UW-Madison quietly shelves controversial masculinity program

UW-Madison quietly shelves controversial masculinity program

• "The University of Wisconsin-Madison has confirmed that it has disbanded its "Men's Project," a program designed to teach “men-identified students” about the harms caused by traditional notions of masculinity.
• A UW spokesperson would not specify the reason for the program's termination, but did confirm that the school has no plans to convert it into a course for academic credit.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has disbanded a program to educate “men-identified students” about the harm caused by traditional notions of masculinity.
In January, Campus Reform reported on the school’s Men’s Project, which aimed to “explore masculinity and the problems accompanied by simplified definitions of it” and to “create a sense of security in vulnerability” among male students..."

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GUEST SLAMS CNN: ‘People Don’t Trust You Guys’ Because You Tell Them They Are Wrong, Stupid, And Racist | Daily Wire

GUEST SLAMS CNN: ‘People Don’t Trust You Guys’ Because You Tell Them They Are Wrong, Stupid, And Racist | Daily Wire:

"Alabama talk radio host Dale Jackson ripped CNN and the rest of the mainstream media on Sunday during an episode of “Reliable Sources” with host Brian Stelter, as he explained why people do not trust the network.
During the segment, Stelter was trying to understand why people in Alabama were still supporting Roy Moore after explosive allegations published by The Washington Post several weeks ago.
“Why in the world would people believe the things that are said if it’s always negative over and over and over and over again?” Jackson said. “That weaponizes the term fake news.”"

Illinois Drives People Away - WSJ

Illinois Drives People Away - WSJ:
"If Republicans succeed in limiting the state-and-local tax deduction, one hope is that this could finally inspire a come-to-Jesus moment in prodigal high-tax states. 
Democrats in Illinois ought to be especially chastened by new IRS data showing an acceleration of out-migration.
The Prairie State lost a record $4.75 billion in adjusted gross income to other states in the 2015 tax year, according to recently IRS data released.
That’s up from $3.4 billion in the prior year.
...What’s the matter with Illinois?...
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The Left’s War on Free Speech - Imprimis

The Left’s War on Free Speech - Imprimis:
"...Last fall, sitting around the dinner table, the twelve-year-old was doing a particularly good job at this with his youngest sister.
She finally grew so frustrated that she said, “Oliver, you need to stop talking—forever.”
This inspired a volley of protests about free speech rights, and ended with them yelling “shut up” at each other.
Desperate to stop the fighting and restore order, I asked each of them in turn to tell me what they thought “free speech” meant.

• The twelve-year-old went first. A serious and academic child, he gave a textbook definition that included “Congress shall make no law,” an evocation of James Madison, a tutorial on the Bill of Rights, and warnings about “certain exceptions for public safety and libel.” I was happy to know the private-school fees were yielding something.
• The nine-year-old went next. A rebel convinced that everyone ignores her, she said that she had no idea what “public safety” or “libel” were, but that “it doesn’t matter, because free speech means there should never be any restrictions on anything that anybody says, anytime or anywhere.” She added that we could all start by listening more to what she says.
• Then it was the five-year-old’s turn. You could tell she’d been thinking hard about her answer. She fixed both her brother and sister with a ferocious stare and said: “Free speech is that you can say what you want—as long as I like it.”

It was at this moment that I had one of those sudden insights as a parent.
I realized that my oldest was a constitutional conservative, my middle child a libertarian, and my youngest a socialist with totalitarian tendencies..."
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Obama's Odious Comparison Of The Weimar Republic To The USA Is Just Plain Wrong — And Lacks Self-Awareness | Daily Wire

Obama's Odious Comparison Of The Weimar Republic To The USA Is Just Plain Wrong — And Lacks Self-Awareness | Daily Wire:

"What strikes me about President Obama’s statement isn’t so much his lack of historical understanding (all one need do is peruse his remarks about past presidents from Washington to Hayes to realize how little he seems to know about the country he once led) but rather his utter lack of self-awareness about the sins of his own presidency. The irony of the warnings of a threat to democracy coming from him of all people is not lost on those who paid attention to his administration’s own bona fide assaults on freedom and civil rights . . . and were on the receiving end of them. Let us remember:"

North Korea: Starved To Death Prisoners' Bodies Fed To Dogs In Brutal Regime

North Korea: Starved To Death Prisoners' Bodies Fed To Dogs In Brutal Regime:
"As North Korea continues to violate human rights on almost every level, news is now surfacing that the tyrannical regime doesn’t just starve their political prisoners. 
Kim Jong-Un’s brutal dictatorship also feeds the corpses of those starved to death to the dogs.
In difficult to hear testimony in front of United Nations, North Korean defector Ji Hyeon-A explained how government officials in the hermit kingdom beat her and fed her only rotten food.
Ji has escaped the regime three times now, and all three times, she said she was sent back to face horrific punishments in the impoverished nation..."
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Florida Bill Would Make it a Crime to be the Victim of Auto Theft - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Florida Bill Would Make it a Crime to be the Victim of Auto Theft - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Florida state Rep. Wengay Newton (D–St. Petersburg) is so tough on auto theft that he wants to punish the crime's victims as well.
Newton has introduced a bill that would make it a criminal offense to have your car stolen if you leave it unlocked with the keys inside. 
His legislation would make this a second-degree misdemeanor; violators would face fines of up to $500 and jail time of up to 60 days.
...Not surprisingly, this proposal has prompted some pushback from people who say it's unfair to crime victims.
That includes a number of law enforcement officials..."
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Banning dems from US cities would accomplish the same goal-----Politico Calls The Electoral College A National Security Threat

Politico Calls The Electoral College A National Security Threat:
"The American electoral college system should be abolished because it provides foreign nations with the opportunity to influence the outcomes of U.S. presidential elections, according to Politico.
The authors used Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 68 to explain the Founding Fathers’ theory that the U.S. electoral college would protect the nation from “the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils.”
The story further argued that Hamilton and the other American forefathers could not have imagined, or prepared for, an election like 2016, thereby bolstering the claim that Russia “was able to manipulate America’s election process with stunning effectiveness.”..."
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I'm a Pediatrician. Here's What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.

I'm a Pediatrician. Here's What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.:

"“Congratulations, it’s a boy!” Or, “Congratulations, it’s a girl!”
As a pediatrician for nearly 20 years, that’s how many of my patient relationships began. Our bodies declare our sex.
Biological sex is not assigned. Sex is determined at conception by our DNA and is stamped into every cell of our bodies. Human sexuality is binary. You either have a normal Y chromosome, and develop into a male, or you don’t, and you will develop into a female. There are at least 6,500 genetic differences between men and women. Hormones and surgery cannot change this."

Bar association denounces recall effort against judge that issued Stanford rape sentence - The College Fix

Bar association denounces recall effort against judge that issued Stanford rape sentence - The College Fix:
‘If judges fear direct, personal repercussions, the rule of law will suffer’

Now that a California appellate court has approved a ballot effort to go forward against Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, who issued a six-month jail sentence to convicted Stanford University rapist Brock Turner, his local legal community is speaking out against the organized campaign against him.
...Santa Clara County Bar Association...After weighing the evidence, the board concluded there was “no credible assertion” that Persky’s sentence violated the law, that he “ignored any ethical obligations or acted in bad faith,” or that he had a “pattern of egregious conduct” that would justify his recall..
The organization noted that the California Commission on Judicial Performance, the independent state agency that investigations allegations against judges, voted unanimously to close its investigation into Persky at the preliminary stage a year ago – meaning there was no merit to the claims..."
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History for December 13

History for December 13 - On-This-Day.com
Dick Van Dyke 1925 - Actor, comedian, Christopher Plummer 1929 - Actor, John Davidson 1941 - Singer, actor, game show host ("That's Incredible," "Hollywood Squares")


Ted Nugent 1948 - Musician, Steve Buscemi 1957 - Actor, Taylor Swift 1989 - Singer, songwriter
 

1577 - Five ships under the command of Sir Francis Drake left Plymouth, England, to embark on Drake's circumnavigation of the globe. The journey took almost three years.


1636 - The United States National Guard was created when militia regiments were organized by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.


1809 - The first abdominal surgical procedure was performed in Danville, KY, on Jane Todd Crawford. The operation was performed without an anesthetic.


1862 - In America, an estimated 11,000 Northern soldiers were killed or wounded when Union forces were defeated by Confederates under General Robert E. Lee, at the Battle of Fredericksburg.


1937 - Japanese forces took the Chinese city of Nanking (Nanjing). An estimated 200,000 Chinese were killed over the next six weeks. The event became known as the "Rape of Nanking."


1964 - In El Paso, TX, President Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion that diverted the Rio Grande River, reshaping the U.S.-Mexican border. This ended a century-old border dispute.


1998 - Puerto Rican voters rejected U.S. statehood in a non-binding referendum.


2000 - U.S. Vice President Al Gore conceded the 2000 Presidential election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush. The Florida electoral votes were won by only 537 votes, which decided the election. The election had been contested up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which said that the Florida recount (supported by the Florida Supreme Court) was unconstitutional.

Planned Parenthood: Abortion Is The Same Thing As Miscarriage | Daily Wire

Planned Parenthood: Abortion Is The Same Thing As Miscarriage | Daily Wire:

"What's the difference between an abortion and a miscarriage? For starters, one kills a child as a freak accident of nature while the other kills a child as a freak accident of human agency. The differences between the two are about as stark as that between dying of natural causes and dying because the Manson family strolled into town.

Abortion conglomerate Planned Parenthood seems to have trouble grasping that logical axiom, as they see no difference whatsoever.

Over the weekend, pro-abortion writer Danielle Campoamor penned a column for Romper about her most recent miscarriage and how, despite the pain and grief, she still thinks abortion is no different. Planned Parenthood later went on to tweet her article."

The way we were-----Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit and Somebody To Love, American Bandsta...

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Middle East, North African students want University of Michigan recognition

Middle East, North African students want University of Michigan recognition
"ANN ARBOR, MI - Middle Eastern and North African students at the University of Michigan are calling on the university's administration and Board of Regents to recognize their identities on its forms and surveys that collect demographic data on campus.
After receiving support from UM's Literature, Science & the Arts Student Government earlier this fall calling on the university's administration to add the Middle Eastern/North African (ME/NA) identity category to its applications, a number of students and faculty members organizing under #WeExist spoke during the meeting on Thursday, Dec. 7, urging the Board of Regents to do the same..."
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A Land of Mini-Coups :: SteynOnline

A Land of Mini-Coups :: SteynOnline
"Following Michael Flynn's guilty plea for "lying to the FBI", there seem likely to be further feverish developments in Robert Mueller's "Russia investigation". 
Professor William Jacobson asks the obvious question:

Why is Robert Mueller even investigating the presidential transition?

The Order appointing Mueller concerns election interference, not post-election political decisions of the winning candidate.

Indeed. 
First, it shouldn't be a crime to lie to the FBI given the way the FBI lies to us with impunity. Yours truly thirteen years ago:

Martha, it seems, will be going to jail for telling a lie. Not in court, not under oath, not perjury, but merely when the Feds came round to see her about a possible crime...

Martha Stewart wound up behind bars for telling a lie in a matter in which there was no underlying crime. 
...But, as Professor Jacobson points out, it's hard to see how Russia can "interfere" with the election after it's been held. 
Flynn's conversations occurred in his capacity as a senior figure in the incoming administration. 
That's the normal business of diplomatic relations - and it is most emphatically not the business of minor policemen within a leaky and insecure permanent bureaucracy.

So Flynn's "lies" are not material - unless the Deep State is "investigating" the winning side in the election for engaging in the usual business of government..."
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WATCH: Students With MAGA Hats EVICTED From 'Safe Space' Coffee Shop At Fordham U | Daily Wire

WATCH: Students With MAGA Hats EVICTED From 'Safe Space' Coffee Shop At Fordham U | Daily Wire:

"A group of students wearing "Make America Great Again" hats were booted from a non-profit coffee shop on the Fordham University campus because the cafe is considered a "safe space," and the hats were triggering customers and staff.

In a shocking video obtained by Campus Reform, a student worker at Rodrigue’s Coffee House harasses and berates the group, screaming that the students were "“Fascism, Nazis!” and they have "three minutes" to vacate the premises."

Big Government Can Be Deadly, Literally | International Liberty

Big Government Can Be Deadly, Literally | International Liberty:
"Too much government can be hazardous to your health.

• But I’m not talking about government killing you because you bet on a football game.
• And I’m not talking about government killing you for selling an untaxed cigarette.
• Nor am I talking about government killing you with bureaucrat-run healthcare.

Instead, this is a column about the wonky issue of cost-benefit analysis. 

Specifically, we’re going to look at whether some regulations can be sufficiently onerous that the resulting economic damage actually produces needless death. 

This insight can even apply to regulations that are designed to save lives!

It’s quite common, when I first suggest this hypothesis, for people to think I’m nuts. But they begin to see the light when I share this example from an article I wrote 25 years ago for the Journal of Regulation and Social Cost.

People in wealthier nations, on average, live longer and better lives than residents of poorer nations. …government policy makers should consider the adverse effects on health and mortality of economic policies that impose costs on the productive sector of the economy. …it is quite possible that regulations designed to reduced mortality and morbidity, if they impose sufficiently high costs on the economy, actually can result in premature deaths and a less healthy population. Banning the use of motor vehicles, for instance, would save…lives lost annually in traffic accidents as well as preventing whatever number of premature deaths can be attributed to auto emissions. …It would be absurd, however, to…support the elimination of motor vehicles… The higher living standards made possible by fast and efficient transportation clearly must result in reduced mortality…rates over time for the general population..."

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What Do the Last Words of Death Row Inmates Tell Us? - D-brief

What Do the Last Words of Death Row Inmates Tell Us? - D-brief:
"Any last words?
It’s a question prisoners on death row hear before their execution begins. 
Along with last meals and long cell block walks, the opportunity to give a final statement has become deeply ingrained in the highly ritualized process of executing prisoners.
Most prisoners take the opportunity to pause on the lip of annihilation and utter a final statement, and the content of these messages range from expressions of guilt and sorrow to expletive-laced outbursts. 
Examining the final thoughts of people who have not only had time to think about their ultimate end, but who must also wrestle with overwhelming feelings of guilt and sorrow (though not in every case), provides a unique opportunity for sociologists and psychologists alike..."
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