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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Stunning backstory inside HSBC scandal

Stunning backstory inside HSBC scandal Big-money bankers tried to shut news site down to stop it The rest of the media are finally catching up to what WND has been reporting for years. The New York Times, Associated Press and others are in a sudden flurry over a report that implicates banking giant HSBC in laundering billions of dollars for celebrities, criminals and drug lords – and suggests Obama Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch may have struck a sweetheart deal with the banking giant that Rolling Stone now calls “preposterous even by Eric Holder’s standards.” Documents leaked by a whistleblower… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Judge authorizes ‘personal ruin’ for Christian florist

Judge authorizes ‘personal ruin’ for Christian florist Says state, same-sex couple can demand home, savings as damages A judge in Washington state on Wednesday authorized the “personal ruin” of a florist whose Christian faith prevented her from promoting a same-sex wedding and who was sued by both the state and the homosexual couple. The Alliance Defending Freedom confirmed that Benton County Superior Court Judge Alex Ekstrom granted a summary judgment in the case against Barronelle Stutzman, meaning the case will not proceed to trial. A trial had been scheduled for March 23. It was Ekstrom who said last month that… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Lawmakers propose guns as solution for sexual assault in college

Lawmakers propose guns as solution for sexual assault in college Taking a page from the National Rifle Association and tapping into the national spotlight on sexual assault on college campuses, lawmakers from Florida to Nevada are introducing legislation to permit the carrying of firearms at universities. Eleven states are considering such proposals, the New York Times reported. The carrying of concealed firearms on college campuses is banned in 41 states by law or by university policy, but some state lawmakers are looking at the failure of several colleges to handle recent scandals over sexual assault and hoping they will help… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

GOP DOUBLE-CROSSING TRAITORS

GOP DOUBLE-CROSSING TRAITORS Now that a federal judge has held Obama’s illegal executive amnesty unconstitutional, perhaps U.S. senators will remember that they swore to uphold the Constitution, too. Back when they needed our votes before the last election, Republicans were hairy-chested warriors, vowing to block Obama’s unconstitutional “executive amnesty” — if only voters gave them a Senate majority. The resulting Republican landslide suggested some opposition to amnesty. Heading into the election, college professor Dave Brat took out the sitting House majority leader and amnesty supporter Eric Cantor in a primary, despite being outspent 40-1. It was the greatest upset in… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’ Billionaire investor and ABC “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban unloaded on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to fundamentally change how it oversees the open Internet. “That will fuck everything up,” said the voluble Cuban in remarks Wednesday at the Code/Media conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif. In early February, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed tough new rules for Internet lines that would prohibit wired and wireless broadband providers from collecting payment to cut to the front of the line, or blocking and throttling lawful content and services. Cuban said… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Why Can’t the Public See Obama’s Proposed Internet Regulations?

Why Can’t the Public See Obama’s Proposed Internet Regulations? Republican senators Mike Lee, Ben Sasse, and Rand Paul have all been high profile opponents of the Obama administrations current plan to regulate the internet — in particular, Lee has called the regulation a government “takeover” of the internet and says it amounts to a “a massive tax increase on the middle class, being passed in the dead of night without the American public really being made aware of what is going on.” And when Lee says that the American public isn’t aware of what’s going on, that is in no… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit

Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit They’re burning and beheading victims in the name of Islam, but President Obama delivered a major speech Wednesday on combating violent extremism — while refusing to use the words “Muslim terrorists.” “No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism,” Obama told a crowd that included Muslim community leaders at the White House. Following months of unrelenting atrocities by ISIS killers who released videos of themselves beheading US journalists and, most recently, 21 Coptic Christians, and burning a man alive, the president kowtowed to the audience by… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

U.S. Muslims Are ‘Above Law Of Land’

McCaul Meets With Islamic Leader Who Says U.S. Muslims Are ‘Above Law Of Land’ As President Barack Obama comes under intense scrutiny for his meetings with Muslim Brotherhood officials, it turns out a top Republican in Congress has had similar interactions with Muslim leaders who have made questionable statements. House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) was photographed with—and wrote a personal note in silver sharpie to—an Islamic leader who said practicing Muslims in the United States are “above the law of the land.” On May 13, 2013, McCaul held an open house at a district office in… View Article

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

WH Doubles Down on Obama’s Christians ‘Terrible Deeds’ Comments

WH Doubles Down on Obama’s Christians ‘Terrible Deeds’ Comments Tuesday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest doubled down on President Barack Obama’s comments last week at the National Prayer Breakfast, when he said, “Unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember during Crusades and Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country slavery and Jim Crow was all to often justified in the name of Christ.” When Fox News’ chief White House correspondent Ed Henry asked if President Obama, “Is...

WH Doubles Down on Obama’s Christians ‘Terrible Deeds’ Comments Tuesday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest doubled down on President Barack Obama’s comments last week at the National Prayer Breakfast, when he said, “Unless we...

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on February 19, 2015 in World News

Ethics Questions Loom Over Newly Sworn In Oregon Gov as Well

Ethics Questions Loom Over Newly Sworn In Oregon Gov as Well New Oregon Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat who helped oust her predecessor, John Kitzhaber (D), ostensibly because of ethics concerns, has ethics problems as well. Brown, the first openly bisexual governor in the nation, is known for her ruthless pursuit of power. According to the Washington Post, “As the top fundraiser for Senate Democrats, she enjoyed close relationships with powerful labor unions who helped her party take back the majority. But she angered some of her fellow members by whipping votes in favor of cuts to the public employee… View Article

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