Saturday, May 14, 2016
U.S. Government Refurbishing Mosques Overseas for $770 Million | Glenn Beck
U.S. Government Refurbishing Mosques Overseas for $770 Million | Glenn Beck:"A CBS news investigation found that the Obama State Department is sending hundreds of millions of dollars to save mosques overseas — to the tune of $770 million. The news has outraged taxpayer advocates and raised enormous questions about the U.S. potentially aiding terror groups with U.S. tax dollars."
SOMEHOW, I THINK THIS ROBERT HEINLEIN QUOTE IS WORTH REPEATING ONE MORE TIME
SOMEHOW, I THINK THIS ROBERT HEINLEIN QUOTE IS WORTH REPEATING ONE MORE TIME: Throughout hist…:
"SOMEHOW, I THINK THIS ROBERT HEINLEIN QUOTE IS WORTH REPEATING ONE MORE TIME:
HARTFORD CT TEETERS ON THE EDGE OF BANKRUPTCY: “Hartford’s problems are deep-seated, from high taxes and exorbitant living costs to widespread unemployment and rampant poverty. About a third of the city’s residents live below the poverty line. Wallethub.com recently rated it the worst capital city in America.”
Sounds like a serious case of what Robert Heinlein would call “bad luck.”
Sounds like a serious case of what Robert Heinlein would call “bad luck.”
Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll 
"SOMEHOW, I THINK THIS ROBERT HEINLEIN QUOTE IS WORTH REPEATING ONE MORE TIME:
"Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as “bad luck.”"
Stuff you should know!-----Intel Core i3 vs. i5 vs. i7: Which One Do You Really Need?
Intel Core i3 vs. i5 vs. i7: Which One Do You Really Need?:
"The processor is the brain of a computer — but understanding the difference between processors requires a lot of brainpower of your own!
Intel hasn’t made it any easier for customers with their strange naming schemes, and the question we get asked most often is:
What’s the difference between an i3, i5, or i7 processor?
Which one should I buy?"
"The processor is the brain of a computer — but understanding the difference between processors requires a lot of brainpower of your own!Intel hasn’t made it any easier for customers with their strange naming schemes, and the question we get asked most often is:
What’s the difference between an i3, i5, or i7 processor?
Which one should I buy?"
Chelsea Clinton's husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors
Chelsea Clinton's husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors | Daily Mail Online
EXCLUSIVE: No apology, no rebate!
Chelsea Clinton's contemptuous husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors (some Hillary contributors) despite losing 90 percent of their millions
EXCLUSIVE: No apology, no rebate!
Chelsea Clinton's contemptuous husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors (some Hillary contributors) despite losing 90 percent of their millions
- Mezvinsky has refused to apologize to investors yesterday - despite losing nearly $25 million of their money in a gamble on the Greek economy
- Those investors include wealthy Clinton family supporters, some of whom have contributed campaign money to either Bill or Hillary
- Mezvinsky persuaded clients to pour cash into the struggling European country in the hope it would bounce back and deliver massive profits
- When Daily Mail Online asked Mezvinsky - outside his $10 million Manhattan apartment - he refused to discuss the Greek tragedy
- Marc's father Edward Mezvinsky, pleaded guilty to 31 charges of felony fraud in 2001 and spent five years in federal prison
- He admitted scamming his friends and family out of $10 million in a Ponzi scheme.
This State Just Told Shariah Law To Sit Down And Shut Up, Because THIS IS AMERICA
This State Just Told Shariah Law To Sit Down And Shut Up, Because THIS IS AMERICA:
"According to recent reports, South Carolina is the most recent of seven states to pass a bill permanently banning Shariah Law from their courts and legal system.
The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Chip Limehouse, and not surprisingly, it has been met with immense conflict. The law bars any form of foreign law from usurping state law, and passed this week 68 to 42."
42 didn't oppose the bill.
That should be very concerning.
"According to recent reports, South Carolina is the most recent of seven states to pass a bill permanently banning Shariah Law from their courts and legal system.
The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Chip Limehouse, and not surprisingly, it has been met with immense conflict. The law bars any form of foreign law from usurping state law, and passed this week 68 to 42."
42 didn't oppose the bill.
That should be very concerning.
It Wasn't Supposed to Work This Way
It Wasn't Supposed to Work This Way | The Weekly Standard:
"Local authorities in Pueblo, just 40 miles south of Colorado Springs, were recently alerted by a vigilant resident to a possible illegal marijuana grow operation.
Within days, on March 31, sheriff’s deputies from the Special Investigations Narcotics Section raided a single-family home that was in the process of being converted into a "grow house."
Authorities discovered 127 marijuana plants, over $100,000 in growing equipment, and two Cuban nationals.
At first, no one seemed to take particular note of the individuals, Adriel Trujillo Daniel, 28, and Leosbel Ledesma Quintana, 41, who had recently moved to Colorado from Florida.
They were arrested on felony drug charges but local authorities initially believed it was an isolated event.
But in the span of the next week and a half, local authorities would arrest at least four more individuals in the Pueblo area in similar cases, with similar backgrounds.
All were recent transplants to the state.
All were reported by neighbors or by other Pueblo residents who had witnessed suspicious activity. All were transforming residential homes into elaborate marijuana grow operations.
And all were Cuban nationals.
...It is what Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers calls "the total nightmare" scenario, a byproduct of the state's recent legalization of first medicinal, and later recreational, marijuana.
People from out of town or even foreign countries move to Colorado and "buy or lease houses by the hundreds if not thousands," explains Suthers, who previously served 10 years as attorney general of the state..."
"Local authorities in Pueblo, just 40 miles south of Colorado Springs, were recently alerted by a vigilant resident to a possible illegal marijuana grow operation.
Within days, on March 31, sheriff’s deputies from the Special Investigations Narcotics Section raided a single-family home that was in the process of being converted into a "grow house."
Authorities discovered 127 marijuana plants, over $100,000 in growing equipment, and two Cuban nationals.
At first, no one seemed to take particular note of the individuals, Adriel Trujillo Daniel, 28, and Leosbel Ledesma Quintana, 41, who had recently moved to Colorado from Florida.
But in the span of the next week and a half, local authorities would arrest at least four more individuals in the Pueblo area in similar cases, with similar backgrounds.
All were recent transplants to the state.
All were reported by neighbors or by other Pueblo residents who had witnessed suspicious activity. All were transforming residential homes into elaborate marijuana grow operations.
And all were Cuban nationals.
...It is what Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers calls "the total nightmare" scenario, a byproduct of the state's recent legalization of first medicinal, and later recreational, marijuana.
People from out of town or even foreign countries move to Colorado and "buy or lease houses by the hundreds if not thousands," explains Suthers, who previously served 10 years as attorney general of the state..."
History for May 14
History for May 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Bobby Darin 1936 - Singer, actor, George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series), David Byrne 1952 - Musician (Talking Heads)
Fabrice Morvan 1966 - Singer (Milli Vanilli), Cate Blanchett (Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett) 1969 - Actress, theatre director, Mark Zuckerberg 1984 - Founder of Facebook
1796 - The first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner.
1804 - William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the "Corps of Discovery."
1853 - Gail Borden applied for a patent for condensed milk.
1897 - "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1904 - In St. Louis, the Olympic games were held. It was the first time for the games to be played in the U.S.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Former Chief Psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Has Bad News for Caitlyn Jenner
Former Chief Psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins Has Bad News for Caitlyn Jenner:"Dr. Paul R. McHugh, former psychiatrist in chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital, has an opinion about former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner’s recent announcement that is sure to upset the many crusading for the transgender movement.
McHugh not only believes that changing sexes is biologically impossible, he also believes those identifying themselves as transgender actually have a mental disorder.
McHugh, author of six books and over 125 peer-reviewed medical journal articles, wrote in a Wall Street Journal piece that surgery is not a solution for those wishing to live as the opposite sex."
Same as most other democrat dominated counties and cities-----Contaminated Water Dominates Flint Headlines, But Pension Earthquake Looms
Contaminated Water Dominates Flint Headlines, But Pension Earthquake Looms [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Contaminated drinking water has dominated daily headlines in Flint, but a looming crisis of a different kind casts a pall over the city’s financial future: A $285 million unfunded pension liability is consuming ever more of the city’s budget.
In 2015, Flint paid $20.4 million to cover retirement system costs.
To put the burden of pension obligations into perspective, that amount is 42 percent of the city's general fund budget.
...As of December 2014, Flint has funded 48 cents of every dollar in pension benefits it has promised to its employees in the MERS defined-benefit plan.
As of last June, its unfunded pension liabilities totaled $285 million.
Many Michigan municipalities have dug even deeper holes.
For example, the city of Benton Harbor has funded just 43 cents for every dollar in pension benefits it has promised its employees in the MERS plan..."
In 2015, Flint paid $20.4 million to cover retirement system costs.
To put the burden of pension obligations into perspective, that amount is 42 percent of the city's general fund budget.
...As of December 2014, Flint has funded 48 cents of every dollar in pension benefits it has promised to its employees in the MERS defined-benefit plan.
As of last June, its unfunded pension liabilities totaled $285 million.
Many Michigan municipalities have dug even deeper holes.
For example, the city of Benton Harbor has funded just 43 cents for every dollar in pension benefits it has promised its employees in the MERS plan..."
State Dept. faces questions over missing tape, amid scramble over WH aide's Iran boast | Fox News
State Dept. faces questions over missing tape, amid scramble over WH aide's Iran boast | Fox News:
"While the White House scrambles to contain the damage caused by one of President Obama's closest aides -- who boasted of manipulating social media, journalists and friendly interest groups to sell the Iran nuclear deal -- it now is facing new questions about a portion of missing tape in which a State Department official acknowledges misleading the press on the Iran negotiations.
Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes' comments to The New York Times Magazine have sparked outrage in Washington's political and policy circles, especially re-igniting the debate over whether the White House oversold the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program."
"While the White House scrambles to contain the damage caused by one of President Obama's closest aides -- who boasted of manipulating social media, journalists and friendly interest groups to sell the Iran nuclear deal -- it now is facing new questions about a portion of missing tape in which a State Department official acknowledges misleading the press on the Iran negotiations.Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes' comments to The New York Times Magazine have sparked outrage in Washington's political and policy circles, especially re-igniting the debate over whether the White House oversold the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program."
Socialism-----Raw Venezuela: Looter Burned Alive, While "Streets Filled With People Killing Animals For Food"
Raw Venezuela: Looter Burned Alive, While "Streets Filled With People Killing Animals For Food" | Zero Hedge:
"These are hungry Venezuelans protesting that their children are dying from lack of food and medicine and that they do not have enough water or electricity.
As AgainstCronyCapitalism reports, this is a country with more oil than Saudi Arabia, and the government has stolen all th emoney and now they bottleneck peaceful protesters and threaten them with bombs (or haul them to prison and torture them).
...Now, hunger and scarcity have apparently reached a tipping point that is driving people to poach stray animals and even pets for food.
According to the PanAm Post:
Ramón Muchacho, Mayor of Chacao in Caracas, said the streets of the capital of Venezuela are filled with people killing animals for food.
...The crisis in Venezuela is worsening everyday due in part to shortages reaching 70 percent […] six Venezuelan military officials were arrested for stealing goats to ease their hunger, as there was no food at the Fort Manaure military base.
As pure desperation sets in, crime also becomes inevitable.
A man accused of mugging people in the streets of Caracas was surrounded by a mob of onlookers, beaten and set on fire, according to the Daily Mail, who published a pixeled-out but still graphic video of the man burning:
An alleged thief suffered the most brutal mob justice in Caracas, Venezuela, when he was beaten up and burned alive in the street..."
"These are hungry Venezuelans protesting that their children are dying from lack of food and medicine and that they do not have enough water or electricity.
As AgainstCronyCapitalism reports, this is a country with more oil than Saudi Arabia, and the government has stolen all th emoney and now they bottleneck peaceful protesters and threaten them with bombs (or haul them to prison and torture them).
...Now, hunger and scarcity have apparently reached a tipping point that is driving people to poach stray animals and even pets for food.
According to the PanAm Post:
Ramón Muchacho, Mayor of Chacao in Caracas, said the streets of the capital of Venezuela are filled with people killing animals for food.
...The crisis in Venezuela is worsening everyday due in part to shortages reaching 70 percent […] six Venezuelan military officials were arrested for stealing goats to ease their hunger, as there was no food at the Fort Manaure military base.
As pure desperation sets in, crime also becomes inevitable.
A man accused of mugging people in the streets of Caracas was surrounded by a mob of onlookers, beaten and set on fire, according to the Daily Mail, who published a pixeled-out but still graphic video of the man burning:
An alleged thief suffered the most brutal mob justice in Caracas, Venezuela, when he was beaten up and burned alive in the street..."
Obama-----Schools must allow transgender bathrooms, Department of Education says
Schools must allow transgender bathrooms, Department of Education says:
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education will tell school districts Friday that federal law requires them to allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms "consistent with their gender identity," escalating the pressure from the Obama administration on the contentious public debate over transgender rights.
..."When a school provides sex-segregated activities and facilities, transgender students must be allowed to participate in such activities and access such facilities consistent with their gender identity," reads the letter...
...But the guidance letter also consolidates Department of Education guidance that has wide-ranging implications for transgender students in other facets of academic life.
Under the Obama administration's interpretation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, schools are prohibited from publicly disclosing (to the parents!) a transgender student's birth name or biological sex, and are required to change the gender on school records and directories when asked.
...The guidance doesn't have the force of law, but tells schools how the Department of Education intends to enforce Title IX in the future.
And because Title IX is directly tied to federal education funding, the guidance carries an implied threat: Follow the federal guidelines or risk losing those funds.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education will tell school districts Friday that federal law requires them to allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms "consistent with their gender identity," escalating the pressure from the Obama administration on the contentious public debate over transgender rights.
...But the guidance letter also consolidates Department of Education guidance that has wide-ranging implications for transgender students in other facets of academic life.
Under the Obama administration's interpretation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, schools are prohibited from publicly disclosing (to the parents!) a transgender student's birth name or biological sex, and are required to change the gender on school records and directories when asked.
...The guidance doesn't have the force of law, but tells schools how the Department of Education intends to enforce Title IX in the future.
And because Title IX is directly tied to federal education funding, the guidance carries an implied threat: Follow the federal guidelines or risk losing those funds.
Wyoming Rancher Sticks It To The Feds...Wins Big Time Against Obama And The EPA
Wyoming Rancher Sticks It To The Feds...Wins Big Time Against Obama And The EPA:
"This is one for the good guys.
It might have lacked the drama of the Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada two years ago, and the bloodshed of a related militia occupation in Oregon last year, but a court settlement this week was a smashing victory for a Wyoming man fighting an ever more intrusive federal government.
And while the settlement won’t create a legal precedent, it’s a property rights victory for Americans throughout the country — a victory won by a young rancher and the Constitution-protecting legal team that stood with him."
"This is one for the good guys.
It might have lacked the drama of the Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada two years ago, and the bloodshed of a related militia occupation in Oregon last year, but a court settlement this week was a smashing victory for a Wyoming man fighting an ever more intrusive federal government.And while the settlement won’t create a legal precedent, it’s a property rights victory for Americans throughout the country — a victory won by a young rancher and the Constitution-protecting legal team that stood with him."
Clintons' Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Them $100 Million
Clintons' Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Them $100 Million | The Daily Caller:
"A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary’s claim she can carry out independent Middle East policies.
As a presidential candidate, the amount of foreign cash the Clintons have amassed from the Persian Gulf states is “simply unprecedented,” says national security analyst Patrick Poole.
“These regimes are buying access.
You’ve got the Saudis.
You’ve got the Kuwaitis, Oman, Qatar and the UAE.
There are massive conflicts of interest.
It’s beyond comprehension,” Poole told TheDCNF in an interview.
Overall, the Clinton Foundation has received upwards of $85 million in donations from five Persian Gulf states and their monarchs, according to the foundation’s website.
Clinton ended his partnership with the investment firm five years later, but not before pocketing at least $15 million in “guaranteed payments” from the company, according to his personal tax returns from 2003 to 2008.
The former president allegedly received another $20 million of “walking away money” to leave the partnership, according to The Daily Beast..."
Lots more filth here.
Read on!
"A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary’s claim she can carry out independent Middle East policies.
As a presidential candidate, the amount of foreign cash the Clintons have amassed from the Persian Gulf states is “simply unprecedented,” says national security analyst Patrick Poole.
“These regimes are buying access.
You’ve got the Kuwaitis, Oman, Qatar and the UAE.
There are massive conflicts of interest.
It’s beyond comprehension,” Poole told TheDCNF in an interview.
Overall, the Clinton Foundation has received upwards of $85 million in donations from five Persian Gulf states and their monarchs, according to the foundation’s website.
Clinton ended his partnership with the investment firm five years later, but not before pocketing at least $15 million in “guaranteed payments” from the company, according to his personal tax returns from 2003 to 2008.
The former president allegedly received another $20 million of “walking away money” to leave the partnership, according to The Daily Beast..."
Lots more filth here.
Read on!
This insanity isn't only in Michigan!-----Chicago To Punish Kids For Wrong Pronouns
Chicago To Punish Kids For Wrong Pronouns | The Daily Caller:
"Under a new set of guidelines rolled out last week by Chicago public schools, children will now be required to address transgender students and employees by their preferred name and pronouns — or face the consequences.
Transgender students and employees can choose their preferred bathroom, locker room, name and pronouns, and everyone else is required to affirm the individual’s new identity, according to the guidelines.
Trangender students and adults in the CPS system can require their peers to adopt gender neutral terminology, such as using the pronoun “ze” instead of the usual “he” or “she.”
...According to the new guidelines:
the intentional or persistent refusal by students or school staff to respect a student’s gender identity (for example, intentionally referring to the student by a name or pronoun that does not correspond to the student’s gender identity) is a violation of these Guidelines, the Student Code of Conduct, and Comprehensive Non-Discrimination, Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy.
CPS warns that “violations will result in appropriate consequences for offending staff and students.”
Under the guidelines, schools cannot require transgender individuals to obtain a court order or gender change before forcing the new vocabulary upon students.
...CPS employees are seemingly prohibited from telling parents that their child switched genders at school.
According to the guidelines for transgender students:
[W]hen speaking with other staff members, parents, guardians, or third parties, school staff should not disclose a student’s preferred name, pronoun, or other confidential information pertaining to the student’s transgender or gender nonconforming status without the student’s permission, unless authorized to do so by the Law Department..."
"Under a new set of guidelines rolled out last week by Chicago public schools, children will now be required to address transgender students and employees by their preferred name and pronouns — or face the consequences.Transgender students and employees can choose their preferred bathroom, locker room, name and pronouns, and everyone else is required to affirm the individual’s new identity, according to the guidelines.
Trangender students and adults in the CPS system can require their peers to adopt gender neutral terminology, such as using the pronoun “ze” instead of the usual “he” or “she.”
...According to the new guidelines:
the intentional or persistent refusal by students or school staff to respect a student’s gender identity (for example, intentionally referring to the student by a name or pronoun that does not correspond to the student’s gender identity) is a violation of these Guidelines, the Student Code of Conduct, and Comprehensive Non-Discrimination, Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy.
CPS warns that “violations will result in appropriate consequences for offending staff and students.”
Under the guidelines, schools cannot require transgender individuals to obtain a court order or gender change before forcing the new vocabulary upon students.
...CPS employees are seemingly prohibited from telling parents that their child switched genders at school.
According to the guidelines for transgender students:
[W]hen speaking with other staff members, parents, guardians, or third parties, school staff should not disclose a student’s preferred name, pronoun, or other confidential information pertaining to the student’s transgender or gender nonconforming status without the student’s permission, unless authorized to do so by the Law Department..."
Limbaugh Says This Graduation Message Obama Sent to Black Students at Howard University Is ‘Hideous’ | TheBlaze.com
Limbaugh Says This Graduation Message Obama Sent to Black Students at Howard University Is ‘Hideous’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today criticized President Barack Obama’s commencement address to black students graduating from Howard University over the weekend, calling it “hideous.”
First, Limbaugh recalled in utter bafflement a statement the president made downplaying the fact that many assumed he would be a post-racial leader."
"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today criticized President Barack Obama’s commencement address to black students graduating from Howard University over the weekend, calling it “hideous.”First, Limbaugh recalled in utter bafflement a statement the president made downplaying the fact that many assumed he would be a post-racial leader."
Individual Cowardice Is Killing American Culture
Individual Cowardice Is Killing American Culture | National Review:
"...This is how culture wars are lost: through the slow accumulation of individually defensible but collectively unjustifiable decisions not to resist.
It’s the decision that objecting during diversity training simply isn’t worth the hassle.
It’s the decision not to say anything when you see a colleague or fellow student facing persecution because of their beliefs.
It’s a life habit of always taking the path of least resistance, keeping your head down, and doing your best to preserve your own family and career.
The small fights don’t matter anyway, right...?"
"...This is how culture wars are lost: through the slow accumulation of individually defensible but collectively unjustifiable decisions not to resist.
It’s the decision that objecting during diversity training simply isn’t worth the hassle.It’s the decision not to say anything when you see a colleague or fellow student facing persecution because of their beliefs.
It’s a life habit of always taking the path of least resistance, keeping your head down, and doing your best to preserve your own family and career.
The small fights don’t matter anyway, right...?"
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