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on June 19, 2013 in World News

Obama offends Catholics in the UK, says religious schools are divisive

The Catholic media is up in arms over comments President Obama made during a speech while in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. Obama made what is described as “an alarming call for an end to Catholic education,” in spite of the fact that it is considered “a critical component of the Church.”   Fr. John Zuhlsdorf Photo credit: Facebook In front of an audience of about 2,000 young people, including many Catholics, Obama claimed that Catholic education divides people and blocks peace, according to the Scottish Catholic Observer. “If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and… View Article

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on June 19, 2013 in World News

Anti-Gun Colorado Sen. Close to Recall

In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun bills were successfully passed into law, Morse faces a recall election that could turn him out of office. On June 18, Colorado certified that the recall effort had gained enough signatures to move forward making Senator leader Morse the first legislator to ever be recalled in the state’s history. Morse, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, has been in the legislature… View Article

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on June 19, 2013 in World News

Capitol Police Voice Message to Tea Party: ‘You Can Not Join Other Groups in Other Areas’

On Wednesday morning at 9:28 am Capitol Hill Police Officer Sandra Brown left a voice message for Kevin Mooneyhan, Deputy Executive Director of the Tea Party Patriots, the group holding a rally at noon Wednesday on the West Lawn of the Capitol. In the message, Officer Brown told Mr. Mooneyhan that attendees of the Tea Party Patriots rally on the West Lawn were prohibited from attending Congressman Steve King’s (R-IA) immigration event on the East Lawn, due to the terms of the Tea Party Patriots permit. There was only one problem with Officer Brown’s directive. Individual citizens attending either event… View Article

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on June 19, 2013 in World News

Bloomberg’s Gun Control Rally Names Boston Bomber as Victim of Gun Violence

At a June 18 gun control rally in New Hampshire sponsored by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, the name of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was read aloud as a recent victim of gun violence. Throughout the rally, organizers read a list of names of people who had been killed with guns since the Dec. 14 shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. When they read Tsarnaev’s name, pro-gun supporters who were at the rally to counter Bloomberg’s group began shouting, “He’s a terrorist,” according to a report by Tim Buckland of the… View Article

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on June 19, 2013 in World News

Labour politician: I’ve fathered a love-child with my ALIEN mistress

A LABOUR politician has revealed his marriage is on  the ropes – because he’s  cheating on his wife with an ALIEN. Simon Parkes, who sits on Whitby Town Council, claims he meets his  extra-terrestrial lover four times a year for sex sessions on a spaceship  that’s orbiting the Earth. The 53-year-old driving instructor even alleges he has fathered a love-child  called Zarka with his mistresses – who he calls the Cat Queen. Whitby … Councillor Parkes claims aliens visit him at his  home in North Yorkshire   Simon, a married father-of-three (human kids) from North Yorkshire, described  his encounters with… View Article

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on June 18, 2013 in World News

NSA spying flap extends to contents of U.S. phone calls

The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls, a participant said. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed on Thursday that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed “simply based on an analyst deciding that.” If the NSA wants “to listen to the phone,” an analyst’s decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned. “I was rather startled,” said Nadler, an attorney and congressman… View Article

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on June 18, 2013 in World News

Supreme Court Rules That Pre-Miranda Silence Can Be Used Against Defendant To Prove Guilt

In a major loss for individual rights vis-a-vis the police, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that prosecutors could use a person’s silence against them in court if it comes before he’s told of his right to remain silent. The prosecutors used the silence of Genovevo Salinas to convict him of a 1992 murder. Because this was a non-custodial interview, the Court ruled that the prosecutors could use his silence even though citizens are allowed to refuse to speak with police. It is of little surprise that the pro-police powers decision was written by Samuel Alito who consistently rules in favor… View Article

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on June 18, 2013 in World News

Neighbors organize ‘Glock Block’ after increase in crime

Frustrated by an increase in petty crime,  residents of an Oregon neighborhood have decided to arm themselves instead of  calling the police. Residents of a Jennings Lodge neighborhood in  Clackamas county, Ore., have put up fliers advertising their new policy, calling  themselves the ‘Glock Block’, according to KOIN News.  ‘This is a Glock Block,’ the fliers read. ‘We  don’t call 911.’ Fed-up: Residents of a Clackamas County, Ore.,  neighborhood have started posting fliers telling criminals they are a ‘glock  block’ and that they don’t rely on police for protection. Along with some of her neighbors, Coy Toloman  has put up… View Article

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on June 18, 2013 in World News

The Scary Prospect of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

If elections were held today, the Grits would likely romp to victory, according to a recent poll. We would then be faced with the scary prospect of drama teacher Justin Trudeau hamming it up in the role of the next Prime Minister of Canada. Only reflected glory has brought him to office. Becoming leader of the Liberal Party has done nothing to stop him from committing gaffes. For example, he attributed terrorist activity to “root causes.” That surely pleased a lot of disenchanted Islamist radicals who must have seen him as a “useful idiot” who bought into their manufactured complaints… View Article

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on June 18, 2013 in World News

Trudeau to compensate charities that paid him to help raise money

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau is promising to compensate all groups that paid him hefty speaking fees to participate in fundraising events since he became an MP. The Liberal leader said Sunday he’ll either give back the fees or find some other way to “make it right.” He could, for instance, give charitable groups donations equivalent to the fees charged or agree to appear at future fundraisers for them – for free this time. “I’m willing to pay all of the money back, if that’s what it comes to,” Trudeau told CTV’s Question Period. “But I am going to fix this.”… View Article

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