Daily Show Prep: Tuesday, March 22

Daily Show Prep: Tuesday, March 22

The Latest: Anti-terror raids in Belgium turn up nail bomb – Yahoo News

Investigators also found chemical products and an Islamic State flag.

Police Arrest Two In Brussels Terrorist Attacks

Armed police have arrested two men and already have CCTV of one of the Brussels airport bombers including the moment he detonated his suicide belt, MailOnline can reveal.

Raw Video Inside Airport After Terrorist Attack In Brussels

Via the AP:

Belgium Warned of Attacks. It Wasn’t Enough. – Bloomberg View

Only days ago in Brussels, as Western leaders celebrated the arrest of a key terrorist suspect, Belgian officials warned that there were dozens more jihadists at large in the city and that more attacks were being planned. They couldn’t have known how right they were.

VIDEO=> Brussels Bombing Witness: “I Heard Allahu Akbar. It Happened Very Quickly” – The Gateway Pundit

One suicide bomb went off and at least one suitcase bomb at the Brussels airport.

Brussels attacks: Mormon missionaries, American military family among injured – CBS News

Several Americans are among the casualties of the attacks at an airport and metro stration in Brussels on Tuesday.

FLASHBACK: Brussels Ridiculed Idea Of Islamic Violence In Ad | The Daily Caller

In the wake of Tuesday’s deadly bombing that killed at least 34 people, Brussels officials may regret an advertisement two months ago ridiculing the idea the city was a center of Islamic

Flashback: New York Times mocked Trump for saying “there is something bad going on” in Brussels « Hot Air

Of course, much of the media was singing a different tune only two months ago when The Donald had the audacity to point out some of the problems in Brussels, saying Trump had found “a new city to insult.”

After Brussels, Trump, Cruz slam Obama, call for halts to immigration programs | Fox News

“The first job of the president is to be commander in chief,” Cruz told Fox News following the morning rush-hour attacks that killed at least 31 people in a Brussels airport and on the city’s subway system. “It’s unconscionable. It needs to change. … If I am president, I will destroy ISIS.”

French President Francois Hollande: This Was an Attack on All of Europe

“Through the attacks in Brussels, the whole of Europe has been hit ,” Hollande said. “France will implacably continue the fight against terrorism both on the international level and at home.”

Before We Know Much of Anything About Brussels Attack, Encryption Fears Already Invoked – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of the House’s Intelligence Committee. We have no idea if communication encryption played any role in planning these attacks, but Schiff wants to have it both ways by bringing it up as an issue while not trying to speculate the facts. From The Hill:

Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection | Ars Technica

New details of the Paris attacks carried out last November reveal that it was the consistent use of prepaid burner phones, not encryption, that helped keep the terrorists off the radar of the intelligence services.

Harrowing New Details Released About The Paris Terror Attacks Confirm That The Attackers Were ANIMALS

Marines Will Get ‘Reeducated’ To Erase ‘Unconscious Bias’ Against Women

Topics include unconscious bias, which focuses on how people prejudge others based on factors such as race and gender, and principles of institutional change.

Alcohol or Marijuana, Which Is More Dangerous While Driving? | The Daily Caller

Published in the journal Addiction, the study investigated how likely drivers who had been using cannabis were to get into a car accident. The researchers looked at 20 studies and two meta-analyses published between 1982 and 2015.

Gov. Mike Pence signs bill eliminating ISTEP exam – 953MNC.com

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed a bill into law that will repeal the deeply unpopular ISTEP student exam by July of next year.

Teen Wins Job After Stopping Robber In Interview – 60abc

18-year old Devin Washington was at the fast food restaurant, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, in eastern New Orleans last Saturday for a job interview. A man walked in and asked to make some changes, but when the cashier opened the change drawer he reached over in an effort to steal money.

VA Worker Gets Job Back After Armed Robbery | The Daily Caller

A Department of Veterans Affairs employee in Puerto Rico was fired after being arrested for armed robbery, but her union quickly got her reinstated

Goodbye, ISTEP! Indiana to ditch unpopular test

Likely to a collective sigh of relief from students and educators across Indiana, state officials announced Tuesday it will get rid of the unpopular ISTEP test.

Apple wants to know how the FBI will hack its phone

This afternoon the Department of Justice asked the courts to vacate tomorrow’s hearing concerning the iPhone 5C in the custody of the FBI. The government had asked for Apple to help it circumvent the phone’s security. But at the last minute, stated that it had found another party to help it get what it wants out the of phone. Apple would like to know who that is and what they plan to do with the phone.

Considering the FBI hasn’t been interested in getting into just one phone, it looks like they have a secret third party that has blown iOS up, and can give the feds a backdoor.

John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a s**tload of public attention’

McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone. The method McAfee says he would use to break open the phone, he admitted to the Daily Dot, is false.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Join Forces to Create New Email Encryption Protocol

A group of independent security researchers and major Silicon Valley tech giants have submitted last Friday, March 18, 2016, a proposal for a new email protocol called SMTP STS (Strict Transport Security).

Chaffetz wants to take guns away from ‘Rambo’ BLM, Forest Service agents | Deseret News

Law enforcement agents with the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service are too “Rambo” to Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s liking, so he wants to take away their guns and authority.

Crazy Liberal Professor Calls 911 On ROTC, Vows To Keep Doing So

Prof. Heidi Czerwiec, an associate professor of English at the University of North Dakota (UND), claims she is so enraged that ROTC cadets are practicing maneuvers at the university, that she plans to call the police every time she sees them.

California Allows Non-Citizens to Vote, Which is Illegal, So Every California Vote should be Disqualified – Eagle Rising

The official number of illegal aliens in the state of California is nearly 3 million. We can estimate the number to be more than double this amount in reality.

Wednesday, March 2 – Hour 2 Podcast

Teacher forced to resign after student stole her phone, went through her pictures, stole nude photo of her, posted her picture on social media, and texted it to other students. School blames her for ‘not securing her phone.’

After lawsuit, Subway will ensure your footlong sammich is actually a foot long.

It will take about a year to fire a VA nurse who operated on veterans while drunk.

People trust robots too much.  Even after they’ve been told the robot is malfunctioning.

 

Show Prep: Thurs, Dec. 10

Federal authorities set to indict friend who bought guns for San Bernardino terrorist | Fox News

Federal authorities are expected to bring charges against a former neighbor of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook who bought two of the guns used in last week’s terror attack, Fox News has learned.

De’Andre Johnson Sentenced To Jail | The Daily Caller

Former heralded Florida State football prospect De’Andre Johnson has been sentenced to jail for punching a woman in a Tallahassee bar.

Washington Post Fact Checker Examines Marco Rubio’s Sweeping Gun Control Claim — and Finds Out He’s Right | TheBlaze.com

This is certainly a depressing chronicle of death and tragedy. But Rubio’s statement stands up to scrutiny — at least for the recent past, as he framed it. Notably, three of the mass shootings took place in California, which already has strong gun laws including a ban on certain weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Fact Check: 355 Mass Shootings So Far in 2015?

USA Today’s analysis of mass shootings in 2015, which defines them as incidents in which 4 or more people are killed by a firearm in a single event, found that there have been 29 cases so far this year.

Middle Class Shrinking Because Americans Are Getting Richer | The Daily Caller

Not only has the middle class been squeezed down to size, but the share of aggregate household income held by the middle class has fallen dramatically, from 62 percent in 1970 to 43 percent in 2014. Over the same time period, the share of income held by the upper class has surged from 29 percent to 49 percent.

Update: FBI Alerted After Bulk Cell Phone Purchase at Third Mid-Missouri Walmart (Video) – The Gateway Pundit

The Macon County Sheriff’s office is investigating a second suspicious purchase of dozens of cellphones at the Columbia Walmart on Conley Road.

President Obama Signs First Federal Free-Range Kids Legislation – Hit & Run : Reason.com

“…nothing in this Act shall…prohibit a child from traveling to and from school on foot or by car, bus, or bike when the parents of the child have given permission; or  expose parents to civil or criminal charges for allowing their child to responsibly and safely travel to and from school by a means the parents believe is age appropriate.”

Congress: VA Is Fudging Accountability Data, Here Are The Employees Who Got Off Scott-Free | The Daily Caller

Congress is furious at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for refusing to discipline employees over misconduct and fudging the numbers to make it appear as though the agency is committed to real accountability.

Planned Parenthood Suspect: ‘I Am a Warrior for the Babies’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado stunned a courtroom Wednesday by declaring he is a “warrior for the babies” and won’t go to trial.

There Is No Hiatus: IPCC Chief Denies The Satellite Records | The Daily Caller

The United Nations’ top climate bureaucrat says there’s no “hiatus” in global warming, making obvious effort to completely ignore satellite records showing there’s been no statistically significant warming for the last two decades.

Community Wants Atheist Santa Billboard Taken Down – Story | WAGA

Residents in a North Carolina town are upset after an Atheist group put up a Santa billboard telling people to skip church. It sits off Business 40 Eastbound in Kernersville for thousands of drivers to see.

Woman gets 18 months probation for shooting at shoplifters – Story | WJBK

The woman who shot at two alleged shoplifters outside a Home Depot in Auburn Hills was sentenced to 18 months’ probation Wednesday.

Media Exaggerate Study On Popcorn Lung Risk From E-Cigarette | The Daily Caller

A Harvard study claiming most e-cigarette brands expose users to harmful chemicals omits critical information and exaggerates the risks of flavored e-cigarettes, according to tobacco control experts.

Anti-Tobacco Activist Claims E-Cigarettes Glorify Smoking | The Daily Caller

Anti-tobacco activist Dr. Peter Shields claims e-cigarettes glorify the act of smoking and are “against our culture.”

Misperceptions Around Health Risks Of E-Cigarettes Growing | The Daily Caller

Those who believe e-cigarettes and regular tobacco cigarettes are equally harmful rose sharply, from 10.6 percent to 16.9 percent.

Show Prep: Mon, Nov. 30

Show Prep: Mon, Nov. 30

Taking Sunday back – The Herald Palladium : Local News

Some know Willie Lark as owner of Lark’s Bar-B-Que in Benton Harbor, known as one of the best places to get barbecue in the area.

Officer Jason Van Dyke faced 20 complaints, lawsuits – CNN.com

To put the complaints against Van Dyke in perspective, the Chicago Police Department has about 12,000 officers. Like Van Dyke, 402 officers have 20 or more complaints on file in the database. The most complaints against any officer, according to the database, is 68.

Police Won’t Release Motive in Planned Parenthood Shooting | TheBlaze.com

Colorado Springs police say they will not disclose why a gunman opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic, killing three people.

This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University

This is not a day care. This is a university!

Dog gets stick wedged in its ‘manhood’ in million-to-one accident – Boston Standard

‘No, you nitwits’: The Hill ‘totally misrepresents’ Ted Cruz’s remarks about Colo. shooting suspect – twitchy.com twitchy.com

“It’s also been reported that he was registered as an independent and a woman and a transgendered leftist activist. If that’s what he is, I don’t think it’s fair to blame the rhetoric on the left. This is a murderer,” Cruz continued.

Eight US “Refugees” in ONE MONTH Indicted, Sentenced for Joining-Arming ISIS and Al-Qaeda

In February of this year eight US “refugees” were arrested and indicted for aiding terror groups including ISIS.

VIDEO=> Czech Television Exposes Many Syrian ‘Refugees’ Are Actually Jihadist Fighters – The Gateway Pundit

Czech independent television exposed Muslim “refugees” were actually jihadist fighters.

‘Muslim-Free Zone’: Gun-shop owner wins case

AFLC Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi said, “This dismissal was yet another AFLC victory against CAIR and its jihadi lawfare against patriotic Americans across the country. This victory follows on the heels of a recent victory against CAIR in a Michigan federal court where CAIR’s subpoenas were quashed and CAIR’s nefarious client sanctioned for abusive practices.”

Judge: Muslim-free gun store is legal | WNCN

However, a United States District Court judge dismissed the case this month. Judge Beth Bloom said CAIR did not prove its members were harmed by the gun store’s policy.

Internet rails against Medina Walmart for asking Marine to collect Toys for Tots donations outside – newsnet5.com Cleveland

Local Walmart Stores Pull Toys for Tots Donation Boxes – KTVN Channel 2 – Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video –

The Marine Corps League, organizing the annual ‘Toys for Tots’ toy drive for families in need in the Reno/Sparks area, says local Walmart stores have removed donation boxes from area locations.

VA spends millions promoting Obamacare, little cutting wait times | Washington Examiner

owever, a VA spokesperson said the more than 29,000 combat veterans who are still waiting for their benefits because they did not include income verification on their applications will receive letters asking them to update their applications the week of Nov. 25.

VA Spends More Promoting Obamacare Than CUTTING WAIT TIME FOR VETS – Progressives Today

This story is a perfect illustration of progressivism. The left is spending more money to advance their agenda than they are on people who actually deserve benefits.

Show Prep: Mon, Nov. 23

Show Prep: Mon, Nov. 23

New Research Shows 40% Of Millennials Think The Government Should Censor People Who Make ‘Offensive’ Statements

Latest: 17 injured, witness recalls 50 shots in Sunday shooting at Bunny Friend Park; live video of NOPD press conference at 2 p.m. | The New Orleans Advocate — New Orleans, Louisiana

Parents Face Fines for Kids’ Repeated Bullying Behavior | Parenting

In an effort to make parents accountable for their kids’ bullying, one Wisconsin town is enacting fines on parents for their kids’ repeated bad behavior.

Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of ‘post-antibiotic era’ – BBC News

“If MCR-1 becomes global, which is a case of when not if, and the gene aligns itself with other antibiotic resistance genes, which is inevitable, then we will have very likely reached the start of the post-antibiotic era.

Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her – Judicial Watch

In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.

After Ohio Bakery’s ‘Politically Incorrect’ Front-Door Sign Goes Viral, Staffers Describe How Customers Have Reacted | TheBlaze.com

“We say Merry Christmas, God bless America, we salute our flag & give thanks to our troops, police officers and firefighters. If this offends you, you are welcome to leave. In God we trust.”

Obama’s VA Facility Bans Christmas Trees and ‘Merry Christmas’

President Barack Obama’s Department of Veterans Affairs has banned employees at its facility in Salem, Virginia, from saying “Merry Christmas” to veterans.

Russia destroys 472 ISIS targets in Syria bombing missions over the weekend | Daily Mail Online

Russian air force flew 141 bombing raids over Syria this weekend, destroying almost 500 ISIS targets in the country

Russia Sends France A Puppy To Replace Diesel, The Police Dog That Died In Raid After Paris Attacks

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said the offering was a “sign of solidarity with the people and police of France.” He shared a picture of the puppy on Twitter and wrote a letter to France saying, “I ask you to accept from Russia’s police dog handlers this shepherd puppy, who will be able to take his place in the ranks of Diesel, your dog who died doing his duty.”

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg among 3 Indiana mayors signing letter supporting Syrian refugees – 953MNC.com

Three Indiana mayors are among 62 U.S. mayors who’ve signed an open letter supporting the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

Federal Law Enforcement: ‘No Effective Means’ to Block ‘Prospective Terrorists Hidden Among Throngs of Refugees’ | TheBlaze.com

“The truth of the matter is there is no effective means or magical litmus test to assess prospective terrorists hidden among the throngs of refugees applying for entry into the United States,” said Nathan Catura, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.

China declares war on ISIS after terrorists claim to have executed Chinese hostage – Mirror Online

China will join the war on ISIS after four of its citizens were killed by Islamist terror groups in two separate attacks this week.

Report: Canada to Exclude Single Men from Syrian Refugee Welcome Plan | TheBlaze.com

In an effort to prevent the infiltration of terrorists, the Canadian government is set to limit its Syrian refugee acceptance program to only women, children and families, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday night.

Obama Blocking 75 Percent of Air Strikes Against ISIS

The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that U.S. military pilots fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq were blocked from dropping 75 percent of their ordnance on terror targets because the Obama administration would not give clearance to launch a strike.

Barack Obama Dropped Leaflets- Gave ISIS 45 Minutes Before Bombing Them – The Gateway Pundit

The worst part is that this is Obama’s version of an “escalation”. He could have taken out ISIS tanker trucks a long time ago, but then the drivers would have died. (Via J.E. Dyer)

Jordan’s King Abdullah: This Is a War ‘Within Islam’

President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton can’t bring themselves to publicly acknowledge that Islam and “Muslims” are inextricably linked to terrorism. Remarkably, however, one Muslim world leader has no problem in speaking openly about the war “within Islam.”

OFFICIAL: 3 SYRIANS WITH FAKE IDS DETAINED IN ST. MAARTEN…

Three Syrians traveling with fake Greek passports are being held in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten, authorities said, while officials in the Central American nation of Honduras reported detaining a Syrian and two Pakistanis traveling by bus Saturday.

DHS Knew Illegal Aliens Falsely Claimed “Credible Fear” to Stay in U.S. – Judicial Watch

The Obama administration let hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in the U.S. even though federal authorities knew in advance that an open borders group coached them to falsely claim “credible fear” to get asylum, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Congress Learned Of Syrian Refugees Entering The U.S. Just Recently

The Obama administration did not tell Congress, until recently, that Syrian Refugees were arriving in Louisiana. According to a House Homeland Security Committee aide, Congress did not know about 13 Syrian refugees who arrived in New Orleans over the past two fiscal years until it was reported by a local news outlet 10 days ago.

MAFIA WARNS ISIS, OFFERS NYC PROTECTION…

The son of a New York mob boss has given Islamic State a stark warning, saying if they are planning any attacks in New York, they will have to contend with the Sicilian mafia. The notorious crime syndicate say they want to do their bit to protect locals.

Asylum Seekers Buying Fake Taliban Threat Letters to Get Into Europe

Afghan asylum seekers are buying fake Taliban threat letters in order to get into Europe.

Labor Department throws football party, but bans Redskins jerseys – Washington Times

There was only stipulation: no Washington Redskins jerseys, paraphernalia or memorabilia.