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Feds Will Spend $600,000 To Research Why People Cheat On Taxes
by Shifra on April 14, 2016Our tax dollars are now spent trying to figure out why people don’t want to pay taxes? Got it. With Tax Day right around the corner, a federal agency is facing criticism for approving more than $600,000 to study – wait for it – why some people cheat on their taxes. Maybe it’s because of projects like this? Whatever the researchers discover, one Republican lawmaker is fuming that the National Science Foundation felt the need to fund such a report. “It’s inconceivable that the NSF decided to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to study why some individuals cheat on their taxes,” Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, told FoxNews.com. The National Science Foundation green-lighted the 2015 proposal which set out...
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U.S. Weather Service Will No Longer Scream Warnings In All Capital Letters
by Shifra on April 12, 2016WELL, EXCEPT IN EXTREME EMERGENCIES. Apparently, there was a reason for the all-caps warnings: Since 1849, the U.S. Weather Service has issued warnings via the telegraph, which used only caps. Hey, welcome to the 20th *and* 21st centuries! Via Seattle Times: FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED ITS FORECASTS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. But in the age of social media that’s considered yelling, so next month federal meteorologists are lowering their voices and their letters — except in dire emergencies. Weather service spokeswoman Susan Buchanan said the agency started using all capital letters in 1849 forecasts because of the telegraph. Twenty years ago, the agency tried phasing out the practice, but old equipment wouldn’t recognize...
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DHS Will Change ‘Freedom of Worship’ to ‘Freedom of Religion’ in Naturalization Exam
by Tammy on April 10, 2016Good. It’s about time. After all, some might see this as having the freedom to worship only “Allah.” You never know. Free of Religion, however, indicates, that yes, it’s the religion that matters, not just the “worship.” This nonsense began because of the politically correct notion that “worship” was more inclusive than the word religion. What matters, of course, is what the Constitution means, not what morally-relative snowflake thinks is important. Via CNS News. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decided to change wording in its naturalization test materials to say “freedom of religion” instead of “freedom of worship” in relation to First Amendment rights, a step that Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) had been pushing for since last year. Lankford...
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EU Wants To Teach Children To Love Big Government
by Pat_S on April 9, 2016The European Union governing block thinks there is too much “Euroscepticism”, i.e., EU citizens have a lack of understanding or—gasp!— oppose the EU. So, next week the European Parliament will consider a plan entitled Leaning EU in Schools to cultivate a positive view by teaching children good things about the EU. It is expected to be approved. EU trying to introduce mandatory classes about the bloc into school curriculum The “Learning EU in Schools” report, seen by the Telegraph, calls on member states to “encourage and facilitate high-quality training on EU topics for teachers, other educational staff, youth leaders and trainers” and the creation of a ʻEuro Teacherʼ label award. That “Euro Teacher award” rings familiar bells about Hero of...
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EPA Earth Day Message To Kids: Cars Are Bad!
by Shifra on April 8, 2016Will the EPA ask the kiddies to turn in Mommy and Daddy to the Feds for driving too much? Via Washington Examiner: The Environmental Protection Agency wants your child’s undivided attention this Earth Day, unleashing a cast of characters such as Coco the Chameleon and Carl the reluctant car to teach them how pollution hurts and why it’s better for mommy and daddy to bike to work. The EPA updated its official Earth Day website recently with an official countdown to the environmental holiday, April 22, while offering dozens of activities to teach children why they should care about pollution they can’t see such as ozone and carbon dioxide. Teachers are encouraged to use the heaps of Earth Day lesson...
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Panama Papers: Iceland’s Prime Minister Resigns
by Tammy on April 5, 2016Good. I’ve been saying for quite some time that today’s politicians are a bunch of grifters who have no real interest in governing but are in it for the power and payday. The Panama Papers just scratch the surface, and they haven’t even been fully reviewed. we have yet to see US politicians on the list but make no mistake, if they’re not involved in this scheme, many are involved elsewhere. Here’s Pat S.’s post with background on the Panama Papers. Guardian: What are the Panama Papers? A guide to history’s biggest data leak And more background from CNN: The Panama Papers: 7 things to know Via The Atlantic. Iceland’s prime minister, faced with massive protests calling for his resignation...
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Watch TSA’s $1.4M ‘Randomized’ iPad App Randomly Point Right Or Left
by Shifra on April 5, 2016This is even more ridiculous when you see the ‘Randomizer’ in action. Via Daily Caller: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spent a little over $1.4 million on an app that randomly shows a right or left arrow…. The app’s purpose is to eliminate potential bias when a TSA agent tells passengers which line to go to. Currently on the iTunes app store, there are multiple free coin flip apps which perform the same process as the TSA’s “randomizer.” ****************************************************
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FDA Proposes a Limit on Arsenic in Rice Cereal for Babies
by Tammy on April 3, 2016Um, thanks? Amazing what you think would be common sense yet is heralded as a great suggestion by a federal agency which even when dealing with arsenic, stopped short of advising parents to avoid infant rice cereal altogether.” Ugh. Via NY Times. The Food and Drug Administration proposed on Friday a limit for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal, saying that this common starter food is a leading source of exposure to the toxin. Infants are particularly vulnerable to arsenic in rice because, relative to body weight, they eat about three times more rice than adults. A growing body of research suggests that arsenic exposure is related not only to diminished intellectual function early in life, but also to adverse...
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Sec. of DOT Denounces Inequitable Distribution Of… Sidewalks
by Shifra on April 3, 2016Lack of sidewalks causes “an obstacle to the American Dream” ? Who knew?
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Lip-Reading Tech ‘Could Capture What People on CCTV say’
by Tammy on March 25, 2016I suppose this was inevitable. Interesting, this news is out of England where they have already capitulated to Islamists so I’m not sure why they feel the need to know what people are saying in the streets. Unless, of course, they want to capture people insulting Islam. Via Mirror UK. New lip-reading technology could help solve crimes by deciphering what people caught on CCTV are saying, researchers have claimed. The visual speech recognition technology developed by the University of East Anglia in Norwich can be used to determine what people are saying in situations where audio is not good enough to hear – such as on security camera footage . Helen Bear, from the university’s school of computing science, said...
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VA Boss Promoted After Steering $4M Contract To Relative
by Tammy on March 24, 2016But they have no money for the veterans’ suicide hotline. This is why we fight. This corrupt garbarge has to stop.
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Outrageous. Obama Seeks Hike In Post-Presidency Payments
by Tammy on March 18, 2016More?! So, he feels he and all the other multi-millionaire ex-president deserve as raise. After he destroyed the health care system, lost 6m Americans their doctors and hospitals, forced you into two part-time jobs to pay the rent, set the world on fire, set the stage for Christian genocide in the Middle East, watched while it happened, and made the US a laughing stock around the world. So he wants a raise. For himself and all the other filthy rich ex-presidents. The pension/funding they receive should be eliminated entirely. They should be required to use the Secret Service and reimburse the American people for the cost. Disgusting. Via Free Beacon. President Obama sought to increase the amount of money available...
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University of Washington Spends Science Grant on Hawaiian Vacation, Snuggies
by Tammy on March 11, 2016Our entire system is run by grifters. Via Washington Times. A public university used federal funding for scientific research as its own personal piggy bank, spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on personalized Snuggies, pottery, and a trip to Hawaii, according to a new audit report. The University of Washington spent $8,821 of National Science Foundation (NSF) grant money on unallowable promotional items and gifts, including personalized Snuggie blankets, according to audit from NSF’s Inspector General. The wasteful purchases included $3,920 for canvas bags, mini optical mice and custom Snuggies and an additional $1,179 for embroidered Snuggies. According to the audit, the university used the NSF’s transaction card as its own personal credit card. Auditors found $12,868 worth of...
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State Dept. Warns Employees: ‘Microaggressions’ May Count As Harassment
by Tammy on March 7, 2016This is outrageous, liberal cannibalism– a madness where a people turn on each other, creating an environment where everything you do or say can be construed as a crime or an attack. Liberalism is nothing more than fascist madness, and with this election we have a chance to expel it completely. Via Daily Caller. Following the example set by elite liberal universities, the U.S. State Department has begun cracking down on “microaggressions” in the workplace. According to a newsletter from State Department chief diversity officer John Robinson, employees who commit “microaggressions” may risk violating harassment laws in doing so. Robinson published the letter in the November edition of State Magazine with the title “The New Face of Exclusion: Microaggressions.” The...
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Biden’s One-Night Stay in Mexico Cost Taxpayers $538,528 For Hotels Alone
by Tammy on March 5, 2016Really, aren’t all politicians just grifters at this point? Via Free Beacon. Vice President Joe Biden’s hotel tab for his recent one-night stay in Mexico City cost taxpayers more than $500,000. Biden, who attended an annual economic summit with Mexican leaders, stayed at the luxury Intercontinental Presidente Hotel. Biden led a delegation attending the summit that included Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. The trip called for 260 hotel rooms and meeting spaces, according to a State Department contract. The total hotel tab was $538,528.65. The government said the trip costs were justified due to security concerns and last-minute planning. ****************************************************
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