May 10, 2012

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Wow.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/08/mcnamara-claims-record-for-biggest-wave-ever-surfed/

Just plain wow.

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Updates, Bloody Updates!

This week’s new Update category…

Higher Education:

Higher Education Theatre of the Absurd

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/higher_education_theatre_of_the_absurd.html

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How the Academic Establishment has Silenced a Major Critic of the Field of “Black Studies”

http://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2012/05/08/how-the-academic-establishment-has-silenced-a-major-critic-of-the-field-of-black-studies/?print=1

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House members blast Vanderbilt for policy ‘hostile’ to religious groups on campus

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/07/house-members-blast-vanderbilt-for-policy-hostile-to-religious-groups-on-campus/?test=latestnews

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Tennessee Tech policy violated First Amendment

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-09/tennessee-college-first-amendment/54851034/1

[What ASND finds interesting about those last two citations is both of those schools are in Tennessee -- in the very heart of the so-called Bible Belt.]

[Go figure.]

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Government Employment Update:

“Nationwide, public pensions are underfunded by a total of $4.4 trillion…“

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/april/more-than-good-enough-for-government-work

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Government Schools Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Education / Government Schools menu tree.]

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“The federal government currently funds [with your money] a wide range of [superfluous and useless] K–12 education initiatives (see Table 1) [yet only] four functions… are essential to its role in education: creating and disseminating information on school performance in each classroom and program effectiveness, including information on individual student performance; enforcing civil rights laws; providing financial support to high-need students; and enhancing competition among providers.“

http://educationnext.org/let-the-dollars-follow-the-child/

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Former teacher accused of sex with student

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/osceola_news/050312-former-teacher-accused-of-sex-with-student

and…

“None of these proposals is expensive; in fact, most will save money in the short and long term.“

http://educationnext.org/files/ednext_20122_katzman.pdf

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Euro-Economic Crystal Ball Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / Euro-Economic Crystal Ball menu tree.]

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France’s Hollande declares war on financial industry

http://www.investmenteurope.net/investment-europe/news/2140560/hollande-declares-war-french-financial-industry

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Greek Euro-Exit Talk Goes Public as Officials Air Doubts

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-09/greek-euro-exit-talk-seeps-into-public-as-officials-air-doubts.html

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Taxes Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / Taxes menu tree.]

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Americans Paying More in Taxes than for Food, Clothing, and Shelter

http://taxfoundation.org/publications/show/28196.html

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The U.S. tax code is more progressive and European than you think.

http://reason.com/archives/2012/04/16/taxation-american-style

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Federal Spending Update:

It’s All Your Money: Taxpayers may be on hook for US Postal Service losses

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/08/it-all-your-money-us-postal-service-bailout/

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Regulation Update:

“… these laws can pose substantial barriers for those seeking work, particularly those most likely to aspire to these occupations—minorities, those of lesser means and those with less education.“

https://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/economic_liberty/occupational_licensing/licensetowork.pdf

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Obamanomics Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamanomics menu tree.]

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Anti-Capitalist Obama Administration Targets Debt Collectors

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/anti-capitalist_obama_administration_targets_debt_collectors.html

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“The U.S. will enter a recession by the end of 2012 [a]nd that recession will include at least one quarter of negative GDP. This recession will most likely be mild relative to the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but it could end up being a lot worse.“

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/ecri-lakshman-achuthan-no-m-not-wrong-still-145239368.html

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Media Bias Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Media Bias menu tree.]

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The BBC Broadcasts Its Own Dhimmitude

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-bbc-broadcasts-its-own-dhimmitude/?print=1

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PBS NewsHour’s Anti-Heartland Institute Hit Piece has Problems Below its Surface

http://junkscience.com/2012/05/05/fail-pbs-newshours-anti-heartland-institute-hit-piece-has-problems-below-its-surface/

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Obama & Conventional Energy Update:

“It all sounds like an economic miracle, and it is. So why is Obama trying to kill it?“

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/obama_wants.html

[That's interesting. ASND is always asking the "Why" question too.]

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Republicans? Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Republicans? menu tree.]

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Chris Christie’s ObamaCare Acquiescence

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/chris_christies_obamacare_acquiescence.html

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“The GOP swept Congressional elections in 2010 promising to end President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus and stop industry bailouts.  Too bad nobody told that to Iowa Republican Steve King and his colleague Dave Reichert of Washington.“

http://junkscience.com/2012/05/08/wsj-windy-republicans/

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Republican Congressman Defends Planned Parenthood Funding

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/09/republican-congressman-defends-planned-parenthood-funding/

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Liberalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Liberalism menu tree.]

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There is no Right and Left, only Right and Wrong

http://truthandcons.blogspot.com/2009/03/links-to-all-three-manufactured-crisis.html

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Cloward-Piven Strategy Working Perfectly — in Europe

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/06/cloward-piven-strategy-working-perfectly-in-europe/?print=1

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Occupiers Update:

“I don’t employ the term ‘idiot’ lightly; but really, there’s no more accurate term to characterize the sheer nitwittedness on display at last week’s May Day march spearheaded by OccupyLA.“

http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2012/05/08/march-of-the-idiots-at-occupyla-may-day/?singlepage=true

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“The unwillingness of authorities to put a stop to their organized disruptions of other people’s lives, their trespassing, vandalism and violence is a de facto suspension, if not repeal, of the 14th Amendment’s requirement that the government provide “equal protection of the laws” to all its citizens.”

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/08/the-moral-infrastructure/print/

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“Green” Economies Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / “Green” Economies menu tree.]

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Environmental groups collecting millions from federal agencies they sue, studies show

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/08/environmental-groups-paid-millions-by-federal-agencies-sue-studies-show/

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BLS Green Jobs Report: Less Than Meets the Eye

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/ib3583.pdf

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“As Spain, Germany, Britain and other countries have learned, wind energy mandates and subsidies drive up the price of electricity – for families, factories, hospitals, schools, offices and shops.  They squeeze budgets and cost jobs.  Indeed, studies have found that two to four traditional jobs are lostfor every wind or other ‘green’ job created.“

http://www.masterresource.org/2012/05/wind-subsidies-terminate/

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Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REUSABLE_BAG_VIRUS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-05-09-17-26-27

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Obamacabinet Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamappointees / Obamacabinet menu tree.]

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[Eric Holder's] DOJ Defends Employee Comment that Mississippi Is ‘Disgusting and Shameful’

http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2012/05/08/doj-defends-employee-comment-that-mississippi-is-disgusting-and-shameful/?print=1

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Hypocrisy Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Hypocrisy menu tree.]

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“Despite being arguably the most pro-abortion administration in history, the Obama White House paradoxically requires unborn babies to be registered as separate guests when pregnant women visit the building…“

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irony-obama-admin-requires-visitors-at-white-house-to-register-unborn-babie/

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“If Obama has endorsed federalism and believes that states have the right to define marriage, then why doesn’t he support the ability of states to extricate themselves from Obamacare?“

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=51397

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Tolerance Update:

“I do wish that more contemporary liberals would be a bit more, well, liberal when it comes to tolerating dissent from the orthodoxies of their faith.  Or else I wish they would abandon the pretence of being liberals in the old-fashioned sense and declare their faith to be the equivalent of a religion from which various forms of dissent are simply not to be tolerated.“

http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2012/05/commencement-speaker-controversy.html

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“… a ‘coordinated flagging’ campaign had occurred, which triggered the channel to be pulled.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/youtube-restores-christian-videos/print/

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Election Fraud Update:

The Left’s National Vote Fraud Strategy Exposed

http://www.aim.org/special-report/the-lefts-national-vote-fraud-strategy-exposed/

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Obama’s “Truth” Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obama's Truth menu tree.]

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“… the credibility of [Obama's] Department of Homeland Security and the FBI has been undercut by this — because in the run-up to the anniversary of Usama bin Laden’s death they issued a bulletin saying there was no plot, when the administration, in fact, knew an explosive device was being tracked and intercepted.“

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/08/rep-king-suggests-administration-misled-public-on-bomb-plot-calls-for-review/

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Unemployment Numbers Scam

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/08/unemployment-numbers-scam/print/

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Abortion Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Abortion menu tree.]

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Planned Parenthood Appears OK With Sex-Selection Abortions

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/09/planned-parenthood-appears-ok-with-sex-selection-abortions/

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Biased Guttmacher Study Claims Women Confident of Abortion Decision

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/09/biased-guttmacher-study-claims-women-confident-of-abortion-decision/

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Study: Legal Abortions Don’t Decrease Maternal Mortality

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/09/study-legal-abortions-dont-decrease-maternal-mortality/

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Homosexual Marriage Update:

“Now that Washington state has redefined matrimony, is it legal for two consenting adult women to marry the man they love, have his children and form a very happy family life? And if it is not legal, why not?“

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/04/2092349/marriage-definition-is-too-limited.html

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Some Logical Corollaries of California’s Gay Marriage Decision

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/some_logical_corollaries_of_ca.html

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Gay Marriage Has Islamists Eyeing Polygamy

http://www.meforum.org/3214/gay-marriage-polygamy

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Obama The Man! Update:

“… I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf…“

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/my-behalf_644310.html

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Global Warming Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Science / Global Warming menu tree.]

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The Belief That CO2 Can Regulate Climate Is “Sheer Absurdity” Says Prominent German Meteorologist

http://notrickszone.com/2012/05/09/the-belief-that-co2-can-regulate-climate-is-sheer-absurdity-says-prominent-german-meteorologist/

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No Trend Towards Flood Or Drought In The US

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/no-trend-towards-flood-or-drought-in-the-us/

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New study shows solar minimum does cause climate cooling

http://ktwop.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/new-study-shows-solar-minimum-does-cause-climate-cooling/

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Winter Killed at Least 100 Afghan Refugee Children, Study Estimates

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/world/asia/winter-killed-at-least-100-afghan-refugee-children-study-estimates.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

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Islam vs. The Jews Update:

Winds of War?

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/08/winds-of-war/print/

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Obama & Islam Update:

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Obama & National Security Update:

The Evidence: Obama Is Undermining U.S. Troops in Afghanistan to Put the Taliban in Power

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/the_evidence_obama_is_undermining_us_troops_in_afghanistan_to_put_the_taliban_in_power.html

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The FBI’s Muslim Outreach Follies

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-fbis-muslim-outreach-follies/?print=1

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“It is a wonderful thing that Saudi intelligence and the CIA were able to infiltrate a double agent into Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula, but it is terrible that AQAP now knows that they have been penetrated, just because the administration couldn’t resist crowing about the victory.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/spiking_the_underwear_bomb_plot_bust.html

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Illegal Immigration Update:

GAO: New Border Patrol Strategy Lacks Measures to Gauge Effectiveness

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gao-new-border-patrol-strategy-lacks-measures-gauge-effectiveness-0

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Obama’s “Faith” Update:

President Obama ‘disappointed’ with North Carolina ban on gay marriage

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/08/president-obama-disappointed-with-north-carolina-ban-on-gay-marriage/#ixzz1uLA3AYKg

Then, later that same day…

Obama: ‘Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married’

http://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-same-sex-couples-should-be-able-to-get-married-74672/print.html

[For those who don't remember Barack Obama's former "sincerity" on this issue,  this article  will remind them.]

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Roman Catholicism Update:

Study: Over Half of South Jersey’s Catholics Believe Jesus Sinned

http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-over-half-of-south-jerseys-catholics-believe-jesus-sinned-74511/print.html

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Evangelicalism Update:

“The former principal of Berks Christian School was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl who was a student at the private school…“

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=384856

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Atheism Update:

“The real reason I’m here is to tell you your son, when he arrived, was dead.  There is no medical evidence or reason for your son to be alive.  He’s a miracle, and you need to remind him of this.”

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37778

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