clashdaily--2020-01-12--Thank You Trump For Raising Religious Persecution As An International Concern

Here at home , we are ( rightly ) concerned about antisemitic violence .
Internationally , another group is getting hit with the blunt end of the pool cue .
It ’ s easy for smug secular leftists to look out at the majority position that Christians ( allegedly ) hold in America and convince themselves that Christians are in a global position of power , and need no protection .
Or worse , to assume that Christians somehow ‘ deserve ’ anything they get .
The actual stats of religiously-motivated international violence do not bear that out .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have wracked up internationally for how we have been targets of violence and mistreatment were true of any other group , the Left would lock arms and claim it as their new ‘ protected ’ victim class .
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But , with their natural antipathy to all things Christian and Western , this obviously would never happen .
Here is a short clip to put things in perspective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you see on the evening news here at home ?
Even news friendly to Christianity can ’ t keep up with all the attacks against them around the world .
We don ’ t have any hard stats yet for 2019 , but we do have some stories from last year that should give us pause .
In the past year , the number of Christians experiencing severe persecution increased by around 14 percent , according to Open Doors ’ 2019 World Watch List .
Open Doors , a ministry focused on global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persecution watch list each year reporting on the top 50 countries where Christians are suffering for their faith .
In the last year , the number of Christians experiencing high levels of persecution climbed 30 million to 245 million .
In total , 1 in 9 Christians experiences high levels of persecution .
During their most recent reporting period , 4,136 Christians were killed for their faith , which means an average of 11 Christians are martyred every day .
In addition , 2,625 Christians were imprisoned without trial and 1,266 churches or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FactsAndTrends What five major trends did that story pick up on ?
Counting up from # 5 : Increased laws controlling religion ; radical Islam spreading in Sub-saharan Africa ; two largest nations on the list ; Islamic oppression impacting millions ; and # 1 — shocking persecution against Christian women .
That ’ s why it mattered when Trump addressed the UN the way he did last September .
While Democrats were busy cooking up a scheme to oust Trump , Trump was busy trying to make people of faith — every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were in the world .
Here is a sampling of a few current headlines from Persecution , a site dedicated to Christians in harm ’ s way , internationally : Turkey Arrests Syriac Priest and Two Other Christians // Church Leaders in India Speak Out Against New Citizenship Law // Extremists Responsible For 250 Deaths in Burkina Faso // Libya Announces Site of 21 Christian Martyrs // India ’ s Christians See Challenges Ahead in 2020 // Indonesian Activist Charged for Highlighting Christian Persecution // Supreme Court to Consider Ending Decades of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christians // Imprisoned Chinese Pastor ’ s Church Vows to Keep Fighting There are others .
A lot of them .
Leftists scratch their heads and wonder why Christians could ‘ possibly ’ support a President such as Trump .
They just don ’ t get it .
They look past the things that Christians DO care about as somehow irrelevant .
For example : Our Founders understood that no right was more fundamental to a peaceful , prosperous and virtuous society than the right to follow one ’ s religious convictions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ US citizens is rare in the world .
Approximately 80 % of the world ’ s population lives in countries where religious liberty is threatened , restricted , or even banned .
And when I heard that number I said please go back and check it , because it can ’ t possibly be correct .
And sadly , it was .
80 % .
As we speak , Jews , Christians , Muslims , Buddhists , Hindus , Sikhs , Yezidis , and many other people of faith are being jailed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often at the hands of their own government , simply for expressing their deeply-held religious beliefs .
So hard to believe .
Today with one clear voice , the United States of America calls on the nations of the world to end religious persecution : To stop the crimes against people of faith , release prisoners of conscience , repeal laws restricting freedom of religion and belief , protect the vulnerable , the defenceless and the oppressed .
America stands with believers in every country who ask only for the freedom to live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own hearts .
As President , protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities , and always had been .
That was part of his speech to the UN .
Find the rest here : WATCH : Trump Is First POTUS To Champion Religious Freedom In Address To UN We care about stuff like THAT .
Could a moral person pull a lever for Trump with their integrity intact ?
Would Jesus himself vote for Trump ?
We ’ re glad you asked .
There ’ s a brand new book @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Would Jesus Vote For Trump ?
” by Doug Giles and Brandon Vallorani .
Would Jesus ever choose someone , with a less than stellar past , to be a leader ?
Would Jesus be cool with how Trump blasts CNN , The Left , and his feckless ‘ compadres ’ on The Right ?
What about Health Care ?
Would the Great Physician give Trump ’ s opposition to ObamaCare the ‘ two thumbs up ?
’ Find out in this BEST-SELLER !
Get it HERE today .

Here at home, we are (rightly) concerned about antisemitic violence. Internationally, another group is getting hit with the blunt end of the pool cue.
It’s easy for smug secular leftists to look out at the majority position that Christians (allegedly) hold in America and convince themselves that Christians are in a global position of power, and need no protection.
Or worse, to assume that Christians somehow ‘deserve’ anything they get.
The actual stats of religiously-motivated international violence do not bear that out. In fact, if the stats that Christians have wracked up internationally for how we have been targets of violence and mistreatment were true of any other group, the Left would lock arms and claim it as their new ‘protected’ victim class.
But, with their natural antipathy to all things Christian and Western, this obviously would never happen.
Here is a short clip to put things in perspective.
The Islamic persecution of Christians (& other non-Muslim minorities) throughout the Middle East, Asia and Africa has become genocide.
Christians are murdered & churches are burned in Pakistan, Iran, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq etc.
Why is the UN silent?pic.twitter.com/89EVFf9liQ — Alicia (@Alicia05972932) January 1, 2020
How many of these stories did you see on the evening news here at home?
Even news friendly to Christianity can’t keep up with all the attacks against them around the world.
We don’t have any hard stats yet for 2019, but we do have some stories from last year that should give us pause. In the past year, the number of Christians experiencing severe persecution increased by around 14 percent, according to Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List. Open Doors, a ministry focused on global persecution awareness and aid, releases a persecution watch list each year reporting on the top 50 countries where Christians are suffering for their faith. In the last year, the number of Christians experiencing high levels of persecution climbed 30 million to 245 million. In total, 1 in 9 Christians experiences high levels of persecution. During their most recent reporting period, 4,136 Christians were killed for their faith, which means an average of 11 Christians are martyred every day. In addition, 2,625 Christians were imprisoned without trial and 1,266 churches or Christian buildings were attacked. Source: FactsAndTrends
What five major trends did that story pick up on? Counting up from #5: Increased laws controlling religion; radical Islam spreading in Sub-saharan Africa; two largest nations on the list; Islamic oppression impacting millions; and #1 — shocking persecution against Christian women.
That’s why it mattered when Trump addressed the UN the way he did last September.
While Democrats were busy cooking up a scheme to oust Trump, Trump was busy trying to make people of faith — every faith — freer to worship God wherever they were in the world.
Here is a sampling of a few current headlines from Persecution, a site dedicated to Christians in harm’s way, internationally:
Turkey Arrests Syriac Priest and Two Other Christians // Church Leaders in India Speak Out Against New Citizenship Law // Extremists Responsible For 250 Deaths in Burkina Faso // Libya Announces Site of 21 Christian Martyrs // India’s Christians See Challenges Ahead in 2020 // Indonesian Activist Charged for Highlighting Christian Persecution // Supreme Court to Consider Ending Decades of Discrimination Against India’s Low Caste Christians // Imprisoned Chinese Pastor’s Church Vows to Keep Fighting
There are others. A lot of them.
Leftists scratch their heads and wonder why Christians could ‘possibly’ support a President such as Trump. They just don’t get it.
They look past the things that Christians DO care about as somehow irrelevant. For example:
Our Founders understood that no right was more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous and virtuous society than the right to follow one’s religious convictions. Regrettably, the religious freedom enjoyed by US citizens is rare in the world. Approximately 80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is threatened, restricted, or even banned. And when I heard that number I said please go back and check it, because it can’t possibly be correct. And sadly, it was. 80%. As we speak, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Yezidis, and many other people of faith are being jailed, sanctioned, tortured and even murdered, often at the hands of their own government, simply for expressing their deeply-held religious beliefs. So hard to believe. Today with one clear voice, the United States of America calls on the nations of the world to end religious persecution: To stop the crimes against people of faith, release prisoners of conscience, repeal laws restricting freedom of religion and belief, protect the vulnerable, the defenceless and the oppressed. America stands with believers in every country who ask only for the freedom to live according to the faith that is within their own hearts. As President, protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities, and always had been.
That was part of his speech to the UN.
Find the rest here: WATCH: Trump Is First POTUS To Champion Religious Freedom In Address To UN
We care about stuff like THAT.
Could a moral person pull a lever for Trump with their integrity intact? Would Jesus himself vote for Trump? We’re glad you asked. There’s a brand new book that covers precisely that question:
“Would Jesus Vote For Trump?” by Doug Giles and Brandon Vallorani.
Would Jesus ever choose someone, with a less than stellar past, to be a leader? Would Jesus be cool with how Trump blasts CNN, The Left, and his feckless ‘compadres’ on The Right? What about Health Care? Would the Great Physician give Trump’s opposition to ObamaCare the ‘two thumbs up?’ Find out in this BEST-SELLER!
Get it HERE today.


clashdaily--2020-01-12--Planned Parenthood , Cash Cow For The Dems, Gets Some BAD Financial News

We ’ ve often wondered , is that Dem fixation on abortion a ‘ commitment to the cause ’ or addiction to Planned Parenthood ’ s money ?
With Planned Parenthood ’ s deep pockets taking a HUGE hit , we might find out just HOW committed some of these Democrats really are to their ’ cause ’ .
Looks like their financials took a pretty good hit last year .
Maybe Americans didn ’ t find their aggressive push toward late-term abortion very compelling .
Maybe the fact that the ‘ baby parts ’ videos were ruled by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something to do with it .
Maybe it had something to do with the ‘ Unplanned ’ movie .
Or maybe it had something to do with finding out about the millions they ’ d shoveled into the election of Governor Blackface/KKK Northam .
Planned Parenthood isn ’ t so much a ‘ women ’ s health ’ organization so much as a de facto extension of the Democrat party .
How do we know ?
Simple .
We have headlines like this one : How Much Money Is Planned Parenthood Using To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 22M $ 45M ?
If they have that much money to throw away , they really must not NEED any handouts from donors or taxpayers , eh ?
Democrats pretend to care about money influencing politics .
So this should come as good news to them , right ?
Their Pro-Abortion Convictions Melt Away After Watching What One REALLY Looks Like Stories that put the abortion industry in a bad light… • Hey CNN : Judges Rule Those Damning Abortion Videos Were NOT ‘ Deceptively Edited ’ … Is That ‘ News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Planned Parenthood Is Having A Very Bad Week

We’ve often wondered, is that Dem fixation on abortion a ‘commitment to the cause’ or addiction to Planned Parenthood’s money?
With Planned Parenthood’s deep pockets taking a HUGE hit, we might find out just HOW committed some of these Democrats really are to their ’cause’.
Looks like their financials took a pretty good hit last year.
BREAKING: According to Planned Parenthood's new annual report: During the fiscal year ending June 2019: Planned Parenthood lost 400,000 donors. Donations dropped $39,500,000 A 27% decrease in just one year Support for PP is declining dramatically — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 8, 2020
Maybe Americans didn’t find their aggressive push toward late-term abortion very compelling.
Maybe the fact that the ‘baby parts’ videos were ruled by the courts to NOT have been doctored had something to do with it.
Maybe it had something to do with the ‘Unplanned’ movie.
Or maybe it had something to do with finding out about the millions they’d shoveled into the election of Governor Blackface/KKK Northam.
Planned Parenthood isn’t so much a ‘women’s health’ organization so much as a de facto extension of the Democrat party. How do we know?
Simple. We have headlines like this one: How Much Money Is Planned Parenthood Using To Campaign Against Trump — $10M? $22M $45M?
If they have that much money to throw away, they really must not NEED any handouts from donors or taxpayers, eh?
Democrats pretend to care about money influencing politics. So this should come as good news to them, right?
Related stories:
About Abortion support losing ground…
Their Pro-Abortion Convictions Melt Away After Watching What One REALLY Looks Like
Stories that put the abortion industry in a bad light…


clashdaily--2020-01-12--The Economy, Stupid: El Rushbo Puts Dem Economic Talking Points On BLAST

Trump RAN on fixing the economy and has DELIVERED on fixing the economy — despite ‘ brainiacs ’ like Paul Krugman and Obama himself saying it couldn ’ t be done .
Remember that taunt asking what kind of a ‘ magic wand ’ Trump would wave to bring all these jobs back ?
We do .
And once he was elected ?
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Just HOW good is the economy ?
It ’ s so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports about Taco Bell offering salaries of $ 100k to their managers .
It ’ s a supply-and-demand of skilled labor thing .
There are more people looking to hire than qualified employees to fill those jobs .
Rush Limbaugh took a segment of his show to blast the Democrat talking points about the economy not helping the little guy : RUSH : We ’ ll move on to the economic news because , man , that is just unparalleled .
It ’ s incredible , 29,000 at the Dow Jones Industrial Average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
One-third of the gain from 28,000 to 29,000 , Dow Jones Industrial Average , is due to people buying Apple stock , and of course Apple products .
One company .
One-third of the gain , 333 points of that 1,000 is Apple .
Apple , the company , now worth $ 1.4 trillion .
Other companies that have driven up the market are McDonald ’ s , Microsoft , American Express , Johnson & Johnson , American classic companies .
The unemployment news is great , and particularly the wage gains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quintiles .
Okay , yeah , quintile , like we have five different categories of income .
And the bottom two , the lowest , you know , five categories , so quintuplets , quintiles , the bottom two quintiles where people are earning the least is where wage growth is the fastest , which is exactly what you want .
There is no way , there is no way to oppose it , there is no way to cast aspersions on it , but leave it to the Democrats to try to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To the economic news , and it ’ s mind-boggling .
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 29,000 .
It is up 11 — what was it , 11,000 since Trump took office ?
It ’ s just unprecedented .
Now , some in the media are saying , “ Well , this is not any big deal because the average American is not in the stock market .
It ’ s for the rich.
” Some infobabe on CNN actually said , “ Well , this isn ’ t any big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not in the stock market.
” That is a crock .
If anybody has any kind of a retirement plan at work , you are in the market .
If you have a 401 ( k ) , if you have a SEP-IRA , if you have a SEP Keogh you are in the market .
There ’ s any number of ways average Americans are in the market , may not even know it .
But still , what ’ s the point ?
Got great economic news and you want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pee on , you ’ re trying to tell people , “ Well , it ’ s not gon na affect you .
Doesn ’ t mean anything for you.
” In the meantime , 145,000 new jobs were added in an economy already featuring full employment .
There were 256,000 jobs added in November , 145,000 jobs last month .
Unemployment holding steady three and a half percent .
It ’ s the lowest in decades , like five decades .
Wages are up 2.9 % year over year , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wage increases is where they are happening .
They are happening at the lower end of the pay or wage scale .
It ’ s exactly where you would want to see wages going up .
In fact , if you want to talk about negatives or problems related to these economic numbers , here ’ s one for you .
There aren ’ t enough skilled workers to fill the jobs that are open now that feature nonwhite-collar or college degree-requirement work .
There are all kinds of jobs available out there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fill them is not sufficient .
So the market ’ s up .
It ’ s , again , over 29,000 .
That ’ s an 11,000-point gain since Trump took office .
( sniveling ) “ Well , Rush , that doesn ’ t mean anything !
That w-w-w-wouldn ’ t matter !
It could have gone up with any president.
” Well , no , because it didn ’ t go up 11,000 with any other president .
This is not an accident .
It ’ s not a confluence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the result of specific policy , and we conservatives have been beating our chests over this for as long as we ’ ve been alive .
Conservative economic policy works .
Here ’ s the proof .
It ’ s in the pudding : 11,000 points in three years added to the DJI .
That ’ s a record .
That might never be touched .
In addition to that , there is no… There ’ s always inflation , but there isn ’ t any killer inflation .
There ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and there is no recession .
There is no recession despite the best efforts of the Drive-By Media to talk everybody into thinking that there is .
Source : Rush Limbaugh Democrats are slow to admit this fact .
You don ’ t have to OWN any stocks to BENEFIT from a thriving stock market .
Pensions benefit from them .
So do employment and wages .
Statists show us that wages among Americans on the lower economic rungs are feeling the benefits of an improving economy more than those further up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this isn ’ t a function of Trump ’ s leadership , you need not look further than Canada , where their economy is now in the toilet , with massive layoffs .

Trump RAN on fixing the economy and has DELIVERED on fixing the economy — despite ‘brainiacs’ like Paul Krugman and Obama himself saying it couldn’t be done.
Remember that taunt asking what kind of a ‘magic wand’ Trump would wave to bring all these jobs back? We do.
And once he was elected?
Well, Abracadabra.
Just HOW good is the economy? It’s so good that we’re now hearing reports about Taco Bell offering salaries of $100k to their managers.
It’s a supply-and-demand of skilled labor thing. There are more people looking to hire than qualified employees to fill those jobs.
Rush Limbaugh took a segment of his show to blast the Democrat talking points about the economy not helping the little guy:
RUSH: We’ll move on to the economic news because, man, that is just unparalleled. It’s incredible, 29,000 at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Are you ready for this statistic? One-third of the gain from 28,000 to 29,000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, is due to people buying Apple stock, and of course Apple products. One company. One-third of the gain, 333 points of that 1,000 is Apple. Apple, the company, now worth $1.4 trillion.
Other companies that have driven up the market are McDonald’s, Microsoft, American Express, Johnson & Johnson, American classic companies. The unemployment news is great, and particularly the wage gains are all happening in the bottom two quintiles. Okay, yeah, quintile, like we have five different categories of income. And the bottom two, the lowest, you know, five categories, so quintuplets, quintiles, the bottom two quintiles where people are earning the least is where wage growth is the fastest, which is exactly what you want.
There is no way, there is no way to oppose it, there is no way to cast aspersions on it, but leave it to the Democrats to try to find ways, and they are.
To the economic news, and it’s mind-boggling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at 29,000. It is up 11 — what was it, 11,000 since Trump took office? It’s just unprecedented. Now, some in the media are saying, “Well, this is not any big deal because the average American is not in the stock market. It’s for the rich.” Some infobabe on CNN actually said, “Well, this isn’t any big deal because half the American people are not in the stock market.”
That is a crock. If anybody has any kind of a retirement plan at work, you are in the market. If you have a 401(k), if you have a SEP-IRA, if you have a SEP Keogh you are in the market. There’s any number of ways average Americans are in the market, may not even know it. But still, what’s the point? Got great economic news and you want to pee on it. You want to pee on, you’re trying to tell people, “Well, it’s not gonna affect you. Doesn’t mean anything for you.”
In the meantime, 145,000 new jobs were added in an economy already featuring full employment. There were 256,000 jobs added in November, 145,000 jobs last month. Unemployment holding steady three and a half percent. It’s the lowest in decades, like five decades. Wages are up 2.9% year over year, but the important thing, again, about the wage increases is where they are happening. They are happening at the lower end of the pay or wage scale. It’s exactly where you would want to see wages going up.
In fact, if you want to talk about negatives or problems related to these economic numbers, here’s one for you. There aren’t enough skilled workers to fill the jobs that are open now that feature nonwhite-collar or college degree-requirement work. There are all kinds of jobs available out there, and the number of skilled people to fill them is not sufficient.
So the market’s up. It’s, again, over 29,000. That’s an 11,000-point gain since Trump took office. (sniveling) “Well, Rush, that doesn’t mean anything! That w-w-w-wouldn’t matter! It could have gone up with any president.” Well, no, because it didn’t go up 11,000 with any other president. This is not an accident. It’s not a confluence of events that are coincidental. This is the result of specific policy, and we conservatives have been beating our chests over this for as long as we’ve been alive.
Conservative economic policy works. Here’s the proof. It’s in the pudding: 11,000 points in three years added to the DJI. That’s a record. That might never be touched. In addition to that, there is no… There’s always inflation, but there isn’t any killer inflation. There’s not even any really detectable inflation — and there is no recession. There is no recession despite the best efforts of the Drive-By Media to talk everybody into thinking that there is.
Source: Rush Limbaugh
Democrats are slow to admit this fact.
You don’t have to OWN any stocks to BENEFIT from a thriving stock market.
Pensions benefit from them. So do employment and wages.
Statists show us that wages among Americans on the lower economic rungs are feeling the benefits of an improving economy more than those further up the economic ladder.
And if you think this isn’t a function of Trump’s leadership, you need not look further than Canada, where their economy is now in the toilet, with massive layoffs.


clashdaily--2020-01-12--Watch: Anti-Semite Sets Himself On Fire While Trying To Burn Down A Synagogue

Anti-Semitic attacks have been increasing around the world .
This one didn ’ t go quite as planned… CCTV footage was just released of 52-year old Tristan Morgan setting the 18th-century synagogue in Exeter , Devon , on fire .
The video shows Morgan using a small ax to break a window of a synagogue , walking away and shortly after returning with a gas can .
He then pours some gas into the broken window and tosses something to start the fire inside .
As a ball of flames burst out of the window , Morgan is tossed backward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He douses the flames and calmly walks away .
The synagogue was built in 1763 and is the third-oldest in Britain and a focal point in the local Jewish community .
In the 1990s , it underwent reconstruction and in 2013 the £100,000 restoration project was completed .
The cost to repair the damage from the fire that Morgan set is said to be more than £23,000 .
Morgan is an X-ray technician , folk singer , and raging anti-Semite .
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The defendant admitted arson , encouraging terrorism by publishing a song entitled “ White Man ” to live-streaming website Soundcloud , and having a copy of the White Resistance Manual when he appeared at the Old Bailey .
As a hearing on Friday , prosecutor Alistair Richardson said Morgan had “ deep-rooted antisemitic belief , embodied in a desire to do harm to the Jewish community and an obsession with abhorrent antisemitic material ” .
On the evening of Saturday , 21 July last year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ with no thought for any lives he might put at risk ” , Mr Richardson said .
The attempt to burn down the synagogue could have been much worse .
Firefighters said that when they arrived on scene , they found a “ severe fire ” in a room that housed a gas boiler which could have exploded .
Morgan was identified by a couple walking nearby who heard a loud noise , saw smoke and an orange glow , and saw the man leaving with a gas can .
Mr Richardson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Samual O ’ Brien were walking through Exeter city centre when they heard a “ loud bang ” and saw an “ orange glow and smoke ” coming from the grade II-listed building .
Concerned someone might be hurt , they stopped and Ms Baker saw the defendant walking away , carrying a green petrol can .
Mr Richardson said : “ He appeared to be laughing , while trying to flatten his hair , which she described as looking like it had been ‘ whooshed up ’ .
” .
Morgan ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ led the police right to him .
As he opened the door to officers , the defendant , who smelled of petrol and burning , said : “ That didn ’ t take long.
” He had burns to his hands , forehead and hair , the court heard .
In his pockets , he was carrying two lock knives and two lighters .
As he was put in a police van , Morgan said : “ Please tell me that synagogue is burning to the ground , if not , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Mogan , who had no prior record of violent behavior , was psychotic at the time of the arson .
Judge Anthony Leonard QC handed Mogan an indefinite hospital order saying that most people would feel “ anger and revulsion ” over what he had done .

Anti-Semitic attacks have been increasing around the world. This one didn’t go quite as planned…
CCTV footage was just released of 52-year old Tristan Morgan setting the 18th-century synagogue in Exeter, Devon, on fire. The video shows Morgan using a small ax to break a window of a synagogue, walking away and shortly after returning with a gas can. He then pours some gas into the broken window and tosses something to start the fire inside. As a ball of flames burst out of the window, Morgan is tossed backward as his head is set on fire. He douses the flames and calmly walks away.
The synagogue was built in 1763 and is the third-oldest in Britain and a focal point in the local Jewish community. In the 1990s, it underwent reconstruction and in 2013 the £100,000 restoration project was completed. The cost to repair the damage from the fire that Morgan set is said to be more than £23,000.
Morgan is an X-ray technician, folk singer, and raging anti-Semite.
The defendant admitted arson, encouraging terrorism by publishing a song entitled “White Man” to live-streaming website Soundcloud, and having a copy of the White Resistance Manual when he appeared at the Old Bailey. As a hearing on Friday, prosecutor Alistair Richardson said Morgan had “deep-rooted antisemitic belief, embodied in a desire to do harm to the Jewish community and an obsession with abhorrent antisemitic material”. On the evening of Saturday, 21 July last year he tried to burn down the synagogue “with no thought for any lives he might put at risk”, Mr Richardson said.
The attempt to burn down the synagogue could have been much worse. Firefighters said that when they arrived on scene, they found a “severe fire” in a room that housed a gas boiler which could have exploded.
Morgan was identified by a couple walking nearby who heard a loud noise, saw smoke and an orange glow, and saw the man leaving with a gas can.
Mr Richardson told how Zoe Baker and her partner Samual O’Brien were walking through Exeter city centre when they heard a “loud bang” and saw an “orange glow and smoke” coming from the grade II-listed building. Concerned someone might be hurt, they stopped and Ms Baker saw the defendant walking away, carrying a green petrol can. Mr Richardson said: “He appeared to be laughing, while trying to flatten his hair, which she described as looking like it had been ‘whooshed up’.”.
Morgan’s van was captured on CCTV which led the police right to him.
As he opened the door to officers, the defendant, who smelled of petrol and burning, said: “That didn’t take long.” He had burns to his hands, forehead and hair, the court heard. In his pockets, he was carrying two lock knives and two lighters. As he was put in a police van, Morgan said: “Please tell me that synagogue is burning to the ground, if not, it’s poor preparation.” Source: THe Independent
The court heard that Mogan, who had no prior record of violent behavior, was psychotic at the time of the arson. Judge Anthony Leonard QC handed Mogan an indefinite hospital order saying that most people would feel “anger and revulsion” over what he had done.


clashdaily--2020-01-13--Government SNAFU: Here’s Why ‘Chernobyl’ Was Trending On Social Media

Remember this story the next time Socialists promise to make your life better by putting the government in charge of more things .
Good news , Hawaii , it ’ s not your screw-up we ’ re laughing at this time Yes , the TV show did well during the Golden Globes .
By social media terms , that was *forever* ago .
Why would Chernobyl be trending again ?
Early on Sunday morning , Canadians got the following alarm message on their emergency warning system… and yes , this included cell phones .
Trending : Planned Parenthood , Cash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BAD Financial News About two hours later , there was a follow-up ‘ oops ’ message .
Even the Weather Network got in on it… That ’ s one hell of a photo in that next one .
“ Hey Bill , please tell me that ’ s the sunrise… ” The obvious questions about government competence came up .
Let ’ s put the government in charge of our health care , too !
What could *possibly* go wrong ?
What ’ s that ?
Oh , my .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @

Remember this story the next time Socialists promise to make your life better by putting the government in charge of more things.
Good news, Hawaii, it’s not your screw-up we’re laughing at this time
Yes, the TV show did well during the Golden Globes. By social media terms, that was *forever* ago. Why would Chernobyl be trending again?
Early on Sunday morning, Canadians got the following alarm message on their emergency warning system… and yes, this included cell phones.
About two hours later, there was a follow-up ‘oops’ message.
Even the Weather Network got in on it…
The weather network is informing my radiological hazard has ended? ☠#pickeringnuclear pic.twitter.com/FZhPKIAMq3 — Conny (@conny_conny1) January 12, 2020
Social media lit right up.
Not really how one wants to begin a Sunday. The entire province received the msg but it only applies to those within 10km of Pickering? I need more info: there was an incident at a NUCLEAR POWER PLANT but hey, it’s cool, no need to worry??? #pickering #pickeringnuclear #ontario pic.twitter.com/ZaNM3xyzNn — Mich (@Mich___MB) January 12, 2020
That’s one hell of a photo in that next one.
“Hey Bill, please tell me that’s the sunrise…”
When you get the alert for #PickeringNuclearStation, look outside, and the world hits you with pic.twitter.com/LoLOslnLaE — Ohshidash ???? @ Home?? (@Ohshidash) January 12, 2020
The obvious questions about government competence came up.
#amberalert Ontario Guv be like: " we know everything about the child that's missing, last seen, colour of underwear etc
Nuclear power plant accident: "all good!Someone just slipped and hit the big red emergency button by accident, you can go back to sleep" #pickeringnuclear pic.twitter.com/PekS98PCeW — Brendan Coates (@bodiesbybrendan) January 12, 2020
Including this writer’s favorite:
Hey guys, I’ve got a great idea.
Let’s put the government in charge of our health care, too!
What could *possibly* go wrong?
What’s that? Oh, my. That’s quite a long list.
On second thought…


clashdaily--2020-01-13--Rep McCarthy: Pelosi Stalled Impeachment To Deep-Six Sanders Presidential Bid… AGAIN

Remember how Dems tilted the 2016 primaries in favor of Hillary , and against Bernie Sanders ?
McCarthy thinks they ’ re at it again , and using Senate impeachment to make it happen .
There are several senators with 2020 hopes that are going to be S.O.L .
for the however long the impeachment process takes to resolve .
One of those is Bernie Sanders .
Joe Biden , on the other hand , is NOT a Senator and is not obligated to sit down without his phone for the duration of the process .
Rep McCarthy went on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said he does NOT think this is any mere coincidence .
Trending : Planned Parenthood , Cash Cow For The Dems , Gets Some BAD Financial News After describing DWS cheating Bernie in 2016 , McCarthy is saying Democrats are doing ‘ the exact same thing right now.
’ The Iowa Caucus is on February 3rd .
Bernie Sanders is in first place .
And what this does is this benefits Joe Biden .
This harms Senator Sanders who is in first place and could become their nominee .
Because he will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nancy Pelosi held the papers different than what she said to the American public why she had to move so urgently .
Maria : So you think that it ’ s by design that Nancy Pelosi is sending the articles now , slow-walking , really , slow-walking the impeachment trial to have those Senators in the room ?
That ’ s collusion .
That ’ s obstruction .
Once again keeping Bernie Sanders at bay and clearing the decks for Joe Biden .
Is that what you ’ re saying ?
McCarthy : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m saying .
Remember what the Democratic party actually did this time .
They removed the SuperDelegates from the first round of voting because of what they had done to Senator Sanders .
Now they don ’ t have that power had he got to the convention fairly .
So what other power does the Speaker have ?
Remember , when she first started impeachment , I sent her a letter about process .
Could we have a fair process , laying out ten questions exact same process we had for Bill Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and didn ’ t care about process .
Now she tries in hypocrisy to bring up process in the Senate where she has now power ?
She told the American public it was urgent that she move so fast ?
The only reason WHY she is doing this and no one ’ s talking about , it is harming Bernie Sanders , the Senator that has coming into first place , who could win Iowa and propel himself to be the nominee .
It ’ s the exact same thing they did to @ @ @ @ @

Remember how Dems tilted the 2016 primaries in favor of Hillary, and against Bernie Sanders? McCarthy thinks they’re at it again, and using Senate impeachment to make it happen.
There are several senators with 2020 hopes that are going to be S.O.L. for the however long the impeachment process takes to resolve. One of those is Bernie Sanders.
Joe Biden, on the other hand, is NOT a Senator and is not obligated to sit down without his phone for the duration of the process.
Rep McCarthy went on Maria Bartiromo’s show, where he said he does NOT think this is any mere coincidence.
After describing DWS cheating Bernie in 2016, McCarthy is saying Democrats are doing ‘the exact same thing right now.’
The Iowa Caucus is on February 3rd. Bernie Sanders is in first place. And what this does is this benefits Joe Biden. This harms Senator Sanders who is in first place and could become their nominee. Because he will be stuck in a chair, because Nancy Pelosi held the papers different than what she said to the American public why she had to move so urgently.
Maria: So you think that it’s by design that Nancy Pelosi is sending the articles now, slow-walking, really, slow-walking the impeachment trial to have those Senators in the room? That’s collusion. That’s obstruction. Once again keeping Bernie Sanders at bay and clearing the decks for Joe Biden. Is that what you’re saying?
McCarthy: That’s exactly what I’m saying. Remember what the Democratic party actually did this time. They removed the SuperDelegates from the first round of voting because of what they had done to Senator Sanders. Now they don’t have that power had he got to the convention fairly. So what other power does the Speaker have? Remember, when she first started impeachment, I sent her a letter about process. Could we have a fair process, laying out ten questions exact same process we had for Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon? She ignored that and didn’t care about process. Now she tries in hypocrisy to bring up process in the Senate where she has now power? She told the American public it was urgent that she move so fast? The only reason WHY she is doing this and no one’s talking about, it is harming Bernie Sanders, the Senator that has coming into first place, who could win Iowa and propel himself to be the nominee. It’s the exact same thing they did to him 4 years ago.


clashdaily--2020-01-13--FB Exec’s Memo: Trump Didn’t ‘Cheat’ — He Ran The Best Digital Ad Campaign, Ever

“ He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I ’ ve ever seen from any advertiser .
Period.
” This is not some MAGA-hat wearing ‘ shill ’ for Trump .
This is someone who maxed out his donation to the Hildebeest .
But he ’ s calling it how he sees it .
He ’ s even saying that FB should NOT abuse it ’ s reach in an effort to tilt the 2020 election result… using a Lord of the Rings analogy about the ring of power .
Andrew Bosworth , a Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thoughts and observations about all the hype about 2016 — Facebook ads , Russian attempts to impact the election , Cambridge Analytica and all the rest .
He doesn ’ t see Russian collusion making a difference .
He calls the Cambridge Analytica fiasco BS , snake-oil sales people trying to inflate their own importance .
Trending : Planned Parenthood , Cash Cow For The Dems , Gets Some BAD Financial News Here ’ s the entire ( rather long ) memo .
Judge for yourself .
While it originally appeared in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paywall .
We sourced this one from ‘ The Verge ‘ The election of Donald Trump immediately put a spotlight on Facebook .
While the intensity and focus of that spotlight may be unfair I believe it isn ’ t unjust .
Scrutiny is warranted given our position in society as the most prominent of a new medium .
I think most of the criticisms that have come to light have been valid and represent real areas for us to serve our community better .
I don ’ t enjoy having our flaws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better than the alternative where we remain ignorant of our shortcomings .
One trap I sometimes see people falling into is to dismiss all feedback when they can invalidate one part of it .
I see that with personal feedback and I see it happening with media coverage .
The press often gets so many details wrong it can be hard to trust the veracity of their conclusions .
Dismissing the whole because of flaws in parts is a mistake .
The media has limited information to work with ( by our own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it entirely wrong but there is almost always some critical issue that motivated them to write which we need to understand .
It is worth looking at the 2016 Election which set this chain of events in motion .
I was running our ads organization at the time of the election and had been for the four years prior ( and for one year after ) .
It is worth reminding everyone that Russian Interference was real but it was mostly not done through advertising .
$ 100,000 in ads on Facebook can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t buy you an American election , especially when the candidates themselves are putting up several orders of magnitude more money on the same platform ( not to mention other platforms ) .
Instead , the Russians worked to exploit existing divisions in the American public for example by hosting Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter protest events in the same city on the same day .
The people who shows up to those events were real even if the event coordinator was not .
Likewise the groups of Americans being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those feeding them were not .
The organic reach they managed sounds very big in absolute terms and unfortunately humans are bad at contextualizing big numbers .
Whatever reach they managed represents an infinitesimal fraction of the overall content people saw in the same period of time and certainly over the course of an election across all media .
So most of the information floating around that is widely believed isn ’ t accurate .
But who cares ?
It is certainly true that we should have been more mindful of the role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ democracy and been more protective of it .
On foreign interference , Facebook has made material progress and while we may never be able to fully eliminate it I don ’ t expect it to be a major issue for 2020 .
Misinformation was also real and related but not the same as Russian interference .
The Russians may have used misinformation alongside real partisan messaging in their campaigns , but the primary source of misinformation was economically motivated .
People with no political interest whatsoever realized they could drive traffic to ad-laden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so to make money .
These might be more adequately described as hoaxes that play on confirmation bias or conspiracy theory .
In my opinion this is another area where the criticism is merited .
This is also an area where we have made dramatic progress and don ’ t expect it to be a major issue for 2020 .
It is worth noting , as it is relevant at the current moment , that misinformation from the candidates themselves was not considered a major shortcoming of political advertising on FB in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same as it is now .
These policies are often covered by the press in the context of a profit motive .
That ’ s one area I can confidently assure you the critics are wrong .
Having run our ads business for some time it just isn ’ t a factor when we discuss the right thing to do .
However , given that those conversations are private I think we can all agree the press can be forgiven for jumping to that conclusion .
Perhaps we could do a better job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make it clear that revenue maximization would have called for a different strategy entirely .
Cambridge Analytica is one of the more acute cases I can think of where the details are almost all wrong but I think the scrutiny is broadly right .
Facebook very publicly launched our developer platform in 2012 in an environment primarily scrutinizing us for keeping data to ourselves .
Everyone who added an application got a prompt explaining what information it would have access to and at the time it included information from friends .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it received widespread praise at the time .
However the only mechanism we had for keeping data secure once it was shared was legal threats which ultimately didn ’ t amount to much for companies which had very little to lose .
The platform didn ’ t build the value we had hoped for our consumers and we shut this form of it down in 2014 .
The company Cambridge Analytica started by running surveys on Facebook to get information about people .
It later pivoted to be an advertising company , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who other companies could hire to run their ads .
Their claim to fame was psychographic targeting .
This was pure snake oil and we knew it ; their ads performed no better than any other marketing partner ( and in many cases performed worse ) .
I personally regret letting them stay on the FMP program for that reason alone .
However at the time we thought they were just another company trying to find an angle to promote themselves and assumed poor performance would eventually lose them their clients .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ an old Facebook dataset that they were supposed to have deleted ( and certified to us in writing that they had ) .
When Trump won , Cambridge Analytica tried to take credit so they were back on our radar but just for making bullshit claims about their own importance .
I was glad when the Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale called them out for it .
Later on , we found out from journalists that they had never deleted the database and had instead made elaborate promises about its power for advertising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be best to get ahead of the journalists and pull them from the platform .
This was a huge mistake .
It was not only bad form ( justifiably angering the journalists ) but we were also fighting the wrong battle .
We wanted to be clear this had not been a data breach ( which , to be fair to us , it absolutely was not ) but the real concern was the existence of the dataset no matter how it happened .
We also sent the journalists legal letters advising them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” which was received normally by the NYT ( who agreed ) and aggressively by The Guardian ( who forged ahead with the wrong terminology , furious about the letter ) in spite of it being a relatively common practice I am told .
In practical terms , Cambridge Analytica is a total non-event .
They were snake oil salespeople .
The tools they used didn ’ t work , and the scale they used them at wasn ’ t meaningful .
Every claim they have made about themselves is garbage .
Data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t that valuable to being with and worse it degrades quickly , so much so as to be effectively useless in 12-18 months .
In fact the United Kingdom Information Commissioner ’ s Office ( ICO ) seized all the equipment at Cambridge Analytica and found that there was zero data from any UK citizens !
So surely , this is one where we can ignore the press , right ?
Nope .
The platform was such a poor move that the risks associated were bound to come to light .
That we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid the piper on how bad it was makes this scrutiny justified in my opinion , even if it is narrowly misguided .
So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected ?
I think the answer is yes , but not for the reasons anyone thinks .
He didn ’ t get elected because of Russia or misinformation or Cambridge Analytica .
He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I ’ ve ever seen from any advertiser .
Period .
To be clear , I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the max to Hillary .
After his election I wrote a post about Trump supporters that I ’ m told caused colleagues who had supported him to feel unsafe around me ( I regret that post and deleted shortly after ) .
But Parscale and Trump just did unbelievable work .
They weren ’ t running misinformation or hoaxes .
They weren ’ t microtargeting or saying different things to different people .
They just used the tools we had to show the right creative to each person .
The use of custom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fresh creative remains the high water mark of digital ad campaigns in my opinion .
That brings me to the present moment , where we have maintained the same ad policies .
It occurs to me that it very well may lead to the same result .
As a committed liberal I find myself desperately wanting to pull any lever at my disposal to avoid the same result .
So what stays my hand ?
I find myself thinking of the Lord of the Rings at this moment .
Specifically when Frodo offers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using the power righteously , at first , but knows it will eventually corrupt her .
As tempting as it is to use the tools available to us to change the outcome , I am confident we must never do that or we will become that which we fear .
The philosopher John Rawls reasoned that the only moral way to decide something is to remove yourself entirely from the specifics of any one person involved , behind a so called “ Veil of Ignorance.
” That is the tool that leads me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ universal healthcare , expanding housing programs , and promoting civil rights .
It is also the tool that prevents me from limiting the reach of publications who have earned their audience , as distasteful as their content may be to me and even to the moral philosophy I hold so dear .
That doesn ’ t mean there is no line .
Things like incitement of violence , voter suppression , and more are things that same moral philosophy would safely allow me to rule out .
But I think my fellow liberals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberal when it comes to calling people Nazi ’ s .
If we don ’ t want hate mongering politicians then we must not elect them .
If they are getting elected then we have to win hearts and minds .
If we change the outcomes without winning the minds of the people who will be ruled then we have a democracy in name only .
If we limit what information people have access to and what they can say then we have no democracy at all .
This conversation often raises the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a myth that is easy to dispel .
Ask yourself how many newspapers and news programs people read/watched before the internet .
If you guessed “ one and one ” on average you are right , and if you guessed those were ideologically aligned with them you are right again .
The internet exposes them to far more content from other sources ( 26 % more on Facebook , according to our research ) .
This is one that everyone just gets wrong .
The focus on filter bubbles causes people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What happens when you see 26 % more content from people you don ’ t agree with ?
Does it help you empathize with them as everyone has been suggesting ?
Nope .
It makes you dislike them even more .
This is also easy to prove with a thought experiment : whatever your political leaning , think of a publication from the other side that you despise .
When you read an article from that outlet , perhaps shared by an uncle or nephew , does it make you rethink your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retreat further into the conviction of your own correctness ?
If you answered the former , congratulations you are a better person than I am .
Every time I read something from Breitbart I get 10 % more liberal .
What does all of this say about the nature of the algorithmic rewards ?
Everyone points to top 0.1 % content as being acutely polarized but how steep are the curves ?
What does the top 1 % or 5 % look like ?
And what is the real reach across those curves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think the call for algorithmic transparency can sometimes be overblown but being more transparent about this type of data would likely be healthy .
What I expect people will find is that the algorithms are primarily exposing the desires of humanity itself , for better or worse .
This is a Sugar , Salt , Fat problem .
The book of that name tells a story ostensibly about food but in reality about the limited effectiveness of corporate paternalism .
A while ago Kraft foods had a leader who tried to reduce the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consumer health .
But customers wanted sugar .
So instead he just ended up reducing Kraft market share .
Health outcomes didn ’ t improve .
That CEO lost his job .
The new CEO introduced quadruple stuffed Oreos and the company returned to grace .
Giving people tools to make their own decisions is good but trying to force decisions upon them rarely works ( for them or for you ) .
In these moments people like to suggest that our consumers don ’ t really have free will .
People compare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that wildly offensive , not to me but to addicts .
I have seen family members struggle with alcoholism and classmates struggle with opioids .
I know there is a battle for the terminology of addiction but I side firmly with the neuroscientists .
Still , while Facebook may not be nicotine I think it is probably like sugar .
Sugar is delicious and for most of us there is a special place for it in our lives .
But like all things it benefits from moderation .
At the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibility individuals have for themselves .
Set aside substances that directly alter our neurochemistry unnaturally .
Make costs and trade-offs as transparent as possible .
But beyond that each of us must take responsibility for ourselves .
If I want to eat sugar and die an early death that is a valid position .
My grandfather took such a stance towards bacon and I admired him for it .
And social media is likely much less fatal than bacon .
To bring this uncharacteristically long and winding essay full circle , I wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are taking away from the press coverage .
My takeaway is that we were late on data security , misinformation , and foreign interference .
We need to get ahead of polarization and algorithmic transparency .
What are the other big topics people are seeing and where are we on those ?

“He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I’ve ever seen from any advertiser. Period.”
This is not some MAGA-hat wearing ‘shill’ for Trump. This is someone who maxed out his donation to the Hildebeest. But he’s calling it how he sees it. He’s even saying that FB should NOT abuse it’s reach in an effort to tilt the 2020 election result… using a Lord of the Rings analogy about the ring of power.
Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook Executive, weighed in on his own thoughts and observations about all the hype about 2016 — Facebook ads, Russian attempts to impact the election, Cambridge Analytica and all the rest.
He doesn’t see Russian collusion making a difference. He calls the Cambridge Analytica fiasco BS, snake-oil sales people trying to inflate their own importance.
Here’s the entire (rather long) memo. Judge for yourself.
While it originally appeared in the NYTimes, it’s behind a paywall. We sourced this one from ‘The Verge‘
Thoughts for 2020
The election of Donald Trump immediately put a spotlight on Facebook. While the intensity and focus of that spotlight may be unfair I believe it isn’t unjust. Scrutiny is warranted given our position in society as the most prominent of a new medium. I think most of the criticisms that have come to light have been valid and represent real areas for us to serve our community better. I don’t enjoy having our flaws exposed, but I consider it far better than the alternative where we remain ignorant of our shortcomings.
One trap I sometimes see people falling into is to dismiss all feedback when they can invalidate one part of it. I see that with personal feedback and I see it happening with media coverage. The press often gets so many details wrong it can be hard to trust the veracity of their conclusions. Dismissing the whole because of flaws in parts is a mistake. The media has limited information to work with (by our own design!) and they sometimes get it entirely wrong but there is almost always some critical issue that motivated them to write which we need to understand.
It is worth looking at the 2016 Election which set this chain of events in motion. I was running our ads organization at the time of the election and had been for the four years prior (and for one year after). It is worth reminding everyone that Russian Interference was real but it was mostly not done through advertising. $100,000 in ads on Facebook can be a powerful tool but it can’t buy you an American election, especially when the candidates themselves are putting up several orders of magnitude more money on the same platform (not to mention other platforms).
Instead, the Russians worked to exploit existing divisions in the American public for example by hosting Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter protest events in the same city on the same day. The people who shows up to those events were real even if the event coordinator was not. Likewise the groups of Americans being fed partisan content was real even if those feeding them were not. The organic reach they managed sounds very big in absolute terms and unfortunately humans are bad at contextualizing big numbers. Whatever reach they managed represents an infinitesimal fraction of the overall content people saw in the same period of time and certainly over the course of an election across all media.
So most of the information floating around that is widely believed isn’t accurate. But who cares? It is certainly true that we should have been more mindful of the role both paid and organic content played in democracy and been more protective of it. On foreign interference, Facebook has made material progress and while we may never be able to fully eliminate it I don’t expect it to be a major issue for 2020.
Misinformation was also real and related but not the same as Russian interference. The Russians may have used misinformation alongside real partisan messaging in their campaigns, but the primary source of misinformation was economically motivated. People with no political interest whatsoever realized they could drive traffic to ad-laden websites by creating fake headlines and did so to make money. These might be more adequately described as hoaxes that play on confirmation bias or conspiracy theory. In my opinion this is another area where the criticism is merited. This is also an area where we have made dramatic progress and don’t expect it to be a major issue for 2020.
It is worth noting, as it is relevant at the current moment, that misinformation from the candidates themselves was not considered a major shortcoming of political advertising on FB in 2016 even though our policy then was the same as it is now. These policies are often covered by the press in the context of a profit motive. That’s one area I can confidently assure you the critics are wrong. Having run our ads business for some time it just isn’t a factor when we discuss the right thing to do. However, given that those conversations are private I think we can all agree the press can be forgiven for jumping to that conclusion. Perhaps we could do a better job exposing the real cost of these mistakes to make it clear that revenue maximization would have called for a different strategy entirely.
Cambridge Analytica is one of the more acute cases I can think of where the details are almost all wrong but I think the scrutiny is broadly right. Facebook very publicly launched our developer platform in 2012 in an environment primarily scrutinizing us for keeping data to ourselves. Everyone who added an application got a prompt explaining what information it would have access to and at the time it included information from friends. This may sound crazy in a 2020 context but it received widespread praise at the time. However the only mechanism we had for keeping data secure once it was shared was legal threats which ultimately didn’t amount to much for companies which had very little to lose. The platform didn’t build the value we had hoped for our consumers and we shut this form of it down in 2014.
The company Cambridge Analytica started by running surveys on Facebook to get information about people. It later pivoted to be an advertising company, part of our Facebook Marketing Partner program, who other companies could hire to run their ads. Their claim to fame was psychographic targeting. This was pure snake oil and we knew it; their ads performed no better than any other marketing partner (and in many cases performed worse). I personally regret letting them stay on the FMP program for that reason alone. However at the time we thought they were just another company trying to find an angle to promote themselves and assumed poor performance would eventually lose them their clients. We had no idea they were shopping an old Facebook dataset that they were supposed to have deleted (and certified to us in writing that they had).
When Trump won, Cambridge Analytica tried to take credit so they were back on our radar but just for making bullshit claims about their own importance. I was glad when the Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale called them out for it. Later on, we found out from journalists that they had never deleted the database and had instead made elaborate promises about its power for advertising. Our comms team decided it would be best to get ahead of the journalists and pull them from the platform. This was a huge mistake. It was not only bad form (justifiably angering the journalists) but we were also fighting the wrong battle. We wanted to be clear this had not been a data breach (which, to be fair to us, it absolutely was not) but the real concern was the existence of the dataset no matter how it happened. We also sent the journalists legal letters advising them not to use the term “breech” which was received normally by the NYT (who agreed) and aggressively by The Guardian (who forged ahead with the wrong terminology, furious about the letter) in spite of it being a relatively common practice I am told.
In practical terms, Cambridge Analytica is a total non-event. They were snake oil salespeople. The tools they used didn’t work, and the scale they used them at wasn’t meaningful. Every claim they have made about themselves is garbage. Data of the kind they had isn’t that valuable to being with and worse it degrades quickly, so much so as to be effectively useless in 12-18 months. In fact the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) seized all the equipment at Cambridge Analytica and found that there was zero data from any UK citizens! So surely, this is one where we can ignore the press, right? Nope. The platform was such a poor move that the risks associated were bound to come to light. That we shut it down in 2014 and never paid the piper on how bad it was makes this scrutiny justified in my opinion, even if it is narrowly misguided.
So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes, but not for the reasons anyone thinks. He didn’t get elected because of Russia or misinformation or Cambridge Analytica. He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I’ve ever seen from any advertiser. Period.
To be clear, I’m no fan of Trump. I donated the max to Hillary. After his election I wrote a post about Trump supporters that I’m told caused colleagues who had supported him to feel unsafe around me (I regret that post and deleted shortly after).
But Parscale and Trump just did unbelievable work. They weren’t running misinformation or hoaxes. They weren’t microtargeting or saying different things to different people. They just used the tools we had to show the right creative to each person. The use of custom audiences, video, ecommerce, and fresh creative remains the high water mark of digital ad campaigns in my opinion.
That brings me to the present moment, where we have maintained the same ad policies. It occurs to me that it very well may lead to the same result. As a committed liberal I find myself desperately wanting to pull any lever at my disposal to avoid the same result. So what stays my hand?
I find myself thinking of the Lord of the Rings at this moment. Specifically when Frodo offers the ring to Galadrial and she imagines using the power righteously, at first, but knows it will eventually corrupt her. As tempting as it is to use the tools available to us to change the outcome, I am confident we must never do that or we will become that which we fear.
The philosopher John Rawls reasoned that the only moral way to decide something is to remove yourself entirely from the specifics of any one person involved, behind a so called “Veil of Ignorance.” That is the tool that leads me to believe in liberal government programs like universal healthcare, expanding housing programs, and promoting civil rights. It is also the tool that prevents me from limiting the reach of publications who have earned their audience, as distasteful as their content may be to me and even to the moral philosophy I hold so dear.
That doesn’t mean there is no line. Things like incitement of violence, voter suppression, and more are things that same moral philosophy would safely allow me to rule out. But I think my fellow liberals are a bit too, well, liberal when it comes to calling people Nazi’s.
If we don’t want hate mongering politicians then we must not elect them. If they are getting elected then we have to win hearts and minds. If we change the outcomes without winning the minds of the people who will be ruled then we have a democracy in name only. If we limit what information people have access to and what they can say then we have no democracy at all.
This conversation often raises the alarm around filter bubbles, but that is a myth that is easy to dispel. Ask yourself how many newspapers and news programs people read/watched before the internet. If you guessed “one and one” on average you are right, and if you guessed those were ideologically aligned with them you are right again. The internet exposes them to far more content from other sources (26% more on Facebook, according to our research). This is one that everyone just gets wrong.
The focus on filter bubbles causes people to miss the real disaster which is polarization. What happens when you see 26% more content from people you don’t agree with? Does it help you empathize with them as everyone has been suggesting? Nope. It makes you dislike them even more. This is also easy to prove with a thought experiment: whatever your political leaning, think of a publication from the other side that you despise. When you read an article from that outlet, perhaps shared by an uncle or nephew, does it make you rethink your values? Or does it make you retreat further into the conviction of your own correctness? If you answered the former, congratulations you are a better person than I am. Every time I read something from Breitbart I get 10% more liberal.
What does all of this say about the nature of the algorithmic rewards? Everyone points to top 0.1% content as being acutely polarized but how steep are the curves? What does the top 1% or 5% look like? And what is the real reach across those curves when compared to other content? I think the call for algorithmic transparency can sometimes be overblown but being more transparent about this type of data would likely be healthy.
What I expect people will find is that the algorithms are primarily exposing the desires of humanity itself, for better or worse. This is a Sugar, Salt, Fat problem. The book of that name tells a story ostensibly about food but in reality about the limited effectiveness of corporate paternalism. A while ago Kraft foods had a leader who tried to reduce the sugar they sold in the interest of consumer health. But customers wanted sugar. So instead he just ended up reducing Kraft market share. Health outcomes didn’t improve. That CEO lost his job. The new CEO introduced quadruple stuffed Oreos and the company returned to grace. Giving people tools to make their own decisions is good but trying to force decisions upon them rarely works (for them or for you).
In these moments people like to suggest that our consumers don’t really have free will. People compare social media to nicotine. I find that wildly offensive, not to me but to addicts. I have seen family members struggle with alcoholism and classmates struggle with opioids. I know there is a battle for the terminology of addiction but I side firmly with the neuroscientists. Still, while Facebook may not be nicotine I think it is probably like sugar. Sugar is delicious and for most of us there is a special place for it in our lives. But like all things it benefits from moderation.
At the end of the day we are forced to ask what responsibility individuals have for themselves. Set aside substances that directly alter our neurochemistry unnaturally. Make costs and trade-offs as transparent as possible. But beyond that each of us must take responsibility for ourselves. If I want to eat sugar and die an early death that is a valid position. My grandfather took such a stance towards bacon and I admired him for it. And social media is likely much less fatal than bacon.
To bring this uncharacteristically long and winding essay full circle, I wanted to start a discussion about what lessons people are taking away from the press coverage. My takeaway is that we were late on data security, misinformation, and foreign interference. We need to get ahead of polarization and algorithmic transparency. What are the other big topics people are seeing and where are we on those?


clashdaily--2020-01-13--Dealing with Iran (and Al-Shabaab)

Dealing with Iran (and Al-Shabaab)

The Trump Administration continues to face criticism for targeting Qasem Soleimani .
Such criticism ranges from the Democratic contenders in this year ’ s presidential election to Nancy Pelosi ( who tried to introduce a War Powers Resolution in the midst of a squabble with Mitch McConnell over the impeachment articles ) to Ilhan Omar claiming to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) over the situation , as well as referring to Soleimani ’ s death an assassination of a foreign official .
Omar also criticized the Donald for imposing economic sanctions on Iran .
And of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t waste any time criticizing the Trump Administration .
Musician Cardi B has announced she plans to file for Nigerian citizenship over the death of Soleimani .
If she does move to Nigeria , there is a chance she might have a run-in with Boko Haram .
I guess her contempt for the Donald supersedes the possibility of that happening .
Filmmaker Michael Moore has also spoke out over the death of Soleimani by apologizing to Iran , even going so far to ask the Iranian Government not to retaliate and let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office this November ( or perhaps hoping the Senate will remove him from office ) .
Trending : Planned Parenthood , Cash Cow For The Dems , Gets Some BAD Financial News It appears that Moore was trying to one-up Rose McGowan , who reeled in her earlier Tweet and stated she had freaked out over the possibility of an impending war .
McGowan added that while she was not siding with Iran , she was not siding with the United States either .
While liberals were criticizing the Donald and attempting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mistakenly shot down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 over fear of “ American aggression ” .
This incident occurred several hours after Iran fired missiles at military bases in Iraq housing American soldiers in retaliation for Soleimani ’ s death .
The Iranian Government admitted its mistake and expressed regret over the matter .
As a result , another round of protests has erupted throughout Iran , with some protesters chanting “ Down with the dictator ” and “ Our enemy is here , they ( referring to the Iranian Government ) lie that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wonders if Ukraine might retaliate .
In the midst of the protests , the Donald tweeted the following message to Iran : “ To the leaders of Iran- DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS .
Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you , and the World is watching .
More importantly , the USA is watching.
” Some people have predicted that the days of the Islamic Republic of Iran are numbered .
They could be right .
And if it means giving aid to the protesters ( to help overthrow the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then so be it .
Meanwhile , Al-Shabaab attacked a military base used by Kenyan and American military personnel , killing three Americans in the process .
The United States needs to target Al-Shabaab ’ s leaders just as it did Soleimani .

The Trump Administration continues to face criticism for targeting Qasem Soleimani. Such criticism ranges from the Democratic contenders in this year’s presidential election to Nancy Pelosi (who tried to introduce a War Powers Resolution in the midst of a squabble with Mitch McConnell over the impeachment articles) to Ilhan Omar claiming to suffer from Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) over the situation, as well as referring to Soleimani’s death an assassination of a foreign official. Omar also criticized the Donald for imposing economic sanctions on Iran.
And of course, liberals in the entertainment industry didn’t waste any time criticizing the Trump Administration.
Musician Cardi B has announced she plans to file for Nigerian citizenship over the death of Soleimani. If she does move to Nigeria, there is a chance she might have a run-in with Boko Haram. I guess her contempt for the Donald supersedes the possibility of that happening.
Filmmaker Michael Moore has also spoke out over the death of Soleimani by apologizing to Iran, even going so far to ask the Iranian Government not to retaliate and let the American people vote Trump out of office this November (or perhaps hoping the Senate will remove him from office).
It appears that Moore was trying to one-up Rose McGowan, who reeled in her earlier Tweet and stated she had freaked out over the possibility of an impending war. McGowan added that while she was not siding with Iran, she was not siding with the United States either.
While liberals were criticizing the Donald and attempting to apologize to Iran, the Iranian military mistakenly shot down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 over fear of “American aggression”. This incident occurred several hours after Iran fired missiles at military bases in Iraq housing American soldiers in retaliation for Soleimani’s death. The Iranian Government admitted its mistake and expressed regret over the matter. As a result, another round of protests has erupted
throughout Iran, with some protesters chanting “Down with the dictator” and “Our enemy is here, they (referring to the Iranian Government) lie that it’s USA”.
One wonders if Ukraine might retaliate.
In the midst of the protests, the Donald tweeted the following message to Iran:
“To the leaders of Iran- DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching.”
Some people have predicted that the days of the Islamic Republic of Iran are numbered. They could be right. And if it means giving aid to the protesters (to help overthrow the regime) or war with Iran, then so be it.
Meanwhile, Al-Shabaab attacked a military base used by Kenyan and American military personnel, killing three Americans in the process.
The United States needs to target Al-Shabaab’s leaders just as it did Soleimani.


clashdaily--2020-01-14--Gun Permit Applications In NY Jewish Community Are Up By Nearly 1,000%

Looks like that spike in antisemitism has made a strong case in favor of self-defense .
Police can arrive on scene in minutes .
But sometimes , ‘ minutes ’ is too long a wait .
If someone on the scene had a firearm where a machete-wielder broke up a Hannuka celebration , they wouldn ’ t have been reduced to fighting for their lives with improvised weapons like tables and chairs .
They could have drawn their weapon , and , if necessary , fired , leaving his intended victims unharmed , instead of rushed to the hospital and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neighborhood of that tragic incident didn ’ t need any of that logic explained to them .
They kinds figured it for themselves .
Trending : EXPELLED : 12 Saudis Training In Pensacola Have Been Sent Packing -- Here 's The 411 And then , they did something about it .
Applications for gun permits are surging in New York ’ s Rockland County after five Orthodox Jews were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration at a local rabbi ’ s home .
The Rockland County Clerk ’ s office reported a nearly 1,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the week following the Dec. 28 attack .
The county clerk received 65 new gun permit applications , according to the New York Post .
Before the attack , the office received an average of about six applications a week .
All but five of the new applications originated from the town of Ramapo , where the attack took place .
Ramapo contains several heavily Jewish communities .
“ A lot of people are worried , especially the large Hasidic and Jewish community in Rockland County , ” said Erik Melanson , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I have had rabbis come in .
Some of the rabbis already have concealed carry [ permits ] .
” Source : WashinginExaminer The Second Amendment isn ’ t just a defense against tyrants — although it is certainly that — it is an acknowledgment of something deeper .
We each have a right , granted by God and not by the government , to defend ourselves against threats of violence .
And one of the simplest and most effective ways of defending ourselves , one that even the frail , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turn away attackers stronger or more numerous than themselves is a gun .
Human nature being what it is , it ’ s easy to get lulled into a sense of peace and complacency , thinking that ( insert any crisis situation here ) can ’ t happen to you .
It ’ s horrible that it so often takes a tragedy like the attacks we saw through Hannukah to make the danger seem real enough to require proactive steps be taken .
On the plus side , there will be a LOT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And in the midst of a horrific tragedy like this one , that ’ s at least one good thing to come out of it .
• Jersey City Shooters : Antisemites Had Bomb With Blast Range Of FIVE Football Fields • Victims No More : These Orthodox Jews In NY Are Locked And Loaded • Hanukkah Carnage In Stabbing As Antisemitic Violence In New York Continues… • BUSTED : Man Who Wanted To “ Bomb All The Jews In Jersey City ” Faces Charges

Looks like that spike in antisemitism has made a strong case in favor of self-defense.
Police can arrive on scene in minutes. But sometimes, ‘minutes’ is too long a wait.
If someone on the scene had a firearm where a machete-wielder broke up a Hannuka celebration, they wouldn’t have been reduced to fighting for their lives with improvised weapons like tables and chairs. They could have drawn their weapon, and, if necessary, fired, leaving his intended victims unharmed, instead of rushed to the hospital and an uncertain future.
People in the neighborhood of that tragic incident didn’t need any of that logic explained to them. They kinds figured it for themselves.
And then, they did something about it.
Applications for gun permits are surging in New York’s Rockland County after five Orthodox Jews were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration at a local rabbi’s home. The Rockland County Clerk’s office reported a nearly 1,000% increase in gun permit applications in the week following the Dec. 28 attack. The county clerk received 65 new gun permit applications, according to the New York Post. Before the attack, the office received an average of about six applications a week. All but five of the new applications originated from the town of Ramapo, where the attack took place. Ramapo contains several heavily Jewish communities. “A lot of people are worried, especially the large Hasidic and Jewish community in Rockland County,” said Erik Melanson, who owns Precision Gunsmiths in Rockland County. “I have had rabbis come in. Some of the rabbis already have concealed carry [permits].”
Source: WashinginExaminer
The Second Amendment isn’t just a defense against tyrants — although it is certainly that — it is an acknowledgment of something deeper. We each have a right, granted by God and not by the government, to defend ourselves against threats of violence.
And one of the simplest and most effective ways of defending ourselves, one that even the frail, the disabled and the aged can use to turn away attackers stronger or more numerous than themselves is a gun.
Human nature being what it is, it’s easy to get lulled into a sense of peace and complacency, thinking that (insert any crisis situation here) can’t happen to you. It’s horrible that it so often takes a tragedy like the attacks we saw through Hannukah to make the danger seem real enough to require proactive steps be taken.
On the plus side, there will be a LOT fewer potential victims in that neighborhood now.
And in the midst of a horrific tragedy like this one, that’s at least one good thing to come out of it.
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clashdaily--2020-01-14--Vince Vaughn Sits With The President And First Lady At National Championship Game — Leftists Freak O

Vince Vaughn Sits With The President And First Lady At National Championship Game — Leftists Freak Out

Trump went to a football game and exchanged pleasantries with a Hollywood A-lister .
‘ How Dare he !
’ Ordinary folks didn ’ t mind at all .
But the overheated blowhards calling for Vaughn ’ s head on a platter .
Here is the crowd responding to Trump showing up at the game .
Here is some blue-check guy who used to work for Daily Beast and Deadspin .
Or at least , that ’ s what his bio says .
He ’ s got a message of butt-hurt for America : And now , Vince is trending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Timothy needs to be ‘ sorry ’ to share this with us .
Vince Vaughn is apparently just a decent guy willing to give the President a handshake .
That , by itself , is enough to damn him , we suppose .
Isn ’ t it amazing how a group that lectures the rest of us about ‘ tolerance ’ has a cult-like insistence that anyone who disagrees with on ANY of the ( latest version ) core values of leftism must be treated as a pariah ?
You get the sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like THIS to him for that handshake : How quickly they forget that Vaughn isn ’ t exactly drinking their KoolAid .
Maybe THIS will jog your memory : Hey Cancel Culture — you may not have figured this out yet , but your insistence that everyone do and think exactly what you TELL them to do and think is helping to polarize the country .
But in case you haven ’ t noticed , angry hectoring leftists were exactly the nudge that folks like Kanye , Candace Owens or Brandon Straka needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrat party .
How many others will the Left have to alienate before they finally learn that lesson ?

Trump went to a football game and exchanged pleasantries with a Hollywood A-lister. ‘How Dare he!’
Ordinary folks didn’t mind at all. But the overheated blowhards calling for Vaughn’s head on a platter.
Here is the crowd responding to Trump showing up at the game.
The crowd in New Orleans for the #LSUvsCLEM game just erupted as Trump entered. Trump is doing something right if he’s booed by DC elites at the Nats game and praised by real America. pic.twitter.com/1WiIbRzoWD — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 14, 2020
Good point.
Here is some blue-check guy who used to work for Daily Beast and Deadspin. Or at least, that’s what his bio says.
He’s got a message of butt-hurt for America:
I'm very sorry to have to share this video with you. All of it, every part of it. pic.twitter.com/ELMbDHZbZq — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 14, 2020
And now, Vince is trending on Twitter. Not sure exactly why Timothy needs to be ‘sorry’ to share this with us. Vince Vaughn is apparently just a decent guy willing to give the President a handshake. That, by itself, is enough to damn him, we suppose.
Please say a little prayer for Timothy who’s perturbed by three adults interacting in a civil manner. PS Vince Vaughn is cancelled, naturally. https://t.co/WmCV726cg0 — Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 14, 2020
Isn’t it amazing how a group that lectures the rest of us about ‘tolerance’ has a cult-like insistence that anyone who disagrees with on ANY of the (latest version) core values of leftism must be treated as a pariah?
You get the sense that they would love to do something like THIS to him for that handshake:
How quickly they forget that Vaughn isn’t exactly drinking their KoolAid.
Remember that tedious AntiTrump Meryl Streep speech?
Maybe THIS will jog your memory:
Hey Cancel Culture — you may not have figured this out yet, but your insistence that everyone do and think exactly what you TELL them to do and think is helping to polarize the country.
But in case you haven’t noticed, angry hectoring leftists were exactly the nudge that folks like Kanye, Candace Owens or Brandon Straka needed to, well, #WalkAway from the Democrat party.
How many others will the Left have to alienate before they finally learn that lesson?


clashdaily--2020-01-14--Man Gets Jail Time For Spitting On A Senior With MAGA Hat

A guy in his forties went out of his way to spit on a guy on his sixties .
And now he ’ s paying the price for it .
That price will be 90 days in jail and one year of probation .
As you can see in the video below , Robert Youngblood , 67 , was minding his own business in an open-air restaurant… and got spit on over his hat .
Thanks to the footage below , police were able to track Matthias Ajple down and press charges .
Trending : EXPELLED : 12 Saudis Training @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here 's The 411 Surveillance footage taken from inside the Hurricane Grill & Wings restaurant showed Youngblood sitting at the bar with two other men when Ajple , a registered Democrat , walked by and slapped a napkin on his hat .
The victim said Ajple told him to “ go back to Russia , you f— communist , ” then walked outside the building .
Moments later , Ajple leaned over the fence behind Youngblood and spat at him .
Following the incident , Youngblood wrote down Ajple ’ s license plate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him down at his home .
Source : Breitbart Communist , eh ?
That ’ s a weird insult , coming from a Registered Democrat .
Does he even know what the word means ?
Or is he just repeating what others are telling him to say ?
Oh wait , that ’ s exactly what happened , isn ’ t it ?
His wife told him to do it .
Youngblood had just recovered from three cancer surgeries on his head and was , naturally , concerned about getting an infection from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A deputy spoke with Ajple ’ s wife at the address , who said she told her husband to go up to Youngblood and tell him to “ go back to Russia , ” the report said .
She told deputies she did not witness the altercation .
The arresting deputy then spoke with Ajple , according to the report .
“ I was just trying to protect you guys because I support law enforcement .
Trump supporters are communist and racist , ” Ajple told the deputy .
“ I don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to jail ; this is actually exciting.
” “ Plus , I have more time on this earth than he does anyway ; he probably feels so good about himself , ” according to the report .
In addition to jail time , Ajple must pay $ 155 to Youngblood , according to the sentencing document .
He is also ordered to avoid contact with Youngblood and pay all necessary court costs .
Source : The Ledger He ’ s giggling over it like he ’ s some kind of a tough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind a fence .
Poor schmuck doesn ’ t know the difference between ‘ hero ’ and ‘ zero ’ .
He ’ s clearly the latter .
What a sad , sad , little excuse of a man .

A guy in his forties went out of his way to spit on a guy on his sixties. And now he’s paying the price for it.
That price will be 90 days in jail and one year of probation.
As you can see in the video below, Robert Youngblood, 67, was minding his own business in an open-air restaurant… and got spit on over his hat.
Thanks to the footage below, police were able to track Matthias Ajple down and press charges.
Surveillance footage taken from inside the Hurricane Grill & Wings restaurant showed Youngblood sitting at the bar with two other men when Ajple, a registered Democrat, walked by and slapped a napkin on his hat. The victim said Ajple told him to “go back to Russia, you f— communist,” then walked outside the building. Moments later, Ajple leaned over the fence behind Youngblood and spat at him. Following the incident, Youngblood wrote down Ajple’s license plate number and deputies were able to track him down at his home.
Source: Breitbart
Communist, eh? That’s a weird insult, coming from a Registered Democrat. Does he even know what the word means? Or is he just repeating what others are telling him to say? Oh wait, that’s exactly what happened, isn’t it? His wife told him to do it.
Youngblood had just recovered from three cancer surgeries on his head and was, naturally, concerned about getting an infection from a strange man’s saliva.
A deputy spoke with Ajple’s wife at the address, who said she told her husband to go up to Youngblood and tell him to “go back to Russia,” the report said. She told deputies she did not witness the altercation. The arresting deputy then spoke with Ajple, according to the report. “I was just trying to protect you guys because I support law enforcement. Trump supporters are communist and racist,” Ajple told the deputy. “I don’t even care that I’m going to jail; this is actually exciting.” “Plus, I have more time on this earth than he does anyway; he probably feels so good about himself,” according to the report. In addition to jail time, Ajple must pay $155 to Youngblood, according to the sentencing document. He is also ordered to avoid contact with Youngblood and pay all necessary court costs.
Source: The Ledger
He’s giggling over it like he’s some kind of a tough guy for spitting at a stranger from behind a fence.
Poor schmuck doesn’t know the difference between ‘hero’ and ‘zero’.
He’s clearly the latter.
What a sad, sad, little excuse of a man.


clashdaily--2020-01-14--NASTY: CDC Names US Cities With Highest STD Rates … Is Yours On The List?

The 2.4 Million nationwide cases of STDs only tells part of the story… we can only guess at how many other asymptomatic and unreported cases are out there .
The CDC has been following national trends , cities with the most cases .
States with the most top-100 cities .
The role large military bases seems to play in skewing the numbers .
Here ’ s a breakdown of the most current report ( which can be found here ) .
California , Ohio and Texas have the most cities to have made the list .
( Cali has 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Trending : EXPELLED : 12 Saudis Training In Pensacola Have Been Sent Packing -- Here 's The 411 While most of these are per-capita comparisons , we do have a list of the largest by total numbers , too .
In terms of total STD cases ( counting HIV , syphilis , chlamydia , and gonorrhea only ) , the top five cities are : “ We also noticed that three of the top 10 cities are relatively small ( Augusta , GA , Killeen TX , and Shreveport , LA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common : they are home to relatively large military bases.
” Counting up from 20 , here are the ‘ top ’ cities on the list .
A whole lotta good all that sex ed in public school has done us , eh ?
Aren ’ t these the sort of numbers we were told it would keep us from seeing ?
And yet , here we are .

The 2.4 Million nationwide cases of STDs only tells part of the story… we can only guess at how many other asymptomatic and unreported cases are out there.
The CDC has been following national trends, cities with the most cases. States with the most top-100 cities. The role large military bases seems to play in skewing the numbers.
Here’s a breakdown of the most current report (which can be found here).
California, Ohio and Texas have the most cities to have made the list. (Cali has 7, Ohio and Texas each have 6).
While most of these are per-capita comparisons, we do have a list of the largest by total numbers, too. In terms of total STD cases (counting HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea only), the top five cities are:
1. Los Angeles, CA (92,401)
2. Chicago, IL (58,322)
3. Houston, TX (36,710)
4. Phoenix, AZ (34,973)
5. Philadelphia, PA (28,866)
“We also noticed that three of the top 10 cities are relatively small (Augusta, GA, Killeen TX, and Shreveport, LA), but share one thing in common: they are home to relatively large military bases.”
Counting up from 20, here are the ‘top’ cities on the list.
#20 — Birmingham, Al
#19 — Denver, Co
#18 — Columbia, SC
#17 — Washington, DC
#16 — Peoria, IL
#15 — Columbus, GA
#14 — Tallahassee, Fl
#13 — NY (Manhattan), NY
#12 — Fayetteville, NC
#11 — New York (Bronx), NY
#10 — Indianapolis, IN
# 9 — Shreveport, LA
# 8 — Killeen, TX
# 7 — Milwaukee, WI
# 6 — Augusta, GA
And the top five…
The envelope, please…
A whole lotta good all that sex ed in public school has done us, eh?
Aren’t these the sort of numbers we were told it would keep us from seeing? And yet, here we are.
Yet another failed social engineering experiment.


clashdaily--2020-01-14--Jersey City Shooters: Antisemites Had Bomb With Blast Range Of FIVE Football Fields

This is something more than your ordinary deranged whackjob .
These guys were packing some serious firepower .
Remember that shootout that ended in a Jersey City Kosher deli in the midst of that spike in Antisemitic violence through December ?
As bad as it was , it could have been much , much worse .
It ’ s a good thing they never got a chance to put their bomb to use .
It was a particularly nasty one .
New Jersey shooters David Anderson and Francine Graham had an improvised explosive device inside their U-Haul van that had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a weapon that could have been part of larger wave of attacks targeting the Jewish community and law enforcement , officials said Monday .
Trending : EXPELLED : 12 Saudis Training In Pensacola Have Been Sent Packing -- Here 's The 411 “ If it exploded in the right place it could have certainly injured or killed people up to five football fields away , ” said FBI Newark Special Agent in Charge Gregory Ehrie .
Source : CNN It was a nasty piece of business .
And for all the gawkers we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , siding with the attackers , and against their Jewish victims , know this : An explosive device with that kind of firepower and range isn ’ t going to be picky about who it kills or maims .
It could easily have been any one of those same people whose despicable hate we saw on that ‘ man on the street ’ interview in Jersey City .
SICK : Shocking Video Of Jersey City Residents Blaming VICTIMS Immediately After Anti-Semitic Shooting Both shooters — who Ehrie said were not connected to any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — were living in that van .
They surveilled the supermarket days before the attack and even drove past the location that day , officials said .
There were also enough materials in the van to make another explosive device , Ehrie said .
The violence , which officials said was months in the making , included the purchase of five firearms in March 2018 , target practice with long guns days before the shooting , the shooting at a vehicle being driven by a Hasidic Jew close to Newark Airport , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victim , Michael Rumberger , also before the Jersey City shooting .
Source : CNN More about the Jersey City shooting : BREAKING : New Jersey Shooter Associated With Hate Group That Harassed Covington Kids OOPS !
Joy Behar Says That The Anti-Semitic Jersey City Shooters Were ‘ White Nationalists ’

This is something more than your ordinary deranged whackjob. These guys were packing some serious firepower.
Remember that shootout that ended in a Jersey City Kosher deli in the midst of that spike in Antisemitic violence through December? As bad as it was, it could have been much, much worse.
It’s a good thing they never got a chance to put their bomb to use. It was a particularly nasty one.
New Jersey shooters David Anderson and Francine Graham had an improvised explosive device inside their U-Haul van that had the reach of five football fields, a weapon that could have been part of larger wave of attacks targeting the Jewish community and law enforcement, officials said Monday. “If it exploded in the right place it could have certainly injured or killed people up to five football fields away,” said FBI Newark Special Agent in Charge Gregory Ehrie.
Source: CNN
It was a nasty piece of business.
And for all the gawkers we saw around that event after the fact, siding with the attackers, and against their Jewish victims, know this:
An explosive device with that kind of firepower and range isn’t going to be picky about who it kills or maims. It could easily have been any one of those same people whose despicable hate we saw on that ‘man on the street’ interview in Jersey City. SICK: Shocking Video Of Jersey City Residents Blaming VICTIMS Immediately After Anti-Semitic Shooting
Both shooters — who Ehrie said were not connected to any group, including the Black Hebrew Israelites — were living in that van. They surveilled the supermarket days before the attack and even drove past the location that day, officials said.
There were also enough materials in the van to make another explosive device, Ehrie said. The violence, which officials said was months in the making, included the purchase of five firearms in March 2018, target practice with long guns days before the shooting, the shooting at a vehicle being driven by a Hasidic Jew close to Newark Airport, and the bludgeoning and shooting death of another victim, Michael Rumberger, also before the Jersey City shooting.
Source: CNN
More about the Jersey City shooting:
BREAKING: New Jersey Shooter Associated With Hate Group That Harassed Covington Kids
OOPS! Joy Behar Says That The Anti-Semitic Jersey City Shooters Were ‘White Nationalists’