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on September 24, 2015 in World News

Washington State Is Providing Birth Control To 10-Year-Olds Without Parental Consent

Washington State Is Providing Birth Control To 10-Year-Olds Without Parental Consent by Andrew Mark Miller A disturbing new report out of Washington State reveals that government overreach truly has no limits and has begun intruding into the critical relationship between parent and child. From Weasel Zippers via Judicial Watch: Children as young as 10 years old are receiving taxpayer-funded birth control in Washington State, according to public records obtained by Judicial Watch from the agency that provides medical coverage for the poor. JW filed a public records request with the Washington Health Care Authority after reading a disturbing article in… View Article

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on September 24, 2015 in World News

‘Clock-boy’s’ sister was suspended for ‘bomb’ threat

‘Clock-boy’s’ sister was suspended for ‘bomb’ threat Muslim girl accused of wanting to blow up school by Douglas Ernst The 17-year-old sister of Muslim “clock boy” Ahmed Mohamed says she too was suspended from school due to a “bomb”-related accusation. Eyman Mohamed told the Daily Beast during a day-long interview with the family Sept. 17 about an incident where she was accused of wanting to blow up her school. “I got suspended from school for three days from this stupid same district, from this girl saying I wanted to blow up the school, something I had nothing to do with,”… View Article

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on September 24, 2015 in World News

‘American government is dysfunctional:’ John McAfee explains vision for tech-savvy leadership

‘American government is dysfunctional:’ John McAfee explains vision for tech-savvy leadership In a presidential race that has Washington outsiders at the forefront, computer programmer and entrepreneur John McAfee may be the most outside of all. He thinks that American leadership is ill-equipped to deal with the cyber threats facing the country. “What’s needed more than anything else is competent leadership in the area of technology. Our Congressmen and Senators and President can barely spell the word cyberscience,” McAfee told RT. McAfee is definitely not a politician. He is a computer scientist and businessman who started the company that produced the… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

New DHS Program Pairs Illegal Immigrants with Social Workers

New DHS Program Pairs Illegal Immigrants with Social Workers by Caroline May The Obama administration is launching a new pilot program to provide illegal immigrant families released into the U.S. with social workers who will help them access housing, education, medical services and legal assistance. “The [Family Case Management Program] will pilot a new alternative to detention initiative that uses case managers to ensure participants comply with immigration obligations while providing access to holistic community based services tailored to the individual families’ needs,” Customs and Immigration Services explained in a notification to stakeholders late last week. ICE expects the pilot… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Mulcair calls for tolerance, calm on niqab controversy

Mulcair calls for tolerance, calm on niqab controversy By The Canadian Press NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is urging tolerance and a calmer discussion about face coverings when applying for Canadian citizenship. In a speech Wednesday, he said he backs a requirement that women show their faces at some point in the citizenship process — but not at the citizenship ceremony, as the Conservatives would hope. “I understand that many view the niqab as a symbol of the oppression of women. And on that, let me be clear: no one has the right to tell a woman what she must — or must not — wear,” Mulcair… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Trump says he won’t appear on Fox News

Trump says he won’t appear on Fox News By Nick Gass Citing unfair treatment, Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is not going to appear on any Fox News shows “for the forseeable future.” “.@FoxNews has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won’t be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” Trump tweeted. The Republican presidential candidate has devoted Monday and Tuesday nights this week to blasting the network’s coverage of him on Twitter, tweeting and retweeting criticism. “I am having a really hard time watching Fox News,” he wrote Monday night…. View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State

The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State By John W. Whitehead “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk: culture-death is a clear possibility.”—Author Neil Postman Caught up in the spectacle of the forthcoming 2016 presidential elections, Americans (never very good when it comes to long-term memory) have not only largely forgotten… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

CBC tries to hide its happy face as Liberals and NDP vow to pump up funding for public broadcaster

CBC tries to hide its happy face as Liberals and NDP vow to pump up funding for public broadcaster National Post, Tristin Hopper The Moment. In this daily feature until Election Day, the National Post captures a telling moment in time from the 2015 campaign trail. With his ex-broadcaster wife at his side, Justin Trudeau adopted his best “looking into the future” expression and pledged a king’s ransom to Schitt’s Creek and Definitely Not the Opera. “A new Liberal government will invest $150 million in new annual funding for the CBC,” said the Liberal leader as the Montreal crowd around… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Alberta Premier sides with Hillary Clinton on her opposition to the Keystone XL pipleline

Alberta Premier sides with Hillary Clinton on her opposition to the Keystone XL pipleline The Canadian Press & National Post Alberta Premier Rachel Notley agrees with Hillary Clinton’s stance against the Keystone XL pipeline, but was surprised Hillary Clinton came out against the project. Speaking at a town hall-style meeting in Iowa on Tuesday, Clinton made the long-awaited announcement on whether or not she would support the pipeline, which would carry Alberta oil to Texas refineries. “I oppose it because I don’t think it’s in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change,” Clinton said…. View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Yogi Berra’s most famous quotes: The wit and wisdom of the late Yankees legend

Yogi Berra’s most famous quotes: The wit and wisdom of the late Yankees legend BY Daniel O’leary At a charity event at a Staten Island golf course years ago, a reporter engaged Yogi Berra in a conversation about his Yankees, who had just lost a mid-summer series to the then-cellar-dwelling Kansas City Royals. He was trying to note how the Yankees were able to beat teams with good records but didn’t fare well against others with poor records. And then it happened: “The lousy teams are good this year,” Berra said in a true Yogi-ism. RELATED: YANKEES LEGEND YOGI BERRA… View Article

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