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  • Trump's Virtues - Tom Klingenstein

    10/23/2023 5:18:12 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 6 replies
    Youtube ^ | Jul 6, 2022 | Tom Klingenstein
    Many leading Republicans and conservatives want someone other than Donald Trump to run for President in 2024. But this judgment requires an assessment of Trump’s vices and virtues in the context of our current political and cultural circumstances, as well as an assessment of other prospective Republican presidential candidates. Tom Klingenstein, Chairman of the Claremont Institute, explains Trump's Virtues.
  • Federation of German Catholic Youth supports bill promoting gender self-determination for children

    06/29/2023 2:05:07 PM PDT · by Gillibrand1 · 4 replies
    Catholic Conclave ^ | 29/06/2023 | CG
    Improvements in the registration of the sex of minors are urgently needed. The BDKJ Federal Board supports the aim of the Federal Government to replace the discriminatory Transsexual Act (TSG) with the Self-Determination Act (SBGG) and to strengthen the gender self-determination of affected persons. "The de-bureaucratisation and recognition of gender diversity by law is urgently needed to ensure trans*, intersex and non-binary persons the acceptance of their gender identity also formally and to break down patriarchal thought patterns,"
  • Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

    05/25/2020 6:03:12 PM PDT · by beejaa · 14 replies
    PBS SoCal ^ | May 25, 2020 | Michael Pack, Director
    The movie is free at the link until June 2.
  • INSPIRING: MyPillow founder Mike Lindell tells Levin about

    04/15/2019 8:32:20 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 17 replies
    Conservative Review ^ | · April 15, 2019 | Nate Madden
    Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow, opened up about how he overcame his lifelong battle with addiction on the latest episode of Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News Sunday night. Lindell was a crack addict who started drinking and got into hard drugs when he was just a teenager. He recalled showing up for his five-year high school reunion drunk and envying his old friends for doing things like going to college and starting families. All in all, Lindell says, he suffered through about “40 years of addiction” between alcohol, powder cocaine and crack. All that started to change...
  • Psaki: ‘We Have Determined That We Do Not Need to Make a Determination’ on Egypt

    08/06/2013 5:54:08 PM PDT · by Nachum · 8 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | 8/6/13 | Staff
    State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told Matt Lee of the Associated Press Tuesday that the U.S. had “determined that we do not need to make a determination” over whether or not the ousting of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt was a coup. Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) called it a coup Tuesday, but the Obama administration has deliberately avoided using the word:
  • Richie Parker designs NASCAR components with his feet.

    With all the acrimony about race flooding the news & internet, this should provide a much needed change in perspective. http://www.wimp.com/designscomponents/
  • Refuse to give in - “She is just Jesse”

    01/18/2011 3:02:07 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 11 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | January 18, 2011 | JENNY DIAL
    Jesse was adopted by Ron and Anne Landry when she was just 2 days old. [snip] “I started playing basketball when I was about 3,” she said. “I started to really like it a few years later, and my brothers would work with me. They didn’t go easy on me. They knew I had to work harder than everyone else.” [snip] “She was always so determined,” Anne said. “You couldn’t tell her that she couldn’t do anything.” Nimitz coach Debbie Jackson caught her first glimpse of Jesse when she was playing for the Teague Middle School eighth-grade team. One of...
  • Face of Defense: Fall Taught Major to Get Back Up

    08/11/2010 4:19:30 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies
    Face of Defense ^ | Samuel King Jr.
    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Aug. 11, 2010 – Waking up alone and bleeding on sun-baked granite after falling 50 feet face-first from the top of a mountain is where Air Force Academy Cadet David Garay found himself June 2, 1997, only one day after his 19th birthday. Garay, now a major, lived through the fall and recovered, but the incident changed the course of his life forever. "I rarely think about it at all now," said Garay, executive officer for the Air Armament Center commander here. "But for the first five years, I thought about it all the time...
  • Condemnation and Reviling

    03/20/2010 12:37:58 PM PDT · by Ari Bussel · 1 replies · 269+ views
    "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" ^ | March 20, 2010 | Ari Bussel and Norma Zager
    Keep the Course by Ari Bussel and Norma Zager “And I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.” Isaiah 43:28 President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu are expected to meet in Washington, DC, next week. By then, the President’s effort to completely overhaul the healthcare system in the United States in one fell swoop would either have passed another hurdle, and bring us closer to the brink of economic destruction, or serve as a reminder that humility is a necessary ingredient in governance. The President, in a public debate, reminded Senator McCain that the election period is over....
  • Soldier lost half his skull but not his determination (*S-N-I-F-!*)

    06/14/2009 6:39:36 AM PDT · by SandRat · 29 replies · 1,981+ views
    Arizona Daily Star ^ | Carol Ann Alaimo
    Even when half your skull is missing, life goes on. For ex-soldier Erik Castillo, gravely wounded by mortar fire in Iraq in 2004, life is going better than expected. Five years have passed since he woke up drooling and paralyzed in an Army hospital with a coconut-sized hole in his cranium — an injury from which doctors said he would never fully recover. The road back to some sort of normalcy has been rife with pain and indignity. He's been stared at by strangers, coped with countless surgeries and infections, and battled rage, self-pity and depression. Through it all, he...
  • Man loses 140 pounds to join Marines

    11/18/2008 4:36:44 PM PST · by Moose4 · 35 replies · 1,480+ views
    AP via Foxnews.com ^ | 18 November 2008 | Unattributed
    LEWISTON, Maine — Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "You've got to lose weight," Milana remembers them saying. But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007. Now, 11 months later, Milana is 140 pounds lighter as he leaves Monday for Parris Island, S.C., to begin boot camp.
  • Determination drives Devil Dog through difficult time

    01/28/2008 4:35:13 PM PST · by SandRat · 11 replies · 85+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Pfc. Casey Jones, USMC
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2008) -- Sgt. Jeremy F. Boutwell, a 23-year-old Marine, knows a thing or two about “honor, courage and commitment.” Boutwell, an intelligence specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, is planning for an upcoming deployment to Iraq after sustaining severe injuries during an attack in Al Anbar Province, March 14, 2004. Boutwell was an MK-19 machine gunner with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force (forward), when the attack occurred during a motorized routine...
  • Who Are We To Say Who Is Overpaid?

    12/29/2006 12:13:05 PM PST · by shrinkermd · 60 replies · 1,312+ views
    Investor's Business Daily ^ | 29 December 2006 | Thomas Sowell
    Perhaps it is one of the fruits of the “self-esteem” emphasis in our schools that so many people feel confident to voice strong convictions about things they know little or nothing about — or, worse yet, are misinformed about. One of the hardest things for anyone to be informed about is the value of someone else’s productivity. Yet there are cries from all directions that some people are being paid “too much” and others “too little.” Judging Worth Who can possibly be better informed about the value of what someone else produces than those who use the goods or services...
  • Vietnam War hero shares gripping life story

    11/22/2006 4:40:12 PM PST · by SandRat · 15 replies · 760+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Lance Cpl. Bryan A. Peterson
    CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 22, 2006) -- Since 1st Lt. Patrick Cleburne "Clebe" McClary, III was told by doctors he would never walk again due to wounds he received during the Vietnam War, he has run marathons and set treadmill test scores that members of the Dallas Cowboys have been unable to beat. The highly decorated Vietnam veteran turned world-renowned motivational speaker visited Okinawa Nov. 1-7 to share his story with service members and, more importantly to him, thank them for keeping the United States a free nation during this time of war. During the visit, the Silver Star...
  • Young ROTC mom epitomizes determination

    10/29/2006 3:27:10 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 376+ views
    FORT HUACHUCA — Determination. If anything can be said about Melissa Anderson, it is that she has a specific goal in mind and the drive to achieve it — in a word the 24-year-old woman has determination. Just ask Army Lt. Col. Jim Gallagher, who found himself on the defensive when he questioned the mother of four and wife of a Fort Huachuca soldier if she knew the difficulties of not only being a university student, but one who was seeking to enter the military Reserve Officers Training Corps Program at the University of Arizona. Although Anderson has more than...
  • Local determination overpowers terror threat

    09/11/2006 6:25:28 PM PDT · by SandRat · 4 replies · 273+ views
    FOB KALSU — “Iraqis helping Iraqis” was the theme in Baghdad's Rasheed district Aug. 25-28 as local residents helped patch together a road that had been blown apart by terrorists. In the past, numerous roadside bombs were detonated on the streets between Adwaniyah and Hawr Rajab, leaving huge craters and nearly impassable roads.Now, in a move as symbolic as it was utilitarian, local contractors disregarded terrorist threats and ventured out to repair thoroughfares throughout the area, opening the way for uninhibited travel by members of the community. “The workers did a great job and worked very hard for two days...
  • Marine Overcomes Adversity with Heart, Determination

    07/17/2006 7:14:44 PM PDT · by SandRat · 9 replies · 454+ views
    Defense News ^ | Lance Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti
    U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Matthew Pielmeier Marine Overcomes Adversity with Heart, Determination By Lance Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler OKINAWA, Japan, July 17, 2006 -- “My friends said I couldn't do it - that I was too short, and the Marine Corps would tear me apart,” said Pfc. Matthew Pielmeier. The 4-foot-9-inch native of Altoona, Pa., might appear diminutive in stature, but his spirit and resilience abound. “I was in seventh grade when I found out that I had a growth hormone deficiency, and I would be short for the rest of my life,” said...
  • City Leaders Voice Hope, Determination, Unity

    04/17/2006 4:52:58 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 121+ views
    Defend America News ^ | Spc. Rodney Foliente
    Local religious, political and military leaders united against terrorism and instability in their district at the Civic Unity Conference held in the Huteen Establishment of Iskandariyah, April 8, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rodney Foliente City Leaders Voice Hope, Determination, Unity More than 150 religious, political and military leaders, took turns voicing their hopes and their concerns for Iraq. By U.S. Army Spc. Rodney Foliente 4th Infantry Division ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, April 17, 2006 — In a room crowded with more than 150 religious, political and military leaders, speakers took turns April 8 voicing their hopes and their concerns...
  • Time for some National Pride

    02/24/2006 7:42:43 PM PST · by marblehead17 · 7 replies · 456+ views
    This a video I did a while back.
  • Forest Service plans land sale

    02/09/2006 12:35:03 PM PST · by george76 · 46 replies · 2,213+ views
    summit daily news ^ | February 8, 2006 | BOB BERWYN
    With budgets getting tighter every year, the U.S. Forest Service plans to raise up to $800 million in much-needed cash by selling off 200,000 acres of land across the country... The proposed land sale would be authorized under a Congressional amendment to the 2,000 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. The law is intended to help rural communities that have seen National Forest logging-based revenue drop as timber cutting dwindled across the country. The list is based in part on land ownership adjustment analyses that designate lands suitable for disposal. Most of the lands to be sold are parcels...