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Okay, guys. Today was a bad day for us. No getting around the facts. It was the biggest gutting since the Kenyan scored a second term. In New Jersey, a senate seat that looked possible went to Corey Booker by about 10 points. Regards to Steve Lonegan. Excellent man who did better than he had any right to. He worked tirelessly against all the odds. Props too to Levin, Palin, and Rand Paul for campaigning on his behalf. Krispy was absent yet again. This loss is hugely overshadowed by the complete collapse of the GOP in Washington. It was a...

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, October 16, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A North Carolina Register of Deeds accepted “marriage” license requests from eleven same-sex couples on Monday in a well-orchestrated pro-gay publicity stunt, flouting a 2012 amendment to the state constitution prohibiting such marriages. Video footage shows Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger taking information from same-sex couples for a license. Footage captured by Asheville Citizen-Times includes Reisinger telling same-sex couples that they qualify for a license "for every reason under the law except your sexual orientation” and shows a pro-homosexual crowd in the deeds office lobby cheering the same-sex couples on, singing “love...

Dear GOP base, We will break the bank, vote for amnesty, and replace you tea partiers and Evangelicals with a new voter base. If you wish to stay around and be treated the same way Democrats treat African Americans, be our guest. Now go back to the fields and generate wealth so we can suck it up. Signed, GOPe (aka Progressive lite)

Pablo Escobar was loose. He darted across a noisy warehouse, searching for a corner to loom in. He’s “kind of a bully,” said Duke Riley, the Brooklyn artist who trained him, watching Pablo flit around before landing on a ledge near the ceiling. Pablo Escobar is a homing pigeon, and an accessory — or an accomplice — to the latest exhibition by Mr. Riley, whose work often flouts both laws and common sense. “Generally, I do things that don’t really seem that feasible,” Mr. Riley explained, “and then they tend to work out.” But even by his standards, the pigeon...

So what are your reps saying when you call to complain? Tried Tom Coburns office and the phone has been taken off the hook

Good Evening, I've got a AF JROTC Det that wants to send Christmas cards and letters to members of the Armed Forces. I've looked online but haven't had much luck (could be operator error). Would someone kindly provide a link?

Kevin Richardson, animal behaviorist, works with some of the most dangerous animals known to man. He sleeps with lions, cuddles newborn hyenas and swims with them.

Well,seeing the news reports on the U.S. Federal Government Debt Ceiling,the can got kicked down the road again.Considering the U.S Federal Government is borrowing about 5 Billion Dollars per Day,That is one expensive can;)

The title encompasses all the things that have been irritating me this year. Miley Cyrus -- Freak-a-zoid satan worshiping pop singer with the talent of a 11 year old and body of a unemployed truck driver. Kim Kardashian -- Please tell me why she is famous? Her natural non photoshopped image is that of an upside down lightbulb with boobs. Lindsey Lohan -- Another fake Celebrity living off the tail end of her child hood successes. GOP -- Some fake shadow organization created by the Democrats to mislead us into believing we have a two party system.

In an argument for statehood, George Sundborg, a newspaper editor who went on to help write the Alaskan constitution, decreed that in the making of the Union, “It seems that Americans no sooner got their feet upon the ground than they wanted to make the ground into a state.” What Sundborg didn’t mention is that sometimes Americans want to take their states and turn them into more states, which is both a current and historical trend. In the 19th century, residents of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan began lobbying for statehood, while in 1915 representatives from Panhandle, Texas, drafted a...

With IQ 106.9 switching to another format, Rush and Hannity are going back to AM radio.

I don't seem to ever recall Democrats turning on their own like several "Republicans" have recently. I wonder how things would have turned out in the fight to defund, delay, alter ObamaCare if so-called Republicans would have listened to Reagan, when he underwent so many personal attacks during his 1966 campaign for governor, which led to the Eleventh Commandment: "Thou shatlt not speak ill of any Republican. Reagan said "It's a rule that I followed in that campaign and have ever since." McCain and others seem to like to evoke Reagan, but don't appear to follow what he said. In...

Andrea Grimes, writing at RH reality check, a pro-abortion blog, has issued a clarion call to forestall a Texas proposal that would require three hours of adoption counseling prior to any abortion. Her plan? Undermine pro-lifers’ “hold” on the issue by “exposing” adoption as a corrupt, woman-coercing, money-making cartel! But to come up with such a counter-factual, counter-intuitive slur, Grimes must set up several egregiously false claims: that adoption “is not an alternative to abortion, but rather an alternative to parenting”; and that adoption victimizes both the mother and child. The first premise is artificial—that “pregnant people” [her absurd term]...

When highway patrol troopers attended a fatal car crash on Sunday night they discovered a rare and touching sight amid the horrifying crash scene. In the wreckage was an elderly couple and the lady was still holding hands with her husband. Floyd Nordhagen, 92, was already dead and his wife, Margaret, 88, would soon die at the crash scene. Livestock breeders in the rural community of Chattaroy in Washington state, the Nordhagens were known among their friends and neighbors for their devotion to each other, reports KREM news. Floyd was a “man who would help anyone in need, and a husband...

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(UPI) -- A snorkeling instructor discovered a dead 18-foot oarfish off the coast of Catalina Island on Sunday. "It just amazed me," said Jeff Chace, director of the Catalina Island Marine Institute, adding that it took about 15 people to carry the leviathan onto shore. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery," he said. The instructor was snorkeling in 15 to 20 feet of water in Tony Bay when she stumbled upon the carcass after seeing a "half-dollar sized eye starring at her from the sandy bottom," Chace said. Chace said it is unclear how the oarfish died because there were no...

Prepaid phone plans, where you pay the full price for a cellphone and then pay lower monthly rates without a contract, seem to offer what most budget-conscious people want. So why haven’t they really caught on?

Pope Francis said it is true that in the past, people with epilepsy might have been mischaracterized as being possessed by demons, but that confusion did not refute the fact that the Devil exists and is so important that he “is on the first page of the Bible” and at the Bible’s end, “with the victory of God over the Devil.” … As for his comments on Satan and other demons, the Pope said, “Some may say, ‘But Father, you’re too old-fashioned. You’re frightening us with these things.’ No, it’s not me! It is the Gospel! And these are not...

So, you think you're a pretty good person: you call your mom on Mother's Day, you always try to give your employer two week's notice and you make a conscience effort to control your spending habits before filing bankruptcy. You think of yourself as a person who loves children and who is always kind to the elderly. Think again. Take the Death Row Serial Killer Quiz*

NASHUA, N.H., - Some parents with children at a New Hampshire elementary school said they disagree with the principal's decision to ban playing tag at recess. Principal Patricia Beaulieu of Charlotte Avenue Elementary School in Nashua posted a statement to the school's website saying the playground game was being banned due to recent injuries involving games of tag, WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H., reported. "Playgrounds offer a chance for children to be active," Beaulieu wrote. "However, playgrounds also have risks, and numerous injuries have resulted recently on our playground, prompting us to review school playground rules with all students." "As you know,...

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Don't mess with Texas! Just ask Madonna. Following last week's incident at the "12 Years a Slave" premiere at the New York Film Festival, where the songbird allegedly texted throughout the first half of the film until she was asked to stop by another moviegoer, the "Material Girl" has been banned from attending movies at the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater chain. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain has a strict no-talking and anti-texting policy for its theaters, and will reportedly ask patrons who violate the policy to leave the theater.

Yahoo Mail users are furious after the company debuted a major resign of the popular email service that eliminated many features and, some claim, left it looking like a knock off of competitor Gmail. Observers say the 'beautiful' new look of Yahoo Mail is a product of new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer - and it has backfired. The mail service's 275million users were 'surprised' on October 8 with the redesign and tens of thousands have complained about glitches and reduced functionality. Many simply don't like the look and feel of the new product.

As Geneva talks set to begin, 'Wall Street Journal' reports that Obama administration weighing compromise by which Iran would maintain some enrichment facilities for civilian purposes; Israel, Saudis oppose move. US President Barack Obama is considering the possibility of allowing Iran to keep uranium enrichment facilities on its soil, presumably for peaceful purposes, as part of a deal with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The report came as talks between Iran and world powers on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program were set to resume in Geneva on Tuesday morning. Both Israel and...

Pro-life advocates and a member of Parliament at the Australia March for Life were assaulted by thousands of pro-abortion activists over the weekend. Bryan Kemper, one of the speakers at the event and the leader of the American pro-life group Stand True, offered LifeNews more on what happened: Right now in Australia the March for Life is going on and the pro-lifers are being attacked by thousands of pro-aborts. Near riot situation we are being attacked as we march. Prayers please. Very bad. I’ve been hit many times already. They are surrounding us. Police won’t arrest them. I am in...

How to tell who shut down the government. I've sent this to everyone I can think of but people still can't seem to figure who wanted to shut down the government. Here tis, the easy way...... Find out how long before the government shutdown the shutdown signs were printed. On the very HOUR the government shutdown happened, literally thousands of signs were available all over the country to close the government parks. That means somebody ordered the signs printed and shipped WEEKS before the shutdown. They had to be ordered ahead of time with the proper wording and paid for...

mosin-nagant The Mosin-nagant is an old school bolt action rifle from Russia. Originally designed by a drunk Russian engineer and an even more drunk Belgian gunsmith, who drew up blueprints on napkins in the back of a pub somewhere in Siberia in a vodka-induced stupor. The Mosin-nagant fires the 7.62x54r cartridge, which can kill a polar bear at a thousand yards and keep going right through the tree he was standing in front of. The Mosin-nagant was used by the Russians in both world wars, so it's killed more Germans than collisions on the autobahn and under-cooked sauerkraut combined. Surplus...

CANBERRA, Australia, - An Australian man who heard scratching noises from beneath the hood of his sport-utility vehicle said he was shocked to discover a platypus hitching a ride. Cameron Blaseotto, 18, said female platypus apparently became wedged under the engine's air intake Wednesday when he drove through the flooded Murrumbidgee River in Canberra and he didn't discover the animal until he arrived at a friend's house about 10 miles away, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. The platypus, dubbed Hilux, was turned over to the Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service, which returned her to the river. "I'd...

Republicans have lost at the ballot box and the Supreme Court, so they’ve decided to nullify President Obama another way: keep his government from working, period. The dance over the debt ceiling and the fight over the government shutdown are nothing less than impeachment on the cheap: a chance to negate the will of the majority by ostensibly placating the letter of the law. Unable to win the last two presidential elections or to persuade a Supreme Court majority that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional, House Republicans have arrived at a point where default and closure are the next...

The Won March Most of us have heard the tune "Colonel Bogey March," though we are probably most familiar with it as the tune whistled by the POW's in the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai," and called "The River Kwai March." A variant of the song was famously used mockingly towards Adolph Hitler, titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." I think the Barry-Cades marchers should start mocking "The Won" using this tune. It'll stick in his evil gizzard like a hot nail. I propose a lyrics contest for the tune "The Won March." Here are my two...

Dan Price was once a successful but stressed out family man in Kentucky but left it all behind twenty years ago to live underground in the Oregon woods. He's the Hobbit hole man who walked away from the 9-to-5 life, dug himself a house under a horse pasture and he has never looked back. ‘When you get rid of things and you’re willing to have less, you’re given a gift of more,’ said Price as he sat in his 8-foot abode.Price once worked as a photojournalist to help support his wife and two young kids and to pay the family...

Is Biden having gone into hiding during government shutdown negotiations evidence that he's shielding himself from any complicity for the purpose of protecting his 2016 presidential ambitions? Because Democrats place politics above all else they will detach themselves from critical events and go into hiding to protect their reputations for future political campaigns. Hillary did the same thing after the night of September 11, 2012 when terrorists attacked our consulate and Annex in Benghazi. She went into hiding with mysterious ailments and injuries not only to avoid responsibility for Benghazi, but to protect herself for her 2016 presidential run. Everybody...

Secession is not just for unreconstructed Confederates anymore. On both the right and the left, Americans increasingly see Washington as the problem and local autonomy as the solution. Despite all the talk, the federal government shutdown hasn’t greatly affected daily life for most Americans so far. Some have been hit hard, especially federal employees, those receiving certain benefit payments, and tourists planning to visit the Smithsonian or a national park. But as apocalypses go, a couple weeks without “non-essential” federal services has been underwhelming for most American families. Things could get worse if the closure were to extend from weeks...

A cure for marijuana abuse could be on the horizon thanks to a new finding. Researchers found that increasing the levels of a naturally-occurring acid in the brain could stop addicts who are trying to give up from relapsing. The scientists discovered that kynurenic acid reduces the kick monkeys and rats get from THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. … Kynurenic acid, which can be produced from bananas and turkey, is thought to cause fewer side effects than other treatments that have been considered because it occurs naturally in the brain. …

Of course, I do not own an AR-15, but I may consider one in the future -- provided they are legal, naturally!But I like to prepare for future purchases. The rifle I am considering has no carrying-handle and no iron sights. I'd like freeper input on what sort of scope I should consider: Reflex / Holo with or without Fixed Power, a Fixed Power illuminated, or a variable power? Brands, prices, suggestions, all are welcome. The rifle would be for close to medium range target shooting (0-300 yards), especially 'action shooting' competitions. Price must be under or at 500. Would...

Looking for a furry friend for your kids? Or maybe a slimy one? Before you bring a pet into your family find out which animals makes the best... and worst pets for little ones. (You might be surprised at which animals fail the test!)

Can someone direct me to a factual article that says who exactly is control of what is 'shut down'. Does Obama decide or not?

Unless you’ve been bamboozled by the frantic fictions of the right wing, you know that the Affordable Care Act, familiarly known as Obamacare, has begun to accomplish its first goal: enrolling millions of uninsured Americans, many of whom have been living one medical emergency away from the poorhouse. You realize those computer failures that have hampered sign-ups in the early days — to the smug delight of the critics — confirm that there is enormous popular demand. You have probably figured out that the real mission of the Republican extortionists and their big-money backers was to scuttle the law before...

The last surviving stretch of German autobahn built under Hitler is set to disappear, almost 80 years after it was first constructed. The four-kilometer stretch of road on the A11, northeast of Berlin in the state of Brandenburg, dates from 1936 and was part of Hitler’s massive motorway-building program of the Reichsautobahn.Newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported that the road survived Nazism and Communism and, despite some repair work, is still the original stretch from the 1930s. …

Late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was concerned by the United States’ lean to the left after President Barack Obama took office in 2009, authors of a recently released book about “The Iron Lady” claim. Thatcher never commented publicly on President Obama’s leadership, though the Obama administration’s big government agenda runs counter to everything she believed in, former Thatcher aide Niles Gardiner and writer Stephen Thompson, authors of “Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today”, told The Daily Caller. But even though Great Britain’s first female prime minister didn’t speak out publicly about Obama, she was privately concerned...

His leftist, politically-correct commentary during Sunday Night Football's halftime confirms his idiocy. He concluded that the name "Redskins" is offensive. No. It's not.NBC's removal of Keith Olbermann from SNF was not enough. Costas now must go.

The latest episode, World War Zimmerman, is free at the site. I'll be short. George Zimmerman is depicted as the bad guy. Stand Your Ground law is portrayed as stupid. The episode ends with Zimmerman shooting a white kid and getting executed, supposedly showing a hypocritical double standard.

This is one of those videos that you will absolutely need to see to believe. This 'toy car' isn't playing around!

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The architects behind the iPhone never described it as a “train wreck.” #ObamacareIsNotAniPhone— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 12, 2013 The media doesn’t have to send out a national search party to find someone who has bought an iPhone. #ObamacareIsNotAniPhone— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 12, 2013 Apple can ship the iPhone to your doorstep faster than it takes to log in to http://t.co/B4wfKR71RO #ObamacareIsNotAniPhone— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 12, 2013 The iPhone wasn’t rendered inoperable for “maintenance” the first week it was on the market. #ObamacareIsNotAniPhone— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 12, 2013

GRAND FALLS, New Brunswick, - A Canadian man says he successfully fended off an attacking black bear by grabbing its tongue. Gilles Cyr says he was walking through his wooded property near Grand Falls, New Brunswick, two weeks ago when the bruin burst out of the woods and assailed him, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday. "When I opened up my eyes it was on top of me -- with the friggin' noise, it's crazy the way it growls," Cyr said. 'His mouth was wide open right in front of my face so the last thing I remember I had...

Liftware is a handheld device which actively counteracts the shaking of a persons hand by up to 70% allowing them to more easily feed themselves. It is basically an electronic self-stabilizing spoon.

Episodes on youtube: The very first episode: Davey and Goliath Lost in a CaveDavey and Goliath the Family of God Holy CommunionDavey and Goliath - Hocus PocusFire Department - 1960's Davey & Goliath Davey and Goliath The Polka Dot TieDavey and Goliath - Bully up a Tree

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler were among the nine women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame Saturday. The ceremony, attended by about 700 people, was held in Seneca Falls, the western New York village where the first known women’s rights convention was held in 1848. “Our mission is to share the stories of these women with the general population and to inspire future generations to their own greatness,” the hall’s deputy director, Amanda Bishop, said after the ceremony. …