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Tim Tebow smacks walk-off home run for Mets minor league squad
Post Date: 2017-07-14 10:52:54 by Deckard
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PORT ST. LUCIE, FL -- It's not quite the same thing as throwing an 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime to win an NFL playoff game, but Tim Tebow's heroics were on display Thursday night. Tebow, who plays for the St. Lucie Mets -- the Single-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's New York Mets -- stepped to plate last night as the Mets were tied 4-4 with the Daytona Tortugas and delivered the first walk-off home run of his career. Last month, Tebow was called up to the St. Luci Mets after having played withing the organization for the last year. Critics have called the promotion -- and Tebow's attempt to play professional baseball -- a publicity stunt. However, in 16 games, ...
War On Drugs Czar Jeff Sessions Can’t Get Out Of The 80s
Post Date: 2017-07-14 09:18:51 by Deckard
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who should be more accurately known as the War on Drugs Czar, is firmly stuck in the 80’s. His approval of the old, outdated, and ineffective DARE program proves that he’s out of touch with current realities. Sessions has embarrassed himself when it comes to drugs; especially cannabis since becoming the Attorney General of the United States. He’s such an embarrassment, that some even suggest he smoke some marijuana and relax a little. But the longer he’s in office, the more humiliating it is to watch him flop around like goldfish in the sand. He’s now gone out of his way to praise the old DARE program from the 80 ...
Why the Post Office Gives Amazon Special Delivery
Post Date: 2017-07-14 08:57:02 by IbJensen
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A Citigroup analysis finds each box gets a $1.46 subsidy. It’s like a gift card from Uncle Sam. In my neighborhood, I frequently walk past “shop local” signs in the windows of struggling stores. Yet I don’t feel guilty ordering most of my family’s household goods on Amazon. In a world of fair competition, there will be winners and losers. But when a mail truck pulls up filled to the top with Amazon boxes for my neighbors and me, I do feel some guilt. Like many close observers of the shipping business, I know a secret about the federal government’s relationship with Amazon: The U.S. Postal Service delivers the company’s boxes well below its own costs. ...
Kid Rock IT ALL STARTS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. It's not a hoax, !"
Post Date: 2017-07-13 20:37:21 by A K A Stone
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Once again the press is wrong. Jul 13, 2017 Once again the press is wrong. First of all, I’ve got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC! Second, I’m not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed. I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG, Broken Bow, CAA and Live Nation to release music ON MY TERMS. Like politicians write books during their campaigns, I'm planning on putting out music during mine and IT ALL STARTS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. It's not a hoax, it's a strategy and marketing 101! No plans for an album or anything else that has been the usual norm in the music business OR politics…..and…..
Senator Stabenow and I do ...
Kid Rock confirms Michigan Senate run
Post Date: 2017-07-13 20:33:29 by A K A Stone
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Musician Kid Rock has announced his bid for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. In a tweet Wednesday, Rock, whose birth name is Robert James Ritchie, wrote that the website “KidRockForSenate.com” was real and to stay tuned for “a major announcement in the near future.”
Jimmy Carter gets medical attention after collapsing from dehydration in Winnipeg
Post Date: 2017-07-13 19:49:23 by IbJensen
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Former U.S. president and wife Rosalynn were helping construct a Habitat for Humanity home Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter received medical attention for dehydration while in Winnipeg on Thursday, where he is helping build a Habitat for Humanity home. The statement from the organization said that Carter was being rehydrated in hospital, and his wife was with him. A Habitat volunteer told CBC News he saw Carter, 92, collapse after he'd been working in the sun for about an hour, using a handsaw to cut wood for a staircase. Carter's bodyguards rushed over and carried him to a nearby vehicle. Shortly afterwards, firefighters and paramedics were seen scrambling, and an ambulance ...
DEA reports no overdoses related to marijuana
Post Date: 2017-07-13 11:09:47 by Deckard
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Despite the Drug Enforcement Administration’s stance against marijuana, the federal agency concedes that nobody has ever died from taking too much. jQuery(document).on('JuiceFinishedLoadingEvent', function(e) { window.ad_position_widget.place_named_ad_dynamic('A300', 'A300-0-58323000-1499958451'); }); In their 2017 resource guide titled Drugs of Abuse, the DEA details cannabis as a Schedule I substance that carries a high potential for abuse with no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. They ultimately admit, however, that “no deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported.” The guide’s pot entry ...
Kid Rock confirms Michigan Senate run
Post Date: 2017-07-13 08:39:50 by Deckard
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Musician Kid Rock has announced his bid for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.In a tweet Wednesday, Rock, whose birth name is Robert James Ritchie, wrote that the website “KidRockForSenate.com” was real and to stay tuned for “a major announcement in the near future.” Kid Rock @KidRock I have had a ton of emails and texts asking me if this website is real… http://kidrockforsenate.com The answer is an absolute YES Republicans in Michigan have reportedly been considering Rock to run on the GOP ticket in 2018 to challenge incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow for her seat. Michigan GOP press officer Sarah Anderson told Fox News in February that she was unaware if ...
Born-again Christian woman details sickening sex attack by gang of men who accosted her as she left Queens church
Post Date: 2017-07-13 08:30:55 by cranky
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The woman was walking about a half-block away from the Celestial Church of Christ when a man came up from behind, put a gun to her head and demanded all her cash. She left the house of the Lord, and walked right into a world of unholy horrors. A born-again Christian woman, yanked off the street as she left a Queens church service, was forced to perform oral sex on three of the five callous predators who beat and robbed her. “I’m shaken,” said the married mother of two, who spoke to the Daily News. “I’m trying to get over it, but it’s not easy.” Two of the five assailants, including one carrying a handgun, first approached the victim on Liberty Ave. ...
Camera-Shy Cops Have No Legal Recourse
Post Date: 2017-07-13 08:08:42 by Deckard
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A federal appeals court confirms the First Amendment right to record police.Last month former FBI Director James Comey said he was relieved to hear there might be "tapes" of his conversations with Donald Trump, since the audio record would confirm his account of those interactions. Last year Comey was less keen on recordings of law enforcement officials, worrying that "viral videos" of police encourage a dangerous passivity that may contribute to rising homicide rates. Those dueling reactions reflect the dual potential of ubiquitous recording technology, which can expose bad behavior or exonerate cops falsely accused of it. Police across the country will have to adjust ...
Alabama Bans Margarita Pitchers, Declaring Them Adulterated
Post Date: 2017-07-13 08:04:29 by Deckard
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Regulators say six separate drinks are fine, but combining them in one vessel is a crime.The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) recently informed Will Haver, founder and CEO of the Taco Mama restaurant chain, that he was breaking the law by serving his customers pitchers of margaritas. That edict, which was accompanied by the threat of a fine up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail per pitcher, was based on a counterintuitive interpretation of a law that has been on the books for decades: It shall be unlawful...for any person to fortify, adulterate, contaminate, or in any manner change the character or purity of alcoholic beverages from that as originally marketed by the ...
The Real First Responders never have badges.
Post Date: 2017-07-13 06:22:15 by Deckard
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“I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Roberta Ursrey said. “It was like, ‘Oh God, this is how I’m going.’ ” The children went for a swim, got caught in a riptide. The parents went after the children. They were all going to drown. “These people are not drowning today,” [Jessica] Simmons remembered telling herself. “It’s not happening. We’re going to get them out.” She and her husband organized a human chain; eighty people; one-hundred yards into the water; swimmers and non-swimmers alike. You have to see the video. “I got to the end, and I know I’m a really ...
Tear Gas, Guns and Riot Squads: The Police StateÂ’s Answer to Free Speech Is Brute Force
Post Date: 2017-07-12 18:52:16 by Deckard
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“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.”—Justice William O. Douglas, dissenting, Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104 (1972) Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie. There can be no free speech for the citizenry when the government speaks in a language of force. What is this ...
White House Hires Billionaire War Profiteers To Aid In War Planning
Post Date: 2017-07-12 14:38:40 by Deckard
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince testifies before a House committee examining the mission and performance of private military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2007. (Susan Walsh/AP) Two of President Donald Trump’s closest aides have reportedly solicited advice from two wealthy private military contractors — Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, and Stephen Feinberg, the billionaire owner of DynCorp International—on how to proceed with the sixteen-year-long war in Afghanistan. According to the New York Times, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and senior advisor Jared Kushner “recruited” the contractors, who have made a hefty sum from perpetual ...
We’re Not Joking: Sen Schumer Wants The FDA To Crack Down On Raw Cacao
Post Date: 2017-07-12 14:34:12 by Deckard
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Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears to be a man with way too much time on his hands. Either that, or he has grown temporarily bored with promoting the disproven conspiracy theories of Russian hacking.Something is obviously amiss. What other explanation can there be for the Senator’s recent ridiculous campaign to force the FDA to begin regulating chocolate?Schumer launched his initiative on Saturday in order to enlist the FDA in a fight to regulate “snortable chocolate” powder that is being used by some in clubs for euphoria and energy.Schumer specifically targeted products like Coco Loko whose product is marketed as raw cacao snuff. The product includes ...
Cop Responds to Wreck by Throwing Man Down, Beating Him and a Bystander
Post Date: 2017-07-12 14:28:24 by Deckard
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Conroe, TX — The Conroe Police Department is standing by their officer’s actions this week after video showed him throw a man into a ditch and punch him multiple times in the face and head. During the melee, the officer punched a bystander in the face as well. The family and the department are now in disagreement over the officer’s use of force, which they are saying was clearly excessive. The incident began on July 4th after Adrian Salazar, 22, ran his truck off the road. When the officer arrived on the scene, Salazar, who’d been drinking, was scared and so he was hiding under a truck. When the officer walked up, he asked Salazar to get out from under the truck and he ...
Cops Raid Wrong Home, Assault Pregnant Mom in Front of Her Toddler
Post Date: 2017-07-12 14:21:38 by Deckard
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Sacramento, CA — A pregnant Sacramento woman may lose her baby after police mistakenly entered her apartment, and threw her to the ground thinking their suspect had entered her domicile. Already facing a “high-risk” pregnancy, Zityrua Abraham’s chances of delivering a healthy baby were made worse when Sacramento police officers took her and allegedly threw her to the ground on top of her stomach. And I told them. I have high risk. I could lose my kid. They didn’t care about that. They still was doing what they were doing, She and her family were outside their apartment, and Abraham noticed the police, but all of a sudden they came rushing in. She said the ...
Police Lobby Says National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Will Sow “Chaos”
Post Date: 2017-07-12 10:04:32 by Deckard
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A chaotic scene of epidemic proportions! Humans exercising their natural rights without paying (as much) for government permission! It’s the scene straight out of a horror movie, or you would think it was based on how the police lobby is painting it… Considering many cops’ interactions with the public anymore, their judgment shouldn’t really be trusted. After all, we have cops shooting dogs for wagging their tails and killing men in cars reaching for their wallets. Now, they are begging the government to stop the passage of nationwide concealed carry reciprocity bill. A bill which will allow civilians a little bit of added protection from the trigger happy ...
Man fined $500 for mowing grass at historic cemetery
Post Date: 2017-07-12 10:01:24 by Deckard
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MUSKEGO, Wis. — A Franklin man was issued a $500 fine last month for mowing the grass at a cemetery where two Civil War soldiers are buried. Muskego Police responded to Luther Parker Cemetery June 20 and found 64-year-old Jordan Wenzel Sr. of Franklin mowing. Wenzel told the officer he did not have permission to cut the grass but had heard a television report about a dispute over tall grass at the cemetery and decided to help out. “I heard everybody saying it needs to be cut, it needs to be cut. Why doesn’t someone get a mower and cut it?” he said to WISN 12 News. The officer said Wenzel immediately complied when told to stop mowing. Police later issued ...
Bystanders Tried in Vain to Save a Child From Drowning — While Police and EMTs Watched
Post Date: 2017-07-12 09:54:34 by Deckard
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“They all just stood and watched,” lamented Patrick Hedican, 28, after a harrowing incident in which he and friends, bystanders, desperately dove deep into a lake to locate and save a drowning child — while police and first responders looked on without assisting. Submerged in the waters of Carver Lake too long, the 5-year-old boy, later identified as Kendrick Jordan, Jr., did not survive. Witnesses say ordinary civilians tried to save the small child’s life — without any help from police or EMTs. Hedican and a few friends were playing volleyball on the sandy shores on Saturday, when word traveled among beachgoers a child had gone missing — so they scoured the ...
Why Donald Trump Jr. is Innocent. Period. [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2017-07-12 08:46:32 by A K A Stone
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Excerpt: The Code of Federal Regulations makes the law immunizing Trump Jr.’s actions precisely clear: any foreign national individual may volunteer personal services to a federal candidate or federal political committee without making a contribution. The law provides this volunteer “exemption” as long as the individual performing the service is not compensated by anyone on the campaign. See 11 CFR 100.74. For example, as the Federal Election Commission advises all, “an individual can provide volunteer services to a candidate or party without considering the value of those service a contribution to the candidate or party.” Section 30121 of Title 52 does not apply ...
Yet Another Similarity Between The Land of the Free and Commie Dictatorships
Post Date: 2017-07-12 05:40:26 by Deckard
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I’m a big fan of Voice of the Martyrs. And one of their services that I especially appreciate is “Prisoner Alert,” which enables English-speaking Christians to write to our persecuted siblings in the Lord in their own languages. Not only do these letters encourage the caged Christian, they also warn the government and prison-guards that this person matters, that far from forgetting him, others are watching and deploring his abuse. The ol’ Homeland has joined these banana republics in caging innocents, a.k.a., political prisoners for whom we must show concern lest Our Rulers lock them away for decades. One such is an Amish farmer from Kentucky named Sam Girod. His ...
The Other Side of “Safety”
Post Date: 2017-07-12 05:33:25 by Deckard
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Technology never makes mistakes – unlike the humans who design it. Who never fail to anticipate the unanticipated.Perfection issuing from imperfection, reversing the usual order of things.Sarcasm, in case you didn’t pick up on it.This 190 proof moonshine – distilled by arrogant technocrats like Elon Musk – is going to get people hurt as automated-driving technology comes online.I recently test drove a 2018 VW Atlas (review here) which has what several other new cars also have: The ability to partially steer itself, without you doing a thing. There are hi-res cameras built into the front end of the car that scan the road ahead; they see the painted lines to the left ...
Governments of the ‘Free’ World (And the atrocities they plan)
Post Date: 2017-07-12 05:25:41 by Deckard
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“Welcome to America, where your assets are literally the government’s business, and freedom is anything but free.”—Claire Bernish, The Free Thought Project For some time, I’ve been forewarning readers that, as the governments of the former “free” world unravel, they’ll introduce capital controls, both to continue to fund their failing policies and to limit the freedom of their citizenries. I’ve envisioned this as a “pincer” of sorts. First, it would be necessary to institute laws that allow authorities to confiscate the assets of anyone whom they “suspected” of a crime. (It’s essential to understand that an actual arrest ...
Confidence in police rebounds to 25-year high
Post Date: 2017-07-11 23:29:54 by Gatlin
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More Americans say they have "a great deal of confidence" or "quite a lot of confidence" in law enforcement, reversing a downward trend that occurred in 2015 in the wake of several police shootings of unarmed blacks. Gallup's latest survey finds overall confidence in law enforcement has returned to its 25-year average high of 57 percent. Still, the new survey finds years of bad press and national turmoil have deepened the divide in confidence that particular groups have in police. Among Hispanics, liberals and those younger than 35, the divide is the strongest. Among Hispanics, 45 percent expressed confidence in law enforcement, down from 59 percent from 2012 to 20 ...
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