Saturday Show 11-25-17
ESPN employees try to escape sinking ship
Thanksgiving week is here, and many inside ESPN are giving special thanks for jobs they hope will last past the holidays.
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Girl Scouts warn parents about forcing kids to hug relatives for the holidays
Girl Scouts of the USA issued a warning to parents this holiday season, asking them to think twice before forcing their daughters to hug relatives at gatherings.
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Expert: ICC Has No Jurisdiction to Investigate Alleged Crimes by US Troops in Afghanistan
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate alleged wrongdoing by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and the Trump administration should not cooperate with the tribunal, a Heritage Foundation scholar argued this week.
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Republicans flee from McConnell in 2018 primaries
Heading into the 2018 elections, only one Republican Senate candidate nationwide has pledged unequivocally to back Mitch McConnell as majority leader.
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S&P 500 closes above 2,600 for first time as Street bets on strong holiday shopping season
The S&P 500 hit record highs, rising 0.2 percent to 2,602.42 with information technology as the best-performing sector. Macy's was among the best-performing stocks in the index. The S&P 500 also closed above 2,600 for the first time.
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Seattle’s income tax on wealthy illegal judge rules
Seattle’s income tax on wealthy households failed its first legal test Wednesday, with a King County Superior Court ruling that the measure is illegal.
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U.K. officially fallsout of world’s top 5 economies
During Wednesday’s Budget, Philip Hammond, in a series of statements aimed at highlighting the strength and health of the British economy, admitted that the country has slipped to sixth spot, trailing France. The other four countries that make up the leaderboard are the US, China, Japan and Germany.
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NASA's fake news’ about water on Mars'
It was big news in 2015 when NASA declared “liquid water found in Mars.”
Now, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the announcement that Mars contains large amounts of water was premature.
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New Hole in Sun's Atmosphere Lets Particles Spew Out
A large, dark "hole" has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, allowing solar winds to rush out into space. NASA's captured this ultraviolet image of the coronal hole on Nov. 8, with the space agency releasing the image Monday (Nov. 20).
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Mall of America looks like Somalia
Actor James Woods has a special knack for riling up Democrats and he has done it again with a tweet in which he posted a video of Muslims filing into the Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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4chan Launches “Operation Swedistan” In A Last Ditch Attempt To Save Sweden
Hot off the heels of their stunningly successful It’s Ok To Be White campaign. Which managed to stir up both outrage and national media attention in multiple countries round the world.
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Muslims suing cafe lose anonymity
Several Muslim women who are suing a California restaurant for discrimination – and face a countersuit for trespass – have lost their right to be anonymous in their complaint.
http://www.wnd.com/2017/11/muslims-suing-cafe-lose-anonymity/
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Sunday, November 26, 2017
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Show Notes 10-21-17
Saturday Show 10-21-17
Hysterical Judge refuses to let go of Sheriff Joe
A federal judge whose control over a contempt citation she issued against former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio vanished when President Trump pardoned him is insisting that while the lawman won’t be punished, the conviction must remain on his record.
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Google admits its new smart speaker eavesdropped on user
A major flaw has been detected in the newly-unveiled Google Home Mini speaker that allows it to secretly record conversations without users knowing.
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Melaina saves taxpayers a Fortune By Making Shocking Cuts In Number of Aides At White House Compared To Lavish Michelle Obama
Melania is trying a new approach in the White House as our first lady, it’s called “respecting” the taxpayer. We all know by now how much Michelle Obama suffered in the White House, and if you don’t, you haven’t’ been watching the news, as she travels around speaking about how much she endured for the sake of appearances.
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Group: Memo shows Obama team obstructed deportation cases
A newly obtained memo shows that a top Obama legal office interfered with key immigration investigators in deportation cases, bolstering a congressional charge that the government was losing half of those legal cases on purpose, according to an immigration reform group.
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Exclusive: Grandmother who thwarts kidnapper says she told him don’t move or I’ll shoot
A pistol-packing grandmother says she kept her cool and waited for the right moment to pull her gun on a kidnapper with a knife.
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Trump admin scraps EPA’s Deceitful sue and settle trick
Limited government advocates and property-rights champions are cheering Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for publicly announcing he will scrap the tactic known as “sue and settle” for as long as he is in office.
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Michigan university offering first-ever degree in marijuana studies
Looking to capitalize on the rising demand for cannabis, Northern Michigan University is offering a marijuana-focused degree — but stoners need not apply.
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Father of soldier slain in Niger Defends President Trump: “My Son Knew What He Signed Up For”…This Is “Not About Donald Trump And This Isn’t About a Damn Phone Call!”
When Americans heard about the tragic deaths of the four U.S. troops, killed in an attack by Islamic extremists in Niger, on October 4, their first thought for most of us, was sadness for the families of the brave troops.
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Air Force could recall up to 1,000 retired pilots after Trump order
The Air Force could recall up to 1,000 retired pilots after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at addressing what the Pentagon has described as an "acute shortage of pilots."
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IG: 13 Afghan Military Trainees Have Disappeared Inside the U.S.
Thirteen Afghans who came to the United States for military training between 2005 and 2017 went AWOL here and have not been accounted for, according to an inspector general's report.
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Scientists Just Found the Perfect Spot to Build an Underground Colony on the Moon
For years, scientists have wondered if dark, crater-like features on the lunar surface might be entrances to giant caverns carved long ago by flowing lava.
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Hysterical Judge refuses to let go of Sheriff Joe
A federal judge whose control over a contempt citation she issued against former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio vanished when President Trump pardoned him is insisting that while the lawman won’t be punished, the conviction must remain on his record.
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Google admits its new smart speaker eavesdropped on user
A major flaw has been detected in the newly-unveiled Google Home Mini speaker that allows it to secretly record conversations without users knowing.
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Melaina saves taxpayers a Fortune By Making Shocking Cuts In Number of Aides At White House Compared To Lavish Michelle Obama
Melania is trying a new approach in the White House as our first lady, it’s called “respecting” the taxpayer. We all know by now how much Michelle Obama suffered in the White House, and if you don’t, you haven’t’ been watching the news, as she travels around speaking about how much she endured for the sake of appearances.
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Group: Memo shows Obama team obstructed deportation cases
A newly obtained memo shows that a top Obama legal office interfered with key immigration investigators in deportation cases, bolstering a congressional charge that the government was losing half of those legal cases on purpose, according to an immigration reform group.
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Exclusive: Grandmother who thwarts kidnapper says she told him don’t move or I’ll shoot
A pistol-packing grandmother says she kept her cool and waited for the right moment to pull her gun on a kidnapper with a knife.
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Trump admin scraps EPA’s Deceitful sue and settle trick
Limited government advocates and property-rights champions are cheering Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for publicly announcing he will scrap the tactic known as “sue and settle” for as long as he is in office.
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Michigan university offering first-ever degree in marijuana studies
Looking to capitalize on the rising demand for cannabis, Northern Michigan University is offering a marijuana-focused degree — but stoners need not apply.
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Father of soldier slain in Niger Defends President Trump: “My Son Knew What He Signed Up For”…This Is “Not About Donald Trump And This Isn’t About a Damn Phone Call!”
When Americans heard about the tragic deaths of the four U.S. troops, killed in an attack by Islamic extremists in Niger, on October 4, their first thought for most of us, was sadness for the families of the brave troops.
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Air Force could recall up to 1,000 retired pilots after Trump order
The Air Force could recall up to 1,000 retired pilots after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at addressing what the Pentagon has described as an "acute shortage of pilots."
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IG: 13 Afghan Military Trainees Have Disappeared Inside the U.S.
Thirteen Afghans who came to the United States for military training between 2005 and 2017 went AWOL here and have not been accounted for, according to an inspector general's report.
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Scientists Just Found the Perfect Spot to Build an Underground Colony on the Moon
For years, scientists have wondered if dark, crater-like features on the lunar surface might be entrances to giant caverns carved long ago by flowing lava.
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Monday, June 26, 2017
Show Notes 06-24-2017
Saturday Show 6-24-17
Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says
The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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Airman convicted of federal crime for being 6 minutes late to meeting
At the end of the week, Mario Manago, 33, will be out of the Air Force after 12 years. But he's not just out of a job -- he's now convicted of a federal crime. His offense? Being six minutes late to a meeting.
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NASA'S NEW ASSIGNMENTS: FIND ALIENS, PROVE EVOLUTION
President Trump on Friday signed into law Friday legislation designed to increase accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs, taking a small step at making good on a campaign promise to improve services and health care for vets.
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Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says
The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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Airman convicted of federal crime for being 6 minutes late to meeting
At the end of the week, Mario Manago, 33, will be out of the Air Force after 12 years. But he's not just out of a job -- he's now convicted of a federal crime. His offense? Being six minutes late to a meeting.
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NASA'S NEW ASSIGNMENTS: FIND ALIENS, PROVE EVOLUTION
President Trump on Friday signed into law Friday legislation designed to increase accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs, taking a small step at making good on a campaign promise to improve services and health care for vets.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Show Notes 08-23-2016
Tuesday Show 8-23-16
The real story behind “Don't give up the ship”
In 1804, Captain Lawrence was second-in-command of an expedition to destroy the captured frigate USS Philadelphia held in Tripoli’s harbor. Lawrence also commanded the USS Enterprise which fought gunboat battles with Muslim pirates.
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1,690-Page ‘Climate Change’ Reg Increases Cost of Tractor-Trailer Up to $15,119
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly issued a new regulation last week that is meant to help protect the world from "climate change" by limiting “greenhouse gas emissions” and improving fuel efficiency in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles operated in the United States.
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Police: Man, 91, shoots suspected robber in Eastpointe
A 91-year-old concealed pistol license holder shot a man who was attempting to rob him Monday in Eastpointe, according to police.
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Andrea Tantaros Sues Fox News, Ensnares Bill O’Reilly, Scott Brown, and Others
The latest sexual-harassment lawsuit against Fox News and deposed CEO Roger Ailes alleges that the network’s executives actively retaliated against on-air personality Andrea Tantaros after she repeatedly complained about inappropriate conduct in the workplace.
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Planned Parenthood Clinic in Wisconsin Permanently Closes
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Appleton, Wis., is permanently shutting down due to an inability to meet proper security standards, Planned Parenthood officials said Monday.
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Judge Rules Funeral Home Can Fire Transgender Employee for Violating Dress Code
U.S. District Judge Sean Cox ruled on Thursday that a Michigan funeral home may abide by sincerely held religious beliefs in maintaining a dress code that requires its employees to dress according to their biological sex and not their “gender identity.”
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Have Scientists Found Another Earth?
Researchers have discovered the possibility of another earthlike planet that could sustain life. German news outlet Der Spiegel first broke the story, saying the European Southern Observatory found a previously unknown neighboring planet that could contain water.
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Sprawling Blue Cut Wildfire in California Spied by NASA Satellites
As a wildfire blazes through a mountain pass in Southern California, two NASA satellites were able to snap photos of the smoke from space.
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The real story behind “Don't give up the ship”
In 1804, Captain Lawrence was second-in-command of an expedition to destroy the captured frigate USS Philadelphia held in Tripoli’s harbor. Lawrence also commanded the USS Enterprise which fought gunboat battles with Muslim pirates.
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1,690-Page ‘Climate Change’ Reg Increases Cost of Tractor-Trailer Up to $15,119
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly issued a new regulation last week that is meant to help protect the world from "climate change" by limiting “greenhouse gas emissions” and improving fuel efficiency in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles operated in the United States.
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Police: Man, 91, shoots suspected robber in Eastpointe
A 91-year-old concealed pistol license holder shot a man who was attempting to rob him Monday in Eastpointe, according to police.
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Andrea Tantaros Sues Fox News, Ensnares Bill O’Reilly, Scott Brown, and Others
The latest sexual-harassment lawsuit against Fox News and deposed CEO Roger Ailes alleges that the network’s executives actively retaliated against on-air personality Andrea Tantaros after she repeatedly complained about inappropriate conduct in the workplace.
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Planned Parenthood Clinic in Wisconsin Permanently Closes
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Appleton, Wis., is permanently shutting down due to an inability to meet proper security standards, Planned Parenthood officials said Monday.
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Judge Rules Funeral Home Can Fire Transgender Employee for Violating Dress Code
U.S. District Judge Sean Cox ruled on Thursday that a Michigan funeral home may abide by sincerely held religious beliefs in maintaining a dress code that requires its employees to dress according to their biological sex and not their “gender identity.”
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Have Scientists Found Another Earth?
Researchers have discovered the possibility of another earthlike planet that could sustain life. German news outlet Der Spiegel first broke the story, saying the European Southern Observatory found a previously unknown neighboring planet that could contain water.
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Sprawling Blue Cut Wildfire in California Spied by NASA Satellites
As a wildfire blazes through a mountain pass in Southern California, two NASA satellites were able to snap photos of the smoke from space.
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Friday, May 27, 2016
Show Notes 05-26-2016
Thursday Show 05-26-16
The Answer to TSA incompetence is less government
The Transportation Security Administration has become infamous over the years for things that it doesn’t allow on planes. Consider these examples of the Keystone Cops in action.
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New roots, old lies
Starting on Memorial Day Weekend, A&E Networks will unleash a four-part, eight-hour production of “Roots,” a revisiting of the 1977 mini-series based on the Alex Haley book of the same name.
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The scandal in Washington that no one is talking about
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.
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Texas judge rebukes DOJ lawyerd for being intentionally deceptive
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen strongly rebuked Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys last week for being “intentionally deceptive” during a controversial amnesty case heard in his Brownsville, Texas courtroom.
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Ryan Says House Republicans Aim to End 'Executive Overreach'
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) unveiled what he called the Republicans’ “policy agenda” for 2017 on Wednesday, including a plan to regain the legislative power granted to Congress in Article One of the U.S. Constitution.
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Governor makes 'Blue Lives Matter' bill law
Louisiana became the first state to make violence against police a hate crime after Gov. John Bel Edwards, the son of a sheriff, signed a bill into law Thursday.
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NASA Valkyrie robots set table for human life on Mars
Four sister robots built by NASA could be pioneers in the colonization of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up a habitat for more fragile human explorers. But first they're finding new homes on Earth and engineers to hone their skills.
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How the Air Force's 'space fence' will keep American satellites safe
The United States is building a space fence. But the first thing to understand about the space fence is that it’s not actually a fence — it’s radar. And when it’s operational, pulsing up from an atoll in the Pacific, it will be able to track objects in space that are softball-sized, the Air Force says.
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The Bomber continues to fly high after 100 years
In February Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first concept image of the futuristic B-21 long range bomber, which will be built by Northrop Grumman. Previously known as the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), it will be the U.S. military's first bomber of the 21st century.
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The Answer to TSA incompetence is less government
The Transportation Security Administration has become infamous over the years for things that it doesn’t allow on planes. Consider these examples of the Keystone Cops in action.
Read More
New roots, old lies
Starting on Memorial Day Weekend, A&E Networks will unleash a four-part, eight-hour production of “Roots,” a revisiting of the 1977 mini-series based on the Alex Haley book of the same name.
Read More
The scandal in Washington that no one is talking about
The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.
Read More
Texas judge rebukes DOJ lawyerd for being intentionally deceptive
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen strongly rebuked Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys last week for being “intentionally deceptive” during a controversial amnesty case heard in his Brownsville, Texas courtroom.
Read More
Ryan Says House Republicans Aim to End 'Executive Overreach'
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) unveiled what he called the Republicans’ “policy agenda” for 2017 on Wednesday, including a plan to regain the legislative power granted to Congress in Article One of the U.S. Constitution.
Read More
Governor makes 'Blue Lives Matter' bill law
Louisiana became the first state to make violence against police a hate crime after Gov. John Bel Edwards, the son of a sheriff, signed a bill into law Thursday.
Read More
NASA Valkyrie robots set table for human life on Mars
Four sister robots built by NASA could be pioneers in the colonization of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up a habitat for more fragile human explorers. But first they're finding new homes on Earth and engineers to hone their skills.
Read More
How the Air Force's 'space fence' will keep American satellites safe
The United States is building a space fence. But the first thing to understand about the space fence is that it’s not actually a fence — it’s radar. And when it’s operational, pulsing up from an atoll in the Pacific, it will be able to track objects in space that are softball-sized, the Air Force says.
Read More
The Bomber continues to fly high after 100 years
In February Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first concept image of the futuristic B-21 long range bomber, which will be built by Northrop Grumman. Previously known as the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), it will be the U.S. military's first bomber of the 21st century.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Show Notes 03-20-2016
Sunday Show 03-20-16
Palm Sunday
The celebration of Palm Sunday originated in the Jerusalem Church, around the late fourth century. The early Palm Sunday ceremony consisted of prayers, hymns, and sermons recited by the clergy while the people walked to various holy sites throughout the city.
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Pope in Palm Sunday homily decries indifference to refugees
Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday homily decried what he called indifference to the refugees flooding into Europe, making a comparison to authorities who washed their hands of Jesus' fate ahead of his crucifixion.
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Bill would take Alabama out of marriage license business
The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted to do away with state-issued marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage.
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Manager and job applicant foil thief at fast food restaurant.
A job interview was in progress when a thief grabbed cash from the till at a fast food restaurant. The manager conducting the interview then blocked the door, and the applicant grabbed the thief's arms.
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"Passion" will tell Jesus's story live
Fox scored a creative hit with its buoyant, well-produced “Grease: Live” in late January. Now the network is trying another twist on the live musical with a modern retelling of the Easter story in “The Passion,” broadcast live from New Orleans, 8-10 p.m. Sunday.
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Troops at Ft. Gordon Subjected to Unauthorized Lecture on ‘White Privilege’
Troops stationed at Ford Gordon, Georgia were subjected to an unauthorized lecture on “white privilege” during an Equal Opportunity briefing last year, according to a PowerPoint presentation the Army released last month to Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Family buys Purple Heart at Goodwill for $4.99 searches for its real owner
A husband and wife in Arizona spotted a deal when they uncovered a Purple Heart with a $4.99 price tag at a Goodwill store, but they said they had a duty to find the real hero who received the medal, local media reported Wednesday.
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Futuristic Military railgun bullets could travel at mach 6
New “bullets” for military railguns, which could strike enemy targets traveling at a whopping six times the speed of sound, are being tested.
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Students told: 'If you're Christian, confess to be atheist'
A University of North Carolina professor encourages students to make false “confessions” to parents of a religious or sexual nature as part of his Spanish class.
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NASA agrees to stop censoring Jesus fro employee email's about “Praise and Worship Club”
In June 2015, attorneys at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told Christian employees they could no longer mention the name "Jesus" in e-newsletter announcements for their Praise and Worship Club because they believed it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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Archbishop: “It's not racist to oppose refugees
Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury said it is “outrageous” to describe people who are worried about the impact of mass migration as racist. There is “genuine fear” of the impact on housing, jobs and the national health system, Archbishop Austin Welby told Parliament’s The House magazine.
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Palm Sunday
The celebration of Palm Sunday originated in the Jerusalem Church, around the late fourth century. The early Palm Sunday ceremony consisted of prayers, hymns, and sermons recited by the clergy while the people walked to various holy sites throughout the city.
Read More
Pope in Palm Sunday homily decries indifference to refugees
Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday homily decried what he called indifference to the refugees flooding into Europe, making a comparison to authorities who washed their hands of Jesus' fate ahead of his crucifixion.
Read More
Bill would take Alabama out of marriage license business
The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted to do away with state-issued marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage.
Read More
Manager and job applicant foil thief at fast food restaurant.
A job interview was in progress when a thief grabbed cash from the till at a fast food restaurant. The manager conducting the interview then blocked the door, and the applicant grabbed the thief's arms.
Read More
"Passion" will tell Jesus's story live
Fox scored a creative hit with its buoyant, well-produced “Grease: Live” in late January. Now the network is trying another twist on the live musical with a modern retelling of the Easter story in “The Passion,” broadcast live from New Orleans, 8-10 p.m. Sunday.
Read More
Troops at Ft. Gordon Subjected to Unauthorized Lecture on ‘White Privilege’
Troops stationed at Ford Gordon, Georgia were subjected to an unauthorized lecture on “white privilege” during an Equal Opportunity briefing last year, according to a PowerPoint presentation the Army released last month to Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Read More
Family buys Purple Heart at Goodwill for $4.99 searches for its real owner
A husband and wife in Arizona spotted a deal when they uncovered a Purple Heart with a $4.99 price tag at a Goodwill store, but they said they had a duty to find the real hero who received the medal, local media reported Wednesday.
Read More
Futuristic Military railgun bullets could travel at mach 6
New “bullets” for military railguns, which could strike enemy targets traveling at a whopping six times the speed of sound, are being tested.
Read More
Students told: 'If you're Christian, confess to be atheist'
A University of North Carolina professor encourages students to make false “confessions” to parents of a religious or sexual nature as part of his Spanish class.
Read More
NASA agrees to stop censoring Jesus fro employee email's about “Praise and Worship Club”
In June 2015, attorneys at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told Christian employees they could no longer mention the name "Jesus" in e-newsletter announcements for their Praise and Worship Club because they believed it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Read More
Archbishop: “It's not racist to oppose refugees
Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury said it is “outrageous” to describe people who are worried about the impact of mass migration as racist. There is “genuine fear” of the impact on housing, jobs and the national health system, Archbishop Austin Welby told Parliament’s The House magazine.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Show Notes 01-03-16
Sunday show 12-03-15
Big oil to cut investment again in 2016
With crude prices at 11-year lows, the world's biggest oil and gas producers are facing their longest period of investment cuts in decades, but are expected to borrow more to preserve the dividends demanded by investors.
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Caffeine Junkies rejoice: coffee just got cheaper!
If year, researchers predicted that temperature fluctuations will cause drought, pests and other climate-sensitive factors that will affect crop yields, and eventually even cause some tropical highlands to lose their capacity for producing the higher-quality Arabica coffee.
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Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?
As Motion Picture Academy members cast their ballots for Oscar nominations this week, the biggest issue for many voters isn't about who might be nominated but about the diversity of this year's acting class.
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Congregants catch Pastor stealing from collection basket
A crooked cleric was caught stealing from the collection basket of his tiny Upper East Side church — by suspicious congregants who secretly set up a video camera, cops said Thursday.
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US Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Wings Past 200 Days in Orbit
The X-37B space plane looks like a miniature version of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter. The military space plane is 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 9.5 feet (2.9 m) tall, and has a wingspan of nearly 15 feet (4.6 m).
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Lunar Leap: Europe Is Reaching for a Moon Base by the 2030s
The moon, supporters say, can serve as a springboard to push the human exploration of the solar system, with Mars as the horizon goal. So Europe is ratcheting up what it sees as the strategic significance of the moon by pushing forward on lunar-exploration missions that would involve both humans and robots.
Read More
End of meat? Startups seek meat alternatives for the masses
Patrick Brown is on an improbable mission: Make a burger Americans love, minus the meat. Veggie patties have been around for decades, but Brown and others want to make foods without animal products that look, cook and taste like the real thing — and can finally appeal to the masses.
Read More
Want to Lose Weight? Fewer Americans Say Yes
More Americans are happy with their weight, a new poll suggests. In a recent Gallup poll, 49 percent of Americans said they would like to lose weight — the first time in at least 25 years that less than half of Americans reported wanting to lose weight, according to the poll. The number is down from a high of 62 percent who said in 2004 that they wanted to lose weight.
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Do Pot Smokers Drink More or Less? Results Are Mixed
Do people who use legal marijuana drink less or more alcohol? The answer, it turns out, is complicated, a new study finds.
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Big oil to cut investment again in 2016
With crude prices at 11-year lows, the world's biggest oil and gas producers are facing their longest period of investment cuts in decades, but are expected to borrow more to preserve the dividends demanded by investors.
Read More
Caffeine Junkies rejoice: coffee just got cheaper!
If year, researchers predicted that temperature fluctuations will cause drought, pests and other climate-sensitive factors that will affect crop yields, and eventually even cause some tropical highlands to lose their capacity for producing the higher-quality Arabica coffee.
Read More
Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?
As Motion Picture Academy members cast their ballots for Oscar nominations this week, the biggest issue for many voters isn't about who might be nominated but about the diversity of this year's acting class.
Read More
Congregants catch Pastor stealing from collection basket
A crooked cleric was caught stealing from the collection basket of his tiny Upper East Side church — by suspicious congregants who secretly set up a video camera, cops said Thursday.
Read More
US Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Wings Past 200 Days in Orbit
The X-37B space plane looks like a miniature version of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter. The military space plane is 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 9.5 feet (2.9 m) tall, and has a wingspan of nearly 15 feet (4.6 m).
Read More
Lunar Leap: Europe Is Reaching for a Moon Base by the 2030s
The moon, supporters say, can serve as a springboard to push the human exploration of the solar system, with Mars as the horizon goal. So Europe is ratcheting up what it sees as the strategic significance of the moon by pushing forward on lunar-exploration missions that would involve both humans and robots.
Read More
End of meat? Startups seek meat alternatives for the masses
Patrick Brown is on an improbable mission: Make a burger Americans love, minus the meat. Veggie patties have been around for decades, but Brown and others want to make foods without animal products that look, cook and taste like the real thing — and can finally appeal to the masses.
Read More
Want to Lose Weight? Fewer Americans Say Yes
More Americans are happy with their weight, a new poll suggests. In a recent Gallup poll, 49 percent of Americans said they would like to lose weight — the first time in at least 25 years that less than half of Americans reported wanting to lose weight, according to the poll. The number is down from a high of 62 percent who said in 2004 that they wanted to lose weight.
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Do Pot Smokers Drink More or Less? Results Are Mixed
Do people who use legal marijuana drink less or more alcohol? The answer, it turns out, is complicated, a new study finds.
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Monday, September 21, 2015
Show Notes 09-20-15
Sunday show 09-20-15
Everything you need to know about The September Equinox
The September equinox arrives on September 23, 2015 at 8:21 UTC. Although the equinox happens at the same moment worldwide, your clock times will depend on your time zone.
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Alabama Supreme Court says state doesn't have to recognize lesbian adoption from Georgia
The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to recognize an adoption by a lesbian mother of her three children granted by a Georgia court in 2007. The children now live in Jefferson County.
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Police Lives Matter group marches on Capital
Hundreds of supporters of the Police Lives Matter movement - including widows and children of officers killed in the line of duty - were on the steps of the Austin Police Department Saturday where they prayed, recited the Pledge of Allegiance and held up signs with the names of their fallen heroes.
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Iranian crowds chanting 'death to America' don't mean it personally, says president Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has tried to reassure a sceptical American public that crowds chanting "death to America" in Tehran do not mean it personally.
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Dog stands guard for week protecting second dog trapped in water tank
A Washington state animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for a nearly a week on Vashon Island to protect another dog that had fallen in a cistern. Tillie, a setter mix, only left Phoebe's side to try to alert people of her trapped friend.
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N4T Investigators: Judge rules to keep Operation Fast and Furious out of Terry murder trial
When a jury gathers next week for the trial of two men charged with the murder of a U.S. federal agent, it will not hear any details of how two guns found at the murder scene were part of a U.S. government-sanctioned weapon program, a federal judge has ruled.
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Experts question whether classroom barricade devices are safe
A nationwide push allowing schools to buy portable barricade devices they can set up if an active shooter enters their building has school security and fire experts questioning whether they're really safe.
Read More
More than 20 students at Virginia high school suspended for wearing Confederate flag on clothing
More than 20 western Virginia high school students were suspended Thursday after holding a rally to protest a new policy banning vehicles with Confederate flag symbols from the school parking lot and refusing to take off clothing displaying the symbol.
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Croatia shuts most Serbia border crossings angering Serbia
Thousands of migrants were trapped Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected new barbed-wire fences in a bid to stem the wave of humanity fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
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Coporations on attack against Christians
To hear progressives tell it, big business is a bastion of conservatism and reactionary thought. So why are corporations so eager to champion homosexuality and insult Christian beliefs? One pastor argues it’s because business leaders aren’t just interested in making money – they want to turn the culture away from Christianity.
Read More
NASA releases dramatic Pluto images
NASA has released more stunning images from New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, which show icy mountains, fog, and the dwarf planet’s landscape dramatically backlit by the sun. The images, released Thursday, were taken on July 14 and downlinked to Earth on Sept. 13.
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Everything you need to know about The September Equinox
The September equinox arrives on September 23, 2015 at 8:21 UTC. Although the equinox happens at the same moment worldwide, your clock times will depend on your time zone.
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Alabama Supreme Court says state doesn't have to recognize lesbian adoption from Georgia
The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to recognize an adoption by a lesbian mother of her three children granted by a Georgia court in 2007. The children now live in Jefferson County.
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Police Lives Matter group marches on Capital
Hundreds of supporters of the Police Lives Matter movement - including widows and children of officers killed in the line of duty - were on the steps of the Austin Police Department Saturday where they prayed, recited the Pledge of Allegiance and held up signs with the names of their fallen heroes.
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Iranian crowds chanting 'death to America' don't mean it personally, says president Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has tried to reassure a sceptical American public that crowds chanting "death to America" in Tehran do not mean it personally.
Read More
Dog stands guard for week protecting second dog trapped in water tank
A Washington state animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for a nearly a week on Vashon Island to protect another dog that had fallen in a cistern. Tillie, a setter mix, only left Phoebe's side to try to alert people of her trapped friend.
Read More
N4T Investigators: Judge rules to keep Operation Fast and Furious out of Terry murder trial
When a jury gathers next week for the trial of two men charged with the murder of a U.S. federal agent, it will not hear any details of how two guns found at the murder scene were part of a U.S. government-sanctioned weapon program, a federal judge has ruled.
Read More
Experts question whether classroom barricade devices are safe
A nationwide push allowing schools to buy portable barricade devices they can set up if an active shooter enters their building has school security and fire experts questioning whether they're really safe.
Read More
More than 20 students at Virginia high school suspended for wearing Confederate flag on clothing
More than 20 western Virginia high school students were suspended Thursday after holding a rally to protest a new policy banning vehicles with Confederate flag symbols from the school parking lot and refusing to take off clothing displaying the symbol.
Read More
Croatia shuts most Serbia border crossings angering Serbia
Thousands of migrants were trapped Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected new barbed-wire fences in a bid to stem the wave of humanity fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
Read More
Coporations on attack against Christians
To hear progressives tell it, big business is a bastion of conservatism and reactionary thought. So why are corporations so eager to champion homosexuality and insult Christian beliefs? One pastor argues it’s because business leaders aren’t just interested in making money – they want to turn the culture away from Christianity.
Read More
NASA releases dramatic Pluto images
NASA has released more stunning images from New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, which show icy mountains, fog, and the dwarf planet’s landscape dramatically backlit by the sun. The images, released Thursday, were taken on July 14 and downlinked to Earth on Sept. 13.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Sunday Show Notes 07-12-2015
Sunday show 7/12/15
Man who entered US illegally arrested in Michigan on kidnapping, sexual assault charges
An illegal Mexican immigrant allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl from her Florida home last week and sexually abused her before police located the pair in Michigan, Fox 28 reported.
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It's showtime for Pluto; prepare to be amazed by NASA flyby
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory.
Read More
At UN Rights Council, Don’t Use the Word ‘Genocidal’ in Reference to Palestinian Terrorists
The president of the UN Human Rights Council took issue this week with the use by a non-governmental organization representative of the term “genocidal killers” to describe Palestinian terrorists, but Venezuela’s representative was not reprimanded from the chair when he called Israel’s offensive against Hamas last year a “genocidal attack.”
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UNESCO Backs Muslim Narrative on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
A key committee of the United Nations cultural agency adopted a resolution this week whose language implicitly endorses the legend underpinning Islam’s claim to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount -- the assertion that Mohammed tied his winged steed there while en route from Mecca to heaven.
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Citizen Chases Down, Shoots, Captures Bank Robber
A Pennsylvania gun owner was at the right place at the right time this morning, and helped put a bad guy in jail. A suspect in a Hatboro bank robbery was chased down and shot by a witness before being taken into custody Wednesday morning, police said.
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Chicago Gun Control Activists File Harassment Lawsuit Against Neighboring Towns
A coalition of gun control supporters in Chicago have filed a lawsuit against the surrounding communities of Lyons, Riverdale, and Lincolnwood for not infringing deeply enough on the rights of citizens who want to purchase firearms.
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Maine Drops Concealed Carry Permitting Scheme, Joins “Constitutional Carry” States
Maine is the latest state to do away with concealed carry permitting, and will now join five other states that have so-called “constitutional carry” of concealed handguns.
Read More
How American engineers are helping drive robotics innovation
Last month, robotics experts from around the world travelled to Pomona, California to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), a contest where semi-autonomous humanoid robots have to perform various obstacles, such as driving vehicles, cutting holes with power tools, and opening car doors, all without falling down. While these are everyday feats we humans take for granted, programming a robot to accomplish these things is apparently no walk in the park.
Read More
Man who entered US illegally arrested in Michigan on kidnapping, sexual assault charges
An illegal Mexican immigrant allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl from her Florida home last week and sexually abused her before police located the pair in Michigan, Fox 28 reported.
Read More
It's showtime for Pluto; prepare to be amazed by NASA flyby
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory.
Read More
At UN Rights Council, Don’t Use the Word ‘Genocidal’ in Reference to Palestinian Terrorists
The president of the UN Human Rights Council took issue this week with the use by a non-governmental organization representative of the term “genocidal killers” to describe Palestinian terrorists, but Venezuela’s representative was not reprimanded from the chair when he called Israel’s offensive against Hamas last year a “genocidal attack.”
Read More
UNESCO Backs Muslim Narrative on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
A key committee of the United Nations cultural agency adopted a resolution this week whose language implicitly endorses the legend underpinning Islam’s claim to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount -- the assertion that Mohammed tied his winged steed there while en route from Mecca to heaven.
Read More
Citizen Chases Down, Shoots, Captures Bank Robber
A Pennsylvania gun owner was at the right place at the right time this morning, and helped put a bad guy in jail. A suspect in a Hatboro bank robbery was chased down and shot by a witness before being taken into custody Wednesday morning, police said.
Read More
Chicago Gun Control Activists File Harassment Lawsuit Against Neighboring Towns
A coalition of gun control supporters in Chicago have filed a lawsuit against the surrounding communities of Lyons, Riverdale, and Lincolnwood for not infringing deeply enough on the rights of citizens who want to purchase firearms.
Read More
Maine Drops Concealed Carry Permitting Scheme, Joins “Constitutional Carry” States
Maine is the latest state to do away with concealed carry permitting, and will now join five other states that have so-called “constitutional carry” of concealed handguns.
Read More
How American engineers are helping drive robotics innovation
Last month, robotics experts from around the world travelled to Pomona, California to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), a contest where semi-autonomous humanoid robots have to perform various obstacles, such as driving vehicles, cutting holes with power tools, and opening car doors, all without falling down. While these are everyday feats we humans take for granted, programming a robot to accomplish these things is apparently no walk in the park.
Read More
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Show Notes 01-15-2015
Thursday show 01-15-15
1,000 Alien Planets!
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Hits Big Milestone
The Hubble Space
Telescope revisited the so-called "Pillars of Creation,"
which the space agency describes as "three giant columns of cold
gas bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of
young, massive stars in a small region of the Eagle Nebula, or M16."
Read More
Firestorm: U.S. school
makes girls follow Islam dress code
The Douglas County
School District in Colorado, is under fire for saying that
schoolgirls might have to cover up from head to ankle for a field
trip to a Muslim mosque, has confirmed that such Shariah requirements
will be enforced on the outing.Firestorm: U.S. school makes girls
follow Islam dress code.
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School with $160.00
annual budget sees kindness from strangers
First came the calls.
Then the reams of paper, more precious in a cash-strapped public
school than gold. Finally, the checks arrived. Anna Lane Lingelbach
Elementary, a public school in Germantown, began the academic year
with a discretionary budget of $160: 40 cents to spend on each needy
student.
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Now,
Israel gets wiped off many maps
WND
reported last week that HarperCollins, one of the largest publishers
in the world, filled orders from Arab countries to provide maps for
school children in the Middle East that erase Israel. The U.S.-based
publishing giant apologized and canceled all future sales of its
Collins Middle East Atlas after published reports by WND and several
other media outlets exposed the defective maps.
Read More
Anti-Islamist
Rallies in Germany Condemned by U.N., Turkey’s President
A
spate of anti-Islamist rallies in Germany drew the condemnation
Tuesday of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, while Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited what he called growing
“Islamophobia” to mount a new verbal attack on the European
Union.
Read More
Gun
owners fear Maryland cops target them for traffic stops
A
year ago this New Year’s Eve, John Filippidis of Florida was
driving south with his family on Interstate 95 when the Maryland
Transportation Authority Police pulled over his black Ford Expedition
and proceeded to raid it while his twins, wife and daughter looked on
— separated in the back seats of different police cruisers.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Show Notes 08/28/2014
Thursday
Show 8/28/14
Feds
sue St. Anthony over rejection of Islamic Center
The
federal government announced its plans to sue the city of St. Anthony
for rejecting a proposed Islamic center a couple of years ago. U.S.
Attorney Andrew Luger formally announced the civil rights lawsuit at
a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
Read More
'You're
Next,' Israeli PR Campaign Warns West
A
leading private Israeli marketing firm believes the Jewish state can
do a whole lot better when it comes to public relations during war
time, and provided an object lesson to that effect in the form of a
graphical banner campaign that quickly went viral on Facebook.
Read More
U.S.
to allow some immigrant deportees to return under settlement
Homeland
security officials will not use threats and intimidation against
immigrants facing possible deportation, and will allow some —
perhaps thousands — with ties to Southern California to return
under an agreement announced Wednesday.
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Illegal
Aliens storm San Diego; second attempt thwarted
Illegal
aliens successfully landed on a San Diego beach in a panga boat on
Monday and ran to shore - but, when another group tried the same
thing on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) agents were waiting
for them.
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NASA:
dangerous sunspot aligning with Earth
A
direct hit on Earth from an X-class flare could cause major
disruptions, or even destruction, to the U.S. electrical grid, which
already is very vulnerable, as well as to life-sustaining critical
infrastructures dependent on the grid to function.
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California
law calls for schools to teach about the significance of Obama's
election
The
measure, AB 1912, requires the California Instructional Quality
Commission to consider including instruction on Obama’s election
during its next revision of history-social science curriculum. This
curriculum hasn’t been updated in nine years, the bill’s sponsor,
Assemblyman Chris Holden (D), said in a statement, and will not be
updated until the 2015-2016 school year.
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Here's
your ticket out of Common Core
The
Common Core school standards imposed on teachers by Washington
bureaucrats have been rejected by multiple states, targeted by
lawsuits and criticized as more indoctrination than education.
Read More
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Show Notes 08/10/2014
Sunday Show 8/10/14
New Jersey church orders bats in their attic to leave
The bats in the attic of a historic church in New Jersey are being evicted. The creatures have made Tranquility United Methodist Church in Green Township their bat cave for years. But church officials have wanted to do something about them since replacing a porous slate roof damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Sunday.
Read More
HS bibble banner lawsuit heads to Texas Supreme Court
A group of high school cheerleaders from southeast Texas asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule on whether banners emblazoned with Bible verses that they display at football games is protected free speech.
Read More
California school district shelves sex education text that prompted parents outrage
A Northern California school district is shelving a controversial sex education textbook with racy references to masturbation, sex toys and bondage.
Read More
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tops box office
Studio estimates say "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sliced off $65 million at the weekend box office. The Paramount comic-book adaptation featuring Megan Fox alongside computer-generated renditions of the pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling superheroes lunged into first place in its debut weekend.
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Nixon resigns Presidency
On August 9th 1974, President Richard M. Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.
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Ford is inaugurated
On this day in 1974, one day after the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as president, making him the first man to assume the presidency upon his predecessor's resignation.
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Major player in Obama eligibility booted from office
In an election-year stunner, Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii was ousted from office Saturday by state Sen. David Ige, who crushed the incumbent in the Democratic primary, despite a last-minute push for Abercrombie by President Barack Obama. Although he has been outspent by about 10 to 1, Ige defeated Abercrombie by a margin of 67 to 32 percent.
Read More
Feminists declare war on transgenders
Women are not the same as men. That’s obvious to most. But a stunning conveyor of that message is radical feminists, who according to the New Yorker, are objecting to claims to womanhood made by men, otherwise known as transgenders.
Read More
Former postmaster blasts USPS stamp choices
A former postmaster general and prominent stamp collector is accusing the U.S. Postal Service of “prostituting” its stamp program, sacrificing cultural icons for pop culture in a wrongheaded search for “illusory profits.”
Read More
Smartphone App to help you avoid dangerous areas is obviously racist or something
What if you were moving to – or visiting – a city where you didn’t know your way around? And what if you were worried about wandering into a high crime area, but didn’t know the layout of the city?
Read More
11 year old Cancer survivor invents chemo backpack for pediatric patients
An 11-year-old cancer survivor has used her own experience to invent a device that she hopes will make chemo treatments a little easier for other kids battling the disease, KDVR.com reported.
Read More
Great Gift for Grandma? Retirees Love Tablets
Figures just out from communications regulator Ofcom suggest that tablets are becoming increasingly popular among the over-55s. It seems 28% of this group own one and for many, it has become a go-to main device.
Read More
Astronauts cannot sleep properly in space
A new study by Harvard Medical School has found many astronauts suffer serious levels of sleep deprivation that could be putting their lives in danger. Scientists studied the sleep patterns of 64 astronauts on 80 space shuttle missions and 21 International Space Station (ISS) crew members before, during and after spaceflight.
Read More
New Jersey church orders bats in their attic to leave
The bats in the attic of a historic church in New Jersey are being evicted. The creatures have made Tranquility United Methodist Church in Green Township their bat cave for years. But church officials have wanted to do something about them since replacing a porous slate roof damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Sunday.
Read More
HS bibble banner lawsuit heads to Texas Supreme Court
A group of high school cheerleaders from southeast Texas asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule on whether banners emblazoned with Bible verses that they display at football games is protected free speech.
Read More
California school district shelves sex education text that prompted parents outrage
A Northern California school district is shelving a controversial sex education textbook with racy references to masturbation, sex toys and bondage.
Read More
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tops box office
Studio estimates say "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sliced off $65 million at the weekend box office. The Paramount comic-book adaptation featuring Megan Fox alongside computer-generated renditions of the pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling superheroes lunged into first place in its debut weekend.
Read More
Nixon resigns Presidency
On August 9th 1974, President Richard M. Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.
Read More
Ford is inaugurated
On this day in 1974, one day after the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as president, making him the first man to assume the presidency upon his predecessor's resignation.
Read More
Major player in Obama eligibility booted from office
In an election-year stunner, Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii was ousted from office Saturday by state Sen. David Ige, who crushed the incumbent in the Democratic primary, despite a last-minute push for Abercrombie by President Barack Obama. Although he has been outspent by about 10 to 1, Ige defeated Abercrombie by a margin of 67 to 32 percent.
Read More
Feminists declare war on transgenders
Women are not the same as men. That’s obvious to most. But a stunning conveyor of that message is radical feminists, who according to the New Yorker, are objecting to claims to womanhood made by men, otherwise known as transgenders.
Read More
Former postmaster blasts USPS stamp choices
A former postmaster general and prominent stamp collector is accusing the U.S. Postal Service of “prostituting” its stamp program, sacrificing cultural icons for pop culture in a wrongheaded search for “illusory profits.”
Read More
Smartphone App to help you avoid dangerous areas is obviously racist or something
What if you were moving to – or visiting – a city where you didn’t know your way around? And what if you were worried about wandering into a high crime area, but didn’t know the layout of the city?
Read More
11 year old Cancer survivor invents chemo backpack for pediatric patients
An 11-year-old cancer survivor has used her own experience to invent a device that she hopes will make chemo treatments a little easier for other kids battling the disease, KDVR.com reported.
Read More
Great Gift for Grandma? Retirees Love Tablets
Figures just out from communications regulator Ofcom suggest that tablets are becoming increasingly popular among the over-55s. It seems 28% of this group own one and for many, it has become a go-to main device.
Read More
Astronauts cannot sleep properly in space
A new study by Harvard Medical School has found many astronauts suffer serious levels of sleep deprivation that could be putting their lives in danger. Scientists studied the sleep patterns of 64 astronauts on 80 space shuttle missions and 21 International Space Station (ISS) crew members before, during and after spaceflight.
Read More
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Show Notes 03/30/2014
Sunday Show 3/30/14
Electricity in 2013
came from nuclear reactors, dams and fossil fuels
Coal-fired electricity
production, which rebounded last year after two years of decline, was
the nation’s leading source of electricity in 2013. It produced
1,585,998 million KWH—up 4.8 percent from the 1,514,043 million KWH
produced in
2012.
Mars open new 279
million dollar plant producing Snickers and M&M's
Americans aren't losing
their taste for chocolate. Need proof? Look to Kansas, where candy
giant Mars Inc. is operating its first new plant in 35 years to churn
out millions of sweets every
day.
Ivy league statistician debunks NASA funded socialism study
A Cornell University
statistician is debunking a study indirectly funded by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that “uses a
predator-prey model of humans and nature” - with humans as
“predators” and nature as “prey”- to predict the collapse of
human civilization unless it reaches a “sustainable
equilibrium.
Mega vote updates
Military Sexual Assault
Prosecutions – Passage - Vote Passed (97-0, 3 Not Voting) Senators
finished work on reforming the military's practices for reporting and
prosecuting sexual assaults within its ranks on Monday, passing a
bill written by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO.
Obamacare sics food police on pizza parlors
On the eighth day, God
created pizza. It made everyone forget the forbidden fruit. So it’s
almost sacrilegious that the feds are attacking the pizza business.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/istook-obamacare-sics-food-police-on-pizza-parlors/#ixzz2xU3Uw1Z0
Friday, August 30, 2013
Show Notes 08/29/2013
John Quincy Adams on
Islam
Thomas More Law Center
represents Veterans protesting confiscation of historic flag
Peter Parente,
President of the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association
of New Rochelle, New York (“Veterans”) (UVMPA-NR) announced that
UVMPA has retained the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national
public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to regain the
right to fly the historic Gadsden Flag under the Stars and Stripes.
Vietnam Veteran
reunited with long lost dog tags
Lanny Martinson left a
lot in Vietnam: parts of himself, both physical and emotional. The
U.S. Marine Corps veteran lost his right leg in a minefield outside
Khe Sanh in 1968.
Obama administration
will not preempt state marijuana laws
The Obama
administration on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of
Colorado, Washington and other states where voters have supported
legalizing marijuana either for medical or recreational use, as long
as those states maintain strict rules involving distribution of the
drug.
Gay spouses in all
states can file joint taxes
Gay spouses in all U.S.
states will be treated as married under federal tax law even if local
authorities don’t recognize their marriages, in what gay-rights
advocates are calling a victory.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-29/gay-spouses-in-all-states-can-file-joint-taxes.html
NASA discovers hugh
hidden canyon in Greenland
Data from a NASA
airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously
unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice.
Archaeological
perserved named New Dark-Sky Park
In the northwestern
corner of New Mexico, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park is
famous for protecting the ruins of an ancient Pueblo settlement.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Show Notes 05/23/2013
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes:
Thursday 05/23/2013
Board Votes To Close 49 Chicago
Elementary Schools
The Chicago Board of Education on
Wednesday voted to close 49 elementary schools, in what is believed
to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history.
Federal student aid form now using
parent
Applying for federal student aid? The
application no longer asks about a student's "mother" and
"father." Instead, the U.S. Education Department is
replacing those terms with "Parent 1" and "Parent 2."
Blanche Ely High School teacher
punished after alleged sex talk
A Broward reading teacher has been
suspended for 13 days without pay after her overly permissive
classroom environment led to rampant student
misbehavior and students feeling
emboldened enough to ask the teacher about her past sexual
encounters.
Government memo warns that 3d printed
guns may be impossible to stop
A new Department of Homeland Security
intelligence bulletin warns it could be "impossible" to
stop 3D-printed guns from being made, not to mention getting past
security checkpoints.
NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida
up for lease
Nearly two years after space shuttle
Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a
"For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in
Florida.
Mice return from month in space
A Russian capsule carrying mice and
lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in
space.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/05/19/mice-return-from-month-in-space/#ixzz2UA2hZkU8
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/05/19/mice-return-from-month-in-space/#ixzz2UA2hZkU8
Next frontier for Cheeks Kilpatrick:
Panel exploring existence of alien life
A group hoping to prove alien contact with Earth has tapped former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick to help convince the federal government to acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrials.
A group hoping to prove alien contact with Earth has tapped former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick to help convince the federal government to acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrials.
Cars ablaze as Stockholm braces for
fifth night of riots
At least six cars were torched in a
Stockholm suburb late Thursday, as the Swedish capital braced for a
fifth night of riots.
Obama orders Holder to investigation
Holder
President Obama is a little uneasy with
the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s
aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fact,
he has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a 45-day
review of the department’s guidelines on the issue.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/obama-orders-doj-review-of-leak-investigations/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/obama-orders-doj-review-of-leak-investigations/
Friday, March 29, 2013
Show Notes 03/28/2013
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes:
Thursday 03/28/2013
Marine Veteran fights cancer and
government
Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent
the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government.
The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare
form of breast cancer that he believes is due to contaminated
drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he trained in
the mid-1950s.
Limbaugh hits O'Reilly for bible
thumpers comment.
Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly
argued Tuesday that opponents of same-sex marriage have not “been
able to do anything but thump the Bible.”
Chris Matthews on Thursday took a break
from comparing conservatives to Nazis and instead compared them to
movie Nazis. The Hardball anchor opened the program by referencing
the classic movie Casablanca.
WAPO's Sally Quinn attacks Ben Carson
for prayer breakfast speech
Maybe we should take to ironically
nicknaming Sally Quinn as "Scoop" for this: On March 27, in
a column headlined "Does Ben Carson Have a Prayer?" the
Washington Post On Faith editor attacked Dr. Ben Carson for his
National Prayer Breakfast speech delivered on February 7.
The Armed Citizen
Roger Mundell, Jr. entered his garage
one morning only to be confronted by a seemingly rabid bobcat that
had gained entry through an open door.
Senator John Cornyn R-TX doubles down on imaginary friends and border crossers
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is at it
again—apparently making up Texas friends with property overrun by
border crossers.
New Space station crew to launch and
dock today in cosmic first
After blasting off on a Russian rocket
ride Thursday, March 28, three men are poised to make history by
reaching the International Space Station faster than any astronauts
to fly there before.
Splashdown! SpaceX Dragon Capsule
Returns to Earth
An unmanned SpaceX space capsule
splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday (March 26), reaching
the wet finish line of the spaceflight company's second cargo
delivery flight to the International Space Station for NASA.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Show notes 01/20/2013
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday
01/20/13
New Black Panther Field Marshal: Whites
‘Should be Thankful We’re Not Hanging Crackers By Nooses…Yet,
Yet, Yet’
The National Field Marshal for the New
Black Panther Party (NBPP), King Samir Shabazz, engaged in multiple
vicious tirades on his national radio show this weekend, calling for
broad violence against whites.
Flu Season Fuels Debate Over Paid Sick
Time Laws
A school speech therapist who works as
an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the
mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was
aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home
the next day, then loaded up on medicine and returned to work.
Barack Obama: Our Imerial Emperor in
Chief
He spoke of having had the debate over
the economy during the 2012 campaign and boasted, “…the American
people agreed with me.” By the way, can we now retire the phrase
“the American people”? Too many politicians overuse it, including
Speaker John Boehner.
White House responds to secession petitions
“As much as we value a healthy
debate,” writes Jon Carson, director of the White House’s Office
of Public Engagement, in in the official response, “we don’t let
that debate tear us apart.”
WND was the first news outlet in the
nation to report when a Louisiana man began a petition on the White
House’s “We the People” website, asking permission for his
state to peacefully secede.
NASA Beams Mona Lisa to Moon with Laser
Call it the ultimate in high art: Using
a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo
da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful spacecraft
orbiting the moon, marking a first in laser communication.
'Strongest evidence yet to there being
life on Mars'
Prof John Parnell, 55, has co-written a
theory with Dr Joseph Michalski, a planetary geologist at the Natural
History Museum, that suggests they have discovered the best signs of
life in the huge McLaughlin Crater on the surface of Mars.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Show Notes: 09-09-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 9/9/12
A prayer for Government Leaders
God of power and might, wisdom and justice, through you authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed.
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers/prayer-for-troops.cfm
Hungry homeless man sentenced to 60 days in jail for choking pelican to death
A homeless man was sentenced today to 60 days in jail for choking a pelican to death because he was hungry
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21491649/hungry-homeless-man-sentenced-60-days-jail-choking
Breitbart film bares roots of 'Occupy' movement
The Occupy Wall Street movement’s dark underbelly is on full display in an explosive new documentary set for release later this month.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/06/breitbart-film-seeks-to-bare-roots-of-occupy-movement/#ixzz260kVvbKp
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/08/greece-protests-idUSL6E8K81C120120908
Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin author of Officers Oath
www.officersoath.com
www.terrylakinactionfund.com
www.safeguardourconstitution.com
Democratic Party Platform of 1952
No system of government can survive the challenge of an atomic era unless its administration is committed to the stewardship of a trustee imbued with a democratic faith, a buoyant hope for the future, the charity of brotherhood, and the vision to translate these ideals into the realities of human government. The Government of the United States, administered by the Democratic Party, is today so entrusted.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29600
Voyager 1 beams back images of our planet as it explores the furthest fringes of the solar system
And now, to celebrate the cosmic anniversary, NASA has re-released two historic images taken from the spacecraft Voyager 1 during its explorations of our solar system. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2196997/Voyager-1-beams-images-Earth-tiny-dot-prepares-interstellar-space.html#ixzz25ja4K9Fj
A prayer for Government Leaders
God of power and might, wisdom and justice, through you authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed.
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers/prayer-for-troops.cfm
Hungry homeless man sentenced to 60 days in jail for choking pelican to death
A homeless man was sentenced today to 60 days in jail for choking a pelican to death because he was hungry
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21491649/hungry-homeless-man-sentenced-60-days-jail-choking
Breitbart film bares roots of 'Occupy' movement
The Occupy Wall Street movement’s dark underbelly is on full display in an explosive new documentary set for release later this month.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/06/breitbart-film-seeks-to-bare-roots-of-occupy-movement/#ixzz260kVvbKp
Thousands of Greeks protest against new round of austerity cuts
Thousands of Greeks marched at an annual fair in Greece's second-biggest city on Saturday to protest against a new round of wage and pension cuts demanded by international lenders in exchange for aid to stave off bankruptcy.http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/08/greece-protests-idUSL6E8K81C120120908
Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin author of Officers Oath
www.officersoath.com
www.terrylakinactionfund.com
www.safeguardourconstitution.com
Democratic Party Platform of 1952
No system of government can survive the challenge of an atomic era unless its administration is committed to the stewardship of a trustee imbued with a democratic faith, a buoyant hope for the future, the charity of brotherhood, and the vision to translate these ideals into the realities of human government. The Government of the United States, administered by the Democratic Party, is today so entrusted.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29600
Voyager 1 beams back images of our planet as it explores the furthest fringes of the solar system
And now, to celebrate the cosmic anniversary, NASA has re-released two historic images taken from the spacecraft Voyager 1 during its explorations of our solar system. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2196997/Voyager-1-beams-images-Earth-tiny-dot-prepares-interstellar-space.html#ixzz25ja4K9Fj
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Show Notes: 08-5-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 8/5/12
A Prayer for the day
Lord, May all that we do this day, from morning until night, begin with your inspiration, and
continue with your powerful help.
http://www.churchyear.net/prayer/prayerfortheday.html
Record number of coal fired generators to be shut down
Facing declining demand for electricity and stiff federal environmental regulations, coal plant operators are planning to retire 175 coal-fired generators, or 8.5 percent of the total coal-fired capacity in the United States,according to an analysis by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/28/record-number-of-coal-fired-generators-to-be-shut-down-in-2012/#ixzz22hGl46y9
Shatner helps NASA rover to boldly go to Mars
A NASA rover is preparing to boldly go to the surface of Mars and the landing has been explained in a video by original Star Trek actor William Shatner.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/04/shatner-helps-nasa-rover-to-boldly-go-to-mars/
Fewer Americans had jobs in July
There were 195,000 fewer people employed in the United States in July than in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the national unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/195000-fewer-americans-had-jobs-july-150000-dropped-out-labor-force
Napolitano: Terroist enter US from Mexico from time to time
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress last week that terrorists intending to harm the American people enter the U.S. from Mexico “from time to time."
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/napolitano-terrorists-enter-us-mexico-time-time
Report: cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals
The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/31/illegals-released-feds-19-murders-142-sex-crimes/
Border controls are back in Europe
Somewhere in America, Barbara Boxer is weeping. The California senator’s version of the Highway Bill (S.1813, also known as MAP-21) which passed the senate and seemed destined to become law, has been dropped in favor of a rival bill that President Obama will sign into law today.
http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/border-controls-are-back-in-europe-7670/
A Prayer for the day
Lord, May all that we do this day, from morning until night, begin with your inspiration, and
continue with your powerful help.
http://www.churchyear.net/prayer/prayerfortheday.html
Record number of coal fired generators to be shut down
Facing declining demand for electricity and stiff federal environmental regulations, coal plant operators are planning to retire 175 coal-fired generators, or 8.5 percent of the total coal-fired capacity in the United States,according to an analysis by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/28/record-number-of-coal-fired-generators-to-be-shut-down-in-2012/#ixzz22hGl46y9
Shatner helps NASA rover to boldly go to Mars
A NASA rover is preparing to boldly go to the surface of Mars and the landing has been explained in a video by original Star Trek actor William Shatner.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/04/shatner-helps-nasa-rover-to-boldly-go-to-mars/
Fewer Americans had jobs in July
There were 195,000 fewer people employed in the United States in July than in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the national unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/195000-fewer-americans-had-jobs-july-150000-dropped-out-labor-force
Napolitano: Terroist enter US from Mexico from time to time
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress last week that terrorists intending to harm the American people enter the U.S. from Mexico “from time to time."
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/napolitano-terrorists-enter-us-mexico-time-time
Report: cites killings blamed on non-deported illegals
The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/31/illegals-released-feds-19-murders-142-sex-crimes/
Border controls are back in Europe
Somewhere in America, Barbara Boxer is weeping. The California senator’s version of the Highway Bill (S.1813, also known as MAP-21) which passed the senate and seemed destined to become law, has been dropped in favor of a rival bill that President Obama will sign into law today.
http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/border-controls-are-back-in-europe-7670/
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