“Movies that glorify violence and guns would be far less influential if we had far more boys growing up knowing their dads,” he said."
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Hollywood attacks NRA while using guns for movie, TV violence - Washington Times
Hollywood attacks NRA while using guns for movie, TV violence - Washington Times:
"“Criminologists across the political spectrum have known there’s a direct and strong correlation between young male violence and the lack of a presence of fathers,” he said. Why not make more stories revealing that hard truth?
“Movies that glorify violence and guns would be far less influential if we had far more boys growing up knowing their dads,” he said."
“Movies that glorify violence and guns would be far less influential if we had far more boys growing up knowing their dads,” he said."
The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Interview With Scott Pruitt
The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Interview With Scott Pruitt
"Rob Bluey:
You gave a speech at CPAC last year where you were just at the beginning of your tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency, and you outlined some of the things that you wanted to do.
Here we are a year later, you’ve repealed, taken back, 22 regulations at a savings at $1 billion, a significant contribution to the U.S. economy, as President Donald Trump talked about in his speech. What does that mean?
Scott Pruitt:
Busy year.
And it was great to be at CPAC about two weeks after having been sworn in last year.
And I talked last year about the future ain’t what it used to be, that Yogi Berra quote that I cited about the change that was gonna take place at the agency and I think we’ve been about that change the last year.
Focusing on rule of law, restoring process and order, making sure that we engage in cooperative federalism as we engage in regulation.
But the key to me is that weaponization of the agency that took place in the Obama administration, where the agency was used to pick winners and losers.
Those days are over..."
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"Rob Bluey:
You gave a speech at CPAC last year where you were just at the beginning of your tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency, and you outlined some of the things that you wanted to do.
Here we are a year later, you’ve repealed, taken back, 22 regulations at a savings at $1 billion, a significant contribution to the U.S. economy, as President Donald Trump talked about in his speech. What does that mean?
Busy year.
And it was great to be at CPAC about two weeks after having been sworn in last year.
And I talked last year about the future ain’t what it used to be, that Yogi Berra quote that I cited about the change that was gonna take place at the agency and I think we’ve been about that change the last year.
Focusing on rule of law, restoring process and order, making sure that we engage in cooperative federalism as we engage in regulation.
But the key to me is that weaponization of the agency that took place in the Obama administration, where the agency was used to pick winners and losers.
Those days are over..."
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It's Not All Bad - These 6 Charts Show How The World Is Improving | Zero Hedge
It's Not All Bad - These 6 Charts Show How The World Is Improving | Zero Hedge:
"Today’s infographic comes to us from economist Max Roser of Our World in Data, and it highlights six megatrends that show that in many important ways, our world is improving drastically.
"Today’s infographic comes to us from economist Max Roser of Our World in Data, and it highlights six megatrends that show that in many important ways, our world is improving drastically.
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
The one commonality of these six indicators? They all happen slowly and incrementally, but are more evident with a long-term perspective.
Each family lifted out of poverty, each classroom that gets built, and each village gaining access to basic vaccinations may not seem significant on a scale of billions of people – but over decades, these gains add up to create a richer, more educated, and healthier world and a very powerful statistical story.
SIX GLOBAL TRENDS
Here are the six big picture trends pointed out by Roser, using data collected over hundreds of years:
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FBI staffers knew warnings about Nikolas Cruz were related but closed the case, lawmakers learn | Fox News
FBI staffers knew warnings about Nikolas Cruz were related but closed the case, lawmakers learn | Fox News:
"The FBI this week detailed to Congress a series of mistakes and missed opportunities to intervene before a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida -- including a revelation that staffers knew two warnings about suspect Nikolas Cruz were related, but still closed the case.
FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich made the comments in a closed briefing Tuesday with members of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
In a summary released Wednesday to Fox News, Bowdich cited two tips that the FBI received about Cruz in September 2017 and January 2018 that were mishandled."
FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich made the comments in a closed briefing Tuesday with members of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
In a summary released Wednesday to Fox News, Bowdich cited two tips that the FBI received about Cruz in September 2017 and January 2018 that were mishandled."
How We CAN End School Shootings for Good???? – Soldier of Fortune Magazine
"After the recent school shootings in Florida and immediate attacks on guns, AR-15s, and so-called “assault weapons,” I decided to research, without political agenda, to see if people like me have been wrong.
- During the 18th century there was 1 incident of a school shooting.
- During the 19th century there were 28 shootings.
- In the 20th century there were 227 shootings.
- So far in the 21st century, including the February 14, 2018 shooting, there have been 207 shootings.
- Looking at the numbers in the primary article, I found that in the 1990 time frame of school shootings, the figure almost doubled, a drastic increase.
I asked myself, “What did we do differently that caused that jump?”
The answer was easily discovered: The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) is an act of the U.S. Congress which was introduced in the U.S. Senate in October, 1990 by then-Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware and was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush..."
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Student Loans – A Generational Disaster | The Liberty Conservative
Student Loans – A Generational Disaster | The Liberty Conservative
"One of the biggest generational differences which causes a disconnect between baby boomers and millennials is student debt.
Many baby boomers are confused why college graduates don’t immediately move out of their parents’ house like baby boomers did.
The issue is that once a student graduates, they become debtors.
It’s a vicious cycle which turns compound returns against borrowers...
Finances By Degree
"One of the biggest generational differences which causes a disconnect between baby boomers and millennials is student debt.
Many baby boomers are confused why college graduates don’t immediately move out of their parents’ house like baby boomers did.
The issue is that once a student graduates, they become debtors.
It’s a vicious cycle which turns compound returns against borrowers...
Finances By Degree
The chart below shows the net worth of loan applicants for various degrees.
NET WORTH OF LOAN APPLICANTS
Conclusion-Student loans are devastating for millennials as they are graduating with excessive debt, yet getting paid similar amounts to baby boomers when they were young.
Baby boomers were able to enter their 20s with little debt which helped them buy a house and start a family at a young age..."
Baby boomers were able to enter their 20s with little debt which helped them buy a house and start a family at a young age..."
CNN Admits: U.S. Town Where Guns Are Required Has Had Only 1 Murder in 6 Years
"CNN admitted in a report on March 6, 2018, that a Georgia town requiring gun ownership has only seen one murder in six years and maintains a violent crime rate of less than two percent."
Sweden: Woman faces two years in prison for making jokes about Islam
Sweden: Woman faces two years in prison for making jokes about Islam
“The woman is charged with ‘talking in a negative or threatening way about a group of people’ after she posted cartoons about Islam on Facebook.”
“The woman is charged with ‘talking in a negative or threatening way about a group of people’ after she posted cartoons about Islam on Facebook.”
Sweden is on fire with jihad activity, and this is what they prosecute.
Would this woman have been prosecuted for joking about Christianity or Judaism?
What do you think?
The joke may be stupid or in poor taste.
But if you said the same thing about any other group, no one would care..."
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Gotta love the date of this love-fest----Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle - Salon.com
Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle - Salon.com-DAVID SIROTA-03.06.2013
"The Venezuelan leader was often marginalized as a radical.
But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains.
For the last decade in American politics, Hugo Chavez became a potent political weapon - within a few years of his ascent, he was transformed from just a leader of a neighboring nation into a boogeyman synonymous with extremism.
...No, Chavez became the bugaboo of American politics because his full-throated advocacy of socialism and redistributionism at once represented a fundamental critique of neoliberal economics, and also delivered some indisputably positive results.
Indeed, as shown by some of the most significant indicators, Chavez racked up an economic record that a legacy-obsessed American president could only dream of achieving..."
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But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains.
For the last decade in American politics, Hugo Chavez became a potent political weapon - within a few years of his ascent, he was transformed from just a leader of a neighboring nation into a boogeyman synonymous with extremism.
...No, Chavez became the bugaboo of American politics because his full-throated advocacy of socialism and redistributionism at once represented a fundamental critique of neoliberal economics, and also delivered some indisputably positive results.
Indeed, as shown by some of the most significant indicators, Chavez racked up an economic record that a legacy-obsessed American president could only dream of achieving..."
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The Media and Joe McCarthy | Trending
The Media and Joe McCarthy | Trending:
"...If Evans and West are to be believed -- and their argument is certainly persuasive -- McCarthy has been unjustly smeared by the press and by antihistorical writing in general.
As Wes Vernon writes in Accuracy in Media, “The media’s role in tilting the scales against the most controversial United States senator in the 20th century began the very moment he burst on the national scene in February of 1950.”
It continues in one form or another to this day, often “mediated” through the anti-Trump mania that has consumed the Left and the FNM (Fake News Media).
Trump is now regarded by the anti-anti-communist syndicate as a kind of McCarthy redivivus -- all the more reason to explode the media fable.
But the belief in McCarthy’s treachery has penetrated everywhere..."
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"...If Evans and West are to be believed -- and their argument is certainly persuasive -- McCarthy has been unjustly smeared by the press and by antihistorical writing in general.
As Wes Vernon writes in Accuracy in Media, “The media’s role in tilting the scales against the most controversial United States senator in the 20th century began the very moment he burst on the national scene in February of 1950.” It continues in one form or another to this day, often “mediated” through the anti-Trump mania that has consumed the Left and the FNM (Fake News Media).
Trump is now regarded by the anti-anti-communist syndicate as a kind of McCarthy redivivus -- all the more reason to explode the media fable.
But the belief in McCarthy’s treachery has penetrated everywhere..."
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This Is the Greatest Manufacturing Jobs Boom in Twenty Years | Breitbart
This Is the Greatest Manufacturing Jobs Boom in Twenty Years | Breitbart:
"The American manufacturing renaissance is still defying expectations.
Over the last 12 months, manufacturers have added 224,000 jobs. That’s the biggest annual gain since 1998, according to Wall Street economist Joe LaVorgna. Since the 2016 election, the economy has added 263,000 manufacturing jobs. Last month, 31,000 new manufacturing jobs came online."
"The American manufacturing renaissance is still defying expectations.
Over the last 12 months, manufacturers have added 224,000 jobs. That’s the biggest annual gain since 1998, according to Wall Street economist Joe LaVorgna. Since the 2016 election, the economy has added 263,000 manufacturing jobs. Last month, 31,000 new manufacturing jobs came online."
Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI | New York Post
Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI | New York Post:
"During the financial crisis, the federal government bailed out banks it declared “too big to fail.” Fearing their bankruptcy might trigger economic Armageddon, the feds propped them up with taxpayer cash.
Something similar is happening now at the FBI, with the Washington wagons circling the agency to protect it from charges of corruption.
This time, the appropriate tag line is “too big to believe.”
Yet each day brings credible reports suggesting there is a massive scandal involving the top ranks of America’s premier law enforcement agency.
The reports, which feature talk among agents of a “secret society” and suddenly missing text messages, point to the existence both of a cabal dedicated to defeating Donald Trump in 2016 and of a plan to let Hillary Clinton skate free in the classified email probe.
If either one is true — and I believe both probably are — it would mean FBI leaders betrayed the nation by abusing their powers in a bid to pick the president..."
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"During the financial crisis, the federal government bailed out banks it declared “too big to fail.” Fearing their bankruptcy might trigger economic Armageddon, the feds propped them up with taxpayer cash.
Something similar is happening now at the FBI, with the Washington wagons circling the agency to protect it from charges of corruption.This time, the appropriate tag line is “too big to believe.”
Yet each day brings credible reports suggesting there is a massive scandal involving the top ranks of America’s premier law enforcement agency.
The reports, which feature talk among agents of a “secret society” and suddenly missing text messages, point to the existence both of a cabal dedicated to defeating Donald Trump in 2016 and of a plan to let Hillary Clinton skate free in the classified email probe.
If either one is true — and I believe both probably are — it would mean FBI leaders betrayed the nation by abusing their powers in a bid to pick the president..."
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History for March 11
History for March 11 - On-This-Day.com:
Lawrence Welk 1903, Ralph David Abernathy 1926, Rupert Murdoch 1931 - Media mogul
Antonin Scalia 1936 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Mark Metcalf 1946 - Actor ("Animal House"), Bobby McFerrin 1950 - Singer
537 - The Goths began their siege on Rome.
1888 - The "Blizzard of '88" began along the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard shutting down communication and transportation lines. More than 400 people died.(March 11-14)
1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Lend-Lease Act, which authorized the act of providing war supplies to the Allies.
1946 - Pravda denounced Winston Churchill as anti-Soviet and a warmonger.
1947 - The DuMont network aired "Movies For Small Fry." It was network television's first successful children's program.
1969 - Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans.
1986 - Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a one-stick model.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Visa Refuses to Cut Ties with Semi-Automatic Rifle Manufacturers
Visa Refuses to Cut Ties with Semi-Automatic Rifle Manufacturers:
"Visa rejected calls to cut ties with semi-automatic rifle manufacturers by announcing it is not their job to “[set] restrictions on the sale of lawful goods and services.”"
"Visa rejected calls to cut ties with semi-automatic rifle manufacturers by announcing it is not their job to “[set] restrictions on the sale of lawful goods and services.”"
Cost for California bullet train system rises to $77.3 billion
Cost for California bullet train system rises to $77.3 billion:
"The California bullet train project took a sharp jump in price Friday when the state rail authority announced the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would total $77.3 billion, an increase of $13 billion from estimates two years ago, and could potentially rise as high as $98.1 billion.
...The rail authority has wrestled with a more than $40-billion funding gap, which would increase sharply under the new cost estimates.
...Lawsuits were filed by counties, water agencies, farm bureaus and cities, alleging that the project had not fairly estimated the impacts to their communities..."
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"The California bullet train project took a sharp jump in price Friday when the state rail authority announced the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would total $77.3 billion, an increase of $13 billion from estimates two years ago, and could potentially rise as high as $98.1 billion....The rail authority has wrestled with a more than $40-billion funding gap, which would increase sharply under the new cost estimates.
...Lawsuits were filed by counties, water agencies, farm bureaus and cities, alleging that the project had not fairly estimated the impacts to their communities..."
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U.S. Media Long Carried Putin's Water - Odd Given Today's Hysteria | RealClearInvestigations
U.S. Media Long Carried Putin's Water - Odd Given Today's Hysteria | RealClearInvestigations:
"...In the United States, the Russian-state media entity partnered with the Washington Post until 2015 and with the New York Times, which confirmed it still bundles the insert into its regular paper.
...Russia Beyond, as the insert was renamed in 2017, serves as a “gateway for all things Russia -- from culture, travel, education, language, ways to do business, and much more.”
Only a small disclaimer right below the masthead, in light typeface, explains that it’s an advertising feature.
...So it turns out that, like Facebook, the New York Times and Washington Post were among those taking money to distribute Russian propaganda.
How much money exactly?
Neither newspaper would disclose financial details.
But there are indications it was a significant amount — and far more than Facebook received.
In 2008 the Daily Telegraph was reported to have earned nearly 40,000 pounds a month (perhaps $57,000 to $80,000) to distribute the insert.
Russia Beyond likely paid several million dollars to the Times and Post combined over more than a decade.
By comparison, Facebook was paid roughly $100,000 by Russian-linked disinformation sources during a nearly two-year period..."
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"...In the United States, the Russian-state media entity partnered with the Washington Post until 2015 and with the New York Times, which confirmed it still bundles the insert into its regular paper.
...Russia Beyond, as the insert was renamed in 2017, serves as a “gateway for all things Russia -- from culture, travel, education, language, ways to do business, and much more.”
Only a small disclaimer right below the masthead, in light typeface, explains that it’s an advertising feature....So it turns out that, like Facebook, the New York Times and Washington Post were among those taking money to distribute Russian propaganda.
How much money exactly?
Neither newspaper would disclose financial details.
But there are indications it was a significant amount — and far more than Facebook received.
In 2008 the Daily Telegraph was reported to have earned nearly 40,000 pounds a month (perhaps $57,000 to $80,000) to distribute the insert.
Russia Beyond likely paid several million dollars to the Times and Post combined over more than a decade.
By comparison, Facebook was paid roughly $100,000 by Russian-linked disinformation sources during a nearly two-year period..."
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Despite what CNN says, there's nothing cool about socialism
Despite what CNN says, there's nothing cool about socialism:
"My grandmother grew up in Ukraine, which was then a part of the USSR — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. After waking each morning, she checked to see if any of her family members died during the night. Many of her compatriots were already dead because Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader, implemented a mass starvation program.
Known as the “Holodomor,” the goal of the policy was to starve Ukrainians into submission. It worked as intended: Stalin murdered perhaps four million Ukrainians. (For this reason and others, Ukrainians are a bit prickly when asked if their accent is Russian.)
My grandmother only escaped this torture when she, along with the Russian man who would become my grandfather, were kidnapped by the Nazis and taken to Germany as slave labor. Thus, they stopped living the Soviet Socialist dream and began experiencing the National Socialist dream, instead."
Known as the “Holodomor,” the goal of the policy was to starve Ukrainians into submission. It worked as intended: Stalin murdered perhaps four million Ukrainians. (For this reason and others, Ukrainians are a bit prickly when asked if their accent is Russian.)
My grandmother only escaped this torture when she, along with the Russian man who would become my grandfather, were kidnapped by the Nazis and taken to Germany as slave labor. Thus, they stopped living the Soviet Socialist dream and began experiencing the National Socialist dream, instead."
‘Keep your damn mouth shut …’ ABC tries to get Dolly Parton to trash Trump and her answer is brilliant
‘Keep your damn mouth shut …’ ABC tries to get Dolly Parton to trash Trump and her answer is brilliant:
"Reaching all the way back to the iconic 1980 movie “9 to 5,” which featured Dolly Parton, ABC News tried in vain to get country music legend to denounce President Donald Trump by likening him to the sexist boss in the film.
“The sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical portrayed so effectively in that movie by actor Dabney Coleman hasn’t exactly disappeared from the culture,” said Nightline correspondent David Wright. “We have a president of the United States who said the things on that bus.”
That a “journalist” can espouse such rank bias without a trace of shame is another matter altogether, but Parton proved to be a little too sharp for Wright’s taste.
“I’m not addressing that. I do not get into that,” the singer declared.
"Reaching all the way back to the iconic 1980 movie “9 to 5,” which featured Dolly Parton, ABC News tried in vain to get country music legend to denounce President Donald Trump by likening him to the sexist boss in the film.
“The sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical portrayed so effectively in that movie by actor Dabney Coleman hasn’t exactly disappeared from the culture,” said Nightline correspondent David Wright. “We have a president of the United States who said the things on that bus.”
That a “journalist” can espouse such rank bias without a trace of shame is another matter altogether, but Parton proved to be a little too sharp for Wright’s taste.
“I’m not addressing that. I do not get into that,” the singer declared.
“Of course I have my opinion about everybody and everything.
But I learned a long time ago, keep your damn mouth shut if you want to stay in show business.
I’m not in politics.
I am an entertainer.”
Amen!"
Amen!"
Waters promises 'reparations' if Dems take over in 2020
Waters promises 'reparations' if Dems take over in 2020:
"How radical can the Democrats get if they take over the government again?
What used to be an extreme position - reparations to black people for slavery - is now entering the mainstream of Democratic party thought and could become a reality once the Democrats regain power....
"How radical can the Democrats get if they take over the government again?
What used to be an extreme position - reparations to black people for slavery - is now entering the mainstream of Democratic party thought and could become a reality once the Democrats regain power....
Rep. Maxine "Mad Max" Waters, appears to want to make it a cornerstone of a run for the presidency in 2020.
WATERS: “He’s a bully — he has a bully mentality. We need someone in the presidency who not only has good sense but understands diplomacy and understands what we need to do to have peace in this world so we can all look forward to the possibility that we’re someday going to have a world that’s about peace and justice and respect for individual liberty.”
RYE: “Is that your stump speech for 2020? — Is she running? Is she running?”
...
WATERS: “I’d be happy to do that. That’s no problem. In order to get where we need to go on this issue and other issues, we really got to understand that 2018 is important in taking back the House and taking back the Senate ... If we want to get to the point where we can get reparations, we’ve got to have the power to do that, Number 1, by having a supportive president would be wonderful, but taking back the House would be absolutely wonderful ... I need to take back that House so that we can have a majority in that committee.”
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