Saturday, May 12, 2018
Boy Scouts Lose 425,000 Boys 1 Week After Announcing Name Change
Boy Scouts Lose 425,000 Boys 1 Week After Announcing Name Change:
"The Scouts should have been prepared for this.
One week after the century-old Boy Scouts of America announced it was changing its name and its mission to accept girls at all levels of scouting, its single biggest participant announced Tuesday that it was cutting ties to the Scouts.
And taking one-fifth of the Scouts membership with it."
One week after the century-old Boy Scouts of America announced it was changing its name and its mission to accept girls at all levels of scouting, its single biggest participant announced Tuesday that it was cutting ties to the Scouts.
And taking one-fifth of the Scouts membership with it."
A worthy read-----How to Offer Condolences Without Sounding Like an Ass
How to Offer Condolences Without Sounding Like an Ass
"If you’re not careful, your well-meaning condolences can make you sound like a total ass.
The trick to offering your sincere sympathy to the bereaved is knowing what to avoid while you show your support.
These are the seven big no-no’s.
- Don’t Compare
You’ve probably experienced loss in your own life, or at least know someone else who has, but don’t ever make comparisons to your own experiences...
...Most importantly: don’t hesitate to reach out.
It might feel like you’re bothering them during a troubling time, but they need support, comfort, and even a good distraction if you can go visit them."
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Male Student Accuses Female Student of Sexual Assault. She Says He Wanted Revenge. - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Male Student Accuses Female Student of Sexual Assault. She Says He Wanted Revenge. - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"The University of Cincinnati suspended a female student for allegedly engaging in nonconsensual sex with a male student who claimed he was too drunk at the time to approve the encounter.
The fact that this case involves a male accuser ("John Doe") and a female aggressor ("Jane Roe") makes it unusual among Title IX complaints. (Title IX is the federal statute that forbids sex discrimination in schools.)
But the female student's lawsuit against Cincinnati—which accuses the university of violating her due process rights—reveals something even odder:
Roe had previously filed a sexual misconduct complaint against one of Doe's friends.
Roe's lawsuit, then, suggests that Doe filed the complaint against Roe as a kind of revenge for getting his friend in trouble. (I have an alternative theory, but I'll save that for the end.)
...Here's an alternative theory: Doe woke up, realized they had engaged in sexual activity while they were both drunk, and feared that she would file a complaint against him, as she had done to his friend.
Panic-stricken, he felt he had no choice but to beat her to the punch.
Indeed, if you suspect you are going to become the subject of a Title IX investigation, the optimal strategy may very well be to file the first complaint.
For reasons not completely clear to me, Title IX administrators often appear biased in favor of the initial complainant, and presume the other party is the wrongdoer."
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"The University of Cincinnati suspended a female student for allegedly engaging in nonconsensual sex with a male student who claimed he was too drunk at the time to approve the encounter.
The fact that this case involves a male accuser ("John Doe") and a female aggressor ("Jane Roe") makes it unusual among Title IX complaints. (Title IX is the federal statute that forbids sex discrimination in schools.)But the female student's lawsuit against Cincinnati—which accuses the university of violating her due process rights—reveals something even odder:
Roe had previously filed a sexual misconduct complaint against one of Doe's friends.
Roe's lawsuit, then, suggests that Doe filed the complaint against Roe as a kind of revenge for getting his friend in trouble. (I have an alternative theory, but I'll save that for the end.)
...Here's an alternative theory: Doe woke up, realized they had engaged in sexual activity while they were both drunk, and feared that she would file a complaint against him, as she had done to his friend.
Panic-stricken, he felt he had no choice but to beat her to the punch.
Indeed, if you suspect you are going to become the subject of a Title IX investigation, the optimal strategy may very well be to file the first complaint.
For reasons not completely clear to me, Title IX administrators often appear biased in favor of the initial complainant, and presume the other party is the wrongdoer."
Read all!
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is A Hate-Mongering Scam
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is A Hate-Mongering Scam:
"Publications that have exposed SPLC’s hate-profiteering include Tablet magazine; a newspaper local to SPLC’s headquarters, the Montgomery Advertiser; Philanthropy magazine, Harper’s magazine, Megan McArdle at Bloomberg; The Weekly Standard; City Journal; National Review; and The Washington Free Beacon.
Simply put, SPLC is not a legitimate arbiter of public discourse. It poisons public discourse for profit. Its business model is to target groups and people, sometimes with baseless smears, to gin up fear and anger so people send SPLC gobs of cash it largely doesn’t use to benefit the oppressed. "
Simply put, SPLC is not a legitimate arbiter of public discourse. It poisons public discourse for profit. Its business model is to target groups and people, sometimes with baseless smears, to gin up fear and anger so people send SPLC gobs of cash it largely doesn’t use to benefit the oppressed. "
UK proposes six-year prison sentence for criticizing Islam
UK proposes six-year prison sentence for criticizing Islam
"The draft law speaks only about criticizing “religion,” but everyone knows which religion is meant.
No one is going to go to prison for criticizing Christianity or Judaism.
This is more of Britain’s gallop toward Sharia and ruin.
"The draft law speaks only about criticizing “religion,” but everyone knows which religion is meant.
No one is going to go to prison for criticizing Christianity or Judaism.
This is more of Britain’s gallop toward Sharia and ruin.
“UK Proposes Six Year Prison Sentences for Online Posts Against Religion, Transgender,” by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, May 10, 2018:
Read on!People promoting “hostility” towards a religion or the transgendered online could get much harsher sentences, of up to six years in jail, especial if they have a large online audience according to new proposals..."
History for May 12
History for May 12 - On-This-Day.com
Florence Nightingale 1820 - Nurse, contributed to modern nursing procedures, author, Katherine Hepburn 1907 - Actress ("Morning Glory", "On Golden Pond [1981]", "The Rainmaker"), Mary Kay Ash 1915 - U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., born Mary Kathlyn Wagner
Yogi Berra 1925 - Baseball player, manager, George Carlin 1937 - Comedian, actor, Vanessa Williams 1963 - Actress
1885 - In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government.
1926 - The airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.
1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II.
1950 - The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
1957 - A.J. Foyt won his first auto racing victory in Kansas City, MO.
1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters.
1978 - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they would no longer exclusively name hurricanes after women.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Trump Meeting Date Significance | The Daily Caller
Trump Meeting Date Significance | The Daily Caller:
"President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un on June 12 will fall on the 31st anniversary of Ronald Regan’s monumental “tear down this wall” speech.
On June 12, 1987, then-President Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate on the west side of the Berlin Wall and delivered one of the most iconic sentences in American history: “Mr. Gorbachev … tear down this wall!”"
"President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un on June 12 will fall on the 31st anniversary of Ronald Regan’s monumental “tear down this wall” speech.
On June 12, 1987, then-President Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate on the west side of the Berlin Wall and delivered one of the most iconic sentences in American history: “Mr. Gorbachev … tear down this wall!”"
How they "think"-----Now we know why Donald Trump "won" all four surprise swing states by the same one percent - Palmer Report
Now we know why Donald Trump "won" all four surprise swing states by the same one percent - Palmer Report:
"Just days after the 2016 election, Palmer Report began documenting the various ways in which the voting results didn’t make any mathematical or statistical sense.
It wasn’t impossible for Donald Trump to have won, but it was impossible for him to have won in the way that he won.
One of the things that stood out was Trump’s margin of surprise victory in the four swing states that decided the election.
Now we finally have some real world insight from the Senate Intelligence Committee into why that margin was so mathematically suspicious.
Not only did Donald Trump pull off upset victories in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida, he won them all by right around one percent.
Naturally occurring statistical results would have had Trump winning one of the states by one percent, one of them by 2.3 percent, one of them by 0.6 percent, and so on.
If a football team pulled off four upset victories in a row, and they were all by the same 23-10 score, you’d scratch your head, because numbers don’t work that way in the real world.
So why would Trump have won all four of these states by the same margin?
It turns out the margin couldn’t have gone any lower..."
Read on for more insanity!
"Just days after the 2016 election, Palmer Report began documenting the various ways in which the voting results didn’t make any mathematical or statistical sense.
It wasn’t impossible for Donald Trump to have won, but it was impossible for him to have won in the way that he won.
Now we finally have some real world insight from the Senate Intelligence Committee into why that margin was so mathematically suspicious.
Not only did Donald Trump pull off upset victories in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida, he won them all by right around one percent.
Naturally occurring statistical results would have had Trump winning one of the states by one percent, one of them by 2.3 percent, one of them by 0.6 percent, and so on.
If a football team pulled off four upset victories in a row, and they were all by the same 23-10 score, you’d scratch your head, because numbers don’t work that way in the real world.
So why would Trump have won all four of these states by the same margin?
It turns out the margin couldn’t have gone any lower..."
Read on for more insanity!
BOMBSHELL: Parkland Shooter Was Assigned To Obama-Era Program, Superintendent Lied, Report Suggests | Daily Wire
BOMBSHELL: Parkland Shooter Was Assigned To Obama-Era Program, Superintendent Lied, Report Suggests | Daily Wire:
"Late on Sunday night, local Florida media reported that the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February was assigned to a controversial Obama-era disciplinary program which the Broward County Public Schools superintendent previously denied existed on multiple occasions."
"Late on Sunday night, local Florida media reported that the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February was assigned to a controversial Obama-era disciplinary program which the Broward County Public Schools superintendent previously denied existed on multiple occasions."
"Many years ago, Hillary Clinton's primary campaign for President scored big with a political ad about the dreaded "3 a.m. phone call."
(1) Hope n' Change Cartoons - Posts: "Many years ago, Hillary Clinton's primary campaign for President scored big with a political ad about the dreaded "3 a.m. phone call."
The spot suggested that during a crisis (and what else happens at 3 a.m.?), Americans could sleep better knowing that a President Hillary was answering the call.
Why?
Why?
Because she would able to handle any problem thanks to having years of experience and a vagina, unlike her challenger Barack Obama - who had no experience and only possibly had a vagina.
...And then there's the much-reviled President Trump.
Not only was he genuinely ready to deal with a crisis, at 3 a.m., he actually flew to Andrews Air Force Base to welcome home the three American prisoners released from North Korea..."
...And then there's the much-reviled President Trump.
Not only was he genuinely ready to deal with a crisis, at 3 a.m., he actually flew to Andrews Air Force Base to welcome home the three American prisoners released from North Korea..."
University of Michigan sued for speech codes called 'un-American' | Fox News
University of Michigan sued for speech codes called 'un-American' | Fox News:
"A free speech group filed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan for imposing speech codes it calls “unconstitutional” and “un-American.”
...“The most important indication of bias is your own feelings,” the public university writes on its Bias Response Team page of incidents.
...Students who violate the speech codes or are found responsible for bias incidents face discipline ranging from training sessions to suspension or expulsion.
Wolverines say they have avoided topics like immigration, identity politics, and abortion because they are fearful of being reported and having to undergo “restorative justice,” “individualized education,” or “unconscious bias training.”
...“The university punishes students based on how controversial or offensive their words are..."
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"A free speech group filed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan for imposing speech codes it calls “unconstitutional” and “un-American.” ...“The most important indication of bias is your own feelings,” the public university writes on its Bias Response Team page of incidents.
...Students who violate the speech codes or are found responsible for bias incidents face discipline ranging from training sessions to suspension or expulsion.
Wolverines say they have avoided topics like immigration, identity politics, and abortion because they are fearful of being reported and having to undergo “restorative justice,” “individualized education,” or “unconscious bias training.”
...“The university punishes students based on how controversial or offensive their words are..."
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Tax reform benefit: These states are seeing a revenue boost | Fox Business
"Multiple U.S. states are experiencing a big jump in revenue, which has boosted their outlook, thanks to an expanding economy and job growth with more people working and pulling in bigger paychecks."
Thursday's HOT MIC | May 10, 2018 09:45:34 | PJ Media
Thursday's HOT MIC | May 10, 2018 09:45:34 | PJ Media
"Here is your HOT MIC for the day.
"Here is your HOT MIC for the day.
Read the translation.
The Foreign Minister of Bahrain has -- and this might be the first time an Arab leader has publicly done this -- recognized Israel's right to self-defense.
This is, to put it mildly, yuge."
Yes!
Yes!
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