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Author: Paul
America: A Country Run by Idiots
1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally, you live in a country run by idiots.
2. If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion, you live in a country run by idiots. Continue reading “11 ways to know when you live in a country run by idiots”
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 82-year-old woman was beheaded in broad daylight in a suburban back garden.
Palmira Silva, a widow believed to be of Italian descent, was found at an address in Edmonton, north London just after 1pm after police received reports of a man with a knife in Nightingale Road. Continue reading “Woman Found Beheaded In Back Garden Named”
A US airstrike has killed the top aide to the Islamic State’s “caliph,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said today. The strike hit the city of Mosul, which the Islamic State has controlled since June. Another Islamic State figure was also killed in the strike.
The Arabic paper Al-Mayadeem reported the death at 11:35am local time. Abu Hajer el-Souri was described as “the right hand of al-Baghdadi.” Continue reading “Right Hand of ISIS Leader Killed in U.S. Airstrike in Mosul”
While NATO is contemplating its existential purpose in a world where the Cold War has suddenly come back with a vengeance, and the military alliance has found itself woefully unprepared to deal with a Russia which no longer accepts the supremacy of the west (appropriately enough NATO is doing this on a golf course) Russia is also strategizing, only instead of issuing “sharply-worded catchphrases” and hashtags, a Russian general has called for Russia to revamp its military doctrine, last updated in 2010,to clearly identify the U.S. and its NATO allies as Moscow’s enemy number one. That in itself is not disturbing: we reported as much yesterday and is merely more rhetorical posturing. Where things, however, get very problematic is that the general demands that Russia spell out the conditions under which the country would launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the 28-member military alliance.
Continue reading “Russian General Demands Preemptive Nuclear Strike Doctrine Against NATO”
Publius Forum – by Warner Todd Huston
Obama’s Illinois perennially ranks at the very bottom of every statistic that marks a successful state and a new report on America’s “sinkhole states” finds that Illinois again ranks at the very bottom this time for how much state debt each citizen is saddled with.
The statistics gathered by the excellent Chicago-based budget watchdog group Truth In Accounting calculated how much state debt–obligations like pensions, healthcare plans for retirees, etc–each citizen would have to pay to retire the debt in a lump sum. Continue reading “Illinois a ‘Sinkhole State’: Rates Second Worst for Liability Per Taxpayer”
A former CIA operative warns that sleeper cells of the ISIL terror group are already in the United States and capable of launching an attack on the homeland.
“The people who collect tactical intelligence on the ground, day-to-day – and this isn’t Washington – but people collecting this stuff say they’re here, ISIS is here, they’re capable of striking,” Bob Baer told CNN, using another acronym for the terrorist group. Continue reading “ISIL cells already in US, warns former CIA operative”
At a signing ceremony on Friday, the U.S. government, through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), entered into a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with the Mexican government to allow Mexican Nationals – regardless of immigration status – to “exercise their workplace rights.”
The MOU is consistent with the “core mission of this commission,” Mexican Ambassador to the United States Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza said, adding “that regardless of national origin or immigration status all workers have rights and there are processes to safeguard them. Continue reading “US Signs Agreement with Mexico to Protect Mexican Workers–Including Illegals”
This story is incredible. This story is amusing. This story shares life lessons.
Let’s begin with the situation. A man woke up early one morning to use the bathroom. When he did so, he heard someone moving around inside his home. After retrieving his firearm, he goes to investigate the noise and comes across 25-year-old Bryan Remley going through his belongings. Continue reading “Home Intruder To Homeowner: If You Let Me Go, I’ll Mow Your Lawn; Also, See the Importance of a Backup Gun”
Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
A woman, Barb Haley, and her dog were in for quite the surprise when they found a man hiding in the closet of their Nebraska home at 3am earlier this week.
Fortunately, the woman had armed herself with her husband’s firearm (he was out of town on business) and her dog was on high alert. After hearing a noise in her office, she went to investigate. Continue reading “Woman Home Alone Finds Intruder Hiding in Her Closet, She’s Armed, Guess How it Ends”
Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS – A mother was forced to defend herself, her children and her home when two homeless men, identified as Brandon Mendez and Nicholas Porcayo kicked in her door.
Fortunately, the woman was able to arm herself with a .25 caliber handgun and stop the threat. Continue reading “Mother Shoots 1 of 2 Homeless Home Invaders Who Kicked in Her Door”