FIRST THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, NOW THIS: Country band says Facebook prevented promotion of song, ‘I Stand for the Flag,’ because of ‘political content.’
Well, when one party is explicitly unpatriotic, patriotism becomes a political statement.
I GUESS THEY THOUGHT AL GORE WASN’T BLUFFING WHEN HE TITLED HIS 2007 BOOK THE ASSAULT ON REASON: “The Somali terror group al-Shabaab, known for deadly attacks on thousands of people across east Africa, has banned plastic bags because of the threat they pose to the environment.”
And the reverse is true as well, with leftwing environmentalist Tom Steyer’s recent spitballing about a nuclear war to really stick it to Donald Trump.
FOR THE FOURTH: HE’S A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. “Cagney: hoofer, political changer. An original all the way. Happy Fourth to you all!”
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REMEMBER WHEN THE FACT THAT MORE WOMEN WERE GOING TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL WAS PROOF THAT MEN ARE LOSERS? NOW: Student loan debt just hit $1.5 trillion. Women hold most of it. I predict that the proposed solutions will involve transferring money from men to pay it off.
If only someone had warned them.
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DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: What if We Treated Public Schools as Monopolies? If monopolies are bad, then public schooling is possibly the worst kind of monopoly.
Many of my friends who defend public education are also the political type who are very worried about monopolies. They often point to the damage that companies with large market shares—think Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Google—can do. These friends point out how these companies’ large market presence allows them to squeeze out competitors, exploit employees, and hold customers captive.
Those points, of course, are debatable, but what really troubles me is that while these friends decry monopolies in commerce, they defend a huge monopoly: public schools. All the same criticisms should apply—but never seem to.
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ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL THAT LEFTISM IS A RELIGION IS ITS RELIANCE ON SHUNNING APOSTATES: The Martha’s Vineyard Crowd Strikes Back At Alan Dershowitz For His Defenses Of Trump.
But all is not lost: Trump backer Ernie Boch Jr. welcomes Vineyard outcast Alan Dershowitz.
Boch, who apparently runs with a different crowd, said he’s chumming with pals on both sides of the partisan divide — and Dershowitz is welcome to hang with them. Boch held a high-profile fundraiser for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.
“I’m hanging out on Martha’s Vineyard right now with the left and the right,” said Boch, well-known as a fun guy and a great party host. “It doesn’t really affect me.”
He added, “That’s what America is about…We went to war over the right to have our own opinions.”
Well, but some people are now waging war on that right.
“WHAT KIND OF FIREWORK WAS THAT? ASKING FOR A FRIEND:” L.A. Mayor’s 4th of July Warning Backfires, Has People Wanting to Blow Up Watermelons.
SUMMER’S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR THE DNC-MSM TO BE DOXXING IN THE STREET. Fake News: MSNBC’s Joy Reid Wrongly Urges Twitter Mob to Attack Innocent Grandma.
It was a year ago today that CNN celebrated the Fourth of July by doxxing a gif maker whose anti-CNN animation was retweeted by President Trump.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.
ARE YOU SURE THAT DOESN’T JUST MAKE PEOPLE RELUCTANT TO ADMIT THEY KNOW YOU? Apparently the best way to dodge facial recognition technology is to become a Juggalo.
INSANITY: British Knife Laws: Hoplophobia Defined.
MAYBE THIS IS WHY THE FBI IS LESS POPULAR THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP: FBI Taught Agents They Could ‘Bend or Suspend the Law.’
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: US Army making 100 kilowatt lasers to defend against drones, rockets and mortars.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: ADHD Boy Given ‘Award’ for ‘Most Likely To Be Distracted.’ “The student received the award in front of the whole class. Now, his mom is considering legal action.”
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POOR HILLARY, SHE JUST CAN’T GET A BREAK: A Woman Declared Dead Was Put in a Morgue Freezer – Until Someone Noticed Her Breathing.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Army Closer to Arming Trucks with High-Energy Lasers.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: China Claims to Have a Laser Assault Rifle That Can Set Clothes on Fire.
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