The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a liberal, Alabama-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that has gained prominence on the left for its "hate group" designations, pushes millions of dollars to offshore entities as part of its business dealings, records show.Well, isn't that cute? Wonder if any Democrats will scream like they did with then candidate Mitt Romney or others?
Additionally, the nonprofit pays lucrative six-figure salaries to its top directors and key employees while spending little on legal services despite its stated intent of "fighting hate and bigotry" using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy.
And yet, I couldn’t help but notice that there is a “feel good” aspect to the whole catastrophe.The best example is the hyper-viral story of two men loading up their boat and driving into the storm.CNN’s Ed Lavandera found them under a highway overpass readying the vessel.“You guys just jumping in to help out?” Lavandera asked.“Yes, sir,” says one of the men.“What are you going to do?” Lavandera asks him.“Go try to save some lives.”That man was African-American. His partner appeared to be Caucasian or maybe Latino.But it doesn’t matter at all.We don’t know if they’re Republican or Democrat, pro-Trump or anti-Trump, NRA members or fans of gun control. (Though let’s be honest: This is Texas, so we can guess on that one.) All they wanted to do was help.While it was a journalistic faux pas not to get the men’s names, it almost made the story more endearing that we didn’t get them, because it reinforced the idea that they were just normal Americans.
Macron was at 64 percent approval in June. Now, less than two months later, he has fallen to 36 percent….BELOW TRUMP.How can the elite media explain this collapse?How can the elite media rationalize that their young, moderate, sophisticated technocrat is now below President Trump?They can’t.So, they don’t.However, Macron is not alone. The elite media has also failed to inform viewers that the approval ratings of other world leaders have been recorded at similarly low levels in recent months.For example, British Prime Minister Theresa May earned a 34 percent satisfaction rate, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a July approval rating of 34.2 percent, and the Democratic Party in the United States received 38 percent approval in June.All of these approval ratings are lower than President Trump’s – but you don’t see the elite media fighting to break that news story.
Forgive me fellow Rangers fans but it'd be cool if the Astros brought a baseball title to Houston in October! pic.twitter.com/q0sCQa4zD6— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 30, 2017
Viva Houston! Let's celebrate the work of volunteers, churches, police, fire department....we stand with Houston! pic.twitter.com/AULvKaO0vp— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 30, 2017
Houston flooded and media types talking about Melania's shoes...then they wonder why nobody watches or reads them! pic.twitter.com/olCkhBuIOS— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 29, 2017
Jim Brown may have saved the NFL from stupid players......the legendary running back was unhappy and everyone stood up last weekend.... pic.twitter.com/veL1OCPfrz— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 29, 2017
China? NK shot one over Japan....maybe China doesn't care or can't stop it...At some point, we will have to.... pic.twitter.com/svpI3VIIL6— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 29, 2017
Bozell has a point about the slow death of the GOP...Taken a look at Dems? Stuck & Consumed by identity politics! pic.twitter.com/jbxVPbYfaB— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 29, 2017
The number of Californians leaving the state and moving to Texas is at its highest level in nearly a decade, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service.According to IRS migration data, which uses individual income tax returns to record year-to-year address changes, over 250,000 California residents moved out of the state between 2013 and 2014, the latest period for which data was available.
A bill that passed the California state senate and is now moving through the Assembly could threaten jail time for anyone who refuses to use a transgender person’s preferred pronoun.The law is currently limited in its effects to nursing homes and intermediate-care facilities, but if passed, those who “willfully and repeatedly” refuse “to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns” could be slapped with a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, according to the California Heath and Safety code.The state senate passed the bill 26-12 at the end of May.Since then, the Assembly Judiciary committee recommended the bill unanimously and the General Assembly held its first hearing on the legislation Wednesday.“How can you believe in free speech, but think the government can compel people to use certain pronouns when talking to others?”Greg Burt of the California Family Council testified in July.“This is not tolerance. This is not love. This is not mutual respect. True tolerance tolerates people with different views. We need to treat each other with respect, but respect is a two-way street. It is not respectful to threaten people with punishment for having sincerely held beliefs that differ from your own.”Titled the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents Bill of Rights,” the legislation also requires nursing homes and care facilities to allow residents to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of biological sex.The bill’s author, state Sen. Scott Weiner, argues that religious views don’t hold weight in public areas.
Don’t look now, but Mexico is hoping that its recent energy reforms will turn the shale boom from a uniquely American phenomenon into a uniquely North American one. This summer, Mexico opened up onshore blocks of its Burgos basin region, just south of Texas.To date, the country’s state-owned oil company Pemex has been unable to successfully start commercial production in the basin, in part due to geology but certainly also the result of the company’s lack of expertise in shale.Now that Mexico’s oil and gas reserves are being opened up to private (and foreign) companies, there’s an opportunity for firms with the personnel, the experience, the equipment, and the culture necessary to get the country’s shale production up off (or maybe more accurately out of) the ground.Prior to Mexico’s market reforms, Pemex was in a tailspin. The company was running the Red Queen’s race, spending more money and hiring more personnel while seeing production fall precipitously as fields matured. President Enrique Peña Nieto pushed through unpopular reforms to open Mexico’s struggling oil and gas industry up to competition, and after some fits and starts he’s seen that effort rewarded: on one day in July, there was a “world-class” oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico by a group of private companies, a major increase in the estimated potential of another offshore field, and the successful sale of 21 out of 24 other offshore blocks on auction.In other words, there’s a lot of momentum building up in Mexico’s offshore hydrocarbon industry.Onshore, progress has been slower, but Mexican shale — especially in the Burgos basin — looks to be a winner.
Saturday Aug 26: The storm in Texas and a few other thoughts....click to listen....... https://t.co/sN8QaREBAm— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 26, 2017
Friday Aug 25: A look at the politics of Washington with Barry Casselman, The Prairie Editor......... https://t.co/o8hcWxzigI— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 25, 2017
Thursday Aug 24: What happened to those US diplomats in Cuba and other stories of the day...click to listen.... https://t.co/9utBid933u— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 24, 2017
Wednesday Aug 23: Lee & ESPN, Trump in Phoenix, the Browns and other stories...click to listen...... https://t.co/nlOqx9WnIL— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 23, 2017
Tuesday Aug 22: Afghanistan speech, Clinton 2016 & Post Office plus others...Click to listen..... https://t.co/MtAKqkaS6r— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 22, 2017
Monday August 21: A refugee surge in Canada with Brian Lloyd French.....click to listen........ https://t.co/veUdmg5KmA— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 21, 2017
Saturday Aug 19: Terror in Barcelona & other thoughts with Javier Hurtado-Mira....click to listen............ https://t.co/FwyQkG7M0D— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 19, 2017
Last November, shortly after the election, he called in the New York Times for fellow liberals to face up to their party’s portion of responsibility for Trump’s victory, which Lilla traced to the rise “identity liberalism.”His contention that “American liberalism has slipped into a kind of moral panic about racial, gender and sexual identity that has distorted liberalism’s message and prevented it from becoming a unifying force capable of governing” provoked outrage on the left
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics by Mark Lilla........https://t.co/zNJ34IYs4F via @amazon— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 27, 2017
Justin Trudeau has sought to tone down the warm welcome he promised to migrants, after arrivals at the Canadian border hit 250 a day, leaving immigration officials struggling to cope with the influx.The Canadian prime minister tweeted shortly after President Donald Trump announced the halt of the US refugee programme that Canada would still be a haven.“To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada,” he saidBut since the start of the year more than 11,300 people have crossed into Canada by foot from the US, with the surge due in large part to fears about Mr Trump’s immigration policy.Canada is on track to record the most refugee claims in a decade.The majority — around 85 per cent, according to Canadian officials — are from Haiti. In May Mr Trump floated the idea of rescinding a long-standing agreement to allow Haitians to remain in the country, meaning that a possible 58,000 Haitians could be deported in 2018.
According to medical records reviewed exclusively by CBS News, a U.S. doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats working in Havana diagnosed them with conditions as serious as mild traumatic brain injury, and with likely damage to the central nervous system.The diplomats complained about symptoms ranging from hearing loss and nausea to headaches and balance disorders after the State Department said “incidents” began affecting them beginning in late 2016.A source familiar with these incidents says officials are investigating whether the diplomats were targets of a type of sonic attack directed at their homes, which were provided by the Cuban government.The source says reports of more attacks affecting U.S. embassy workers on the island continue.The doctor, one of several who reviewed their cases, included a warning in the medical records about the health risks of future exposures. The diplomats underwent comprehensive audiological evaluations and a battery of other tests.
In a powerful oration before a crowd of more than 3,000, Mayor D’Alesandro made the case for remembering and studying the lives of Lee and Jackson: “World Wars I and II found the North and South fighting for a common cause, and the generalship displayed by these two great men in the War Between the States lived on and were applied in the military plans of our nation and the Pacific areas.”Referring to contemporaneous efforts by Communists to undermine the U.S. from within, D’Alesandro said “Today, with our nation beset by subversive groups and propaganda which seeks to destroy our national unity, we can look for inspiration to the lives of Lee and Jackson to remind us to be resolute and determined in preserving our sacred institutions.”With Soviet Russia gobbling up Eastern Europe and the Cold War beginning, D’Alesandro called on Americans “to emulate Jackson’s example and stand like a stone wall against aggression in any form that would seek to destroy the liberty of the world.” (Baltimore Sun, May 2, 1948)
