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WEB Notes: 2014: Signs, Seasons and the Coming Tetrad
(Video, Source: Space.com) – Stargazers have a lot to look forward to this month.
The best celestial events in April include eclipses of the sun and moon, a meteor shower and good opportunities to see Vesta and Ceres, the two biggest space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Continue reading “Total Lunar Eclipse and Solar ‘Ring of Fire’ Top April’s Stargazing Events”
Our institutions of higher education are finally teaching students things they’ll actually need in the real world. This summer, Michigan State University will once again offer a course called “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior.”
According to its Facebook page, the online course “uses the idea of a Zombie Apocalypse to attract attention to the important topic and research on ‘Catastrophes and Human Behavior.'” Students will “learn about the nature, scope and impact of catastrophic events,” and will be “assigned into Survivor Groups located throughout the United States and must face the challenges of living and surviving together during a catastrophic event.” Continue reading “Michigan State Offers a Course on How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse”
Las Vegas Review-Journal – by HENRY BREAN and BEN BOTKIN
BUNKERVILLE — A cheer erupted from the cowboy-hatted crowd early Monday afternoon as Cliven Bundy’s youngest daughter delivered the news: Davey had been set free.
“They gave him lunch and let him out,” Stetsy Cox, 21, told the assembled group of relatives and sympathizers at a rally for the embattled ranch family near the banks of the Virgin River. Continue reading “Rancher’s son describes arrest in protest of federal cattle roundup”
Dozens of armed protesters gathered outside a San Antonio police station Sunday to let authorities know they aren’t happy that a man was tased and arrested after openly carrying his rifle while on a walk near his home a week ago, according to KSAT-TV in San Antonio.
Open Carry Texas also was protesting a city ordinance that outlaws carrying loaded weapons within city limits because, members said, state law prohibits municipalities from adopting any such ordinance. Continue reading “Armed Protesters Gather at Texas Open-Carry Rally After Tasing, Arrest of Man Walking with Loaded Rifle”
The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton
In a recent discussion on gun violence prevention programs, Attorney General Eric Holder told the House appropriations committee that the Department of Justice is considering smart gun tracking technologies, specifically:
“…so that we can make sure people have the ability to enjoy their Second Amendment rights while at the same time, decreasing the uh misuse of, um, of weapons that lead to, uh, the kinds of things we see on a daily basis you know where people, kids especially, um are struck down…” Continue reading “Holder: DOJ Gun Control Efforts May Include “Gun Tracking Bracelets””
Huffington Post – by Yasmine Hafiz
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at Central Junior High School in Moore., Okla., on Sunday to picket — but the people of Moore were not having it.
As the hate group waved their trademark “God Hates Fags” signs in the rain, hundreds of people lined up across the road to stand together against WBC. Continue reading “Westboro Baptist Church Chased Out Of Moore, Oklahoma”
The Ouachita Citizen – by Zach Parker and Sam Hanna Jr.
UPDATED: Congressman Vance McAllister issued a statement Monday afternoon “asking for forgiveness” after The Ouachita Citizen first reported McAllister was captured in a video recording passionately kissing and embracing a member of his congressional staff.
“There’s no doubt I’ve fallen short and I’m asking for forgiveness,” McAllister said in a statement. “I’m asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve. Trust is something I know has to be earned whether your a husband, a father, or a congressman. I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I’ve disappointed.” Continue reading “Congressman McAllister caught in extramarital encounter, issues apology”
NEW YORK CITY (INTELLIHUB) — It seems as if the NYPD cant even have a friendly charity hockey game without getting in a fight.
A charity hockey game between New York City’s police and fire departments at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, turned into an all out war when members of both teams cleared the benches for a brawl. Continue reading “NYPD and FDNY have bench clearing brawl at charity hockey game”
PITTSBURGH – Students at a Pennsylvania high school have become part of one of the most elaborate lip syncing videos to hit the web recently.
About 1,400 students (grades nine through 12) at North Hills High School participated in a very choreographed ‘lip dub’ video, performed to Avicii’s song, ‘Wake Me Up.’ The video features some kind of representation of all of the school’s various clubs and activities students can choose to belong to. Continue reading “High School pulls off epic ‘lip dub’ performance”
(Video, Source: USAWatchDog) – Financial newsletter writer Dr. Jim Willie thinks 2014 will be a pivotal year for the U.S. Dr. Willie says, “We’re going to end this year with no resemblance to the beginning. We spent a lot of years trying to hold this thing together. The whole system broke in 2007 and 2008 with the subprime mortgages. I was saying before that we’ve got the entire U.S. economy depending on the housing bubble and the mortgage finance bubble, and when that breaks, the system is going to break. Continue reading “Whole Eastern World Rebelling Against the Dollar – Jim Willie”
8 News Now – by George Knapp and Matt Adams, April 5, 2014
BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — Dozens of armed federal officers are preparing for a showdown with a Nevada cattle rancher regarded by some as an outlaw and a hero by others.
Rangers and agents from several federal agencies have surrounded a 600,000-acre section of public land and are preparing to move against rancher Cliven Bundy whose cattle have been grazing illegally for the past 20 years. Continue reading “Feds, Nevada rancher facing off over public lands”
World Events and the Bible
Mental Floss – by Nick Greene
TheBlaze – by Dave Urbanski
Intellihub – by John Vibes
World Events and the Bible