7 Things I'd Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor | Intellectual Takeout

7 Things I'd Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor | Intellectual Takeout
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. 
Let's count them down.

1: An Expanding Welfare State

For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state—programs like Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc. 

I would recognize that an effective recipe for keeping poor people poor is to create incentives that push them into decisions that prevent them from climbing out of poverty..."

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History for August 31

History for August 31 - On-This-Day.com
Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 0012, Arthur Godfrey 1903, William Saroyan 1908
  


Richard Gere 1949, Debbie Gibson 1970 - Singer, Chris Tucker 1971 - Actor ("Rush Hour" movies)


1920 - John Lloyd Wright was issued a patent for "Toy-Cabin Construction," which are known as Lincoln Logs. (U.S. patent 1,351,086)


1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day strike.

'THE LEAST RACIST NATION ON EARTH' - WND

'THE LEAST RACIST NATION ON EARTH' - WND:

In reality – as the August issue of Whistleblower magazine winningly documents – in no other nation on earth does skin color and ethnicity mean less than they do in America. The United States of America is by far the most diverse, multi-ethnic, open, free and opportunity-laden society in the world today, and in all of history.

The way we were-----Ol' Man River - William Warfield and MGM chorus(Showboat)

Boob-tube-----Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 1970s

Biden Campaigns In South Carolina : NPR

Biden Campaigns In South Carolina : NPR
"Former Vice President Joe Biden has been campaigning this week in South Carolina.
Supporters describe a personal affection that seems to overcome doubts about Biden's strength as a candidate..."
Read all AND listen to the NPR spin a lie into "election gold"!
Click link: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/30/755752326/biden-campaigns-in-south-carolina

More: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/340484/

Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate – and the same is true for scooters and electric cars

Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate – and the same is true for scooters and electric cars
"Researchers from Harvard University have made an interesting and hilarious discovery with regards to wind power, which actually causes more global warming than the burning of fossil fuels does.
While massive wind farms are said by some to be the “renewable” energy source of the future, two Harvard scientists have found that the spinning blades of these massive metal monstrosities create more climate warming than coal plants, as one prominent example of the fossil fuel energy that climate alarmists claim is creating global warming.
In fact, wind turbines are more “polluting” in terms of the heat they give off than any fossil fuel energy source currently in use, which just goes to show that so-called “clean” energy is, at least in this case, a myth..."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns That ‘Diseases Could Escape’ From Frozen Glaciers Due To Climate Change | The Daily Caller

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns That ‘Diseases Could Escape’ From Frozen Glaciers Due To Climate Change | The Daily Caller:

“Things that were frozen for thousands of years, and that they’re going to get into our water, and that humans could contract them, and they’re going to be diseases that are thousands of years old that have vectors that we are not prepared for, that we have never seen,” she said, continuing, “Um…and so that’s a concern…Even if there are no diseases frozen at all in these glaciers, you have diseases that are spread by mosquitoes, and now mosquitoes are starting to fly further north that carry diseases like malaria, and a whole slew of other things.”

Don't support a wall?-----Mexican Navy seizes 25 tons of fentanyl from China in single raid

Mexican Navy seizes 25 tons of fentanyl from China in single raid
"Mexican government authorities reported a seizure of approximately 25.75 tons of powdered fentanyl in the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán — and it came from China.
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico intercepted the fentanyl shipment which originated from Shanghai, China and was bound for the Sinaloa Cartel home base of Culiacán, Sinaloa, as reported by local media outlet Tobasco Hoy on Saturday..."
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University banned beef because a fashion expert declared a ‘climate emergency’

University banned beef because a fashion expert declared a ‘climate emergency’
"When Goldsmiths, University of London was looking for a new leader who would reorient its fight against climate change, it looked past those who were conventionally qualified, such as environmental scientists.

The British university chose someone with more intuitive insights: a fashion expert.

...She banned beef from Goldsmiths’ campus and enacted the equivalent of a 12-cent tax on water bottles and single-use plastic cups – decisions that may bring to mind the regulatory overreach that led the United Colonies to break free from Britain..."

Frances Corner OBE@FCorner

Why canteens should stop serving beef – and probably milk too https://www.theguardian.com/food/shortcuts/2019/aug/13/why-canteens-should-stop-serving-beef-and-milk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …

Why canteens should stop serving beef – and probably milk too

Goldsmiths, University of London has put down a challenge to everyone with its canteen beef ban. It is one the rest of us should take up for the sake of the planet

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It’s a sweeping agenda for an academic who has only written books about fashion..."

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Lunch video-----Gettysburg: Animated Battle Map

Noon-toon

7 Reasons Taylor Swift Shouldn’t Support Equality Act

7 Reasons Taylor Swift Shouldn’t Support Equality Act:

Nancy Pelosi delivered Wednesday on her promise to introduce the so-called Equality Act, which would elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes in federal anti-discrimination law.
Although that may sound nice in theory, in practice sexual orientation and gender identity policies at the state and local level have caused profound harms to Americans from all walks of life.
How might a sexual orientation and gender identity law on the federal level, as introduced in the House and Senate, affect you and your community? Here are seven ways:

Soooo petty!-----Google Buried True Meaning of Covfefe [I Will Stand Up] Once President Trump Tweeted It!!!

UNREAL: Google Buried True Meaning of Covfefe [I Will Stand Up] Once President Trump Tweeted It!!!
"President Trump tweeted “Covfefe” and nobody knew what he meant.
If you googled the word you couldn’t find it.
Now we know that the reason you couldn’t find it is because Google had it erased from its social platform!

Leaked documents show that Google raced to erase the meaning of the Arabic work “Covfefe” as soon as the President tweeted Google didn’t want anyone to know that the word “Covfefe” meant “I will stand up” and rather defrauded the President and the American people of the truth..."

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Ya wonder how we got here?

UN flies in 4,000 people to Salt Lake to complain about fossil fuels | CFACT

UN flies in 5,000 people to Salt Lake to complain about fossil fuels | CFACT
"How does the United Nations convince people that they are super serious in their outrage about fossil fuels? 
How about flying 4,000 people from all over the world in fossil-fueled jet airplanes to isolated Salt Lake City to whine about it? 
Sounds like a good plan to the United Nations bureaucracy, which is sponsoring a sustainability and climate change conference this week in Salt Lake City. 

...There is no compelling agenda, no compelling actions items, and no expected meaningful outcome from the conference. 
It is simply an opportunity for leftist global activists to get together and express outrage about economic freedom and the existential global climate disruption that is the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced – surpassing Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, the Black Plague, smallpox, AIDS, and the threat of nuclear war combined..."
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#1 This day 1957-----Debbie Reynolds - Tammy

TSA bans Star Wars Coke bottles from flights because they look like bombs - The Verge

TSA bans Star Wars Coke bottles from flights because they look like bombs - The Verge
"...Transportation Security Administration confirmed...souvenir Coke bottles shaped like thermal detonators from Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park would not be allowed in carry-on or checked bags.
...Unfortunately, the Imagineers that worked on the packaging did too good of a job, and TSA clarified further yesterday that even with the decorative lid removed, the bottle would still not be allowed through security."
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Would YOU hire THEM to fix YOUR environment?

Fight over 4-year-old seized by government reaches state Supremes - WND

Fight over 4-year-old seized by government reaches state Supremes - WND:

A battle over custody of a 4-year-old child seized from his parents by Texas officials without any explanation is being appealed to the state Supreme Court.
WND reported the lawsuit brought by the Texas Home School Coalition on behalf of the boy, Drake Pardo, and his parents, Ashley and Daniel. The group set up a Bring Drake Home website and posted a video on Facebook to present their case to the public.

90 Hours A Week, 52 Weeks A Year: Detroit Cop Claims 2,617 Overtime Hours – Michigan Capitol Confidential

90 Hours A Week, 52 Weeks A Year: Detroit Cop Claims 2,617 Overtime Hours – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"The Detroit Police Department said it has started an investigation into a police officer who reported having 2,617.2 hours of overtime in fiscal year 2018. 
That much overtime, as revealed in city records, translates into an average of 90.3 hours worked every week of the year, and it includes overtime and regular shifts.
...Those hours boosted this one officer’s annual pay by $100,737 in 2018. 
Altogether, he collected $159,387 from the city that year.
“We have some concern...We take misusage of overtime very seriously and if we determine during the course of our investigation that a violation has occurred, then we will take appropriate actions.”...
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History for August 30

History for August 30 - On-This-Day.com
Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1797 - Author, Maria Montessori 1870, Huey P. Long 1893


Roy Wilkins 1901, Fred MacMurray 1908, John Gunther 1901


1905 - Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut with the Detroit Tigers.


1965 - Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the first black justice to sit on the Supreme Court.

San Francisco’s New PC Terms For Criminals Met With Mockery | Daily Wire

San Francisco’s New PC Terms For Criminals Met With Mockery | Daily Wire:

In a non-binding resolution passed last month and which has gained the support of the district attorney, the city presents the grim statistic that now one-fifth, one out of every five, residents of the city has a criminal record. In response to this alarming criminal reality, the board has introduced its new "person first" terminology, in which old terms the city fears might encourage "negative predispositions" and "unfounded assumptions" have been swapped out for more positive and "stigma"-free language.
In the resolution, the city spells out its new terms for the old,"attitudinal barrier"-creating phrases: A "convicted felon" or "convict" or "felon" that has been released from jail should now be called a "formerly incarcerated person," or

The way we were-----George Carlin - Euphemisms

Boob-tube-----Funny 70's Commercials

The Bee!--Truth or Fact?-----Lego Introduces New Sharper Bricks That Instantly Kill You When You Step On Them | The Babylon Bee

Lego Introduces New Sharper Bricks That Instantly Kill You When You Step On Them | The Babylon Bee

BILLUND, DENMARK—Lego has just introduced new and improved interlocking plastic bricks that will instantly kill you when you step on them, sources at the company’s headquarters confirmed Thursday.
...“This is the most promising advancement we’ve made in our brick design since we first introduced the bricks that make it feel like your foot is being stabbed by a hundred sharpened katanas many decades ago.”
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The force behind the "fake-meat" craze-----Cows With Guns - The Original Animation

Somali Immigrant Convicted Of Gang Rape Says He’s Too Depressed To Be Deported | The Daily Caller

Somali Immigrant Convicted Of Gang Rape Says He’s Too Depressed To Be Deported | The Daily Caller:

Lawyers for a 30-year-old immigrant convicted of gang rape are arguing he is too depressed to be deported back to his home country of Somalia.
Yaqub Ahmed, a Somali who was granted refugee status in the United Kingdom, was convicted for the 2007 gang rape of a 16-year-old girl living in London. He served nine years in prison alongside three other men who took part in the brutal rape. Ahmed is due to be deported back to Somalia, but his lawyers claim that he is unable to return to his home country because he is feeling depressed and suicidal, according to the Sun.