The ten that have come out against Boehner have said for years that Congress needs to change the way it operates, and believe that passage of the $1.1 trillion spending bill last month was just the latest example of how Congress has failed to tackle the big issues. In addition to giving members just a few days to read the giant bill, many GOP members blasted the bill for continuing to fund Obamacare, and doing nothing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration."Monday, January 05, 2015
Meet the Republicans Who Will Vote Against Boehner | TheBlaze.com
Meet the Republicans Who Will Vote Against Boehner | TheBlaze.com: "
The ten that have come out against Boehner have said for years that Congress needs to change the way it operates, and believe that passage of the $1.1 trillion spending bill last month was just the latest example of how Congress has failed to tackle the big issues. In addition to giving members just a few days to read the giant bill, many GOP members blasted the bill for continuing to fund Obamacare, and doing nothing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration."
The ten that have come out against Boehner have said for years that Congress needs to change the way it operates, and believe that passage of the $1.1 trillion spending bill last month was just the latest example of how Congress has failed to tackle the big issues. In addition to giving members just a few days to read the giant bill, many GOP members blasted the bill for continuing to fund Obamacare, and doing nothing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration."
Mia Love Pulls No Punches When Asked Where She Stands on Obamacare | Video | TheBlaze.com
Mia Love Pulls No Punches When Asked Where She Stands on Obamacare | Video | TheBlaze.com:"Martha Raddatz of ABC News’ “This Week” sounded and looked a bit incredulous on Sunday when she asked newly-elected House Republican Mia Love if she supports Sen. Ted Cruz’s plan to “do everything humanly possible to stop Obamacare.”
Sarah Palin to PETA: ‘At Least Trig Didn’t Eat the Dog’ | TheBlaze.com
Sarah Palin to PETA: ‘At Least Trig Didn’t Eat the Dog’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Sarah Palin hit back at PETA on Saturday for criticizing the photos of her son Trig standing on the family dog.
“Dear PETA,” Palin posted on Facebook. “Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog.”
"Sarah Palin hit back at PETA on Saturday for criticizing the photos of her son Trig standing on the family dog.“Dear PETA,” Palin posted on Facebook. “Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog.”
UK Teachers to Tattle on Toddlers at Risk for Becoming Terrorists
UK Teachers to Tattle on Toddlers at Risk for Becoming Terrorists | Truthstream Media
(Truthstream Media) Just three years ago, we found out that children in Britain as young as three could be “blacklisted” — labeled “racist” on their permanent file for such evil thought crimes as calling a fellow classmate a “broccoli head.”
But I digress…
(Truthstream Media) Just three years ago, we found out that children in Britain as young as three could be “blacklisted” — labeled “racist” on their permanent file for such evil thought crimes as calling a fellow classmate a “broccoli head.”
When my brother was six and I was 12, he called me a “carnival head.” I always thought it was because he was being a six-year-old little brother.
I never knew until today that it was because he was totally racist…
You know, against… uh… theme parks??
Now according to a new government directive from UK’s Home Office, teachers including nursery school staff have been handed a serious “duty” to “prevent people being drawn into terrorism.”
This will include making sure school staff are trained to watch their students closely in order to “identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and challenge extremist ideas which can be used to legitimise terrorism and are shared by terrorist groups,” The Telegraph reported yesterday.
Did I mention this includes nursery schools?
I did?
You know…with all those toddlers running around sporting all those terrorist-sympathizing, extremist ideals....…"
The Private Sector, Not Obama, Created This Recovery
The Private Sector, Not Obama, Created This Recovery:
"This isn’t a story of government-directed growth, but the opposite—Washington’s role in the economy starting to shrink after years of Obama administration activism. The private sector is starting to take over.
Let’s start with the positive news."
"This isn’t a story of government-directed growth, but the opposite—Washington’s role in the economy starting to shrink after years of Obama administration activism. The private sector is starting to take over.Let’s start with the positive news."
Princeton student say he’s victim of microaggression over way he says ‘Cool Whip’ (he’s totally serious)
Princeton student say he’s victim of microaggression over way he says ‘Cool Whip’ (he’s totally serious):
It’s come to this.
It’s come to this.
In the pages of the Daily Princetonian comes a white, male, Ivy League student – the trifecta of so-called privilege – who has finally himself been the victim of a “microaggression” and so bemoans the pain of it all – apologizes for any hurt he inadvertently caused in the past, and that he may cause in the future, through microaggressions of his own doing – and encourages his classmates to be very careful about what they say from now on, lest they prompt some of their peers into a life of binge drinking and Xanax popping.All this because his friends teased him about how he says “Cool Whip.”
I kid you not.
Enter one Newby Parton, a freshman at Princeton University who hails from McMinnville, Tenn., and likes to put his Hs in front of his Ws when he talks, as some are apparently apt to do in his hometown. His Jan. 4 column in the school newspaper starts with a long-winded explanation of why that is so, but eventually he gets to the heart of the matter.
I kid you not.
“I say my ‘wh’-words in the traditional way,” Parton writes.
“I never thought twice about it before coming to New Jersey.
Here, my peers make a spectacle of it.
‘Say Cool Whip,’ they’ll tell me, in reference to the Family Guy gag in which one character pokes fun at another for his /hw/ pronunciations.
I’ll say ‘Cool Whip.’
They’ll repeat it back to me with exaggerated emphasis on the /h/.
I’ve been pulled into this conversation several times now, and each time I grow a bit more self-conscious. Very few people like to have their speech mocked.”‘Black Brunch’ Restaurant Protesters Disrupt ‘White Spaces’ in NYC, Oakland | Video | TheBlaze.com
‘Black Brunch’ Restaurant Protesters Disrupt ‘White Spaces’ in NYC, Oakland | Video | TheBlaze.com:"One tweet posted by the New York City group read “every 28 hours a Black unarmed civilian is murdered by the State. This is why we disrupt.”
On Sunday about three dozen protesters disrupted patrons at Manhattan spots such as Lallisse, Maialino and Pershing Square, Yahoo News said, adding that protesters called them predominantly “white spaces.”
Report: Police officers killed by firearms jumped 56% in 2014
Report: Police officers killed by firearms jumped 56% in 2014 | Ars Technica:
"Firearms-related deaths of law enforcement officials in the US increased 56 percent in 2014 over the prior year, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has concluded.
About one-third of the deaths were a result of an ambush, the fund said.
The 2014 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report [PDF] said 50 officers were killed by guns in 2014 compared to 32 the year before.
Fifteen were killed by ambush, according to the report.
In the Digital Age, no longer is it just the watchers watching the watched.
The increase comes amid a flurry of anti-police sentiment following the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the choke-hold death of Eric Garner by the New York Police Department.
Garner's arrest was captured on video, and it was among one of dozens of clips featuring police misconduct to widely circulate on the Internet in 2014."
About one-third of the deaths were a result of an ambush, the fund said.
The 2014 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report [PDF] said 50 officers were killed by guns in 2014 compared to 32 the year before.
Fifteen were killed by ambush, according to the report.
In the Digital Age, no longer is it just the watchers watching the watched.
The increase comes amid a flurry of anti-police sentiment following the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the choke-hold death of Eric Garner by the New York Police Department.
Garner's arrest was captured on video, and it was among one of dozens of clips featuring police misconduct to widely circulate on the Internet in 2014."
See How Police Spurn Mayor de Blasio Yet Again | TheBlaze.com
See How Police Spurn Mayor de Blasio Yet Again | TheBlaze.com:
"They saluted him at Saturday’s wake.
On Sunday, the shunning resumed.
Thousands of city police officers turned their backs Sunday as they watched Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogize an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties from the police commissioner not to do so."
"They saluted him at Saturday’s wake.
On Sunday, the shunning resumed.
Thousands of city police officers turned their backs Sunday as they watched Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogize an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties from the police commissioner not to do so."
Anti-Police Protesters Release List Of ‘Demands’ And They’re Insane
Anti-Police Protesters Release List Of ‘Demands’ And They’re Insane | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:
Fliers are now being handed out during protests in New York under the BlackLivesMatter movement. The fliers are spelling outwhat they are demanding.
Fliers are now being handed out during protests in New York under the BlackLivesMatter movement. The fliers are spelling outwhat they are demanding.
One such demand is essentially an end to access to the court system for police officers charged with a crime:“We demand a total independent investigative body that has full and total investigative powers, and unhindered access to any scene and full access to all evidence,” they write. “This investigative body will have full prosecuting power, and the authority to mete out punishment. This agency will have the power to immediately sequester any and all officers that are involved and/or on the scene.”Another demand is a direct attack on the police unions, “We demand that any officer found guilty of any crime or violation while on duty be imprisoned and heavily personally fined, and any union that defends that officer be heavily fined with all the money going to the victim.”Yet another demand is what amounts to the end of the 5th Amendment for police officers:“We demand any officer that do not (sic) freely come forth and speak about abuse and corruption by fellow officers or the department that they should be aware of, be charged with conspiracy and imprisoned and heavily fined.”The flier ends with the words, “FREEDOM JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OR DEATH.”
Expert: Most US College Freshmen Read at 7th Grade Level
Expert: Most US College Freshmen Read at 7th Grade Level:
The premise behind the Common Core State Standards is that all public school students will be college and career ready for the theoretical workforce of tomorrow. Even in Texas, which never adopted the Common Core, College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) drive public education today.
Yet, what is called ‘college and career ready’ may not be preparing students at all because most US college freshman can only read at a seventh grade level.
The premise behind the Common Core State Standards is that all public school students will be college and career ready for the theoretical workforce of tomorrow. Even in Texas, which never adopted the Common Core, College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) drive public education today.
Education expert Dr. Sandra Stotsky is the formidable figure on the front lines who is questioning what can be done to make sense of Common Core and all this college and career readiness.
She is best known for serving on the Common Core Validation Committee in 2009-10 and refusing to approve standards she called ‘inferior’, along with colleague James Milgram, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.
She is also Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas and is credited with developing one of the country’s strongest sets of academic standards for K-12 students when she was Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education (1999-2003).
Stotsky was also responsible for revising or developing the licensure tests for prospective teachers.
She is best known for serving on the Common Core Validation Committee in 2009-10 and refusing to approve standards she called ‘inferior’, along with colleague James Milgram, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.
She is also Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas and is credited with developing one of the country’s strongest sets of academic standards for K-12 students when she was Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education (1999-2003).
Stotsky was also responsible for revising or developing the licensure tests for prospective teachers.
13 Most Cringeworthy Democrat Quotes Of 2014
13 Most Cringeworthy Democrat Quotes Of 2014 - The Liberty Eagle
Here are 13 Democrats whose statements on politics in 2014 had Americans scratching their heads:
Mike Dickinson, Congressional candidate, VA
Here are 13 Democrats whose statements on politics in 2014 had Americans scratching their heads:
Mike Dickinson, Congressional candidate, VA
Dear god. Please use Ebola to infect the @NRA and it’s various members. For they are A true virus and true terrorists in America."
Rep. Frederica Wilson, (FL)
Rep. Frederica Wilson, (FL)
Black males are ‘Convicted in the Womb.’ When a Black boy is spotted he is automatically a suspect. Even Black people fear Black boys."
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
“What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back. It is not going to happen on our watch."
Read 'em all!
Read 'em all!
A Heavy Hitter Just Announced He’s Challenging John Boehner for Speaker | TheBlaze.com
A Heavy Hitter Just Announced He’s Challenging John Boehner for Speaker | TheBlaze.com:
"It’s official: House Speaker John Boehner has multiple challengers gunning for his job.
Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced Sunday morning on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” that he would throw his hat into the ring, saying he’s officially a candidate for the speaker gig."
"It’s official: House Speaker John Boehner has multiple challengers gunning for his job.
Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced Sunday morning on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” that he would throw his hat into the ring, saying he’s officially a candidate for the speaker gig."
U.K. Criminalization of Speech Is Really Starting to Scare Me
U.K. Criminalization of Speech Is Really Starting to Scare Me - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Earlier this week, British reality TV star Katie Hopkins tweeted some fears about a Scottish Ebola patient coming to London for treatment.
She's now facing a criminal investigation.
"Inquiries are ongoing into the nature of these tweets and to establish any potential criminality," a Scottish law enforcement official told the BBC.
"Police Scotland will thoroughly investigate any reports of offensive or criminal behaviour online and anyone found to be responsible will be robustly dealt with."
Here are Hopkins' possibly criminally offensive statements:"
"Earlier this week, British reality TV star Katie Hopkins tweeted some fears about a Scottish Ebola patient coming to London for treatment. She's now facing a criminal investigation.
"Inquiries are ongoing into the nature of these tweets and to establish any potential criminality," a Scottish law enforcement official told the BBC.
"Police Scotland will thoroughly investigate any reports of offensive or criminal behaviour online and anyone found to be responsible will be robustly dealt with."
Here are Hopkins' possibly criminally offensive statements:"
History for January 5
History for January 5 - On-This-Day.com
Stephen Decatur 1779, George Reeves 1914, Robert Duvall 1930
Diane Keaton 1946, Ted Lange 1947, Marilyn Manson 1970
1914 - Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
1925 - Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.
1933 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began.
1940 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.
1948 - Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.
1956 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.
1970 - "All My Children" premiered on ABC.
1972 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
1998 - U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
2002 - A 15 year-old student pilot, Charles Bishop, crashed a small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and without an instructor.
Stephen Decatur 1779, George Reeves 1914, Robert Duvall 1930
Diane Keaton 1946, Ted Lange 1947, Marilyn Manson 1970
1914 - Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
1925 - Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.
1933 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began.
1940 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.
1948 - Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.
1956 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.
1970 - "All My Children" premiered on ABC.
1972 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
1998 - U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
2002 - A 15 year-old student pilot, Charles Bishop, crashed a small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and without an instructor.
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Feds Looking for Company to Run 'National Data Warehouse' for Obamacare, Medicare | The Weekly Standard
Feds Looking for Company to Run 'National Data Warehouse' for Obamacare, Medicare | The Weekly Standard:
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking for vendors to run its "National Data Warehouse," a database for "capturing, aggregating, and analyzing information" related to beneficiary and customer experiences with Medicare and the federal Obamacare marketplaces. Although the database primarily consists of quality control metrics related to individuals' interactions with customer service, potential contractors are to "[d]emonstrate ... experience with scalability and security in protecting data and information with customer, person-sensitive information including Personal Health Information and Personally Identifiable information (personal health records, etc.)." Vendors are also instructed that one of the requirements of a possible future contract would be "[e]nsuring that all products developed and delivered adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance standards."
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking for vendors to run its "National Data Warehouse," a database for "capturing, aggregating, and analyzing information" related to beneficiary and customer experiences with Medicare and the federal Obamacare marketplaces. Although the database primarily consists of quality control metrics related to individuals' interactions with customer service, potential contractors are to "[d]emonstrate ... experience with scalability and security in protecting data and information with customer, person-sensitive information including Personal Health Information and Personally Identifiable information (personal health records, etc.)." Vendors are also instructed that one of the requirements of a possible future contract would be "[e]nsuring that all products developed and delivered adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance standards."Audit: $14.5 Billion in Erroneous Earned Income Tax Credits
Audit: $14.5 Billion in Erroneous Earned Income Tax Credits:
"A recent audit showing the Internal Revenue Service handed out $14.5 billion in improper earned income tax credits in 2012 came as little surprise to budget watchers such as Alan Cole.
The fact that the erroneous payouts amounted to about 24 percent of the $63 billion Uncle Sam sent out in refundable earned income tax credits was nothing new as well."
"A recent audit showing the Internal Revenue Service handed out $14.5 billion in improper earned income tax credits in 2012 came as little surprise to budget watchers such as Alan Cole.The fact that the erroneous payouts amounted to about 24 percent of the $63 billion Uncle Sam sent out in refundable earned income tax credits was nothing new as well."
Another American boy, comin' home..........Alabama fighter pilot lost 70 years ago in WWII crash finally coming home
Alabama fighter pilot lost 70 years ago in WWII crash finally coming home - Yellowhammer News
"MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama World War II pilot who was missing for decades after his plane went down on Guadalcanal Island will finally be laid to rest this week with full military honors.
Maj. Peyton Mathis, Jr., commander of the 44th Fighter Squadron, will be buried in his hometown of Montgomery, Ala. Saturday, January 3rd.
He was 28 years old on June 5, 1944 when the P-38J Lightning he was piloting went down over Guadalcanal Island after returning from a mission.
Rescue and recovery attempts at the time of the crash were unsuccessful due to the heavy jungle.
It wasn’t until 2013, when local islanders informed Department of Defense crews of a nearby crash site, that the downed P-38 was found, Maj. Mathis still strapped into the cockpit.
When Peyton Mathis III, Maj. Mathis’ nephew, learned his uncle’s lost plane and remains had possibly been found, he contacted Rep. Martha Roby’s (R-AL2) office for help expediting the identification and return process.
Maj. Mathis’ widow, Evelyn, is now in her 90s, and the family understandably wanted the remains to be identified and returned as soon as possible."
"MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama World War II pilot who was missing for decades after his plane went down on Guadalcanal Island will finally be laid to rest this week with full military honors.
Maj. Peyton Mathis, Jr., commander of the 44th Fighter Squadron, will be buried in his hometown of Montgomery, Ala. Saturday, January 3rd.
He was 28 years old on June 5, 1944 when the P-38J Lightning he was piloting went down over Guadalcanal Island after returning from a mission.
Rescue and recovery attempts at the time of the crash were unsuccessful due to the heavy jungle.
It wasn’t until 2013, when local islanders informed Department of Defense crews of a nearby crash site, that the downed P-38 was found, Maj. Mathis still strapped into the cockpit.When Peyton Mathis III, Maj. Mathis’ nephew, learned his uncle’s lost plane and remains had possibly been found, he contacted Rep. Martha Roby’s (R-AL2) office for help expediting the identification and return process.
Maj. Mathis’ widow, Evelyn, is now in her 90s, and the family understandably wanted the remains to be identified and returned as soon as possible."
Sarah Palin and Ellen DeGeneres Posted Very Similar Pictures; Guess Who Got Attacked
Sarah Palin and Ellen DeGeneres Posted Very Similar Pictures; Guess Who Got Attacked:
"But in July of 2014, lesbian talk show host Ellen DeGeneres posted a similar picture of her daughter using the family dog as a step stool to reach the sink on her Facebook page. While some did question DeGeneres’s decision to let her daughter stand on the dog, there were no personal attacks on DeGeneres herself, but rather mostly concern that the dog may eventually bite, or was uncomfortable. The level of vile, personal attacks on her paled in comparison to what Palin endured."
TaxProf Blog: The Top 10 Tax Stories Of 2014
- A Wounded IRS
- The Long Wait for Extenders
- The ACA Looms Large
- The IRS Scandal Continues
- The Final Chapter of Loving
- … Or Is it?
- A Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- Tax Reform Fizzles
- Corporate Inversions
‘Black Brunch’ Restaurant Protesters Disrupt ‘White Spaces’ in NYC, Oakland | Video | TheBlaze.com
‘Black Brunch’ Restaurant Protesters Disrupt ‘White Spaces’ in NYC, Oakland | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"One tweet posted by the New York City group read “every 28 hours a Black unarmed civilian is murdered by the State. This is why we disrupt.”
On Sunday about three dozen protesters disrupted patrons at Manhattan spots such as Lallisse, Maialino and Pershing Square, Yahoo News said, adding that protesters called them predominantly “white spaces.”
"One tweet posted by the New York City group read “every 28 hours a Black unarmed civilian is murdered by the State. This is why we disrupt.”
On Sunday about three dozen protesters disrupted patrons at Manhattan spots such as Lallisse, Maialino and Pershing Square, Yahoo News said, adding that protesters called them predominantly “white spaces.”
Five things to remember about climate science in 2015 | WashingtonExaminer.com
Five things to remember about climate science in 2015 | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"As the New Year dawns, old challenges hang on.
One of the biggest challenges relates to the ambience of climate-change science.
So many folks are invested in an expectation of disastrous geophysical conditions resulting from modern lifestyles that are fueled by ancient energy sources. So, the big money (in the trillions of dollars) is on the continuation of supposed wacky weather, hustled as proof of long-term, global climate change.
But here are five reasons to remain unconvinced that humans are culpable for such acts of nature."
"As the New Year dawns, old challenges hang on.
One of the biggest challenges relates to the ambience of climate-change science.So many folks are invested in an expectation of disastrous geophysical conditions resulting from modern lifestyles that are fueled by ancient energy sources. So, the big money (in the trillions of dollars) is on the continuation of supposed wacky weather, hustled as proof of long-term, global climate change.
But here are five reasons to remain unconvinced that humans are culpable for such acts of nature."
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