Friday, March 04, 2016

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Glenn’s Dream Team | Glenn Beck

Glenn’s Dream Team | Glenn Beck:

"Trump’s next move? Do all he can to pitt the other candidates against each other and against Ted Cruz. If he can to feed the animosity between them, making sure they stay in their current places, they won’t unite and come together.

But, if the candidates do unite behind Ted Cruz — because he’s the only one with the numbers to beat Donald Trump — there is a pathway to victory.

Glenn outlined his dream team to accomplish just that."

Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine’s Power Grid

Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine’s Power Grid | WIRED
"IT WAS 3:30 p.m. last December 23, and residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine were preparing to end their workday and head home through the cold winter streets.
Inside the Prykarpattyaoblenergo control center, which distributes power to the region’s residents, operators too were nearing the end of their shift.
But just as one worker was organizing papers at his desk that day, the cursor on his computer suddenly skittered across the screen of its own accord.
He watched as it navigated purposefully toward buttons controlling the circuit breakers at a substation in the region and then clicked on a box to open the breakers and take the substation offline. A dialogue window popped up on screen asking to confirm the action, and the operator stared dumbfounded as the cursor glided to the box and clicked to affirm. 
Somewhere in a region outside the city he knew that thousands of residents had just lost their lights and heaters.
The operator grabbed his mouse and tried desperately to seize control of the cursor, but it was unresponsive.
Then as the cursor moved in the direction of another breaker, the machine suddenly logged him out of the control panel..."

Pitt Students 'In Tears' and Feeling 'Unsafe' After Milo Yiannopoulos Event

Pitt Students 'In Tears' and Feeling 'Unsafe' After Milo Yiannopoulos Event - Breitbart
"The University of Pittsburgh’s Student Government Board held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss the traumatizing visit the night before from “dangerous” homosexual and Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, during which students described themselves as feeling “hurt” and “unsafe.”
“During his talk, Yiannopoulos called students who believe in a gender wage gap ‘idiots,’ declared the Black Lives Matter movement a ‘supremacy’ group, while feminists are ‘man-haters,’” according to the student paper The Pitt News, prompting a handful of twenty-something-year olds to feel upset.
“Just because we have to be neutral with our funding doesn’t mean we’re personally neutral,” announced board member Jack Heidecker at the meeting. “I hurt yesterday, too.”
“So many of us shared in our pain.
I felt I was in danger, and I felt so many people in that room were in danger,” proclaimed Marcus Robinson, student and president of the Pittsburgh Rainbow Alliance. 
Robinson also suggested that councilors should have been provided in another room to protect students who felt “traumatized by Yiannopoulos’s opinions.
“This is more than hurt feelings, this is about real violence.
We know that the violence against marginalized groups happens every day in this country,” claimed social work and urban studies major Claire Matway.
“That so many people walked out of that [event] feeling in literal physical danger is not alright...”

February Gun Sales Numbers Are In – Gun Grabbers Aren’t Happy At All

February Gun Sales Numbers Are In – Gun Grabbers Aren’t Happy At All:
"The number of background checks ran for gun purchases during the month of February has been released and gun grabbers, along with the current administration, is likely not too happy about it.
According to FBI data, over 2.6 million background checks were made for firearms purchases in February, making it the ninth month in row that gun sales have set a record.
Of course, background check numbers don’t tell the whole story.
One background check could mean multiple firearms were purchased. 
Also, in numerous states, millions of concealed carry permit holders are exempt from background checks, so their purchases are not reflected here.
Hundreds of millions of firearms have been purchased by Americans in the last decade, likely pushing the number of privately owned firearms somewhere over 400 million."

Former Romney and Rubio Supporters Now Supporting Cruz In Florida » Shark Tank

Former Romney and Rubio Supporters Now Supporting Cruz In Florida » Shark Tank:

"As the Republican primary gets underway a unique coalition is building in Florida backing Senator Ted Cruz for President.

Republican activists in Florida, Florida businessmen, Tea Partiers, Republican women, pro-life Catholics and Christians and fiscal conservatives are banding together forming a Reaganesqe coalition in for Cruz.

The following individuals are endorsing him in their personal capacity:"

Sooo, rich folks want to sell their "homes" for more than they're worth....to poor people? And Detroit is gonna "fix" that?!!!-----Duggan unveils $40 million fund to help Detroit homebuyers

Duggan unveils $40 million fund to help Detroit homebuyers - Crain's Detroit Business
"Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday unveiled a $40 million fund to help 1,000 buyers obtain mortgages in Detroit and overcome a gap in property appraisals that is thwarting neighborhood revitalization.
The Detroit Home Mortgage fund, the first of its kind nationwide, stems from a public-private partnership that includes five banks, community foundations, nonprofits and the state.
The money will provide second mortgages to qualified people who otherwise would be unable to buy a home and is aimed at boosting home ownership, property values and reinvestment in Detroit.
The goal is to provide mortgages to 1,000 buyers, a target that would double the number of mortgages issued in Detroit last year.
Buyers have had trouble obtaining mortgages in Detroit because loans were limited to the low, appraised value of a home..."

AM Fruitcake


History for March 4

History for March 4 - On-This-Day.com:
Prince Henry the Navigator 1394, Antonio Vivaldi 1678, Knute Rockne 1888


Jim Clark 1936 - Race car driver, Catherine O’Hara 1954 - Actress, Chastity Bono 1969 - Daughter of Sonny and Cher


1766 - The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, which had caused bitter and violent opposition in the U.S. colonies.


1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted the "Stars and Bars" flag.


1908 - The New York board of education banned the act of whipping students in school.






1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."


1942 - "Junior Miss" starring Shirley Temple aired on CBS radio for the first time.


1952 - Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married.


1974 - "People" magazine was available for the first time.


1999 - Monica Lewinsky's book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton went on sale in the U.S.

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Just Handed Obama Admin HUGE Victory That'll Have The Pres. Grinning

Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Just Handed Obama Admin HUGE Victory That'll Have The Pres. Grinning:

"The EPA rules are so strict many characterize them as proof of Obama’s war on the coal industry.

Yet, in a surprise move, the chief justice unilaterally decided to reject the motion to stay the Obama global warming regulations without putting the decision to the full court. Roberts also did not reveal any reasons for his actions.

The chief justice’s decision comes despite an earlier 5-4 ruling that the whole Mercury and Air Toxics Standards scheme is basically illegal."



BREAKING: Ted Cruz just had their BIGGEST month of fundraising yet! » The Right Scoop -

BREAKING: Ted Cruz just had their BIGGEST month of fundraising yet! » The Right Scoop -:

"Jeff Roe, the campaign manager for Ted Cruz, tweets that they raised nearly 12 million dollars for the month of February. according to Patrick Svitek, reporter for the Texas Tribune, this would be their biggest month yet!"

Why are GOPers going to Detroit? Are they just dumb. Or just stupid?-----Detroiters in no mood to be entertained by presidential debate at Fox Theatre

Detroiters in no mood to be entertained by presidential debate at Fox Theatre | MLive.com:
DETROIT, MI -- ...But some Metro Detroiters looking to choose a candidate before the March 8 primary are in no mood to be entertained Thursday.
Detroit is in the middle of a grueling battle to recover from rock-bottom calamity of historic proportions.
And Thursday's debate at the Fox Theatre in the heart of Downtown Detroit comes days before a another presidential forum in the only other U.S. city that has faced comparable levels of poverty, violence, economic stagnancy and educational struggle: Flint.
...Rev. Oscar King III, on the other hand, supports none of the candidates who will be on stage Thursday, but has just as little patience for unsubstantial debate.
..."To come to the city of Detroit, I think is just a show, and I'm not sure they're going to gain anything from it... Republicans for years have pretended the city of Detroit did not exist."
...But King argued that much of the improvement and economic development Detroit is seeing has been limited to the city's central Downtown and Midtown areas.
"The rest of the community, we consider stranded development," King said.
"If they're looking to change hearts and minds out in the greater Detroit community, I hope great is their faith...
"With the changes in the demographics of Downtown, moving from black to white, maybe that's the new treasure trove for them, but the folks in the communities have little rapport or connection with the Republican Party...
The improvement in the city of Detroit is divided among too groups.
The perception is that some people are included in everything, and others are left out..."

But bikes, skateboards are ok?-----Why colleges are banning hoverboards from campus

Why colleges are banning hoverboards from campus | MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – West Michigan universities are among a growing group of colleges that have banned hoverboards from campus over concerns about fires and injury.
As of January, the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters have been banned from more than 30 colleges either campus-wide or partially, such as from residential halls.
..."We believe that many of the reported incidents, and the related unreasonable risk of injuries and deaths associated with the fires in these products, would be prevented if all such projects were manufactured in compliance with the referenced voluntary safety standards," according to the letter.
In addition to some hoverboards catching fire, the agency said people have fallen and received concussions, fractures, contusions and abrasions, and internal organ injuries."

The Nomination No One Wants? Obama’s Trouble Finding Someone, Anyone, to Say ‘Yes’ on SCOTUS | Video | TheBlaze.com

The Nomination No One Wants? Obama’s Trouble Finding Someone, Anyone, to Say ‘Yes’ on SCOTUS | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Supreme Court nominations don’t seem as sought after as they used to be, or at least not the one President Barack Obama plans to make to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.

That’s because so many of those mentioned for the spot have already said no. The conservative group America Rising recently put together a video montage of potential nominees who said they weren’t interested."

Notre Dame Prof: Our Schools are Committing ‘Civilizational Suicide’

Notre Dame Prof: Our Schools are Committing ‘Civilizational Suicide’ | Intellectual Takeout
"...So what’s his assessment of America’s best students?
“My students are know-nothings.”
“They are exceedingly nice, pleasant, trustworthy, mostly honest, well-intentioned, and utterly decent.
But their brains are largely empty, devoid of any substantial knowledge that might be the fruits of an education in an inheritance and a gift of a previous generation...
...Usually, people assume that this distressing situation is due to the failures of the modern education system.
But according to Deneen, that is not the case.
On the contrary, he writes that modern students’ ignorance is the education system’s “crowning achievement… the consequence of a civilizational commitment to civilizational suicide.”
He explains:
“What our educational system aims to produce is cultural amnesia, a wholesale lack of curiosity, history-less free agents, and educational goals composed of content-free processes and unexamined buzz-words like ‘critical thinking,’ ‘diversity,’ ‘ways of knowing,’ ‘social justice,’ and ‘cultural competence.’
...Deneen is no pessimist.
 He cares deeply for his students, and is frustrated that they haven’t been taught “what is rightfully theirs.”
But he is no false optimist either:
“But even on those better days, I can’t help but hold the hopeful thought that the world they have inherited—a world without inheritance, without past, future, or deepest cares—is about to come tumbling down, and that this collapse would be the true beginning of a real education.”
As Alasdair MacIntyre lamented in After Virtue,
“[T]he barbarians are not waiting beyond the frontiers; they have already been governing us for quite some time.”..."

Gun Grabbers Don't Get It. When The "Economy Falls Apart, Crime Increases." That's Why You Need Guns.

Gun Grabbers Don't Get It. When The "Economy Falls Apart, Crime Increases." That's Why You Need Guns.:
"...Here in America, it will very likely be the last line of defense as the infrastructure crumbles and the economy bottoms out.
People who lose everything lose control; and while they deserve better opportunities, turning to wanton acts of crime and threatening the life of your family is not acceptable.
Only an armed populace can defend itself against a society that has abolished dignity and incited waves of crime in government and institutions, and on the streets. 
If you want to see gun control in action, just go to inner city Chicago and witness the worst scenes of violence in the entire country.
...In other words, there is a strong correlation between gun laws and gun deaths, but almost no correlation between gun laws and the overall murder rate.
...The truth is, the real drivers of crime are incredibly murky.
The only thing we know for sure is that when the economy falls apart, crime often increases, but only most of the time. 
Crime rates continued to decrease in the US even during the Great Recession.
And perhaps that is why this argument that the gun grabbers are always trying to make, is so stupid. Like everyone else, they desperately want to find a single simplistic cause for all the murders that happen; a cause that fits their world view.
But in the real world there isn’t just one reason, and if there were, it certainly wouldn’t be guns since there isn’t any convincing data.
Remember that the next time the gun grabbers go on about “decreasing gun murder rates.” 
What they’re really saying is, “give up your rights, even though it won’t benefit you or your community in any way.”

Lunch video-----How Dark Were the Dark Ages?

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‘Allah Ordered Me’: Nanny Who Allegedly Beheaded Child, Carried Head in Streets Appears in Court | TheBlaze.com

‘Allah Ordered Me’: Nanny Who Allegedly Beheaded Child, Carried Head in Streets Appears in Court | TheBlaze.com:

"The nanny who allegedly beheaded a 4-year-old child in Moscow over the weekend and then paced the streets carrying the child’s head while shouting “Allahu Akbar” appeared in court Wednesday.

As TheBlaze previously reported, Gyulchehra Bobokulova, the 38-year-old nanny from Uzbekistan, has cooperated with police. After the unthinkable incident, Bobokulova reportedly led law enforcement officials back to the scene of the crime and pointed out the exact location where she murdered the disabled girl who was in her care.

Bobokulova reportedly told police that she strangled 4-year-old Nastya Meshcheryakova before decapitating her with a kitchen knife. The child’s remains were found in her cot."


The 9 most troubling quotes from Gov. Rick Snyder's office e-mail dump

The 9 most troubling quotes from Gov. Rick Snyder's office e-mail dump
March 3, 2015 e-mail from Dennis Muchmore, the governor's chief of staff:
"I have become increasingly concerned about the situation in Flint and the lack of empathy for the residents. 
I'm not sure that buying water from Ice Mountain or Bill Young makes sense and I don't know about (redacted) since they buy it from Bill or local sources and repackage. 
But, it would seem to me that buying some and giving it to residents who are having discoloration or smell issues would be fair and prudent until it gets ironed out. 
Maybe this doesn't make sense to you and if not just chalk it up to the delirium I'm feeling fro the sun and drop the idea.... 
I worry that swooping in may reinforce the idea that there is something wrong with the water after all. 
But, it seems to me that that would be small issue compared to blowing off these ministers and their concerns. 
Of course, we can't supply the water forever so maybe working with Wayne (Workman in Treasury) something can be figured out."