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To: steve harris who wrote (784801)	5/14/2014 6:26:47 PM
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The dems keep trying to pass legislation to give more money to vets and the pubs block it every time. That is fact.

To: steve harris who wrote (784801)	5/15/2014 8:00:42 AM
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Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement (AP pushes the lie) ....................................................................................................... Associated Press ^ \| May 15, 2014 by Mohammed Daraghmeh

To: steve harris who wrote (784801)	5/15/2014 8:05:36 AM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 1573693

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born critic of Islam who says that Islam mandates a second-class status for women. She restricts her objection not to Sharia, but also Islam itself. She thinks reform may be possible, but receives death threats and is the subject of a Fatwa -- a religious decree that, in her case, commands that she be killed. Hirsi Ali was recently invited to speak at Brandeis University, where she would receive an honorary degree. But after Hirsi Ali received the invitation, the Council on Arab Islamic Relations sent Brandeis a list of "offensive" things Hirsi Ali said about Islam. Brandeis retracted her invitation. The University called some of Hirsi Ali's opinions "inconsistent with Brandeis University's core values." Brandeis had no problem bestowing an honorary degree on playwright Tony Kushner, who admits he has "a problem with the idea of a Jewish state." And Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke at Brandeis despite having characterized Israel as an "apartheid state." Brandeis' tolerance of a variety of opinion, apparently, doesn't apply to those critical of Islam. Townhall.com ^ \| May 15, 2014 \| Larry Elder

To: steve harris who wrote (784801)	5/15/2014 12:10:17 PM
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Harvard’s Kennedy School Will Make White Privilege Training Mandatory For Orientation ......................................................................... The Daily Caller ^ \| 15 ay 2014 \| Eric Owens Administration officials at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University have reached an agreement with student activists to force “mandatory power and privilege training” on incoming students during orientation. The group, which calls itself “HKS Speaks Out,” will have a meeting this week with the dean of the Kennedy School, David T. Ellwood, to discuss the funding for the compulsory training and to “make sure this training is institutionalized” throughout the school, reports Campus Reform. “We have exciting news to share,” states a recent post on the group’s Tumblr page. “[T]he administration has officially expressed its desire to collaborate with us on designing a privilege training component for Orientation week for every HKS degree program!” The rationale for forcing every news student to sit through a session on power and privilege training is that training in “structural power dynamics” is critical for would-be Harvard graduates who hope to obtain leadership positions in politics and public policy. As The Harvard Crimson reported last month, the HKS Speaks Out movement started in October because a few students said they had “really negative classroom experiences.” So, since a few students at Harvard’s Kennedy School had bad experiences, all student at Harvard’s Kennedy School will now be herded into sessions on power and privilege as seen through a particular leftist identity prism. (Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...