"One military official reacted to Obama’s statement by saying: “What the f–k was that? We have given him lots of options, he just has not acted on them.” The official was upset over Obama blaming the Pentagon for failing to provide his administration with a plan. Clearly, the representative did not agree with what Obama had to say."Monday, June 15, 2015
Pentagon Official Throws Obama Under The Bus With R-Rated 2-Sentence Smackdown
Pentagon Official Throws Obama Under The Bus With R-Rated 2-Sentence Smackdown:
"One military official reacted to Obama’s statement by saying: “What the f–k was that? We have given him lots of options, he just has not acted on them.” The official was upset over Obama blaming the Pentagon for failing to provide his administration with a plan. Clearly, the representative did not agree with what Obama had to say."
"One military official reacted to Obama’s statement by saying: “What the f–k was that? We have given him lots of options, he just has not acted on them.” The official was upset over Obama blaming the Pentagon for failing to provide his administration with a plan. Clearly, the representative did not agree with what Obama had to say."
Pension tidal wave is about to crash down on taxpayers
Pension tidal wave is about to crash down on taxpayers | WashingtonExaminer.com
...Over time, elected officials came to promise workers politically popular new benefits without setting aside the money to pay for them, declared "holidays" from contributions into pension systems and changed their own accounting systems midstream to make the systems seem better funded — all just ways of passing obligations on to future taxpayers.
In the process, government pension systems became one of the chief vehicles that state and local politicians used to massage their budgets.
Now we face the consequences.
Our elected representatives played a deceptive game of chicken with pension funds.
And now the chickens have come home to roost.
Years of gimmicks and politically motivated benefit increases for government workers have left America's states and municipalities with pension funds that are short at least $1.5 trillion — and possibly as much as $4 trillion if the investment returns of these funds don't live up to expectations in coming years.
Just so the word "trillion" does not pass by too quickly, let's put it another way:
That shortfall may be $4,000,000,000,000...."
...Over time, elected officials came to promise workers politically popular new benefits without setting aside the money to pay for them, declared "holidays" from contributions into pension systems and changed their own accounting systems midstream to make the systems seem better funded — all just ways of passing obligations on to future taxpayers.
In the process, government pension systems became one of the chief vehicles that state and local politicians used to massage their budgets.
Now we face the consequences.Our elected representatives played a deceptive game of chicken with pension funds.
And now the chickens have come home to roost.
Years of gimmicks and politically motivated benefit increases for government workers have left America's states and municipalities with pension funds that are short at least $1.5 trillion — and possibly as much as $4 trillion if the investment returns of these funds don't live up to expectations in coming years.
Just so the word "trillion" does not pass by too quickly, let's put it another way:
That shortfall may be $4,000,000,000,000...."
What about 'excessive dentist pay' or the obscene 'orthodontist-to-average worker pay' ratio?
What about 'excessive dentist pay' or the obscene 'orthodontist-to-average worker pay' ratio? - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas:
"...Bottom Line:
These are pretty easy questions to answer, but let me pose them anyway:
Why don’t we ever hear about “excessive” or “obscene” dentist/family practice MD/internist/psychiatrist wages?
Or about objectionable “Dentist-to-Average Worker Pay” ratios?
Of course, there are some CEOs who earn multimillion dollar pay packages, while there are probably no dentists making millions of dollars per year, so it’s the “excessive” pay of a few hundred outlier CEOs that gets all of the media and union attention.
But it’s an important point that gets completely lost in the discussion of “obscene” CEO pay – the average CEO earns just slightly more than the average dentist and less on average than nine medical occupations that are listed above."
"...Bottom Line:
These are pretty easy questions to answer, but let me pose them anyway:
Why don’t we ever hear about “excessive” or “obscene” dentist/family practice MD/internist/psychiatrist wages?
Or about objectionable “Dentist-to-Average Worker Pay” ratios?
Of course, there are some CEOs who earn multimillion dollar pay packages, while there are probably no dentists making millions of dollars per year, so it’s the “excessive” pay of a few hundred outlier CEOs that gets all of the media and union attention.
But it’s an important point that gets completely lost in the discussion of “obscene” CEO pay – the average CEO earns just slightly more than the average dentist and less on average than nine medical occupations that are listed above."
Why a Famous Constitutional Law Scholar Says the Supreme Court’s Jerusalem Passport Decision Gives the President ‘Too Much Power Over Foreign Policy’ | TheBlaze.com
Why a Famous Constitutional Law Scholar Says the Supreme Court’s Jerusalem Passport Decision Gives the President ‘Too Much Power Over Foreign Policy’ | TheBlaze.com:
“This is ignorance of the founding of America. The United States was founded as a legislative government, a government in which the House of Representatives, not so much the Senate, but the House of Representatives were central to every aspect of American policy,” Dershowitz explained.
“The Constitution says ambassadors must be confirmed by the Senate, treaties must be confirmed by the Senate, all monetary legislation must be initiated by the House, in other words, all sanctions’ legislation has to come from the House of Representatives,” he said. “The Constitution did not envision a strong president, did not envision a president that had sole authority over foreign policy and can make a deal with Iran that is really a treaty but pretends to be something else.”
“This is ignorance of the founding of America. The United States was founded as a legislative government, a government in which the House of Representatives, not so much the Senate, but the House of Representatives were central to every aspect of American policy,” Dershowitz explained.
“The Constitution says ambassadors must be confirmed by the Senate, treaties must be confirmed by the Senate, all monetary legislation must be initiated by the House, in other words, all sanctions’ legislation has to come from the House of Representatives,” he said. “The Constitution did not envision a strong president, did not envision a president that had sole authority over foreign policy and can make a deal with Iran that is really a treaty but pretends to be something else.”
15 percent of retirees have student loan debt
STUDY: 15 percent of retirees have student loan debt:
"Student loan debt isn’t just a problem for young people, it’s also a growing concern for retirement savings, a new study shows.
LIMRA has found that retirees aged 65 to 74 are carrying what the insurance and financial services trade association calls “unprecedented” amounts of student loan debt.
“Among retirees, education loans made up less than 1 percent in 1989 but grew to 15 percent by 2013,” according to the recently released LIMRA study.
“The data suggests that parents and grandparents have acquired more student loan debt to help their children and grandchildren,” the association notes.
The association added that “with college costs increasing every year, adults under-35 have seen their education debt more than triple since 1989 when it averaged $3,000.
Since then the average education debt has increased to over $19,000.”"
"Student loan debt isn’t just a problem for young people, it’s also a growing concern for retirement savings, a new study shows.
“Among retirees, education loans made up less than 1 percent in 1989 but grew to 15 percent by 2013,” according to the recently released LIMRA study.
“The data suggests that parents and grandparents have acquired more student loan debt to help their children and grandchildren,” the association notes.
The association added that “with college costs increasing every year, adults under-35 have seen their education debt more than triple since 1989 when it averaged $3,000.
Since then the average education debt has increased to over $19,000.”"
Port insecurity: Is it going to be terminal this time?
Port insecurity: Is it going to be terminal this time? - Members - Mobile Adv:
"One of the many times I deservedly poked a stick in the eye of President George W. Bush (yeah the Republican one) was when his administration tried to put the United Arab Emirates in charge of major shipping operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.
You remember that?
It was 2006, just five years after the 9/11 terror attacks and in the midst of two wars being waged by the United States against two Islamic fundamentalist terror groups — al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Yet President Bush thought it was no problem to put Dubai Ports World of the United Arab Emirates in charge of our major East Coast ports.
Fortunately, Congress said NO in thunder back in the days when Congress still hadn’t ceded all or most of its constitutional authority over to the presidential branch.
That, you would hope, would be the end of it, but Mideastern potentates are apparently as persistent as Midwestern liberals.
Just as health-care reform kept re-surfacing until it finally passed in President Obama’s first term, so too did the United Arab Emirates keep pressure on to gain control of a U.S. port.
And they did it.
A 35-year contract was quietly signed last year allowing United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer to run an intermodal container terminal in Port Canaveral. Yeah, that Port Canaveral, the high security port that houses nuclear submarines, various military installations, defense contractors, and is within a figurative stone’s throw from Kennedy Space Center.
Oh yes, and did I mention that it is also a favorite location for cruise ships to dock?
...it’s already a done deal.
Apparently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, a former Obama chief of staff, approved the Gulftainer deal without seeking approval of the Interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
...whether you own the terminal or you lease it, you still have a massive stake in the security interests of the United States..."
"One of the many times I deservedly poked a stick in the eye of President George W. Bush (yeah the Republican one) was when his administration tried to put the United Arab Emirates in charge of major shipping operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.
You remember that?
It was 2006, just five years after the 9/11 terror attacks and in the midst of two wars being waged by the United States against two Islamic fundamentalist terror groups — al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Yet President Bush thought it was no problem to put Dubai Ports World of the United Arab Emirates in charge of our major East Coast ports.Fortunately, Congress said NO in thunder back in the days when Congress still hadn’t ceded all or most of its constitutional authority over to the presidential branch.
That, you would hope, would be the end of it, but Mideastern potentates are apparently as persistent as Midwestern liberals.
Just as health-care reform kept re-surfacing until it finally passed in President Obama’s first term, so too did the United Arab Emirates keep pressure on to gain control of a U.S. port.
And they did it.
A 35-year contract was quietly signed last year allowing United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer to run an intermodal container terminal in Port Canaveral. Yeah, that Port Canaveral, the high security port that houses nuclear submarines, various military installations, defense contractors, and is within a figurative stone’s throw from Kennedy Space Center.
Oh yes, and did I mention that it is also a favorite location for cruise ships to dock?
...it’s already a done deal.
Apparently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, a former Obama chief of staff, approved the Gulftainer deal without seeking approval of the Interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
...whether you own the terminal or you lease it, you still have a massive stake in the security interests of the United States..."
Brad Thor’s message for Pamela Geller’s critics: You are pansies | TheBlaze.com
Brad Thor’s message for Pamela Geller’s critics: You are pansies | TheBlaze.com:
"The First Amendment exists to protect speech you don’t agree with. It actually is there — if all that was worthy of protection was speech everybody agreed with, we wouldn’t need the First Amendment. OK.
So you don’t have to agree with what Pamela Geller is doing, but my G-d, Pamela Geller is doing more to help reform Islam than any pansy on the left or right who is criticizing her.
And I don’t care who criticized her. I don’t care who it is: You are weak, and you’re a pansy for not standing behind her.
It makes no sense to me that you would not support someone who is trying to bring about reform in one of the most dangerous ideologies since Nazism. And it actually predates Nazism, so I can’t say it’s since Nazism."
"The First Amendment exists to protect speech you don’t agree with. It actually is there — if all that was worthy of protection was speech everybody agreed with, we wouldn’t need the First Amendment. OK.
So you don’t have to agree with what Pamela Geller is doing, but my G-d, Pamela Geller is doing more to help reform Islam than any pansy on the left or right who is criticizing her.
And I don’t care who criticized her. I don’t care who it is: You are weak, and you’re a pansy for not standing behind her.
It makes no sense to me that you would not support someone who is trying to bring about reform in one of the most dangerous ideologies since Nazism. And it actually predates Nazism, so I can’t say it’s since Nazism."
Too broke to fix roads but lots of moolah to "partner" with the "free-foodies"-----Statewide fund to provide loans, grants to food entrepreneurs
Statewide fund to provide loans, grants to food entrepreneurs - Crain's Detroit Business:
"LANSING — Organizers are scheduled to announce a loan and grant fund today to address the lack of access to healthy food in underserved communities across the state.
The Michigan Good Food Fund will provide financing and business assistance to entrepreneurs involved in food production, distribution, processing, marketing and retail projects.
An event to grow awareness among potential borrowers, investors and other organizations is scheduled Monday afternoon at Allen Market Place in Lansing.
Other community events will be held Thursday in Grand Rapids, June 22 in Detroit and June 29 in Traverse City.
In addition to increasing access to healthy food, the program is expected to drive economic development and job creation.
Partners include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Fair Food Network, Michigan State University's Center for Regional Food Systems, and Capital Impact Partners."
"LANSING — Organizers are scheduled to announce a loan and grant fund today to address the lack of access to healthy food in underserved communities across the state.
The Michigan Good Food Fund will provide financing and business assistance to entrepreneurs involved in food production, distribution, processing, marketing and retail projects.
An event to grow awareness among potential borrowers, investors and other organizations is scheduled Monday afternoon at Allen Market Place in Lansing.Other community events will be held Thursday in Grand Rapids, June 22 in Detroit and June 29 in Traverse City.
In addition to increasing access to healthy food, the program is expected to drive economic development and job creation.
Partners include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Fair Food Network, Michigan State University's Center for Regional Food Systems, and Capital Impact Partners."
Bottom 3?-----2015 Best Towns to Raise a Family in Michigan
2015 Best Towns to Raise a Family in Michigan - Niche:
"Explore the best towns to raise a family.
Niche ranks US towns based on school ratings, crime rates, age demographics, and access to affordable housing and childcare.
A high ranking indicates that a town attracts young families with good schools and a safe community.
Note: "Towns" exclude suburbs and cities with over 100,000 residents. View Best Cities or Best Suburbs for families."
"Explore the best towns to raise a family.
A high ranking indicates that a town attracts young families with good schools and a safe community.
Note: "Towns" exclude suburbs and cities with over 100,000 residents. View Best Cities or Best Suburbs for families."
Uncle Sam’s Assault on the Suburbs
Uncle Sam’s Assault on the Suburbs | Economics21
"...Advocates of the AFFH praise the rule as an extension of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Like much of the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the CRA) prohibits the discrimination of buyers or renters of housing based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability...
The AFFH rule would go a step further.
Rather than simply prohibiting discrimination, this rule would mandate integration of minorities into suburban communities in an attempt to overcome so-called historic patterns of segregation.
The rule could force all communities, even those with no record of discrimination, to build public housing targeted to ethnic and racial minorities.
"...Advocates of the AFFH praise the rule as an extension of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Like much of the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the CRA) prohibits the discrimination of buyers or renters of housing based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability...
The AFFH rule would go a step further.Rather than simply prohibiting discrimination, this rule would mandate integration of minorities into suburban communities in an attempt to overcome so-called historic patterns of segregation.
The rule could force all communities, even those with no record of discrimination, to build public housing targeted to ethnic and racial minorities.
VIDEO: Teen Goes Viral After Showing What Happens When You Follow Michelle Obama's Advice
VIDEO: Teen Goes Viral After Showing What Happens When You Follow Michelle Obama's Advice:
"Michelle and Barack Obama have propogated some very questionable ideas since they stepped foot into the White House, some of which have had catastrophic results.
One teen, however, pushed back by releasing a video that put Michelle Obama’s latest idea to the test."
"Michelle and Barack Obama have propogated some very questionable ideas since they stepped foot into the White House, some of which have had catastrophic results.One teen, however, pushed back by releasing a video that put Michelle Obama’s latest idea to the test."
Is Climate Change Hysteria the New ‘Population Bomb’?
Is Climate Change Hysteria the New ‘Population Bomb’? - Breitbart:
“...As early as 2100, there will be a non-negligible probability of irreversible and catastrophic climate impacts that may last over thousands of years, raising the existential question of whether civilization as we know it can be extended beyond this century,” the workshop concluded in its joint declaration.
The population has in fact doubled from when “The Population Bomb” was written, and yet here we are, including England and even India.
People do still die of starvation in 2015, but as the Times rightly notes, shortages are often “more a function of government incompetence, corruption or civil strife than of an absolute lack of food.”
Chillingly, in his call for radical population control, Ehrlich said he would prefer “voluntary methods” but if people were unwilling to cooperate, he was ready to endorse “various forms of coercion.”
To allow women have as many children as they wanted, he said, is like letting people “throw as much of their garbage into their neighbor’s backyard as they want.”
The simple fact is that the world figured out how to feed itself despite its rising numbers, and food production actually outpaced population growth.
Could Ehrlich have predicted that Norman E. Borlaug, an American plant scientist, would have discovered how to breed high-yielding, disease-resistant crops that would significantly increase agricultural efficiency?
Of course he couldn’t.
But this may be an important lesson for today.
Science, while quite good at documenting current natural phenomena, has proved completely incompetent when it comes to predicting the future—both of nature and of human ingenuity.
What would have happened had the world at large completely bought into Ehrlich’s hypothesis and altered its behavior accordingly?
...Fortunately, The Times observes, some brave souls resisted the urge to jump on the population explosion bandwagon.
...Another population expert, Fred Pearce, has said that birthrates are now below long-term replacement levels nearly everywhere, a trend he analyzed in his 2010 book, “The Coming Population Crash and Our Planet’s Surprising Future.”
The New York Times observes that, as a consequence, “worrying about an overcrowded planet has fallen off the international agenda” and has now been replaced “by climate change and related concerns.”
What the Times fails to observe is the irony of its own reporting.
By juxtaposing the thoroughly discredited population explosion theories of the 1970s with the (equally panicky) global warming predictions of our day, the article cannot help but make readers wonder whether a certain measure of caution is due before significantly altering human behavior to accommodate these forecasts.
“...As early as 2100, there will be a non-negligible probability of irreversible and catastrophic climate impacts that may last over thousands of years, raising the existential question of whether civilization as we know it can be extended beyond this century,” the workshop concluded in its joint declaration.
The population has in fact doubled from when “The Population Bomb” was written, and yet here we are, including England and even India.
Chillingly, in his call for radical population control, Ehrlich said he would prefer “voluntary methods” but if people were unwilling to cooperate, he was ready to endorse “various forms of coercion.”
To allow women have as many children as they wanted, he said, is like letting people “throw as much of their garbage into their neighbor’s backyard as they want.”
The simple fact is that the world figured out how to feed itself despite its rising numbers, and food production actually outpaced population growth.
Could Ehrlich have predicted that Norman E. Borlaug, an American plant scientist, would have discovered how to breed high-yielding, disease-resistant crops that would significantly increase agricultural efficiency?
Of course he couldn’t.
But this may be an important lesson for today.
Science, while quite good at documenting current natural phenomena, has proved completely incompetent when it comes to predicting the future—both of nature and of human ingenuity.
What would have happened had the world at large completely bought into Ehrlich’s hypothesis and altered its behavior accordingly?
...Fortunately, The Times observes, some brave souls resisted the urge to jump on the population explosion bandwagon.
...Another population expert, Fred Pearce, has said that birthrates are now below long-term replacement levels nearly everywhere, a trend he analyzed in his 2010 book, “The Coming Population Crash and Our Planet’s Surprising Future.”
The New York Times observes that, as a consequence, “worrying about an overcrowded planet has fallen off the international agenda” and has now been replaced “by climate change and related concerns.”
What the Times fails to observe is the irony of its own reporting.
By juxtaposing the thoroughly discredited population explosion theories of the 1970s with the (equally panicky) global warming predictions of our day, the article cannot help but make readers wonder whether a certain measure of caution is due before significantly altering human behavior to accommodate these forecasts.
History for June 15
History for June 15 - On-This-Day.com
Harry Nilson 1941, Jim Varney 1949, Jim Belushi 1954
Julie Hagerty 1955, Helen Hunt 1963, Courteney Cox 1964 - Actress ("Friends")
1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the process that strengthens rubber.
1864 - An order to establish a military burial ground was signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The location later became known as Arlington National Cemetery.
1964 - The last French troops left Algeria.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
Harry Nilson 1941, Jim Varney 1949, Jim Belushi 1954
Julie Hagerty 1955, Helen Hunt 1963, Courteney Cox 1964 - Actress ("Friends")
1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the process that strengthens rubber.
1864 - An order to establish a military burial ground was signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The location later became known as Arlington National Cemetery.
1964 - The last French troops left Algeria.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
If You Think Betsy Ross Created the First American Flag, Think Again | TheBlaze.com
If You Think Betsy Ross Created the First American Flag, Think Again | TheBlaze.com:
"Sunday is Flag Day, created when President Harry Truman signed an act of Congress on August 3, 1949, declaring June 14 to be the day each year to celebrate the stars and stripes.
If you ask just about anyone, “Who created the very first American flag?” you’ll no doubt hear the name Betsy Ross. But was she really our original flag’s creator?"
"Sunday is Flag Day, created when President Harry Truman signed an act of Congress on August 3, 1949, declaring June 14 to be the day each year to celebrate the stars and stripes.If you ask just about anyone, “Who created the very first American flag?” you’ll no doubt hear the name Betsy Ross. But was she really our original flag’s creator?"
SICK: Look What the Feds Tried to Do to This DHS Agent's DAUGHTER After She Exposed Obama
SICK: Look What the Feds Tried to Do to This DHS Agent's DAUGHTER After She Exposed Obama:"After she blew the whistle on the EB-5 program, the retaliation was swift and severe. Johnson was escorted from her desk and denied access to her case files. The government then informed adoption social workers that Johnson had lost her job due to criminal activity.
“When an adoption social worker tried to contact and verify employment, she was told that I had been terminated for a criminal offense,” Johnson said, on the verge of tears. “I almost lost my 1-year-old child.”
In addition, ...
Sen. James Inhofe to Climate Change Skeptics: 'We Are Winning'
Sen. James Inhofe to Climate Change Skeptics: 'We Are Winning'
Sen. James Inhofe told a group of climate change skeptics that they are winning the fight against those who believe in man-made global warming at the event hosted by the Heartland Institute.
...The chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee put the blame for the climate change movement on the United Nations, The Hill reported.
"The United Nations is the reason that this all came along.
We all know that," he said.
"They want independence. They don't want to be accountable to anybody, to the United States or any other country."
The Oklahoma senator cited former French President Jacques Chirac who said that global warming "is the first component of authentic global governance..."
Sen. James Inhofe told a group of climate change skeptics that they are winning the fight against those who believe in man-made global warming at the event hosted by the Heartland Institute.
...The chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee put the blame for the climate change movement on the United Nations, The Hill reported."The United Nations is the reason that this all came along.
We all know that," he said.
"They want independence. They don't want to be accountable to anybody, to the United States or any other country."
The Oklahoma senator cited former French President Jacques Chirac who said that global warming "is the first component of authentic global governance..."
LIARS!!!-----Authors of FBI Study Backtrack: Mass Shootings Are Not Increasing
Authors of FBI Study Backtrack: Mass Shootings Are Not Increasing - Breitbart
Last week, the two authors of a study the FBI released on September 24, 2014, admitted they “got it wrong” when they “reported mass shootings were on the rise” in America.
Outlets like The New York Times and the Associated Press had seized on the study...as proof that more gun control was needed...
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has now reported that the study was wrong.
For example, the study claimed a “16%” increase in mass shootings from 2000 to 2013.
The report’s synopsis showed that “during the first 7 years included in the study, an average of 6.4 incidents occurred annually.
In the last 7 years of the study, that average increased to 16.4 incidents annually.”
Blair and Martaindale even used the faulty findings to predict that mass shootings were going to continue increasing in frequency by stating that “the findings establish an increasing frequency of incidents.”...
Moreover, they essentially admitted to creating data in the absence of extant data which supported their thesis.
Blair and Martaindale said, “Because official data did not contain the information we needed, we had to develop our own.”
WSJ points out the irony of it all inasmuch as the truth is completely opposite what the study presented.
The occurrences of mass shootings have remained essentially flat for 40 years, and violent crime fell significantly during the period Blair and Martindale studied.
Last week, the two authors of a study the FBI released on September 24, 2014, admitted they “got it wrong” when they “reported mass shootings were on the rise” in America.
Outlets like The New York Times and the Associated Press had seized on the study...as proof that more gun control was needed...
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has now reported that the study was wrong.
For example, the study claimed a “16%” increase in mass shootings from 2000 to 2013.
In the last 7 years of the study, that average increased to 16.4 incidents annually.”
Blair and Martaindale even used the faulty findings to predict that mass shootings were going to continue increasing in frequency by stating that “the findings establish an increasing frequency of incidents.”...
Moreover, they essentially admitted to creating data in the absence of extant data which supported their thesis.
Blair and Martaindale said, “Because official data did not contain the information we needed, we had to develop our own.”
WSJ points out the irony of it all inasmuch as the truth is completely opposite what the study presented.
The occurrences of mass shootings have remained essentially flat for 40 years, and violent crime fell significantly during the period Blair and Martindale studied.
There’s a Reason the Saudi Arabia Section of CIA’s Newly Declassified 9/11 Report Is Raising Questions | TheBlaze.com
There’s a Reason the Saudi Arabia Section of CIA’s Newly Declassified 9/11 Report Is Raising Questions | TheBlaze.com:
"The CIA released a trove previously classified documents related to the 9/11 terror attacks on Friday afternoon, including a report with a section on Saudi Arabia.
But there wasn’t much insight to be gleaned from the Saudi section, titled “Issues Relating to Saudi Arabia,” as nearly all of the information was redacted.
Subsections on “implications” and “accountability” were entirely redacted:"
"The CIA released a trove previously classified documents related to the 9/11 terror attacks on Friday afternoon, including a report with a section on Saudi Arabia.But there wasn’t much insight to be gleaned from the Saudi section, titled “Issues Relating to Saudi Arabia,” as nearly all of the information was redacted.
Subsections on “implications” and “accountability” were entirely redacted:"
Video of Santa Ana Police Pot-Shop Raid Shows Officers Eating ‘Edibles,’ Attorney Says
Video of Santa Ana Police Pot-Shop Raid Shows Officers Eating ‘Edibles,’ Attorney Says | KTLA: "During a police raid on an unpermitted pot shop in Santa Ana late last month, hidden cameras caught officers eating marijuana-laced “edibles,” playing darts and displaying other questionable behavior, according to an attorney who plans to sue the city in connection with the raid.
The incident occurred at Sky High Holistic, a medical marijuana dispensary operating without a business permit, officials with the Santa Ana Police Department confirmed.
...The officers proceed to remove surveillance cameras mounted on the ceiling, the video shows.
Then, they appear to be smelling the merchandise and discussing the flavor of the edibles, to laughter. Multiple officers appear to break off pieces of the food and consume them.
Several other officers play darts...
The incident occurred at Sky High Holistic, a medical marijuana dispensary operating without a business permit, officials with the Santa Ana Police Department confirmed.
...The officers proceed to remove surveillance cameras mounted on the ceiling, the video shows.
Then, they appear to be smelling the merchandise and discussing the flavor of the edibles, to laughter. Multiple officers appear to break off pieces of the food and consume them.
Several other officers play darts...
Yesterday There Was Transracialism And Transethnicity. Today? "Otherkin." Oh Yes. It's A Thing.
I don't know if I want to live on this planet anymore.
Now, before you watch this, please be warned that there is pop-up text on the video that is snarky but also really crass.
I can't find a version of the video without the text commentary, but I promise that you'll end up so bewildered by the interview with this wolf-girl that you won't be all that distracted by the text.
BEHOLD: The girl who believes she's a wolf in a human body.
Daisy was just joking around in the office yesterday that the next thing that we'd be forced to accept (or else face accusations of bigotry) was people who think that they're really animals.
I imagined we'd call them transanimals or something, but come to find out - they're out there, and they're known as "otherkin...."
State Dept suspends overseas passport, visa issuance
State Dept suspends overseas passport, visa issuance | Fox News:
"The State Department said Friday it has been forced to suspend the issuance of U.S. passports and visas at its overseas diplomatic missions due to a glitch that has hit one of its computer databases.
In a statement posted to its travel.state.gov website, the department said a hardware failure in its Consular Consolidated Database glitch has left overseas embassies and consulates unable to print visas, regular passports and other travel documents.
This means that people who submitted online applications for passports and visas on or after June 9 will likely experience delays in processing, it said.
...More details about the failure were not immediately available.
The consular database was taken down last July by another technical glitch that had the same effect but the department said the current issue is unrelated.
The department said it was working "urgently to identify the problem and correct it."
"We expect the systems to be fully operational again soon," it said, but offered no timeline."
"The State Department said Friday it has been forced to suspend the issuance of U.S. passports and visas at its overseas diplomatic missions due to a glitch that has hit one of its computer databases.
In a statement posted to its travel.state.gov website, the department said a hardware failure in its Consular Consolidated Database glitch has left overseas embassies and consulates unable to print visas, regular passports and other travel documents. This means that people who submitted online applications for passports and visas on or after June 9 will likely experience delays in processing, it said.
...More details about the failure were not immediately available.
The consular database was taken down last July by another technical glitch that had the same effect but the department said the current issue is unrelated.
The department said it was working "urgently to identify the problem and correct it."
"We expect the systems to be fully operational again soon," it said, but offered no timeline."
U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Celebrated American Independence Day One Month Early to ‘Respect the Holy Month of Ramadan’ | TheBlaze.com
U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Celebrated American Independence Day One Month Early to ‘Respect the Holy Month of Ramadan’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Anger has ensued following reports that the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia celebrated American Independence Day on June 4 rather than July 4 in an intentional effort not to offend Muslims in the region.
As it turns out, July 4 falls right in the middle of Ramadan, an Islamic holiday that involves fasting in remembrance of what Muslims believe was a divine revelation of the Koran to Muhammad.
Ramadan, which goes from June 17 through July 17 of this year, involves both fasting and prayer."
"Anger has ensued following reports that the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia celebrated American Independence Day on June 4 rather than July 4 in an intentional effort not to offend Muslims in the region.
As it turns out, July 4 falls right in the middle of Ramadan, an Islamic holiday that involves fasting in remembrance of what Muslims believe was a divine revelation of the Koran to Muhammad.Ramadan, which goes from June 17 through July 17 of this year, involves both fasting and prayer."
Rocky Mountain High Producing Some Undesirable Side Effects
Rocky Mountain High Producing Some Undesirable Side Effects
...Amendment 64 was approved of by 55 percent of Colorado voters in 2012. Promoted as a revenue-generating “regulate marijuana like alcohol” measure, its passage and ensuing repercussions caught many by surprise.
Regulating marijuana like alcohol, it appears, is a breathtaking oversimplification of what is required to turn an illegal intoxicant into a viable commodity.
The citizen-led ballot initiative behind Amendment 64 went beyond simple decriminalization and created a new civil right by encoding the possession and use of pot into the Colorado State Constitution...
...In March of this year plants at several growing facilities in the Denver area had to be quarantined because of the misuse of “pesticides.”
The pesticides, it turns out, were improvised concoctions of chemicals, including some unidentifiable mixtures.
Cannabis growers have been left to improvise since no commercial pesticides are labeled for legal use on cannabis plants.
...Law enforcement issues, such as marijuana-intoxicated driving and the illegal movement of vast amounts of cannabis product into other states, are the tip of the iceberg.
Social and law enforcement issues resulting from the Colorado interstate pot pipeline prompted Nebraska and Oklahoma to file lawsuits against the state, citing the fact that marijuana commerce violates federal law and increases the burdens of law enforcement in other states.
Other symptoms of Colorado’s pot culture include increased use among teens, resulting in educational problems in middle schools and high schools, a spike in “edibles”-related emergency room visits, consumption by children and pets resulting in illness and death and regulatory confusion surrounding public consumption and enforcement.
...In 2014 and 2015, nearly $6 million in pot revenues have been distributed to local governments. But the cost of increased law enforcement, drugged driving incidents, fatal crashes, loss of productivity and a huge spike in gang-related crime bring into question the cost-benefit of those dollars.
Teen drug-related school expulsions are also on the rise.
And the notion that prisons filled with minor drug offenders would be relieved of overcrowding—a selling point of legalizing marijuana—has been blown to smithereens.
Denver’s homeless population has exploded since Amendment 64 went into effect.
And there are indications that finite tourist dollars are going more to pot and less to Colorado’s iconic natural wonders...
...Amendment 64 was approved of by 55 percent of Colorado voters in 2012. Promoted as a revenue-generating “regulate marijuana like alcohol” measure, its passage and ensuing repercussions caught many by surprise.
Regulating marijuana like alcohol, it appears, is a breathtaking oversimplification of what is required to turn an illegal intoxicant into a viable commodity.
The citizen-led ballot initiative behind Amendment 64 went beyond simple decriminalization and created a new civil right by encoding the possession and use of pot into the Colorado State Constitution...
...In March of this year plants at several growing facilities in the Denver area had to be quarantined because of the misuse of “pesticides.”
The pesticides, it turns out, were improvised concoctions of chemicals, including some unidentifiable mixtures. Cannabis growers have been left to improvise since no commercial pesticides are labeled for legal use on cannabis plants.
...Law enforcement issues, such as marijuana-intoxicated driving and the illegal movement of vast amounts of cannabis product into other states, are the tip of the iceberg.
Social and law enforcement issues resulting from the Colorado interstate pot pipeline prompted Nebraska and Oklahoma to file lawsuits against the state, citing the fact that marijuana commerce violates federal law and increases the burdens of law enforcement in other states.
Other symptoms of Colorado’s pot culture include increased use among teens, resulting in educational problems in middle schools and high schools, a spike in “edibles”-related emergency room visits, consumption by children and pets resulting in illness and death and regulatory confusion surrounding public consumption and enforcement.
...In 2014 and 2015, nearly $6 million in pot revenues have been distributed to local governments. But the cost of increased law enforcement, drugged driving incidents, fatal crashes, loss of productivity and a huge spike in gang-related crime bring into question the cost-benefit of those dollars.
Teen drug-related school expulsions are also on the rise.
And the notion that prisons filled with minor drug offenders would be relieved of overcrowding—a selling point of legalizing marijuana—has been blown to smithereens.
Denver’s homeless population has exploded since Amendment 64 went into effect.
And there are indications that finite tourist dollars are going more to pot and less to Colorado’s iconic natural wonders...
And she still keeps her high-pay job?!!!-----The Strange Case of Rachel Dolezal
The Strange Case of Rachel Dolezal | Power Line
Like so many serial liars these days, Ms. Dolezal has fabricated stories of abuse and hate crimes:
Like so many serial liars these days, Ms. Dolezal has fabricated stories of abuse and hate crimes:
She Says She Was Repeatedly Abused By Her Parents and Ex-Husband. They then moved to South Africa, where her mother and stepfather beat her and her siblings, “punish[ing] us by skin complexion.” The reporter continues:According to Doležal, the object her mother and stepfather used to punish them was called a baboon whip, used to ward baboons away in South Africa. These whips would leave scars behind, “they were pretty similar to what was used as whips during slavery.”Her parents say she’s a liar; they never even lived in South Africa.
Naturally, she also claims to be a rape victim.
Why not?
Why not?
Dolezal tried to pass off her adopted brother, who actually is black, as her son:
She Says She Her Black Brother Is Her Black Son. As BuzzFeed reports, according to her dad, Larry, her “oldest son Izaiah,” who she cites in the press, is actually her adoptive brother. “He used to be my brother,” she told the Couer D’Alene Press. “But I have full custody of him now.” She told that same outlet that they could “DNA test me if they want to.”
Dolezal has repeatedly complained of hate crimes presumably directed at her because of her African-American heritage, which undoubtedly were fabricated like the rest of her story:
She Has Repeatedly Claimed To Be The Victim of Anti-Black Hate Crimes. She says Idaho white supremacist groups burglarized all of her homes when she lived in the state, and explained that they felt “threatened by female power.” She says they threatened to kidnap her son, Franklin, and “hung nooses in her home.” No arrests were ever made.This week, Spokane police released information about Dolezal’s most recent complaint: that she received hate mail. But according to the Spokesman-Review, it’s highly possible she sent it herself:Police records say the initial package Dolezal reported receiving did not bear a date stamp or bar code, which Dolezal told police when she reported it. Investigators interviewed postal workers, who said it was either very unlikely or impossible that the package could have been processed through the post office, implying that the only alternative was that it had been put there by someone with a key… Asked about the possibility that she had put the package there herself, she said, “That’s such bullshit. What mother would terrorize her own children?”.....Dolezal’s profile on the Eastern Washington University web site presents her as a heroine of the civil rights movement. Click to enlarge:
I love this touch:
Her efforts were met with opposition by North Idaho white supremacy groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Neo Nazis and the Aryan Nations, and at least eight documented hate crimes targeted Doležal and her children during her residency in North Idaho...."
LINCOLN CHAFEE HARDEST HIT: Shocking to see something so reasonable from Mother Jones, but they’re …
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"LINCOLN CHAFEE HARDEST HIT: Shocking to see something so reasonable from Mother Jones, but they’re entirely correct:
America Uses Fahrenheit.
The Rest of the World Uses Celsius. America Is Right.
The Rest of the World Is Wrong.
I like their graphic, too.
"LINCOLN CHAFEE HARDEST HIT: Shocking to see something so reasonable from Mother Jones, but they’re entirely correct:America Uses Fahrenheit.
The Rest of the World Uses Celsius. America Is Right.
The Rest of the World Is Wrong.
I like their graphic, too.
And speaking of Lincoln Chafee, let me note that there are two kinds of countries in the world:
Those that use the metric system, and those that have walked on the Moon."
Those that use the metric system, and those that have walked on the Moon."
Liberal Race Baiting Is Tired and Wrong says Dr. Alveda King! - Eagle Rising
Liberal Race Baiting Is Tired and Wrong says Dr. Alveda King! - Eagle Rising:
"My grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. often quoted his mentor Dr. Benjamin E. Mays…
Dr. Mays would say: "No one can ride your back unless it is bent." Granddaddy always taught us to "stand up straight and walk tall because God is on our side."
When I hear Mrs. Senator Hillary Clinton or Mrs. Michelle Obama, or Al Sharpton, or other leading speakers stir up memories of racial unrest and oppression, even when they are pointing out the obvious current racial overtones and undertones that Blacks in America are still facing, I don't hear hope. They don't offer solutions, only more anger, pain and despair.
As a survivor of the 20th Century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all who were created equal in God's eyes."
"My grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. often quoted his mentor Dr. Benjamin E. Mays…
Dr. Mays would say: "No one can ride your back unless it is bent." Granddaddy always taught us to "stand up straight and walk tall because God is on our side."
When I hear Mrs. Senator Hillary Clinton or Mrs. Michelle Obama, or Al Sharpton, or other leading speakers stir up memories of racial unrest and oppression, even when they are pointing out the obvious current racial overtones and undertones that Blacks in America are still facing, I don't hear hope. They don't offer solutions, only more anger, pain and despair.As a survivor of the 20th Century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all who were created equal in God's eyes."
Seriously, Show This To Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Pilot!
Seriously, Show This To Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Pilot! | The Veterans Site Blog
Seriously, Show This To Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Pilot!
Seriously, Show This To Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Pilot!
Have you ever wanted to climb into the cockpit, buckle up, and see what it looks like and hear what it sounds like to fly one of these A-10s?
It is a beautiful machine.
These planes a were brought into the fleet some 30 years ago.
Though they have been scheduled to be taken off line several times, they keep coming back like proverbial zombies.
Presently, the 163rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana (also known as the Blacksnakes’s) are deployed to the battle against ISIS in Syria and Iraq at this time.
For now, the A-10 Warthog is a keeper.
It is a beautiful machine.
These planes a were brought into the fleet some 30 years ago.
Though they have been scheduled to be taken off line several times, they keep coming back like proverbial zombies.
Presently, the 163rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana (also known as the Blacksnakes’s) are deployed to the battle against ISIS in Syria and Iraq at this time.
For now, the A-10 Warthog is a keeper.
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