Friday, October 21, 2016
At least one CNN journalist did not suck up to John Podesta | TheBlaze.com
"On Wednesday, Tapper tweeted an image of an email he sent in 2009 when he worked for ABC News. In the message, he called perceived efforts to intimidate reporters who would cover subjects the White House disapproved of “disgusting”:"
How they win!-----"First They Came for Asia Bibi"
"First They Came for Asia Bibi":
- The same week that Mr Yousaf was extolling the idea that Britain is a proto-Nazi state and Pakistan a potential safe-haven, the Pakistani authorities saw the latest round of the interminable and unforgivable saga of Asia Bibi. This is the woman who has been on death-row in Pakistan for no crime other than the crime of being a Christian. Bibi has been awaiting execution for five years, purely because a neighbour claimed that Bibi had insulted Mohammed during an argument.
- They attack the Conservative government of the UK for Nazism while not merely praising, but lauding as a safe haven, a state which actually persecutes and murders people because of their religion.
- Which means that he is doing what many other people today are doing, which is knowingly to cover for a racist despotism, so long as it is despotism with an Islamic face.
Is Britain becoming a Nazi state? It would seem unlikely, but to listen to some of the critics of the Conservative government in recent days it would appear that we are only moments away from become a racist despotism.
Last week the convener of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities and Human Rights Committee, one Christina McKelvie, pronounced that the Conservative party is displaying "some of the most right-wing reactionary politics that I've heard in my lifetime" and claimed that the Conservative party's recent conference showed what will happen in Britain "if we become bystanders and do not speak out against discrimination." She said that some recent Conservative proposals were "reminiscent of the rise of Nazism in the 1930s."
Higher up the Scottish Nationalist Party food-chain, one of their MPs, Mhairi Black last weekalso compared the recent Conservative party conference to the Nazi party. She wrote without irony that she was vexed by its alleged "nationalism', all the more "when that "nationalism" is used as a motivation or an excuse for racist, bigoted and small minded policy." The policies of the Conservative party, she claimed, were increasingly "reminiscent of early 1930s Nazi Germany." As though to demonstrate how sparse her knowledge of that period is, she concluded her piece by citing -- as though no one could possibly have come across the quotation before -- Pastor Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the Jews."
Having sparked some criticism, other nationalists soon came to the aid of Ms Black. Notable among them was Humza Yousaf, one of the ministers of the SNP and himself a member of the Scottish Parliament. While many people on social media criticised Ms Black's absurd rhetoric, he chose to back her up. "Those criticising, I have friends/family who have applied for dual nationality with Pakistan. Feel UK will be unbearable for Muslims in future." This gained headlines of its own. But nobody pointed out the twin outrages of this grotesque nonsense.
...The persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims is so rife in Pakistan that this July, it even spilled out onto the streets of Glasgow in the murder of an Ahmadiyyan shopkeeper, Asad Shah.
There is also almost no country in the world today (Saudi Arabia and Iran perhaps aside) that is more intolerant of people of other faiths.
The same week that Mr Yousaf was extolling the idea that Britain is a proto-Nazi state and Pakistan a potential safe-haven, the Pakistani authorities saw the latest round of the interminable and unforgivable saga of Asia Bibi.
This is the woman who has been on death-row in Pakistan for no crime other than the crime of being a Christian. Bibi has been awaiting execution for five years, purely because a neighbour claimed that Bibi had insulted Mohammed during an argument.
As it happens, the case of Asia Bibi has now been delayed yet again because the judge has removed himself from the case. He has done so because he knows that if he were to release Asia Bibi, he will himself be assassinated in the manner of the late Punjab governor Salman Taseer..."
Last week the convener of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities and Human Rights Committee, one Christina McKelvie, pronounced that the Conservative party is displaying "some of the most right-wing reactionary politics that I've heard in my lifetime" and claimed that the Conservative party's recent conference showed what will happen in Britain "if we become bystanders and do not speak out against discrimination." She said that some recent Conservative proposals were "reminiscent of the rise of Nazism in the 1930s."
Higher up the Scottish Nationalist Party food-chain, one of their MPs, Mhairi Black last weekalso compared the recent Conservative party conference to the Nazi party. She wrote without irony that she was vexed by its alleged "nationalism', all the more "when that "nationalism" is used as a motivation or an excuse for racist, bigoted and small minded policy." The policies of the Conservative party, she claimed, were increasingly "reminiscent of early 1930s Nazi Germany." As though to demonstrate how sparse her knowledge of that period is, she concluded her piece by citing -- as though no one could possibly have come across the quotation before -- Pastor Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the Jews."
Having sparked some criticism, other nationalists soon came to the aid of Ms Black. Notable among them was Humza Yousaf, one of the ministers of the SNP and himself a member of the Scottish Parliament. While many people on social media criticised Ms Black's absurd rhetoric, he chose to back her up. "Those criticising, I have friends/family who have applied for dual nationality with Pakistan. Feel UK will be unbearable for Muslims in future." This gained headlines of its own. But nobody pointed out the twin outrages of this grotesque nonsense.
While Humza Yousaf (left), a member of the Scottish Parliament, extolls the idea that Britain is a proto-Nazi state and Pakistan a potential safe-haven, Asia Bibi (shown at right with two of her five children) sits on death-row in Pakistan for no crime other than the crime of being a Christian.
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...The persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims is so rife in Pakistan that this July, it even spilled out onto the streets of Glasgow in the murder of an Ahmadiyyan shopkeeper, Asad Shah.
There is also almost no country in the world today (Saudi Arabia and Iran perhaps aside) that is more intolerant of people of other faiths.
The same week that Mr Yousaf was extolling the idea that Britain is a proto-Nazi state and Pakistan a potential safe-haven, the Pakistani authorities saw the latest round of the interminable and unforgivable saga of Asia Bibi.
This is the woman who has been on death-row in Pakistan for no crime other than the crime of being a Christian. Bibi has been awaiting execution for five years, purely because a neighbour claimed that Bibi had insulted Mohammed during an argument.
As it happens, the case of Asia Bibi has now been delayed yet again because the judge has removed himself from the case. He has done so because he knows that if he were to release Asia Bibi, he will himself be assassinated in the manner of the late Punjab governor Salman Taseer..."
Why women should fear Hillary Clinton, not admire her
Why women should fear Hillary Clinton, not admire her | BizPac Review:
"Hillary Clinton claims to be a champion for women, but in reality, she’s a faux feminist who doesn’t support women at all.
Over the years, Hillary has maligned women who were allegedly raped or sexually assaulted by her husband Bill Clinton. Hillary and the Clinton Foundation have also accepted tens of millions of dollars from anti-women regimes like Saudi Arabia.
While slamming Donald Trump as a sexual predator, Hillary refuses to condemn, or even acknowledge, the Muslim rape epidemic roiling Europe.
The disproportionate mainstream media fury over Trump’s words versus the Clintons’ actions spotlights the media bias that exists today.
In 1978, Juanita Broaddrick said she was brutally raped by Bill Clinton when he was attorney general of Arkansas.
When Broaddrick and other women (including Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers) came forward to reveal Bill Clinton’s pattern of sexual assault and harassment, Hillary launched a vicious smear campaign to discredit them.
She trashed her husband’s accusers as “bimbo eruptions,” and said the women were opportunistic gold diggers seeking 15 minutes of fame.
To this day, Hillary has never apologized to any of her husband’s accusers for defaming them.
Former Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch activist, has blasted Western so-called feminists like Hillary Clinton for not condemning Muslim nations’ brutal oppression of women.
“One would think that Western feminists in the United States and Europe would be very disturbed by this obvious misogyny.
But sadly, with few exceptions, this does not appear to be the case,” Hirsi Ali wrote.
On Jan. 1, 2016, more than 1,000 German women were groped, sexually assaulted or raped by 2,000 Muslim men in Cologne, Germany, during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Similar attacks also occurred in 11 other German cities, as well as in Finland, France, Sweden and Switzerland.
Trump has condemned the Cologne sexual assaults, but Hillary’s silence is deafening.
Amazingly, Clinton wants to increase by 550% the number of Muslim refugees brought into the United States despite the FBI’s admission that there is no way to properly vet for terrorism.
Rapes in Sweden, Norway and Germany have skyrocketed during the past 20 years as their Muslim populations have spiked.
Sweden, a feminist country where rape was once almost nonexistent, is now considered the “rape capital of the West.”...
Hillary vilifies Trump over dumb comments he made in 2005 but remains painfully silent about the systematic oppression of women in Saudi Arabia, where a woman can be stoned to death for adultery.
These glaring examples of Hillary Clinton’s faux feminism underscore that to Hillary, women are merely votes she needs to continue her oligarchical power trip."
"Hillary Clinton claims to be a champion for women, but in reality, she’s a faux feminist who doesn’t support women at all.
Over the years, Hillary has maligned women who were allegedly raped or sexually assaulted by her husband Bill Clinton. Hillary and the Clinton Foundation have also accepted tens of millions of dollars from anti-women regimes like Saudi Arabia.
While slamming Donald Trump as a sexual predator, Hillary refuses to condemn, or even acknowledge, the Muslim rape epidemic roiling Europe.
The disproportionate mainstream media fury over Trump’s words versus the Clintons’ actions spotlights the media bias that exists today.
In 1978, Juanita Broaddrick said she was brutally raped by Bill Clinton when he was attorney general of Arkansas.
When Broaddrick and other women (including Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers) came forward to reveal Bill Clinton’s pattern of sexual assault and harassment, Hillary launched a vicious smear campaign to discredit them.
She trashed her husband’s accusers as “bimbo eruptions,” and said the women were opportunistic gold diggers seeking 15 minutes of fame.
To this day, Hillary has never apologized to any of her husband’s accusers for defaming them.
Former Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch activist, has blasted Western so-called feminists like Hillary Clinton for not condemning Muslim nations’ brutal oppression of women.
“One would think that Western feminists in the United States and Europe would be very disturbed by this obvious misogyny. But sadly, with few exceptions, this does not appear to be the case,” Hirsi Ali wrote.
On Jan. 1, 2016, more than 1,000 German women were groped, sexually assaulted or raped by 2,000 Muslim men in Cologne, Germany, during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Similar attacks also occurred in 11 other German cities, as well as in Finland, France, Sweden and Switzerland.
Trump has condemned the Cologne sexual assaults, but Hillary’s silence is deafening.
Amazingly, Clinton wants to increase by 550% the number of Muslim refugees brought into the United States despite the FBI’s admission that there is no way to properly vet for terrorism.
Rapes in Sweden, Norway and Germany have skyrocketed during the past 20 years as their Muslim populations have spiked.
Sweden, a feminist country where rape was once almost nonexistent, is now considered the “rape capital of the West.”...
Hillary vilifies Trump over dumb comments he made in 2005 but remains painfully silent about the systematic oppression of women in Saudi Arabia, where a woman can be stoned to death for adultery.
These glaring examples of Hillary Clinton’s faux feminism underscore that to Hillary, women are merely votes she needs to continue her oligarchical power trip."
Matt Ridley: Global Warming versus Global Greening
Matt Ridley: Global Warming versus Global Greening | The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF)
"...After covering global warming debates as a journalist on and off for almost 30 years, with initial credulity, then growing skepticism, I have come to the conclusion that the risk of dangerous global warming, now and in the future, has been greatly exaggerated while the policies enacted to mitigate the risk have done more harm than good, both economically and environmentally, and will continue to do so.
And I am treated as some kind of pariah for coming to this conclusion.
Why do I think the risk from global warming is being exaggerated?
For four principal reasons.
For four principal reasons.
1. All environmental predictions of doom always are;
2. the models have been consistently wrong for more than 30 years;
3. the best evidence indicates that climate sensitivity is relatively low;
4. the climate science establishment has a vested interest in alarm.
2. the models have been consistently wrong for more than 30 years;
3. the best evidence indicates that climate sensitivity is relatively low;
4. the climate science establishment has a vested interest in alarm.
Global greening
I will come to those four points in a moment. But first I want to talk about global greening, the gradual, but large, increase in green vegetation on the planet.
I think this is one of the most momentous discoveries of recent years and one that transforms the scientific background to climate policy, though you would never know it from the way it has been reported. And it is a story in which I have been both vilified and vindicated.
In December 2012, the environmental scientist Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University drew my attention to a video online of a lecture given by Ranga Myneni of Boston University.
In this lecture Myneni presented ingenious analysis of data from satellites proving that much of the vegetated area of the planet was getting greener, only a little bit was getting browner, and that overall in 30 years there had been a roughly 14% increase in green vegetation on planet Earth.
In this slide he argued that this was occurring in all vegetation types – tropical rain forests, subarctic taiga, grasslands, semi-deserts, farmland, everywhere.
What is more, Myneni argued that by various means he could calculate that about half of this greening was a direct result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, rather than the application of agricultural fertiliser, irrigation, warmer temperatures or increased rainfall.
Carbon dioxide, along with water, is the raw material that plants use to make carbohydrates, with the help of sunlight, so it stands to reason that raising its concentration should help plants grow.
I was startled by Myneni’s data. I knew that there had been thousands of so-called free-air concentration (FACE) experiments, in which levels of CO2 had been increased over crops or wild ecosystems to find out if it boosted their growth (it did), and that commercial greenhouse owners now routinely maintain CO2 levels in their greenhouses at more than double ambient levels – because it makes their tomatoes grow faster.
But the global effect of CO2 levels on the quantity of vegetation had not, as far as I could tell, been measured till now.
Other lines of evidence also pointed to this global greening:
* the increased rate of growth of forest trees,
* the increased amplitude of seasonal carbon dioxide variation measured in Hawaii and elsewhere,
* photographic surveys of vegetation,
* the increased growth rate of phytoplankton, marine plants and some corals, and so on.
I published an article in the Wall Street Journal in January 2013 on these various lines of evidence, including Myneni’s satellite analysis, pointing to the increase in green vegetation.
This was probably the very first article in the mainstream media on the satellite evidence for global greening..."
Lots here.
Read on!
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Obama compares Affordable Care Act to Samsung smartphone that catches fire | TheBlaze.com
Obama compares Affordable Care Act to Samsung smartphone that catches fire | TheBlaze.com:
"During a speech at Miami Dade College in Florida Thursday, the president used several analogies to describe Obamacare, which has faced widespread scrutiny in recent months as several leading insurance companies have pulled out of the exchanges. He compared the policy to a “starter home” in need of repairs and ultimately the Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled by Samsung earlier this month because they are catching fire."
College Professor Reminds Students It Will Take A Few Classes To Memorize Everyone’s Triggers
College Professor Reminds Students It Will Take A Few Classes To Memorize Everyone’s Triggers
"BOULDER, CO—Saying he would try his best to learn them all by heart, University of Colorado professor Derek Pollard took a moment Tuesday to remind his students it will take him a few classes to memorize everyone’s triggers.
“I always have a hard time at the beginning of the semester remembering what everyone can comfortably talk about, so if you could all write your triggers down on the sheet I’m passing around, I can start putting faces to sensitivities,” said Pollard, who asked each student to help him out by staying in the same seat each week and reminding him what topics are off-limits to them the first few times they are called on.
“I apologize in advance if I mix you up and accidentally confuse your triggers with someone else’s; you’re just going to have to bear with me on this.
I have 250 students in three classes this term, so it’s going to be a bit of a challenge recalling what I can’t say around each of you.”
Pollard added that he also had office hours for any student who would like to individually threaten him with calls for administrative disciplinary action should he happen to discuss a topic that caused them personal distress."
"BOULDER, CO—Saying he would try his best to learn them all by heart, University of Colorado professor Derek Pollard took a moment Tuesday to remind his students it will take him a few classes to memorize everyone’s triggers.
“I always have a hard time at the beginning of the semester remembering what everyone can comfortably talk about, so if you could all write your triggers down on the sheet I’m passing around, I can start putting faces to sensitivities,” said Pollard, who asked each student to help him out by staying in the same seat each week and reminding him what topics are off-limits to them the first few times they are called on.“I apologize in advance if I mix you up and accidentally confuse your triggers with someone else’s; you’re just going to have to bear with me on this.
I have 250 students in three classes this term, so it’s going to be a bit of a challenge recalling what I can’t say around each of you.”
Pollard added that he also had office hours for any student who would like to individually threaten him with calls for administrative disciplinary action should he happen to discuss a topic that caused them personal distress."
History for October 21
History for October 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Alfred Nobel 1833 - Chemist, inventor of dynamite, his will created the Nobel Prizes, Whitey Ford 1928 - Baseball player, Judy Sheindlin 1942 - TV personality ("Judge Judy")
Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel, Carrie Fisher 1956 - Actress ("Star Wars" movies), Kim Kardashian 1980 - TV personality
1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor.
1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain. The British defeated the French and Spanish fleet.
1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.
1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet.
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in opposition to the Vietnam War.
1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
2003 - The U.S. Senate voted to ban what was known as partial birth abortions.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Fact-Check: No, the Clinton Foundation Did Not 'Spend Ninety Percent' of Money Donated on 'Programs'
Fact-Check: No, the Clinton Foundation Did Not 'Spend Ninety Percent' of Money Donated on 'Programs' - Breitbart:
"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said during the third presidential debate, “We at the Clinton Foundation spend ninety percent — ninety percent — of all the money that is donated on behalf of programs of people around the world and in our own country.”
Fact-Check: FALSE
Indeed, Clinton’s “ninety percent” claim is false according to her troubled charity’s own tax filings.
Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large, and author of Clinton Cash said the Clinton Foundation has spent as little as six percent of its total income on actual charitable endeavors.
“If you actually look at the numbers of their filings and 990s, that’s what it indicates,” Schweizer said last month in an interview with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily. “The Clinton Foundation will say, ‘We assisted or facilitated in 100,000 kids getting immunizations.’ Well, okay, what does that mean? And they don’t really tell you. They don’t really explain to you how it works.”
“So the number is absolutely correct, that six percent goes to other charities,” Schweizer continued.
“The other 94 percent is in this stew of marketing, and management, and travel expenses, and sort of all these obscure things, that it’s really hard to dissect what is the end result of that 94 percent being spent.”
What’s more?
Political analyst Sean Davis, the co-founder of The Federalist and a former adviser to Sen. Tom Coburn and Gov. Rick Perry, examined the Clinton Foundation’s 2013 tax filings and found that “Hillary Clinton’s non-profit spent more on office supplies and rent than it did on charitable grants.”
“The Clinton Foundation spent nearly $8.5 million–10 percent of all 2013 expenditures–on travel,” Davis contends. “Nearly $4.8 million–5.6 percent of all expenditures–was spent on office supplies.”"
"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said during the third presidential debate, “We at the Clinton Foundation spend ninety percent — ninety percent — of all the money that is donated on behalf of programs of people around the world and in our own country.”
Fact-Check: FALSE
Indeed, Clinton’s “ninety percent” claim is false according to her troubled charity’s own tax filings.
“If you actually look at the numbers of their filings and 990s, that’s what it indicates,” Schweizer said last month in an interview with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily. “The Clinton Foundation will say, ‘We assisted or facilitated in 100,000 kids getting immunizations.’ Well, okay, what does that mean? And they don’t really tell you. They don’t really explain to you how it works.”
“So the number is absolutely correct, that six percent goes to other charities,” Schweizer continued.
“The other 94 percent is in this stew of marketing, and management, and travel expenses, and sort of all these obscure things, that it’s really hard to dissect what is the end result of that 94 percent being spent.”
What’s more?
Political analyst Sean Davis, the co-founder of The Federalist and a former adviser to Sen. Tom Coburn and Gov. Rick Perry, examined the Clinton Foundation’s 2013 tax filings and found that “Hillary Clinton’s non-profit spent more on office supplies and rent than it did on charitable grants.”
“The Clinton Foundation spent nearly $8.5 million–10 percent of all 2013 expenditures–on travel,” Davis contends. “Nearly $4.8 million–5.6 percent of all expenditures–was spent on office supplies.”"
$6 Billion Clinton's State Dept Lost Was Not Debunked
$6 Billion Clinton's State Dept Lost Was Not Debunked | The Daily Caller:
"Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s claim that the $6 billion the Department of State lost was “debunked” contradicts multiple investigations and audits by the agency’s watchdog.
“When you ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing,” Republican nominee Trump said during Wednesday’s final presidential debate.
“How do you miss $6 billion? Six billion dollars was either stolen, they don’t know. It’s gone.”
Clinton replied: “Well, first of all, what he just said about the State Department is not only untrue, it’s been debunked numerous times.”
But it was the State Department’s Inspector General (IG) who found in three investigations and two audits that an estimated $6 billion was lost to contract mismanagement, fraud and incompetence during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state..."
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“When you ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing,” Republican nominee Trump said during Wednesday’s final presidential debate.
“How do you miss $6 billion? Six billion dollars was either stolen, they don’t know. It’s gone.”
Clinton replied: “Well, first of all, what he just said about the State Department is not only untrue, it’s been debunked numerous times.”
But it was the State Department’s Inspector General (IG) who found in three investigations and two audits that an estimated $6 billion was lost to contract mismanagement, fraud and incompetence during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state..."
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Cruz demands investigation into WH visits of 'voter fraud operative' | Washington Examiner
Cruz demands investigation into WH visits of 'voter fraud operative' | Washington Examiner:
"Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday called for a "serious criminal investigation" into the dozens of White House visits that Robert Creamer made to the White House since 2009.
"Voter fraud operative: 45 meetings w/Obama — this merits a serious criminal investigation," Cruz said on Twitter."
"Voter fraud operative: 45 meetings w/Obama — this merits a serious criminal investigation," Cruz said on Twitter."
Watch Leftist Students Say Science Is Racist and Should Be Abolished
Watch Leftist Students Say Science Is Racist and Should Be Abolished - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa brought some interesting concerns before the science faculty this week: namely, they think science as it is currently understood must be abolished.
"The whole thing should scratched off, especially in Africa," said one of the students.
"Students at the University of Cape Town in South Africa brought some interesting concerns before the science faculty this week: namely, they think science as it is currently understood must be abolished.
"The whole thing should scratched off, especially in Africa," said one of the students.
The students are apparently known as "fallists."
Their hashtag is #ScienceMustFall.
You can watch them make their case during a meeting here.
Essentially, these students believe that modern scientific understanding is too Eurocentric. One explained:
Their hashtag is #ScienceMustFall.
You can watch them make their case during a meeting here.
Essentially, these students believe that modern scientific understanding is too Eurocentric. One explained:
"I have a question for all the science people. There is a place in KZN called Umhlab'uyalingana. They believe that through the magic' you call it black magic' they call it witchcraft' you are able to send lightening to strike someone. Can you explain that scientifically because it's something that happens?"
Many people laughed at this remark because, well, witchcraft is not something that happens. But according to the student, witchcraft is like Isaac Newton's theory of gravity—it's just one way of explaining the world, among many.
"Decolonising the science would mean doing away with it entirely and starting all over again to deal with how we respond to the environment and how we understand it," the student continued.
Down with science: coming to an American university near you?
It wouldn't surprise me.
Ideally, universities are the perfect vehicle for reforming idiotic views about science.
Let's hope Cape Town is up to challenge of explaining why concerns about social justice should not lead students to reject the theory of gravity.
"Decolonising the science would mean doing away with it entirely and starting all over again to deal with how we respond to the environment and how we understand it," the student continued.
Down with science: coming to an American university near you?
It wouldn't surprise me.
Ideally, universities are the perfect vehicle for reforming idiotic views about science.
Let's hope Cape Town is up to challenge of explaining why concerns about social justice should not lead students to reject the theory of gravity.
Why Did Vote-Rigging Robert Creamer Visit The White House Over 200 Times During The Obama Admin
Why Did Vote-Rigging Robert Creamer Visit The White House Over 200 Times During The Obama Admin | Zero Hedge:
"Earlier today we wrote about a new Project Veritas undercover video that uncovered several democratic operatives openly discussing, in explicit detail, how to commit massive voter fraud. One of the operatives was a person by the name of Robert Creamer who is a co-founder of a democratic consulting firm called Democracy Partners.
Within the video, an undercover journalist details a plan to register Hispanic voters illegally by having them work as contractors, to which Creamer can be heard offering support saying that “there are a couple of organizations that that’s their big trick" (see: "Rigging Elections For 50 Years" - Massive Voter Fraud Exposed By Project Veritas Part 2").
"Earlier today we wrote about a new Project Veritas undercover video that uncovered several democratic operatives openly discussing, in explicit detail, how to commit massive voter fraud. One of the operatives was a person by the name of Robert Creamer who is a co-founder of a democratic consulting firm called Democracy Partners.
Unfortunately, the embarrassing video caused Creamer to subsequently resign from consulting the Hillary campaign as he issued a statement saying that he was "stepping back from my responsibilities working the [Hillary] campaign" over fears that his continued assistance would be a distraction for the campaign.
But voter fraud isn't Creamer's only criminal specialty.
A quick look at Wikipedia reveals that Creamer spent 5 months in federal prison back in 2006 for a "$2.3 million bank fraud in relation to his operation of public interest groups in the 1990s."
A quick look at Wikipedia reveals that Creamer spent 5 months in federal prison back in 2006 for a "$2.3 million bank fraud in relation to his operation of public interest groups in the 1990s."
So, with that kind of history, you can imagine our surprise when we discovered that a Mr. Robert Creamer showed up on the White House visitor logs 340 times beginning in 2009 when Obama took office and culminating with his latest visit in June 2016.
Moreover, in 45 of those instances, Creamer was scheduled to meet with POTUS himself.
Perhaps this is just two old Chicago "community organizers" hanging out?
Moreover, in 45 of those instances, Creamer was scheduled to meet with POTUS himself.
Perhaps this is just two old Chicago "community organizers" hanging out?
...Finally, Creamer's wife is none other that Jan Schakowsky, a U.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district which she has served since 1999.
Just another plume of smoke?
Congress BLOWS the Whistle on Michelle Obama's Mom's Corruption
Congress BLOWS the Whistle on Michelle Obama's Mom's Corruption:
"Barack Obama has admitted to doing drugs with his “Choom Gang” and is the worst President of all time. Michelle spends all her time ruining our kids’ school lunches and spending millions on vacations with her daughters. And the Obama kids are an embarrassment – going to drinking parties, and maybe even doing drugs in public.
They are shameful swindlers, wasting your tax dollars on their comfort and profligacy.
But now, a story is going viral that claims the most outrageous waste of taxpayer money by the Obama family."
They are shameful swindlers, wasting your tax dollars on their comfort and profligacy.
But now, a story is going viral that claims the most outrageous waste of taxpayer money by the Obama family."
Little Caesars Arena interest payments may drive final cost close to $1 billion
Little Caesars Arena interest payments may drive final cost close to $1 billion - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Interest payments on the bonds issued to pay for Little Caesars Arena will push the project's final cost to nearly $1 billion.
The current cost estimate for the future home of the Detroit Red Wings is $627.5 million, but that doesn't reflect interest payments on $450 million worth of 30-year bonds floated in 2014 to finance construction.
The estimated $336.5 million in interest payments, plus additional spending on the arena beyond the bonds, would bring the total cost to $991 million by 2045. The DDA outlined the expected interest costs to Crain's on Tuesday.
The arena's public owner, Detroit's Downtown Development Authority, issued $250 million in tax-exempt Series A bonds that will be paid off via a complex tax capture on downtown real estate owners whose properties are in a particular zone.
COST OF BUILDING AN ARENA
A breakdown of the cost of the Little Caesars Arena being built in downtown Detroit:
The quasi-public Detroit Economic Growth Corp., which staffs the DDA under contract with the city, Tuesday told Crain's that interest payments on the Series A bonds are forecast at $231 million through 2045, the maturity year.
...The rest of the construction is being privately financed by $200 million in non-tax-exempt Series B bonds, which were forecast to have $132.5 million in interest over 30 years.
...Olympia is bound to pay for any arena construction costs beyond the $450 million generated by the bonds, and so far that additional spending has reached $177.5 million..."
"Interest payments on the bonds issued to pay for Little Caesars Arena will push the project's final cost to nearly $1 billion.
The current cost estimate for the future home of the Detroit Red Wings is $627.5 million, but that doesn't reflect interest payments on $450 million worth of 30-year bonds floated in 2014 to finance construction.
The estimated $336.5 million in interest payments, plus additional spending on the arena beyond the bonds, would bring the total cost to $991 million by 2045. The DDA outlined the expected interest costs to Crain's on Tuesday.The arena's public owner, Detroit's Downtown Development Authority, issued $250 million in tax-exempt Series A bonds that will be paid off via a complex tax capture on downtown real estate owners whose properties are in a particular zone.
COST OF BUILDING AN ARENA
A breakdown of the cost of the Little Caesars Arena being built in downtown Detroit:
- Series A bonds are $250 million plus $231 million in interest for a total of $481 million.
- Series B bonds are $200 million plus $132.5 million in interest for a total of $332.5 million.
- Additional Olympia arena spending beyond the two bond series: $177.5 million
- Grand total: $991 million
The quasi-public Detroit Economic Growth Corp., which staffs the DDA under contract with the city, Tuesday told Crain's that interest payments on the Series A bonds are forecast at $231 million through 2045, the maturity year.
...The rest of the construction is being privately financed by $200 million in non-tax-exempt Series B bonds, which were forecast to have $132.5 million in interest over 30 years.
...Olympia is bound to pay for any arena construction costs beyond the $450 million generated by the bonds, and so far that additional spending has reached $177.5 million..."
Latest Wiki Dump Reveals Heavy Press Collusion Over Hillary's "Excellent Health" Medical Statement
Latest Wiki Dump Reveals Heavy Press Collusion Over Hillary's "Excellent Health" Medical Statement | Zero Hedge:
"Among the latest, ninth round of Podesta email releases by Wikileaks this morning, is a July 31, 2015 email by Hillary Clinton's National Press Secretary Brian Fallon who lays out the agenda for the day's rollout of Clinton's tax record and, more importantly, Hillary's "excellent health" medical statement, where once again the media, listed as "AP, Politico, WSJ, WaPo, etc" is exposed as coordinating and colluding with the campaign to send a message that Hillary is in great health.
In the email written in the early hours on Friday, Fallon writes that in the "rollout plan" for that same day, the campaign will "Pitch the first round of stories to the travelling press corps (AP, Politico, WSJ, WaPo, etc) with a 2 pm embargo."
"Among the latest, ninth round of Podesta email releases by Wikileaks this morning, is a July 31, 2015 email by Hillary Clinton's National Press Secretary Brian Fallon who lays out the agenda for the day's rollout of Clinton's tax record and, more importantly, Hillary's "excellent health" medical statement, where once again the media, listed as "AP, Politico, WSJ, WaPo, etc" is exposed as coordinating and colluding with the campaign to send a message that Hillary is in great health.
He goes on to say that for these stories "we will provide the full text of HRC’s physician’s letter, summarizing that she is in excellent health and is medically fit to perform the duties of President. We will push that she is the FIRST presidential candidate to release this info."
In further evidence of the prepared media narrative, Fallon points out that "we expect the stories that pop at 2 pm to have headlines such as “CLINTON IN ‘EXCELLENT HEALTH,’ MEDICAL RECORDS SAY” … “CLINTON RELEASES HEALTH REPORT."
Fallon also plans how to approach the "friendly" press in an attempt to "one-up" Jeb Bush, who at the time was seen as her biggest challenger, in terms of financial disclosures, and specifically her tax filings..."
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Triangles on syllabus get professor investigated for sexual harassment, he says
Triangles on syllabus get professor investigated for sexual harassment, he says - The College Fix:
Grading system a ‘prelude to sexual harassment’
A New York law that was “designed to increase the chances of a guilty finding” in campus sexual-assault cases was recently used to warn a Brooklyn College professor about his syllabus, according to the co-author of a book on the Duke University lacrosse rape case.
...Whether lawmakers or Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo realized it, the law has “dramatically increase[d] the power of campus Title IX offices, which (as we saw in the Seidemann case) can then manifest itself in unusual ways,” Johnson wrote in an email.
...Last week Seidemann said he was nearly fired for a phrase from his syllabus that was interpreted “as a prelude to sexual harassment,” in a post for Minding the Campus.
The syllabus informed students that “class deportment, effort etc” would count toward 10 percent of their grades, “applied only to select students when appropriate.”
That wasn’t the end of it. Seidemann found himself in more hot water for a section of the syllabus that warned students:
“This classroom is an ‘unsafe space’ for those uncomfortable with viewpoints with which they may disagree: all constitutionally protected speech is welcome.”
Seidemann wrote that he only learned about “the charges brought against me” for the syllabus after the administration had reached its findings.
“At the direction” of the administration, Seidemann’s departmental chair told him to get rid of the “deportment” grading line because it was sexual in nature, and to remove the sardonic “warning triangles” he had used instead of quote marks around “unsafe space.”
According to Seidemann, he never learned what was wrong with triangles – the chair simply told him “the triangles are the problem” – though he suspects an administrator associated them with “the pink triangles that the Nazis made gays wear.
“I wonder how long the administrators deliberated before deciding that the clip art street signs I’d included in my syllabus weren’t Nazi symbols,” Seidemann continued..."
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Grading system a ‘prelude to sexual harassment’
A New York law that was “designed to increase the chances of a guilty finding” in campus sexual-assault cases was recently used to warn a Brooklyn College professor about his syllabus, according to the co-author of a book on the Duke University lacrosse rape case.
...Whether lawmakers or Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo realized it, the law has “dramatically increase[d] the power of campus Title IX offices, which (as we saw in the Seidemann case) can then manifest itself in unusual ways,” Johnson wrote in an email.
...Last week Seidemann said he was nearly fired for a phrase from his syllabus that was interpreted “as a prelude to sexual harassment,” in a post for Minding the Campus.
That wasn’t the end of it. Seidemann found himself in more hot water for a section of the syllabus that warned students:
“This classroom is an ‘unsafe space’ for those uncomfortable with viewpoints with which they may disagree: all constitutionally protected speech is welcome.”
Seidemann wrote that he only learned about “the charges brought against me” for the syllabus after the administration had reached its findings.
“At the direction” of the administration, Seidemann’s departmental chair told him to get rid of the “deportment” grading line because it was sexual in nature, and to remove the sardonic “warning triangles” he had used instead of quote marks around “unsafe space.”
According to Seidemann, he never learned what was wrong with triangles – the chair simply told him “the triangles are the problem” – though he suspects an administrator associated them with “the pink triangles that the Nazis made gays wear.
“I wonder how long the administrators deliberated before deciding that the clip art street signs I’d included in my syllabus weren’t Nazi symbols,” Seidemann continued..."
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FBI Document Dump Proves This Woman Has No Business Anywhere Near Power - The Rush Limbaugh Show
"RUSH: I'm guessing that many of you do not know this, but there was another dump of 100 pages from the FBI yesterday relating to the investigation of Hillary Clinton. Folks, I'm here to tell you, there is no way this woman ought to be anywhere near the Oval Office. She ought not be anywhere near the White House. "
State Dept Is Now a Front for Democrat Self-Enrichment Scams
State Dept Is Now a Front for Democrat Self-Enrichment Scams | The Federalist Papers:
"If the myriad pay-for-play schemes involving foreign entities, big-money donors, and the Clinton Foundation hadn’t already caused a black enough eye for the Obama State Department, we’re now learning that under the direction of Secretary of State John Kerry, the corruption and malfeasance of the department under Hillary Clinton’s years has continued rolling along.
This week a Daily Caller News Foundation report unveiled that under Kerry’s guidance, the State Department has funneled more than nine million taxpayer dollars from the Department to a relatively vague nonprofit that was founded in Kerry’s home and is being run by his daughter!
If a person ever needed a textbook example of what cronyism is and how it works, it’s the U.S. State Department and the Clinton Foundation and/or the U.S. State Department and Seed Global Health.
The hubris of these people is nothing short of startling.
...Americans of all political stripes have a blatant distrust of Washington.
We wonder how it’s possible our public servants end up gazillionaires living in gated communities and sipping champagne while flying on private jets.
Wonder no more."
"If the myriad pay-for-play schemes involving foreign entities, big-money donors, and the Clinton Foundation hadn’t already caused a black enough eye for the Obama State Department, we’re now learning that under the direction of Secretary of State John Kerry, the corruption and malfeasance of the department under Hillary Clinton’s years has continued rolling along.
If a person ever needed a textbook example of what cronyism is and how it works, it’s the U.S. State Department and the Clinton Foundation and/or the U.S. State Department and Seed Global Health.
The hubris of these people is nothing short of startling.
...Americans of all political stripes have a blatant distrust of Washington.
We wonder how it’s possible our public servants end up gazillionaires living in gated communities and sipping champagne while flying on private jets.
Wonder no more."
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