{"id":7038,"date":"2014-10-26T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=7038"},"modified":"2014-10-26T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T22:06:21","slug":"news20141026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/10\/26\/news20141026\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (October 26th, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>News of the Week for October 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/news-of-the-week\/image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" title=\"News of the Week\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg 229w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Election2014\">Election 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#ObamaScandal\">Obama Scandals<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Election2014\"><\/a>Election 2014<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/20\/wendy-davis-greg-abbott-might-ban-interracial-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wendy Davis: Greg Abbott Might Ban Interracial Marriage  <\/a><br \/>\nIt wasn\u2019t enough for Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for governor of Texas, to claim that her opponent \u2014 who is wheelchair-bound \u2014 doesn\u2019t care about disabled people. Now she and her campaign are claiming that Abbott might also want to ban interracial marriage.  There\u2019s only one problem: Abbott\u2019s wife Cecilia is Hispanic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/republican-tsunami-building.php\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Tsunami Building?<\/a><br \/>\nI leave the precise parsing of the poll data to Sean Trende, Nate Silver, Henry Olsen, and other numerologist\/astrologists, and go by my gut feel, which is usually though not always right. As the 2012 election approached I had a nagging feeling that Obama was going to pull it out, or that if Romney did indeed win it would be by the narrowest of margins, and not the landslide some (including me at one early point) thought he might.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weaselzippers.us\/203033-surveillance-video-catches-man-from-liberal-group-stuffing-hundreds-of-ballots-into-ballot-box-in-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\">Surveillance Video Catches Man From Liberal Group Stuffing Hundreds Of Ballots Into Ballot Box In Arizona\u2026 <\/a><br \/>\nRemind me again, aren\u2019t Dems claiming any restrictions on early voting is racist, or something?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/2014\/10\/21\/jason-carter-jimmys-grandson-thinks-our-rights-come-from-the-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Carter, Jimmy\u2019s Grandson, Thinks Our Rights Come From the Government<\/a><br \/>\nJason Carter is who the Democrats have chosen to lose in the gubernatorial race this year in Georgia. Carter is History\u2019s Greatest Monster\u2019s grandson. He\u2019s a Duke grad. He\u2019s a practicing attorney. He is in the Georgia State Senate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/22\/do-democrats-always-win-close-statewide-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do Democrats Always Win Close Statewide Elections?  <\/a><br \/>\nLet\u2019s check the data on statewide elections between 1998 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/10\/22\/Ineligible-DACA-Beneficiaries-Discovered-On-NC-Voting-Rolls\" target=\"_blank\">Ineligible DACA Beneficiaries Discovered on NC Voting Rolls <\/a><br \/>\nWith the North Carolina U.S. Senate race in a dead heta, state election officials say they have discovered 145 names on the voting rolls who are ineligible to vote because they are illegal immigrants who have been granted President Obama\u2019s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/10\/22\/850-people-officially-over-164-years-old-nyc-board-of-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\">850 voters in NYC are officially 164 years old<\/a><br \/>\nA single Bronx voter listed in official records as being 164 years old led Board of Elections officials to review their files \u2014 where they turned up another 849 New Yorkers who were supposedly alive when Abe Lincoln was president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C_uHDjk3fSc\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Udall Advocates Condone Voter Fraud: &#8220;That\u2019s not even like lying or stealing&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Awesome&#8221; is a very common word used by Democratic operatives in Colorado when discussing potential voter fraud. Project Veritas Action went undercover in the Centennial State to reveal just how prone their mail-in ballot system is to likely voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_uHDjk3fSc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/las-vegas\/ineligible-lv-candidate-could-reach-assembly-anyway\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Ineligible\u2019 LV candidate could reach Assembly anyway<\/a><br \/>\nMeghan Smith, who lost a District Court ruling that she was ineligible to win a Las Vegas seat in the Nevada Assembly, lost a second legal battle Monday, this one with the Nevada Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/390994\/republicans-making-gains-among-men-women-maybe-intersexed-ramesh-ponnuru\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans Making Gains Among Men, Women, Maybe the Intersexed <\/a><br \/>\nA new AP\/GfK poll shows that among women who are likely to vote, Republican congressional candidates lead 44 percent to 42. Among male likely voters, they lead 50\u201336. The findings are similar to the exit polls in the last midterm elections elections, in 2010, when Republicans narrowly won women (49\u201348 percent) and men were six points more likely to back the Republican candidates. Nothing special seems to be happening to the gender gap\u2013the difference in how men and women vote. Republicans are doing relatively well among men and women alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/390996\/greg-abbott-leading-wendy-davis-among-women-nearly-tied-among-hispanics-ian-tuttle\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Abbott Leading Wendy Davis Among Women, Nearly Tied Among Hispanics <\/a><br \/>\nWendy Davis is, as I\u2019ve mentioned, a terrible candidate. But that should not obscure the fact that her opponent, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott, is a remarkably good one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/accordingtohoyt.com\/2014\/10\/23\/will-you-also-tolerate-this\/\" target=\"_blank\">Will You (Also) Tolerate This?<\/a><br \/>\nAs some of you know, I\u2019m not only American, I\u2019m Coloradan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article3214841.html\" target=\"_blank\">California Republican Party gets aggressive in Assembly races <\/a><br \/>\nWhile attention was focused on the 36th and 65th Assembly districts \u2013 where Democratic members Steve Fox of Palmdale and Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton are highly vulnerable this election \u2013 the California Republican Party was quietly expanding its efforts to pick up other legislative seats in moderate areas and break the Democrats\u2019 legislative supermajority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/campaign-spot\/390932\/updated-early-vote-numbers-colorado-florida-iowa-and-louisiana-jim-geraghty\" target=\"_blank\">Updated Early Vote Numbers for Colorado, Florida, Iowa, and Louisiana <\/a><br \/>\nThe Colorado secretary of state announced today that 332,050 Coloradans have cast ballots already, and out of that total, 145,824 are registered Republicans, and 105,401 are registered Democrats. That translates to a 43.9 percent to 31.7 percent advantage for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/campaign-spot\/390919\/what-does-gops-big-lead-nevadas-early-vote-mean-jim-geraghty\" target=\"_blank\">What Does the GOP\u2019s Big Lead in Nevada\u2019s Early Vote Mean? <\/a><br \/>\nThe early-vote figures in Nevada look phenomenally good for Republicans and phenomenally bad for Democrats. While Republicans may hope it\u2019s an early indicator of a wide-ranging national wave in favor of the GOP, there are some factors there that are unique to Nevada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/2014\/10\/23\/denuded-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Denuded Victory<\/a><br \/>\nIf the polls are to be believed, the Republicans are more likely than not going to regain control of the Senate next year. Probably, they will increase their margin of control in the House. These are good things, I guess, in the sense that all elected Democrats are pro-abortion and removing one from power is always a net positive. So a week from Tuesday I will go out and cast my vote for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)48% and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)73% and will do so without much complaint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Columns\/2014\/10\/23\/Why-GOP-Wave-Election-Will-Surprise-Media\" target=\"_blank\">Why a GOP Wave Election Will Surprise the Media<\/a><br \/>\nIt\u2019s not every election that comes as a surprise to voters. But this might be the first one that will come as a surprise to those who pay attention to the news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/10\/24\/Watch-Sen-Mark-Udall-Botches-MLK-Quote-We-Judge-People-By-The-Content-Of-Their-Color\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Mark Udall Botches MLK Quote: &#8216;We Judge People By The Content Of Their Color&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nSen. Mark Udall (D-CO) flubbed a Martin Luther King Jr. quote on Thursday, during an event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/10\/24\/nikki-haleys-dem-opponent-escort-whore-out-the-door\" target=\"_blank\">Nikki Haley&#8217;s Dem Opponent: &#8216;Escort Whore Out the Door!&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nWhile giving a get-out-the-vote speech at a Florence, South Carolina political event, Democrat gubernatorial candidate, State Senator Vincent Shaheen, told cheering fans of his opponent, sitting Republican governor Nikki Haley, &#8220;We are going to escort whore out the door.&#8221; He then seemed to correct himself by exchanging the word &#8220;whore&#8221; with &#8220;her&#8221; while sharing knowing smiles and laughs with the Democrat crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ricochet.com\/democrats-continue-step-rakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats Continue to Step on Rakes <\/a><br \/>\nI take you to Georgia \u2014 the Peach State and ancestral homeland of Nipsey Russell \u2014 for a video of Republican Senate candidate David Perdue that will shock you to your very core<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/221840-the-shiny-object-election\" target=\"_blank\">The shiny object election<\/a><br \/>\nThe short-attention span generation has birthed the shiny-object election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/pollster-democrats-face-disaster-as-millennials-jump-ship\/article\/2555234\" target=\"_blank\">Obama&#8217;s youth votes mutinies, &#8216;disaster&#8217; election predicted for Dems<\/a><br \/>\nA prominent Democratic pollster is warning that the election looks to be \u201ca disaster\u201d for Democrats because younger, so-called millennial voters, are abandoning President Obama\u2019s party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/2014\/10\/26\/gop-candidate-attacked-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\">GOP candidate attacked because he is Catholic<\/a><br \/>\nIt is often said that the last acceptable prejudice is anti-Catholicism (though being anti-Christian and anti-male are certainly in the running) and proof of this is on display in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/221446-obama-apathy-not-voter-id-keeps-minorities-from-polls\" target=\"_blank\">Obama: Apathy, not Voter ID, keeps minorities from polls<\/a><br \/>\nControversial voter identification laws are not the primary reason minority voters are failing to cast their ballots, President Obama said in a radio interview airing Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/gender_gap_turns_against_dems_in_colorado.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Gender gap&#8217; turns against Dems in Colorado<\/a><br \/>\nFor at least a couple of decades, Democrats have relished the notion that a \u201cgender gap\u201d would lead them to victory. The entire \u201cwar on women\u201d rhetorical strategy is premised on the notion that women can be herded into the Democrat corral by scaremongering evil Republicans who want to take way their ability to kill inconvenient children, and keep them subjugated under a male boot. With women favoring Democrats, so the theory went, the two parties would split the male vote and Dems would win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2014\/10\/debate-crowd-laughter-may-signal-death-knell-for-democratic-war-on-women-theme-ny23\/\" target=\"_blank\">Debate crowd laughter may signal death knell for Democratic \u201cWar on Women\u201d theme (#NY23)<\/a><br \/>\nMartha Robertson practically being laughed off stage may signal public is fed up with \u201cWar on Women\u201d attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"ObamaScandal\"><\/a>Obama Scandals<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eagnews.org\/thanksobama-student-photos-of-paltry-school-lunches-raise-alarm\/\" target=\"_blank\">#ThanksObama: Student photos of paltry school lunches raise alarm<\/a><br \/>\nSocial media has proven to be the most effective way for students to bring attention to their new \u201chealthy\u201d school lunches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/10\/22\/immigration-detainees-released-criminal-records\/17714925\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. misinformed Congress, public on immigrant release<\/a><br \/>\nNew records contradict the Obama administration&#8217;s assurances to Congress and the public that the 2,200 people it freed from immigration jails last year to save money had only minor criminal records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/campaign-spot\/390982\/obama-administration-released-illegal-immigrants-charged-homicide-jim-geraghty\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Administration Released Illegal Immigrants Charged With Homicide <\/a><br \/>\nThe opening section of the Morning Jolt spells out why Republicans would be fools to even consider any \u201ccomprehensive immigration reform\u201d in the lame duck session\u2026 or before the end of the Obama administration, really\u2026<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2014\/10\/robert-farago\/watervliet-new-york-asks-pistol-permit-applicants-facebook-password\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watervliet, NY Asks Pistol Permit Applicants for Facebook Passwords. Or Not.<\/a><br \/>\nThe photo above shows an application for a pistol permit as used by the Watervliet, New York police department. It comes to us from &#8220;Mazz,&#8221; a member of the nyfirearms.com forum [registration required]. As you can see the app asks applicants for their \u201cFacebook &#038; Password.\u201d Considering the document\u2019s homemade look and the absurdity of the request, I called the Watervliet PD for confirmation and clarification. I got Chief Ron Boisvert . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FOwy9OWfnAM\" target=\"_blank\">Your Second Amendment<\/a><br \/>\nTired of listening to Progressives tell you that the Second Amendment only allows people in militias to keep and bear arms? Or that the Founders would have never intended the Second Amendment to apply to modern weapons? In his latest FIREWALL Bill recounts a remarkable conversation about the precise wording of the Second Amendment, and sums up why the document says what it means and means what it says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOwy9OWfnAM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-10-17\/oil-is-cheap-but-not-so-cheap-that-americans-won-t-profit-from-it.html?hootPostID=db141df47df18a491dd96ecd26f2e410\" target=\"_blank\">Oil Is Cheap. But Not So Cheap That Americans Won\u2019t Profit From It<\/a><br \/>\nOil profits are being tested. Crude prices have face-planted to their cheapest level since 2010, threatening the balance sheets of companies and the budgets of nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Breitbart-London\/2014\/10\/22\/Splattergate-II-green-graphic-novel-celebrates-eco-terrorism-shopping-mall-killing-spree\" target=\"_blank\">Green Graphic Novel Celebrates Eco-Terrorism Shopping Mall Killing Spree<\/a><br \/>\nWhen is it acceptable for a terrorist to go berserk in a shopping mall and machine gun innocent victims to death?<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/2014\/eon1021hm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Infected by Politics<\/a><br \/>\nThe public-health profession is more committed to social justice than to sound science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/24\/hhs-official-to-congress-im-totally-in-charge-but-that-doesnt-mean-i-can-prioritize-ebola-prep-over-puppet-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">HHS official to Congress: I\u2019m totally in charge, but that doesn\u2019t mean I can prioritize Ebola prep over puppet shows<\/a><br \/>\nIn which Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, uses the playbook of her boss, President Obama, to say she\u2019s totally in charge of everything and has everything under control, but she\u2019s not actually to be held responsible for any missteps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2801353\/i-ve-raped-30-times-s-not-lunchtime-desperate-plight-yazidi-woman-begged-west-bomb-brothel-isis-militants-sold-sex-slavery.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;I&#8217;ve been raped 30 times and it&#8217;s not even lunchtime&#8217;: Desperate plight of Yazidi woman who begged West to bomb her brothel after ISIS militants sold her into sex slavery<\/a><br \/>\nYazidi woman contacted Iraqi peshmerga fighters to ask for their help <\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inqcLXNlEes\" target=\"_blank\">Atheism+ Stream: How SJWs pushed their way into Atheism<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/inqcLXNlEes\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/vegas-prosecutors-used-super-seal-hide-fortune-seized-gamblers\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas prosecutors used \u2018super seal\u2019 to hide fortune seized from gamblers<\/a><br \/>\nCalling their conduct \u201cconstitutionally abhorrent,\u201d a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decadelong bookmaking investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-10-16\/women-dislike-having-female-bosses-more-than-men-do\" target=\"_blank\">Women Prefer Male Bosses Even More Than Men Do<\/a><br \/>\nWomen fighting for a broader presence in the upper levels of management face at least one very personal obstacle: Most workers don\u2019t want them there. Only one-fifth of people surveyed by Gallup this week said they preferred a female boss over a man. One-third preferred a male boss, and the rest had no preference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/view\/531911\/isaac-asimov-mulls-how-do-people-get-new-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Published for the First Time: a 1959 Essay by Isaac Asimov on Creativity<\/a><br \/>\nIsaac Asimov Mulls \u201cHow Do People Get New Ideas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/390805\/racist-telephone-poles-stanley-kurtz\" target=\"_blank\">Racist Telephone Poles <\/a><br \/>\nWhat do you see when you look at a telephone pole? Nothing worth noticing? An annoying obstruction? A monument to American ingenuity? Maybe what you ought to see is a sign of America\u2019s deep-lying racism, proof that even the most humdrum and seemingly benign marvel of engineering from America\u2019s Age of Invention is tainted by our history of deadly racial hatred. You don\u2019t see murderous racism when you look at telephone poles? You must not have been to college lately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nas.org\/articles\/beach_books_2013_2014_what_do_colleges_and_universities_want_students_to_re\" target=\"_blank\">Beach Books 2013-2014: What Do Colleges and Universities Want Students to Read Outside Class?<\/a><br \/>\nAssigning a summer reading to entering freshmen is a growing trend at hundreds of American colleges and universities. This report by the National Association of Scholars provides a account of freshman summer reading for the academic year 2013-2014, covering 341 colleges and universities and the 231 books they assigned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/10\/20\/carolla-on-elizabeth-warren-when-she-says-take-back-our-country-she-means-give-more-sht-to-people-audio\/?advD=1248,41002\" target=\"_blank\">Carolla On Elizabeth Warren: When She Says Take Back Our Country \u2018She Means Give More Sh*t To People\u2019 <\/a><br \/>\nIn his weekend broadcast of the \u201cAdam &#038; Drew Show Podcast,\u201d TV personality and noted anti-liberal Adam Carolla railed against Sen. Elizabeth Warren\u2019s Friday comments on \u201cReal Time With Bill Maher\u201d regarding what should and shouldn\u2019t be the role of government in the lives of Americans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/new-evidence-supports-officers-account-of-shooting-in-ferguson\/2014\/10\/22\/cf38c7b4-5964-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Evidence supports officer\u2019s account of shooting in Ferguson<\/a><br \/>\nFerguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown after they fought for control of the officer\u2019s gun and after Brown moved toward Wilson as they faced off in the street, according to interviews, news accounts and the full report of the St. Louis County autopsy of Brown\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/22\/california-orders-churches-to-fund-abortions-or-else\/\" target=\"_blank\">California Orders Churches To Fund Abortions\u2014Or Else  <\/a><br \/>\nA regulatory change in California has placed abortion in the category of \u2018basic health services\u2019 all insurance plans must cover. Even those churches buy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/22\/federal-persecutors\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Prosecutors Break Rules, Wreck Lives, and Get Promoted<\/a><br \/>\nWashington&#8217;s overlords protect their own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popehat.com\/2014\/10\/21\/gamer-gate-three-stages-to-obit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamer Gate: Three Stages to Obit<\/a><br \/>\nA lot of things been written about Gamer Gate. Some of them wrong, some of them stupid, some of them both.<br \/>\nA lot of the confusion (both accidental and malicious) is because Gamer Gate is three separate things clustered together under one name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/home\/skills\/how-to-raise-a-pig-that-tastes-like-whiskey-17334283?click=pp\" target=\"_blank\">How to Raise a Pig That Tastes Like Whiskey<\/a><br \/>\nWhiskey-flavored bacon? Look, it was only a matter of time before someone tried this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/10\/21\/pa-governor-corbett-signs-mumia-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">PA Governor Corbett Signs \u2018Mumia Bill\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nJust a few feet from the site where Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was gunned down by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, Gov. Corbett on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would censor former offenders from causing victims mental anguish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/10\/22\/Federal-Judge-Upholds-Puerto-Rico-s-Gay-Marriage-Ban\" target=\"_blank\">In Elegant Ruling, Federal Judge Upholds Traditional Marriage in Puerto Rico<\/a><br \/>\nA federal judge has upheld Puerto Rico&#8217;s traditional marriage law, bucking the recent trend of federal courts to strike down state laws enshrining traditional marriage. District judge Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, a Carter appointee, delivered a ruling that relied on a conservative reading of the Constitution and legal precedent, and created the potential for a split among the U.S. circuits that could prod the Supreme Court to take up the question in future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news_opinion\/national\/southwest\/2014\/10\/tribes_highest_court_orders_candidate_off_ballot\" target=\"_blank\">Navajo Tribe&#8217;s highest court orders candidate off ballot for not speaking Navajo<\/a><br \/>\nA candidate for tribal president on the nation&#8217;s largest Indian reservation lost another round in a language fluency dispute Wednesday, all but ending his bid for office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Breitbart-London\/2014\/10\/23\/Gawker-dishonest-fascists-of-GamerGate-could-cost-us-millions\" target=\"_blank\">Gawker: &#8216;Dishonest Fascists&#8217; of GamerGate Could Cost Us &#8216;Millions&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nAdobe, Mercedes and BMW are among the brands understood to have reconsidered relationships with Gawker in response to consumer activism that has cost the publisher thousands of dollars already, according to editor-in-chief Max Read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p38gwKVpLAA\" target=\"_blank\">The Monsters of #GamerGate<\/a><br \/>\nWhen I thought of a gamer, I used to see a straight, white, dude.  Now, I think of all the brave people standing against the might of almost the entire media establishment.  More than that, we&#8217;re beating them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p38gwKVpLAA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/articles\/60741\/how-supreme-court-created-student-loan-bubble\" target=\"_blank\">How the Supreme Court Created the Student Loan Bubble<\/a><br \/>\nIt all starts with Griggs v. Duke Power Co.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/diary\/littletboca\/2014\/10\/24\/common-core-state-led-heres-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Common Core Not State Led \u2013 Here\u2019s Proof<\/a><br \/>\nWho&#8217;s Looking Out for Our Kids?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-murrieta-mayor-resigns-20141020-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Murrieta mayor resigns after DUI arrest in crash that injured 4 students <\/a><br \/>\nThe mayor of Murrieta resigned Monday after being arrested Thursday on suspicion of seriously injuring four high school students while driving drunk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/24\/report-as-many-as-seven-wounded-in-shooting-at-washington-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Report: As many as seven wounded in shooting at Washington school<\/a><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s Marysville in Washington state, to be clear, not Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2014\/10\/amnesty-international-finds-human-rights-abuses-in-ferguson\/#more-103397\" target=\"_blank\">Amnesty International Finds \u201cHuman Rights Abuses\u201d in Ferguson<\/a><br \/>\nHere come the NGOs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/11184880\/Man-with-Islamic-extremist-leanings-attacks-NY-police.html\" target=\"_blank\">Man with &#8216;Islamic extremist leanings&#8217; attacks NY police <\/a><br \/>\nMan who attacked police officers with axe in New York City on Thursday had Islamic &#8220;extremist leanings&#8221;, according to SITE monitoring group<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Breitbart-TV\/2014\/10\/24\/Hillary-Dont-Let-Anybody-Tell-You-That-Businesses-Create-Jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Let Anybody Tell You&#8217; That &#8216;Businesses Create Jobs&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nAppearing at a Boston rally for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley on Friday, Hillary Clinton told the crowd gathered at the Park Plaza Hotel not to listen to anybody who says that \u201cbusinesses create jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PyUoCiWsTfI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/collegeinsurrection.com\/2014\/10\/prof-tells-son-of-syrian-immigrants-hes-exerting-white-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Tells Son of Syrian Immigrants He\u2019s Exerting White Privilege<\/a><br \/>\nThis happened because the professor didn\u2019t like the fact that the student was making a video of a forum at a public university. Here\u2019s the video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvp01wJ7eow\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-29772926\" target=\"_blank\">Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies, aged 71<\/a><br \/>\nJack Bruce, bassist from 1960s band Cream, has died aged 71, his publicist confirms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/moonbattery.com\/?p=51859\" target=\"_blank\">Drunken Anti-Gun State Senator Arrested Among Ferguson Mob With Loaded Gun<\/a><br \/>\nThe hypocrisy of liberals is like the national debt they have run up \u2014 too vast to comprehend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/10\/26\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-law-lets-irs-seize-citizens-cash-when-no-crime-is-suspected\/?advD=1248,41002\" target=\"_blank\">Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Law Lets IRS Seize Citizens\u2019 Cash When No Crime Is Suspected<\/a><br \/>\nImagine being informed that the Internal Revenue Service has seized your bank account. They don\u2019t accuse you of any crime, they simply acted because your account, used for your small business, has too much money in that was deposited in increments of less than $10,000 \u2013 the amount that requires the transaction to be reported to the IRS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=5998\" target=\"_blank\">ASU discourages face painting over racism concerns<\/a><br \/>\nA few students painted their faces and bodies black at a \u201cblack out\u201d football game earlier in the semester.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy &#038; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/22\/wastebook-2014-eight-absurd-government-projects-funded-with-your-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wastebook 2014: Eight Absurd Government Projects Funded With Your Money  <\/a><br \/>\nThe feds wasted millions on mountain lion treadmills, synchronized swimming for sea monkeys, monkey gambling, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/oct\/22\/tom-coburn-highlights-ridiculous-government-spendi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final Wastebook<\/a><br \/>\nOklahoma Republican, champion watchdog of the U.S. taxpayer retiring from Senate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20141025141958-1088431-california-a-food-powerhouse-in-peril\" target=\"_blank\">California \u2013 A Food Powerhouse in Peril<\/a><br \/>\nEveryone knows that California is a food powerhouse. What might be less known is just how dominant it is in certain crops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mystery-deepens-over-reported-russian-sub-sweden-151454396.html;_ylt=AwrBEiHKPERUDkEAqCrQtDMD\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish military releases photo of mysterious &#8216;foreign vessel&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nThe Swedish military presented photographic evidence of a mysterious &#8220;foreign vessel&#8221; off the coast of Stockholm but rejected reports of being on the &#8220;hunt&#8221; for a damaged submarine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/17\/senegal-just-eradicated-ebola-it-implemented-travel-bans-back-in-august\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senegal Just Eradicated Ebola. It Implemented Travel Bans Back In August  <\/a><br \/>\nAccording to a press release this morning from the World Health Organization (WHO), the African country of Senegal has effectively ended the transmission of Ebola within its borders<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/britain-threatens-internet-trolls-two-years-jail-110001348.html;_ylt=AwrBJR_DD0RUZCgAnGjQtDMD\" target=\"_blank\">Britain threatens Internet &#8216;trolls&#8217; with two years in jail<\/a><br \/>\nPeople found guilty of Internet &#8220;trolling&#8221; in Britain could be jailed for up to two years under government proposals outlined on Sunday, following a number of high-profile cases of abusive and threatening behaviour on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-american-interest.com\/wrm\/2014\/10\/10\/ukip-shakes-up-the-uk-establishment\/\" target=\"_blank\">UKIP Shakes Up the UK Establishment<\/a><br \/>\nUKIP&#8217;s near-upset of Labor is in many ways more telling than its victory in Clacton. But the British elite has a long history of co-opting its malcontents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.couriermail.com.au\/news\/queensland\/girls-leading-way-in-new-gun-trend-as-parents-tell-antigun-lobbyto-back-off\/story-fnihsrf2-1227095516481?nk=87c66e0435580f1ac26e557b770f7746\" target=\"_blank\">Girls leading way in new gun trend as parents tell anti-gun lobbyto back off<\/a><br \/>\nQUEENSLAND schoolgirls are picking up guns in record numbers. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/president-belarus-country-sausage-free-toilet-paper-article-1.1979551\" target=\"_blank\">President of Belarus declares country&#8217;s sausage is free of toilet paper<\/a><br \/>\nAlexander Lukashenko made the declaration when comparing Belarus to Russia, where he claimed the nation added \u2018toilet paper, soy, all kind of additives\u2019 into the meat, while Belarus maintained better food standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/articles\/60708\/six-questions-geert-wilders\" target=\"_blank\">Six Questions With Geert Wilders<\/a><br \/>\nA defender of Western civilization speaks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/speisa.com\/modules\/articles\/index.php\/item.122\/sweden-passes-law-to-criminalize-any-criticism-of-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sweden passes law to criminalize any criticism of immigration <\/a><br \/>\nA new law will come into effect in Sweden after Christmas 2014, that will allow people to be prosecuted for criticizing immigration or politician\u2019s unwillingness to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/polls-opposition-has-slight-lead-in-brazil-presidential-runoff\/2488895.html\" target=\"_blank\">Opposition Has Slight Lead in Brazil Presidential Runoff <\/a><br \/>\nOpposition candidate Aecio Neves is heading into the final week of Brazil&#8217;s presidential race with a razor-thin lead in polls, but it&#8217;s the incumbent Dilma Rousseff who appears to be gaining momentum in the homestretch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2014\/10\/22\/soldier-shot-at-war-memorial-near-canadian-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian soldier, gunman killed in attack on Ottawa capital complex<\/a><br \/>\nA Canadian soldier was shot dead and a suspect killed in a brazen attack on the Canadian Parliament complex in Ottawa Wednesday morning that left the nation&#8217;s capital on lockdown just two days after a terror attack in Quebec, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/hong-kong-protesters-confront-government-officials-in-tv-debate-20141022-119nh4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong protesters confront government officials in TV debate<\/a><br \/>\nBeijing: Hong Kong&#8217;s political crisis shifted from its city streets to an austere university lecture theatre as student protest leaders faced off with government officials in a much-anticipated televised debate after more than three weeks of an unprecedented civil disobedience campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/dead-infants-found-in-canadian-storage-locker-20141022-119q4e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dead infants found in Canadian storage locker<\/a><br \/>\nWinnipeg: The remains of as many as four infants were found in a storage locker in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Tuesday after U-Haul International employees made &#8220;a disturbing discovery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/mexican-rights-agency-army-executed-15-22-26358548\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican Rights Agency Says Army Executed 15 of 22<\/a><br \/>\nSoldiers executed at least 12 and probably 15 people at a warehouse in southern Mexico last summer, the government Human Rights Commission said Tuesday in a sweeping indictment of attempts by the military and civilian prosecutors to cover up the crimes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/391014\/sgt-arms-who-took-down-ottawa-shooter-gets-standing-ovation-canadian-parliament\" target=\"_blank\">Sgt-at-Arms Who Took Down Ottawa Shooter Gets Standing Ovation at Canadian Parliament <\/a><br \/>\nKevin Vickers, the 58-year-old ceremonial Sergeant-at-Arms of Canada\u2019s parliament, received a standing ovation from Canadian lawmakers on Thursday after gunning down an attacker who targeted the Canadian parliament on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2014\/10\/21\/hong-kong-leader-popular-vote-would-give-poor-too-much-power\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong Leader: Popular Vote Would Give Poor Too Much Power <\/a><br \/>\nChief Executive Leung Chun-ying said that if the government met student demands and allowed candidates to be nominated by the public, Hong Kong\u2019s poor and working class could dominate the elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/197124\/\" target=\"_blank\">OTTAWA SHOOTER: Son of a jihadist and a Social Justice Warrior:<\/a><br \/>\nMichael Zehaf-Bibeau, the slain 32-year-old suspected killer of a Canadian Forces soldier near Parliament Hill, was a labourer and small-time criminal \u2013 a man who had had a religious awakening and seemed to have become mentally unstable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2014\/oct\/23\/south-sudan-peace-deal-salva-kiir-riek-machar\" target=\"_blank\">South Sudan peace deal offers glimmer of hope<\/a><br \/>\nCautious optimism as three factions of Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement accept responsibility for civil war<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/2014-10-23\/brazil-race-hinges-on-fickle-lower-middle-class\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil race hinges on appeal to lower middle class<\/a><br \/>\nThe debate boiled in Lena&#8217;s Salon in Rio&#8217;s Cantagalo slum, as patrons argued about who should win Sunday&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/world\/africa\/boko-haram-seizes-25-girls-from-town-in-nigeria-1.1974844\" target=\"_blank\">Boko Haram seizes 25 girls from town in Nigeria<\/a><br \/>\nMilitants believed to be behind abduction that would violate ceasefire<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/news\/world\/article\/Mexican-governor-steps-aside-over-disappearances-5843736.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican governor steps aside over disappearances<\/a><br \/>\nThe governor of Guerrero state announced Thursday that he&#8217;s stepping aside while an investigation continues nearly a month after 43 students disappeared and six people were killed in an attack that has implicated local police and politicians in the city of Iguala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/opinion\/toronto-schools-hosting-lgbtq-conference-for-students-as-young-as-11\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto schools hosting \u2018LGBTQ\u2019 conference for students as young as 11 <\/a><br \/>\nThe Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is hosting three student conferences within the span of eight days for the purpose of LGBTQ activism.  The conferences, which have been organized in collaboration with Jer\u2019s Vision, will take place on October 28, October 30, and November 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Breitbart-London\/2014\/10\/25\/UKIP-Launches-Hard-Hitting-New-Rotherham-Poster\" target=\"_blank\">UKIP Launches Hard-Hitting New Rotherham Poster<\/a><br \/>\nUKIP has launched a hard-hitting poster that criticises Labour for the Rotherham child abuse scandal in which 1,400 children were abused between 1997 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/egypt-declares-state-emergency-sinai-closes-gaza-border-crossing-1713050\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt Declares State Of Emergency In Sinai, Closes Gaza Border Crossing<\/a><br \/>\nA three-month state of emergency has been declared in Egypt\u2019s Sinai Peninsula following the deaths of at least 30 soldiers in two separate attacks on Friday, according to media reports. The emergency measures will reportedly be implemented in the north and centre of the Sinai Peninsula and will include a daily curfew from 5 pm to 7 am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/391172\/honecker-smiles-andrew-stuttaford\" target=\"_blank\">Honecker Smiles <\/a><br \/>\nSo, it looks as if a party linked to Germany\u2019s totalitarian past is going to take over a German regional government. I look forward to hearing the outrage from all over the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20141024\/italian-mayor-champions-roma-only-bus-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Italian town plans separate bus for Roma<\/a><br \/>\nA mayor in north-west Italy has backed a controversial plan to create a bus route only for Roma people, a move which has been likened to the segregation policies of Apartheid South Africa, Italian media reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Breitbart-London\/2014\/10\/26\/No-laughing-matter--Clown-terror-spreads-in-France\" target=\"_blank\">No Laughing Matter: Clown Terror Spreads in France<\/a><br \/>\nA wave of panic sparked by evil clowns stalking French towns has spread to the south of France where police on Saturday night arrested 14 teenagers dressed as the pranksters, carrying pistols, knives and baseball bats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/party-638889-left-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder on the Left<\/a><br \/>\nMuch has been written about the right-ward shift of the Republican Party, but far less about a mounting left-wing movement among Democrats. While the media tends to dismiss the right-wingers of the GOP as \u201cwingnuts,\u201d it typically refrains from categorizing even the extreme left of the Democratic Party in a similar manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2014\/10\/18\/can-ministers-who-make-a-living-by-conducting-weddings-be-required-to-conduct-same-sex-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can ministers who make a living by conducting weddings be required to conduct same-sex weddings?<\/a><br \/>\nDonald and Evelyn Knapp are apparently ordained ministers who run The Hitching Post, a chapel in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, at which they conduct weddings. (This strikes me as quite similar to many ministers\u2019 practice of charging to officiate weddings when they are invited to do so at other venues.) Coeur d\u2019Alene has an ordinance banning discrimination based on, among other things, sexual orientation in places of public accommodation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2014\/10\/20\/idaho-city-ordinance-bans-distribution-of-bible-to-children\/\" target=\"_blank\">Idaho city ordinance bans distribution of Bible to children<\/a><br \/>\nOkay, I confess, it\u2019s not just the Bible. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/10\/20\/gay-marriage-no-one-expects-the-secular-inquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gay Marriage: No One Expects the Secular Inquisition  <\/a><br \/>\nOn Friday, city officials in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, informed Donald and Evelyn Knapp, ordained ministers and proprietors of the Hitching Post Wedding Chapel, that they would be required to perform gay weddings or face fines or possibly jail time under the city\u2019s \u201cpublic accommodations\u201d statute. Their religious views are expected to adjust to the edicts of the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/blog\/gamergate-makes-the-left-uncomfortable-because-gamer-gaters-have-adopted-the-lefts-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\">#GamerGate Makes the Left Uncomfortable Because Gamer Gaters Have Adopted the Left\u2019s Tactics<\/a><br \/>\nSince last we checked in on #GamerGate, there have been a couple of rather silly arguments leveled against the grassroots hashtagtivist campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/390870\/brief-national-dialogue-race-kevin-d-williamson\" target=\"_blank\">A Brief National Dialogue on Race <\/a><br \/>\nBlack-ish, and the never-ending &#8220;honest conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/21\/the-lefts-creeping-totalitarianism-on-af\" target=\"_blank\">The Left&#8217;s Creeping Totalitarianism on Affirmative Consent<\/a><br \/>\nDepriving men of their due process rights won&#8217;t help women<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2014\/10\/22\/gamergate-part-2-videogames-meet-feminis\" target=\"_blank\">GamerGate, Part 2: Videogames Meet Feminism<\/a><br \/>\nThis is an anti-authoritarian rebellion, not an antiwoman backlash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/lifestyle\/2014\/10\/20\/the-10-most-influential-science-fiction-stories-of-the-1910s\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 10 Most Influential Science Fiction Stories of the 1910s<\/a><br \/>\nThese are the tales that laid the foundation for a century&#8217;s worth of creative visions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/390971\/meet-new-serfs-you-kevin-d-williamson\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the New Serfs: You <\/a><br \/>\nAccountability is only for the little people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/391047\/enduring-power-story-jonah-goldberg\" target=\"_blank\">The Enduring Power of Story <\/a><br \/>\nThe clash of conflicting narratives about America is what\u2019s tearing us apart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketfullofliberty.com\/politics-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Successfully Engaging The Culture In Politics Means Forgetting About &#8220;The Message.&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nIt\u2019s become somewhat of a rallying cry for some conservatives who feel the Republican Party and conservatives overall don\u2019t \u201cget it\u201d with respect to culture, particularly pop culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2014\/10\/24\/postmodern-college-postmodern-love\/\" target=\"_blank\">Postmodern College, Postmodern Love<\/a><br \/>\nOtterbein University is a small, private liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio, near Columbus. Like most such schools in America, it began with an explicitly Christian purpose<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistantoday.com.pk\/2014\/10\/25\/comment\/an-open-letter-to-ben-affleck\/\" target=\"_blank\">An open letter to Ben Affleck<\/a><br \/>\nYour heart was in the right place, but\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/among-palefaces_817062.html?nopager=1\" target=\"_blank\">Among the Palefaces<\/a><br \/>\nYet another effort to start a conversation about race in America<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/americanthinker.com\/2014\/10\/the_left_and_the_distortion_of_history.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Left and the Distortion of History<\/a><br \/>\nIn the fall of 1991, the relatively small and quiet university of Alfred University in New York State was engrossed in controversy. Indignant professors led students in protests, heated debates raged throughout the divided campus, editorials filled the school and local papers. At the heart of the controversy was the newly-installed statue of King Alfred, the medieval English monarch after whom the town and school was named. Ten years prior, when the monument was commissioned, no one could foresee the controversy it would eventually cause. Yet, its placement offended the sensibilities of the university&#8217;s history professors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/2014\/10\/24\/ferguson-powder-keg\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ferguson powder keg<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cTensions are rising in Ferguson as new details about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown emerge,\u201d reports CBS News in St. Louis.  That would seem odd to the proverbial man from Mars, hopping out of his flying saucer and getting up to speed on the crisis, because the new details reveal that what they were protesting over didn\u2019t happen.  Rejoice, good people of Ferguson!  Michael Brown was not a \u201cgentle giant\u201d executed on the street by a racist white cop for no reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2014\/10\/the_special_treatment_homosexuals_demand_.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Special Treatment Homosexuals Demand<\/a><br \/>\nThere is one particular thing that illustrates better than anything else the unreasonableness \u2014 and some would say gall \u2014 of homosexuality activists. It\u2019s not demanding that bakers, shirt printers and wedding planners be party to events and expression deeply contrary to their principles, as offensive as that is. What I speak of is something even more fundamental, something again brought to light by the recent Vatican synod on the family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2014\/10\/26\/vagina-warrior-lynch-mobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Vagina Warrior Lynch Mobs\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nThanks to Darleen Click for that phrase, describing the feminists who have ginned up a campus sex panic with hysterical claims about a (non-existent) \u201crape epidemic\u201d at colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; News of the Week for October 26th, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-7038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7038"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7044,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions\/7044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}