News of the Week for Apr. 21st<\/sup>, 2019<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Correcting Congressman Eric Swalwell on 1A (and 2A)<\/a> Gun Control Lobby Targets Nevada’s Firearm Sanctuaries<\/a> KNIFE CONTROL: UK Parliament Member Wants GPS Trackers In Cutlery<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AOC Narrates Screechy Green New Deal Cartoon<\/a> Financial Times: Creating Commuter Misery Will Build Support for Climate Action<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Man with Down’s Syndrome’s ‘cruel and horrific’ death after 19 days without food<\/a> CDC: U.S. measles outbreak grows to highest level in 25 years<\/a> The Health Care Choices Proposal: Charting a New Path to a Down Payment on Patient-Centered, Consumer-Driven Health Care Reform<\/a> An #InconvenientTruth<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Libya: The Battle For Tripoli <\/a> Court Throws Out Years of Rulings from Military Judge in USS Cole Trial<\/a> Man in custody after walking into St. Patrick’s Cathedral with gas cans, lighters<\/a> China’s Aggression in the South China Sea<\/a> Holodeck on Navy’s Wish-list<\/a> Sri Lanka explosions: 100 killed as churches and hotels targeted<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Christian Adoption Agency Sues Michigan And HHS For Religious Discrimination <\/a> Poll Shows Roy Moore With Big Lead In Alabama Senate Primary<\/a> Presidential Hopeful Marianne Williamson Proposes Federal ‘Department of Peace Creation’<\/a> Democrat Legislator Offers Amendment to Specifically Kill Black Babies in Abortion<\/a> Substitute Teacher in Kentucky Accused of Downing 4 Shots of Vodka in Class, Endangering Kids<\/a> McConnell Campaign Site’s 404 Error Page Features Image of Merrick Garland<\/a> North Carolina Democrat Governor Vetoes “Born Alive” Abortion Bill<\/a> Fashion World Celebrates Gay-Hating Dictator<\/a> Popular dog website releases guide for “transgender dogs”<\/a> Illinois student gov praises Texas State counterpart for attempt to ban conservative group<\/a> Ocasio-Cortez: “Acknowledging Racism Is More Offensive Than Racism Itself” in U.S.<\/a> Did Google Sabotage Firefox and IE? (zdnet.com) 172<\/a> Crime to Tweet About People Intending to “Abuse” Them?<\/a> Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Says U.S. Needs a Value Added Tax (VAT)<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fire engulfs Notre Dame cathedral in Paris<\/a> Blackouts threaten death blow to Venezuela’s industrial survivors<\/a> Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky ‘wins presidency by landslide’5 minutes ago <\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reclaiming our language from transgender activists<\/a> Obama 2008 Redux<\/a> A message for newcomers flocking to Nevada<\/a> Racial Resentment As Pedagogy<\/a> Feminist, Pro-Gay Mother Of Trans Child Critiques Bans On “Conversion Therapy” <\/a> Will Tocqueville’s Dilemma Crash America?<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" "\\"News")
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<\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n
\nPerhaps the most specious decisions of the Supreme Court are the ones limiting free speech. The infamous “you can\u2019t yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater” declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes has spawned a litany of commentary justifying prosecution of one person or another for anti-government or anti-religious speech. It’s also allowed power-hungry politicians – on both sides of the aisle \u2013 to suggest the Constitution is more than just a document full of unchangeable laws to a more malleable document meant to change at the whims of those in government.<\/p>\n
\nIf it’s perfectly acceptable to selectively enforce laws disfavored by the left, why not selectively enforce laws disfavored by the right Constitution?<\/p>\n
\nThe newest Orwellian fantasy is to track every piece of cutlery in the United Kingdom via GPS.<\/p>\n<\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n
Environment &
\n“Green Energy”<\/h2>\n
\nEven Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s biggest fans have to admit that the February rollout of her “Green New Deal” could’ve gone more smoothly. She put out a FAQ that talked about banning all the airplanes and farting cows, and when everybody laughed at her, she came up with some ridiculous excuses. Most recently she claimed the FAQ was just a rough draft that was never meant to go public, blaming its release on “a staffer that had a really bad day at work.” This is a weird claim, because that was over two months ago and she still hasn’t put up the “real” FAQ.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the Financial Times, you build people’s support for your cause by adding to the misery of their work commute.<\/p>\n<\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n
Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n
\nGiuseppe ‘Joe’ Ulleri wasted away at Manchester Royal Infirmary after the ‘failure in his overall care’<\/p>\n
\nThe measles outbreak in the United States has grown to its second-highest level in a quarter-century, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.<\/p>\n
\nAfter more than eight years of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, health insurance costs continue to spiral out of control, particularly for millions of Americans trapped in the individual and small-group markets. Choice and competition in most of the states\u2019 individual health insurance markets has virtually collapsed, leaving millions of Americans with either limited, or no, choice of health coverage. Patient access to physicians and medical specialists has declined, as health plan provider networks have progressively narrowed. The Health Care Choices Proposal offers Congress a path to reset the course of failed health care reform as a down payment on further needed reforms.<\/p>\n
\nAbout that CanuckCare being such a great deal<\/p>\n<\/a>War & Terror<\/h1>\n
\nThe LNA (Libyan National Army) and its commander Khalifa Hiftar are on the verge of taking the capital and ending eight years of factional fighting that has left Libya broke and chaotic. <\/p>\n
\nA federal appeals court tossed out years of rulings from a case being tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo involving the bombing of the USS Cole.<\/p>\n
\nA man was nabbed Wednesday night walking into St. Patrick’s Cathedral with four gallons of gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters, police said.<\/p>\n
\nAs protesters gathered outside the Chinese Embassy on April 10 in Manila, to express their outrage at China’s naval aggression, U.S. and Filipino troops conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea, aimed at preparing the Philippines to “deal with any potential island invasion.”<\/p>\n
\nRemember the collisions that the USS John McCain and the USS Fitzgerald were involved with? Back in 2017, these ships were involved with two different collisions with civilian ships. Many of us, with relevant experiences, wondered how something like this could happen.<\/p>\n
\nAt least 100 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<\/a>National<\/h1>\n
\nMichigan foster families and St. Vincent Catholic Charities are suing the state of Michigan and Health and Human Services to allow the non-profit to continue its work placing the state’s foster children in forever homes. In March, the American Civil Liberties Union and Michigan attorney general signed a settlement for a 2017 lawsuit, barring Michigan from working with faith-based adoption agencies because of their religious beliefs about marriage.<\/p>\n
\nA new poll shows former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore leading several prospective candidates in the 2020 Republican Alabama Senate primary.<\/p>\n
\nMarianne Williamson, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has proposed the creation of two new federal agencies: the Department of Peace Creation and the Department of Children and Youth.<\/p>\n
\nAbortion advocates tried unsuccessfully to weaken Ohio’s heartbeat bill with a series of amendments this week, including one that would have allowed only African American unborn babies to be aborted.<\/p>\n
\nA substitute teacher in Kentucky has been jailed for allegedly endangering middle school students by teaching while drunk.<\/p>\n
\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R., Ky.) official campaign website has an error page that features the image of the Supreme Court nominee who wasn’t, Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n
\nWhen does the right to life begin for Democrats?<\/p>\n
\nSo now the New York Times, along with many noted style figures, is celebrating Fidel Castro as a trend-setting fashion icon. Do you think all those fashionistas would be remembering Castro so fondly if they knew what a virulent homophobe he was? As usual, it’s “no enemies on the left” . . .<\/p>\n
\nWag! is an online service that allows people to book trusted walkers for their dogs on-demand. You\u2019ve probably seen their advertisements on television, YouTube, or maybe around the internet. Perhaps, like me, you’ve even considered employing their services. After all, they seem genuinely dedicated to the well-being and proper care of your beloved pooch. There are even ample resources on their site for both the general public, and their walkers, to answer important questions like “Can Dogs Digest Bones?” and “Can Dogs Feel Claustrophobic?” <\/p>\n
\nThe University of Illinois student government sent a letter to its Texas State counterpart.<\/p>\n
\nRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the U.S. has made “little to no progress” on the “racial wealth gap” and “acknowledging racism is more offensive than racism itself” in the country.<\/p>\n
\nFirefox’s former VP accused Google of sabotaging Firefox — for example, when Gmail and Google Docs “started to experience selective performance issues and bugs on Firefox” and demo sites “would falsely block Firefox as ‘incompatible’… There were dozens of oopses. Hundreds maybe… [W]hen you see a sustained pattern of ‘oops’ and delays from this organization — you’re being outfoxed.”<\/p>\n
\nThat’s the legal theory behind a case just filed by prosecutors in Ohio.<\/p>\n
\nHalfway originalism, frustrated immigration enforcement, and sit down or be put down.<\/p>\n<\/a>Economy & Taxes<\/h1>\n
\nDemocratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang told PJM that the U.S. should follow other countries and impose a Value Added Tax (VAT), which he argued “would benefit all but the richest Americans who consume a great deal of resources.”<\/p>\n<\/a>International<\/h1>\n
\nThe Cathedrale Notre-Dame is on fire, according to the Paris fire department. Multiple eyewitnesses shared photos and videos of the cathedral with visible plumes of smoke and flames across the cathedral’s roof.<\/p>\n
\nThe latest power outage kicked off another tough week for factory owner Antonello Lorusso in the city of Valencia, once Venezuela’s industrial hub.<\/p>\n
\nUkrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, exit polls suggest.<\/p>\n<\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n
\nThe speech demands that transgender activists and other Leftists make on us exceed the bounds of good manners and enter the realm of pure totalitarianism.<\/p>\n
\nPete Buttigieg’s announcement yesterday was pretty effective. He is borrowing from the Obama playbook circa 2008: running on a standard progressive platform, but talking about his faith and going out of his way to strike a unifying, unthreatening tone, while at the same time hoping to light up the Democratic base with his youth and narrative. This is also Beto’s play. It makes a lot of sense on paper, but the question that will be answered over the next year is whether either of these candidates has the staying power and talent to pull it off.<\/p>\n
\nMany people relocate to Nevada to escape the taxes and onerous regulations of their former states. That’s fine – as long as they leave their political baggage in the place they are escaping. But they don’t. They import it along with their furniture.<\/p>\n
\nEducation researchers seem far more interested in “interrogating whiteness” than in developing methodologies to help black students improve their skills.<\/p>\n
\nWhat the general public does not understand is that standard mental health therapy is now considered conversion therapy when practiced with gender-dysphoric youth.<\/p>\n
\nIs equality a danger to freedom in a democratic United States?<\/p>\n