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Yesterday, Black Lives Matters activist Jasmine Richards was convicted of felony “lynching” and now faces up to a year in prison, according to the Pasadena Now newspaper.
Richards was originally charged late last summer when she and other Black Lives Matter activists interfered and tried to stop Pasadena Police Officers from arresting Benita Escoe, a 20-year-old black woman who…
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Happy birthday to Alanis Morissette, who turned 42 today. Over the course of her very successful 32 year career as a musician and actress, she won seven Grammys, including the coveted "Album of the Year" award with her album "Jagged Little Pill" in 1996. She was also inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame back in 2015. To celebrate and commemorate her birthday, we are counting…
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All countries in the South Pacific Region can breathe a long sigh of relief.
Earlier this week, North Korea failed another intermediate-range ballistic missile test, according to Pentagon officials, This marks the fourth failed test launch of North Korea’s new type of missile, the Taepodong-2, which they have been trying to launch since 2006.
This new…
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In Europe’s attempt to open its doors to people who are the victims of discrimination and war from abroad, they are inadvertently pushing their own out.
According to Francis Kalifat, the newest president of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, or CRIF), “French Jews are in the most difficult situation they have…
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The European Commission united with online powers such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter in a joint announcement Tuesday solidifying their position on so-called "hate speech" and pledging how they are going to fight it.
"Hate speech," according to Facebook’s new policy, is any speech that promotes incitement to direct and serious attack or hateful conduct “on any protected category of people…
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Following President Obama opening up arms trading with Vietnam, China is now poised to send submarines armed with nuclear missiles into the South China Sea. Chinese military officials have not commented on if this has any connection with the dissolution of the arms trade embargo between the United States and Vietnam, but this possibly aggressive action will do nothing to decrease the tension in…
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For those who are not aware, President Obama declared in April that the month of May this year would be the National Foster Care Month in order to pay tribute to both the children, and families, that are apart of the foster care system.
Almost a month later, Obama has now announced the first-ever White House Foster Care & Technology Hackathon.
The event, according to a release from the…
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Happy Red Nose Day, everyone! Don’t worry, this day has nothing to do with celebrating creepy clowns or hay fever. It is a charity event put on by NBC, Walgreens, M&M’s, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with proceeding going towards helping disadvantaged children.
The Red Nose Day charity, which has raised over $1 billion over the last 25 years, helps…
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Technology is a crazy, wonderful thing. It can make our lives easier by allowing us to stay more connected with our friends and family; it can get us through even the busiest traffic safely (like this man here), and can keep us constantly up-to-date with what is going on in the world around us.
But it can also do some terrible things. It can create roadblocks to keep information away from the…
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University of Kansas assistant professor Andrea Quenette found herself the latest victim of the extreme political correctness that is sweeping American colleges.
Last November, Quenette was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the college into her use of an racial slur and alleged "discrimination" in her class dealing with diversity in the classroom. Quenette reportedly…