Iranian App Has Players Compete in Launching Missiles on Israel | TheBlaze.com

Iranian App Has Players Compete in Launching Missiles on Israel | TheBlaze.com:

"A new Iranian game has been introduced for mobile devices that simulates a missile attack on Israel’s third largest city of Haifa.

The developer of the “Missile Strike” app told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the game was rolled out in honor of Friday’s Al Quds Day, an Iranian holiday dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state."

Alabama Civil Rights lawyer's epic rant: Media targeted Confederate flag because Charleston didn't riot

Alabama Civil Rights lawyer's epic rant: Media targeted Confederate flag because Charleston didn't riot - Yellowhammer News:
Alabamian and Civil Rights attorney Temple Trueblood took to Facebook Thursday to share her thoughts on how, and why, the media has targeted the Confederate battle flag in the wake of the Charleston shooting.

Her brilliant insight is already going viral, with thousands of shares from her personal Facebook page.

Without further ado:

I’m a Southerner. I’m a civil rights lawyer. I’ve stayed out of this fray and, to be honest, I’m really tired of the whole media frenzy.

With that said–taking out soapbox…pontificating….

The media did not get what it wanted from the South as a result of the Charleston tragedy. The good people of Charleston did not riot, did not engage in hateful shenanigans and did not provide the racist fueled fodder for their 24 hour-a-day headlines.

Poor, poor media–no Ferguson, no Trayvon Martin, no Oscar Grants. Instead, the good people of Charleston and of South Carolina unified and came together–all races, all creeds. They marched hand in hand to pay respect to the poor souls lost and to strengthen their community.

In short–they did what Southerners do. They put their faith forward and did the right thing ‘cause their mommas raised them right.

So, what are they left to do? Well, the Confederate flag seems like a fine substitute–and it worked.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I don’t think the Confederate flag has any place flying over any governmental building for several reasons:

Read on! 

Chicago's Financial Fire

Chicago's Financial Fire by Aaron M. Renn, City Journal July 12, 2015:
"After years of warnings, financial reality is hitting home in Chicago, clouding Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hope for a transformational legacy.
In March, Moody’s downgraded the city’s credit rating to junk, but Chicago’s financial hole long predates its ratings slide.
The trouble began emerging at least as far back as 2003, albeit under the radar.
Then, as the Great Recession pummeled municipal budgets around the country, former Mayor Richard M. Daley engaged in dubious deals, such as the city’s parking-meter lease.
In 2010, as Daley’s tenure neared its close, Crain’s Chicago Business published an exposé on the troubling levels of debt that the mayor’s administration had accumulated. 
In 2013, after Daley had left office, the Chicago Tribune ran a series further detailing the city’s questionable debt practices, such as “scoop and toss”—that is, rolling over debt at higher cost as it came due, rather than paying it off.
Chicago’s pension woes, along with Illinois’, started attracting media coverage—as did financial can-kicking by agencies like the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which drained its reserves in 2012 and created a 2015 budget showing 14 months of revenue (“loopy,” said the Tribune).
So for several years now, the media have been telling Chicagoans that there’s a financial crisis. 
But it hasn’t really felt like one, at least not in the booming Loop and on the North Side."

Jake and Josie Hook Up Drunk. Does Josie Rape Jake?

Jake and Josie Hook Up Drunk. Does Josie Rape Jake?
This poster about the new “yes means yes” consent laws has allegedly been showing up on college campuses (Redditor: The blurry part says Coastal Carolina University, I cannot find any mentions of this poster actually being real though. It’s possible they took a lot of flak for it and pulled it, or I just can’t google)…

In summation: the poster presupposed “Jake” to be a rapist.

Why? Because two college kids were drunk and two college kids hooked up. This begs the question: how was Josie the only one who could not consent to sex… but Jake could?

If a woman who is intoxicated can not give consent to sex, how can a man? Why is only one of them a rapist?

It’s almost as if leftists pushing the “rape culture” talking point aren’t actually concerned with combating sexual assault at all. It’s almost as though they’re more concerned with using sexual assault as another divisive issue to play Americans off of each other in order to push a political agenda. Because you can’t have an honest disagreement with “affirmative consent” or even just this poster.  If you disagree with the premise, you are pro-rape and a rape apologist, who is most likely also sexist and trying to hold back Hillary Clinton from crashing through the glass ceiling #YesAllWomen.

At least Reddit is calling BS, and making some interesting points (at least, the ones we can repeat):

What happens if two gay dudes get drunk and have sex? Are they both charged with rape?

Neither would be charged. According to the poster, only women can’t give consent while drunk.

If two drunk lesbians have sex, were they both raped?

They were both the rapist and rape victim. It cancels out, its simple math.

I mean potential energy is just as important as kinetic energy, right? The potential to rape is just as important as actual rape, right? They’re practically the same thing.

So does this mean that as a woman, I’m no longer accountable for anything I do once I’m drunk? Because there are definitely some illegal things I wanted to try. Also, DUI’s? I guess those don’t exist either then, since we’re on the “blame it on the alcohol” train here.

Rape is a serious crime and rapists are the lowest form of life. 
Combating rape is a serious issue for serious people to take seriously.
The sad thing is, the people who designed and are promoting this poster think it’s serious and that they’re serious people. 
The only thing they’re doing is a serious disservice to rape victims. And that’s no joke.

URGENT: Every American Needs to See What This Black Father Told Donald Trump in Front of Hundreds

URGENT: Every American Needs to See What This Black Father Told Donald Trump in Front of Hundreds:

"Espinoza had been brought from Mexico illegally when he was 4 and had not been deported, even though he had been in trouble with the law three times for gun crimes. Shaw explained that the Mexican gangs order their members who have just been released from jail to immediately commit another murder, to get them back into the habit of killing and keep them from being “rehabilitated.”

Shaw praised Trump for making his bold stand against illegal immigration,

People Who Identify as Vampires Shouldn't Be Judged, Study Says

People Who Identify as Vampires Shouldn't Be Judged, Study Says | National Review Online
Stop being so judgmental. 
Sociology researchers are now insisting that we as a society start accepting people who choose to “identify as real vampires” — so that they can be open about the fact that they’re vampires without having to worry about facing discrimination from people who might think that that’s weird. 
The study, titled “Do We Always Practice What We Preach? 
Real Vampires’ Fears of Coming out of the Coffin to Social Workers and Helping Professionals” was conducted by researchers from Idaho State University and College of the Canyons and the Center for Positive Sexuality in Los Angeles. 
“Most vampires believe they were born that way; they don’t choose this,” said Dr. D. J. Williams, the study’s lead researcher and the director of sociology at Idaho State. 
The study is based on the experiences of eleven “real” vampires — which, by the way, are different from “lifestyle vampires.” 
“Lifestylers,” the study explains, are people who just do things like wear fangs and sleep in coffins as lifestyle choices, and although “real vampires” may do these things too, they all also have one major thing in common that distinguishes them from the “lifestylers:” 
...“The message is to not take things at face value, to be more aware of our stereotypes and our judgments, maybe focus on commonalities that people have,” Williams said in an interview with MTV. 
“People understand themselves in very different ways, and that’s OK. 
We’re all human. 
We all have a lot of things in common. 
I think a little more awareness of our own biases and more cultural sensitivity — more compassion — that’s really the important thing underlying all of this,” he said.

History for July 14

History for July 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Irving Stone 1903, William Hanna 1910, Woody Guthrie 1912 


Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913, Ingmar Bergman 1918, Dale Robertson 1923 


1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais. 


1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside. 


1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government. 


1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure. 



1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel. 


1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed. 


1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was first published. 


1958 - The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.

2003 - Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio. 

Escaped Mexican Drug Lord Allegedly Threatens Donald Trump: ‘If You Keep Pissing Me Off…’ | TheBlaze.com

Escaped Mexican Drug Lord Allegedly Threatens Donald Trump: ‘If You Keep Pissing Me Off…’ | TheBlaze.com:

"A spokesperson for Twitter declined to comment on why the drug lord’s purported account had not been suspended for terms of service violations, citing privacy and security reasons."

Thousands Rally to Support Confederate Flag in Florida City | TheBlaze.com

Thousands Rally to Support Confederate Flag in Florida City | TheBlaze.com:

"Thousands of people rallied Sunday in central Florida in support of flying the Confederate flag.

Police estimated 2,000 vehicles, mostly motorcycles and trucks adorned with the Civil War-era flag, took part in the Ocala gathering. The event was being held to back a decision by Marion County in that area of central Florida to return the Confederate flag to a display outside its government complex."

Revealed: 276 'sanctuary cities' let 8,145 illegal offenders free in just 8 months, 17,000 total

Revealed: 276 'sanctuary cities' let 8,145 illegal offenders free in just 8 months, 17,000 total | Washington Examiner:
"Some 276 "sanctuary cities," nearly 50 percent more than previously revealed, released over 8,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records or facing charges free despite federal requests that they be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, according to an explosive new report."

The Revenge Of The Lost Boys

The Revenge Of The Lost Boys
"What’s going on with young American men?
Another mass shooting has led to another round of social and political recriminations.
A young man—a “loner” and “adrift,” as usual—seizes a vile cause and attacks innocent people.
Amidst the wreckage, we look for reasons that already fit our preconceptions about violence, and we blame racism, guns, unemployment, drugs, a bad family, or whatever else helps us to make sense of the tragedy.
But the truth of the matter is that Dylann Roof (at least from what we know) isn’t that different from so many other young, mostly white men over the past 30 years or so who have lashed out against their society in different ways.
Although mass killers understandably seize our imaginations and dominate the media, and not all dysfunctional young males are violent and not all of them gain the publicity they crave.
Some are terrorists, others are murderers, and some are merely vandals.
A few are traitors and deserters.
What they all have in common is their gender (male), their race (most are white), and their youth (almost all under 30 at their peak destructiveness).
Beyond this, they seem to share little beyond a stubborn immaturity wedded to a towering narcissism. In almost every case, they dress their anger in the clothes of ideology: white supremacy, jihad, hatred of abortion, or anti-government paranoia.
Stuck in perpetual adolescence, they see only their own imagined virtue amidst irredeemable corruption.
In a typical sentiment, Roof wrote before his rampage that “someone has to have the bravery to take it to the real world, and I guess that has to be me.”
This is the battle cry of the narcissist, and we’ve heard it before. 
Western societies are producing more and more of these Lost Boys, the fail-to-launch young men who carry weighty social grudges. 
Some of them kill, but others lash out in other, more creative ways: whether it’s Edward Snowden deciding only he could save America from the scourge of surveillance, or Bowe Bergdahl walking away from his post to personally solve the war in Afghanistan, the combination of immaturity and grandiosity among these young males is jaw-dropping in its scale even when it is not expressed through the barrel of a gun..."
Read on and see our future!

Notorious Mexican Drug Lord Escapes From Mexican Prison … Again | TheBlaze.com

Notorious Mexican Drug Lord Escapes From Mexican Prison … Again | TheBlaze.com:

 "Top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has done what Mexican authorities promised would not happen again after his re-capture last year — escaped for a second time from a maximum security prison.

A manhunt began immediately late Saturday for the head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, which has an international reach and is believed to control most of the major crossing points for drugs at the U.S. border with Mexico."

Shadowy federal agency snooping in your wallet accused of discrimination

Shadowy federal agency snooping in your wallet accused of discrimination - Watchdog.org
The shadowy federal agency that wants to know what you’re buying with your credit card finds itself the subject of wide-ranging discrimination allegations.
Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau charge that a culture of sexism, ageism and racism permeates the quasi-governmental agency.
Two CFPB whistleblowers recently testified before the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Democratic members of the committee attempted to turn the tables on the whistleblowers, charging that anyone complaining of discrimination in an agency created by the Obama White House is quite clearly racist.
“The opposite side of the aisle hates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the committee’s ranking member. “They would like to destroy it. We have to take pause when it appears that (Republicans) would simply like to use discrimination as a way by which they continue to attack the bureau.”
But Senior Equal Employment Specialist Florine Williams testified that in 32 years of government services she had never seen anything like the discrimination that persists at the CFPB.
There have been reports of pervasive racial comments, and some cases of extreme gender-compensation inequality.
Whistleblowers have said female CFPB employees earn as little as 60 percent of the wages paid to men doing comparable work.
One of CFPB’s core functions is to enforce laws that “outlaw discrimination and other unfair treatment in consumer finance.”
“How can an agency founded on principles of equality and fairness carry out its mission when it can’t even protect its own employees from the very practices it seeks to abolish?” said U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the Financial Service subcommittee.
Employees testified that the CFPB’s atmosphere is “soulless” and that their complaints have fallen on deaf ears for several years..."

‘Offended’ flea market shopper calls 911 over Confederate merchandise

‘Offended’ flea market shopper calls 911 over Confederate merchandise | The American Mirror
A shopper perusing the merchandise at the Redwood Country Flea Market was so offended by a vendor selling Confederate and Nazi historical memorabilia, the person actually called 911.
Wallingford, Connecticut police were dispatched to the flea market to investigate.

The police chief William Wright tells News 8 “the reason no one was arrested was because the items were being sold on private property” — not to mention no laws were broken.
“There was a table set up with this material,” Wright says, according to Journal-Record.
“It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person.
It causes some people a sense of being uncomfortable. 
Certainly the owner could preclude this merchandise.”
The town resident who called 911 said there were helmets with swastikas, images of Hitler and other historical Nazi items.
“I was shaking and almost vomiting,” he tells the paper.
 “I had to run. My grandmother had numbers,” referring to the digits the Nazis would tattoo on prisoners.
The caller complained that the Confederate items were “not authentic” and were replicas of flags and weapons.
He says the seller told him “he was selling so much he can’t keep it in stock...”

Enjoy your more expensive Chipotle, San Francisco!

Enjoy your more expensive Chipotle, San Francisco! « Hot Air
If you’re out on the left coast and heading out for some tasty Chipotle goodness tonight, be prepared to dig a little deeper when you pay the check. Prices are going up and it’s not just because of the cost of beef. (From the Chicago Tribune)

In its weekly survey of 10 Chipotle markets, Chicago-based William Blair found that Chipotle raised prices in half of the markets that the investment firm surveyed — San Francisco, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Orlando. In most markets, the price increases occurred due to the rising cost of beef.

The city by the bay, however, saw across-the-board price increases averaging 10.5 percent, and William Blair theorizes “the outsized San Francisco price hike was likely because of the increased minimum wages.”

In contrast, prices in Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Orlando each rose about half a percentage point, nearly entirely due to higher beef prices.

San Francisco’s minimum wage was $10.74 an hour in 2014, rose to $11.05 at the start of the year, and increased again to $12.25 in May.

Like any other business, Chipotle has to compete with everyone else in their market space. They have a minimum profit threshold to meet, but if they try to pad the bill too much while seeking better profits their competitors will eat them alive. 

Charleston Confederate Monument Vandalized Again — This Time With Obama Quote | TheBlaze.com

Charleston Confederate Monument Vandalized Again — This Time With Obama Quote | TheBlaze.com:

"A Confederate memorial statue in Charleston, South Carolina, has been vandalized for the second time in less than a month.

On Friday morning, the base of the statue dedicated to “the Confederate defenders of Charleston – Fort Sumter 1861-1865” was found spray painted in black with a quote from President Obama, the Post and Courier in Charleston reported: “The cause for which they fought the cause of slavery was wrong.”

Democrats use government to terrify children of political opponents-----National Review: Political John Doe victimized 16-year-old boy

National Review: Political John Doe victimized 16-year-old boy - Watchdog.org
MADISON, Wisconsin — There have been many horrifying accounts of prosecutorial abuse in Wisconsin’s political John Doe probe.
Now it’s revealed the Democrat-launched secret investigation into conservative activists and organizations victimized the 16-year-old son of one of its targets.
In a piece published Monday in National Review, reporter David French details the story of a teen he identifies as “Jonah” (not the boy’s real name) who was home alone on the early morning of Oct. 3, 2013, when he heard pounding at the front door.
His parents had left a couple of hours before at 4 a.m. on a trip to raise money for a children’s charity.
“Jonah was 16 at the time, old enough to stay home alone for a short time, but not old enough to deal with what awaited him on the other side of the door,” French writes in the story,
“Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘He Could Have Been Shot. Over Politics.’”
“To his horror, he saw uniformed officers, their guns drawn. ‘Police,’ they yelled. ‘We have a warrant.’
An officer shined a flashlight on a document Jonah couldn’t read.
Unsure what to do, but unwilling to defy the authorities, he let them in.
“The officers sat him down, read him the entire search warrant, and ordered him not to tell anyone about the raid — not even school officials. 
He asked if he could call his parents. 
They said no. 
He asked if he could call a lawyer. 
They said no...”

MYTHS DEBUNKED: 6 Reasons Dylann Roof Was Actually a Liberal Activist

MYTHS DEBUNKED: 6 Reasons Dylann Roof Was Actually a Liberal Activist » Louder With Crowder:
Today, the ‘Confederate Flag’ (which is actually the flag of the Army of Tennessee) was removed from the South Carolina State House.
We commend Governor Haley for taking this step.
However, we also recognize that a flag didn’t create racism and removing a flag from a building won’t end racism.
Leftists and the mainstream media would have you believe Dylann Roof was a right-wing extremist. Except he wasn’t.
There’s a big difference between the ideologies of the right and left in this country.
The first is an ideology of freedom and individualism. 
The other, Democrat leftism, is ideology of tyranny and dependence. 
Dylan Roof was anything but a freedom-loving, right-winger.
Here’s why:

1. The Confederate Flag – Dylann Roof’s prop of choice. It flew atop the South Carolina State House because of… Democrats. Yup, racist Democrats are the reason.

2. Skinheads, white supremacy and the KKK – these groups, admired by Dylann Roof, weren’t founded by conservatives.
Shocked?
 Time for a history lesson.
In his book A Short History of Reconstruction, Dr. Eric Foner (liberal historian and professor) explains, “The Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party, the planter class, and all those who desired the restoration of white supremacy.
It aimed to destroy the Republican party’s infrastructure, undermine the Reconstruction state, reestablish control of the black labor force, and restore racial subordination in every aspect of Southern life.”
Sound kinda like Dylan Roof to you?
Read the rest!

It's Government's Fault Your Dishwasher Cycle Is 2, 3 Hours

It's Government's Fault Your Dishwasher Cycle Is 2, 3 Hours:
"The guiding fiscal principle of President Obama’s 2009 Stimulus Package was simple:
“Spend it as fast as you can.”
Programs operating under that principle are almost predestined to flunk a cost-benefit test—and the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has proved to be no exception.
University of Chicago researchers have documented that WAP is yet another government “efficiency” program that does not actually save money.
The only surprising finding was just how badly it failed.
Costs exceeded benefits by a 2-to-1 margin.
The fundamental problem with energy-efficiency mandates and subsidies is that they are based on two absurd premises. 
First, they assume that consumers are not fully interested in saving money—hence, government intervention is required.
Second, they expect a bureaucracy that has served up an $18 trillion national debt to transform into Scrooge McDuck when it is time to count energy pennies..."

Rather Than Comply With Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling, East Texas County Clerk Resigns | Video | TheBlaze.com

Rather Than Comply With Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling, East Texas County Clerk Resigns | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"HENDERSON, Texas (AP) — An East Texas county clerk has resigned rather than comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Rusk County Clerk Joyce Lewis-Kugle submitted her resignation letter Thursday. County Judge Joel Hale, Rusk County’s top administrator, said Lewis-Kugle wrote that she could not in good conscience issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples."

Ain't commin' back. Sad-----I walked its streets: The tragedy of Detroit

Da Tech Guy Blog » Blog Archive » I walked its streets: The tragedy of Detroit:
"I spent most of last week slowly driving–to avoid potholes–and walking the streets of Detroit. 
Yes, I spent a little time downtown, but most of my travels were in the forsaken neighborhoods far from the casinos and the sports stadiums.
When Detroit celebrated its 25oth anniversary in 1951–it enjoyed the highest standard of living of any city in the world.
It’s population was 1.8 million.
Now there are barely 700,000 Detroiters.
Motown is at the top or near the top of all American cities in poverty and crime rates.
What went wrong?
Detroit’s apologists quickly name off the causes, the building of the interstate highway system and the resulting suburbanization, as well as the decline of the American automobile industry as causes. Almost all northern industrial cities were impacted by the former but they managed, with varying levels of success, to claw back or at least stop the bleeding in the 1990s.
But by 2000, Detroit became the first United States city that once exceeded 1 million residents to have fewer than that landmark figure.
As for the car business, Michigan doesn’t have a single foreign-owned automobile plant, unless you count Fiat-owned Chrysler. 
The states on Michigan’s southern border, Indiana and Ohio, together host five foreign-owned car factories. 
You can attribute Michigan’s absence from this late 20th century manufacturing shift to muscle from the United Auto Workers and compliant Democratic politicians.
As for the latter, from 1974 until 1994, Coleman Young, a onetime member of the Communist Party, was Detroit’s mayor. 
His acidic rhetoric convinced many of Detroit’s remaining white residents as well as many businesses to flee to the suburbs--where they were unable to escape Young’s demonizations.
While no government funds were used to build the gorgeous but money-losing Renaissance Center, he was among its biggest cheerleaders.
He was a strong proponent of massive Stalin-esqe public works projects such the also beautiful People Mover trains downtown that was expensive to build and is expensive to maintain–and it doesn’t move very many people..."