Wednesday, July 15, 2015
What a miserable little "man"-----Obama Writes Personal Letters to 46 Felons; No Contact with Kathryn Steinle's Family
Obama Writes Personal Letters to 46 Felons; No Contact with Kathryn Steinle's Family - Breitbart
There Was One Noticeable Item Missing from the Stage While Scott Walker Announced Presidential Run | TheBlaze.com
There Was One Noticeable Item Missing from the Stage While Scott Walker Announced Presidential Run | TheBlaze.com:
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) officially announced his bid for the White House on Monday evening — and there was something noticeably absent from the stage as he did so.
Reporters and viewers turned to Twitter to note that Walker was delivering his entire speech without"
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) officially announced his bid for the White House on Monday evening — and there was something noticeably absent from the stage as he did so.
Reporters and viewers turned to Twitter to note that Walker was delivering his entire speech without"
Murder for money?-----Undercover video shows Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal organs used for research
Undercover video shows Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal organs used for research - The Washington Post:
An antiabortion group on Tuesday released an undercover video of an official at Planned Parenthood discussing in graphic detail how to abort a fetus to preserve its organs for medical research — as well as the costs associated with sharing that tissue with scientists.
Over lunch at a Los Angeles restaurant, two antiabortion activists posing as employees from a biotech firm met with Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical research.
Editor's note: Contains graphic language. The Center for Medical Progress released a video that allegedly shows a Planned Parenthood executive talking about selling fetal organs. (The Center for Medical Progress)
Over lunch at a Los Angeles restaurant, two antiabortion activists posing as employees from a biotech firm met with Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical research.
Armed with cameras, the activists recorded Nucatola talking about Planned Parenthood’s work donating fetal tissue to researchers and pressed her on whether the clinics were charging for the organs.
The Center for Medical Progress, which recorded and edited the video, says the footage proves that Planned Parenthood is breaking the law by selling fetal organs...
The Center for Medical Progress, which recorded and edited the video, says the footage proves that Planned Parenthood is breaking the law by selling fetal organs...
Woman Orders a Beer for a Fallen Soldier at Buffalo Wild Wings, Restaurant’s Response Is Perfect
Woman Orders a Beer for a Fallen Soldier at Buffalo Wild Wings, Restaurant’s Response Is Perfect | TheBlaze.com:
A Buffalo Wild Wings in Washington state has become the focus of a viral Internet post — all because of single beer.
Brian Avey, a server at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Tacoma, Washington, said a “military woman” came into the restaurant around lunchtime and attempted to order one Blue Moon and one Corona at the same time.
But there was a problem:
You can’t do that.
When Avey explained the state’s law of only allowing one beer at a time, the female vet said that the Corona she ordered wasn’t for her; it was for her brother who had died serving in Iraq.
Avey wrote on a now-viral Facebook post that the beer simply sat next to her at an empty place setting during the entirety of her lunch.
Buffalo Wild Wings picked up the tab for her brother’s beer, but that wasn’t the end of it.
“After she left, I didn’t have the heart to dump the beer out and throw it away, so I put it on top of the cooler next the American Flag,” Avey wrote.
“When I showed my boss his response was Amazing… He said ‘That’s Fine, just do me a favor, put a fresh Lime in it Every Morning.’”
Image source: KIRO-TV
A Buffalo Wild Wings in Washington state has become the focus of a viral Internet post — all because of single beer.
Brian Avey, a server at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Tacoma, Washington, said a “military woman” came into the restaurant around lunchtime and attempted to order one Blue Moon and one Corona at the same time.
But there was a problem:You can’t do that.
When Avey explained the state’s law of only allowing one beer at a time, the female vet said that the Corona she ordered wasn’t for her; it was for her brother who had died serving in Iraq.
Avey wrote on a now-viral Facebook post that the beer simply sat next to her at an empty place setting during the entirety of her lunch.
Buffalo Wild Wings picked up the tab for her brother’s beer, but that wasn’t the end of it.
“After she left, I didn’t have the heart to dump the beer out and throw it away, so I put it on top of the cooler next the American Flag,” Avey wrote.
“When I showed my boss his response was Amazing… He said ‘That’s Fine, just do me a favor, put a fresh Lime in it Every Morning.’”
Image source: KIRO-TV
FLASHBACK: Bill Clinton’s Korea Speech: Scary Close to Obama’s Iran Deal Speech
FLASHBACK: Bill Clinton’s Korea Speech: Scary Close to Obama’s Iran Deal Speech » Louder With Crowder:
"That’s what Bill Clinton said about the North Korean Nuclear deal 21 years ago.This is a good deal for the United States. North Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program…
How did it work out for him? Even worse, how did that work out for us?
HINT: Not great. North Korea actually has a pretty advanced nuclear program.
HINT: Not great. North Korea actually has a pretty advanced nuclear program.
As silly as the pudgy little puppet-leader may seem, don’t take your eye off the tiny fellow just yet.
Well, now we’re making an Iran deal–pretty much about the same thing:
Well, now we’re making an Iran deal–pretty much about the same thing:
Nuclear weapons.
And you need to listen to Obama’s speech on the matter.
At about 4:28 in the video, you’ll probably have a slight shiver.
That’s when you should go back and listen to Bill Clinton’s speech again."
Iranian Newspaper Says Iran Could Destroy the White House ‘in Under 10 Minutes’
Iranian Newspaper Says Iran Could Destroy the White House ‘in Under 10 Minutes’ | TheBlaze.com:
"An influential newspaper affiliated with Iran’s supreme leader recently published an editorial claiming that Iran could destroy the White House “in under 10 minutes.”
The piece was published last month while negotiators from the U.S. and five world powers were engaged in intense talks with Iranian officials to try to forge an agreement aiming to curb Iran’s nuclear aspirations.
According to a translation published by the Middle East Media Research Institute, the editorial called the U.S. the “Great Satan” and expressed a hope that America had “fallen onto his deathbed.”
It also likened those in the U.S. and Britain to “infidels.”
"An influential newspaper affiliated with Iran’s supreme leader recently published an editorial claiming that Iran could destroy the White House “in under 10 minutes.”The piece was published last month while negotiators from the U.S. and five world powers were engaged in intense talks with Iranian officials to try to forge an agreement aiming to curb Iran’s nuclear aspirations.
According to a translation published by the Middle East Media Research Institute, the editorial called the U.S. the “Great Satan” and expressed a hope that America had “fallen onto his deathbed.”
It also likened those in the U.S. and Britain to “infidels.”
Doorstep Weed Deliveries Coming to a Town Near You
Doorstep Weed Deliveries Coming to a Town Near You | The Daily Sheeple:
"Premium cannabis subscription club, Potbox—which runs a monthly subscription service for registered medical marijuana users—has now doubled its appeal by launching a home delivery service.
Currently operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where recreational pot use is not legal, subscribers to the service must be registered medical marijuana patients.
Customers have a choice of different strains of weed, which are delivered with information about their genetic heritage as well as short descriptions of the type you may find on a fine wine.
For $149, the tasteful package contains a total of 10 grams of premium cannabis in small corked bottles, as well as two hand-rolled joints so people can get straight down to business.
Describing itself as a “premium cannabis subscription club,” the company prides itself on its ethically produced cannabis, which is grown on three farms in the Santa Cruz area.
Potbox’s website boasts that “Ethical cannabis is grown with the purest intention, with the well-being of the end-user and the environment at heart.
It’s about carefully controlling all phases of the plant’s life cycle and creating a sense of stewardship over the entire process — from seed selection to harvesting, production and packaging.
It’s about respecting the rights and the livelihoods of the people who cultivate and harvest our cannabis.“"
"Premium cannabis subscription club, Potbox—which runs a monthly subscription service for registered medical marijuana users—has now doubled its appeal by launching a home delivery service.
Currently operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where recreational pot use is not legal, subscribers to the service must be registered medical marijuana patients.
For $149, the tasteful package contains a total of 10 grams of premium cannabis in small corked bottles, as well as two hand-rolled joints so people can get straight down to business.
Describing itself as a “premium cannabis subscription club,” the company prides itself on its ethically produced cannabis, which is grown on three farms in the Santa Cruz area.
Potbox’s website boasts that “Ethical cannabis is grown with the purest intention, with the well-being of the end-user and the environment at heart.
It’s about carefully controlling all phases of the plant’s life cycle and creating a sense of stewardship over the entire process — from seed selection to harvesting, production and packaging.
It’s about respecting the rights and the livelihoods of the people who cultivate and harvest our cannabis.“"
History for July 15
History for July 15 - On-This-Day.com
Rembrandt Van Rijn 1606, Clive Cussler 1931, Alex Karras 1935
Jan-Michael Vincent 1944, Linda Ronstadt 1946, Forest Whitaker 1961
1916 - In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co.
1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
1942 - The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was carried to help China's war effort.
1958 - Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the pro-Western government. The troops withdrew October 25, 1958.
1968 - ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live".
1987 - Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law.
2006 - The social networking service Twitter was launched.
2009 - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was released in theaters in the U.S. It was the sixth movie in the series.
Rembrandt Van Rijn 1606, Clive Cussler 1931, Alex Karras 1935
Jan-Michael Vincent 1944, Linda Ronstadt 1946, Forest Whitaker 1961
1916 - In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co.
1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
1942 - The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was carried to help China's war effort.
1958 - Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the pro-Western government. The troops withdrew October 25, 1958.
1968 - ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live".
1987 - Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law.
2006 - The social networking service Twitter was launched.
2009 - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was released in theaters in the U.S. It was the sixth movie in the series.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
What an American Hero Is Turned Into for Yale Alumni Reunion Leaves One Prominent Author ‘Staggered and Profoundly Grieved’ | TheBlaze.com
What an American Hero Is Turned Into for Yale Alumni Reunion Leaves One Prominent Author ‘Staggered and Profoundly Grieved’ | TheBlaze.com:"As “Bonhoeffer” author Eric Metaxas thumbed through his copy of the Yale Alumni Magazine Friday night, he happened upon a bit of news that stopped him in his tracks."
What have we become?
Benjamin Netanyahu Did Not Mince Words While Reacting to Iran Deal | Video | TheBlaze.com
Benjamin Netanyahu Did Not Mince Words While Reacting to Iran Deal | Video | TheBlaze.com:“One cannot prevent an agreement when the negotiators are willing to make more and more concessions to those who, even during the talks, keep chanting: ‘Death to America.’
We're #2!!!-----Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest
Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest | Illinois Policy | An independent government watchdog:
"Illinois and Michigan have traded places on two key metrics for measuring prosperity and opportunity, and both changes are embarrassing for the Land of Lincoln.
...In March of this year, Illinois bumped off Michigan to become the Midwest’s No. 1 user of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.
For the past several years, Michigan had a higher percentage of its residents on food stamps than any other Midwest state.
But not anymore.
Illinois now has a higher portion of its population on food stamps than any state in the Midwest."
"Illinois and Michigan have traded places on two key metrics for measuring prosperity and opportunity, and both changes are embarrassing for the Land of Lincoln....In March of this year, Illinois bumped off Michigan to become the Midwest’s No. 1 user of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.
For the past several years, Michigan had a higher percentage of its residents on food stamps than any other Midwest state.
But not anymore.
Illinois now has a higher portion of its population on food stamps than any state in the Midwest."
The New Social Media Campaign That’s Encouraging People to Trespass on Private Property and Tear Down Confederate Flags | TheBlaze.com
The New Social Media Campaign That’s Encouraging People to Trespass on Private Property and Tear Down Confederate Flags | TheBlaze.com:
"First it was the ice bucket challenge. Now, a new social media campaign encourages people to film themselves tearing down Confederate flags from people’s property or vehicles."
"First it was the ice bucket challenge. Now, a new social media campaign encourages people to film themselves tearing down Confederate flags from people’s property or vehicles."
Here comes the bill: Dems seek lifetime ID protection for hacked workers
Here comes the bill: Dems seek lifetime ID protection for hacked workers | Washington Examiner: "Democrats in the House and Senate have proposed legislation that would provide free, lifetime identity protection to the millions of people who had their personal information stolen through the Office of Personnel Management.
It's not yet clear how much that proposal would cost, but based on OPM's recent mitigation efforts, it could easily climb into the hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., offered the bill last week, on the same day OPM announced that a total of 22.1 million people were hit in two separate data breaches. The Democratic members reacted immediately by saying lifetime coverage is needed.
"Private-sector cyberhacks and cyberattacks have become too commonplace, but when the federal government's own computer system shows its vulnerabilities to the world, we have a responsibility to protect the people who have been put at risk," Cardin said.
"Off-the-shelf solutions are not good enough.
We need to plug the holes in the federal network and make sure our workers, their families and all those who have been violated are held harmless from any damage that may be done.""
It's not yet clear how much that proposal would cost, but based on OPM's recent mitigation efforts, it could easily climb into the hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., offered the bill last week, on the same day OPM announced that a total of 22.1 million people were hit in two separate data breaches. The Democratic members reacted immediately by saying lifetime coverage is needed.
"Private-sector cyberhacks and cyberattacks have become too commonplace, but when the federal government's own computer system shows its vulnerabilities to the world, we have a responsibility to protect the people who have been put at risk," Cardin said.
"Off-the-shelf solutions are not good enough.
We need to plug the holes in the federal network and make sure our workers, their families and all those who have been violated are held harmless from any damage that may be done.""
16 reasons nuke deal is an Iranian victory and a Western catastrophe
16 reasons nuke deal is an Iranian victory and a Western catastrophe | The Times of Israel:
Has Iran agreed to ‘anywhere, anytime’ inspections, an end to R&D on faster centrifuges, and the dismantling of its key nuclear sites?
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday unsurprisingly hailed the nuclear agreement struck with US-led world powers, and derided the “failed” efforts of the “warmongering Zionists.”
His delight, Iran’s delight, is readily understandable.
The agreement legitimizes Iran’s nuclear program, allows it to retain core nuclear facilities, permits it to continue research in areas that will dramatically speed its breakout to the bomb should it choose to flout the deal, but also enables it to wait out those restrictions and proceed to become a nuclear threshold state with full international legitimacy.
Here’s how:"
Has Iran agreed to ‘anywhere, anytime’ inspections, an end to R&D on faster centrifuges, and the dismantling of its key nuclear sites?
No, no, and no
His delight, Iran’s delight, is readily understandable.
The agreement legitimizes Iran’s nuclear program, allows it to retain core nuclear facilities, permits it to continue research in areas that will dramatically speed its breakout to the bomb should it choose to flout the deal, but also enables it to wait out those restrictions and proceed to become a nuclear threshold state with full international legitimacy.
Here’s how:"
Iranian App Has Players Compete in Launching Missiles on Israel | TheBlaze.com
Iranian App Has Players Compete in Launching Missiles on Israel | TheBlaze.com:
"A new Iranian game has been introduced for mobile devices that simulates a missile attack on Israel’s third largest city of Haifa.
The developer of the “Missile Strike” app told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the game was rolled out in honor of Friday’s Al Quds Day, an Iranian holiday dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state."
"A new Iranian game has been introduced for mobile devices that simulates a missile attack on Israel’s third largest city of Haifa.
The developer of the “Missile Strike” app told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the game was rolled out in honor of Friday’s Al Quds Day, an Iranian holiday dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state."
Alabama Civil Rights lawyer's epic rant: Media targeted Confederate flag because Charleston didn't riot
Alabama Civil Rights lawyer's epic rant: Media targeted Confederate flag because Charleston didn't riot - Yellowhammer News:
Alabamian and Civil Rights attorney Temple Trueblood took to Facebook Thursday to share her thoughts on how, and why, the media has targeted the Confederate battle flag in the wake of the Charleston shooting.
Alabamian and Civil Rights attorney Temple Trueblood took to Facebook Thursday to share her thoughts on how, and why, the media has targeted the Confederate battle flag in the wake of the Charleston shooting.
Her brilliant insight is already going viral, with thousands of shares from her personal Facebook page.
Without further ado:
Read on!I’m a Southerner. I’m a civil rights lawyer. I’ve stayed out of this fray and, to be honest, I’m really tired of the whole media frenzy.With that said–taking out soapbox…pontificating….The media did not get what it wanted from the South as a result of the Charleston tragedy. The good people of Charleston did not riot, did not engage in hateful shenanigans and did not provide the racist fueled fodder for their 24 hour-a-day headlines.Poor, poor media–no Ferguson, no Trayvon Martin, no Oscar Grants. Instead, the good people of Charleston and of South Carolina unified and came together–all races, all creeds. They marched hand in hand to pay respect to the poor souls lost and to strengthen their community.In short–they did what Southerners do. They put their faith forward and did the right thing ‘cause their mommas raised them right.So, what are they left to do? Well, the Confederate flag seems like a fine substitute–and it worked.Now, don’t get me wrong; I don’t think the Confederate flag has any place flying over any governmental building for several reasons:
Chicago's Financial Fire
Chicago's Financial Fire by Aaron M. Renn, City Journal July 12, 2015:
"After years of warnings, financial reality is hitting home in Chicago, clouding Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hope for a transformational legacy.
In March, Moody’s downgraded the city’s credit rating to junk, but Chicago’s financial hole long predates its ratings slide.
The trouble began emerging at least as far back as 2003, albeit under the radar.
Then, as the Great Recession pummeled municipal budgets around the country, former Mayor Richard M. Daley engaged in dubious deals, such as the city’s parking-meter lease.
In 2010, as Daley’s tenure neared its close, Crain’s Chicago Business published an exposé on the troubling levels of debt that the mayor’s administration had accumulated.
In 2013, after Daley had left office, the Chicago Tribune ran a series further detailing the city’s questionable debt practices, such as “scoop and toss”—that is, rolling over debt at higher cost as it came due, rather than paying it off.
Chicago’s pension woes, along with Illinois’, started attracting media coverage—as did financial can-kicking by agencies like the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which drained its reserves in 2012 and created a 2015 budget showing 14 months of revenue (“loopy,” said the Tribune).
So for several years now, the media have been telling Chicagoans that there’s a financial crisis.
But it hasn’t really felt like one, at least not in the booming Loop and on the North Side."
"After years of warnings, financial reality is hitting home in Chicago, clouding Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hope for a transformational legacy.
In March, Moody’s downgraded the city’s credit rating to junk, but Chicago’s financial hole long predates its ratings slide.The trouble began emerging at least as far back as 2003, albeit under the radar.
Then, as the Great Recession pummeled municipal budgets around the country, former Mayor Richard M. Daley engaged in dubious deals, such as the city’s parking-meter lease.
In 2010, as Daley’s tenure neared its close, Crain’s Chicago Business published an exposé on the troubling levels of debt that the mayor’s administration had accumulated.
In 2013, after Daley had left office, the Chicago Tribune ran a series further detailing the city’s questionable debt practices, such as “scoop and toss”—that is, rolling over debt at higher cost as it came due, rather than paying it off.
Chicago’s pension woes, along with Illinois’, started attracting media coverage—as did financial can-kicking by agencies like the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which drained its reserves in 2012 and created a 2015 budget showing 14 months of revenue (“loopy,” said the Tribune).
So for several years now, the media have been telling Chicagoans that there’s a financial crisis.
But it hasn’t really felt like one, at least not in the booming Loop and on the North Side."
Jake and Josie Hook Up Drunk. Does Josie Rape Jake?
Jake and Josie Hook Up Drunk. Does Josie Rape Jake?
This poster about the new “yes means yes” consent laws has allegedly been showing up on college campuses (Redditor: The blurry part says Coastal Carolina University, I cannot find any mentions of this poster actually being real though. It’s possible they took a lot of flak for it and pulled it, or I just can’t google)…
This poster about the new “yes means yes” consent laws has allegedly been showing up on college campuses (Redditor: The blurry part says Coastal Carolina University, I cannot find any mentions of this poster actually being real though. It’s possible they took a lot of flak for it and pulled it, or I just can’t google)…
In summation: the poster presupposed “Jake” to be a rapist.
Why? Because two college kids were drunk and two college kids hooked up. This begs the question: how was Josie the only one who could not consent to sex… but Jake could?
If a woman who is intoxicated can not give consent to sex, how can a man? Why is only one of them a rapist?
It’s almost as if leftists pushing the “rape culture” talking point aren’t actually concerned with combating sexual assault at all. It’s almost as though they’re more concerned with using sexual assault as another divisive issue to play Americans off of each other in order to push a political agenda. Because you can’t have an honest disagreement with “affirmative consent” or even just this poster. If you disagree with the premise, you are pro-rape and a rape apologist, who is most likely also sexist and trying to hold back Hillary Clinton from crashing through the glass ceiling #YesAllWomen.
At least Reddit is calling BS, and making some interesting points (at least, the ones we can repeat):
What happens if two gay dudes get drunk and have sex? Are they both charged with rape?Neither would be charged. According to the poster, only women can’t give consent while drunk.If two drunk lesbians have sex, were they both raped?They were both the rapist and rape victim. It cancels out, its simple math.I mean potential energy is just as important as kinetic energy, right? The potential to rape is just as important as actual rape, right? They’re practically the same thing.So does this mean that as a woman, I’m no longer accountable for anything I do once I’m drunk? Because there are definitely some illegal things I wanted to try. Also, DUI’s? I guess those don’t exist either then, since we’re on the “blame it on the alcohol” train here.
Rape is a serious crime and rapists are the lowest form of life.
Combating rape is a serious issue for serious people to take seriously.
The sad thing is, the people who designed and are promoting this poster think it’s serious and that they’re serious people.
The only thing they’re doing is a serious disservice to rape victims. And that’s no joke.
Combating rape is a serious issue for serious people to take seriously.
The sad thing is, the people who designed and are promoting this poster think it’s serious and that they’re serious people.
The only thing they’re doing is a serious disservice to rape victims. And that’s no joke.
URGENT: Every American Needs to See What This Black Father Told Donald Trump in Front of Hundreds
URGENT: Every American Needs to See What This Black Father Told Donald Trump in Front of Hundreds:
"Espinoza had been brought from Mexico illegally when he was 4 and had not been deported, even though he had been in trouble with the law three times for gun crimes. Shaw explained that the Mexican gangs order their members who have just been released from jail to immediately commit another murder, to get them back into the habit of killing and keep them from being “rehabilitated.”
Shaw praised Trump for making his bold stand against illegal immigration,
"Espinoza had been brought from Mexico illegally when he was 4 and had not been deported, even though he had been in trouble with the law three times for gun crimes. Shaw explained that the Mexican gangs order their members who have just been released from jail to immediately commit another murder, to get them back into the habit of killing and keep them from being “rehabilitated.”Shaw praised Trump for making his bold stand against illegal immigration,
People Who Identify as Vampires Shouldn't Be Judged, Study Says
People Who Identify as Vampires Shouldn't Be Judged, Study Says | National Review Online
Stop being so judgmental.
Sociology researchers are now insisting that we as a society start accepting people who choose to “identify as real vampires” — so that they can be open about the fact that they’re vampires without having to worry about facing discrimination from people who might think that that’s weird.
The study, titled “Do We Always Practice What We Preach?
Real Vampires’ Fears of Coming out of the Coffin to Social Workers and Helping Professionals” was conducted by researchers from Idaho State University and College of the Canyons and the Center for Positive Sexuality in Los Angeles.
“Most vampires believe they were born that way; they don’t choose this,” said Dr. D. J. Williams, the study’s lead researcher and the director of sociology at Idaho State.
The study is based on the experiences of eleven “real” vampires — which, by the way, are different from “lifestyle vampires.”
“Lifestylers,” the study explains, are people who just do things like wear fangs and sleep in coffins as lifestyle choices, and although “real vampires” may do these things too, they all also have one major thing in common that distinguishes them from the “lifestylers:”
...“The message is to not take things at face value, to be more aware of our stereotypes and our judgments, maybe focus on commonalities that people have,” Williams said in an interview with MTV.
“People understand themselves in very different ways, and that’s OK.
We’re all human.
We all have a lot of things in common.
I think a little more awareness of our own biases and more cultural sensitivity — more compassion — that’s really the important thing underlying all of this,” he said.
Stop being so judgmental.
Sociology researchers are now insisting that we as a society start accepting people who choose to “identify as real vampires” — so that they can be open about the fact that they’re vampires without having to worry about facing discrimination from people who might think that that’s weird.
The study, titled “Do We Always Practice What We Preach?
“Most vampires believe they were born that way; they don’t choose this,” said Dr. D. J. Williams, the study’s lead researcher and the director of sociology at Idaho State.
The study is based on the experiences of eleven “real” vampires — which, by the way, are different from “lifestyle vampires.”
“Lifestylers,” the study explains, are people who just do things like wear fangs and sleep in coffins as lifestyle choices, and although “real vampires” may do these things too, they all also have one major thing in common that distinguishes them from the “lifestylers:”
...“The message is to not take things at face value, to be more aware of our stereotypes and our judgments, maybe focus on commonalities that people have,” Williams said in an interview with MTV.
“People understand themselves in very different ways, and that’s OK.
We’re all human.
We all have a lot of things in common.
I think a little more awareness of our own biases and more cultural sensitivity — more compassion — that’s really the important thing underlying all of this,” he said.
History for July 14
History for July 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Irving Stone 1903, William Hanna 1910, Woody Guthrie 1912
Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913, Ingmar Bergman 1918, Dale Robertson 1923
1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.
1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.
1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was first published.
1958 - The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.
2003 - Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
Irving Stone 1903, William Hanna 1910, Woody Guthrie 1912
Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913, Ingmar Bergman 1918, Dale Robertson 1923
1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.
1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.
1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was first published.
1958 - The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.
2003 - Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
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