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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Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Show Notes 01-12-2017
Friday Show Notes 01-12-17
California Farmers Stymied in Bid for Labor Law Records
In a win for California’s powerful lobbying industry, a state appeals court ruled Monday that the state’s negotiations with labor unions regarding a 2015 employment law are privileged and can remain hidden from the public.
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The Hillary scandal everyon’s ignoring
With the Clinton Foundation now under Department of Justice scrutiny over allegations of “pay for play” politics, it’s clear that while the Clintons’ political power may be fading, their propensity for scandal isn’t going away.
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U.S. National Mango Board Runs on $6.7 Million a Year
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch reported this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a National Mango Board, which operates on a $6.7 million budget, solely to "increase the consumption of fresh mangos in the United States," according to its USDA website.
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Aid recipient to US: keep your money
When the United Nations condemned President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. responded by cutting $285 million of its funding for the international organization.
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State Department Rolls Out New Travel Alert System, Ranking Every Nation 1, 2, 3 or 4
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday launched its new travel advisory program, which is intended to inform Americans about the risks they may face when they travel abroad.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted Ecuadorian citizenship
Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country's London embassy for more than five years. Ecuador's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said Assange was naturalised as a citizen on 12 December, at his request.
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McDonald’s to eliminate foam drink cups from menu, work toward 'fiber-based packaging'
Say goodbye to polystyrene, and hello to “fiber-based packaging.” On Wednesday, McDonald’s announced that it would be eliminating foam packaging from its worldwide supply chain by the end of 2018, along with news that it plans to further its efforts to source its “fiber-based packaging” from recycled sources by 2020.
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Facebook blocks funding for major pro-life movie
A crowdfunding site for a theatrical drama in production that promises to tell the “true story” of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a “right” to abortion has been blocked by Facebook.
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Online love scams break hearts and leave many in financial ruin
The 40-year-old woman from a western state told Fox News that she exchanged private messages with a man who sent her dozens of photos and a promise of a better life.
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California Farmers Stymied in Bid for Labor Law Records
In a win for California’s powerful lobbying industry, a state appeals court ruled Monday that the state’s negotiations with labor unions regarding a 2015 employment law are privileged and can remain hidden from the public.
Read More
The Hillary scandal everyon’s ignoring
With the Clinton Foundation now under Department of Justice scrutiny over allegations of “pay for play” politics, it’s clear that while the Clintons’ political power may be fading, their propensity for scandal isn’t going away.
Read More
U.S. National Mango Board Runs on $6.7 Million a Year
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch reported this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a National Mango Board, which operates on a $6.7 million budget, solely to "increase the consumption of fresh mangos in the United States," according to its USDA website.
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Aid recipient to US: keep your money
When the United Nations condemned President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. responded by cutting $285 million of its funding for the international organization.
Read More
State Department Rolls Out New Travel Alert System, Ranking Every Nation 1, 2, 3 or 4
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday launched its new travel advisory program, which is intended to inform Americans about the risks they may face when they travel abroad.
Read More
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted Ecuadorian citizenship
Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country's London embassy for more than five years. Ecuador's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said Assange was naturalised as a citizen on 12 December, at his request.
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McDonald’s to eliminate foam drink cups from menu, work toward 'fiber-based packaging'
Say goodbye to polystyrene, and hello to “fiber-based packaging.” On Wednesday, McDonald’s announced that it would be eliminating foam packaging from its worldwide supply chain by the end of 2018, along with news that it plans to further its efforts to source its “fiber-based packaging” from recycled sources by 2020.
Read More
Facebook blocks funding for major pro-life movie
A crowdfunding site for a theatrical drama in production that promises to tell the “true story” of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a “right” to abortion has been blocked by Facebook.
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Online love scams break hearts and leave many in financial ruin
The 40-year-old woman from a western state told Fox News that she exchanged private messages with a man who sent her dozens of photos and a promise of a better life.
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Monday, March 13, 2017
Show Notes 03-11-17
Saturday Show 3-11-17
Massive Oil Discovery in Alaska Is Biggest Onshore Find in U.S. in 30 years
Some 1.2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered in Alaska, marking the biggest onshore discovery in the U.S. in three decades. The massive find of conventional oil on state land could bring relief to budget pains in Alaska brought on by slumping production in the state and the crash in oil prices.
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New Trump travel ban can't be enforced on Syrian family trying to flee to Wisconsin, judge says
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Trump 's administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape their war-torn homeland by fleeing to Wisconsin.
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Book filled with blank pages tops Amazon's best seller list
A joke book "written" by a conservative author and filled with blank pages in a dig at Democrats is the top selling book on Amazon.
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INVESTIGATORS SAY THREATS TO JEWISH GROUPS IN US AND UK ARE LINKED
Scotland Yard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating more than a hundred bomb threats made to Jewish groups in the United States and Britain since Jan. 7, US and UK law enforcement and Jewish community officials said.
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Maxine Waters Implicates Barack Obama in the Spying Scandal
Maxine Waters just implicated Barack Obama in the spying scandal. Along these lines, what did she mean in 2013 when she said Obama has a secret database with “information about everything on every individual”?
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Look Ma, no hands! No steering wheel needed under new Calif. car rules
Under newly proposed California self-driving car rules, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles will let companies test autonomous vehicles that lack that quintessential car component, the steering wheel.
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Pope open to studying ordination of married men as priests
Pope Francis says the church must study whether it's possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages.
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Iowa Teens Blasted For Wearing ‘Offensive’ Patriotic Attire to Basketball Game
Students at an Iowa high school who dressed up in America-themed red, white and blue clothing at a basketball game are being blasted for their insensitive attire because one of the teams has players from refugee families.
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Mississippi House to colleges: Fly flag or lose tax break
Mississippi universities that refuse to fly the Confederate-themed state flag could lose proposed tax breaks, the latest twist in a long battle over a symbol critics see as racist.
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Anti-Feminist Flier 'Hate Crime' Suspect Sought by American University Police
American University police are investigating a “hate crime” on campus and asking for help identifying the suspect who posted anti-feminist fliers around the school Tuesday.
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Union tips off Border Patrol in immigration crackdown
Federal agents are not the only ones trying to remove people from the Buffalo area who have entered the country illegally. If Bill Bing, a carpenters union official, discovers workers at local construction projects suspected of being in the country illegally, the union tips off authorities.
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18,762 Illegal Border Crossings in February, 40% Drop From January’s 31,578
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hailing “a marked change” in immigration trends – a 40-percent decline in illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border between January and February; and a 55-percent decline in “inadmissibles,” who present themselves at Southwest ports of entry but are turned away.
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Robots and the Cloud Help Homebound Kids Attend School
Robots are interacting with patients in medical facilities, handling material in warehouses, working in manufacturing, and helping ill children attend school—all with a hand from the Cloud.
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#March4Trump Clashes Was Just More Proof ANTIFA Groups Are Domestic Terrorists
The ANTIFA movements are becoming another target that I feel I need to strike with my writing. The mainstream media is covering up for these groups that follow a communist ideology.
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Massive Oil Discovery in Alaska Is Biggest Onshore Find in U.S. in 30 years
Some 1.2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered in Alaska, marking the biggest onshore discovery in the U.S. in three decades. The massive find of conventional oil on state land could bring relief to budget pains in Alaska brought on by slumping production in the state and the crash in oil prices.
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New Trump travel ban can't be enforced on Syrian family trying to flee to Wisconsin, judge says
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Trump 's administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape their war-torn homeland by fleeing to Wisconsin.
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Book filled with blank pages tops Amazon's best seller list
A joke book "written" by a conservative author and filled with blank pages in a dig at Democrats is the top selling book on Amazon.
Read More
INVESTIGATORS SAY THREATS TO JEWISH GROUPS IN US AND UK ARE LINKED
Scotland Yard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating more than a hundred bomb threats made to Jewish groups in the United States and Britain since Jan. 7, US and UK law enforcement and Jewish community officials said.
Read More
Maxine Waters Implicates Barack Obama in the Spying Scandal
Maxine Waters just implicated Barack Obama in the spying scandal. Along these lines, what did she mean in 2013 when she said Obama has a secret database with “information about everything on every individual”?
Read More
Look Ma, no hands! No steering wheel needed under new Calif. car rules
Under newly proposed California self-driving car rules, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles will let companies test autonomous vehicles that lack that quintessential car component, the steering wheel.
Read More
Pope open to studying ordination of married men as priests
Pope Francis says the church must study whether it's possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages.
Read More
Iowa Teens Blasted For Wearing ‘Offensive’ Patriotic Attire to Basketball Game
Students at an Iowa high school who dressed up in America-themed red, white and blue clothing at a basketball game are being blasted for their insensitive attire because one of the teams has players from refugee families.
Read More
Mississippi House to colleges: Fly flag or lose tax break
Mississippi universities that refuse to fly the Confederate-themed state flag could lose proposed tax breaks, the latest twist in a long battle over a symbol critics see as racist.
Read More
Anti-Feminist Flier 'Hate Crime' Suspect Sought by American University Police
American University police are investigating a “hate crime” on campus and asking for help identifying the suspect who posted anti-feminist fliers around the school Tuesday.
Read More
Union tips off Border Patrol in immigration crackdown
Federal agents are not the only ones trying to remove people from the Buffalo area who have entered the country illegally. If Bill Bing, a carpenters union official, discovers workers at local construction projects suspected of being in the country illegally, the union tips off authorities.
Read More
18,762 Illegal Border Crossings in February, 40% Drop From January’s 31,578
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hailing “a marked change” in immigration trends – a 40-percent decline in illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border between January and February; and a 55-percent decline in “inadmissibles,” who present themselves at Southwest ports of entry but are turned away.
Read More
Robots and the Cloud Help Homebound Kids Attend School
Robots are interacting with patients in medical facilities, handling material in warehouses, working in manufacturing, and helping ill children attend school—all with a hand from the Cloud.
Read More
#March4Trump Clashes Was Just More Proof ANTIFA Groups Are Domestic Terrorists
The ANTIFA movements are becoming another target that I feel I need to strike with my writing. The mainstream media is covering up for these groups that follow a communist ideology.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Show Notes 02-11-2017
Saturday Show 2-11-17
California boy, 7, saves $10G for college after starting recycling business
A 7-year-old California boy is being praised for his entrepreneurial skill and love for the environment after he made $10,000 by starting his own recycling business -- cash he said he's saving for college.
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Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
Republicans in deep-red congressional districts spent the week navigating massive crowds and hostile questions at their town hall meetings — an early indication of how progressive opposition movements are mobilizing against the agenda of the GOP and President Trump.
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TRUMP SUPPORTERS WARNED IT'S TIME FOR SELF-DEFENSE
Are you ready to rumble? That’s the question the Knights of Socialism at the University of Central Florida used to advertise their new Leftist Fight Club, which is open to the entire campus – except Republicans.
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Black plastic covers windows, blocking reporters' views of Trump golfing
Reporters who are supposed to keep an eye on President Trump couldn't see him Saturday morning. White House reporters tasked with covering Trump tweeted they were holed up in a clubhouse basement of the luxurious Trump National Jupiter Golf Club & Spa.
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Right-to-work court case could have national impact on unions
A landmark right-to-work lawsuit playing out in Illinois has captured widespread attention amid expectations the case could land before the Supreme Court – and potentially have national implications for an estimated 20 million government workers.
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BIG PAYDAY AFTER STATE FIRES PASTOR FOR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
The state of Georgia has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a complaint that it illegally discriminated against a lay pastor who was fired by the state’s Department of Public Health, apparently because of the content of his sermons.
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Bill Nye to Target 'Religious Leaders,' 'Climate Deniers' In Netflix Show
Bill Nye, “The Science Guy,” is one of the media’s favorite global warming alarmists. He will star in a new Netflix show called Bill Nye Saves the World which will debut in the Spring of 2017.
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District tells teacher: Put faith 'into folder hidden in desk'
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to fix the outcome of a series of hearings and rulings in the lower courts that erupted when a New York school district told one teacher, under threat of dismissal, to keep her faith in “a folder to be kept hidden in her desk.”
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Fed-up cop blows whistle on immigrant crime
A Swedish police officer and senior investigator in the serious-crimes division is under internal investigation after taking to Facebook to describe his work week and the nationalities of those he has to deal with.
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Georgetown Islamic Studies Professor: Slavery OK, So is Non-Consensual Sex
A professor at Georgetown University is teaching his students that men do not need consent to have sex with women, and that slavery is justifiable under Islamic teachings.
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California boy, 7, saves $10G for college after starting recycling business
A 7-year-old California boy is being praised for his entrepreneurial skill and love for the environment after he made $10,000 by starting his own recycling business -- cash he said he's saving for college.
Read More
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
Republicans in deep-red congressional districts spent the week navigating massive crowds and hostile questions at their town hall meetings — an early indication of how progressive opposition movements are mobilizing against the agenda of the GOP and President Trump.
Read More
TRUMP SUPPORTERS WARNED IT'S TIME FOR SELF-DEFENSE
Are you ready to rumble? That’s the question the Knights of Socialism at the University of Central Florida used to advertise their new Leftist Fight Club, which is open to the entire campus – except Republicans.
Read More
Black plastic covers windows, blocking reporters' views of Trump golfing
Reporters who are supposed to keep an eye on President Trump couldn't see him Saturday morning. White House reporters tasked with covering Trump tweeted they were holed up in a clubhouse basement of the luxurious Trump National Jupiter Golf Club & Spa.
Read More
Right-to-work court case could have national impact on unions
A landmark right-to-work lawsuit playing out in Illinois has captured widespread attention amid expectations the case could land before the Supreme Court – and potentially have national implications for an estimated 20 million government workers.
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BIG PAYDAY AFTER STATE FIRES PASTOR FOR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS
The state of Georgia has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a complaint that it illegally discriminated against a lay pastor who was fired by the state’s Department of Public Health, apparently because of the content of his sermons.
Read More
Bill Nye to Target 'Religious Leaders,' 'Climate Deniers' In Netflix Show
Bill Nye, “The Science Guy,” is one of the media’s favorite global warming alarmists. He will star in a new Netflix show called Bill Nye Saves the World which will debut in the Spring of 2017.
Read More
District tells teacher: Put faith 'into folder hidden in desk'
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to fix the outcome of a series of hearings and rulings in the lower courts that erupted when a New York school district told one teacher, under threat of dismissal, to keep her faith in “a folder to be kept hidden in her desk.”
Read More
Fed-up cop blows whistle on immigrant crime
A Swedish police officer and senior investigator in the serious-crimes division is under internal investigation after taking to Facebook to describe his work week and the nationalities of those he has to deal with.
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Georgetown Islamic Studies Professor: Slavery OK, So is Non-Consensual Sex
A professor at Georgetown University is teaching his students that men do not need consent to have sex with women, and that slavery is justifiable under Islamic teachings.
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Friday, September 04, 2015
Show Notes 09-03-2015
Thursday show 09-03-15
New Robotic Exoskeleton Is Controlled by Human Thoughts
One big, robotic foot and then the other; that's how a man wearing a clunky-looking exoskeleton makes his way across the room. The machine's motors are noisy and its movements are painfully slow, but these details seem to fade into the background when you realize how the man is controlling the cumbersome contraption: He's doing it with his mind.
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Ruling could ease way for unionizing at fast-food chains
It could be easier for unions to bargain for better pay and working conditions on behalf of millions of workers at McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food chains after a National Labor Relations Board ruling on Thursday.
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Girls take action over transgender in locker room
Almost 200 students at a Missouri high school don’t care if transgender student Lila Perry identifies as a female — they want the senior to use the boys locker room.
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Author defends black lives matter textbook for 6th graders
ABDO, a Minnesota-based book publisher, is set to release a middle school textbook written by Professor Duchess Harris and Sue Bradford Edwards about the anti-police movement Black Lives Matter.
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School district investigating mass Baptism at football practice
The video, posted by First Baptist Villa Rica, was shot on school grounds just before football practice. "We had the privilege of baptizing a bunch of football players and a coach on the field of Villa Rica High School!
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World War ll
World War Two began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. Although the outbreak of war was triggered by Germany's invasion of Poland, the causes of the war are more complex.
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Ex State Dept staffer who set up Clinton home server to take 5th Amendment before Congress
The Washington Post reported Wednesday night that a former Hillary Clinton State Department staffer who reportedly set up her home brew server will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify to Congressional committees investigating Clinton’s home email system.
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Chris Christie Yells At Town Hall Attendee For Quoting His Own Comments On Climate Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks that human exhalation is a cause of climate change. Or he thinks that statement is "ridiculous." Either might be true.
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Judge jails Christian clerk
A federal judge who previously has sided with arguments for partial-birth abortion and homosexual clubs in public schools ordered jail on Thursday for a Kentucky county clerk who refused to violate her faith and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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New Robotic Exoskeleton Is Controlled by Human Thoughts
One big, robotic foot and then the other; that's how a man wearing a clunky-looking exoskeleton makes his way across the room. The machine's motors are noisy and its movements are painfully slow, but these details seem to fade into the background when you realize how the man is controlling the cumbersome contraption: He's doing it with his mind.
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Ruling could ease way for unionizing at fast-food chains
It could be easier for unions to bargain for better pay and working conditions on behalf of millions of workers at McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food chains after a National Labor Relations Board ruling on Thursday.
Read More
Girls take action over transgender in locker room
Almost 200 students at a Missouri high school don’t care if transgender student Lila Perry identifies as a female — they want the senior to use the boys locker room.
Read More
Author defends black lives matter textbook for 6th graders
ABDO, a Minnesota-based book publisher, is set to release a middle school textbook written by Professor Duchess Harris and Sue Bradford Edwards about the anti-police movement Black Lives Matter.
Read More
School district investigating mass Baptism at football practice
The video, posted by First Baptist Villa Rica, was shot on school grounds just before football practice. "We had the privilege of baptizing a bunch of football players and a coach on the field of Villa Rica High School!
Read More
World War ll
World War Two began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. Although the outbreak of war was triggered by Germany's invasion of Poland, the causes of the war are more complex.
Read More
Ex State Dept staffer who set up Clinton home server to take 5th Amendment before Congress
The Washington Post reported Wednesday night that a former Hillary Clinton State Department staffer who reportedly set up her home brew server will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify to Congressional committees investigating Clinton’s home email system.
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Chris Christie Yells At Town Hall Attendee For Quoting His Own Comments On Climate Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks that human exhalation is a cause of climate change. Or he thinks that statement is "ridiculous." Either might be true.
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Judge jails Christian clerk
A federal judge who previously has sided with arguments for partial-birth abortion and homosexual clubs in public schools ordered jail on Thursday for a Kentucky county clerk who refused to violate her faith and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Show Notes 03-29-15
Sunday show 03-29-15
Taxpayers foot bill for union work, lawmakers seek changes
When he arrived on Capitol Hill in January, freshman Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., discovered something he had no clue was going on. Hundreds of federal employees spend their entire workday -- not doing the business of the government, but working for their unions.
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Union renews call for armed TSA officers after New Orleans machete attack
The union representing Transportation Security Administration officers is renewing its call to let some agents carry guns, in the wake of another airport attack.
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Atlanta: We can control fired Chiefs speech
The city of Atlanta says it has “heightened powers to restrict speech as necessary to ensure efficient delivery of mandated services,” so its actions in dismissing Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran after he wrote and handed out a book about his Christian faith were proper.
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Put Me in: Craig T. Nelson Returning as Coach Fox in Sequel
Craig T. Nelson is getting back in the coaching game for NBC. The network said that it has ordered 13 episodes of a sequel to the 1989-97 ABC sitcom "Coach" that starred Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of a college football team.
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Ex-CFO who ripped Chick-Fil-A now on food stamps
A CFO who drew widespread condemnation after berating a Chick-fil-A employee in a video that went viral three years ago is out of work and on food stamps, according to a published report.
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DHS Secretary: 'Thousands' of Unaccompanied Children Still Crossing Into U.S.
Unaccompanied children crossing the southern border into the United States still number in the thousands, probably the tens of thousands, even though the percentages are lower, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told Congress on Thursday.
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Feds hide details of Navy Seals shoot down
An attorney suing the CIA, Department of Defense and National Security Agency over the shoot down of the Extortion 17 helicopter mission hauling a quick-reaction force of Navy SEALs in Afghanistan in 2011 is asking a court to issue a contempt citation to the federal agencies.
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19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting
Indiana has come under fire for a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Pence (R) that would allow businesses to refuse service for religious reasons. The NCAA has voiced its concern ahead of Final Four in Indianapolis next week, there are calls to boycott the state, and Miley Cyrus has even weighed in, calling Pence a name that we can't reprint on this family Web site in an Instagram post.
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Taxpayers foot bill for union work, lawmakers seek changes
When he arrived on Capitol Hill in January, freshman Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., discovered something he had no clue was going on. Hundreds of federal employees spend their entire workday -- not doing the business of the government, but working for their unions.
Read More
Union renews call for armed TSA officers after New Orleans machete attack
The union representing Transportation Security Administration officers is renewing its call to let some agents carry guns, in the wake of another airport attack.
Read More
Atlanta: We can control fired Chiefs speech
The city of Atlanta says it has “heightened powers to restrict speech as necessary to ensure efficient delivery of mandated services,” so its actions in dismissing Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran after he wrote and handed out a book about his Christian faith were proper.
Read More
Put Me in: Craig T. Nelson Returning as Coach Fox in Sequel
Craig T. Nelson is getting back in the coaching game for NBC. The network said that it has ordered 13 episodes of a sequel to the 1989-97 ABC sitcom "Coach" that starred Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of a college football team.
Read More
Ex-CFO who ripped Chick-Fil-A now on food stamps
A CFO who drew widespread condemnation after berating a Chick-fil-A employee in a video that went viral three years ago is out of work and on food stamps, according to a published report.
Read More
DHS Secretary: 'Thousands' of Unaccompanied Children Still Crossing Into U.S.
Unaccompanied children crossing the southern border into the United States still number in the thousands, probably the tens of thousands, even though the percentages are lower, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told Congress on Thursday.
Read More
Feds hide details of Navy Seals shoot down
An attorney suing the CIA, Department of Defense and National Security Agency over the shoot down of the Extortion 17 helicopter mission hauling a quick-reaction force of Navy SEALs in Afghanistan in 2011 is asking a court to issue a contempt citation to the federal agencies.
Read More
19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting
Indiana has come under fire for a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Pence (R) that would allow businesses to refuse service for religious reasons. The NCAA has voiced its concern ahead of Final Four in Indianapolis next week, there are calls to boycott the state, and Miley Cyrus has even weighed in, calling Pence a name that we can't reprint on this family Web site in an Instagram post.
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Friday, March 13, 2015
Thursday Show 03-12-2015
Thursday show 03-12-15
Armed Patriots Stand Against Feds!!!
A story that wasn't celebrated by the media - where no dignitaries cared to stand for a photo-op. instead American snipers would train their barrels on fellow Americans - Americans who chose to stand their ground and draw a line in the sand on Friday March 6th 2015… it was a rally for the right to bear arms.
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I Pencil
I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write. Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that's all I do.
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Unions Sue Over Wisconsin Right-To-Work Law
Several unions filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a recent Wisconsin law which bans mandatory union dues as a condition of employment.
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NAACP battles Latino groups over push to open public schools for non-English speakers
A plan that would dedicate two public high schools in suburban Washington to immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities -– usually allies -- against one another.A plan that would dedicate two public high schools in suburban Washington to immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities -– usually allies -- against one another.
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Did UN food aid for Yemen go to the not so poor?
The United Nations World Food Program has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on food aid intended for the most desperately poor people in Yemen -- but included not just impoverished households, but also some that “belonged to the wealthiest” categories on a national social welfare scale, according to the agency’s own audit report.
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Armed Patriots Stand Against Feds!!!
A story that wasn't celebrated by the media - where no dignitaries cared to stand for a photo-op. instead American snipers would train their barrels on fellow Americans - Americans who chose to stand their ground and draw a line in the sand on Friday March 6th 2015… it was a rally for the right to bear arms.
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I Pencil
I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write. Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that's all I do.
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Unions Sue Over Wisconsin Right-To-Work Law
Several unions filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a recent Wisconsin law which bans mandatory union dues as a condition of employment.
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NAACP battles Latino groups over push to open public schools for non-English speakers
A plan that would dedicate two public high schools in suburban Washington to immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities -– usually allies -- against one another.A plan that would dedicate two public high schools in suburban Washington to immigrants and students struggling with English is pitting black and Hispanic communities -– usually allies -- against one another.
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Did UN food aid for Yemen go to the not so poor?
The United Nations World Food Program has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on food aid intended for the most desperately poor people in Yemen -- but included not just impoverished households, but also some that “belonged to the wealthiest” categories on a national social welfare scale, according to the agency’s own audit report.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Show Notes 02-22-2014
Sunday show 02-22-15
George Washington
George Washington could trace his family's presence in North America to his great-grandfather, John Washington, who migrated from England to Virginia. The family held some distinction in England and was granted land by Henry VIII.
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Moody's downgrades Russia sovereign debt to junk
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to junk status on Friday, citing the crisis in Ukraine and the falling price of oil. Moody's cut Russia's rating to Ba1 from Baa3, with a negative outlook.
Read More
Except for Oakland West Coast seaports in full operation
West Coast seaports were back at full operation Sunday, except in Oakland, California, which has seen another work disruption. It's unclear what prompted the problems in Oakland. Work at the other 28 West Coast ports is back to normal, Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug said.
Read More
DHS circulates report warning of sovereign citizen extremists
While the White House held a Countering Violent Extremism summit this week to talk about “extremist ideologies that radicalize” – not radical Islam in particular but myriad forms of extremism domestic and foreign – CNN reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has circulated an intelligence assessment on the “domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists.
Read More
Montanans fight to last drop over precious water rights
The American West’s history of conflict between Indians and settlers apparently isn’t over, as tribes in Montana are demanding title to water rights and lands that long have been privately
owned.
Read More
Susan Rice: ‘Who Better Than a Mother to Spot Unusual Behavior in Her Child and Intervene?’
In a speech at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism, National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Thursday said part of the strategy to combat terrorism is training women - especially mothers - to recognize the signs of recruitment and radicalization in their own families.
Read More
Freedom From Religion Foundation says teacher's memorial violates First Amendment
A West Virginia middle school took down the crosses from a memorial to a beloved teacher, but is standing firm on the angels etched into the stone, despite an atheist group's threat to sue on constitutional grounds.
Read More
SF archbishop answers disapproving letter from lawmakers
The archbishop of San Francisco sent a letter to California lawmakers on Thursday asking them to respect his right to hire people who uphold Catholic teachings.
Read More
George Washington
George Washington could trace his family's presence in North America to his great-grandfather, John Washington, who migrated from England to Virginia. The family held some distinction in England and was granted land by Henry VIII.
Read More
Moody's downgrades Russia sovereign debt to junk
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to junk status on Friday, citing the crisis in Ukraine and the falling price of oil. Moody's cut Russia's rating to Ba1 from Baa3, with a negative outlook.
Read More
Except for Oakland West Coast seaports in full operation
West Coast seaports were back at full operation Sunday, except in Oakland, California, which has seen another work disruption. It's unclear what prompted the problems in Oakland. Work at the other 28 West Coast ports is back to normal, Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug said.
Read More
DHS circulates report warning of sovereign citizen extremists
While the White House held a Countering Violent Extremism summit this week to talk about “extremist ideologies that radicalize” – not radical Islam in particular but myriad forms of extremism domestic and foreign – CNN reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has circulated an intelligence assessment on the “domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists.
Read More
Montanans fight to last drop over precious water rights
The American West’s history of conflict between Indians and settlers apparently isn’t over, as tribes in Montana are demanding title to water rights and lands that long have been privately
owned.
Read More
Susan Rice: ‘Who Better Than a Mother to Spot Unusual Behavior in Her Child and Intervene?’
In a speech at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism, National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Thursday said part of the strategy to combat terrorism is training women - especially mothers - to recognize the signs of recruitment and radicalization in their own families.
Read More
Freedom From Religion Foundation says teacher's memorial violates First Amendment
A West Virginia middle school took down the crosses from a memorial to a beloved teacher, but is standing firm on the angels etched into the stone, despite an atheist group's threat to sue on constitutional grounds.
Read More
SF archbishop answers disapproving letter from lawmakers
The archbishop of San Francisco sent a letter to California lawmakers on Thursday asking them to respect his right to hire people who uphold Catholic teachings.
Read More
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Show Notes 10/09/2014
Thursday
Show 10/9/14
Soda
makers pledge to reduce calorie consumption
Coke,
Pepsi and Dr Pepper said Tuesday they'll work to reduce the calories
Americans get from beverages by 20 percent over the next decade by
more aggressively marketing smaller sizes, bottled water and diet
drinks.
Read More
Food
for thought: Expensive meals taste better, study finds
New
research shows price really can impact how food tastes — at least
at the all-you-can eat buffet.
In
a study published in the Journal of Sensory Studies, diners who paid
$8 rather than $4 at a lunch buffet said their food was 11 percent
tastier.
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Best
pizzas in America
Ask
the average person who makes the best pizza, or read articles, blogs,
and best-of lists by pizza “experts,” or wade into online
comments, and you’ll find that there is a light side and a dark
side — two flavors, if you will — of Pizza Opinion: The positive,
passionate, all-consuming love for one’s own favorite cheesy,
greasy, roof-of-mouth-burning slice; and the dark, fiery vitriol
reserved for those who dare challenge the superiority of thin-crust
over deep-dish, sweet sauce over savory, or any number of other
fiercely divisive pizzalogical issues.
Read More
Goodbye
Gun Control: The $1,200 Machine For 3D-Printing Guns Has Sold Out In
36 Hours
On
Wednesday, Cody Wilson’s libertarian non-profit Defense Distributed
revealed the Ghost Gunner, a $1,200 computer-controlled (CNC) milling
machine designed to let anyone make the aluminum body of an AR-15
rifle at home, with no expertise, no regulation, and no serial
numbers. Since then, he’s sold more than 200 of the foot-cubed CNC
mills—175 in the first 24 hours. That’s well beyond his
expectations; Wilson had planned to sell only 110 of the machines
total before cutting off orders.
Read More
Judicial
Watch president: Holder resigned over Judges Fast and Furious ruling
Judicial
Watch president Tom Fitton says he has “no doubt” that a Sept. 23
federal court order requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn
over an index of documents relating to the Fast and Furious scandal
by October 22 prompted the resignation of Attorney General Eric
Holder two days later.
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THOUSANDS
FROM EBOLA NATIONS ALLOWED TO ENTER US WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SCREENING
Over
3,500 passengers from Ebola affected nations have been allowed to
enter the U.S. without any special screening since January 1, 2014,
according to a leaked internal intelligence report from the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Office of Intelligence and Liaison
exclusively obtained by Breitbart Texas.
Read More
More
than a dozen states plan to cancel health care policies not in
compliance with ObamaCare
More
than a dozen states plan to cancel health care policies not in
compliance with ObamaCare in the coming weeks, affecting thousands of
people just before the midterm elections.
Read More
Teachers
Reprimanded for Speaking Out Against Common Core
Louisiana
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R.) blasted reports Tuesday that teachers are
being reprimanded for speaking out against Common Core standards on
social media. A teacher in Rapides Parish, in Alexandria, La., was
“written up” for writing a negative post on Facebook about the
controversial standards, according to Town Talk.
Read More
Union
workers protest Obama's EPA regulations
The
United Mine Workers of America held a rally Tuesday in Washington,
D.C., to protest Environmental Protection Agency regulations that
they claim would destroy the nation’s coal industry and
coal-related jobs while doing nothing to address climate change.
Read More
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Show Notes: 09-06-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 9/6/12
AFL-CIO has hug a Union thug booth at DNC
The Hill is reporting that the North Carolina AFL-CIO has a "Hug a Union Thug" booth at Monday's Carolina Fest celebration, one of the final "pre-convention" events at the DNC.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/03/AFL-CIO-Has-Hug-a-Union-Thug-Booth-at-DNC
The continuing unpopularity of labor unions
In honor of the Labor Day holiday, Gallup is out with its regular survey assessing the public's attitude about labor unions. Gallup's headline is that approval of labor unions is steady at 52%. This is true, if by steady you mean that unions continue to have the lowest approval rating since the question was first asked in the 1930s.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/03/the-continuing-unpopularity-of-labor-unions
Illegal Immigrant Undocubus rolls into Charlotte for DNC
Emboldened by President Barack Obama's executive action that allows some illegal immigrants to apply for work permits, a group of illegal immigrants on the "Undocu-Bus" arrived in Charlotte during the week of the Democratic National Convention to advocate for broader amnesty programs.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/04/Illegal-Immigrant-Undocu-Bus-Rolls-Into-Charlotte-For-DNC
The Democrat Media Latino-Hispanic Hoax
When Republicans feature a Latina governor and a Latino U.S. Senator at their party’s convention, the mainstream media reports it as a desperate attempt to reach out to a voting bloc it is rapidly losing.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/04/The-Democrat-Media-Latino-Hispanic-Hoax
Attention media: Walmart and Target have been offering $9 birth control
For over two months the Left and their media minions have been making a big stink about the need for mandatory health insurance coverage of contraceptives. In all this fuss and distraction from the real problems this nation is facing, nobody noticed that since 2007 Walmart has been offering a month's worth of birth control pills for only $9
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/03/05/attention-media-walmart-and-target-have-been-offering-9-birth-control#ixzz25jbl6lue
With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African-Americans
President Barack Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble, and roughly half of the 186 African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure notices.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/03/with-landmark-lawsuit-barack-obama-pushed-banks-to-give-subprime-loans-to-chicagos-african-americans/
Mrs. Obamas tweet urges visits to website featuring sex tips and prostitutes
First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted a suggestion on Monday that people should visit iVillage.com, a website where she recently served as a guest editor that features graphic sex tips, including from prostitutes at a Nevada brothel.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mrs-obamas-tweet-urges-visit-website-featuring-sex-tips-prostitutes
AFL-CIO has hug a Union thug booth at DNC
The Hill is reporting that the North Carolina AFL-CIO has a "Hug a Union Thug" booth at Monday's Carolina Fest celebration, one of the final "pre-convention" events at the DNC.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/03/AFL-CIO-Has-Hug-a-Union-Thug-Booth-at-DNC
The continuing unpopularity of labor unions
In honor of the Labor Day holiday, Gallup is out with its regular survey assessing the public's attitude about labor unions. Gallup's headline is that approval of labor unions is steady at 52%. This is true, if by steady you mean that unions continue to have the lowest approval rating since the question was first asked in the 1930s.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/03/the-continuing-unpopularity-of-labor-unions
Illegal Immigrant Undocubus rolls into Charlotte for DNC
Emboldened by President Barack Obama's executive action that allows some illegal immigrants to apply for work permits, a group of illegal immigrants on the "Undocu-Bus" arrived in Charlotte during the week of the Democratic National Convention to advocate for broader amnesty programs.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/04/Illegal-Immigrant-Undocu-Bus-Rolls-Into-Charlotte-For-DNC
The Democrat Media Latino-Hispanic Hoax
When Republicans feature a Latina governor and a Latino U.S. Senator at their party’s convention, the mainstream media reports it as a desperate attempt to reach out to a voting bloc it is rapidly losing.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/04/The-Democrat-Media-Latino-Hispanic-Hoax
Attention media: Walmart and Target have been offering $9 birth control
For over two months the Left and their media minions have been making a big stink about the need for mandatory health insurance coverage of contraceptives. In all this fuss and distraction from the real problems this nation is facing, nobody noticed that since 2007 Walmart has been offering a month's worth of birth control pills for only $9
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/03/05/attention-media-walmart-and-target-have-been-offering-9-birth-control#ixzz25jbl6lue
With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African-Americans
President Barack Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble, and roughly half of the 186 African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure notices.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/03/with-landmark-lawsuit-barack-obama-pushed-banks-to-give-subprime-loans-to-chicagos-african-americans/
Mrs. Obamas tweet urges visits to website featuring sex tips and prostitutes
First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted a suggestion on Monday that people should visit iVillage.com, a website where she recently served as a guest editor that features graphic sex tips, including from prostitutes at a Nevada brothel.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mrs-obamas-tweet-urges-visit-website-featuring-sex-tips-prostitutes
Monday, August 13, 2012
Show Notes: 08-12-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 8/12/12
A Scottish prayer
May the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
http://www.faithandworship.com/Celtic_Blessings_and_Prayers.htm#ixzz23NVMzZfq
Army Gets First Openly Gay Flag Officer
Army Brigadier General Tammy Smith became the first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. military, giving the gay rights movement its most senior public military figure.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/army-gay-flag-officer/2012/08/11/id/448251
Olympics-United States top medal table with 46 golds
United States finished top of the London Olympics medal table on Sunday with 46 golds ahead of China on 38 and hosts Britain with 29.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/oly-medals-day-idUSL6E8JC3Q220120812
Pennsylvania road crew paints yellow line over dead raccoon
The "squirrelly" configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pa-road-crew-paints-yellow-line-over-dead-raccoon
Labor chief Trumka vows stronger ground game for elections
The nation’s largest labor federation says it is ready to unleash a new and improved political program ahead of the November elections with expanded outreach and more volunteers than past years.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/9/labor-chief-trumka-vows-stronger-ground-game-elect/?page=1
Border Patrol Whistle Blowers Hand Election To Romney; Will He Take It?
Union heads of both the ICE and Border Patrol Councils have stated that Barack Hussein Obama has deliberately handed a “get out of jail free card” to illegal alien criminals. http://usopenborders.com/2012/08/border-patrol-whistle-blowers-hand-election-to-romney-will-he-take-it/
Homeland Security wants to expand NM border zone
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is eyeing a plan to extend the border zone in New Mexico by 30 miles to allow some Mexican nationals to visit deeper into the U.S. http://usopenborders.com/2012/08/homeland-security-wants-to-expand-nm-border-zone/
A Scottish prayer
May the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
http://www.faithandworship.com/Celtic_Blessings_and_Prayers.htm#ixzz23NVMzZfq
Army Gets First Openly Gay Flag Officer
Army Brigadier General Tammy Smith became the first openly gay flag officer in the U.S. military, giving the gay rights movement its most senior public military figure.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/army-gay-flag-officer/2012/08/11/id/448251
Olympics-United States top medal table with 46 golds
United States finished top of the London Olympics medal table on Sunday with 46 golds ahead of China on 38 and hosts Britain with 29.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/oly-medals-day-idUSL6E8JC3Q220120812
Pennsylvania road crew paints yellow line over dead raccoon
The "squirrelly" configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pa-road-crew-paints-yellow-line-over-dead-raccoon
Labor chief Trumka vows stronger ground game for elections
The nation’s largest labor federation says it is ready to unleash a new and improved political program ahead of the November elections with expanded outreach and more volunteers than past years.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/9/labor-chief-trumka-vows-stronger-ground-game-elect/?page=1
Border Patrol Whistle Blowers Hand Election To Romney; Will He Take It?
Union heads of both the ICE and Border Patrol Councils have stated that Barack Hussein Obama has deliberately handed a “get out of jail free card” to illegal alien criminals. http://usopenborders.com/2012/08/border-patrol-whistle-blowers-hand-election-to-romney-will-he-take-it/
Homeland Security wants to expand NM border zone
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is eyeing a plan to extend the border zone in New Mexico by 30 miles to allow some Mexican nationals to visit deeper into the U.S. http://usopenborders.com/2012/08/homeland-security-wants-to-expand-nm-border-zone/
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Show Notes: 08-09-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 8/9/12
Full List of Obamacare Tax Hikes
Obamacare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses Taxpayers are reminded that the President’s healthcare law is one of the largest tax increases in American history.Arranged by their respective effective dates, below is the total list of all $500 billion-plus in tax hikes (over the next ten years) in Obamacare.
http://atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-a6996#ixzz234qSppax
Obama and Romney spar over Defense budget
In a time of deep deficits and tight budgets, President Obama says the Defense Department cannot be entirely spared the scalpel. But Mitt Romney, his likely opponent in November's election, says the U.S. must spend more on the Pentagon now because it will pay off with a stronger economy in the long run.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/08/06/obama-romney-spar-over-defense-budget.html?comp=7000023467962&rank=3
Study finds that lying less improves a persons health
Who says a little white lie never hurt anyone? Recent research suggests it can affect your health. A new study conducted by University of Notre Dame researchers found that a person’s mental and physical health improved when they stopped lying to others.
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/08/08/study-finds-that-lying-less-improves-persons-health/
Employees wellness index
Workers who keep the country running through transportation, construction and other services may also suffer the worst health, according to recent rankings of employees' well-being.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/story/2012-08-08/employees-wellness-index/56887124/1
Glocks vs Docs: Second Amendment issues in the cross hairs
There are few topics more evergreen in the U.S. political arena and consistently in the forefront of the news than a group protesting that either their First Amendment or Second Amendment rights are being curtailed. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the two collided in a spectacular “Alien vs. Predator,” coliseum-like spectacle of battling rights.
http://www.seolawfirm.com/2012/08/glocks-v-docs-second-amendment-issues-in-the-crosshairs/
Full List of Obamacare Tax Hikes
Obamacare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses Taxpayers are reminded that the President’s healthcare law is one of the largest tax increases in American history.Arranged by their respective effective dates, below is the total list of all $500 billion-plus in tax hikes (over the next ten years) in Obamacare.
http://atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-a6996#ixzz234qSppax
Obama and Romney spar over Defense budget
In a time of deep deficits and tight budgets, President Obama says the Defense Department cannot be entirely spared the scalpel. But Mitt Romney, his likely opponent in November's election, says the U.S. must spend more on the Pentagon now because it will pay off with a stronger economy in the long run.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/08/06/obama-romney-spar-over-defense-budget.html?comp=7000023467962&rank=3
Study finds that lying less improves a persons health
Who says a little white lie never hurt anyone? Recent research suggests it can affect your health. A new study conducted by University of Notre Dame researchers found that a person’s mental and physical health improved when they stopped lying to others.
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/08/08/study-finds-that-lying-less-improves-persons-health/
Employees wellness index
Workers who keep the country running through transportation, construction and other services may also suffer the worst health, according to recent rankings of employees' well-being.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/story/2012-08-08/employees-wellness-index/56887124/1
Glocks vs Docs: Second Amendment issues in the cross hairs
There are few topics more evergreen in the U.S. political arena and consistently in the forefront of the news than a group protesting that either their First Amendment or Second Amendment rights are being curtailed. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the two collided in a spectacular “Alien vs. Predator,” coliseum-like spectacle of battling rights.
http://www.seolawfirm.com/2012/08/glocks-v-docs-second-amendment-issues-in-the-crosshairs/
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Show Notes: 06-26-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Tuesday 6/26/12
Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a split decision on Arizona's 2010 immigration law. The court unanimously sustained the best-known part of the law, which requires state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if there is reason to suspect that the individual might be an illegal immigrant. But it blocked the implementation of other provisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/26/us/scotus-immigrationlaw-analysis.html
Obama and Romney both challenged on Latino vote
When it comes to Latino voters, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have very different challenges. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2012/0623/Obama-and-Romney-both-challenged-on-Latino-vote
House passes Bishop border security measure
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, H.R.2578, that included a section to allow the Border Patrol to fully operate on federally-owned lands within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Patrol section was originally part of Rep. Rob Bishop's (R-Utah) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) offered an amendment to strip Bishop's section from the larger bill, but the House voted down the amendment.
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-20-2012/house-passes-bishop-border-security-measure.html
Unions threatened by Rubio's RAISE Act
Last month Senator Marco Rubio introduced the RAISE Act in Congress. The RAISE Act has a very simple goal: "To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/Unions-Threatened-by-Rubio-s-RAISE-Act?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29
Supreme Court delivers blow public sector union fee hikes
The Supreme Court dealt a chastening blow to the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and organized labor Thursday, ruling 7-2 to reverse a decision that would force nonmembers of public-sector unions in California to pay a fee that would help to finance the unions’ activities.
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/06/21/supreme-court-delivers-blow-public-sector-union-fee-hikes/
Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a split decision on Arizona's 2010 immigration law. The court unanimously sustained the best-known part of the law, which requires state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if there is reason to suspect that the individual might be an illegal immigrant. But it blocked the implementation of other provisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/26/us/scotus-immigrationlaw-analysis.html
Obama and Romney both challenged on Latino vote
When it comes to Latino voters, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have very different challenges. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2012/0623/Obama-and-Romney-both-challenged-on-Latino-vote
House passes Bishop border security measure
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, H.R.2578, that included a section to allow the Border Patrol to fully operate on federally-owned lands within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Patrol section was originally part of Rep. Rob Bishop's (R-Utah) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) offered an amendment to strip Bishop's section from the larger bill, but the House voted down the amendment.
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-20-2012/house-passes-bishop-border-security-measure.html
Unions threatened by Rubio's RAISE Act
Last month Senator Marco Rubio introduced the RAISE Act in Congress. The RAISE Act has a very simple goal: "To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/Unions-Threatened-by-Rubio-s-RAISE-Act?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29
Supreme Court delivers blow public sector union fee hikes
The Supreme Court dealt a chastening blow to the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and organized labor Thursday, ruling 7-2 to reverse a decision that would force nonmembers of public-sector unions in California to pay a fee that would help to finance the unions’ activities.
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/06/21/supreme-court-delivers-blow-public-sector-union-fee-hikes/
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The Uncooperative Radio Show Recording April 13, 2007
The Imus mess, the Duke Lacrosse mess and unruly Unions.
Subjects: Brian rants on Don Imus and Duke Lacrosse issues. Then Unions used to be run by the mob, now they are run by the communist, Brian will tell you how.
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