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on March 7, 2015 in World News

Couple Denied Foster Kids Because They Carry Guns for Self-Defense

Couple Denied Foster Kids Because They Carry Guns for Self-Defense Brian and Valerie Wilson of Nevada want to take in foster kids and start a family but are being prohibited from doing so because they carry guns for self-defense. On March 5, they testified in front of the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of a bill that would change state law and allow them to foster—and eventually adopt—but they face strong opposition from the state Division of Child and Family Services deputy administrator Jill Marano. According to Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Wilsons testified in favor of Assembly Bill 167, which… View Article

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on March 6, 2015 in World News

U. California students remove offensive American flag from ‘inclusive’ space

U. California students remove offensive American flag from ‘inclusive’ space The Associated Students of University of California, Irvine voted to ban hanging flags in its main lobby. The flag banning legislation passed with six yea votes, four nay, and two abstentions. The Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) voted Tuesday to remove all flags, including American flags, from an inclusive space on campus because of their offensive nature. The bill, R50-70, was authored by Social Ecology Representative Matthew Guevara, and accuses all flags, especially, the American flag, of being “symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism.” “[F]lags construct… View Article

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on March 6, 2015 in World News

Will Obama leave office in 2017?

Will Obama leave office in 2017? Exclusive: Joseph Farah examines many examples of Obama’s ‘contempt of the law’ Question: Why are Americans so certain there will be a presidential election in 2016 and that Barack Obama will leave office in January 2017? Answer: Because it’s the law and because it’s American tradition. However, we currently have a man in the White House who respects neither the law nor the American tradition of peaceful changes of power. With regard to his contempt of the law, here are just a few examples: He abused his executive authority for the purpose of effectively… View Article

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on March 6, 2015 in World News

Dems rally around Boehner to thwart GOP coup

Dems rally around Boehner to thwart GOP coup ‘Some of these characters came here thinking they’re going to change the world’ Democrats are vowing to rally around House Speaker John Boehner and protect him from any storm of tea party-type challenge that could come due to his perceived cavings to President Obama, the latest of which involved a clean Homeland Security funding bill being brought to the floor. Staunch Republicans wanted to use that bill as a means of pressing the president to stop his executive actions on amnesty. Passing it effectively put a halt to any immigration challenge, and… View Article

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on March 5, 2015 in World News

CA Handgun Sales Skyrocket, Gun-Related Homicides Plummet

CA Handgun Sales Skyrocket, Gun-Related Homicides Plummet Handgun sales in California broke a 21-year-old record in 2014, and at the same time, firearm-related murders fell to their lowest rate in over 20 years. Moreover, accidental gun deaths decreased as well. According to The Sacramento Bee, a record-breaking 510,000 handguns were sold in the state of California in 2014, easily breaking the previous record of 433,000 handguns sold in 1993. The rise in handgun sales reflects a national surge that was the result of “calls for more gun control in response to several mass shootings.” The correlation between more guns and… View Article

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on March 5, 2015 in World News

Labour’s Biggest Migration Surge in History ‘Part Incompetence, Part Conspiracy’

Labour’s Biggest Migration Surge in History ‘Part Incompetence, Part Conspiracy’ England Labour caused net migration to the UK to quadruple during their years in power, boosting the United Kingdom’s population by a remarkable 3.6 million people, claims a new report which has hinted the policy was part sheer incompetence and part conspiracy to derive electoral advantage. The population growth derived from immigration was so significant, it was the equivalent of England spontaneously spawning five new cities with the combined size of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Bradford, reports The Times. The report by think tank Migration Watch challenges the conventional… View Article

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on March 4, 2015 in World News

De Blasio Announces Addition Of Muslim Holidays To NYC Public Schools Calendar

De Blasio Announces Addition Of Muslim Holidays To NYC Public Schools Calendar New York City public schools have added two Muslim holidays to the school calendar, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina announced Wednesday. Schools will now close for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, making New York City the largest school district in the nation to recognize the two holidays on the official school calendar. “We are committed to having a school calendar that reflects and honors the extraordinary diversity of our students,” said Farina. De Blasio said the change means that Muslim families won’t be forced… View Article

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on March 4, 2015 in World News

Government Can’t Fire Employees Who Spend Six Hours a Day Watching Porn

Government Can’t Fire Employees Who Spend Six Hours a Day Watching Porn The red tape involved in firing federal employees is so bad that the government hasn’t even been able to fire employees who were caught watching up to six hours a day of porn at work. A recent report from CBS News finds that government employee unions and civil service rules make it almost impossible to fire employees, and it’s costing the taxpayer big bucks. In one instance, CBS found an employee who had 7,000 pornographic files on his office computer and was tracked sometimes spending up to six… View Article

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