Thursday, March 27, 2014

North America's largest earthquake: 50 years ago

North America's largest earthquake: 50 years ago: "North America's largest earthquake rattled Alaska 50 years ago, killing 15 people and creating a tsunami that killed 124 more from Alaska to California. The magnitude 9.2 quake hit at 5:30 p.m. on Good Friday, March 27, 1964, turning soil beneath parts of Anchorage into jelly and collapsing buildings that were not engineered to withstand the force of colliding continental plates."



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Ex-White House aide writes scathing report on Michelle Obama

Ex-White House aide writes scathing report on Michelle Obama: "ccording to a former White House staff member, Being First Lady has squelched Michelle Obama’s spirit, and she’s turned the East Wing into the “worst wing,” Reid Cherlin, former West Wing assistant press secretary, described Michelle Obama's office as a "miserable place to work"."



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Georgia Passes Historic Gun Rights Bill

Georgia Passes Historic Gun Rights Bill: "I shoot my Samick takedown recurve bow in my front yard and practice with my hand guns and other weapons in the woods behind me, and I live on a fairly busy street not far from a major high school and middle school. The police station is a half-mile from my house."



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Public School Teacher Allegedly Rejects 8-Year-Old’s Paper for Citing Jesus as Her Hero - Crossmap Christian News | U.S.

Public School Teacher Allegedly Rejects 8-Year-Old’s Paper for Citing Jesus as Her Hero - Crossmap Christian News | U.S.: "Heather Watts told local NBC affiliate WECT that her daughter Ryleigh is in the second grade at Cerro Gordo Elementary School in Columbus County. For a recent open-ended school assignment prompt, Ryleigh wrote, "My hero is Jesus.""



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NYT Reporter: Obama Administration 'Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom'

NYT Reporter: Obama Administration 'Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom': "New York Times reporter James Risen, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, claims the Obama administration is “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation.”
Risen won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 and 2006 for his reporting on national security and terrorism. He has clashed with the Obama administration over his refusal to reveal a confidential source in a matter that reached the Supreme Court in January"



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Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court: Why Freedom Is Everyone's Business

Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court: Why Freedom Is Everyone's Business: "Today at the Supreme Court, some courageous Americans are standing up to Obamacare’s trampling of religious freedom. But outside the Court, the debate rages over the place of this valuable freedom in our lives."



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Atheists Demanding Governor Scott Walker Remove Bible Verse From His FB & Twitter Accounts | Vision to America

Atheists Demanding Governor Scott Walker Remove Bible Verse From His FB & Twitter Accounts | Vision to America: "Governor Walker will not remove the post on his social media,” Walker spokeswoman press secretary Laurel Patrick said in an email. “The verse was part of a devotional he read that morning, which inspired him, and he chose to share it.”"



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Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s Policies ‘Progressively More Hostile Toward Christian Civilization’ | Vision to America

Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s Policies ‘Progressively More Hostile Toward Christian Civilization’ | Vision to America: "President Barack Obama’s policies “have become progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization,” Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the highest court at the Vatican, said in a recent interview"



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Nancy Pelosi Receives Planned Parenthood’s ‘Highest Honor’: The Margaret Sanger Award | Vision to America

Nancy Pelosi Receives Planned Parenthood’s ‘Highest Honor’: The Margaret Sanger Award | Vision to America: "he founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, said, “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” She was one of eleven children and associated all sorts of social ills with having large families. She thought that if people would just keep their families limited to two children, we wouldn’t have to deal with domestic violence, poverty or unemployment."



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Feinstein’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists Has Votes in Senate | Vision to America

Feinstein’s Bill to Kill Free Speech of Independent Journalists Has Votes in Senate | Vision to America: "Following the disclosures of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) went to work to attack the First Amendment just as viciously as she has been attacking the Second and Fourth. Now the legislation she pushed for so vigorously, hypocritically titled the Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 (Here is the Senate and House versions of the bill and Feinstein’s amendment), is said to have the necessary votes to pass in the United States Senate."



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Incredible: Dem CA State Senator Arrested For Offering To Set Up Arms Deal With Islamic Rebels For $2Million - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update

Incredible: Dem CA State Senator Arrested For Offering To Set Up Arms Deal With Islamic Rebels For $2Million - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update: "If you thought the charges against Leland Yee would be bad, you had no idea. As in, he offered to set up an arms deal with Islamic rebels for $2 million in cash. As in, he has ties to a gangster named Shrimp Boy. As in, he makes corrupt state senator Clay Davis from The Wire look like George Washington. You can read the whole affidavit here, but it’s really, really long, so we’ve gone ahead and pulled out the highlights. The allegations (and for now they are only that—allegations) are cinematic, staggering, and remarkable in their scope."



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Democrat Indicted for Arms Trafficking to Islamist Rebels after Supporting Assault Weapons Ban | Conservative Byte

Democrat Indicted for Arms Trafficking to Islamist Rebels after Supporting Assault Weapons Ban | Conservative Byte: "The 137-page, FBI-sworn affidavit against California State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat who is also running for Secretary of State, and over two dozen other individuals reads like a crime thriller."



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29th ObamaCare Delay: Obama Uses 'Honor System' To Extend Deadline | Conservative Byte

29th ObamaCare Delay: Obama Uses 'Honor System' To Extend Deadline | Conservative Byte: "Last month, the Obama administration said it lacked “the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period” for Obamacare. Moreover, when embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was asked by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) during testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee if she planned to delay the Obamacare enrollment deadline, Sebelius said flatly, “No, sir.”"



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300,000 gun owners face jail time | Conservative Byte

300,000 gun owners face jail time | Conservative Byte: "Law-abiding gun owners in Connecticut were recently forced to line up and register their firearms with the state government by January 1 of this year.

Now, citizens who either missed the deadline, or simply refused to submit to the blatantly unconstitutional law, are facing felony charges and up to five years in prison"



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One Person Claps for Obama at The Hague - The Rush Limbaugh Show

One Person Claps for Obama at The Hague - The Rush Limbaugh Show: "You may not think that it's as bad for Obama out there as I'm making it out to be.  Well, Tuesday morning at The Hague, in the Netherlands, Obama held a joint press conference with the Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte."



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