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Friday, March 4, 2016

NYPD To Stop Arresting People for Public Urination, Alcohol Consumption In Liberal Manhattan

Cyrus Vance Jr., the district attorney for New York County, said the maneuver will keep the court system from being “unnecessarily bogged down with minor offenses committed by those who pose no threat to public safety,” and instead will allow authorities to devote their resources toward enforcing and investigating serious crimes.

“By giving cops the discretion to issue summonses instead of requiring them to make arrests, we ensure they do not spend hours processing cases as minor as littering, and we enable officers to get back to patrolling, investigating and keeping our neighborhoods safe,” Mr. Vance said.

“And by reducing unnecessary incarceration, we make our criminal justice system fairer for all New Yorkers,” he added.

The decision will apply to infractions including public consumption of alcohol, public urination and various subway offenses, such as riding between train-cars and taking up more than one seat at a time.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Andrea Tantaros Unloads on Bitter Mitt Romney: "Take It and Shove It"

Cross-Dressing Male Actor Mya Taylor Wins Best Supporting 'Female' Award

EW.com:

Tangerine star Mya Taylor made history on Saturday night at the Spirit Awards, becoming the first transgender actress to win a major film award.

“I have had a long journey through my 2015, because I had come from almost nothing. And then I got this role and this movie, and my life did a total 360,” Taylor said during her acceptance speech for best supporting actress, before joking that the trek up to the podium left her out of breath. “I feel fat,” she said to laughs from the crowd.

Directed by Sean Baker and shot using an iPhone, Tangerine was one of 2015’s breakout indies. The film stars Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as a pair of friends who trek through Los Angeles on Christmas eve to find Rodriguez’s unfaithful boyfriend.

“The first thing I thought is this movie ain’t going to be sh–,” Taylor joked on Saturday about her initial reaction to hearing the film would be shot on an iPhone. “But it turned out amazing.”

Taylor closed her speech by making a plea to filmmakers to cast more transgender men and women. “There is transgender talent. There’s very beautiful transgender talent. So you better get out there and put it in your next movie,” she said.

Mya Taylor is not a woman and more women need to speak up and say so.

RELATED: Caitlyn Jenner Gets Women's Locker Room Spot at Her Country Club, Is 'Grateful' for the 'Acceptance'

Male Texas College Student Sues Over Possible Expulsion For Alleged Sex Assault

FOXNews.com:

A physics major one semester away from graduation is suing to stop University of Texas-Austin from expelling him based on the unproven accusation he sexually assaulted a woman in a drunken, off-campus encounter.

In one of the latest cases of male college students turning to the courts after being punished by public universities for being accused of sexual assaults, the 21-year-old man identified as John Doe in legal papers claims the school is violating his Constitutional right to due process. His alleged victim, who did not attend the school, never filed a police report, according to his lawyer, yet the school took action based on her father’s complaint.

“What we’re seeing here is a nationwide movement that has gone too far in what the system sees as victims of campus assaults,” said Brian Roark. "Give us a fair hearing, and we'll deal with the consequences."

Doe, who claims the sex was consensual, is facing a disciplinary hearing that could result in his expulsion, The College Fix reported. He filed the suit about two months ago with the goal of clearing his name.

The alleged incident occurred on March 6, 2015, after a night of heavy drinking at a house party where Doe met two unnamed women, according to the lawsuit. The three spent the night at an off-campus apartment belonging to one of the women, where Doe had sex with one woman that night and the other the next morning, according to the lawsuit.

Blame radical feminism and the war on white, male college students by the Left. That's the idea now with these stupid and bias 'Yes means Yes' laws springing up on colleges everywhere, with the goal being to take away any ounce of self-responsibility for women engaging in sexual encounters and placing it all in the government's hands to state what happened without any sense of due process.

RELATED: State lawmakers pushing ‘affirmative consent’ for all campuses

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Ben Carson Doesn't See 'A Political Path Forward'

CNN.com:

Ben Carson doesn't "see a political path forward" in the Republican presidential nomination process, and will not attend Thursday's GOP presidential debate in his hometown of Detroit, he said in a statement.

But Carson stopped short of saying he was officially leaving the race.

The retired neurosurgeon and his aides reached the decision after a staff meeting Wednesday morning in Baltimore following a disappointing finish on Super Tuesday.

In an email to supporters, campaign chairman Bob Dees said the "political efforts must come to a close."

"We have often said that 'reality is our friend.' The reality is that we together have been on an amazing journey -- the right candidate for the right cause for the right reasons at the right time," Dees wrote.

"No doubt many of you have tears as you read this, just as I tearfully write these words -- tearfully because the reality is that our political efforts must come to a close," he added. "Gratefully, the grass roots movement that has given new voice to 'We the People' and has inspired millions will continue."

Carson said he will go into more detail during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Committee Conference near Washington on Friday.

I've been said that Ben Carson was never going to be President. But if he's serious about making a difference in politics, either start speaking out around the country on how conservative policies can help Black America or run for a local congressman or Senator office.

Trump, Clinton Rack Up String of Super Tuesday Wins; Cruz Wins in Texas, Okla.; Sanders Wins in Vt., Okla.

FOXNews.com:

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton racked up a string of Super Tuesday primary victories, pulling well ahead of their rivals in the race for delegates – though their closest competitors, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Bernie Sanders, notched enough wins or close seconds to keep the race alive.

With results still coming in, Trump is projected to win in Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia. Clinton is projected to win Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Cruz, though, is projected to win the Republican primary in his home state of Texas, as well as in Oklahoma.

And on the Democratic side, Sanders was projected to notch a win in his home state of Vermont as well as in Oklahoma.

Texas was the biggest prize on the Super Tuesday map, offering 222 Democratic delegates and 155 Republican delegates. A win for Cruz was considered critical, and he was able to thwart any potential late-hour surge by Trump there.

Newt Gingrich Scolds Anti-Trumpers: Any Serious Republican Will Get Behind the Nominee to Beat Hillary

HotAir.com:

Said this before, but given his role in the 1994 conservative revival in Congress, the eventual Gingrich endorsement of Trump will cause the right much, much more grief than tough-guy opportunist Chris Christie’s has.

He blamed Marco Rubio for some of that mudslinging, saying the Florida senator’s personal attacks on Trump after last Thursday’s debate may have backfired. “I suspect it hurt Rubio,” Gingrich says. “Rubio’s not an attack dog. Chris Christie’s an attack dog. Christie knows how to do that, Rubio doesn’t. And Rubio ends up, I think, looking silly.”

Gingrich also chided Republicans suggesting they won’t get behind Trump should he win the nomination. “I believe when you’re faced with a choice with Clinton corruption, appointing radical judges with a disastrous foreign policy, it’s very hard for any serious Republican to not support the Republican nominee,” he told reporters.
By “serious Republican” I assume he means “serious conservative,” in which case he’s quite wrong. It’s easy for a serious conservative to walk away from a party led by Trump. The problem for anti-Trumpers is that the last eight months, and especially the month of February, were an extended lesson in just how few serious conservatives the party really has. And if all Newt means here is that some of the people crying “Never Trump!” right now will eventually suck it up and vote for him over Hillary in November, well, that’s true. Whatever gaudy numbers the polls show at the moment about a huge minority of Republicans refusing to vote for Trump in the general election will gradually erode under establishment pressure. Most Republican congressmen will fall in line behind Trump, if only because their donors are twisting their arms to do so. (Will there be donors pushing back the other way? Hmmmm.) Attack ads will remind the right repeatedly, for months on end, just how contemptible the Clintons are. Respected party elders, starting with Newt Gingrich, will be enlisted to cajole conservatives to come home. With the exception of Glenn Beck and possibly Mark Levin, the stars of conservative talk radio will align behind the nominee too. That’s a lot of cumulative persuasion. Some group of NeverTrumpers will continue to hold out, led by people like Ben Sasse and (almost inevitably) Mike Lee, but I’d bet on election day the total number who stay home and/or split for a third party is in single digits. People are tribal creatures, and starting a new tribe in the middle of an election is a heavy lift.

Even so, this is bad timing for Newt. Conservatives are still coping with Trump’s impending nomination, a process that will go on for months. Telling them on Super Tuesday, when the votes haven’t even been counted yet, to start thinking about falling in line for him won’t be well received. The next stage of coping comes tonight, when Trump’s win will be spun as not quite as overwhelming as it might have been and therefore Rubio remains kinda sorta viable in Florida. The next stage will come after Florida, when the coping will involve a mix of (a) half-hearted “Rubio can still come back, sort of” spinning of the dour outcome with (b) a push to have Cruz and Rubio (and Kasich) hang around and go to the convention in hopes of denying Trump the nomination in Cleveland.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

WSJ: GOP Has ‘No Obligation’ To Entertain Democratic Demands On Judicial Nominations

Townhall.com:

With the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Republicans were quick to declare that they would not confirm any Supreme Court nominee, as it should be the responsibility of the next president. Senate Democrats, of course, cried foul–until their dirty laundry was aired. Sen. Harry Red (D-NV) noted how difficult the political climate was for judicial nominees to be confirmed during an election year in 2008. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) even went so far as to say that the Senate should block any future Bush nominations to the Supreme Court in 2007. Even then-Sen. Barack Obama was part of the failed push to filibuster Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court, which the White House says he now regrets.

Sen. Reid even penned an op-ed in the Washington Post about how this would be unprecedented obstructionism etc. etc., which no one should take seriously since Reid is out in January of 2017. He can literally say whatever he wants without any repercussions or consequences. Moreover, the Wall Street Journal editorial board compiled a “greatest hits” list from Senate Democrats on judicial nominations, which prominently feature Reid:

After blockading Mr. Bush’s judicial slate, Mr. Reid as Senate Majority Leader changed the rules for Mr. Obama’s nominees on a partisan vote. Senate rules require a two-thirds vote to change its rules in mid-session, but in 2013 Mr. Reid forced through a change solely with a narrow Democratic majority.

This allowed him to trigger the “nuclear option” lowering the Senate threshold for appellate but not Supreme Court nominees to 51 from 60. The goal was to pack the D.C. Circuit with left-leaning judges who would bless Mr. Obama’s abuses of power, especially on health care and climate regulation. Mr. Obama was cheering him on all the way.

Mr. Reid now argues that the Senate’s “constitutional duty” is to give nominees an up-or-down vote, but in a May 2005 speech on Mr. Bush’s judges, he offered a different interpretation: “The duties of the Senate are set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Nowhere in that document does it say the Senate has a duty to give Presidential appointees a vote. It says appointments shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. That is very different than saying every nominee receives a vote.”

It’s impossible to know what Mr. Reid really believes, because whatever he claims to believe at any moment is whatever will maximize his own political power.
The Journal also noted the egregious ethnically -based 28-month long filibuster of Miguel Estrada, a Bush appointee, who Democrats feared would be a prime Supreme Court nominee if he were confirmed to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Estrada would later withdraw his name from consideration. The GOP should hold the line, but as mentioned before, what happens when it looks as if Hillary is going to win the election, with a Democratic Senate, who could then fill that vacancy with a hard core liberal. It would complete the liberal America’s task of waiting for a time when they could yank the Court to the left. What’s the secondary protocol? Moreover, would GOP Senators go for hearing and possibly confirming a centrist Obama nominee, in which they would face the wrath of the party base? Then again, who knows what parade of horribles come from the legal Pandora’ box a Clinton nominee would most likely open.

Dying for Fame: 21 Reality Stars Committed Suicide in a Decade

NYPost.com:

In 2007, Gordon Ramsay ripped apart struggling New Jersey chef Joseph Cerniglia on “Kitchen Nightmares,” screaming: “Your business is about to f - - king swim down the Hudson.”

Three years later, Cerniglia jumped off the George Washington Bridge.

His shocking death was one of at least 21 reality-contestant suicides since 2004 — afflicting lesser-known programs such as “Storage Wars” as well as ratings mammoths like the “Bachelor” franchise, which has lost three former stars to suicide.

Insiders raise questions about the types of people attracted to these shows — and the screening process and support offered.

Dr. Richard Levak, a California-based personality expert who has worked on several reality shows, including “Survivor,” says the spate of suicides among reality-TV stars boils down to a chicken-or-the-egg debate.

“Does [appearing on reality television] attract people with a higher rate of instability?” Levak asks. “Are people who are unstable more interested? Or do the vagaries of reality TV precipitate people killing themselves?”

Two weeks ago, “The Bachelor” Season 14 contestant Alexa “Lex” McAllister, 31, became the latest fatality when she overdosed on prescription pills. Gia Allemand, from the same season, hanged herself in 2013. Three years earlier, 35-year-old Julien Hug, a 2009 “Bachelorette” contestant, shot himself in the head.

CNN’s Jake Tapper Thinks KKK Interview Flap Will Help Trump Win GOP Nomination

Mediaite.com:

CNN’s Jake Tapper conducted the Donald Trump interview yesterday where the GOP frontrunner refused to disavow support from ex-KKK leader David Duke, and he thinks the flap will actually help him.

Yesterday morning, Tapper repeatedly confronted Trump about that endorsement. Trump said he just doesn’t know enough about David Duke and the groups involved (the KKK) to make a judgment, telling Tapper he would have to look into it more.

On CNN this afternoon, Tapper told his guests, “I think that my interview with Donald Trump yesterday will actually help him win the nomination.”

Ramesh Ponnuru doubted that would be the case, despite the excuse-making from some.