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  • Florida SOS releases Mail-In Ballot count for (Sunday, 10/14/2018). Republicans hold lead.

    10/15/2018 6:06:13 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 50 replies
    Florida, "Mail-in" vote totals for Sunday, 10/14/2018... posted by SOS elections at 07:15 AM (EST). Republicans - 152,191 votes cast & recorded. Democrats - 121,594 votes cast & recorded. Other - 1,883 votes cast & recorded. No Party Affiliation - 58,435 votes cast & recorded. Republicans maintain their strong lead since the beginning of "Mail-In" voting, about one week ago with a 30,5897 victory margin. All Republicans who received "Mail-in" vote ballots should return them per instructions immediately, every Republican mail out ballot must be completed and returned!!! Make every vote count....the future well being of the great State of...
  • US lacks Latino historical sites and landmarks, scholars say

    10/14/2018 7:16:27 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 49 replies
    La Prensa Asociada ^ | Oct. 14, 2018 8:10 PM EDT | Russell Contreras
    A makeshift memorial to Hispanic Civil War Union soldiers in an isolated part northern New Mexico is a typical representation of sites linked to U.S. Latino history: It’s shabby, largely unknown and at risk of disappearing. Across the U.S, many sites historically connected to key moments in Latino civil rights lie forgotten, decaying or endanger of quietly dissolving into the past without acknowledgment. Scholars and advocates say a lack of preservation, resistance to recognition and even natural disasters make it hard for sites to gain traction among the general public, which affects how Americans see Latinos in U.S. history. The...
  • Quora query, Why do you and your religious principles support and defend President Trump?

    10/14/2018 5:57:16 PM PDT · by daniel1212 · 53 replies
    Free Republic | Sun, 10/14/18 | daniel1212
    Been working on a response for a Quora query, You are a devout Bible-fundamental Jesus believer. Or devout Catholic or Mormon. Why do you and your religious principles support and defend President Trump? Otherwise, why wouldn't you? I only worked on what the alternative to Trump would mean so far. Any suggestions for this? "Devout Bible-fundamental Jesus believer" best fits evangelicals, and even considering the alternative from that overall perspective should suffice for now, as illustrated by this (imperfect) analogy: You are at a port along with many other people, trying to continue on a long journey to get to...
  • Video of Los Angeles 1940s - LA Noire?

    10/14/2018 1:02:31 PM PDT · by Jamestown1630 · 34 replies
    Someone recently posted a link to a YouTube video of film from 1940s Los Angeles - it was a night time drive through the city, in color, featuring music from the composers who did the soundtrack to LA Noire. I've tried my best to find this again - even bookmarked what I thought was the video, but it's not. Does anyone recall this and have a link?
  • Today's Newspaper From 1900

    10/14/2018 12:29:17 PM PDT · by NRx · 21 replies
    New York Tribune ^ | Sunday October 14, 1900 | Staff
    The Sunday edition of the New York Tribune from October 14, 1900 fully digitized. Includes all 46 pages with national and world news, political coverage ahead of the forthcoming election, sports, society, travel, financial news as well as tons of advertising and classified adds.
  • Fox News goes behind-the-scenes of president's guest house [Blair House]

    10/14/2018 12:08:52 PM PDT · by bgill · 11 replies
    Fox News ^ | Oct. 14, 2018 | FOX News
    Video of Blair House
  • Bill Clinton Sexual Assault Accuser Leslie Millwee Goes Public for the First Time

    10/14/2018 12:02:34 PM PDT · by ATOMIC_PUNK · 29 replies
    https://www.youtube.com ^ | Published on Oct 19, 2016 | Leslie Millwee
    2016 yet SILENCE what happened to her story ? buried by youtube ? After all democrats are above the law right ? Sexual Assault Accuser Leslie Millwee Former Arkansas TV Reporter Accuses Bill Clinton of Sexual Assault Clinton Sexual Assault
  • Ukraine’s split from Russian Orthodox Church puts a dent in Putin’s image

    10/14/2018 9:23:08 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 4 replies
    The Globe & Mail ^ | Oct 13, 2018 | Mark Mackinnon
    Vladimir Putin suffered one of his biggest defeats in the long war for Ukraine this week. It came not on the battlefields of Donbass but in the venerable offices of Patriarch Bartholomew I, the archbishop of the city still known in the Orthodox Christian world as Constantinople. In a decision fraught with geopolitical consequences, Bartholomew – the closest thing the Orthodox world has to a pope – declared on Thursday that he intended to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, ending centuries of deference to the Russian Orthodox Church... This is far more than a shuffling of church...
  • VIDEO: Newly Freed Hostage, Pastor Brunson Praying for President Trump

    10/14/2018 8:34:21 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 4 replies
    CBN / YouTube ^ | October 13, 2018 | Pastor Andrew Brunson
    “Lord God, I ask that you pour out your Holy Spirit on President Trump, that you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. I ask that you give him wisdom in how to lead this country into righteousness.” “I ask that you give him perseverance, and endurance and courage to stand for truth. I ask that you to protect him from slander from enemies, from those who would undermine. I ask that you make him a great blessing to this...
  • Florida Mail-In vote totals as of Sunday, 10/14/2018

    10/14/2018 5:12:31 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 66 replies
    Florida Mail-In votes thus far to 10/14/2018 as posted by the Florida Secretary of State this morning at 9:25 AM (EST): Republicans - 149,205 votes cast & recorded. Democrats - 118,894 votes cast & recorded. Others - 1,866 votes cast & recorded. No Party Affiliation- 57,400 votes cast & recorded. Republicans now lead Democrats by a margin of 30,311. This report concludes the first full week of Florida Mail-In voting. Take note: Florida Early Voting in person begins on 11/22/2018. It appears that the Blue Wave in Florida is just not there. Unless a devastating, incident occurs...it is beginning to...
  • POTUS, Trump future "MEGA" political rally schedule for October/November, 2018.

    10/14/2018 4:36:54 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 33 replies
    Trump MEGA Political, MAGA Rallies, hard scheduled: Missoula, Montana - Thursday, 10/18/2018 Mesa, Arizona - Friday, 10/19/2018 Elko, Nevada, Saturday, 10/20/2018 Locations: Montana - Neptune Aviation Services, Hgr.# 16 Arizona - International Air Response Facility Nevada - Mountain West Aviation Facility Coming soon Rallies: California, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Wisconsin, North Dakota. For more information details, visit the "Trump For POTUS" web site on the internet. Two (2) free tickets available. Be there!!!
  • Mysterious gold cones 'hats of ancient wizards'

    10/13/2018 11:15:53 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 62 replies
    Telegraph UK ^ | St Patrrick's Day, 2002 | Tony Paterson in Berlin
    The wizards of early Europe wore hats of gold intricately embellished with astrological symbols that helped them to predict the movement of the sun and stars... ...Wilfried Menghin, the director of the Berlin Museum... carrying out detailed research on a 3,000-year-old 30in high Bronze Age cone of beaten gold that was discovered in Switzerland in 1995... ...discovered that the 1,739 sun and half-moon symbols decorating the Berlin cone's surface make up a scientific code which corresponds almost exactly to the "Metonic cycle" discovered by the Greek astronomer Meton in 432bc - about 500 years after the cone was made --...
  • "First Man" Impressions (VANITY)

    10/13/2018 6:49:16 PM PDT · by Future Snake Eater · 82 replies
    My Opinion ^ | 13OCT18 | FSE
    So I took the family to see "First Man" today. The movie took a lot of heat from virtue-signaling types, but I suspected the criticisms were unfounded. I was nearly totally correct. Like, 98%. First of all, I'm not super well-read on the space program as compared to some uber-nerds who I'm sure populate this forum who could run rings around me in general knowledge regarding this era of our history. I have, however, been interested in the space program for a long time and even got to meet Alan Shepard at a book signing at the Space and Rocket...
  • October 13, 1792: Cornerstone of the White House Laid

    10/13/2018 5:07:38 PM PDT · by Ezekiel · 4 replies
    Cornerstone of the White House Laid The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13, 1792. In a proclamation issued on January 24, 1791, President George Washington announced the permanent location of the new capital, an area of land at the confluence of the Potomac and Eastern Branch (Anacostia) rivers that would eventually become the District of Columbia. Washington and Charles L’Enfant, the French planner of the federal city, chose the site for the residence. I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest...
  • Neanderthal-like features in 450,000-year-old fossil teeth from the Italian Peninsula

    10/13/2018 4:10:00 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 26 replies
    EurekAlert! ^ | October 3, 2018 | PLOS
    Zanolli and colleagues examined dental remains from the sites of Fontana Fanuccio, located 50km southeast of Rome, and Visogliano, located 18km northwest of Trieste. At around 450,000 years old, these teeth join a very short list of fossil human remains from Middle Pleistocene Europe. Using micro-CT scanning and detailed morphological analyses, the authors examined the shape and arrangement of tooth tissues and compared them with teeth of other human species. They found that the teeth of both sites share similarities with Neanderthals and are distinct from modern humans. There has been much debate over the identities and relationships of Middle...
  • First Man: must see movie, plenty of US flags too...

    10/13/2018 3:38:01 PM PDT · by beebuster2000 · 52 replies
    beebuster2000 news service ^ | october 13, 2017 | Beebuster2000
    Great movie, deeply patriotic. I don't get all the BS on the flag. it is all over the movie, and on the Moon. Multiple times goosebumps. The Saturn vehicle launch is worth the price of admission alone. Ryan G is awesome. The only false note is Claire foy's part as the wife. I wish she had been more supportive and less of a worrier. But, that aside, a must see Freeper Movie Great window into USA greatness when we have a clear objective.
  • 85 million-year-old sea monster found in Kansas

    10/13/2018 12:14:35 PM PDT · by ETL · 18 replies
    FoxNews.com/Science ^ | Oct 12, 2018 | Chris Ciaccia
    Popularized in the hit movie "Jurassic World," the mosasaur has come back to life after an 85 million-year-old fossil of a newborn creature was discovered in Kansas. A "neonate-sized Tylosaurus specimen" (a type of mosasaur), has been identified and examined, with researchers looking at broken bones, including its snout, braincase and upper jaw. "Despite its small size, a suite of cranial characters diagnoses FHSM VP-14845 [the fossil's identification] as a species of Tylosaurus, including the elongate basisphenoid morphology," the study's abstract reads. The creature, which could grow up to 42 feet when it reached adulthood, had an "estimated skull length...
  • President Harding Dead (1920-1923)

    10/13/2018 10:25:29 AM PDT · by NRx · 19 replies
    YouTube ^ | 04-12-2014 | Pathe News
    Two sets of archival film footage announcing the death of President Warren G. Harding and commemorating his presidency. The second link, which I will insert in the comments, has extensive footage of Harding's funeral. Appx 25 minutes total.
  • Florida Mail-In voting statistics posted for 10/13/2018, Republicans lead.

    10/13/2018 4:56:40 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 32 replies
    Florida "Mail-in" vote totals as listed on the Florida SOS Elections Web Site on the Internet, 10/13/2018. Republicans increasing their lead. Republicans - 129,154 votes cast & recorded. Democrats - 101,334 votes cast & recorded. Others - 1,623 cast & recorded. No Party Affiliation - 49,334 votes cast & recorded. Republicans leading Democrats by a margin of 27,829 votes. Republicans have led from day one and are increasing their vote lead with every passing day. However it is far too early to establish how this all ends up. We will have a much clearer picture about ten days down the...
  • Karl Marx was a Foreign Correspondent for one of America’s Largest Newspapers

    10/13/2018 3:09:09 AM PDT · by gattaca · 11 replies
    The Vintage News ^ | October 11, 2018 | Ian Harvfey
    The story of Karl Marx’s relationship with the American media begins with Horace Greeley. He was an American journalist in the mid to late 1800s. He started his professional life as a printer’s apprentice in Vermont before moving to New York City in 1831. Three years later he founded a literary paper, The New Yorker. Greeley was a liberal Whig who was soon approached by political boss Thurlow Weed and was asked to do weekly campaign publications for the 1838 and 1840 elections. In 1841, his political contacts and journalistic success allowed him to found The New York Tribune, which...