Thursday, April 20, 2017

QUESTION ASKED: Is Donald Trump’s Unpredictability an Advantage in Handling North Korea?

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 QUESTION ASKED: Is Donald Trump’s Unpredictability an Advantage in Handling North Korea?
“Strategic ambiguity” doesn’t leave any mystery about where you stand, but rather about what you might do.
Posted by Stephen Green at 2:49 pm

Census: More Americans 18-to-34 Now Live With Parents Than With Spouse

Census: More Americans 18-to-34 Now Live With Parents Than With Spouse
(CNSNews.com) - Four decades ago, in the mid-1970s, young American adults--in the 18-to-34 age bracket--were far more likely to be married and living with a spouse than living in their parents’ home.
But that is no longer the case, according to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau.
“There are now more young people living with their parents than in any other arrangement,” says the Census Bureau study.
“What is more,” says the study, “almost 9 in 10 young people who were living in their parents’ home a year ago are still living there today, making it the most stable living arrangement...”


Lunch video-----The Simpsons - SJWs at Yale

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Judge Nap: Shouldn't Be Newsworthy That Gov Enforces The Law | The Daily Caller

Judge Nap: Shouldn't Be Newsworthy That Gov Enforces The Law | The Daily Caller:

 "Judge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum Monday that “it shouldn’t be newsworthy” that the Trump administration is enforcing the immigration laws already on the books.

Fox’s senior judicial analyst — referencing a recent report touting a spike in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests — stated it is “newsworthy because this government is so profoundly different from the previous government.”"



Lunatics running the asylum!-----University blows through entire run of 'free' tampons in first two weeks of semester program - The College Fix

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"University of Rochester students are having the mother of all periods (not to be confused with “the mother of all bombs“) at the same time this month.
Or maybe they are just hoarding “free” tampons – or throwing them away as a joke – before the student government realizes what a waste of money the “Pads and Tampons Initiative” has been in its first two weeks.
Image result for Lunatics running the asylumThe Campus Times reports that the $5,000 program, which was supposed to provide menstrual products for the entire semester in both men’s and women’s bathrooms (because you can’t spell “menstruate” without men), has blown through 16,000 tampons and pads – more than double its expected order.
...Last Monday, [Students’ Association] Chief of Staff Linda Shackles made an emergency run to BJ’s and bought them out of pads and tampons, to the tune of nearly $1,200.
As of April 10, $2,767, more than 55 percent of funds, had been used. And $2,600—over 93% of that—have gone toward pads and tampons alone.
Within hours of the initial rollout, baskets, pads, and tampons were missing from bathrooms in Wilson Commons..."

Where your taxes will go in 2017 | Fox News

Where your taxes will go in 2017 | Fox News
"...This year, Washington will spend a near-record $31,154 per household and collect $26,761 per household in taxes. 
The resulting budget deficit of $4,393 per household will bring the total national debt to $160,000 per household – all dumped in the laps of our children.
Federal spending has surged more than $7,000 per household since 2000, and is projected to expand another $6,000 to $9,000 per household over the next decade (all numbers in this article are adjusted for inflation).
 Unless spending is reined in, similar tax increases must eventually result.
Washington will spend this year’s $31,154 per household as follows:

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  • Social Security/Medicare: $12,141. The 15.3 percent payroll tax, split evenly between the employer and employee, covers most of Social Security's and a small portion of Medicare's costs. The typical couple retiring today will receive Social Security benefits 13 percent higher than their lifetime contributions, and Medicare benefits that are triple their lifetime contributions into the system, even after adjusting for inflation and net present values. This system can remain sustainable only if there are enough workers to support all retirees, which is why it risks collapsing under the weight of 77 million retiring baby boomers. Unless reformed, these costs will leap to an unsustainable $30,000 per household over the next few decades.


  • Anti-poverty programs: $6,143. More than half of this spending subsidizes state Medicaid programs that provide health services to poor families. Other low-income spending includes: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamps, housing subsidies, child care subsidies, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and low-income tax credits. President George W. Bush increased anti-poverty spending from $3,500 to $4,500 per household, and President Obama expanded it past $6,000, mostly due to ObamaCare costs.


  • Defense: $4,696. The defense budget covers everything from military paychecks, to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the research, development and acquisition of new technologies and equipment. After averaging $6,500 per household during the Cold War (1947-1991), the collapse of the Soviet empire allowed 1990s lawmakers to slash defense spending down to $3,850 per household. The War on Terror pushed it back to $6,500 per household by 2010. Lawmakers have since cut defense spending per household by 28 percent, and today’s $4,696 per household level is projected to fall another $600 over the next decade, despite persistent global threats.


  • Interest on the national debt: $2,121. The federal government is $20 trillion in debt. It owes $15 trillion to public bond owners, and the rest to other federal agencies (mostly to repay the Social Security trust fund, which lawmakers raided annually before the program fell into permanent deficit in 2009). Record-low interest rates have recently held down interest costs. However, the national debt is in the process of tripling from $10 trillion to nearly $30 trillion between 2008 and 2027, which will push annual net interest costs to nearly $4,500 per household – or double that cost if interest rates rise back to normal levels..."
Read on!

Never trust the liberal media!-----AP Changes Fresno Shooter's Words From 'Allahu Akbar' | The Daily Caller

 AP Changes Fresno Shooter's Words From 'Allahu Akbar' | The Daily Caller:
"The Associated Press edited the words of a Muslim man who allegedly killed three white people in downtown Fresno Tuesday afternoon and shouted “Allahu Akbar!”
The suspect, 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad, holds fervent anti-Trump beliefs according to his social media profile, and he told police afterward that he hates white people. (RELATED: Muslim Shooter Kills Three Whites In Fresno)
Rather than reporting the gunman’s literal words, however, the AP reported the gunman as saying “God is great.”
On Twitter, the AP’s report gave no indication that the suspect’s words were said in Arabic.
The AP took flack on Twitter for the edits, which some said were meant to downplay the shooter’s ties to Islam..."








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American Revolution museum set to open - CBS This Morning - CBS News

American Revolution museum set to open - CBS This Morning - CBS News:

 "This month, workers put the finishing touches on the Museum of the American Revolution. It took them eight hours to hang a painting of George Washington at the end of the war, and it’s taken more than a decade to get to this point.

In 2012, collections director for the museum Scott Stephenson gave “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Anthony Mason a preview of some of the items that will go on display."


New bird!-----S-97 Raider Soars in New Flight Testing Video | DefenseTech

S-97 Raider Soars in New Flight Testing Video | DefenseTech
"Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Sikorsky unit has released a new video of its next-generation helicopter prototype, the S-97 Raider, undergoing more flight testing.
The two-and-a-half minute video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday shows the coaxial chopper flying with wheels down and up, views from the cockpit as test pilots take notes, and multiple shots of the aircraft as it soars over the airport and surrounding environs..."

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History for April 20

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History for April 20 - On-This-Day.com:
Phillip Pinel 1745, Daniel Chester French 1850 - Sculptor, created Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, Adolf Hitler 1889 - German leader during World War II
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Lionel Hampton 1908 - Singer, songwriter, jazz musician, bandleader, Phil Hill 1927 - Auto racer, Ryan O'Neal 1941 - Actor ("Love Story", "Peyton Place")


1653 - In England, Oliver Cromwell expelled the Long Parliament for trying to pass the Perpetuation Bill that would have kept Parliament in the hands of only a few members.
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1769 - Ottawa Chief Pontiac was murdered by an Illinois Indian in Cahokia.


1832 - Hot Springs National Park was established by an act of the U.S. Congress. It was the first national park in the U.S.


1902 - Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.


1961 - FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC.


1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.


1988 - The U.S. Air Forces' Stealth (B-2 bomber) was officially unveiled.