Month: April 2015

Time – by Olivia B. Waxman

Not available in bars…yet

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission recently approved the use of recycled sewage water to brew beer, the Oregon Public Broadcasting’s environmental news organization EarthFix reports.

Brewed via a purification process developed by Oregon’s Clean Water Services, the beer would not be available for commercial or retail use, and the finished product would still need to undergo tests to make sure it is safe to drink. And it won’t be on tap at any bars. It would only be served at tasting events hosted by its manufacturers, the home brewing club Oregon Brew Crew, and other water professional society functions.   Continue reading “Oregon Regulators Approve Plans to Make Beer Out of Sewage Water”

The Real Revo – by Jim 22

McGraw doesn’t need to defend his decision. He made it and now he owns it. Gun owners across the country have reacted to his choice in their own ways.

He is not going to change anyone’s mind. He has two choices now: Retirement or a long, slow slide into irrelevance. He does not understand that Progressives will not embrace country music, buy his CD’s, or tickets to his concerts.   Continue reading “Tim McGraw Defends His Decision To Play Benefit For Anti-Gun Group”

Fellowship of the Minds

An Irish Priest is transferred to Iola, Texas.

He rose from his bed one morning. It was a fine Spring day in his new West Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.

He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. So the priest promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this:   Continue reading “Father O’Malley and the jackass”

The Libertarian Republic – by Blake Neff

Nearly 150 public school students in Spokane, Wash., have been booted from school for lacking documentation to prove they were vaccinated.

Washington requires all public school children be vaccinated against a variety of illnesses, although parents with religious, philosophical or medical justifications are allowed to obtain a waiver. However, it appears hundreds of students were allowed to go unvaccinated without even receiving those. School officials finally took action Monday, telling hundreds of parents their kids couldn’t come back to class unless they got their shots or a state-approved waiver.   Continue reading “Washington Kicks 143 Kids Out Of School For Not Vaccinating”

RT

Leaflets have surfaced in Copenhagen threatening a new and bigger terror attack in the same district where filmmaker Finn Norgaard was gunned down in February, as he was participating in a free speech event, local media reported.

“Denmark will soon be hit by a terror attack that will make what happened on February 14 look like a prank – look forward to it,” the notes said, TV2 Lorry reported on Friday.   Continue reading “Denmark police on alert over leaflets warning of new terror attack”

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KCRA 3 – by Katie Lobosco

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —Walmart surprised everyone and put 2,200 people out of work Monday when it temporarily closed five stores.

The reason for the shut down: plumbing problems, according to the retailer.   Continue reading “Walmart fired 2,200 to fix the plumbing”

Change.org

My name is Charlesetta Taylor and I live on the north side of St. Louis.  I’m 79-years-old and grew up in the well-kept home I currently live in and love, which has housed three generations of my family. Our lovely home saw a total of 13 children, including my 4 cousins who lived with us, grow from childhood to adulthood.

But my home and the homes of my 46 neighbors are threatened with destruction.  The city wants to give my community to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) for its relocation.   Continue reading “Help save my longtime family home.”

Continue reading “God’s handywork”

RT

At least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a series of explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to police and local media. ISIS has claimed responsibility.

A blast took place outside a local bank, police chief Fazel Ahmad Sherzad told Reuters.

The attacker was riding a motorbike and detonated his explosives while military personnel and civilians were waiting to receive their salaries from the bank, Sherzad said.   Continue reading “33 killed, 100 injured in Afghanistan blasts, ISIS claims responsibility”

Mail.com

SYDNEY (AP) — Five Australian teenagers were arrested Saturday on suspicion of plotting an Islamic State group-inspired terrorist attack at a Veterans’ Day ceremony that included targeting police officers, officials said.

The suspects included two 18-year-olds who are alleged to have been preparing an attack at the ANZAC Day ceremony in Melbourne later this month, Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters.   Continue reading “Australia arrests 5 for alleged IS-inspired terror plot”

Mail.com

LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A tractor-trailer carrying millions of honeybees overturned on a highway north of Seattle early Friday, scattering hives and sending white-suited beekeepers scrambling to save as many insects as they could.

The truck had just merged onto Interstate 5 around 3:30 a.m. when it tipped on its side, dumping its load of 448 hives, or about 13.7 million bees, Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Shearer said. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Idaho, was not hurt.   Continue reading “Highway abuzz with millions of bees after big truck tips”

Mail.com

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A natural gas pipeline explosion at a California sheriff’s gun range shot flames well over 100 feet into the air, left 11 people injured and brought traffic on a busy highway to a halt, authorities and witnesses said.

The explosion on a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pipe happened at the Fresno County Sheriff’s gun range while an equipment operator was using a front-loader to build a dirt berm to confine gunfire to the range, the sheriff’s department said. A group of county jail inmates were doing cleanup work nearby and most were injured in the blast.   Continue reading “Gas-line blast at California shooting range injures 11”

KHOU 11 News – by Adam Bennett

The Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office is doing something that no other agency in Harris County is believed to have done yet: Use drones to help fight crime.

It’s an eye in the sky for law enforcement, without giving up the element of surprise.

“It could absolutely save lives,” says Constable Alan Rosen.

Rosen says the agency’s two new $1,200 drones, which have been in use for three weeks, are game changers in getting intel before serving search warrants, on SWAT situations and even looking for escaped inmates.   Continue reading “Eye in the sky: Local constables using drones to fight crime”