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Evil Adam Lanza

The Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza, was severely mentally ill. His mother, Nancy Lanza, who also was butchered by her son, proved unable to find appropriate treatment. Instead, according to press accounts, she kept him isolated in a windowless basement for long hours each day, where he played violent video games. No one is willing to confront this painful truth: Our culture’s obsession with video games, especially those that glorify mass killing, senseless brutality and bloodlust, is desensitizing our youth.

Adam Lanza was a deranged individual who spent countless hours in a virtual reality slaughtering imaginary human beings. He also lacked necessary medical treatment — including medication. His life was a combustible mix, ready to blow at any moment. The results were predictable and ominous: Someone was going to get hurt. The only question was who — and how many.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/20/why-the-left-hates-guns/#ixzz2G6o7jmsS

Marxist Chicago Teachers Union VP

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION VP BUSTED PARTICIPATING IN MIDWEST MARXISM CONFERENCE

Sharkey: What our union has done, is work very hard to build a coalition between people who work in the schools and depend on the public schools and the people who go to school, the students and community …And, uhm, I think the fact that we’re dedicated to that is reflected in the fact that there’s been broad support for the things we're trying to do.

Proft: Where do the revolutionary movements fit into that coalition? I understand that a couple weeks ago that you appeared at the Midwest Marxist Conference at Northwestern University to talk about the important support that Chicago teachers get from revolutionary movements’ use of the strike weapon. What’s the alignment with Marxist organizations and revolutionary movements?

Sharkey: Ha, ha, ha, look guys, I mean, thanks...

Proft: That’s a legitimate question. That’s actually just happened. That’s actually true. That’s not McCarthyism.

Sharkey: Thanks for the 1950s McCarthyism.

Proft: It’s not McCarthyism.

Sharkey: Uh, uh, well look it, the, the, the um—every time that unions or social movements have raised issues about what’s fair and what isn’t in base and equality, people have branded them as communist. I, I know…

Proft: Wait a second. You spoke? Did you, or did you not, speak at the Midwest Marxist Conference?

Sharkey: I… [pause] No I did not speak at the Midwest Marxism Conference.

Wolf: You were there though.

Proft: You didn’t?

Wolf: You were there.

Sharkey: Uh.

Wolf: You were there. We’ve got you on video there. Why were you there?

Sharkey: Uh. I’m allowed to attend a Marxist conference, like I’m allowed to [inaudible]…

Wolf: Do you subscribe to their beliefs Mr. Sharkey?

Sharkey: Eh. Look, look guys, I mean, if you want to have me on as part of a, uh, uh, witch-hunt…

Wolf: It’s not a witch-hunt. What do you believe?

Proft: You attended this conference, I’m just asking you what value you derive from this conference and how you see revolutionary movements as so described to connect to the teachers unions, that’s all. It’s not a witch-hunt. It’s something you did.

Sharkey: Ah, uh, look gentlemen; I’m not sure where you’re going with…

At that point Bruce Wolf was forced to cut the interview for a commercial break and thanked Sharkey for the “lucid interview.” (Listen to the full interview here)

During the conference, a heavy focus was placed on the relationships between revolutionary organizations, including the International Socialist Organiation’s intervention in the Chicago Teachers’ strike.

In a breakout session about Marxism and education, Sharkey participated by discussing what he referred to as an interesting dilemma regarding the challenges facing a revolutionary movement isolated by geography and chronology in relation to the lack of other concurrent revolutionary movements:

It’s very hard to have a huge struggle in Chicago over the set of things that are being pushed—education reform, or frankly workplace reform—and not have that struggle taken up anywhere else.

Just in the same way, it’s hard to have you know, if one freight way, has got wages that are $10 an hour higher than their competitors. Guess what! The logic is that high wage place gets smashed down, and that’s the logic of the market. And it’s only when you start to generalize that there could be some alternative to that, that you have the ability to push back…

The magic of struggle is just how easy it is to generalize those lessons. Whether it’s Wisconsin or Occupy or the CTU strike.

Sharkey then went on to joke about class discrimination lawsuits over what is considered appropriate attire for female teachers in schools.

This occurred at the same all-day event where, upon being labeled as “not in solidarity” and recognized as a Breitbart News correspondent, I was forcefully removed by a group of teachers, social workers, and others members of the ISO attending the Marxism conference.

WLS radio’s follow-up coverage of the Chicago Teachers Union’s presence at the conference (they were even selling CTU t-shirts in the foyer) provided some additional light on the collaboration between the ISO and CTU leadership.

That is more than local mainstream media provided; two days later, after Sharkey’s appearance at the Midwest Marxism conference, I attended a protest being led by the CTU, ISO, and many leaders of socialist and communist organizations headquartered in Chicago. While there, I questioned Mr. Sharkey about his participation in the conference and the ISO’s celebration of their coordination with the Chicago Teachers Union during the teachers strike, but Sharkey refused to answer any of my questions.

Continue reading here: Breitbart News

Elephants pay respects to dead human

Lawrence Anthony, a legend in South Africa and author of 3 books including the bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, bravely rescued wildlife and rehabilitated elephants all over the globe from human atrocities, including the courageous rescue of Baghdad Zoo animals during US invasion in 2003.

On March 7, 2012 Lawrence Anthony died.

He is remembered and missed by his wife, 2 sons, 2 grandsons and numerous elephants.

Two days after his passing, the wild elephants showed up at his home led by two large matriarchs.

Separate wild herds arrived in droves to say goodbye to their beloved man-friend.

A total of 31 elephants had patiently walked over 12 miles to get to his South African House.

Story continues here: daretoexplore

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The real reason:

From the People's Cube:

Syria Executions Video: Rebel Reportedly Films Himself Shooting 10 Priso...

Obama's mercenaries doing the dirty deeds.

   

Communist Party USA loves Chairman O

"We meet on the heels of an enormous people's victory. It was a long and bitterly contested battle in which the forces of inclusive democracy came out on top. The better angels of the American people spread their wings. An African American president was reelected to the Presidency, the Democrats unexpectedly strengthened their hand in the Senate and House, new progressive voices, like Elizabeth Warren, are coming to Washington, and victories, including for marriage equality, occurred at the state level." Communist Party USA is very happy with the re-selection of Chairman Obama, hasta la victoria, siempre !

black friday

Go ahead you black Friday shoppers, no one is stopping you from spending money you don't have, the government takes cues from it.

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Democrats stealing from New York State

Savage says NY Dems caught with too may hands in the cookie jar.
Politicians caught collecting
Albany per diems when they're not
there
By LAURA NAHMIAS and SUSAN EDELMAN
Last Updated: 10:49 AM, October 14, 2012
Posted: 1:59 AM, October 14, 2012
In Albany, politicians can make money in their sleep.
Claiming she spent a marathon 12 consecutive days in Albany on “legislative
business,” Queens Assemblywoman Vivian Cook pocketed $171 for each reported
overnight stay — a total $2,197 in taxpayer money from March 21 to April 1, 2010.
The Legislature was in session just three of those days — and Cook was absent
for all three, records show.
“Me? You’re kidding! No! I didn’t do that,” she told The Post.
“I don’t lie, I don’t cheat, and I don’t steal,” said Cook, whose nonprofit Rockaway
Boulevard Local Development Corp. prompted an investigation for allegedly
misusing taxpayer funds.
In 2010 and 2011, Cook collected a total $17,035 in daily and overnight stipends,
plus other travel expenses — on top of her $79,500-a-year state salary. During the
2010 legislative session, she missed 51 meetings of the Assembly, 63 percent of
the sessions.
“I was sick for a very long time,” she said of her absences, but could not recall the
dates.
She’s one of scores of legislators who claim more than $10,000 a year in “per
diems” — a daily payment lawmakers can collect if they sleep over in Albany or
travel more than 50 miles from home on legislative business.
The sleepovers add up. The Assembly and the Senate have socked taxpayers with
more than $32 million in travel-related expenses in the past
The Post obtained vouchers and receipts submitted by all Assembly members for
parts of 2009, 2010 and 2011 through a Freedom of Information Law request.
The per diem system grants state senators and Assembly members $165 a night,
reduced from $171 last year, for food and lodging. Lawmakers who stay in
apartments or second homes in Albany can still collect it.
If they don’t spend the night, they get a $61 per diem.
Those who drive can also get 55.5 cents a mile, plus repayment for tolls. Taxi, train
and plane rides are reimbursed. Some lawmakers submit travel receipts; many
don’t.
But the policy requires no proof that they hit the hay in the capital.
In one case, Queens Assemblyman Bill Scarborough submitted vouchers claiming
$825 for spending five nights in a row in Albany: Sunday, March 13 to Thursday,
March 17, 2011.
That Thursday, he attended a town meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. at York College in
Jamaica, Queens, according to news accounts. Jamaica is three hours from Albany
by car.
“I may very well have gone to that meeting, turned around and gone back to Albany
that night,” Scarborough said. “If we arrive in Albany before midnight, we’re entitled
to put in for the night.”
Scarborough, chairman of the Assembly’s Small Business Committee, said he
attended meetings before going home again on Friday.
He was not required to submit any hotel receipts, and told The Post it was too long
ago to look for one.
“I don’t think I have to give you proof,” he said.
In 2010 and 2011, Scarborough racked up $59,085 in per diem payments, plus
other travel expenses.
The highest per diem collector is Long Island Assemblywoman Earlene Hooper. In
one week she submitted two $58 Amtrak tickets, one to Albany on Jan 17, 2011.
The return-trip stub to Penn Station is dated Jan. 19. But Hooper also claimed
$165 for spending the night in Albany on Jan. 19.
“That must be a mistake by Amtrak,” Hooper said. “I have never, ever put in forsomething for which I am not entitled.”
But she conceded she may have “messed up” that week’s voucher.
In 2010 and 2011, Hooper claimed $61,592 in per diems, and another $12,000 in
travel expenses.
In an ongoing probe, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is scrutinizing the travel records
of Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., who was indicted last year on
federal corruption charges.
Assembly and court documents show that Boyland in 2010 claimed multiple per
diems for work in Albany on days he met with undercover FBI agents in Brooklyn
and Manhattan to discuss bribes.
Boyland collected $46,685 in per diems in 2010 and 2010, plus at least $7,340 for
other travel. His lawyer, Michael Bachrach, declined to comment.
The system is ripe for abuse, said one Assembly member who asked to remain
anonymous, because lawmakers can claim expenses on days when there is no
session, or if they play hooky.
“You can spend a lot of time in Albany — or you could lie about it,” he said.
Fraudulent vouchers, which are signed by lawmakers, “may be a felony or
misdemeanor offense,” the Assembly travel policy states.
Gov. Cuomo may seek to end or curb per diems after the November elections,
when lawmakers are expected to seek a pay hike to $100,000 a year.
Additional reporting by Candice M. Giove

Source: NY Post

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Nothing but lies...

Report: Obama.com solicits foreign contributions for prez

Report: Obama.com solicits foreign contributions for prez. up to 68% of online traffic comes from overseas. Read here


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Black middle class economically vulnerable

Obama's policies are not for the middle class.
Black middle class economically vulnerable



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No Decency of Candor

No Decency of Candor
Start with the headline, which reads: "US ambassador to Libya dies at age 52." If you read only the bold print you might believe that Mr. Stevens died from a bad oyster or Foggy Bottom flu. In fact, the American representative was killed by Arab terrorists. "Murdered" would be a more accurate word. People "die" from natural causes, like old age or disease. Getting killed by religious cowards is another variety of death altogether -- different enough to deserve the decency of candor.