Enforce our Bill of Rights
The kids filed into class Monday morning. They were all very excited.
Their weekend assignment was to sell something, and then give a talk on salesmanship. Little Sally led off. “I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30,” she said proudly. “My sales approach was to appeal to the customer’s civil spirit, and I credit that approach for my obvious success.”
“Very good.” said the teacher. Continue reading “Salesmanship”
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund – by Pete Kennedy
At a hearing for Gibbon dairy farmer Mike Hartmann, Sibley County District Court Judge Erica H. McDonald dismissed five of six criminal charges brought by the state against Hartmann for violations of the Minnesota food and dairy code. Two of the charges arose from evidence seized during a December 4, 2012 stop of Hartmann’s vehicle by a state trooper; the other three came from the execution of a search warrant by Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) officials on January 9, 2013 at Hartmann’s farm.
The key to the dismissal of the charges was Judge McDonald granting a motion to suppress any evidence obtained during the vehicle stop by state trooper Joseph Heyman who testified that he initially stopped Hartmann’s truck because he did not see a rear license plate on the truck and the truck appeared to the state trooper to be a commercial motor vehicle that did not have the required Department of Transportation markings or number. Continue reading “Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Hartmann in Minnesota”
National Review – by Andrew Johnson
TSA agents in St. Louis, Missouri, disarmed Rooster Monkburn, a cowboy sock money, of his two-inch toy gun after a woman brought the stuffed monkey through security. Agents said that it posed a threat because it could be confused for a real gun, according to local reports.
“[The agent] said ‘this is a gun,’” said Phyllis May, recounting the experience to fly back to her home in Washington state. “I said no, it’s not a gun it’s a prop for my monkey.” Continue reading “TSA Seizes Sock Monkey’s Toy Gun”
Just before 8 a.m., Monday morning, December 9, reports of an explosion at Arkansas Nuclear One were made to Pope County 911 operators. At this time details have not been released in the explosion, but fire officials are reportedly responding to the nuclear facility and a fire is being fought.
A resident in the vicinity of the Arkansas Nuclear One plant reported a “loud, ground shaking explosion and then saw smoke.” It is believed that a transformer on site exploded, but the report remains unconfirmed at this time with Entergy and Arkansas Nuclear One officials. Continue reading “Pope County 911 receives reports of explosion at Arkansas Nuclear One”
At this point in our nation’s history, any American national who does not see and will not admit to the international socialist insurgent takeover of every position of power in the united States, from the meter maid to the president, is either being willfully stupid via cowardice or has accumulated such wealth as they fear they have much to lose through an uprising.
Yesterday morning here in Chiloquin, it was 19 degrees below zero. Our windows were coated with ice on the inside and all I could think about was my brothers and sisters living in tent cities with their children, while foreigners are being provided housing, heat, food, cars, education, and health care. Continue reading “Make Your Vote Count in 2014 by Unregistering to Vote”
As the Zionist infiltrators into the United States continue to push for a third world war, it is interesting to note the different techniques being applied. China, of whom the insurgents in our government are facilitating to purchase more and more of our country and its resources, is also pounding the drums of war over Japanese territory and posing a threat to us.
So which is it, friend or foe?
Peace talks with Iran being perpetrated for no other reason than to establish the illusion of American interest in their nuclear program, while pretending to be at odds with King Netanyahu, whom again is our good friend and has been granted by our Senate in a 99 to 0 vote the undisputed authority to take the United States to war through any act of aggression he decides upon. Continue reading “Preparing for Wars of Deception”
Town Hall – by Kurt Schlichter
There’s nothing like the holidays for laughing at anti-religious malcontents being driven to madness by the thought of Christians and Jews celebrating their faiths. Crosses, menorahs, happy people with satisfying personal lives – these things drive the militant atheists into a sputtering rage.
Watching them fume is the gift that keeps on giving. Continue reading “‘Tis The Season For Militant Atheists To Whine”
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is an architect of Obamacare — and the brother of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel — whose recent apologetics on behalf of the law he helped design have grown increasingly desperate. On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace quizzed him about the accuracy of one of President Obama’s most prominenthealthcare vows: “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.” Is that actually true? Emanuel wasn’t fond of the question, ultimately conceding that Obamacare’s doctor networks will be limited. But that doesn’t mean consumers can’t keep their preferred doctors — if they’re prepared to shell out, that is (via the Weekly Standard): Continue reading “Obamacare Designer: You Can Probably Keep Your Doctor…If You’re Willing to Pay A Lot More”
The Guardian – by Adriana Brasileiro
A tiny figure in minuscule white shorts and a pink strapless top leans against a metal fence outside a school in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará state, north-east Brazil.
She has gloss-coated lips, and her yellow headband, holding back long hair, glows in the lamplight along Juscelino Kubitschek Avenue, which connects the city to the Castelão arena, one of the venues for the 2014 World Cup. A car pulls up. The girl climbs in. Continue reading “Brazil’s child sex trade soars as 2014 World Cup nears”
Federal ATF agents in cities across the country reportedly used rogue tactics to go after guns on the street — allegedly exploiting the mentally ill, buying up weapons for way more than they’re worth and letting minors smoke pot and drink.
The details were included in an expose by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which reported earlier this year on an embarrassing set of blunders made by the Milwaukee arm of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Continue reading “ATF reportedly used rogue tactics in a half-dozen cities”
Business Insider – by David Voreacos and Sophia Pearso
Judy Doetterl was a sales representative for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in 2004 when federal agents placed a hidden recording device on her and sent her to tape marketing presentations at a national company sales meeting.
U.S. prosecutors wanted to prove claims by Doetterl and others that J&J boostedsales by urging doctors to prescribe its antipsychotic drug Risperdal far beyond its approved use. Doetterl, then earning $150,000 a year, said she fretted for the two days she wore a wire at the meeting in a Dallas hotel. Continue reading “How Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From J&J”
Bloomberg – by Kanoko Matsuyam
Kojiro Tokutake wanted to be a doctor since he was a teenager. His grandmother bought him his first stethoscope when he was in medical school. A decade later, he helped her die.
Tokutake, 33, is a gastroenterologist and, in that role, has inserted permanent feeding tubes in elderly patients, many with dementia, two to three times a week. Continue reading “Doctor Helps Grandma Die to Avoid Japanese Feeding Tube”
Sysco Corp. (SYY) agreed to acquire closely held US Foods for $3.5 billion, adding brands from Cattleman’s meat to Devonshire desserts, in the largest food-distribution deal in eight years in North America. The shares jumped the most since at least 1980.
Sysco will pay $3 billion in common stock and $500 million in cash for US Foods to owners including KKR & Co. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC, according to a statement today. Bonds of US Foods soared to a record. Continue reading “Sysco to Acquire US Foods for $3.5 Billion”
GOP USA – by Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
The Grinch — and anyone else trying to dampen the holiday spirit — should stay away from Texas this year.
A group of Texans is coming out in full force to protect Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday celebrations and to make sure students, teachers and parents have the right to observe their holidays at school. Continue reading “Santa trumps the Grinch under Texas’ new Merry Christmas law”
Business Insider – by JOE WEISENTHAL
We’ve been writing a lot about the record levels of smog in Shanghai lately.
Thanks to a combination of weather and other factors it’s gotten to levels that are genuinely hazardous to health.
So how do you survive it? Chinese state broadcaster CCTV put together this infographic with 10 ways to beat the smog, and it shows how miserable it all is. Continue reading “This 10-Step Guide To Surviving The Smog In China Is So Depressing”
Business Insider – by LINETTE LOPEZ
For the past three years 40 research teams across China have been working on technology to make things invisible. Now the South China Morning Post reports that they’re getting close.
The main approaches are developing materials that guide light away from an object, creating electromagnetic fields to bend light away from what one is trying to hide and copying nature to make hi-tech camouflage materials. Continue reading “Chinese Scientists Are Pretty Sure They’re Close To Inventing An Invisibility Cloak”
Business Insider -by MICHAEL KELLEY
We recently came across this map, based on the 2010 census data, of the largest religious groups in each country of the U.S.
A few observations from the perspective of 2013: Continue reading “This Map Shows The Dominant Religious Group In Every US County”
Business Insider – by JOE WEISENTHAL
Vladimir Putin just dissolved major state media organization RIA Novosti, which has been around since 1941.
In its place will be a new organization run by a TV presenter who had been embroiled in anti-gay remarks.
RIA Novosti’s own report characterizes the move as an effort to tighten the state’s grip on the media. Continue reading “Vladimir Putin Just Dissolved A Major State-Run Media Organization That’s Been Around For Decades”
NEW YORK (AP) — The High Line, a park that turned a dilapidated stretch of elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side into one of New York’s newest tourist attractions, may have brought a different kind of visitor: a cockroach that can withstand harsh winter cold and never seen before in the U.S.
Rutgers University insect biologists Jessica Ware and Dominic Evangelista said the species Periplaneta japonica is well documented in Asia but was never confirmed in the United States until now. The scientists, whose findings were published in the Journal of Economic Entomology, say it is too soon to predict the impact but that there is probably little cause for concern. Continue reading “Invasive cockroach found in NYC can take the cold”
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TownHall – by Guy Benson
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Bloomberg – by Matt Townsend
Yahoo News – by FRANK ELTMAN