Australia's PM says changing statues, rewriting history is 'Stalinist'

Australia's PM says changing statues, rewriting history is 'Stalinist':

"“Trying to edit our history is wrong,” he said. “All of those statues, all of those monuments, are part of our history and we should respect them and preserve them – and by all means, put up other monuments, other statues and signs and sights that explain our history.”

The debate has intensified since the political battle in the United States over whether to remove statues of pro-slavery Confederate Civil War leaders turned violent."

Study Proves 'Fat But Healthy' Isn't a Thing | Lifestyle

Study Proves 'Fat But Healthy' Isn't a Thing | Lifestyle
"For some time, self-described "fat acceptance activists" have been trying to tell people that fat should be accepted. 
In addition to arguing that women don't need to be svelte to be attractive, they also argue that you can be overweight and still be perfectly healthy. 
Now, this sounds bizarre since so much of the health advice we hear from doctors is about how obesity can lead to numerous health problems, but the activists aren't having any.
They tend to tell you how they're perfectly healthy despite the extra pounds.
It turns out, though, that "fat but healthy" is not really healthy.
From Campus Reform:
Most recently, Camille Lassale, a professor at the University College London, published the results of a study of 520,000 people in the European Heart Journal—the largest study to date on the impact of obesity on heart health.
“Even if you are classified as metabolically healthy, (excess weight) was associated with an increased risk of heart disease," Lassale told CNN. "It's another brick in the wall of evidence that being healthy overweight is not true.”
"This reinforces the fact that obesity in itself is a risk factor," ..."
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The Coming Global Car Wreck-----Fans of Best of the Web Today

(2) Fans of Best of the Web Today:
"The European diesel car scandal is the consequence of the kind of regulation that amounts to central planning, which made the USSR so successful. 
No wonder the EU is being compared to the failed Soviet experiment. 
Note that the diesel cars require “AdBlue” to meet emissions standards.

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.: “Germany’s dieselgate and associated scandals arise entirely from European politicians’ politically-correct pursuit of meaningless reductions in CO2. …
Yet there has been no inclination to question the cost-benefit basis of the anticarbon crusade. 
Instead, Europe is doubling down by forcing car makers to build electric cars … 
[F]rom Berlin to Beijing to Sacramento, Calif., governments are already engaged in a new and even more implausible magic act: 
How to preserve their car industries and jobs while simultaneously mandating that car makers produce electric vehicles that can only be sold to the public at a steep loss in a world where oil is $50 a barrel and gasoline engines continue to make impressive efficiency gains.”

The Coming Global Car Wreck

Dieselgate is not the fruit of an industry cartel but of politicians ignoring cost and benefit.

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Lunch video-Hilarious!-----ANTIFA Gets Violent At Trump Protest in Laguna Beach | FLECCAS TALKS

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Expert says judge biased in rejecting Texas voter ID

Expert says judge biased in rejecting Texas voter ID:

"“Texas copied a federal requirement. Under federal law in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, anyone who registers by mail, the first time they go vote they have to show some form of ID, and the forms of ID are specifically listed as exactly the same thing,” said von Spakovsky.
“So [Ramos] is basically saying that the same kind of requirement Texas put in, which is identical to a federal requirement – a federal law – that’s been upheld in the courts, that that’s somehow intentional discrimination. I mean that’s just crazy,” said von Spakovsky."

Charles Barkley Labeled "White Supremacist" For Telling Black People To Stop Killing Each Other | Zero Hedge

Charles Barkley Labeled "White Supremacist" For Telling Black People To Stop Killing Each Other | Zero Hedge:
"According to left-wing website The Root, Charles Barkley is a “white supremacist” because he says black people should stop getting angry over old statues and instead concentrate on not killing each other and getting an education.

“Why won’t Charles Barkley shut the fuck up?” asks a clearly triggered Michael Harriot, whose story is filed under the category “Stupid Negroes”.

“Is there anyone who thinks that Barkley’s statements about race reveal anything other than his repeated willingness to throw black people under the bus for our stupid unwillingness to assimilate into whiteness?” he rants.

Barkley’s thought crime was to encourage black people to concentrate less on getting angry over historical monuments and more on getting an education, working hard and being successful. 
He also said black people “need to stop killing each other.”..."
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Happening again?!-----Deja Vu: JPM Slashes Auto Loans For Their Own Book; Ramps Up ABS Issuance For The Suckers | Zero Hedge

Deja Vu: JPM Slashes Auto Loans For Their Own Book; Ramps Up ABS Issuance For The Suckers | Zero Hedge:
"Back in 2007/2008, Wall Street drastically pulled back on mortgage origination for their own balance sheets while ramping up their issuance of RMBS securities.  
Of course, the goal was very simple: package up all the mortgage-related nuclear waste on your balance sheet into a pretty package, tie a ribbon around it with that AAA-rating from Moody's and sell it all to unsuspecting pension funds and insurance companies around the globe. 

Now, despite all the 'harsh penalties' that Obama imposed on Wall Street after the mortgage crisis, like that $1.8 billion settlement where we showed that Goldman will actually make money from their 'punishment', it seems as though the exact same scheme is currently underway with auto loans.  Per Bloomberg:

Both banks have grown more reluctant to make new subprime loans using money from their own balance sheets. Wells Fargo tightened its underwriting standards and slashed the volume of all loans it made to car buyers in the first quarter by 29 percent after greater numbers of borrowers fell behind on payments. JPMorgan’s consumer and community banking head Gordon Smith earlier this year said the bank had cut its new lending for subprime auto loans “dramatically.”

At the same time the firms are indirectly funding billions of dollars of the loans by helping companies like Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. borrow in the asset-backed securities market, essentially shunting money from bond investors to finance companies. Wall Street banks packaged more loans from finance companies into bonds in the first quarter than the same period last year, and Wells Fargo and JPMorgan remained two of the top underwriters of the securities..."

#1 This day 1954-----The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom

Fake statistics-----Media Personality, State, Exaggerate Economic Impact of Agriculture Sector [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Media Personality, State, Exaggerate Economic Impact of Agriculture Sector [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Popular talk show host Paul W. Smith made several claims in his most recent column for The Detroit News about the impact Michigan’s agricultural industry has within the overall state economy. It was meant to draw attention to Smith’s “Pure Michigan AG Tour.”
The column claims, without citation, that the state’s food and agriculture industry — “ag” for short — contributes over $100 billion each year to the state’s economy.
...Smith’s numbers come from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, one of many parties Smith thanks in the article.
And while his numbers align almost exactly with what the state says, they are misleading.
The state’s numbers are likely based off of a 2012 study conducted by the Michigan State University Product Center for Food, Ag, and Bio. 
The Center’s numbers, in turn, estimate agricultural production as well as what it calls “induced economic activity.” 
But “induced” is a far-reaching term that could include, for example, what the driver of a produce truck spends on clothes for his children.
The study also has a very broad definition of agriculture, including in it the economic activity of industries like the state’s breakfast cereal industry and pet food manufacturing as well as breweries and wineries.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting was responsible for $3.1 billion in economic production in the state in 2016..."
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South Carolina governor bans public funding for abortion | Fox Business

South Carolina governor bans public funding for abortion | Fox Business:

"South Carolina's governor has ordered a ban on all state funding for abortion providers in a move Planned Parenthood on Friday called "political" and an attack on patients' access to healthcare.
Republican Governor Henry McMaster's executive order bars state agencies from providing funds to any doctor or medical practice affiliated with an abortion clinic and operating with a clinic in the same site, his office said in a statement."

Trump's fault!-----Real Reason Hillary Has been Falling Over Lately

Real Reason Hillary Has been Falling Over Lately

Evil Smiley8/26/2017, 1:25 pm

"In new video obtained by a thorough investigation of Russian sources, our sources have now shown unequivocally that Trump sabotaged Hillary's chances at being President by making her fall down and pass out while on camera.

He has gotten away with this - until now, when shocking new video has been uncovered by an undercover investigation, where it can be clearly seen how Trump made Hillary fall and have seizures.

 Evil Smiley8/26/2017, 2:27 pm

The truth is very complicated, and soon, Hillary will be vindicated and the world will see that all of these unfounded rumors about Hillary's condition were due to sabotage by Trump.

Evil Smiley8/26/2017, 2:29 pm

Trump hounded poor Hillary relentlessly, causing her to fall down and have seizures using physical attacks as well as psychological warfare.

AM Fruitcake

History for August 27

History for August 27 - On-This-Day.com
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770, Hannibal Hamlin 1809 - 15th Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln, first Republican Vice President, Charles Rolls 1877 - Motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company


Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) 1908 - 36th President of the United States, Ira Levin 1929 - Writer ("Rosemary's Baby," "The Stepford Wives"), Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens 1952 - Actor ("Pee Wee's Playhouse")


1660 - The books of John Milton were burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II.


1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.


1889 - Boxer Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey was defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche.


1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)


1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, set fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish.


1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.


1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.


1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.

Court Issues Ruling on Bernie's Charge DNC Rigged Primaries

Court Issues Ruling on Bernie's Charge DNC Rigged Primaries:

"On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Democratic National Committee essentially rigged the primary election in favor of Hillary Clinton.

In a class-action lawsuit filed against the DNC and former chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the allegation was that the group was violating their own charter by rigging the state primaries for Clinton against Bernie Sanders. (It’s worth noting that even Harry Reid admitted it was rigged with his comment last year: “I knew – everybody knew – that this was not a fair deal.”)"

A Cold Heart: Iceland “Cures” Down Syndrome with Eugenics & Abortion | American Center for Law and Justice

A Cold Heart: Iceland “Cures” Down Syndrome with Eugenics & Abortion | American Center for Law and Justice:

"Iceland has embraced eugenics to develop an icy “cure” for Down syndrome: abortion. Armed with state funded prenatal screening and the goal “to educate,” for nearly a decade, Iceland has facilitated the death of “every single…fetus with Down syndrome…”
According to a recent series of reports from CBS News, Iceland is leading the way to “eradicate[]” Down syndrome through a lethal combination of pervasive prenatal screening and abortion on demand. "

The way we were-----The Happenings - See You In September - 1966

Boob-tube-----Amos and Andy Dealing with being Gay in the 1950s.mp4

The Podesta Group (Owned by Jon Podesta's Brother) Retroactively Updates Filings to Disclose Lobbying Work Done on Behalf of Vladimir Putin---Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ
"The Podesta Group (Owned by Jon Podesta's Brother) Retroactively Updates Filings to Disclose Lobbying Work Done on Behalf of Vladimir Putin

I'm sure that Hero of the SubRight Jake Tapper will be covering this on his show today.
"The Podesta Group belatedly filed several new disclosures with the Justice Department on Aug. 17 related to work the firm completed between 2012 and 2014 on behalf of a pro-Russia Ukrainian think tank.
Back in April, the powerful Washington lobbying firm run by Clinton ally Tony Podesta filed a document admitting its work for the pro-Russia European Centre for a Modern Ukraine may have principally benefited a foreign government. 
New disclosures revealed dozens of previously unreported interactions the firm made with influential government offices, including Hillary Clinton's State Department and the office of former Vice President Joe Biden, while lobbying on behalf of the center. 
Embattled ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort failed to disclose his extensive lobbying efforts on behalf of the center at the time as well.
Anyone lobbying or doing public relations on behalf of foreign governments is required to register as a foreign agent in compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act. 
The Aug. 17 filings include short-form registration statements for six Podesta Group employees and an amendment to the firm's registration statement that includes a list of political contributions made by relevant employees throughout 2013.
A review of those donations shows both parties received cash from Podesta Group lobbyists.
One of the filings is for Tony Podesta himself, who was a bundler for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Tony and his brother John--Clinton's 2016 campaign chairman--co-founded the lobbying firm in 1988."

"Interestingly, Paul Manafort was the subject of white-hot searing by the media, and yet -- get this -- he advised the very group that Hillary Bundler Tony Podesta, brother of Hillary campaign manager Jon Podesta, now confesses he himself represented.

Exit Question: Think this will get the same amount of play?

Exit Answer: No, you don't think that."