John Kerry: After So Much Carnage, Syria Can't Have A Return To "Status Quo" | Video | RealClearPolitics

John Kerry: After So Much Carnage, Syria Can't Have A Return To "Status Quo" | Video | RealClearPolitics:



Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the United Nations Security Council about Russian military actions happening right now in Syria. 

Kerry said that U.S. forces had launched "a number of strikes [in Syria] over the past 24 hours, including some just an hour ago... And these strikes will continue," even though Russian forces are also active in the area.

"We must not and we will not be confused in our fight against ISIL," Kerry said, before repeating assurances made by President Obama to Vladimir Putin earlier this week: "If Russia’s recent actions and those now ongoing reflect a genuine commitment to defeat [the Islamic State], we are prepared to welcome those efforts and find a way to deconflict and therefore multiply our efforts."

President of Argentina Launches Big Iran Claim Against 2010 Obama Admin. Official on Floor of U.N. (UPDATE: Official Responds) | TheBlaze.com

President of Argentina Launches Big Iran Claim Against 2010 Obama Admin. Official on Floor of U.N. (UPDATE: Official Responds) | TheBlaze.com:

"Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner claimed during the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that a former Obama administration official attempted to convince Argentina to “provide the Islamic Republic of Iran with nuclear fuel.” The claim was seemingly overshadowed by President Barack Obama’s high-stakes dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The official at the center of Kirchner’s claims confirmed his trip to Argentina in a statement to TheBlaze, but also provided vital context behind his objective and a proposed fuel swap deal that he said ultimately fell apart."

Only on The Brody File: Religious Leaders Meet, Pray with Donald Trump

Only on The Brody File: Religious Leaders Meet, Pray with Donald Trump: 



"GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump met and prayed with about 40 religious leaders and pastors in his Trump Tower office Monday afternoon.

Among the attendees were televangelists Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, conservative evangelical Christian Pastor David Jeremiah, TBN religious broadcaster Jan Crouch, Pastor Paula White, Jews For Jesus Rabbi Kirt Schneider and Pastor Darrell Scott.

The meeting lasted roughly two and a half hours and ended with pastors gathering around Trump and laying their hands on him in prayer. Kenneth Copeland, Paula White, and Rabbi Schneider prayed during that time, asking the Lord to give the GOP presidential frontrunner wisdom, stability and knowledge necessary to pursue this endeavor. They also prayed for America and for God's will to be done."

The New Axis of Evil

The New Axis of Evil | commentary:
The U.S. is not just being defeated in Iraq and Syria.
It is being humiliated.
On Sunday, the administration was taken by surprise for the umpteenth time when Russia, Iraq, Iran, and Syria announced an agreement, ostensibly to share intelligence about ISIS.
This is part of a widening role for Russia in the region, Moscow having already established a new airbase to go along with its existing naval base in Syria.
It is also a sign that Iraq is getting pulled further into the Russia-Syria-Iran axis — a new Axis of Evil — that is far more determined to keep Bashar Assad’s murderous regime in power than it is to fight ISIS.
It is telling that Russia has started drone surveillance flights in Syria over areas controlled not by ISIS but by other rebel groups. 
In fact the more this Axis keeps Assad in place, the stronger that ISIS gets because ISIS feeds off the understandable resentment that ordinary Sunnis feel towards a regime that has been responsible for the vast majority of the killing in a conflict that has claimed over 225,000 lives.
...While Russia appears to be purposeful in pursuing an amoral, anti-Western policy, the U.S. looks simply lost, bewildered, defeated. 
It’s not clear what policy the U.S. is pursuing anymore:
Are we for or against Assad?
For or against Iran?
All we know for sure is that we are against ISIS but that we are not doing much to “degrade” and “destroy” it, as the president claimed a year ago. In fact the latest intelligence estimates suggest that it is drawing in more than 1,000 foreign fighters a month, more than replenishing its losses from U.S. air strikes.
I cannot remember a more confused or dispiriting moment in American foreign policy since the 1970s."

Michigan in early talks on taking more Syria, Middle East refugees, Snyder says

Michigan in early talks on taking more Syria, Middle East refugees, Snyder says - Crain's Detroit Business:
"LANSING — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday his administration is talking with federal officials on the role the state can play in accepting more refugees from war-torn Syria and the Middle East, building on Michigan's century-plus of Arab immigration and taking a different tone from some GOP presidential candidates.
Snyder spoke to the inaugural meeting of the state Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, which works within the Department of Civil Rights to monitor, evaluate and make recommendations to the governor.
He helped create the commission earlier this year.
...Snyder, who briefly considered a 2016 presidential run, isn't bad-mouthing anybody, but maintains that refugees who have cleared security hurdles have something to offer economically and culturally and should be warmly welcomed.
Michigan has one of nation's largest Middle Eastern populations and Snyder said he "would love to see it grow even faster and flourish," though added there's no specific number of refugees being discussed..."

Silence Overtakes MSNBC Panel Following Former Clinton Secretary of State’s Answer on Private Email Server | Video | TheBlaze.com

Silence Overtakes MSNBC Panel Following Former Clinton Secretary of State’s Answer on Private Email Server | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Monday that she would not have allowed a deputy secretary of state to use a private email, which was followed by a noticeable silence that settled over the MSNBC “Morning Joe” panel.

Albright, who served as secretary of state under former President Bill Clinton, did defend Hillary Clinton’s use of her personal email during the segment and said Clinton “has been and will be” concerned about security issues. But her appearance ended after her comment that left the show’s hosts in brief, uncomfortable silence."

Entitlement : "Who's Gonna Pay My Rent!" Welfare Queen Freaks Out After Being Denied -

Entitlement : "Who's Gonna Pay My Rent!" Welfare Queen Freaks Out After Being Denied

After being denied benefits this lady freaked out and launched into a profanity filled rant.
She screamed “Who’s Gonna Pay My Rent!”.
Its interesting that she didn’t try to focus on finding a job and a way to pay the rent herself.

Common Core? 6th Graders Taught How to Use Strap-On Dildos

Common Core? 6th Graders Taught How to Use Strap-On Dildo - Tea Party News:
"Explicit: 11-12 year olds given sex toy lesson in Jacksonville
(Infowars) – Shocking images out of a classroom in Jacksonville, Florida illustrate how 11-12 year olds in 6th grade are being taught how to use strap-on dildos amidst a debate about Common Core sex education standards which have been attacked by some as pornographic.
The pictures were taken by a student with a cellphone camera.
They show a teacher demonstrating how to use a strap-on sex toy in a number of different positions.
In one image, the teacher even shows how to insert the strap-on while her buttocks are in the air and her legs up over her head.
In another image, the woman shows the children how to wear a harness to which the strap-on is attached.
Clinton Middle School in Duval County hired 39-year-old Sharon Mercer to teach the sex education class but after the photos emerged she was suspended and the school refused further comment. Mercer claimed her suspension was an act of “bigotry” because she was a “proud member of the LGBTQ community.”
Newly implemented Common Core educational standards have been assailed for their attempt to create a lowest common denominator form of teaching which many assert only works to dumb down lessons and prevent smart students from excelling, but these images give a glimpse into an even darker side to the federally mandated rules..."

The Mystery Of Hillary's Missing Millions

The Mystery Of Hillary's Missing Millions - Forbes:
"Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have earned more than $230 million. 
But in federal filings the Clintons claim they are worth somewhere between $11 million and $53 million. 
After layering years of disclosures on top of annual tax returns, Forbes estimates their combined net worth at $45 million.
Where did all of the money go?
No one seems to know, and the Clintons aren’t offering any answers.
From 2001 to 2014 the power couple spent $95 million on taxes.
Hillary’s 2008 presidential run cost her $13 million.
Their two homes cost a combined $5 million, and the Clintons have given away $22 million to charity.
All of this is according to FEC filings, property records and years of tax returns.
Add it up and you get $135 million.
If the Clintons made $230 million, spent $135 million and have just $45 million left over, what happened to the other $50 million?
“That’s kind of strange,” says Joe Biden’s accountant, Walter Deyhle. 
“You have to report all of your assets. 
You have to report assets that are owned by your spouse.”"

‘I’m Going to Tell You Why He Resigned’: Ted Cruz’s Theory on Why Boehner Decided to Leave Congress | TheBlaze.com

‘I’m Going to Tell You Why He Resigned’: Ted Cruz’s Theory on Why Boehner Decided to Leave Congress | TheBlaze.com:

"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) offered an explanation as to why outgoing House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) unexpectedly announced last week that he would resign from Congress at the end of next month.

“You know this past week was a big news week in Washington,” Cruz said during a lengthy speech on the Senate floor Monday evening. “The Speaker of the House John Boehner announced he was going to resign. And there was a lot of speculation in the media why the speaker of the house resigned. Mr. President, I’m going to tell you why he resigned.”

Nice story. America!-----Woman to Reunite With Nurse Who Cared for Her as Burned Infant

Woman to Reunite With Nurse Who Cared for Her as Burned Infant - ABC News:

"It has been nearly 40 years, but a New York woman found the nurse who cared for her when she was badly burned as an infant.
Amanda Scarpinati had spent years searching for the mystery nurse shown in a moving black-and-white photograph caring for Scarpinati when she was a baby.
Scarpinati was burned after falling onto a steam vaporizer as a 3-month-old and taken to Albany Medical Center in 1977 for treatment.
A few snapshots of Scarpinati as an infant wrapped in bandages and carefully cradled by a nurse made the cover of the 1977 Albany Medical Center annual report. Scarpinati searched for the woman this month via a social media campaign.
Within days, she found out the caring nurse was Sue Berger, now a nurse practitioner in Syracuse, New York.
“I was so stunned,” Berger told ABC News on hearing that Scarpinati was looking for her.
“I was just speechless and to think that someone would have thought about it all those years and to have saved the photo, as I did myself.”
Berger said she distinctly remembered Scarpinati as an infant and had wondered what happened to the badly burned child.
“She was such an unusual baby in terms of being so calm and not crying,” Berger said. 
“She must have been in pain and she was so trusting and just a beautiful baby.”
They were scheduled to meet for the first time in 38 years later this afternoon at the Albany Medical Center, after already reconnecting on the telephone.
“It was wonderful, it was so good to hear her voice and have her explain emotionally where she was coming from,” Berger said.
Scarpinati told The Associated Press that the picture of Berger’s holding her gave her comfort during her childhood. Scarpinati could not immediately be reached for further comment by ABC News.
"Growing up as a child, disfigured by the burns, I was bullied and picked on, tormented," Scarpinati told the AP.
"I'd look at those pictures and talk to her, even though I didn't know who she was.
I took comfort looking at this woman who seemed so sincere caring for me."
The Associated Press contributed to this report."

On Ahmed’s Clock, President Obama Once Again Spoke Too Soon

On Ahmed’s Clock, President Obama Once Again Spoke Too Soon | The Daily Caller:
"...But the question should never have gone this far.
If there is a problem, it is with the rigid “zero tolerance” rules that compel public schools to handle so-called “weapon” cases the way they do.
Eagle Scouts, honor students, and others have had their college careers derailed by “zero tolerance” policies.
Take just some of the bizarre zero tolerance “weapon” cases involving younger students that got national news coverage in 2013.
— 1st grader was given detention and suspension for bringing a quarter-sized toy gun on a school bus.
— 1st grader who brought a clear plastic toy gun to show and tell was suspended.
— First grader suspended for “talking” about a toy gun with another student.
— Kindergarten girl was suspended for 10 days for saying he was “shooting” a friend with a Hello Kitty bubble-making gun.
— Second grader was suspended for “pointing a pencil at another student and making gun noises.“
— Seventh grader was suspended for playing with an airsoft gun in his own front yard
— Seventh grader suspended for having a tiny keychain “gun.”
— Second grader in Baltimore was suspended for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun.

But Obama never worried about the fate of those students.
Indeed, even Mohamed’s case hasn’t caused him to question the underlying problem..."

STATE OF SIEGE: Gangs Of Muslim Men Roaming The Streets, Young Women Told To Cover Up

STATE OF SIEGE: Gangs Of Muslim Men Roaming The Streets, Young Women Told To Cover Up | Pamela Geller:
“There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.”
And so the true story of the Muslim invasion of Europe is beginning (albeit too slowly) to be told by some members of the mainstream media.
It is as I said from the very first.
These are not refugees from the war: four out of five “migrants” are not from Syria. 
These are hostile invaders.
This is not a “humanitarian crisis,” it is a war, and they are waging it by sea, land, and air.
These fairy tale names penned by the media and political elites for very ugly things (ie “the Arab Spring”) disarm and disable freedom-loving people.
Now German women are being told to cover up as they would in a Muslim country under the sharia.
Police have kept silent about rapes.
Only this month, after a local newspaper revealed what was happening and claimed German authorities are not ‘going public’ about crimes involving migrants because they don’t want to ‘give legitimacy’ to critics of mass migration.
European Council president Donald Tusk has warned that millions more migrants are on their way and ‘the policy of open doors and windows’ must be scrapped.
Ya think?.."

IT'S OFFICIAL: The Ground Zero Mosque Has Been Defeated! ⋆ Doug Giles ⋆ #ClashDaily

IT'S OFFICIAL: The Ground Zero Mosque Has Been Defeated! ⋆ Doug Giles ⋆ #ClashDaily:

"But El-Gamal’s announcement makes it official: The Ground Zero Mosque project is dead.
It was a long battle. President Obama announced his support for the mosque at an Iftar dinner, no less. Then-Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg supported the mosque as well, claiming hysterically that “if we don’t build it, the terrorists will win!” The media actively campaigned for it — the elites in their increasingly fragile ivory towers relentlessly stumped for the Cordoba mosque (euphemistically called an Islamic center with a prayer space) for years."

Europe’s Migrant Crisis Is Simply Muslim History vs. Western Fantasy

Europe’s Migrant Crisis Is Simply Muslim History vs. Western Fantasy | PJ Media
Progressive Europe erased or rewrote its own history.
Now they can't recognize an invasion by people to whom history is everything.
The world as understood by Islamic nations varies wildly from the Western nations’ understanding of the world.
Whereas Muslims see the world through the lens of history, the West has jettisoned or rewritten history to suit its ideologies.
This dichotomy of Muslim and Western thinking is evident everywhere.
When the Islamic State declared that it will “conquer Rome” and “break its crosses,” few in the West realized that those are the verbatim words and goals of Islam’s founder and his companions as recorded in Muslim sources — words and goals that prompted over a thousand years of jihad on Europe.
Most recently, the Islamic State released a map of the areas it plans on expanding into over the next five years.
Not only are Mideast and Asian regions included, but the map includes European lands:
Portugal, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, parts of Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Crete, and Cyprus.
The reason for this is simple. According to Islamic law, once a country has been conquered (or “opened,” as the euphemistic Arabic words it), it becomes Islamic in perpetuity..."

History for September 30

History for September 30 - On-This-Day.com
William Wrigley, Jr. 1861 - Chewing gum tycoon, Deborah Kerr (Trimmer) 1921 - Actress ("The King and I", "Separate Tables"), Truman Capote (Streckfus Persons) 1924 - Writer (In Cold Blood, Other Voices, Breakfast at Tiffany's), actor 


Angie Dickinson 1931 - Actress (Police Woman, Cassie and Company), Johnny Mathis 1935 - Singer, Marilyn McCoo 1943 - Singer (5th Dimension), TV hostess (Solid Gold) 


1846 - Dr. William Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after administering ether to a patient. 


1882 - In Appleton, WI, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operating. 

1927 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth hit his 60th homerun of the season. He broke his own record with the homerun. The record stood until 1961 when Roger Maris broke the record. 


1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain, and France allowed Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis. 


1946 - An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes. 


1949 - The Berlin Airlift came to an end. The airlift had taken 2.3 million tons of food into the western sector despite the Soviet blockade. 


1954 - The U.S. Navy commissioned the Nautilus submarine at Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered vessel. The submarine had been launched on January 21, 1954. 


1966 - Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach were released at midnight from Spandau prison after completing their 20-year sentences. Speer was the Nazi minister of armaments and von Schirach was the founder of Hitler Youth. 


1983 - The first AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was rolled out by McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company. 


1982 - "Cheers" began an 11-year run on NBC-TV.

Before Clock Incident Made Him a Celebrity, Ahmed Mohamed ‘Racked Up Weeks of Suspensions’ and Clashed With Authority | TheBlaze.com

Before Clock Incident Made Him a Celebrity, Ahmed Mohamed ‘Racked Up Weeks of Suspensions’ and Clashed With Authority | TheBlaze.com:

"Despite rumors about the 14-year-old’s past disciplinary problems, Mohamed’s status as a minor has prevented the Irving Independent School District from speaking out on the matter.

Critics have argued that his past behavior may have influenced how school officials responded to the clock that officials thought could have been a “hoax bomb.” Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne recently told TheBlaze that the Mohamed family has ignored requests by the school district to allow officials to speak out about the case. The context, she said, would help explain why the situation progressed as it did."


So a kid who makes a clock which looks like a bomb, skyrockets to fame and is loved by all, including the executive.
Meanwhile, other American kids are suspended because a pastry looks suspicious. 

Can you hear our enemies laughing at us?  Honestly, what kind of an upside down world do we live in?  We have become idiots!

The Case for Ben Carson Grows | Diary of a Mad Voter

The Case for Ben Carson Grows | Diary of a Mad Voter:

Early as it is, recent polls are beginning to tell us something about the 2016 presidential election.
For one thing, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Jeb Bush will be the Republican nominee.  Not only is he a weak fifth (at 7%) in the just released NBC/WSJ poll, Republicans, as of now anyway,  just don’t like him. In a new Fox News poll, he has a net favorability rating (like/dislike) among GOP voters of a measly one percent.
For comparison, favorability ratings for Trump are +12,  Cruz +21,  Fiorina +30, Rubio +35, and Carson an unprecedented +52.  Almost everybody likes him. (I thought Republicans were supposed to be bigots.) Carson is also creeping up behind Trump over all, only one point behind in the aforementioned NBC/WSJ poll, 21-20.  (Fiorina and Rubio are tied for third at 11.)

The Moment Ben Carson’s Campaign Manager Shuts Down CNN Interview During ‘Muslim’ Exchange: ‘This Interview Is Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

The Moment Ben Carson’s Campaign Manager Shuts Down CNN Interview During ‘Muslim’ Exchange: ‘This Interview Is Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Ben Carson’s campaign manager literally shut down a CNN interview on Sunday as anchor Jake Tapper grilled the Republican presidential candidate on his views on Muslims."

Stay strong Ben!
We need people like you.
We know the press is bowing to the ruling party.  

Step Aside Detroit: There Is A New "Worst" City For Housing In The U.S.

Step Aside Detroit: There Is A New "Worst" City For Housing In The U.S. | Zero Hedge
While the Case-Shiller index reported earlier was weaker than had been expected, and the 20 City composite index posted its third monthly decline in a row, the headline hid a wide dispersion of home prices beneath the surface.

Perhaps just to underscore this point, Case-Shiller also provided a handy chart showing the best and worst cities for home prices in the US.

It will come as no surprise that the west, with San Diego, is where the gains are still frothiest: after all the Chinese "hot money" exporters are rushing to park their funds before the exit door slams shut, and are doing so as close to home as possible.

What was surprising is the other end of the spectrum, because as Case-Shiller clearly shows, Detroit - after staging a brief dead cat bounce in the aftermath of its bankruptcy and since sliding once again - may no longer be the worst city for home prices in the US. It has now been displaced by a city which many speculate will be nothing short of the "next Detroit."

This morning!!-----Intense Solar Flare Unleashed from Unruly Sunspot

Intense Solar Flare Unleashed from Unruly Sunspot:
"An intense solar flare took out low-frequency radio communications over South America and the Atlantic Ocean earlier today (Sept. 28), and the unstable sunspot is likely to erupt again.

...At 10:53 a.m. EDT (1453 GMT), the medium-size M7-class solar flareburst from the sunspot called Active Region 2422 (AR2422). 

...The peak of the action, when there was a brief radio communications blackout on the sunlit side of Earth, was about 5 minutes later, at 10:58 a.m. EDT (1458 GMT). 

"AR2422 has an unstable 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that could erupt again at any moment," Spaceweather.com said in its forecast. 

At the time of this writing, there was a 40-percent chance of another, similarly sized solar flare and a 5 percent chance of a powerful X-class flare during the next 24 hours. 
X-class flares can cause planet-wide radio blackouts and radiation storms, and are 10 times more powerful than M-class flares..."

Muslim Authority Tried to Hide Biblical History of Jerusalem by Moving Tons of Earth from the Temple Mount. Looks Like a Boy Ruined That Plan When He Found a 3,000-Year-Old King David-Era Artifact. | TheBlaze.com

Muslim Authority Tried to Hide Biblical History of Jerusalem by Moving Tons of Earth from the Temple Mount. Looks Like a Boy Ruined That Plan When He Found a 3,000-Year-Old King David-Era Artifact. | TheBlaze.com:

"Jonathan Tobin in Commentary Magazine explained the political context of the fight over archaeological evidence:

By trashing an area that was loaded with precious artifacts buried over 30 centuries, the Palestinians hope to convince the world that Jews have no claim to Jerusalem, let alone any part of Israel, including the areas inside the 1967 lines.

The significance of the seal is that it shows the level of activity that is consistent with it serving as the site of the capital of ancient Israel. Since denying the existence of David’s Kingdom might hurt the case for Zionism’s legitimacy, destroying evidence of that history is key to their agenda. […]"

Criminalizing climate science: 'It's a crazy situation,' says Georgia Tech scientist

Criminalizing climate science: 'It's a crazy situation,' says Georgia Tech scientist - Watchdog.org
Climate scientist Judith Curry says data tell her the earth’s surface temperature is definitely warming and humans have something to do with it.
In the increasingly polarized world of climate research where, with increasing frequency, one side is labeled “deniers” and the other is called “alarmists,” the decorated scientist at Georgia Tech has become a target.
But the fire isn’t coming from those who deride her conclusions about a hotter planet, but instead from scientists who actually agree with her.
Why?
Because Curry questions how much of the earth’s warming can be attributed to humans and is resistant to calling for political prescriptions for climate change.
“We have this politically correct, green position that all scientists are supposed to pledge allegiance to,” Curry told Watchdog.org.
“I’m not going to pledge allegiance to that silliness.”
For such plain talk Curry has been called a “climate heretic” by Scientific American magazine and was described by outspoken climate change advocate and Penn State scientist Michael Mann as a “serial climate misinformer.”
Earlier this year, Curry was one of seven climate scientists who had letters sent to their respective universities from U.S. House of Representatives member Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, demanding they disclose “potential conflicts of interest and failure to disclose corporate funding sources in academic climate research...”

Skepticism grows the more closely you look at the data in the latest sexual-assault survey

Skepticism grows the more closely you look at the data in the latest sexual-assault survey - The College Fix:
When I wrote about the Association of American Universities’ massive sexual-assault survey last week, which found an assault rate of just under one in four college women, what jumped out immediately was its sloppy definition of “incapacitation.”
That was just the tip of the iceberg, judging by the thoughtful and exhaustive analyses turned out by experts across the political spectrum.
For succinctness and punch, the best may come from Stuart Taylor in The Washington Post.
Co-author of a book on the Duke lacrosse rape case and a fellow at the left-leaning Brookings Institution,
Taylor points out the low response rate (19 percent), the overrepresentation of women among respondents (60 percent vs. half of the student population) and wide variation in assault rates against women among the 27 surveyed schools (13-30 percent).
He points out a startling inconsistency in the data that the survey designers failed to acknowledge:
These tables indicate that about 2.2 percent of female respondents said they had reported to their schools that they had been penetrated without consent (including rape) since entering college.
If extrapolated to the roughly 10 million female college student population nationwide, this  would come to about 220,000 student reports to universities alleging forced sex over (to be conservative) five years, or about 44,000 reports per year.
But this would be almost nine times the total number of students (just over 5,000) who reported sexual assaults of any kind to their universities in 2013, the most recent data available, according to the reports that universities must submit to the federal government under the Clery Act.
...Sadly, the only attention these analyses seem to be getting  on campus is angry disbelief.
One alleged rape victim went so far as to deny the validity of statistical critiques because, well, it happened to her, and anecdotes beat ambiguous data..."

Free sombreros handed out at restaurant BANNED by university chiefs – because they're 'racist'

Free sombreros handed out at restaurant BANNED by university chiefs – because they're 'racist' - Mirror Online:
"Killjoy university chiefs have banned students from getting free sombreros - claiming they're 'racist'.
Students were being given free sombreros by a local Tex-Mex restaurant in a bid to drum up business , before uni chiefs ordered them to stop - because it violates strict cultural appropriation rules.
The University of East Anglia student union officials even took the big floppy hats from students at the Freshers' Fair, because non-Mexicans wearing the traditional item of headwear could be seen as offensive, according to a new initiative.
The Union has stated that the handing out of sombreros breached a key advertising policy which was sent to all stall holders before the event, prohibiting any use of stereotypical imagery in advertising.
It read: "Discriminatory or stereotypical language or imagery aimed towards to any group or individual based on characteristics will not be permitted as part of our advertising."
The policy specifies 15 types of discrimination, some of which include colour, ethnic origin and nationality.
The sombreros were seen as racist and a form of cultural appropriation, despite the fact that the restaurant's website says it offers a "Tex-Mex experience".
When Pedros were asked to stop handing out the sombreros they were amicable in doing so, although some students were less impressed..."

Ben Carson's Comment About Muslims Has Some Calling For Him To Withdraw- His Response...

Ben Carson's Comment About Muslims Has Some Calling For Him To Withdraw- His Response...:

"Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson believes America’s president must embrace America’s values.

His campaign said that is the bottom line of comments that Carson made Sunday regarding Islam’s incompatibility with the Constitution, as well as his belief that America should not have a Muslim president."

People Magazine alleges Ranger course "fixed" to graduate first women

People Magazine alleges Ranger course "fixed" to graduate first women | News OK:
"A People Magazine story claims that two women who recently became the first to graduate from the Army's elite and grueling Ranger school received special treatment.
That prompted what Military.com described as a "blistering denial" late Friday from the U.S. Army that the course was “fixed” to allow women to pass and earn the coveted Ranger tab.
In a statement, Brig. Gen. Malcom B. Frost, the Army’s chief of public affairs, said that the People Magazine article charging that Army Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver were given special treatment was “flat-out wrong” and “pure fiction,” Military.com reported.
Earlier this month, Oklahoma congressman Steve Russell raised questions about whether the women received special treatment and requested their performance records.
That prompted a group of women who had graduated from West Point to file a Freedom of Information Act request for Russell's Ranger school file..."