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Friday, January 20, 2017
Socialist Sanders Asks Trump's Education Secretary About Free College; Her Answer...PRICELESS
Socialist Sanders Asks Trump's Education Secretary About Free College; Her Answer...PRICELESS:
"During the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Bolshevik Bernie asks DeVos about making public colleges free. Her answer was absolutely spot on and priceless."
"During the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Bolshevik Bernie asks DeVos about making public colleges free. Her answer was absolutely spot on and priceless."
University of Kansas maintains women's-only lunchroom for Muslims
University of Kansas maintains women's-only lunchroom for Muslims - The College Fix:
"The University of Kansas maintains a women’s-only lunchroom that’s largely utilized by Muslim students, a venue billed as a “safe place” for them.
“It is mainly used by Muslim women because it allows them a space to remove [their] hijabs and eat,” said Abdoulie Njai, KU Student Senate director of diversity and inclusion, in an email last week to The College Fix.
The room, open on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. in the public university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, is open to all female students — but in particular it allows female Muslim students to eat in a segregated, private area..."
"The University of Kansas maintains a women’s-only lunchroom that’s largely utilized by Muslim students, a venue billed as a “safe place” for them.
“It is mainly used by Muslim women because it allows them a space to remove [their] hijabs and eat,” said Abdoulie Njai, KU Student Senate director of diversity and inclusion, in an email last week to The College Fix.
The room, open on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. in the public university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, is open to all female students — but in particular it allows female Muslim students to eat in a segregated, private area..."
After Ignoring Obama Scandals For 8 Years, Reporters Are Now Making Them Up About Trump
After Ignoring Obama Scandals For 8 Years, Reporters Are Now Making Them Up About Trump | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Fake News:
For eight years, it was virtually impossible to get reporters interested in legitimate Obama administration scandals.
Now, they are so eager to run scandal stories about the incoming Trump administration that they are making them up.
Two stories from major news outlets demonstrate this.
"Fake News:
For eight years, it was virtually impossible to get reporters interested in legitimate Obama administration scandals.
Now, they are so eager to run scandal stories about the incoming Trump administration that they are making them up.
Two stories from major news outlets demonstrate this.
- First is the New York Times hit piece on Trump's pick for Energy Secretary, Rick Perry. It claimed that until days after Perry accepted the job, he "knew almost nothing about" the fact that a key function of the Energy Department is the stewardship of the nation's nuclear arsenal. The story spread like wildfire, with journalists falling over each other to tweet out clever Perry put downs. What was the Times' alarming claim based on? Nothing more than a twisted interpretation of a single quote from one person: Michael McKenna, a Republican energy lobbyist who was canned form the Trump transition team before Perry was picked. McKenna himself has since said the Times misinterpreted what he said. ..The story was so egregiously wrong that even the liberal New York magazine took the Times to task for spreading a false rumor.
- Just days before, CNN ran a hit piece on Rep. Tom Price — Trump's pick to head the Health and Human Services Department — for supposedly engaging in insider trading last year. A "bombshell" story published on Tuesday — titled "First on CNN: Trump's pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it" — said Price had bought as much as $15,000 worth of shares in Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), a company that makes knee and hip replacements. Then, the story goes, he introduced the HIP Act, which would have delayed an ObamaCare regulation that would, if implemented, hurt Zimmer Biomet and other device makers. This, CNN reporter Manu Raju asserted, raised "new concerns among ethics experts that Price may have inappropriately used inside information while purchasing shares in a company." "When you look at the timeline, this raises significant questions," CNN's Erin Burnett said about the story. Sen. Charles Schumer responded to the CNN report with a call to delay Price's confirmation hearings until the congressional ethics office does a "thorough investigation." It's not as though this sort of self-dealing hasn't gone on in Washington. Peter Schweizer's 2011 book, "Throw Them All Out," was full of such examples, including lucrative stock trades by Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and other prominent Democrats. Schweizer's book led to the STOCK Act in 2012, which tried to combat insider trading by lawmakers. The rest of the CNN story falls apart with just a cursory look at the facts. First, Price didn't buy those shares. His portfolio was managed by Morgan Stanley, which designed the account's investment strategy and directed all trades. As part of a routine rebalancing of Price's account in early 2016, Morgan Stanley bought 26 shares in Zimmer Biomet, worth a grand total of $2,697.74. (Price's net worth is on the order of $10 million.)..."
7 Obama executive orders that are ripe for annihilation on Trump’s first day
7 Obama executive orders that are ripe for annihilation on Trump’s first day:
"Barack Obama’s mark on U.S. history is that of an imperial president. His legacy is one of governance by fiat.
Article I of the U.S Constitution endows the Congress with the legislative power of government – the power to make laws. The presidency, as part of the executive branch, is given the Article II, Section 3 requirement of faithfully executing the laws passed by Congress.
After the Democrats lost control of the Senate in 2014, Obama declared at his first Cabinet meeting: “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation … I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”"
"Barack Obama’s mark on U.S. history is that of an imperial president. His legacy is one of governance by fiat.
Article I of the U.S Constitution endows the Congress with the legislative power of government – the power to make laws. The presidency, as part of the executive branch, is given the Article II, Section 3 requirement of faithfully executing the laws passed by Congress.
After the Democrats lost control of the Senate in 2014, Obama declared at his first Cabinet meeting: “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation … I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”"
Trump has already delivered
Trump has already delivered: Glenn Reynolds:
"So the Trump presidency begins Friday at noon, and though plenty of people have been happy to offer predictions, nobody really knows how it will go.
(If it’s like pretty much every other presidency in my lifetime, the answer is “disappointingly.”)
But Trump’s transition — his “pre-presidency” — is just about over now, so let’s see how that’s gone, and if that offers us any guidance on how things might go in the future.
And, actually, Trump has accomplished some stuff.
So far, in his pre-presidency, Trump has:
(1) Killed off dynastic politics, at least for now.
If Hillary had won, 4 of the last 5 presidents would have come from two families.
Before the election got underway, when everybody thought it would wind up as Clinton v. Bush, some of my friends from less developed countries were making fun of the United States trading the top slot between two connected families, as something less than an example of developed democracy. And they were right.
That’s not healthy.
(2) Kept Hillary out of the White House...
...(6) The press. As Politico’s Jack Shafer pretty much admits, the White House Press Corps has been asleep for eight years, serving more as lapdog than watchdog under Obama.
Now, just as I predicted, they’re starting to cover the presidency critically again.
That didn’t happen under Obama, and it probably wouldn’t have happened under Hillary.
But under Trump, the press will be making investigative journalism great again!
Whether Trump can match these accomplishments once he’s actually in office, I don’t know.
It may be that he’s peaked already.
But he’s already outperformed my (admittedly modest) expectations.
I hope he’ll keep doing that in the four (or eight) years to come."
"So the Trump presidency begins Friday at noon, and though plenty of people have been happy to offer predictions, nobody really knows how it will go.
(If it’s like pretty much every other presidency in my lifetime, the answer is “disappointingly.”)
But Trump’s transition — his “pre-presidency” — is just about over now, so let’s see how that’s gone, and if that offers us any guidance on how things might go in the future.
And, actually, Trump has accomplished some stuff.
So far, in his pre-presidency, Trump has:
(1) Killed off dynastic politics, at least for now.
If Hillary had won, 4 of the last 5 presidents would have come from two families.
Before the election got underway, when everybody thought it would wind up as Clinton v. Bush, some of my friends from less developed countries were making fun of the United States trading the top slot between two connected families, as something less than an example of developed democracy. And they were right.
That’s not healthy.
(2) Kept Hillary out of the White House...
...(6) The press. As Politico’s Jack Shafer pretty much admits, the White House Press Corps has been asleep for eight years, serving more as lapdog than watchdog under Obama.
Now, just as I predicted, they’re starting to cover the presidency critically again.
That didn’t happen under Obama, and it probably wouldn’t have happened under Hillary.
But under Trump, the press will be making investigative journalism great again!
Whether Trump can match these accomplishments once he’s actually in office, I don’t know.
It may be that he’s peaked already.
But he’s already outperformed my (admittedly modest) expectations.
I hope he’ll keep doing that in the four (or eight) years to come."
History for January 20
History for January 20 - On-This-Day.com:
George Burns 1896, Aristotle Onassis 1906, DeForest Kelley 1920
Federico Fellini 1920, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin 1930, Edward "Fireball" Roberts 1931
1801 - John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.
1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
1942 - Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews.
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then to a U.S. base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1986 - The U.S. observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 - Britain and France announced their plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
ACLJ Obtains “Sensitive” State Department Memo Showing “Evidence of Purposeful Editing” in Iran Lie Lawsuit | American Center for Law and Justice
ACLJ Obtains “Sensitive” State Department Memo Showing “Evidence of Purposeful Editing” in Iran Lie Lawsuit | American Center for Law and Justice:
"In our ongoing lawsuit against President Obama’s State Department over the Iran lie, we have received definitive evidence that the Obama Administration intentionally manipulated the public video record of a press briefing – deleting a portion in which it admitted lying to the American people about the Iran nuclear negotiations.
The document – a “sensitive but unclassified” internal review of the matter by the U.S. State Department – contains a section expressly notated: “Evidence of Purposeful Editing.”
The State Department’s own internal evidence shows that a technician in the Public Affairs (PA) office of the State Department “received a request to edit the video"
"In our ongoing lawsuit against President Obama’s State Department over the Iran lie, we have received definitive evidence that the Obama Administration intentionally manipulated the public video record of a press briefing – deleting a portion in which it admitted lying to the American people about the Iran nuclear negotiations.
The document – a “sensitive but unclassified” internal review of the matter by the U.S. State Department – contains a section expressly notated: “Evidence of Purposeful Editing.”
The State Department’s own internal evidence shows that a technician in the Public Affairs (PA) office of the State Department “received a request to edit the video"
Oscar Lopez-Rivera: Puerto Rican Terrorist Doesn’t Deserve Pardon | National Review
Oscar Lopez-Rivera: Puerto Rican Terrorist Doesn’t Deserve Pardon | National Review:
"Lopez-Rivera has been in federal prison since 1981, after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and arms trafficking in connection with his leadership of the FALN, the notorious left-wing terrorist group that perpetrated more than 130 attacks on U.S. soil from the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s, killing six and wounding many more. Most members of the FALN, which purported to fight for Puerto Rican independence but maintained deep ties to Fidel Castro’s Cuba, were long ago captured and imprisoned, and many of them have already served their time and been released. But Lopez-Rivera remains unrepentant "
"Lopez-Rivera has been in federal prison since 1981, after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and arms trafficking in connection with his leadership of the FALN, the notorious left-wing terrorist group that perpetrated more than 130 attacks on U.S. soil from the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s, killing six and wounding many more. Most members of the FALN, which purported to fight for Puerto Rican independence but maintained deep ties to Fidel Castro’s Cuba, were long ago captured and imprisoned, and many of them have already served their time and been released. But Lopez-Rivera remains unrepentant "
Desperate: Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment, Claims Russia Fed Him The Term ‘Crooked Hillary' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Desperate: Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment, Claims Russia Fed Him The Term ‘Crooked Hillary' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
"A Democratic Congresswoman has called for Donald Trump to be impeached on the grounds that he coined the term ‘crooked Hillary’ in collusion with the Russian government, even suggesting that the Kremlin was feeding Trump such lines to use during his campaign.
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters was egged on by MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews to explain why Trump’s presidency is ‘not legitimate’.
Matthews and Waters then engaged in some of the most dumb speculation ever aired on a broadcast.
Matthews suggested that the Russian government engaged in “collusion” with the Trump campaign, and asked Waters “Does that make Trump subject to impeachment?
Waters struggled to find a valid answer, so went with the following remarkable utterance:
“If we discover that Donald Trump or his advocates played a role to help provide strategy — if they’re the ones who came up with ‘Crooked Hillary,’ if they’re the ones who came up with, ‘she’s ill, something’s wrong with her energy,’ and the way that he basically described her during the campaign — I think that is something that would put the question squarely on the table whether or not he should be impeached.”
"A Democratic Congresswoman has called for Donald Trump to be impeached on the grounds that he coined the term ‘crooked Hillary’ in collusion with the Russian government, even suggesting that the Kremlin was feeding Trump such lines to use during his campaign.
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters was egged on by MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews to explain why Trump’s presidency is ‘not legitimate’.
Matthews and Waters then engaged in some of the most dumb speculation ever aired on a broadcast.
Matthews suggested that the Russian government engaged in “collusion” with the Trump campaign, and asked Waters “Does that make Trump subject to impeachment?
Waters struggled to find a valid answer, so went with the following remarkable utterance:
“If we discover that Donald Trump or his advocates played a role to help provide strategy — if they’re the ones who came up with ‘Crooked Hillary,’ if they’re the ones who came up with, ‘she’s ill, something’s wrong with her energy,’ and the way that he basically described her during the campaign — I think that is something that would put the question squarely on the table whether or not he should be impeached.”
Political Editors: Clinton Foundation Donations Dry Up After Hillary's Loss
Political Editors: Clinton Foundation Donations Dry Up After Hillary's Loss — The Patriot Post:
Now that the election is over and Hillary Clinton lost, it’s time to shut down the Clinton Foundation fundraising machine charitable organization.
That’s right, Hillary’s Clinton Global Initiative will be formally ending its operation on April 15th.
That’s right, Hillary’s Clinton Global Initiative will be formally ending its operation on April 15th.
CGI is described as “the networking event of choice for corporations, nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and wealthy philanthropists,” and it was allegedly designed for the expressed purpose of raising funding for a variety of charitable causes.
And if you believe that, we have a bridge to sell you..."Sweden Blocks Request for Data on Crime and Immigration
Sweden Blocks Request for Data on Crime and Immigration:
"A request for data detailing the relationship between crime and immigration in Sweden has been blocked by the government.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) called for an investigation into the subject after a recent study showed that Swedish women feel increasingly insecure, and are hesitant to leave the house, fearing sexual harassment."
"A request for data detailing the relationship between crime and immigration in Sweden has been blocked by the government.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) called for an investigation into the subject after a recent study showed that Swedish women feel increasingly insecure, and are hesitant to leave the house, fearing sexual harassment."
Disgusting!-----CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power
CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power:
As the nation prepares for the peaceful transfer of power on Inauguration Day,
CNN is dreaming up scenarios whereby the Obama administration can keep power if President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were blown up as they prepared to take to oath of office.
On the Wednesday, January 18 broadcast of CNN’s The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer aired a segment with a chyron featuring the headline “Developing Now.”
During that “developing” segment, Blitzer and correspondent Brian Todd discussed what would happen if the unthinkable occurred on January 20.
Blitzer introduced the segment, saying, “What if an incoming president and his immediate successors were wiped out on day one?” and from there, CNN contributor Brian Todd took over to outline the line of succession if an attack blew up the inaugural dais, killing both Trump and Pence..."Before and After Obama: 10 Signs of a Diminished America
Before and After Obama: 10 Signs of a Diminished America:
"The media acted as if Donald Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again” was an incomprehensible emotional outburst from people who didn’t realize, or wouldn’t accept, just how great Barack Obama was.
President Obama has spent his final months in office giving juvenile speeches full of excuses for why nothing bad since 2009 was his fault, while everything good was his personal handiwork.
Why, if you just ignore all the terrorist attacks that happened on American soil over the past eight years, you can believe his carefully-phrased assertion that there haven’t been any terrorist attacks!
"The media acted as if Donald Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again” was an incomprehensible emotional outburst from people who didn’t realize, or wouldn’t accept, just how great Barack Obama was.
President Obama has spent his final months in office giving juvenile speeches full of excuses for why nothing bad since 2009 was his fault, while everything good was his personal handiwork.
Why, if you just ignore all the terrorist attacks that happened on American soil over the past eight years, you can believe his carefully-phrased assertion that there haven’t been any terrorist attacks!
In truth, everyone paying attention could see the signs of a diminished America, and they knew exactly what Trump was talking about.
A new Gallup poll finds that American believe the country slid backwards in 14 out of 19 policy domains, with the worst deterioration in the national debt, crime, income inequality, and race relations.
The four areas of improvement Gallup found were in the situation for gays and lesbians (Obama’s only truly high mark), energy (which got better despite his policy preferences, thanks to the private sector), climate change (whose partisans scream that it’s getting worse!) and the economy.
“Health care” was a complete wash, which is awful, given the amount of money Obama spent on it.
“Health care” was a complete wash, which is awful, given the amount of money Obama spent on it.
The new administration has its work cut out for it to repair the damage caused by eight years of Obama’s policies in the following ten key areas.
Read 'em all.
Pretty sad legacy.
Obama denies Assange tweet offering extradition to US influenced his decision to free Manning – TheBlaze
Obama denies Assange tweet offering extradition to US influenced his decision to free Manning – TheBlaze:
"The president said he looked at all the “particulars of the case” and felt that the commutation was “entirely appropriate,” adding that Manning’s punishment was “disproportionate” to the crime.
Bradley Manning, Chelsea’s given name, was convicted in 2010 for his role leaking sensitive information to Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, information that revealed American military and diplomatic activities in several regions of the world. WikiLeaks made the information public in April and November of 2010. Manning was sentenced in 2013 and began gender reassignment to become Chelsea Manning while incarcerated."
"The president said he looked at all the “particulars of the case” and felt that the commutation was “entirely appropriate,” adding that Manning’s punishment was “disproportionate” to the crime.
Bradley Manning, Chelsea’s given name, was convicted in 2010 for his role leaking sensitive information to Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, information that revealed American military and diplomatic activities in several regions of the world. WikiLeaks made the information public in April and November of 2010. Manning was sentenced in 2013 and began gender reassignment to become Chelsea Manning while incarcerated."
GUPride hosting post-Inauguration 'self-care' event
GUPride hosting post-Inauguration 'self-care' event: "
- A Georgetown University student group is encouraging its members to “embrace the inner child” after a stressful Inauguration week with stuffed animals, juice boxes, and Legos.
- The "Post-inauguration self-care" event will be held on January 23, just as many students will be returning from protesting Donald Trump's inauguration."
A Georgetown University student group is encouraging its members to “embrace the inner child” after a stressful Inauguration week with stuffed animals, juice boxes, and Legos.
GUPride, a university-recognized student group for LGBTQ students and their allies, will be hosting a “Self-Care Night” on January 23 for members who spent too much time or energy on Inaugural activities.
“There will be legos and stuffed animals and coloring books—come to embrace the inner child...”
...“Join GUPride for a night of relaxation, recovery, and rest after a long week,” the email states. “There will be legos and stuffed animals and coloring books—come to embrace the inner child and hang out with people :)...”
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