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National Review Writer: Conservatives Should ‘Beat’ Young People Who ‘Think Socialism Is Better Than Capitalism’

The National Review’s Jonah Goldberg is claiming that 18-year-olds should be denied the right to vote because they are “so frickin’ stupid about so many things.” In a video first posted by the Daily Caller, Goldberg laments the culture’s obsession with youth and argues that conservatives should “beat out” young people’s belief that “socialism is better than capitalism.” Goldberg is the third National Review writer in two months to face controversy:

GOLDBERG: Personally, I think the voting age should be much, higher, not lower. I think it was a mistake to lower it to 18, to be brutally honest….[I]t is a simple fact of science that nothing correlates more with ignorance and stupidity than youth. We’re all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young. And yet there’s this thing in this culture where, ‘Oh, young people are for it so it must be special.’ No, the reason young people are for it because they don’t know better. That’s why we call them young people.

The fact that young people think socialism is better than capitalism. That’s proof of what social scientists call their stupidity and their ignorance. And that’s something that conservatives have to beat out of them. Either literally or figuratively as far as I’m concerned.

The magazine fired popular conservative columnist John Derbyshire in April after he topped off a long history of racism and sexism by advising children to avoid “concentrations of black.” It later ended its relationship with Robert Weissberg, who had ties to the white nationalist group American Renaissance.

Video of the douchebaggery at the link.
source: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/06/01/493804/national-review-writer-conservatives-should-beat-young-people-who-think-socialism-is-better-than-capitalism/

Impressionist Morgana Robinson claimed last week that: “you can tell a tranny by their hands and their feet.”

Does the star of Channel 4’s Very Important People congratulate herself when she spies a woman with large shoes? Does she smile and think “Ah, look, it’s one of those trannies”, or is she humble; does she see it as an easy-peasy guessing game? I can only speculate.

I’m a trans woman and I hear these stupid comments daily. “Transsexual” has become shorthand for someone ridiculous, someone unnamed, someone that nice, middle-class people probably don’t know. Transphobia has passed the dinner table test because those who mock trans people simply don’t expect to see one of us at their dinner tables. I’d like to petition high profile trans newsreaders and politicians to raise awareness, but none exist. Trans people are today’s Aunt Sallys – and comics throw pies at us with impunity.

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Let's enjoy Euro 2012, together, in Poland and Ukraine

by Donald Tusk

As prime minister, I know Poland has spared no efforts to guarantee an unforgettable football festival in welcoming cities

In a week from now, the National Stadium in Warsaw will resound to the first whistle of the first match of Euro 2012.

Europe's best football teams will compete against each other. My heart, like the hearts of most of my compatriots, will cheer for the Polish squad. Nevertheless, I expect deep sporting emotions at every match and I hope to share them with you – fans of football from all over Europe.

Whether you drive to Poland, fly to Poland or come by rail to Poland – we are waiting to welcome each one of you here. We have spared no efforts to guarantee you an unforgettable football festival, to be enjoyed in a fantastic atmosphere and the most comfortable of conditions.

For the last five years, like the rest of the world, we have been coping with the economic crisis. Despite this challenge, we have invested billions of euros in modernising our infrastructure. New stadiums are waiting for you in Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk and Wrocław. Maybe it is not for us to boast, but many people have said that the new facilities are some of the most modern in the world.

Poland has made tremendous progress in her development. Two decades ago, we were a poor post-communist country on Europe's eastern frontier. Today we are the country that has averted recession during the recent turmoil and become the biggest construction site in the European Union. I invite you to see for yourselves the scale of change that our country has undergone.

And there are many more reasons to visit Poland. Apart from our legendary Polish hospitality, you can discover many attractions that are still off the beaten tourist track: the Great Masurian Lake District; the Białowieża primeval forest, unique in the EU; Wrocław, with its bridges and canals; vibrant and modern Warsaw; the 1,000-year-old Cathedral Island and the Renaissance city hall in Poznan; and Gdańsk – a pearl of Hanseatic architecture. These are just a few examples of many places worth seeing.

Most football teams competing in the championship have chosen Poland for their base camps. This is no accident. We have prepared an internet site to help you find your way around our country. By visiting www.polishguide2012.pl, with just a few clicks you can create your own travel itinerary for your stay in Poland. This internet guide will also be available to download as an application on your mobile phone.

I am aware that many of you may be concerned about the situation in Ukraine, which co-hosts Euro 2012 with us. So let me recall something: Yulia Tymoshenko went to great lengths to enable Ukraine and Poland to co-host the tournament. I am confident that, despite all the current problems, she would not want her great efforts to go to waste. Euro 2012 is organised for football fans, not for politicians whose presence in stadiums is unnecessary. However, politicians should use their best efforts to ensure that ordinary Ukrainians are not punished for the difficult situation their former prime minister now faces. After all, Euro 2012 is also their celebration.

British media have recently raised the issue of racism among Polish football fans. As yet, no European country has been able to fully eradicate the problem of racism. We in Poland are also combating this phenomenon, which is neither greater nor smaller than in other European Union countries.

Almost half a million UK citizens come to Poland every year. Many of them relax in Poland in an extremely easy-going manner. They are always greeted with much hospitality. For at least three years, not a single racially motivated incident has been reported by British tourists. With all certainty, everyone who visits Poland during Euro 2012 will feel safe in our country.

With this in mind, do not think twice about coming over to support your team and enjoying Euro 2012 to the full. We are waiting for your arrival.

The Guardian

From Addicting Info “Her (the doctor) attitude was so condescending. It was like she was treating my daughter like she had done something wrong.” - victim's mother, from video interview

By Adrianna Iwasinski, News 9

( Trigger Warning ladies and gents!! )

Sauce

The religion aspect can be found in the interview with the victim's mother.  The doctor denied the victim emergency contraceptives because "it goes against her beliefs."  To that doctor who denied the victim care and served a side of shaming:

A judge has revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours.


Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said Friday that George Zimmerman misled the court about how much money he had available when his bond was set for $150,000 in April. Prosecutors claim Zimmerman had $135,000 available that had been raised by a website he set up.

Prosecutors also say he failed to surrender a second passport.

The defense says the finances are an innocent misunderstanding.

Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and is claiming self-defense.
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Ever since the public relations blunders at the time of Princess Diana’s death, the Queen has gone to great lengths to be more in touch with the mood of country. She presents the monarchy as modern, compassionate and inclusive; often referring to the value of a diverse multicultural, multifaith society.

On one issue, however, she remains curiously out of step with public opinion. Whereas most of us now welcome and embrace lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, the Queen has never done so.

While I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn’t appear to be gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community – or gay members of her own royal family. The Queen has turned her back on queens.

While she has spoken approvingly of the UK’s many races and faiths, for six decades she has ignored LGBT Britons. Judging from her silence, it seems that we are the unspeakable ones – the people she cannot bear to acknowledge or mention in public. If she treated black and Asian Britons in the same way, she’d be denounced as a racist. Why the double standards?

Regardless of whether these omissions are a reflection of the Queen’s personal views or the result of advice from her courtiers, as monarch she bears ultimate responsibility. Her silence sends a signal of exclusion and disrespect.


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Body-parts victim was a Chinese student: report

The victim of suspected killer Luka Rocco Magnotta is believed to be Lin Jun, a Chinese student at Concordia University who was reported missing the day before the suitcase with the human torso was discovered, La Presse reports.

The Chinese consulate in Montreal says the 33-year-old, born in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, had been in Montreal since July of last year.

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A LANDMARK court decision to declare two men the parents of baby born through surrogacy is a "gross abuse" of the child's rights, a Christian lobby group says.

Managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Jim Wallace also likened children in such situations to members of the stolen generation.

A NSW Supreme Court judgement handed down last month found it was in the child's best interests to have both Sydney men as parents, after the birth mother agreed to give up recognition on the birth certificate.


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I mostly just want to know how much money I have to pay to punch Jim Wallace and other members of the ALC in the face repeatedly. 

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The 17-year-old Willis High School honor student whose 24-hour stay in jail for excessive truancy drew national attention had the charge rescinded Wednesday, records show.

Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Lanny Moriarty, at the Montgomery County District Attorney's request, signed an order that vacates the contempt of court conviction that sent Diane Tran to jail last week.

The decision clears the way for the issue to be expunged from her record.

The action was taken, in part, after Moriarty looked at the extenuating circumstances that had resulted in Tran missing school and because her court summons had failed to notify her of her right to an attorney or to have one appointed for her, officials said.

Moriarty had counseled Tran the first time she was summoned to his court for excessive truancy April 25. He explained the importance of going to class and ordered her to start attending regularly.

But on May 23 Tran was brought back for failing to attend an additional four days as well as portions of another four days.

During her court appearance, however, Tran never revealed any personal struggles to the court.

Tran, a junior described by friends as "quiet and shy," could not be reached for comment. But her attorney, Brian Wice, said Tran was under an incredible amount of pressure from working two jobs and was unsure what to tell the court.

"She is not someone unwilling to come to class because she's attending a rock concert," Wice said. "She's an incredible gal who is working and studying sometimes 24 hours a day and contributing to her siblings' support more than a teenager should have a right to do."
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Dealing what is surely a mighty blow to those in the corn industry hoping to improve the image of high fructose corn syrup, the Food and Drug Administration has denied the Corn Refiners Association's petition to rename HFCS as "corn sugar."

The FDA laid it all out in the form of a letter to the CRA's president, Audrae Erickson.

In the letter, dated May 30 and titled "Response to Petition from Corn Refiners Association to Authorize 'Corn Sugar' as an Alternate Common or Usual Name for High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)," Michael Landa, Director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition explains the reasons why the Sept. 14, 2010 petition is being denied.

We picked out some of the pertinent parts below:

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