Saturday, March 18, 2017
Donald Trump Budget Spends Big on Military and the Wall; Cuts Foreign Aid, EPA, and Public Broadcasting
Donald Trump Budget Spends Big on Military and the Wall; Cuts Foreign Aid, EPA, and Public Broadcasting:
"The budget includes Trump’s promises to veterans, as the Department of Veterans Affairs gets a 10 percent increase in spending.
Trump cut funding for several agencies, including a 28 percent cut in the State Department, mostly because of cuts in foreign aid programs. The EPA also experiences a 30 percent cut, the biggest loser in the budget. The Department of Agriculture gets a 29 percent cut and the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor are also cut by over 20 percent."
"The budget includes Trump’s promises to veterans, as the Department of Veterans Affairs gets a 10 percent increase in spending.
Make it mandatory in blue states!-----Portland pilot program puts homeless in residents' backyards
Portland pilot program puts homeless in residents' backyards:
"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Faced with an intractable homeless problem, officials in Portland are thinking inside the box.
A handful of homeless families will soon move into tiny, government-constructed modular units in the backyards of willing homeowners.
Under the pilot program taking effect this summer, the homeowners will take over the heated, fully plumbed tiny houses in five years and can use them for rental income.
The project, called A Place for You, is believed to be the first in the nation to recruit stable residents to address a homeless crisis that's gotten so bad the city last year declared a state of emergency and made it legal to sleep on the street..."
"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Faced with an intractable homeless problem, officials in Portland are thinking inside the box.A handful of homeless families will soon move into tiny, government-constructed modular units in the backyards of willing homeowners.
Under the pilot program taking effect this summer, the homeowners will take over the heated, fully plumbed tiny houses in five years and can use them for rental income.
The project, called A Place for You, is believed to be the first in the nation to recruit stable residents to address a homeless crisis that's gotten so bad the city last year declared a state of emergency and made it legal to sleep on the street..."
Top U.S. Hospitals Promote Unproven Therapies | RealClearInvestigations
Top U.S. Hospitals Promote Unproven Therapies | RealClearInvestigations:
"Hospitals affiliated with top research universities--including Yale, Duke and Johns Hopkins--aggressively promote alternative therapies, such as "energy healing," that have little or no scientific backing.
An investigation of 15 top academic research centers across the U.S. shows that alternative and therapeutic remedies have become embedded into hospitals and medical school curriculums.
"Hospitals affiliated with top research universities--including Yale, Duke and Johns Hopkins--aggressively promote alternative therapies, such as "energy healing," that have little or no scientific backing.
An investigation of 15 top academic research centers across the U.S. shows that alternative and therapeutic remedies have become embedded into hospitals and medical school curriculums.
From STAT News:
Some hospitals have built luxurious, spa-like wellness centers to draw patients for spiritual healing, homeopathy, and more. And they're promoting such treatments for a wide array of conditions, including depression, heart disease, cancer, and chronic pain.
Duke even markets a pediatric program that suggests on its website that alternative medicine, including “detoxification programs” and “botanical medicines,” can help children with conditions ranging from autism to asthma to ADHD.
“We've become witch doctors,” said Dr. Steven Novella, a professor of neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and a longtime critic of alternative medicine..."
“We've become witch doctors,” said Dr. Steven Novella, a professor of neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and a longtime critic of alternative medicine..."
Trump Order Targets Key Pillars Of Obama's Climate Agenda | The Daily Caller
"Reports initially suggested President Donald Trump will sign an order to withdraw an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and a Department of the Interior moratorium on new coal mining leases."
History for March 18
History for March 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Grover Cleveland 1837, Rudolf Diesel 1858, Neville Chamberlain 1869
John Updike 1932 - Author, Irene Cara 1959 - Singer, Mike Rowe 1962 - Television host and narrator
0037 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
1818 - The U.S. Congress approved the first pensions for government service.
1922 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India. He served only 2 years of the sentence.
1931 - Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver.
1938 - Mexico took control of all foreign-owned oil properties on its soil.
1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain during the meeting.
1945 - 1,250 U.S. bombers attacked Berlin.
1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Betsy DeVos haters actually agree with her policies when not given her name – TheBlaze
"A new video from Hypeline News reveals that college students at Illinois State University tend to agree with Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ stances if they don’t know they belong to Betsy DeVos."
Feminist Gives Tips For Raising A 'Fat-Positive' Kid. They're INSANE. | Daily Wire
Feminist Gives Tips For Raising A 'Fat-Positive' Kid. They're INSANE. | Daily Wire
"In a post featured on the feminist website you can't believe is not satire, Everyday Feminism, a fat and proud mother explains how she plans on raising her months-old daughter to be "fat-positive."
Feminist blogger Marie Southard Ospina outlines an insane list of "small things" that she intends to impose on her daughter to reach peak "fat-positive" living. While most of the tips embody typical feminism, merely laughable and essentially useless, other tips are examples of downright bad parenting.
"In a post featured on the feminist website you can't believe is not satire, Everyday Feminism, a fat and proud mother explains how she plans on raising her months-old daughter to be "fat-positive."
Feminist blogger Marie Southard Ospina outlines an insane list of "small things" that she intends to impose on her daughter to reach peak "fat-positive" living. While most of the tips embody typical feminism, merely laughable and essentially useless, other tips are examples of downright bad parenting.
Ospina is seemingly attempting to condition her child into poor health in the name of "body diversity."
The feminist's most unsettling tip is to never frame food or food choices as "good" or "bad":
There's a super uncomfortable thing many people are known to do when discussing body types, or food: many often bring in morality-fueled words like "good" and "bad" into the picture. For example, a thin body is a "good body," while a fat one is a "bad body." Eating a cupcake means someone has been "bad that day," while eating a kale salad means they have been "very good."
The feminist adds that "food will never be framed with terms that imply morality, much like body types won't be, either."
...When it's politically incorrect to tell your child that eating cookies for dinner is "bad" for the sake of "body diversity," we've officially jumped the shark..."
...When it's politically incorrect to tell your child that eating cookies for dinner is "bad" for the sake of "body diversity," we've officially jumped the shark..."
Freedom of choice. What a concept!-----CBO: 8 million will choose to leave private insurance market without fines - NetRight Daily
CBO: 8 million will choose to leave private insurance market without fines - NetRight Daily:
"The Congressional Budget Office is absolutely correct, millions of Americans may not be getting insurance once Obamacare is no longer in affect.
However, mainstream media has already made a critical error as to why so many people will be leaving the system.
Rather than being forced to have insurance that does not satisfy individual needs, Americans are begging for insurance in the private sector that is competitive and adequate.
Solving the healthcare crisis will require legislators to return to economic basics; when the market is competitive, costs will lower, and people will once again desire the product.
Until this occurs Americans will continue removing themselves from the insurance industry.
That’s right, when given the choice, millions of Americans will opt out of purchasing health insurance.
...While the Obamacare plan forced the public to pay for insurance in order to evade a federal fine, now Americans will have the choice to decide if that is something that they want..."
"The Congressional Budget Office is absolutely correct, millions of Americans may not be getting insurance once Obamacare is no longer in affect.
However, mainstream media has already made a critical error as to why so many people will be leaving the system.Rather than being forced to have insurance that does not satisfy individual needs, Americans are begging for insurance in the private sector that is competitive and adequate.
Solving the healthcare crisis will require legislators to return to economic basics; when the market is competitive, costs will lower, and people will once again desire the product.
Until this occurs Americans will continue removing themselves from the insurance industry.
That’s right, when given the choice, millions of Americans will opt out of purchasing health insurance.
...While the Obamacare plan forced the public to pay for insurance in order to evade a federal fine, now Americans will have the choice to decide if that is something that they want..."
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Records Relating To Tarmac Meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton in June 2016 - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Records Relating To Tarmac Meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton in June 2016 - Judicial Watch:
"Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records related to the meeting held between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2016 "
4 books to read in 2017 for a stronger America – Medium
4 books to read in 2017 for a stronger America – Medium:"...Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman
Should we manage to rouse our society from their televisions and smart phones to read these Great Books, we might indeed recover and retain all that makes our civilization civilized. Neil Postman, however, doubts our success.
Playing on the ideas of Aldous Huxley in his Brave New World and George Orwell in his 1984, Postman argues in his Amusing Ourselves to Death that civilization won’t fall to revolutionaries or communist regimes, but rather with a Huxlian “soma,” renamed entertainment.
He traces America’s progression from a thinking man’s experiment in self-government, to a petted man’s circus and demonstrates that today’s man has traded thought for amusement, action for titillation and gossip.
This sobering look at society’s descent into socialism sounds a provocative alarm and calls the sober minded to the wakeful life the liberal arts inspire."
Democrats!-----New York Assemblyman Unveils Bill To Suppress Non-Government-Approved Free Speech
New York Assemblyman Unveils Bill To Suppress Non-Government-Approved Free Speech:
"In a bill aimed at securing a "right to be forgotten," introduced by Assemblyman David I. Weprin and (as Senate Bill 4561 by state Sen. Tony Avella), liberal New York politicians would require people to remove ‘inaccurate,’ ‘irrelevant,’ ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive’ statements about others...
Within 30 days of a ”request from an individual,”
“all search engines and online speakers] shall remove … content about such individual, and links or indexes to any of the same, that is ‘inaccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive,’ ”
“and without replacing such removed … content with any disclaimer [or] takedown notice.”
“ ‘[I]naccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’, or ‘excessive’ shall mean content,”
“which after a significant lapse in time from its first publication,”
“is no longer material to current public debate or discourse,”
“especially when considered in light of the financial, reputational and/or demonstrable other harm that the information … is causing to the requester’s professional, financial, reputational or other interest,”
“with the exception of content related to convicted felonies, legal matters relating to violence, or a matter that is of significant current public interest, and as to which the requester’s role with regard to the matter is central and substantial.”
"In a bill aimed at securing a "right to be forgotten," introduced by Assemblyman David I. Weprin and (as Senate Bill 4561 by state Sen. Tony Avella), liberal New York politicians would require people to remove ‘inaccurate,’ ‘irrelevant,’ ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive’ statements about others...
“all search engines and online speakers] shall remove … content about such individual, and links or indexes to any of the same, that is ‘inaccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive,’ ”
Failure to comply would make the search engines or speakers liable for, at least, statutory damages of $250/day plus attorney fees..."
Lunch video-----This Transgender Father and Daughter are Transitioning togeth...I'm Sorry, WHAT?!?
This Transgender Father and Daughter are Transitioning togeth...I'm Sorry, WHAT?!?:
"FREAK SHOW: Mother and Son are Transitioning to… Father and Daughter?!
No, I’m not walking back that headline.
This is an absolute freak show, for which we should probably sell tickets.
A mother and her son are actually, together, transitioning to father and daughter.
It’s okay, I’ll repeat it because yes, it’s as confusing as it is bizarre.
Yet here we are…"
"FREAK SHOW: Mother and Son are Transitioning to… Father and Daughter?!
No, I’m not walking back that headline.
This is an absolute freak show, for which we should probably sell tickets.
A mother and her son are actually, together, transitioning to father and daughter.
It’s okay, I’ll repeat it because yes, it’s as confusing as it is bizarre.
Yet here we are…"
Global Warming In One Easy Lesson | Power Line
Global Warming In One Easy Lesson | Power Line:
"Professor Lindzen recently wrote a letter to President Donald Trump explaining, briefly and cogently, why he and many other scientists are skeptical of the catastrophic anthropogenic global warming theory–which, despite tens of billions of dollars in government subsidies, has failed to generate significant empirical support. The letter was reproduced by the Science and Environmental Policy Project. It has the virtue of being easily read and understood:"
Why most on Obamacare like it... it's free!-----Obamacare subsidies to jump $10 billion in 2017 - CBS News
Obamacare subsidies to jump $10 billion in 2017 - CBS News:
"WASHINGTON - Taxpayers will fork over nearly $10 billion more next year to cover double-digit premium hikes for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to a study being released Thursday.
...The study estimates that the cost of premium subsidies under the ACA will increase by $9.8 billion next year, rising from $32.8 billion currently to $42.6 billion.
The average monthly subsidy will increase by $76, or 26 percent, from $291 currently to $367 in 2017.
Currently more than eight in 10 consumers buying private health insurance through HealthCare.gov and state markets receive tax credits from the government to help pay their premiums.
Those subsidies are designed to rise along with premiums, shielding consumers from sudden increases.
But the bill ultimately gets passed on to taxpayers...
Read on!
"WASHINGTON - Taxpayers will fork over nearly $10 billion more next year to cover double-digit premium hikes for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to a study being released Thursday....The study estimates that the cost of premium subsidies under the ACA will increase by $9.8 billion next year, rising from $32.8 billion currently to $42.6 billion.
The average monthly subsidy will increase by $76, or 26 percent, from $291 currently to $367 in 2017.
Currently more than eight in 10 consumers buying private health insurance through HealthCare.gov and state markets receive tax credits from the government to help pay their premiums.
Those subsidies are designed to rise along with premiums, shielding consumers from sudden increases.
But the bill ultimately gets passed on to taxpayers...
Read on!
Subway sues TV network over ‘soy chicken’ report | New York Post
Subway sues TV network over ‘soy chicken’ report | New York Post:
"Subway is crying fowl over claims that its chicken is loaded with soy fillers — this time in court.
The fast-food chain has slapped the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. with a lawsuit over an TV expose last month that claimed its chicken was only about 50-percent poultry and the rest of it soybeans, The Post has learned.
Subway’s is claiming $210 million in damages in the legal flap, blasting the soy-filler allegations from news show CBC Marketplace as “defamatory and absolutely false,” a Subway spokesman told The Post.
“Despite our efforts to share the facts with the CBC about the high quality of our chicken and to express our strong objections to their inaccurate claims, they have not issued a retraction, as we requested,” Subway said in a Thursday statement.
...CBC Marketplace aired a segment on Feb. 24 called “The Chicken Challenge” that found Subway’s oven-roasted chicken contains a mere 53.6 percent chicken, according to DNA tests, and its chicken strips contain about 42.8 percent chicken..."
"Subway is crying fowl over claims that its chicken is loaded with soy fillers — this time in court.
Subway’s is claiming $210 million in damages in the legal flap, blasting the soy-filler allegations from news show CBC Marketplace as “defamatory and absolutely false,” a Subway spokesman told The Post.
“Despite our efforts to share the facts with the CBC about the high quality of our chicken and to express our strong objections to their inaccurate claims, they have not issued a retraction, as we requested,” Subway said in a Thursday statement.
...CBC Marketplace aired a segment on Feb. 24 called “The Chicken Challenge” that found Subway’s oven-roasted chicken contains a mere 53.6 percent chicken, according to DNA tests, and its chicken strips contain about 42.8 percent chicken..."
When libs make the rules-----These School Districts Stopped Disciplining Students, and Chaos Ensued | Intellectual Takeout
These School Districts Stopped Disciplining Students, and Chaos Ensued | Intellectual Takeout
"Last year, following a rash of student violence in a Minnesota public school district, one teacher made a startling statement:
"Last year, following a rash of student violence in a Minnesota public school district, one teacher made a startling statement:
“[T]eachers feel powerless to discipline. I am not exaggerating. We are told to never under any circumstances touch a student as a behavioral intervention. We have no way to discipline. If a child is running around screaming, we let them run around and scream. If a student throws a chair at the Smart Board we remove the other students and call for help. If a student shouts obscenities, we simply use kind words to remind them to use kind words themselves. I am not kidding.”
“[I]f we assume that what’s happened in NYC in the last two years is indicative of what’s been happening across the country, then we have to contend with the possibility that these reforms have harmed millions of America’s most vulnerable students.”
Read it all!
Frank Gaffney: European Nations Are ‘Reeling from the Effects of Unassimilated Muslims in Their Midst’
Frank Gaffney: European Nations Are ‘Reeling from the Effects of Unassimilated Muslims in Their Midst’:
"He argued that one reason for the immigration-related tensions in Europe is the reluctance of recent Muslim arrivals to fully integrate into their host societies.
“That’s the crux of the matter, and, again, whether it’s the hijab or whether it’s the burqa, or it’s the calls to prayer, or it’s the halal foods, or it’s all of the other demands that are now being imperiously made, often by people who have been welcomed in as refugees and put on the dole of these nations,” Gaffney observed.
“People are, as I say, feeling mugged by reality – feeling as though the indulgence that they’ve been encouraged to give such people is simply not sustainable for their countries, which brings us to the crux of the matter here. I would argue that this is exactly the same trajectory that we’re on. We’re just not as far along with it at this point,” he argued.
“We have, thanks in particular to the Obama administration,"
"He argued that one reason for the immigration-related tensions in Europe is the reluctance of recent Muslim arrivals to fully integrate into their host societies.
“People are, as I say, feeling mugged by reality – feeling as though the indulgence that they’ve been encouraged to give such people is simply not sustainable for their countries, which brings us to the crux of the matter here. I would argue that this is exactly the same trajectory that we’re on. We’re just not as far along with it at this point,” he argued.
“We have, thanks in particular to the Obama administration,"
Good read. Teacher union lying again!-----Extra Caution Needed On 'Average' Teacher Salary Claims
Michigan Capitol Confidential - Timeline:
"A typical reader seeing this might assume that “average salaries down” means that individual teachers are taking pay cuts.
"A typical reader seeing this might assume that “average salaries down” means that individual teachers are taking pay cuts.
That is hardly ever the case, however.
Almost always, “average salaries down” means that a number of high-seniority, high-paid veterans have retired and been replaced by lower-cost new or low-seniority teachers."
Read it all!
Almost always, “average salaries down” means that a number of high-seniority, high-paid veterans have retired and been replaced by lower-cost new or low-seniority teachers."
Read it all!
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