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Parkland survivor: Activists intend to parlay bump stock ban into massive gun control

Awr Hawkins
Breitbart
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:58 UTC
March for our lives protest
© AP/Ted S. Warren
During Saturday's student march for gun control, Parkland shooting survivor Delany Tarr made clear that she and other gun controllers plan to parlay a bump stock ban into numerous other gun controls.

Tarr spoke to the crowd and Think Progress quoted her saying, "When they give us that inch, that bump stock ban, we will take a mile."

Tarr's statement exposes the threat to freedom tied to the bump stock ban from day one. After all, bump stocks do not convert semiautomatic firearms into automatic ones, so banning them as if they do opens the door to banning numerous other devices that do not convert the actions of semiautomatic either.

Comment: Further reading: US Wars Fund The Welfare State Which Finances The Liberal March Towards Totalitarianism
The liberal ideology has killed the family and now nothing stands in the way of totalitarian control of every citizen, even in his very home. But the destruction of the family is only one of numerous nefarious objectives pursued by the progressive ideology and those that espouse it. Of course, those objectives are carefully hidden behind a politically correct facade [...]

Today, totalitarianism has manifested through a sort of ideological hydra, and only its heads are visible under the guise of many 'activist' groups, all of which define themselves as 'oppressed'. Despite their apparent diversity, all such 'activist' groups belong to the same ideological body: liberalism/progressivism.


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Israeli who lynched Eritrean gets community service while Ahed Tamimi gets prison

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:58 UTC
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© REUTERS/ Amir Cohen
Ahed Tamimi's recent plea deal for 8 months of prison for slapping a soldier occupying her property last December coincides with yet another reduction of the sentence of Israeli medic-soldier killer Elor Azarya (now reduced to merely 9 months), a coincidence that has been hard to miss. Slapping a soldier appears to be worse than killing a Palestinian.

But there was another stark parallel, few have noticed (among them Tamara Nassar in Electronic Intifada): On Wednesday, David Muial, an Israeli who took part in a bloody lynching of Eritrean refugee Habtom Zarhum in October 2015, got a penalty of community service - not for murder, not for manslaughter - but for "abusing the helpless", as reported by Times of Israel

Zarhum was one of the victims of Israel's various 'mistaken identity' embarrassments.

Comment: Further reading: Gideon Levy: 'No society lives in as much denial as Israel' (VIDEO)

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NYC legislator want to ban after-hours work emails

Henry Fernandez
Fox Business
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:31 UTC
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Fed up with having to check job-related email after hours? Think there ought to be a law?

Legislation in New York City would make it illegal for employees to access work-related email outside their regular work schedules.

Rafael Espinal, representing the 37th District in New York City, is set to introduce a bill at the City Council meeting on Thursday to give New Yorkers the right to disconnect.

"This is a serious law, and I think that in the form that it is right now, I can't imagine that it's going to pass, but stranger things have happened," Kyle Reyes, The Silent Partner Marketing CEO, said during an interview on FOX Business' "Risk & Reward" on Monday.

Work-life balance is unique to the individual and shouldn't be legislated, according to Reyes.

"To pass legislation saying, 'You can't force your employees to check emails after hours,' there are no exemptions in the way it's written right now that we can see that provided exemptions for police or for medical professionals," he said.
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Former FBI special agent says Andrew McCabe 'Targeted', 'Slandered' Her


CNN
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
Robyn Gritz - Andy Mccabe
Video
A former FBI counterterrorism agent reacted to an op-ed written by recently-fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

"Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way," McCabe entitled his Washington Post piece published Friday.

Robyn Gritz, who said she served 16 years with the bureau fighting terrorism, told "Fox & Friends" that she celebrated McCabe's dismissal and that it brought back memories of how he allegedly mistreated her.

Gritz said that she began working with McCabe in 2005 until she ultimately resigned several years later.

She said McCabe retaliated against her for filing a harassment claim against one of her supervisors.

Gritz said that, while working as a "detailee" to the CIA, her boss began "scrutinizing [her] work and asking questions" about her purportedly being "fragile" after her divorce.

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The Guardian pushes for a Facebook break-up

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:34 UTC
Mark Zuckerberg


Is it time to break up Facebook?

Now that Facebook has been outed for selling user data to help Trump target voters (Obama did the same exact thing and the media seemed to have no problem with it), the liberal left media is now turning on the liberal left social network.

The Trump effect is tearing apart the largest social network.

The Guardian is hot and bothered by Facebook's indirect "collusion" with the Trump campaign, as the UK based newspaper is calling for the FTC to break apart Zuckerberg's spy apparatus, in much the same way Microsoft was "ordered" to split apart in 2000...

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Jordan Peterson's critics are resorting to desperate attacks

Russ McSwain
American Thinker
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson, the Canadian clinical psychologist, is having an enormous impact on our culture. His refusal to use legally mandated language has reverberated around the world.

He is obviously rattling leftists as they continue to make hysterical claims about him. The most recent and long-winded example comes from Nathan J. Robinson, the editor of Current Affairs. He published an almost twelve-thousand-word essay in that journal. It's hard to believe, but even with all those words he lands not a single blow on Peterson. He does manage to make a complete fool of himself.

His essay begins by listing an impressive group of people, including the head of Harvard's Psychology Department, who praise Peterson's work. He then sets out to try to prove them all wrong. He also lists a large number of writers who have treated Peterson unfairly. He then supersedes them all. There is no way to cover all the silliness in this piece, but I can explain a few of the problems in it. If you think I'm making this stuff up, by all means, read the whole messy, wordy essay.
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Female predator: Married teacher arrested for sexually abusing 13 y.o. boy

Chris Murphy and Neal Baker
The Sun
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:38 UTC
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Brittany Zamora being led to a court appearance in cuffs.
Married teacher is behind bars accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student.

The teen's mum called his school worried about a string of explicit messages her son and teacher were allegedly sharing.

Brittany Zamora, 27, is now in jail in Arizona, USA as detectives investigate.

12 News reports the teacher from the town of Goodyear is accused of sexual misconduct with the young student.

The allegations were brought against the sixth grade teacher who works at Las Brisas Academy.

She was arrested Thursday for the alleged sexual misconduct.

Comment: Female teachers: The hidden sex offenders that no one suspects

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Retired generals implore Trump to allow transgenders to serve in the military


RT
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:08 UTC
soldiers with guns
© U.S. Army
A group of retired generals and admirals issued a statement today opposing President Trump's ban on transgender people in the military, calling it "a troubling move backward."

"There is simply no reason to single out brave transgender Americans who can meet military standards and deny them the ability to serve," the Hill reported the group, which includes Vice Admiral Donald Arthur, former surgeon general of the Navy; and retired Vice Admiral Kevin Green, former deputy chief of naval operations, as stating.

US President Donald Trump issued a memo on Friday banning most transgender individuals from military service. In keeping with the president's willingness to defer military matters to Secretary of Defense James Mattis, the memo granted Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the authority to "implement any appropriate policies concerning military service by transgender individuals."


Comment: New Trump memo bans transgenders from US military service 'except under limited circumstances'


In a memo to Trump, also released on Friday, Mattis warned the president that there are "substantial risks associated with allowing the accession and retention of individuals with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria."
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Arms welfare queen Israel praises 'record' $705mn missile defense funding from Washington


RT
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:20 UTC
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© Nancy Pelosi ‏ / Twitter
Nancy Pelosi ‏and Avigdor Liberman
The Israeli defense minister hailed the US' hefty contribution to the missile defense program, thanking Washington for its $705 million in aid - $558 million more than Israel's initial request.

"I am pleased to announce that the US Congress has approved a record amount for missile defense: $705 million in 2018," Avigdor Liberman tweeted. "We will continue to develop the multi-layered missile defense system. Our enemies who try to hurt us will be surprised by the capabilities we have developed."
אני שמח לבשר שהקונגרס האמריקאי אישר סכום שיא להגנה מפני טילים. 705 מיליון דולר בשנת 2018. נמשיך לפתח את מערך ההגנה הרב שכבתי מפני טילים. אויבנו שינסו לפגוע בנו יופתעו מהיכולות שפיתחנו. מחר אפגש בירושלים עם משלחת חברי קונגרס בראשות ידידת ישראל ננסי פלוסי ואודה להם באופן אישי.

- אביגדור ליברמן (@AvigdorLiberman) 26 марта 2018 г.

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Parkland students who begged for gov't to take away their rights now experiencing buyer's remorse

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:33 UTC
take our rights away
After the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida last month, a group of anti-gun high school children became the darlings of the anti-gun movement. They were given widespread coverage and platforms on all mainstream media networks to call for the disarming of Americans. They were sanctioned by the government to do so-and now they are getting what they asked for-less rights.

In the Land of the Free, marching for change used to mean that you were standing up to the government to demand more or equal rights. Fast forward to 2018, however, and it is the exact opposite.

The mainstream media and the government tells us that these students are brave for walking out of class and demanding change-but how is it brave to be used as a tool of the state?

Activism involves challenging the establishment and what these kids were tricked into doing is not activism.
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