Opposing Tyranny
…On this day in 1828 Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary. Now a word is not really considered a word unless it is in Webster's Dictionary.…
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The North Korean government is calling a mass defection by 13 restaurant workers who fled to South Korea a “group abduction,” accusing Seoul of kidnapping their citizens “in broad daylight.” … most daughters of high-ranking communist officials…
Another 2,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean yesterday in operations coordinated by Italy. In addition to the Italian coast guard, navy, and finance police, a vessel from the merchant marine and ships from Malta and Norway were involved.
In other news, an elderly Christian woman in Aceh Province, Indonesia, was beaten with a rattan cane as a strict sharia punishment for selling alcohol.…
…Jordan closes Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Amman.…
…China says tech firms pledge to counter online terror activities.…
…Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers.…
…Under Obama, race relations at all-time low
…Should Yale Hire The “Most Diverse”?
…Charm School - I don’t want to have a civil discussion. I want to call you assholes. …
More than 1,800 would-be migrants were rescued yesterday in the Strait of Sicily in an operation coordinated by the Italian coast guard. Multiple rescue ships, including EU vessels, were involved in separate rescue operations involving eight migrant boats, some of them inflatables.
In other news, after a video of a “citizens’ arrest” of migrants went viral in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian government says it will crack down on volunteer civilian patrols that have been interdicting migrants on the borders and along the coast.…
…if you like to be mentally perturbed, you can’t do better than to read this post.…
• The IRS busy being outrageous
• IMF says global economy is in trouble
• If only North Korea had golf courses President 4Putt might care.…
…On this day in 1919 Eugene V. Debs was imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I. He was arrested and convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 which was blatantly unconstitutional and was rammed through by Wilson. Although this was a travesty, Debbs got what he deserved because he was a rabid communist rabble rouser. His sentence was commuted by Harding in 1921. Republicans were bitterly opposed to the Sedition Act of 1918.
…It finally occurred to me that, when I save the JPGs or PNGs, I should include a keyword in the file name. That’s made things much easier. I’m therefore happy to present you with all the posters that have in their file names the words “stupid,” “Obama,” or “Hillary…”
According to the latest statistics, almost one third of the migrants residing now in Vienna are criminals. More than a third of those culture-enriching criminals are under 20 years old.
In other news, teachers at schools in Molenbeek and Schaerbeek in Brussels report that 90% of their pupils in the 16-17 age range consider the terrorists who committed the attacks in Brussels and Paris to be heroes.…
NPR: ‘When Is It OK To Profit From Cooking Other Cultures’ Food?”
Never, ever. Even at home. Even burgers and franks are evil cultural appropriations. There otta be laws.…
• The GOP delegate fight explained
• Here Are The GOP Delegate Totals As They Stand Today
• Women’s Firearms Training Includes More Than How to Shoot a Gun
• Campus rape culture: another chapter in the book of leftist lies…
Campaigners on social media are encouraging Germans to place pork in the Halal sections of supermarkets, citing the unethical killing of animals. But although the activists say the campaign is about animal rights, others say it’s an attack on Muslims.…
• NLRB official does a no-no
• The AP seems surprised
• Wonder who paid them?
• Turkey can't handle a joke …
…On this day in 1831 soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England caused it to collapse. This caused royal Army to issue orders that when marching across a bridge to break step. That practice has also been adopted by the American military.
A culture-enriching Labour councilor in Luton in the UK has been suspended by her party for tweeting that Adolf Hitler was the greatest man in history. Miss Aysegul Gurbuz also said that Iran should use its nuclear weapons to “wipe Israel off the map”.
In other news, migrants on the border between Greece and Macedonia stormed the border fence en masse in a coordinated effort, attempting to break it down. Macedonian police threw stun grenades and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the rioters in an effort to keep them from breaking through.…
• Is wine good for you or is it not?
Should you even care?
• Lionfish: Eat an Invasive Species for Dinner
• Bullet indicates Lawrence of Arabia was no liar…
• Iranian Naval Deployment to Latin America Should Concern U.S.
• The New Eco Tyranny
• Minnesota Lawmaker Says Transgenders Are Bullies…
• Fireworks explode at temple in India more than 100 dead
• President Rationalization was on FNC with Chris Wallace
• You've got to be kidding me…
…On this day in 1951 the Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, was found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey. …
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