The project, which claims to be compatible with common core, pushes “rebellion” and educates students on the PFLP’s goal, which is posted on Dream Defenders stationary and quite literally calls for “the destruction of the Zionist state.”
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Group Aided by Andrew Gillum Teaches Kids to Glorify Deadly Palestinian Terrorist Organization
Group Aided by Andrew Gillum Teaches Kids to Glorify Deadly Palestinian Terrorist Organization:
Dream Defenders, a radical organization closely associated with Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, compiled an education tool for U.S. teachers that glorifies the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a deadly terrorist organization.
The project, which claims to be compatible with common core, pushes “rebellion” and educates students on the PFLP’s goal, which is posted on Dream Defenders stationary and quite literally calls for “the destruction of the Zionist state.”
The project, which claims to be compatible with common core, pushes “rebellion” and educates students on the PFLP’s goal, which is posted on Dream Defenders stationary and quite literally calls for “the destruction of the Zionist state.”
College students can't send in absentee ballots because they don't know where to buy stamps [tr]
But 49 cents may be all it takes to keep these post-Millennials from exercising their civic duty.
On Tuesday, a Fairfax County, Virginia official said they are noticing a disturbing trend: young people failing to mail in their absentee ballots because they don't know how to get a stamp.
..."One thing that came up, which I had heard from my own kids but I thought they were just nerdy, was that the students will go through the process of applying for a mail-in absentee ballot, they will fill out the ballot, and then, they don't know where to get stamps," Connors told WTOP.
"That seems to be like a hump that they can't get across."...
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History for October 21
History for October 21 - On-This-Day.com
Alfred Nobel 1833 - Chemist, inventor of dynamite, his will created the Nobel Prizes, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie 1917 - Musician, trumpet, Whitey Ford 1928 - Baseball player
Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel, Carrie Fisher 1956 - Actress ("Star Wars" movies), Kim Kardashian 1980 - TV personality
1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Sherrod Brown, Dem senator, accused of making 'unwanted, sudden' advance against woman in 1980s - Washington Times
Sherrod Brown, Dem senator, accused of making 'unwanted, sudden' advance against woman in 1980s - Washington Times:
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is preparing to take legal action against his Republican challenger, Rep. Jim Renacci, after the congressman released a statement Thursday evening accusing him of sexual harassment 30 years ago.
Mr. Renacci’s Senate campaign released a lengthy statement by attorney Laura Mills telling the story of a “very credible” and “professional” unnamed woman who has accused Mr. Brown of making “an unexpected, uninvited, unwanted, and sudden advance, roughly pushing her up against a wall” in the late 1980s.
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is preparing to take legal action against his Republican challenger, Rep. Jim Renacci, after the congressman released a statement Thursday evening accusing him of sexual harassment 30 years ago.Mr. Renacci’s Senate campaign released a lengthy statement by attorney Laura Mills telling the story of a “very credible” and “professional” unnamed woman who has accused Mr. Brown of making “an unexpected, uninvited, unwanted, and sudden advance, roughly pushing her up against a wall” in the late 1980s.
Want Low Income Taxes? Don't Live in This State. | Intellectual Takeout
Want Low Income Taxes? Don't Live in This State. | Intellectual Takeout:
"...the 81-year-old nonpartisan Tax Foundation has ranked U.S. states according to their individual income tax burden, which is the heaviest-weighted component of their state business tax climate index.
The following map shows where each state has ranked according to state income taxes going into 2019.
"...the 81-year-old nonpartisan Tax Foundation has ranked U.S. states according to their individual income tax burden, which is the heaviest-weighted component of their state business tax climate index.
The following map shows where each state has ranked according to state income taxes going into 2019.
The politics of reporting on left-wing violence against the right – The New Neo
The politics of reporting on left-wing violence against the right – The New Neo
"Senator Rand Paul has had a rough couple of years of it.
He was present but not injured when Steve Scalise was almost murdered on the baseball field by a Republican-hating shooter.
And Paul had his very own incident of being beaten quite badly by a neighbor with a political beef.
"Senator Rand Paul has had a rough couple of years of it.
And Paul had his very own incident of being beaten quite badly by a neighbor with a political beef.
Both incidents have almost certainly left Paul very aware of the escalating violence on the left, and how verbal threats can lead unhinged people to actual physical attacks.
He is also aware of how the MSM covers up the leftist origins of such attackers, and has called them out on it:
He is also aware of how the MSM covers up the leftist origins of such attackers, and has called them out on it:
“I was there at the ball field when Steven Scalise almost died from a very, very angry violent man who was incited really by rhetoric on the left,” Paul said.“And this hasn’t been reported enough, when he came on the field with a semi-automatic weapon firing probably close to 200 shots at us, shooting five people and almost killing Steve Scalise, he was yelling ‘this is for healthcare!” Paul said. “He also had a list of conservative legislators, Republicans, in his pocket that he was willing to kill.”
The fact that it “wasn’t reported enough” is no accident..."
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Former Minnesota FBI Agent Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents | KSTP.com
Former Minnesota FBI Agent Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents | KSTP.com:
Terry James Albury, a former FBI agent in Minnesota, was sentenced to four years in prison with an additional three years of supervised release on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul.
Albury admitted that he leaked documents to a reporter from The Intercept, an online news publication.
Albury admitted that he leaked documents to a reporter from The Intercept, an online news publication.
Blog: 5 Reasons You Should Care if Your Legislator Supports Nuclear Power
Blog: 5 Reasons You Should Care if Your Legislator Supports Nuclear Power
"Regardless of your political affiliation, a look at the facts shows that nuclear power is critical to a clean energy future.
When legislators do their part in preserving nuclear energy, clean, affordable baseload power becomes more accessible to the people who need it.
"Regardless of your political affiliation, a look at the facts shows that nuclear power is critical to a clean energy future.
Here are five reasons why you should care if your legislator supports nuclear power:
1. The nuclear energy industry needs policy support now more than ever...
1. The nuclear energy industry needs policy support now more than ever...
2. The choices made by today’s legislators have lasting impacts. ..
3. Nuclear plants affect more stakeholders than you might think...
4. For the United States to remain competitive on a global scale, we need buy-in from legislators across the country, at every level of government...
5. Finally, your legislators work for you...
If you want a future powered by clean energy, if you want America to maintain its global leadership, if you want to support innovation in critical technologies, you need legislators who agree..."
3. Nuclear plants affect more stakeholders than you might think...
4. For the United States to remain competitive on a global scale, we need buy-in from legislators across the country, at every level of government...
5. Finally, your legislators work for you...
If you want a future powered by clean energy, if you want America to maintain its global leadership, if you want to support innovation in critical technologies, you need legislators who agree..."
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Boeing CEO: First Operational Self-Flying Cars Are Less Than 5 Years Out - Slashdot
Boeing CEO: First Operational Self-Flying Cars Are Less Than 5 Years Out - Slashdot
"Speaking at the GeekWire Summit, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said the company is making rapid progress on the first operational self-driving airborne vehicles and that we could see them take to the skies in under five years.
"Muilenburg laid out the company's vision for flying cars, as well as the importance of safety measures for the concept," reports GeekWire.
"Muilenburg said the company is already building prototypes and expects them to fly within the year." From the report:
"Imagine a future city that has three-dimensional highways, with flying taxis, flying cars," Muilenburg said. "That future is not that far away. In fact we are building the prototype vehicles today..."Read on.
"Muilenburg laid out the company's vision for flying cars, as well as the importance of safety measures for the concept," reports GeekWire.
"Muilenburg said the company is already building prototypes and expects them to fly within the year." From the report:
"Imagine a future city that has three-dimensional highways, with flying taxis, flying cars," Muilenburg said. "That future is not that far away. In fact we are building the prototype vehicles today..."Read on.
Texas Democrats ask noncitizens to register to vote - Washington Times
Texas Democrats ask noncitizens to register to vote - Washington Times:
The Texas Democratic Party asked noncitizens to register to vote, sending out applications to immigrants with the box citizenship already checked “Yes,” according to complaints filed Thursday asking prosecutors to see what laws may have been broken.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerted district attorneys and the Justice Department to the prechecked applications and included a signed affidavit from a man who said some of his relatives, who aren’t citizens, received the mailing.
“This is how the Texas Democratic Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle,” said Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the Public Interest Legal Foundation. The group has made its mark by policing states’ voter registration practices.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerted district attorneys and the Justice Department to the prechecked applications and included a signed affidavit from a man who said some of his relatives, who aren’t citizens, received the mailing.
“This is how the Texas Democratic Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle,” said Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the Public Interest Legal Foundation. The group has made its mark by policing states’ voter registration practices.
Harvard: Wind power will create significant warming of 0.24C, plus eat up 5 to 20x more land than thought | Watts Up With That?
Harvard: Wind power will create significant warming of 0.24C, plus eat up 5 to 20x more land than thought | Watts Up With That?
"Wind farms will cause more environmental impact than previously thought
When it comes to energy production, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.
"Wind farms will cause more environmental impact than previously thought
When it comes to energy production, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.
As the world begins its large-scale transition toward low-carbon energy sources, it is vital that the pros and cons of each type are well understood and the environmental impacts of renewable energy, small as they may be in comparison to coal and gas, are considered.
In two papers — published today in the journals Environmental Research Letters and Joule — Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S.
- would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built,
- would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius..."
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Unlimited Growth and Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Unlimited Growth and Climate Change Economists Win Nobel Prize - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"New York University economist Paul Romer and Yale economist William Nordhaus have been jointly awarded this year's Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Of the two, Romer's contributions are much more fundamental and far-reaching.
Romer won based on his conceptual overthrow of old-fashioned limits-to-growth economics.
As the Nobel Committee notes, Romer "showed that growth driven by the accumulation of ideas, unlike growth driven by the accumulation of physical capital, does not have to experience decreasing returns.
In other words, ideas-driven growth can be sustained over time."
Economic growth and wealth creation is limited only if one believes that human ingenuity is limited.
In my 2001 Reason article "Post-Scarcity Prophet," I explained that Romer's "New Growth Theory shows that economic growth doesn't arise just from adding more labor to more capital, but from new and better ideas expressed as technological progress.
Along the way, it transforms economics from a 'dismal science' that describes a world of scarcity and diminishing returns into a discipline that reveals a path toward constant improvement and unlimited potential.
Ideas, in Romer's formulation, really do have consequences.
Big ones."...
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"New York University economist Paul Romer and Yale economist William Nordhaus have been jointly awarded this year's Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Of the two, Romer's contributions are much more fundamental and far-reaching.
Romer won based on his conceptual overthrow of old-fashioned limits-to-growth economics.
As the Nobel Committee notes, Romer "showed that growth driven by the accumulation of ideas, unlike growth driven by the accumulation of physical capital, does not have to experience decreasing returns.In other words, ideas-driven growth can be sustained over time."
Economic growth and wealth creation is limited only if one believes that human ingenuity is limited.
In my 2001 Reason article "Post-Scarcity Prophet," I explained that Romer's "New Growth Theory shows that economic growth doesn't arise just from adding more labor to more capital, but from new and better ideas expressed as technological progress.
Along the way, it transforms economics from a 'dismal science' that describes a world of scarcity and diminishing returns into a discipline that reveals a path toward constant improvement and unlimited potential.
Ideas, in Romer's formulation, really do have consequences.
Big ones."...
Read all!
Setting The Record Straight On Why Fighter Jets Can't All Simply Fly Away To Escape Storms - The Drive
Setting The Record Straight On Why Fighter Jets Can't All Simply Fly Away To Escape Storms - The Drive:
"We have been leading the coverage on the state of aircraft left behind after Hurricane Michael made a direct strike on the highly important Tyndall Air Force Base.
We have posted pictures showing QF-16s, Mu-2s, and yes, F-22s, sitting among the rubble inside badly damaged hangars at the base.
The USAF has stated that aircraft were left behind, with unofficial figures being reported that range from three to 18 of the precious super fighters riding out the storm on site.
Even though I repeatedly explained why not all aircraft can fly off in advance of a storm's arrival, I have been inundated with tweets, Facebook messages, emails, and comments ranging from people demanding to know how this could have happened to being outraged that the commanders at the base didn't see that all of the planes flew out and that they should face stiff punishments for their actions. Some even claimed they should have been flown out on transport planes.
These are naive and in some cases absurd statements that are totally divorced from the reality of tactical jet operations.
Here's why..."
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"We have been leading the coverage on the state of aircraft left behind after Hurricane Michael made a direct strike on the highly important Tyndall Air Force Base.
We have posted pictures showing QF-16s, Mu-2s, and yes, F-22s, sitting among the rubble inside badly damaged hangars at the base.
The USAF has stated that aircraft were left behind, with unofficial figures being reported that range from three to 18 of the precious super fighters riding out the storm on site.
Even though I repeatedly explained why not all aircraft can fly off in advance of a storm's arrival, I have been inundated with tweets, Facebook messages, emails, and comments ranging from people demanding to know how this could have happened to being outraged that the commanders at the base didn't see that all of the planes flew out and that they should face stiff punishments for their actions. Some even claimed they should have been flown out on transport planes.
These are naive and in some cases absurd statements that are totally divorced from the reality of tactical jet operations.
Here's why..."
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San Juan Mayor Calls for 'Due Process' Amid FBI Raid of City's Offices, Didn't Offer Same Advice for Kavanaugh | MRCTV
San Juan Mayor Calls for 'Due Process' Amid FBI Raid of City's Offices, Didn't Offer Same Advice for Kavanaugh | MRCTV:
Checkmate, Mayor Cruz. That doesn't look like someone who looks for justice by the way of “due process” in every case, does it?
I guess due process only comes into play when it’s convenient for the Left. It just goes to show that the Left’s true mantra, ‘Do as I say, not as I do,’ rings true in the case of Cruz.
Checkmate, Mayor Cruz. That doesn't look like someone who looks for justice by the way of “due process” in every case, does it?I guess due process only comes into play when it’s convenient for the Left. It just goes to show that the Left’s true mantra, ‘Do as I say, not as I do,’ rings true in the case of Cruz.
This Bicyclist Just Pedaled 184 MPH. Really.
This Bicyclist Just Pedaled 184 MPH. Really.
"Denise Mueller-Korenek shatters an eccentric land-speed record on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats."
Watch video!
"Denise Mueller-Korenek shatters an eccentric land-speed record on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats."
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‘Why don’t you go kill yourself? GOP candidates physically assaulted
‘Why don’t you go kill yourself? GOP candidates physically assaulted: "There was
- Eric Holder’s call to kick Republicans,
- Maxine Waters’ to harass Trump officials in public,
- Nancy Pelosi’s “I just don’t know why there aren’t uprisings” and
- Hillary Clinton’s “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for.”
- The Democratic calls for violence were reinforced by a Minnesota Democratic official who tweeted that Republicans should be led to the guillotines.
The result so far?
Two injured GOP candidates..."
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History for October 20
History for October 20 - On-This-Day.com
Sir Christopher Wren 1632 - Architect, astronomer, mathematician, Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882 - Actor ("Dracula"), Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905 - Author,
Art Buchwald 1925 - Newspaper columnist, Mickey Mantle 1931 - Baseball player, Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.) 1971 - Rapper
1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the violence in their programs.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Why Do Millennials Like Socialism? Betsy DeVos Cites Lack of Civics Education
Why Do Millennials Like Socialism? Betsy DeVos Cites Lack of Civics Education:
And I think that the Democrats were counting on Hillary [Clinton] being in the White House because they, in the previous administration, wrote a whole bunch of regulations in addition to the actual statute that were going to place undue and overreach burdens on states. So that was all rescinded, rolled back, right at the start of this administration.
And I think that the Democrats were counting on Hillary [Clinton] being in the White House because they, in the previous administration, wrote a whole bunch of regulations in addition to the actual statute that were going to place undue and overreach burdens on states. So that was all rescinded, rolled back, right at the start of this administration.
UK murder rate rockets by 14% and knife crime soars by 12% in a year | Daily Mail Online
UK murder rate rockets by 14% and knife crime soars by 12% in a year | Daily Mail Online
Bloodbath Britain: Murder rate rockets by 14% and knife crime soars by 12% in a year - as stats show offences solved are at lowest in three years
Bloodbath Britain: Murder rate rockets by 14% and knife crime soars by 12% in a year - as stats show offences solved are at lowest in three years
- Crime statistics released today show overall reported crime up by nine per cent
- Worrying figures show that homicides and knife crime are up more than 10%
- Comes as London sees it 113th murder after bus driver was stabbed in Battersea
America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men | Intellectual Takeout
America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men | Intellectual Takeout
"...While “unemployment” has gone down, the work participation rate, and especially the male work rate, has been relentlessly declining for most of the post-War era and is now reaching a crisis with Depression-era levels.
In his new book, Men Without Work, Eberstadt describes this as a deep moral and social crisis which is passing almost unnoticed by politicians, pundits, business leaders and economists.
One-sixth of all men of prime working age in America – men aged between 25 and 54 – are not just unemployed, but have stopped looking for jobs altogether.
This is a time bomb with far reaching economic, social, and political consequences.
....Never before in American history have so many men done absolutely nothing.
Millions are becoming dependent, infantilized and sick.
...And what did they do with their time?
Learn French?
Paint watercolours?
Help at a local nursing home?
Vacuuming?
None of the above.
They spent less time in volunteer and religious activities than the other three groups.
They don’t read newspapers much.
They don’t vote much.
A third of them have used illegal drugs in the past year.
Basically they did nothing much..."
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"...While “unemployment” has gone down, the work participation rate, and especially the male work rate, has been relentlessly declining for most of the post-War era and is now reaching a crisis with Depression-era levels.
In his new book, Men Without Work, Eberstadt describes this as a deep moral and social crisis which is passing almost unnoticed by politicians, pundits, business leaders and economists.
One-sixth of all men of prime working age in America – men aged between 25 and 54 – are not just unemployed, but have stopped looking for jobs altogether.
This is a time bomb with far reaching economic, social, and political consequences.
....Never before in American history have so many men done absolutely nothing.
Millions are becoming dependent, infantilized and sick.
...And what did they do with their time?
Paint watercolours?
Help at a local nursing home?
Vacuuming?
None of the above.
They spent less time in volunteer and religious activities than the other three groups.
They don’t read newspapers much.
They don’t vote much.
A third of them have used illegal drugs in the past year.
Basically they did nothing much..."
Read on.
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