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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)	10/30/2014 8:54:03 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 1583681

Van Jones is a self proclaimed communist.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)	10/30/2014 8:54:27 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583681

Ebola Battle Led by Larry, Curly, and Moe? ................................................................................. Canada Free Press ^ \| 10/30/14 \| Dr. Don Boys

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)	10/31/2014 10:34:15 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583681

Shep, you really don't know who Van Jones is?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)

10/31/2014 10:53:13 AM

From: Brumar89

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NYC Politicians Demand Comcast Provide Free Internet Service to Government-Run Slums

One workable definition of modern “liberalism” is communism by increments:

New York politicians say Comcast shouldn’t be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable unless it provides free Internet service to all residents of public housing.

In a letter to the state Public Service Commission Wednesday, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and 21 other officials asked for the free Internet promise and numerous other provisions, including a commitment to offer at least gigabit speeds to paying customers. The commission recently delayed its vote on the merger until November 13 after state officials found “ deficiencies” in Comcast’s customer service and the merger application.

James’ letter asked Comcast to “guarantee that they will expand broadband to and provide free access, training, and equipment to their broadband services for all public housing residents of the New York City Housing Authority, and establish training and access centers for every housing complex within the merged entity’s service area.” The same should be done for “[a]ll senior, youth, and community centers, and public parks. As well as all homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters (with anonymous browsing capability), congregate care facilities, supportive housing facilities, mental health group homes,” the letter continued. Besides that, Comcast was urged to “[e]stablish free Wi-Fi service in all New York City Public Parks.”

New York’s communist rulers expect this service to be provided on a slave basis. But for now Comcast will probably be able to pass the cost along to paying customers in higher rates so as to avoid bankruptcy, until such time as cable services have been nationalized.

Comcast already provides $10-per-month Internet access to poor families as a result of a condition on its 2011 purchase of NBCUniversal. Comcast proposed to extend this “Internet Essentials” program to Time Warner Cable customers, and the company argues that it has offered enough.

Wrong. Until all producers have been bled dry, it will never be enough.

Hold on, Comcast. You could be in for another shakedown already:

In addition to state governments, Comcast’s purchase of TWC is being evaluated by the Federal Communications Commission and [Social] Justice Department.

In what free country would businesses be required to provide their goods and services free of charge?

http://moonbattery.com/?p=52055

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)	10/31/2014 11:07:43 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TimF Respond to of 1583681

The New York Times’ War on Gun-Owning Rape Victims 31Oct, 2014by Michelle Malkin Nasty New York Times editorial writer David Firestone pretends to care about campaign scare-mongering. But what he and his elitist ilk really fear are independent-thinking women who have dared to exercise their First Amendment powers to defend their Second Amendment rights. This week, Firestone took aim at “attack ads” sponsored by the National Rifle Association. The “worst commercial,” he says, “features a rape victim describing her assault and accusing” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg “of wanting to take away her right to defend herself.” That rape victim has a name and a story Firestone couldn’t even bother to mention. She is Kimberly Weeks, a brave and fierce Colorado woman who testified against the Bloomberg-backed gun-control measures that beleaguered Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper now admits he passed “without basic facts” and concedes were ineffective from the get-go. Weeks was brutally raped as a college junior at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. As she recounted last year, “I will never know if I would have been able to stop my rape if I had owned a firearm. I can tell you that any fear I had of guns evaporated as soon as I got a second chance at living my life. Had I been armed, I very well could have changed my circumstances and possibly prevented another attack on myself or the next victim.” Firestone dismissed Weeks’ response to Bloomberg’s gun-grabbing efforts by asserting that “the former mayor is not trying to take away anyone’s legal handgun, and neither is any Democrat.” Never mind that Colorado Democrats, goaded by Bloomberg and lobbied by Vice President Joe Biden, were contemplating a radical ban on concealed carry on college campuses. Victims of sexual assault in Colorado were snubbed by Democratic state legislators, Weeks reminded voters. She is speaking out to prevent other rape victims and rape targets from being disarmed and dismissed Another rape victim and pro-concealed carry advocate, Amanda Collins, faced similar hostile treatment from Colorado Democrats when she protested draconian gun-control laws that undermined women’s self-defense autonomy. “I just want to say, statistics are not on your side, even if you had had a gun. … Chances are that if you had had a gun, then he would have been able to get that from you and possibly use it against you,” former Democratic state Sen. Evie Hudak lectured Collins. But as I’ve reported previously, even the liberal Denver Post pointed out that the old statistics Hudak cited from a liberal anti-gun group applied only to women with guns who were attacked by “intimate acquaintances,” not strangers, as was the case with Collins. But let’s not let facts get in the way of a liberal New York Times writer’s hysterical anti-hysteria diatribe. While Firestone pronounces Weeks’ ads as the “worst” example of the “use of fear,” abortion rights group NARAL is running election ads telling Colorado women that Republicans are going to take away all their condoms. Harry Reid’s super PAC is accusing North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis of causing “the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.” And the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has poured $2.5 million into scare-mongering ads in Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana and New Hampshire telling elderly voters that Republicans are going to strip them of their Social Security and Medicare. When victims embrace liberal orthodoxies, they’re heroes and absolute moral authorities in the eyes of The New York Times editorial board. When victims become survivors who reject the Nanny State, they’re liars, ideologues and pot-stirrers who deserve to be sneered at from the rarefied offices of the Fishwrap of Record. The Times has spilled barrels and barrels of ink decrying the campus rape epidemic. Its opinion writers and reporters call for more money for sexual assault prevention, more government programs and more respect for rape victims. But when a rape victim advocates armed self-defense, where’s the crusading New York Times? Catcalling courageous armed women like a Big Apple street bum. Shame on the smug rape-survivor shamers. http://www.rightwingnews.com/column-2/new-york-times-war-gun-owning-rape-victims/

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (814240)	10/31/2014 11:09:06 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583681

WSJ Poll: 82% Of New Yorkers Support Mandatory 21-Day Ebola Quarantines… President Ebola doesn't care. Anti-science! Poll: New Yorkers Support Mandatory Ebola Quarantines – WSJ New Yorkers overwhelmingly support a 21-day quarantine for individuals who have come into contact with an Ebola patient, regardless of whether they are symptomatic, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 New York/Marist College poll. Eighty-two percent said they support such a quarantine, according to the poll, responding to a question that didn’t distinguish between people traveling from Ebola-stricken countries and individuals in New York—for example, hospital workers—who may have come into contact with the disease. The survey represents some of the freshest evidence that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was reflective of public sentiment on Ebola last week when he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced mandatory quarantines for health-care workers and others traveling from African nations stricken by the disease.