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Liberal ‘Special Snowflakes’ Protest Speech, Feel ‘Unsafe’
by Shifra on April 21, 2015Christina Hoff Sommers, who writes about modern feminism, is a Conservative. She has been invited to speak at Oberlin College. But liberal “special snowflakes” are protesting her presence on campus, because she makes them feel “unsafe,” and they’re setting up a “safe space” for students who may feel “triggered” by her speech. Looks like being a liberal means never having to listen to another point of view. Via Campus Reform: Feminist students feel ‘unsafe’ bringing female, conservative speaker to campus ….In a public Facebook event page, the Oberlin College Republicans and Libertarians (OCRL) student group said Sommers will discuss “feminism from a perspective that differs from the general Oberlin population.” However, many female students at the Ohio school have taken...
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Video: ‘Lily,’ Six Year Old ‘Transgender’ Boy, Interviewed By BBC
by Shifra on April 7, 2015This child is clearly very articulate. But since when does a six year old get to make life choices about whether to live as a male or female? Via Daily Surge: DEAR GOD: BBC Interviews a Six-Year-Old Transgender Boy Just when you thought you’ve seen and heard it all. In 2013 a transgender 6-year-old boy was banned from using the girl’s restroom at Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain Colorado. And then, the Colorado Civil Rights Division ruled in the first-grader, Coy Mathis’, favor and overturned the school’s decision. Now, 4,500 miles away, in the United Kingdom, another transgender six-year-old is coming out….
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Microaggression Alert: Berkeley Will No Longer Call Freshman ‘Spring Admits’
by Shifra on April 2, 2015Students who begin college in January will no longer be referred to as “spring admits.” The term, apparently, is not “inclusive” enough, and their feelings might be hurt. Because they’re such special little snowflakes. Via Campus Reform: Berkeley to avoid calling freshmen ‘spring admits’ because it hurts their feelings In an effort to make the campus more “inclusive,” freshmen students who are admitted for the spring semester at the University of California, Berkeley, will no longer be referred to as “spring admits.” According to The Daily Californian, the public school’s student newspaper, the change is an effort to make students who are admitted for the spring semester feel less inferior to those admitted in the fall. Amy Jarich, assistant vice...
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Cal State U. ‘Deactivates’ Christian Group…For Seeking Christian Leaders
by Shifra on March 30, 2015What’s next: Churches to lose tax-exempt status for requiring their pastors to be Christian? Via BizPac: UNBELIEVABLE reason a Christian group got the boot from Calif. campus California State University’s executive order requiring non-discrimination butted heads with Cal State Stanislaus chapter of Chi Alpha, a Christian student organization — and the organization came out the loser. “What they cannot be is faith-based where someone has to have a profession of faith to be that leader,” Associate Vice President of Cal State Tim Lynch said, according to Fox News. “Every club is allowed to establish its own standards for how leaders are selected as long as it’s non-discriminatory.” The group answered the university’s “rules are rules” statement with a common sense...
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How Do You Say “Free Speech” In French?
by Pat_S on January 10, 2015France rang church bells and observed a minute of silence on Thursday in honor of those killed by jihadists. Afterward the French of every rank resumed touting the French value of freedom of speech. It is a value for which the Charlie Hebdo victims gave their lives. How dedicated the French government is to freedom of speech isn’t as clear. Indeed, how dedicated is the Western world? In 2012 Muslims planned to protest airing the film “Innocence of Muslims” in France. The French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault banned the protests planned for Paris. At the time, Ayrault made an Orwellian statement about freedom of speech: France backs freedom of expression but warns against excesses Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault reaffirms that...
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A Joyride On The Feel Good Train, #illridewithyou
by Pat_S on December 15, 2014Feelgoodism is alive and well in Australia. In the midst of a hostage-taking perpetrated by someone who at the very least identifies with ISIS, some Australians are on a Twitter campaign , #illridewithyou, offering to ride public transportation with Muslims who are wearing Islamic attire. This is a proactive campaign since there have been no confirmed incidents reported of any kind of violence against Muslims or any type of backlash whatsoever. The campaign started when a Sydney train rider, Rachel Jacobs, saw another passenger, a Muslim woman, sheepishly remove her hijab. Whether or not something happened to provoke this is unclear. Jacobs posted on Facebook that she ran after the woman at the train station (apparently not concerned this action...
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Newspaper Wants “Meaningful Discussion About Race,” Bans Comments
by RedMoonProject on December 9, 2014**Bumped Up From TAMWire. Posted By RedMoonProject** The editors at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch have decided that they want to have “a meaningful discussion about race.” And they are so serious about this that they are going to refuse to listen to their readers about it. They are turning off their comments in the hope of elevating the level of conversation. Seriously. Now stop laughing. No, I mean it. Stop laughing. STOP LAUGHING. Don’t you understand that you are too stupid to comment on these sorts of serious matters? Didn’t you listen to Gruber talk about you little people? Really, this is why the elites don’t want to listen to you people. You just have far too many opinions that...
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Free Range Is For Turkeys
by Pat_S on November 15, 2014When your office seating plan is based on a science fiction story you are bound to wind up with something strange. If you aren’t familiar with Divergent it is a trilogy about a dystopian society in post-apocalyptic Chicago. Citizens there are divided into factions according to their predisposition for one of five “virtues”. After reading Divergent, which is intended for an adolescent audience, Citi’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of HR was inspired to develop a work space open floor plan based on “neighborhoods”. This plan is a pilot project for a larger initiative called CitiWorks which intends to optimize the company’s work spaces. Studies show that because of travel, vacations, absences, etc., work space is underutilized. Under this...
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‘Breaking Bad’ Figures in Toys ‘R’ Us, Along with Fake Crystal Meth, Pulled From Stores
by Chuck on October 22, 2014**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted By Chuck** File this one under “The Death of Right and Wrong” — Breaking Bad action figures, complete with fake crystal meth and a stash of cash. The packaging says that it is intended for those over 15, but they are selling them on Toys ‘R Us, alongside children’s toys. There is already a petition to remove these toys: http://www.change.org/p/toys-r-us-remove-breaking-bad-dolls-from-their-shelves Via 9News Colorado: ‘Breaking Bad’ figures on toy store shelves Breaking Bad may have been one of the most popular cable shows of the last decade, but do figures depicting the show’s meth-making characters belong on toy store shelves? That’s the question parents are asking after NewsChannel 5 found them in two St. Louis-area...
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On The Opera “Death of Klinghoffer” and “The Death of Right and Wrong”
by Shifra on October 20, 2014In 2003, Tammy wrote “The Death of Right and Wrong,” in which she exposed the American Left for its moral relativism and attempts to create a moral vacuum where there is no “right” or “wrong.” And today, “The Death of Klinghoffer” is set to debut at the NY Metropolitan Opera. To recap: In 1985, 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled, wheelchair-bound American Jewish WWII veteran, took a cruise on the Italian ship Achille Lauro, together with his wife, Marilyn, to celebrate their thirty-sixth wedding anniversary. The ship was hijacked by Arab terrorists, who shot Klinghoffer in the head, and threw his body (and wheelchair) overboard. Via NY Post: Ronn Torrosian — Metropolitan Opera romanticizes one NYer’s murder ….The Metropolitan Opera...
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The ‘Singing’ Road Ahead
by Pat_S on October 2, 2014There’s an ebola epidemic coming our way, an insane terrorist army intent on killing us, an incompetent government that wants to know everything about us but keeps us in the dark about them. Nothing to be happy about. Well, good news, depending on the outcome of an experiment, we may be getting—TA DA—singing roads. That’s a happy thing, yes? Oh wait maybe not. It’s a social experiment about changing people’s behavior. In this case to reward us, the lab rats, only if we strictly obey the law. ‘Singing road’ built for social experiment TV show The road was paid for by the National Geographic Channel for a show called “Crowd Control” that premieres in November. The show conducts social experiments...
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Student Kicked Out Of Class For Saying “Bless You” To Sneezing Classmate
by Shifra on August 21, 2014And no, this is not from The Onion: Via UPI: Tennessee student kicked out of class for saying ‘bless you’ A Tennessee teenager is claiming religious persecution after allegedly being removed from class for saying “bless you” when another student sneezed…. Here is the girl’s Facebook account of the event: Via MyFox Memphis: No Talking In class? A girl sitting right next me sneezed in class. I said “Bless You!” My teacher (name redacted), asked “Who said that?” I said “me.” She said “Why did you say that?” I said “Because it is courtesy.” She said “Says who?” I said “Says my pastor.” She said “Well we don’t say that in my class.” I asked her why it was a...
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Notes From New York City: The Return Of The Squeegee Men
by Shifra on August 14, 2014OK, I admit it: The return of the NYC squeegee men does not exactly rank up there with all the important (and horrific) events of the past few weeks. But for those of us who suffered through the disastrous years of Democrat Mayor David Dinkins – (Did I mention that he’s a Democrat?), the return of this very annoying and unwanted feature of life in the Big Apple is a big concern. Via NY Post: Squeegee men are back terrorizing NYC streets They were the ultimate symbol of the lawlessness and blight of the 1980s and early 1990s — and now they’re making a comeback. Squeegee men are menacing motorists across New York City, including spots near the Holland, Lincoln...
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Periodic Table Code Causes A Reaction: Girl’s Graduation In Jeopardy
by Pat_S on May 20, 2014Paris Gray appears to me to be a model student. She is the senior class vice president. She is involved with Students Against Drunk Driving and other organizations. She was scheduled to deliver an inspirational talk at her upcoming high school graduation. Now she’s in trouble because of a clever message she entered in her yearbook. When the going gets tough, just remember to Barium Carbon Potassium Thorium Astatine Arsenic Sulfer [sic] Uranium Phospheros [sic].” The periodic symbols for these elements spell out a message: BaCK ThAt AsS UP. This phrase happens to be the title of some twerk verbal sewage which passes for musical entertainment these days. I’m not even sure the school administration went so far as to...
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Attention Monopoly Players: Hasbro Seeking Top ‘House Rules’
by Shifra on March 29, 2014Via NY Times: Can’t Play by the Rules? It’s Fine by Mr. Monopoly Maybe you and your friends have made Free Parking more like a winning lottery ticket by adding the proceeds from taxes and fees. Or you’ve started your own stimulus program by jacking up the take for landing on Go — or amended those pesky regulations limiting houses and hotels. If so, you’ve been playing Monopoly incorrectly. But soon such “house rules” may receive an official blessing…. To kick off the promotional effort, Hasbro will invite fans to debate the pros and cons of 10 popular house rules on the game’s Facebook page through April 3. Then it will choose five to become part of a special edition...
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