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Deaths from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, the deadliest outbreak in history, continue to rise as more people become infected everyday – so what are countries able to do about it?

Well, starting in West Africa – they’re closing borders. According to Guinéenews, ​the afflicted nation announced Saturday its closing its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia in an attempt to stymie the influx of infected people in and out of the country.

Al Jazeera quotes the country’s health minister as saying: “We have provisionally closed the frontier between Guinea and Sierra Leone because of all the news that we have received from there recently.”  

Continue reading “International response to Ebola: Travel bans, funding”

Bruce RaunerPR Watch – by Ruth Conniff

If you are not in the Chicago media market, you might not know much about Bruce Rauner, the Mitt Romney-like candidate for governor in Illinois, who is running ahead in the polls against Democratic Governor Pat Quinn.

If Rauner wins, Illinois will have a lot more in common with its neighbor, Wisconsin. Politically, Rauner resembles union-basher and school privatizer Scott Walker. Only Rauner is much, much richer.

In an interview with the Chicago Sun Times, Rauner talked about his career at GTCR, the Chicago-based private equity firm he founded.    Continue reading “Tax Dodger Running for Governor in Illinois”

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When Jeff Longo found a tiny, newborn flying squirrel baking on a burning hot Florida sidewalk, he thought there was no way it could survive. Even with the odds against this little guy, Jeff knew for the sake of this squirrel he had to try.

Jeff dedicated the next three months of his life nursing little Biscuits back to health. She lived off of a bottle filled with puppy formula, heavy cream, and a whole lot of love! He wouldn’t let Biscuits out of his sight, even taking her to work with him!  Continue reading “He Found A Baby Dying In The Hot Sun. Wait Until You See What He Did Next!”

Common Dreams – by Lauren McCauley

The United States’ renewed airstrikes in Iraq will likely be a “long term project,” President Barack Obama told reporters on Saturday.

In remarks made following his weekly address before leaving for a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, the President said, “I don’t think we’re going to solve this problem in weeks,” adding, “This is going to be a long-term project.”

The comments came one day after the Pentagon confirmed that the U.S. warplanes had dropped bombs on Iraq, targeting fighters affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) rebel group. According to reports, the U.S. military launched three rounds of airstrikes throughout the day on Friday.    Continue reading “Obama: U.S. strikes on Iraq will be ‘long-term project’”

Detroit Free Press – by  Gina Damron andKatrease Stafford

A Detroit police officer was injured today after a man drove off during a traffic stop, dragging the officer with the car.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said the officer, “fearing for his life,” fired one shot from his gun.

The driver, who hit a light pole and flipped the car on Warren, died, but what caused his death is unclear, Craig said. He said it’s unclear whether the man was hit by the gunshot or if he succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident.
Continue reading “Driver dies fleeing traffic stop, car drags officer who fires shot”

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via NHK World / August 8, 2014 / The Japanese government plans to provide a subsidy of about three billion dollars over 30 years for regional development in Fukushima Prefecture. The grant is to be offered when local communities agree to build temporary storage facilities for highly radioactive waste.

Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (pictured) and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto will explain on Friday the grant for the local governments to Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato and the mayors of Futaba and Okuma towns.   Continue reading “Japanese Government To Provide $3 bil. For Fukushima”

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A law enforcement spokesman says a large crowd has confronted officers, yelling such things as “kill the police” after a police officer fatally shot a male in a St. Louis-area neighborhood.

St. Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman says shots were heard at the scene Saturday afternoon in Ferguson, a few miles north of downtown St. Louis. Schellman said “a couple hundred people” came out of nearby apartment buildings after a Ferguson officer shot the male. He didn’t identify the person or say what prompted the shooting.   Continue reading “Missouri Crowd After Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed 17-Year-Old Boy: ‘Kill The Police’”

RAMARLEY GRAHAMHuffington Post – by Christopher Mathias

It’s been two and a half years since NYPD officers barged into the Bronx home of Ramarley Graham without a warrant, fatally shooting the unarmed teen in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother.

It’s been a little over two years since officers cheered fellow cop Richard Haste after he pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges for killing Graham, as Graham’s parents sobbed.   Continue reading “Ramarley Graham Was Killed By The NYPD Over Two Years Ago, And Nothing Has Happened”

David Clark Milwaukee sheriffGuns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

It looks like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going after any pro-gun politician he possibly can. Bloomberg’s anti-gun political action committee just bought $150,000 in ads to target outspoken gun rights activist Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.

According to JSOnline,

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s political action committee, Independence USA, has purchased $150,833 in television ads in an effort to defeat Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and support his opponent, Milwaukee police Lt. Chris Moews. Continue reading “Anti-Gun Bloomberg Group Going After Pro-Gun Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke”

Photos showing dozens of members of the militia groups on the U.S.-Mexico border carrying semi-automatic rifles and wearing masks, camouflage and tactical gear provide one of the first glimpses into the group's activities on the border. Photo: Provided To The San Antonio Express-NewsThis weekend an edition of La Voz de Houston was delivered gratis to my address. Circulation of this twice weekly publication is claimed to be approximately 400,000, targeting Latinos of the area.

I don’t speak Spanish, but looking at the front-page headline, “Texas Milicias en la frontera: arma de doble filo,” I realized I had been given an instructive piece of mixed fact and propaganda aimed at the Houston metro Latino population and with it the opportunity to share it with the FTTWR community.

Using online translation, with some editing and sentence recasting, here is the article in English for all to read, and although I cannot verify the complete accuracy of this translation, I do think it’s very, very close.   Continue reading “WEAPONS Militias on the border create concern”

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News 4 St. Louis is reporting “at least 100 cop cars and numerous officers armed with M-16’s in the area” after an incident on Saturday.

Police have confirmed that one person is dead after a officer-involved shooting at the Canfield Green apartment complex, according to Fox 2 Now.

Though very few details have been confirmed at this point, Twitter is exploding with reports of a 17-year-old boy being shot dead by police — with this picture making the rounds of an unidentified male holding a sign that reads: “Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!”   Continue reading “Multiple police agencies descend on reported Ferguson, Missouri shooting”

Yahoo News – by Emily Schmall

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — One of the largest ranches in the U.S. and an icon for Texas horse and cattlemen has been listed for $725 million, marking the end of a decades-long courtroom battle among the heirs of cattle baron W.T. Waggoner, who established the estate in 1923.

The estate includes the 510,000-acre ranch spread over six North Texas counties, with two main compounds, hundreds of homes, about 20 cowboy camps, hundreds of quarter-horses, thousands of heads of cattle, 1,200 oil wells and 30,000 acres of cultivated land, according to Dallas-based broker Bernie Uechtritz, who is handling the sale along with broker Sam Middleton of Lubbock.   Continue reading “Waggoner Ranch, among US’ largest, listed for sale”

Breitbart – by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly

Here they go again! Staunch anti-2nd Amendment Democrat, Senator Kevin De León and his fellow leftists are at it again. This time they’ve got your ammo in their sights. DeLeon, from Los Angeles, is one of the most ardent opponents of the 2nd Amendment. His latest bill, SB53, is nothing less than a back door ban on the 2nd Amendment using ammo as a proxy.

This bill will violate your Constitutional Rights by penalizing citizens who wish to exercise their basic natural right of Self Defense as an American. If SB 53 passes, you will be forced to pay a fee to the CA Department of Justice in order to obtain a permit to buy what you can legally purchase now without one. You will be stripped of your freedom to purchase ammo online by an ever expanding government.    Continue reading “‘Shots fired’ as the Left Takes Dead Aim at Ammo (SB 53)”

And just how may I ask do you register an Illegal immigrant at a school if they are ILLEGAL!!!??? Also, I’m guessing they are exempt from vaccinations and background checks, but not us Americans. Love the hypocrisy.

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — The feds have released more than 30,000 unaccompanied minors, all of whom entered the U.S. illegally, in various states around the nation. Assuming that most of these children will not be immediately deported, U.S. public schools be will forced to accommodate them.   Continue reading “Some 30K Unaccompanied Minors to Attend Public US Schools This Year”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas—Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) paid a visit to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to witness first-hand, the ongoing invasion of illegal immigrants into Texas. During the Governor’s visit to Texas he witnessed at least three incidents where people were crossing the border illegally. Gov. Jindal was accompanied by Colonel Mike Edmonson, Louisiana State Police Superintendent and Louisiana House Speaker Chuck Kleckley (R-Lake Charles).

During his visit, Jindal received a status of the border briefing from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Following the briefing, the group from Louisiana went on a tour of the river on the now famous Texas DPS gunboats and a DPS search helicopter.   Continue reading “LA Gov. Bobby Jindal to Obama: ‘Man Up and Secure the Border’”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

Writing at their blog, “I Support the Common Core,” lead Common Core math standards writers William McCallum and Jason Zimba claim that opponents of the education initiative have gotten the facts wrong on both the math standards themselves and their own comments about them.

Responding to an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Tuesday by renowned Berkeley mathematician Marina Ratner, who states that Common Core will move the nation “even closer to the bottom in international ranking,” McCallum takes issue with Ratner’s characterization that he once indicated the new standards “would not be too high.”   Continue reading “Lead Common Core Math Writers Defend Standards: ‘Appropriately Rigorous’”

Yahoo News – by KIMBERLY HEFLING and JESSE J. HOLLAND

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The cheerful sign outside Jane Cornell’s summer school classroom in Pennsylvania’s wealthiest county reads “Welcome” and “Bienvenidos” in polished handwriting.

Inside, giggling grade-schoolers who mostly come from homes where Spanish is the primary language worked on storytelling with a tale about a crocodile going to the dentist. This poster and classroom at the Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center are a subtle representation of America’s changing school demographics.   Continue reading “White students to no longer be majority at school”

Here ye, here ye, our children must all worship Dear Leader, so we can become North Korea.

Breitbart – by Adelle Nazarian

A new, unprecedented bill passed by California’s State Senate on Thursday will encourage public schools to teach students about the historical significance surrounding Barack Obama’s status as the first African-American president of the United States of America.    Continue reading “CA State Senate Passes Bill Requiring Schools to Teach About President Obama”