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  • Girl makes school PAY for denying her pro-life club

    11/22/2015 3:37:49 AM PST · by Cowman · 11 replies
    Bizpac Review ^ | http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/11/21/girl-makes-school-pay-for-denying-her-pro-life-club-276371 | By Casey Harper
    A Nevada girl who fought a long legal battle with her school over a pro-life club didn’t just get her club approved, she got her school to pay for it. The Thomas More Society, the religious liberty legal group representing junior Angelique Clark, announced Friday they would drop their lawsuit against Clark County School District in Las Vegas and that the school has agreed to pay $30,000 in attorney fees. The school agreed in September to allow the pro-life club after legal pressure. “We’re pleased that District officials worked so diligently with us to protect the First Amendment rights of...
  • Opinions, please

    11/21/2015 9:16:04 PM PST · by EinNYC · 57 replies
    An email sent to me ^ | 11/22/15 | Me, Myself, & I
    I sent a liberal teaching colleague of mine a Daniel Greenfield article, the one entitled NO REFUGEES, NO TERRORISM The surest way to keep Muslim terrorists out is not to let any Muslim immigrants in. September 23, 2015 Daniel Greenfield I already knew (and was blown away by) the knowledge that he was planning to vote for Bernie Sanders. That worried me quite a bit, considering that Sanders is total absolute moron. But then, in the face of what seems to me just plain common sense (NOT importing tens of thousands of unvetted Muzzies, especially after the Paris events), I...
  • Supreme Court upholds officials' immunity from prosecution

    11/21/2015 11:45:34 PM PST · by Cowman · 9 replies
    New Hampshire Union Leader ^ | November 18. 2015 10:23AM | Dave Solomon
    CONCORD — A Manchester businessman who says he was the victim of a witch hunt by a former attorney general and banking commissioner failed to convince the state Supreme Court, which on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision granting the state officials immunity from prosecution. That’s not likely to be the last word in a case that has been working its way through the courts since 2010, when the state launched its investigation of Jeffrey Frost and his real estate enterprise, Chretien/Tillinghast. Frost was arrested and charged with unlicensed mortgage lending, a misdemeanor, stemming from the seller-financed sale of a...
  • UFC Fight Night 78

    11/21/2015 7:09:13 PM PST · by Manic_Episode · 23 replies
    UFC | 11/21/2015 | UFC
    Welcome to UFC Fight Night 78 Live Thread
  • Obama: Refugee Children 'Just Like Our Kids'

    11/21/2015 6:57:12 PM PST · by traumer · 25 replies
    The US President says the young migrants he meets in Kuala Lumpur represent the opposite of the terrorists in Mali and Paris. US President Barack Obama has delivered a rebuke to conservative critics back home while on a trip to Malaysia by meeting refugee children and declaring: "They're just like our kids." Mr Obama, who is in the region to attend an economic summit, took time out to visit a Kuala Lumpur school for low-income and migrant students. He wandered through the classroom asking the neatly dressed children, some of whom have been cleared to resettle in the US, about...
  • An Alternative to Calcium Hypochlorite, by TLS - build your own generator (w/instructions) + library

    11/21/2015 3:49:49 PM PST · by Kartographer · 26 replies
    The Survival Blog ^ | 11/21/15 | TLS
    I have read articles and posts, as well as listened to preppers discuss the use of Calcium Hypochlorite (Cal-Hypo) as a water sanitizer in The-End-Of-The-World-As-We-Know-It (TEOTWAWKI) situations. I owned a swimming pool business for over 20 years, and during that time I used Cal-Hypo, Sodium Dichloro-S-Trianzinetrione (Dichlor), and Sodium Trichloro-S-Trianzinetrione (Trichlor) extensively in both commercial and residential swimming pools. I also installed and maintained many salt-chlorine generator systems. Every time I read about someone planning to use Cal-Hypo for long-term storage to provide water sanitation in TEOTWAWKI, I cringe. Cal-Hypo has many serious shortcomings. The disadvantages are: Cal-Hypo degrades and...
  • Michigan St upsets Ohio State 17-14

    11/21/2015 3:47:55 PM PST · by Perdogg · 56 replies
    Ohio State's 23-game winning streak is over. Ended by a 41 yard field with no time left.
  • Zimbabwe's Mr Ugly pageant turns ugly

    11/21/2015 2:31:37 PM PST · by PROCON · 30 replies
    AFP ^ | Nov. 21, 2015
    Harare (AFP) - A 42-year-old unemployed man was crowned Zimbabwe's ugliest man at a pub pageant in Harare -- but the contest turned ugly when the runner-up accused judges of bias. Maison Sere, who was missing several teeth and dressed in torn overalls, beat off five other contestants for the $500 Mr Ugly prize -- a large sum in a country facing massive unemploment. 'I want to thank God for winning this title, last time I came fourth. I just want to thank the judges for recognising me as the winner,' Sere told journalists during a night of festivities...
  • 4 Things You Didn't Know About Goldie Hawn On Her 70th Birthday

    11/21/2015 12:13:45 PM PST · by PROCON · 42 replies
    huffpo ^ | Nov. 21, 2015 | Yagana Shah
    Happy Birthday Goldie!Goldie Hawn turns 70 today and she couldn't look better! The iconic blonde bombshell, known for her bubbly personality and big blue eyes, has entertained us with her vivacious persona for decades -- whether it was making us laugh until we cried on "Laugh In" or empowering us in "The First Wives Club." At 70, there's more to Goldie than just her contagious laughter and that voluminous hair. Here are a few things you may not have known about Goldie.
  • World View: Obamacare in Death Spiral as UnitedHealth Announces Pullout

    11/21/2015 11:13:13 AM PST · by Beave Meister · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11/20/2015 | John J. Xenakis
    UnitedHealth Group, the country’s largest health insurer, announced on Thursday that it was expecting to lose $600 million on Obamacare policies in 2016 from the health insurance exchange websites, and may terminate its Obamacare business by 2017. This was a sudden turnabout for the company. It was just a month ago that the company had said in an earnings call that they expected to expand their Obamacare coverage in 2017. According to Dave Wichmann, president and CFO, on October 15: The annual care ratio is being modestly affected by the performance of our new [Obamacare] public exchange benefit programs which...
  • Vanity - Has anyone seen "The Man in The High Castle"?

    11/21/2015 8:00:53 AM PST · by Perdogg · 54 replies
    Vanity - Has anyone seen "The Man in The High Castle"? It started yesterday on Amazon. Please post any reviews.
  • FBI Director: It’s ‘Impossible’ To Vet Every Single Syrian Refugee (then don't take any)

    11/21/2015 6:40:25 AM PST · by Cringing Negativism Network · 11 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 11/19/2015 | Christian Datoc
    FBI Director James Comey has expressed serious concerns about pending legislation that would require “national security officials to certify whether an approved refugee to the United States” should be allowed to enter. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/19/fbi-director-its-impossible-to-vet-every-single-syrian-refugee-video/#ixzz3s8ZF1P25
  • Military-aged males are at the forefront of the human torrent flowing

    11/21/2015 6:08:40 AM PST · by navysealdad · 16 replies
    Military-aged males are at the forefront of the human torrent flowing into Europe from Syria and coming to America as refugees. Their wanting our Military-aged males to go to Syria to save their country. What's wrong with this picture?!
  • One American News - Available via subscription on Roku

    11/21/2015 5:17:51 AM PST · by Caipirabob · 32 replies
    Vanity ^ | 11/21/2015 | Self
    For those interested, One America News can be subscribed to with a live feed via Roku now. While I have not watched live for long, the word is One American News is a true news source for people sicked by socialist tainted media outlets. It's what we used think that Faux was until they finally took off their masked with the ME-Gyn Kelly Debate Debacle.
  • Dairy Queen Robbed By Mysterious, Sword-Wielding Assailant

    11/21/2015 1:58:04 AM PST · by Cowman · 18 replies
    Kitchenette ^ | 11/19/15 9:49am | C.A. Pinkham
    Y’know. Just robbing a Dairy Queen with a sword. As one does. A robbery at a Port Huron, Michigan Dairy Queen has police searching for a robber armed with f----g Longclaw. Police say the man ordered a Blizzard, then as soon as the counterperson opened the cash register, he pulled out a “sword or machete,” grabbed the cash, and ran. OK, important question here: how exactly does one hide a sword? A sword tends to occupy a sizable area, not to mention immediately drawing one’s attention to its presence, because it’s a f----g sword. Was the nameless suburban ronin actually...
  • Sorry “Science”—Not All Women Are Lesbians

    11/20/2015 11:16:13 PM PST · by sparklite2 · 26 replies
    Acculturated ^ | November 18, 2015 | Chelsea Samelson
    In the study, some three hundred women were shown sexually provocative videos of attractive men and women. Researchers claim that most female participants, including those who identified as heterosexual, became sexually aroused in response to images of both sexes. The primary evidence? Pupil dilation. The sensationalist conclusion? All women are gay.
  • Rent a car in Nairobi for 8 months or not?

    11/20/2015 9:14:00 PM PST · by msee · 60 replies
    I will be working in Nairobi, Kenya for 8 months starting March 2016. For the period I can rent a car for $1,200 per month, but am thinking I'd be better off buying a new car for about $8,000 and selling it when leaving. How practical is this? Thank you very much for your time and help!
  • If you could ask Obama one question ...

    11/20/2015 8:21:04 PM PST · by MNDude · 90 replies
    Suppose Baraq Obama was on national television tied up with Wonder Woman's magic lasso and he would be forced to answer completely and truthfully whatever question you were to present to him. What ONE question would you ask him if he would have to answer truthfully with the entire world watching?
  • From Russia with Puppy Love:Russia donates adorable puppy to Paris to replace K9 killed in terror

    11/20/2015 7:25:38 PM PST · by goodwithagun · 24 replies
    Tweets from several Twitter accounts copied by Twitchy ^ | November 20, 2015 | Tweets from several Twitter accounts copied by Twitchy Staff
    Meet Dobrynya, an adorable German Sheppard puppy that Russia’s Interior Ministry has donated to France to replace Diesel, the K9 dog killed in an anti-terror raid in Paris on Wednesday.
  • Hundreds Pray at Site Where Jamar Clark was Killed in North Mpls.

    11/20/2015 5:46:41 PM PST · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 17 replies
    KSTP.com ^ | 11/20/15 | Cassie Hart/AP
    Hundreds gathered outside a north Minneapolis police precinct to remember a black man who was fatally shot by an officer. A candlelight vigil and march organized by the NAACP started at 4:30 p.m. outside the 4th Precinct. Stephen Green, national director of the NAACP's youth and college division, said the weather may be cold, but people's hearts are burning for justice for 24-year-old Jamar Clark. The group started marching peacefully at 6 p.m. heading east down Plymouth Ave N. toward the area where Clark was shot by police. They stopped at the site to pray and sing the protest song...