Kudos to the American Anthropological Association for voting not to boycott Israeli academic institutions.An "equality" conference at Britain's University and College Union has invited officers to participate in a debate summit as long as they aren't "white, straight, able-bodied men," according to Daily Mail.In an attempt to provide the safest space possible, the conference is only allowing women, LGBT people, ethnic minorities, and anyone with a disability. In other words, a participant must fit into "protected characteristics."Also, in order to speak on a particular topic, speakers must have the relevant characteristic or they are banned from participating.Like American college campuses, Britain's universities have seen their share of lunacy spreading. One example from DM states that Cardiff University students wanted to ban a feminist from speaking to them because she had disagreeable views on the transgender issue. Of course, there is the example of the South African student at Oxford who bullied a white waitress to tears while blaming her for colonialism.But for a conference attempting to be all about equality, these exclusions are rightfully being questioned as hypocritical. Some are even threatening not to attend. But this is the end result of progressive policies run amok and played out to the end.Welcome to your exclusive safe space, snowflakes.
At least four killed and several wounded in a terrorist attack in central Tel Aviv.
Bryan Pagliano must have some beans to spill:
Secretary Global Test has decided his department should look into the editing of that video of the 2013 exchange between Jen Psaki and James Rosen after all.Attorneys for a tech aide to Hillary Clinton defended his right to plead the Fifth Amendment in an upcoming deposition, arguing that an immunity deal he struck with the Department of Justice would not protect him from self-incriminating comments about the email server that he might make in the civil case.Bryan Pagliano, the IT aide who set up Clinton’s email server, has been summoned to a deposition in a public records lawsuit brought by the watchdog group Judicial Watch against the State Department.Pagliano’s attorneys have said the former Clinton aide will not answer questions due to concerns about potential self-incrimination. They defended the legal basis for this position in a court filing on Tuesday evening.“The potential for self-incrimination here is sufficient to justify Mr. Pagliano’s intention to assert his Fifth Amendment rights,” wrote Mark MacDougall, a lawyer for Pagliano.“The Court has authorized Judicial Watch to obtain discovery relating to ‘the creation and operation of clintonemail.com for State Department business,’” he continued. “It is not ‘fanciful’ to conclude that those matters could fall within the scope of an ongoing (or possible future) criminal investigation of the same or similar subject matter.”Judicial Watch has not contested Pagliano’s right to take the Fifth Amendment in this case, but the group has challenged efforts by Pagliano’s attorneys to prevent the deposition from being videotaped. Attorneys for the former Clinton aide argue that there is no valid reason to videotape him refusing to answer questions.“It is unfortunate the public’s right to know is being hampered,” said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton in a statement. “These court filings are further evidence of the legal mess caused by Mrs. Clinton’s email system.”Joseph diGenova, a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colombia, said the law is on Pagliano’s side regarding the Fifth Amendment and he expected the judge to agree to his request.“Because it’s a separate judicial proceeding, he has a right to invoke the Fifth Amendment,” said diGenova. “If he’s going to take the Fifth, I don’t see any reason to allow it to be videotaped.”Pagliano’s attorneys also filed copies of his immunity agreement with the government, but asked the judge to keep the documents under seal.
Your ilk got nowhere with Benghazi and will get nowhere with this. Hail to the what the hail is a female chief? Chief Squaw? Probably a one-termer though, which means toast for Dems in 2020. The Clintons know their lawyering, having weathered worse, but I know youse people like to have your fun.
ReplyDeleteWhether we have so far "gotten anywhere" is irrelevant to the truth about this spiritually grotesque criminal and the lies she told the nation (and the dead guys' parents) about Benghazi and her endangerment of national security with her private server. The White House is now admitting that the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into her.
ReplyDelete"Have your fun?" So you think it's okay for national security to be endangered and to have a pathologically dishonest person as president?
Another witch hunt, evidencing the over-lawyering of government which impedes progress. Good theater though from the prosecutorial cats like Gowdy and Cruz you love to love. She is better than the alternative
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of "progress" would that be?
ReplyDeleteAre you glad she lied about Benghazi? Are you glad she had classified information on her private server?
Hillie is pathological so what is the alleged Lyin' Ted?
ReplyDeleteA thoroughly honest, pricipled coservative, a brilliant Constitutional scholar and a devout Christian
ReplyDeleteBrilliant constitutional scholar maybe but even if true, one should save the designation of devout for one-one-ones with their God, methinks, because blessed are the humble in spirit. They shall inherit the earth, so to speak, when everyone is president all the time, or some pie in the sky thing like that.
ReplyDeleteMy son Ted and his family spent six months in prayer seeking God’s will for this decision. But the day the final green light came on, the whole family was together. It was a Sunday. We were all at his church, First Baptist Church in Houston, including his senior staff. After the church service, we all gathered at the pastor’s office. We were on our knees for two hours seeking God’s will. At the end of that time, a word came through his wife, Heidi. And the word came, just saying, “Seek God’s face, not God’s hand.” And I’ll tell you, it was as if there was a cloud of the holy spirit filling that place. Some of us were weeping, and Ted just looked up and said, “Lord, here am I, use me. I surrender to you, whatever you want.” And he felt that was a green light to move forward.”
http://reverbpress.com/politics/ted-cruz-god-told-him-to-run/
Hope he has better luck with God's will for him to be President than Newt, Michelle, Herman, Ricks (Santorum & Perry), Pat, et al. Maybe God has plans for Ted in 2016, I dunno.
ReplyDeleteBen still has a chance if chosen for Veep and the Trump-Carson ticket wins and Trump is assassinated, which is more likely than for any candidate since Kennedy.
ReplyDeleteNo Saint v Crook this time, just Crook v Crook
ReplyDeleteIt made me realize that there are probably a lot of people out there—a lot of young (and maybe even older) women—who don’t know what to make of it when they hear the distortions that come out about Hillary Clinton. Thus, I wrote this series of blog posts. I hope it helps women and girls feel more secure in challenging or dismissing these fallacies when they hear them.
Fallacy #1: Hillary Clinton is a liar. She is dishonest and can’t be trusted.
How It Continues to Arise: Donald Trump has taken to calling Clinton “Crooked Hillary” (most recently in a tweet following President Obama’s endorsement of her) as if that makes it true. During the contentious primary season, Bernie Sanders repeatedly made reference to Clinton’s speaking engagements to Wall Street firms, and the large fees she received as a result. The point he was trying to make—often indirectly—is that by accepting these fees, she is corrupt, beholden to Wall Street interests, and part of a bigger problem in the U.S.
The Counterargument: Hillary Clinton—unlike Donald Trump—came from a modest middle class upbringing. She actually made the lion’s share of her “fortune” after she was First Lady for eight years. As recently as 2001, the Clintons were “dead broke.” Clinton has a track record of public service that dates back to young adulthood. Donald Trump’s sole purpose in life until very recently was to make huge amounts of money.
Trump has bragged that despite being a billionaire, he takes advantage of tax loopholes and looked forward to the real estate bubble bursting so that he could swoop in and get some bargains. He has filed for bankruptcy multiple times. Trump University has been labeled a fraud and a lie by its own employees, designed to fleece students who can’t afford the high fees.
The common denominator here is that he clearly relishes taking advantage of the system in a way that enriches himself and hurts others. Trump also refuses to release his tax returns despite it being the standard course of events for presidential candidates to do so, prompting speculation about what could be in those returns.
Even more to the point, according to the political fact-checking website, PolitiFact.com, Hillary Clinton has made statements that are at least partially true 71% of the time, and completely true 22% of the time. By contrast, Donald Trump has made statements at least partially true only 24% of the time, and completely true statements a mere 3% of the time. He has received the aptly titled “pants on fire” designation a whopping 19% of the time, while Clinton received that designation only 1% of the time.