Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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In a Star Trek episode, the Enterprise discover a powerful alien who possesses an unknown painting by Leonardo da Vinci and an unknown work of music by Johannes Brahms. Kirk and Spock confront him and the man admits that, yes, he is both da Vinci and Brahms. He is in fact immortal and omni-powerful. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the move. His special forces units are preparing for another invasion of eastern Ukraine. In a recent piece in the Washington post, Charles...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have duked it out for so long in the national consciousness, that they have entered our subconscious. It's an open secret that no one is excited with our choices, except perhaps fans of The Apprentice ("You're fired.") The Great Excommunicator will probably continue stumbling along, saying stuff that outrages the press and offends the groups that compose the Democratic party. Meanwhile, Clinton will continue to stumble along, with questions about her role in the...
(Press Release on Thursday, August 4, 2016) Dear Members and Alumni, In every presidential election since 1888, the members and Executive Board of the Harvard Republican Club have gathered to discuss, debate, and eventually endorse the standard-bearer of our party. But for the first time in 128 years, we, the oldest College Republicans chapter in the nation, will not be endorsing the Republican nominee. Donald Trump holds views that are antithetical to our values not only as Republicans, but as...
Trump has escalated his claim that Pres. Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton founded the Islamic State in Syria. He has also said that he was being sarcastic, speaking metaphorically, and "meant it literally," so take your pick. "Our government isn't giving us good protection. Our government has unleashed ISIS," he said as he addressed the National Association of Home Builders in Miami. "I call President Obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of ISIS. They're the...
(Released August 8, 2016) STATEMENT BY FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS The undersigned individuals have all served in senior national security and/or foreign policy positions in Republican Administrations, from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush. We have worked directly on national security issues with these Republican Presidents and/or their principal advisers during wartime and other periods of crisis, through successes and failures. We know the personal qualities required of a President of...
ABC News reports that GOP party leaders believe that Donald Trump may just up and quit his candidacy. They are considering their other options as Trump's campaign seems to be on the verge of collapse. It has become obvious to everyone that Trump is not only uninformed but also unwilling to become informed about issues of either international or domestic policy. His general disregard for the most rudimentary courtesies of political discourse could be disastrous for the country. One by one, promin...
It sounds like satire, but it's not. David Duke, former KKK Grand Wizard, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, and Holocaust Denier, sees the GOP nomination of Donald Trump as a sign that America finally wants his brand of politics. "My platform became the GOP mainstream," he said. "I'm overjoyed to see Donald Trump and most Americans embrace most of the issues that I've championed for years." Duke, who calls himself a "racial realist," said on July 22 that...
Hillary Rodham Clinton took to the stage tonight after her daughter, Chelsea, the first ever female nominee of a major American political party. Surely an historic occasion. But an unusually careful Observer of the speech by a Four Star Admiral that preceded Mrs. Clinton, noticed that the background to the Admiral's speech, were 4 powerful Russian Naval Warship. Retired Admiral, top Navy lawyer, and Republican-turned-Democrat John Hutson spoke of the need for a strong defense, and how Hillary...
Atheism is, in its broadest sense, the absence of a belief in the existence of deities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism. This weekend, Wikileaks released e mails suggesting some at the top of the Democratic party, considered labelling Sen. Bernie Sanders an Atheist, in order to lessen his primary chances. Organized atheists reacted to this news story today, as follows: We found it appalling that anyone within the Democratic National Committee would casually suggest attacking a candidate...
Senator Bernie Sanders walked out to address the convention looking like the Democratic nominee. The music playing was "We've all come to look for America" by Paul Simon. We all know the story. Starting out polling about 6%, the progressive Vermonter, who had been an independent most of his career, started the primary season polling around 6%. The white haired 72 year old ended the primary season in Santa Monica's Barker Hanger, with 1846 pledge delegates. He earned 70% of the youth vote and 43...
Actress Sarah Silverman, addressing the Democratic National Convention with Comedian/US Sen. Al Franken: Hi, I'm Al Franken, and I'm Sarah Silverman, and this past year I've been feeling the Bern! Relax, I put some cream on it. Franken: You see Sarah is the comedian and I'm the politician. Sarah Silverman: "Al, get out of my frame, (Laughter, Al Franken exits stage left)" As some of you know I support Bernie Sanders and the movement behind him. He's succeeded in so many ways, he's already...
Embattled DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz resigned her post as Chairwoman, just 24 hours before their Convention opens in Philadelphia. She sacrificed her job to "keep the peace" within the DNC, amid calls from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign manager for someone to be "held accountable" for the anti-Sanders collusion proven by the leaked emails. "Going forward the best way for me to accomplish those goals [of winning the presidency for Hillary Clinton] is to step down as Party Chair at the...
On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton announced that she had selected Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate in the 2016 presidential election. Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine, 58, is an attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Kaine was elected to the Senate in 2012. Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate Friday, according to a senior campaign official, selecting a battleground state politician with...
Peter Thiel, the founder with Elon Musk, of Paypal, just addressed the Republican National convention. The speech was much anticipated because he is openly gay, and also because he is from Silicon Valley. Donald Trump is popular with neither groups. Here's what Thiel said: Where I work in Silicon valley, it's hard to see where America went wrong. But Silicon valley is a small place. If you drive across the bridge to Oakland, and you won't see that same prosperity. That's how small it is....
Donald Trump's prepared speech to the Republican National convention, annotated Trump takes stage ahead of convention speech Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said "I love the media" as he tested his microphone. (Video: Reuters/Photo: Ricky Carioti) Donald Trump's prepared remarks accepting the Republican nomination in Cleveland Thursday night were provided on an embargoed basis. The embargo was broken by other news organizations -- therefore we are posting them here. Friends,...
Defeated Republican primary candidate Ted Cruz defended his decision not to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican national convention last night. The speech was widely booed by trump delegates, while 1000 cruise delegates sat quietly with their arms crossed. While the speech was not unprecedented, it was without precedent in modern times. Apparently Goldwater did the same thing in 1964. Cruz - a conservative firebrand who famously read "Green Eggs and Ham" to the Senate floor to avoid voting on...
" Donald Trump will never, ever, give up. And, most importantly, he will never, ever, let you down. Donald is, and always has been, an amazing leader." Melania Trump, addressing the RNC, July 18, 2016 Glenn Beck is a vocal voice behind the Never Trump movement. He wanted "Ted Cruz," a "true conservative, to be the Republican nominee. But he has just put forward an intriguing theory to explain how Michelle Obama's words ended up in Melania Trump's mouth: She was sabotaged, even "Rickrolled."...
A bill, dubbed the First Amendment Defense Act, introduced on June 17 by Representative Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) would protect individuals who maintain that marriage is between a man and a woman from being penalized by the federal governments. It is being lambasted by House Democrats as "anti-LGBT Legislation." The bill is still in committee and has not been released to the House for a vote - but the accusations are already flying. "What the bill's supporters wish to sell as protecting religious...
There was no rest for the weary during the Independence Day holiday on Monday, Donald Trump seems to have named three Republican politicians as his possible vice-presidential pick at the party's national convention in Cleveland later this month. "The only people who are not interested in being the V.P. pick are the people who have not been asked!!" Tweeted Trump. Nominated were first-term Iowa senator Joni Ernst, the first-term Arkansas senator Tom Cotton – like Ernst a military veteran – and...
She knowingly sent mutliple e mails from her private e mail server that contained classified information while she was Secretary of State. You or I would go to jail for much less. Hillary Clinton's going to the White House instead. But you and I, we're not Clintons are we? Attorney General Loretta Lynch said last week that she would follow the recommendations from the FBI team investigating Clinton. So any chance of a criminal prosecution is now removed from the 2016 Presidential race. Comey sai...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation won't recommend that Hillary Clinton or her colleagues be prosecuted over her use of a private email system while Secretary of State, FBI director James Comey said Tuesday morning. Here is the statement by Comey, as provided by the FBI. Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton's Use of a Personal E-Mail System July 05, 2016 Good morning. I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary...
When measuring whether or not laws are constitutional, the tradition is to look at the constitution, its intent and traditional interpretations. Judge Richard A. Posner, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, has published an opinion on the Slate website, in which the respected jurist says studying the US Constitution has no value. Posner wrote: And on another note about academia and practical law, I see...
Conservative columnist and Fox News contributor George Will says that he doesn't know who he will vote for for President. "But I know who I will not be voting for--Donald Trump. Will has left the Republican Party due to Donald Trump's presumptive nomination for president. Will, whose column is published by The Washington Post, told that news paper Saturday that he changed his Maryland voter registration from Republican to "unaffiliated" earlier this month after House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,...
