Philosophy Professor Tells Bisexual Student Who Criticized Islam 'We're Not Going to Let You Damage the Program' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Philosophy Professor Tells Bisexual Student Who Criticized Islam 'We're Not Going to Let You Damage the Program' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

"A bisexual male student at the University of Texas–San Antonio said during an informal conversation outside class that he was uncomfortable with Islam because people still receive the death penalty for being gay in 10 Muslim-majority countries.

For expressing this thought, the student—Alfred MacDonald, who no longer attends the school—was instructed to meet with the chair of the philosophy department, Eve Browning. Prof. Browning told MacDonald in no uncertain terms that he had committed the crime of "offending" someone, and she warned him that his habit of saying what he thinks could bring down the entire program. 

She threatened to call the Behavior Intervention Team and refer MacDonald to counseling. She did everything but send him to Room 101.

Unfortunately for Browning, MacDonald secretly recorded their conversation. 

The transcript, first publicized by Gay Star News, is incredible.

"We have not designed our program to tolerate these behaviors," Brown tells MacDonald at one point. Later she adds, "We're not going to let you damage the program."..."

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Former Dem Talks The Perception Of Racism | The Daily Caller

Former Dem Talks The Perception Of Racism | The Daily Caller:

"She is convinced that when people hear truth, they recognize it. Preventing truth from being heard is why Parker believes the left works so hard to keep conservatives off college campuses and in the public square.

“If you have Christianity, a capitalistic society, and a Constitution that protects your interest,” they work for all Americans, Parker says, including blacks. BLM, she says, is indoctrinating blacks against these American values."

College investigates 'deeply offensive' photo of white man dressed as Colin Kaepernick - The College Fix

College investigates 'deeply offensive' photo of white man dressed as Colin Kaepernick - The College Fix:
Not because it’s racist?

"Dickinson College says it’s investigating a photo of an alleged student in a Halloween costume based on controversial and unaffiliated professional football player Colin Kaepernick.

Joyce Bylander, dean of student life, told the private Pennsylvania college community on Facebook Sunday night that she received the photo “this weekend” and it was “deeply offensive and reflected the exercise of very poor judgment.”

But she made clear that the white male’s imitation of an athlete with a white mother and black father was not the grounds for the investigation; rather, it was the appearance of a gun pointing at the alleged student..."

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Will America’s Prosperity Be Completely Wiped Out By Our Growing Debt?

Will America’s Prosperity Be Completely Wiped Out By Our Growing Debt?
"The federal government is now 20.4 trillion dollars in debt, and most Americans don’t seem to care that the economic prosperity that we are enjoying today could be completely destroyed by our exploding national debt.  
Over the past decade, the national debt has been growing at a rate of more than 100 million dollars an hour, and this is a debt that all of us owe.  
When you break it down, each American citizen’s share of the debt is more than $60,000, and so if you have a family of five your share is more than $300,000.  
And when you throw in more than 6 trillion dollars of corporate debt and nearly 13 trillion dollars of consumer debt, it is not inaccurate to say that we are facing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude.

Debt cannot grow much faster than GDP indefinitely.  
At some point the bubble bursts, and when it does the pain that the middle class is going to experience is going to be off the charts..."
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ACLJ Demands Documents on the Obama Administration’s Uranium One Nuclear Debacle | American Center for Law and Justice

ACLJ Demands Documents on the Obama Administration’s Uranium One Nuclear Debacle | American Center for Law and Justice:

"In 2010, the Obama administration approved the sale of a controlling stake in Uranium One, and with it, control over 20% of America’s uranium production capacity, to Rosatom, an energy conglomerate owned and controlled by the Russian government. The Russians obtained total control of Uranium One by 2013, and by extension control over a large portion of America’s strategic nuclear resources.

This approval was granted by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS).

This week, we sent legal demands to multiple agencies involved in that process to expose what the Obama Administration knew when they approved the controversial transfer in light of the fact that:"

6 charts that explain why American politics is so broken - Vox

6 charts that explain why American politics is so broken - Vox:
1) Pew splits the politically engaged public into eight groups

Pew Research CenterIn analyzing how the responses differed, Pew ended up dividing politically engaged voters into eight groups. Among Republicans, the “Core Conservatives” — traditional GOP voters — is the largest and most engaged group. “Country First Conservatives,” who we might think of as anti-immigration Trump fans, are relatively small in comparison. Then, two GOP-leaning groups that tend to get less attention in punditry are “Market Skeptic Republicans,” who stand out for their concern about the economic system favoring the powerful, and “New Era Enterprisers” (they’re pretty moderate on social issues but economically conservative).

For Democrats, meanwhile, the party’s base is represented by “Solid Liberals.” But Pew also concludes there are blocs of “Opportunity Democrats” (who are less concerned with discrimination and tend to have a more optimistic view of how hard work can lead to success), “Disaffected Democrats” (who think the American dream is out of reach and are generally cynical about the system), and “Devout and Diverse” (kind of a grab bag of mostly Democrat-leaning voters who are more conservative on one issue or another). Finally, there are “Bystanders” who aren’t engaged in the political process at all.

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Former ISIS Fighters To Be Offered Free Housing 'Bribes' To Not Kill Infidels In UK | Daily Wire

Former ISIS Fighters To Be Offered Free Housing 'Bribes' To Not Kill Infidels In UK | Daily Wire:

"According to reports, a new U.K. government program called Operation Constrain will offer some 20,000 extremists previously investigated by Security Service what's being described as housing "bribes," "aimed at turning them away from extremism."

"Terror suspects including jihadis returning from fighting in Syria are to be offered taxpayer-funded homes, counselling and help finding jobs to stop them carrying out attacks in Britain," reports The Daily Mail. The Islamic fanatics will jump to the top of the government-funded housing list."

History for October 31

History for October 31 - On-This-Day.com:
John Keats 1795, Juliette Gordon Low (Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon) 1860, Chiang Kai-Shek 1887
 

Dan Rather 1931- Broadcast journalist, David Ogden Stiers 1942 - Actor ("M.A.S.H."), John Candy 1950 - Actor


1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.


1922 - Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy.


1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been punched in the stomach by a student unexpectedly. During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows.


1940 - The British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevented Germany from invading Britain.


1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work. At the time the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were finished.


1952 - The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb.


1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. Her son, Rajiv, was sworn in as prime minister.


1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the coast of Nantucket, MA, killing all 217 people aboard.

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says | Fox News

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says | Fox News:

"A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege."

WaPo: Congress Has Special U.S. Treasury Fund to Payout Sexual Harassment Victims

WaPo: Congress Has Special U.S. Treasury Fund to Payout Sexual Harassment Victims:

"As the response to sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein spreads to America’s most public industries, the Washington Post reported Thursday on Congress’s unique system of handling sexual harassment claims from interns and staffers.
The Post describes Congress as playing by different rules — a workplace where “interns have limited harassment protections under the unique employment law that Congress applies to itself” and where a special U.S. Treasury fund has been established just for settlement payouts."

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Universities abandon core curriculums, offer ‘thin and patchy education,’ survey finds - The College Fix

Universities abandon core curriculums, offer ‘thin and patchy education,’ survey finds - The College Fix:
"A recent national survey found that a genuine, well-rounded college education is a thing of the past at many colleges and universities.
Instead, most institutions offer a patchwork of niche grad requirements that often skip over vital subjects such as history, government and economics.
Those are just some of the findings in “What Will They Learn? 2017-18” survey released this month. The ninth annual survey is conducted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a nonprofit that promotes academic freedom, liberal arts and high academic standards.
The group evaluated more than 1,100 colleges and universities based on their requirements in seven “key areas of knowledge”: composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. history, economics, mathematics and science.
The results showed that 66.5 percent of the schools required only three or fewer of those subjects..."
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Still waiting for a liberal media epiphany

Still waiting for a liberal media epiphany:
"An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia) is an experience of sudden and striking realization.
We voters outside the seaboard citadels of snobbery are still waiting for the Press to return from their celebrated cerebral safari and come to an obvious conclusion: the Democratic Party is the sleazebag party.  
The liars, the liars by omission, the sexual abusers, the Russian conspirators, and the cheaters are almost exclusively from the left. 
This makes them contented fellow travelers with our sketchy mainstream media types.
The press has long been in bed with anyone or anything liberal.
Ted Kennedy, a sozzled Weinsteiner and possible liquidator, is their type of guy – a role model for the "do as I say, ignore what I do" crowd.
Hillary Clinton is the media's kind of guy as well.  
She is, of course, the most qualified person ever to lose one kahillion emails from an illegal server while acting as secretary of donations funneled to Bill Clinton for speeches, saxophone recitals, and that oh, so personal touch he is oh, so famous for.  
Oh, and uranium, too.  
Bubba needs his uranium.
...Of course, this all goes nowhere.  
It will all go down the same memory hole as Mary Jo Kopechne.  
How could Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz possibly
know what all those creepy lawyers they surround themselves with are up to at any given moment?  The press will nod their heads; after all, the Democrats are only human, but the Republicans, they are killers and anti-sciencers, and a lot of bad things..."
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Susan Collins: John Podesta, Debbie Wasserman Schultz need to be recalled by Senate intel panel - Washington Times

Susan Collins: John Podesta, Debbie Wasserman Schultz need to be recalled by Senate intel panel - Washington Times:

"“It’s difficult to imagine that a campaign chairman, that the head of the DNC, would not know of an expenditure of this magnitude and significance. But perhaps there’s something more going on here. But certainly, it’s worth additional questioning of those two witnesses,” said Mrs. Collins, Maine Republican.

If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world

If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More - Foundation for Economic Education - Working for a free and prosperous world:
"The moral argument for universal healthcare is simple: more people receiving medical care means fewer preventable deaths. 
If universal healthcare, such as single-payer, leads to less death, then it is obviously the superior moral choice. 
Politicians like Bernie Sanders will go a step further and claim that Republican legislation, in fact, kills people by reducing government-sponsored coverage.
Yet, what if there were evidence to suggest that more people would die under a universal healthcare scheme than under the current US system? 
What if, by the left’s standards, the American healthcare system is less of a killer than the average European one?
Consider the best estimates of how many people die in the US due to a lack of healthcare. 
The question is hotly contested, and approximations range from 0 to 45,000 people per year. 
The latter figure is obviously what most progressives prefer to cite, and although there’s much to doubt about this number, let’s for the sake of argument accept that approximately 45,000 fewer people would die in the US every year if all Americans had decent health insurance.
Now flip the question: 
How many people die in other countries due to deficiencies in their healthcare systems? 
...A study by the Fraser Institute titled The Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada estimated that “increases in wait times for medically necessary care in Canada between 1993 and 2009 may have resulted in between 25,456 and 63,090 (with a middle value of 44,273) additional deaths among females.” 
Adjusting for the difference in populations (the US has about 9 times as many people), that middle value inflates to an estimated 400,000 additional deaths among females over a 16 year period. 
This translates to an estimated 25,000 additional female deaths each year if the American system were to suffer from increased mortality similar to that experienced in Canada due to increases in wait times. 
A system that disproportionately harms women? 
How progressive..."
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REPORT: Obama Paid Nearly $1 Million To Law Firm That Hired Fusion GPS | Daily Wire

REPORT: Obama Paid Nearly $1 Million To Law Firm That Hired Fusion GPS | Daily Wire:

"Just days after The Washington Post revealed that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) funded Fusion GPS as they produced the unverified Trump dossier, a new report indicates that former President Barack Obama's campaign organization might have played a part in financing the project as well.

Records filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) revealed that Obama’s official campaign organization, Obama For America (OFA), has given over $972,000 to Perkins Coie since last year — the same law firm representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC which hired Fusion GPS to conduct “research” on then-candidate Donald Trump, The Federalist reported."