Can Bruce Springsteen Refuse to Play a Gay Wedding? RL April 22 16

Islam

• We Can’t Beat Jihadists Unless We’re Real About Their Motivations
• Islamism Is The World’s War On Women
• Noted Catholic Scholar Calls for Westerners to Wake Up to Islam’s Violent Nature
• As Islamism Marches West, Pluralist Muslims Must Stop Its Advance
• Patience and Containment Are the Best Policies Against ISIS - The Atlantic

• Kurdish Opposition Leader: Turkey’s Erdogan ‘Wants a Caliphate’
• Islamist Turkey seizes ALL Christian churches in city and declares them 'state property' | World | News | Daily Express
• Child brides sometimes tolerated in Nordic asylum centers despite bans | Reuters

• Europe: Sharia-Compliant Fashion Goes Mainstream
• French Students Wear Solidarity Veils for ‘Hijab Day’

• Muslim Politician ‘Retires’ From Politics After Refusing To Shake Hands With Woman On Television
• Proposal: Raise ‘Muslim Tax’ to Counter Radical Mosques

media

• News Sites Start Charging Readers to Comment on Articles - Bloomberg
• The Guardian Launches Online Safe Space: Claims ‘Breitbart Is Lousy, But Big and Cheap’
• ‘BBC Trending’ Takes Aim At Right Wing Twitter Users, Reveals Personal Details

• Top Execs Shuffled at Fox News as Outlet Creates New Division
• ‘You Have the World at Your Feet’: Glenn Beck Offers Megyn Kelly His Thoughts About Leaving Fox News

• Stacey Dash: 'I Am Not a Liberal and I Am Not a Feminist Because I Am Not a Coward'
• ‘You’re Sounding a Little Defensive’: Fox Host Challenges Obamacare Architect on Major Insurer’s Exit from Exchanges

Tubman

• What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill Is Problematic Now, Too
• Obama Administration Moves to Add Women, Blacks to $5 and $10 Bills
• These People Don’t Like the ‘Tubman Twenty’
• Dishonoring General Jackson
• Van Susteren: Obama “needlessly dividing the country” by putting Tubman on the $20 bill

thinks

• Conscientious Objectors
• Can Bruce Springsteen Refuse to Play a Gay Wedding?
• Hands Off the Ladies' Rooms

• Know-Nothings in College
• Why does the government hate innovation?
• The FDA Is Turning Away from Science
• Healthy skepticism

• Breakdown In NYC
• Why do liberals want the Bible out of public libraries?
• Expert: Kim Kardashian Posting Nude Photos Is Bad For Young Girls

 

Below the fold: politic, econ., foreign, SCOTUS, congress, freedom of, executive, climate, Clinton, campus, defense, the left, the mess, 2016, and the other

How Rejecting Heroes Makes Us Psycho RL April 21 16

money

• Hamilton Officially Staying on the $10; Harriet Tubman To Be Put On The $20
• Brother, Can You Spare A Tubby?
• The Media Have It Wrong: Andrew Jackson’s Legacy Was Fighting Crony Capitalism
• Nobody Should Care If We Replace Jacksons With Tubmans
• Niece of Rosa Parks Rips Ben Carson for His Comments on Harriet Tubman Replacing Jackson on $20 Bill

gender

• ESPN Fires Curt Schilling for Sharing Controversial Meme on Transgender Bathroom Laws
• Transgender Promoting Council Asks Children Aged 4 To Choose ‘Gender Identity’
• Schumer Won’t Say If Biological Males Should Use Women’s Restroom – Calls for Repeal of NC Bathroom Law

thinks

• How Rejecting Heroes Makes Us Psycho
• Get Ready To Ditch The SAT And ACT
• A Liberal Magazine Just Spilled the Beans about K-12 Education

• The Horrors of Hiroshima in Context
• Why It's Too Late to Scrap the Iran Deal
• The Minimum Wage and the Dangers of Government-by-Decree

• Push the TSA Out
• The Intellectual Case For Trump II: Trump Is The Culture Warrior We Need
• What We Sow in Spring, We Shall Reap in Fall
• Where are America’s Drowned Cities?

 BtF: executive, the left, freedom of, congress, defense, campus, the mess, 2016, and the other

Could This Tech Legislation Make U.S. a Little More Like Communist China? RL april 20 16

politic

• Obamacare's Woes Will Have Election-Year Consequences
• America Needs an Economic-wartime President

• How Democrats Win Debates By Corrupting The English Language
• Pat Buchanan: Even If Trump Wins, The West Is Doomed
• Is the GOP Risking Suicide?
• Tonight, We’ll Find Out What ‘New York Values’ Really Are — Here’s What You Need to Know

• Black Americans Are Becoming Smarter and Wiser About Their Vote
• Yes, Repudiate Malthus
• Winners or Whiners?

freedom of

• "To reprise my old line: The process is the punishment."
• Could This Tech Legislation Make U.S. a Little More Like Communist China?
• EFF Sues for Secret Court Orders Requiring Tech Companies to Decrypt Users’ Communications | Electronic Frontier Foundation

• The FBI's Orwellian Little Program To Catch Would-Be Jihadis - Hit & Run : Reason.com
• Vapers Win Big: House Committee Passes Amendment To Save E-Cigarettes

• New Book Claims Americans Don’t Really Like Guns
• California Considers Ban on All Gun Dealers

thinks

• Can the government provide a satisfying life?
• The Decline of American Regard
• When Big Bad Brother Becomes the ‘Heckler’
• Civil Rights And The Sexual Revolution Need A Divorce

• The Liberal War on Black Men
• The Contradictions of Diversity
• If All Cultures Are Equally Valid, Can Iran Kill Gay People?
• Authoritarian Regimes Send Westerners Agitprop To Inflame Far-Left, Far-Right

• Higher Minimum Wage Is Well-intentioned But Problematic
• America’s Addiction to Pleasure Harms Marriage and Family
• Demonizing Christianity as a Global Menace
• Yes, I Still Want To Live Long And Burden My Children

 BtF: Islam, media, economic, the left, defense, migration, congress, the mess, Clinton, and the other

Trump’s Counterfeit Masculinity RL April 1916

the left

• Dems on FEC target conservatives, vote to punish maker of anti-Obama movie
• White Privilege Conference Attendees Complain Conference Is Too White
• 7 Things That Offended People At The White Privilege Conference
• The Democratic Party vs. the English Language

defense

• 70% of Marine Aircraft Can’t Fly
• US Sends 200 Troops, Attack Helicopters To Aid Iraq In ISIS Fight 

• Russian jet barrel-rolls over U.S. aircraft - CNNPolitics.com
• John Kerry: U.S. Had Right to Shoot Down Russian Warplane Flying Close to U.S. Ship

• State Department: Iran’s Possession of S-300 Missile System Could Lead to Sanctions
• Bolton: U.S. ‘Missed A Huge Range of Opportunities’ To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

• The Perilous Politicization of the Military
• The U.S. paid for NATO: $30 trillion and counting

Islam

• Of Course The Muslim Brotherhood is a Terror Organization
• Gaffney: Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill

• EU Terror Chief: Don’t Jail Jihadis, They’ll Only Get More Radicalised In Prison
• The Christian-Oppressor Narrative of Islamic History Is Tired and Wrong
• Pat Boone Rips SNL for Anti-Christian Skit: They’d Be in ‘Witness Protection’ If They Joked About Islam

• Thousands Rally In Brussels Against Jihadist Violence
• Leaked files show hundreds of ISIS recruits come from western countries

freedom of

• Big Business Trying to 'Rebrand' Religious Liberty as Bigotry
• Gun Owners of America: Right To Carry Doesn’t Stop At State’s Border
• Democracy Activists Slam Twitter’s Hiring of Manager with Ties to Chinese Govt, Military
• The Left Is Coming for You Next

thinks

• Holding Regulators Accountable Used to Be Bipartisan | The Weekly Standard
• Read About Norway Stealing These Kids, Then Tout ‘Democratic Socialism’
• The Russian Propaganda War on Reality
• The pros and cons of special prosecutors for police officers
• When Hostility to Religion Means Making Christian Kids Less Safe

• The Sick Man of Europe
• Trump’s Counterfeit Masculinity
• What If Nobody Showed Up To Vote?
• The General Slocum Disaster and New York Values

 BtF: 2016, executive, gender, climate, campus, politic, Clinton, the mess, and the others

Will Obama Apologize For US Destroyer ‘Getting in Way’ of Russian Airplane? RL april 17 16

politic

• A Constitution, If You Can Keep It
• The Planners vs. the People
• A Time for Patriots

• The Surrenderess
• The Fascist Persuasion in American Politics

• If You’re Explaining, You Los- Eh, No, Wait, You’re Doing Your Job.
• Is “The System” Really Rigged?

think

• Why Jurors Should Be Able To Not Convict Law-Breakers
• Just War Theory is Inconsistent with ‘Gospel Nonviolence,’ Claims Conference Hosted by the Vatican
• Not Teaching Computers in a Digital World Is a Problem

• Fining the Banks
• How Fracking Has Reduced Greenhouse Gases
• Polygamy

• How To Use Documentary In Addressing Poverty, Foreign Aid, And Compassion
• What’s Needed to Roll Back Obama’s Regulatory Regime

• Crime & Punishment
• Centralized Medicine Erodes Individualized Care
• Yes, Outlaw Organ Biological Colonialism!

defense

• Defense Secretary Sends Message to China with Aircraft Carrier Visit
• SecDef Carter Looks Poised To Play Giant Game Of Chicken With China
• Budget Cuts Forcing Marines to Work Double-Time, Face Safety Threats
• U.S. Marines Say They’re at ‘Breaking Point’ After Obama Administration Budget Cuts — Here’s How the White House Responds
• Army Approves First Female Officers for Ground Combat Roles
• Document Shredding at VA Facilities a ‘Systemic Issue’
• Bolton: Will Obama Apologize For US Destroyer ‘Getting in Way’ of Russian Airplane?

BtF:econ,. foreign, executive, freedom of, race, campus, 2016, media, the mess, the left, and the others

Not Good: Connecticut Judge Rules Sandy Hook Families' Lawsuit Against Remington Can Proceed RL April 15 16

Islam

• Dr. Sebastian Gorka: ‘Lone Wolf,’ ‘Violent Extremism’ Are Vague Terms Designed to ‘Make the Average Voter Stupid’ About Threat of Jihad
• What Britain’s Muslims Really Think… Is That Nothing Is Ever Their Fault
• Multiculturalism Fuels Violent Jihad: Former Labour Equalities Commissioner
• French Prime Minister Calls For Headscarf Ban, Says Public See Islam As Incompatible
• ‘Sharia Police’ Founder Charged With Aiding ISIS Terrorists

the left

• Sierra Club Abandons Earth Day Festival Because It’s Not Pro-Open Borders
• Mass. Governor Booed Off Stage For Not Promising To Embrace Trans Bathrooms
• Don’t Follow the Left’s Upside Down Approach To Inversions
• ACLU Sues CIA for Afghan Detention Site Info
• WaPo fact checker: When are Democrats going to finally acknowledge their “misleading” gender wage-gap rhetoric?
• Liberal Totalitarianism

Freedom of

• Danger Sign for Gun Makers and Sellers
• Cops Cite Student for Threatening Safety Because He Was Wearing an Empty Holster
• Not Good: Connecticut Judge Rules Sandy Hook Families' Lawsuit Against Remington Can Proceed
• FBI reportedly paid hackers for tool that cracked San Bernardino gunman's iPhone | Fox News
• Microsoft Sues U.S. Gov’t Over Secret Demands for Customer Data
• FCC Looks to Regulate Internet Rates (After It Said It Wouldn’t)
• Europe Demands Referendum Ban After Immigration Policy Rejected

campus

DePaul University Bans Chalk Because It Can Be Used To Spell ‘Trump’

Harvard Dean Refuses to Level With Single-Sex Clubs About Co-ed Push

The Standardization of Higher Education

Harvard vs. Freedom of Association

 BtF: foreign defense, 2016, the mess thinks, executive, media and the other

Russian Jet Performs ‘Simulated Attack,’ Buzzing Just 30 Feet Over USS Donald Cook RL April 14 16

freedom of

• Mass surveillance silences minority opinions, according to study 
• Comedian Ricky Gervais Champions ‘Offense’ as a Pillar of Free Speech
• Dems on FEC Target Corporations in Attempt to ‘Blunt’ First Amendment
• Obama to track federal employees’ social media

• New Balance claims Obama administration promised shoe contract for silence on TPP.
• FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone 
• First came the Breathalyzer, now meet the roadside police “textalyzer”

• Missouri Attempts to Send Religious Liberty Bill Straight to the People
• Maine Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Gun Bans in Public Housing
• Taxing $1,000 per Gun Became a Reality in One U.S. Territory — and Some Worry It Could Spread

climate

• Eco-Activists Met ‘Behind Closed Doors’ To Push RICO Investigation Into Exxon
• UN Secretary-General: I’m Glad Obama Is Ignoring Congress On Global Warming
• Promise Kept: Barack Obama Breaks the Coal Industry
• Treasury Dept. sitting on solar scandal far worse than Solyndra
• Liberal Energy Insider Says Dem Candidates Should Embrace Fracking

economic

• Government Collects Record-High Taxes in First Half of FY 2016
• Ex-Im Is Back In Business, Boeing Cuts 4,000 Jobs Anyway
• US’s Largest Utility CEO Warns Of A Future Without Coal Plants
• World’s Largest Coal Company Files Chapter 11
• Boeing Visits Iran to Discuss Jetliner Sales

defense

• "Aggressive" Russian Fighter Jets Buzz US Warship; Navy Releases Videos
• Russia says its fighter jets only buzzed US Navy ship because it was ‘in proximity’ of Baltic base | Daily Mail Online
• Russian Jet Performs ‘Simulated Attack,’ Buzzing Just 30 Feet Over USS Donald Cook [VIDEO]
• China’s Militarized Island Building Is Killing The Environment
• China Outlines Plan for Military Buildup on Disputed Island
• China Moves More Fighter Jets into South China Sea as Ashton Carter Lands in Philippines
• Military May Force Commanders To Interview More Women For Promotions
• SecNavy Just Told Marines Women In Combat Is As Irreversible As Blacks In Military
• Navy Secretary Bends Rules About Ship Naming to Honor Democratic Politician
• Administration snubs Medal of Honor recipients in naming Navy warships
•  Former Top US General In Iraq Says Beating ISIS Would Require 50,000 Troops
• As ISIS Expands, President Obama Gets Libya Wrong
• Former Army General Completely Dismantles Claim Global Warming Causes War
• Congress’ Fiscal Straightjacket Continues Putting Our Nations Security At Risk
• Intelligence agencies consider striking 'confidential' label
• US Looks to Improve Defense Ties With India

race

• ‘We Are Working Hard to Eradicate the Disease’: Why Group of Iowa State Students Are Advising White Peers to ‘Head to the Doctor’
• Hillary: ‘America’s Long Struggle With Racism Far From Finished’
• Speaker Stands Up Against Hisses and Boos to Speak His Mind at Sharpton-Led Convention: ‘Everything in America Is Not Always About Race’
• Rahm Emanuel Had A Task Force Investigate Chicago, Turns Out The Police Force Is Racist

 BtF: thinks, campus, media, gender, foreign, 2016, the lrft, the mess, and the others

Mizzou Closing Four Whole Dorms Because Of Collapsing Enrollment RL April 14 16

campus

• ‘Progressive Student’ Writes That He Is ‘Scared My Peers Have Gone off the Deep End in Killing Free Speech’
• UMass Students Push Divestment Rally, Demand School Restructure Asset Portfolio
• Professor Pens Op-Ed Suggesting That Climate Change Deniers Do Not Deserve Free Speech Protection
• Mizzou Closing Four Whole Dorms Because Of Collapsing Enrollment
• Stand Up to the Campus Bullies Before It’s Too Late
• Fools Rush in Opposition to Charter Schools

climate

• Europe Deals With Terrorism, While The U.S. Heads To Canada For Global Warming Chat
• Are State Attorneys General Attacking Climate Change Critics Engaging in a Conspiracy? - Hit & Run : Reason.com
• Think Tank Announces It Will Fight Government’s Demands to Turn Over Climate Change Documents
• Under the Obama Administration, There Will Be No Victory Through Air Power — Unless You Count ‘Climate Change’
• Navy to require climate change reporting from vendors

gender

• A Conservative Alternative to Equal Pay Day
• Equal Pay Day Revisited: Why The Gender Pay Gap Is Still A Myth
• Why Do LGBT Radicals Want to Cleanse the Counseling Profession of Christians?
• VIDEO: Sexual predators take advantage of transgender laws
• Nancy Cohen: ‘It’s Important To Elect a Woman President’ Because They’ll ‘Do Things In Office Differently’

politic

• Attacking Our Nation's Founders
• Western Civilization, Voted Down at Stanford
• Soros Launches His DC Revolution to Incrementally Overthrow Our Government
• A Civics Primer for Fifth Graders (and Donald Trump)
• When a Progressive Culture Goes off the Rails

freedom of

• Fmr. Obama Official Admits Choke Point Had ‘Consequences’
• The Government Wants to Regulate Your Portable Air Conditioner
• In 33 States, It Takes Longer to Become a Makeup Artist Than an EMT
• Bipartisan Senate Criminal Reform Bill Risks Freeing Dangerous Criminals

 BtF: thinks, the left, Clinton, econ., the mess, Islam, media, defense, and the others

It's the Little Things: Remembering Western Civilization RL April 12 16

economic

• Swedish Economist Schools Sanders On The Ravages Of Socialism - IBD
• Here’s The Likely Effect Obama’s Overtime Rule Will Have On America’s Most Booming Sector
• Non-profits and charities brace for impact of minimum wage hikes
• Steel Tariffs Cost American Families Hard-Earned Money

politic

• The Arrogance And Abuse Of Power - The Progressive Push Toward "Soft" Tyranny
• The Modern Progressive's Insatiable Thirst for Tyranny
• Embrace the Chaos, Excuse the Dust
• Calls for American Unity Are Dishonest (Democrats) or Naïve (Republicans)
• No, Seriously, Trump Is a Fascist | PJ Media
• Phyllis Schlafly Pushes Own Daughter To Resign Amid Cruz-Trump Split
• Strife Continues Within Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum
• The ‘Voice of the People’ Fallacy

Islam

• Stop Asking ‘Why Do They Hate Us?’
• ‘Islamophobia’ Is Still Not the Problem: In Kansas, Another Case Study
• Geller: UK “Equalities” Chief Admits He Was Wrong, Muslims Won’t Assimilate
• Majority Of Muslim Students Think Brussels Terrorists Are ‘Heroes’ Say Teachers
• BOMBSHELL REPORT: Berlin ‘Lost To Arab Clans’ Now Recruiting ‘Physically Strong Young Migrants’
• Left-Wing British Muslim Council Member Suspended Over Tweets, Including ‘Adolf Hitler = Greatest Man in History’

thinks

• Liberal Totalitarianism
• Down with Equality!
• The End of Popular Consent
• Affirmative Action for Thugs
• Society is reaching critical mass
• It's the Little Things: Remembering Western Civilization
• Into Every Life . . .
• What peak government looks like
• Washington’s Bureaucracy Strikes Again
• Unimaginable Math Problems
• The Crisis of America’s White Working Class Is More Spiritual than Material

climate

• Fed Judge Allows Activists To Argue Global Warming Violates Constitutional Rights
• Gina McCarthy promises EPA “won’t go down without a fight” if GOP wins in November
• Study: Fracking Has No Impact On Property Values, Despite Green Claims
• How Fracking Has Reduced Greenhouse Gases
• Feds Leave Dangerously Polluted Superfund Sites Uncleaned For DECADES
• Solar Panels Made Of Bacteria Are THOUSANDS Of Times Less Efficient

 BtF:  campus, freedom of, defense, media, migration, the left, executive, foreign, Clinton, 2016, and the others

How Islamists Are Slowly Desensitizing Europe And America RL April 10 16

gun

• Mariana Islands Pass $1,000 Handgun Tax After Outright Ban Declared Unconstitutional
• Maher: Gun Manufacturers Shouldn’t Be Liable For Gun Crimes, Hillary’s Playing ‘The Dead Kid Card’
• Max Brooks: ‘Murderers Have a Lobbying Group Called the NRA’
• What Does the Second Amendment Mean?

freedom of

• Tech World Up In Arms Over Leaked Senate Encryption Bill Draft
• Senate bill draft would prohibit unbreakable encryption
• In appeal, Feds keep pushing Apple to unlock phones in Brooklyn, Boston cases
• NSA data-sharing plan opens door to mass surveillance, say rights groups 

• Privacy board returning to obscurity
• FBI Director Explains Why He Puts Tape Over His Webcam
• Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to McDonald's Around the Corner 

• Mississippi Law Is Aimed at Compelled Speech Not Discrimination
• Mississippi Businesses Are Speaking Out On The LGBT Battle With These Three Words

Islam

• Channel 4 News Assed Baig is reprimanded for calling British Muslims 'sell-outs' 
• How Islamists Are Slowly Desensitizing Europe And America
• Feminists Need To Know — Islam Kills Women

migration

• Under New U.S. Refugee Surge, Processing Time Reportedly Slashed to 3 Months | Truth Revolt
• Businesses Hungry For Foreign Labor Gather Round For H-1B Visa Dump
• Buchanan: ‘Third World Is Invading the First World,’ If 12 Million Are In Country Illegal, ‘You’ve Got An Invasion’

 

Below the fold: foreign, executive, media, thinks, the left, climate, defense, econ., campus, Clinton, politic, the mess, 2016, and the others

BLM Organizer: ‘The Myth Of Black-On-Black Crime Is Just That — A Myth’ RL april 08 16

speech

• The Left’s Huge Double Standard For Corporate Speech
• The Reality-Denying Politicization of the English Language
• Police Raid Apartments Over ‘Right-Wing’ Social Media Posts
• FEC targets conservative media while giving liberals a pass

campus

• Celebrating a Century of Advocacy Masquerading as Education Research
• David McCullough on What's Wrong with History Education Today | Intellectual Takeout
• Leftist Groupthink in Academia
• The Decline of College Reading

• Stanford Students Fight Campus Iconoclasts For Western Civilization
• Who’s Teaching Stanford?
• Duke Administrators on Student Protesters: ‘We’re Done with Demands’

• Sorority Cancels Kentucky Derby Party Because Theme Is Offensive
• San Francisco Students Shout Down Jerusalem Mayor With Chants Supporting Stabbing Attacks on Israelis — and Worse | Video | TheBlaze.com

vote

• Obama: U.S. ‘Systematically and Purposefully Makes it Really Hard for People to Vote’
• Philadelphia Hit With Lawsuit for Concealing Election Records
• Record Wisconsin Turnout Destroys Liberal Argument Voter ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters
• The DMV Has A Terrible Track Record Of Handling Voter Registration

the left

• BLM Organizer: ‘The Myth Of Black-On-Black Crime Is Just That — A Myth’ 
• Bill Clinton: Black Lives Matter Defends Black People Who Kill Other Black People [VIDEO]
• Bill Is Right: Black Lives Matter Activists Are Free Speech Super-Predators
• Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Asked ‘Allah’ to Help Her Not ‘Kill Men and White Folks’
• After Raiding Pro-life Activist's Home, California AG Pressured To Resign

BtF: Islam, freedom of, politic, defense, 2016, foreign, media, thinks, and the others

Leftist Norwegian Politician Gets Raped By Somalian, Begs For Him Not To Be Deported RL April 07 16

Islam

• Frank Gaffney: Sharia Law ‘Tolerated, Ignored, Accommodated For Years in Europe,’ Now ‘Beginning to Manifest’ in U.S.
• A Look Inside Britain's Muslim Sex Grooming Gang Scandal

• Spain To Teach Koran In Schools ‘To Counter Islamic Extremism’
• Cologne Police Reveal ‘Cover Up’ Of New Year’s Eve Rape Attacks Ordered By Government

• Islamic State Burns 15 People Alive and Arrests Woman in Fallujah Who Pleaded on TV for the West to ‘Save Us’ or ‘Bomb Us’

economic

• Obamacare For Retirement Planning Creates Some Major Red Tape For Financial Advisers
• Obamacare for Your IRA Is Here

• Report: Americans Will Spend More On Taxes Than Basic Necessities In 2016
• World's Most Famous Economist Says Bernie Sanders Could "Change the Face of the Country"
• The Fed Can't Save Us | Mises Wire

• Not Just a War on Tax Inversions but Also a War on the Middle Class
• The $1 Trillion Short Underlying Stocks' Spring Awakening - Bloomberg

• Union advocates: Sure the $15 minimum wage might kill jobs, but “that’s okay”
• Rothschild Humiliates Obama, Reveals That "America Is The Biggest Tax Haven In The World"

freedom of

• Court’s Decision on Recording Police Erodes First Amendment Rights and Transparency While Inviting Violence | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• The government just admitted it will use smart home devices for spying | Trevor Timm | Opinion | The Guardian

• California Authorities Seize Planned Parenthood Footage In Apartment Raid
• A Battle Is Brewing Over Obama’s ‘Land Grabs’ In The Western US

• Facebook Doesn’t Ban Hate Speech, But Does Ban Its Victims (If They’re Conservative)
• How The Media Attack Religious Liberty

the left

• Pro-Gay Group Is Sending a Big ‘Message About Literal Interpretations of the Bible’ and ‘Hateful, Homophobic Language’
• 'Like the KGB': California DOJ Raids Home of Pro-life Activist Behind Planned Parenthood Videos
• The Sexuality Left's Real Enemy is Christianity

• Valerie Jarrett Demands End To ‘Gender Biases’ In Media And Toys
• White House Hosts Day-Long Event Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Toys

• ACLU, Muslim Groups Want FBI To Dismantle ‘Dangerous’ Website
• Leftist Norwegian Politician Gets Raped By Somalian, Begs For Him Not To Be Deported
• And You Thought You Were Sad Now. Get Ready for President de Blasio.

BtF: the mess, thinks, foreign, executive, congress, campus, 2016, and the other

Liberals Want to Investigate Jurors for Racial Bias After Guilty Verdicts Come In RL April 06 16

thinks

• How America Lost Its Groove
• I Want a President to Teach Liberals a Lesson

• Students Can’t Remember A Past They Never Learned
• Stanford Students Fight Campus Groupthink

• Houses of Worship Are More Than Pews and Prayerbooks
• Freedom to Disagree

• Is the Rise of Socialized Medicine Unstoppable?
• Why Is Obamacare Regulating Health Savings Accounts Out of Existence?

• The Racist Moral Rot at the Heart of the Alt-Right
• The War on the Alt-Right

• Islam and Collecting the Dead
• Gitmo is not a recruiting tool. Weakness is.

freedom of

• Cash Banned, Freedom Gone | Mises Daily
• Chase's New $1,000 ATM Limit Is Fucked Up

• The Regulation That Drastically Infringes Landowners’ Rights
• 5 Businesses That Disarmed Law-Abiding Citizens for Moms Demand Action
• Surprising Number of Americans Affected by Police Taking Their Property

• Canada Won't Take Some Immigrants with Disabled Children, because of Single Payer | Foundation for Economic Education
• L.A. council OKs law limiting homeless people's belongings to what can fit in a trash bin - LA Times

• 3 Creepiest Things Discovered Within Oculus Rift’s Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
• French journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal | Law | The Guardian

the left

•  NAACP Joins Soros Army Plotting DC Disruptions, Civil Disobedience, Mass Arrests
• Students Occupy School Building To Force Oil And Gun Divestment
• Academics Blame Ritual Human Sacrifice And Religion For Inequality
• Federal government paving the way to make criminals a protected class
• Liberals Want to Investigate Jurors for Racial Bias After Guilty Verdicts Come In

congress

• Democrats’ Broadside On Senate Republicans Over SCOTUS Nominee Yields Next To Nothing
• McConnell: I Don't See Any 'Cracks' In GOP Opposition To Obama SCOTUS Nominee

• Funding of Abortions Slows Senate Support for Human Trafficking Bill
• House Ethics Committee to Continue Alan Grayson Investigation

climate

• Solar Power To Cause Summer Blackouts In California
• Gov’t Subsidies Encourage Farmers To Use Land For Solar Panels, Not Crops
• EPA Funded Attack Ads Against Farmers, And Congress Is Furious
• Tesla Uses $300M in Model 3 Deposits to Stay Afloat

 BtF: econ., media, Islam, defense, foreign,216, and the others

Islamic School Says West Is ‘Evil’ And Women’s Rights ‘Unspeakable Immorality’ RL April 05 16

Security

• Under pressure to digitize everything, hospitals are hackers’ biggest new target 
• US, UK will test nuclear plants with fake cyberattacks | TheHill
• Senior Intel Analysts Say They Were Kicked Out For Contradicting Obama’s ISIS Agenda
• CENTCOM intel analysts being forced out for exposing cooked intelligence on ISIS

Islam

• Air France cabin crew mutiny over order to wear headscarves
• Muslims March in Germany Chanting "With Allah's Help, We Shall Conquer You" (VIDEO) - The Gateway Pundit
• Education Authorities in Switzerland Yield to Male Muslim Students, Exempt Them from Having to Shake the Hands of Female Teachers
• Islamic School Says West Is ‘Evil’ And Women’s Rights ‘Unspeakable Immorality’

defense

• Gates: Obama White House was unable to understand Libya military strategy
• White House Slashing U.S. Nuclear Stockpiles
• Intelligence for Democracies
• Why Intelligence is Missed

• Navy Bureaucracy Has No Idea How To Make Job Title ‘Yeoman’ Gender-Neutral
• Why should Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen operate charter schools on U.S. Military bases? | TheHill
• Are the Kurds Still Under-equipped in the Fight against ISIS?

politic

• A Note to Conservatives Who Are Secular
• Yes, the Alt-Right Are Just a Bunch of Racists
• Magic Honky Theory

• The New Red Scare | The Weekly Standard
• Politics Is Still Downstream From Culture

• What Trump Has Wrought
• Dangerous Donald Trump
• Trump Is Toast and Good Riddance

Iran

• Congress Investigating Obama Admin Deception on Iran Nuke Deal
• Krauthammer: Obama Used ‘Deception’ To Sell Iran Deal, ‘You Want to Weep’ When You See His Reaction To Iran’s Behavior

• Iran Warns The US Not To Cross ‘Red Line’ On Its Missile Program
• Iran: U.S. Violating Nuke Deal

• Obama Administration Denies New Concessions To Iran
• Arab Intelligence Official: Iran Seeking to Hijack Russian Gains in Mideast

 BtF: thinks, executive, foreign, the left, media, economic, migration, Clinton, the mess, 2016, and the others

Limits on Internet Providers' Use of Data Advance at the FCC RL April 03 16

freedom of

• Limits on Internet Providers' Use of Data Advance at the FCC - Bloomberg
• FCC Votes For New Broadband Privacy Rules, Lifeline …

• Scottish Police Threaten to Show Up at the Homes of People Who Aren’t Nice Online
• Canadian police: 'Unnecessary' social media posts may be illegal
• UK Police: Be ‘Kind’ And ‘Use The Internet Safely’ Or ‘You May Receive A Visit’
• Turkish President’s Security Guards Rough Up Journalists in D.C. — Watch Fed-Up Secret Service Agent Sternly Remind Them Where They Are 

• Reddit deletes surveillance 'warrant canary' in transparency report | Reuters
• 200 imprisoned based on illegal cellphone tracking
• Missouri Family Has To Destroy Garden Because Of City Ordinance
• In Voicemail, Bank Says It No Longer Lends to Firearms Dealers
• Judge Says ‘No’ to Legalizing Prostitution in California

Clinton

• Klein: Comey And ‘A Lot Of Other FBI Agents’ Will Resign If Hillary Is Not Indicted [VIDEO]
• State Department Suspends Internal Review of ‘Top Secret’ Clinton Emails
• State Department Halts Clinton Email Investigation Due to Request From FBI
• Hacker Who Exposed Hillary’s Private Email Account Extradited To The US
• Dem Wisconsin State Senator: Hillary Isn’t Influenced by the People Who Support Her
• Huma Abedin Finally Opens Up About The Clinton Email Scandal

the left

• Major Union Shells Out MILLIONS For ‘Grassroots’ Fight For $15 Movement
• Civil Disobedience Activists Kick Off March to DC to ‘Reclaim the People’s House’
• Leftists Organize to Silence Border Patrol Agents Over Trump Endorsement
• Researchers Say ‘Going Green’ Is Mostly About Being Trendy And Fashionable

• Eco-Fascist Wonders If It’s Immoral To Have Kids In A Warming World
• Black Lives Matter Activist: "If Trump Wins We Will Incite Riots Everywhere"
• Grocer Chain Refuses to Serve Gun-Carrying Customers
• Initiative Aims to Eliminate Offensive and Racist Geographical Titles from Washington State

defense

• Former Defense Sec Says Obama ‘Double-Crossed’ Him
• Back To Iraq: President Obama Could Send More Troops To Iraq

• NATO: Worse Than "Obsolete" - It's A Crony Capitalist's Dream
• Bring American Seapower to Bear in Europe
• Foreign fighters are evading Europe's security net

• Inside the Ring: F-35 Software Problems Detailed
• Feds Finally Close Terrorist Loophole … Except It Took Eight Years

 BtF: thinks, 2016, econ., foreign, campus, migration,the mess, and the others

After Dropping Apple Suit, FBI Begins iPhone Hack-a-Thon RL Apr 01 16

freedom of

• After Dropping Apple Suit, FBI Begins iPhone Hack-a-Thon
• Bill Could Make ‘Burner’ Phones Illegal in the U.S.

• Turkish President Attempts to Suppress Song That Mocks Him for Media Suppression
• Turkey's President Speaks At Brookings As His Bodyguards Attack Journalists, Protesters
• Elizabeth Warren Wants The SEC To Help Her Ban Free Speech
• Democrats Like Corporate Free Speech Well Enough When They Agree with It

• Gun Groups Push to Make Silencers Easier to Purchase, Own
• Sponsors of Georgia’s Religious Freedom Bill Decry Governor’s Veto
• Police Department Bought Motorcycles, Cars With Nearly $1 Million Seized Under Controversial Program
• Vermont Votes To Drop 92 Percent E-Cigarette Tax Bombshell

Islam

• Yes, Europe’s Muslims Truly HATE The West
• Belgian Minister Reveals That After Brussels Attacks There Were Street Celebrations…in Belgium | TheBlaze.com
• Bleeding Hearts And Bloody Streets
• An Up-close Look at the Liberal-Muslim Alliance

thinks

• From Plato to NATO in a Dangerous World
• Figuring out who the real zealots are in a religious war

• We Must Not Destroy the Constitution to Save It
• Charles Murray Insulted but Allowed to Speak

• Why The Activist Left Can’t Help Its Intolerance
• Americans Aren’t The World’s Rent-A-Cops

• Justice for Adjuncts?
• Andrew Breitbart's legacy

defense

• Report: U.S. And Russia Agree To Assad’s Departure To Another Country
• US Still Coordinating Syrian Air Space With Russia Despite Supposed Withdrawal
• WH: Iran is Complying With Nuclear Deal; Ballistic Missiles Are a ‘Separate’ Issue
• Pentagon Confirms New North Korean ICBM
• John Bolton: Migrant Crisis in Europe Is National Security Crisis for America
• ICE: Romanian National Distributing Counterfeit Homeland Security Credentials

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