Showing posts with label Boy Scouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boy Scouts. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Show Notes 06-18-2015

Thursday show 06-18-15

Imported Muslims arriving now in these U.S. cities
A few congressmen are fighting to block the planned importation of thousands of Syrian refugees into American cities and towns, arguing that they present a grave security risk because many Syrians have ties to the Sunni rebel groups ISIS and al-Nusra Front.
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Solar eclipse: green groups fight sun powered plant over Bighorn Sheep
One might expect environmentalists to fight a new power plant, but a new battle being waged by California green groups against a solar facility shows there may be something new under the sun, after all.
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Ex-boy scout: I killed troop leader who raped me
A former Boy Scout confessed in emotionally charged court testimony to killing his former troop leader, but said it was due to the repeated sexual abuse and rape he suffered at the hands of the man, beginning at the tender age of 8.
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Greek Central Bank warns of uncontrollable crisis if bailout talks fail
Greek officials essentially have told creditors who are owed billions of euros that they need to be given a deal, or they’ll simply default.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Show Notes 02-08-2015

Sunday show 02-8-15

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever
When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent to which the official temperature records – on which the entire panic ultimately rested – were systematically “adjusted” to show the Earth as having warmed much more than the actual data justified.
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INSIDE MASSIVE SHAKE-UP PLANNED FOR MSNBC
Formerly riding high at the No. 2 spot in cable news, MSNBC is now being sunk by double-digit declines that have “everything … on the table” as the network plots a turn-around.
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Red carpet rolls out for 'God's Not Dead'
Under the palm trees on a perfect, Los Angeles evening, a parade of stars strolled down the red carpet. Paparazzi flash bulbs lit the twilight sky. Reporters jockeyed for position to conduct their interviews. And everywhere, beautiful smiles and glamorous styles were on full display.
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States weigh turning education funds over to parents
A radical new concept in school choice will come up for vote in at least a half-dozen states from Virginia to Oklahoma in the coming months, as lawmakers consider giving hundreds of thousands of parents the freedom to design a custom education for their children — at taxpayer expense.
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West Feliciana teacher resigns amid accusations she kicked, slapped and berated a first-grader
West Feliciana Parish sheriff’s deputies issued an arrest warrant for the teacher, Chanel M. Lemelle, on Thursday on a count of cruelty to juveniles after a number of people told deputies that Lemelle struck the student inside the school’s cafeteria on Jan. 23. The incident also was captured by surveillance cameras.
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Shock claim: School grilled kids on parents' views of 'gays'
9A legal team already challenging a Lafayette, California, high school over its use of Planned Parenthood personnel – including a self-described “pleasure activist” and another who led demonstrations at a “sex toy porn shop” – to teach public school sex-education classes now is accusing school officials of allowing a “Queer Straight Alliance” to bully students.
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'This is a tidal wave of revival taking place'
Nearly crushed under the press and paparazzi on the Hollywood red carpet Friday night, “Jesus” bore each flashbulb and barked question from reporters with the calm reserve of a man accustomed to being under fire from the media.
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Designs revealed for Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years
For the first time in 1,000 years a new pagan temple is being constructed in Iceland’s capital city that will house a shrine to the Norse gods Thor, Odin and Frigg.
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Dad Refuses to Give Up Baby With Down Syndrome
When he discovered his newborn son had Down syndrome, a New Zealand man living in Armenia was horrified not by the condition, but by the assumption that he wouldn't want to keep little Leo.
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FOOD FIGHT: Lunch ladies say Michelle O’s rules driving kids to junk food
The School Nutrition Association, which represents 55,000 school food service professionals, is calling on Congress to pump the brakes on Michelle Obama’s school lunch restrictions.
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History of the Boy Scouts of America
W. D. Boyce was an American newspaper man and entrepreneur. According to legend, he was lost on a foggy street in London when an unknown Scout came to his aid, guiding him back to his destination.
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'Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity'
The Boy Scouts, being originally founded on Christian values, grew into the largest voluntary youth movement in the world, with membership over 25 million.
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Show Notes 01/02/2014

Thursday Show 1/2/14

Boy Scouts Christian alternative launches with 500 troops
An organization billing itself as a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts of America says it has close to 500 troops preparing for its Jan.1 launch.