Friday Show Notes 10-13-17
‘Scam’ superintendent trying to interest Homeshoolers in state program
A “scam” by a South Dakota school superintendent offering homeschoolers free laptops in exchange for enrolling in his district for one day has been explained. He was just hoping to interest them in a distance-learning program.
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NFL members in the military
Chicago Bears quarterback Sid Luckman was one of 19 men (out of 28) from his team's 1943 championship squad to leave for the war the following year.
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Army Schedules Hearing to Consider Bergdahl Guilty Plea
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear before a judge next week to enter an expected guilty plea to charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009.
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Columbus: not as bumbling as you might think
Columbus was looking for a sea route to India and China because 40 years earlier Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453 cutting off the land routes.
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Oxford Univ. Student Union Bans Christian Union From Fair, Calls Christianity 'Excuse for Homophobia'
An Oxford University student union reportedly barred the Christian Union from setting up a stall at a college freshers' fair, with a representative calling Christianity "an excuse for homophobia and neo-colonialism."
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Millennials Are So Terrified Of Religion They’re Developing One Around Harry Potter
Since time immemorial, people have found certain things profoundly fulfilling. Things like faith and family have helped us to look outside ourselves and to a higher power, making us feel whole.
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SFUSD may cut down on tests for students
In the wake of statewide standardized testing results released last month, a San Francisco education leader is hoping to change local policies to cut down on the slew of tests students are to take throughout the school year.
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A Look at the Birth of the Continental Navy
In October each year, the U.S. Navy celebrates its birthday. It has done so for 234 years, but the birth of the U.S. Navy stems from a very short, frantic, almost panicked 11 days in 1775. The result of that crisis has become the most powerful sea power in the world.
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Friday, July 07, 2017
Show Notes 07-02-2017
Sunday show 7/2/17
Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
In a major shake-up of the Vatican's administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism's top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff's vision of a more inclusive Church.
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Armed 11-year-old boy saves fishing party from charging bear
Quick action from a Hoonah boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear on June 18, the Empire has learned through Alaska State Troopers and family members.
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Navy destroyer sails near disputed island claimed by China
The Navy destroyer USS Stethem conducted a "right of innocent passage" exercise Sunday near a tiny but bitterly disputed island occupied by China in the South China Sea.
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Criticism of Trump Shifts From ‘Collusion’ to ‘Inaction’: ‘Dereliction’ of His Duty to Defend the Country
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who held various diplomatic posts in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, told Congress on Wednesday that President Obama, in hindsight, “should have acted more resolutely, quickly” to tell the American people about Russian attempts to interfere with the U.S. election.
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NEW ALERT OVER X-RATED MATERIALS … IN SCHOOL!
A new warning has been issued for the pornographic content, including “group, anal, public, and BDSM sex,” of a popular online resource that many schools make available to their students.
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PERSECUTED CUBAN HOMESCHOOLERS LOOK TO TRUMP POLICY FOR HOPE
Experts at the world’s foremost advocacy organization for homeschooling, the Home School Legal Defense Association, say a homeschooling Cuban father’s hope to remain out of jail may rest with the Trump administration’s recent policy change.
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PARENTS SUE SCHOOLS OVER COLLUSION WITH 'HAMAS FRONT'
Parents suing San Diego schools over an “anti-Islamophobia” campaign have revised their complaint to focus on the radical Islamic origin of the group that initiated the program.
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The man who made Princeton University great
John Witherspoon was born on February 5, 1722, at the village of Gifford, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The males in his family were all clergymen, and he was trained to become a Presbyterian minister. At the age of four, he could read the Bible. He attended grammar school at the neighboring town of Haddington.
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Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
In a major shake-up of the Vatican's administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism's top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff's vision of a more inclusive Church.
Read More
Armed 11-year-old boy saves fishing party from charging bear
Quick action from a Hoonah boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear on June 18, the Empire has learned through Alaska State Troopers and family members.
Read More
Navy destroyer sails near disputed island claimed by China
The Navy destroyer USS Stethem conducted a "right of innocent passage" exercise Sunday near a tiny but bitterly disputed island occupied by China in the South China Sea.
Read More
Criticism of Trump Shifts From ‘Collusion’ to ‘Inaction’: ‘Dereliction’ of His Duty to Defend the Country
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who held various diplomatic posts in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, told Congress on Wednesday that President Obama, in hindsight, “should have acted more resolutely, quickly” to tell the American people about Russian attempts to interfere with the U.S. election.
Read More
NEW ALERT OVER X-RATED MATERIALS … IN SCHOOL!
A new warning has been issued for the pornographic content, including “group, anal, public, and BDSM sex,” of a popular online resource that many schools make available to their students.
Read More
PERSECUTED CUBAN HOMESCHOOLERS LOOK TO TRUMP POLICY FOR HOPE
Experts at the world’s foremost advocacy organization for homeschooling, the Home School Legal Defense Association, say a homeschooling Cuban father’s hope to remain out of jail may rest with the Trump administration’s recent policy change.
Read More
PARENTS SUE SCHOOLS OVER COLLUSION WITH 'HAMAS FRONT'
Parents suing San Diego schools over an “anti-Islamophobia” campaign have revised their complaint to focus on the radical Islamic origin of the group that initiated the program.
Read More
The man who made Princeton University great
John Witherspoon was born on February 5, 1722, at the village of Gifford, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The males in his family were all clergymen, and he was trained to become a Presbyterian minister. At the age of four, he could read the Bible. He attended grammar school at the neighboring town of Haddington.
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Monday, August 22, 2016
Show Notes 08-21-2016
Sunday Show 8-21-16
Ben Hur: epic movie for all times
“Ben-Hur,” the 2016 edition, is a modern film telling a very old-fashioned story set in biblical times from an 1880 novel by Civil War Gen. Lew Wallace. It’s such a compelling story that it’s been retold many times by successive generations.
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Woman Sentenced for Exporting US Military Gear to China
A California woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally exporting U.S. military gear to China including jet fighter engines and a drone aircraft.
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103 year old woman celebrates birthday with a beer
A Mount Pleasant woman who's about to turn 103 years old celebrated a couple of weeks early with a beer. Mildred Bowers, called Millie by her friends, lived through the Great Depression and outlived two husbands.
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Obama offends Louisiana flood victims
Mr. Obama has come under fire for sticking to his two-week golf vacation on Martha’s Vineyard instead of taking time to survey the flooding in the Baton Rouge area, which has left 13 dead.
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This black family of geniuses show off benefits of homeschooling
A multi-talented family has taken Boca Raton, Florida by storm with their incredible academic achievements. The family of 11 includes two teenage daughters who have graduated college with master’s degrees and a mother who is an architect and attorney.
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Chinese illegal immigrants still in U.S. years after N.Y. asylum fraud ring busted
Four years after busting a massive asylum fraud ring in New York, federal agents still haven’t revoked any of the 3,700 potentially bogus cases handled by the fraudsters, raising questions about just how serious the Obama administration is in rooting out immigration scams.
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Sen. Kaine: Immigration Is ‘Like Transfusion Of Fresh Blood Into The Bloodstream’
“What immigration has done for Virginia is what it’s done for the nation since its very first days,” Kaine said. “It’s been like the transfusion of fresh blood into the bloodstream that has continued to revitalize us and make us stronger.”
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The church that changed American history
300,000 miles on horseback, from the Atlantic to the Appalachians, from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, for 45 years, he spread the Gospel. This was Francis Asbury, Methodist circuit riding preacher who was born Aug. 20, 1745.
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City of Seattle offering class to help people understand 'white fragility'
An academic and author is offering courses for white people teaching them how to cope with their 'white fragility' - and tickets for the lectures have sold out.
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Princeton begins to remove “man” fro official school material
Princeton has become no man’s land. The famed Ivy League institution rolled out a series of gender-neutral terms aimed at removing the word “man” and other male-leaning language from official school material.
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Ben Hur: epic movie for all times
“Ben-Hur,” the 2016 edition, is a modern film telling a very old-fashioned story set in biblical times from an 1880 novel by Civil War Gen. Lew Wallace. It’s such a compelling story that it’s been retold many times by successive generations.
Read More
Woman Sentenced for Exporting US Military Gear to China
A California woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally exporting U.S. military gear to China including jet fighter engines and a drone aircraft.
Read More
103 year old woman celebrates birthday with a beer
A Mount Pleasant woman who's about to turn 103 years old celebrated a couple of weeks early with a beer. Mildred Bowers, called Millie by her friends, lived through the Great Depression and outlived two husbands.
Read More
Obama offends Louisiana flood victims
Mr. Obama has come under fire for sticking to his two-week golf vacation on Martha’s Vineyard instead of taking time to survey the flooding in the Baton Rouge area, which has left 13 dead.
Read More
This black family of geniuses show off benefits of homeschooling
A multi-talented family has taken Boca Raton, Florida by storm with their incredible academic achievements. The family of 11 includes two teenage daughters who have graduated college with master’s degrees and a mother who is an architect and attorney.
Read More
Chinese illegal immigrants still in U.S. years after N.Y. asylum fraud ring busted
Four years after busting a massive asylum fraud ring in New York, federal agents still haven’t revoked any of the 3,700 potentially bogus cases handled by the fraudsters, raising questions about just how serious the Obama administration is in rooting out immigration scams.
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Sen. Kaine: Immigration Is ‘Like Transfusion Of Fresh Blood Into The Bloodstream’
“What immigration has done for Virginia is what it’s done for the nation since its very first days,” Kaine said. “It’s been like the transfusion of fresh blood into the bloodstream that has continued to revitalize us and make us stronger.”
Read More
The church that changed American history
300,000 miles on horseback, from the Atlantic to the Appalachians, from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, for 45 years, he spread the Gospel. This was Francis Asbury, Methodist circuit riding preacher who was born Aug. 20, 1745.
Read More
City of Seattle offering class to help people understand 'white fragility'
An academic and author is offering courses for white people teaching them how to cope with their 'white fragility' - and tickets for the lectures have sold out.
Read More
Princeton begins to remove “man” fro official school material
Princeton has become no man’s land. The famed Ivy League institution rolled out a series of gender-neutral terms aimed at removing the word “man” and other male-leaning language from official school material.
Read More
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Show Notes 08-16-16
Tuesday Show 8-16-16
Taxpayers on the Hook as Obamacare Exchanges Near the Edge of Collapse
The health insurance exchanges that are the beating heart of Obamacare are on the edge of collapse, with premiums rising sharply for ever narrower provider networks, non-profit health co-ops shuttering their doors, and even the biggest insurance companies heading for the exits amid mounting losses.
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New medical marijuana policy hinders researchers
Medical research on marijuana probably won't get any easier, experts say, despite a new government policy aimed at boosting the supply of the drug for medical studies.
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Why more black parents are home schooling their kids
Nikita Bush comes from a family of public school teachers: Her mom, aunts, uncles – nearly all of them have been involved in public education at some level. But her own teaching career ended, she says, “in heartbreak” when she had to make a decision about where her own child would go to school.
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Breaking: Hillary's VP pick has deep ties to radical Islam
Hillary Clinton’s top aide, Huma Abedin, has deep ties to radical Islam. These ties have inexplicably evaded Federal investigation — which many believe stems from Muslim Brotherhood influence inside the Obama Administration.
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Hillary Clinton and Electoral Fraud
I would have voted for Hillary Clinton three months ago. I believed that our elections are just, verifiable, and democratic—but then discovered how easy it is to hack a voting machine without a trace.
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Taxpayers on the Hook as Obamacare Exchanges Near the Edge of Collapse
The health insurance exchanges that are the beating heart of Obamacare are on the edge of collapse, with premiums rising sharply for ever narrower provider networks, non-profit health co-ops shuttering their doors, and even the biggest insurance companies heading for the exits amid mounting losses.
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New medical marijuana policy hinders researchers
Medical research on marijuana probably won't get any easier, experts say, despite a new government policy aimed at boosting the supply of the drug for medical studies.
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Why more black parents are home schooling their kids
Nikita Bush comes from a family of public school teachers: Her mom, aunts, uncles – nearly all of them have been involved in public education at some level. But her own teaching career ended, she says, “in heartbreak” when she had to make a decision about where her own child would go to school.
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Breaking: Hillary's VP pick has deep ties to radical Islam
Hillary Clinton’s top aide, Huma Abedin, has deep ties to radical Islam. These ties have inexplicably evaded Federal investigation — which many believe stems from Muslim Brotherhood influence inside the Obama Administration.
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Hillary Clinton and Electoral Fraud
I would have voted for Hillary Clinton three months ago. I believed that our elections are just, verifiable, and democratic—but then discovered how easy it is to hack a voting machine without a trace.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Show Notes
Thursday Show 05-02-16
1 percenters pay 24 percent and top 10 percents pay 533 percent of federal taxes
Ever since President Obama started running for president in 2007, there has been a debate about how much tax rich Americans pay and whether they should pay more.
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Illegal immigration skyrockets in past 2 years
Illegal immigration has exploded 57 percent in less than two years, with at least 550,000 new illegals entering the U.S. in a trend that is set to continue growing, according to new Census data.
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Rep. Henry Cuellar: ‘The Border Is Safer Than Washington, D.C.’
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Thursday that the U.S.-Mexico border is safer than the nation’s capital. “The border is safer than Washington, D.C. The murder rate here might be three to four murders per 100,000. Where you and I work in Washington, D.C., I believe it’s 15.9 murders per 100,000, so it’s a lot safer here than where we work in Washington, D.C.” Cuellar said, speaking from Laredo, Texas.
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No National Honor Society honors for Plano Senior High grads
National Honor Society (NHS) stoles are frequent sight at high school graduation ceremonies around the country, but one Plano Senior High School student is frustrated that he won't be allowed to wear one when he puts on his cap and gown next month.
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Case against Homeschool criminals dismissed
A judge in Ohio has agreed to dismiss criminal charges against homeschooling parents who forgot to file required paperwork after the local prosecutor asked for the dismissal.
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Homeschool your way out of Common Core
Common Core is the educational standards program that everyone loves to hate – except the people who set policy for America’s public schools. That’s one reason why more parents are opting to homeschool instead.
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This is the strongest retrograde force in the world
One of three presidents to marry in office and the only president to wed on White House grounds, Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom and together they had five children.
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'YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR MURDERING SCUM …'
Over the last week or so, news outlets have reported on aspects of the Obama administration’s attempts to deposit as many foreign criminal and culturally bankrupt miscreants as possible within the borders of the United States.
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Muslim immigrant attacks Flag waving American family
A family in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, said they were attacked by an unknown Muslim woman wearing a full burqa simply because they were flying an American flag for Memorial Day.
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Boykin bounced: Fort Riley cancels Delta Force hero's prayer breakfast speech
A Kansas military base abruptly canceled an upcoming prayer breakfast that featured retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin after complaints were lodged that Boykin is anti-Muslim and anti-gay.
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1 percenters pay 24 percent and top 10 percents pay 533 percent of federal taxes
Ever since President Obama started running for president in 2007, there has been a debate about how much tax rich Americans pay and whether they should pay more.
Read More
Illegal immigration skyrockets in past 2 years
Illegal immigration has exploded 57 percent in less than two years, with at least 550,000 new illegals entering the U.S. in a trend that is set to continue growing, according to new Census data.
Read More
Rep. Henry Cuellar: ‘The Border Is Safer Than Washington, D.C.’
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Thursday that the U.S.-Mexico border is safer than the nation’s capital. “The border is safer than Washington, D.C. The murder rate here might be three to four murders per 100,000. Where you and I work in Washington, D.C., I believe it’s 15.9 murders per 100,000, so it’s a lot safer here than where we work in Washington, D.C.” Cuellar said, speaking from Laredo, Texas.
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No National Honor Society honors for Plano Senior High grads
National Honor Society (NHS) stoles are frequent sight at high school graduation ceremonies around the country, but one Plano Senior High School student is frustrated that he won't be allowed to wear one when he puts on his cap and gown next month.
Read More
Case against Homeschool criminals dismissed
A judge in Ohio has agreed to dismiss criminal charges against homeschooling parents who forgot to file required paperwork after the local prosecutor asked for the dismissal.
Read More
Homeschool your way out of Common Core
Common Core is the educational standards program that everyone loves to hate – except the people who set policy for America’s public schools. That’s one reason why more parents are opting to homeschool instead.
Read More
This is the strongest retrograde force in the world
One of three presidents to marry in office and the only president to wed on White House grounds, Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom and together they had five children.
Read More
'YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR MURDERING SCUM …'
Over the last week or so, news outlets have reported on aspects of the Obama administration’s attempts to deposit as many foreign criminal and culturally bankrupt miscreants as possible within the borders of the United States.
Read More
Muslim immigrant attacks Flag waving American family
A family in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, said they were attacked by an unknown Muslim woman wearing a full burqa simply because they were flying an American flag for Memorial Day.
Read More
Boykin bounced: Fort Riley cancels Delta Force hero's prayer breakfast speech
A Kansas military base abruptly canceled an upcoming prayer breakfast that featured retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin after complaints were lodged that Boykin is anti-Muslim and anti-gay.
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Show Notes 02-11-16
Thursday Show 02-11-16
FBI statements on end of Oregon standoff
This is from Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon:
This morning the FBI took into custody the four remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge without incident and without shots fired. Rev. Franklin Graham and Michele Fiore were at the checkpoint to meet the occupiers as they left their encampment.
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Cliven Bundy arrested en route to Oregon standoff
Cliven Bundy, the 74-year-old Nevada rancher who ignited a national firestorm in 2014 when he engaged in an armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management authorities, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to interfere with a federal officer while traveling to Oregon.
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Terror has arrived: official calls for San Bernardino employees to be armed
Two months after terrorists gunned down 14 unarmed San Bernardino county workers in a gun-free zone, one local official is calling for county employees to be permitted to carry guns at work and have access to weapons at county facilities.
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January Gun Sales Set Yet Another Record
The FBI conducted more gun-related background checks this January than in any other January since the system was created. With 2,545,802 checks processed through the National Instant Background Check System, January 2016 beat the previous record, set in January 2013, by 50,326 checks.
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Secret Service posts signs barring guns at White House
The Secret Service has posted signs at the White House notifying visitors that they cannot bring weapons onto the grounds, stating, "WARNING: Weapons Prohibited."
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Federal judge rejects Texas attempt to block Syrian refugees
Texas hit a major setback on Monday after a federal judge rejected its efforts to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the Lone Star State.
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ILLEGAL ALIENS RECEIVED $750 MILLION IN OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES
A new Senate report found that around 500,000 illegal aliens received up to $750 million in Obamacare subsides as of June 2015 despite the law specifically excluding them from the subsidies.
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Border agent: We might as well abolish our immigration laws altogether
In a shocking reversal of policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are being told to release illegal immigrants and no longer order them to appear at deportation hearings, essentially a license to stay in the United States, a key agent testified Thursday.
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Homeschoolers face criminal charges for missing paperwork
Authorities in Ohio have filed criminal charges against homeschool parents in two families, with trials later this month that could result in fines and jail time if convicted.Read more at
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FBI statements on end of Oregon standoff
This is from Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon:
This morning the FBI took into custody the four remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge without incident and without shots fired. Rev. Franklin Graham and Michele Fiore were at the checkpoint to meet the occupiers as they left their encampment.
Read More
Cliven Bundy arrested en route to Oregon standoff
Cliven Bundy, the 74-year-old Nevada rancher who ignited a national firestorm in 2014 when he engaged in an armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management authorities, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to interfere with a federal officer while traveling to Oregon.
Read More
Terror has arrived: official calls for San Bernardino employees to be armed
Two months after terrorists gunned down 14 unarmed San Bernardino county workers in a gun-free zone, one local official is calling for county employees to be permitted to carry guns at work and have access to weapons at county facilities.
Read More
January Gun Sales Set Yet Another Record
The FBI conducted more gun-related background checks this January than in any other January since the system was created. With 2,545,802 checks processed through the National Instant Background Check System, January 2016 beat the previous record, set in January 2013, by 50,326 checks.
Read More
Secret Service posts signs barring guns at White House
The Secret Service has posted signs at the White House notifying visitors that they cannot bring weapons onto the grounds, stating, "WARNING: Weapons Prohibited."
Read More
Federal judge rejects Texas attempt to block Syrian refugees
Texas hit a major setback on Monday after a federal judge rejected its efforts to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the Lone Star State.
Read More
ILLEGAL ALIENS RECEIVED $750 MILLION IN OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES
A new Senate report found that around 500,000 illegal aliens received up to $750 million in Obamacare subsides as of June 2015 despite the law specifically excluding them from the subsidies.
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Border agent: We might as well abolish our immigration laws altogether
In a shocking reversal of policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are being told to release illegal immigrants and no longer order them to appear at deportation hearings, essentially a license to stay in the United States, a key agent testified Thursday.
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Homeschoolers face criminal charges for missing paperwork
Authorities in Ohio have filed criminal charges against homeschool parents in two families, with trials later this month that could result in fines and jail time if convicted.Read more at
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Friday, November 13, 2015
Show Notes 11-12-15
Thursday show 11-12-15
Obama administration: Transgender boys must be allowed to shower with girls at school
When it rains it pours. This morning Howard Portnoy wrote about a landmark referendum vote in Houston to repeal that city’s LGBT-friendly Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or HERO.
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School to homeschoolers: Sign up or face criminal charges
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/school-to-homeschoolers-sign-up-or-face-criminal-charges/#urpd84O2J0h2ehye.99A number of homeschool parents in Florida have been ordered by a public school district to register their children in classes within three days or face “criminal prosecution” under state law.
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U.S. state draws line in sand against Islamization
A third South Carolina county has barred the door to any Third World refugees being resettled in their community, and at least two others are considering the same move.
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‘Free the Nipple’ is so yesterday; meet campaign advocating female bottomlessness
Back in the day, people who were squeamish about mothers breastfeeding in public were denounced as prudish. When a new generation of women came along and demanded “topless equality” — the right to walk around bare-breasted in public — the prudish label was dropped in favor of sexist.
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Fema can't account for up to $456 million in Sandy fuel funds
The Federal Emergency Management Agency can’t adequately account for more than 70 percent of the money spent on fuel for New York in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, a federal audit released on Friday found.
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New Temple Mount restrictions: no feeding babies
Jewish visitors to the Jerusalem's Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism - have long been subject to a list of restrictions demanded by Muslim authorities.
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$134,730 NIH-Funded Study Explores ‘Risk of Obesity in Food-Insecure Children’
The National Institutes of Health awarded $134,730 in taxpayer funding to the University of California San Francisco to understand the “risk of obesity in food-insecure children.
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Obama administration: Transgender boys must be allowed to shower with girls at school
When it rains it pours. This morning Howard Portnoy wrote about a landmark referendum vote in Houston to repeal that city’s LGBT-friendly Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or HERO.
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School to homeschoolers: Sign up or face criminal charges
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/school-to-homeschoolers-sign-up-or-face-criminal-charges/#urpd84O2J0h2ehye.99A number of homeschool parents in Florida have been ordered by a public school district to register their children in classes within three days or face “criminal prosecution” under state law.
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U.S. state draws line in sand against Islamization
A third South Carolina county has barred the door to any Third World refugees being resettled in their community, and at least two others are considering the same move.
Read More
‘Free the Nipple’ is so yesterday; meet campaign advocating female bottomlessness
Back in the day, people who were squeamish about mothers breastfeeding in public were denounced as prudish. When a new generation of women came along and demanded “topless equality” — the right to walk around bare-breasted in public — the prudish label was dropped in favor of sexist.
Read More
Fema can't account for up to $456 million in Sandy fuel funds
The Federal Emergency Management Agency can’t adequately account for more than 70 percent of the money spent on fuel for New York in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, a federal audit released on Friday found.
Read More
New Temple Mount restrictions: no feeding babies
Jewish visitors to the Jerusalem's Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism - have long been subject to a list of restrictions demanded by Muslim authorities.
Read More
$134,730 NIH-Funded Study Explores ‘Risk of Obesity in Food-Insecure Children’
The National Institutes of Health awarded $134,730 in taxpayer funding to the University of California San Francisco to understand the “risk of obesity in food-insecure children.
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Saturday, August 08, 2015
Show Notes 08-02-2015
Sunday
show 08-02-15
Former
abortion clinic owner: “We pushed sex-ed to create a market for
abortion”
As
reported by The Catholic Register, Everett earned a commission for
every abortion in addition to a share of the fees charged by each
clinic. She says she sold abortion and made big bucks off of the
“cash cow” of abortion.
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Hundreds
rally to support Confederate flag at Stone Mountain Memorial
On
Saturday, hundreds upon hundreds of people from Georgia arrived at
Stone Mountain, the nation’s largest Confederate memorial, to show
their support for the Confederate flag
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Soldier
Asked to Produce ID for Cigarette Purchase — but Clerk’s Alleged
Response to Seeing It Had Him in ‘Shock’
Collin
Brown walked into a 7-Eleven in Redmond, Washington, last Wednesday
and got himself a Slurpee. He also was looking to get cigarettes for
his fiancee, so when the clerk asked Brown for proof of age, the Army
reservist placed his military ID — which has his birthdate on the
back and is a legal form of identification — on the counter.
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Obamas
TPP trade deal hits the wall
President
Obama’s hopes for a globalist pact integrating economies on four
continents ran aground in Hawaii on Friday. Trade negotiators from 12
nations announced Friday they failed to reach a deal on the proposed
Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP.
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Student's
stunning plea: Why did NYC let me graduate high school?
Melissa
Mejia, 18, was stunned and embarrassed when officials at William
Cullen Bryant HS in Long Island City, Queens, told her she had met
all the requirements to receive a diploma in June.
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More
parents turn to homeschooling
The
National Catholic Register reports that recent data from the U.S.
Department of Education shows explosive growth in homeschooling among
American families, particularly in the last 10 years, when the number
of students between the ages of 5 and 17 went from 1.09 million in
2003 to 1.77 million in 2012.
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Obama
will impose unprecedented emissions controls US power plants
Aiming
to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved
ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power
plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with energy
producers and Republican-led states.
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Builders
forced to purchase art to receive permits
A
new program adopted by the city of Oakland, Calif., to force builders
to fund projects by artists who are chosen by the city is being
challenged in federal court, where the builders have filed a lawsuit
alleging violations of the Constitution’s First and Fifth
Amendments.
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Orthodox
Jewish tenants at LeFrak City in Queens claim they are being
discriminated against because newly installed lobby doors only open
with an electronic key — which they cannot use on the Sabbath, a
federal lawsuit alleges.
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Obama
gives illegals massive health care plane
The
level of health-care services provided to illegal aliens is about to
get a huge boost from the Obama administration, which is hiring
contractors to provide the equivalent of 5.5 million additional labor
hours of treatment to detainees.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Show Notes 05-24-2015
Sunday show 05-24-15
Shavuot
The Torah was given by
G-d to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai more than 3300 years ago.
Every year on the holiday of Shavuot we renew our acceptance of G-d’s
gift, and G-d “re-gives” the Torah.
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Study of attitudes to
same-sex marriage retracted over 'fake data'
The senior author of a
study claiming to find that a brief, face-to-face conversation with a
gay political canvasser had the ability to soften the opinions of
those opposed to same-sex marriage has retracted its findings,
claiming there were errors in his co-author’s work.
Read More
Concert honors children
of fallen US Warriors
This Memorial Day
weekend, the nation will pause to remember and honor Americans of all
generations who lost their lives in service to the United States, and
this year’s National Memorial Day Concert will spend time
highlighting the children of those recently lost a parent in combat
and how their lives are forever changed.
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UN Condemns Israel for
'Violating Health of Syrians'
The UN is once again
singling out Israel for criticism. The UN Watch NGO on Friday
reported that the global body adopted a draft resolution portraying
Israel as violating the health rights of Syrians in the Golan.
Read More
1,773,000: Homeschooled
Children Up 61.8% in 10 Years
In the ten-year period
from 2003 to 2012, the number of American children 5 through 17 years
old who were being homeschooled by their parents climbed by 61.8
percent, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of
Education.
Read More
Common Core teaches
kids to divide Jerusalem
A Boston University
professor has defended to WND his creation of a Common Core-compliant
lesson plan that uses role-playing workshops to teach students to
sympathize with Hamas, create a Palestinian state and divide the city
of Jerusalem.
Read More
Monday, May 11, 2015
Show Notes 05-10-2015
Sunday show 05-10-15
DOJ to investigate whether Baltimore police practices violated The Constitution
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Friday that the Justice Department plans to open an investigation into whether the Baltimore Police Department “engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution or federal law.”
Read More
Michigan lawyer wants pig to run for mayor after ballot deadline mix up
A Michigan lawyer wants his pig to enter into the Flint mayoral race after a mix-up threatened to keep candidates' names off the primary election ballot.
Read More
US retailer halts sales of all laminate flooring made in China
Lumber Liquidators has suspended the sale of all laminate flooring made in China a week after disclosing that the Justice Department is seeking criminal charges against the specialty retailer in an investigation over imported products.
Read More
Building Tiny Houses Into Big Help for Los Angeles' Homeless
Shortly after Elvis Summers befriended Irene McGhee, he learned she was sleeping on the streets of South Los Angeles.So the man with the blue mohawk and wraparound shades decided to build the grandmother nicknamed "Smokie" a tiny house on wheels.
Read More
State seizes kids from family living off grid
A homeschooling couple was arrested and had all 10 of their children taken by the state Thursday after a local sheriff acted on a tip about alleged poor living conditions at their 26-acre homestead where they live “off the grid.”
Read More
Homeschool parents who faced battering ram back in court
The German homeschool parents who faced a SWAT team’s battering ram when police demanded to take their children into custody for being homeschooled are back in court.
Read More
WWll solider's lost gift to mom returns home for Mother's day
solider. This is the story of a loving tribute from a soldier preparing for war to his mother on the other side of the continent, who didn't know if she would ever see her boy again.
Read More
Female soldiers fail to pass phase one of Army Ranger school
All eight female soldiers participating in the first co-ed class of U.S. Army Ranger School failed to advance to the second phase of the grueling infantry
course.
Read More
Navy spends 1.6 billion to upgrade carrier and amphibian ship defenses
The Navy is working on a $1.6 billion technological upgrade overhauling ship defense systems onboard amphibs and aircraft carriers to include interceptor missiles, streamlined radars and software improvements, service officials said.
Read More
DOJ to investigate whether Baltimore police practices violated The Constitution
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Friday that the Justice Department plans to open an investigation into whether the Baltimore Police Department “engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution or federal law.”
Read More
Michigan lawyer wants pig to run for mayor after ballot deadline mix up
A Michigan lawyer wants his pig to enter into the Flint mayoral race after a mix-up threatened to keep candidates' names off the primary election ballot.
Read More
US retailer halts sales of all laminate flooring made in China
Lumber Liquidators has suspended the sale of all laminate flooring made in China a week after disclosing that the Justice Department is seeking criminal charges against the specialty retailer in an investigation over imported products.
Read More
Building Tiny Houses Into Big Help for Los Angeles' Homeless
Shortly after Elvis Summers befriended Irene McGhee, he learned she was sleeping on the streets of South Los Angeles.So the man with the blue mohawk and wraparound shades decided to build the grandmother nicknamed "Smokie" a tiny house on wheels.
Read More
State seizes kids from family living off grid
A homeschooling couple was arrested and had all 10 of their children taken by the state Thursday after a local sheriff acted on a tip about alleged poor living conditions at their 26-acre homestead where they live “off the grid.”
Read More
Homeschool parents who faced battering ram back in court
The German homeschool parents who faced a SWAT team’s battering ram when police demanded to take their children into custody for being homeschooled are back in court.
Read More
WWll solider's lost gift to mom returns home for Mother's day
solider. This is the story of a loving tribute from a soldier preparing for war to his mother on the other side of the continent, who didn't know if she would ever see her boy again.
Read More
Female soldiers fail to pass phase one of Army Ranger school
All eight female soldiers participating in the first co-ed class of U.S. Army Ranger School failed to advance to the second phase of the grueling infantry
course.
Read More
Navy spends 1.6 billion to upgrade carrier and amphibian ship defenses
The Navy is working on a $1.6 billion technological upgrade overhauling ship defense systems onboard amphibs and aircraft carriers to include interceptor missiles, streamlined radars and software improvements, service officials said.
Read More
Friday, February 27, 2015
Show Notes 02-26-2015
Thursday show 02-26-15
7 homeschooled kids to remain in State custody for at least 5 more weeks
After his recent parental custody hearing was postponed for an additional six weeks, the devout Christian father of seven Arkansas homeschool students, who were removed from their home by state and local authorities last month, is claiming that his family is a victim of "Christian persecution."
Read More
State Departmemt misled on another Benghazi attack?
Did the State Department and White House hide information indicating a jihadist group promoting an Islamic state in Libya was responsible for a bomb attack on the U.S. special mission in Benghazi three months before the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the same compound, which killed a U.S. ambassador?
Read More
Scary threat from Sovereign Citizens debunked
Just as the White House last week was holding a summit on how radical Islamists who behead Christians and torture children really aren’t a threat to the U.S., and those who are violent really aren’t Muslims anyway came a story from CNN that asked “Bigger threat than ISIS?” and referenced “sovereign citizens” already inside the United States.
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Sons of Liberty
In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty. And grow it did!
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7 homeschooled kids to remain in State custody for at least 5 more weeks
After his recent parental custody hearing was postponed for an additional six weeks, the devout Christian father of seven Arkansas homeschool students, who were removed from their home by state and local authorities last month, is claiming that his family is a victim of "Christian persecution."
Read More
State Departmemt misled on another Benghazi attack?
Did the State Department and White House hide information indicating a jihadist group promoting an Islamic state in Libya was responsible for a bomb attack on the U.S. special mission in Benghazi three months before the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the same compound, which killed a U.S. ambassador?
Read More
Scary threat from Sovereign Citizens debunked
Just as the White House last week was holding a summit on how radical Islamists who behead Christians and torture children really aren’t a threat to the U.S., and those who are violent really aren’t Muslims anyway came a story from CNN that asked “Bigger threat than ISIS?” and referenced “sovereign citizens” already inside the United States.
Read More
Sons of Liberty
In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty. And grow it did!
Read More
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Show Notes 11/30/2014
Sunday Show 11/30/14
Merry
marijuana pot sellers woo holiday shoppers
From
new marijuana strains for the holidays to gift sets and
pot-and-pumpkin pies, the burgeoning marijuana industry in Colorado
is scrambling to get a piece of the holiday shopping dollar.
Read More
Dog
takes bullet to save child's life in road rage shooting
A
dog that was shot and killed Friday during a road rage incident
outside an Atlanta strip mall is being credited with saving a child's
life, witnesses say.
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Measuring
evil; noted psychiatrist seeks tool to quantify wickedness
Is
a “perp” who attempts to permanently scar a victim with a knife
more or less depraved than one who forces a child to witness a
murder? How evil would you rate a terrorist who targets civilians in
comparison to a serial killer who picks victims according to their
race or
ethnicity?
Read More
Opposition
to Common Core spurs jump in homeschooling
The
home-schooling boom is getting a new push due to opposition to Common
Core, the controversial national education standard that some parents
claim is using their children’s public school lessons to push a
political agenda, according to critics of the Washington-backed
curriculum.h
Read More
Feds
Spend $50k to Develop 'User-Friendly, Low-Cost, and Portable'
Electronic Tongue
The
National Science Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the
University of Massachusetts Lowell to develop an electronic tongue to
test water and beverages.
Read More
Nearly
$1 million in DOE time clocks gather dust
Always
Investigating recently uncovered excessive overtime by city and state
workers, then time card fraud at TheBus. Now, another discovery of
wasted time, but not in a way you might expect.
Read More
Health
Care Group Offers ‘7 Reasons Not to Enroll in Obamacare’
The
Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is giving Americans
seven reasons why they should not sign up for Obamacare when the
three-month open enrollment period begins on November 15th.
Read More
Forget
winter blues, beware of winter munchies
My
wife says that she always knows when we will have a very cold winter.
The way she determines this is by noticing the animals –
especially squirrels and foxes – will start eating more and fatten
themselves up before the full force of winter comes.
Read More
Feds
review plan to let homosexuals to donate blood
Homosexual
activists, with support from the blood banking community, appear to
be winning their campaign to scrap the three-decade-old FDA rule
barring men who have sex with other men (MSM) from donating blood.
Read More
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Sunday Show 11/23/2014
Sunday Show 11/23/14
Vet Launches
Made-in-America E-Commerce Store
After leaving the
military and joining the corporate world, Dan McCready said he felt
like he was lacking a sense of purpose. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran
had graduated from Harvard Business School and was working in
consulting at McKinsey, traveling for about 80 hours a week.
Read More
Graham critical of new
GOP House report on Benghazi, calls findings 'garbage'
South Carolina Sen.
Lindsey Graham on Sunday criticized a recently released House
Republican report that concludes no intelligence lapses in connection
with the fatal Benghazi attacks, saying congressional investigators
did a “lousy job.”
Read More
Germ zapping robot
could fight Ebola and other deadly viruses
Standing a little more
than 5 feet tall, the robot nicknamed "Saul" uses pulses of
high-intensity, high-energy ultraviolet rays to split open bacterial
cell walls and kill dangerous pathogens, said Geri Genant, a health
care services implementation manager with Xenex, the company that
developed the robot.
Read More
Lawmaker calls out
witness anti-Christian remarks about fundamentalist Christians
At a House Armed
Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Personnel on
Wednesday, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) confronted one witness with
derogatory remarks he made about Christians, which the lawmaker said
exemplifies the threat to religious liberty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Read More
Cardinal's demotion
helps Pope Francis quell 'conservative backlash' -- for now
Pope Francis is drawing
rock star raves for softening the Vatican's image on such issues as
homosexuality, capitalism and divorce, but his celebrated tolerance
doesn't seem to extend to dissenters within the church, whose
conservative revolt came to a halt when the pontiff exiled their de
facto leader to obscurity.
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Crisis in Mexico
protesters storm National palace after massacre of 43 students
Protesters in Mexico
City stormed Mexico’s National Palace Saturday night and set fire
to the Palace’s ancient wooden doors before being repelled back by
police, in protests over the deaths of 43 students by drug
gang-affiliated police.
Read More
Swat team tasters and
pepper sprays Homeschoolers
A Missouri
homeschooling family is suing a sheriff and another officer who
forcibly entered their home without a warrant, Tasered the father,
pepper-sprayed the mother and put their children in the custody of
social service
workers.
Read More
Iran replicates US
Drone
An Iranian replica of a
US spy drone, seized by Iran in 2011, is inferior to the US version,
which was initially captured by Iran, according to the Pentagon. Iran
released a video of their similar design earlier this week.
Read More
Arms Trade Treaty takes
effect December 24th
Gun Control: To some,
concern over a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty set to take effect Dec. 24 is
much ado about nothing. But a president unconstrained by Congress or
the Constitution may try to impose severe limits on gun rights. All
treaties must be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate, and that's not
about to happen in the case of the unratified Arms Trade Treaty
(ATT), particularly after the 2014 election that gave the GOP Senate
control.
Read More
Ohio school district
mulls over giving teachers access to guns
The Dayton Daily News
reported Sunday that the Riverside Local School board in central
Ohio's Logan County has held recent discussions on placing guns in
schools and plans to revisit the issue Dec. 16. Superintendent Scott
Mann said the goal is to protect children from potential threats
involving weapons.
Read More
Conservatives celebrate
the 50th anniversary of Barry Goldwater's Presidential
campaign
Conservatives and
family members of former presidential candidate Barry Goldwater
celebrated and reflected on Goldwater’s impact on politics and
conservatism over the past 50 years at an anniversary dinner to honor
his memory, held at the Liaison Capitol Hotel in Washington, D.C. on
Nov. 18.
Read More
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Show Notes 11/02/2014
Sunday Show 11/2/14
CNN poll: Voters are angry
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance, two troubling signs for Democrats one week before the midterm elections, a new CNN/ORC International Poll shows.
Read More
Daylight Time
By act of Congress, civil clocks in most areas of the United States are adjusted ahead one hour in the summer months (known as daylight time) and returned back one hour in the winter months (known as standard time). The dates marking the beginning and end of daylight time have changed as Congress has passed new statutes.
Read More
How Daylight Saving Time Can Be Dangerous
While some dislike the seasonal shifts of Daylight Saving Time (DST) for the minor inconvenience to their sleep cycles and busy schedules, there’s a more serious side to the scheme: the loss of an hour of afternoon sunlight when it ends—as it does this weekend—may increase the likelihood of traffic accidents.
Read More
Obama slams stay at home Moms
In the midst of remarks about preschools, minimum wage and pay equality for women, President Obama made a comment about stay-at-home moms that has left many mothers fuming.
Read More
Mexican Judge orders jailed Marine Andrew Tahmooressi freed
After 214 days in a Mexican prison, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi returned home to Florida Saturday, having been freed Friday night after a strong diplomatic push appeared to help convince a judge to release the former Marine on humanitarian grounds.
Read More
Abortion restrictions in North Dakota affirmed
Bismarck, North Dakota. Just two days ago, nearly on the eve of next Tuesday’s Election Day when North Dakota voters are due to vote on a proposed “human life” amendment to their state constitution (called “Measure 1”), North Dakota’s Supreme Court finally handed down its decision, rejecting a long-pending constitutional challenge, based on the state constitution rather than on federal abortion law, targeting a 2011 state law regulating so-called “chemical” abortions.
Read More
EPA Director environmental laws: enforcement is really Democracy in action
“When I think about how effective we’ve been I keep coming back to the same reason for that effectiveness, it’s because our laws have teeth, it’s because EPA is empowered to enforce them,” McCarthy told attendees at the American Bar Association Fall Conference.
Read More
Flag flap: Indiana veteran, wife battle homeowners association over Old Glory
An elderly veteran and his wife say there’s “absolutely no way” the flagpole outside their Indiana home is coming down, despite threats from a homeowners association — and a local prosecutor intends to back them in court if necessary.
Read More
John Dewey
John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859, to Archibald Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich in Burlington, Vermont. He was the third of the couple’s four sons, one of whom died as an infant. Dewey’s mother, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, was a devout Calvinist.
Read More
CNN poll: Voters are angry
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance, two troubling signs for Democrats one week before the midterm elections, a new CNN/ORC International Poll shows.
Read More
Daylight Time
By act of Congress, civil clocks in most areas of the United States are adjusted ahead one hour in the summer months (known as daylight time) and returned back one hour in the winter months (known as standard time). The dates marking the beginning and end of daylight time have changed as Congress has passed new statutes.
Read More
How Daylight Saving Time Can Be Dangerous
While some dislike the seasonal shifts of Daylight Saving Time (DST) for the minor inconvenience to their sleep cycles and busy schedules, there’s a more serious side to the scheme: the loss of an hour of afternoon sunlight when it ends—as it does this weekend—may increase the likelihood of traffic accidents.
Read More
Obama slams stay at home Moms
In the midst of remarks about preschools, minimum wage and pay equality for women, President Obama made a comment about stay-at-home moms that has left many mothers fuming.
Read More
Mexican Judge orders jailed Marine Andrew Tahmooressi freed
After 214 days in a Mexican prison, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi returned home to Florida Saturday, having been freed Friday night after a strong diplomatic push appeared to help convince a judge to release the former Marine on humanitarian grounds.
Read More
Abortion restrictions in North Dakota affirmed
Bismarck, North Dakota. Just two days ago, nearly on the eve of next Tuesday’s Election Day when North Dakota voters are due to vote on a proposed “human life” amendment to their state constitution (called “Measure 1”), North Dakota’s Supreme Court finally handed down its decision, rejecting a long-pending constitutional challenge, based on the state constitution rather than on federal abortion law, targeting a 2011 state law regulating so-called “chemical” abortions.
Read More
EPA Director environmental laws: enforcement is really Democracy in action
“When I think about how effective we’ve been I keep coming back to the same reason for that effectiveness, it’s because our laws have teeth, it’s because EPA is empowered to enforce them,” McCarthy told attendees at the American Bar Association Fall Conference.
Read More
Flag flap: Indiana veteran, wife battle homeowners association over Old Glory
An elderly veteran and his wife say there’s “absolutely no way” the flagpole outside their Indiana home is coming down, despite threats from a homeowners association — and a local prosecutor intends to back them in court if necessary.
Read More
John Dewey
John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859, to Archibald Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich in Burlington, Vermont. He was the third of the couple’s four sons, one of whom died as an infant. Dewey’s mother, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, was a devout Calvinist.
Read More
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Show Notes 08/24/2014
Sunday
Show 8/24/14
New
go-to career for New England's young: Farming
Farming
is hip in New England. Across the region, young people are choosing
crops over cubicles, new farms are popping up and the local food
movement is spreading.
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Invasive
insect threatens iconic Florida citrus
Citrus
has always been synonymous with Florida. The orange adorns the state
license plate. The University of Florida's famed football stadium was
named after an orange magnate. There is even a county called Citrus.
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Conservatives
praise “Giver” as a cautionary tale about failed utopia
Conservatives
are praising “The Giver,” a film depicting a futuristic society
that has eliminated both personal freedom and human emotion, as a
warning against the temptations of utopianism.
Read More
Atheist
group attacks Arkansas pizza parlor over church bulletin discount
Wisconsin-based
Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a letter to Steven Rose, the
owner of Bailey's Pizza in Searcy, Ark., warning him that his pizza
parlor's offer to knock 10% off churchgoers' tabs amounted to
discrimination, local KTHV-TV reported.
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How
grandparents can pass down good financial wisdom
It
can be tempting for grandparents to spoil their grandchildren; after
all, isn’t that part of the job description? But experts warn the
money and financial habits passed down from generation to generation
are long lasting.
Read More
Birth
control mandate: HHS offers new way for religious employers
The
Obama administration took steps Friday it said would ensure that
women who work for religious employers will have continued access to
cost-free birth control coverage, while respecting the views of their
employers.
Read More
Homeschool
family sues VA social services for removing children claiming parent
imagined kids illnessess
A
homeschooling advocacy group announced that it is suing social
services caseworkers in Shenandoah County Virginia's Department of
Social Services on behalf of homeschool parents that it says are
falsely accused of child abuse and had their two children removed
from parental custody and placed into foster care for over a month.
Read More
Group
think school program turns kids in to sheep
An
Oprah-inspired program in public schools described by critics as an
intrusive, emotionally manipulative effort with the laudable goal of
ending bullying, cliques, gossip and other such behaviors, has been
presented to a million students in 400 cities in 47 states.
Read More
China
dismisses US complaints about jet fighter intercept
Washington’s
protest over a Chinese fighter jet that confronted a US jet by making
three close passes was dismissed flatly this weekend by a Chinese
defense official who said the fighter pilot acted “professionally”
and kept a safe distance in what was a “routine” flight.
Read More
Friday, August 01, 2014
Show Notes 07/27/2014
Sunday Show 7/27/14
Interview with Cheryl Chimley, author of Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality
Read More
Christian Bakery That Refused Gay Wedding Cakes Now Bakes Ex-Gay Cakes
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Christian Bakery That Refused Gay Wedding Cakes Now Bakes Ex-Gay Cakes
Sweet Cakes by Melissa,
a Christian-owned bakery, closed its doors earlier this year after
its owners Aaron and Melissa Klein were found guilty of violating gay
people's rights by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Read More
OBAMA CALLS FOR
COLLECTIVIZED NEW WORLD ORDER
During a fundraiser in
Seattle this week, President Barack Obama called for a “new order”
based around a collectivized system in order to quell people’s
concerns about geopolitical strife and the economy.
Read More
Protesters Swarm Beacon
Hill, ‘Livid’ Over Illegal Immigration
An anti-illegal
immigration rally on Beacon Hill outside the State House on Saturday,
July 26 was teeming with protesters. While Bree Sison of CBS Boston
estimated that the gathering drew hundreds of people, Jeff Kuhner,
the host of WRKO’s The Kuhner Report, who organized the rally, put
the number closer to 10,000 people.
Read More
Foreign Relations
Committee Approves UN Disabilities Treaty
On Tuesday, the U.S.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-6 to approve the
dangerous UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD). Every Democrat on the committee voted for the treaty.
Republican senators John McCain (AZ) and John Barrasso (WY) also
voted in favor of it.
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Bob Dole battles
home-schoolers on disabilities treaty
It’s Bob Dole vs. the
home-school lobby, round two. This marks the second time the former
senator will square off against Mike Farris, president of the
Homeschool Legal Defense Association, on the same issue: an
international treaty on rights for people with disabilities.
Read More
Home Schooling Is Going
Mainstream
When most kids are asked about school, scenes from school
buses, rows of desks and the lunchroom spring to their minds. But not
for 11-year-old Stephanie Simmens and her 9-year-old sister Molly.
Read More
Austria and Hungary
declares war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one
month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his
wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo,
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the
First World War.
Read More
New York Times:
Legalize Marijuana
The New York Times’
editorial board on Saturday called on the federal government to
legalize marijuana. Citing alcohol prohibition, social costs and
states’ movements, the board argued “after a great deal of
discussion” that “the balance falls squarely on the side of
national legalization.”
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The human side of
Medical Marijuana
Cristi Bundukamara gave
up on Florida last fall. She and her husband Francis, a teacher for
16 years at South Dade High School known to everybody as “Coach
Bundy”, uprooted their life in Homestead and moved their seven
children to Colorado in November because of their son’s illness.
Read More
Friday, September 13, 2013
Show Notes 09/12/2013
Show Thursday 09/12/13
What is the Senate up
to: continued
- Sen. Kelly Ayotte
(R-N.H.) amendment 161, to have a full audit of the financial
statements of the Department of Defense by 2017.
- Sen. Mark Kirk
(R-Ill.) amendment 671, to address Iran sanctions.
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski
amendment 672, to provide fishery assistance.
Public
Schools Now Teaching Government Is Like Your Family
The latest bit of
socialist, leftist drivel comes to us today from the heartland of
America. Actually this is part of Obama’s old stomping ground:
Skokie, Illinois. The East Prarie School District is now teaching
their fourth graders that the government is just like your family.
Parents who home school
question Common Core reach
There are few things
9-year-old Rhett Ricardo relishes more than curling up on his
family’s living room couch and delving into a novel, like “Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” – his imagination whirling as he
reads the fantastical plot about a mysterious sea monster and a
submarine, his mother says.
Adam
Smith's economy
Adam Smith (1723-1790)
was a Scottish philosopher and economist who is best known as the
author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth Of
Nations (1776), one of the most influential books ever written.
Thomas Jefferson's
Draft of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/jeffersons-rough-draft-of-the-declaration-of-independence
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Show Notes 04/21/2013
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday
04/21/2013
Special guest: Allen Scholl Executive
Director of Freedom Project Education
Freedom Project Education is rooted
firmly in Judeo-Christian values, FPE’s live, online school offers
a classical education for students from Kindergarten through High
School, an education similar to that received by America’s Founding
Fathers, promoting liberty, citizenship, and independent thinking.
Background check plan in trouble as Dems call votes on gun bill
The Senate on Wednesday defeated a
vital background check amendment seen as the linchpin to Democrats'
gun control bill, dealing a major setback to President Obama -- who
lashed out at opponents in unusually blunt terms during remarks from
the Rose Garden.
Kerry 'Not Aware' of State Dept.
Impeding Congressional Probe Into Benghazi
Secretary of State John Kerry reminded
the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday that he was "on
the other side of the podium" when U.S. interests came under
attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, and he said if the State
Department is trying to impede the committee's investigation into
embassy security, he's "not aware" of it.
Reversing policy: US will sell Israel aerial refueling planes
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will
finalize a huge arms deal with Israel during his visit starting
Saturday, under which Israel will for the first time be permitted to
purchase US aerial refueling planes and other ultra-sophisticated
military equipment that could prove vital to any Israel strike
against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Yuan reaches record high against US dollar
The yuan reached a record high
yesterday as the central bank fixed its midpoint against the US
dollar at the strongest level ever That sparked anticipation of
further appreciation this year and stoked inflationary pressure on
the mainland and Hong Kong.
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