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Friday, February 23, 2018

#BoycottNRA: Enterprise (Alamo and National) car rentals, Omaha bank sever gun lobby ties as boycott movement gains steam - The Washington Post

#BoycottNRA: Enterprise car rentals, Omaha bank sever gun lobby ties as boycott movement gains steam - The Washington Post:
"Enterprise followed a few hours later on Thursday. “All three of our brands have ended the discount for NRA members,” said a tweet on the Enterprise Rent-A-Car account.

FAIL: Student Had AR-15 In State With Assault Weapon Ban; Had Grenades, C-4 Land Mine Detonator | Daily Wire

FAIL: Student Had AR-15 In State With Assault Weapon Ban; Had Grenades, C-4 Land Mine Detonator | Daily Wire:

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""While government believes that banning certain weapons will prevent potential criminals from acting, such bans mostly hurt those who seek to exercise their Second Amendment rights lawfully," Hamilton continued. "Government should look more carefully on how to mitigate the factors related to criminal behavior rather than infringing upon the rights of law-abiding citizens.""

Michigan House votes to make English the official state language | MLive.com

Michigan House votes to make English the official state language | MLive.com
"House lawmakers want to make English the official language of Michigan.

Republicans led the way in passing a bill Thursday that would require its use in public records.

State departments and local governments still could publish documents in other languages.

...Rep. Vanessa Guerra voted no.

The Saginaw Democrat says the bill could isolate people whose English skills are limited.
Another critic, Rep. David LaGrand of Grand Rapids, says it's a "dark moment" for the country if diversity is not embraced.

The bill heads next to the Senate.

It would need to pass the full Senate and get a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder to become law."

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Illinois governor drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity | The Sacramento Bee

Illinois governor drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity | The Sacramento Bee:
"Illinois governor involved in unusual diversity demonstration involving chocolate milk

Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner took part in an unusual demonstration involving chocolate milk to promote diversity in the workplace during a Black History Month event in Chicago on February 21.
Footage of the event at the Chicago Thompson Center shows Tyronne Stoudemire, Hyatt Hotels’ vice president of global diversity, asking the governor to hold a glass of milk, which Stoudemire said represented the lack of diversity in corporate American leadership: “white men, a few white women, and just maybe an Asian in technology.”
“This chocolate syrup represents diversity,” Stoudemire says, holding up Hershey’s syrup.
Into the broad list of diversity, Stoudemire places “women, people of color, people with disabilities, the aging population, generation X, Y and Z.”..."
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Devin Nunes expands dossier probe to find out what Obama knew - Washington Times

Devin Nunes expands dossier probe to find out what Obama knew - Washington Times:

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"Rep. Devin Nunes is trying to determine how far and wide the unverified Russia-Trump dossier spread inside the U.S. government, especially among senior leaders in President Obama’s administration during the 2016 election.
The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a letter Tuesday that is being sent to as many as two dozen senior leaders in the Trump and Obama administrations.
The California Republican is asking 10 questions to gauge who received the dossier information and what they did with it.
The dossier, funded by Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party and written by British ex-spy Christopher Steele, was circulated by paymaster Fusion GPS during the 2016 campaign."

Instapundit » Blog Archive » FAKE NEWS: Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Gu…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » FAKE NEWS: Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Gu…:
"FAKE NEWS:
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards.

I didn’t see the CNN show, but the reviews don’t make it sound like much:

"Forget it, Greg, it’s CNN.
But there was a bright side: NRA Spokeswoman Dana Loesch receives MAD KUDOS from BOTH sides of the gun debate.
Related:
WATCH: Student Emma Gonzalez is dumbfounded when Dana Loesch explains NICS reporting guidelines.
“It was obvious from Gonzalez’s facial expressions that she had no idea about this information.”
I have an idea: Trump should propose legislation that exactly replicates existing gun laws.

Most people, including the vast majority of vocal gun-control supporters, would think he was proposing something new and draconian."---Posted by Glenn Reynolds

US Border Officials Haven't Properly Verified Visitor Passports For More Than a Decade Due To Improper Software - Slashdot

US Border Officials Haven't Properly Verified Visitor Passports For More Than a Decade Due To Improper Software - Slashdot:

"U.S. border officials have failed to cryptographically verify the passports of visitors to the U.S. for more than a decade -- because the government didn't have the proper software.
...E-passports have an electronic chip containing cryptographic information and machine-readable text, making it easy to verify a passport's authenticity and integrity.
That cryptographic information makes it almost impossible to forge a passport, and it helps to protect against identity theft.
Introduced in 2007, all newly issued passports are now e-passports.
Citizens of the 38 countries on the visa waiver list must have an e-passport in order to be admitted to the U.S.
But according to the senators' letter, sent Thursday, border staff "lacks the technical capabilities to verify e-passport chips."..."
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Doing the bidding of SJW?-----Deep state banks?-----How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won’t - The New York Times

How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won’t - The New York Times
"For the past year, chief executives have often talked about the new sense of moral responsibility that corporations have to help their communities and confront social challenges even when Washington won’t.

In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff members — and at a time when Washington shows little interest in limiting the sales of assault weapons — there’s a real opportunity for the business community to fill the void and prove that all that talk about moral responsibility isn’t hollow.
Here’s an idea.
What if the finance industry — credit card companies like Visa, Mastercard and American Express; credit card processors like First Data; and banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — were to effectively set new rules for the sales of guns in America?
Collectively, they have more leverage over the gun industry than any lawmaker. And it wouldn’t be hard for them to take a stand.
PayPal, Square, Stripe and Apple Pay announced years ago that they would not allow their services to be used for the sale of firearms.
“We do not believe permitting the sale of firearms on our platform is consistent with our values or in the best interests of our customers,” a spokesman for Square told me.
The big financial firms don’t even have to go that far.
For example, Visa, which published a 71-page paper in 2016 espousing its “corporate responsibility,” could easily change its terms of service to say that it won’t do business with retailers that sell assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and bump stocks, which make semiautomatic rifles fire faster. (Even the National Rifle Association has said it would support tighter restrictions on bump stocks.)..."
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The Media Changed More Votes Than the Russians | The American Spectator

The Media Changed More Votes Than the Russians | The American Spectator:

"To hear the architects of that operation complain about the election meddling of a handful of Russian Facebook trolls is comic.
The government that meddled the most in the election was our own. Instead of exposing that interference, the media facilitated it. Journalists served as conduits for criminal leaks from Obama administration officials eager to defame Trump. Instead of exposing Hillary’s dirty tricksters, the media took briefings from them."

What Conservatives Get Right About Guns | GQ

What Conservatives Get Right About Guns | GQ:
"Gun policy expert Lois Beckett of the Guardian US explains the four things you need to know about firearms in America.
...When I actually dug into the data, I was shocked by how little evidence there was behind some of the most prominent gun control policies.
Here are some basic facts that gun rights advocates already know—and that liberals who want to reduce gun violence need to understand.
1. Banning assault weapons would do almost nothing...
2. Owning 17 guns really isn’t that extreme...
3. Only a tiny fraction of America’s guns are used in crimes...
4. Gun crime dropped even as Americans bought more firearms..."
Read it all!

AM Fruitcake

History for February 23

History for February 23 - On-This-Day.com:
Samuel Pepys 1633 - English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, known for his diary of events and quotes, Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1734, W.E.B. DuBois 1868

William Shirer 1904 - Journalist, author ("The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "Gandhi: A Memoir"), Peter Fonda 1940 - Director, actor ("Easy Rider"), Jane Fonda's brother, Henry Fonda's son, Bridget Fonda's dad, Johnny Winter (John Dawson III) 1944 - Musician

1836 - In San Antonio, TX, the siege of the Alamo began.

1847 - Santa Anna was defeated at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico by U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary.

1896 - The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.

1898 - In France, Emile Zola was imprisoned for his letter, "J'accuse," which accused the government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus.

1919 - The Fascist Party was formed in Italy by Benito Mussolini.

1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" was released.

1945 - The 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph of these Marines raising the American flag was taken.

1954 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio began in Pittsburgh, PA.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Trump's first economic report forecasts strong growth - Washington Times

Trump's first economic report forecasts strong growth - Washington Times:

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"President Trump’s economic team on Wednesday declared the end of the “new normal” of the Obama era’s stagnant wages and lackluster economic growth, forecasting a return to the robust and dominant American economy that will last into the next decade.
The first annual economic report by the president’s Council of Economic Advisors said tax cuts, deregulation and other pro-growth policies would increase economic growth to 3.1 percent in 2018 and keep it above 3.1 percent through 2020.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been hovering around 2.5 percent following the Great Recession of 2007, which was deemed the “new normal” that replaced historic norms of 3 percent and higher."

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School Survey Asks Sixth Graders About Visiting Gay Bars | Todd Starnes

School Survey Asks Sixth Graders About Visiting Gay Bars | Todd Starnes:

"Parents with children who attend a Texas middle school are wondering what gay bars and transsexuals have to do with Black History Month.
Sixth graders at North Richland Middle School were presented a survey asking if they were comfortable with going to a gay bar or if they would be okay if their sister’s new boyfriend is a female-to-male transsexual.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the 41-question survey was part of the diversity curriculum for Black History Month.
Students were instructed to rate their level of comfort with various scenarios:

A friend invites you to go to a gay bar
You go to the gay bar and a person of the same sex asks you to dance
Your sister invites her new boyfriend home to dinner. He is a female-to-male transsexual
Your dentist is HIV positive.
Your assigned lab partner is a Fundamentalist Christian
Parent Ashley Brent told the Star-Telegram her son was very uncomfortable with what he called a “weird test.”

“This is not something that is school-appropriate,” she told the newspaper.

And what HIV-positive dentists and transsexual boyfriends have to do with Black History Month is beyond me.
...It certainly appears that the school teacher was caught red-handed trying to indoctrinate a bunch of sixth graders.
The lesson here for moms and dads — pay close attention to what your child is learning in school.
And if you see something — say something."