Student: What White Privilege Lessons Did to My High School | Intellectual Takeout

Student: What White Privilege Lessons Did to My High School | Intellectual Takeout
"During my last year in high school, all seniors were required to write a speech about the topic of their choice and present this speech to the student body and faculty.
My essay, titled “Division”, dealt with how identity politics ruined the last few years at the high school that I attended. 
It was summarized well here.
...During my sophomore year of high school, a mandatory lesson for the entire school was scheduled regarding the concept of being an ally towards those who were labeled as being marginalized.
All homeroom teachers were required to discuss the idea that “privileged” people need to stand up for the minority students and ensure their safety and well-being.
Minority students included anyone that was not white, straight, and Christian.
The absurdity is how, within an instant, we were all separated into groups that we had not recognized prior to this. 
Some were labeled as victims while others had a superior position just by being born.
From then on, relationships changed. 
It was so insulting to suggest that one group of people should feel guilty for their “privilege” and the other group forced to have the mindset that they need help from the privileged..."
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Tucker Explains Democrats’ Reactions To Trump Sanctuary Idea: ‘It Sounds A Little … Racist!’ | The Daily Caller

Tucker Explains Democrats’ Reactions To Trump Sanctuary Idea: ‘It Sounds A Little … Racist!’ | The Daily Caller:

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson asserted that Democrats don’t really have a welcoming attitude towards illegal aliens during the opening monologue of Friday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
“The left really couldn’t be clearer on this question. All immigration is good. More immigration is better. There is no distinction between legal and illegal varieties of immigration. And if you disagree with any of this, you are a white nationalist. That’s what they say almost every day for the past two years but we watch carefully, so have you,” Tucker said, after showing a number Democrats saying on the record that they wanted to welcome illegal immigrants.

The Dirty Little Secret Behind Clean Energy Jobs - American Experiment

The Dirty Little Secret Behind Clean Energy Jobs - American Experiment
"Renewable energy advocacy groups like Clean Energy Economy Minnesota (CEEM) often claim that “clean” energy is a major jobs engine for our state. 
...When you think of “clean energy” jobs, what kind of jobs do you visualize? 
Most people probably think of someone installing a solar panel or a wind turbine, but 46,191 (approximately 76 percent) of the jobs counted as “clean energy” jobs in the CEEM report are jobs in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry, and people who build and install energy-efficient doors, windows, appliances and lighting..."
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WHY ASSUME THAT “IMMIGRANTS OR VISITORS” HATE AMERICA, YOU BIGOT?

Instapundit Blog Archive People are screaming that the Am…
"WHY ASSUME THAT “IMMIGRANTS OR VISITORS” HATE AMERICA, YOU BIGOT? 
“People are screaming that the American flag on a police car is somehow or another … hurting people’s feelings who might be immigrants or visitors.”--Glenn Reynolds"

Lunch video-----The Blue Angels - Set to Van Halen's Dreams

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Joseph diGenova: James 'Cardinal' Comey — the man who destroyed the FBI | Fox News

Joseph diGenova: James 'Cardinal' Comey — the man who destroyed the FBI | Fox News:

In the annals of U.S. law enforcement, no individual has reached such depths of disgrace as James “Cardinal” Comey. The “Cardinal” was a sobriquet that FBI agents used to denigrate their leader. As Deputy Attorney General, he was called “drama queen.” Known for his pomposity and self-regard, Comey cut a swath of arrogance unmatched in the histories of either of those illustrious organizations. He was the cult of personality. He surrounded himself with sycophants, people dedicated to his promotion and their advancement. The Bureau and the public became the losers.

UCLA Students Sign Petition to Put Trump Supporters in Re-education (Concentration) Camps

UCLA Students Sign Petition to Put Trump Supporters in Concentration Camps
"Kaitlin Bennett went undercover at UCLA as Jenna Talia to ask students to sign a petition to throw conservatives into involuntary re-education camps.

Not only were the students she approached ecstatic to sign it, but one member of UCLA’s student government encouraged her to change the language to “diversity” and “sensitivity training” to hide their real intentions so the administration would approve it.

Watch the craziness below.

#1 Movie this week 1955-----A Man Called Peter Trailer

Insanity: Illinois Passes Law Banning Trump from 2020 Ballot

Insanity: Illinois Passes Law Banning Trump from 2020 Ballot
"I thought Democrats were really concerned about “voter suppression?”

I guess you can’t suppress people’s votes if you don’t give them the choice in the first place. 

Illinois is trying that out by passing a new law that forbids Trump from being on the 2020 ballot unless he releases five years of tax returns.

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Illinois Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns http://hill.cm/dzGQhTG 

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Lawmakers in Illinois have advanced legislation that would require President Trump to release five years of his tax returns in order to appear on the state’s 2020 presidential ballot.

The Illinois state Senate voted 36-19 on Thursday to pass the bill, which will now move to the state’s Democrat-controlled House, according to Chicago radio station WBEZ..."

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#1 This day 1971-----Three Dog Night "Joy To The World" 1972 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)

She would take the nomination if offered-----Michelle Obama Dons $18,000 Sparkly Outfit on 'Becoming' Book Tour

Michelle Obama Dons $18,000 Sparkly Outfit on 'Becoming' Book Tour
"Michelle Obama arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark to kick off the European leg of her ‘Becoming’ book tour in an $18,000 sparkly outfit.

Obama wore a $2,300 Stine Goya pantsuit paired with $16,000 diamond hoop earrings.
Via The New York Post:

For the first stop on the European leg of her book tour, the former FLOTUS, 55, arrived at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark, wearing a millennial pink suit embellished with bursts of crystals by local label Stine Goya. The blazer retails for $1,350, while the matching pants go for $960.

But the bestselling author didn’t just relegate the glitz to her apparel; she finished things off with a pair of mega-carat earrings. Obama wore a pair of $16,250 diamond hoops from Vhernier’s “Pop” collection, currently available for purchase at the label’s boutiques nationwide.

Michelle Obama shows she is down with the struggle by wearing outrageously expensive brand names and bling.
The former First Lady previously wore $4,000 sequin Balenciaga over-the-knee boots with an ill-fitting mustard yellow dress."

Heh...

Remember Murietta? Dumping unvetted migrants into the cities of political foes was done by Obama first

Remember Murietta? Dumping unvetted migrants into the cities of political foes was done by Obama first:

President Trump's trial balloon of sending migrants surging across our border to sanctuary cities has been derided by Democrats as 'cynicism and cruelty' as well as 'a new low' by Trump, but it has a precedent: President Obama.
Back in 2014, when the migrant surge of that year brought tens of thousands of "unaccompanied children" and "moms and kids," into the Rio Grande Valley, overwhelming the Texas processing facilities, President Obama inexplicably targeted small and mid-sized cities (same as the Trump officials' emails) as their next destination of choice.  And instead of talking about it, they really did try to bus the unvetted migrants into small cities such as Murietta, California; Yuma, Arizona; and a conservative area of New Mexico, bringing crime, disease, and a high need for social services, without consulting those communities.

𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙---Jean Inconneau

Jean Inconneau
"𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙
The thoughtless crusade to eliminate plastic packaging is misinformed. 
Lighter, non-recyclable packaging actually generates less waste. 
And once you start looking into plastic packaging, this kind of counterintuitive conclusion comes up all the time.
Some packaging is a foolish waste, but are shrink-wrapped cucumbers really so silly if it means they stay fresh for 14 days rather than three? 
Which is worse 1.5g (0.05oz) of plastic wrap or entire cucumbers going off before being eaten?
Plastic bags stop bananas going brown so quickly, or new potatoes going green; they catch grapes that fall off bunches.
About a decade ago, one UK supermarket experimented with taking all its fruit and vegetables out of their packaging - and its food wastage rate doubled. 
And it's not just shelf life - what about waste created before food gets to the shop in the first place?..."
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The plastic packaging paradox

Good packaging prevents waste, but too often becomes pollution.

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History for April 15

History for April 15 - On-This-Day.com
Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - Artist ("Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"), Henry James 1843 - Author ("The Turn of the Screw," "The Portrait of a Lady"), Nikita Khrushchev 1894 - U.S.S.R. premier


Michael Ansara 1922, Roy Clark 1933 - Country musician, singer, Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery 1933 - Actress ("Bewitched")


1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.


1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.

9th Circuit Deals Trump An Immigration Win. Yes, You Read That Right | The Daily Caller

9th Circuit Deals Trump An Immigration Win. Yes, You Read That Right | The Daily Caller:

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifted an order suspending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a Trump administration policy that requires Central American asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico before their appearance in immigration court.
Though the Friday evening stay is not indicative of the government’s future prospects in this case, it was a rare victory for an administration that has often struggled before the left-leaning court.

The way we were-----Deliverance - Banjo Duel

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Finally Some Robust Research Into Whether “Diversity Training” Actually Works –Unfortunately It’s Not Very Promising – Research Digest

Finally Some Robust Research Into Whether “Diversity Training” Actually Works –Unfortunately It’s Not Very Promising – Research Digest
"Diversity trainings are big business. 
In the United States, companies spend about £6.1 billion per year...
Unfortunately, there’s little evidence-backed consensus about which sorts of diversity programmes work, and why, and there have been long-standing concerns in some quarters that these programmes don’t do much at all, or that they could actually be harmful..."
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Truely hard to believe!-----New York Democrats Kill Bill for Tuition for Gold Star Families

New York Democrats Kill Bill for Tuition for Gold Star Families
"Democrats in New York killed a proposal for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle and instead approved a bill to give illegals free tuition.

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Democrats just rejected tuition assistance for Gold Star families but approved it for illegal immigrants. Would these Democrats dare to look into the eyes of the children of fallen servicemen and women and say they matter less than those here illegally?

Empire State Democrats quashed a bill on Tuesday that would have provided free tuition for Gold Star families that had lost a child killed in the line of duty in service to the country.

But the move comes only a week after the same legislature passed a $175 billion state budget that contained $27 million to give free tuition to illegal aliens..."

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Rod Rosenstein Defends Attorney General’s Handling Of Mueller Report | The Daily Caller

Rod Rosenstein Defends Attorney General’s Handling Of Mueller Report | The Daily Caller:

Outgoing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday defended Attorney General William Barr against allegations that he is misleading Congress and the public about the special counsel’s Russia report.
“He’s being as forthcoming as he can, and so this notion that he’s trying to mislead people, I think is just completely bizarre,” Rosenstein said in a rare interview with The Wall Street Journal.

How a Survey on Race Disproves White Privilege | Frontpage Mag

How a Survey on Race Disproves White Privilege | Frontpage Mag
"White privilege, the hottest racist idea since cross-burnings at midnight and photos with Farrakhan, is a subject of academic study and media discourse.
It’s hard to escape its pernicious message that an entire race is tainted by virtue of its skin color and that the accomplishments of any individual white person are due, not to his or her efforts, but to race, skin color, and a national infrastructure of white supremacism.
But who actually believes in white privilege?
...According to the survey, the race most likely to believe that white skin gets you ahead in life are Asians.
...It’s curious that the single most successful non-white race is so convinced of the benefits of whiteness..."
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Who's Worse—Julian Assange or the New York Times and Washington Post? | Roger L. Simon

Who's Worse—Julian Assange or the New York Times and Washington Post? | Roger L. Simon
"...Ironically, not a peep has been heard from the same people (or almost anybody for that matter) thus far about another recent egregious misuse of journalism that resulted not in arrests but in the awarding of its most famous prize, the Pulitzer. 
As Beth Baumann noted for Townhall:
Let's not forget that The Washington Post and The New York Times won the 2018 Pultizer Prize for their national reporting of President Donald Trump's alleged collusion with Russia. 
They were awarded $15,000 in a joint prize.
...They received the award "For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration. 
...Deeply sourced?  
What a laugh.  
As we now know post-Mueller report, these "respected" journalists were simply trafficking in collusion lies whispered to them by biased informants.  
In other words, they were a bunch of gullible, over-zealous propagandists.  
For that they received their Pulitzers, as yet unreturned...
So, in other words, these mainstream media reporters have gotten off with nary a slap on the wrist (indeed received fame and fortune) for lying while Julian Assange may be headed for prison for telling the truth.  
There's a bit of irony in that, no?...
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Lunch video-----Blind Man's Bluff - History Channel Documentary

Brandon Judd: A red wave is rising – and the Democrats are powerless to stop it | Fox News

Brandon Judd: A red wave is rising – and the Democrats are powerless to stop it | Fox News:

President Trump’s shrewd governance, along with unforced errors by the Democratic Party, has the president positioned to not only win the White House for a second term but also to win back the House and make gains in the Senate.
There are five major factors that will make this a reality: the economy, illegal immigration, socialism, the Mueller report, and the rule of law. Let’s break each of these issues down.