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- Time to stop arguing about climate change, World Bank says
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 09:59 AMLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What’s the Better Role Model, France or Switzerland?
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:03 AMAt the European Resource Bank conference earlier this month, Pierre Bessard from Switzerland’s Institut Liberal spoke on a panel investigating “The Link between the Weight of the State and Economic prosperity.†His presentation included two slides that definitely are worth sharing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Serena Williams says 16-year-old rape victim 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:14 AMSerena Williams has sparked an intense backlash after she suggested the 16-year-old victim in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case was asking to be assaulted. The world Number 1 tennis star made the astonishing indictment in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, which was posted online on Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The Catholic Free Press gets it wrong again
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:19 AMOnce again, The Catholic Free Press [Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts] has demonstrated that it is not committed toward offering its readers an authentic Catholic teaching. Writing in the June 14, 2013 edition, Fr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Heckler subdued with stun gun at gun control rally
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:23 AMCONCORD, N.H. —Police used an electronic stun gun to subdue a Brentwood man Tuesday night at a gun control rally in Concord. A News 9 camera was on the scene when officers took 52-year-old Daniel Musso to the ground shortly after he interrupted a speech in favor of expanded background checks for people purchasing guns.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Vanity - MEP Job search question
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:29 AMI apologize for the vanity. Other than the Metro-DC area, where are the best regions in the US to look for Facilities Engineering Building (MEP) jobs? Does being cleared by OPM to work in classified locations help outside the Metro-DC region?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Slim Whitman has died
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:33 AMWe'll remember him!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Michell Obama & the Wee Wons: “Ich bin ein Dubliner, und nach dem mittagessen, ein Berliner.”
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:44 AMWhile Big Guy was busy charming world leaders, we had lunch. Fish and chips at Finnegan’s with Bono (!) and his lovely wife Allison, with whom we share a certain savoir faire.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Leftist Pols Want So-called Navigators to Monitor Fellow Citizens
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:49 AMPresumably due the increasing unpopularity of Obama’s controversial “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (PPACA), U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, will be responsible for $54 in funding to support a large contingent of health care officials known as, “navigators,” who will be tasked with assisting citizens with the complexity of the 906 page healthcare regulation act.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SAN BERNARDINO: Homeowner shoots intruder, police say
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 08:19 AMA San Bernardino homeowner alerted to an intruder by his daughter shot and wounded the burglar after he tried to attack the homeowner late Saturday, June 15, police say. Leonard Guerra, 35, of San Bernardino, was arrested for investigation of burglary and false imprisonment and booked at a hospital jail ward, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, Sgt.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Too Many Graduates - Not Enough Jobs (Not only in the USA)
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:00 AMReader "BC" passed on a series of articles about jobs and wages, and matching up graduates with the skills companies seek. The articles are all in regards to China. Change the names and faces, and the stories sound to me like things you could easily read here.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- An interview with Robert Meeropol (Delusion alert)
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:07 AMRobert Meeropol and his brother Michael are the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed by the US government in June 1953 on trumped-up charges of atomic espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The Bloom Has Fallen Off The Brazilian Rose
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:16 AMSubmitted by Lucas Jackson,“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”-Dr. SeussThere have been a number of things that have happened in Brazil over the last year or so that could have sparked some to say that the good times experienced during the Lula years were officially over.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John Martorano On Mob Hits: No Fun
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:23 AMIt's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it. Under cross-examination by Whitey Bulger's defense team convicted-hitman-turned-government-witness John Martorano testified that he took no joy in the twenty murders he committed as reported by Shelley Murphy for The Boston Globe: "Serial killers kill until they got caught or stopped," said Martorano, 72, testifying that he stopped on his own and later confessed to the slayings.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Why Is the Pro-Life Message Winning and Traditional Marriage Losing?
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:29 AMWASHINGTON – Since Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 40 years ago, anti-abortion activists have successfully passed legislation regulating and restricting the right to an abortion, and they have been successful at moving public opinion in their direction.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- No, I'm not going to the world cup. (6 Min Video)
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:31 AMAn interesting perspective from the Brazilian point of view on their country’s hosting of the World Cup. Link to Video
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Man of Steel' Director Zack Snyder: It's OK for Superman to Be American with Obama in Office
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:40 AMConservatives have embraced Man of Steel, and rightly so, turning it into a cash cow for Warner Bros. The film is open about its religious aspects and has the kind of conservative leanings that we haven't seen in major blockbusters since The Dark Knight Trilogy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Natura Again Recalls Innova, EVO, California Natural and Others
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:47 AMJune 18, 2013 – Natura Pet Products of Fremont, Nebraska, has today announced it is voluntarily recalling specific lots of dry pet food because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Impeach Eric Holder!
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 08:19 AMAs the Washington media continues to trip over the stumbling blocks of administration scandals and echoes of Watergate bounce off the buildings across the Potomac River, the question comes to mind: Will there be impeachment hearings this summer as there were in the Summer of '73?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What the IRS Has Become
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 08:21 AMThe IRS has hypocritically ignored the Constitution, having targeted groups whose names included what America once stood for: patriotism, freedom, and the Constitution. This will be emphasized on June 20, when Judicial Watch, the people's watchdog over the government, holds a public panel discussion with some of those who were victimized.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The President's Ghastly Gun Gaffe
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 09:59 AMPresident Obama’s gun gaffe was nearly lost in the pre-Christmas flood of TV and internet chatter. But Breitbart’s Joel Pollak was right to highlight Mr. Obama’s bizarre post-election statement. One of the reasons he ran for re-election, Mr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- “This Is A Glock Block” – Frustrated Homeowners Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:13 AMAll over the United States, frustrated homeowners are banding together, arming themselves and patrolling their own streets. One of the primary reasons this is happening is because police budgets all over the nation are being slashed at a time when violent crime rates in the United States are increasing and many our our largest cities are being transformed into crime-infested war zones.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- De Facto Allies in Syria's Civil War: Obama, McCain, al-Qaida
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:15 AMPresident Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain and al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri now share a common goal: They support Syrian rebels seeking to overthrow Bashar Assad. Zawahiri announced his support for the Syrian rebels last year in an online video.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Men's Wearhouse fires the 'I guarantee it' guy
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:23 AMMen's Wearhouse executive chairman George Zimmer has been "terminated," the clothing retailer said on Wednesday. Zimmer opened the company's first store in Houston in 1973. He's been the bearded face of Men's Wearhouse (MW) in television ads for years, famously promising men "You're going to like the way you look.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Partisan lines harden in Senate over immigration reform bill
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:28 AMPartisan lines are hardening over the Senate’s immigration reform bill, downgrading hopes a 70-plus majority of senators will back it in an up-or-down vote next week. The bill seems likely to pass the Senate, particularly after a Congressional Budget Office score on Tuesday found it would reduce deficits by $700 billion over the next two decades.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Michell Obama & the Wee Wons: “Ich bin ein Dubliner, und nach dem mittagessen, ein Berliner.”
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:31 AMWhile Big Guy was busy charming world leaders, we had lunch. Fish and chips at Finnegan’s with Bono (!) and his lovely wife Allison, with whom we share a certain savoir faire.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Where can I find coverage of today's 'Audit the Fed' Rally in DC?
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:35 AMI've looked online at all the traditional conservative sites, and can't find any significant coverage of today's rally. Does anyone know if there is any live streaming, someone live tweeting, etc.?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will That Dog Hunt?
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 10:47 AMThe world feels like it's going to the dogs, and this week will only add further proof. There's the Big Dog Ben Bernanke who plans to bark intentions to slow down on the money printing presses while at the same time letting Wall Street know in no uncertain terms he is their best friend.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- OR:Sheriff: Man interrupts, shoots at burglars
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 08:16 AMMYRTLE CREEK, Ore. -- A man came home to find two men breaking into his home on Dole Road, and the Sheriff's office says he fired a pistol at the men.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Reese lawyers reply to prosecutor move to deny assets for defense
Wednesday - 06/19/2013 - 08:23 AMAttorneys Robert J. Gorence and Jason Bowles filed a Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion for Partial Release of Assets on behalf of clients Rick, Terri and Ryin Reese in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico last Thursday.
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