Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Evidence: Trump Tower meeting set up by Hillary operatives
Newly released records and a pattern of efforts by Hillary Clinton operatives employed by Kremlin-linked figures to connect the Trump campaign to Russia indicate the infamous Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and Trump campaign staff may have been a set up.
The Most Stupid Meme on the Internet. [VIDEO] - Victory Girls Blog
The Most Stupid Meme on the Internet. [VIDEO] - Victory Girls Blog
"Internet memes, especially the political kind, are supposed to be clever little axioms that promote a cause.
...But then there is the meme that is so blatantly stupid, I’m surprised it doesn’t break the internet.
I saw that meme recently.
I couldn’t believe the amount of derp it contained.
It looks like this:
...Whoever put this historical travesty online should hang their head in shame, along with all the other morons who actually promote this.
...In reality, the Communists were just as brutal as the Nazis, and there is really little difference.
In fact, their body count is even higher.
Except that our meme-maker probably never learned about this in school.
He probably didn’t know about the Holodomor, the artificial famine that Stalin used against the people of the Ukraine.
Why did Stalin kill these people?
Simply because Ukrainians rejected collectivization, so Stalin deported and murdered farmers and took their grain.
He also ordered the murder of religious and cultural leaders, leaving society in shambles.
Mass starvation resulted, and about 4 million died in the early 1930’s..."
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"Internet memes, especially the political kind, are supposed to be clever little axioms that promote a cause.
...But then there is the meme that is so blatantly stupid, I’m surprised it doesn’t break the internet.
I saw that meme recently.
I couldn’t believe the amount of derp it contained.
...Whoever put this historical travesty online should hang their head in shame, along with all the other morons who actually promote this.
...In reality, the Communists were just as brutal as the Nazis, and there is really little difference.
In fact, their body count is even higher.
Except that our meme-maker probably never learned about this in school.
He probably didn’t know about the Holodomor, the artificial famine that Stalin used against the people of the Ukraine.
Why did Stalin kill these people?
Simply because Ukrainians rejected collectivization, so Stalin deported and murdered farmers and took their grain.
He also ordered the murder of religious and cultural leaders, leaving society in shambles.
Mass starvation resulted, and about 4 million died in the early 1930’s..."
Read all!
History for August 15
History for August 15 - On-This-Day.com
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Sir Walter Scott 1771, T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888
Julia Child 1912, Ben Affleck 1972, Jennifer Lawrence 1990 - Actress (TV: "The Bill Engvall Show," Movies: the "Hunger Games" series)
1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.
1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.
1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Democrats view socialism more favorably than capitalism: Gallup - Washington Times
Democrats view socialism more favorably than capitalism: Gallup - Washington Times:
Democrats view socialism more positively than capitalism, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
Fifty-seven percent of Democrats in the poll hold a positive view of socialism, compared to 47 percent of Democrats who hold a positive view about capitalism, Gallup found.
Democrats view socialism more positively than capitalism, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
Fifty-seven percent of Democrats in the poll hold a positive view of socialism, compared to 47 percent of Democrats who hold a positive view about capitalism, Gallup found.
Young Minds Are Undermined by Today's Fashionable Philosophies - Foundation for Economic Education
Young Minds Are Undermined by Today's Fashionable Philosophies - Foundation for Economic Education
"If there's a rise in suicides and depression among young people, maybe we should be looking at the philosophy being promoted everywhere that influences kids.
Rates of teenage depression and suicide in America are rising.
Attempts to explain this increase have centered around ideas that are now pervasive in academia and entertainment media: identity politics, victim-culture, the unearned “self-esteem movement,” and the dreaded post-modernism (as it applies to philosophy and the humanities, not the arts).
I contend that a lot of these ideas ultimately serve to destabilize young people’s sense of their own individuality and wreck their ability to deal with reality in ways that are most likely to leave them depressed and despondent.
The SCARF Model
In part, I began thinking about this because my colleagues at the Foundation for Economic (FEE) and I have recently started to import some ideas from David Rock's "SCARF" model for the media we produce, and I became curious about how this might apply to society at large.
For those unfamiliar with the idea, “SCARF” is built around the concept that people are constantly seeking to avoid pain and get more rewards for their activities and that most of these behaviors center around five specific motivations (which together make up the acronym "SCARF"):
"If there's a rise in suicides and depression among young people, maybe we should be looking at the philosophy being promoted everywhere that influences kids.
Rates of teenage depression and suicide in America are rising.
Attempts to explain this increase have centered around ideas that are now pervasive in academia and entertainment media: identity politics, victim-culture, the unearned “self-esteem movement,” and the dreaded post-modernism (as it applies to philosophy and the humanities, not the arts).
I contend that a lot of these ideas ultimately serve to destabilize young people’s sense of their own individuality and wreck their ability to deal with reality in ways that are most likely to leave them depressed and despondent.
The SCARF Model
In part, I began thinking about this because my colleagues at the Foundation for Economic (FEE) and I have recently started to import some ideas from David Rock's "SCARF" model for the media we produce, and I became curious about how this might apply to society at large.
For those unfamiliar with the idea, “SCARF” is built around the concept that people are constantly seeking to avoid pain and get more rewards for their activities and that most of these behaviors center around five specific motivations (which together make up the acronym "SCARF"):
- Status
- Certainty
- Autonomy
- Relatedness
- Fairness
...these are the emotions that motivate employees...
It makes a lot of sense.
If you know that people are often motivated by improving their relative status among their peers, then you know that by offering people public praise, you’re bolstering their sense of pride in their work and helping them achieve their status-seeking goals and, on the flip-side, you know that if you berate them publicly, you’ll be smashing their sense of status among their peers and that embarrassment may ruin their desire to continue working effectively..."
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It makes a lot of sense.
If you know that people are often motivated by improving their relative status among their peers, then you know that by offering people public praise, you’re bolstering their sense of pride in their work and helping them achieve their status-seeking goals and, on the flip-side, you know that if you berate them publicly, you’ll be smashing their sense of status among their peers and that embarrassment may ruin their desire to continue working effectively..."
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Illegal Immigrants Are Far More Likely to Commit Serious Crimes Than the U.S. Public | Intellectual Takeout
Illegal Immigrants Are Far More Likely to Commit Serious Crimes Than the U.S. Public | Intellectual Takeout
"President Trump recently held a conference with family members of U.S. citizens killed by illegal immigrants.
...In response, the Associated Press published a “fact check“ claiming that illegal immigrants are more law-abiding than the general public.
Various media outlets, such as the New York Times, Yahoo!, and a number of NBC affiliates published this article.
The Washington Post ran a similar story, and other media outlets and so-called fact checkers have made similar claims in the past.
The truth, however, is that comprehensive, straightforward facts from primary sources—namely the Obama administration Census Bureau and Department of Justice—prove that illegal immigrants are far more likely to commit serious crimes than the U.S. population.
Studies that claim otherwise typically suffer from fallacies condemned by academic publications about how to accurately analyze data..."
Read the data!
"President Trump recently held a conference with family members of U.S. citizens killed by illegal immigrants.
...In response, the Associated Press published a “fact check“ claiming that illegal immigrants are more law-abiding than the general public.
Various media outlets, such as the New York Times, Yahoo!, and a number of NBC affiliates published this article.The Washington Post ran a similar story, and other media outlets and so-called fact checkers have made similar claims in the past.
The truth, however, is that comprehensive, straightforward facts from primary sources—namely the Obama administration Census Bureau and Department of Justice—prove that illegal immigrants are far more likely to commit serious crimes than the U.S. population.
Studies that claim otherwise typically suffer from fallacies condemned by academic publications about how to accurately analyze data..."
Read the data!
Feinstein’s Ties To China Go Way Deeper Than An Alleged Office Spy
Feinstein’s Ties To China Go Way Deeper Than An Alleged Office Spy:
Feinstein’s dealings with the Chinese must be investigated. But so too ought the links between federal officials and all of our adversaries, be it the Chinese and Russians, the Pakistanis and Iranians, or the Muslim Brotherhood and its state supporters. Feinstein is only one politician. How many other relationships with American politicians have the Chinese and our other adversaries fostered? How many spies might they have recruited?
We need a top-to-bottom reform of our government’s vetting efforts, and enhancement of our counterintelligence capabilities. Attempts by foreign countries to infiltrate our political offices pose a grave national security threat, as Feinstein’s record clearly shows. With people like her on pertinent congressional committees, however, how many foxes have been elected to guard the henhouse? Representatives’ responses to reform measures will help us find out.
We need a top-to-bottom reform of our government’s vetting efforts, and enhancement of our counterintelligence capabilities. Attempts by foreign countries to infiltrate our political offices pose a grave national security threat, as Feinstein’s record clearly shows. With people like her on pertinent congressional committees, however, how many foxes have been elected to guard the henhouse? Representatives’ responses to reform measures will help us find out.
Family say they have been forced to close cafe after complaints over the Union Jack flags in food | Daily Mail Online
Family say they have been forced to close cafe after complaints over the Union Jack flags in food | Daily Mail Online
"Family say they have been forced to close their cafe after complaints over the Union Jack flags they stuck in their fry-ups
Tiny toothpicks with the flags have been inserted in fry up's since Cafe 164 opened in Hornchurch, east London, in 2016.
"Family say they have been forced to close their cafe after complaints over the Union Jack flags they stuck in their fry-ups
- Station 164 in Hornchurch will shut at the end of the month over repeated abuse
- Owners Carol Brown and Candy Merrett were called 'racist' over tiny flags
- England and Union Jack flags were put in breakfasts prompting anger online
A family cafe is being forced to close down after the owners were repeatedly abused and called 'racist' - all because they put Union Jack and England flags in their food.
Tiny toothpicks with the flags have been inserted in fry up's since Cafe 164 opened in Hornchurch, east London, in 2016.
But Carol Brown and daughter Candy Merrett faced a wave of abuse - mainly from people who had never eaten there, recently.
Since the World Cup this summer the flags began to get a negative response, Candy, 30, said.
The mum-of-one said three to four customers every week have moaning about the one-inch flags stuck in their toast, sandwiches and Full English breakfasts.
On Thursday, Candy said she had received so much abuse on social media over the the novelty flags she will close the London themed cafe at the end of the month..."
On Thursday, Candy said she had received so much abuse on social media over the the novelty flags she will close the London themed cafe at the end of the month..."
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