
Obamacare made state governments act as insurance brokers.
It also forced every American to become a customer of a health insurance company, though they could choose which one.
In exchange for this tremendous handout from the federal government, insurance companies agreed to sell Obamacare through the state governments.
Obamacare’s subsidies made very generous insurance affordable for poor, sick Americans.
The subsidies meant that millions of Americans were insured for the first time in decades.
But the ACA didn’t make insuring poor, sick Americans profitable for insurance companies.
The ACA doesn’t force companies to sell insurance to poor, sick Americans.
So you have to buy it, but the companies don’t have to sell it to you.
The vast majority of the people who are buying insurance from Aetna, UnitedHealth Group Inc., and Humana Inc. on the exchanges are very sick.
Very sick people cost a lot more to insure but don’t bring in any more revenue because Obamacare outlaws that.
That leaves Aetna with two choices.
It cannot continue to insure these people until they bleed the company dry and then declare bankruptcy even if they wanted to because they’re obligated to shareholders. 
Their only options are to raise premiums significantly or dump most of their 850,000 exchange customers.
What’s next?...
Read on!!!

Air Force Officials Remove Open Bible From Major’s Desk, Investigation Launched | TheBlaze.com

Air Force Officials Remove Open Bible From Major’s Desk, Investigation Launched | TheBlaze.com:

"Base officials also are investigating if allowing the Bible on the desk was a reasonable accommodation of the officer’s religious beliefs or if it violated the separation of church and state, the Colorado Springs Independent reported.

“The basic premise of the Air Force instruction [on religious freedom], grounded in Department of Defense policy, grounded in law is, people have an inherent right to free exercise of religion within boundaries,” Col. Damon Feltman, 310th Space Wing commander, told the Independent. “At the same time, people have freedom to be left alone. It’s finding that right balance. The challenge of the commander is to be sure both people are treated fairly.”"

France gives suspected extremist too much money in damage

France gives suspected extremist too much money in damage:
"PARIS (AP) — The French Justice ministry says a suspected Islamic extremist has been mistakenly granted too much money in damages for being kept in custody before a judge eventually dismissed his case.
Farouk Ben Abbes was placed in custody in 2010 after being given preliminary terrorist charges and he sought damages when he was released after the case was dismissed, the ministry said in a statement released Thursday after press reports disclosed details.
Ben Abbes has also been charged with terrorism offenses in a separate case and is under house arrest awaiting a decision by an investigating judge about whether or not he should face trial.
A first court granted Ben Abbes 17,960 euros ($20,330) in damages relating to the first case, but a second ruling reduced the sum to 6,000 euros ($6,800) after the state filed an appeal, the ministry said.
But, in February, the damages were wrongly paid based on the first ruling instead of the last one. 
As a result, Ben Abbes received an extra 11,960 euros ($13,560), plus interest and lawyer fees.
...Ben Abbes had been charged in 2010 on suspicion of planning to attack the Bataclan, the Paris concert hall that was eventually attacked in November, press reports said.
But, at the end of the investigation, the judge decided to dismiss his case due to lack of evidence.
The Belgian-Tunisian is suspected of being close to Fabien Clain, a Frenchman who claimed responsibility for last year's Paris attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group."

Giant Coral Reef That ‘Died’ In 2003 Teeming With Life Again

Giant Coral Reef That ‘Died’ In 2003 Teeming With Life Again | The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF):
"In 2003, researchers declared Coral Castles dead.
Then in 2015, a team of marine biologists was stunned and overjoyed to find the giant coral reef once again teeming with life.

Divers from the New England Aquarium surveying reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area last September. Credit Craig Cook/Undersea Medical  
On the floor of a remote island lagoon halfway between Hawaii and Fiji, the giant reef site had been devastated by unusually warm water. Its remains looked like a pile of drab dinner plates tossed into the sea. Research dives in 2009 and 2012 had shown little improvement in the coral colonies.
Then in 2015, a team of marine biologists was stunned and overjoyed to find Coral Castles, genus Acropora, once again teeming with life.
But the rebound came with a big question:
Could the enormous and presumably still fragile coral survive what would be the hottest year on record?
This month, the Massachusetts-based research team finished a new exploration of the reefs in the secluded Phoenix Islands, a tiny Pacific archipelago, and were thrilled by what they saw.
When they splashed out of an inflatable dinghy to examine Coral Castles closely, they were greeted with a vista of bright greens and purples — unmistakable signs of life.
“Everything looked just magnificent,” said Jan Witting, the expedition’s chief scientist and a researcher at Sea Education Association, based in Woods Hole, Mass..."

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Soros Paid Al Gore MILLIONS To Push Global Warming Policies | The Daily Caller

Soros Paid Al Gore MILLIONS To Push Global Warming Policies | The Daily Caller:


"Liberal billionaire George Soros gave former Vice President Al Gore’s environmental group millions of dollars over three years to create a “political space for aggressive U.S. action” on global warming, according to leaked documents.

A document published by DC Leaks shows Soros, a Hungarian-born liberal financier, wanted his nonprofit Open Society Institute (OSI) to do more to support global warming policies in the U.S. That included budgeting $10 million in annual support to Gore’s climate group over three years."

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US paid Iran $1.3 billion in cash to settle old dispute

US paid Iran $1.3 billion in cash to settle old dispute | New York Post:
"WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s $400 million payoff to Iran was followed by a second transfer of $1.3 billion, it was reported Tuesday.
President Obama took considerable flak for the first payment, which coincided with the release in January of four Americans being held by Tehran.
Critics charged that the move smacked of ransom, which the US has pledged never to pay.
The $400 million was the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement with Iran to resolve a dispute over a failed arms deal signed before the 1979 fall of the shah.
But there was no word about what happened to the rest of the debt — $1.3 billion.
On Tuesday, The Weekly Standard reported that the second payment was also quietly delivered.
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Julia Frifield sent a letter to Congress on March 17, 2016, stating, “Iran received the balance of $400 million in the Trust Fund as well as roughly $1.3 billion representing a compromise on the interest,” according to the magazine.
This payment was likely made in cash, since the US has no banking relationship with Tehran.
Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran in an unmarked cargo plane to cover the first $400 million.
“The reason that we had to give them cash is precisely because we are so strict in maintaining sanctions — and we don’t have a banking relationship with Iran — that we couldn’t send them a check,” Obama said in an Aug. 4 press conference.

Denmark's Nice, Yes, But Danes Live Better in U.S.

Denmark's Nice, Yes, But Danes Live Better in U.S. - Bloomberg View:
"During the Democratic primary season, Bernie Sanders stressed some of the superiorities of Denmark over the U.S.
And indeed Denmark is wealthy, has strong social and economic indicators, and it offers a comprehensive safety net.
But is it the policies of Denmark that we should admire, or is there something special about being Danish?
A closer look at the evidence shows a more complex picture and one actually pretty favorable to the American way.
Nima Sanandaji, a Swedish policy analyst and president of European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform, has recently published a book called "Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism." 
And while the title may be overstated, his best facts and figures are persuasive.
For instance, Danish-Americans have a measured living standard about 55 percent higher than the Danes in Denmark. 
Swedish-Americans have a living standard 53 percent higher than the Swedes, and Finnish-Americans have a living standard 59 percent higher than those back in Finland..."

US paid Iran $1.3 billion in cash to settle old dispute | New York Post

US paid Iran $1.3 billion in cash to settle old dispute | New York Post:

"But there was no word about what happened to the rest of the debt — $1.3 billion.

On Tuesday, The Weekly Standard reported that the second payment was also quietly delivered.

Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Julia Frifield sent a letter to Congress on March 17, 2016, stating, “Iran received the balance of $400 million in the Trust Fund as well as roughly $1.3 billion representing a compromise on the interest,” according to the magazine."

DOJ pushes for “implicit bias training” for local police officers

DOJ pushes for “implicit bias training” for local police officers | Power Line:
"Conservatives and some liberals have reached a common way to express sympathy (maybe genuine, maybe not) with the police.
They like to say that when officers kiss family members goodbye in the morning, they don’t know whether they will return home to them that evening.
This is true.
But here’s a concern I have heard mentioned:
When officers kiss their families goodbye in the morning, they don’t know in what spirit they will return home to them that evening.
Officers who police crime infested neighborhoods may well return home dispirited.
Take the neighborhood in Milwaukee where a black officer killed Sylville Smith.
As Rich Lowry points out, three people were murdered last weekend within blocks of where the officer shot Smith on Saturday afternoon, and five people were killed in total over a nine-hour period Friday night and Saturday morning.
Lowry notes that Smith had a long arrest record.
It included arrests for a shooting, a robbery, carrying a concealed weapon, theft, and possession of heroin and cocaine.
He beat a shooting rap at a jury trial in 2015 when a witness recanted, allegedly after Smith intimidated him.
...But never fear.
The U.S. Department of Justice has an answer.
It has been pushing localities to provide “implicit bias training” for police officers and will require federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors to undergo it. 
Loretta Lynch is a big fan.
Joe Davidson discusses this development in a column for the Washington Post. Davidson’s report is deficient, though.
He never tells his readers what “implicit bias training,” or for that mater “implicit bias,” is.
We are told what “implicit bias” it is not.
It’s “distinct from explicit bias”.
We are also told that “it is something we all carry around unconsciously in one form or another.”
But what is it that we “all carry around unconsciously” and how does it manifest itself?..."

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Board Memo: Soros Tried To Influence Supreme Court Ruling

Board Memo: Soros Tried To Influence Supreme Court Ruling | The Daily Caller:
"Open Society Foundations, Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros’ stated vehicle for progressive social change, orchestrated a well-funded attempt to secure a desired outcome in a U.S. Supreme Court case on illegal immigration enforcement, according to a newly discovered memo between the organization’s top U.S. officials and board members.
The February 2016 memo was among thousands of internal OSF documents released to the public by anonymous hackers whose stated goal is to “shed light on one of the most influential networks operating worldwide.”
OSF U.S. Programs director Ken Zimmerman and deputy director Andrea Batista Schlesinger co-authored the memo, which is addressed to the 14 advisory board members of the organization’s U.S. operations.
Members of the advisory board include Soros family members, left-wing activists, Ivy League professors and columnists for The Washington Post and Foreign Policy magazine.  The memo, entitled “State of U.S. Programs,” is part of a 75-page file containing internal documents from a Feb 11 and 12 board meeting.
“Consistent with our recent practice, this memo provides an overview of the state of USP and its operations with a focus on items that are not otherwise covered in the upcoming board discussions,” the memo reads..."

History for August 19

History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Bernard Baruch 1870, Orville Wright 1871, Ogden Nash 1902


Malcolm Forbes 1919, Gene Roddenberry 1921, Fred Thompson 1942 - Actor, politician


1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.


1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.


1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.

1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.


1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.


1942 - About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties.


2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.

President Obama: Homeless Women In Shelters Must Shower With Men - Breitbart

President Obama: Homeless Women In Shelters Must Shower With Men - Breitbart:

"Operators of shelters worry that being forced to treat transgender men as women will create a dangerous situation for the homeless women who seek out the shelters to escape abusive relationships.

In fact, John Ashmen, president of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, said he’s already heard that the new rules are creating a problematic situation.

“One of the guests at a rescue mission overheard someone on the street saying, ‘Dude, if you go down to the rescue mission and tell them you’re transgender, you can sleep in the women’s dorm and even shower with them,'” Ashmen told the paper. “So that idea is out there, but I don’t know of any missions that have called the police because of it.”"

News - Can America's Debt Growth Be Stopped?

News - Can America's Debt Growth Be Stopped? | Heartland Institute
"Poulson believes that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lack credibility when it comes to facing this nation's federal debt crisis.
For Dr. Barry Poulson, University of Colorado's Emeritus Professor of Economics, and co-author of  "Can the Debt Growth Be Stopped?" the nation's debt crisis is an urgent issue that must be addressed in this year's election.
Poulson explained the seriousness of the issue at an event August 3rd at Heartland Institute in Arlington Heights.
Poulson believes that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lack credibility when it comes to facing this nation's federal debt crisis, as neither candidate is offering solutions that would halt the federal debt from continuing to grow at an unsustainable rate.  
Hillary Clinton wants to increase taxes on the wealthy to fund her ambitious federal program. 
Trump is proposing a tax cut that would definitely reduce revenues over the next decade by $10 trillion.  
Furthermore, Clinton wants to significantly boost entitlements; 
Trump want entitlement spending protected.
The economics professor cited how the Congressional Office is projecting federal debt increase to equal more than 100% of the national debt over the next decade.
For him, it's highly questionable whether higher tax rates would increase tax revenues in the long run. Instead, they would foster retardation and stagnation in economic growth.
Poulson's solution to this nation's $20 trillion federal debt crisis, and the impending financial collapse of this Nation's economy, calls for a new fiscal rule, a national debt brake, similar to the fiscal rules enacted in Switzerland.
The Swiss Debt Brake requires that expenditures are equal to revenue in a given year adjusted for the ratio of actual income to potential income.
Potential income is estimated using the trend rate of growth in income in prior years..."

New Black Panther Leader on Milwaukee Riots: "This Is a War"

New Black Panther Leader on Milwaukee Riots: "This Is a War" | The Daily Sheeple:
"You can see where all this race baiting is headed, can’t you? 
Especially when they try to get the guy to say this is a “civil war” instead of what he did say. 
The system would love us to fight amongst ourselves instead of the tyranny of an oppressive system that’s robbing the wealth out from under 99.999% of Americans in this country…

Via Breitbart:

Responding to the latest violent incidents in Milwaukee over the weekend, Babu Omowale, the so-called national minister of defense for the People’s New Black Panther Party, declared  “Is it a war? Yes, it is.  It’s a war against black people because we’re the ones being murdered.”

Asked if the riots in Milwaukee following the police shooting on Saturday of an armed assailant fleeing the scene amounted to a “civil war,” Omowale responded thusly:

“The people against terrorism, and tyranny in their community is not a civil war. When you are speaking about civil war, you are talking about a country fighting against a country. This is oppressed people fighting against a racist, white supremacist police system. Which is meant to oppress a certain group of people. More than likely black people and poor people around the country.”

“What you see is people lashing out and fighting against the system. As it is said in the Second Amendment, you know. So this is not new. The people in this country have always defended themselves against tyranny. So I can’t liken this to a civil war. No it’s not. Is it a war? Yes, it is. It’s a war against black people because we’re the ones being murdered. We’re the ones being killed. So there’s been a war against us. But is it a civil war? I can’t say that that’s the case.”

Omowale admitted that the extent of his knowledge about the shooting in Milwaukee is limited to what has been presented by the news media. However, he called the incident “basically the same old, same old that is happening around the country. Black men are being murdered.”

Concealed-Carry Permit Holders Are the Most Law-Abiding Americans | PJ Media

Concealed-Carry Permit Holders Are the Most Law-Abiding Americans | PJ Media:

"A new study from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that the most law-abiding  Americans are those with a permit to conceal a firearm.

“Indeed, it is impossible to think of any other group in the U.S. that is anywhere near as law-abiding,” says the report, titled “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States 2016.”

The study compared the rate of criminal offense of concealed-carry permit holders with police officers for the states of Florida and Texas.  The study asserts that the populations of Florida and Texas mirror the overall US population."

Germany’s Threat to the Global Economy

Germany’s Threat to the Global Economy | Economics21:
"A striking feature of a US election campaign focused on the supposed ills of globalization is how little attention is being drawn to Germany’s extraordinarily large external current account surplus. This is all the more surprising considering how much larger are Germany’s external imbalances in relation to those of China.
While the IMF now estimates that China’s external current account surplus might be some 1 to 3 percent of GDP above an appropriate level, it estimates that Germany’s is some 3 to 6 percent of GDP too high. 
Similarly while the IMF considers that after years of appreciation China’s exchange rate is now approximately at an appropriate level, it considers that the exchange rate Germany faces is now between 10 and 20 percent too low for that country.
That Germany is running a disturbingly large external imbalance is hardly open to question. According to the most recent official balance of payments data, Germany’s external current account deficit rose to the highest level on record.
It is now on track to remain above 8.5 percent of gross domestic product for the year as a whole, which would be around three times the size of China’s current account surplus.
Making this surplus all the more troubling is the fact that it is occurring at a time when the German economy is cyclically in a very much stronger position than its European partners..."

B.C. doctors earned millions in case management fees

B.C. doctors earned millions in case management fees | Vancouver Sun:
"Millions of dollars in incentives paid to B.C. doctors for treating patients with multiple chronic illnesses didn’t reduce hospital visits or increase patient care in the first years after its introduction, says research published today.
The study, led by Simon Fraser University’s Ruth Lavergne, concludes that a 2007 “complex care management” fee merely increased compensation for family doctors rather than reducing health costs or improving treatment, as predicted.
“This is just one study, but there are others in Canada and internationally that point to the fact that payment incentives alone aren’t likely to bring about the changes we need in primary care,”  Lavergne, an assistant professor in the health sciences faculty, said in an interview.
The complex care fee cost taxpayers an annual average of $43 million in its first three years.
The most recent Ministry of Health fee-for-service report shows doctors billed just under $56 million to oversee 174,893 complex patients in 2014-15, in addition to regular office visit fees and other billing."

Lunch video-----Donald Trump's Private Air Force One Plane Documentary | 2016

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Leaked Soros Foundation Docs Reveal Machiavellian Agenda - Rachel Marsden

Leaked Soros Foundation Docs Reveal Machiavellian Agenda - Rachel Marsden:

"Publicly available tax filings reveal that Soros' Open Society Institute gives tens of millions of dollars to domestic activist groups in America involved in mobilizing local citizens for such protests. The Washington Times reported last year that Soros gave at least $33 million in one year to activist groups that were behind the protests that took place in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer.

A similar strategy is exported abroad, as the newly leaked documents reveal."

Political Storm Clouds over Europe

Political Storm Clouds over Europe | Economics21:
"At a time that on this side of the Atlantic we are obsessing about the likely outcome of our November elections, political storm clouds are gathering over Europe that could undermine the very existence of the European project.
In the wake of the recent Brexit setback, over the next twelve months Europe has important elections scheduled in Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. 
On present trends, those elections could bring further fundamental change to the European economic and political landscape that could cast a long shadow over Europe’s long-run viability..."

South Sudan Troops Raped, Beat Foreign Aid Workers

South Sudan Troops Raped, Beat Foreign Aid Workers
"South Sudanese troops ravaged through a hotel complex frequented by foreign aid workers last month while a United Nations force stood by in a neighboring area and the U.S. Embassy did not act despite repeated pleas for help to both.
The Associated Press reported Monday:
On July 11, South Sudanese troops, fresh from winning a battle in the capital, Juba, over opposition forces, went on a nearly four-hour rampage through a residential compound popular with foreigners, in one of the worst targeted attacks on aid workers in South Sudan’s three-year civil war. They shot dead a local journalist while forcing the foreigners to watch, raped several foreign women, singled out Americans, beat and robbed people, and carried out mock executions, several witnesses told The Associated Press.
For hours throughout the assault, the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed less than a mile away refused to respond to desperate calls for help.
Neither did embassies, including the U.S. Embassy..."

USDA teams up with Iowa law school and Cyndi Lauper to celebrate lesbian farmers

USDA teams up with Iowa law school and Cyndi Lauper to celebrate lesbian farmers - The College Fix:
"It’s tough being gay and living in rural areas – or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
That’s why the agency known for grading your beef is teaming up with LGBT groups and Drake University’s law school to host an “LGBT Rural Summit” on Thursday.
#RuralPride Campaign: LGBT Rural Summit Series is part of an effort by the USDA, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the True Colors Fund – an LGBT homelessness group started by singer Cyndi Lauper – to reach out to LGBT people who live in rural areas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be the keynote speaker, according to a press release by the law school.
Other speakers will include university employee Matt Russell, of Drake’s Agricultural Law Center, whose experience includes farming with his husband."

EXCLUSIVE: Feds Hide $25 Million For Environmental Lawsuits | The Daily Caller

EXCLUSIVE: Feds Hide $25 Million For Environmental Lawsuits | The Daily Caller:

"But further analysis revealed that more than half of those payments went to groups the federal government concealed.

Treasury isn’t keeping complete data on law firms, and activist groups getting taxpayer dollars has transparency advocates worried. The department also frequently redacts names of attorneys getting tax dollars under the Privacy Act, according to an attorney with the Judgement Fund.

“It’s no surprise the Treasury Department is hiding who gets the money in these transactions,” Adam Andrzejewski, Founder and CEO of transparency group OpenTheBooks.com, told TheDCNF. “Because these suits involve the federal government, taxpayers have a right to know where their tax dollars are going and what agendas they’re advancing.”"

Must read/view!!-----Why Couldn't What Happened In Venezuela Happen Here?

Why Couldn't What Happened In Venezuela Happen Here? | PJ Media:
"People are starving in Venezuela, and socialism is to blame.
People are standing in line for food that they will never taste.
Americans love to think such tragedies cannot happen here, but some of us aren't so sure.
"The Venezuelan story still remains for many as the story of another Latin American country that has failed.
We think of it as 'that's Latin America, and we are the United states, and that would never happen here.'
Why would it not happen here?" asked Erick Brimen, founder and partner at NeWay Capital and a member of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce.
In a terrifying video, Brimen — who was born and raised in Venezuela — argued that the tragedy of Venezuela could certainly happen here.
"Venezuela had a democracy, a constitution, you know, division of power in government, but people were not educated in the principles of freedom, and they vote for whoever promises more," Brimen warned.
In the short 7-minute video, he laid out the history of Venezuela and how it became the way it is today..."
Read on!

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