Monday, August 31, 2015
"What drought? Some L.A. County supervisors have their cars washed 2, 3 times a week"
This is well beyond the "appearance" of arrogance...
In the L.A. Daily News, Mike Reicher reports:
"Not so for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
The majority of the supervisors wash their take-home cars two or three times a week, service records show, and actually washed them more frequently after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a 25 percent cut in urban water use. As the county’s washes continue to consume tap water, some other local governments have pledged to skip washes for months or are using recirculated water."
"Hunter Biden's Ashley Madison Account Created at Georgetown"
Caught or not?
See what you believe about this...
See what you believe about this...
Breitbart.com's Patrick Howley has the details:
"But account information shows that the profile, which was confirmed by a credit card purchase in 2014, was used at the latitude/longitude point of 38.912682, -77.071704.
That latitude-longitude point just happens to exist on the Georgetown University campus, at an administrative building on Reservoir Road. And Hunter Biden just happened to be teaching there around the time the account was set up."
Sunday, August 30, 2015
2015-08-30 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, August 29, 2015
"Two Days After Reporter's 'Race War' Murders, CNN Returns to Phony Race-Baiting"
As long as that remains true, the media will do what it does...
At Breitbart.com, John Nolte is no fan of CNN:
"Less than 48 hours after two young reporters were murdered on live television, New Day, Cuomo, and his co-anchor Alisyn Camerota are right back at it. Almost a full hour of CNN’s failing 'New Day' Friday was devoted to ginning up a phony attack against Republican frontrunner Donald Trump for his innocuous use of the term 'Silent Majority.'
Two days after one of their own committed two murders in an obvious racist rage, the left-wing hate network is right back to fabricating racial division and outrage where absolutely none exists.
According to CNN being 'silent' is now racist."
"Watchdog: Official Took Home Computers Used For Porn"
Kathryn Watson reports on this one at DailyCaller.com:
"An unnamed high-ranking Department of Commerce official kept at least seven government-issued computers at her home where somebody used the equipment for months to view pornography and web sites featuring racial slurs.
Then, when the department’s Office of Inspector General began investigating, she tampered with evidence and proposed disciplining an employee who cooperated with the investigation, according to a new OIG report.
Federal taxpayers also funded her 'wasteful foreign travel,' and a full eight-hour workday when she only worked about 20 minutes."
Friday, August 28, 2015
"Porn-Sniffing Dog Helped Bring Down Subway Star Jared Fogle"
For NBCnews, Aliza Nadi, Jim Seida and Tracy Connor combined on this story:
"A rambunctious black Labrador named Bear — one of only five dogs in the nation trained to sniff out electronic data devices — played a key role in the arrest of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle on child-porn charges."
"Do You Think They Really Understand the Mess We Are In?"
Matt Towery elaborates on this at Townhall.com:
"The most troubling aspects are not the issues or problems that require a crystal ball and a lot of luck. More concerning is a collection of obvious events and patterns that seem to suggest that our nation is running right off the road and into a ditch."
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Welcome to Maternity Hotel California | Rolling Stone
On the Rolling Stone website, Benjamin Carlson begins his article with this:
"Peter and Ellie Yang, by all outward appearances, are living the Beijing dream. They have a condo in an up-and-coming area, a white Honda that Peter keeps immaculate and a rambunctious one-year-old son, Xiongxiong. They wear brand-name jeans and own separate iPhone 6s. On holidays, they go to Sanya — 'China's Hawaii' — as well as Hong Kong and Japan. On weekends, they eat out and take hikes in the Fragrant Hills outside Beijing. It's enough to make them the envy of many. But when Ellie found out she was pregnant in 2014, Peter said he wanted to have their second child in America. 'It's for him to get a good education,' Peter says. 'But it's also for us — to find business opportunities and to make friends. Chinese who do this tend to be well-connected.'"
"Minister to Black Lives Matter: 'Why Are You Not Cleaning Up Your Own Community?'"
The Fox News Insider website has a bit more on this:
"Gentry said that every presidential candidate should challenge the Black Lives Matter movement. He said that 2016 contenders should ask the group, 'Why are you not cleaning up your own community if black lives matter?'"
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
"Global warming: Deceptive temperature record claims"
I've posted about this before and my opinions have not changed.
Considering the astronomical number of variables, the thought that Earth's global temperature can be precisely determined seems quite far-fetched...
Considering the astronomical number of variables, the thought that Earth's global temperature can be precisely determined seems quite far-fetched...
In the Washington Times, Tom Harris has written about his opinion:
"The U.S. government is at it again, hyping meaningless records in a parameter that does not exist in order to frighten us about something that doesn’t matter."
"State GOP leaders plot to tie Donald Trump’s hands"
It's their party, and they can do what they want to.
BUT...
BUT...
On the Politico website, Alex Isenstadt reported on this:
"Amid mounting concerns about Donald Trump’s candidacy from the GOP establishment, Republican leaders in at least two states have found a way to make life a lot harder for him."
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
"California Plans Taking Land for Huge Water Tunnels"
Oh My! This seems really troublesome...
This story was posted by Ellen Knickmeyer on the Associated Press website:
"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- State contractors have readied plans to acquire as many as 300 farms in the California delta by eminent domain to make room for a pair of massive, still-unapproved water tunnels proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, according to documents obtained by opponents of the tunnels.
Farmers whose parcels were listed and mapped in the 160-page property-acquisition plan expressed dismay at the advanced planning for the project, which would build 30-mile-long tunnels in the delta formed by the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers."
"Tennessee school district bans all flags, including Old Glory"
FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13 has reported this:
"A Tennessee school district is banning all flags, including Old Glory.
School leaders in Dickson County decided, after a summer of controversy surrounding the confederate flag, the wise thing to do would be to ban all flags and banners."
"Donald Trump Once Saved A Woman's Farm From Foreclosure"
At BuzzFeed.com, Andrew Kaczynski and Mark Arce found out about this:
"It was September 1986, and Annabel Hill, 66, was facing an auction where she would lose the farm that had been in her family for five generations."
Monday, August 24, 2015
"Media Ignores Experts Debunking Birthright Citizenship"
Seems like we have a lot of reporting that is missing this... ..
Ken Klukowski offers this important point in an article at Breitbart.com:
"The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause declares: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Breitbart News first explained that the debate of who becomes an American citizen by virtue of being born on U.S. soil turns on the words 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof.' And we later explained in greater detail how the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Citizenship Clause over time supports the original meaning of that clause, a clause which does not extend citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. This is the third installment in this series of reports"
"The details behind that EPA gold mine spill just get worse and worse"
See what you think of this...
At HotAir.com, Jazz Shaw wonders about this:
"One other aspect of this document dump caught my attention. (Additional emphasis added)
'Much of the text in the documents released Friday was redacted by EPA officials. Among the items blacked out is the line in a 2013 safety plan for the Gold King job that specifies whether workers were required to have phones that could work at the remote site, which is more than 11,000 feet up a mountain.'
Redacted? I’m sorry… did you say, 'Redacted' by the EPA??? When our government releases records it’s common to redact information which can jeopardize national security and pose a danger to us or our allies. What precisely is it that the Environmental Protection Agency is doing which needs to be redacted? Are they afraid that the Russians will learn our secrets of how to kill off millions of fish and poison the drinking water?"
"Pope’s Money Czar Says Church Risks Being Targeted on Finance"
Curious me wonders just how much money the Vatican has, and then do they even have the will and means to keep track of it?...
I saw this in a short post by John Follain and Flavia Rotondi on the Bloomberg Business website:
"Pell reiterated that 1.3 billion euros ($1.48 billion) had been found tucked away in particular special accounts which did not appear on the Holy See’s balance sheet."
Sunday, August 23, 2015
2015-08-23 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, August 22, 2015
"We’re facing a crisis of rational thought"
L. Todd Wood recently offer this and more in a Washington Times article:
"What we are seeing today in our society with its anti-police, politically correct focus is a type of cultural Marxism. The root of this belief is that you can do anything you want, no matter the consequences, because society should not hold you accountable personally. If someone tells you otherwise or points out your foolishness, call them a racist and shame them in public. That is the Left’s agenda, freedom from accountability and milking the public coffers, not public safety.
This cultural Marxism is bred in our universities as the liberal, tenured faculty re-educate our youth to believe all this crap. Today’s graduates can’t compete in the job market, but they can sure carry a mattress around all day complaining of victimhood that never happened. The result of these decades of Marxist teaching has led to a generation of young adults who will believe anything they are told. This belief holds regardless of in-your-face evidence to the contrary."
Friday, August 21, 2015
In the Wake of Proposition 47, California Sees a Crime Wave | RealClearPolitics
I will say that there is some naivety as to the realities of life when one believes that wholesale forgiving of criminal behavior, no matter how small, will lead to more lawful behavior...
Debra Saunders has this story at RealClearPolitics.com:
"In San Francisco, theft from cars is up 47 percent this year over the same period in 2014. Auto theft is up by 17 percent. Robberies are up 23 percent. And aggravated assaults are up 2 percent, according to San Francisco police spokesman Carlos Manfredi. Burglaries are down 5 percent.
The City of Angels saw a 12.7 percent increase in overall crime this year, according to the Los Angeles Times; violent offenses rose 20.6 percent, while property crime rose by 11 percent. Mayor Eric Garcetti says Prop 47 may explain Los Angeles' change in course from crime reduction to crime increases."
Thursday, August 20, 2015
"Poll: Only 3% of Dems Say Clinton Is Telling the Truth About Emails"
On the MRCtv website, Ashley Rae Goldenberg offers this:
"After providing a brief explanation of the Clinton email scandal, the Fox News poll asked 1,008 registered voters, 'Do you think Clinton knowingly lied about the emails or there’s another explanation?' Only two percent of voters responded, 'Clinton told the truth' - while 58 percent replied, “Clinton lied.”
Even worse for Clinton, only three percent of Democrats responded that they believe Clinton has told the truth."
Feds spend $800K to study dating habits of obese teen girls � Hot Air
I would think, the originator of this would have been laughed out of the room...
At HotAir.com, Jazz Shaw calls attention to the title item and more:
"No matter how many times critics bring up stories like these they never seem to go away. I still recall a study commissioned in New York some years back where the government spent $27,000 to try to figure out why prisoners want to escape from prison. That was a classic, though you might think the answer was fairly obvious and most of us could have handled the job a lot more cheaply. CNS News compiled a collection last year which showed some remarkable investments of your cash by Uncle Sam. A few highlights:"
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Clinton probe tests FBI chief | TheHill
Of course, the optimum persona here would be fair and impartial.
FBI Director James Comey seems to have that type of history; however, past performance won't matter at all if he becomes compromised over this...
FBI Director James Comey seems to have that type of history; however, past performance won't matter at all if he becomes compromised over this...
At theHill.com, Jordain Carney offers an article about the current circumstances and some history of the FBI director:
"Comey has long shown an independent streak that's gained him wide bipartisan praise and helped him sail to a 93-1 confirmation vote in the Senate. That independence will be tested with Republican lawmakers demanding answers and Clinton's presidential campaign team being dismissive of a controversy it sees as politically drummed up.
Comey has been in the middle of bruising fights before."
"MUST-SEE: Black Woman Rips Council over Illegal Aliens"
The points made here are just we all need to be thinking about...
At Breitbart.com, Michelle Moons tells us about this:
"Chanell Temple, a black woman originally from Huntington Park, delivered a strident, politically incorrect speech against illegal immigration on Monday evening at the local city council meeting.
Temple, who now lives in the Hawthorne area of Los Angeles, was protesting the council’s recent decision to appoint two illegal aliens to city commissions. She told Breitbart News she had not intended to speak at the meeting, but was offended when someone compared illegal aliens to slaves."
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
"Alameda Coast Guard Crew Seizes Narco-Submarine Carrying 8 Tons Of Cocaine"
I found this reported at SanFrancisco.cbslocal.com:
"The same Bay Area crew has intercepted 15 different drug smuggling attempts since April and have seized more than 33,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $540 million since May 2015."
See The Matrix: 5 Reasons the Media Is Downplaying the EPA Disaster - Breitbart
John Nolte explains the media's non-reporting in this posted article:
"See The Matrix: 5 Reasons the Media Is Downplaying the EPA Disaster"
Monday, August 17, 2015
Women: ‘Donald Trump gives hope to black lives’ | The American Mirror
On the American Mirror website, Kyle Olson writes about this occurrence:
"Two women who shot to YouTube stardom over the weekend for criticizing Megyn Kelly’s performance during the Fox News presidential debate are back and they have a message for 'frustrated' fellow black people.
Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, the duo making up 'The Viewers View,' are now making a direct appeal to African-American voters on behalf of Donald Trump."
"... Orthodox Jewish Child with Rare Ailment is Rescued Aboard Tycoon’s Jet"
Mainstream news?...
This was posted on the JewsNews website:
"Commercial airlines refused to fly the child because he could not travel without an elaborate life-support system, which includes a portable oxygen tank, a suction machine, a breathing bag and an adrenaline syringe.
“Mr. Trump did not hesitate when we called him up. He said ‘yes, I’ll send my plane out,’” 29-year-old Harold Ten recalled shortly after he landed here Tuesday morning."
Sunday, August 16, 2015
2015-08-16 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, August 15, 2015
"Hillary Clinton: The Democratic Party's ticking time bomb"
Interesting stuff.
I would have titled it "Waiting for Hillary (to explode)"...
I would have titled it "Waiting for Hillary (to explode)"...
Democrat Damon Linker expresses his concerns on theWeek.com website:
"This isn't paranoia, right-wing spin, or baseless panic. It's a sober assessment of the situation.
At the moment, the ongoing email imbroglio is the time bomb that seems to pose the greatest risk to the campaign. It's hard to know which is most alarming: the way the candidate and her team have handled the scandal since it broke in March; the latest swirl of half-truths, denials, reversals, and revelations; or what new explosive information might come to light a month, six months, or a year from now."
"GOP elites plot to purge Trump"
If you have the stomach for it, politics is certainly entertaining.
On the serious side, it's pretty nasty inside the party structures...
On the serious side, it's pretty nasty inside the party structures...
In his post at WND.com, Patrick J. Buchanan has a lot to say about the Republican elite's attitude toward Donald Trump, including this bit:
"But if the GOP has no room for Trump’s followers, it has no future. For there simply aren’t that many chamber-of-commerce and country-club Republicans."
Friday, August 14, 2015
"Coby Persin shows how easy it is for pedophiles to prey on teen girls"
Worst of all, this wasn't imaginary social chit-chat, it easily became the real thing...
Carly Stern has the story in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"'I made a fake profile on Facebook posing as a 15-year-old boy,' Coby explains, showing off a page for a made-up teen named Jason Biazzio. 'With their parents' permission, I friend-requested three girls ages 14, 13, and 12.'
Coby didn't have to work hard to set the groundwork for a first meeting with any of these young ladies, merely chatting with them online or via text for three or four days before arranging to meet up at their homes or somewhere nearby.
'What we found in this video is shocking and something everyone should see,' he says."
"Obama Gets Low Marks for His Handling of Iran"
These numbers presented here are nothing to brag about...
Justin McCarthy has the story and poll results at Gallup.com:
"While Obama's overall approval rating remains improved from where it was in late 2013 and 2014, it has been difficult for him to earn majority public approval on even a single issue. To a large degree, that may be a result of being president at a time of high political polarization, with a very small percentage of Republicans giving him positive ratings on anything he has done.
Amid high-stakes congressional debate over Iran, a mere third of Americans approve of Obama's handling of the situation in the country. Meanwhile, at home, racial unrest has taken hold of the nation's attention and could jeopardize his standing on race relations, one of the issues he has received a majority approval rating on in the past."
Thursday, August 13, 2015
About that Environmental Disaster in Colorado
This is pretty bad and significantly extensive. Even so, the liberal media can't find time to report much about it...
At Townhall.com, Bob Barr writes about it in his post titled: “Animasgate” Highlights EPA Double Standard:
"The environmental disaster unfolding in Colorado is one of the worst since the 2010 'BP Oil Spill' in the Gulf of Mexico. This time, however, it is the federal government -- more specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency – that is responsible for the mess. While poking around the old Gold King Mine in Colorado as part of a 'clean up program,' EPA crews broke through a retaining barrier. The breach released some three million gallons of heavy metal-laden water into the river, which flows into New Mexico and from there into the vast San Juan River Basin.
Compounding the problem of the spill itself is the EPA’s slowness in admitting to and detailing the scope of the disaster, including how much toxic sludge was actually released and the extent of the risk to citizens and lands downstream in both the short-term and, more importantly, the long-term hazards. Without a private sector company or citizen to blame, the EPA is loath to hold itself accountable, or to practice the transparency it so often demands of the private sector."
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
"No Joke: Jon Stewart became what he once denounced"
That being said, it's incumbent upon them to skew politicians equally...
On the Globe and Mail website, Konrad Yakabuski offers this and more:
"The truth, however, is that it really is time for Mr. Stewart to go. During his 16-year stint at The Daily Show, he morphed from an earnest but impartial comedian railing against the polarization and phoniness of American politics and cable news into a funnyman-activist who skewered only one-half of the political spectrum. He became what he once denounced.
He could still be incisive and funny. But his rants became increasingly self-righteous and contemptuous toward anyone who didn’t share his elite liberal world view. His true test came after Republican president George W. Bush and vice-president Dick Cheney left the White House. Both deserved most of the treatment they got on The Daily Show. But when it came to Mr. Obama and the Democrats, Mr. Stewart pulled his punches and, hence, failed his viewers."
Take the vapors: Londoners buzz over breathable booze - New York News
Ashley Chan has reported on this at MyFoxNY.com:
"The pop-up bar, Alcoholic Architecture, uses a humidifier to pump a gin and tonic vapor into an enclosed space. Patrons absorb their alcohol from the 'Cloud' by breathing in the vapors and by soaking it in through the skin and eyes.
The concept isn't new. Douglass Miller, a beverage expert at the Culinary Institute of America, recalls seeing the idea in action back in 1998."
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
"Megyn Kelly Dead Wrong..."
On the American Family Association website, Bryan Fischer posted this, along with factual backup:
"The subject of rape, incest and life of the mother as exceptions to bans on abortion came up at last night’s GOP presidential debate, and moderator Megyn Kelly proved to be dangerously wrong on this issue.
Kelly was aghast that anyone would have any hesitation about approving an abortion to save the life of the mother. She spoke of this choice as if were one that commonly and frequently must be made.
The reality, however, is that an abortion is never necessary to save the life of the mother. This is, quite simply, a choice that a mother and her doctor never have to make, and Ms. Kelly has contributed to the already widespread ignorance on this subject."
Media Attempting To Create Ferguson v2.0 In Texas | The Daily Caller
Once again, the media is looking to create trouble...
At DailyCaller.com, "Deputy Matt" has some pretty convincing points:
"The man, legally an adult, is continually referred to as a 'teen.' He was 'killed at a car dealership', not while committing multiple felonies. The cop was an old white guy while the suspect, sorry, 'victim' was a young, unarmed black teen. Yup, no agenda, no slant…"
Monday, August 10, 2015
The Sexual Train Wreck Behind "Yes Means Yes" | RealClearPolitics
Do we really need this?
Will it lead to having attorney chaperons?...
Will it lead to having attorney chaperons?...
On the Real Clear Politics website, Heather WilhelmAUTHOR offers info and opinions:
"The so-called ‘yes means yes’ standard,” Reuters reports, 'defines sexual consent between people as an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary understanding to engage in sexual activity.' Anything that falls outside of the nebulous concept of 'consent'—a gratuitous touch on the elbow, perhaps, as opposed to the formally agreed-upon nudge of the right lower kneecap—could be labeled sexual assault.
If this sounds clear as mud to you, it’s probably because—congratulations!—you’re not yet certifiably insane. 'Yes means yes' laws, pioneered in California last September, aim to fight the widely reported and highly dubious 'epidemic' of campus sexual assault. The laws are also, apparently, the hottest new bad idea around. The University of Minnesota is currently considering implementation of 'yes means yes' rules; lawmakers in over a dozen states have proposed similar laws."
"Tempers Flare As Huntington Park Appoints Undocumented Immigrants To City Commissions"
At face value, this sounds unbelievable.
See what you think...
See what you think...
CBSLosAngeles recently reported this:
"HUNTINGTON PARK (CBSLA.com) — Huntington Park is making history and not everyone is happy about it. Councilman Jhonny Pineda announced at Monday night’s city council meeting the appointment of two undocumented immigrants as commissioners, CBS2/KCAL9’s Kara Finnstrom reports."
Sunday, August 09, 2015
2015-08-09 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, August 08, 2015
"Chicago police detained thousands of black Americans at interrogation facility"
Could this be? It's really a lot of information to easily dismiss as false...
In the U.K. Guardian, Spencer Ackerman and Zach Stafford have written about this. Their story begins:
"http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/05/homan-square-chicago-thousands-detained"
Friday, August 07, 2015
"Obama Administration Refuses To Identify Troubled Healthcare Co-Ops"
As I've said before, our government is out of control.
The idea that they don't have to publish information to the citizens is appalling...
The idea that they don't have to publish information to the citizens is appalling...
Richard Pollock writes about this occurrence at DailyCaller.com:
"Federal officials refuse to identify the troubled Obamacare health co-ops that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has placed in a special risk category requiring 'enhanced oversight' due to low profitability or low enrollment.
Last week the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that 22 of the 23 non-profit co-ops suffered net operating losses last year and that six were so distressed CMS said they were the subject to extra 'enhanced oversight.'
CMS spokesman Aaron Albright, however, refused to divulge the names of the struggling taxpayer-supported co-ops."
Thursday, August 06, 2015
"U.S. Court Judge Strikes Down Idaho Ag-Gag Law: 'The Remedy is More Speech, Not Enforced Silence'"
If so, there are likely many entertaining times ahead...
At BoiseWeekly.com George Prentice reported on this:
"...the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho Monday ruled that the so-called 'Ag-Gag' law was unconstitutional because the court found it 'violates the Equal Protection Clause because it was motivated in substantial part by animus towards animal welfare groups, and because it impinges on free speech, a fundamental right.'"
"SJW professor making charges of racial profiling is tripped up by dashcam"
AT HotAir.com, Jazz Shaw relates this story:
"'The policeman asked me if I could speak English and if I knew why he had stopped me. I said, 'yes' to speaking English and 'no' to why he had stopped me,' she wrote in the letter. 'The officer did not give me any reason as to why had stopped me. His asking if I could speak English shows that he had racially profiled me and was not able to give me a concrete reason for stopping me.'"
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
"German Police Warn of De Facto No-Go Zones"
If you think about it, it's not much different than what happens in some bad areas of American cities...
On the Clarion Project website, Soeren Kern begins his reporting with this:
"Spiraling levels of violent crime perpetrated by immigrants from the Middle East and the Balkans are turning parts of Duisburg, a key German industrial city, into 'areas of lawlessness' — areas that are becoming de facto 'no-go' zones for police, according to a confidential police report that was leaked to the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel.
The report, produced by the police headquarters of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany (and also the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany), warns that the government is losing control over problem neighborhoods and that the ability of police to maintain public order "cannot be guaranteed over the long term.""
"Syracuse pushes retirement buyouts after audit finds 200 managers supervise one person apiece"
This is surely a contributing factor...
Posting at the College Fix, Victoria Razzi tells about this:
"Syracuse University – a 2015 'Best Value School' according to U.S. News & World Report – recently began offering employees a retirement incentive package on the heels of an audit which found more than 200 managers oversee just one person each.
The report states 211 managers, or 30 percent, have only 1 'direct report,' and another 134 managers have just two people reporting to them. Ninety-three managers have three people reporting to them, it adds, noting the private university employs 'too many decision makers.'"
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
"Would you let your 12-year-old daughter sleep in a tent with an 18-year-old boy?"
I have to wonder if the Boy Scouts thought their new policy all the way through, including unintended consequences...
Jack Cashill offers his opinions at AmericanThinker.com:
"Whether gay men have more or less attraction to young adolescents is beside the point. What they do have is more access. Now, in an act of institutional madness, BSA board members are licensing that access. They are putting the gay male in a position in which no one in his right mind would put a straight male. The sane answer to the question, 'Would you let your twelve-year-old daughter sleep in a tent with an eighteen-year-old boy?' is, and always will be, 'Are you nuts?'
What will the leadership tell the parents when the first semi-sanctioned cases of statutory rape come trickling in? More to the point, perhaps, what will the leadership tell the attorneys representing those parents?"
"Shell Oil icebreaker moves past protesters to Arctic"
I saw this Associated Press story at USAtoday.com:
"A Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker that was the target of environmental protesters left Portland on Thursday bound for an Arctic drilling operation after a tense standoff ended with kayakers and activists who had dangled from a bridge to block its path.
The Fennica left dry dock and made its way down the Willamette River toward the Pacific Ocean soon after authorities forced the demonstrators from the river and the St. Johns Bridge.
Portland police closed the bridge Thursday afternoon as 13 protesters hung from the bridge in an attempt to stop the Fennica."
Monday, August 03, 2015
"Baltimore’s best mayor evah presides over homicide rate not seen in nearly half a century"
On the HotAir.com website, Jazz Shaw writes about this one:
"You may recall that earlier this year, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was named President of the US Conference of Mayors for her outstanding work in serving the people of her city and demonstrating innovation in turning things around."
"Desperate Dems Recycle Planned Parenthood's Mammogram Lie"
I'm surprised to see this one again after being proven false so many times...
Michelle Malkin posted about it at Townhall.com:
"An investigation of 30 Planned Parenthood clinics in 27 different states, conducted by pro-life group Live Action, confirmed that the abortion provider does not perform breast-cancer screenings. 'We don't provide those services whatsoever,' a staffer at Planned Parenthood of Arizona confessed on tape.
Planned Parenthood's Comprehensive Health Center clinic in Overland Park, Kan., admitted: 'We actually don't have a, um, mammogram machine at our clinics.'
Even the liberal Washington Post doled out a three (out of four) Pinocchio rating for the White House's mammogram lies. 'The problem here is that Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms or even possess the necessary equipment to do so,' the paper's resident fact-checker reported. 'As such, the organization certainly does not 'provide' mammograms in the strict sense. Instead, its clinics provide referrals and direct low-income women toward resources to help pay for the procedure. These services are by no means unique to Planned Parenthood. In fact, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Cancer Society provide them, as well.'"
Sunday, August 02, 2015
2015-08-02 - Words of Wisdom
Saturday, August 01, 2015
"UN paid millions to Russian aviation firm since learning of sex attack on girl"
U.K. Guardian reporters, Paul Lewis in Washington, Oliver Laughland in New York and Roger Hamilton-Martin in London, combined to report on this:
"The disclosures come at a critical moment for the UN secretary general, who has struggled to contain the fallout from recent revelations concerning the sexual abuse of children by French and other peacekeeping troops in the neighbouring Central African Republic.
Last month Ban, who argues the UN has a 'zero-tolerance' policy toward sexual exploitation, ordered an independent review of the case involving French peacekeepers and wider problems with dealing with sexual abuse, an issue that has plagued the UN for decades.
He will now be forced to explain how a company implicated in sexual exploitation managed to expand its contracts with the UN.
'It wasn’t just one or two bad apples,' said a senior UN official familiar with the report and its fallout. 'It was clear the problems of sexual exploitation were wider.'"
"Hey David Muir (@DavidMuir) and Almin Karamehmedovic (@karameha), Why Cecil and Not Cecile?"
The liberal media is seriously biased...
At RedState.com, Eric Erickson reported this:
"Planned Parenthood has hired a Democratic communications firm that has been pressuring the media to avoid covering the scandal at all. It appears to be working. Muir and Karamehmedovic have avoided the story like the plague. According to the Media Research Center, their network and the others gave more coverage to Cecil the Lion in twenty-four hours than to the Planned Parenthood story since July 14th to now."
