School Bans Parents From Viewing LGBT Videos Shown to Kids | Todd Starnes

School Bans Parents From Viewing LGBT Videos Shown to Kids | Todd Starnes
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"For four days last April students at a Emmaus High School in Pennsylvania were forced to watch videos selected by the “student-led” Gay-Straight Alliance.

The videos ranged from “9 Questions Gay People Have About Straight People” to a compilation of clips celebrating “marriage equality.” 

There was also a video educating students about gender fluidity – the idea there is no such thing as male or female.

“My son expressed to me that he felt bullied by the administration for being a heterosexual man and being forced to listen to LGBT advocacy on a daily basis,” one parent wrote in a letter to the school district.

The East Penn School District claimed the videos, shown during daily announcements, were about anti-bullying and the LGBT movement. 

But parents argue it was more about indoctrination. 

And when they asked to see the videos – the school district refused..."

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#1 This day 1963-----The Essex - easier said than done

Trump Is This Close to Saving the Blue States - WSJ

Trump Is This Close to Saving the Blue States - WSJ
"Call it the Jerry Maguire moment in blue-state politics.

Struggling under the weight of financial promises they’ve made to public-sector unions, governments in places like New Jersey and California need to help Donald Trump help them.
The President is doing just about all he can to enable reform in profligate jurisdictions... 
Lower fee income will mean less powerful government-employee unions.

The Empire Center observes:

This is a groundbreaking win for public employees... in New York and other states where they have long been compelled to support inherently political activities as a condition of employment. Roughly 200,000 New York government workers who chose not to join unions immediately stand to save over $110 million a year. Another one million who signed union membership cards, believing they’d have no choice but to pay the union, will have the option to reconsider.

Across the Hudson River, the New Jersey School Boards Association notes that along with liberating non-union members from the obligation to support organizations they oppose, the decision also prevents unions from automatically enrolling people who have never expressed an interest in membership...
Combined with rising state revenues and new incentives to reform state tax systems resulting from the federal tax law Mr. Trump enacted in December, the country’s most expensive governments suddenly enjoy the flexibility to pursue economic vitality. 

There is finally an optimistic case for the long-term prosperity of places like New Jersey, where workers currently suffer the country’s worst business tax climate, economic growth that has been almost nonexistent, and massive unfunded liabilities for public sector pensions and benefits.
But it may take a while to liberate blue-state politicians from the union bosses who have played a dominant role in funding political campaigns.
Theoretically, elected officials represent all of their citizens. 

When it comes to negotiating pay and benefits for public workers, the pols should be on one side of the table representing the general interest, while the union bosses on the other side represent the special interest..."

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Supremes free workers from mandatory union fees

Supremes free workers from mandatory union fees:

The Supreme Court Wednesday dealt a major blow to organized labor that also will weaken support for Democratic political candidates, freeing government workers from mandatory “fees” when they opt out of union membership.

Separated from her child!-----Woman bites off part of man's ear at Macomb County Chinese restaurant - WXYZ.com

Woman bites off part of man's ear at Macomb County Chinese restaurant - WXYZ.com
MT. CLEMENS, Mich. (WXYZ) - A woman was arrested for allegedly biting off part of a man's ear during a fight with the man at a Macomb County Chinese restaurant on Thursday night.
...Due to a language barrier, the victim's son translated what Anderson was saying to his parents.
That's when Anderson allegedly pushed the son and threw her food onto the floor.
She then started assaulting the female victim, and the male victim stepped in to protect his wife.
That's when Anderson started assaulting the man. 
As she was pushed out of the store, she bit the man on the ear, partially detaching it.
A sign on the restaurant Friday afternoon said it was closed "for some reasons."
Police took her into custody and the man was taken to the hospital.
Deputies also say Anderson left a small child at her home unsupervised..."
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AM Fruitcake

History for June 30

History for June 30 - On-This-Day.com
Lena Horne 1917 - Jazz singer, Susan Hayward 1919, Tony Musante 1936


Florence Ballard (The Supremes) 1943, Vincent D'Onofrio 1959 - Actor ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent"), Mike Tyson 1966 - Boxer


1908 - A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away.


1915 - During World War I, the Second Battle Artois ended when the French failed to take Vimy Ridge.


1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives."


1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published.


1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.


1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside.


1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.


1998 - Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie.

“Agents” Emails, Inside the Mind of Bill de Blasio - Judicial Watch

“Agents” Emails, Inside the Mind of Bill de Blasio - Judicial Watch:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio last month finally turned over more than 4200 pages of unredacted emails in the “agents of the city” case. De Blasio had resisted disclosure, arguing that five outside advisers were effectively “agents of the city” whose communications should be shielded from the New York Freedom of Information Law. NY1 television and the New York Post sued and won. The documents are out. What have we learned?

Most of the emails reflect the administration’s early priorities—education, budgets, transportation, personnel, press releases and meetings. But there are plenty of glimpses behind the faade and into the true mind of the mayor. It’s not an uplifting picture.

The way we were-----Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video)

Boob-tube-----Sunday Night TV: 1966-67 (Rare promos, bumpers, commercials, etc.)

Activists Say Straws Should Be Banned Because They Are a 'Gateway Plastic' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Activists Say Straws Should Be Banned Because They Are a 'Gateway Plastic' - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Advocates hope a straw ban will be the first step toward broader plastic prohibitions.
Plastic straw bans won't help the environment, but that's no reason not to pass them.
Or so argue straw prohibitionists who want the little suckers outlawed in the hope of provoking environmentally friendly soul searching among inconvenienced consumers.

"Straw bans aren't going to save the ocean, but they could jumpstart much-needed conversations about the level of non-biodegradable trash in them," writes Vox's Radhika Viswanathan, who gets all the facts about straws and their minimal effect on the environment right but still manages to come out in favor of a ban.
Viswanathan is joined by Dune Ives, executive director of the environmental group Lonely Whale, which has has targeted straws as a "gateway plastic."...

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