History for November 21

History for November 21 - On-This-Day.com:
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 1694 - Writer, historian, philosopher, Marlo Thomas (Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas) 1938 - Actress ("That Girl"), Harold Ramis 1944 - Actor, director, writer


Goldie Hawn 1945 - Actress, Troy Aikman 1966 - Football player, sportscaster, Carly Rae Jepsen 1985 - Singer


1783 - The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5½ miles over Paris.


1877 - Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.


1942 - The Alaska Highway across Canada was formally opened.


1953 - British Natural History Museum authorities announced that "Piltdown Man" was a hoax.


1980 - An estimated 83 million viewers tuned in to find out "who shot J.R." on the CBS prime-time soap opera Dallas. Kristin was the character that fired the gun. (Texas)


1992 - U.S. Senator Bob Packwood, issued an apology but refused to discuss allegations that he'd made unwelcome sexual advances toward 10 women in past years.


1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 5,000-mark (5,023.55) for the first time.


2001 - Microsoft Corp. proposed giving $1 billion in computers, software, training and cash to more than 12,500 of the poorest schools in the U.S. The offer was intended as part of a deal to settle most of the company's private antitrust lawsuits.

College Student Criticizes BLM, Becomes Victim Of Witch Hunt | The Daily Caller

College Student Criticizes BLM, Becomes Victim Of Witch Hunt | The Daily Caller:

One young student at Georgia Southern University (GSU) is learning the consequences for publicly criticizing the racially-charged protests at the University of Missouri after being fired from her job and having a number of her fellow classmates demand her expulsion.
Emily Faz, a senior at the public university, shared a November 14 Washington Times article on Monday that reported on how some Mizzou protesters and Black Lives Matter activists were upset that the Paris attacks were stealing the media spotlight.
Faz wrote above the link, “I swear if I see this B.S. at Southern I will make you regret even knowing what a movement or a hashtag is, and you’ll walk away with your tail tucked.”

Watch Trey Gowdy Give Piercing Response to Obama Equating Concerns About Syrian Refugees to Fear of ‘Widows and Orphans’ | TheBlaze.com

Watch Trey Gowdy Give Piercing Response to Obama Equating Concerns About Syrian Refugees to Fear of ‘Widows and Orphans’ | TheBlaze.com:

“The president says we are scared of widows and orphans,” Gowdy, the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, said Thursday at a hearing on the Syrian refugees. “With all due respect to him, what I’m really afraid of is a foreign policy that creates more widows and orphans.”

“So maybe where he ought to start is a foreign policy in the Middle East and Syria where people can go back to their homelands, which is their preference,” Gowdy continued. “Maybe you ought to defeat that JV team you thought... "

Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her - Judicial Watch

Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her - Judicial Watch:

In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

A video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. “They threatened me,” Masada told Judicial Watch. “I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video.”

Practically all of the country’s most acclaimed comedians have performed at the Laugh Factory and undoubtedly they have offended politicians and other well-known personalities with their standup routines. Tim Allen, Jay Leno, Roseanne Bar, Drew Carey, George Carlin, Jim Carrey, Martin Lawrence, Jerry Seinfeld and George Lopez are among the big names that have headlined at the Laugh Factory. The First Amendment right to free speech is a crucial component of the operation, though Masada drew the line a few years ago banning performers—including African Americans—from using the “n-word” in their acts.

The five short performances that Clinton wants eliminated include some profanity and portions could be considered crass, but some of the lines are funny and that’s what the Laugh Factory is all about. The video features the individual acts of five comedians, four men and a woman. The skits make fun of Clinton’s wardrobe, her age, sexual orientation, the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the former First Lady’s relationship with her famous husband. The Laugh Factory has appropriately titled it “Hillary vs. The First Amendment.”

Masada told Judicial Watch that, as soon as the video got posted on the Laugh Factory website, he received a phone call from a “prominent” person inside Clinton’s campaign. “He said the video was disgusting and asked who put me up to this,” Masada said. The Clinton staffer, who Masada did not want to identify, also demanded to know the names and phone numbers of the comedians that appear in the video. Masada refused and hung up. He insists that the comedy stage is a sanctuary for freedom of speech no matter who is offended. “Just last night we had (Emmy-award winner) Dana Carvey doing Donald Trump and it was hilarious,” Masada said.

CIA: Leak of Nuclear-Armed Drone Sub Was Intentional - Washington Free Beacon

CIA: Leak of Nuclear-Armed Drone Sub Was Intentional - Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia’s recent disclosure of a nuclear-armed underwater drone submarine was a deliberate leak, according to analysis of Russian video news reports and official Moscow statements.

The Russian government-aligned NTV television station revealed a secret document during a Nov. 10 broadcast of remarks by President Vladimir Putin criticizing U.S. missile defenses.

The document shown during the broadcast revealed images of the drone submarine, including its nuclear warhead and nuclear power plant and two larger submarines used to transport it.

U.S. officials who analyzed the video said the timing of the Russian leader’s comments about missile defenses and the disclosure of the drone submarine strongly suggests that the leak was intentional.

Officials said that based on official statements from Moscow, the leaking of the nuclear drone submarine appeared to be part of nuclear saber-rattling and Russian information operations designed to dissuade the United States from deploying missile defenses in Europe that Russia opposes.

A CIA spokesman declined to comment.

EPA's Clean Power Plan Doesn't Justify Its Cost Say Experts

EPA's Clean Power Plan Doesn't Justify Its Cost Say Experts | The Daily Caller:
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan doesn’t justify its costs according to testimony before the House Science, Space, and Technology committee Wednesday.
“When the actual benefits are compared to the costs, the Clean Power Plan is not a good purchase” said Dr. Anne Smith, a senior vice president and environmental practice co-chair for NERA Economic Consulting.
“EPA asserts that the Clean Power Plan will help combat climate change.
However, EPA’s own data demonstrates that claim is false.
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy testified before this committee and agreed that this rule would have a ‘minimal’ impact on climate. 
In fact, their data shows that this rule would reduce sea-level rise by only 1-100th of an inch, the thickness of only three sheets of paper” said Lamar Smith, chairman of the committee, during the hearing.
The Clean Power Plan is expected to cost a staggering $41 billion annually.
Yet, the plan likely won’t have a large impact on global warming.
According to analysis by the libertarian Cato Institute using models created by the EPA, the Clean Power Plan will only advert 0.019° Celsius of warming by the year 2100, an amount so small it can’t be detected."

Lowry: Enough Refugees Already

Lowry: Enough Refugees Already - POLITICO Magazine:
"...It’s remarkable the president feels justified in lecturing anyone on humanitarianism.
He has stood by while Syria has descended into a hellish chaos, and hasn’t betrayed any guilty conscience.
There are roughly 10 million Syrians who are refugees (4.2 million) or internally displaced (6.5 million).
At 10,000 over the next year, we are offering to take .1 percent of them.
...The fact is that, since our resources aren’t limitless, we are constantly slamming the door in the faces of refugees, as the president puts it.
According to the World Bank, there were 2.5 million Afghan refugees in 2014; according to the office of refugee resettlement, in fiscal year 2014 we took 758 of them.
There were 616,000 from South Sudan; we took 52 of them.
There were 410,00 from the Central African Republic; we took 25 of them.
...By any reasonable standard we are justified in telling Europe that we have already done our part on migration, thank you very much.
The Migration Policy Institute notes that the U.S. hosts “about 20 percent of the world’s international migrants, even as it represents less than 5 percent of the global population.”
According to immigration expert Jessica Vaughan, since 2009 we have accepted 70 percent of all resettled United Nations-designated refugees worldwide..."

Allen West Declares Obama An Islamist Hurting US Security | The Daily Caller

Allen West Declares Obama An Islamist Hurting US Security | The Daily Caller:

"Former Florida Rep. Allen West declared President Obama an Islamist who is intentionally working against the security of the United States.

“The only plausible explanation for many actions taken by President Obama and his administration is that they are working counter to the security of the United States of America,” the former Florida congressman and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel wrote in the post published Wednesday."

Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees Costs Taxpayers $64,370 Per Refugee

Resettling Middle Eastern Refugees Costs Taxpayers $64,370 Per Refugee - Washington Free Beacon
91 percent of refugees receive food stamps, 68 percent receive cash assistance
"For their first five years in the United States, each Middle Eastern refugee costs taxpayers $64,370 to resettle them here, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
“The report is really about how much more, how expensive it is, given our refugee resettlement system, to bring folks in,” explains the author of the report, Steven Camarota.
The cost to resettle them in the United States is 12 times the cost of resettling them in a neighboring Middle Eastern country. 
Instead of resettling them here, the report explains that 12 refugees can be helped in the Middle East for five years or 61 refugees could be helped for a year.
“I think you can argue that it would make more sense, the most effective use of the money, is to help people in the region, rather than spend all the money here,” Camarota said..."

This is "BIG" news in today's America?!!-----Port Huron boy, 4, shoots baby brother with BB gun

Port Huron boy, 4, shoots baby brother with BB gun:
"....Seghi said the father had left a loaded BB gun within reach of his 4-year-old son.
The boy began playing with the gun. it discharged and hit his 1-year-old brother in the neck.
The shot did break skin, but did not lodge in the child’s neck, Seghi said.
He said the injury appeared to be minor..."

She gonna get 72 virgins?-----Skanky suicide bomber used to be a selfie-taking party animal

Skanky suicide bomber used to be a selfie-taking party animal | New York Post:

Ben Stein Ignites Controversy With Strongly Worded Attack on Obama: The President Has a ‘Real Strong Hatred for America’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Ben Stein Ignites Controversy With Strongly Worded Attack on Obama: The President Has a ‘Real Strong Hatred for America’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Former presidential speechwriter Ben Stein slammed President Barack Obama Tuesday, saying that the president has a “real strong hatred for America.”

During an interview with “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV, Stein likened the president to a “bad joke.”

Blog: Hypocrite Obama ordered a 6-month pause in processing Muslim 'refugees' in 2011

Blog: Hypocrite Obama ordered a 6-month pause in processing Muslim 'refugees' in 2011:
Barack Obama is feigning outrage over the desire of governors and GOP presidential contenders to pause the inflow of Syrian refugees.  
In tweet from Manila, where he also verbally lambasted his political opponents, he wrote:

Slamming the door in the face of refugees would betray our deepest values. That's not who we are. And it's not what we're going to do.

But in 2011, by his own standards, Obama was betraying “our deepest values.”  
Sean Hannity reports:

The Obama administration actually stopped processing Iraqi refugee requests for six months after two Iraqi-refugees were arrested on terrorism charges in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2011.

As TheFederalist.com points out, the U.S. State Department stopped processing the requests from Iraqi refugees in order to review and revamp security screening procedures. In 2013 ABC News wrote:

As a result of the Kentucky case, the State Department stopped processing Iraq refugees for six months in 2011, federal officials told ABC News – even for many who had heroically helped U.S. forces as interpreters and intelligence assets. 

One Iraqi who had aided American troops was assassinated before his refugee application could be processed, because of the immigration delays, two U.S. officials said.
In 2011, fewer than 10,000 Iraqis were resettled as refugees in the U.S., half the number from the year before, State Department statistics show..."

Who Really Betrayed the Syrians?

Who Really Betrayed the Syrians? | The Weekly Standard:
"Beyond, the impropriety of Obama’s attacks...it is Obama’s Syria policy that has been weak, betrayed American values and emboldened the Islamic State.
President Obama has stood by and done virtually nothing while the Assad regime has slaughtered more than 250,000 Syrians and forced millions, more than half the country, from their homes. Standing by as such staggering carnage continues—with no interest even of establishing a no-fly safe zone—betrays American humanistic values fundamentally and dwarfs any concern over 10,000 refugees. 
Indeed, there would be far less a Syrian refugee crisis if the United States had set up such a zone. And the embodiment of weakness was Obama drawing a “red line” against use of chemical weapons in Syria and then refusing to enforce it.
...Not only has he waged a feeble, half-hearted battle (“war” would be too strong a word) against the Islamic States but he has de facto supported the Assad regime by choosing not to target its assets or even declare a no-fly zone to prevent it from dropping barrel bombs on civilians. 
He has denied real military support to moderate Syrian elements, driving opponents of the Assad regime into the arms of the only effective fighting force on the ground (outside the Kurdish areas): radical Islamist jihadi groups like IS.
And he has ensured the further continuation of the sectarian death struggle between Sunni and Shia in Syria and Iraq by emboldening and enriching, via this summer’s nuclear deal, Iran..."

Starts today!-----Amazon's Ingenious Scheme to Undermine Black Friday

Amazon's Ingenious Scheme to Undermine Black Friday | WIRED:
"...Of all the retailers hoping to capitalize on this trend, Amazon is by far the most well-positioned. This week, on the heels of launching a Black Friday online store well ahead of the actual day, the company said that its holiday deals would start rolling out as early as today—a full week ahead of Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving here in the US.
The company had eight days of Black Friday deals last year, too, but this year it’s giving the promotion an even bigger push: new deals will be added as often as every five minutes on Amazon’s dedicated Black Friday page, twice the rate of last year...."

Read Why the White House Says Obama Would Veto House Bill Tightening Controls on Syrian Refugees | TheBlaze.com

Read Why the White House Says Obama Would Veto House Bill Tightening Controls on Syrian Refugees | TheBlaze.com:

"The White House said in a statement Wednesday evening that President Barack Obama would veto a House bill tightening controls on Syrian refugees seeking entrance into the U.S."

She starts her blast at 1:22-----Brigitte Gabriel gives FANTASTIC answer to Muslim woman claiming all Muslims are portrayed badly

History for November 20

History for November 20 - On-This-Day.com
Edwin Hubble 1889 - American astronomer, Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) 1925 - Politician, Richard Remick "Dick" Smothers 1939 - Actor, comedian, composer, musician (The Smothers Brothers) 


Joe Biden 1942 - U.S. Vice President, Veronica Hamel 1943 - Actress ("Hill Street Blues"), Bo Derek 1956 - Actress ("10") 


1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.


1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.


1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island.


1970 - The majority in U.N. General Assembly voted to give China a seat, but two-thirds majority required for admission was not met.


1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament.


1980 - On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake.


1983 - An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After." The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.


1998 - Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered Osama bin Laden safe haven. Osama bin Laden had been accused of orchestrating two U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and later terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.

Glenn Beck Reveals What He Believes Obama Meant By ‘Diversifying Neighborhoods’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Glenn Beck Reveals What He Believes Obama Meant By ‘Diversifying Neighborhoods’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“Every week, representatives of each of these nine agencies meet to review the biographic information and other case records sent by the overseas Resettlement Support Centers to determine where a refugee will be resettled in the United States” the State Department’s policy reads.

According to Beck, the federal government is deciding where the incoming refugees will be placed because the president is attempting to make the country “more diverse.”

“If America was more diverse, if we had more Muslims here, then America wouldn’t be so hateful of Muslims — that’s the way he thinks,” Beck said. “He really believes he’s … above the American people.”

Prosecutor: Suspected Mastermind of Paris Attacks Killed in Police Raid | TheBlaze.com

Prosecutor: Suspected Mastermind of Paris Attacks Killed in Police Raid | TheBlaze.com:

"PARIS (AP) — The Belgian jihadi suspected of masterminding deadly attacks in Paris died along with his cousin in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, officials said Thursday."

Watch How Hillary Clinton’s Security Handles Man Calmly Holding Sign Critical of Candidate During Rally | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch How Hillary Clinton’s Security Handles Man Calmly Holding Sign Critical of Candidate During Rally | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"A man was removed from a Hillary Clinton rally in Texas Tuesday after holding up a sign critical of the Democratic presidential candidate.

The man was standing what appeared to be just a few feet away from Clinton while calmly holding up a sign that read, “Yes, Ms. Clinton, it does make a difference.”"

House Ignores Obama’s Veto Threat, Passes Bill to Strengthen Screening Against Syrian and Iraqi Refugees With Veto-Proof Majority | TheBlaze.com

House Ignores Obama’s Veto Threat, Passes Bill to Strengthen Screening Against Syrian and Iraqi Refugees With Veto-Proof Majority | TheBlaze.com:

"The U.S. House approved a GOP bill to strengthen the vetting process of Syrian and Iraqi refugees on Thursday, ignoring a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

The bill was reportedly passed 289-137, giving the legislation the two-thirds majority required to override a veto. A total of 47 Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the “veto-proof” bill."


It's about time they stood up to the dictator.
It's un-American to have an anti-American president in office. 

Obama Calls ISIS 'The Face Of Evil'

Obama Calls ISIS 'The Face Of Evil' 

"He said he is not going to deploy large numbers of U.S. ground forces in the volatile region and argued that Middle East nations need to get more involved in the ground campaign.  
Obama said the U.S. will continue to lead an aggressive campaign of airstrikes against ISIS targets.  
He also called on more nations to contribute to efforts to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis. 
Obama again condemned Friday's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.  
He called ISIS barbaric and said the attacks were heinous.  
Obama noted that the civilized world is united against the ISIS threat. 
He cited progress against ISIS in Syria and Iraq but warned that there will be ongoing setbacks.."

BREAKING: Eight ISIS Members Arrested Masquerading as Syrian Refugees; What Now Obama?

BREAKING: Eight ISIS Members Arrested Masquerading as Syrian Refugees; What Now Obama?:

"Think about that. In the very country where Barack Obama stood and insulted every day American citizens and governors for their opposition to Syrian ‘refugees’ following the terrorist attacks in Paris, eight ISIS terrorists were arrested after they attempted to get into Germany via a detailed migration route. Just yesterday in Germany, a stadium where a soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was set to take place was evacuated after police discovered an ambulance parked outside filled with explosives."

YET ANOTHER PLACE WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE CHOSEN FUTURE DISASTER...

Instapundit » Blog Archive » YET ANOTHER PLACE WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE CHOSEN FUTURE DISASTER IN EXCHANGE FOR PRESENT-DAY POLITICA…:
YET ANOTHER PLACE WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE CHOSEN FUTURE DISASTER IN EXCHANGE FOR PRESENT-DAY POLITICAL ADVANTAGE: The Pension Problem Is Worse Than You Think.

It’s not just stagnating cities in states like California or Illinois that are running into pension troubles. The pension vise is now tightening around Houston too, an oil-rich metropolis that has been enjoying rapid job growth for years. . . .

Houston’s experience is a cautionary tale. The city counted on oil money and didn’t manage its finances well when times were good, and, like many cities, built its pension promises on overly optimistic projections for future growth. Pensions are in trouble in states and municipalities all over the country because while politicians have strong incentives to over-promise in the short-term, they have little incentive to plan for future slowdowns. And if Houston can’t create sustainable pension systems, despite its impressive economic fundamentals, what hope is there for Chicago?

The WSJ story also highlights the many divisions and conflicts that will flare up in the coming years as a pension reckoning approaches. Houston residents are “reluctant to support any tax increases” even as the pension woes “have contributed to reductions in hiring of police officers and spending on pothole repairs, which have become issues in the mayoral race.” This type of tradeoff is part of what we call the blue civil war. Various interests (in particular, the people who produce public services and the people who consume them) will be pitted against each other as the unsustainability of the blue model of governance, present in both Republican and Democratic states, becomes more and more clear.

"Politicians don’t care if it’s unsustainable, so long as they get theirs before it collapses. This is a problem."

CIA Director Thinks You Should Spit on the Bill of Rights for Security

CIA Director Thinks You Should Spit on the Bill of Rights for Security:

"Eager to reopen arguments or eager to spy on us? Or perhaps they want to admit that they are already  spying on us and don't want to worry about another whistleblower like Edward Snowden. Ultimately, they want us to thank them for violating our Fourth Amendment rights.

But the government is the reason we are in this situation. It was European policies that encouraged Muslim immigration without assimilation.  And in the U.S. we are expected to house thousands of inadequately vetted Syrian refugees. Are we supposed to give up our Fourth Amendment in order to keep us safe from  the terrorist among them?

In the United States, surveillance is the core issue for the security agencies combating the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and for the watchdog groups that monitor those agencies. In addition "

This is cool!!-----Passenger Asks, "Are We On Fire" As Avenger Fills With Smoke During Air Show

Passenger Asks, "Are We On Fire" As Avenger Fills With Smoke During Air Show - World War Wings
Luckily The Airstrip Was Right There!

During Victory In Europe Day in 2015, event organizers had a spectacular show lined up for the thousands of spectators. Taking place in the skies over Washington DC, you can only imagine this flyover was rehearsed over and over again with strict guidelines and itineraries.

With hours of training and flying about, the team was ready for the show. Before the incident, the Avenger has been in the air for an hour with no problems and they were coming up to the final flyover.This was the pinnacle of the entire show and the culmination of what these guys were working for. Then, the cabin filled with smoke.

“Are we on fire?”- Passenger of the ill fated TBM Avenger

In this video, you’ll see the moment when things went wrong and the passenger suspected a fire. In the heat of the moment, the pilot stayed cool and collected and declared an emergency, heading for the nearest airstrip which happened to be Reagan National Airport.

The whole operation went really smoothly and the cool thing about this video is that it’s broken down into two part. First, you’ll see the event happening as it did. Later, the pilot breaks the video down into the thoughts he was having while trying to stay calm and assess the situation. As it turns out, he took a lot of lessons home.

In the end, it was a pin sized hole in the hydraulic system that started smoking. It was not a big deal but precautions had to be taken. The plane was ready to fly again within an hour of the emergency landing.

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Univ. of Vermont holds privilege retreat for students who 'self-identify as white'

Univ. of Vermont holds privilege retreat for students who 'self-identify as white'
The University of Vermont held a three-day retreat so students who “self-identify as white” could confront their own “white privilege.”

“Examining White Privilege: A Retreat for Undergraduate Students Who Self-Identify as White” took place last weekend, November 13-15, and was “specifically for white students.”

“How does whiteness impact you?”    Tweet This

According to the university, the self-identifying white students who attend the retreat will come to “recognize and understand white privilege from an individual experience” and have the opportunity to “conceptualize and articulate whiteness from a personal and systematic lense as well as the impact of white privilege on the UVM community and beyond.”

The self-identifying white students also tackled tough questions such as “What does it mean to be white?” and “How does whiteness impact you?”

The university website features testimonials from past attendees of the retreat, who praised the way the event was a “safe space...”

Noon-toon

Why Hillary and Obama Prefer Islam to Christianity

Why Hillary and Obama Prefer Islam to Christianity:

"This, to be sure, is odd. Hillary decrying hateful rhetoric smacks of irony – she despises Republicans so much that she labeled them her enemies during the first Demoratic debate. Furthermore, Hillary is no fighter for religious freedom. In April, she told the Women in the World Summit that “deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed” to allow for abortion. And in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s egregious same-sex marriage decision in June, Hillary explicitly called for the government to force churches to sanction homosexuality, explaining, “Our work won’t be finished until every American can not only marry, but live, work, pray, learn and raise a family free from discrimination and prejudice.” Pray – as in attend church “free from discrimination and prejudice.”

TSA Investigation Finds 73 Workers on U.S.’s Terrorist Watchlist

TSA Investigation Finds 73 Workers on U.S.’s Terrorist Watchlist
A recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) report found that 73 aviation workers, employed by airlines and vendors, had alleged links to terrorism.

The report, published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General on June 4, blamed bureaucratic mistakes. 

Though the TSA says it frequently cross-checks applications and employee lists with the DHS’s “Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist,” both are incomplete.

The TSA’s employee lists, which consist of thousands of records, “contained potentially incomplete or inaccurate data, such as an initial for a first name and missing social security numbers,” the report found. 

The DHS Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist was also incomplete because “[TSA] is not authorized to receive all terrorism-related categories under current interagency watchlisting policy.”

It is unclear what, if anything, will happen as a result of this discovery. 

But last week, the top TSA official was reassigned after an internal investigation showed undercover agents were able to smuggle fake explosives and weapons through security checkpoints in 95 percent of trials at dozens of America’s busiest airports. 

A mean, humorless hag-----Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her

Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her - Judicial Watch
In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

A video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. 

Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. 
This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. 
“They threatened me,” Masada told Judicial Watch. 
“I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don’t cut the video.”
...The Laugh Factory has appropriately titled it “Hillary vs. The First Amendment.”

Masada told Judicial Watch that, as soon as the video got posted on the Laugh Factory website, he received a phone call from a “prominent” person inside Clinton’s campaign. 
“He said the video was disgusting and asked who put me up to this,” Masada said. 
The Clinton staffer, who Masada did not want to identify, also demanded to know the names and phone numbers of the comedians that appear in the video. 

Masada refused and hung up. 

He insists that the comedy stage is a sanctuary for freedom of speech no matter who is offended. 

“Just last night we had (Emmy-award winner) Dana Carvey doing Donald Trump and it was hilarious,” Masada said.

Sooo, Obama (and the islamics at CAIR) gets to ignore us and do whatever the heck he wants?!!-----Immigration experts: Michigan, other states lack legal authority to block Syrian refugees

Immigration experts: Michigan, other states lack legal authority to block Syrian refugees - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Governors across the U.S. — including Gov. Rick Snyder in Michigan — have threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees following last week's attacks in Paris, even as experts counter they lack legal authority to block the relocations.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, whose administration recently pledged to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees, argued Monday that the United States needs to allow them because many are fleeing terrorism.
...The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights group, called the governors' comments and recommendations "un-American," adding that rejecting refugees projects "our fears to the world.""

‘This is Looney Tunes’: Media Mocked Glenn Beck’s Caliphate Prediction | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘This is Looney Tunes’: Media Mocked Glenn Beck’s Caliphate Prediction | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Glenn Beck shared on The Glenn Beck Program Monday night a reel of many in the media mocking his 2011 prediction that radical Islamists would seek to create a worldwide religious caliphate.

“The caliphate is not a conspiracy,” Beck said on his radio program in 2011. “It’s the words of Hamas; it’s the words of the Muslim Brotherhood; it’s the words of [then-Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad. … It’s ridiculous to call it a conspiracy theory.”

The day Beck shared his opinion, the word “caliphate” rose to the No. 3 most searched phrase on Google, and many in the media were quick to responded."

Ya think?-----Pollsters defend craft amid string of high-profile misses

Pollsters defend craft amid string of high-profile misses | TheHill:
"Can the public trust the polls?
The question is gaining intensity following a string of misses — most recently in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race — that has fueled doubts about survey accuracy and forced the industry into some soul-searching amid an election season when polls are both ubiquitous and increasingly influential to the process of choosing candidates.
...“Not every poll,” Koning added, “is a poll worth reading.”
Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center, agreed.
Placing too much trust in early surveys, when few voters are paying close attention and the candidate pools are their largest, “is asking more of a poll than what it can really do.”
“A high degree of skepticism is certainly warranted,” he said."