Roberts might not have saved the law in the long run, but he did something much worse. For the first time, government was free to force citizens to engage in commerce. And not just any commerce. Obamacare forces “consumers” to buy products in a tightly restricted and regulated “market” — sometimes featuring only one company."
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Democrat Response To Obamacare Fail Proves They Lied To SCOTUS
Democrat Response To Obamacare Fail Proves They Lied To SCOTUS:
"When it came to the Supreme Court, they changed the story. On the strength of this lie, Chief Justice John Roberts had a way to magically transform a mandate into a tax.
Roberts might not have saved the law in the long run, but he did something much worse. For the first time, government was free to force citizens to engage in commerce. And not just any commerce. Obamacare forces “consumers” to buy products in a tightly restricted and regulated “market” — sometimes featuring only one company."
Roberts might not have saved the law in the long run, but he did something much worse. For the first time, government was free to force citizens to engage in commerce. And not just any commerce. Obamacare forces “consumers” to buy products in a tightly restricted and regulated “market” — sometimes featuring only one company."
Bad Food Data and Science Still Make for Bad Food Policy
Bad Food Data and Science Still Make for Bad Food Policy - Reason.com:
A new study in the journal Current Problems in Cardiology by researcher Edward Archer, Ph.D. and several colleagues has pointed to serious flaws in the data the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) relies on to calculate the average number of calories that are present in the American diet.
The researchers looked at the number of calories the USDA says Americans consume and compared them with the number of calories people generally need to stay alive.
Using data from 1971-2010, the researchers found that if the USDA data were correct, then a reference person (a hypothetical American established using algorithmic analysis of the data) would have lost nearly eighty pounds between 1971-1980 and also gained more than 215 lbs. between 1988-2010.
If it were simply the case that the USDA compiled bad data, then there'd be little reason to express alarm.
But it turns out the USDA uses these flawed data to inform and set federal dietary policy.
It's not just the data that's rotten. The laws and policies that are based on that data are inherently rotten, too.
The new research ...found—as I wrote at the time—that the federal dietary guidelines "and the research used to support that work... is so off base as to be scientifically useless."
...Relying on bad data to justify food and dietary laws is as absurd, indefensible, and unscientific as it sounds.
If we can't trust the government to base those food laws and policies that call for science on actual, you know, science, then maybe that's evidence the government should have far less power to craft those laws and policies in the first place."Hillary Clinton Corruption: Foundation Was the Key
Hillary Clinton Corruption: Foundation Was the Key | National Review
"She appears to have used her official powers to do favors for major Clinton Foundation donors.
Felony mishandling of classified information, including our nation’s most closely guarded intelligence secrets; the misappropriation and destruction of tens of thousands of government records — these are serious criminal offenses.
To this point, the Justice Department and FBI have found creative ways not to charge Hillary Clinton for them.
...As we await answers, we can only observe that, whatever the FBI has found, it was significant enough for director James Comey to sense the need to notify Congress, despite knowing what a bombshell this would be just days before the presidential election.
One thing, however, is already clear.
Whatever the relevance of the new e-mails to the probe of Clinton’s classified-information transgressions and attempt to destroy thousands of emails, these offenses may pale in comparison with Hillary Clinton’s most audacious violations of law:
Crimes that should still be under investigation;
crimes that will, in fitting Watergate parlance, be a cancer on the presidency if she manages to win on November 8.
Mrs. Clinton appears to have converted the office of secretary of state into a racketeering enterprise.
This would be a violation of the RICO law — the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1971 (codified in the U.S. penal code at sections 1961 et seq.).
Hillary and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, operated the Clinton Foundation.
Ostensibly a charity, the foundation was a de facto fraud scheme to monetize Hillary’s power as secretary of state (among other aspects of the Clintons’ political influence).
The scheme involved
While the foundation did perform some charitable work, this camouflaged the fact that contributions were substantially diverted to pay lavish salaries and underwrite luxury travel for Clinton insiders.
Contributions skyrocketed to $126 million in 2009, the year Mrs. Clinton arrived at Foggy Bottom. Breathtaking sums were “donated” by high-rollers and foreign governments that had crucial business before the State Department.
Along with those staggering donations came a spike in speaking opportunities and fees for Bill Clinton..."
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"She appears to have used her official powers to do favors for major Clinton Foundation donors.
Felony mishandling of classified information, including our nation’s most closely guarded intelligence secrets; the misappropriation and destruction of tens of thousands of government records — these are serious criminal offenses.
To this point, the Justice Department and FBI have found creative ways not to charge Hillary Clinton for them....As we await answers, we can only observe that, whatever the FBI has found, it was significant enough for director James Comey to sense the need to notify Congress, despite knowing what a bombshell this would be just days before the presidential election.
One thing, however, is already clear.
Whatever the relevance of the new e-mails to the probe of Clinton’s classified-information transgressions and attempt to destroy thousands of emails, these offenses may pale in comparison with Hillary Clinton’s most audacious violations of law:
Crimes that should still be under investigation;
crimes that will, in fitting Watergate parlance, be a cancer on the presidency if she manages to win on November 8.
Mrs. Clinton appears to have converted the office of secretary of state into a racketeering enterprise.
This would be a violation of the RICO law — the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1971 (codified in the U.S. penal code at sections 1961 et seq.).
Hillary and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, operated the Clinton Foundation.
Ostensibly a charity, the foundation was a de facto fraud scheme to monetize Hillary’s power as secretary of state (among other aspects of the Clintons’ political influence).
The scheme involved
- (a) the exchange of political favors, access, and influence for millions of dollars in donations;
- (b) the circumvention of campaign-finance laws that prohibit political donations by foreign sources; (c) a vehicle for Mrs. Clinton to shield her State Department e-mail communications from public and congressional scrutiny while she and her husband exploited the fundraising potential of her position; and
- (d) a means for Clinton insiders to receive private-sector compensation and explore lucrative employment opportunities while drawing taxpayer-funded government salaries.
Contributions skyrocketed to $126 million in 2009, the year Mrs. Clinton arrived at Foggy Bottom. Breathtaking sums were “donated” by high-rollers and foreign governments that had crucial business before the State Department.
Along with those staggering donations came a spike in speaking opportunities and fees for Bill Clinton..."
Read on!
Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit for FBI Records on Clinton Email Investigation; Tarmac Meeting Between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit for FBI Records on Clinton Email Investigation; Tarmac Meeting Between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch - Judicial Watch:
"Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records relating to its “investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a non-government email server during her tenure.” The lawsuit includes a demand for FBI “302” documents, which are reports of FBI investigation interviews. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:16-cv-02046).
The Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit was filed after the Justice Department failed to comply with a July 7, 2016, FOIA request seeking the following:"
The Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit was filed after the Justice Department failed to comply with a July 7, 2016, FOIA request seeking the following:"
Attorney General Lynch 'Pleads Fifth' On Secret Iran 'Ransom' Payments
Attorney General Lynch 'Pleads Fifth' On Secret Iran 'Ransom' Payments | Zero Hedge:
"Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, prompting accusations that Lynch has “pleaded the Fifth” Amendment to avoid incriminating herself over these payments, according to lawmakers and communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and delivered.
In an Oct. 24 response, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik responded on Lynch’s behalf, refusing to answer the questions and informing the lawmakers that they are barred from publicly disclosing any details about the cash payment, which was bound up in a ransom deal aimed at freeing several American hostages from Iran.
The response from the attorney general’s office is “unacceptable” and provides evidence that Lynch has chosen to “essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to inquiries regarding [her] role in providing cash to the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” Rubio and Pompeo wrote on Friday in a follow-up letter to Lynch, according to a copy obtained by the Free Beacon..."
"Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, prompting accusations that Lynch has “pleaded the Fifth” Amendment to avoid incriminating herself over these payments, according to lawmakers and communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and delivered.
In an Oct. 24 response, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik responded on Lynch’s behalf, refusing to answer the questions and informing the lawmakers that they are barred from publicly disclosing any details about the cash payment, which was bound up in a ransom deal aimed at freeing several American hostages from Iran.
The response from the attorney general’s office is “unacceptable” and provides evidence that Lynch has chosen to “essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to inquiries regarding [her] role in providing cash to the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” Rubio and Pompeo wrote on Friday in a follow-up letter to Lynch, according to a copy obtained by the Free Beacon..."
The Astonishing Ignorance of Young Adults
The Astonishing Ignorance of Young Adults:
"Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students?
The answer is that they, like so many other young people who think they know it all, are really uninformed and ignorant.
You say, “Williams, how dare you say that?! We’ve mortgaged our home to send our children to college.”
Let’s start with the 2006 geographic literacy survey of youngsters between 18 and 24 years of age by National Geographic and Roper Public Affairs.
...A few weeks ago, my column discussed the dishonesty of college officials.
Here’s more evidence: Among high- school students who graduated in 2014 and took the ACT college readiness exam, here’s how various racial/ethnic groups fared when it came to meeting the ACT’s college readiness benchmarks in at least three of the four subjects:
However, the college rates of enrollment of these groups were:
Asians, 80 percent;
whites, 69 percent;
Hispanics, 60 percent; and
blacks, 57 percent.
What I am labeling as dishonest, fraudulent, or deceitful comes from the fact that many more students are admitted to college than are in fact college-ready.
Admitting such students may satisfy the wants and financial interests of the higher education establishment, but whether it serves the interests of students, families, taxpayers, and the nation is another question.
To accommodate less college-ready students, colleges must water down their curricula, lower standards, and abandon traditional tools and topics.
Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein writes in his book “The Dumbest Generation”: Tradition “serves a crucial moral and intellectual function. … People who read Thucydides and Caesar on war, and Seneca and Ovid on love, are less inclined to construe passing fads as durable outlooks, to fall into the maelstrom of celebrity culture, to presume that the circumstances of their own life are worth a webpage.”"
"Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students?
The answer is that they, like so many other young people who think they know it all, are really uninformed and ignorant.
You say, “Williams, how dare you say that?! We’ve mortgaged our home to send our children to college.”
Let’s start with the 2006 geographic literacy survey of youngsters between 18 and 24 years of age by National Geographic and Roper Public Affairs.
- Less than half could identify New York and Ohio on a U.S. map.
- Sixty percent could not find Iraq or Saudi Arabia on a map of the Middle East, and three-quarters could not find Iran or Israel.
- In fact, 44 percent could not locate even one of those four countries.
- Youngsters who had taken a geography class didn’t fare much better.
...A few weeks ago, my column discussed the dishonesty of college officials.
Here’s more evidence: Among high- school students who graduated in 2014 and took the ACT college readiness exam, here’s how various racial/ethnic groups fared when it came to meeting the ACT’s college readiness benchmarks in at least three of the four subjects:
- Asians, 57 percent;
- whites, 49 percent;
- Hispanics, 23 percent; and
- blacks, 11 percent.
However, the college rates of enrollment of these groups were:
Asians, 80 percent;
whites, 69 percent;
Hispanics, 60 percent; and
blacks, 57 percent.
What I am labeling as dishonest, fraudulent, or deceitful comes from the fact that many more students are admitted to college than are in fact college-ready.
Admitting such students may satisfy the wants and financial interests of the higher education establishment, but whether it serves the interests of students, families, taxpayers, and the nation is another question.
To accommodate less college-ready students, colleges must water down their curricula, lower standards, and abandon traditional tools and topics.
Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein writes in his book “The Dumbest Generation”: Tradition “serves a crucial moral and intellectual function. … People who read Thucydides and Caesar on war, and Seneca and Ovid on love, are less inclined to construe passing fads as durable outlooks, to fall into the maelstrom of celebrity culture, to presume that the circumstances of their own life are worth a webpage.”"
The real Islam-----Top 10 Worst Nations on Earth for Gender Equality are All Islamic
Top 10 Worst Nations on Earth for Gender Equality are All Islamic – Michael A. Sherlock (Author): "According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index (2016), the 10 worst countries for gender equality are those in which Islam is the dominant religious demographic. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has undertaken even an ounce of research into the core doctrines and common traditions associated with this extremely patriarchal religion.
Whilst Islam is not a monolith and many variations exist with regards to beliefs, practices, degrees of adherence, etc., it is noteworthy that those societies which treat their women the worst all zealously adhere to a religion that sees women as inherently inferior to men.
The Worst 10 Nations on Earth
- Yemen
- Pakistan
- Syria
- Saudi Arabia
- Chad
- Iran
- Mali
- Morocco
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Lebanon
Hillary Clinton scandals, FBI 'politicization' date back to first lady tenure - Washington Times
Hillary Clinton scandals, FBI 'politicization' date back to first lady tenure - Washington Times:
"The scandals were known as Travelgate and Filegate, and both set off extensive investigations, resignations, charges and countercharges of lying, file-scrubbing and unethical conduct.
The early 1990s shared issues and people with 2016: Twenty years ago, there were the Clintons, of course. There was the “politicization” of the FBI, as one committee report put it. Mrs. Clinton’s staunch defender, Lanny Davis, appeared on TV blasting her critics, as he does today.
The conservative watchdog Judicial Watch sued the Clinton administration then, as it has done more recently, to compel disclosure of her State Department emails, of which more than 30,000 were destroyed — off-limits to the FBI. In the 1990s, White House files also went missing."
The early 1990s shared issues and people with 2016: Twenty years ago, there were the Clintons, of course. There was the “politicization” of the FBI, as one committee report put it. Mrs. Clinton’s staunch defender, Lanny Davis, appeared on TV blasting her critics, as he does today.
The conservative watchdog Judicial Watch sued the Clinton administration then, as it has done more recently, to compel disclosure of her State Department emails, of which more than 30,000 were destroyed — off-limits to the FBI. In the 1990s, White House files also went missing."
Halloween countdown: States, residents get ready for creepy clowns
Halloween countdown: States, residents get ready for creepy clowns:
"Reports of people dressed as creepy clowns in more than 20 states have put many on edge this year.
The phenomenon has even managed to get the attention of the White House, where Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the recent rash of creepy clown arrests on Tuesday.
But as Halloween approaches and all kinds of characters, mostly cute ones, drift up and down neighborhood streets, some are worried about how creepy clown concerns could bleed into a night ordinarily reserved for heaping amounts of candy and harmless pranks.
Here's a look at how people plan to respond to creepy clowns:
Brevard County, Fla.: Two men were charged by Melbourne Police after they allegedly donned clown outfits, armed themselves and chased people, making threats.
There have been some five sightings reported to Palm Bay police and numerous others creating buzz on social media across Brevard.
Some residents say they’ll be exercising their Second Amendment right on Halloween.
“I'll be carrying for sure, I'm not leaving to chance,” said Kimberly Kersey, who will be taking her sons out trick or treating in Palm Bay.
“I'm terrified of clowns already and if one messes with me or my kids it'll be to the hospital or morgue they go.”
From a law enforcement standpoint, patrols will increase across the county on Halloween, which is standard and not impacted by the clown trend..."
"Reports of people dressed as creepy clowns in more than 20 states have put many on edge this year.
The phenomenon has even managed to get the attention of the White House, where Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the recent rash of creepy clown arrests on Tuesday.
But as Halloween approaches and all kinds of characters, mostly cute ones, drift up and down neighborhood streets, some are worried about how creepy clown concerns could bleed into a night ordinarily reserved for heaping amounts of candy and harmless pranks.
Here's a look at how people plan to respond to creepy clowns:
Brevard County, Fla.: Two men were charged by Melbourne Police after they allegedly donned clown outfits, armed themselves and chased people, making threats.
Some residents say they’ll be exercising their Second Amendment right on Halloween.
“I'll be carrying for sure, I'm not leaving to chance,” said Kimberly Kersey, who will be taking her sons out trick or treating in Palm Bay.
“I'm terrified of clowns already and if one messes with me or my kids it'll be to the hospital or morgue they go.”
From a law enforcement standpoint, patrols will increase across the county on Halloween, which is standard and not impacted by the clown trend..."
History for October 30
History for October 30 - On-This-Day.com
John Adams (U.S.) 1735, Richard Sheridan 1751, Ezra Pound 1885
Charles Atlas 1893, Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) 1939, Henry Winkler 1945
1817 - The independent government of Venezuela was established by Simon Bolivar.
1831 - Escaped slave Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton County, VA, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave uprising in American history.
1893 - The U.S. Senate gave final approval to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
1938 - Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.
1945 - The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing.
1953 - General George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb with a force of approximately 58 megatons.
1975 - The New York Daily News ran the headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead." The headline came a day after U.S. President Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
White House CANCELS all Obama Appearances at Hillary Campaign Events! ! !
White House CANCELS all Obama Appearances at Hillary Campaign Events! ! !:
"Adding to the drama was that the FBI Director did NOT coordinate the announcement with the White House or with the Department of Justice (DOJ) - which could be an effort by the Bureau to regain its lost reputation for Integrity. Keeping the White house and Justice Department out of the loop means they could not interfere prior to the announcement, and now that the announcement has been made publicly, neither the White House nor the DOJ can prevent the public from knowing something big is taking place."
BREAKING: Clinton Fixer Reveals Sick Smear Hillary Ordered Against Monica
BREAKING: Clinton Fixer Reveals Sick Smear Hillary Ordered Against Monica:
"That action left Rovin feeling particularly guilty. He told host Sean Hannity that he finally got to apologize to Lewinsky in person after a coincidence made them neighbors.
Rovin also said that Hillary Clinton had an affair with longtime ally and lawyer Vince Foster that lasted for years. Foster was found dead in what police said was a suicide, but speculation has always been that he was murdered."
Rovin also said that Hillary Clinton had an affair with longtime ally and lawyer Vince Foster that lasted for years. Foster was found dead in what police said was a suicide, but speculation has always been that he was murdered."
Unprecedented Surge In Election Fraud Incidents From Around The Country
Unprecedented Surge In Election Fraud Incidents From Around The Country | Zero Hedge:
"Mounting evidence would suggest it's getting more and more difficult for the left to claim that there are "no signs" of fraud in the 2016 election cycle...though we're sure they will continue to try.
Just this morning the Miami Herald noted that two arrests were made in Miami-Dade county on election fraud charges including efforts by one woman to illegally register voters (some of whom were dead...a recurring theme this election cycle) while another 74-year-old election worker was charged with actually "illegally marking ballots".
"Mounting evidence would suggest it's getting more and more difficult for the left to claim that there are "no signs" of fraud in the 2016 election cycle...though we're sure they will continue to try.
Just this morning the Miami Herald noted that two arrests were made in Miami-Dade county on election fraud charges including efforts by one woman to illegally register voters (some of whom were dead...a recurring theme this election cycle) while another 74-year-old election worker was charged with actually "illegally marking ballots".
...Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle was quick to praise the "swift arrest of the wrongdoers" and ensure voters of the "integrity of the electoral process."
That said, we, like many others, wonder just how many similar cases of election fraud will go unnoticed between now and election day.
That said, we, like many others, wonder just how many similar cases of election fraud will go unnoticed between now and election day.
...Meanwhile, Florida isn't the only state with fraud problems as an NBC affiliate in Virginia is reporting that a former resident of Alexandia was also arrested after being caught creating fictitious voter registrations and faces up to 40 years in prison.
Of course, Virginia, run by long-time Clinton confidant Terry McAuliffe, is no stranger to election fraud as one democratic organization was already caught earlier this month re-registering dead voters.
Of course, Virginia, run by long-time Clinton confidant Terry McAuliffe, is no stranger to election fraud as one democratic organization was already caught earlier this month re-registering dead voters.
...All of these reports simply add fuel to the fire of Trump who has been relentlessly attacking the "rigged" elections for the past several weeks.
Of course, these are just a few of the people who have actually been caught for their election "rigging" efforts.
Meanwhile, there have seemingly been an unlimited number of other fraud cases pop up around the country involving everything from illegal voter registrations to dead people voting.
In fact, a recent report from CBS Chicago found that over 100 dead Chicagoans had voted 229 times over the past decade...."
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Meanwhile, there have seemingly been an unlimited number of other fraud cases pop up around the country involving everything from illegal voter registrations to dead people voting.
In fact, a recent report from CBS Chicago found that over 100 dead Chicagoans had voted 229 times over the past decade...."
Read on!
Putin taunts American intelligence agencies over claims of election influence: ‘Is the U.S. a banana republic?’ | TheBlaze.com
Putin taunts American intelligence agencies over claims of election influence: ‘Is the U.S. a banana republic?’ | TheBlaze.com:
"The information obtained from these security breaches has been posted on the controversial site WikiLeaks, and many of the revelations have been either embarrassing or politically damaging to Clinton. Clinton herself raised the allegation in the final debate, saying, “We have 17 intelligence agencies — civilian and military — who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election.”"
‘Hillary’s America’ is already here
VIDEO: ‘Hillary’s America’ is already here:
Parts of Amarillo, Texas, have been flooded with so many Muslim refugees that some ethnic enclaves claim to have elected their own tribal leaders independent of the city government, the city’s mayor recently testified before the Texas Legislature.
They call it “culture shift.”
Places, in America, that no longer look or feel like America.
Cedar Riverside in Minneapolis fits the bill, with its large Somali community known as “Little Mogadishu,” as does and Hamtramck, Michigan, where the Islamic call to prayer is shouted over loudspeakers and the local city council is now majority-Muslim.
Parts of Amarillo, Texas, have been flooded with so many Muslim refugees that some ethnic enclaves claim to have elected their own tribal leaders independent of the city government, the city’s mayor recently testified before the Texas Legislature.
Then there is Dearborn, Michigan, which is now 40 percent Muslim and spilling over into neighboring cities and towns.
Women walk the streets dressed in long, black burqas that cover all but their eyes.
Almost all the signs on storefronts are in Arabic or some other Middle Eastern dialect.
Documentary filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch recently drove through Dearborn, guided by a lifelong resident of the city named Brian.
What Brian showed him was not just a culture shift but something closer to a shock..."
Much, much more here.
Read on!
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College fears 'war paint' could 'threaten our sense of community'
College fears 'war paint' could 'threaten our sense of community'
"Millersville University is warning students against wearing Halloween costumes that could promote “cultural appropriation,” saying they should make their costume selections with “thoughtfulness and sensitivity.”
“Halloween is also a time when normal thoughtfulness and sensitivity can sometimes be forgotten. Poor decisions such as wearing feathered headdresses, ‘war paint,’ or other skin tone modifications, such as blackface, are examples of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation,” the school’s vice president of student affairs, Brian Hazlett, wrote in a campus-wide email.
...Finally, Hazlett concludes his email by pleading with his students to ask themselves one simple question when choosing what to wear for the approaching holding, that being: “Could someone take offense with your costume and why?”...
"Millersville University is warning students against wearing Halloween costumes that could promote “cultural appropriation,” saying they should make their costume selections with “thoughtfulness and sensitivity.”
- "Poor decisions" like wearing "war paint...are examples of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation" that "threaten our sense of community," the school says.
- Millersville University is warning students against wearing Halloween costumes that could promote “cultural appropriation,” saying they should make their costume selections with “thoughtfulness and sensitivity.”
“Halloween is also a time when normal thoughtfulness and sensitivity can sometimes be forgotten. Poor decisions such as wearing feathered headdresses, ‘war paint,’ or other skin tone modifications, such as blackface, are examples of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation,” the school’s vice president of student affairs, Brian Hazlett, wrote in a campus-wide email.
...Finally, Hazlett concludes his email by pleading with his students to ask themselves one simple question when choosing what to wear for the approaching holding, that being: “Could someone take offense with your costume and why?”...
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