Minimum wage effect? DC restaurants lost more jobs since January than any 6-month period since 2001 recession

American Enterprise Institute

. . . "As the Wall Street Journal commented recently, “Few ideas have been so thoroughly dismantled by reality as minimum-wage laws, which price some jobs out of existence and some workers out of jobs.” The evidence so far suggests that DC’s $15 an hour minimum wage experiment is already undergoing some major dismantling, with the stark reality that more than 1,000 restaurant workers have apparently been priced out of their jobs just this year since January." . . .

Todd Starnes: Officer Cleared in Military Bible Complaint

"The airman went on to say that he wasn’t just offended by the Bible – he was “outrageously offended.' ”

Todd Starnes

"An Air Force major, who was accused of civil rights violations for having a Bible on his work desk, has been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to military officials at the 310th Space Wing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

"Maj. Steve Lewis, a supervisor at the Reserve National Security Space Institute, agreed to voluntarily remove the Bible pending a military review.

"The Military Religious Freedom Foundation had filed a complaint against Maj. Lewis -- accusing him of "harboring and encouraging a truly abhorrent example of First Amendment civil rights violations."

"But a public affairs spokesman told me late Tuesday that Maj. Lewis was well within his rights to have an open Bible on his office desk.

"We have concluded that no abuse of liberties has occurred," Lt. Col. David Fruck told me. 

"He said both the workplace environment and the major's behavior were well within the provisions governing the free exercise of religion and religious accommodation.

"Lt. Col. Fruck said the major is free to place the Bible back on his desk - should he desire to do so."

Weinstein claimed to be representing some 33 Air Force personnel who were frightened by the sight of the open Bible on the major's desk.
“We have 33 very scared Air Force families,” Weinstein told me.
One of the airmen who reached out to Weinstein complained that the officer’s Bible is a “blatant case of Christian defiance and Christian discrimination.”
“I am intimidated by the display, and I am a practicing Christian,” the unnamed airman wrote. “This open Bible is discrimination at the highest level.”
The airman went on to say that he wasn’t just offended by the Bible – he was “outrageously offended.”

Albuquerque Elementary Teachers Told to No Longer Address Students as ‘Boys and Girls’

Breitbart TV

"Teachers at Carlos Rey Elementary School in Albuquerque, NM are now being told they can no longer address their students as “boys and girls,” local NBC affiliate KOB reports.

"This comes after the new transgender bathroom policy for Albuquerque Public Schools, but it is now leaking into the classroom.

"A letter was sent to teachers at Carlos Rey this month titled “Gender Identity Procedural Directive.” It tells teachers they can no longer refer to their students as boys and girls, and they are to eliminate gender in their classrooms.

"Albuquerque Public Schools say it was a complete mistake by the assistant principal because nowhere in their transgender policy does it say to not call students boys and girls.

"Sources at Carlos Rey Elementary told KOB to continue with that policy."

Emails Show Chelsea Clinton Used Covert Name, “Diane Reynolds”

Weasel Zippers

WikiLeaksVerified account‏@wikileaks67 emails between Hillary & Chelsea Clinton under the latter's covert name 'Diane Reynolds' https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=%22diane+reynolds%22&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=1#searchresult …

"Interesting. What were they trying to hide? Or was it she was involved in ways they didn’t want people knowing she was involved."

Wikileaks

Video: Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats

The ridicule of Obama continues.

US Naval Institute  "The following is Aug. 23, 2016 video of guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) harassed by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol boats."

“ 'This is USS Nitze reporting from the Southern Arabian Gulf,” said a voice on the video reporting the ship’s location and speed.
“ 'We have visual contact with four Iranian… WPBs… Bridge to bridge COMMS were conducted but no response. Weapons uncovered… appears to be unsafe, unprofessional.”

"While the voice is making the radio report, the four patrol boats speed in a serpentine formation toward Nitzewith their deck weapons uncovered. Flares from the destroyer attempt to warn away the patrol boats as they close in on the ship.

"Nitze’s crew attempted to hail the fired 10 warning flares at the patrol boats and blasted the ship’s whistle to sound a maritime danger signal to no apparent effect, a defense official confirmed to USNI News late Wednesday.

"Two of the patrol boats came within 300 yards of the destroyer before slowing and breaking off their chase." . . .

Ann Coulter on, "Trump, The Great Unifier!"

Ann Coulter  "The modern Democratic Party is obsessed with voting blocs they call "Latinos," "Hispanics" and the "blacks and browns.” 

"But apart from ethnic pimps trying to get money from the government, no authentic person calls himself a "Hispanic." They're "Portuguese," "Cuban" or "Colombian" -- and they don't think of themselves as "brown.” 

"Everybody else is from a country. 

"It's an insult to imagine that recent immigrants are all in a simmering rage at Trump's affront to the brown masses. Salvadorans and Guatemalans resent having to pretend they're Mexican -- much less Mexican illegal immigrant rapists. 

"Mexico is heaving Hondurans out of their country. El Salvador and Honduras went to war over a soccer game. But we're supposed to imagine that the moment they cross the Rio Grande, they all become blood brothers. 

"Has he heard of Compton? The city memorialized in the song "Straight Outta Compton," by the hip-hop group N.W.A. (modern translation: African-Americans With Attitude), is now majority Mexican. 

"This dramatic transformation didn't happen because "blacks and browns" came together in peace and harmony in our vibrant melting pot, but because Mexicans moved in and decided they wanted blacks out, which they accomplished with violent racist attacks and drive-by shootings. 

"Unlike white Americans, Mexicans are unguiltable. " . . .

Does political graft cause global warming?

"Hillary was telling the FBI that if they had problems with her email server, they also had problems with a black person. And that's racist!"

. . . "If, by some technological miracle, a way was found to use Hillary Clinton's inexhaustible lies as fuel to produce energy, our world would never run out of power. Forget oil, coal, and nuclear - we wouldn't even need the sun anymore.

"As the latest case in point, when explaining her private email server to the FBI, Hillary claimed that former Secretary of State Colin Powell told her at a party that she should use a private server, said that he used private email while in office, and it made everything better in every way!". . . 

comicallyincorrect.com

The Clinton Foundation and the comments it draws

Not A Joke: Satirist NAILS The Clinton Foundation In 35 Scathing Tweets   "Twitter user “ActualFlatticus” only needed 35 tweets to explain how exactly the Clinton Foundation spends all of its charitable contributions."  
"The user argues that despite claiming to provide direct aid to needy people around the globe, the “Foundation exists as primarily a clearing house for other people’s money” and “not one dime appears to go to actual goods.”

Doug Giles labels Hillary "Islam's whore"   "Here’s the breakdown:

• Algeria donated $250,000 to $500,000• The Nation of Brunei donated $1,000,000 to $5,000,000• Kuwait donated $5,000,000 to $10,000,000• Sultanate of Oman donated $1,000,000 to $5,000,000• Qatar donated $5.8 million• Saudi Arabia donated up to $50 million• United Arab Emirates donated up to $11.5 million• Morocco-owned OCP, a phosphate exportation company, donated $1,000,000 to $5,000,000

…"By taking this filthy Islamic lucre, Hillary has prostituted herself out to whatever these ‘donors’ desire, including shutting up our First Amendment rights, as she has been a proponent of the blasphemy law the OIC . . .  has been pushing at the UN…"

More than half Clinton non-government visitors were Foundation donors " 'Fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton"?  Are they kidding?  This is pure and simple pay for play.  You don't need to create any conspiracy theories.  You don't need to look for dots to connect.  It's as plain as day to anyone not totally in the tank for Clinton." . . .

Hillary’s State Department dealings as “seamy and seedy.” . . .  "Yes, and, let’s be clear about this. Clinton met with representatives of at least 16 foreign governments that donated as much as $170 million to Clinton charities. You know, again, there’s no quid pro quo that’s been proven, no quid pro quo has been asserted, but this is what the Obama administration was worried about when she became Secretary of State, and it now has the potential of being a huge distraction at a minimum for her going forward." . . .

Hillary Emails: More Documents Show Clinton Foundation Donors Asking for Favors  "Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band asked Hillary’s aide Huma Abedin to schedule a meeting with the Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain, reminding her the man is a “good friend of ours.' ”

Think this is all a one-off? This is what it was like to have the Clinton's in the White House

Hollywood personalities treating a national 
treasure  like a trampoline. This happened 
during the Clinton Presidency. 

Stay in the Lincoln Bedroom – Prices & Cost  . . . "But controversy over this very matter erupted during the 2000 presidential campaign when it was disclosed that the Clinton administration was offering a night in the Lincoln bedroom to big campaign contributors, entertainment celebrities, friends, relatives, and others. Obviously, politics being what it is, the outcry was instant and was used as a campaign issue by the Republicans who accused Clinton of “virtually renting out the Lincoln bedroom to big campaign donors.” In fact, of the more than 900 guests to the White House during the entire eight-years, the White House acknowledged that most of them were overnight residents of the Lincoln bedroom." . . .

The last time I recall agreeing with Obama:  

Mob Attacks , er..."harshly confronts" Trump Supporters, Burns U.S. Flag

Todd Starnes   "Supporters of Donald Trump were punched, pelted with garbage and taunted by an angry mob outside the Minneapolis Convention Center where the campaign was hosting a fundraiser.

The violent thugs actually spit on elderly women, The Hill reports. They spit on elderly women, folks.

"The anti-American miscreants even burned an American flag, while some in the crowd started screaming, “F— the U.S.A.' ”

"Video filmed by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is simply revolting. It shows supporters being terrorized. But the newspaper dismissed the facts in its own video and said the Trump supporters were just “harshly confronted.'”

"This video at another occasion shows the news cameraman setting up his shot with the protester:

Coming Thursday: Hillary Clinton is preparing to make hay by linking Donald Trump to the so-called Alt-Right.

Downtrend

. . . "So now comes the Alt-Right, a conglomeration of online elements that are being transformed into a unified movement by those seeking to fulfill a political agenda, foremost among them is Mrs. Clinton who is going to deliver a major address on the phantom menace this week in Reno.

"The Hill reports “Clinton to give speech linking Trump to ‘alt-right'”:

. . . The alternative right, or so-called alt-right, movement has generally been comprised as those opposed to multiculturalism and immigration, according to The Washington Post, and has gained mainstream attention during this year’s presidential campaign as Trump seeks to maximize support among white voters.

 

Viral video: Louisiana cop says Red Cross told him to stop praying with flood victims

Joe Newby 

  . . .  "But it seems that the left has effectively driven God and Jesus Christ out of the public square.

"Writing in his classic work, “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville noted:

I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors…; in her fertile fields and boundless forests; in her rich mines and vast world commerce; in her public school system and institutions of learning. I sought for it in her democratic Congress and in her matchless Constitution.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.

America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

“ 'Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts — the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims,” he added.

"As we’ve seen over the last few years, America as a whole is no longer what de Tocqueville might call “good.”  As a nation, we’ve replaced God with something else — namely, ourselves and our own selfish desires.

And this is the result.

There’s also one other observation that should be made here — What, in the name of Sam Hill, inspired the “cross” in “Red Cross?”

Related links:

• Bosnian Muslims force Christian prisoner to ‘kiss severed head’
• Democrat council member: White Christian males, not Muslims, should      apologize for terrorism
• Viral video contrasts Obama’s criticism of Christianity with praise of Islam
• Christians in Berlin beaten by man professing: ‘I am a Muslim’
• CNN’s Sally Kohn compares U.S. Christians to Muslim Brotherhood

Rape prevention

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