THE NARRATIVE AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS


Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen. -George Orwell

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

WHO IS HILLARY CLINTON?

Hillary Clinton has been in the public eye for decades, but the more we learn about her, the more we realize how little we actually know. As the former FLOTUS attempts another run for POTUS, let's uncover exactly who she is before it's too late.



Hillary Clinton Defies Subpoena, 'Wiped Her Server Clean'

The Clinton Cash List of Bill Clinton's Shady, Foreign-Financed Speeches

The Clinton Foundation Reeks of Crooks, Thieves, and Hoods

The Other Problem with Hillary's Foreign Donors

Sidney Blumenthal, the Clinton Foundation at Work

Did Sid Blumenthal Violate Foreign-Lobbying Law?

The Clinton Foreign Fundraising Machine

The Clinton Foundation Took Money from Saudi Propagandists

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TOP 10 NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

There were wars, there was technological advancement, there was social upheaval... And there were some seriously good reads!



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CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - JUNE 30, 2015



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TRIFECTA: GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF MARRIAGE





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EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: JUNE 30, 2015



EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

The Supreme Court and Modern Marriage

Is 'Owning Our Faith' Disowning Our Faith?

On Court-Imposed "Liberty"

Supreme Court protects Pennsylvania charities from HHS mandate

What does it look like to be gay – and a practicing Catholic?

The Pope's Off-the-Cuff Remarks in Turin

Vatican Releases Itinerary for the Holy Father's U.S. Visit

Vatican's communications secretariat prioritizes new media

These nuns are making the Pope's vestments for Ecuador

Francis wishes Benedict XVI a good summer in Castel Gandolfo

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NERDIST NEWS: JUNE 30, 2015



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YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 690



Meet the Gay Millionaire Who Wants to Abolish the First Amendment

The #LoveWins Agenda: Ending Tax Exemptions Means Ending Churches

Dissenting Obergefell Justices Sound Alarm On Religious Freedom

Yes, Churches that Oppose Gay "Marriage" Should Still Get Tax Breaks

What the Gay-"Marriage" Ruling Means for Education

The Supreme Court's gay-"marriage" ruling is a huge blow to democracy

Court Decision Will Renew Campaign for Marriage

Taking Back Marriage

Lessons for Today, after Obergefell, from Catholics Who Were Persecuted under Elizabeth I

The Church Will Survive Gay "Marriage" if It Sticks to Its Guns

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THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JUNE 29, 2015



Biblical bam! Take THAT, hateful #LoveWins mob: 1 quote sums up the twisted who spit on Father Jonathan

'Sit the next few plays out, champ': Is Oliver Willis 'downplaying the Holocaust'?

'Cheat and lie? This can't be true!' Hillary reportedly withheld, edited Benghazi emails

Hell toupée! NBC Universal dumps Trump over remarks 'regarding immigrants'

'A+ job on consistency there'! NBC boots Trump but keeps THESE guys around?

'Disappointing': After brief torrid love affair, the Left is again jaded by SCOTUS

#WhoIsBurningBlackChurches? Even white church likely hit by lightning being counted as hate crime

HuffPo reports civilization 'still standing' following same-sex marriage ruling; Where's Hillary's warning?

'Seriously'? Hillary's campaign wants to make your grilling experience as humiliating as possible

Just like us! Bon Jovi entertains at $1,000-and-up fundraiser for Hillary Clinton




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Monday, June 29, 2015

TOP 10 HORROR NOVELS

Turn the lights down low, light some candles, and prepare for some chills.



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CLEVVER NEWS #DHR - JUNE 29, 2015



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WHITE TEACHER: SHAKESPEARE HAS GOT TO GO!

Sacramento teacher Dana Dusbiber wants to dump Shakespeare from the high school curriculum because he is too white. She suggests teaching African oral traditions instead. Is this teacher correct, or is she a racist who judges writers by the color of their skin? Find out what Stephen Kruiser, Scott Ott and John Phillips have to say about it.



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SEEN ON TWITTER...





NOT ALONE

Via CatholicVote. Do take a moment to go here and favorite this video. The haters and bigots have already gotten to it, as you'll see...



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EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: JUNE 29, 2015



EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Marriage and the Court: The Expected Arrives

The Church and the "New Normal"

Catholic Group's Star Rises Defending Religious Freedom

Court's Imposing of Gay "Marriage": Then and Now

We've Been Here Before: Marriage and the Room of Tears

Supreme Court upholds use of controversial lethal injection drug

Sophia Institute Catechizes, Strengthens Catholic School Teachers

On the Conversion of St. Peter

Sin and Civilization: Reading Deeply into the Summer

Pilgrims flock to Scottish town to honor medieval queen

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KLAVAN & WHITTLE: THE STUPID SELFIES AND CAT VIDEOS GENERATION

Andrew Klavan & Bill Whittle have a serious... ok not so serious... discussion about whether the millennial generation is screwed, with all the cat videos and selfies!



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NERDIST NEWS: JUNE 29, 2015



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YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 689



WaPo: Religious Schools Could Suffer 'In a Big Way' Thanks to Same-Sex "Marriage" Ruling

The "journey" of a 10 year old transgender child. Somebody call the cops

The gay "marriage" debate has been wrong from the beginning

About that "polygamy is inevitable" thing…

Posner's Brainless Assault on Gay "Marriage" Dissenters

Obama's Amazing Disgrace of a Eulogy

Is This the Revival of Obama's Presidency?

The Greek Crisis: Too Little Democracy, Too Much Bureaucracy

Northern Ireland: Belfast Pastor Faces Prison for "Grossly Offending" Islam

FDA announces additional risks of Essure birth control device

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THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JUNE 28, 2015



'Just go away, dude!' Bob Costas forced to apologize to MLB pitcher he excoriated on air

Major revelation: Cher reports that Iran is 'governed by terrorists' who can't be allowed to have a nuclear weapon

'This will end well': Greece to close banks on Monday as financial crisis worsens

'We got him': Escaped prisoner David Sweat has reportedly been taken into custody

Actor Adam Baldwin has a message for the Terminator and it has nothing to do with rainbows

Meghan McCain whines that her mentions are 'a little dash of how vastly polarized our country is'

Lady Gaga slams NATO ally Turkey for using water cannons and tear gas on LGBT #Pride2015 marchers

Awesome: Watch a member of the Queen's Guard in London point his bayonet at an annoying tourist

President Obama had such a good week he played an extra 9 holes today, but he did find time for a call on Greece

We could watch this ALL DAY LONG: P. Diddy fell into a hole on stage at the #BETAwards2015



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Sunday, June 28, 2015

TOP 10 COMIC BOOK RELATIONSHIPS

They may be tasked with saving the world from evil, but even superheroes need a little romance in their lives!



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HILLARY TO BLACK AUDIENCE: "ALL LIVES MATTER"



From the NY Times, via Legal Insurrection:
The remark caused a stir on social media, with some African-Americans on Twitter suggesting that Mrs. Clinton had lost their votes.
The Rev. Renita Lamkin, who was in the audience at the event, told NPR that Mrs. Clinton's comment did not go unnoticed.
"That blew a lot of support that she may have been able to engender here," she said.
The phrase "black lives matter" has become a rallying cry in the last year for demonstrators amid a spate of episodes around the country, including the 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where white police officers have been accused of using excessive force against black suspects.
Judith Butler, a professor at University of California, Berkeley, summed up the frustration with the use of "all lives matter" in The Times in January.
"When some people rejoin with 'All Lives Matter' they misunderstand the problem, but not because their message is untrue," she wrote. "It is true that all lives matter, but it is equally true that not all lives are understood to matter which is precisely why it is most important to name the lives that have not mattered, and are struggling to matter in the way they deserve."
Nobody should be surprised by this. Clearly, even when the Hildebeest is in full-scale pander mode she still screws it up. But it is really cool to see Clinton's paper of record linking to Twitchy. Well done!

And speaking of Twitchy...















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AMY SCHUMER: "I AM NOT A RACIST!"

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Via USA Today:
Comedienne Amy Schumer is used to being called "racist." After all, she's a comic who isn't shy about cracking jokes on a variety of topics, including race, because playing with that topic is fun and "is a thing we are not supposed to do," she says.
But on Sunday, Schumer clearly had enough of the negative and, she felt, misinformed speech sent in her direction. So the comedic actress shared a defensive note with her haters:
"I ask you to resist the urge to pick me apart. Trust me. I am not racist. I am a devout feminist and lover of all people," she wrote.
That instantly reminded me of this:


I have mixed emotions regarding poor Amy's predicament. For the record, I don't think she's "racist" in any real sense. On the other hand, blue-on-blue conflict amuses me even more than her comedy!
For such a keen observer of social norms and an effective satirist of the ways gender is complicated by them, Schumer has a shockingly large blind spot around race. Her lackluster stint hosting the MTV Movie awards...featured lazy jokes about Latina women being "crazy" that left Jennifer Lopez as unimpressed as the online commentariat.
...Schumer's stand-up repeatedly delves into racial territory tactlessly and with no apparent larger point. Her standup special features jokes like "Nothing works 100% of the time, except Mexicans" and much of her character's dumb slut persona is predicated on the fact that the men she sleeps with are people of color. "I used to date Latino guys," she says in an older stand-up routine. "Now I prefer consensual."
Schumer has said that she's not worried about the show upsetting people because viewers know "we have good intentions," but as Anne Thériault wrote for the Daily Dot: "Amy Schumer frequently makes jokes that perpetuate stereotypes rather than dismantle them … It's hard not to feel like Schumer is only here for women who look like her."
I especially adore Amy's pained outrage that she, a white feminist, could possibly be called a racist! (If she was truly committed to being "edgy" she could try her shtick as a Conservative woman.) Talk about liberal privilege!

She can make all the jokes she wants but the fact of the matter is that she's just another white liberal who literally demands immunity from the vicious brand of identity politics she undoubtedly supports (when it's not directed at her, of course).
"I ask you to resist the urge to pick me apart. Trust me. I am not racist. I am a devout feminist and lover of all people. My fight is for all people to be treated equally. So move on to the next person who is more deserving of your scrutiny and not the girl in your corner. Sincerely Amy (a dirty half Jew)"
Got that? Not only is she an enlightened white liberal but she's a half-victim herself, yo! Anyway, enjoy the video...

DEBATABLE: THE 4 BEST CELEBRITY TWERKERS



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YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 688



ACLU: We're only interested in protecting some civil rights

Let's Drop the Charade: SCOTUS is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One

Shockingly, Americans not big on government enforced neighborhood diversity

The Delusions of Left-Wing Identity Politics

'The unthinkable is real,' author warns about persecutions of Middle East Christians

Who is Responsible for the Atrocities in the Muslim World?

People I Don't Hate

The Last Thing the Left Wants is Racial Healing

New Book Explores Hollywood Legends Who Found Christianity

Tyranny and T-Shirts Week at College Insurrection

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THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JUNE 27, 2015



NYT celebrates SCOTUS' same-sex marriage decision with quote Brit Hume can't find in the Constitution

'Hashtag is so full of irony': If '#LoveWins,' you can't tell from these tweets from the tolerance brigade

'Look a bit closer': CNN told why that wasn't an ISIS flag at a gay pride parade

Feel the tolerance: Here's a #LoveWins photo that won't make the front page

'Just a lie': Vox slammed for claiming Clarence Thomas said slavery was 'just fine for human dignity'

Drool bucket alert: Has the media squee-gasm over Obama's singing reached peak embarrassment?

Hillary Clinton is #ReadyForBreakfast; Fans of logo-obsessed candidate now playing with food

'Another innocent mistake': As many as 24,000 of Lois Lerner's IRS emails missing

DeRay Mckesson's 2011 White House 'tour' included visit with current Goldman Sachs VP

Paging PolitiFact: Did God set fire to Trump Tower in Manhattan Saturday afternoon?



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THE ANGELUS DOMINI - JUNE 28, 2015

Every Sunday and on the main liturgical feasts, the Pope recites the Marian prayer of the Angelus with the pilgrims. Before and after the prayer, he delivers a brief reflection and issues greetings.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

8 TIMES TAYLOR SWIFT SCHOOLED YOU ON TUMBLR



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TOP 10 CHRISTOPHER LEE PERFORMANCES

He's been a fictional monster and a real-life knight, but also so much more.



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PJTV'S UP OR DOWN: JUNE 27, 2015

She has been in hiding since being acquitted of murdering her own daughter. But now, Casey Anthony is in talks to give her first primetime interview. Would you tune in? Assisted-death, should it be legal? Plus, does the media treat women like their accessories to their men? These stories will be judged with a thumbs up or down by our panel.



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RUMOR PATROL! KYLIE JENNER AUGMENTATION?



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THE JIM AND MICKEY SHOW - EPISODE 42 #TJAMS

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 687



15 Reasons 'Marriage Equality' Is About Neither Marriage Nor Equality

SCOTUS to churches: Hey, no worries, you can still "advocate" for traditional marriage

Gay "Marriage" and the Political War Against Natural Law

After Obergefell, Revisiting Prof. Kingsfield

The Eternal Queer Revolution

Politico: Has not the time come for polygamy, social liberals?

The Practical Wisdom of Chief Justice Ellsworth: Reconsidering the Separation of Church and State

Karma Chameleon: Hillary Clinton and the politics of expediency

Where's the Pope's Encyclical on the Persecution of Christians?

Disparate Impact: Anthony Kennedy's Other Horrible Ruling

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THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JUNE 26, 2015



One man beheaded, many injured in suspected Islamic terror attack in France; Update: Hollande, 'It is a terror attack'

How blistering was Scalia? Just this list of 14 words from his dissent will have you shouting 'Amen!'

'Not surprised': Supreme Court announces decision on same-sex marriage

How shameless is Hillary Clinton's pandering after the SCOTUS same-sex marriage ruling? (Hint: OMG)

'Anyone want to tell him?' Politico's Dylan Byers questions 'news organizations' overtly celebrating #SSM ruling

Shorter @BarackObama: SCOTUS same-sex marriage ruling is all about HIM!

'Tolerance' proponent Meghan McCain warns Republicans to 'get in line' on #SSM (and is reminded 'it's still America')

Don't look now Hillary Clinton, but this ONE flashback video crushes your shameless same-sex marriage swooning

Brutal perspective: POTUS panders, praises same-sex marriage, but will he ever do THIS?

'You broke again'? Hillary trying to profit from same-sex marriage decision



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