Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Indiana religious freedom act: What's behind the law and the backlash - LA Times
Interestingly, what is now a conservative issue, was once a liberal cause...
In the L.A. Times, Michael Muskal attempts to explain all about it:
"What happened in Indiana?
Gov. Mike Pence, a conservative Republican, last week signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, designed to 'help protect churches, Christian businesses and individuals from those who want to punish them because of their biblical beliefs,' he said. Twenty states have similar laws, though the exact language differs. Sixteen more states are considering passage of some form of the law.
Isn’t there a federal version of the law? How does it differ from the state laws?
Yes. The federal version of the law was signed in 1993 by President Clinton and was considered a liberal response to a conservative Supreme Court ruling in 1990."
The FAA Says You Can't Post Drone Videos on YouTube | Motherboard
There could always be a reason NOT to post on you tube.
See what you think...
On a website named "Motherboard", Jason Koebler posted about this:
"The FAA said that, because there are ads on YouTube, Hanes's flights constituted a commercial use of the technology subject to stricter regulations and enforcement action from the agency. It said that if he did not stop flying 'commercially,' he could be subject to fines or sanctions."
Monday, March 30, 2015
"Seattle Times: Live up to transparency hype"
It's the "straight face" aspect of this that really annoys me.
That would seem to indicate he knows the media will rarely call him out on it...
That would seem to indicate he knows the media will rarely call him out on it...
The Watertown Daily Times website recently posted this:
"The following editorial appeared in The Seattle Times on March 4:
SEATTLE (Tribune News Service) — President Barack Obama continues to boast that he runs 'the most transparent administration in history' with a straight face. But the claim doesn’t even pass the giggle test.
His administration has an abysmal record of prosecuting more whistleblowers than any predecessor. His administration’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act has gotten worse, rather than better, the longer he is in office. And he routinely sidesteps the seasoned White House press corps to sit for interviews with the likes of YouTube stars."
"Obama’s Top DC Attorney Resigns Amid Flawed Database Revelations"
This was reported at DailyCaller.com, by Josh Fatzick:
"Problems with the system, called I/LEADS, led to information from police reports being withheld from prosecutors, who in turn could not relay the information to defendants and their attorneys.
In the letter, which was obtained by the Washington City Paper, Machen wrote that police could enter information into the system, and at no fault of their own, the information would not appear in the reports sent to prosecutors."
Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-03-29 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, March 28, 2015
"The Cancer of Multiculturalism" - Walter E. Williams
At Creators.com, Walter E. Williams has a one-pager wrapped around this theme:
"President Obama's vision is that of a man brainwashed through an academic vision of multiculturalism, in which American exceptionalism has no place. It's a vision that has been shaped by a longtime association with people who hate our country, people such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Weather Underground leader and Pentagon bomber William Ayers and Ayers' onetime fugitive wife, Bernardine Dohrn. A vision that sees a moral equivalency between what Christians did centuries ago and today's Islamic savagery is quite prevalent in academia. It's part of what's worshiped on most college campuses as diversity and multiculturalism."
Friday, March 27, 2015
"Scientists Warned The Polar Ice Caps Were Melting ... In 1952"
Just saying...
On the Daily Caller website, Michael Bastasch shares a bit of history:
"Today climate scientists are warning that Arctic sea ice extent has been shrinking due to global warming, but would you believe that experts were warning about polar warming back in the 1950s? On Feb. 18, 1952, the Barrier Miner, a paper published for decades in Australia, reported that University of Vermont Arctic expert Dr. W. S. Carlson said that the 'glaciers of Norway and Alaska are only half the size they were 50 years ago.'"
Thursday, March 26, 2015
If Not Now, When? — The Patriot Post
American ideals AND the Constitution are becoming icons the past...
In this post, Former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint calls for some action:
"If the Republican majority in both houses of Congress is not willing to take a stand and fight against the government takeover of America’s healthcare system or the president’s arrogant usurpation of the constitutional powers of Congress, then what will they fight for? Who will stand with freedom-minded Americans who sent this majority to Washington to fight for them? I hope my former colleagues will ask themselves: 'If not us, who? If not now, when?'"
"Palestinian militants smuggle mortars in tunnels beneath Gaza Strip"
In the U.K. Daily Mail, John Hall has reported this:
"Jihadis are using tunnels to smuggle weapons beneath the Gaza Strip
They claim to be fully recovered from massive losses during Gaza War
Militants say they are now ready to resume battles with the Israeli regime"
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
"North Carolina Legalizes Call Girls For Politicians"
At AddictingInfo.org, Nathaniel Downes posted this:
"North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state — they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committee’s determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or in any way questionable means that a major loophole has opened up for lobbying firms. Now lobbying firms can hire people with the explicit goal to seduce and fornicate with politicians in order to garner favor.
In other terms, lobbying firms can hire people who can offer sexual services for politicians, and they don’t even need to register."
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
"Black Panther leader trains with police, has a change of heart"
This guy deserves credit, for doing what he did, AND reporting what he learned...
At LegalInsurrection.com, Kemberlee Kaye recently posted about this revelation:
"Quanell X is Houston’s own personal Al Sharpton. Wherever an incident can be construed as race-related, Quanell X is there with his activists, rambling to local news crews about the violence inherent in the system. Or at least he was before what appears to be a sincerely eye-opening experience."
Israel: Beware of Obama | New York Post
WOW!... Is there a strong letter to follow?...
In the New York Post, Michael Goodwin opens his comments with this:
"First he comes for the banks and health care, uses the IRS to go after critics, politicizes the Justice Department, spies on journalists, tries to curb religious freedom, slashes the military, throws open the borders, doubles the debt and nationalizes the Internet.
He lies to the public, ignores the Constitution, inflames race relations and urges Latinos to punish Republican “enemies.” He abandons our allies, appeases tyrants, coddles adversaries and uses the Crusades as an excuse for inaction as Islamist terrorists slaughter their way across the Mideast.
Now he’s coming for Israel."
Monday, March 23, 2015
"Norway Just Deported 824 Muslims, Every American Needs To See What Happened Next"
Ideas about immigration have been changing in some European countries...
I found this posted at qPolitical.com, along with this answer:
"Violent Crime Dropped By 30%"
Netanyahu pollster: Obama role in election larger than reported | TheHill
I don't know if it's legal to use tax dollars like this.
Even if it is legal, I think it's "dirty"...
Even if it is legal, I think it's "dirty"...
At theHill.com, Jesse Byrnes reported on this:
"'There was money moving that included taxpayer U.S. dollars, through non-profit organizations. And there were various liberal groups in the United States that were raising millions to fund a campaign called V15 against Prime Minister Netanyahu,' McLaughlin said.
He noted that the effort to oust Netanyahu was guided by former Obama political operative Jeremy Bird, who 'set up an Obama for America-like organization in Israel called V15 that was running extremely negative ads against the prime minister.'"
"A 'Privileged Cracker' Visits the California DMV"
See what you think about this...
At AmericanThinker.com, Theo Willem shares an experience:
"As I looked around, I wondered what had happened to America. When I had arrived in the United States 30 years ago, there seemed to be a confident spirit in the air -- but that was during the Reagan Era. Looking around now, I saw so many Americans that were sloppily dressed and so sluggish in their appearance, as if their spirit was broken. And maybe their spirit was broken. And how could it not be? They had been told by their governor, in essence, to get behind in line of the undocumented immigrants. They had been told, in essence, that they were second-class citizens. I couldn’t help but reminisce about the better days in America. I couldn’t help but reminisce of President Reagan."
Sunday, March 22, 2015
2015-03-22 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, March 21, 2015
"Can too much praise turn kids into narcissistic jerks? Yes, says new study"
This story comes from abc7chicago.com:
"Convincing your child that they really are special amongst their peers may risk turning them into a narcissist, with feelings of superiority and self-satisfaction, according to a new study.
Narcissistic individuals think they're better than everyone else, live for personal success and expect exceptional treatment, explained the study's authors in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. When narcissists experience failure, they're not pleasant to be around, and can lash out violently."
"Brian Williams Suppressed Stories That Made Obama Look Bad"
They cover what they "want" to cover...
At DailyCaller.com, Chuck Ross gives us the story and background:
"'He didn’t want to put stories on the air that would be divisive,' a senior NBC journalist told Sherman of Williams, who was suspended for six months last month for lying in his reporting about his experiences in the Iraq War in March 2003. As Sherman reports, a frustrated Myers wrote Antoine Sanfuentes, then an NBC senior vice president, complaining that Williams 'supressed her stories.'
Both she and Isikoff later left the network."
Friday, March 20, 2015
Homeless shelters facing new transgender rules | TheHill
Lydia Wheeler tells us about this issue in a post on theHill.com:
"The Department of Housing and Urban Development says a transgender person’s self-identified gender should be the determining factor for placement in a single-sex homeless or domestic violence shelter in a new guidance issued Friday.
'There generally is no legitimate reason in this context for the provider to request documentation of a person’s sex in order to determine appropriate placement, nor should the provider have any basis to deny access to a single-sex emergency shelter or facility solely because the provider possesses identity documents indicating a sex different than the gender with which the client or potential client identifies,' the guidance says."
Thursday, March 19, 2015
"Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign"
At AmericanThinker.com, F.W. Burleigh reports on what other seem to choose not to see:
"Is President Obama a Muslim? A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August’s U.S.-African Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light.
It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation of Islamic faith to dozens of African delegates."
Obama’s “Argument Techniques” Show That We Have A Child As President (Guest Post) | Flopping Aces
He seems to have done that quite well...
On the Flopping Aces website, Warren Beatty (not the liberal actor) writes this and more about Mr. Obama:
"There are five reoccurring techniques that Dear Leader Barack Hussein Obama uses when he wants to end an argument that he knows he cannot win with facts. Or if his argument responses are not on TelePrompter. They are:
invocation of a straw man
there cannot be intelligent disagreement with him
declare that there is nothing to argue about because everything is going well as he defines 'well'
saying that nothing remains of arguments against his arguments
just out-and-out tell (and repeat) a lie "
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
"CIA sought to hack Apple iPhones from earliest days"
Information is power, and governments want both...
Eric Auchard posted the story about this at AOL.com:
"Efforts to break into Apple products by government security researchers started as early as 2006, a year before Apple introduced its first iPhone and continued through the launch of the iPad in 2010 and beyond, The Intercept said.
Breeching Apple security was part of a top-secret program by the U.S. government, aided by British intelligence researchers, to hack 'secure communications products, both foreign and domestic' including Google Android phones, it said."
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
2015-03-17 - St. Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and a day of celebration for Irish people.
It is celebrated on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world where Irish people or their descendants live...
Enjoy your "green stuff" !
It is celebrated on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world where Irish people or their descendants live...
Enjoy your "green stuff" !
Monday, March 16, 2015
Inflaming Ferguson | New York Post
Or want to.
It surely doesn't fit the agenda of race baiters and activists...
This is from a New York Post editorial:
"Now we have two more cops who were ambushed because of their uniforms. This time, the attack occurred in troubled Ferguson, Mo., where two officers were both shot in front of the police station.
The shootings came less than a week after we learned that the activists’ narrative about the death of black teenager Michael Brown at the hands of a white police officer was false.
A new Justice Department report confirms that the account given by Officer Darren Wilson was largely true. Meaning the whole “hands up, don’t shoot” narrative promoted by activists and the media was false from the start."
The Scorching of California by Victor Davis Hanson
They say it's always more painful when you've done it to yourself...
On the City-Journal website, Victor Davis Hanson tells it like it is:
"In the 1970s, coastal elites squelched California’s near-century-long commitment to building dams, reservoirs, and canals, even as the Golden State’s population ballooned. Court-ordered drainage of man-made lakes, meant to restore fish to the 1,100-square-mile Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, partly caused central California’s reservoir water to dry up. Not content with preventing construction of new water infrastructure, environmentalists reverse-engineered existing projects to divert precious water away from agriculture, privileging the needs of fish over the needs of people. Then they alleged that global warming, not their own foolish policies, had caused the current crisis."
Sunday, March 15, 2015
2015-03-15 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, March 14, 2015
"Number of violent crimes involving guns exaggerated by an over-inclusive definition of gun crime"
Just think how this difference could be twisted and abused...
In Canada's Free Press, Gary Mauser wrote about it, including this definition:
"Statistics Canada defines 'firearms-related' crime' as when 'a gun is present during the commission of the crime.' Just 'present,' not 'used.' This means that a crime may be 'firearms-related' even though the gun was not directly involved in committing the crime or injuring the victim. It was just found somewhere at the scene of the crime. In accordance with the Uniform Crime Reporting rules, if no matter what other weapons might be at the crime scene, if a firearm is among them it is automatically considered 'the most serious weapon present.' Thus, if is a firearm is recovered at the crime scene, even if the victim was injured with another weapon, then the incident is classified as 'firearms-related' by Statistics Canada."
Los Angeles Admits iPad Plan Was $1.3 Billion 'Gimmick' | The Daily Caller
Well, so much for my high expectations...
Blake Neff posted this story at DailyCaller.com:
"The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District has announced that the district is abandoning its much-ridiculed plan to supply a computer to every student, saying it is too expensive and describing the original vision as a 'gimmick.'"
Friday, March 13, 2015
"Treasury won't explain decision to make $3 billion in Obamacare payments"
By that I mean not obeying the rules, and then refusing to answer for it...
Philip Klein reported this on the Washington Examiner website:
"The U.S. Treasury Department has rebuffed a request by House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., to explain $3 billion in payments that were made to health insurers even though Congress never authorized the spending through annual appropriations.
At issue are payments to insurers known as cost-sharing subsidies. These payments come about because President Obama’s healthcare law forces insurers to limit out-of-pocket costs for certain low income individuals by capping consumer expenses, such as deductibles and co-payments, in insurance policies. In exchange for capping these charges, insurers are supposed to receive compensation.
What’s tricky is that Congress never authorized any money to make such payments to insurers in its annual appropriations, but the Department of Health and Human Services, with the cooperation of the U.S. Treasury, made them anyway."
Where School Dollars Go to Waste - Atlantic Mobile
On theAtlantic.com website, Terrance F. Ross writes about the money spent on education and some comparative results as reported by "WalletHub":
"Now, the online financial resource WalletHub has crunched the numbers on school spending at 90 of the most-populated cities across the country, revealing which ones are getting the most—and least—bang for their buck. To arrive at the findings, WalletHub divided each city’s aggregate test scores in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math by its total per-capita education spending. The researchers then adjusted those figures for various socioeconomic factors, such as the poverty rate and percentage of households that don't speak English as their first language."
Thursday, March 12, 2015
"BOOM: It Took Just 3 Minutes For Trey Gowdy to Leave the Media in Stunned Silence"
I found this story (w video) at ConservativeTribune.com:
"In a typical Washington, D.C., press conference, a couple dozen journalists and media types crowd into a small room and fire off a barrage of questions toward the person at the podium — but that’s not how it works when Gowdy’s behind the wheel."
"Common Core German Lesson:"
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison write at AmericanThinker.com, including a lesson or two from history. They conclude:
"Common Core is dedicated to the idea that Americans, like those Prussians of 150 years ago, are subjects, not citizens. Jefferson disagreed. He was the first to write -- in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence -- that we are Citizens, not Subjects. He crossed out the word Subjects. So should we. If you would like to remain Citizens of the Great Republic, Oppose Common Core!"
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Broadcasters fear falling revenues as viewers switch to on-demand TV - FT.com
Shannon Bond and Matthew Garrahan write about the changes in the Financial Times:
"With YouTube to watch, Instagram pictures to take and Facebook, Snapchat and other social media platforms to explore, a generation of young Americans that used to turn to television for entertainment is finding its fix elsewhere.
They are watching on-demand services, such as Netflix and Hulu and the BBC iPlayer but turning off 'linear' TV, or tuning in at a set time on a set channel. This migration has been gradual but is starting to show up in the quarterly results of some of the world’s biggest media companies — and investors are beginning to notice.
Television executives started sounding the alarm last autumn when Viacom, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, and Walt Disney began reporting lower advertising revenues for some or all of their networks. Todd Juenger, senior analyst with Bernstein Research, called the ratings declines 'alarming' and 'unprecedented'."
Boko Haram is actually putting ISIS to shame for barbarism � Hot Air
So, when you think about that, you should be reminded that the media basically controls public opinion (as it always has)...
Not too long ago, at HotAir.com, Jazz Shaw used the following to support the title of his posted article:
"The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers — their gunfire and explosions shattering the early morning calm.
As terrified residents scattered into bushes in Baga town and surrounding villages, the gunmen unloaded motorcycles from their trucks and followed in hot pursuit.
Residents hid under scant brush. Bullets pierced through them.
Some sought refuge in their homes. They were burned alive.
Many who tried to cross into neighboring Chad drowned while trying to swim through Lake Chad. By the time the weapons went quiet, local officials reported death tolls ranging from hundreds to as many as 2,000 people."
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
"Seattle government now going through citizens’ trash for public shaming, revenue"
That being said, I have to wonder if the man-hours associated with this could pass an honest and impartial free-enterprise cost-benefit analysis...
On the HotAir.com website, Mary Katharine Ham reports on what's going on in Seattle, WA:
"Sure, the incentive to compost is the putative reason for this regulation, but exactly how is it enforced? In order for city officials and trash collectors to know you have committed the civic sin of disposing of leftover food in your trashcan, they have to examine the contents of your trashcan."
"Articles: Why the Left Wants Conservatives to View Francis as a Liberal"
Every time the Pope says or implies a thought that seems to go against Republican Party ideas, the media and other jump on it...
At AmericanThinker.com, Gene M. Van Son thinks those stories are deliberate, and have a specific goal:
"And this brings us to the crux of the matter. The left is running scared because Catholics are leaving the Democratic Party and are voting Republican. This is a trend the left needs to reverse, and reverse quickly, if it has any hope of making gains in 2016."
Monday, March 09, 2015
"The climate is ruined?"
Unfortunately, rebuttals and articles like this raely get covered at all...
At Townhall.com, Sierra Rayne recently wrote about New York City's summer high temperatures, including some revealing charts:
"After increasing slightly from the late 1800s to the 1930s, the temperatures have not increased whatsoever. The non-parametric correlation since 1930 is almost a perfect non-correlation (p=0.96). This isn't cherry-picking. There are simply no significant increasing trends since 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, or 1990. In fact, starting in 1950 – and continuing for each decade since – the correlation has turned negative toward cooling, not warming."
"It Was Unconstitutional Before It Wasn’t: Democrats in Their Own Words"
That being said, it does seem to me (perhaps it's MY bias) that Democrats are far more hypocritical in an "in your face" way...
Genevieve Wood calls attention to the Democrats in her post at theDailySignal.com:
"What is 'constitutional' or 'unconstitutional' according to Senate Democrats seems to depend on the outcome they are aiming for.
In this case they are calling something constitutional that they previously said was unconstitutional in order to allow something truly unconstitutional to happen. If you can follow that logic, you should apply for a job in Washington."
Sunday, March 08, 2015
2015-03-08 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, March 07, 2015
"How Black Middle-Class Kids Become Poor Adults"
I found this article by Gillian B. White, The Atlantic posted at MSN.com:
"But perhaps what's most unsettling about the current economic climate in black America is that when black families attain middle-class status, the likelihood that their children will remain there, or do better, isn't high.
'Even black Americans who make it to the middle class are likely to see their kids fall down the ladder,' writes Richard Reeves, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In a recent blog post Reeves says that seven out of 10 black children who are born to families with income that falls in the middle quintile of the income spectrum will find themselves with income that's one to two quintiles below their parents' during their own adulthood."
Friday, March 06, 2015
"Insanity Reigns"
Warren Beatty supports his article's title at AmericanThinker.com:
"'In politics, never assume that because something is insane, it will not be done.' That is a very profound, very true statement by Dr. Thomas Sowell. To wit:"
Being a Democrat and Dishonest, a Learned Behavior - D.W. Wilber - Townhall Finance
In my opinion, this writer has this exactly right...
At Townhall.com, D.W. Wilber is critical of Democrats and the message they convey to our youth:
"While the young men on the Jackie Robinson West baseball team may or may not have understood what was going on, the message that is being sent to them is clear as a bell. That it’s ok to lie, cheat and steal to get ahead. And this Little League championship was clearly stolen from other teams who played by the rules.
But instead of universal condemnation being directed at the parents and coaches who perpetrated this disgrace and holding them accountable, or teaching the young men that there are consequences for one’s actions, as is typical for Democratic politicians they have rallied around the team and denounced anyone who supports stripping the team of its title.
You see, Democrats are all about lies and deceit. Lies and deceit they have been telling and practicing for decades. How otherwise could they still be a viable political party in America ?"
Thursday, March 05, 2015
"Video Exonerates Man Set Up By Louisiana Cops And Prosecutors"
On the Daily Caller website, Chuck Ross has the outcome of this story:
"He was put in jail on charges of simple battery, obstruction of justice and intimidating a witness.
Two of those charges are felonies, and a prior cocaine conviction on Dendinger’s record threatened to land him in jail for a long time as a repeat offender.
But Dendinger was confident that a mistake had been made and that he would be released without cause since two prosecutors and several police officers had seen him hand over the summons peacefully.
But that’s not what happened."
Waiting For Retractions: FBI Says Arrested Colorado Springs Bomber Did Not Target NAACP
And as I've said before, the corrections are rarely seen, if even published...
At NewsBusters.org, Tom Blumer wonders:
"Will any of these media outlets and politicians walk back what they implied, alleged, or assumed? Of will they, like the NAACP's Allen, bitterly cling, in the face of all current contrary evidence, to the idea that it really had to be a hate crime, and that Murphy just won't dare admit it?"
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
"Obama’s claim that Keystone XL oil ‘bypasses the U.S.’ earns Four Pinocchios"
Mr. Obama gets caught out with his phony baloney Keystone Pipeline veto reasoning.
And by the Washington Post, no less...
And by the Washington Post, no less...
In the Washington Post, Glenn Kessler explains:
"President Obama, seeking to explain his veto of a bill that would have leapfrogged the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline, in an interview with a North Dakota station repeated some false claims that had previously earned him Pinocchios. Yet he managed to make his statement even more misleading than before, suggesting the pipeline would have no benefit for American producers at all. The Fact Checker obviously takes no position on the pipeline, and has repeatedly skewered both sides for overinflated rhetoric. Yet the president’s latest comments especially stand out. Let’s review the facts again."
"Maybe Hillary Clinton Should Retire Her White House Dreams"
There seems to be enough here to sink a presidential run; but, what do I know.
I can only vote once...
I can only vote once...
At NationalJournal.com, Ron Fournier discusses the Clintons:
"Perhaps Hillary Rodham Clinton shouldn't run for president.
Maybe she should stay at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, where the former secretary of State could continue her life's work of building stronger economies, health care systems, and families. Give paid speeches. Write best-selling books. Spend time with Charlotte, her beloved granddaughter.
Because she doesn't seem ready for 2016. Like a blast of wintry air in July, the worst of 1990s-style politics is intruding on what needs to be a new millennium campaign: Transparent, inspirational, innovative, and beyond ethical reproach."
"...WaPo demolishes VA Secretary’s claim to have fired 60 employees"
Now, we have the replacement Veteran's Administration Secretary being questioned about the veracity of his statements...
At HotAir.com, Noah Rothman reports on some Washington Post findings:
"The Post’s Michelle Ye Hee Lee dug into the facts surrounding McDonald’s claim to have largely cleaned house since the scandal broke. She didn’t seem to like what she found.
'In his ‘Meet the Press’ interview, McDonald also said 100 senior leaders are under investigation by the inspector general and the Department of Justice,' she wrote. “Yet McDonald is incorrect saying 60 employees who manipulated wait times were fired.”"
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
"IRS defends paying refunds to illegals who never filed taxes"
Stephen Dinan tells us about this on the Washington Times website:
"The IRS is defending its decision to let illegal immigrants claim up to three years’ refunds on income even if they never paid income taxes, telling Congress in a new letter last week that agency lawyers have concluded getting a Social Security number triggers the ability to go back and ask for previous refunds."
Axelrod: Obama opposed gay marriage for politics | TheHill
"Do you know how to tell when politicians are lying?"
President Reagan answered with a smile: "When their lips are moving."
I guess "say anything to get elected" was the case here...
President Reagan answered with a smile: "When their lips are moving."
I guess "say anything to get elected" was the case here...
Justin Sink recently wrote about it at theHill.com:
"President Obama publicly opposed same-sex marriages for political gain during the 2008 presidential campaign, his former political strategist says in a new book."
"ABC boss Mark Scott openly gloating about Tony Abbott troubles"
Now, where have I heard that theme before?...
Andrew Bolt reports on this in the Australian Herald Sun:
"Taxpayers give the ABC $1 billion a year. In exchange, it is meant, by law, to be balanced, but under Scott, it is campaigning against Abbott.
It’s not alone. The media pack attack has been astonishing, and truth barely seems to count. Check some recent anti-Abbott stories."
Monday, March 02, 2015
The Gilmer Mirror - Stop Trashing Obama
In this post, Col. Robert F. Cunningham and Patrick Rishor have compiled an interesting list:
"He has done more than any other President before him.
Here is a list of his impressive accomplishments:"
"Jezebel Writer Falsely Accuses Walker of Wanting to Stop Reporting of Campus Sexual Assaults"
The reporting to be eliminated is actually "redundant" reporting.
The University of Wisconsin "requested" the law change...
At NewsBusters.org, Tom Blumer wants us to know the correct story:
"On Friday morning at Jezebel, a Gawker-affiliated web site, Natasha Vargas-Cooper thought she had Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker by the — well, you know.
In a post tellingly tagged 'Conservative Werewolves,' Vargas-Cooper was absolutely sure — so certain that she apparently felt no need to check any further — that Walker's proposed budget would allow its colleges to 'to stop reporting sexual assaults.' Vicious vitriol ensued (bolds are mine throughout this post):"
"The Daily Beast is committed to covering the news fairly and accurately, and we should have checked this story more thoroughly. We deeply regret the error and apologize to Gov. Walker and our readers. This story should be considered retracted.”"
"Photos of school lunches served around the world reveal how meager America's meals are"
The U.K. Daily Mail's Anucyia Victor has the story and some pretty compelling comparison images:
"Korean schools serve hearty fish soup and fermented cabbage, kimchi while Greece, Spain and France all serve fresh meat, vegetables and fish
However, students in the world's richest nation lunches are the unhealthiest with lots of processed items
he contrasts between America's school meals and those in far less fortunate economies are stark and suggest Michelle Obama's push for more healthful lunches nationwide may not be giving kids enough to eat"
