Greenville Online

COLUMBIA — A 5 a.m. Wednesday update from the National Hurricane Center shows Hurricane Matthew’s latest projected track shifting east on Saturday, with a potential landfall still expected in South Carolina, but a lighter impact on the state. The Upstate continues to be outside of the hurricane track.

On Tuesday, Gov. Nikki Haley announced plans to evacuate more than 1 million residents from the coastal areas of South Carolina beginning Wednesday afternoon in advance of Hurricane Matthew’s projected arrival in the state’s waters this weekend.   Continue reading “Hurricane Matthew’s latest projected track shifts east”

Chicago Tribune – by Lauren Etter

Americans might be able to bring a refugee to the U.S. on their own dime if talks between the Obama administration and the nation’s leading refugee advocacy group come to fruition.

The State Department is considering a pilot program that would let citizens sponsor a refugee from their country of choice by paying for airfare, housing, clothing, food and other resettlement costs. Conversations began in July and are expected to continue in the coming year, said Naomi Steinberg, director of the Refugee Council USA.
Continue reading “Adopt-a-refugee plan under consideration by Obama administration”

Truthstream Media – by Melissa Melton

Everyone can feel the walls closing in on the Internet like the trash compactor scene in Star Wars. Everything from government spying to thought crimes to outright censorship is turning what was once referred to as the new Wild West into an increasingly smaller cybernetic control grid.

Now YouTube isn’t just disincentivizing what it deems “controversial speech”; YouTube is actually incentivizing trolls to “help” shut down what it deems controversial speech.   Continue reading “YouTube Unleashes Army of Trolls Who Get Points to Shut Down “Controversial Speech””

Conservative Treehouse – by Sundance

Hurricane Matthew is massive in scale and extremely powerful.  The forecast track of Hurricane Matthew has now shifted slightly Westward. This means it is forecast to come even closer to the state of Florida and the East coast.   Any further Westward shifts have the potential to be catastrophic.   EVERYONE MUST BE ALERT.

Once this storm exits Hispaniola, there will be little time left for preparation in the  Bahamas, and in the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Keys.  Keep a close eye.   Continue reading “Hurricane Matthew Update – Governor Rick Scott Declares State-Wide State of Emergency…”

Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) – The US government on Saturday ended its formal oversight role over the internet, handing over management of the online address system to a global non-profit entity.

The US Commerce Department announced that its contract had expired with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages the internet’s so-called “root zone.”    Continue reading “US cuts cord on internet oversight”

Yahoo News

An Arizona community banded together to give this 101-year-old veteran, who loved nothing more than Harley-Davidsons, the ride of his life.

101-year-old Ray Weser from Prescott Valley was known around the community to be a major Harley-Davidson enthusiast.   Continue reading “101-Year-Old Harley-Davidson Aficionado Treated to One Last Ride on Motorcycle”

Breitbart – by John Hayward, September 28, 2016

Center for Security Policy president and founder Frank Gaffney joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the first presidential debate and a vitally important topic that was not addressed, the impending surrender of U.S. control of Internet registration.

Gaffney recalled a discussion with Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas, in which Pompeo told him:   Continue reading “Frank Gaffney on Obama’s Attempt to Slip Irreversible Internet Surrender Under the Radar: ‘We’ve Got Three Days to Fix This’”

The Sun – by Ellie Flynn

CLUELESS iPhone 7 users have been tricked into DRILLING a hole into their phone in a bid to get a headphone jack.

A fake YouTube video claiming to show users how to get the much-missed sound input has gone viral – with many unknowing victims following its lead.   Continue reading “Clueless iPhone 7 owners tricked into DRILLING hole in their phones to ‘get a headphone jack’”

Yahoo News

A prayer vigil in honor of Keith Lamont Scott turned violent Wednesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency, as riot gear-wearing police fired tear gas at demonstrators who threw bottles at police, blocked an interstate, threw objects at passing cars, jumped on vehicles, looted businesses, vandalized a Hyatt hotel and attacked its employees.   Continue reading “Charlotte Protest Turns Violent, Governor Declares State of Emergency and Deploys National Guard”

Drudge – Circa

The ‘van life’

Imagine paying $120 to live in a studio in Los Angeles, California, where the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is about $2,300.

Sounds nice, huh?

Stephen Hutchins, 22, a freelance animation artist, does just that, except he doesn’t live in an apartment — or a studio, really. He lives in a van.   Continue reading “People are ditching their apartments to live the ‘van life’”

Washington Post – by Dan Hurley

Before dinner on July 29, 3-year-old Carter Roberts of Chesterfield, Va., seemed perfectly healthy. That evening, he vomited. When he woke up the next morning with a slight fever of 99 degrees, his mother, Robin Roberts, figured that he was coming down with a cold. The next morning, she found him collapsed on his bedroom floor.

“Mommy,” she recalls him saying. “Help me, help me.”   Continue reading “A mysterious polio-like illness that paralyzes people may be surging this year”

Free Beacon – by Andrew Kugle

President Obama said that nations will have to give up some of their autonomy and freedom to achieve security on Tuesday during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

Obama told the audience that he believes global security can be achieved with the help of international institutions like the U.N. In his remarks, Obama said “powerful nations” like the United States will have to accept constraints and give up some of their freedom. The president acknowledged that he has been criticized by his own citizens for this belief, but that he remains convinced he is right. Obama also stated that, while countries will have to accept some limits on their freedom, they should not give up the right to defend themselves.   Continue reading “Obama: Submit to World Government”

CBS San Francisco

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that regulates emissions from dairy cows and landfills for the first time as California broadens its efforts to fight climate change beyond carbon-based greenhouse gases.

Brown’s move Monday targets a category of gases known as short-lived climate pollutants, which have an outsize effect on global warming despite their relatively short life in the atmosphere.   Continue reading “Cow Fart Regulation Passed Into California Law”

Three patients limp into three different doctors’ with the same complaint….they all have trouble walking and may require hip surgery…

Patient 1. Is examined within the hour, is X-Rayed the same day, and has a time booked for surgery the following week.  The total cost for the operation is $2400.00

Patient 2. Goes to the E.R. is examined within the hour, is X-Rayed the same day, and has a time booked for surgery the following week.  Gets no bill for copay or deductible.  In fact gets no bill at all.  Cost for this patient $0.00.   Continue reading “Hip Surgery”

Fox News

ISIS claimed responsibility after a knife-wielding man injured eight people at a mall in central Minnesota Saturday evening, a bloody rampage during which he reportedly asked at least one victim whether they were Muslim and referenced Allah.

St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said the suspect, whom he did not identify, was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction. Five of the eight victims had been treated and released from a local hospital and all were expected to survive their injuries.   Continue reading “Minnesota mall attacker referenced Allah before stabbing rampage, police chief says”