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Survey Finds That Water Is Common Around Exoplanets – Futurism

Posted: December 18, 2019 at 9:05 pm

Yeah, Got That Water

After surveying 19 exoplanets, a University of Cambridge-led research team found 14 had water vapor in their atmospheres more than theyd expected. The amount of water vapor, meanwhile? Less than theyd anticipated. Yet: These new insights could go a long way toward narrowing our hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Its important to know about even the most remote presence of water elsewhere [given] that water is a key ingredient to our notion of habitability on Earth, project leader Nikku Madhusudhan said in a press release,

For their survey results of which were published on Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters the researchers gathered spectroscopic data on the 19 exoplanets using numerous telescopes, including Hubble and Chiles Very Large Telescope.

Using that data, they were able to estimate amounts of various chemicals in the exoplanets atmospheres and hope to do the same for additional exoplanets in the future.

We look forward to increasing the size of our planet sample in future studies, Madhusudhan said. Inevitably, we expect to find outliers to the current trends as well as measurements of other chemicals.

READ MORE: Water common yet scarce in exoplanets [University of Cambridge]

More on exoplanets: Exoplanet Water Worlds Could Hold Unfathomably Deep Alien Oceans

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Change or have change happen to you, says futurist – RealAgriculture

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Be the change or be changed, saysNikolas Badminton, futurist and TechTour alumnus.

What does that mean for agriculture? Well, according to Badminton, it means that farmers are either going to have to adapt and evolve their practices, technology, and equipment, or someone else willing to do so will be the one farming and not them.

Its perhaps a strong message for an industry steeped in tradition like agriculture, but history shows that farmers have always been able to adapt, change, and move forward. The rate of that change and the costs associated with it is increasing, however, and farmers are going to have to be nimble in the face of rapidly advancing technology, urbanization, and social shifts.

According to Badminton there are some key areas of advancement that farmers need to pay attention to and adapt with. These are:

All of these areas have big money behind them for research and development, and change is happening at a rapid pace. That said, Badminton doesnt agree with those that are calling for a very abrupt end to how much of the worlds protein is raised as livestock.

Data, too, is already re-defining how most businesses operate and farming is no different. Sensor technology is growing in leaps and bounds, he says, and its this data that will shape technology and push change.

We shouldnt be scared of the opportunity. Yes, we need to work out the business casebut lets pilot projects, lets see what can work, he says, If farmers evolve, theyll flourish, if they dont, businesses will move in and do the work required, Badminton says.

Hear more about what Badminton sees happening and not happening in agriculture in the next 10 years:

Related: What will farmers do when they no longer drive tractors?

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Ron Paul – amazon.com

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Ron Paul, an eleven-term congressman from Texas, is the leading advocate of freedom in our nation's capital. He has devoted his political career to the defense of individual liberty, sound money, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. Judge Andrew Napolitano calls him "the Thomas Jefferson of our day."After serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s, Dr. Paul moved to Texas to begin a civilian medical practice, delivering over four thousand babies in his career as an obstetrician. He served in Congress from 1976 to 1984, and again from 1996 to the present. He and Carol Paul, his wife of fifty-one years, have five children, eighteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.Ron Paul, the New York Post once wrote, is a politician who "cannot be bought by special interests.""There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles," added a congressional colleague. "Ron Paul is one of those few."

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Wednesday December 18, 2019 The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote for two articles of impeachment against President Trump today and the articles are expected to die in the Republican-controlled Senate. Is Congress doing its Constitutional duty to remove a president abusing his power and obstructing Congress, or is this a prosecution in search of a crime? Watch today's Liberty Report...read on... Wednesday December 18, 2019

On December 14th an air cargo transport of Belgian FN armsfrom Ostendwas supplied to Misrata rebels by a United Arab Emirates contractor. Whether the UAE weapons shipment was contracted to undertake an uprising in Misrata prior to Erdogan's clash with Tobruk (Haftar) and Greece over Misrata and the proposed Turkish energy corridor is unclear. Misrata rebels have supplied cheap oil to Turkey and acted somewhat autonomously. Now, the potential for a major new catastrophe in Libya cannot be ignored.read on... Tuesday December 17, 2019 Three died and eight were injured when a Saudi military officer went on a shooting spree at a Pensacola, Florida airbase. The Pentagon insists Saudi military officers are properly vetted, but they are revisiting their vetting process anyway. Maybe vetting is not the real issue? Watch today's Liberty Report...read on... Tuesday December 17, 2019

The Washington Post hasobtaineda confidential trove of government documents revealing that senior US officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable. But many of us knew and wrote that the war was unwinnable from the beginning, although none of the Western mainstream media would publicise any such judgement.

In 2005 Iwrotethat The insurgency in Afghanistan will continue until foreign troops leave, whenever that might be. After a while, the government in Kabul will collapse, and there will be anarchy until a brutal, ruthless, drug-rich warlord achieves power. He will rule the country as it has always been ruled by Afghans: by threats, religious ferocity, deceit, bribery, and outright savagery, when the latter can be practiced without retribution. And the latest foreign occupation will become just another memory.

In 2007 GW Bush, up until 2016 the worst US president in memory,declaredthat Our goal in Afghanistan is to help the people of that country to defeat the terrorists and establish a stable, moderate, and democratic state that respects the rights of its citizens, governs its territory effectively, and is a reliable ally in this war against extremists and terrorists. But after 18 years of war, following the 2001 invasion, it has been Mission Unachieved.read on... Tuesday December 17, 2019

If you need more proof that lawmakers in the US couldnt care less about Americas woeful commitment to human rights abroador even care about the public who vote them into officelook no further than the recent Afghanistan papers and the reaction to the publications from Congress.

According tothe Washington Post, the outlet had obtained 2,000 pages of notes from interviews with more than 400 generals, diplomats, and other officials directly involved in the war. The documents showed that US officials were lying about the progress being made in Afghanistan, lacked a basic understanding of Afghanistan, were hiding unmistakable evidence that the war had become unwinnable, and wasted close to $1 trillion in the process.

Barely a few hours following the Posts publication, Congressrewardedthe Pentagon for its stellar efforts with a $22 billion budget increase. How can we as a society justify this?

One stand-out statisticamong the many concerning onesis the fact that before the US invasion the Taliban had almost completely put to bed Afghanistans illicit opium trade. Since the US invasion, combined with $9 billion in US funding for anti-opium programs, the Taliban is not only stronger than it ever was but sits cemented in a country that now supplies 80 percent of the worlds opium.

I cant help but think this was done on purpose.read on... Monday December 16, 2019 New documents released by Wikileaks confirm that within the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons there was a massive push to alter the findings of the "Fact Finding Mission" sent to Douma, Syria to investigate an alleged gas attack last year. Now 20 inspectors have claimed that their conclusions were left out of the report, which was re-written with conclusions opposite to what they found. Who forced them to fake the report and why? Watch today's Liberty Report...read on... Monday December 16, 2019

We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didnt know what we were doing. So said Gen. Douglas Lute, who oversaw the US war on Afghanistan under Presidents Bush and Obama. Eighteen years into the longest war in US history, we are finally finding out, thanks to thousands of pages of classified interviews on the war published by the Washington Post last week, that General Lutes cluelessness was shared by virtually everyone involved in the war.read on... Saturday December 14, 2019

In a bombshell report last week, the JusticeDepartment Inspector General found thatthe Federal Bureau of Investigation made fundamental errors and persistently deceived a secret court to authorize surveilling a 2016 Trump presidential campaign official. Inspector General Michael Horowitz did not find that the FBIs actions were spurred by political bias but that conclusion is not necessarily shared by Attorney General William Barr. Unfortunately, this is only the latest episode of decades of FBI misconduct before Americas most powerful secret court.

Perhaps the most jolting revelations in the IG report detail the FBIs efforts to secure a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) search warrant to use against the Trump campaign after suspicions were raised of Russian collusion. A FISA warrant is the nuclear bomb of searches, authorizing the FBI to conduct, simultaneous telephone, microphone, cell phone, e-mail and computer surveillance of the US person targets home, workplace and vehicles, as well as physical searches of the targets residence, office, vehicles, computer, safe deposit box and US mails, as a FISA court decision noted. The FISA court is extremely deferential,approving 99% of all searchwarrant requests.read on... Saturday December 14, 2019

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State..Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

This week, the venerable Washington Post newspaper revealed a bombshell, 2,000 page, secret Pentagon report detailing the astounding failure of US war strategy in Afghanistan, Americas longest war.

Americans have been fed a steady stream of lies about the Afghan War, concluded the Post. So asserted this writer in American Conservative magazine in 2003 when the US invaded Afghanistan.

`We didnt have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking, admitted three star General Douglas Lute who commanded US forces in Afghanistan under Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama.

Arrogance and ignorance, backed by mammoth brute force, led US policy in the remote Asian nation. Attacking Afghanistan was revenge for the 9/11 attacks against the US. As this writer saw first hand in Afghanistan, all the claims about Osama bin Ladens terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were lies. 9/11 was not planned in Afghanistan.read on... Saturday December 14, 2019

The New York Timeslast week publishedshocking drawingsby Guantanamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah showing in graphic detail the types of tortures he endured at the hands of CIA officers and contractors at secret prisons around the world. The drawings were sickening. With a childs simplicity, they showed the irrational cruelty of the CIAs torture program, which weakened our country, violated domestic and international law and ended up saying so much more about us, as Americans, than it did about the terrorists who wished us harm.read on...

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Ron Paul – Encyclopedia Dramatica

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He's as queer as blazes!

Ron Paul on the American people

L. Ron Paul is a 80-something year-old gynecologist who doesn't believe in evolution and is was a Texas congressman with delusions of grandeur who thinks thought he was going to be the next president of the United States. He was the only true conservative in the 2008 presidential race, and he defends our constitution vigorously. He did not win Super Tuesday, and had no chance of winning; this is mainly attributed to the fact that he believes all crimes should be punishable by death, especially homosexuality, abortion, and suicide. He'll win in 2012 (pwned by an android Mormon). Did we mention that his supporters are batshit insane?

Paul's hatred of the Constitution runs long and deep. This is because he was, and still is upset that they counted black people as 3/5's of a person. He actually wanted them to be less than that, maybe 1/5 or 1/10.

Paul is an internet cult leader worshiped among Alex Jones, Hal Turner, Douglass Bickford, and The Hickory Mastacasta fanbois. Ron has already been elected as President of the Internets, where he has a huge fanbase. He's either a batshit fundie and major redneck or engaged in a historically epic trolling of a major political party. Either way, his supporters are definitely batshit insane. For example:

Ron Paul supporter, being tl;dr as usual

Rupert Pupkin, The King of Comedy

Jews who otherwise despise Ron Paul and hate everything he stands for still vote for him and donate money to his campaign(Jews don't give money to anyone). We did it for the lulz.

Some individuals supported Ron Paul under the mistaken belief that the fact he spoke out against the Jew-controlled Federal Reserve meant that he was an enemy of the Jews. In reality, Ron Paul wants the U.S. dollar to be backed by Jew gold and follows the economic philosophy of the Austrian fascist Jew Ludwig von Mises. In order to clear this up, Ron Paul issued a statement advocating replacing the Fed with a giant replica of The Goat Tower.

Ron Paul's supporters, known as "Ronpauloompas", "Paulestinians", "Paulsies", "Paultards" or "RonBots", happen to be some of the most rabid of all of the internets, even surpassing Anonymous in terms of terroristic capability. In an attempt to please the lulz Gods, and piss off all the talking heads on teevee, a particularly cunning terrorist-hacker sect of Paultards have set out spamming the internets with Ron Paul propaganda, and filling Paul's coffers with stolen money.

His fanbois, The Ronulans, are probably some of the most easily trolled on the entire internet. Just say you're Jewish or Black, claim allegiance to the Illuminati, Freemasons, North American Union, or ZOG entity, or mention that Ron Paul has publicly denied that Jews did WTC, thus alienating his base. Last Thursday, after his wiki was redecorated with Goatse by anonymous, his supporters proved how truly libertarian they are by making everyone submit a scan of their photo ID and other personal information in order to have edit privileges. LULZ IRONY.

To see the Ron Paul Gestapo in action, write something a little critical of Ron Paul and post it on whichever internets you please. Within one hour, no matter where you posted it, your message will have been swarmed by angry Ron Paul fanbois eager to curbstomp anyone who gets in the way of the Ron Paul R3VO_|ution. Scientists have attempted to harness this instinctive reaction by posting mean things about Ron Paul over tar pits, sinkholes and wheat threshers.

Ron Paul is all things to all people, a veritable Leatherman tool that comes with a mobile home and a kitchen sink as well. Each of Ron Paul's supporters believes in a different single issue, and all of them think that their issue is his primary issue. Thus on stormfront.org, Ron Paul is a white supremacist; to Christians, Ron Paul is against gay marriage and abortion; on digg, Ron Paul supports ending the drug war; on Facebook, Ron Paul is a Libertarian; on dailykos, Ron Paul is a progressive aggressive. Similar to passive aggressive, but involves a lot more shotacon!1!!12! In being in such a mind set, Ron Paul expresses his best known views on the war.

Ron Paul on solving all of America's problems

To millions of Burmese cyclone victims, he is also a heartless bastard. Last Thursday, when a congressional resolution merely offering "condolences and sympathy" to the victims came up for a vote, Ronny was the only member of the entire US Congress to vote "NO U!"

Paultards can be trolled for lulz at http://forum.prisonplanet.com/

When it is finally revealed that L.Ron Paul is the leader of our Reptilian Overlords many Paultards will spontaneously implode.

Despite his large following on teh intarwebs, there are a few Ron Paul Truthers who expose Ron Paul and his supporters for what they really are -- Nazi-Terrorist-Conspiratard Spambots . However, they are often attacked by the Ron Paul Gestapo and angry mobs of internet supporters. However, the attacks are often not taken srsly and are good for a few lulz.

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Yes, even TheAmazingAtheist sees the light.

By next Tuesday, despite having only 8% of the vote, IRL, Ron's overwhelming internet following got him declared President of the Internets defeating Howard Dean, the 2004 internet choice. Ron Paul had to cotton swab his throat before bowing down before Al Gore, who has been Emperor of the Internet since he created it. Analysts expect his IRL support could climb has high as 8.1% if his Computer Science major undergrad base figures out how to send in absentee ballots, since they don't have cars to drive in to vote and mom said she'd only drive them back and forth that day if they would vote for Rudy McCain.

Ron Paul has also secured twice as many subscribers on YouTube as the black person, Obama bin Laden, in half the time spent on the dot coms.

ATTN: All tinfoil-hat-wearing Paulites!!! The government wants to tax you for going on to the internets and using this site. Ron Paul wants to save Al Gore's invention from taxation. Everyone knows this is a Jewish plot. Oh yeah and he doesn't believe in evolution.

Paul placed FIRST (37%) in the MySpace primary, ahead of Huckabee (18%) and Giuliani (16%), ensuring that he will receive the coveted 13-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl vote.[2]

This is (of course) irrelevant, as you have to be at least 18 to vote in the United States, and the grannies running the polling booths know how to spot fake IDs.

Because he was tired of the media, didn't give him as much attention as the serious candidates, he has now created his own internet-television-network, so he can compete with Alex Jones in batshittery, outside the YouTube.

Expect a lot of lulz coming from this channel, when it comes out how much Paul hates niggers, since maintaining a television channel is way harder than keeping track of some lousy newsletters. The channel will also be run without ads, so it will be paid for by you. Thanks Obama.

Like all sellouts, you can't be successful without advertisement. Ron Paul was already famous on the internets and needed a way to spread his batshit insane ideals to the general public of IRL people, SO HE GOT A FUCKING BLIMP!!!1! Quite Contrary to the impact that was intended, it left many people wondering "Who the fuck is Ron Paul...?". Perhaps his supporters decided a zeppelin was more effective at getting the message across rather than the conventional means of media. Perhaps they were imagining that the average American would look up during his or her favorite sporting event to notice the blimp, stop watching the game, Google "Ron Paul" and become True Believers. PROFIT!!!! What they failed to take into account is the fact is that people don't give a fuck. GO BEARS!

It recently came to the attention of the media at large that Ron Paul is accepting money from the Moonlite BunnyRanch, a Carson City cum bucket owned by Dennis Hof. Paul used this revelation to espouse his views on individual liberties, saying he 'doesn't screen incoming donations'. Paul supporters were worried, however, that this may doom the campaign to an unending scandal made of AIDS, and presumably massive fail.

Worry soon subsided as most of the mainstream media became more and more disinterested. Evidence shows that this happened entirely in response to several media correspondents taking the Bunny Ranch up on their 2-for-the-price-of-1 'Pimpin for Paul' special. MSNBC's premier journalist, Tucker Carlson, even went as far as to pledge his support for Ron Paul on Live television; citing a recent off-screen rendezvous with several Bunny Ranch prostitutes (which ended in the untimely death of Snuggles the autistic hamster) as the cause.

It should come as no surprise that Paul gained the endorsement of a Nevada brothel owner, however. As a practicing OB/GYN, it could be said that Paul does indeed "like teh pussy". In fact, he likes the pussy so much that he's willing to deal with any mangled piece of sour smelling roast beef that slogs into his office. Anthropologists believe that this endorsement is simply pussy's way of returning the favor.

Despite being the only candidate to bother running TV ads in Nevada, Ron Paul only placed a distant second, with Mitt Romney voters outnumbering him four to one, which officially classifies as a gangbang. However, Paultards seized control of the state, as an army of angry whores descended on the Republican state convention, castrated all the McCain supporters, and proceeded to elect a cadre of Vegas showgirls to the national convention. The 30 strippers intend to personally demo "freedom" by giving free lap dances to everyone there until they vote for Paul.

The 'Church' of $cientlology backs L. Ron Paul for many reasons, but mainly because, L. Ron has promised to abolish the IRS (since they will soon lose their tax exempt status). They also get hard for his stance on 'mental health' since they don't believe in Psychiatry and Prozac and Ron doesn't believe in spending money on frivolous stuff like mental health screenings.

A "Chicago OTC, CCHR all hands call" from the "Chicago OT Committee" of 3 May 2008 was posted to the news group on 3 May, excerpts of which follow:

"Dear OT Committee Members,

Please read what follows. There is a very important event taking place on the 18th in Washington. Three congressmen are going to speak out on their opposition to mental health screening. CCHR supporters from across the country are flying into Washington to attend this forum and then go and speak to their individual congressmen and senators. If there is any possible way that you can attend this vital event, do it.

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CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL AGREES TO SPEAK AT THE WASHINGTON DC BRIEFING AGAINST MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING - MAY 18TH!!!!!!

CCHR INTERNATIONAL, THE FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR SOCIAL REFORM (FCSR) AND THE ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS FOR SOCIAL REFORM (CSR) ARE HOSTING THE BRIEFING BY THREE POWERFUL US CONGRESSMEN! US CONGRESSMEN TOM FEENEY (FL), DAN BURTON (IN) AND NOW RON PAUL (TX) HAVE AGREED TO SPEAK ON THEIR OPPOSITION TO MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING!!!

RON PAUL IS NOT ONLY A US CONGRESSMAN BUT A MEDICAL DOCTOR. HE IS KNOWN AS THE CHAMPION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THE US CONGRESS. CONGRESSMAN PAUL IS ALSO THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE PARENTAL CONSENT ACT OF 2005 (HR 181) WHICH WOULD PREVENT FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING!'

TOM FEENEY IS VIEWED BY OTHER CONGRESSMEN AS ONE OF THE REAL POWER FORCES IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IMPORTANTLY, HE IS CURRENTLY THE OTHER CO-AUTHOR OF THE PARENTAL CONSENT ACT OF 2005 (HR 181).

DAN BURTON WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE WHERE HE HELD HEARINGS ON THE ISSUE OF THE LABELING AND DRUGGING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN BY THE PSYCHIATRIC INDUSTRY. AS CHAIRMAN, HE INVITED LISA MARIE PRESLEY AND BRUCE WISEMAN (CCHR US PRESIDENT) TO TESTIFY ON THIS ISSUE!

THIS IS A RARE FORUM IN WHICH SEVERAL US CONGRESSMEN WILL PERSONALLY HEAR OUR CONCERNS, ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE TRAINING ON HOW TO WORK WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HOW TO GET LEGISLATION PASSED.

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SETTING APPOINTMENTS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS!

FIND YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: If you are unfamiliar with whom your Members of Congress are, go to http://www.congress.org. Under 'Write Elected Officials' there's a place to type in your zip code and your Representative and two Senators for your state will come up as well as the President. (You may be required to give your 9-digit zip code, so have this handy.) If you click the 'info' link under each Member's name, it will give you the phone numbers for contacting them. (If you don't have Internet access, call the Capitol Hill Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for the Representative of your district and the two Senators for your state and how to contact them).

Talk to the Appointment Secretary: Call each and ask for the Appointment Secretary. Because you are a constituent visiting Capitol Hill from your home state, you want to visit the Member if at all possible instead of just a congressional aide. Tell the Appointment Secretary that you're looking at meeting the Congressman or Senator some time between 12:00 P.M. and 4:30 P.M. on May 18th. Tell them you're only going to be in town for that one day only. Be persistent, but polite. It may help to mention titles you may have, such as doctor, lawyer, CEO of your company or other impressive data. If there is just no way for him/her to meet with you, then see if you can meet the Legislative Director. If that's a no-go, then go for the Legislative Assistant that deals with Health or Education issues.

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The president of The Citizens Commission on Human Rights for the United States has written the following alert to help stop the funding for the mental health screening program. Please read this and the attachment by our Government Affairs Director. Then please modify and fax the attached letter to your Congressman, etc.

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[SAMPLE CONGRESSIONAL LETTER ON H.R. 181]

The Honorable (name) ____ March/April 2005U.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515

Dear Representative ______________,

I am writing to ask you to please co-sponsor H.R. 181, the 'Parental Consent Act of 2005,' sponsored by Representatives Ron Paul and Tom Feeney. I am asking this as your constituent. I am extremely alarmed at the prospect of universal mental health screening in the schools, something the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC) has recommended. I implore you to take a leadership role in defense of our children and parents and in support of the true mission of schools by signing onto and working for passage of H.R. 181, which will prohibit federal funding of any kind of universal mental health screening. ..."

Thank you for contacting my office. I am always happy when the people of the 14th district of Texas take the time to let me know where they stand on important issues facing the country.

I understand your concerns about Scientology. However, I do not favor revoking Scientology's tax-exemption because I oppose raising federal taxes on any individual or group, even when I disagree with elements of that group's political agenda. The precedent of tax-exempt revocation may some day be used to justify raising taxes on other tax-exempt groups, including religious organizations.

Thanks again for writing. Please do not hesitate to contact my office with any other questions, comments, or suggestions.

Sincerely,

Ron Paul

As dug up by Little Green Footballs, Ron Paul's Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist connections run deeper than previously thought; this means that this very article may have become far too accurate and may need re-writing. Prepare for incoming drama that could possibly lead to the Paul campaign's implosion. On second thought, if you vote for Ron Paul why would you care about a few an assload of Nazis? They got in one little fight, and the Nazis got scared and started calling each other "Jew",[3][4] the worst put-down you can find among Nazis people who are highly skeptical of Zionism and conventional notions about the Holocaust while simultaneously taking pride in their own genetic heritage. But of course LGF is full of shit, because even Don Black admits Ron Paul isn't a white supremacist, just that he is the very best candidate for white supremacists on all the issues.[5] Oh ok.

Also last Thursday, some self-righteous Neocon bloggers showed their true colors (hint: piss) and decided that the best way to handle Ron Paul was to tell his supporters to STFU. Leon H. Wolf, who advocates dropping bombs on brown people to "civilize" them, has dedicated his life to banning any and all "code pinks" from his website. This is likely due to how he hasn't seen a woman's pink since his mom gave him a freebie a few years ago.[6]

Leon H. Wolf, fulfilling every Republicans' wet dream by finally becoming a Nazi

Walt Thiessen, noting how Neocons like to only get praise (and blowjobs) from their mommies

With RedState.com now run by self-described fascists, one can only hope they also choose to become an hero.

In response to being told they were batshit insane, Ron Paul's supporters proceeded to spam the site and Leon's email, proving his point![7]

Good job, batshit insane Ron Paul supporters!

UPDATE:A google search for "the dark night + action missiles + sweet + metallica + ron paul" will unveil the myspace of an intriguing and enthusiastic young man. Find Moar dox here

And again last Thursday, StrawPoll08 banned any mention of Ron Paul from its site.[8] While supposedly "non-partisan," it's owner is actually Kitna2Furrey, a furfag who loves the Detroit Lions like Daveykins loves Sonic the Hedgehog.

1.Saying Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul over and over.2.Talking about moonbat conspiracy crap.3.Insulting anyone who doesn't like Paul, and saying they must hate liberty, freedom and The Constitution.4.Basically not being able to contribute anything meaningful to an online discussion.

Kitna2Furrey

Kitna2Furfag [9] proceeded to delete every trace of Paul from the site, even programming a script to delete any mention of Ron Paul from the site's online chat and only making the chat available between 9 AM and 9 PM. Kitna now dedicates his entire day to doing nothing but seeking out Paul supporters who may be lurking on his page and banning them when they speak, making him just as batshit insane as the Paultards he sought to fight. Eventually, he removed the chat altogether. It's expected his entire site will soon become an hero.

Ron Paul recently appeared on CNN to say that he isn't teh racist, he is teh "anti-racist". Ron Paul loves teh black people, and black people love Ron Paul! So the next time someone tells that Ron Paul isn't racist, reply by saying, "You're right, he's the anti-racist!" and then lol. An anti-racist has different motivations from a traditional racist, but his function within the story is still the same:

Racist: I would like to reinstate slavery, because I hate black people.Anti-Racist: I would like to reinstate slavery, because I love black people.

This reasoning worked so well, that Paul "won" third place in the Louisiana, by appealing to the supporters of David Duke. Unfortunately, Ron Paul was still no match for the first place finisher, "Uncommitted/Pro-Life."

Back when a couple of people gave a shit, Ron was criticized for not voting to give a Congressional medal or rims, or somefuckingthing to supa-nigra, Rosa Parks. This is because the right to give medals is like totally not in teh Constitutioneez. Though it is worth noting only a black woman could be considered for a medal by sitting down and not getting up.

Millions of World of Warcraft, EverQuest, RuneScape, MapleStory fans decided to celebrate the memory of Dr. King by donating their farmed gold to Ron Paul's campaign, as if to say, "Yes, he deserved to die, and I hope he burns in hell!" -all of which makes perfect sense, considering Ron Paul's 'No' vote on establishing MLK Day as a National Holiday. LOL.

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For the past 2 centuries, primary elections have reliably put forward reliable and milquetoast candidates that will carry a party's torch in the general election. A candidate's success in primary elections will usually rely a handful of loyalists in each state showing up... Howard Dean imploded in 2004 simply because most college students and baby boomers couldn't tell a primary from their elbow. (Protip:They still can't.)

At this moment, Ron Paul has nearly 3% support in national telephone polls. The only people who don't hang up on pollsters are retards and the elderly, and coincidentally, these are also the type of people who typically vote in primary elections. Fortunately for Paultards, there's another outlet for their opinion, one that allows them to practice for the upcoming primaries: the "straw poll," which allows politically minded folk to get together, drink beer, and conduct an imaginary election. These are usually bland and predictable affairs. However, thanks to the internet, any modern straw poll will be witness to a grand invasion of Paultards. Rather than allow Paul to win time and time again, straw polls nationwide are being canceled en masse, and poll results are being nullified by organizers.

If you thought John Kerry was a surprise nominee last election, you ain't seen nothing yet. In that case, you had a bunch of disaffected elderly folk voting for one of their own. This time around, you've got rabid cultists who will tattoo the date of their primaries to the inside of their eyelids. Since GOP brass will simply not allow a war dove to carry the party nomination, you can expect plenty of drama as state primary election results are blatantly rejected by delegates to this year's republican convention.

Paul placed fifth (10%) in the Iowa caucus behind John McCain (13%) and Fred Thompson (13%). [10] This has dejected many Paultards and sums up what most already know: Ron Paul's campaign is epic fail. However, this will not stop hordes of Paultards from shouting "electoral fraud" en masse or blaming people such as the mainstream media, the neo-cons, the liberals, or the Jews.

In other news, Rudy Giuliani got sixth place at 4%. Come on, he got beaten by Ron Paul? That's fucking sad. 911 LOLs for Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani should have dressed in drag, maybe he would have gotten more votes.

In New Hampshire, Pron Haul placed sixth with only 8% of the vote. It was simply another epic fail for Paul and his batshit insane fans- who as usual, refused to accept reality. Upon learning that a small-town clerk had accidentally recorded zero votes for Paul (instead of the whopping 31 he actually got), the Paulbots decided that this constituted proof of 'vote fraud'. Paultards mobilized from coast to coast, calling the town clerk responsible on the phone at her office and home for days on end to scream at her.[11]

In Florida, Paul got 3%, which sums up what most already know. Ron Paul is simply unelectable. Paultards already began preparing for a Ron Paul 2012 campaign, but as every good Paultard knows, the world will end in 2012.

Ron Paul is considering teaming up with Democrat Zell Miller to form the bizarro land anti-candidate ticket. He is currently polling strongly with evil twins and legal immigrants from alternate universes.

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"Ron Paul is currently polling the strongest in Tennessee with 9 percent since Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. After that is California and New Jersey, states he is polling about 7 percent, and Oklahoma with 6 percent"

Clearly the man has just about reached his peak! Maybe by the time the REAL election is over he just might break into double digits! By the claws of Death Cat! What does he spend all that money on?

oh noes! you can't even vote for Ron Paul in NY.

IT'S OVER! Ron Paul is scaling back his campaign to focus on his reelection to the congress of Texas. There, the Libertarian liberation movement will regroup for further failure next election cycle. Clearly, this man was defeated by a biased media.

Aspies all over the world must now find new ways to while away the hours in their lonely, empty lives.

However, there is hope for more lulz, as all candidates who have won delegates (which includes Paul with his awe-inspiring total of 16) are allowed to speak at the GOP national convention. 10-to-1 his speech will be cut short with a gong (more like dong amirite?).

Typical Paulfag

Ron Paul has been so busy spreading crazy across The Net and IRL that he has neglected his own congressional district! The only reason he pulled out before either real political party finalized their nominee was to save his own piddly 12th district of Texas. Although he has 32 points in polling over challenger Chris Peden, there is still a possibility the Ron cannot hold the crazy after his long, sustained failgasm. It may just pour out of him like milk from the teats of a lulzcow. Also, he has joined a new political party after much bawwwwwwing about how the republicans are meanies!!

Meanwhile, in another small part of Texas, embittered Paultards are building a gated compound- uh, I mean, a 'gated community' named (wait for it...!) PAULVILLE. Yeah, you read correctly. No doubt an homage to Smallville because Dr. Paul is like Superman to his followers. The website says "The goal of Paulville.org it (sic) to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and or people that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty", though they warn "These communities are DAMN NIGGA (sic)". The whole affair appears to be organized along the lines of a co-op and is located somewhere near Waco. Given the general level of batshit-crazy that will consolidate there, this probably won't end well, will it?

a batshit-insane Paultard emails all the way from fucking Canada to BAAAW about a right-wing website making fun of "Paulville"

Paulville R SRS BIDNIZZ!!1!

Cap'n Crazy!

After regaining the trailer park spawning pit commonly referred to in gurglespeak as "Texas' 12th District", Ron Paul planned... for us, for the future, and for the next generation of babies he will personally deliver into this world with his magic hands.

Using inspiring language, Project "Winding Down" will feature Paul continuing to travel, addressing largely-empty echo chambers filled with his supporters from mother's basements around the world. He will pass Libraterian nuggets from his asshole and encourage grass-roots activism to influence the process and "Return the Republican Party to its traditions of limited government and personal freedom". His method; bi-lateral cooperation between the arch troglodyte right with the extreme "sand-in-the-vagina left". Ron Paul should be upgraded from Lulzcow to a whole freaking Lulzfarm.

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Crypto Advocate Ron Paul to Headline 2019 Litecoin Summit

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Former U.S. Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul will be headlining the Litecoin Summit. Paul will be sharing the stage in the luxurious Cosmopolitan hotel on the Las Vegas strip this October with Litecoin creator Charlie Lee and Morgan Creek Digital partner Anthony Pompliano.

The LTC Foundation announced the surprise keynote speaker on Twitter Thursday:

In a CNBC Squawk Box interview this July, Ron Paul gave his enthusiastic endorsement to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Litecoin:

Im all for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology because I like competing currencyIm for competition, and well have to see what the market decides.

Last month, Paul and the Campaign for Liberty non-profit which he chairs came out swinging against the Federal Reserves new anti-bitcoin FedNow payments system.

His views on crypto seem to have evolved in recent years. Paul has been an inveterate gold bug since he ran for Congress the first time in the 1970s. So he was a bitcoin skeptic as recently as 2017. In December of that year, he was surprised when his Twitter followers favored bitcoin over gold 54 to 36%.

Although the Texas Congressman has embraced bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, his 2008 economic advisor, hedge fund manager Peter Schiff, remains skeptical of bitcoin.

As the foundation points out, Ron Paul did write the book on ending the Federal Reserve. He titled his 2009 New York Times bestseller End The Fed. In the book, he laid out the case for abolishing the nations central bank because it is immoral, unconstitutional, impractical, promotes bad economics, and undermines liberty.

In February 2009, Rep. Ron Paul introduced a bill to Congress entitled The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act (H.R. 833). In a speech on the House floor, Paul explained how central banking destroys economic productivity:

From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.

The Fed has followed a consistent policy of flooding the economy with easy money, leading to a misallocation of resources and an artificial boom followed by a recession or depression when the Fed-created bubble bursts.

Earlier this month, Ron Paul warned the U.S. central bank is on an inevitable trajectory toward functionally negative interest rates. He predicts the easy money policy will fuel the biggest bubble in the history of mankind. The resulting distortions in bond markets will require a painful economic adjustment.

Litecoins price has plummeted in recent weeks. It fell from a peak of around $140 USD per 1 LTC in June to a seven-month low in the mid-$50s this week. Thats because Litecoin tracks the bitcoin price like most altcoins. As a result, Litecoin got swept down in the broader downdraft of the bitcoin bear market. That disappointed Litecoiners who expected to see a price boost from the recent halvening.

Conference-goers will discuss the altcoins challenges and evolved ecosystem in 2019. But dont forget: the Litecoin summit is about more than Litecoin. It will feature a very diverse group of speakers and attendees from all over the crypto space.

This article was edited by Gerelyn Terzo.

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News – Block Government Patient IDs, Organizations Ask Senate – The Heartland Institute

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Twenty-two organizations signed a letter by the Citizens Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) urging U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to block funding for a national patient identification system known as the Unique Patient Identifier (UPI).

In June, the U.S. House of Representatives removed a prohibition on funding put into place in 1997 by former Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. A UPI is a number the federal government would assign patients so their medical information could be tracked in a national medical records system.

Such a system would undermine patient privacy, says CCHF President Twila Brase.

In an attempt to unify and control patient data, Congress threatens to put Americans and our national security at risk to hackers and others wishing to steal and leverage private medical and financial details, Brase said in a statement.

The letter cites the Google-Ascension data-sharing agreement (see page 16), which it calls troubling because it did not require obtaining explicit individual consent from patients. The letter also says a UPI is another step toward creating a national health care system.

Therefore, Mr. Chairman, we are asking you to use your considerable power to stop the National Patient ID, the letter states.

In September, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced S. 2538, which would deauthorize the UPI.

As a physician, I know firsthand how the doctor-patient relationship relies on trust and privacy, which will be thrown into jeopardy by the National Patient ID, Paul stated in a press release. Considering how unfortunately familiar our world has become with devasting security breaches and the dangers of the growing surveillance state, it is simply unacceptable for government to centralize some of Americans most personal information.

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Somerville: Father Ron Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Ordination – TAPinto.net

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SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Rev. Canon Ronald N. Pollock, pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Dec.17th.

Popularly known as Father Ron, he was ordained by Bishop Mellick Belshaw in 1994 and has been rector of St Johns since 1998, leading the congregation in growth and spiritual renewal.

It continues to be the greatest privilege of my vocational life to walk alongside people coming from a rich variety of places. Pollock said. Helping to create partners in various kinds of ministry is very exciting to me. Creating community partners enables us to gain glimpses of heaven in serving all of Gods creation, Pollock said.

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He added, Today I thank God for being able to serve Jesus Christ and the Church as a priest for 25 years. It is the greatest joy in my life to serve Jesus Christ and the Church."

In addition to his dedication to St Johns Rev. Pollock has demonstrated strong community involvement and has been active in the church and throughout the community, including with the Somerville Fire Department and as the Somerville 2017 Citizen of the Year.

Among his many activities:

In the Episcopal Church, St. Johns and the diocese, Pollock currently serves or has served on many committees including: three years as President of the Diocesan Standing Committee; member and co-chair for two terms on the Episcopal Election Committee; member, Search Committee for a new Dean of Trinity Cathedral; Dean of the Watchung Convocation, which includes churches along the Route 22 corridor from Plainfield to Lebanon; assisted in the development and implementation of the From The Heart Thrift Shop, which awarded $95,000 to non-profit agencies in Somerset County and surrounding areas for 13 years; assisted in the development and implementation of a new monthly ministry, Laundry Love, which helps people who might not be able to afford, or are unable, to do their own laundry.

In the community, Pollock has served as the chaplain to the Somerville Fire Department since 1999; a member of the Somerset County Office on Aging, appointed by Board of Chosen Freeholders; member, Somerset Treatment Services 2013-2018, Board President from 2016-2018; member, Interfaith Community Action Network, 2018 to present; member, Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition since 2001 and board member of the Somerville Senior Citizens since 2018.

Rev. Pollock was also a member of the Somerset County Curbing Hunger Board (Somerset County Food Bank), 2007-2009; member, Chaplaincy to the Elderly, Board of Directors, 2011-2014; Somerset County Jail Chaplaincy Board, Board of Directors, 2000 to 2002; S.H.I.P. (Samaritan Homeless Interim Program) Board of Directors, 1999 to present; Somerville Area Ministerial Association member since 1999, president, 2004; New Jersey Council of Churches, Board Member, 1994 to 2000; and Somerset Hills YMCA, Board of Directors, 1995 to 1998.

Among his awards and honors, he received the Borough of Somerville 2017 Citizen of the Year Award; the Spirit of Somerset Award, for valuable contributions to the quality of life in Somerset County in the area of volunteerism, Somerset Treatment Services in 2012; the Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition Diversity Award, Faith Community, 2009; The Paul C. Harris Award for outstanding community leadership, June 2009; Certificate of Appreciation, Somerset County, Guns Buy Back Program, 2013; Commendations from State of NJ, Senate and General Assembly Joint Legislative Resolution for Ecumenical work and organizing interfaith vigil in solidarity with Jewish Community, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Commendation from State of NJ, Senate and General Assembly Joint Legislative Resolution for hosting Appreciation Day for all first and community responders.

Rev. Pollock holds a Master of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary, NY; a Bachelor of Arts in Human Services with a minor in psychology from Elon College, NC; a certificate in The Bible and its Setting from St. Georges College, Jerusalem; and attended the School of Social Work in Rutgers University.

St. Johns Episcopal Church is located at 158 West High St. Sunday services are conducted at 8 am and 10:15 am with music. St. Johns offers Sunday School every Sunday at 10:15 am preceded by Childrens Chapel at 10 am which features the rector offering a brief childrens message.Among its many programs, St. Johns hosts the SHIP's Galley Soup Kitchen three days a week, a Clothes Closet, and a monthly Laundry Love, assisting those who are unable or cannot afford to clean their laundry.

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Following today’s impeachment vote? Here’s what else is happening. – CNN

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"The law of double jeopardy in New York state ... provides very narrow exceptions for prosecution," Justice Maxwell Wiley said in court, citing the principle that an individual can't be tried twice for the same conduct. "The indictment is dismissed."

Justice Department watchdog testifies before the Senate Homeland Security Committee

"If you're getting information that isn't advancing, and in fact potentially undercutting, or simply undercutting your primary theme or theory as was happening here ... you'd look at the Carter Page file and say, should I keep going on this?" Horowitz told the committee, explaining that the FBI wasn't finding much to corroborate allegations that Page was working with Russia.

US and South Korea fail to reach cost-sharing agreement for US troops

The current cost-sharing agreement between Washington and Seoul is due to expire at the end of 2019, but the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and US State Department said a next round of talks has been scheduled for January.

Appeals court delivers blow to Obamacare

In the case brought by Texas and joined by the Trump administration, which argued the entire law should be thrown out, the panel has told a lower court that it must consider whether the individual mandate can be separated from the rest of the law.

The court acknowledged that when the lower court reviews its opinion it might once again hold that the entire law must fall.

But the appeals court ruling stated, "It is no small thing for unelected, life-tenured judges to declare duly enacted legislation passed by the elected representatives of the American people unconstitutional."

Trump administration proposes allowing imports of certain drugs from Canada

The first proposed rule would allow states, potentially working with wholesalers and pharmacists, to develop programs to import certain drugs from Canada. The list does not include insulin, even though many diabetic Americans have traveled north to buy the drug because prices are lower there.

The second draft guidance would allow manufacturers to import lower-cost versions of brand-name drugs that they sell in foreign countries. Agency officials said drug makers are interested in doing this but have not been able to because of contracts with other players in the supply chain.

CNN's Erica Orden, Marshall Cohen, Ryan Browne, Tami Luhby, Dan Berman, Joan Biskupic and Ariane de Vogue contributed to this report.

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The Statistics of Censorship – Book Riot

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I dont know about you, dear reader, but I personally have a very long and storied relationship with the Banned Book List. Perhaps it was growing up in Austin, Texas, around well-educated hippies and cause heads who taught me to stand up to someone dictating what is deemed appropriate without asking. Maybe its just that I dont like people telling me what I can and cannot read, and I very strongly feel no one should have dominion over what another person reads. Weve seen it time and again throughout history, this unfathomable attempt to censor works because people deem the message dangerous, or it doesnt fit a comfortable narrative. Its especially damaging when ignorance is dressed up as concern for children.

I dont think I remember a time when someone wasnt talking about the banned book list. One might not think that public schools in Texas would take issue with such a list. One might even presume it would be the librarians bible given the geography, but I found the exact opposite to be true. From the time we were learning to read, the banned book list was a topic of discussion. In every school, with every passing grade it was something to be examined, discussed, and in later years protested. The high school I attended participated in Banned Book Week every year. I vividly remember the librarian, and her assistant picking through the shelves to fill the cart with with materials. Teachers and students alike waited anxiously for the sign-up sheet to be posted, wherein we would select a slot to read aloud. For an entire week from the time the building opened until it closed students, teachers, and staff would pluck a tome from the heaping cart, and read aloud for any passer by. Year after year I was left with one glaring question: Why would anyone want to ban a book?

First, whats the difference between banned and challenged? Challenged is when an individual or group petitions to have a work removed from libraries, school curriculum, or otherwise restrict access based on specific reasons, e.g. contains LGBTQ themes, strong language, etc. A ban is the outright removal of those works. Who are these people? It could be anyone really. Parents, religious groups, staff and faculty, or even the students themselves.

In many cases people or groups challenge a book with the best of intentions. They feel the book depicts negative stereotypes, strong language or sexual content not suitable for age groups, depict social, religious, or political views. Regardless of the reason, perhaps banned is the wrong word for this list. The ALA and various groups on both sides of the issue agree that none of these books are outright banned in the United States, as the legal silence and censorship of any work is a direct violation of the First Amendment. Instead, what these challenges and bans do is seek to limit access to what people deem harmful works. They seek to remove them from public and school library bookshelves, and curricula for grades K12. Lets take a closer look at what these lists show us about the books and their authors.

In researching reasons books are challenged I was most surprised to find that year after year the top books were consistently reported for two things; profanity and sexual references. Some years we see an uptick in reports related to homosexual content, promoting the homosexual agenda, and religious views. Primarily, however, those expressing concerns most often site foul language, and anything involving sexuality and the human body. I found myself further confused when those language reports involved young adult books whose target audience is primarily the 12-18 age group. One could imagine theyve heard more colorful language in popular television, or in school.

I will admit that when I myself was in that age bracket I was particularly foul mouthed. When I hear of a book being reported for sexual content my first instinct is that they would be reporting The Pearl, printed for the Society of Vice in the late 1800s, or perhaps The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, by A.N. Roquelaure. In both cases I can see why someone may not be particularly keen on young children thumbing through illicit pages of sexual exploration and erotica at an age where Pokemon and Yo Gabba Gabba are still topics of regular conversation. What I did not expect to find is books like The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas or The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, wherein anything related to sex is minimal and by no means the central point of these books.

Even Its Perfectly Normal by Robi Harris is a shock as its a book about what happens to the human body aimed at kids. In one report it was actually sited as being child pornography. My Moms Having A Baby! A Kids Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancyby Dori Hillestad Butler was similarly hit as being sexually explicit when its intended purpose is to explain the process of pregnancy and birth to children and speak on their level. Nudity, sexually explicit context, or sexual education remains a popular reason to keep books out of the hands of youths, and out of popular media.

You may notice I did not cite inappropriate for age group in my statistics. There is a very specific reason for leaving it out. This applies either via direct citation as a reason, or in the spirit of the report topic to each and every report on the Banned Book list. On the topic of age appropriate content, reported books run the spectrum of available literature. From classic to sci-fi, books are reported right and left because they are perceived inappropriate for an age group on some level.

The most surprising to me on this front are books that are specifically written for an age group. The Captain Underpants Series, by Dav Pilkey is regularly criticized by reports to the list for being anti-family, and unsuited for the age group (711 year olds) for which it was written. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, while once was required reading in schools, is now deemed inappropriate for children according to The Banned Book List. I would then pose the question: What is appropriate for an age group if not works specifically written towards a target demographic?

So what do we take away from lists of the most challenged works, and the Banned Books list itself? In this day and age has it outlived its usefulness?

Constitutionally speaking, no book or piece of art can be banned. Based on the numbers, the reports, and that it seems as if just about anything is going to be challenged, including the Christian Bible, should the list be done away with all together? Should it serve as more of a rating capacity like the MPAA film rating system, or the ESRB for video games? Or should it serve as a platform for broader discussions? When we look at challenged books across the board, not just the top ten lists it reflects an unwillingness to have a conversation. Would it be possible to use the banned book list to see oppositional sides, and examine values we may not share in order to better understand another persons perspective? While we all take a look at those questions individuals, schools, and even stores will continue to celebrate Banned Book Week by finding ways to oppose those lists and challenges.

Please note the challenge reasons can vary from year to year. This is only a snapshot of over all challenge reasons.

8 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: This childrens book tells the story of Ray and Silo, two male penguins at the zoo. The zookeeper, Mr. Gramsay, gives the pair an egg to hatch and care for. The female chick hatches and is subsequently named Tango by the zookeepers. Thus their family is complete with the addition of the couples baby girl. This is based on the true story of the authors falling in love at the Central Park Zoo in New York City.

Challenge reasons: anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, additionally promotes the homosexual agenda

7 times on on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: This story is presented in diary format. Were presented with the story of Junior; a 14-year-old young man growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation through the course of a year. Junior is a hydrocephalic, small for his age, has a lisp, poor eyesight, and is prone to seizures, which makes him a target for regular bullying on the reservation. In a moment of anger regarding the poverty experienced both by his family and the reservation at large, he throws a book at his teacher. To address his frustrations the teacher suggests he attend a more affluent high school near by. Junior accepts and we follow him for a year as he adjusts to life in a predominantly white school, struggles to maintain his native heritage, faces tragedies on the reservation, and ultimately reconciles with friends on the reservation who felt left behind by his decision to transfer schools.

Challenge reasons: sexual references, profanity, violence, gambling, and underage drinking, and for its religious viewpoint

Note: Sherman Alexie has admitted to allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against female authors.

7 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: This coming-of-age novel follows Charlie in a series of letters to an unknown party. Through the letters we witness Charlie experience changing friendships, a shift in family dynamics, and the pitfalls of being socially awkward in high school. Charlie examines very serious relationship dynamics in his sisters abusive relationship and her unwillingness to leave her abuser, and in the decline of his friends relationship with a closeted homosexual football player. Through the course of the book Charlie must come to terms with his own trauma and relationships.

Challenge reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

6 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: Captain Underpants is the accidental, but really kind of on purpose, alter ego of the ill-tempered principal Mr. Krupp. The series primarily revolves around the misadventures of two 4th graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins. The boys cause Captain Underpants to go from comic book character they have created to real life by hypnotizing Mr. Krupp.

Challenge reasons: anti-family content, unsuited to age group, violence

5 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: Jerry is a new student at an elite Catholic school, where he must face the hazing practices of the student body. When the teacher Brother Leon commits the school to selling twice as much chocolate, Jerry is coerced by the head of the schools secret society to abstain from selling for ten days. When Jerry decides not to sell past the ten days, he finds himself further pitted against.

Challenge reasons: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

4 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: In this coming of age story, Callie is a middle school student and theater lover. She works as part of the production crew rather than on stage. Callie struggles with confusing crushes, tween frustrations, and budding friendships.

Challenge reasons: challenged because it includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint

4 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: This father and son story revolves around Amir, the son of a wealthy merchant, and his friend Hazara, the son of his fathers servant. The boys spend their days kite fighting to escape their situation in Kabul. The boys bond is strained as the city falls around them, and ultimately broken. Amir must journey back home to right past wrongs when he learns of tragedies that have befallen his oldest friend.

Challenge reasons: offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence

4 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: Miles Halter transfers in his junior year from his regular high school in Florida to Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama. There, he meets a colorful cast of characters including Chip The Colonel Martin, hip-hop emcee Takumi Hikohito, and the titular Alaska Young. Alaska is a beautiful and emotionally unstable young woman. She is distant and insists she and Miles maintain a platonic relationship. Tragic and beautiful, the book navigates a complex coming-of-age story for our main character Miles.

Challenge reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

4 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: Based on true events, Craig and Harry, two 17-year-olds, are taking part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing for the Guinness Book of World Records. While the story revolves around these two young men, it is told by a Greek Chorus of gay men who have died of AIDS.

Challenge reasons: challenged and burned for including LGBTQIA+ content

4 times on the ALA Top Ten Challenged List

Synopsis: Written as a series of IMs complete with send and cancel buttons at the bottom of each page, Angela (SnowAngel), Maddie (mad maddie), and Zoe (zoegirl) take us on an adolescent roller coaster ride beginning in their Sophomore year of high school. Boys, driving lessons, school woes, and other more complicated things life has to offer the girls weather the storm via text based conversation.

Challenge reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

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