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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Alberta election upends lobbying industry, will lead to ‘buying season’: consultants

Alberta election upends lobbying industry, will lead to ‘buying season’: consultants By MARK BURGESS | Robin Sears and Brad Lavigne are spending an unusual amount of time in Alberta these days. Two of the handful of New Democrats in Ottawa’s lobbying business have found their services to be in high demand out West since Rachel Notley’s NDP won a surprise majority government in Alberta on May 5. While businesses can disagree on how much hand-wringing the NDP government should inspire, and how much of a threat it poses to Alberta’s oil patch and broader economy, the surprise majority government win… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Dem Rep Wins ‘Top Gun’ In Shooting Competition, Calls For More Gun Control

  Dem Rep Wins ‘Top Gun’ In Shooting Competition, Calls For More Gun Control Representative Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) (D-CA-5th Dist) won “Top Gun” at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation annual shooting competition this past week then commented on his hopes for the passage of more gun control. Thompson stood with Gabby Giffords on March 4 and reintroduced Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) failed expanded background check legislation. It has gone nowhere fast since that time. The Congressional Sportmen’s Foundation annual shooting competition lets members of Congress “shoot rounds of trap, skeet and sporting clays.” It was held May 12 at Glenn… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Outspoken Texas Veteran Harassed by PAC with Clinton Ties

Outspoken Texas Veteran Harassed by PAC with Clinton Ties MCALLEN, Texas — A decorated war veteran known locally in this border city for his strong views about politics has become the target of harassment by a Political Action Committee (PAC) with ties to the Clinton’s. The harassment came after George Rice, a U.S. Army Veteran with the prestigious 10th Mountain Division, took to social media to expose the Border Health PAC. The organization has been politically active in an effort to promote the creation of a hospital taxing district in the Rio Grande Valley. Earlier this week, Rice took a… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Twin Peaks: Everything the PC Left Hates

Twin Peaks: Everything the PC Left Hates In the Obama era of angry political correctness, the Twin Peaks restaurant chain is a perfect media target. The corporate headquarters of Twin Peaks chain of restaurants is in the Dallas suburb of Addison. On Sunday, a the parking lot of a franchised location in Waco became the bloody scene of biker gang warfare and police were quick to blame the restaurant. As The Daily Beast reported in an article titled Cops Rip Hooters Knockoff Twin Peaks After Waco Biker Gang Shootout Cops were already monitoring Twin Peaks, which was reportedly hosting a… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Concealed Permit Holder Frees Woman Held Hostage for 20 Hours

Concealed Permit Holder Frees Woman Held Hostage for 20 Hours On May 15, concealed carry permit holder Henry Oppenheim saw his female neighbor being beaten and intervened by drawing his gun and holding the attacker at bay until police arrived. What Oppenheim did not know at the time was that his neighbor had been held hostage “for more than 20 hours” and was only outside where she could be seen because she was trying to escape. The incident occurred in Altoona, Pennsylvania. According to WTAJ News, Henry Yancey held his ex-girlfriend hostage for over 20 hours prior to the attempted… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

George Stephanopoulos’ Twitter Explodes with Calls for Resignation

George Stephanopoulos’ Twitter Explodes with Calls for Resignation People ticked off with George Stephanopoulos took to Twitter this week to demand his resignation. With each tweet, there were many responses about his donations to the Clinton Foundation. Here are a few of the best. http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/05/17/george-stephanopoulos-twitter-explodes-with-calls-for-resignation/

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Billionaire Oil CEO Demands Scientists Terminated After Oklahoma Quake Study

Submitted by Tyler Durden Billionaire Oil CEO Demands Scientists Terminated After Oklahoma Quake Study The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers fired. In one of the most transparently oligarchic tactics we have seen yet during this ‘recovery’, oil tycoon Harold Hamm demanded certain scientists be dismissed following their findings that fracking wastewater disposal was the cause of the spike in Oklahoma earthquakes. Despite his protestations recently that “I don’t try to push anyone around,” as the following email obtained by Bloomberg, exposes, “Mr. Hamm is very upset at… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

How Photographing Pollution Became Illegal In Wyoming

How Photographing Pollution Became Illegal In Wyoming By Claire Bernish Taking scenic pictures anywhere outside city limits in the state of Wyoming could now get you thrown in jail. Signed into law in March, the Data Trespass Bill enhances laws against trespassing, but the intent of the bill seems to be clear — protecting polluters from prosecution by criminalizing the collecting of evidence against them. No, it’s not exactly as simple as just snapping a photo, but if you want to “collect resource data” without express consent to do so and you intend to pass it on to a government… View Article

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