Thursday, March 01, 2018
Nancy Pelosi draws three liberal opponents in re-election | The Sacramento Bee
"Nancy Pelosi is the most right-wing candidate in her reelection race this year.
The House Democratic leader faces not one, but three, Democratic challengers in 2018, as well as a Green Party candidate.
And while national Republicans love to target Pelosi as the face of the far left in their campaigns, her opponents complain she’s actually not liberal enough for her San Francisco district, particularly on issues like health care and campaign finance..."
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'Slew of Subpoenas' Coming for State Dept. Officials, Nunes Warns
'Slew of Subpoenas' Coming for State Dept. Officials, Nunes Warns:
"High-ranking State Department executives — those both current and former — will be “hauled into Congress” next week to “answer publicly” questions about the “salacious and unverified” anti-Trump Steele dossier, according to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in an appearance on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”
“A week ago we sent a letter with a questionnaire to high-ranking former Obama and current Trump officials, asking them 10 questions about when they knew about the dossier, when they knew the dossier was used, when they knew the dossier was used to get a warrant to spy on an American — all questions that the public has a right to know and that the Congress definitely has a right to know,” said Nunes, who is chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence."
“A week ago we sent a letter with a questionnaire to high-ranking former Obama and current Trump officials, asking them 10 questions about when they knew about the dossier, when they knew the dossier was used, when they knew the dossier was used to get a warrant to spy on an American — all questions that the public has a right to know and that the Congress definitely has a right to know,” said Nunes, who is chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence."
Three women forced to take off hijabs for mugs settle with city - NY Daily News
Three women forced to take off hijabs for mugs settle with city - NY Daily News
"New York City will pay a total of $180,000 to three Muslim women who were forced to take off their hijabs for mug shots, the Daily News has learned.
Settlements in the three cases were filed Monday in Brooklyn federal court, with the lawsuits spurring new NYPD procedures on photographing people donning religious head coverings.
The cases date back as far as 2012, when a Brooklyn high school girl identified as “G.E.” was arrested after a scuffle with two girls she thought were spreading rumors about her.
The criminal case was dismissed, but it was the initial mug shots that mattered in the civil rights case that followed.
G.E. was taken to the 62nd Precinct, which covers such neighborhoods as Bensonhurst, Mapleton and Bath Beach, where police told her she’d have to take off her hijab.
The teen refused, and was taken to a private room where a female officer shot the photo outside the presence of any men.
But at Brooklyn central booking, police told her there weren’t any female officers to do the picture and the camera was in a fixed spot, so it couldn’t be privately taken elsewhere.
G.E. said a male officer took her picture without her hijab..."
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"New York City will pay a total of $180,000 to three Muslim women who were forced to take off their hijabs for mug shots, the Daily News has learned.
The cases date back as far as 2012, when a Brooklyn high school girl identified as “G.E.” was arrested after a scuffle with two girls she thought were spreading rumors about her.
The criminal case was dismissed, but it was the initial mug shots that mattered in the civil rights case that followed.
G.E. was taken to the 62nd Precinct, which covers such neighborhoods as Bensonhurst, Mapleton and Bath Beach, where police told her she’d have to take off her hijab.
The teen refused, and was taken to a private room where a female officer shot the photo outside the presence of any men.
But at Brooklyn central booking, police told her there weren’t any female officers to do the picture and the camera was in a fixed spot, so it couldn’t be privately taken elsewhere.
G.E. said a male officer took her picture without her hijab..."
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History for March 1
History for March 1 - On-This-Day.com:
William Dean Howells 1837 - Author, Glenn Miller 1904 - Bandleader, William Gaines 1922 - Publisher ("MAD Magazine")
Deke (Donald) Slayton 1924 - Astronaut, Roger Daltrey 1944 - Musician (The Who), Ron Howard 1954 - Producer, actor ("The Andy Griffith Show", "Happy Days")
1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.
1873 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY, began the manufacturing the first practical typewriter.
1912 - Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
1932 - The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.
1941 - FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began operations.
1941 - Bulgaria joined the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact.
1954 - The United States announced that it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1954 - Five U.S. congressmen were wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW:
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/02/politicalpawns-bytammy-derouin.html
It
is never easy to understand why such tragedies take place. Why do
innocent people become victims? We try to recreate a better outcome
with “what if” or “if only” possibilities. We even insert
ourselves into the situation. What could we have done differently?
Could we have prevented this moment in time? Trying to make sense of
something so senseless can be exasperating. But, that's what we do,
we try to find a reason and then we try to fix the problem so that it
never happens again.
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/02/politicalpawns-bytammy-derouin.html
Political
Pawns
By
Tammy Derouin
When
tragedy strikes we do everything we can to further protect ourselves
and the ones we love. We go through many different stages of emotion.
Shock and disbelief are certainly in the forefront as we struggle to
grasp with what is happening. Shock eventually gives way to grief
and or anger as we begin to comprehend and come to terms with our new
reality.
We
have all dealt with personal loss or tragedies. We know the
heart-wrenching feeling of helplessness. As a nation, we have also
dealt with many tragedies from natural disasters, the loss of those
who serve protecting our freedom, to attacks on our home soil by both
foreign and domestic assailants. Once we begin to recover and
acknowledge the reality, we want to prevent such tragedies and losses
from ever happening again. Acting purely on emotion is however, very
dangerous. Using our children as political pawns to promote an
anti-American agenda is disgraceful, shameful and a national tragedy......
Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers - Just Facts
"Misinformation can be deadly, especially when it comes to issues like school shootings.
This is because it can build support for policies that increase fatalities and generate opposition to reforms that can save lives...
..Summary
Trump’s proposal to protect the lives of schoolchildren by arming selected teachers and amply training them is consistent with the following facts of criminology, security, policing, firearms, and active shooter incidents:
- Adequate armed security is a major deterrent to would-be murderers.
- The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had 40 times less security per person than the Superdome provides to sports fans.
- Arming one of five teachers would give children similar protection to sports fans, or one guard per 80 students.
- Police receive an average of 15 hours per year of firearm training, and recreational shooters fire just as accurately as police.
- Well-trained teachers would be as proficient with firearms as police.
- Generally untrained civilians save far more lives with guns than are lost in accidents.
- A high-cost estimate for Trump’s proposal that includes giving teachers much more firearms training than police is less than 1% of public school spending.
- The AR-15 used in Parkland and other shootings is not a weapon of war but a semi-automatic rifle.
- AR-15s have more firepower than handguns, but handguns have an edge in maneuverability.
- Arming one of five teachers would give them a major advantage of strength in numbers.
- The reality of police response times means that the actions of civilians are often vital to saving lives in active shooter incidents.
Nevertheless, many major media outlets are ignoring these facts while propagating claims that are contradicted by them.
Given that the lives of schoolchildren and teachers hang in the balance, twisting the truth or hiding from it could have deadly outcomes."
Given that the lives of schoolchildren and teachers hang in the balance, twisting the truth or hiding from it could have deadly outcomes."
Disagreement = HATE?-----Student government refuses to approve conservative student club, calls it ‘hateful’ - The College Fix
Student government refuses to approve conservative student club, calls it ‘hateful’ - The College Fix
"Cornell College student leaders tell peers to just join College Republicans
Student government leaders at a college in Iowa recently refused to recognize a campus chapter of a popular conservative and pro-capitalism student organization, claiming the group is “hateful, sexist, racist” and engages in “discriminatory” behavior.
On Feb. 20, the Student Senate at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, refused to officially recognize a campus chapter of Turning Point USA because the “concerns regarding this potential student organization outweighed the group’s potential contributions to campus,” according to a written “rationale” of the decision obtained by The College Fix.
“These concerns were highlighted by the conflict between the values and policies of Cornell College and the actions of Turning Point USA leaders, members, sponsored speakers, or programs that included: hateful, sexist, racist, or otherwise demeaning or discriminatory messages; and, slandering college employees and attempting to restrict free speech through the Professor Watchlist,” states the document, provided to The Fix by student senate President Ethan Berube..."
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"Cornell College student leaders tell peers to just join College Republicans
On Feb. 20, the Student Senate at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, refused to officially recognize a campus chapter of Turning Point USA because the “concerns regarding this potential student organization outweighed the group’s potential contributions to campus,” according to a written “rationale” of the decision obtained by The College Fix.
“These concerns were highlighted by the conflict between the values and policies of Cornell College and the actions of Turning Point USA leaders, members, sponsored speakers, or programs that included: hateful, sexist, racist, or otherwise demeaning or discriminatory messages; and, slandering college employees and attempting to restrict free speech through the Professor Watchlist,” states the document, provided to The Fix by student senate President Ethan Berube..."
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Dick Morris: 10 Russian spies assigned to ‘get close to Hillary’
Dick Morris: 10 Russian spies assigned to ‘get close to Hillary’:
"Members of several congressional committees have been told by an FBI informant that the Russians “bragged” that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama administration would ensure approval of the Uranium One deal, according to the informant’s lawyer, Victoria Toensing.
Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the sale of 20 percent of U.S. uranium reserves in 2010 to a Russian state-owned company at a time when interested parties were donating hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton also was paid $500,000 by a bank tied to the Kremlin for a speech.
The FBI informant, William Campbell, said in his statement to Congress, which was obtained by the Hill, that he was told by Russian nuclear executives that Moscow had hired the American lobbying firm APCO Worldwide specifically because it was in position to influence Hillary Clinton."
"Members of several congressional committees have been told by an FBI informant that the Russians “bragged” that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama administration would ensure approval of the Uranium One deal, according to the informant’s lawyer, Victoria Toensing.
Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the sale of 20 percent of U.S. uranium reserves in 2010 to a Russian state-owned company at a time when interested parties were donating hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton also was paid $500,000 by a bank tied to the Kremlin for a speech.The FBI informant, William Campbell, said in his statement to Congress, which was obtained by the Hill, that he was told by Russian nuclear executives that Moscow had hired the American lobbying firm APCO Worldwide specifically because it was in position to influence Hillary Clinton."
Does anyone see this train wreck?-----Public Pensions: Underfunded and Unaffordable - Americans for Prosperity
Public Pensions: Underfunded and Unaffordable - Americans for Prosperity:
"Michigan finds itself in a similar situation with $156.9 billion in unfunded liabilities.
The ALEC report ranks Michigan’s pension funding ratio of 27.5 percent one spot above New Jersey on the list.
Increased benefits, longer life expectancy and underfunding rendered the pension system insolvent despite key reforms in 1996."
"Michigan finds itself in a similar situation with $156.9 billion in unfunded liabilities.
The ALEC report ranks Michigan’s pension funding ratio of 27.5 percent one spot above New Jersey on the list.
Increased benefits, longer life expectancy and underfunding rendered the pension system insolvent despite key reforms in 1996."
Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say - News @ Northeastern
Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say - News @ Northeastern:
"The deadly school shooting this month in Parkland, Florida, has ignited national outrage and calls for action on gun reform.
But while certain policies may help decrease gun violence in general, it’s unlikely that any of them will prevent mass school shootings, according to James Alan Fox, the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern.
Since 1996, there have been 14 multiple victim shootings in schools, or incidents involving 4 or more victims and at least 2 deaths by firearms, excluding the assailant.
Of these, 7 are mass shootings, or incidents involving 4 or more deaths, excluding the assailant.
"The deadly school shooting this month in Parkland, Florida, has ignited national outrage and calls for action on gun reform.
But while certain policies may help decrease gun violence in general, it’s unlikely that any of them will prevent mass school shootings, according to James Alan Fox, the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern.
Since 1996, there have been 14 multiple victim shootings in schools, or incidents involving 4 or more victims and at least 2 deaths by firearms, excluding the assailant.
Of these, 7 are mass shootings, or incidents involving 4 or more deaths, excluding the assailant.
Two Decades of Multiple-Victim School Shootings
“This is not an epidemic”Mass school shootings are incredibly rare events.
In research publishing later this year, Fox and doctoral student Emma Fridel found that on average, mass murders occur between 20 and 30 times per year, and about one of those incidents on average takes place at a school..."
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In research publishing later this year, Fox and doctoral student Emma Fridel found that on average, mass murders occur between 20 and 30 times per year, and about one of those incidents on average takes place at a school..."
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Angel Dad Demands DOJ Probe into Oakland Mayor's 'Obstruction' of ICE Operation
Angel Dad Demands DOJ Probe into Oakland Mayor's 'Obstruction' of ICE Operation:
"The father of a man killed by an illegal immigrant is calling for the federal government to file obstruction of justice charges against the mayor of Oakland, California.
Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) sent out a memo and tweet on February 24, warning migrants that immigration officers were about to began an arrest operation. The memo also threatened California businesses who cooperate with federal immigration enforcement officers."
Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) sent out a memo and tweet on February 24, warning migrants that immigration officers were about to began an arrest operation. The memo also threatened California businesses who cooperate with federal immigration enforcement officers."
$6+1 $billion opioid bill would limit prescriptions to 3 days - Axios
$1 billion opioid bill would limit prescriptions to 3 days - Axios
"Sens. Rob Portman and Sheldon Whitehouse — the cosponsors of the opioid bill passed last Congress — introduced an opioid bill today that includes $1 billion in yearly funding to evidence-based programs.
It also limits opioid prescriptions to three days to cut down on overprescribing, with exceptions for chronic pain treatment.
"Sens. Rob Portman and Sheldon Whitehouse — the cosponsors of the opioid bill passed last Congress — introduced an opioid bill today that includes $1 billion in yearly funding to evidence-based programs.
It also limits opioid prescriptions to three days to cut down on overprescribing, with exceptions for chronic pain treatment.
Why this matters: The authors' goal is to use this bill as a roadmap for appropriators to determine how to spend the $6 billion over two years in opioid and mental health funding...
Policy changes included in the bill beyond the three-day opioid prescribing limit for acute pain:
Policy changes included in the bill beyond the three-day opioid prescribing limit for acute pain:
Kentucky school district will allow teachers to carry concealed guns | Lexington Herald Leader
Kentucky school district will allow teachers to carry concealed guns | Lexington Herald Leader
"Teachers could soon be carrying concealed guns inside schools in Pike County under a proposal that was preliminarily approved Monday evening by the Pike County School Board.
The unanimous decision came after the board heard concerns about school safety from teachers, parents and administrators during a town hall meeting at Pike County Central High School.
...The motion authorizes the school board’s attorney to work with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, which would oversee the program, to finalize a formal policy for the school board to consider.
...Josh Akers, executive director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, said Tuesday there are no schools in Kentucky that allow teachers to carry guns, and that “every educational group across the country” opposes the idea.
Nearly everyone who spoke at the meeting, though, supported arming staffers who would be trained by the Sheriff’s Office..."
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"Teachers could soon be carrying concealed guns inside schools in Pike County under a proposal that was preliminarily approved Monday evening by the Pike County School Board.The unanimous decision came after the board heard concerns about school safety from teachers, parents and administrators during a town hall meeting at Pike County Central High School.
...The motion authorizes the school board’s attorney to work with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, which would oversee the program, to finalize a formal policy for the school board to consider.
...Josh Akers, executive director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, said Tuesday there are no schools in Kentucky that allow teachers to carry guns, and that “every educational group across the country” opposes the idea.
Nearly everyone who spoke at the meeting, though, supported arming staffers who would be trained by the Sheriff’s Office..."
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