Saturday, August 24, 2019
Just 20 Miles From White House, Illegal Immigrant Rape Cases Keep Piling Up | The Daily Caller
This last month has been a particularly horrific one for residents of Montgomery County, Maryland — a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants just 20 miles from the White House.
In the last month alone, at least four illegal immigrants in the county have been charged with rape. The attacks are a part of a reported 4-year rise in rapes in Montgomery County.
Business leaders sound alarm over looming energy threats
Business leaders sound alarm over looming energy threats
"The threat of blackouts in Victoria has sparked alarm from some of the nation's biggest businesses with Coca Cola Amatil boss Alison Watkins comparing the situation to challenges it usually faced in developing countries.
The Australian Energy Market Operator warned on Thursday more than a million Victorian households could face blackouts this summer if power plant repairs at key facilities ran behind schedule without replacement supplies being secured.
...Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said Victorians would "pay the price this summer" and in future unless the Victorian government struck a balance with coal and gas as well as new sources including solar and wind.
Asked if it was unusual for
...The comments from Ms Watkins follow criticisms earlier this week of Australia’s high energy prices made by BlueScope boss Mark Vassella, who described Australia’s lofty energy costs as "a tragedy" for local manufacturing.
A Rheem spokesman said the water heater manufacturing company’s direct gas and direct electricity costs had increased by more than 50 per cent since 2017.
...Energy Users Association of Australia chief Andrew Richards predicted large power consumers would again be asked to power down to help keep the lights on..."
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"The threat of blackouts in Victoria has sparked alarm from some of the nation's biggest businesses with Coca Cola Amatil boss Alison Watkins comparing the situation to challenges it usually faced in developing countries.The Australian Energy Market Operator warned on Thursday more than a million Victorian households could face blackouts this summer if power plant repairs at key facilities ran behind schedule without replacement supplies being secured.
...Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said Victorians would "pay the price this summer" and in future unless the Victorian government struck a balance with coal and gas as well as new sources including solar and wind.
Asked if it was unusual for
...The comments from Ms Watkins follow criticisms earlier this week of Australia’s high energy prices made by BlueScope boss Mark Vassella, who described Australia’s lofty energy costs as "a tragedy" for local manufacturing.
A Rheem spokesman said the water heater manufacturing company’s direct gas and direct electricity costs had increased by more than 50 per cent since 2017.
...Energy Users Association of Australia chief Andrew Richards predicted large power consumers would again be asked to power down to help keep the lights on..."
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This is how they silence US!-----Women For Trump Ad Pulled From Facebook for Policy Violation
Women For Trump Ad Pulled From Facebook for Policy Violation
"Earlier this week, Facebook took down several Trump campaign ads over alleged violations of their advertising policies .
They must have been terrible, horribly offensive ads, right?
Heck, even I thought they must have been tasteless ads that were reasonably taken down... and then I saw one of the offensive ads:
"Earlier this week, Facebook took down several Trump campaign ads over alleged violations of their advertising policies .
They must have been terrible, horribly offensive ads, right?
Heck, even I thought they must have been tasteless ads that were reasonably taken down... and then I saw one of the offensive ads:
That's right. The above ad violated Facebook's advertising policies.
What did this and other offensive Trump ads do that was so terrible?
They targeted women.
They targeted women.
The website Popular Information explains:
Facebook's advertising guidelines list thirty varieties of prohibited content. Number twelve on the list prohibits ads that target "personal attributes." Facebook says ads must not include "direct or indirect assertions or implications about a person’s... gender identity."
Trump's ad is clearly prohibited, but Facebook allowed it to run until an inquiry by Popular Information. "We've notified the campaign that the ads violate policy. They can’t continue to run unless fixed," a Facebook spokesperson told Popular Information.
According to a report from The Hill, it was Popular Information’s inquiry to Facebook that got the ad taken down.
A spokesperson for Facebook told The Hill, “We've notified the campaign that the ads violate policy.
They cannot continue to run unless fixed.”
So, let me get this straight.
The Trump campaign runs an ad that says "The Women for Trump Coalition needs the support of strong Women like you" and somehow that’s so offensive that it violates Facebook’s ad policies?..."
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The Trump campaign runs an ad that says "The Women for Trump Coalition needs the support of strong Women like you" and somehow that’s so offensive that it violates Facebook’s ad policies?..."
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African Countries Take Bold Step to Cancel Chinese Investment Projects
African Countries Take Bold Step to Cancel Chinese Investment Projects"NAIROBI, Kenya—Some African countries are canceling Chinese development projects and licenses as governments wake up to the potential risks of such deals.
Over the past few years, the regime in Beijing has played a huge part in African development projects.
At the same time, there have been concerns about how it carries out those projects, often luring African countries into so-called debt traps with the potential to put national assets at risk in the event of a default on repaying their loans.
On Aug. 2, the Financial Times reported that “the government of Sierra Leone has canceled and suspended the licenses of several mining projects, including the Tonkolili and Marampa iron ore mines.”
Major companies operating in Sierra Leone include China’s Shandong Iron and Steel, which owns the Tonkolili iron ore project, and Gerald Group, which owns the Marampa mines...."
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Elizabeth Warren Wants Reparations For Same-Sex Couples | The Daily Caller
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has added “gay and lesbian couples” to the growing list of groups for whom she would support reparations.
See how climate science becomes alarmist propaganda | Watts Up With That?
See how climate science becomes alarmist propaganda | Watts Up With That?
"Summary: Our elites believe they can shape our minds through propaganda.
This is most obvious in the barrage of exaggerations and misrepresentations of climate science, designed to panic us into approving the Green New Deal.
Here is an example of how this happens, the news equivalent of turning gold into straw.
"Summary: Our elites believe they can shape our minds through propaganda.
This is most obvious in the barrage of exaggerations and misrepresentations of climate science, designed to panic us into approving the Green New Deal.
Here is an example of how this happens, the news equivalent of turning gold into straw.
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Large-scale propaganda works, unless fought.
Their preferred method is to take climate science papers, exaggerate their claims (in either scope or certainty).
It can mold the opinions of a people – irrespective of its truth.
...The current climate alarmist propaganda barrage is on a scale seldom seen in US history. Since there is no longer effective opposition, they can make even the wildest claims. Their preferred method is to take climate science papers, exaggerate their claims (in either scope or certainty).
...For example, see this from alarmist Eric Holthaus (a writer at Grist).
It has 8k retweets and 16 likes, and was featured in Naked Capitalism’s daily links. Holthaus re-tweets climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf’s exaggeration of the study’s results, and further exaggerates them into fiction.
The new study says none of the things Holthaus describes.
Fifty years to melt Antarctica?
A new study confirms that global warming has triggered an irreversible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will alone raise global sea levels by 10 feet.
It's still up to us to decide if that ice takes 500 years to melt, or 50.
We are in a climate emergency.
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Unlike Holthaus, the mainstream media published stories that merely exaggerated the paper’s findings from science into revelation.
...How did this happen? The origin of propaganda..."
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History for August 24
History for August 24 - On-This-Day.com
Joshua Lionel Cowen 1880, Jose Luis Borges 1899, Yasser Arafat 1929
Anne Archer 1947 - Actress, Steve Guttenberg 1958 - Actor, Cal Ripken, Jr. 1960 - Baseball player
0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.
1954 - The Communist Party was virtually outlawed in the U.S. when the Communist Control Act went into effect.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Trump: 'Very Seriously' Looking at Ending 'Ridiculous' Anchor Baby Policy
Trump: 'Very Seriously' Looking at Ending 'Ridiculous' Anchor Baby Policy:
President Trump says he is “very seriously” looking at ending the current policy of birthright citizenship in the United States, whereby hundreds of thousands of U.S.-born children to illegal aliens — often referred to as “anchor babies” — are rewarded with American citizenship every year.
While speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Trump said his administration was reviewing an executive order to end the “ridiculous” birthright citizenship policy.
President Trump says he is “very seriously” looking at ending the current policy of birthright citizenship in the United States, whereby hundreds of thousands of U.S.-born children to illegal aliens — often referred to as “anchor babies” — are rewarded with American citizenship every year.
While speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Trump said his administration was reviewing an executive order to end the “ridiculous” birthright citizenship policy.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want to …
Instapundit Blog Archive ANALYSIS: TRUE.
"ANALYSIS: TRUE.
The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To.
"ANALYSIS: TRUE.
The Real Reason Elites Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To.
This also dovetails with James Delingpole’s “Drawbridge Effect:” “You’ve made your money. Now the very last thing you want is for all those trashy middle class people below you to have a fair shot at getting as rich as you are. That’s why you want to make energy more expensive by opposing Keystone XL...--Posted bySome people chalk up such hypocrisy to ignorance. “They turn up with unnecessary entourages in helicopters or fast cars and then preach about saving the world,” complained an insider. “They just don’t seem to be aware that they’re the ones burning huge amounts of fossil fuels.”
But it’s inconceivable that the celebrities don’t know they are behaving hypocritically. It’s common knowledge that flying by jet results in significant carbon emissions.
...A simpler explanation for the hypocrisy of celebrities who moralize about climate change is that it is a way of flaunting their special status.
Hypocrisy is the ultimate power move. It is a way of demonstrating that one plays by a different set of rules from the ones adhered to by common people. Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.
...And it is a mistake to imagine that human behavior is mostly conscious. Much of human behavior is unconscious and driven by an innate urge for power, of which status is one (highly-social) form.
LA's Rules About Where Homeless People Are Allowed To Sit And Sleep Could Get Even More Complicated: LAist
LA's Rules About Where Homeless People Are Allowed To Sit And Sleep Could Get Even More Complicated: LAist
"The Los Angeles City Council's homelessness and poverty committee on Wednesday recommended repealing a controversial ordinance prohibiting homeless people from sitting or sleeping on sidewalks.
The committee wants city council to replace the law with one that is more narrowly tailored, and compliant with a recent federal court decision.
...The proposed replacement law lays out a lengthy list of circumstances and conditions under which occupying a sidewalk would be banned.
These include within 500 feet of parks and schools and within 10 feet of a driveway or building entrance..."
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"The Los Angeles City Council's homelessness and poverty committee on Wednesday recommended repealing a controversial ordinance prohibiting homeless people from sitting or sleeping on sidewalks. The committee wants city council to replace the law with one that is more narrowly tailored, and compliant with a recent federal court decision.
...The proposed replacement law lays out a lengthy list of circumstances and conditions under which occupying a sidewalk would be banned.
These include within 500 feet of parks and schools and within 10 feet of a driveway or building entrance..."
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Tucker Tackles Biden’s ‘Embellished’ Biography: ‘He Was A Coal Miner’ | The Daily Caller
Tucker Carlson kicked off his Tuesday night show on Fox News with a look at the details former Vice President Joe Biden has “embellished” into his personal history.
Carlson and his guest, the Washington Examiner’s Alana Goodman, noted several of Biden’s autobiographical claims over the years that just don’t appear to add up.
The Morning Briefing: Spicey's Dancing With the Stars on Liberal Feelings | PJ Media
The Morning Briefing: Spicey's Dancing With the Stars on Liberal Feelings | PJ Media
"Misery Loves Democrats
"Misery Loves Democrats
In case you missed it: former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is going to be on the next season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," which can be a good or a bad thing, depending on how seriously one takes goofy network television fare.
Democrats all across the land are having yet another foot-stomping, snot-bubbling, toddler-esque meltdown, this time because a Republican guy they don't like is going to be on a television show they've never watched.
Predictably, there was the oh-so-stern threat of a boycott, this one from an Obama flack:
You will face a boycott. A big one. Of the show and of your entire network.
And it will be well deserved.Folks will contact every advertiser you have and demand they stop running ads.So, good luck with all of that. The only smart move here is to replace him immediately.
Because ridiculous is what The New York Times does, its television critic decided to devote a thousand or so words to lobby for the American public to make Spicer face ongoing punishment for having the audacity to work for a president not approved by the MSM..."
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Muskegon college fitness center logs $2M in losses - and counting - mlive.com
Muskegon college fitness center logs $2M in losses - and counting - mlive.com:
MUSKEGON, MI – Changes could be coming to Muskegon Community College’s Lakeshore Fitness Center after operating losses of about $2 million over four years.
In 2018-19 alone, the fitness center accrued more than half a million dollars in financial losses that weren’t in the budget, according to college officials.
In total, it cost the college $783,000 - some losses were planned.
The college purchased the former YMCA building for $1.17 million in 2015.
Since then, it has lost money in operations annually and has cost the college in repairs to the 40-year-old facility..."
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MUSKEGON, MI – Changes could be coming to Muskegon Community College’s Lakeshore Fitness Center after operating losses of about $2 million over four years.In 2018-19 alone, the fitness center accrued more than half a million dollars in financial losses that weren’t in the budget, according to college officials.
In total, it cost the college $783,000 - some losses were planned.
The college purchased the former YMCA building for $1.17 million in 2015.
Since then, it has lost money in operations annually and has cost the college in repairs to the 40-year-old facility..."
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DHS Using Loophole Around Flores To Address Immigration Crisis | The Daily Caller
DHS Using Loophole Around Flores To Address Immigration Crisis | The Daily Caller:
The Trump administration is rolling out its own licensing standards for family residential centers, a move that will work around the Flores settlement and mitigate the illegal immigration crisis.
The Department of Homeland Security introduced a new policy Wednesday regarding family residential centers (FRCs) that house immigrant family units. The rule change, the administration argues, will allow DHS to keep families together during their detention while also stemming the flow of illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Trump administration is rolling out its own licensing standards for family residential centers, a move that will work around the Flores settlement and mitigate the illegal immigration crisis.
The Department of Homeland Security introduced a new policy Wednesday regarding family residential centers (FRCs) that house immigrant family units. The rule change, the administration argues, will allow DHS to keep families together during their detention while also stemming the flow of illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
And they assure us it's gonna get hotter!-----Sultan Knish: Environmentalists Killed More Europeans Than Islamic Terrorists Did
Sultan Knish: Environmentalists Killed More Europeans Than Islamic Terrorists Did"Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?" a New York Times piece asked in July.
Air conditioning, it argued, is bad for the environment and makes us less human.
It ran quotes suggesting that, "first world discomfort is a learned behavior", and urging "a certain degree of self-imposed suffering".
If environmentalists ruled the world, air conditioning wouldn’t exist..."
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