“Unforgettable evening.”
Source: Independent Journal Review
Parkland Teacher Promotes Conspiracy Theory That Pro-Gun Kyle Kashuv Is Being Fed 'Talking Points'
“Neither Kyle nor Shapiro seem to know squat about the constitution.”
Source: Independent Journal Review
Trump Continues Record Judiciary Makeover as 15th Circuit Court Nominee Confirmed
On Tuesday, Kyle Duncan became the 15th nominee to be confirmed to the Circuit Court of Appeals under President Trump, who is outpacing his predecessors to fill vacancies on the federal judiciary.
Source: Independent Journal Review
Watch: 'Cowboy' Springs Into Action to Take Down Unsuspecting Armed Robber
“Justice served.”
Source: Independent Journal Review
Fire Marshal says grass, shed fire started by juveniles playing in back yard
Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to a grass and fence fire in the 4400 block of 39th on Tuesday.
Source: KCBD News
Police Report: Suspect in Lubbock man's murder injured while trying to destroy evidence
Two men in Albuquerque have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after a man from Lubbock was shot and killed in Albuquerque. Police say 29-year-old Jesse James Bowers and 37-year-old Juan Diego Montoya were involved in the shooting death of 24-year-old Cody Fair on April 14, 2018, in front of a northwest Albuquerque laundromat.
Source: KCBD News
Minnesota Lawmaker Stages 24 Hour Sit-In to Protest Inaction on Gun Control
“Students marched, parents rallied, survivors pleaded, yet there’s been no vote.”
Source: Independent Journal Review
Killing Sick Kids Is All the Rage in Britain But What About When the Little Mengeles Get It Wrong?

As I’m writing this we are waiting on Alfie Evans to die. Alfie is the little boy with a terminal condition that the British National Health Service has not only decided is not worth the effort of treating, they have gone to court to keep his parents from seeking treatment elsewhere and have even denied them the ability to take their baby home to die. For a while, it seemed as though the authorities were going to be successful in banning them from the hospital. (Please read Kira Davis’s wonderful essay on the subject if you haven’t.
Make no mistake about it, I’m not claiming anything can be done for Alfie…but I do believe in miracles and I do believe that as long as you are alive you have hope. What is dying, along with Alfie, is freedom. The larger point here is that the totalitarian regime that has taken hold in Britain has decided that some nebulous body of quacks is better suited to decide the fate of this boy that the parents. And, to enforce this petty tyranny, they have gone to court to ensure they will be proven right by the simple method of killing Alfie Evans by deprivation of water and food.
This is not the first time this has happened. In July of last year, 11-month-old Charlie Gard was removed from life support after another batch of doctors determined that he was unlikely to benefit from an experimental treatment. Apparently, the exact meaning of the word “experimental” was lost on them.
While there is no doubt whatsoever that A driving force in these decisions is cost–you can bet the British hospital system is run just like a military motor pool, where every vehicle is assigned a repair budget based on its age and when it exceeds that budget it goes to scrap yard–the cost is secondary. The real issue is control and sending a message to the proles that their pretensions to equality will not be tolerated. When one looks at the education and socio-economic class of the parents of both Alfie Evans and Charlie Gard, it his hard to escape the conclusion that the hospital system and courts acting in this way has as much to do with saying the parents just aren’t bright enough to make decisions for their children as it does with any high minded principle of health care.
Unsurprisingly, the system is not infallible. In fact, because it is a system developed in Britain, it barely works.
Let’s consider the case of Aysha King.
Aysha was a five-year-old boy who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He underwent successful surgery and the medical team wanted to put him on radiation treatment as a follow up. His parents balked. If you’ve ever know someone who received radiation treatment in the head region you’ll understand why. The wanted access to an experimental proton therapy. None was available in Britain, but the National Health Service had paid for this treatment in other medical centers in Europe. The parents and hospital were at loggerheads. On August 28, 2014, the parents took their son from the hospital and hopped a train for France. Britain issued an arrest warrant for them and instituted an international manhunt. The family was located in Spain two days later. The parents were arrested and held for over 24-hours before sanity, since deceased, prevailed in Britain and a decision was made to not extradite the couple. The case went to Britain’s High Court which ruled Aysha could receive the desired therapy at a hospital in Prague. Aysha is a fully functioning kid and cancer free. Radiation therapy almost certainly would have meant that would not be the case.
Again we see the same model. There is no idea of informed consent. There is no respect for the responsibility parents have to make decisions for their children. The difference here is that the Kings seem to be (I say seem because I simply can’t find any biographical information on the parents) to be more educated that the Gards and Evanses. They were smart enough to know they couldn’t fight the system and the the resources to win. They were sympathetic enough that Prime Minister David Cameron intervened to prevent extradition.
When you take this into context with Britain jihad against free speech, its war on any form of self defense, and it’s cultural self-loathing one has to wonder if it even has the will to exist
UK Police priorities
1. insulting gestures to robot speed cameras
2. Nazi pugs on YouTube
3. Unregistered sporks
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8,493. Rape gangs— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 24, 2018
In the event that a British hospital sentences your son to death, escaping is easy. Just tell police that you're running a child prostitution ring and they'll look the other way for 25 years.
— Hans Fiene (@HansFiene) April 25, 2018
And, if you are in Britain, reading and commenting on this may put you at risk of arrest.
We've issued a statement this evening to make people aware that social media posts which are being posted in relation to Alder Hey and the Alfie Evans situation are being monitored and may be acted upon. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/epopt5bhmY
— Merseyside Police (@MerseyPolice) April 25, 2018
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Amy Schumer’s ‘I Feel Pretty’ Is Worth the Watch

Amy Schumer arrives at the world premiere of “I Feel Pretty” at the Westwood Village Theater on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Los Angeles (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Comedian Amy Schumer is no “darling” to the right. Her very public opinions about conservatives, gun control and Trump voters have understandably turned off many who consider themselves conservative. Her liberal (and often crass) approach to sexuality is also something many find distasteful.
Certainly Schumer’s comedy and political bent is not for everyone. However, Schumer’s talent is undeniable. When she gets scripts that are written with intention her talent is able to shine, like with Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck. When studios just depend on her “schtick” to sell a movie it produces a flop, like Snatched. Despite her R-rated demeanor, Schumer can be a joy to watch on the big screen when the project is right.
Schumer fans had high hopes for her latest project, I Feel Pretty. Unfortunately, before the film even debuted it received a remarkable amount of blowback from the feminist set, and even people like myself. Here was a movie about a relatively thin, cute white girl playing an “ugly” girl who then comes to find confidence by seeing herself as a thin, cute white girl. Schumer is no chubby chick. By normal American standards she is at least completely average weight-wise, perhaps even above-average. She may not be a super model, but she’s not the type of woman who would be considered “gross” by any stretch of the imagination – not physically, anyway. How insulting that Hollywood would try to thrust this woman upon us in yet another of their disgustingly unrealistic standards of beauty!
Then I went to see I Feel Pretty for myself. Though I’m loathe to admit it, I have to say…I was wrong.
I Feel Pretty isn’t a movie about a perfectly fine-looking white girl playing an ugly girl transforming into a supermodel, it’s a movie about having the confidence to accept yourself as you are.
Schumer plays a Renee – a young, awkward New Yorker with deep self-esteem issues. She spends her days as the sole employee of the online division of an elite make-up brand. She’s hidden away in the basement office but longs to be one of the “pretties” who are employed at the high profile 5th Avenue headquarters. Renee has a job that pays for a one-bedroom apartment (a singular feat in today’s New York area housing market) and amazing best friends who love her unconditionally. Even though she seems to have a pretty good life, she constantly judges herself as ugly, stupid and not worthy of good things in her life.
When she hits her head in a freak stationary bike accident, she awakens with a strange new development – Renee thinks she’s been transformed into a supermodel. When she looks in the mirror the audience (and everyone else) sees the same Renee, but she sees the body and face of her dreams. Suddenly she thinks her greatest dream has come true…she’s hot! The rest of the movie shows the consequences of Renee’s newfound confidence. Her dreams begin to come true as she begins to navigate life as a hottie rather than a nottie. Hijinx ensue, love is found and lost and found again, lessons are learned.
Along the way there are some genuinely funny moments. The script is well-written and the supporting cast (including Michelle Williams in a delightful turn as the make-up company’s sophisticated, envied, but ultimately insecure head) is stellar. But even more impressive was how the film was able to take some of the very beauty issues average American women struggle with every day, squeeze them into a romantic comedy and still make them relatable.
Early on in the film, one scene in particular nabbed me. Renee comes home from a long day of doubting herself and her worth, pulls off work clothes and stares at herself in the mirror. She is filled with disgust and although Schumer does not utter one word, her face tells the story – she hates what she sees and she thus knows she doesn’t deserve happiness.
Every woman can relate to this moment. In fact, I found even found myself getting a bit teary-eyed. Every one of us has had that moment…that moment when we look in the mirror and feel ashamed of the reflection. We see “beauty” modeled for us every day in airbrushed photos, glitzy movies and filtered Instagram posts. Then we go home and see ourselves and there’s no way we can match up to all that. We’ve attached physical perfection to the notion of success in this country, and when we see our glaring imperfections sometimes it’s hard to feel anything but self-loathing. At one time or another every woman has stood in the mirror and asked aloud how anyone could possibly love her the way she is.
I Feel Pretty perfectly captures this reality with limited raunch and even some grace. Schumer comes off as adorable and relatable. This movie is certainly a type of redemption for her after the god-awful Snatched.
Her political utterances aside, Amy Schumer does not deserve to be shamed for this film. It’s no Sophie’s Choice, it won’t win any Oscars but it is worth a viewing before making a judgment.
Ultimately it asks a question that we should all endeavor to ask for ourselves…
How would your life change if you lived it as though you were already everything you wished you could be?
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Kanye Goes MAGA and Donald Trump Tweets His Approval
Just now Kanye West, one of the most famous rappers in the world, tweeted out a picture of him wearing a MAGA hat. MAGA hats have been accused of being a part of the uniform for the growing white nationalist movement that has somewhat fizzled out.
we got love pic.twitter.com/Edk0WGscp6
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
One of the gentlemen in the photo with West is clearly holding up an “OK” symbol. Which was considered a secret sign being flashed by white nationalists wearing MAGA hats in 2017.
West has been tweeting throughout the day and to make things even more bizarre President Donald Trump thanked Kanye West for his sociological insight. Calling it “very cool.”
Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/vRIC87M21X
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018
And the cherry on top of all this was the photo West most recently tweeted.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Yup, that is a photo of a #Kanye2024 poster. Is this how Kanye West announces his candidacy? Or has the seventh seal of the tribulation been broken? Only time will tell. But most people agree…this is pretty weird even by 2018 standards.
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