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  • Vanity - American voters, "ALL", destroy the Democrat Party, politically.

    07/19/2018 4:19:20 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 6 replies
    Barack Hussein Obama rants and raves offshore, bad mouthing America and American men, Deranged, Hillary Clinton does the same, John Brennan, the avowed Communist and Trump hater, wants to know every little tidbit about the American citizen, so he can "1984/Big Brother" you all, Steve Cohen wants the Military to stage a coup, tossing POTUS, Trump out-of-office....Clapper, Comey, Strzok, Pelsi, Schumer, etc., the deranged media, follows suit...and, on and on, and on!!! The handwriting of Dictators, Despots, Criminals & Tyrants is clearly written on the wall for Americans to both see and hear. Oh, yes you can cast your precious...
  • Why is no one TALKING about the $400 million dollars Russia gave to Hillary Clinton's Campaign?

    07/18/2018 9:56:18 PM PDT · by hapnHal · 23 replies
    18 July 18 | hapnHAL
    Why is no one talking about the $400 million dollars Russia gave to Hillary Clinton's campaign ??? Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a novel idea to advance the Russia investigation during a joint news conference with President Donald Trump in Helsinki. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team could come to his country, Putin said, if Russian investigators were allowed to go the United States to dig into alleged tax evasion by American-born financier Bill Browder (non citizen) and his associates. "Business associates of Mr. Browder have earned over 1.5 billion dollars in Russia," Putin said through a translator. "They never paid...
  • WFAN host Joe Benigno accused of sexual harassment

    07/18/2018 9:30:50 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | July 18, 2018 | 7:11pm | Kevin Dugan
    WFAN was run like a frat house, with drinking by employees starting as early as 10 a.m. and executives condoning buying prostitutes for ad clients, according to a shocking lawsuit filed Wednesday by a 40-year-old former CBS Radio ad exec. Lauren Lockwood, who worked at WFAN from 2006 until last summer, claims the station’s executives tolerated a hostile work environment that subjected her to sexual harassment. On various occasions, WFAN host Joe Benigno pressured her into having a threesome, the lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn state court, claims. Benigno “whispered in [Lockwood’s] ear about having ‘threesomes’ with him and his wife...
  • Blue Angels

    07/18/2018 8:42:05 PM PDT · by Kenika · 2 replies
    WLOX News ^ | Not Specified | Blue Angels
    Dazzling and daring aerobatic displays will soon be taking place over the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast. It's Blues Over Biloxi, the most exciting air show the Gulf Coast has seen in three years, and it's happening right over the waters of the Mississippi Sound in Biloxi. The skies will be filled with some of the biggest names in the air show industry including the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team, the famous AeroShell Aerobatic Team as well as an assortment of other exciting performances by world-renowned aerobatic pilots. Add to that exciting flybys by a variety of military hardware...
  • Bravo! Female Biology Professor Calls out “Toxic Femininity” in Spectacular Essay

    07/18/2018 8:07:56 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 25 replies
    Louder with Crowder ^ | 7/17/2018 | COURTNEY KIRCHOFF
    One of my biggest beefs with “toxic masculinity” is not that some men use their masculinity in toxic ways. You’d be hard pressed to find a woman who hasn’t dealt with a man who didn’t display toxic masculinity. A new, more educated sounding term which has seemingly replaced what we used to refer to as being an asshole, dick, douche, creep, or pervert. My main issue with toxic masculinity has always been the assumption only masculinity could be toxic. That only women could be victims, only men could be predators. When, as a woman (note that byline) I’ve been witness...
  • These 3 things could happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned

    07/18/2018 7:28:18 PM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    LIVE ACTION NEWS ^ | July 18, 2018 | Kristi Burton Brown
    Predictions are high for the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that required all 50 states to allow abortion on demand. But what would actually happen across the United States if Roe fell? One answer is that it would depend on how the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe. Let’s briefly explore what could happen in a post-Roe America. 1. Abortion could be returned to the states. If the Supreme Court flatly overturns Roe v. Wade, declaring its former decision unconstitutional, abortion would return to the jurisdiction of each state. When Roe was decided, each state had...
  • Video: Spaceballs the Witch Hunt

    07/18/2018 7:16:52 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 5 replies
    You Tube ^ | July 18, 2018 | Big Game Productions
    In a vain attempt to prove that Lone Don is guilty of Russian collusion, Lord Mueller and Colonel Rosenstein comb the desert looking for clues.
  • Famous Veteran: Ermes Effron Borgnine USNAVY Gunners Mate

    07/18/2018 5:56:55 PM PDT · by eastforker · 37 replies
    TWS ^ | 2016 | Jeff Owejon
    The apprentice seaman remained in the Navy for ten years (including one hiatus), from October 1935 to October 1941 and then from January 1942 to September 1945. His first tour was served on board the four-stacker USS Lamberton (DD-119). During the 1930s the Lamberton operated out of San Diego, towing targets for surface combatants, submarines, and aircraft, a role that was to serve her well during World War II. She also participated in experimental minesweeping exercises and was redesignated DMS-1 (minesweeper, destroyer) in November 1940. In 1941 Borgnine left the Navy, only to reenlist after Pearl Harbor. From January 1942...
  • Who is more likely to hack the 2018 election: Russia or the CIA? (Vanity Poll)

    07/18/2018 5:32:44 PM PDT · by UnwashedPeasant · 26 replies
    vanity ^ | July 18, 2018 | vanity
    Who is more likely to hack the 2018 election: Russia or the CIA?
  • UNC (Football) Head Coach Larry Fedora: "Our Game Is Under Attack" and Could Bring Down America

    07/18/2018 5:09:20 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 56 replies
    Sports Illustrated ^ | July 18, 2018 | Nihal Kolur
    It's safe to say that University of North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora is not a fan of the trends in football. Fedora spoke to the media on Wednesday, saying "our game is under attack" and expressing a number of unpopular opinions, including the idea that football does not cause CTE. [snip] Fedora believes that rule changes involving the physicality of the game will make football "unrecognizable" within ten years.
  • Man who walked 20 miles to job gets CEO's personal car

    07/18/2018 4:25:46 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 28 replies
    Channel 9 (WBMA) ^ | 7/16/18 | Patrick Thomas
    A young man who walked 20 miles to his job can now drive wherever he needs to go. Barely three days after starting a new job, the company's CEO hooked up Walter Carr with his very own Ford Escape.
  • Liberals ruin everything

    07/18/2018 4:25:15 PM PDT · by Oshkalaboomboom · 20 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | 7/19/2018 | Oshkalaboomboom
    So tonight I was at the annual festival Jazz en La Costa in Almunecar, Spain. It's a week long series of concerts that feature top names in jazz from around the world and I look forward to going to it every year. Tonight's band was Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers and Tom Kennedy. It was a great set until Mike started talking about a song he said Randy wrote called the Dipshit, named in honor of Donald Trump. Since Almunecar is a Spanish resort town most of the audience didn't know what he was talking about except for the...
  • Candidate for Alaska House doesn't live in Alaska

    07/18/2018 1:21:16 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 28 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 7/18/2018 | Staff
    JUNEAU, Alaska — Carol Hafner is on the Democratic primary ballot for an Alaska U.S. House seat. She doesn't live in Alaska. In fact, she's never been to the state. Hafner, who listed New Jersey and South Dakota addresses in her candidate filing, says she's serious about running, though she doesn't plan to campaign in person. Democratic officials are questioning her authenticity and political affiliation. Under the U.S. Constitution, to serve in Congress one must meet age and citizenship requirements and inhabit the state at the time elected. Generally, Alaska candidates in such races are from the state. But not...
  • Video shows Harvard research head confronting woman, biracial child (ruh roh!)

    07/18/2018 1:00:26 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 71 replies
    New York Post ^ | 7/16/2018 | David K. Li
    The head of a Harvard-linked research center is being ridiculed as “Sidewalk Susie” after a viral, cringe-worthy video caught the woman trying to order a mom and her biracial child to get away from her home and then condescendingly asking the family if they live in “affordable housing.” The confrontation happened Saturday in Cambridge when Theresa Lund – executive director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative – came out of her apartment to complain about noise allegedly being made by Alyson Laliberte’s toddler on the sidewalk outside the building. Laliberte recorded the confrontation and posted it on Facebook. “I’m sitting here...
  • Rasmussen---Drops to 44%

    07/18/2018 11:26:36 AM PDT · by mikelets456 · 61 replies
    Rasmussen ^ | 7/18 | Rasmussen
    The latest figures include 31% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 46% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. (see trends). Regular updates are posted Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily email update). Rasmussen Reports invites you to be a part of our first-ever Citizen-Sourced National Midterm Election Polling Project. Learn more about how you can contribute . Now that Gallup has quit the field, Rasmussen Reports is the only nationally recognized public opinion firm that still tracks President Trump's job approval ratings on...
  • Chicago Could Soon Become the Largest American City to Give Universal Basic Income a Try

    07/18/2018 10:46:31 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 46 replies
    Fortune ^ | 7/18/2018 | Natasha Bach
    If one local politician gets his way, Chicago could become the largest city in the U.S. to trial a universal basic income program. Chicago lawmaker Ameya Pawar has thus far received support from 36 co-sponsors on a bill to introduce the pilot program. If the bill receives adequate support, it will be voted on by City Council. If the bill passes, it could then be enacted, so long as Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn’t veto the approval. The proposal entails giving $500 a month—no strings attached—to 1,000 families in Chicago. The bill also calls for a change to the Earned...
  • How 'Electric Microbes' Could Generate Power (And More) for Space Missions

    07/18/2018 10:31:48 AM PDT · by ETL · 8 replies
    Space.com ^ | July 18, 2018 | Meghan Bartels, Space.com Senior Writer
    One of the experiments astronauts are tending to on the International Space Station could electrify space exploration. The experiment centers on a batch of microbes called Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, which arrived at the station in early July. Here on Earth, Shewanella has an unusual skill: It can produce electricity. The experiment is the first step to determining whether the microbes can do so in space as well — and whether humans can harness that ability to make space exploration easier. The bacterium belongs to a group called exoelectrogens, which can create electricity all by themselves, as NASA explains in a...
  • A little feel good piece my wife shared from her Facebook account.

    07/18/2018 9:54:33 AM PDT · by Bitman · 10 replies
    https://www.facebook.com/TheAnimalBible.net/videos/1377935668975697/ Just a vid so don't freak out.
  • 'Quadrillion' tons of diamonds discovered deep below Earth's surface

    07/18/2018 8:34:10 AM PDT · by ETL · 29 replies
    FoxNews.com/Science ^ | July 17, 2018 | Jennifer Earl
    A team of scientists made an enormous discovery when they recently uncovered a "quadrillion" tons of diamonds,buried more than 100 miles below Earth's surface, according to a new study Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and several other universities used seismic devices to measure the speed of sound waves traveling through the Earth's crust. "Sound waves move at various speeds through the Earth, depending on the temperature, density, and composition of the rocks through which they travel," MIT explained in a news release. "Scientists have used this relationship between seismic velocity and...
  • Meet The People Who Hate Mayo More Than Anyone

    07/18/2018 8:13:45 AM PDT · by Blue House Sue · 317 replies
    Huffington Post ^ | 7/18/18 | Katka Lapelosová
    Victor Lachin, an electrical engineer living in southern Mississippi, vividly recalls the first time he tried mayonnaise as a child. The year was 1966, and he was having lunch at a friend’s house in the Lakefront area of New Orleans. The friend had “a ham sandwich with white Bunny Bread, slathered with Blue Plate mayonnaise,” he tells me over Facebook Messenger. “Asking me what I would like, I responded ‘Peanut butter sandwich, ma’am!’ She complied with a nice Bunny Bread sandwich and a glass of cold white milk.” Lachin bit into the sandwich, expecting a creamy, nutty taste to fill...