Friday, November 08, 2019
'Climate' activists seek to ditch polar bear pics as growing populations defy 'emergency' narrative - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
'Climate' activists seek to ditch polar bear pics as growing populations defy 'emergency' narrative - The American MirrorThe American Mirror
"Polar bears are out, and pictures of people in misery after natural disasters and choking on smog are in.
The suggested shift what “journalists” should focus on when covering the so-called “climate emergency” comes from The Guardian’s picture editor Fiona Shields, who argues “we need new imagery for new narratives.”
"Polar bears are out, and pictures of people in misery after natural disasters and choking on smog are in.
The suggested shift what “journalists” should focus on when covering the so-called “climate emergency” comes from The Guardian’s picture editor Fiona Shields, who argues “we need new imagery for new narratives.”
There’s one other convenient benefit: Polar bears are thriving in the changing climate, an inconvenient truth that contradicts the doom-and-gloom narrative promoted by climate alarmists.
“We know, from years of experience, that people love polar bears and pandas, so it is easy to see how these appealing creatures have become the emblems for the topics of endangered species and what we previously termed as global warming,” Shields wrote.
...“These images tell a certain story about the climate crisis but can seem remote and abstract – a problem that is not a human one, nor one that is particularly urgent.”...
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25-year FBI vet blasts leadership over 'unheard of' alterations to Flynn interview - WND
25-year FBI vet blasts leadership over 'unheard of' alterations to Flynn interview - WND:
For seasoned FBI vets, who typically want to stay away from bashing the bureau, the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn presents a difficult challenge.
It puts their desire to not talk negatively about the nation's top law enforcement agency to the test.
James A. Gagliano, a 25-year FBI veteran who currently teaches at St. John's University, faced that situation.
For seasoned FBI vets, who typically want to stay away from bashing the bureau, the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn presents a difficult challenge.
It puts their desire to not talk negatively about the nation's top law enforcement agency to the test.
James A. Gagliano, a 25-year FBI veteran who currently teaches at St. John's University, faced that situation.
Newly Elected Virginia Senator Had Been Jailed for Having Sex with Teenager | News and Politics
Newly Elected Virginia Senator Had Been Jailed for Having Sex with Teenager | News and Politics"In 2014, Joe Morrissey, then a 57-year-old delegate to the Virginia General Assembly, plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was sentenced to 12 months in jail (with six months suspended) because of a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old office assistant at his law firm.
On Tuesday, he won his election to the Virginia Senate.
I'll give you one guess what his political affiliation is.
That's right, he's a Democrat.
And he won his election with more than 60 percent of the vote.
History for November 8
History for November 8 - On-This-Day.com
Edmond Halley 1656 - Astronomer, mathematician, was the first to calculate the orbit that was named after him., Bram Stoker 1847, Margaret Mitchell 1900
Dr. Christian Barnard 1922, Patti Page 1927, Alfre Woodard 1953
1966 - Republican-Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.
1966 - Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.
Thursday, November 07, 2019
Donald Trump Jr. triggers Behar, Goldberg on 'The View' by bringing up their past - WND
Was it a bald-faced lie? Or just a blackface one?
Either way, Donald Trump Jr. caught the harpies on “The View” in a weak spot Thursday during a heated discussion on ABC’s talk show for shrill liberals. He defended his father, President Donald Trump, by bringing up some of “The View” co-hosts’ own more embarrassing moments in public.
And Joy Behar, the shrillest of the shrill, got the worst of it.
‘Clear Public Safety Threat’: ICE Rips Sanctuary County For Releasing Illegal Alien Convicted For Deadly Car Crash | The Daily Caller
“This is yet another example of a clear public safety threat being released into North Carolina communities rather than into ICE custody due to local sheriff policies on ICE non-cooperation,” Matthew Albence, the acting director of ICE, said in a Monday statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Total disaster!-----4 Wayne State board members vote to fire President Roy Wilson
4 Wayne State board members vote to fire President Roy Wilson:
"The four Wayne State University board members feuding with President Roy Wilson voted to fire him at the end of a committee meeting Monday, but, like most items at the school, whether the vote was legal and binding depends on which side of the dispute is talking.
"There is no legitimacy to the rumor that the president has been fired," the university's administration said in a statement.
..."Even had there been an executive committee meeting, any votes taken would need to be ratified in a public board meeting and five votes are required.
President Wilson remains steadfast in his commitment to leading Wayne State."
It's unclear what will happen next."
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"There is no legitimacy to the rumor that the president has been fired," the university's administration said in a statement.
..."Even had there been an executive committee meeting, any votes taken would need to be ratified in a public board meeting and five votes are required.
President Wilson remains steadfast in his commitment to leading Wayne State."
It's unclear what will happen next."
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Don Surber: Trump will lead the NYC parade he saved
Don Surber: Trump will lead the NYC parade he saved"In August 1995, organizers for the annual Veterans Day Parade in New York City looked at how much money they had three months before the big day.
$1.21.
The New York Times reported, "A request to airlines to donate blankets for aging veterans was turned down because logos might not be visible on television."
Wow.
The Times reported, "Then Donald Trump, a non-veteran, agreed to throw in $200,000 as well as raise money from his friends, in exchange for being named grand marshal."
In short order, they had $2.4 million, saving the parade and the city's honor.
On Veterans Day 1995, United Press International reported, "More than 500,000 people jammed the sidewalks of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Saturday to watch three generations of veterans march in the Nation's Parade.
The crowd cheered as 25,000 veterans marched in one of the last national events marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
..."'Donald Trump saved the parade,' said parade director Tom Fox, himself a Vietnam veteran. 'We had asked for donations from 200 corporations, and none of them came through,' he said.
...24 years later, hounded by politicians and high taxes, President Trump has moved to Mar-a-Lago.
But he'll be back on Monday in the city he saved to lead the parade he saved.
The Military Times reported, "President Donald Trump will mark Veterans Day this year with a speech at the start of the New York City Veterans Day Parade, which would be the first time a sitting president has attended the event..."
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Conservatives In California 40% More Likely To Leave State Than Liberals As Residents Migrate To Other States: Study | The Daily Caller
More than half of California’s registered voters have considered leaving the state, and 40% of that number represents Republicans or conservatives, according to a study by the University of California, Berkeley.
Conservatives and Republicans surveyed mentioned the state’s expensive housing, high taxes and liberal political culture as their primary reasons for wanting to leave California, according to the September study conducted for the Los Angeles Times.
‘Calibration error’ changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county | Fox News
‘Calibration error’ changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county | Fox News:
"CHICAGO — Early voting in Illinois got off to a rocky start Monday, as votes being cast for Republican candidates were transformed into votes for Democrats.
Republican state representative candidate Jim Moynihan went to vote Monday at the Schaumburg Public Library.
“I tried to cast a vote for myself and instead it cast the vote for my opponent,” Moynihan said.
“You could imagine my surprise as the same thing happened with a number of races when I tried to vote for a Republican and the machine registered a vote for a Democrat.”
...Cook County Board of Elections Deputy Communications Director Jim Scalzitti, told Illinois Watchdog...“This was a calibration error of the touch-screen on the machine,” Scalzitti said.
“When Mr. Moynihan used the touch-screen, it improperly assigned his votes due to improper calibration.”
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"CHICAGO — Early voting in Illinois got off to a rocky start Monday, as votes being cast for Republican candidates were transformed into votes for Democrats.
Republican state representative candidate Jim Moynihan went to vote Monday at the Schaumburg Public Library.“I tried to cast a vote for myself and instead it cast the vote for my opponent,” Moynihan said.
“You could imagine my surprise as the same thing happened with a number of races when I tried to vote for a Republican and the machine registered a vote for a Democrat.”
...Cook County Board of Elections Deputy Communications Director Jim Scalzitti, told Illinois Watchdog...“This was a calibration error of the touch-screen on the machine,” Scalzitti said.
“When Mr. Moynihan used the touch-screen, it improperly assigned his votes due to improper calibration.”
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Port Angeles mayor withdraws Veterans Memorial Park fence discussion | Peninsula Daily News
Follow-up to this idiocy: So unbelievable I had to double confirm. It IS TRUE!-----PA mayor asking for removal of soldier symbols at Veterans ParkMeeting was supposed to happen yesterday.
Note the contempt in the mayor's "apology".
Port Angeles mayor withdraws Veterans Memorial Park fence discussion | Peninsula Daily News
"PORT ANGELES — Mayor Sissi Bruch’s decision Tuesday to withdraw her controversial proposal for Veterans Memorial Park failed to mollify fellow council member and former mayor Cherie Kidd, a critic of the plan.
“She has misrepresented our community statewide,” Kidd said.
...“It was clear from the responses we have received that we are not going to be able to have a thoughtful conversation about this topic [tonight],” Bruch said in a statement released by City Clerk Kari Martinez-Bailey.
...Bruch believed “there was not the emotional space out there to discuss this,” she said in the interview later Tuesday.
“I did not want to bring more divisiveness in our community.”
...“This seems to be blaming veterans and their supporters for their reaction to her trying to take away a wonderful, community-built community asset that has been approved by the parks and recreation commission and paid for by the citizens.
“She has blamed others for what she has done.”
Bruch, who is not a military veteran and had an uncle who served in the Bolivian military, said she meant “absolutely no disrespect at all” toward veterans and wanted to use a symbol different than guns to mark their sacrifice, such as the American flag or the Constitution.
“I would rather look at the ideals rather than the brute force to save those ideals,” she said.
“This world is already harsh.”
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Lunch video-----Rat Population Keeps Growing in Los Angeles | NBCLA
"Rats crawling through the streets of Los Angeles are feasting on piles of uncollected trash.
The NBC4 I-Team exposed the problem recently, and the city vowed to clean it up, but we found evidence the city's rodent population is growing pushing rats and possible diseases closer to homes and businesses.
Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 2019.
Read more: http://4.nbcla.com/AcLRzYO "
The NBC4 I-Team exposed the problem recently, and the city vowed to clean it up, but we found evidence the city's rodent population is growing pushing rats and possible diseases closer to homes and businesses.
Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 2019.
Read more: http://4.nbcla.com/AcLRzYO "
Transcripts: Ex-Pompeo Adviser Rejects Schiff's Effort to Mischaracterize Him
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) engaged in a failed attempt to direct Michael McKinley, a former top U.S. State Department official, on what to say during his impeachment inquiry deposition behind closed doors last month, according to transcripts released on Monday.
Detroit Institute of Arts seeks millage renewal despite pledge in 2012
Detroit Institute of Arts seeks millage renewal despite pledge in 2012"The Detroit Institute of Arts will seek a renewal of its 10-year millage on Wayne, Oakland and Macomb property owners in March, despite claiming in 2012 that the museum would be self-sufficient after the tax expired.
The current 0.2-mill, 10-year property tax won't lapse until 2022, but the museum has decided to act during a presidential primary, rather than wait for an off-year ballot when its prospects might be dimmer.
...In moving for early renewal, the museum, with an annual operating budget of $38 million, is following the lead of the Detroit Zoo, which won a renewal of its 10-year millage in 2016 two years before its expiration..."
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Ranked Choice Voting Is a Bad Choice | The Heritage Foundation
Ranked Choice Voting Is a Bad Choice | The Heritage Foundation"You will not believe what “reformers” have devised to tinker with and manipulate our elections.
It is called ranked choice voting (or “instant runoff voting”)—but it is really a scheme to disconnect elections from issues and allow candidates with marginal support from voters to win elections.
In the end, it is all about political power, not about what is best for the American people and for preserving our great republic.
So-called reformers want to change process rules so they can manipulate election outcomes to obtain power.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Ranked choice voting is a scheme to disconnect elections from issues and allow candidates with marginal support from voters to win.
- It obscures true debates and issue-driven dialogs among candidates and eliminates genuine binary choices between two top-tier candidates.
- It also disenfranchises voters, because ballots that do not include the two ultimate finalists are cast aside to manufacture a faux majority for the winner.
A Michigan Man Underpaid His Property Taxes By $8.41. The County Seized His Property, Sold It—and Kept the Profits. – Reason.com
A Michigan Man Underpaid His Property Taxes By $8.41. The County Seized His Property, Sold It—and Kept the Profits. – Reason.com:
In response, Oakland County seized his property, auctioned it off to settle the debt, and pocketed nearly $24,500 in excess revenue from the sale.
Under Michigan law, it was all legal.
And hardly uncommon.
Uri Rafaeli, who lost his property and all the equity associated with it, is just one of thousands of people to be victimized by Michigan's uniquely aggressive property tax statute.
The law, passed in 1999 in an attempt to accelerate the rehabilitation of abandoned properties, empowers county treasurers to act as debt collectors.
In the process, it creates a perverse incentive by allowing treasurers' offices to retain excess revenue raised by seizing and selling properties with delinquent taxes—even when the amount owed is miniscule, and even when the homes aren't abandoned or blighted at all..."
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- A state law allows counties to effectively steal homes over unpaid taxes and keep the excess revenue for their own budgets.
In response, Oakland County seized his property, auctioned it off to settle the debt, and pocketed nearly $24,500 in excess revenue from the sale.
Under Michigan law, it was all legal.
And hardly uncommon.
Uri Rafaeli, who lost his property and all the equity associated with it, is just one of thousands of people to be victimized by Michigan's uniquely aggressive property tax statute.
The law, passed in 1999 in an attempt to accelerate the rehabilitation of abandoned properties, empowers county treasurers to act as debt collectors.
In the process, it creates a perverse incentive by allowing treasurers' offices to retain excess revenue raised by seizing and selling properties with delinquent taxes—even when the amount owed is miniscule, and even when the homes aren't abandoned or blighted at all..."
Read all.
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