The Closing of the Campus Mind

 Schools of social work are silencing conservatives.

The Weekly Standard
 "I can’t have you participate in class anymore.”

 

"I was on my way out of class when my social welfare and policy professor casually called me over to tell me this. The friendliness of her tone did not match her words, and I attempted a shocked, confused apology. It was my first semester at the Hunter College School of Social Work, and I was as yet unfamiliar with the consistent, underlying threat that characterized much of the school’s policy and atmosphere. This professor was simply more open and direct than most.

"I asked if I had said or done anything inappropriate or disrespectful, and she was quick to assure me that it was not my behavior that was the problem. No: It was my opinions. Or, as she put it, “I have to give over this information as is.”

"I spent the rest of that semester mostly quiet, frustrated, and missing my undergraduate days, when my professors encouraged intellectual diversity and give-and-take. " . . . 

Devorah Goldman

Memories Pizza Will Reopen Today

Downtrend

 

"Here’s a story of triumph.

"Anyone who’s been paying even limited attention to national news for the past couple of weeks knows about the Indiana religious freedom law and the subsequent fallout that ensued. Among the temper tantrums from the left over the law, none was more hateful and pig-ignorant than the invective directed against Memories Pizza in Walkerton after the owner’s daughter said that her store wouldn’t cater a gay wedding.

"Because of the outcry, Memories Pizza closed down for a while. However, the owner got the last laugh when a GoFundMe campaign raised more than $800,000 for the pizza parlor. Conservatives know how to support the oppressed.

"Today, Memories Pizza will officially reopen.

 . It’s a story of good overcoming evil, of freedom trumping bigotry.". . .

CAN THE LEFT COME UP WITH ONE TRUE STORY?

Ann Coulter

Yesterday, up on the stair,
I saw a rape that wasn't there,
It wasn't there again today!
Oh why, oh why did it go away ...

. . .  "You know who else Rolling Stone's story kind of did a disservice to? I think, personally -- as long as we're ranking victims -- a very close second to the woman who lied about being raped, as well as all the unnamed college rape victims who might have their claims taken less seriously in the future, are THE INNOCENT FRATERNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE FALSELY ACCUSED OF A VIOLENT GANG RAPE.

"The UVA fake rape is even worse than the Duke lacrosse team fake rape. The accused fraternity hadn't even courted danger by hiring a stripper. They were going about their lives, minding their own business, when, out of the blue, Rolling Stone, the president of their university, and a fiendish coed decided to accuse them of a monstrous crime.
. . .
"Again, isn't someone missing from all that delicate "balancing"? I'm thinking of: the men falsely accused of rape. Colleges might want to consider adopting a concept that's been around since the second century: "innocent until proved guilty."

Ann Coulter notes the difficulty of white, straight coeds 'to acquire victim cool' 

"Sorry this column is late. I got raped again on the way home. Twice. I should clarify – by “raped,” I mean that two seductive Barry White songs came on the radio, which, according to the University of Virginia, constitutes rape."

"TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!" Dec, 2014

Alan Caruba: Using the Global Warming Hoax to Destroy America

Warning Signs

 

"When President Obama announced on March 31 that he intends to ensure that the U.S. will slash its “greenhouse gas emissions” 26% below 2005 emissions levels by 2025 in order to keep pledges made to fulfill the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, he failed to mention that such levels would be comparable to what they were in our Civil War era, 150 years ago.

"He also failed to mention that the U.S. has made no such pledges as regards the 1992 “Kyoto Treaty” which was resoundingly rejected by the U.S. Senate when then Vice President Al Gore brought it back from the U.N. conference.

"There is no need, globally or nationally, to reduce such emissions. It would be a crime against humanity, especially for the millions that would be denied electrical power or would see its cost rise exponentially. “The President has no credible evidence to back up his claims,” said H. Sterling Burnett, a Research Fellow with the free market think tank, The Heartland Institute. “Obama’s climate actions are likely to cause far more harm to people, especially the poor, than any purported threats from global warming.' ” . . .

OBAMA DECRIES: ‘Less-Than-Loving Expressions by Christians’…Says Squat About Islam’s Atrocities

 Clash Daily  "Obama says Christians are just so unloving at the Easter Prayer breakfast…but for some reason, he doesn’t say anything about the Muslims that killed 147 Christians in Kenya during Easter holy week."

President Obama used an Easter breakfast at the White House Tuesday to call out what he viewed as unbecoming comments by fellow members of the Christian community.
“On Easter, I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian, I’m supposed to love, and I have to say that sometimes when I listen to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned,” the president said to a gathering of Christian leaders. “But that’s a topic for another day.”
Obama appeared to go off script in that exchange. He did not allude to whom he was referring.

Read more: Washington Examiner

 Obama criticizes 'less than loving Christians' at Easter prayer breakfast   "As the Washington Times points out, the latest Obama signal of religious relativism came after his administration had issued a statement on the Kenyan massacre at a Christian college without once mentioning the religion of the victims – or the attackers.

Addressing an ecumenical gathering at the White House of cardinals, ministers, pastors and the lay faithful, Mr. Obama was talking about the Apostle John’s call to love “with actions and in truth” rather than with words. The president then briefly gave in to temptation, and deviated from his prepared remarks.

. . . The president's perversity – a perversity echoed by many on the left – wouldn't be so bad if he bashed Muslims for committing far worse sins in the name of their faith.  Calling someone names is not the same as cutting off his head to glorify Allah.  Until Obama acknowledges the difference, his criticism of Christianity will be seen as gratuitous slaps to mollify Muslims, and not serious commentary."

OBAMA ISSUES DIRE PREDICTION FOR SAUDIS

Klein Online  "In his sit-down interview with the New York Times over the weekend, President Obama issued a dire, largely unreported prediction about the future of Saudi Arabia and other Sunni allies of the United States. “I think the biggest threats that they face may not be coming from Iran invading,” said Obama. “It’s going to [...]"


 Obama’s long-held dream of nuclear disarmament

 

. . . "This is a young man who doesn’t seem to like America a whole lot and didn’t think all that much of humanity in general either. There is no question that he believes he knows better, and has purer and more noble instincts, than those in charge. That’s not an unusual point of view for a young man, of course. But Obama seems to have managed to carry a similar attitude right up to the present.

"The NY Times picked up on the attitude:" . . .
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It’s also instructive to remember this:

…President Obama erred in 2013 with his decision to scrap — in response to Russian objections — a planned system in Europe to defend against missile threats from the Middle East. Obama won no good will from the Russians, even as he forfeited an important opportunity to strengthen U.S. allies against future threats. Missile defense allows strong nations to defend themselves against weaker enemies without resorting to terrorist tactics or fighting bloody wars. This is a win-win, except for terrorists like Hamas and national rulers bent on aggression against neighbors.

But the dream dies hard, doesn’t it?

From Blackfive: Inspection Insanity  " Obama is out trying to pitch his lipsticked-up pig of a nuke deal and managed to compare this stage of the process to signing a contract to buy a house and then you just need to do the inspections and VOILA!. Except, no deal was signed, the Iranians are saying they didn't agree to all the things O is crowing about and then you have the actual inspections. How do you think that will go? You're right, about as good as the North Korea deal. Nukes for all Obama's pals."

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Facts; What Columbia Missed In Its Review of Rolling Stone

American Thinker   "In November, Rolling Stone magazine ran a story detailing the horrific account of an alleged gang rape at a fraternity on the University of Virginia campus. The story quickly proved to be rubbish, and Rolling Stone reached out to the Columbia University School of Journalism to discover how the magazine could have blundered so badly.

"With much ado, Columbia responded. Its 13,000-word report identified problems in “reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking.” This was all true enough, but Columbia missed the real problem. As I document in my forthcoming book, Scarlet Letters, cases like the Rolling Stone’s have become so common because those perpetrating a given fraud almost inevitably advance causes that the cultural establishment, the Columbia faculty included, wants to see advanced."

"Although there are a few exceptions, the people who guard the cultural gates tend to be liberal on sexual and social issues, socialist on economic ones, internationalist in their worldview, and Democratic in their voting preferences." . . .

Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is in complete denial  . . . " “The magazine set aside or rationalized as unnecessary essential practices of reporting that, if pursued, would likely have led the magazine’s editors to reconsider publishing Jackie’s narrative so prominently, if at all.' ” . . .

Students smeared by Rolling Stone gang rape story speak out  . . . "Neither Ryan nor Alex were ever contacted by Erdely, and yet both somehow managed to play key roles in Erdely’s narrative. Both recently sat down with Megyn Kelly to sound off on how they were portrayed in the controversial article:" . . .

SOME SOURCES CLAIM THEY KNOW THE REAL NAME OF UVA RAPE LIAR 
 “ 'Jackie” asked not to be included in Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s story but Rubin included her anyways(SIC)."

 Law and Order: SVU Cartoonifies the Rolling Stone UVA Rape Debacle  "Law and Order: SVU aired their take on the UVA rape case last night, in which a seemingly credible young woman says she was gang-raped by a hockey team at New York's fictional Hudson University. In the end—spoiler alert—her story (sort of) falls apart."

It's not just Rolling Stone: Mainstream leftist media now a network of activist media hoaxers who spew hatred and intolerance disguised as "news" . . . " Essentially, the Columbia report concludes that Rolling Stone ran with a totally fabricated story because the magazine utterly failed to fact check anything. Someone fed Rolling Stone precisely the lies they wanted to hear -- fully aligned with the cultural agenda of the magazine -- and Rolling Stone bought it hook, line and sinker." . . .

Hat tip to Ronbo at The Freedom Fighter's Journal

Alan Caruba: Only Fools Trust Obama or the Iranians

Warning Signs

 

"Only fools express any trust in Obama these days or the Iranians who have made him look the fool when no one in their neighborhood or the world trusts a thing they say or do.

"After more than six years of listening to President Obama’s unremitting lies, when he says of the latest “accord” with Iran, “It’s a good deal” and standing in the Rose Garden declares that the U.S. and Iran have reached “an historic understanding” the only history being made his own ignominy and idiocy.

"It would be historic if anyone could extend either President Obama or the Iranians any trust." . . . 

Cartoons added, TD

 "Unless one believes in unicorns and other fantasies, this latest “accord” and what we are being told about it by the President and the State Department is not a great achievement. It is doomed to failure because Iran has had no intention of doing anything other than getting economic and other sanctions removed. Time is on their side as they work to develop their own nuclear weapons.

"When Iran tests its first nuclear weapon, Obama should return his Nobel Peace Prize."

.@Sally (WarOnWomen) Kohn is "a dishonest lackwit"

RedState

 

. . . 'Enter the moronic Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) into the debate. Sally Kohn, to the surprise of no one who has seen her picture, is a lesbian. In a gentler age, that is, 15 or so years ago, Child Protective Services would have pulled up to her door if she had written this op-ed (not to mention there is no way a newspaper would have published it) I’m gay. And I want my kid to be gay, too. At Talking Points Memo she writes this Hey, Christian Business Owners: The Government Isn’t ‘Forcing’ You To Do Anything (sorry, I don’t provide links to hate-speech sites and intelligence-free zones). ' . . .

Critics claim CNN hosts ‘Hands Up’ moment on air shows bias towards protestors

Kohn vs, Charles Krauthammer

EXPERT: Feminism Destroyed Passover (& Synagogue Attendance)

Debbie Schlussel "Feminism and the feminization of Judaism have caused Jewish men to stop celebrating Passover and attend synagogue, an expert on Judaism tells the Wall Street Journal. As with everything worth anything, if you chickify it, who the heck wants it?!"
 

. . . "By the way, you’ll note that these men are mostly men who are Conservative and Reform Jews, liberals who know a lot more about why they blindly love Barack Hussein Obama than they do anything about their own religion. Orthodox Jews–including and especially the men–are, as I’ve repeatedly pointed out on this site for more than a decade, much more conservative politically and much more likely to vote Republican (my synagogue voted about 95% for Mitt Romney). Orthodox Jewish men are still the leaders in synagogue, at home, and in religious observances." . . .

We should dread that "I told you so" day that is coming.

Iran newspapers reported Friday that the U.S.-Iran deal allows Iran to update plutonium plants, enrich uranium, and add centrifuges. It's the opposite of what the New York Times said. President Obama will only read the New York Times because he doesn't like to cloud up his mind with opposing points of view.   Comedian Argus Hamilton

 Iran nuke deal: “Everything Netanyahu warned about has turned out to be true”
"There is no Iran nuke “deal,” but whatever there is to the framework, even Obama now admits it paves Iran’s path to the bomb, albeit on a delayed fuse, as AP reports, Obama says Iran could cut nuke time to near zero in 13 years: . . ."   
You all were aware that in Illinois he voted "Present" on issues he wanted to avoid, weren't you?

Yeshiva World News: Obama Says Iran Could Cut Nuke Time To Near Zero In 13 Years
"Obama has insisted confidently that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on his watch, which ends in roughly 20 months, but has made no similar assurances about his successors."

Obama has insisted confidently that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on his watch, which ends in roughly 20 months, but has made no similar assurances about his successors. - See more at: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/299109/obama-says-iran-could-cut-nuke-time-to-near-zero-in-13-years.html#sthash.Yx3gjD7r.dpuf

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He says it won't happen on his watch! Designed to fail under his successor while Obama becomes his-or her- public critic, just as he has blamed President Bush for most of the inadequacies of this administration. 

Thomas Sowell: 'Comparing Obama to Chamberlain Is Unfair...'

“Comparing Obama to Chamberlain is unfair – to Chamberlain. There is no question that the British prime minister loved his country and pursued its best interests as he saw it. He was not a ‘citizen of the world,’ or worse. Chamberlain was building up his country’s military forces, not tearing them down, as Barack Obama has been doing with American military forces. … Barack Obama dismissed the thought of America being vulnerable to ‘a small country’ like Iran. Iran is in fact larger than Japan was when it attacked Pearl Harbor, and Iran has a larger population. If Japan had nuclear bombs, World War II could have turned out very differently. If anyone examines the hard, cold facts about the Obama administration’s actions and inactions in the Middle East from the beginning, it is far more difficult to reconcile those actions and inactions with a belief that Obama was trying to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons than it is to reconcile those facts with his trying to stop Israel from stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. This latest ‘agreement’ with Iran – with which Iran has publicly and loudly disagreed – is only the latest episode in that political charade.”

 

Dept. of Irony: Barack Obama thinks Scott Walker is an empty suit on foreign policy Update: Walker responds   . . . "Clearly, Obama was both untested and unready, but don’t expect him to display an ounce of awareness of that condition or humility in his disgrace. Forever the narcissist, Barack Obama has the temerity to scold Scott Walker for – get this — lacking experience on the issue of foreign relations ahead of the Wisconsin governor’s likely presidential bid." . . .

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American Car Brochures

 

"Nothing for sale here.
"These brochures are scanned from my own and contributors collections.
"They are published in screen/preview resolution only. These files will not work to make reprints.
"The intention behind this collection is for enthusiasts and restorers to find useful and original factory documentation.
"For brochure contributions I prefer brochures older than 1990, but special interest autos are always considered as good stuff.
"You will also find some Canadian and Australian brochures in this collection."

 

Hat tip to Val Brose; Santa Maria, CA