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Jennifer Rubin of WaPo continues her masquerade as a "conservative"
@JohnCornyn other than the sanity one
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 30, 2013
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09/30/2013
Teenage Wasteland
Posted By LambChop
From the The UK Daily Mail:
The millennials have enjoyed a bizarre coming of age. Attachment parented to the point of being unable to function, these young adults have partied and sexted their way through high school and college – taking full advantage of taxpayer- induced sex education hooking up at whim.
Their rooms are littered with printed semi-naked selfies, Apple products, bongs masquerading as lamps, rainbow flags and participation trophies. Despite their 6+ year undergraduate degree (paid for by the bank of mom and dad) they have boomeranged back into their parents' house, unable to afford rent on a part-time barista’s hourly wage.
Of course, they are disappointed that they can’t find a job with their African Diaspora Study major, yet simultaneously relieved that they don’t have to get up that early. In order to perpetuate the myth that the little darlings are not quite ready for prime time, the psychological community is giving them “scientific” justification to continue to do nothing.
Child psychologists in England are now being told adolescence no longer ends when people hit 18, according to updated guidelines. The initiative was launched to delay adolescence up to 25 years old so that “children” will stop feeling “rushed” and “pressured” out of childhood and forced to meet key milestones of maturity. This new directive was propelled by biological research indicating that brain development and some hormonal changes continue past the age of 18.
Kate Fallon, general secretary of the Association of Educational Psychologists told The UK Daily Mail: “Emotional development doesn’t just stop when we turn 18 and young people must be able to develop at their own pace and have access to appropriate support if they need it. The decision to extend access to child psychologists to the age of 25 is a welcome one, as are the terms of the Children and Families Bill that will give young people with the most complex needs a legal right to specialist support, including to educational psychologists, to the age of 25. But, however welcome, it is important that the resources are in place to meet what will be an increase in demand for such services.”
Unbeatable - Fun Facts about Peyton Manning
Posted By LambChop
It’s 2013 and Peyton Manning seems to get better and better. He is #1 ranked passer - leading in yards passed, touchdowns thrown and a 75% completion rating. No interceptions so far. His Quarterback Rating is 138 (past the perfect score of 126).
- Peyton's father was legendary quarterback Archie Manning who was not only drafted by the NFL but was also offered a spot in professional baseball – with the Atlanta Braves.
- Peyton’s mama was Homecoming Queen at Ole Miss in 1970.
- Peyton weighed in at over 12 pounds at birth.
- Peyton is actually a middle child.
- Peyton grew up in a home built in 1853 in New Orleans.
- Peyton is a sports trivia buff.
- Peyton’s older bro also played football but had to give it up after he was diagnosed with a rare disease called spinal stenosis.
- Peyton was QB of the varsity team as a sophomore in high school.
- Peyton was heavily recruited by famous colleges - Michigan, Florida State, Notre Dame, Mississippi, and Tennessee, where he landed.
- Manning was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1997.
- Peyton was runner- up for the Heisman Trophy.
- Peyton is known for his hyperactive pre-snap line dance that includes strange audibles, making funny faces and waving his arms.
- Peyton’s nickname is "The Sheriff".
- Manning uses a rare form of Gaelic at the line of scrimmage learned this from his older brother Cooper. Peyton also uses food names for calls.
- Tom Brady (QB for the New England Patriots) said about Peyton, "To me, he's the greatest of all time.”
- Peyton and his wife have twins.
- On game day Peyton ALWAYS eats two pieces of grilled chicken, a bowl of pasta with marinara sauce, a plain baked potato, a side of broccoli, and Gatorade –no matter what time of day it is.
Black Dude Indicted for Mass Shooting Targeting White People
Posted By LambChop
Photo of Lakim - If Obama had a son.....
Lakim Faust was indicted by a grand jury on 4 counts of attempted murder for shooting four people near a Greenville, SC Wal-Mart shopping center. Apparently Lakim was there to only shoot white people. Initially it was reported that Faust was shooting “indiscriminately.”
Lakim Faust had more than 100 rounds of ammunition when he started shooting at only white people who were standing outside at a law firm and a shopping center in June. Three of the four people wounded in the shooting suffered permanent and debilitating injuries, according to the indictments. Details of those injuries were not specified.
Faust, 23 was shot by police but has recovered and is in prison as the trial proceeds.
http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2013/09/25/greenville-wal-mart-shooter-picked-victims-by-race/
Axis of Evil (Planned Parenthood, ACLU & Center for Repro Rights) Sues Texas Over Abortion Safety Regulations
Posted By LambChop
The "Axis of Evil" - Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the ACLU of Texas - filed a federal lawsuit against some provisions of the Texas omnibus abortion law that state senator Wendy Davis tried to block with her infamous filibuster. Davis (aka “Abortion Barbie”) achieved national notoriety forcing a special session to pass the bill (among others) with her pink sneaker antics, costing the Texas taxpayer $1 million for an additional special session on a bill that was guaranteed to pass despite her efforts.
The lawsuit focuses on restrictions on the so-called medication abortion and the specific regulations in the law, but does not address the part of the law banning abortion past 20 weeks – they know they do not have a legal leg to stand on for abortions from 5th to 9th months of pregnancy.
The clinic restrictions require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital less than 30 miles away. The lawsuit argues that women will be harmed by this and that it violates “ Plaintiffs’ and their patients’ rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
The medication abortion provision of the law requires following FDA protocol to prescribe the abortion pill – the plaintiffs argue that there is a lower dose version with fewer side effects.
Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation said this: “I grew up in Texas and learned pretty early on that women only got what they fought for, I think folks in the state have never fought harder.”
Spies Like Us: Iranian Spy Caught Photographing American Embassy on 9/11
Posted By LambChop
From The Times of Israel:
An Iranian with Belgian citizenship was reportedly detained by Israeli security at Ben-Gurion International Airport on September 11. It is believed that the man detained is an agent for Iran’s Revolutionary named Ali Mansouri who was sent to spy on American interests inside Israel.
The agent used an alias “Alex Mans” and he was photographing the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. A search discovered that Mansouri was found with photographs of the US embassy and other sites. Mansouri indicated he was promised $1 million in to spy and described how he was recruited by the special operations unit of the Revolutionary Guards. It was not his first trip to Israel.
A member of the prime minister’s delegation to New York said Sunday that the arrest was proof that Iranian attempts at detente with the West had not changed its actions on the ground.
“At a time when Iran is trying to get closer to the US, it sent an agent to try to gather intelligence in order to carry out a terror attack against the American Embassy in Israel,” the official said. “This is just one further example of Iran’s policy of doublespeak and further proof that Iran’s words do not match its actions.”
Meanwhile Iran is playing Obama like a fiddle with overtures of friendship and promises to negotiate with an attitude of "peace through flexibility" whatever that means. While Kerry and Obama fumble around, trying to get the Iranian President's attention, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is planning a terrorist attack on our embassy in Israel.
READ MORE: Related articleshttp://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-arrested-on-suspicion-of-spying-on-israel/
09/27/2013
Wake Up and Smell The Coffee - The Main Budget Issue is Social Security
Posted By LambChop
While Republicans dither on which way is the best way to stop Obamacare (hint: listen to Sen. Ted Cruz) and then steel themselves for budget and debt ceiling battles the largest problem goes largely ignored. The elephant is the room is, and will always be, entitlements - particularly Social Security. Our system will go bust by 2035, if not sooner. In 2012 Social Security cost 22% of the federal budget.
Sadly, at this point there is no REAL PROOF of any actual assets being reserved to pay the benefits of future retirees. The Social Security trust fund contains nothing more than IOUs in the form of special issue U.S. Treasury bonds, and according to the Heritage Foundation these IOUS are only viable once “…the federal government can repay only though higher taxes, massive borrowing, or massive cuts in other federal programs.”
There is hope, however. We have a model that works and works well on the South American continent – Chile. In 1981, Chile Labor Minister Jose Pinera replaced the country's bankrupt social security system (very similar to our current plan) with a system of private accounts set up to take existing tax dollars from workers’ paychecks and allow the individual to control investments with a program run by private corporations.
The result? A new Dictuc study proved that Chile's private pensions over three decades have yielded returns SIX TIMES higher than what workers got under Chile's old social security system. The same system based on the U.S. Model.
The liberals’ big objection to switching to a system similar to Chile’s privatized program is that it would be “too risky.” Except for the fact that the study proved saving for retirement through the market is actually far less dangerous than relying on the government for pensions.
Data also showed that workers earned an 8.7% compound rate of return above inflation over a period of 32 years from the 10% of their salaries put away.
Thirty nations have copied Chile’s system. Why don’t we?
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