Get ready to be disgusted.
Indeed. If I am ever ‘required’ to attend one these celebrations of perversity and mental illness you can bet my boss will be facing a charge of sexual harassment, and violating my 1st Amendment religious rights, including the right to discriminate.
Source: The New Wedge Issue for 2016: LGBT Rights | Nice Deb
During the 1950s, third graders could walk to school, play alone at the park, or bike 10 minutes to a friend’s house without anyone worrying or objecting, so long as they came home for supper or before the street lights came on. Today, though kidnapping is just as rare, a parent who allows that same behavior is at risk of arrest or even losing custody of their children to their state’s child protective services bureaucracy. Society’s concept of what constituted an unacceptable risk, harm, or trauma expanded for ill. In Hanna Rosin’s words, it “stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer.”
A 17-page pdf available at here
Source: How ‘Concept Creep’ Made Americans So Sensitive to Harm – The Atlantic
“Instead of embracing this service, the FAA used tortuous logic to ban Flytenow and other online flight-sharing websites because it considered these to be “common carriers” (such as Delta Airlines). Private pilots cannot possibly comply with the myriad regulations that apply to the large airlines.”
Source: How the FAA Shot Down “Uber for Planes” | Foundation for Economic Education
“Because of the popularity of this issue, we chose this design as our first-ever apron on Patriot Depot! This “one size fits most” apron is perfect for everything from grilling out on the desk to preparing a gourmet meal in the kitchen.”
I want one!
Source: “Cause You Said I Can’t” Confederate Flag Apron | Patriot Depot
“It’s the fundamental defect of all egalitarian ideologies. The diversity advocates assume that all people are the same, when they are clearly not the same. Thousands of generations of evolution have hard wired humans to seek out those who are most like them. Trust is highest with our kin. Social structure like churches, and civic communities are built on trust. Throw a bunch of strangers from different tribes together and they are not going to build a community.”
“The first reason is that, unlike freedom of speech, which is a generalized right, the right to bear arms is specifically and absolutely articulated: it “shall not be infringed.” Although we’ve long recognized that government can, in fact, infringe on this right, the standard to do so is incredibly high.
“The second reason the gun control argument cannot reach the high constitutional standard for imposing strict limitations on gun rights is because it forgets that guns don’t just take lives, they also save lives. Until one produces an accurate risk-benefit analysis, showing that more people die because of guns than are saved by them, one cannot meet the constitutional standard for infringing on the right to bear arms.”
Source: What I’d like to write to my child’s teacher about his gun control advocacy in class
Now you can enjoy some pictures of troops and their dogs — some funny, some heartwarming, some sad.
Source: The Bookworm Beat 1/15/16 — the “canine edition” and open thread
“While many are still reeling from the outrageous shooting of LaVoy Finicum, and the aftermath of the Oregon standoff and arrest of patriots linked to it, there are other battles against the feds ta…”
Source: Sheriff Blocks Feds From Harassing Raw Milk Farmer: “Stem the Tide of Federal Overreach” |
In Saturday’s debate, Donald Trump made a big issue of the importance of eminent domain. He neglected to mention his own shady attempts at using it.
Source: Trump & Eminent Domain
