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A Japanese amusement park faced a deluge of criticism after opening an ice skating rink featuring thousands of dead fish suspended in ice.Space World, in the southwestern city of Kitakyushu, closed the aquarium-themed skating rink on Nov. 17 after an online campaign called the attraction, “immoral,” “cruel” and “disrespectful of life,” reports the Guardian.The outcry began after a local TV report on the rink, which featured about 5,000 dead mackerel and other fish embedded in ice. Some of the frozen fish were positioned to spell out “hello,” while others formed arrows to guide skaters in the correct direction around the...

Surging homeowner loans in China raise alarms over debt →Business Nov. 28, 2016 - 06:30AM JST BEIJING ? Chinese household debt has risen at an “alarming” pace as property values have soared, analysts say, raising the risk that a real estate downturn could send shockwaves through the world’s second largest economy. Loose credit and changing habits have rapidly transformed the country’s famously loan-averse consumers into enthusiastic borrowers. Skyrocketing real estate prices in major Chinese cities in recent years have seen families’ wealth surge. But at the same time they have fuelled a historic boom in mortgage lending, as buyers race...

Asians in America faced heavy discrimination and animus in the early twentieth century. Yet, after institutional restrictions were lifted in the late 1940s, Asian incomes quickly converged to white incomes. Why? In the politically incorrect paper of the year (ungated) Nathaniel Hilger argues that convergence was due to market forces subverting discrimination. ... Despite this intense discrimination, Asian (primarily Japanese and Chinese) incomes converged to white incomes as early as 1960 and certainly by 1980. One argument is that Asians invested so heavily in education that convergence has been overstated but Hilger shows that convergence occurred conditional on education. Similarly,...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving fast. Us Weekly Magazine reports that Harry just introduced the Suit’s star to his older brother, Prince William, and he approved. Will they get engaged in the near future? Markle has already met Harry’s father, Prince Charles, but her recent trip to London featured a meet and greet with Prince William. Not only did Markle impress her boyfriend’s older brother, but he also walked away feeling “very happy for his brother.” “William met Meghan,” an inside source shared. “They got on fabulously. I’m sure Harry had been looking forward to introducing his girlfriend....

Donald Trump's disavowal this week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn't quieted concerns about the movement's impact on his White House or whether more acts of hate will be carried out in his name.

This video is on Facebook - hope that is okay. These beautiful ladies go over some of the latest events of the Trump Train - transition topics: the claims of white nationalists, the Hillary prosecution, the Romney nomination, plus much more.

Democratic media mogul Bob Johnson told CNBC on Monday that fellow African-Americans should give Donald Trump "the benefit of the doubt," and hope common ground can be reached with the incoming Republican administration about issues facing the black community. The BET founder — who met with Trump on Sunday at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey — described the sit-down as a "great chat" about "business solutions to social problems." During the campaign, Trump made the case to African-American voters that Democrats let them down, and argued repeatedly "what do you have to lose" by voting for...

These ladies give their take on the Mike Pence travesty from the Hamilton "actor" and on Mitt Romney meeting with President Trump. The left always saying you have to practice Tolerance - why aren't you showing tolerance to President Trump who has only been elected a week and a half. Talked about the two young adults who painted Swastika's on a church - and claiming this was done by Trump supporters who, it turns out, were not Trump supporters at all.

They were invited to Trump's official victory party. Something made me think of them today so I thought I'd post this.

Great discussion of the protesters and rioters by Diamond and Silk. How I wish all those unwashed protesters could hear these ladies. Well worth listening to it all. 22,000 listening / watching.

The latest from Diamond and Silk. They nail the protesters and who they are, showing Mexican flags, get your country right, get your a** legal. Obama needs to be speaking out to shut these rioters down... Now saying Donald Trump's supporters spewing hate - I tell you all to stop it if you are doing that. Don't be out there in the streets. Talking about the KKK doing some sort of demonstration in NC - but you're not going to manipulate, intimidate, with your hate. People on the left are making this stuff up. We are on the Trump train...

No need for nose-holding I realize a lot of conservatives are wringing their hands about voting for Donald Trump. Some are doing so reluctantly to stop Hillary. Some remain in the #NeverTrump camp and are either voting third-party, writing someone in as a protest or not voting at all. I have been consistent since the primary season, when I named Trump as one of my Pick Six, in saying that I believed Trump was among the best Republican candidates of this season. This was long before electing Trump was the only way to stop Hillary, and I didn’t have to...

MUST WATCH: MSNBC interviews black women voters about Donald Trump. Very powerful! Share this video!

A news cameraman in Louisiana is being hailed a hero after pulling a pregnant woman out of her burning car after crashing on the side of the road. The 21-year-old female driver, who is seven-months pregnant, became trapped in her car Tuesday after running off the road and hitting a tree in Baton Rouge . WBRZ photographer Patrick Perry and News 2 reporter Brittany Weiss were following behind the woman on their way to an unrelated news story when they saw the burning wreck. ... 'I started hearing a voice - a very soft voice - saying ''I'm over here,...

In the past 15 months, I have found myself supporting four different candidates for President: Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and now billionaire businessman and Republican Party nominee, Donald Trump. As a 14-year-old, I may not be able to vote in this election, but I am deeply invested in its outcome.Some have ridiculed me for supporting various candidates across the ideological spectrum. In a condescending blog post last December, conservative radio host Erick Erickson accused me of desperately seeking attention, questioned my intellectual capacity and instructed me to “shut up, and go live life.” This reaction makes one thing...

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has caused a firestorm of controversy since he decided he wouldn’t stand for the national anthem because, he believes, America “oppresses” black people. But perhaps the most biting condemnation of his actions came Monday from former Superbowl champion Burgess Owens when he spoke to “Fox & Friends.”

HERMAN CAIN FULL INTERVIEW ON FOX & FRIENDS | FOX NEWS (8/29/2016)

Meet Tayla Aubrey-Lee Griffiths of New South Wales Australia. She's the one throwing punches at the kid with Down Syndrome in the disgusting video you are about to see. Tayla says that the boy identified as Dean was threatening her as he sat on a shopping cart doing absolutely nothing. Her original Facebook profile was taken down and the new one quickly came up. Tayla is under the impression as a fully functioning human being that if a kid with Down Syndrome calls you names that you don't like that you should go and punch him bloody. For those of...

Donald Trump's recent overtures to African-Americans has been met with skepticism by many voters. (snip) Even though many voters are suspect of his comments, some African-Americans welcome his words and are supporting his presidential candidacy. "It is time to wake up, African Americans -- wake up," Trump supporter Carl Nichols, who is African-American, told ABC News at the rally in Fredericksburg Saturday. "Life in Detroit, where I am from, looks like a warzone, because of the Democrats who have been there for 50 years. It's a big mess. Let's give the man a chance. You have tried out Obama, but...