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  • Gauen: Road to Ferguson facts requires careful navigation

    12/04/2014 9:24:20 AM PST · by rwa265 · 6 replies
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 12/04/2014 | Pat Gauen
    My daughter Heather, visiting from her home Madison, Wis., for Thanksgiving, took me by surprise with a peculiar request: She asked me to take her to Ferguson. All the more peculiar was the fact that this was a week ago yesterday, while the ruins of gutted businesses still smoldered from fires set barely 36 hours before. Heather wasnÂ’t asking just some random dad. She knew that mine had been one of the Post-DispatchÂ’s fingers on that communityÂ’s pulse since the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9. IÂ’m police and court editor here, which accounts for why I havenÂ’t had...
  • 17 Intriguing Facts You Didn’t Know About Religion in the U.S.

    10/20/2014 8:29:26 AM PDT · by millegan · 7 replies
    ChurchPOP ^ | 2014 | ChurchPOP
    People say America is one of the most religious countries in the world. But is it religious in the way that you think it is? You’re bound to learn something new in this list:
  • Let’s separate fact from fiction concerning Ebola

    10/16/2014 9:49:16 AM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 29 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 10/16/14 | Herman Cain
    And this is really not the time to be demanding that people resign. We’ve heard a lot of unfounded talk about Ebola in recent days. I don’t sense a widespread panic out there, and I’m certainly not panicking myself, but if people don’t know the real facts, they might not have the most responsible reactions to what’s going on. So let’s review some basic facts: When is Ebola contagious? It’s only contagious when an infected person is showing symptoms, such as fever, vomiting, flu-like body-aches and diarrhea.
  • Obama to Dems: History, facts are on our side

    10/07/2014 3:31:26 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 40 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | 10/7/14 | Josh Laderman - ap
    NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a month away from the midterm elections, President Barack Obama's campaign schedule is getting off to a late start. Even while he raises money for Democrats this week from coast to coast, Obama will steer clear of any public campaign events with Democratic candidates, which would hand Republicans easy opportunities to saddle their opponents with Obama's own political baggage. The White House says Obama will start appearing with candidates as early as next week, but as of yet, no events have been announced. Obama headed first on Tuesday to New York, where police shut...
  • Some Useful FACTS About Global Warming and Climate Change

    09/23/2014 8:43:18 AM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 8 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 09/23/14 | Alan Caruba
    In a world threatened by the rise of radical Islamism, by the outbreak of diseases like Ebola... Thanks to Sunday’s Climate March in New York and Tuesday’s Climate Summit at the United Nations, Americans and others will have been deluged with the lies that have been told to sustain this greatest of all hoaxes. Here are the known facts. Use them to protect yourself against the Green assault the truth:
  • 50 Facts That Show How Far America Has Fallen In This Generation

    09/22/2014 4:34:31 AM PDT · by TurboZamboni · 28 replies
    freedomoutpost ^ | 9-19-14 | Michael Snyder
    What has happened to America? Please show these numbers to anyone that does not believe that the United States is in decline. It is time for all of us to humble ourselves and face the reality of what has happened to our once great nation. For those of us that love America, it is heartbreaking to watch the foundations of our society rot and decay in thousands of different ways. The following are 50 facts that show how far America has fallen in this generation, but the truth is that this list could have been far, far longer… #1 According...
  • Police: Officer Who Shot Michael Brown Did Not Know He Was a Robbery Suspect (But Brown Did)

    08/15/2014 2:26:10 PM PDT · by xzins · 116 replies
    The Blaze ^ | Aug. 15, 2014 3:24pm | Madeleine Morgenstern
    The police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown did not know that he was a suspect in a convenience store robbery, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said Friday.Jackson said the officer, previously identified as 28-year-old Darren Wilson, initially stopped Brown and a friend ”because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic.” Police earlier Friday released security footage they said showed Brown grabbing a box of cigars from a convenience store and then shoving the clerk away to leave.Daryl Parks, an attorney for the Brown family, confirmed that the security footage “appears to look like” the teenager,...
  • When Beliefs and Facts Collide

    07/05/2014 8:16:26 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 40 replies
    New York Times ^ | 07/05/2014 | Brendan Nyhan
    Do Americans understand the scientific consensus about issues like climate change and evolution? At least for a substantial portion of the public, it seems like the answer is no. The Pew Research Center, for instance, found that 33 percent of the public believes “Humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time” and 26 percent think there is not “solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades.” Unsurprisingly, beliefs on both topics are divided along religious and partisan lines. For instance, 46 percent of...
  • I don't always have a goofy grin on my face, but when I do...

    02/16/2014 3:47:15 PM PST · by The Looking Spoon · 17 replies
    The Looking Spoon ^ | 2-16-14 | The Looking Spoon
    The conservative life is a happier one. Survey says...
  • Fact Checking the 2014 State of the Union address

    01/28/2014 8:23:03 PM PST · by LeoWindhorse · 25 replies
    Washington Post ^ | Jan. 28 , 2014 | Glenn Kessler
    A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact-check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are relatively rare. But State of the Union addresses often are very political speeches, an argument for the president’s policies, so context is sometimes missing. Here is a guide through some of President Obama’s more fact-challenged claims, in the order in which he made them. At the end, we also examine one fishy fact in the Republican response. As is our practice with live events, we do...
  • Sowell: Fact-Free Liberals: Part III

    01/21/2014 9:51:29 AM PST · by jazusamo · 16 replies
    Creators Syndicate ^ | January 21, 2014 | Thomas Sowell
    Since this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the "war on poverty," we can expect many comments and commemorations of this landmark legislation in the development of the American welfare state. The actual signing of the "war on poverty" legislation took place in August 1964, so the 50th anniversary is some months away. But there have already been statements in the media and in politics proclaiming that this vast and costly array of anti-poverty programs "worked." Of course everything "works" by sufficiently low standards, and everything "fails" by sufficiently high standards. The real question is: What did the "war...
  • Sowell: Fact-Free Liberals: Part IV

    01/21/2014 9:51:04 AM PST · by jazusamo · 10 replies
    Creators Syndicate ^ | January 21, 2014 | Thomas Sowell
    One of the things that attracted me to the political left, as a young man, was a belief that leftists were for "the people." Fortunately, I was also very interested in the history of ideas — and years of research in that field repeatedly brought out the inescapable fact that many leading thinkers on the left had only contempt for "the people." That has been true from the 18th century to the present moment. Even more surprising, I discovered over the years that leading thinkers on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum had more respect for ordinary people than...
  • Sowell: Fact-Free Liberals

    01/20/2014 9:14:46 AM PST · by jazusamo · 23 replies
    Creators Syndicate ^ | January 21, 2014 | Thomas Sowell
    Someone summarized Barack Obama in three words — "educated," "smart" and "ignorant." Unfortunately, those same three words would describe all too many of the people who come out of our most prestigious colleges and universities today. President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places around the world, and have failed time and again. Economic equality? That was tried in the 19th century, in communities set up by Robert Owen, the man who coined the term "socialism." Those communities all collapsed. It was tried...
  • Sowell: Fact-Free Liberals: Part II

    01/20/2014 9:14:16 AM PST · by jazusamo · 12 replies
    Creators Syndicate ^ | January 21, 2014 | Thomas Sowell
    Words seem to carry far more weight than facts among those liberals who argue as if rent control laws actually control rents and gun control laws actually control guns. It does no good to point out to them that the two American cities where rent control laws have existed longest and strongest — New York and San Francisco — are also the two cities with the highest average rents. Nor does it make a dent on them when you point out evidence, from both sides of the Atlantic, that tightening gun control laws does not reduce gun crimes, including murder....
  • Didja Ever Google the Term 'Tilt'?

    01/06/2014 9:38:25 PM PST · by Reaganite Republican · 30 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | 07 January 2014 | Reaganite Republican
    Try it! And did you know one can set-up their Google home page in Klingon...? Or that the company's two founders tried to sell Google for a mere $750,000 in 1999? Excite (today minor search player 'Ask') actually said 'pass'... today's Google's worth $200 BILLION... More Google fun facts -here-
  • ***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***

    11/15/2013 4:42:22 AM PST · by Lucky9teen · 94 replies
    You know that smiling woman who was featured on the home page of Healthcare.gov? She asked for her picture to be removed after she was cyber-bullied. She's hiding where nobody can see her — at Healthcare.gov. ~ Conan It turns out that a lot of children could lose their dental insurance under Obamacare. So kids might not be able to go to the dentist. Parents were really upset, while kids said, “Four more years! Four more years!” ~ Fallon According to a new report, over a million Californians are losing their health insurance due to Obamacare. In fact, some...
  • Your Feelings About Guns

    11/10/2013 5:38:41 PM PST · by rktman · 32 replies
    Slowfacts.wordpress ^ | 11/7/2013 | Rob Morse
    Some people feel guns are bad and they feel better if they hate gun owners. I beg you to keep things in perspective if you hate guns. Most gun haters claim guns are an accident waiting to happen. I guess so, but walking down the street is an accident waiting to happen also. Let me show it to you. Drunk drivers are a far bigger risk than guns.
  • Guest Post: 19 Illegal Immigration Facts You Won't Read In Mainstream Media

    08/11/2013 9:55:41 PM PDT · by Nachum · 10 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 8/11/13 | Tyler Durden
    Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Should we broadcast a message to the rest of the world that anyone that can find a way to enter this country and somehow get to a “sanctuary city” can sign up for a plethora of welfare benefits and live a life of leisure at the expense of hard working American citizens? Yes, this question sounds absurd, but what I have just described will essentially be official U.S. government policy if the immigration bill going through Congress becomes law. And unfortunately, Democrats now say that they have the Republican votes that...
  • Let Us Now Praise Knowing Stuff

    08/07/2013 3:58:53 PM PDT · by BruceDeitrickPrice · 10 replies
    American Thinker ^ | April 6, 2013 | Bruce Deitrick Price
    A reporter asked me, "Would you prefer that students know information, or how to find information?" Clearly she thought that knowing where to find information was best. Actually knowing facts was, in her mind, not important. That was the old way, the medieval approach, when children were whipped to make them memorize the state capitals and other such irrelevant stuff. Thank goodness, she clearly believed, we have moved on to more civilized ways. Children no longer know anything. All they know is that they must go somewhere to find what they want to know. But why would the reporter believe...
  • Facing Facts about Race [VDH]

    07/23/2013 3:59:18 AM PDT · by Servant of the Cross · 43 replies
    National Review ^ | 7/23/2013 | Victor Davis Hanson
    Young black males are at greater risk from their peers than from the police or white civilians. Last week President Obama weighed in again on the Trayvon Martin episode. Sadly, most of what he said was wrong, both literally and ethically. Pace the president, the Zimmerman case was not about Stand Your Ground laws. It was not a white-on-black episode. The shooting involved a Latino of mixed heritage in a violent altercation with a black youth. Is it ethical for the president to weigh in on a civil-rights case apparently being examined by his own Justice Department? The president knows...