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Friday, July 13, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Goes Full Commie Dictator: Announces 'New Rule' Barring Trump Tax Cut Supporters From Healthcare Debate

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Goes Full Commie Dictator: Announces 'New Rule' Barring Trump Tax Cut Supporters From Healthcare Debate
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez channeled her inner Fidel Castro on Twitter Tuesday with a statement announcing a “New Rule” that bars supporters of the Trump tax cuts from speaking out about America’s healthcare system.

Democratic Socialist Ocasio-Cortez became a media darling last month after her surprise primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley, the fourth most powerful Democrat in the House, in New York’s Democrat-controlled 14th Congressional District, virtually guaranteeing her a seat in Congress next year.

“New Rule: anyone that was cool with the GOP inventing $2 trillion out of thin air for freebies for people with yachts that have tiny yachts inside doesn’t get to demand how we pay for people who need chemotherapy treatments.”

...Curiously, the media has not reported on Ocasio-Cortez’s latest pronouncement despite it having gone viral..."

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Dues Skim: How Unions Tried to Capture Taxpayer Funds - Capital Research Center

Stop states from skimming money from those taking care of our most vulnerable citizens and giving it to unions
How Unions Tried to Capture Taxpayer Funds | SCOTUS Steps In | Union Cronyism Resists Reform

Summary: In over a dozen states union-friendly politicians skim vast sums every year off people taking care of low-income children and disabled loved ones; the money is then funneled to unions. This scheme, which the Supreme Court curtailed in a ruling saying unions could not force providers to pay them, is still functioning in some states.

Labor unions in these states work in conjunction with politicians in a scheme that many critics describe as a “dues skim.”
The skim feeds off two different groups–home healthcare providers and daycare providers.
...In a scheme to put Medicaid and other federal monies directly into the unions’ pockets, these states are deducting dues from benefit checks earmarked for these workers and passing this revenue directly to unions, often without the knowledge of the workers themselves.
Here is how the “dues skim” works: Federal money is sent to the states in question to pass on as subsidy checks to homecare providers who are mostly friends and family members taking care of sick relatives or daycare providers taking care of low-income children, many of which are also relatives.
But union-friendly lawmakers and governors claim that since the subsidies emanate from the state, these providers can be considered public employees.
And as public employees, they can be unionized which means the state can automatically deduct dues which will then be sent directly to the union.
The union has an election (of which many of the providers are not aware) and dues money starts bleeding from their subsidy checks..."
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Profs: Stop saying 'girls are as good as boys at math'

A Stanford university professor wants people to avoid saying that “girls are as good as boys at math,” arguing in a recent study that this can "unintentionally perpetuate bias."
Instead, the authors of the study suggest saying that "girls and boys are equally good at math," or that "boys and girls are equally good at math."

A new Stanford University study warns against claiming that “girls are as good as boys at math,” saying this may “unintentionally perpetuate bias.”

“Some well-meaning statements can spread stereotypes,” proclaims the headline of a university press release touting the study, highlighting the study’s conclusion that such sentences “frame one gender as the standard for the other."

"Gently ‘nudging’ participants through more implicit messages might...be a more effective strategy for counteracting gender stereotypes and encouraging more egalitarian behavior." Tweet This

“On the surface, the sentence tries to convey that both sexes are equal in their abilities,” the university explains. “But because of its grammatical structure, it implies that being good at math is more common or natural for boys than girls.”

The study, titled “Girls Are as Good as Boys at Math” Implies That Boys Are Probably Better: A Study of Expressions of Gender Equality,” was conducted by Stanford psychology professor and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences Ellen Markman and researcher Eleanor Chestnut, a postdoctoral scholar at New York University..."
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Lisa Page expected for private interview Friday, Goodlatte says | Fox News

Lisa Page expected for private interview Friday, Goodlatte says | Fox News:

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Former FBI attorney Lisa Page has “voluntarily” agreed to appear for a private interview before House committees on Friday, following her refusal to appear for a deposition Wednesday despite a congressionally issued subpoena.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said Thursday that the committee is still working out details, but called it an “important and positive development.” Page and FBI colleague and former lover Peter Strzok, who testifies Thursday, are under scrutiny for a series of anti-Trump texts.

Remember that?-----Paul Krugman Says Markets Will ‘Never’ Recover From Trump; Dow Hits Record High | The Daily Caller

Paul Krugman Says Markets Will ‘Never’ Recover From Trump; Dow Hits Record High | The Daily Caller:
"New York Times opinion writer and economist Paul Krugman predicted early Wednesday morning that the stock market will “never” recover from Donald Trump’s presidential victory, only to be proven spectacularly wrong in less than a day.
Instead of collapsing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to an all-time high shortly before the closing bell.
Futures markets imploded Tuesday night as soon as it became apparent Trump was likely to win.
At their nadir, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 750 points.
At that point, Krugman chose to release a blog post in which he predicted these jitters represented a new permanent reality in the U.S. economy.
“It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging. When might we expect them to recover?” Krugman said in his post.
“If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.”
“We are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight,” he added.
“I suppose we could get lucky somehow. But on economics, as on everything else, a terrible thing has just happened.”...
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History for July 13

History for July 13 - On-This-Day.com
Edward J. Flanagan 1886 - Founder of Boys Town in Nebraska., Bob Crane 1928, Jack Kemp 1935

Patrick Stewart 1940 - Actor, Harrison Ford 1942 - Actor ("Star Wars" movie series, "The Fugitive"), Cheech Marin 1946 - Actor

1099 - The Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem.

1754 - At the beginning of the French and Indian War, George Washington surrendered the small, circular Fort Necessity in southwestern Pennsylvania to the French.

1787 - The U.S. Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacted the Northwest Ordinance, which established the rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.

1972 - Carroll Rosenbloom (owner of the Baltimore Colts) and Robert Irsay (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) traded teams.

1978 - Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II.

1982 - The All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada.

1984 - In Arkansas, Terry Wallis was injured in a car accident and was left comatose. He came out of the coma in June of 2003.

1998 - "Image of an Assassination" went on sale. The video documentary is of Abraham Zapruder's home video of U.S. President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Border Patrol agents attacked with rocks while rescuing pregnant woman, officials say | Fox News

Border Patrol agents attacked with rocks while rescuing pregnant woman, officials say | Fox News:

Image result for flickr commons images Rocks and stones

Border Patrol agents who were rescuing a distressed pregnant woman in Texas on Saturday were attacked by rocks thrown by an illegal immigrant, officials said.
Agents with the Weslaco Station saw a group of people who had previously been unable to enter the U.S. climbing a tree to enter the country through Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) Port of Entry in Progreso,