However, they also accepted another responsibility in order to qualify for that special protected status.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
How Google breaks the law every micro-second
How Google breaks the law every micro-second:
What most people don’t understand is that Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter don’t have the right you and I and most corporations have to take sides in the political debate – at least not in the work they do online. They gave that right away when they accepted immunization from legal liability, under the Communications Decency Act, from activities conducted on their platforms. For instance, they can’t be sued or prosecuted for defamation, libel, or indeed for any criminal activity that takes place in their online domains. They got those privileges by agreeing to serve as mere “carriers” of data – in other words, as utilities, like the old phone company. Therefore they can’t be held responsible for conversations, postings, or other online materials that involve illegal or otherwise dubious actors.
However, they also accepted another responsibility in order to qualify for that special protected status.
However, they also accepted another responsibility in order to qualify for that special protected status.
Trump revokes Brennan security clearance
Trump revokes Brennan security clearance:
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., had been among those pushing the president to cancel Brennan’s clearance.
“Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump,” Paul had tweeted.
Brennan now gets paid as an analyst for NBC and MSNBC.
The senator earlier raised questions about Brennan’s security clearance
At the time, Paul said, “If he has top-secret clearance as unhinged as he is now, he’s calling the president treasonous, saying he is for the death penalty of the president, this is alarming.”
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., had been among those pushing the president to cancel Brennan’s clearance.“Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump,” Paul had tweeted.
Brennan now gets paid as an analyst for NBC and MSNBC.
The senator earlier raised questions about Brennan’s security clearance
At the time, Paul said, “If he has top-secret clearance as unhinged as he is now, he’s calling the president treasonous, saying he is for the death penalty of the president, this is alarming.”
Liberal Judges Support Terror - The Schpiel
Liberal Judges Support Terror - The Schpiel:
"While it is a well-known fact that former usurper-in-chief Barack Obama propped up ISIS by giving them aid and weapons, it is still considered a “conspiracy theory” to suggest that Democrats are in bed with the avowed enemies of America.
But yesterday’s incomprehensible judicial decision in New Mexico shows that – like with most conspiracy theories, it seems – what was once unthinkable is now becoming the undeniable reality.
Judge Sarah Backus, an elected Democrat, let two men and three women who were charged with training children to conduct school shootings at a disgusting, fetid compound back onto the streets of New Mexico.
Police raided the compound last week and found 11 children who were being neglected and apparently trained to conduct school shootings.
The Judge did not seem to care very much, and the Muslim individuals walked without even paying a dime.
...Whether this judge is either a useful idiot for radical Islam or a knowing witting collaborator with these enemies of America, it does not matter.
She needs to be replaced with a strong conservative rule of law justice during the next election."
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"While it is a well-known fact that former usurper-in-chief Barack Obama propped up ISIS by giving them aid and weapons, it is still considered a “conspiracy theory” to suggest that Democrats are in bed with the avowed enemies of America.
But yesterday’s incomprehensible judicial decision in New Mexico shows that – like with most conspiracy theories, it seems – what was once unthinkable is now becoming the undeniable reality.Judge Sarah Backus, an elected Democrat, let two men and three women who were charged with training children to conduct school shootings at a disgusting, fetid compound back onto the streets of New Mexico.
Police raided the compound last week and found 11 children who were being neglected and apparently trained to conduct school shootings.
The Judge did not seem to care very much, and the Muslim individuals walked without even paying a dime.
...Whether this judge is either a useful idiot for radical Islam or a knowing witting collaborator with these enemies of America, it does not matter.
She needs to be replaced with a strong conservative rule of law justice during the next election."
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Michigan wants to put internet sales tax revenues to roads | Crain's Detroit Business
Michigan wants to put internet sales tax revenues to roads | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Starting Oct. 1, 6 percent sales tax will be applied to all companies with no physical location in Michigan
State estimates internet sales tax will net $203 million in first fiscal year
To allow funds to go just to roads, Legislature would have to change sales tax formula
Bloomberg-The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that states can collect taxes from internet sales, including on purchases made through online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
Michigan released how it will implement its internet sales tax collection process Monday, with Gov. Rick Snyder planning to urge the Legislature to put all the gains directly into road funding..."
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"Starting Oct. 1, 6 percent sales tax will be applied to all companies with no physical location in MichiganState estimates internet sales tax will net $203 million in first fiscal year
To allow funds to go just to roads, Legislature would have to change sales tax formula
Bloomberg-The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that states can collect taxes from internet sales, including on purchases made through online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
Michigan released how it will implement its internet sales tax collection process Monday, with Gov. Rick Snyder planning to urge the Legislature to put all the gains directly into road funding..."
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PRAGER: Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism ... And The Bible | Daily Wire
PRAGER: Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism ... And The Bible | Daily Wire:
Last week, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had changed the Catholic catechism. After 2,000 years of teaching that a moral use of capital punishment for murder is consistent with Catholic teaching, the pope announced that the catechism, the church fathers and St. Thomas Aquinas, among the other great Catholic theologians, were all wrong.
And God and the Bible? They're wrong, too.
And God and the Bible? They're wrong, too.
Disgusting!-----NM Tragedy: Could the FBI Have Saved the Boy? | Clarion Project
NM Tragedy: Could the FBI Have Saved the Boy? | Clarion Project
"The New Mexico authorities have announced heart-breaking news:
The remains of a boy have been found at the Islamist compound that was raided on Friday.
It is almost certainly the body of disabled toddler Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, who has been missing for nine months after being abducted by his father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and brought to the compound with 11 other malnourished children.
The day the remains were found would have been his fourth birthday.
The pain one experiences from reading the story is increased exponentially by a reality that is difficult to accept:
The boy might have been saved if the FBI had acted, instead of stalling until the New Mexico police finally went in on their own.
Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj went missing on December 1, 2017, abducted by his father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj.
The boy’s mother, Hakeemah Ramzi, went to the police..."
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"The New Mexico authorities have announced heart-breaking news:
The remains of a boy have been found at the Islamist compound that was raided on Friday.It is almost certainly the body of disabled toddler Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, who has been missing for nine months after being abducted by his father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and brought to the compound with 11 other malnourished children.
The day the remains were found would have been his fourth birthday.
The pain one experiences from reading the story is increased exponentially by a reality that is difficult to accept:
The boy might have been saved if the FBI had acted, instead of stalling until the New Mexico police finally went in on their own.
- The Beginning
Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj went missing on December 1, 2017, abducted by his father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj.
The boy’s mother, Hakeemah Ramzi, went to the police..."
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• Chart: Thousands Of American Bridges Are Falling Apart | Statista
• Chart: Thousands Of American Bridges Are Falling Apart | Statista:
"Back in August 2007, the dangerous and decaying state of America's infrastructure became a shocking reality when the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, sending vehicles crashing into the river below.
13 people were killed while another 145 were injured.
A decade later, a new analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has found that 54,259 bridges in the U.S. are structurally deficient...
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"Back in August 2007, the dangerous and decaying state of America's infrastructure became a shocking reality when the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, sending vehicles crashing into the river below.
13 people were killed while another 145 were injured.
A decade later, a new analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has found that 54,259 bridges in the U.S. are structurally deficient...
Read on.
Ocasio-Cortez claims have fact-checkers working overtime | Fox News
Ocasio-Cortez claims have fact-checkers working overtime | Fox News:
New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has excited the liberal base with her media blitz touting Medicare-for-all, the elimination of ICE and more.
But the Democrat's rapid-fire claims about the state of the economy and other issues have fact-checkers scrambling to provide a reality check.
The Washington Post was the latest to put her myriad claims under the microscope.
New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has excited the liberal base with her media blitz touting Medicare-for-all, the elimination of ICE and more.But the Democrat's rapid-fire claims about the state of the economy and other issues have fact-checkers scrambling to provide a reality check.
The Washington Post was the latest to put her myriad claims under the microscope.
JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups…
Instapundit Blog Archive JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups…
"JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups.’
Calling them “commies” would be more accurate, but wouldn’t support the narrative.---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"
"JOURNALISM: CNN calls marchers chanting ‘f*ck the police’ and throwing eggs ‘anti-hate groups.’
Calling them “commies” would be more accurate, but wouldn’t support the narrative.---Posted by Glenn Reynolds"
LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners - Slashdot
LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners - Slashdot:
"Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday that the city's subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives.
"The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins, who runs the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's law enforcement division," reports the Associated Press reports:
The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person's body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet (9 meters) away and have the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
...The screening process is voluntary, Wiggins said, but customers who choose not be screened won't be able to ride on the subway."
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"Los Angeles officials announced Tuesday that the city's subway will become the first mass transit system in the U.S. to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives.
"The deployment of the portable scanners, which project waves to do full-body screenings of passengers walking through a station without slowing them down, will happen in the coming months, said Alex Wiggins, who runs the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's law enforcement division," reports the Associated Press reports:The machines scan for metallic and non-metallic objects on a person's body, can detect suspicious items from 30 feet (9 meters) away and have the capability of scanning more than 2,000 passengers per hour.
...The screening process is voluntary, Wiggins said, but customers who choose not be screened won't be able to ride on the subway."
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Using the Truth to Lie | Declination
Using the Truth to Lie | Declination:
"Picture in your mind a political debate between acquaintances, perhaps on social media, or in meatspace.
You make your point, your opponent makes his.
Demands for evidence are made.
Your opponent cites a media piece.
Perhaps an article on CNN, or a reference to a study on The Atlantic.
The onus is on you to prove that the item is now incorrect.
Yet you cannot do so, for the citations within it are true, even though the spin has rendered it into something it really is not.
How do you articulate that?
Consider this CNN headline: Children found in New Mexico compound were training for school shootings, prosecutors say.
What is wrong with it?
The headline is true.
The children were indeed in a compound in New Mexico, and were indeed training to commit school shootings.
Ah, but it omits that this was linked to Islamic terror.
Now the article itself sort-of admits this in the last section of the article.
Hogrefe said FBI analysts told him the suspects appeared to be “extremist of the Muslim belief.”
Compare this to how the same event is reported on Fox News: Investigators raided New Mexico compound on tip from terror-tied New York City imam, cleric claims.
Note the difference in spin.
One emphasizes ‘school shootings’ and the other ‘terror-tied’ and ‘imam’.
This is how the tone of a thing is subtly changed, depending on the journalist’s preferred viewpoint..."
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"Picture in your mind a political debate between acquaintances, perhaps on social media, or in meatspace.
You make your point, your opponent makes his.
Demands for evidence are made.
Perhaps an article on CNN, or a reference to a study on The Atlantic.
The onus is on you to prove that the item is now incorrect.
Yet you cannot do so, for the citations within it are true, even though the spin has rendered it into something it really is not.
How do you articulate that?
Consider this CNN headline: Children found in New Mexico compound were training for school shootings, prosecutors say.
What is wrong with it?
The headline is true.
The children were indeed in a compound in New Mexico, and were indeed training to commit school shootings.
Ah, but it omits that this was linked to Islamic terror.
Now the article itself sort-of admits this in the last section of the article.
Hogrefe said FBI analysts told him the suspects appeared to be “extremist of the Muslim belief.”
Compare this to how the same event is reported on Fox News: Investigators raided New Mexico compound on tip from terror-tied New York City imam, cleric claims.
Note the difference in spin.
One emphasizes ‘school shootings’ and the other ‘terror-tied’ and ‘imam’.
This is how the tone of a thing is subtly changed, depending on the journalist’s preferred viewpoint..."
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CNN: Antifa's Violence Against 'Bigots' Is 'Right' | Breitbart
Chris Cuomo announced Monday night that CNN will not condemn but instead justify political violence against anyone it defines as “bigots” — which, according to the network’s editorial tone over the past two years, signals open season on all Trump supporters for violent activists like Antifa and the Black Bloc.
How Long Will You Tolerate Having Your Franchise Deprecated and Nullified? | Trending
How Long Will You Tolerate Having Your Franchise Deprecated and Nullified? | Trending
"Apparently, in Ohio – lest their loss mar a narrative of an inevitable blue wave – several uncounted ballots have been “found.”
Of course, everyone knows these ballots will be uniformly Democrat, and will keep being “found” until the race tips to the Democrat.
Which is weird, since both of these events, in a rational world, are as unlikely as a three headed eagle coming through my window right now.
And I don’t even see a hint of feathers.
So why do we all know this?
Because this is not the first time, this is not the second time.
This is not probably the tenth time, save that some incidents don’t get reported and we have a very short public memory.
...We make jokes about this.
We joke about Chicago.
We joke about “found” ballots.
But the people elected that way still get to serve.
And by “serve” I mean, please refer to the title of the science fiction story “to serve man.”
My question is: How long will you tolerate this?..."
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"Apparently, in Ohio – lest their loss mar a narrative of an inevitable blue wave – several uncounted ballots have been “found.”
Of course, everyone knows these ballots will be uniformly Democrat, and will keep being “found” until the race tips to the Democrat. Which is weird, since both of these events, in a rational world, are as unlikely as a three headed eagle coming through my window right now.
And I don’t even see a hint of feathers.
So why do we all know this?
Because this is not the first time, this is not the second time.
This is not probably the tenth time, save that some incidents don’t get reported and we have a very short public memory.
...We make jokes about this.
We joke about Chicago.
We joke about “found” ballots.
But the people elected that way still get to serve.
And by “serve” I mean, please refer to the title of the science fiction story “to serve man.”
My question is: How long will you tolerate this?..."
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History for August 16
History for August 16 - On-This-Day.com
Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913, Charles Bukowski 1920, Shimon Peres 1923 - Israeli politician
Kathie Lee Gifford 1953 - Television host ("Today"), James Cameron 1954 - Director ("Titanic"), Madonna Louise Ciccone 1958 - Singer
1777 - During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars.
1812 - Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812.
1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.
1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
1995 - Voters in Bermuda rejected independence from Great Britain.
1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Donald Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay - Washington Times
Donald Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay - Washington Times:
President Trump signed a $716 billion defense bill Monday that authorizes hundreds of new planes, ships and tanks — and delivers a substantial victory to the administration by watering down penalties on a Chinese telecom company.
The law adds thousands of troops to the size of the military, raises pay, modernizes the U.S. nuclear arsenal and lays the groundwork for Mr. Trump’s proposed “space force,” in what the president called “the most significant investment in our military, and in our war fighters, in modern history.”
The law adds thousands of troops to the size of the military, raises pay, modernizes the U.S. nuclear arsenal and lays the groundwork for Mr. Trump’s proposed “space force,” in what the president called “the most significant investment in our military, and in our war fighters, in modern history.”
UMich in trouble with appeals court for not letting students cross-examine rape accusers - The College Fix
UMich in trouble with appeals court for not letting students cross-examine rape accusers - The College Fix
"You want our permission to ‘set up a kangaroo court’?
One of President Trump’s appellate court nominees is yet again positioning himself to be front and center defending the due process rights of college students.
...One of the issues was the university’s decision to allow cross-examination in every kind of misconduct proceeding except Title IX cases.
...Months after that, Thapar grilled a university lawyer for suggesting colleges could prejudge males accused of sexual assault to protect female students.
The University of Michigan’s lawyer didn’t get any easier treatment from Thapar (below) at the Aug. 1 hearing.
The judge even suggested that lawyer David DeBruin was arguing for the university’s right to “set up a kangaroo court” in all adjudications, not just Title IX proceedings..."
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"You want our permission to ‘set up a kangaroo court’?
One of President Trump’s appellate court nominees is yet again positioning himself to be front and center defending the due process rights of college students.
...One of the issues was the university’s decision to allow cross-examination in every kind of misconduct proceeding except Title IX cases....Months after that, Thapar grilled a university lawyer for suggesting colleges could prejudge males accused of sexual assault to protect female students.
The University of Michigan’s lawyer didn’t get any easier treatment from Thapar (below) at the Aug. 1 hearing.
The judge even suggested that lawyer David DeBruin was arguing for the university’s right to “set up a kangaroo court” in all adjudications, not just Title IX proceedings..."
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When you run out of "free money"-----Branch County Sheriff's Department cuts weekend patrols after deputy retirements | WWMT
Branch County Sheriff's Department cuts weekend patrols after deputy retirements | WWMT
COLDWATER, Mich. — Without enough deputies to go around, the Branch County Sheriff Office was forced to cut to patrols to five days a week.
Down to just five deputies to cover more than 1,000 square miles, deputies will only patrol from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Weekdays are the busiest because deputies have court responsibilities and jail transports to make on top of criminal investigations and calls for service, according to Sheriff John Pollack.
"I can't do my job with five deputies," Pollack said.
...If there is an emergency when no deputies are on duty and state troopers are tied up, Pollack said, "dispatch has been told that they call the undersheriff, the undersheriff calls all our people in."
Branch County deputies respond to about 9,000 calls a year.
...On the heels of the 20-year millage Branch County voters approved in early August to fund a new jail, Pollack says he will again ask county commissioners for additional dollars to re-staff the department..."
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COLDWATER, Mich. — Without enough deputies to go around, the Branch County Sheriff Office was forced to cut to patrols to five days a week.
Down to just five deputies to cover more than 1,000 square miles, deputies will only patrol from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.Weekdays are the busiest because deputies have court responsibilities and jail transports to make on top of criminal investigations and calls for service, according to Sheriff John Pollack.
"I can't do my job with five deputies," Pollack said.
...If there is an emergency when no deputies are on duty and state troopers are tied up, Pollack said, "dispatch has been told that they call the undersheriff, the undersheriff calls all our people in."
Branch County deputies respond to about 9,000 calls a year.
...On the heels of the 20-year millage Branch County voters approved in early August to fund a new jail, Pollack says he will again ask county commissioners for additional dollars to re-staff the department..."
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Burka Brawl: Britain Finally Standing Up to Islamism?The American Spectator
In truth, the reason Britain’s Boris burka saga has continued on so long (apart from the alliterative possibilities that mean tabloid editors don’t want it to die) is that everyone — right, left, center, up, down, and all over the political spectrum — realizes this is a litmus test for Britain.
Progressivism and Public Education - TheCollegeConservative.com
Progressivism and Public Education - TheCollegeConservative.com:
"Public education is the primary platform progressives are using to push their political agenda.
And republicans are helping pay for it.
That republicans have implicitly agreed to fund this ridiculous liability is contemptible and indicative of a broader political problem.
Republicans have thought of no viable alternative to Dewey’s K-12 socialist regime.
To address this issue conservatives must answer the following question : what kind of world should we expect schools to help create?
One simple answer is this: one that works.
...Instead universities are rapidly being converted into 4-year luxury resorts for marginally interested students.
Additionally, college courses are gradually becoming easier as professors make concessions to more and more unprepared students.
As of 2013, more and more A’s were being given away than in any other point in US history..."
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"Public education is the primary platform progressives are using to push their political agenda.
And republicans are helping pay for it.
That republicans have implicitly agreed to fund this ridiculous liability is contemptible and indicative of a broader political problem.Republicans have thought of no viable alternative to Dewey’s K-12 socialist regime.
To address this issue conservatives must answer the following question : what kind of world should we expect schools to help create?
One simple answer is this: one that works.
...Instead universities are rapidly being converted into 4-year luxury resorts for marginally interested students.
Additionally, college courses are gradually becoming easier as professors make concessions to more and more unprepared students.
As of 2013, more and more A’s were being given away than in any other point in US history..."
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JOURNALISM: Media Ignores Fact That Cops And NBC Reporter Were Attacked At Charlottesville.
Instapundit Blog Archive JOURNALISM: Media Ignores Fact That Cops And NBC Reporter Were Attacked At Charlottesville. Just…
"JOURNALISM: Media Ignores Fact That Cops And NBC Reporter Were Attacked At Charlottesville.
"JOURNALISM: Media Ignores Fact That Cops And NBC Reporter Were Attacked At Charlottesville.
Just think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines, and the silence makes perfect sense."
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