Identity Politics & Race Are Ripping Us Apart RL May 20 16

Justice Reform

• Republican Sen Has Perfect Response To Obama Admin Refusing To Call Criminals ‘Felons’
• GOP Sen RIPS Criminal Justice Reform: ‘We Have An UNDER-Incarceration Problem’ [VIDEO]
• Sen. Tom Cotton Condemns ‘Rush to Demonize Law Enforcement’ in Criminal Justice Reform Debate
• Lawmakers Introduce Bill Making it Harder for Police to Take Innocent Americans’ Property
• 'Ferguson Effect' Is Real, and It Threatens to Harm Black Americans Most
• History is clear: Juries were supposed to be able to overturn laws - The Washington Post

Islam

• Muslim Nations Block LGBT Groups From Attending a United Nations Conference on AIDS
• Dissolving Victims In Acid Is The Newest ISIS Execution Method
• FBI Investigating Number of U.S. Leads on Illegal Female Genital Mutilation
• Islamist London

Freedom of

• California Gun Control Measures Pretty Much Bans Rifles, Imposes Background Checks On Ammunition
• Tom Brokaw to Ole Miss Grads: More Guns Mean More Homegrown Terror
• Facebook Now Lets Users Flag Gun-Sales Posts
• Exhibit A: Facebook characterizes Patricia Heaton’s pro-life message as ‘anti-abortion’
• EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Censors Critic Of FDA’s E-Cigarette Crackdown
• Here's How Free Speech Is Dying in America

thinks

• What America’s Founders Could Teach The European Union
• Affordable Housing, Jane Jacobs, And New Challenges In Urban Planning
• Strengthen Families Against Political Bullies
• A Totally Different Head
• Are We Really That Exceptional?
• “Trump the Madman” and the Sword of Damocles
• Who Are the Real Deniers of Science?
• Thinking about Microaggressions

Gender

• If Title IX Covers Trans Students, It Has No Reason To Exist
• Identity Politics & Race Are Ripping Us Apart | National Review
• It's Official. America Has Been Consumed By Identity Politics
• Obama Appoints Transgender Leader to Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships
• The Revolution Is Being Televised: Bathroom Wars Continue
• Transgender Extremism -- Two Videos Show How Quickly the Absurd Became Accepted, then Mandatory | National Review
• 3 Things Texas Is Doing to ‘Defy’ Obama’s Transgender Directive

BtF: the mess, econ., Clinton, foreign, the left, congress, 2016, and the others

TSA Spending Millions on Advertising, PR, Holograms While Travelers Suffer Random Links May 18 16

gender

• Democrats Demand Transgender Bathroom Access On Capitol Hill
• 3 Ways Conservative Lawmakers Could Respond to Obama’s Bathroom Directive
• Our Constitutional Right to Privacy Is Missing From Bathroom Debate
• Sorry, Liberals, But Gender Is Not a “Social Construct”
• Trans insanity a powerful weapon
• It’s Now Considered Sexist to Tell a Woman, ‘You Look Tired’
• Sex and State Power — What’s Behind Obama’s Transgender Push
• [MEME] Obama’s Title IX edict turns real life into a bad joke
• Woman Finds Man In Female Dressing Room, Which Is Totally Fine With The Store [VIDEO]
• NC Lawmaker Blames Media, Activists Groups for Bathroom Bill ‘Falsehoods’

thinks

• We Don’t Need A ‘New National Story,’ David Brooks
• The Faceberg Six
• The Left’s Jihad against American energy
• Fighting the Leftist Revolution
• Liberalism's Descent into Madness
• A Choice between Truth and Repose
• New Defense Bill Will Boost War and Tyranny
• Criminal Justice: The Real Reasons for Reform
• The Three Abrahamic Faiths
• Mind the Gap

defense

• 6 Facts Highlight Why We Need to Rebuild Our Military
• Ex-NATO Commander Warns: Left Unchecked, War With Russia Is Likely
• Defense Stakeholders Concerned About Size of National Security Council
• Criminal complaint to ICC re: Iran's mistreatment of U.S. sailors
• Bowe Bergdahl court-martial won't happen until after November election
• Eric Fanning, First Openly Gay Army Secretary Finally Confirmed By Senate

security

• TSA Spending Millions on Advertising, PR, Holograms While Travelers Suffer
• TSA's Union Power Grab: Thousands Slowing Down Airports
• National Intel Director: U.S. Sees Indications That Hackers Possibly Working for Foreign Governments Spying on Presidential Candidates
• China’s Challenge to International Cybersecurity

BtF: exec., gun, edu., Clinton, EPA, politic, foreign

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