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on March 19, 2015 in World News

Facebook blocks ‘I Am A Christian’ film ad

Facebook blocks ‘I Am A Christian’ film ad ‘Shocked’ producers accuse social-media site of censorship Facebook has been accused of censoring a fundraising ad for a Christian movie starring “Clueless” actress Stacey Dash and “Hercules” and “God’s Not Dead” star Kevin Sorbo. The movie, “I Am A Christian,” tells the story of Meriam Ibrahim, a woman who was arrested in Sudan for converting to Christianity. Producers are trying to raise $500,000 to help with the costs of making the independent film. “What Hollywood Believes: An Intimate Look at the Faith of the Famous” shares the spiritual beliefs of over 120… View Article

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on March 19, 2015 in World News

Arabic version of Pledge of Allegiance at Pine Bush High School ignites furor

Arabic version of Pledge of Allegiance at Pine Bush High School ignites furor What began as an effort to celebrate national Foreign Language Week at Pine Bush High School has imploded into a raging controversy that has divided the school into angry factions. PINE BUSH – An effort to celebrate national Foreign Language Week by reading the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic Wednesday has polarized Pine Bush High School into angry factions. The morning’s regularly scheduled announcements included the Arabic reading of the pledge. According to students, the announcement was greeted by catcalls and angry denunciations in classrooms throughout the… View Article

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on March 18, 2015 in World News

Teacher gets long prison for sex with teen

Teacher gets long prison for sex with teen ‘Poor you. You did something you shouldn’t have done’ While some teachers get little or even no jail time for having sex with their students, a Michigan teacher will be spending a long time behind bars. Kathryn Ronk, 30, of Birmingham, Michigan, was sentenced Tuesday to 6 to 15 years in prison for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy while she was a Spanish teacher at Bishop Foley Catholic High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. According to the Detroit News, Ronk could have received up to life in prison under the… View Article

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on March 18, 2015 in World News

Trump takes first steps towards 2016 presidential run

Trump takes first steps towards 2016 presidential run Donald Trump has announced he plans to form an exploratory committee for a potential 2016 presidential campaign. The business magnate and reality-television star is adding political advisers to his staff in key primary and caucus states. “I am the only one who can make America truly great again,” Trump said in his Wednesday announcement. Forming the exploratory committee allows the potential Republican candidate to begin fundraising for his White House bid, but is one step shy of a formal campaign launch. “I have a great love for our country, but it is… View Article

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on March 18, 2015 in World News

Gun Control Groups Getting Decimated by State Legislatures

Gun Control Groups Getting Decimated by State Legislatures On March 17 the Huffington Post ran a column detailing how Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and other members of the gun control lobby are getting decimated by state legislatures across the country. From pending passages of open carry and campus carry to legislation that completely repeals any need for a concealed carry permit, the gun control lobby is getting rocked. According to HuffPo, one the clearest losses for the gun control lobby is the open carry push in Texas. That fight is one which HuffPo has already written… View Article

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on March 18, 2015 in World News

Michelle Obama’s mother was worried about her daughter marrying a biracial man

Michelle Obama’s mother was worried about her daughter marrying a biracial man Long before Michelle Obama became First Lady, her mother had misgivings about her marrying a young man named Barack Obama — because he was biracial. In a Chicago TV interview that aired during Obama’s 2004 U.S. Senate campaign — and newly resurrected by Michelle Obama biographer Peter Slevin in a book due out next month — Marion Robinson confessed to being “a little bit” wary about her future son-in-law being the product of a white mom and black dad. But it could’ve been worse, according to Robinson. “That… View Article

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on March 17, 2015 in World News

Is Canada Turning into a Police State?

Is Canada Turning into a Police State? The measures under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government undermine the rights of Canada’s citizens. Back in 2006, the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, right-wing Conservative Stephen Harper warned that “You won’t recognize Canada when I’m through with it.” After nine grueling years, that’s already true in many ways. But now, Harper is going even further in his re-make of the country. Under new and pending legislation, Canada is moving rapidly towards the creation of a police state, with major curtailments of civil liberties. In recent weeks, the Harper Conservatives have introduced and/or… View Article

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on March 17, 2015 in World News

Armed Black Militants Call For Murder of Cops

Armed Black Militants Call For Murder of Cops “The only good pig is a pig that’s dead” Armed Black Panthers called for the murder of police officers during an open carry march at the South by Southwest festival on Monday. Members of the Huey P. Newton Gun Club held rifles as they chanted violent anti-cop statements while walking the streets of Austin, Texas. The group chanted several anti-police slogans including, “A pig is a pig that’s what I said, the only good pig is a pig that’s dead” and “Oink! Oink! Bang! Bang!” while heading towards the Texas Capitol. According… View Article

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on March 17, 2015 in World News

Washington Post flays Obama for ‘strange’ gun claims

Washington Post flays Obama for ‘strange’ gun claims ‘Comment appears to have no statistical basis’ President Obama’s recent gun-related claims have come under fire by factcheckers, with the Washington Post specifically giving him three-of-four “Pinocchios” for saying U.S. homicide rates exceed those of other industrial nations by a wide margin. Obama’s comment in South Carolina, last week: “What we have to recognize is, is that our homicide rates are so much higher than other industrial countries. I mean, by like a mile.” The takeaway message to the Benedict College town hall attendees was that the United States had the highest… View Article

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