Leftism ruins everything it touches BSA The Boy Scouts of America has put out approved activities for its members, and water gun fights are strictly prohibited. A blog for the organization’s leaders said May 6 that pointing simulated firearms at people is not allowed. “Why the rule? A Scouter once told me this explanation I liked quite a bit: A Scout is kind. What part of pointing a firearm [simulated
May 2015
May 19, 2015
Columbia enables rape-hoaxer, Emma Sulkowicz, to carry her mattress during graduation [Darleen Click]
Emma uses graduation to continue her year-long harassment of Paul Nungesser Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student who has carried a mattress around campus as part of an art project for the past year, has graduated. And she carried that mattress across the stage during the ceremony — to much applause. Paul Nungesser, the man she accused of raping her, and who was cleared by a campus hearing and the
May 18, 2015
Secretary of Edu. Arne Duncan: “There’s just certain kids we should have 24/7 to really create a safe environment and give them a chance to be successful.” [Darleen Click]
Obama administration floats the idea of “public boarding schools” … you know, for teh childrens! Last week at the National Summit on Youth Violence Prevention organized by the Department of Education, the Department of Justice and other various federal agencies, Secretary of Education Secretary Arne Duncan did what leftist bureaucrats have done throughout history: announce the dream of supplanting parents with the state by taking control of children “24/7.” He
May 17, 2015
What happens in Vegas … [Darleen Click]
… honest to God, should stay in Vegas. h/t Heidi Harris
May 17, 2015
Name that Hate! US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s “No True Scotsman” fallacy for Tsarnaev [Darleen Click]
What an insulting and grievously gratuitous exercise in dhimmitude: Speaking to reporters Friday after the announcement of the death sentence decision for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz made certain to clarify for Americans that Islam had nothing to do with the Tsarnaev brothers’ terrorism: Even in the wake of horror and tragedy, we are not intimidated by acts of terror or radical ideals… Make no mistake. The
May 14, 2015
“Ode to Snowflakes” [Darleen Click]
Background [W]e might consider the manner in which the precious little darlings at Oberlin College have this week protested the visit of the “factual feminist,” Christina Hoff Sommers. First we saw the willful conflation of violence and language — a calling card of all would-be censors. Next came the pretense that to debate is in fact to “silence.” And, finally, we were subjected to the predictable insistence that there are