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Republican John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. Congress and an ardent backer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will visit Israel at the end of this month, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
The visit will follow Netanyahu’s surprise election victory this week and his speech to Congress earlier this month on Boehner’s invitation, an event that aggravated the White House and drew sharp criticism. Continue reading “U.S. Congress speaker Boehner to visit Israel this month”
A body pulled from a New Jersey river late Wednesday afternoon has been identified as the 55-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter who disappeared more than a year ago while out on a walk, authorities say.
Prosecutors said the medical examiner’s office was able to confirm the body as David Bird, an energy markets reporter who vanished in January 2014, using dental records. Continue reading “Body Pulled From NJ River Identified as Wall Street Journal Reporter Who Vanished on Walk in 2014”
The Daily Signal – by Kelsey Harkness
After serving multiple deployments overseas with the U.S. Army Special Forces, Josh Burns began building his own rifles at home.
In Sept. 2013, he and his wife Felicia, who also served in the military, decided they would make a business out of selling guns.
“This is his hobby that [Josh] masks as a business so he can play with guns,” Felicia told The Daily Signal recently while setting up their stand at the New Orleans Area Gun and Knife Show. Continue reading “Access, Denied: More Gun Sellers Blocked From Financial Sector”
A firearm suppressor company has begun a movement for gun owners to “Fight the Noise.” That is, advocate for the right to protect their hearing with firearm silencers without them being subject to extra taxes and paperwork.
“The Suppressed are changing the perception of an industry and leading the revolution with a clear message: Guns don’t have to be loud,” SilencerCo’s Fight the Noise website stated. Continue reading “Gun Business Has a Simple Message for Gov’t: ‘Get Their Grubby Hands Off Our Industry’”
JOPLIN, MISSOURI — An attempted burglary of a residence happened early Monday morning, but the four burglars got more than they bargained for when a house guest staying at the home was armed — and not afraid to defend themselves.
“It was an invited guest who acted in self-defense,” police Capt. Bob Higginbotham told The Joplin Globe Tuesday. “I still can’t relinquish that person’s name. But they are considered a victim (in the home invasion).”
NEW YORK – The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved redefining marriage in the church constitution Tuesday to include a “commitment between two people,” becoming the largest Protestant group to formally recognize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddings in every congregation.
The new definition was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval from a majority of the denomination’s 171 regional districts, or presbyteries. The critical 86th “yes” vote came Tuesday night from the Presbytery of the Palisades in New Jersey. Continue reading “Shock As Presbyterian Church Formally Approves Gay Marriage In Church Constitution”
“This gap between the 1% and the rest of America, and between the US and the rest of the world, cannot and will not persist,” warns renowned trader Paul Tudor Jones during his recent TED Talks speech, as he addressed the question – can capital be just? Hoping to expand the “narrow definitions of capitalism,” that threaten the underpinnings of society, Tudor Jones exclaims, “we’re in the middle of a disastrous market mania,” adding “one of worst of my life.” Perhaps most ominously, he concludes, historically this ends “by revolution, higher taxes or wars. None are on my bucket list.” Continue reading “Paul Tudor Jones Warns This “Disastrous Market Mania” Will End “By Revolution, Taxes, Or War””
(Paul Drewes) A well-known Waimanalo home has been sold, but the big question is who is the buyer?
Barack Obama, and there is a connection between the president and the buyer of this multi-million dollar estate.
Waimanalo is known for its friendly atmosphere and beautiful Windward Oahu beaches. Continue reading “Report: Obama Buys Magnum PI’s Hawaii Mansion For 8.7 Million”
The Daily Caller – by Daniel McElrath, Shooting Illustrated
Yes, the Glock G43 subcompact single-stack pistol is real.
… a Glock. It handled well, the controls were familiar and it went bang every time we pulled the trigger.
There has been considerable demand for this gun, given Glock’s loyal customer base and the arrival of several competing brands into the market niche for flat subcompacts in 9mm. This is primarily due to both the burgeoning concealed-carry market and the re-ascendancy of the 9mm, thanks to high-performance bullet designs from major ammunition manufacturers. Despite the presence of numerous other makes in the market segment, the Smyrna, GA-made G43 has consumers eagerly waiting for it. Continue reading “It’s real – Glock Model G43 Single-Stack 9mm”
The Clarion Ledger – by Therese Apel
The hanging victim is said to be Otis Byrd, who went missing after a trip to the casino March 2.
Authorities are probing a hanging in Claiborne County, officials said.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jason Pack said the FBI and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are on the scene where a man’s body was found hanging in the woods near Old Rodney Road. Continue reading “FBI, MBI working suspicious hanging in Claiborne County”
We had been noting, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, how the country that then held a giant “free speech” rally appeared to be, instead, focusing on cracking down on free speech at every opportunity. And target number one: the internet. Earlier this week, the Interior Minister of France — with no court review or adversarial process — ordered five websites to not only be blocked in France, but that anyone who visits any of the sites get redirected to a scary looking government website, saying: Continue reading “French Government Starts Blocking Websites With Views The Gov’t Doesn’t Like”
Some rice farmers in Northern California are skipping planting their crop this year and choosing instead to sell their water rights to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District is desperately searching for water to add to its low supply.
The price is double what the Metropolitan Water District, which provides water from Los Angeles to San Diego County, paid five years ago as the state goes through its fourth year of serious drought. Continue reading “North California farmers ditching crops to sell water to south”
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who now presides over one of the country’s largest and most prestigious state university systems, told a fellow regent they “didn’t have to listen to this crap,” referring to students protesting another round of proposed tuition hikes.
During a meeting in San Francisco Wednesday, around two dozen students dressed only in their underwear loudly expressed their discontent with a potential 5% increase in fees at the University of California campuses every year over the next five years, when Napolitano leaned over to UC regent Chairman Bruce Varner and said, “Let’s just break. Let’s go, let’s go. We don’t have to listen to this crap.” Continue reading “Napolitano on Protesting Students: We Don’t Have to Listen to This Crap”
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