Monthly Archives: June 2010
Daily Benefactor News – Arizona Wildfire Forces 1,000 Home Evacuations – More Articles
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Arizona Wildfire Forces 1,000 Home Evacuations – CBS News
The second wildfire to hit this forested city in two days drove residents from more than 1,000 homes Sunday, and authorities arrested a man they say caused the first blaze by dumping coals from a campfire on the ground.
Coconino County authorities asked residents of 1,044 homes in three neighborhoods north of the city to leave because of the latest fire. The first wildfire, burning 350 acres in southeastern Flagstaff, forced the evacuation of about 170 homes, briefly shut down a hotel and remained uncontained Sunday.
Authorities knew of no buildings that had been burned. U.S. Route 89 northeast of the city was closed because of smoke from the second fire, and each blaze had forced an animal shelter to evacuate.
Crews on the ground, in air tankers and in helicopters were trying to protect homes as flames could be seen scorching treetops on nearby ridges.
“There’s a pretty impressive towering column of smoke,” said Coconino National Forest spokeswoman Karen Malis-Clark.
The American Red Cross has set up a shelter at a Flagstaff middle school for residents displaced by both fires.
Fire officials did not know what sparked the second blaze. A California man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of starting the fire that erupted Saturday by leaving behind hot coals at a campsite in a wooded area about two miles from downtown Flagstaff.
“As far as we understand, this was not a deliberate act. It was a careless act,” said Kimberly Ott, spokeswoman for the northern Arizona city of about 60,000.
Randall Wayne Nicholson, 54, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of burning of a wildland, Ott said. Nicholson, whose hometown was not immediately available, was being held on a $2,500 bond at the Coconino County jail. It was unknown if he had an attorney.
The fire Nicholson is accused of starting quickly spread up a hill and threatened homes in two neighborhoods. Crews worked overnight and Sunday to protect structures and establish a perimeter around the blaze, but Coconino County spokeswoman Joanne Keene said fire officials have not declared any part of the fire contained.
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Rahm Emanuel To Quit White House – The Telegraph
Washington insiders say White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will quit within six to eight months in frustration at the unwillingness of Obama’s inner circle to get policy pushed through.
Mr Emanuel, 50, enjoys a good working relationship with Mr Obama but they are understood to have reached an understanding that differences over style mean he will serve only half the full four-year term.
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China To Overtake U.S. In Manufacturing – Financial Times
The U.S. remained the world’s biggest manufacturing nation last year, but is poised to relinquish this slot in 2011 to China – thus ending a 110-year run as the number one country in factory production.
The figures are revealed in a league table being published on Monday by IHS Global Insight, a U.S.-based economics consultancy. Last year, the US created 19.9 per cent of world manufacturing output.
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46 Workers Killed In China Mine Blast – CNN
An underground explosion in a coal mine in central China’s Henan province killed at least 46 miners early Monday. 26 of the 72 miners trapped by the explosion were able to escape.
Officials are investigating what caused the blast, which apparently occurred in the explosives storage area of the mine around 1:40 a.m. (1:40 p.m. ET), state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
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19 Hurt In Chicago Subway Fire – Chicago Sun-Times
Nineteen CTA passengers were taken to area hospitals Sunday as a precaution after a subway fire.
Burning railroad ties on the Red Line between the Chicago and Division stops sent plumes of thick black smoke billowing onto the street from vents at State and Bellevue and terrified passengers scurrying from the station at Clark and Division shortly before 5 p.m.
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Obama Administration Only Accepted Help From 5 Of 28 Countries – First Things
This weekend as President Obama went golfing and to the ballgame, the Obama State Department was STILL in the review process on deciding which countries the US would accept help from.
As the Gulf Coast shores continue to be coated with crude, the Obama Administration has only accepted assistance from 5 countries out of 28 who offered to assist the US with the cleanup.
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National Guard, Police Watch Over Billings Area Devastated By Tornado – Fox News
National Guard troops and local police were keeping a close eye on damaged property after a tornado barreled through two Billings neighborhoods, tearing the roof off a sports arena and several buildings.
The tornado struck at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, running through Main Street and damaging about 10 small businesses in the city’s northeast area before quickly moving toward the 10,000-seat Rimrock Auto Arena.
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Radiation Detected After N. Korea Nuclear Claim – Yahoo News
South Korea detected a high level of xenon gas – a by-product of atomic tests – two days after the North claimed last month to have staged a successful nuclear experiment, officials said Monday.
North Korea announced on May 12 it had conducted a nuclear fusion reaction, prompting scepticism in the South at the time because of the technical difficulty inherent in the process.
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Postcard Reaches Soldier’s Family After 95 Years – CBS News
A postcard sent home by a Bosnian soldier in World War I has finally reached his family after 95 years, thanks to an American antique collector.
“Oh my God,” was all Nadir Bicakcic could say when he recognized the face on the card. For Nihad Dzinovic, a retired California jeweler, it was as if one of the 200,000 old postcards he collected had come alive.
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Blonde, Pony-Tailed Burglar Found Bed Just Right – Yahoo News
A blonde, pony-tailed burglar ate some food, drank some alcohol, tried on clothes and then found the bed in a New Zealand home just right.
But upon finding a modern-day Goldilocks asleep in his bed, the homeowner in the southern city of Christchurch exercised an option The Three Bears didn’t: He called police. 39-year-old Vanessa Joy Long pleaded guilty in court Monday.
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Toddler Stuck In Washing Machine – Stuff
A three-year-old girl in eastern China has been freed from a washing machine by firefighters, after being stuck for more than an hour. The girl had climbed in to play when her legs got caught in the machine.
Emergency services worked for an hour to cut the girl free, with the entire rescue filmed by Chinese state media. The girl was not harmed during the incident.
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Baby Hospitalized With Blood-Alcohol Level Of .33 – Fox News
An Atlanta babysitter was jailed after admitting she gave a potentially lethal amount of wine to an infant in her care, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported late Wednesday.
Tammy Denise Truitt confessed in court to giving the nine-month-old boy wine in a sippy cup to make the infant fall asleep. The baby was hospitalized with a blood-alcohol level of .33.
Obama’s Oil Spill team is big on radical, short on knowledge
Well does this surprise anyone? Obama has selected a team of experts Leftists as his oil spill panel.
The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is short on technical expertise but long on talking publicly about “America’s addiction to oil.” One member has blogged about it regularly. Only one of the seven commissioners, the dean of Harvard’s engineering and applied sciences school, has a prominent engineering background — but it’s in optics and physics. Another is an environmental scientist with expertise in coastal areas and the after-effects of oil spills. Both are praised by other scientists.
The five other commissioners are experts in policy and management.
The White House said the commission will focus on the government’s “too cozy” relationship with the oil industry. A presidential spokesman said panel members will “consult the best minds and subject matter experts” as they do their work.
Ah yes, Obama, the anti-business president continues his crusade to cripple America’s economy. And yes, this president seems intent on delivering as many body blows to American business as he can. The only question is if he is doing it deliberately, or if this is simply his Marxist roots showing.
Obama, it would seem is intent on using this tragedy to make changes, radical changes, in America’s energy policies. These changes will almost certainly mean more cost to us, and more useless government regulation, which will add even more costs to us. Yes, I know, I can hear the Liberals saying only “evil, big, greedy, money-grubbing, corporations” will pay more for their energy. And naturally THEIR larger costs will roll down hill to us! That is how it works in the real world, where Liberals do not live apparently.
If you don’t like dogs……….
Apparently, some Islamists think dogs are “unclean”. Do I really need to say anymore about what that says about Islamists? No, I did not think so.
Linkmania returns
I have neglected doing these FMJRA type posts for too long, so here you go!
Adrienne has a wonderful quote
A Conservative Shemale offers up a reason to vote!
Barbara Espinosa has your Sunday laughs
American Glob reminds us what Obama said in 2008
Donald Douglas has a nice Rule 5 round-up, and a Kate Beckinsale video
Clifton has your Arizona showdown
Are We Lumberjacks has comedy gold!
ReliaPundit has your HMMMM moment
Dave C covers HugGate!
Atlas Shrugs: RIP Manute Bol
Babalu has some history you just have to hear
Big Government: Maybe Obama should follow Russia’s lead on taxes?
Big Hollywood: IDIOTIC!
Bluegrass Pundit: ZAP!
Bob Belvedere: Retro Babes Rock!
Carol’s Closet: Get the FCC outta my Closet!
Conservative Hideout: Barack’s Brain
Doug Powers: GOLD!
Doug Ross: California is Stuck on Stoopit!
The Eye: Spotlight on great blogging!
Mike in Fishersville is linking on Sunday too
Fuzzy Logic: What with all the green man
Gateway Pundit: Assbackwardsness!
Guns and BIKINIS!
Hack Wilson: Don’t let the door hit ya…..
Honesty in Motion: Good for Utah!
Hot Air Obamameuturism of the Week
Why does reading I Own The World make me want ice cream?
JWF: DUDE!
Jumping in Pools: DISGRACE!
Your sign of the day by Liberal Guy
Little Miss Attila: Phoning Obama
Michelle: You know that will make you go blind!
Robotic message from GW?
Moonbattery: Stuck on Stoopit, the Green Menace
Steve: Detroit Rocks!
NiceDeb: BFD!
Obi’s Sister: Jindal=Rudy?
Paco: Obama as Monroe?
William Teach: Pinup girls freakin rock man!
PotLuck: That must be one Hell of a big damn snake!
Jill: Same BS, different day
Dan Riehl: Speed reading
Mary Sue: Beware the Lame Duck
Saber: How do you spell trainwreck in Crazyese?
Sister Toldjah: Caption fun time!
Smash Mouth: Disturbing
Pat: How is Obama like a flat tire?
Steven Givler: No on 17?
Wyatt: Fear the Caulk!
That Mr. Guy: Hot Babes + Guns = WAHOO!
The Blogprof: Fathers Day for Liberals
Classic Liberal: They are real and…….
Stacy McCain: “Am I turning into a soccer-loving girly man?”
The Resistance: Why not another revolution
Theo Spark: Sunday Best
Richard McEnroe: Hot Latin chicks rock
Lance: Texas is way better than California! And Wisconsin too
Cassandra: That baby can really dance!
Washington Rebel: I really oughta make those DaleyGator fellas my blog of the week!
Weasel Zippers: Only a raaaaacist like Sarah Palin would endorse a Black candidate!
Chris: The movie stunk, but the popcorn rocked
If Israel decides to reach out and touch Iran………..
They would be perfectly justified, and indeed have a “little friend” that might say hello to Iran soon.
Israel recently rolled-out the latest version of what’s already considered the world’s best unmanned aircraft, the IAI Heron. The new Israeli drone -dubbed Heron TP (Eitan in Hebrew)- has a wingspan almost as long as a Boeing 737… can stay in the air for over 36 hours… and is more than capable of reaching Iran.
The 4.5 ton Heron TP carries a one-ton payload of bombs or missiles, and Iran‘s nuclear facilities are well within it’s offensive range. But AWACS-style recon would be it’s most logical role, as Israel is likely to to use manned and unmanned aircraft together on missions: Heron TP not only jams enemy radar ahead of the fighters’ arrival, but provides real-time electronic eavesdropping intelligence and GPS data on precisely what needs to be vaporized… special extended-range F-15s and F-16s then proceed to drop “smart bomb” guided munitions on those same coordinates.
Reaganite Republican has some more interesting stats on the bird be sure to read the whole thing.
Is Sarah Palin a pot-smoking fiend?
No, but, she hits the right tone on this issue if you ask me, and Jimmie Bise has the good sense to agree with Sarah and me!
Sarah Palin’s just an endless fount of surprises, isn’t she? Dig what she said this week on Fox News courtesy of Michael van der Galien.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin – one of the most influential conservative women of our time – said during a recent appearance on Fox News that she doesn’t have a problem with people smoking marijuana in their own homes. “If somebody’s gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody else any harm,” she explained, they should be left alone.
I could not have said it any better than Palin did. And while Palin stops short of legalizing pot she is correct in her statement. Jimmie raises some good arguments about how pot laws ought to be enforced good reading my friends, go check it out.
Wow! Taxes that were taxes before they weren’t taxes are now taxes after they weren’t taxes!
Conservative Hideout talks about the argument from Team Obama that would have us believe that the individual mandfate that everyone have health insurance is
“just a tax”, and NOT unconstitutional.
Remember when Conservatives told you that ObamaCare contained tax increases? Also remember when Conservatives were called liars for pointing that out?
Here, is there administration claiming that there ARE taxes in the plan…
In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges, the Obama administration has been forced to argue that the individual mandate represents a tax — even though Obama himself argued the exact opposite while campaigning to pass the legislation.
Late last night, the Obama Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the Florida-based lawsuit against the health care law, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction and that the State of Florida and fellow plaintiffs haven’t presented a claim for which the court can grant relief. To bolster its case, the DOJ cited the Anti-Injunction Act, which restricts courts from interfering with the government’s ability to collect taxes.
The Act, according to a DOJ memo supporting the motion to dismiss, says that “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court by any person, whether or not such person is the person against whom such tax was assessed.” The memo goes on to say that it makes no difference whether the disputed payment it is called a “tax” or “penalty,” because either way, it’s “assessed and collected in the same manner” by the Internal Revenue Service.
And we thought John Kerry was a flip-flopper?
DaleyGator DaleyBabe Roselyn Sanchez
Love her voice, her legs her eyes……
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So crazy, crazy people call her nuts!
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Debbie Schlussel has gone after numerous Conservative bloggers, GENUINE Conservatives, unlike Debs, who is nuttier pecan log. Her latest target? Cassy Fiano, who I have long admired for her no-nonsense style of blogging. Debs, would do well to enjoy her descent into complete irrelevance and stop picking fights with her mental superiors!
Considering I’ve had a small amount of experience with Debbie Schlussel’s insane ramblings, I wrote about John’s post about Debbie.
How insane is Debbie Schlussel when it comes to Emily Zanotti? She searches out the blogosphere for any post, any at all, that mentions Emily in a positive manner. She then proceeds to troll the hell out of the comment sections, blasting pretty much anyone and everyone who has the audacity to not think that Emily is a vicious murderous Jew-hater (which, of course, she is not). This has happened to posts I’ve written several times, and I know I am not the only blogger to have been forced to peer into the depths of Debbie Schlussel’s insanity. Now, she’s like the boy who cried wolf, accusing every conservative who criticizes her of anti-semitism. As John pointed out, showcasing her stream of lunacy on her twitter feed last night (that’s some entertaining stuff, go read it), she’s now attacking Melissa Clouthier (a close friend of mine and someone I know is not an anti-semite), Tabitha Hale, and several others — including Dennis Prager and Michael Medved. She’s even accusing Mark Levin of supporting Hezbollah! My God, someone has seriously gone off the deep end. Most, if not all, of the bloggers she’s accusing of anti-semitism have been ardent defenders of Israel, myself included. I’ve received some of the worst hate mail in my life because I had the nerve to defend Israel over the Gaza flotilla incident, but I’m sure that as soon as I post this I’ll get slapped with the anti-semite label, too.
Gee, I must be a psychic. Because Debbie came along last night and wrote the most unimaginative, uncreative, and unintelligent attempt at an insult. What, exactly, did she do? She called me trash, a hooker, a two-bit whore, fat, and ugly.
Fat? Ugly?
Hardly, Cassy looks fine to me, unlike Debs, who, well let’s just put it this way, likely has to sneak up on her dinner. Not that it seems she misses many meals feedings. In fact, Jill reports a Debs sighting, that might explain her strange behavior
Lance Burri should be a World Cup Ref!
Lance has his faults like not linking THIS BLOG enough but, he knows, as do I, and everyone else who watched Team USA’s World Cup game today, that we got SCREWED!
Stacy McCain weighs in with the heavy lumber!
Yeah, well, I know why the goal was disallowed: Koman Colibaly hates America, that’s why. This is an international crime against truth and justice:
Daily Benefactor News – Obama Admin. Argues In Court That Individual Mandate Is A Tax – More Articles
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Obama Admin. Argues In Court That Individual Mandate Is A Tax – American Spectator
In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges, the Obama administration has been forced to argue that the individual mandate represents a tax – even though Obama himself argued the exact opposite while campaigning to pass the legislation.
Late last night, the Obama Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the Florida-based lawsuit against the health care law, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction and that the State of Florida and fellow plaintiffs haven’t presented a claim for which the court can grant relief. To bolster its case, the DOJ cited the Anti-Injunction Act, which restricts courts from interfering with the government’s ability to collect taxes.
The Act, according to a DOJ memo supporting the motion to dismiss, says that “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court by any person, whether or not such person is the person against whom such tax was assessed.” The memo goes on to say that it makes no difference whether the disputed payment it is called a “tax” or “penalty,” because either way, it’s “assessed and collected in the same manner” by the Internal Revenue Service.
But this is a characterization that Democrats, and specifically Obama, angrily denounced during the health care debate. Most prominently, in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Obama argued that the mandate was “absolutely not a tax increase,” and he dug into his view even after being confronted with a dictionary definition:
OBAMA: George, the fact that you looked up Merriam’s Dictionary, the definition of tax increase, indicates to me that you’re stretching a little bit right now. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have gone to the dictionary to check on the definition. I mean what…
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, no, but…
OBAMA: …what you’re saying is…
STEPHANOPOULOS: I wanted to check for myself. But your critics say it is a tax increase.
OBAMA: My critics say everything is a tax increase. My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy. You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we’re going to have an individual mandate or not, but…
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you reject that it’s a tax increase?
OBAMA: I absolutely reject that notion.
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Crude-Sucking Barges Ordered By Gov. Jindal Shut Down By Feds – First Things
Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state’s oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor’s wishes, those barges sat idle.
“It’s the most frustrating thing,” the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. “Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges.” Sixteen barges sat stationary today.
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Assad: War Likely After Flotilla Raid – Jerusalem Post
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Israel’s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla has increased the chances of war in the Middle East, in a BBC interview on Wednesday.
Assad said that Syria was working to prevent a regional war but he added that there was no chance of a peace deal with the current Israeli administration, which he called a “pyromaniac government”.
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Jobs Bill Blocked In Senate – Washington Post
The Senate effectively rejected a slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid late Thursday, rebuffing President Obama’s call for urgent action to bolster the economic recovery.
Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) voted with a united Republican caucus to block the approximately $120 billion package. The measure needed 60 votes to advance, but garnered only 56.
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Russian Police Seize Books Criticizing Putin – The Herald
Russian police have seized 100,000 copies of a book criticizing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the website of government opponent Garry Kasparov reported Wednesday.
The book, titled “Putin. Results. 10 years,” was being transported by truck when the vehicle was stopped by police on what kasparov.ru described as a flimsy pretext.
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Colombian Coal Mine Blast Kills 16, Traps Dozens – The Guardian
Relatives held a resigned vigil Thursday outside a coal mine in northwestern Colombia where dozens of miners were trapped and feared dead after an explosion that killed at least 16 workers.
The fiery blast at the San Fernando mine, believed caused by a methane gas buildup, tore through an access tunnel that is some 1.2 miles (about 2 kilometers) long and drops to a depth of 500 feet.
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Disgraced Fannie Mae CEO Holds Patent For Carbon Trading Plan – WorldNetDaily
Former Clinton and Obama budget adviser Franklin Raines owns a key carbon-emissions patent he developed as CEO of Fannie Mae, positioning him and his partners to make millions if it is used in any carbon-capping scheme implemented by the Obama administration.
Raines and his associates led Fannie Mae and Congress to believe Fannie Mae owned the patent, despite public records to the contrary.
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Feds Gave Arizona $1.25 Million To Build Squirrel Bridges – Michelle Malkin
Arizona is spending $1.25 million to build bridges for endangered squirrels over a mountain road so they don’t become roadkill and then monitor their health.
Arizona is spending $1.25 million to build bridges for 250 rare red squirrels so they won’t get hit by cars crossing the road. The money is being spent because cars kill about five of these squirrels each year.
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Student Attacks Hell’s Angels With Puppy, Escapes On Stolen Bulldozer – Carroll Standard
A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell’s Angels, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
German police said on Monday that after making his getaway from the Hell’s Angels club, the 26-year-old dumped the bulldozer, causing a 3 miles traffic jam near the southern town of Allershausen.
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Two Mummified Bodies Found In Home Of 91-Year-Old Woman – Daily Review
State police announced Wednesday that they have served a search warrant at a private residence on Old Stagecoach Road in Wyalusing Township, where the mummified remains of two human beings were discovered.
The search warrant was executed on at 3 p.m. Tuesday. It allowed the state police to search the home of 91-year-old Jean Stevens of Wyalusing.
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Charity Waxing Stunt Nearly Removes Man’s Testicle – APP
A British man was left in agony after an intimate waxing stunt for charity almost cost him a testicle. Joe Cooper of Birstall agreed to allow bidders at The Trees pub to rip the hair off his groin in a charity drive for his local hospital’s children’s ward.
The waxing went wrong when one of Cooper’s heavy handed pals ripped off six of the seven layers of skin next to his scrotum.
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S. African Killed By Wife, Kids In TV Spat – First Coast News
Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup.
Obama surrenders part of America to Mexican thugs
Carol of The Closet reports that Obama has, begun the process of allowing invaders to take over large chunks of this nation!
I’ve mentioned before that my daughter and grandchildren are in Arizona. I worry about their safety everyday and when I see reports like this from Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit I feel like I have been punched in the stomach:
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