Wednesday, October 17, 2018
'People Just Can't Know That': McCaskill, Staff Exposed In Undercover Sting Video | Daily Wire
'People Just Can't Know That': McCaskill, Staff Exposed In Undercover Sting Video | Daily Wire:
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas released a new undercover video Monday night showing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and her staffers expressing support for radical gun control measures that they admit she can't state publicly.
The video shows McCaskill and her staff admitting that she supports banning semi-automatic weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, along with supporting other far-left policies.
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas released a new undercover video Monday night showing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and her staffers expressing support for radical gun control measures that they admit she can't state publicly.
The video shows McCaskill and her staff admitting that she supports banning semi-automatic weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, along with supporting other far-left policies.
Should Art Be a Battleground for Social Justice? - The New York Times
Should Art Be a Battleground for Social Justice? - The New York Times
"IN 2018, CULTURE IS BEING EVALUATED FOR ITS MORAL CORRECTNESS MORE THAN FOR ITS QUALITY. --By WESLEY MORRIS OCT. 3, 2018
The civilized dinner party is probably over — even when you’re dining with friends.
Everything means too much now.
Everything.
Our politics, obviously.
"IN 2018, CULTURE IS BEING EVALUATED FOR ITS MORAL CORRECTNESS MORE THAN FOR ITS QUALITY. --By WESLEY MORRIS OCT. 3, 2018
The civilized dinner party is probably over — even when you’re dining with friends.
Everything means too much now. Everything.
Our politics, obviously.
But our genders, our food, our television.
...No event captures this anxious confusion of activism and criticism better than the time a group of artists descended upon the Whitney Museum during last year’s biennial and demanded, in a protest letter, for the destruction of a painting that morally offended them.
Their issue wasn’t only with the painting but with the painter.
Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket” depicted Emmett Till in a whirring rictus of earth tones.
It’s a vague, unsure, respectfully deferential work, different from Schutz’s bigger, more dazzlingly audacious stuff.
One problem, according to the protesters, was that Schutz, as a white woman, had no business painting this young black martyr.
This was not, the letter argued, her story..."
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The snowflake culture is killing our kids
The snowflake culture is killing our kids:"Did you know "jazz hands" are slowly replacing clapping?
No, really: Clapping as been banned at a leading university in the U.K. "to avoid triggering anxiety" for students.
Lest you think this practice doesn't exist in the U.S., I can personally vouch that it does.
When I spoke at Bard College in New York last year, the students there did this exact thing with their hands whenever one of their classmates would challenge me and they wanted to show their support.
I couldn't figure out what was going on until about halfway through the talk when I just flat-out asked the students,"What on Earth are you all doing?"
(I had kind of figured it out by then, but I wanted to hear them explain it.)
Ironically, just after reading the U.K. article I got text from a friend who said our local high school is doing away with class rank, valedictorian, and salutatorian.
The message?
It's just too stressful for kids to lose.
They can't cope..."
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Want a radical plan to slow climate change? Eat less meat | National Post
Want a radical plan to slow climate change? Eat less meat | National Post"If you want to save the planet, put down your burger.
Or rather, finish it, savouring every single bite, and mentally prepare yourself not to have another until at least next week.
Raising animals for food is a major contributor to climate change, responsible for an estimated 14.5 percent of all global emissions.
Following last week’s U.N. report on the dire prospects for the future of the planet, the Climate, Land, Ambition & Rights Alliance has presented its own self-described “radical” plan to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The report rejects many of the U.N.’s technologically-driven mitigation solutions, such as carbon capture and geoengineering, in favour of a simple approach.
The bottom line: Eat less meat-a lot, lot less..."
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Rage when you disagree: How ‘safe spaces’ led to today’s political mobs
Rage when you disagree: How ‘safe spaces’ led to today’s political mobs:
What’s behind the recent spread of outraged mobs on US streets, wild-eyed and throwing violent fits because their favored political outcome didn’t happen? How did so many Americans give up on resolving disagreements through discussion and turn the fact that a disagreement exists into an excuse for a tantrum?
Rutgers cancels Daftari speech amid 'Islamophobe' criticism
Rutgers cancels Daftari speech amid 'Islamophobe' criticism
{Rutgers University has caved into student demands to cancel conservative Lisa Daftari's October 16 campus speaking engagement.
Daftari’s speech was intended to be on the subject of “Radicalism on College Campus”, free speech, and tolerance.
{Rutgers University has caved into student demands to cancel conservative Lisa Daftari's October 16 campus speaking engagement.
Daftari, a Rutgers alumna, is an Iranian-American and political journalist with expertise in foreign affairs, specifically the Middle East and counterterrorism.
She is currently a Fox News analyst and has appeared on multiple other major news outlets, including CBS, NBC, and PBS.
She is currently a Fox News analyst and has appeared on multiple other major news outlets, including CBS, NBC, and PBS.
“[I]f these issues are not brought to the forefront and given a chance to be debated, then they may continue to stay buried." Tweet This
Daftari spoke to The Centurion late Thursday about the university canceling her appearance, calling the decision “unreal”.
Rutgers University had previously appeared to stand by her appearance in the face of criticism by left-wing groups on campus, stating in a Twitter post that “if these issues are not brought to the forefront and given a chance to be debated, then they may continue to stay buried." It is unknown at this time for what reason the event was canceled.
Daftari’s speech was intended to be on the subject of “Radicalism on College Campus”, free speech, and tolerance.
Her appearance was criticized by portions of the student body who called Daftari “Islamophobic”. The Muslim Public Relations Council penned an opinion piece in the Daily Targum claiming that the foreign affairs analyst “threaten[ed] the safety of students."..."
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History for October 17
History for October 17 - On-This-Day.com
Rita Hayworth 1918, Arthur Miller 1915, Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938
Michael McKean 1947 - Actor ("This is Spinal Tap," "Laverne and Shirley"), George Wendt 1948 - Actor ("Cheers"), Eminem 1972 - Rapper
1739 - Thomas Coram was granted a Royal Charter from George II so a "hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children" in Londond, England.
1931 - Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
James Wolfe, former Senate staffer charged in leak probe, pleads guilty - Washington Times
James Wolfe, former Senate staffer charged in leak probe, pleads guilty - Washington Times:
Wolfe was arrested in June after an FBI probe into Ms. Watkins leaking confidential information about Trump campaign figure Carter Page’s meeting with a Russian spy when she worked for BuzzFeed.
At a hearing in June, Wolfe initially pleaded not guilty.
Wolfe was arrested in June after an FBI probe into Ms. Watkins leaking confidential information about Trump campaign figure Carter Page’s meeting with a Russian spy when she worked for BuzzFeed.
At a hearing in June, Wolfe initially pleaded not guilty.
NEO: WOMEN LIED, BLACK MEN DIED. Why didn’t it occur to Democrats that their approach to Kavanaug…
Instapundit Blog Archive NEO: WOMEN LIED, BLACK MEN DIED.
NEO: WOMEN LIED, BLACK MEN DIED.
And proving out Muggeridge’s Law, which as the late Tom Wolfe wrote, postulated that “We live in an age in which it is no longer possible to be funny. There is nothing you can imagine, no matter how ludicrous, that will not promptly be enacted before your very eyes, probably by someone well known,” on Thursday, Milwaukee’s Fox affiliate posted this headline: “Shorewood School District cancels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ play due to potential protests.”
The stated reason was the school district getting last-minute jitters over the play’s use of the N-word, but it’s still memory holing what was an American classic. “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running around with lit matches,” Ray Bradbury wrote in the 50th anniversary edition of Fahrenheit 451.--Posted by Ed Driscoll
NEO: WOMEN LIED, BLACK MEN DIED.
Why didn’t it occur to Democrats that their approach to Kavanaugh might bother black men as well as white ones? My theory is that Democrats now think so completely along racial lines that it probably wouldn’t occur to them that a black man could identify with something happening to a white man, and a preppy white man at that. That must be why writer Jemele Hill of the Atlantic could write something like this [emphasis mine]:On a related topic, note that the bill is coming due for American literature’s most celebrated rape apologist. A week ago, Steven Crowder posted this parody video:
On Tuesday night, I was in an auditorium with 100 black men in the city of Baltimore, when the subject pivoted to Brett Kavanaugh. I expected to hear frustration that the sexual-assault allegations against him had failed to derail his Supreme Court appointment. Instead, I encountered sympathy. One man stood up and asked, passionately, “What happened to due process?” He was met with a smattering of applause, and an array of head nods.Hill, who is a black woman (formerly a sportswriter), assumed that these black men would identify with the woman’s story of sexual assault, rather than the man’s story of false accusation. She thought they would accept and perhaps join in with the Democrats’ ridicule and demonizing of Kavanaugh’s rage at being falsely accused.
And proving out Muggeridge’s Law, which as the late Tom Wolfe wrote, postulated that “We live in an age in which it is no longer possible to be funny. There is nothing you can imagine, no matter how ludicrous, that will not promptly be enacted before your very eyes, probably by someone well known,” on Thursday, Milwaukee’s Fox affiliate posted this headline: “Shorewood School District cancels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ play due to potential protests.”
The stated reason was the school district getting last-minute jitters over the play’s use of the N-word, but it’s still memory holing what was an American classic. “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running around with lit matches,” Ray Bradbury wrote in the 50th anniversary edition of Fahrenheit 451.--Posted by Ed Driscoll
Must read-It's ALL here!-----Spygate: The True Story of Collusion
Spygate: The True Story of Collusion
Spygate: The True Story of Collusion-- by
Spygate: The True Story of Collusion-- by
How America’s most powerful agencies were weaponized against President Donald Trump
Although the details remain complex, the structure underlying Spygate—the creation of the false narrative that candidate Donald Trump colluded with Russia, and the spying on his presidential campaign—remains surprisingly simple:
1. CIA Director John Brennan, with some assistance from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, gathered foreign intelligence and fed it throughout our domestic Intelligence Community.
2. The FBI became the handler of Brennan’s intelligence and engaged in the more practical elements of surveillance.
3. The Department of Justice facilitated investigations by the FBI and legal maneuverings, while providing a crucial shield of nondisclosure.
4. The Department of State became a mechanism of information dissemination and leaks.
5. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee provided funding, support, and media collusion.
6. Obama administration officials were complicit, and engaged in unmasking and intelligence gathering and dissemination.
7. The media was the most corrosive element in many respects. None of these events could have transpired without their willing participation. Stories were pushed, facts were ignored, and narratives were promoted.
Let’s start with a simple premise: The candidacy of Trump presented both an opportunity and a threat.
Initially not viewed with any real seriousness, Trump’s campaign was seen as an opportunistic wedge in the election process.
At the same time, and particularly as the viability of his candidacy increased, Trump was seen as an existential threat to the established political system..."
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Democrats Advised Not to Speak About Unpopular Open Borders Policies
Democrats Advised Not to Speak About Unpopular Open Borders Policies:
Democrats running for re-election in the 2018 midterms are being advised to not speak about the issue of immigration as consultants admit the zero-enforcement, open borders positions of the Democrat Party are unpopular with swing voters.
In a memo obtained by the New York Times, left-wing consultants with the Center for American Progress and the think tank, Third Way, advised Democrats running for election to spend “as little time as possible” talking about the immigration issue facing the nation, where more than 1.5 million immigrants are admitted to the country every year.
In a memo obtained by the New York Times, left-wing consultants with the Center for American Progress and the think tank, Third Way, advised Democrats running for election to spend “as little time as possible” talking about the immigration issue facing the nation, where more than 1.5 million immigrants are admitted to the country every year.
Do Universities Value Public Engagement? Not Much, Their Policies Suggest - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Do Universities Value Public Engagement? Not Much, Their Policies Suggest - The Chronicle of Higher Education"Scholarly work that serves the public is the kind of thing that, theoretically, universities want faculty members to pursue.
But a new study of the language used by more than 100 colleges in their tenure-and-promotion criteria shows little evidence that such scholarship is valued in a way that advances faculty careers.
And because of that, faculty members are given incentives mostly to pursue research that fits in an established framework.
The researchers looked for the words "public," "community," and "impact" in the documents and examined their context. They also looked for mentions of traditional research outputs such as books, grants, and journal articles, and for mentions of impact, metrics, and open access...
Among their findings:
- The term "community" is mentioned by 87 percent of institutions at either the university or academic-unit level, while 75 percent mention the term "public." But a closer look at the context reveals the true status of those terms. Although the words "service" and "research" are near those two terms most frequently, "service" is mentioned more than twice as often as "research" in that context. Such placement suggests that the terms refer to what the authors describe as "the least highly regarded" tenure-and-promotion criteria — the service component — with the others being research and teaching. The way the words are used in the policies also suggests that the terms pertain to service to the discipline or the institution, not necessarily to the broader public..."
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Cherokee Nation Blasts Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test as 'Mockery'
Cherokee Nation Blasts Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test as 'Mockery':
The Cherokee Nation issued a statement Monday declaring Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) DNA test results “inappropriate” and a “mockery.”
On Monday, Warren released her DNA test results to the far-left Boston Globe’s Annie Linskey, who has already had to issue two humiliating corrections. Hoping to spin the results in the best way possible, Linskey botched the math on the DNA findings, naturally, in Warren’s favor.
On Monday, Warren released her DNA test results to the far-left Boston Globe’s Annie Linskey, who has already had to issue two humiliating corrections. Hoping to spin the results in the best way possible, Linskey botched the math on the DNA findings, naturally, in Warren’s favor.
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