Democrats. Teamsters Threaten 'Top Chef' Star: “We’re gonna bash that pretty face in, you f*cking whore!”

Teamsters Threaten 'Top Chef' Star: “We’re gonna bash that pretty face in, you f*cking whore!” | RedState:
Some things never change. 
After nearly 15 years of trying to clean up a reputation marred with corruption, shake-downs of the film industry, as well as violence, Boston’s famous Teamsters Local 25′s public face turned very ugly earlier this summer when the popular Bravo network show Top Chef rolled into Beantown using non-union production assistants and drivers.
Although it was only briefly reported on in June, the incident received wider coverage yesterday when Deadline.com covered it in some more detail.
In summary, when Bravo’s Top Chef began taping at Boston’s Steel & Rye in June, Teamster members from Local 25 greeted the crew and stars with picket signs, verbal abuse, alleged vandalism and even death threats.

When cookbook author, actress, model and ‘Top Chef‘ host Padma Lakshmi appeared at Boston’s Steak & Rye, according to Deadline.com, Teamster picketers got even uglier by threatening the famous host.

The Teamsters picketers were already mad. By the time Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi’s car pulled up to the Steel & Rye restaurant in the picturesque New England town of Milton just outside Boston, one of them ran up to her car and screamed, “We’re gonna bash that pretty face in, you f*cking whore!”

The Teamsters’ threats didn’t just stop with threats at the show’s host, according to Deadline Hollywood’s report.

Jenn Levy, Bravo’s SVP Production, wasn’t spared. Arriving at the restaurant in her black SUV, she soon found herself running a gauntlet of vitriol. “She got of her car in front of the location and quickly ran through the picket line,” a source said. “They were yelling, ‘You bitch! You slut! We’re gonna get you!’ It went on like that all day.”

One report, dated back in June, states that, in addition to verbal assaults, there were “just under a dozen cars” that had their tires slashed.

There was a large film crew at Steel & Rye today filming a television program. During the course of the taping union picketers arrived and hassled members of the crew, pedestrians and a police officer who had been hired as safety detail. One passer by said the picketers were “aggressive”. Deputy Chief King stated that just under a dozen cars had their tires slashed at some point.

A ‘Top Chef’ crew member told Deadline that, in addition to the threats, there were racial, sexual and other verbal assaults on the crew.

“As any employee of our show walked on or off set, the picketers verbally attacked us, calling the gays ‘fags,’ the blacks ‘niggers’ and most of the women ‘sluts and whores,’ ” the crewmember said. “It got worse as the day went on. They chased us down the sidewalk when we had to run from one end of the location to the next in the middle of our busy work day. They threatened to kill us, beat us, and said that they would find us and force us out of the city. Needless to say, we were terrified. I’m a strong person, but being called names and yelled at and harassed for 12 hours while working, I started to crumble. I was scared and worried for my safety.

Comedian Bill Maher Ignites Twitter Firestorm With Just 21 Words on Islam: ‘You Sound Like a Right Wing F***tard’ | TheBlaze.com

Comedian Bill Maher Ignites Twitter Firestorm With Just 21 Words on Islam: ‘You Sound Like a Right Wing F***tard’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Comedian Bill Maher faced some backlash on Tuesday after he expressed his disgust with radical Islamic groups following reports that Islamic State militants beheaded an American journalist on video."

Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Beaten Nearly Unconscious, Suffered Eye Socket Fracture Before Shooting Michael Brown: Report | Video | TheBlaze.com

Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Beaten Nearly Unconscious, Suffered Eye Socket Fracture Before Shooting Michael Brown: Report | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was beaten nearly unconscious and suffered an orbital fracture before he fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, according to a new bombshell report."

Lawsuit asks San Francisco to share pain on green regulations

Lawsuit asks San Francisco to share pain on green regulations - Washington Times:
"The Endangered Species Act has wreaked havoc for decades on rural communities, but a newly filed lawsuit could force San Francisco urbanites like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to share their pain.
A federal complaint filed this week contends that the Hetch Hetchy Project, which supplies water to San Francisco and the Bay Area, has unfairly enjoyed an exemption from the “severe cutbacks” required in rural California in order to save endangered fish species.
Craig Manson, who heads the Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy and Reliability (CESAR) in Fresno, said the lawsuit is aimed at addressing the “double standard” that forces farmers to give up water in the name of species conservation — without requiring Bay Area residents to do the same.
Mr. Manson wants the National Park Service to press the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end the special exemption from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but “the Park Service just won’t do it.”
Why not? 
Jeffrey Olson, National Park Service spokesman, said the agency cannot comment on ongoing litigation, but critics point out that San Joaquin Valley farmers have nowhere near the political clout of San Francisco’s political leadership, which includes Mrs. Pelosi and a good chunk of the state’s dominant liberal power structure."

Wimps!-------College newspaper changes its name because editors thought “The Bullet” perpetuated violence

College newspaper changes its name because editors thought “The Bullet” perpetuated violence | Rare: "Students at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. will have something new to get used to when they return to school this fall.
The school newspaper has dropped a name that was almost a century old. “The Bullet” will be re-branded the “The Blue and Grey Press.”
“The editorial board felt that the paper’s name, which alludes to ammunition for an artillery weapon, propagated violence and did not honor our school’s history in a sensitive manner,” a university press release said."

Drunk teacher wins unemployment benefits; gets to keep license

Drunk teacher wins unemployment benefits; gets to keep license « Watchdog.org:
"DES MOINES, Iowa — If Dennis Pagel had taken a box of school supplies while working as a teacher at Dallas-Center Grimes Middle School, he could have gotten in serious trouble.
Luckily for Pagel, he just showed up for work drunk and on OxyContin.
For lighting up a breath test at three times the legal limit, Pagel received a three-day suspension with pay and later was allowed to resign.
He’s now collecting unemployment, thanks to a ruling by an administrative law judge earlier this month.

Contempt

Contempt [Updated] | Power Line:
"In recent months, Barack Obama has crossed an important threshold.

He has always shown contempt for his opponents; now he shows contempt for his supporters. 

He has quit pretending to be a leader, and more or less quit pretending to be a president. 

On the right and the center, he has become a joke. "

Liberals Behaving Badly: Political Scandals the Networks Are Hiding from You

Liberals Behaving Badly: Political Scandals the Networks Are Hiding from You | Media Research Center: "The Big Three networks, so far, have refused to report allegations of unethical behavior like Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid using campaign funds to pay $31,000 to his granddaughter, or allegations that Illinois Democratic Governor Pat Quinn using an anti-violence initiative as a slush fund. 
Embarrassments such as Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley, who mocked farmers in his home state, and Democratic Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Brett Hulsey making KKK hoods to give to Republicans, have gone unreported by the Big Three networks.
The following is a rundown of some of the 2014 scandals involving Democrats that the Big Three networks have chosen to bury or outright ignore on their evening and morning shows:"

DEMOCRATS ENGAGED IN POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL OR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

 Democratic Senator John Walsh Drops Out of Race After Plagiarism Scandal-Big Three coverage: A 31 second story aired on the July 24 CBS This Morning. 

 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Paid $31,000 in Campaign Funds to Granddaughter for ‘Gifts’Big Three coverage: 0 stories

 Democratic Governor Accused of Turning Anti-Violence Initiative Into a Slush Fund-Big Three coverage: 0 stories

 Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu Charged Campaign Flight to Taxpayers-Big Three coverage: 0 stories 

New Jersey Democrat Leaves Congress Amid Ethics Probe-Big Three coverage: Nothing on the ABC, CBS or NBC morning and evening newscasts but the May 11 edition of 60 Minutes devoted 88 seconds to Andrews during a Steve Kroft piece about the misuse of campaign funds.

 

Anti-Gun Democrat Accused of Illegal Arms Trafficking-Big Three coverage: A 10 second brief by ABC’s Amy Robach on March 27 edition of ABC’sGood Morning America. Robach never attached the Democratic label to Yee in the following brief: “And a California lawmaker who pushed for gun control has been arrested in a gun trafficking scheme. State Senator Leland Yee is fighting those charges.” -There was nothing about Yee on CBS and NBC.

 

California State Democrats Suspended By State Senate for Corruption-

Big Three coverage: 0 stories

Charlotte Mayor and ‘Friend of Barack’ Goes Down on Bribery Charges-Big Three coverage: Two briefs totaling 49 seconds. A 12 second brief by ABC’s Amy Robach on the March 27 Good Morning America. Robach failed to identify Cannon as a Democrat in the following brief: “Mayor Patrick Cannon accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes and then soliciting another million in bribes.”

NBC’s Brian Williams on the March 26 Nightly News offered the following 37 second brief, in which he never disclosed Cannon’s party affiliation. “The beautiful city of Charlotte, North Carolina, tonight is coming to grips with an ugly story involving its mayor who has been in office for a grand total of one hundred fifteen days. He was busted today by the FBI after a sting operation several years in the making. Patrick Cannon is facing charges of theft and bribery after the FBI says it launched a fake real estate scheme. They say he asked for and received forty-eight thousand dollars, use of a luxury apartment, kickbacks, and in the most recent payment he accepted twenty thousand dollars in cash, they say, in his office. If convicted, he could face up to twenty years in prison.” -
CBS never ran a story on Cannon. 

Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Former Illinois Democrat State Representative- Big Three coverage: 0 stories

Democrat Running for U.S. Senate in Iowa Insults Farmers-Big Three coverage: 0 stories

 

Democratic Congressman Calls Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom”-Big Three coverage: 0 stories

 

Democratic Candidate for Mayor in New Jersey Uses the “N Word”-Big Three coverage: 0 stories

Democratic Candidate for Governor in Wisconsin Wants to Make KKK Hoods for Republicans-Big Three coverage: 0 stories

Rick Perry Releases Scathing New Video of Drunk Democrat Texas DA Lehmberg Wearing a “Spit Mask”

Rick Perry Releases Scathing New Video of Drunk Democrat Texas DA Lehmberg Wearing a “Spit Mask”:
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry issued a scorching video of belligerent drunk Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County District Attorney behind the junk indictment issued by the drunk-driving Democrat. "

Ferguson: We Need To Stop Talking About “Media Bias”—And Start Talking About Media Evil. | VDARE.COM:

Ferguson: We Need To Stop Talking About “Media Bias”—And Start Talking About Media Evil.

By Nicholas Stix on August 19, 2014

See also History Repeats in Ferguson as MSM Covers for Rioters by Boss Aktuba

Reports today that Michael (“Gentle Giant”) Brown inflicted an eye socket fracture on Ferguson police office Darren Wilson could further threaten the Main Stream Media’s white-guilt morality play—but they’ll figure something out. (Note that Christine Byers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who tweeted yesterday that a dozen witnesses supported Wilson, seems to have been placed on leave).

The plain fact is that, probably via what seems from the outside to be some sort of a Journolist II-type co-ordination, the MSM has made huge contributions to the Ferguson fiasco—and above all to the paralysis of the police and to the near invisibility of the GOP, once again ducking its role as GAP, the Generic American Party.

If the MSM did have any honesty, they would have asked questions along the following lines:

• What injuries did Mike Brown inflict on Officer Wilson?
• Why did Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, not apologize to the South Asian convenience store manager whom her son had robbed, assaulted and battered, or to the white policeman, whom her son had attacked and had probably sought to murder?
• Why would a mother who was supposedly racked with grief immediately run out and engage the nation’s most racist, unethical lawyer, Benjamin Crump, whose specialty is race hoaxes and shaking down white taxpayers?
• Does Lesley McSpadden intend to share any of her misbegotten windfall with the store owners whose lives her son and his supporters have destroyed?
• What sort of people respond to their friend robbing a store by looting and burning down a store—and then, a few days later, realizing that they’d hit the wrong store, looting and burning down a second store?
• What kind of people burn down their own town?
• Why are “respectable” blacks supporting the rioters and looters?
• Why do the “eyewitness” stories contradict each other so, and why are they so lacking in credibility?
• “Why didn’t they shoot those looters?”—in the words of ablack Ferguson resident. (In fact, police-inflicted injuries seem vanishingly rare).
• Why are President Obama and the highest lawman in the land, Attorney General Eric Holder, conspiring to obstruct justice, and violate the civil rights of white Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson?

The MSM have followed the same script they followed in promoting the Trayvon Martin Hoax. They are trying to score millions for the family of the “victim” (and his lawyers); diminish, excuse, and glorify black felons; handcuff and demonize white policemen; and get the man who killed their darling murdered.

Over Half of College Student Loans Not Being Repaid on Time

Over Half of College Student Loans Not Being Repaid on Time:
"With U.S. wages plunging and the nation's over $1 trillion in student loan debt soaring, U.S. Department of Education data reveal that over half of the nation's most common form of federal loan, Direct Loans, are not being repaid on time. 
An analysis by Huffington Post reporter Shahien Nasiripour concluded that, "After adjusting for inflation, the average recipient of federal student loan funds owed 28 percent more in 2013 than in 2007.""

History for August 21

History for August 21 - On-This-Day.com:

Happy Birthday! Jackie DeShannon,  Jim McMahon,  Kenny Rogers

1680 - The Pueblo Indians drove the Spanish out and took possession of Santa Fe, NM. 


1831 - Nat Turner, a former slave, led a violent insurrection in Virginia. He was later executed. 


1841 - A patent for venetian blinds was issued to John Hampton. 


1858 - The Lincoln-Douglas debates began this date and continued until Oct 15, 1858.


1878 - The American Bar Association was formed by a group of lawyers, judges and law professors in Saratoga, NY. 


1888 - The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs. 


1912 - Arthur R. Eldred became the first American boy to become an Eagle Scout. It is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. 


1923 - In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner. 


1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state. U.S. President Eisenhower also issued the order for the 50 star flag. 


1996 - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed by U.S. President Clinton. The act made it easier to obtain and keep health insurance. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:
http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/08/unnecessary-road-block-by-tammy-derouin.html
Rules and laws are only being enforced if the ruling party recognizes their existence.  If a rule or law which would be beneficial to the ruling party doesn’t exist, a pen is made available to the party leader.  The leader takes the pen and writes down that which he desires and POOF, it becomes a law.  The ruler doesn’t actually have the authority to write laws, but rules were made to be broken, or so it’s been said, and done.  

Soon we will all be mandated to haul our groceries, booze, and hamburgers around in organic-certified, fair-trade, shade-grown burlap sacks

Soon we will all be mandated to haul our groceries, booze, and hamburgers around in organic-certified, fair-trade, shade-grown burlap sacks. - Hit & Run : Reason.com:

Many municipalities in the Golden State have now banned plastic bags.
First, they came for our plastic bags; now they are coming after paper bags... at least in California. 
California Senate Bill 270 would prohibit grocery stores, convenience stores, wine shops, fast food joints and so forth from handing out free paper bags to their customers. 
From the bill:This bill, as of July 1, 2015, would prohibit stores that have a specified amount of sales in dollars or retail floor space from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer, with specified exceptions. 
The bill would also prohibit those stores from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10.

The 35.4 Percent: 109,631,000 on Welfare

The 35.4 Percent: 109,631,000 on Welfare | CNS News:
"109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded "means-tested programs" — also known as welfare — as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.
 The Census Bureau has not yet reported how many were on welfare in 2013 or the first two quarters of 2014.
But the 109,631,000 living in households taking federal welfare benefits as of the end of 2012, according to the Census Bureau, equaled 35.4 percent of all 309,467,000 people living in the United States at that time."

IRS Bungles Collection of Obamacare’s 2.3 Percent Medical Device Tax | TheBlaze.com

IRS Bungles Collection of Obamacare’s 2.3 Percent Medical Device Tax | TheBlaze.com:
"A Treasury Department watchdog reported Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service is having significant trouble collecting the 2.3 percent excise tax on manufacturers, producers and importers of medical devices, a controversial tax that was imposed under Obamacare."

It ain't braggin' if it's true--------Flint's violent reputation is not a toy

Column: Flint's violent reputation is not a toy | MLive.com:
"I was thinking about this when I came across a rack of merchandise being sold on the street during the Bricks events.
They were T-shirts advertising Flint.
Sort of.
The real subject of this apparel was Flint's violent reputation.
I'm sure you've seen it before.
It's been around, there are several iterations.
Some shirts say "Murderville" or "most violent city," some simply have the word "Flint" alongside a drawing of a handgun or a bullet hole. 
 Bang bang.
You're dead.
People get killed here.
Funny, huh?
Sure, they're meant to be jokes, a tongue-in-cheek riff on Flint's violent reputation.
Maybe at first they seemed funny, or clever.
That one where the "L" in Flint is a sideways gun.
That's kind of cute, right?"

Our "leaders" tell us inflation is "under control". Sup wit dat?-------Average Price of Ground Beef Hits All-Time High

Average Price of Ground Beef Hits All-Time High | CNS News:
"The average price for all types of ground beef per pound hit its all-time high -- $3.884 per pound -- in the United States in July, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
That was up from $3.880 per pound in June.
A year ago, in July 2013, the average price for a pound of ground beef was $3.459 per pound.
Since then, the average price for a pound of ground beef has gone up 42.1 cents--or about 12 percent.
Five years ago, in July 2009, the average price for a pound of ground beef was $2.147, according to the BLS.
In those five years, the average price has climbed by $1.737 per pound--or almost 81 percent."