If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

A group of US lawmakers from both houses of Congress introduced legislation on Wednesday to apply an Israel-centric definition of anti-Semitism to the American educational system. If passed, this would likely be used to to censor information on Israel-Palestine on U.S. campuses.

The basic formulation on which the definition is based was originally created by an Israeli official in 2004. Versions have since been inserted into various entities both internationally and in the U.S., where a definition created in Europe in 2005 was adopted by an Israel partisan in the State Department in 2010. This definition is now called “the State Department definition” of antisemitism. It is this version that the current law would apply to U.S. campuses. (For more information see this.)   Continue reading “Congressional bill would apply Israel-centric definition of antisemitism to campuses”

CBS News

Stellar ratings and an apology weren’t enough to mitigate Roseanne Barr’s racist comments, and now ABC is pulling the plug on “Roseanne.” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey says the network has decided to cancel the “Roseanne” reboot.

Dungey said in a statement to CBS News, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.” In 2016, Dungey made headlines when she became the first African-American to run the entertainment division of a major broadcast television network.   Continue reading “ABC cancels “Roseanne” after Barr’s racist tweet”

Breitbart – by Virginia Hale

Transgender people are being encouraged to join the clergy in new Church of England guidance on “honouring LGBT+ people”, aimed at fighting the church’s reputation as “homophobic”.

Claiming young people are put off by “the perception that the Church is homophobic and transphobic”, church leaders said it is vital to challenge this with celebration of the “great contribution” sexual minorities have made to church life, and for outreach “within the LGBT+ community more broadly”.   Continue reading “Trans People Urged to Become Priests in Church of England Drive ‘to Honour LGBT+ People’”

CNN

Starbucks will close about 8,000 company-owned locations on Tuesday afternoon to offer 175,000 employees a mandatory anti-bias training.

Most of the 7,000 licensed stores, including those operated by hotels, grocery stores and airports, should be open. Participating stores will close around 2 p.m. to 3 pm, local time. Here’s what you need to know.   Continue reading “Starbucks around the US are closing for anti-bias training”

NBC News

Is it dangerous to speak Spanish in public in Trump’s America? Well, sí! Just this month, we’ve seen a lawyer threaten to call ICE after he overheard people in a restaurant in Manhattan speak in Spanish, and a Border Patrol agent in Montana detain two Mexican-American women for 40 minutes because he heard the bilingual women chatting en español, because the language “is very unheard of up here,” according to la migra man.   Continue reading “Spanish, not English, is the most all-American language and has been for centuries”

The Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Kay County, OK — In what is shaping up to look like a scene out of the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” one small Oklahoma county jail has been accused of using “crucifixion cuffing” as a way to punish inmates.

The Kay County Detention Center is the subject of the accusations, according to a reportfrom Oklahoma’s Fox 25 News, which noted that the jail is being accused of a number of abuses. In addition to injuries inflicted from the practice “crucifixion cuffing,” the jail has been accused of putting an African American man, who was known as a prison “bully,” in the commons area with a gang of White Supremacists. A fight ensued and the Black man was reportedly stabbed and beaten so severely he had to seek medical treatment outside of the jail.   Continue reading “Jail Exposed for Punishing Inmates By Hanging Them with Handcuffs Like They’re on a Crucifix”

CNN

The company behind “Sesame Street” is suing the makers of Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming raunchy comedy, “The Happytime Murders,” for referencing the popular kids show in its marketing campaign.

The R-rated film follows “two clashing detectives” — Melissa McCarthy and her partner, a puppet named Phil Phillips — in Los Angeles as they work together “to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show,” according to its website.   Continue reading “‘Sesame Street’ sues makers of raunchy puppet comedy ‘The Happytime Murders’”

“If the money’s there for America to fight endless wars for Israel, you’d think the money would be there to take care of their own?”
— Blogger Serb

“The notion that foreign wars and entanglements are wrong still emanates from a sparsely populated philosophical quarter that has no majority presence in the academy of the government media-complex. It is a true voice in the wilderness. That voice has one signature message: you cannot thank veterans for your freedom because they have actively done nothing more than endanger its very existence. Continue reading “On This Memorial Day Weekend…”

Washington Free Beacon – by Adam Kredo

Congress is ordering the Pentagon to immediately begin construction of space-based missile interceptors to counter increasing threats from North Korea, Iran, and other countries with advanced missile technology, according to new legislation viewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

The space-based interceptor program—a plan for the United States to deploy satellites into space capable of destroying ballistic missiles before they even take flight—has been on ice for years due to repeated delays by the Pentagon.   Continue reading “Congress Directs Immediate Weaponization of Space to Counter Missile Strikes”

I’d like to share that I just watched a quality series on YouTube for free.  You might have seen it already but I just found it.  “Cobra Kai.”  It’s The Karate Kid story continued after 30 years.  I was excited, just for nostalgia reason since that film affected me a lot in many positive ways.  Anyhow, long story short, I believe there are 10 episodes, each under half an hour.  There will be a season two, but not ’till 2019.

I will say I was pleasantly surprised.  Yes, it starts out with a little bad acting, but it improves as it progresses.  And yes, it’s a bit sophomoric at first and not without a a few liberal tinges, but over all, and predominately, it is about teaching kids to fight, to stand up for themselves and not back down.  I’m surprised they got away with some of the things they did.  In snowflake reality these aggressions would land one in jail.
Continue reading “Karate Kid/Cobra Kai”

Press Herald – by Dennis Hoey

For the first time, the Portland Police Department will consider new officer recruits who are non-citizens and recent marijuana users – people who had been automatically disqualified in the past.

Non-citizen officer candidates can qualify as long as they have been granted a permanent right to work in the United States. Applicants who have recently used marijuana will be considered on a case-by-case basis, the department said in a release.   Continue reading “Portland police open officer jobs to non-citizens, recent pot users”