.. but since when does the private religious beliefs of business owners become a litmus test for business? First they lost their television show. Now the Benham brothers say they are losing their business. SunTrust Banks is cutting ties with would-be reality stars David and Jason Benham after liberal activists attacked them for their conservative views on abortion and gay marriage, The Daily Caller has learned. In a statement provided
May 16, 2014
“‘Hump Day’ event cancelled after students claim bringing a camel to campus was racist”
Thus reinforcing yet again that the contemporary academy — less a space for intellectual exploration than it is an increasingly leftist-dominated Petri dish for social engineering gambits, grievance politics, and inane departments handing out inane degrees that leave graduates in crushing debt and with no hope for finding a job — is actually taking already brainwashed kids and making them even dumber young adults. Campus Reform: Students at the University
May 16, 2014
“It’s such a great, simple idea.” [Darleen Click]
“… Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them?” h/t David Thompson
May 15, 2014
“New Benghazi Investigation Spooks GOP Leaders”
Boehner, McConnell and the boys are nothing if not fearless — when it comes to attacking the conservative base they rely on for power and all the fruits of corporatism and crony capitalism that come along with such power. But when it comes to the Obama administration? Well, they’re as gutless now as they’ve ever been. Eli Lake, the Daily Beast: Last Wednesday, as the House was preparing for its
May 15, 2014
“Champion Boxer Deontay Wilder Knocks Out Internet Troll … “
Like a dream come true, this must have seemed. The back story: In this corner, standing 6’7″ tall and weighing 215 lbs., undefeated WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who has won 31 consecutive decisions by knockout. His opponent: Charlie Zelenoff, a YouTube troll who boasts about his boxing skills and has allegedly been harassing Wilder and his family for three years. You can already guess how this is going to
May 15, 2014
“Watch these Teachers Explain White Privilege to Young Students”
Oh for fuck’s sake: It looks like these teachers haven’t read this Princeton student’s account of his own “privilege.” That, or they didn’t want to become confused with the facts. Teachers Diana Reeves and Rosemary Colt held a session titled “Examining White Privilege and Building Foundations for Social Justice Thinking in the Elementary Classroom” at the 2014 White Privilege Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. It seems they wanted attendees to find
May 15, 2014
“New York State Education Commissioner Says Opposing Common Core Is Racist, Compares It To Desegregation…”
Racism: is there anything it can’t do? On the 60th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that led to school desegregation in the U.S., State Education Commissioner John King on Wednesday spoke about the struggles that minorities and low-income students still face in the nation’s educational system. In his remarks at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, King said racial and socioeconomic
May 15, 2014
CA Dems poised to obliterate the definitions of “mother” and “father” [Darleen Click]
From the Department of I Told You So In California, it may soon be legal for gay men to list themselves as “mother” on birth certificates, and similarly, for lesbians to cite themselves as “father.” […] Currently, birth certificate documents in the state have a space for “mother” and another space for “father.” AB 1951 sponsor Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat who represents Los Angeles, says the form is discriminatory and
May 14, 2014
Oh, the RAGE!
Too good not to share. And for the record, I can’t see what the sign says, but my guess is it’s some religious condemnation of homosexuality. Then again, judging by the reaction of the student to the protester, it could just as easily say “Short, dumpy, shrieking people who don’t wish to be offended, and will therefore courageously offend anyone who offends them (because they are intolerant of intolerance!) —
May 14, 2014
So, while I was reaquainting myself with politics
My two-year old, after drawing all over the TV screen with crayon, managed to hit some combination of buttons that has left me with a purple screen I can’t get rid of. No picture. Just what looks like a super close-up of Barney’s hind quarters. Or maybe Smurf porn. Wife is out of town on business, and while I was attempting to address the TV issue, the boy pulled down