Thursday, April 12, 2018

Brilliant Simple Cartoons by Henry James Garrett

Brilliant Simple Cartoons by Henry James Garrett:
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Court Rules Illegal Aliens Can Sue over “Discriminatory Employment Policy” Requiring Green Cards - Judicial Watch

Court Rules Illegal Aliens Can Sue over “Discriminatory Employment Policy” Requiring Green Cards - Judicial Watch:
"For the second time in a few years, a federal court has ruled that illegal immigrants can sue American employers that refuse to hire them because they require workers to be U.S. citizens or legal residents (green card holders).
The latest blow to the rule of law was delivered by an Obama-appointed federal judge in south Florida, who handed a powerful open-borders group a huge victory in a case accusing a major U.S. company of discriminating against an illegal immigrant.
Though years apart, both lawsuits were filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), a leftist group that specializes in discrimination lawsuits on behalf of illegal immigrants and has Chicago ties to Obama.
...In the recent Florida case a Venezuelan immigrant, David Rodriguez, living in Miami is suing consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble for refusing to give him a paid internship because he is not a legal resident or citizen of the United States..."
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Noon-toon-----Wondermark » Archive » #1390; A Circus made by Circumstance

Wondermark » Archive » #1390; A Circus made by Circumstance

The fifth factor, though......is love

Rand Paul warns gloating Trump critics: Mueller's 'great overstep' a danger to all Americans - Washington Times

Rand Paul warns gloating Trump critics: Mueller's 'great overstep' a danger to all Americans - Washington Times:

Image result for flickr commons images Sen. Rand Paul "Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says all Americans should be worried about civil liberties in the wake of the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen.
The nebulous limits to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian investigation, coupled with his willingness to test them, had the Republican lawmaker ringing alarm bells Tuesday. Mr. Paul told a Fox News’ Bill Hemmer that the FBI’s legal tendrils have wandered far from their original target — the truth about possible collusion between Russian state actors and Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.
“The first question we ought to ask is what does this have to do with Russia,” Mr. Paul said during an “American Newsroom” appearance. “I thought the special prosecutor was investigating Russian collusion. Going after someone’s personal attorney is a great overstep, I think, in the authority of the prosecutor."


Frustrated teacher urges parents to stop 'coddling and enabling their children' in viral Facebook post - American Info

Frustrated teacher urges parents to stop 'coddling and enabling their children' in viral Facebook post - American Info:
"A middle-school teacher who took to Facebook to vent her frustration with the perceived bad behavior of students and parents has struck a nerve with her now-viral post.

Julie Marburger
about 2 weeks ago
I left work early today after an incident with a parent left me unable emotionally to continue for the day. 
I have already made the decision to leave teaching at the end of this year, and today, I don't know if I will make it even that long. 
Parents have become far too disrespectful, and their children are even worse. 
Administration always seems to err on the side of keeping the parent happy, which leaves me with no way to do the job I was hired to do...teach kids.
...Report cards come out later this week, and I have nearly half of my students failing due to multiple (8-10) missing assignments. 
Most of these students and their parents haven't seemed to care about this over the past three months, though weekly reports go out, emails have been sent and phone calls have been attempted. 
But now I'm probably going to spend my entire week next week fielding calls and emails from irate parents, wanting to know why I failed their kid. 
My administrator will demand an explanation of why I let so many fail without giving them support, even though I've done practically everything short of doing the work for them. 
And behavior in my class will deteriorate even more. 
I am expecting this, because it is what has happened at the end of every other term thus far..."

These 3 Charts Show the Importance of Economic Freedom | The Heritage Foundation

These 3 Charts Show the Importance of Economic Freedom | The Heritage Foundation
"...KEY TAKEAWAYS
...Nations with greater economic freedom have stronger economies, with higher gross domestic product per person.
Citizens in countries that are economically free enjoy twice as much formal education on average as those in economically repressed nations.
Free trade is a key element of economic freedom.
Countries that embrace free trade enjoy more prosperity as a result.
3. Free trade is a key element of economic freedom. Countries that embrace free trade enjoy more prosperity as a result.
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#1 This day 1974-----Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (Official Music Video)

California faces a $1 trillion unfunded pension liability and lawmakers focus on foam and plastic straws – Orange County Register

California faces a $1 trillion unfunded pension liability and lawmakers focus on foam and plastic straws – Orange County Register:
See the source image"...Yet the real danger is that too many politicians in state capitals and city halls nationwide spend an inordinate amount of time pondering things to ban and, unlike busybody columnists, their bad ideas can be put into law, with negative consequences for individuals, families, and the economy in general.
...Before state lawmakers banned plastic bags, cities and towns across the Golden State had begun enacting their own bag bans and taxes.
That patchwork of local bag bans and taxes was then used convince lawmakers in Sacramento to go ahead and pass a statewide bag prohibition.
...California has racked up approximately $1 trillion in state and municipal unfunded pension liabilities. 
While California politicians have plenty of ideas for new taxes and regulations, they have no plans to rectify these soul crushing unfunded pension liabilities, which taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for..."
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Muslim group sues to block Trump terrorism report - Washington Times

Muslim group sues to block Trump terrorism report - Washington Times:

Image result for flickr commons images Department of Homeland Security Logo"Two anti-Trump organizations filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that a government report earlier this year linking immigrants to most of the country’s terrorism cases since 2001 is so misleading that it violates federal law.
The request seeks to recruit federal judges to police the accuracy of the administration, in what — if it’s successful — could become a model for anti-Trump groups to push back on a president they see as having a tenuous connection to the truth.
The January report concluded that 73 percent of the 549 people convicted of international terrorism between 2001 and 2016 were foreign born."

Publius: Video: As the Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Richer — The Patriot Post

Publius: Video: As the Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Richer — The Patriot Post:
"Yes, the rich are getting richer—but the poor are getting richer faster. 
And what's driving that process? 
The market.
“...Look at the most basic measures: 

  • Literacy. 
  • Longevity. 
  • Infant mortality. 
  • Calorie intake. 
  • Height. 
  • More and more people are being lifted out of poverty.
I think of the changes just in my lifetime.
When I was born, in 1971, an American worker had to earn a month’s salary to be able to afford a TV set. 
Now, it’s two days..."
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History for April 12

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History for April 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Henry Clay 1777 - "The Great Pacificator", U.S. Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, three time unsuccessful candidate for president of United States. Quote: "I would rather be right than president.", Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) 1930 - Ukulele playing, falsetto singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"), Ed O'Neill 1946 - Actor ("Married....with Children", "Wayne’s World")
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Tom Clancy 1947 - Author, David Letterman 1947 - TV host, comedian ("Late Night With David Letterman"), David Cassidy 1950 - Singer, actor ("The Partridge Family")
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1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.
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1877 - A catcher's mask was used in a baseball game for the first time by James Alexander Tyng.
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1938 - The first U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in New York.
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1945 - In New York, the organization of the first eye bank, the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, was announced.
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1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
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1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
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1985 - Federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats with horns that had been surgically implanted.
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1992 - Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/04/homesecurity-bytammy-derouin-theamount.html

Home Security

By Tammy Derouin

The amount of resistance to securing our borders is difficult to comprehend. Why is there so much opposition to keeping our country safe? I think the average American understands that security is important. An open border policy is irresponsible and will continue to cause more harm than good.
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Most Americans are not opposed to immigration. We just want those who wish to live here to knock on the front door and go through the proper procedures to become citizens and a productive part of our society. Unfortunately, those who push open borders have a political agenda. They continually try to demonize the law and law enforcement. The Left reaches into their bag of tricks and tries to use labels such as racism or felonious phobias to turn the enforcement of the law into some kind of evil deed.

Logic is completely disregarded, by certain elements, when it comes to protecting our country. The president has been challenged at every turn for trying to enforce the law and for trying to secure our borders, in other words, he has been challenged for doing his job. Rouge, agenda driven judges have hampered the duty of the President of the United States. Their actions severely compromise the security of the American people. What possible reason would make sense for not protecting our borders? What could be the desired outcome of allowing anyone into our home without care or concern?

Sadly, the only argument which makes sense is the willful destruction and destabilization of the United States......

Boob-tube-----Jello Wrestling For My Man (The Jerry Springer Show)

The way we were-----Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (original version)

Knife crime: top doctor calls for pointed kitchen knives to be banned | UK | News | Express.co.uk

Knife crime: top doctor calls for pointed kitchen knives to be banned | UK | News | Express.co.uk:
"Dr John Crichton, the new chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, wants the sale of pointed kitchen knives to be banned to help reduce the number of fatal stabbings.
...Dr Crichton, who took on the role of chairman in June this year, is championing a switch to so-called “R”-bladed knives, which have rounded points and are far less effective as weapons.
He said that research shows many attacks, particularly in households where there has been a history of violence, involve kitchen knives because they are so easily accessible.
Dr Crichton believes a switch from sharp-pointed, long-bladed knives to the new design could save lives.
He said: “This is a public health measure and public health measures are always about society deciding on a self-imposed restriction for the public good.”...
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Dr John Crichton is calling for the dramatic move in an attempted to reduce knife crime

US Attorney John Lausch to oversee FISA warrant document release | Fox News

US Attorney John Lausch to oversee FISA warrant document release | Fox News:

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"The Justice Department on Monday appointed a U.S. attorney to oversee the gathering of documents in response to a subpoena issued by the House Judiciary Committee last month in an effort to obtain materials related to the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server and potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses.
The Justice Department is set to announce the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, a Trump appointee, to oversee the agency’s compliance with the subpoena, after it missed the initial deadline given by the committee to turn over requested documents."

Mass killings are law enforcement failures that should be punished

Mass killings are law enforcement failures that should be punished:

Law enforcers might prevent more disasters like school shootings if they faced consequences for failure. Incompetence should be penalized.

Law enforcement keeps failing, and people keep dying.  
See the source imageWhere are the consequences? 
Where is the accountability?
Despite receiving a warning directly from the Russian government, the FBI failed to stop the Tsarnaev brothers from staging the Boston Marathon bombing
Despite having plenty of resources, the Charlottesville police failed to stop a car attack that left a woman dead. 
The FBI interviewed Omar Mateen, the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter, and considered criminally investigating him. 
They didn’t — possibly because his father was an FBI informant. 
The FBI also missed numerous "red flags" before the San Bernardino shooting
And despite having lots of warning, the FBI, the Broward County schools and the Broward Sheriff’s Department under Sheriff Scott Israel all failed to stop Nikolas Cruz from shooting up a high school.
And yet these repeated failures — among others — keep getting swept under the rug as we look for “solutions” to the problem of violence..."
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Trump administration to provide records on Obama-era gun-smuggling probe

Trump administration to provide records on Obama-era gun-smuggling probe: "
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The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama administration known as “Fast and Furious” that long has been criticized by Republican lawmakers."

How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars

How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars
"...Even a low-key evening at home can mean handing over a trove of personal information to high-tech companies
...The smartphones, Facebook accounts and other technology products deeply embedded in modern life help people get more things done every day. 
They also gather more information about us than we often realize.
But Facebook's crisis over how it handles and protects user data has led some to ask: What data am I giving up?
Imagine “Sally” sets up a pizza-and-movie night with her friend “Kristen.” 
The Wall Street Journal reviewed privacy statements to assess just how much data could be unknowingly shared on top of the price of that pepperoni pie."...
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The Order
As Kristen cleans up her apartment, she turns to her Amazon Echo: “Alexa, open Domino's and place an order.”
The Domino's app installed on the Echo pulls up Kristen’s stored credit-card information. "Do you want to use your Visa ending in 1234?” Alexa asks.
The stored credit-card information is used to complete the pizza purchase. Alexa also logs the interaction, and Domino’s creates a transcript of what she said.

DATA PROVIDED

ALEXA
Voice characteristics
Content of request
DOMINO'S
Payment and billing information
Type of pizza ordered
Quantity of order

ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTED

ALEXA
 Interaction history
 Type of Echo device
 Location
 Last four digits of credit card
DOMINO'S
 Transcript of what she said
 Hardware settings
 Operating system
 Performance statistics

Alan Dershowitz: Today is a 'very dangerous day for lawyer-client relations'

Alan Dershowitz: Today is a 'very dangerous day for lawyer-client relations':

Image result for flickr commons images Alan Dershowitz""I tell [clients] on my word of honor that what you tell me is sacrosanct," he said. "And now they say, just based on probable cause ... they can burst into the office, grab all the computers, and then give it to another FBI agent and say, 'You're the firewall. We want you now to read all these confidential communications, tell us which ones we can get and which ones we can't get.'"
"If this were Hillary Clinton being investigated and they went into her lawyer's office, the ACLU would be on every television station in America, jumping up and down," he added.
"The deafening silence from the ACLU and civil libertarians about the intrusion into the lawyer-client confidentiality is really appalling," Dershowitz said."


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