Show Notes 03-02-2018

Friday  Show Notes 03-02-18

Illegal immigrants have no automatic right to freedom, Supreme Court rules
Immigrants being held for deportation don’t have an automatic right under the law to post bond and be set free, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision that could give the Trump administration more freedom to pursue stiff detention policies for illegal immigrants who show up at the border claiming asylum.
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280,000 Americans endorse anti-terror benefit of Muslim ban
A friend-of-the-court brief by the American Center for Law and Justice was filed in the case against the president’s executive order halting arrivals from Chad, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, North Korea, Venezuela and Yemen.
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Supreme's looking at mandatory union dues, again!
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether labor unions can force non-members to pay dues when they hold public sector jobs, and the upcoming verdict may have a major impact on organized labor going forward.
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Purim
The Persian Empire of the 4th century BCE extended over 127 lands, and all the Jews were its subjects. When King Ahasuerus had his wife, Queen Vashti, executed for failing to follow his orders, he arranged a beauty pageant to find a new queen.
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Sessions silent no longer in face of Trump's wrath
Like so many political rivals he dispatched during a scorched-earth campaign for the White House, President Trump publicly shamed his attorney general as weak or beleaguered.
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Amid firestorm, Mike Huckabee resigns from CMA Foundation board
Less than one day after his appointment was announced, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has resigned from the CMA Foundation board of directors, following criticism from multiple members of the country music industry.
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Show Notes 01/16/2014

Thursday Show 1/16/14

Not looking good: coal workers see future dim amid regulation pressure

Far below the Appalachian Mountains, in a space barely big enough to stand up straight, Bobby Combs works a job his father and his grandfather worked.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/16/not-looking-good-coal-workers-see-future-dim-amid-regulation-pressure/?intcmp=latestnews

Gunman and two others dead in shooting at an Indiana grocery store

Employees at an Indiana grocery store helped lead terrified customers outside as a gunman prowled around the aisles Wednesday night, shooting and killing two people before he was taken out by police, authorities say.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/16/gunman-2-others-dead-in-shooting-at-indiana-grocery-store/?intcmp=latestnews

Crime study: No rise in mass shootings despite media hype

Media hype about mass shootings in America has fostered a myth that the killings are on the rise and that an assault weapon ban, expanded background checks and greater attention to the mentally ill will curb a rampaging epidemic, according to an authoritative and exhaustive study by a noted criminologist.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/crime-study-no-rise-in-mass-shootings-despite-media-hype/article/2542118

Mike Huckabee wants to outlaw the word RINO

RINO: It is a popular acronym among conservatives who ponder political intricacies. “Republican in name only” designates those elected officials or party members whose liberal leanings outshine their conservative values - like favoring big spending or big government, for example.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2014/jan/15/mike-huckabee-wants-outlaw-word-rino-name-gop-unit/#ixzz2qbuIJGVx

JC Penny closes 33 stores fires 2000 employees

We saw this coming, ever since JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson’s stupid policy to court homosexuals by hiring Ellen Degeneris to be the family store’s spokeslesbian, and featuring lesbians (two moms) and gay men (two dads) in its Mother’s Day and Father’s Day ads.

http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2014/01/jcpenney-closes-33-stores-fires-2000-employees-2790578.html?utm_campaign=&utm_source=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FIk17eUxDxK&utm_content=beforeit39snews-buttonsunderheadline&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fb4in.info%2FdQc2&utm_medium=twitter

China's treasury holdings rose to record in November

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record $1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-15/china-s-treasury-holdings-rose-to-record-in-november-data-show.html

Queen insects signal worker infertility

For some time, scientists have known that queen insects give off chemical signals that prevent workers from reproducing. When a queen kicks the bucket, the signals wear off, and the workers become fertile again. Now, researchers have found that queen ants, wasps and bumblebees all use a similar type of chemical to signal fertility, which their ancestors evolved millions of years ago.

http://www.livescience.com/42629-queen-insects-signal-worker-infertility.html#sthash.kR4gAzm9.dpuf