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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Lawmakers propose guns as solution for sexual assault in college

Lawmakers propose guns as solution for sexual assault in college Taking a page from the National Rifle Association and tapping into the national spotlight on sexual assault on college campuses, lawmakers from Florida to Nevada are introducing legislation to permit the carrying of firearms at universities. Eleven states are considering such proposals, the New York Times reported. The carrying of concealed firearms on college campuses is banned in 41 states by law or by university policy, but some state lawmakers are looking at the failure of several colleges to handle recent scandals over sexual assault and hoping they will help… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

GOP DOUBLE-CROSSING TRAITORS

GOP DOUBLE-CROSSING TRAITORS Now that a federal judge has held Obama’s illegal executive amnesty unconstitutional, perhaps U.S. senators will remember that they swore to uphold the Constitution, too. Back when they needed our votes before the last election, Republicans were hairy-chested warriors, vowing to block Obama’s unconstitutional “executive amnesty” — if only voters gave them a Senate majority. The resulting Republican landslide suggested some opposition to amnesty. Heading into the election, college professor Dave Brat took out the sitting House majority leader and amnesty supporter Eric Cantor in a primary, despite being outspent 40-1. It was the greatest upset in… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’ Billionaire investor and ABC “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban unloaded on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to fundamentally change how it oversees the open Internet. “That will fuck everything up,” said the voluble Cuban in remarks Wednesday at the Code/Media conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif. In early February, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed tough new rules for Internet lines that would prohibit wired and wireless broadband providers from collecting payment to cut to the front of the line, or blocking and throttling lawful content and services. Cuban said… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Why Can’t the Public See Obama’s Proposed Internet Regulations?

Why Can’t the Public See Obama’s Proposed Internet Regulations? Republican senators Mike Lee, Ben Sasse, and Rand Paul have all been high profile opponents of the Obama administrations current plan to regulate the internet — in particular, Lee has called the regulation a government “takeover” of the internet and says it amounts to a “a massive tax increase on the middle class, being passed in the dead of night without the American public really being made aware of what is going on.” And when Lee says that the American public isn’t aware of what’s going on, that is in no… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit They’re burning and beheading victims in the name of Islam, but President Obama delivered a major speech Wednesday on combating violent extremism — while refusing to use the words “Muslim terrorists.” “No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism,” Obama told a crowd that included Muslim community leaders at the White House. Following months of unrelenting atrocities by ISIS killers who released videos of themselves beheading US journalists and, most recently, 21 Coptic Christians, and burning a man alive, the president kowtowed to the audience by… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

U.S. Muslims Are ‘Above Law Of Land’

McCaul Meets With Islamic Leader Who Says U.S. Muslims Are ‘Above Law Of Land’ As President Barack Obama comes under intense scrutiny for his meetings with Muslim Brotherhood officials, it turns out a top Republican in Congress has had similar interactions with Muslim leaders who have made questionable statements. House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) was photographed with—and wrote a personal note in silver sharpie to—an Islamic leader who said practicing Muslims in the United States are “above the law of the land.” On May 13, 2013, McCaul held an open house at a district office in… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Ethics Questions Loom Over Newly Sworn In Oregon Gov as Well

Ethics Questions Loom Over Newly Sworn In Oregon Gov as Well New Oregon Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat who helped oust her predecessor, John Kitzhaber (D), ostensibly because of ethics concerns, has ethics problems as well. Brown, the first openly bisexual governor in the nation, is known for her ruthless pursuit of power. According to the Washington Post, “As the top fundraiser for Senate Democrats, she enjoyed close relationships with powerful labor unions who helped her party take back the majority. But she angered some of her fellow members by whipping votes in favor of cuts to the public employee… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in E News

Team CSSA E-NEWS – February 18, 2015

________________________________________ Team CSSA E-NEWS – February 18, 2015 ** Please share this with your friends ** Unsubscribe ________________________________________ GUEST COMMENTARY – WHY DIDN’T THE RCMP TELL REPORTERS THE WHOLE TRUTH IN 2013? (By Dennis R. Young | February 17, 2015) A letter to Ian McPhail, Q.C., Chair of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (Commission) – the Commission that initiated a complaint and public interest investigation into the conduct of those RCMP members involved in entering private residences and seizing firearms following flooding in High River, Alberta in June and July 2013. Dear Mr. McPhail: Although there… View Article

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