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News/Politics 5-1-13

UPDATE!!!

From NBCNews

“Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are under arrest, suspected of removing items from his dorm room after the April 15 attack, sources said Wednesday.

Two of the pals were detained April 20 on immigration charges and a third has now been taken into custody, sources said. They are expected to face obstruction of justice charges, the sources said.

There was no indication the three University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth students had any prior knowledge of the bombing.

Police are alleging the 3 removed fireworks and explosives from the dorm room.

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What’s interesting in the news today?

We’ll start with this one. Sad, but hardly surprising. After all, this is Obama’s FDA. From Reuters

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age.

The announcement partially reverses a December 2011 decision that prevented the sale of the emergency contraceptive to all females of reproductive age, which was also overturned by a U.S. district judge in New York on April 5. The FDA said its approval was not related to the judge’s ruling.”

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This one….. I just can’t believe they’re gonna do it. Bad idea. From TheWaPo

“President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive U.S. leadership among allies and partners seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, according to senior administration officials.

The officials emphasized that supplying arms is one of several options under consideration and that political negotiation remains the preferred option. To that end, the administration has launched an effort to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin that the probable use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government — and the more direct outside intervention that could provoke — should lead him to reconsider his support of Assad.”

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It seems that Pres. Obama and Democrats in the Senate have finally started creating some jobs. Totally by accident of course. It turned out to be an unintended consequence of their gun ban push. And they’re making evil capitalists rich too.  🙂

From Reuters

“Gunmaker Sturm Ruger & Co Inc. reported record quarterly sales after fears of new gun controls spurred demand, and the company said it was scouting for a third factory to boost production.”

“Sales jumped about 39 percent to $155.9 million in the first quarter from a year earlier. It rose 10 percent from the fourth quarter.

Gun demand has been boosted in part by attempts to ban the sale of certain high capacity rifles and ammunition in the wake of the shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut in December.”

Doh! 🙂

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How about we lighten things up with some football news?

Or not. 😯  From TheWaPo

“A D.C. Council member is preparing to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins to change its name, perhaps to the Washington Redtails.

Council member David Grosso, an independent elected last year, said he plans to pursue his non-binding resolution because the current name is “a derogatory, racist name.”

““It’s been a long time that we’ve had this name associated with Washington, and I think its time we take a stand and change it,” Grosso said.”

Now I’m sure the owner will finally cave, but at least someone points out that this is just PC stupidity. ‘Course, he gets attacked for it too…. From Twitchy

“Late last year, ESPN’s Rob Parker blanched at the idea that Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III might be a “cornball brother,” aka a black Republican. So, we can only imagine what Parker’s thinking after seeing this tweet from Griffin:

Robert Griffin III        ✔@RGIII

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness”

He should have put….

bazinga

at the end of his Tweet.

🙂 Hey, what do I care if they’re distracted by non-football issues……

I’m a Giants fan. 🙂

Uh-oh. I just realized some tall people might get upset about that whole “Giant” thing and then they’ll be after NY too. 😦

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And on a more serious note this is troubling, but not really surprising. More unintended consequences. From TheDailyMail

“How anti-racism lessons INCREASE pupil intolerance by ‘causing animosity to  other cultures”

  • Dutch study finds discussing sensitive  ethnic concerns can be counter-productive
  • Education Secretary Michael Gove under fire  over plans to stop teaching teenagers about multicultural topics

“Children who are given anti-racism lessons in  school are more likely to be intolerant outside the classroom, a major study  found yesterday.

It said accusing white pupils of racism  causes animosity, and discussing sensitive ethnic concerns such as honour  killings paints minority group children in a bad light.”

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And Rasmussen has a new poll out on what the public thinks about college professors. From Rasmussen

“Full-time college professors are generally regarded as politically liberal by most Americans, and only one-in-four think most professors favor the values of American society.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 25% of U.S. Adults believe most full-time college professors share the values of American society. Forty percent (40%) think most full-time professors oppose American values. A sizable number (34%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Now what can we do about it?

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18 thoughts on “News/Politics 5-1-13”

  1. As someone who is part Irish I am very offended by Notre Dame. Not some much the mascot but by the way they played in their last game. 🙂

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  2. I can just hear the new Redskins fightsong. “Hail to the Redtails”
    What is a Redtail?
    It’s a silly thing, thay’s what.
    Maybe they should rename to the Fighting Gringos, or the Round Eyed Devils.

    Next, they’ll try to name the Gamecocks the Banty Hens.
    Seriously, I think that’s what the ladies teams should be. Who ever heard of “Lady Gamecocks”?
    It’s just something to keep the pot boiling. After that, there’ll be something else.
    Like with Obama, there’s always an issue.

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  4. They really should change their name. People who flush easily, are sunburned often or have rosacia may also be offended… 😀

    inbutnotof

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  7. It must have been over a year ago that I was in our local Home Depot and saw a woman wearing a Redskins jacket. I remember it well because when she turned so I could see her face, there were three large vertical stripe tattoos on her face. The tattoos of one of our local Native American nations.

    Do you remember the Taco Bell Chihuahua? We had a young lady living with us at the time. She thought the commercials were hilarious. Her name? Veronica Hernandez, naturalized, born in Mexico City, D.F.

    Get a life!

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  9. Interesting development, from Reuters on Twitter a little while ago:

    Boston Police say three additional suspects taken into custody in Boston Marathon bombing investigation #breaking

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  13. I think he was making fun of the silly sissies PETA types offend by the Gamecock mascot. We would never make fun of the mighty Gamecocks. That’s we have Auburn for. 🙂

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  14. If you heard the president’s press secretary Jay Carney (today?) say that Benghazi “was a long time ago,” you’ll smile at this tweet that came over this afternoon:

    The George W. Bush presidency #WasALongTimeAgo

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  17. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is calling on the Air Force to enforce a regulation that they believe calls for the court martial of any service member caught proselytizing.

    President Mikey Weinstein and others from his organization met privately with Pentagon officials on April 23. He said U.S. troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished – by the hundreds if necessary – to stave off what he called a “tidal wave of fundamentalists.”

    “Someone needs to be punished for this,” Weinstein told Fox News. “Until the Air Force or Army or Navy or Marine Corps punishes a member of the military for unconstitutional religious proselytizing and oppression, we will never have the ability to stop this horrible, horrendous, dehumanizing behavior.”

    http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/pentagon-religious-proselytizing-is-not-permitted.html

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