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  • Retired teacher accused of killing younger boyfriend with antifreeze

    12/28/2022 6:18:28 PM PST · by simpson96 · 10 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/16/2022 | Olivia Land
    A retired Massachusetts schoolteacher was charged with murder last week after being accused of poisoning her boyfriend’s coffee shakes with antifreeze. Judy Church, 64, of Salisbury, appeared briefly in court on Friday, one day after she was arrested on suspicion of poisoning Leroy Fowler, 55, with ethylene glycol, WCVB reported. Church called emergency services shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 11 to report that Fowler was in “medical distress,” according to records obtained by NBC Boston. Explaining to dispatchers that her boyfriend “must have ingested something,” Church alleged that he was “pulling the bedroom apart, and had a bloody nose.”...
  • Controversial U.S. Senator QUITTING – Goodbye!

    11/16/2022 7:05:19 PM PST · by Kevin in California · 24 replies
    Right Wing ^ | 11/16/2022
    Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) enjoyed several firsts in his short political career, making him a conservative outcast. For instance, he supported the “Never Trump” movement months before any other Republican. Likewise, he was the first GOP senator to speak out against efforts to contest the 2020 Electoral College ballots and to support impeaching former President Donald Trump after the January 6 Capitol Hill riots. However, in a recent twist, he’s headed out of Washington DC — perhaps for good. On November 9, the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s university system, approved Sasse’s appointment as president-elect of the...
  • Maxine Waters Wants Trump Charged With ‘Premeditated Murder’

    02/07/2021 6:30:02 AM PST · by rustyweiss74 · 51 replies
    MenRec ^ | 02/07/21 | Rusty
    Rep. Maxine Waters claims former President Donald Trump should face premeditated murder charges for his alleged role in the Capitol riots last month. The startling accusation came during an interview between the California Democrat and MSNBC host Joy Reid. Waters began the segment by stating without evidence that Trump “had advance planning” of the invasion on the Capitol. “There’s information that some of the planning came out of individuals working in his campaign,” she continued. “As a matter of fact, he absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder because of the lives that were lost with this invasion, with this...
  • Report: Maxine Waters Paid $1 Million In Campaign Cash to Her Daughter

    02/02/2021 6:10:51 AM PST · by rustyweiss74 · 29 replies
    MenRec ^ | 02/02/21 | Rusty
    Rep. Maxine Waters has paid more than $1 million in campaign cash to her daughter according to reports from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Karen Waters has reportedly received over $1.1 million from her mother’s campaign, with $250,000 coming in the most recent election cycle alone. The younger Waters was paid for slate-mailing services, a rarely used operation in which a consulting firm creates flyers or brochures containing a list of candidates and policy platforms, and ‘advises’ voters how to cast their ballot. The effort is so rare that Waters (D-CA) is the only politician on the federal level to...
  • Mike Flynn: How About Some “Limited” Martial Law And A Military-Run Election Do-Over?

    01/18/2021 10:24:17 PM PST · by ransomnote · 84 replies
    hotair.com ^ | December 2, 2020 | ALLAHPUNDIT
    SNIPhttps://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1333916403389370369Follow the link in his tweet and it’ll take you here, where you’ll find this:When the legislators, courts and/or Congress fail to do their duty under the 12th Amendment, you must be ready Mr. President to immediately declare a limited form of Martial Law, and temporarily suspend the Constitution and civilian control of these federal elections, for the sole purpose of having the military oversee a national re-vote. A vote that assures a fair election in every jurisdiction and reflects the true will of the people. Federal candidates only. Paper ballots. No computers. Hand-counted with both parties watching every vote....
  • What is antifa? Is it a group or an idea, and what do supporters want?

    11/13/2020 5:25:39 AM PST · by analytical thinker · 22 replies
    Mostly, people aligned with antifa are on the left of the political spectrum. Antifa is not, however, affiliated with Joe Biden, the Democratic Party or its leaders. Biden has condemned antifa and called violence "unacceptable."
  • [2018/12/13] The Federal Judge Overseeing Michael Flynn’s Sentencing Just Dropped A Major Bombshell

    01/09/2020 4:01:54 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 43 replies
    Federalist ^ | 2018/12/13 | Margot Cleveland
    On Tuesday, attorneys for Michael Flynn filed a sentencing memorandum and letters of support for the former Army lieutenant general in federal court. The sentencing memorandum reveals for the first time concrete evidence that the FBI created multiple 302 interview summaries of Flynn’s questioning by now-former FBI agent Peter Strzok and a second unnamed agent, reported to be FBI Special Agent Joe Pientka. Further revelations may be forthcoming soon following an order entered late yesterday by presiding judge Emmet Sullivan, directing the special counsel’s office to file with the court any 302s or memorandum relevant to Flynn’s interview. .....
  • Liay: Russian poker star, 26, dies after ‘accidentally electrocuting herself with hairdryer in bath’

    06/21/2019 1:01:18 PM PDT · by Gamecock · 65 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | 6/13/2019 | Harry Cockburn
    A Russian poker player and Instagram influencer was found dead in her Moscow apartment. Liliya Novikova, who was a well-known member of the online poker playing community, was found by an elderly neighbor, according to Russian media reports, dead in her bathroom. Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) was cited by BBC as saying the 26-year-old’s death was due to electrocution. “During the initial examination, traces of an electrical injury were found on the victim’s body,” a source told the Russian news agency TASS, as cited by CNN. Russia Today corroborated the report that Novikova suffered an electric shock while using a...
  • Python Tries to Bite Off More Than It Can Chew by Eating a Whole PORCUPINE - Spikes Puncture Insides

    07/30/2015 4:11:52 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Simon Tomlinson
    This giant snake died after swallowing a 30lb porcupine – which punctured its insides with its razor-sharp quills. The four-metre African rock python was found beneath a rocky ledge at Lake Eland Game Reserve in South Africa. Its innards had been lacerated by dozens of quills from the porcupine while trying to digest its meal. Reserve general manager Jennifer Fuller said: 'The exact reasons for the snake's death are not clear.
  • 'It's time to hold physical cash,' says one of Britain's most senior fund managers

    06/23/2015 6:46:51 PM PDT · by Lorianne · 8 replies
    Telegraph (UK) ^ | 20 June 2015 | Andrew Oxlade
    It may be time to put money under the mattress. High profile fund managers explain how to prepare for a 'systemic event' ___ Ian Spreadbury, who invests more than £4bn of investors’ money across a handful of bond funds for Fidelity, including the flagship Moneybuilder Income fund, is concerned that a “systemic event” could rock markets, possibly similar in magnitude to the financial crisis of 2008, which began in Britain with a run on Northern Rock. “Systemic risk is in the system and as an investor you have to be aware of that,” he told Telegraph Money. • Get a...
  • Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming closed again because of another chain-reaction crash

    05/07/2015 2:46:42 AM PDT · by WhiskeyX · 11 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 20, 2015 | Associated Press
    LARAMIE, Wyo. – Trucks and cars piled into one another Monday in dense fog on Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming, resulting in a fiery chain-reaction crash that killed one person, injured 16 and sent up a column of thick black smoke. The crash in a rural area 18 miles west of Laramie occurred four days after several pileups during a blinding snowstorm closed the busy interstate for two days.
  • Sheryl Sandberg Launches 'Ban Bossy' Campaign to Empower Girls to Lead

    04/02/2014 3:06:39 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 61 replies
    ABC News ^ | CYNTHIA McFADDEN
    Can banning one school-yard word really change the world? Sheryl Sandberg says yes. Sandberg -- the chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the best-selling book "Lean In" -- is spearheading the launch of a campaign today to ban the word "bossy," arguing the negative put-down stops girls from pursuing leadership roles. "We know that by middle school, more boys than girls want to lead," Sandberg said, "and if you ask girls why they don't want to lead, whether it's the school project all the way on to running for office, they don't want to be called bossy, and...
  • Kentucky's Sen. Mitch McConnell: Go Duke Basketball!

    03/26/2014 5:49:28 AM PDT · by SterlingSilver · 12 replies
    The News & Record - Greensboro Ky - Associated Press ^ | March 25, 2014 3:32 pm | Associated Press
    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Sen. Mitch McConnell's latest campaign video hit all the necessary Kentucky high points: horse racing, bluegrass — and Duke basketball? The campaign was scrambling this morning to remove an online video that features a split-second clip of Duke basketball players celebrating their 2010 national championship. The mistake comes as the basketball-crazy state of Kentucky prepares for the biggest game of the year. Kentucky and Louisville face off in the Sweet Sixteen on Friday night.
  • Bette Midler thanks IRS for targeting Tea Party groups

    05/27/2013 9:32:04 AM PDT · by Nachum · 82 replies
    examiner ^ | 5/17/13 | Joe Newby
    Since news broke that the IRS targeted conservative organizations due to their political views, some on the left have celebrated the actions. The latest to do so is Bette Midler, who took to Twitter Thursday to thank the IRS for going after the small government movement, Twitchy reported. "The IRS overtaxing The Tea Party? I never thought I'd say this to the IRS - THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR DENYING 501C-4 to any group who hates," she wrote. Some of her followers expressed support for her position.
  • FAU student says he was suspended for not 'stepping on Jesus'

    03/26/2013 1:10:28 PM PDT · by grundle · 36 replies
    cbs12.com ^ | March 21, 2013 | Al Pefley
    DAVIE, Fla. -- A student at Florida Atlantic University's campus in Davie says he couldn't believe what he and his fellow students were asked to do by their instructor three weeks ago. Ryan Rotela, a junior from Coral Springs at FAU, said what happened was an insult to his intelligence. He said the instructor in his Intercultural Communications class at FAU told everyone in the class to take out a piece of paper, write the word JESUS on it in bold letters, and then put the paper on the floor and stomp on it. Ryan said while some of his...
  • College Student Says He’s Been Suspended After He Refused Prof’s Demand to Stomp on Jesus Sign

    03/26/2013 1:06:36 PM PDT · by grundle · 22 replies
    theblaze.com ^ | March 21, 2013 | Billy Hallowell
    Ryan Rotela, a junior at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), is waging a bizarre allegation against his professor, Dr. Deandre Poole. The student is claiming that he’s been suspended from his intercultural communications class for refusing to write “JESUS” on a sheet of paper, throw it on the floor and then stomp on it — a request that the instructor apparently made. If you’re already scratching your head, you’re not alone. The curious claim caught the attention of WPEC-TV, a South Florida CBS affiliate. Rotela, a devout Mormon, says he refused to participate in the purported activity and told Poole that...
  • Obama 'believed he had BEATEN Romney' in Denver debate - after ignoring advice of top aides

    10/09/2012 8:09:20 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 46 replies
    dailymail.co.uk ^ | Oct 9, 2012 | Toby Harnden
    Obama believes he'd got the better of Romney as he walked off stage to the dismay of his aides, according to a Democrat close to the campaign The President failed to prepare properly, opting instead to visit the Hoover Dam the day before the showdown Democrat claims he was so disdainful of Romney that he didn't think he needed to even engage with him Had one-liners on 47% prepared but chose not to use them When President Barack Obama stepped off the stage in Denver last week the 60 million Americans watching the debate against Mitt Romney already knew it...
  • Emails suggest Axelrod leaned on Gallup after unfavorable poll

    09/08/2012 6:40:57 PM PDT · by BerryDingle · 28 replies
    Fox News.com ^ | Sep 6, 2012 | Fox News .com
    Employees at the venerable Gallup polling firm suggested they felt threatened by Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod when he questioned the methodology of a mid-April poll showing Mitt Romney leading the president – according to internal emails published Thursday. That poll showed Romney leading Obama 48-43 percent. The exchange, according to emails published by The Daily Caller, started when Axelrod sent a tweet saying the tracking poll was “saddled with some methodological problems” and directing followers to a National Journal story in which a professor suggested outdated sampling. According to the email chain titled “Axelrod vs. Gallup,” the White House...
  • Senate rejects Obama budget in 99-0 vote

    08/13/2012 3:13:11 PM PDT · by stocksthatgoup · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 05/16/12 | Erik Wasson and Daniel Strauss
    A budget resolution based on President Obama’s 2013 budget failed to get any votes in the Senate on Wednesday. In a 99-0 vote, all of the senators present rejected the president’s blueprint. It’s the second year in a row the Senate has voted down Obama’s budget. Obama's 2012 budget failed 97 to 0 last May after Obama himself last April said he wanted deeper deficit cuts. The House earlier this year unanimously rejected Obama's budget. (Failed 414 - 0)
  • National Enquirer says Obama has stomach parasites

    01/28/2011 10:10:41 AM PST · by SonnyBubba · 77 replies
    National Enquirer ^ | 1/19/2011 | National Enquirer
    WHY OBAMA IS SCARY SKINNY Photo by: Zuma The real reason behind PRESIDENT OBAMA's shocking weight loss - he's secretly battling stomach parasites, say sources. The pencil-thin president caught the parasites on a trip last year to Hawaii, where he and his family also vacationed over Christmas, according to top political insiders.