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A British school boy said he is “scarred for life” after his teaching assistant courted him over Facebook, had sex with him 50 times and then told him she was pregnant. Caroline Berriman’s teenage victim spoke out Tuesday to detail his twittered relationship with the 30-year-old Abraham Moss Community School assistant, the Manchester Evening News reported. Berriman dodged jail time when she pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child charges last week. Instead, she was sentenced to community service and ordered to pay fines. The unidentified teen, who no longer attends the community school, said he began his relationship...

I'm of the opinion that the conservative rank and file of the party needs to represented in Cleveland. I'm planning on being there regardless of who the nominee might be. Are there any organized FR events being planned? Any advice on where I might find Tea Party type activists who will be there? Should the media and GOP establishment shut us out again I'd like to voice my anger as vociferously as possible. Of course, should Cruz or one of ours win I'd like to show my support.

First of all, the only reason I'm watching the blowhard O'Reilly is because Trump's on. O'Reilly, during his exchange with Trump, just said "I wrote a book on Reagan...I know him inside and out!" What a load of crap!

This is something odd about the case that occurred to me earlier in the day. How often do you see minors who have been suddenly catapulted from ordinary anonymous life into national and international fame by some incident, and they are apparently routinely interviewed by the media by themselves? No parents or other family with them during the interviews, and no attorneys either. I've seen two videotaped interviews of him, one with the Dallas Morning News, and the other on Al Jazeera, and read other interviews, and so far it seems like he does the interviews alone. I do remember...

Donald Trump says... We CAN build a wall! We CAN deport illegals! We CAN get our jobs back! We CAN have a strong military! We CAN stop the Iran nuke deal! We CAN stop illegal immigration! We CAN take care of our veterans! We CAN control our trade agreements! We CAN stop spending money we don't have! We CAN prosecute and jail Hillary Clinton! We CAN Make America Great Again! After all that said ,what's the problem? Answer, Weak knee persons step aside and let this go forth! I see nothing but media and dems bellowing about Trump. Conservatives need...

Don't know what to post, when it's a cartoon,

The war in Syria seems to be a confusing one. From what I understand: - Assad and the control of Syria is Sunni. - The confilct started as a spin-off from the "Arab Spring" - The rebellion against the government is a coalition of different armies including ISIS. - USA seems to be supporting the rebellion. - Russia is supporting Assad Although I may be mistaken in any or all of those statements. I was wondering if there is anyone here who is knowledgable on the ME and understands what is going on with the civil war. What government is...

The selfie nabs one more victim. A Japanese tourist has died after attempting to take a self-portrait at the Taj Mahal’s Royal Gate. The 66-year-old man fell down the stairs and suffered head injuries, losing consciousness and leading to his death. One of his friends also fractured a leg in the fall. It’s a sad story, and what’s even sadder is that it’s not the only one. As if you needed additional proof that people need to be much more aware of their surroundings and much less focused on themselves: In May of this year, a 21-year-old accidentally shot herself...

<p>Just saw on MLB.TV that Yogi Berra has passed away at age 90.</p>

They may be man's best friend, but dogs have little to thank humans for it seems. Research suggests the domesticated pets can't solve problems as well as their wild cousins because living with us has made them 'incapable of thinking for themselves.' In tests, experts presented a 'puzzle box' containing food to a group of dogs, and a group of wolves and while the wolves were capable of breaking inside, the dogs looked to humans for help.

The Colorado Department of Corrections has notified the Colorado Springs Police Department of two sexually violent predators. Michael Anthony Trujillo also known as Michelle Trujillo and Jerrell Jamil Evans will be on supervised release and parole in Colorado Springs. ... Trujillo’s criminal history reveals that she was convicted in 2003 of Sexual Assault on a Child-Position of Trust-Attempted in El Paso County. Trujillo has also been convicted of Escape-2001, Attempted Escape-2006, 3rd Degree Assault-2009, Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance-2009.

I am the one who had to go through incapable government procedures to become legal resident of this magnificent country - the (former) beacon of freedom and justice in the world. I see talking heads, professors and government geniuses analyzing and trying to "comprehensively" fix the problem of illegal immigration, illegals crossing of borders, overstaying visas, people trying to share the American Dream. Talking about the problem, but not fixing it, making it worse. Result of the typical government bureaucracy incapable of running anything right. What is the problem? President Reagan realized that there is an immigration problem and he...

No link, Rush just said it. He said he hears that iCarly has been given the assignment by the RNC to take down Trump. Presumably in the CNN debate tomorrow. That's the reason she was added to the program at the last second. Rush meandered in to this after talking about Prince Rebus and how he doesn't even know the RNC Chairman.

OPEC on Monday predicted higher demand for its crude oil next year, sticking to its view that a strategy of letting prices fall will tame the U.S. shale boom and cut a global surplus. The monthly report from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries also said a weaker outlook for China would contribute to slower global oil demand growth next year. "U.S. oil production has shown signs of slowing," OPEC said in the report. "This could contribute to a reduction in the imbalance of oil market fundamentals, however, it remains to be seen to what extent this can be...

It seems like everywhere we look things are getting worse. Christian values are being replaced by values of the secular world. The American flag is being replaced by the rainbow flag. Europe is getting overrun with Muslim migrants and USA is getting overrun with third World immigrants. Fewer and fewer American young know what right the Constitution guarantees, and few care. It seems hard to find things that might actually be getting better. In your opinion, in what areas in the world and the USA are things getting better?

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People on twitter are saying that Hillary's hacked e-mails are out on the web now. This guy, Ben Hamner, appears to have them available on his site: https://twitter.com/benhamner I'm not computer savvy enough to attempt to download them. I hope it's the real deal!

Yes there are many issues and they are ALL important But I believe this is America's most important issue. Since it is, IMO, the one with the most potential to destroy the country in the shortest amount of time. The political process is already poisoned with it, and unless something is done the stituation will only get worse. It's hard to tell which candidate believes exactly what, and whether they can be trusted, or are they just posturing. Maybe people could post here about which candidates have what positions. And whether they are sincere.