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I will not go to Mexican Restaurants on Weekends. Why? Mariachi Bands!
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by Katherine Timpf November 2, 2015
(Yes, the school was allegedly actually demanding that students ask for approval to wear their costumes.)
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426448/mariachi-halloween-costume-school-ontario
Apparently, it’s “cultural appropriation” — whether it’s your own culture or not.
A student a St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Ontario, Canada was forbidden from dressing up as a mariachi for Halloween on the grounds that it could be offensive to Hispanic students — even though he’s Hispanic himself.
Ninth-grader Joshua Sewerynek told the Media Research Center’s MRCTV that, per the school’s instructions, he had tweeted asking permission for he and his friends to wear the costume.
(Yes, the school was allegedly actually demanding that students ask for approval to wear their costumes.)
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426448/mariachi-halloween-costume-school-ontario
How Fred Thompson got to Hollywood - RIP
How Fred Thompson got to Hollywood - The Washington Post
To a generation of Americans old enough to remember the Watergate hearings, Fred Thompson, who died Sunday at 73, was the Senate attorney whose question to a White House aide prompted the revelation that President Richard Nixon recorded conversations in the Oval Office. ...
Yet Thompson didn’t plan the second career that, after his forgettable 2008 presidential campaign, is a large part of his legacy. He blossomed as a thespian half-a-decade after Watergate when, as a
lawyer back in Nashville, he reluctantly took a very real case — and ended up playing himself in the movie of the story.
“The decision to take one of the least remunerative and longest-shot cases I’d ever had led to one of the most interesting chapters of my life,” he wrote in “Teaching the Pig to Dance,” a 2010 memoir. “It’s like I opened the door to what I thought was the courthouse and walked into Disneyland.”
In 1976, Marie Ragghianti, a mother of three who put herself through Vanderbilt University, was appointed chairman of Tennessee’s parole board by Gov. Ray Blanton (D). Yet she ran afoul of Blanton when, after learning the governor took cash in exchange for a convict’s clemency, she started voting against his recommendations. In 1978, she was fired after what turned out to be a largely groundless investigation of her expense records. She was also put under state surveillance, set up for DUI charges and falsely alleged to have stolen credit cards.
So, Ragghianti went to see a Tennessee lawyer she had seen on TV during Watergate: Fred Thompson.
“I tried to talk her out of a lawsuit,” Thompson wrote. “They could make her life miserable in ways that she could not understand.” Another problem: “Marie had uttered the most terrifying words that a lawyer can ever hear: ‘I am broke.'”
But Ragghianti’s story tugged at his heartstrings.
“The more I thought about it, the more I knew she was right about one thing: What they had done to her was cruel and unfair,” Thompson wrote. “… I never did like Blanton anyway. It would be fun to rattle his cage.”
The client secured her lawyer. As it turned out, the FBI was already on to Blanton’s scheming. Not only did Thompson and Ragghianti triumph in their civil case, but the governor was sentenced to three years in prison for extortion, among other charges. ...
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To a generation of Americans old enough to remember the Watergate hearings, Fred Thompson, who died Sunday at 73, was the Senate attorney whose question to a White House aide prompted the revelation that President Richard Nixon recorded conversations in the Oval Office. ...
Yet Thompson didn’t plan the second career that, after his forgettable 2008 presidential campaign, is a large part of his legacy. He blossomed as a thespian half-a-decade after Watergate when, as a
lawyer back in Nashville, he reluctantly took a very real case — and ended up playing himself in the movie of the story.
“The decision to take one of the least remunerative and longest-shot cases I’d ever had led to one of the most interesting chapters of my life,” he wrote in “Teaching the Pig to Dance,” a 2010 memoir. “It’s like I opened the door to what I thought was the courthouse and walked into Disneyland.”
So, Ragghianti went to see a Tennessee lawyer she had seen on TV during Watergate: Fred Thompson.
“I tried to talk her out of a lawsuit,” Thompson wrote. “They could make her life miserable in ways that she could not understand.” Another problem: “Marie had uttered the most terrifying words that a lawyer can ever hear: ‘I am broke.'”
But Ragghianti’s story tugged at his heartstrings.
“The more I thought about it, the more I knew she was right about one thing: What they had done to her was cruel and unfair,” Thompson wrote. “… I never did like Blanton anyway. It would be fun to rattle his cage.”
The client secured her lawyer. As it turned out, the FBI was already on to Blanton’s scheming. Not only did Thompson and Ragghianti triumph in their civil case, but the governor was sentenced to three years in prison for extortion, among other charges. ...
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RIP - Fred Thompson dead at 73
Much unlike Hillary Clinton who was a disgraced and mendacious counsel for the Watergate Committee now running for president, Fred Thompson, "through his run for the presidency, his career was defined by integrity, honesty, and a dedication to serving the American people. His was a consequential life that will be missed by those of us who admired him." m/r
Blog: Former senator Fred Thompson dead at 73
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/former_senator_fred_thompson_dead_at_73.html#ixzz3qM73qQuy
Blog: Former senator Fred Thompson dead at 73
Former senator, actor, and Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson passed away at his home in Tennessee yesterday. He was 73.
Thompson was a unique politician, easily moving between the hollows and hamlets of Tennessee to Hollywood, where he became known for playing tough but empathetic authority figures. He was first elected senator in 1994 in a special election to fill Al Gore's seat and then re-elected in 1996.
He declined to run in 2002.
He ran for president in 2007 but failed to inspire. After disappointing finishes in early primaries, he dropped out in late January 2008.
Thompson was a unique politician, easily moving between the hollows and hamlets of Tennessee to Hollywood, where he became known for playing tough but empathetic authority figures. He was first elected senator in 1994 in a special election to fill Al Gore's seat and then re-elected in 1996.
He declined to run in 2002.
He ran for president in 2007 but failed to inspire. After disappointing finishes in early primaries, he dropped out in late January 2008.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/former_senator_fred_thompson_dead_at_73.html#ixzz3qM73qQuy
Obama's pathetic response to the U.N.
"U.S. president standing against his own country, making a mockery of his constitutional oath"North Korea and Syria Applaud, as Cuba Bullies America at the UN | The Rosett Report
By Claudia Rosett On October 28, 2015
Never mind that since last December President Obama has been falling all over himself to please and appease Cuba’s Castro regime. He has failed to come up with arguments compelling enough to persuade Congress to lift the embargo on Cuba. So, while pocketing Obama’s concessions, Havana has been complaining to the United Nations General Assembly that the U.S. embargo is still in place. OnTuesday, the General Assembly continued its annual tradition of approving a resolution [1] slamming the U.S., urging the tailoring of U.S. law to UN interests, and demanding that the U.S. embargo be lifted. As usual, the resolution passed with near total support, the tally this year being 191 in favor, 2 against — the two holdouts being the U.S. itself, plus Israel (which, as a loyal ally, voted with the U.S.).
Lest anyone think this is some clearcut case in which the UN collective is right, and the U.S. is wrong, let’s be clear on what this vote is really about. It is not actually about Cuba per se, or the embargo. Cuba is a tyranny that routinely violates the principles of the UN charter, without incurring protest by the eminences of the UN. And Cuba has had abundant opportunity for years to trade with most of the world. The real constraint on its economy is Castroite communism, not the leaky barrier of the U.S. trade embargo. In this long-running saga, the Castro regime is not the victim. It is the villain.
But the UN’s thug-heavy General Assembly is not, as a rule, much concerned with the realities of right and wrong, nor do most of its member states give a hoot for the human rights ideals enshrined — or should we say, entombed — in the UN charter. This vote is a chance to beat up the U.S.; an annual rite in which Cuba leads the mob. Among the countries celebrating the passage of the resolution were such stars of the UN firmament as North Korea, which in 2013 was caught red-handed smuggling from Cuba a huge stash of munitions, hidden under bags of sugar aboard the freighter Chong Chon Gang. In an explanation of the vote, as summarized by the UN, [2]
North Korea’s envoy shared with the eminences of the UN his government’s concern that the U.S. embargo on Cuba “was hampering the peaceful and stable development of the region.”
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Lest anyone think this is some clearcut case in which the UN collective is right, and the U.S. is wrong, let’s be clear on what this vote is really about. It is not actually about Cuba per se, or the embargo. Cuba is a tyranny that routinely violates the principles of the UN charter, without incurring protest by the eminences of the UN. And Cuba has had abundant opportunity for years to trade with most of the world. The real constraint on its economy is Castroite communism, not the leaky barrier of the U.S. trade embargo. In this long-running saga, the Castro regime is not the victim. It is the villain.
But the UN’s thug-heavy General Assembly is not, as a rule, much concerned with the realities of right and wrong, nor do most of its member states give a hoot for the human rights ideals enshrined — or should we say, entombed — in the UN charter. This vote is a chance to beat up the U.S.; an annual rite in which Cuba leads the mob. Among the countries celebrating the passage of the resolution were such stars of the UN firmament as North Korea, which in 2013 was caught red-handed smuggling from Cuba a huge stash of munitions, hidden under bags of sugar aboard the freighter Chong Chon Gang. In an explanation of the vote, as summarized by the UN, [2]
North Korea’s envoy shared with the eminences of the UN his government’s concern that the U.S. embargo on Cuba “was hampering the peaceful and stable development of the region.”
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Bill Gates: the "Climate Change" Fascist Scammer
Here is some refreshing talk about Gates and the Global Warming Hoax. m/r
Bill Gates Says Socialism Not Capitalism Can Save Us From Climate Change - YouTube
Bill Gates Says Socialism Not Capitalism Can Save Us From Climate Change - YouTube
Published on Nov 1, 2015
Bill Gates Says Socialism Not Capitalism Can Save Us From Climate Change, Freaking Smelly Idiot
Sunday, November 1, 2015
The Cackling Felon Hillary Clinton and Lawless Black Obama
Got Law? How Hillary Clinton's Lawlessness Gets Ignored... - YouTube
Oct 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton breaks the law, gets people who work for her killed, lies to
the American people...and she's still a media darling? How is that
possible???
the American people...and she's still a media darling? How is that
possible???
The Bitch-of-Benghazi is Not "Too Big to Jail"
She is a Felon! m/r
As Benghazi inquiry fades, Clinton still faces legal questions about emails | McClatchy DC
But most who spoke to McClatchy say it’s unlikely the former first lady, senator and Cabinet secretary will face charges because of her high profile and the hurdle to prove she knew the emails contained classified information when she sent them to others.
“She’s too big to jail,” said national security attorney Edward MacMahon Jr., who represented former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling in 2011 in a leak case that led to an espionage prosecution and 3½-year prison term. He cited a pattern of light punishments for top government officials who have mishandled classified information while lower level whistleblowers such as Sterling have faced harsh prosecutions for revealing sensitive information to expose waste, fraud or abuse in government.
At least 671 emails that Clinton sent or received through her private server contained classified material, according to the State Department’s latest update Friday from its ongoing review of more than 30,000 emails. Her aides also sent and received classified information.
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As Benghazi inquiry fades, Clinton still faces legal questions about emails | McClatchy DC
“She’s too big to jail,” said national security attorney Edward MacMahon Jr., who represented former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling in 2011 in a leak case that led to an espionage prosecution and 3½-year prison term. He cited a pattern of light punishments for top government officials who have mishandled classified information while lower level whistleblowers such as Sterling have faced harsh prosecutions for revealing sensitive information to expose waste, fraud or abuse in government.
At least 671 emails that Clinton sent or received through her private server contained classified material, according to the State Department’s latest update Friday from its ongoing review of more than 30,000 emails. Her aides also sent and received classified information.
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