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  • WOW! Elon Musk Comes Up With PERFECT Name For COVID Bullies In Reply To Former Astronaut Who Tried To Shame Him For Tweeting His HILARIOUS “pronouns”

    12/14/2022 8:41:02 AM PST · by Red Badger · 59 replies
    100% Fed Up ^ | By Patty McMurray | Dec 12, 2022
    Somewhere in some far-left think tank located in some parent’s basement of an unemployed Antifa member or possibly the classroom of an angry women’s gender study professor at the University of Michigan, a group of self-appointed word police Nazis got together to discuss the critical importance of forcing individuals to use sexual preference pronouns when addressing themselves. If this sounds like a story that only a right-wing extremist would make up to discredit the LGBTQRSTVWXYZ movement, whose primary function is to indoctrinate our youth into believing there is no such thing as a male or female and that God mistakenly...
  • Meet the new Miss USA: Asya Branch, 22, is a gun-loving Trump fan from Mississippi who has met the President at the White House and believes the country has 'lost trust' in the media

    11/11/2020 12:08:22 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 35 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | November 10, 2020 | By ROSS IBBETSON
    A Second Amendment loving Mississippian who sung the Star Spangled Banner at a Trump rally was last night crowned Miss USA. Asya Branch, 22, impressed judges with her discussion of how the country had 'lost trust' in the media at the Elvis Presley-themed finals at the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. Branch, a marketing major at Ole Miss, became the first African American to be named Miss Mississippi USA in 2018 and is the first Mississippian to win the title.
  • Deutsche Bank to close almost 200 branches

    07/18/2016 5:50:13 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    TheLocal.de ^ | 18 Jul 2016 09:04 GMT+02:00 | (DPA/The Local)
    Germany’s largest lender is set to shut over a quarter of its branches across the country as the company goes through a major restructuring process. The closures are set to take place over the next few months, with 188 of Deutsche Bank’s 723 branches nationwide due to close their doors. […] After recording colossal losses of around €7 billion in 2015, the Frankfurt lender is desperately seeking ways to cut costs. […] The bank said it hopes to redirect funds to digital banking, in which it hopes to invest €750 million by 2020. …
  • Residents describe Michigan earthquake as 'a big thump'

    06/30/2015 2:43:10 PM PDT · by cripplecreek · 20 replies
    Mlive.com ^ | June 30, 2015 | Emily Monacelli
    TEKONSHA, MI — L.G. Rogers ran outside of his home on 13 Mile Road in Tekonsha Township Tuesday morning, certain he would find some kind of explosion. Dishes and knick knacks rattled with the noise, though none fell or broke. "I run outdoors because I thought it was an explosion of some kind," Rogers said as he and his wife Joan ate lunch in downtown Tekonsha. Rogers later learned the noise was from an earthquake whose epicenter was on 12 1/2 Mile Road, surprisingly close to their home. He described what he heard as "a giant booming sound." And he...
  • SCOTUS to the Executive Branch: We’ll take it from here

    06/26/2015 12:00:05 PM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 13 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 6-25-2015 | Gabriel Malor
    The surprising thing about King v. Burwell, is not that subsidies were upheld. That was always a possibility (although not one I favored). The surprise, as with NFIB before it, was how Chief Justice Roberts did it. His decisions on Obamacare give one the impression that he’s not really paying attention to the arguments in front of him. In NFIB, the fight was overwhelmingly focused on whether the individual mandate was authorized by the commerce clause of the Constitution. Then Roberts came out of nowhere to hold that the individual mandate was authorized under the tax clause. It was a...
  • Executive Branch DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY to Seize the power of Legislative/Judical branch

    11/22/2014 12:05:34 AM PST · by Enlightened1 · 29 replies
    Agree or Disagree? Here is my understanding..... Yes Executive Orders are "Constitutional'. It was done by many other Presidents. For the record, this is how Democrats are defending this. However....., Executive Orders ONLY APPLIES to the Executive Branch. They DO NOT APPLY to the Legislative or Judicial Branch. THEREFORE......, Yes one branch of government, DOES NOT HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to SEIZE the power of the Legislative/Judicial branch. Executive orders ONLY HAVE AS MUCH POWER that is granted to them by the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, again.... it only applies to the Executive Branch and not the other two branches of...
  • Obama: Criticism Leveled At Me "Doesn't Have To Do With My Race In Particular"

    08/29/2013 7:27:00 AM PDT · by Biggirl · 10 replies
    Real Clear Politics Video ^ | August 29, 2013 | Ian Schwartz
    GWEN IFILL, PBS NEWSHOUR: I interviewed Taylor Branch, the civil rights historian, for part of our series on the March on Washington yesterday, and one of the things he said was that you suffer – you are a victim of partisan racial gridlock. That’s the way he put it. And you talked a moment ago about that a little bit. I wonder whether you think that’s true, and if so, what, if anything, the first African-American president can do to break through that kind of motivated gridlock.
  • Pseudo Pro-Israel 'J-Street U' Opens Jerusalem Branch

    11/09/2010 7:14:10 AM PST · by Nachum · 1 replies
    inn ^ | 11/9/10 | Gil Ronen
    "JStreetU," a branch of the controversial J Street lobby that focuses on activity inside university campuses, has announced it is beginning operations in Jerusalem. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren has broadly hinted that J Street endangers Israel's existence. In an email message, Drew and Kelly Cohen of Jerusalem announced that JStreetU recently hired them “to put together educational programs reflective of JStreetU's mission for students studying abroad in Israel, both on the undergraduate and graduate level – including rabbinic programs, education programs, or the myriad other Israel experiences (and especially Pardes)...” “We're very excited about the launch...
  • J Street branch drops pro-Israel slogan

    10/26/2009 4:59:03 PM PDT · by Nachum · 9 replies · 445+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 10/26/09 | HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON
    J Street's university arm has dropped the "pro-Israel" part of the left-wing US lobby's "pro-Israel, pro-peace" slogan to avoid alienating students. That decision was part of the message conveyed to young activists who attended a special weekend program for students ahead of J Street's first annual conference, which began on Sunday. Students are seen as a key component of the 18-month-old organization's constituency base and the conference itself. The multi-day event has incorporated new technology and interactive forums to harness their energy and garner feedback from the audience, which swelled to 1,500 on Monday and created overflow plenary and breakout...
  • Branches or Schisms? (What is the difference between a branch and a schism?)

    07/26/2009 1:37:15 PM PDT · by NYer · 10 replies · 665+ views
    CTC ^ | July 2009 | Bryan Cross
    What is the difference between a branch and a schism? Many Christians speak of the present plurality of denominations as ‘branches.’ That term makes the present state of disunity among Christians seem quite acceptable. The Scripture prohibits schisms.1 But if there is no principled difference between branches and schisms, then calling schisms ‘branches’ is false and deceptive, because it makes something that is actually evil seem acceptable.In my “Ecclesial Deism” article I referred to the common Protestant ecclesiology in which the Church Christ founded is itself invisible, though certain members of the Church are visible, namely, embodied believers and their...
  • 'Tree Of Life' Has Lost A Branch, According To Largest Genetic Comparison Of Higher Life Forms Ever

    01/21/2008 3:22:36 PM PST · by blam · 12 replies · 395+ views
    Science Daily ^ | 1-21-2008 | University of Oslo
    'Tree Of Life' Has Lost A Branch, According To Largest Genetic Comparison Of Higher Life Forms EverThe four new super-groups of life are Plants (green and red algae, and plants; Opisthokonts (amoebas, fungi, and all animals—including humans; Excavates (free-living organisms and parasites; SAR (the new main group, an abbreviation of Stramenophiles, Alveolates, and Rhizaria, the names of some of its members). (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Oslo) ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2008) — Norwegian and Swiss biologists have made a startling discovery about the relationship between organisms that most people have never heard of. The Tree of Life must be...
  • My Kind of Country

    06/20/2007 7:07:00 PM PDT · by SWAMPSNIPER · 8 replies · 350+ views
    self | June 20, 2007 | swampsniper
    This is Mocassin Branch, a feeder creek for the St. John's River, in St. John's County, Florida. It is a great place to sit with a camera, and watch for birds and critters. http://www.pbase.com/tsiya/root http://photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/
  • Army's aviation branch takes over UAS mission

    04/20/2006 6:50:43 PM PDT · by SandRat · 19 replies · 540+ views
    Col. Michael Dixon holds the flag of the Provisional Unmanned Aerial Systems Training Battalion, as Lt. Col. Ronald Myers, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Raleigh Matthews unfurl the banner at Wednesday's activation ceremony on Fort Huachuca's Rugge-Hamilton Airfield. In the background, one of the company commanders and a first sergeant of the new battalion unfurl their units guidon. (By Bill Hess-Herald/Review) Herald/Review FORT HUACHUCA — As of Wednesday, the Army’s intelligence-gathering unmanned aerial systems are now part of the Aviation Warfighting Center at Fort Rucker, Ala. But the initial operation and maintenance of the pilotless planes will not be...
  • AFP: Al-Qaeda's Saudi branch reeling as leaders eliminated: cleric

    07/03/2005 12:44:52 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 591+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 7/3/05 | AFP - Riyadh
    RIYADH (AFP) - The killing of Al-Qaeda's new frontman in Saudi Arabia means that the network's local branch is now "brain dead" after successive killings of hardcore leaders, a prominent Muslim cleric said. But while the group's militants still on the run do not compare to the likes of their notorious slain chief Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin, they remain "dangerous as individuals, rather than as an organization," Sheikh Mohsen al-Awaji told AFP. The Saudi interior ministry announced Sunday that Moroccan-born Yunis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari, recently named as "the head of sedition" by his comrades, was killed in a shootout with security...
  • Reid Offers Olive Branch on Bush Nominee

    05/09/2005 3:59:03 PM PDT · by Libloather · 49 replies · 1,273+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 5/09/05 | JESSE J. HOLLAND
    Reid Offers Olive Branch on Bush Nominee By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 25 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday offered the Democrats' support for one of President Bush's judicial nominees, former Senate lawyer Thomas Griffith, as a goodwill gesture in the confrontation over banning judicial filibusters. "Let's take a step away from the precipice," Reid said. "Let's try cooperation, rather than confrontation, which seems to be the hallmark of what we've been doing here lately." The offer came as President Bush and Senate Republicans renewed their pressure on Democrats to stop...
  • Judge Greer: Harbinger of America’s Future

    03/31/2005 9:04:20 PM PST · by CHARLITE · 25 replies · 1,161+ views
    CHRONWATCH.COM ^ | APRIL 1, 2005 | CHRISTOPHER ADAMO
    When Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore refused a federal court order to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from that state’s Supreme Court building, he became the central figure in a firestorm of criticism from the left. But his liberal critics weren’t alone. Conservatives also chided Moore, contending that his defiance of the order undermined the “rule of law” in America. Throughout history, the law has served several functions. In a free and morally upright society, it provides a framework within which the people can safely live their lives and pursue their dreams. In a dictatorship, however, it devolves...
  • What's Next for the Courts? Foreign Policy! - (humorous, but close to the truth)

    03/27/2005 6:01:53 PM PST · by CHARLITE · 10 replies · 510+ views
    MENS NEWS DAILY.COM ^ | MARCH 26, 2005 | LEE DUIGON
    Judge Jake Bong was flattered that an attorney representing the sovereign state of Iran had turned up in his courtroom in Packapoopo, Georgia. "Lemme get this straight, Mr. Wazoo, or whatever your name is. Sorry if I can't pronounce it. Y'all want me to issue a restraining order so's President Bush can't make war against your country, or use the armed forces of the United States to do bodily harm to Eye-ran's citizens or property. That right?" "Precisely right, your honor." "Well, heck, it seems like a reasonable request to me, so I hereby grant it. If you'll wait, I'll...
  • Pats carve up blitzing Eagles

    02/07/2005 8:56:25 AM PST · by bikepacker67 · 22 replies · 759+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | JOHN MCCLAIN
    Brady, unfazed by pressure, picks apart Pro Bowlers JACKSONVILLE, FLA. - The Eagles figured they could use man coverage on the New England receivers and blitz quarterback Tom Brady from every angle. With three Pro Bowl selections — cornerback Lito Sheppard and safeties Brian Dawkins and Michael Lewis — Philadelphia thought its defense matched up well with New England's offense. Defensive coordinator Jim Johnson is regarded as one of the most creative in his profession. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Patriots pick up the blitz as well as anyone. Quarterback Tom Brady threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns. Deion...
  • PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

    08/16/2002 7:39:49 AM PDT · by Merchant Seaman · 754 replies · 30,137+ views
    Annoyed Reader
    The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!
  • Words Not to be Uttered about Islam

    08/20/2004 12:26:56 PM PDT · by stevejackson · 30 replies · 1,061+ views
    www.netwmd.com ^ | August 20, 2004 | Daniel Pipes
    Words Not to be Uttered about Islam The American branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has deemed the word Islamist unacceptable ("Constant use of ‘Islamist' overlooks real threats" is the title of an article responding to the 9/11 Commission report by a CAIR staffer, Arsalan T. Iftikhar); now, the Canadian branch has deemed the word Shari‘a, as in "Shari‘a court" unacceptable. In a press release, dated today, "CAIR-CAN Meets with Ontario Government Regarding Islamic Arbitration" (not online) the organization announces that it supports the principle behind the proposal that the Muslim community in Canada is entitled to use the...