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I’m on a mission to rebuild a 109-year old English sailing yacht called Tally Ho. Designed by Albert Strange in 1909, she is a well-known and important historic vessel – but after many adventures she was left in a remote port in Oregon to rot for decades, despite some valiant attempts to rescue her. I bought her and moved her to the Olympic Peninsular earlier this year, and am now starting to rebuild her from the keel up. Eventually I hope to sail her back to the UK.

Today there are absolutely no shortages of godless women in our post-Judeo/Christian American culture as we have seen with the Washington D.C." women's" marches. These women occupy all of society’s genres from politics to Hollywood, from the music industry to the fashion world, from the faculty lounge to the masses. They are very outspoken, defiant and preach a very subtle and poisonous delusion of toxic liberation and freedom by the application and adherence of lawlessness, immorality, tolerance and political correctness; none of which can bring TRUE fulfillment, only social tyranny (Rom. 1:18-32, Gal. 6:7-8). Since the sixties, the women of...

New York state Sen. John Sampson was found guilty of obstruction of justice. Like Tom Libous, he will lose his senate seat. A New York state senator has been convicted on federal charges he sought to sabotage an investigation targeting him for embezzlement. A Brooklyn jury reached the verdict Friday in the corruption case against Sen. John Sampson.

The BAE Systems Sampson multi-function radar fitted to the Royal Navy’s fleet of Type 45 destroyers forms part of the Sea Viper naval air defence system, but it could also play a role in ballistic missile defence. Amid warnings of a growing threat of ballistic missile attacks against British targets, a recent series of tests were conducted to determine whether it fits the bill. Is there nothing the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers can't do? The six Daring-class vessels patrol the world's oceans, taking part in missions as diverse as counter-piracy, tackling drug smuggling, hunting submarines and, vitally, defending the...

Rosa Brooks serves as Counselor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy. In May 2010 she also became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and then Special Coordinator for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy. She is running a new Pentagon office dedicated to those issues. She is on leave from her job as a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Brooks is known as a columnist (most recently with the LA Times) and at the Pentagon her portfolio has included both human rights issues and global engagement and strategic communication. Her mother, Barbara Ehrenreich, is...

Texas lawmakers may reconsider a bill to outlaw controversial airport pat-downs, the sponsor of legislation that was shelved recently said this week. Texas state Rep. David Simpson (R) said that Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst asked Gov. Rick Perry to include the measure in a special session of the Texas legislature. Dewhurst reported asked lawmakers to withdraw the bill when federal officials threatened to cancel flights to Texas if it passed. But he has since had a change of heart, Simpson told fans on his Facebook page. "The Lt. Gov. sent a letter to Gov. Perry asking him to include...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/usao/mow/news2010/harrison.ind.htm JULY 9, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLACK MARKET TRAVEL AGENTS 38 DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD LOCAL INVESTIGATION EXPOSES NATIONWIDE NETWORK THAT USED STOLEN IDENTITIES, CREDIT CARDS TO PURCHASE AIRLINE TICKETS KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 38 defendants from across the United States have been charged in a series of indictments that allege an extensive network of black market travel agents who used the stolen identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme...

Note: See photos at the link. # NOTE The following text is a quote: FBI Continues to Seek the Public’s Assistance in Tracking Down Wanted Gang Members On May 13, 2010, the FBI’s Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force (HVSSTF) conducted a major operation in Newburgh, New York. Seventy-eight gang members were indicted in the Southern District of New York on various federal charges. Starting in the early morning hours, over 500 law enforcement personnel carried out a major arrest operation. Fourteen fugitives were originally being sought by the FBI and the HVSSTF following the operation. Several have already been...

ACORN, a social justice organization with roots in [New Orleans], battles a string of scandals. The announcement stuck to a wall outside the entrance to ACORN's local office in the 2600 block of Canal Street quietly signals the trouble afoot. In English and Spanish, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now tells walk-up clients that ACORN's housing office has shut itself down for two weeks to immerse itself "in an intensive training program." The sign is a symptom of a tumultuous week in the history of a controversial poor people's social justice movement -- one founded by a New...

You remember Jimmy Carter’s embarrassment of a brother Billy? Well, Obama’s got a brother, Samson Obama, who makes Billy Carter look like Bob Hope. The BBC has the lowdown on Obama’s lowdown half-brother: Barack Obama's half-brother was denied entry to the UK after being accused of a serious crime on an earlier visit, the Home Office has confirmed. Samson Obama, who lives in Kenya, was on his way to the US presidential inauguration in January when he was stopped at East Midlands Airport. According to the News of the World, fingerprint tests linked him to an alleged sex attack on...

Politics: The long-awaited "whistle-blower" in the U.S. attorneys affair gave Senate Democrats an unpleasant surprise: The whole issue of political influence in choosing prosecutors is "largely artificial," he testified. Kyle Sampson, former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and coordinator of the December removal of eight U.S. attorneys, was supposed to be the John Dean of the Attorneygate scandal. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont, New York Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the panel's ranking Republican, all did their best impersonations of former GOP Sen. Howard Baker at the Watergate hearings, solemnly asking...

Uncle Samson? Posted: November 13, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com What is the source of America's strength? Some say it is our diversity. Some say it is our political system. Some say it is our military power. Some say it is our industry. Some say it is our natural resources. Some say it is our Constitution. I say they're all wrong. The strength of America comes from the spirit of God that still resides in its people. But the vestiges of that spirit are waning. They are under ceaseless attack. Those who try to demonstrate the importance of...