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  • Kennedy retirement rumors shift into overdrive

    05/21/2018 4:15:26 AM PDT · by SMGFan · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 21, 2018
    .Like clockwork, Washington has whipped itself into a frenzy over rumors of a possible retirement on the Supreme Court. All eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy, 81, who reportedly considered calling it quits last spring. As the court’s current term winds to a close, speculation about his plans has again swept the capital, with court watchers searching for clues.
  • Is John Brennan making cryptic assassination threats?

    John Brennan just recently tweeted“"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, (106-43 BC)" Marcus tullius Cicero was declared an enemy of the Roman Empire and was then executed. Is John Brennan making veiled threats?
  • SJW Star Wars - Solo Writer Mocks Fans, Admits Identity Politics Agenda

    05/20/2018 8:33:07 PM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 55 replies
    Geeks and Gamers via YouTube ^ | 5/19/2018 | Jeremy - Geeks and Gamers
    SJW Star Wars - Solo Writer Mocks Fans, Admits Identity Politics Agenda
  • Never Trump Glen Beck Bends the Knee -- Dons MAGA Hat$ Predicts Trump 2020 Win

    05/20/2018 5:44:39 PM PDT · by Stepan12 · 35 replies
    You Tube ^ | May 20, 2018 | Neounrealist
    Video at you tube link above
  • Tiny, Mars-bound satellite snaps its first image of Earth and the Moon

    05/20/2018 7:13:18 PM PDT · by ETL · 19 replies
    FoxNews.com/Science ^ | May 17, 2018 | Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
    A tiny satellite on its way to Mars has opened its eyes and captured a view of home. One of NASA's two Mars Cube One (MarCO) cubesats, which launched toward the Red Planet along with the agency's InSight lander on May 5, took a photo on May 9 to help confirm that its high-gain antenna had deployed properly. The antenna is in the photo. And so are the moon and Earth, the latter of which appears as a pale blue dot, just as it did in a famous photo taken by NASA's Voyager 1 probe in 1990. ..." (snip) Despite...
  • How bad is astigmatism ?

    05/20/2018 7:07:10 PM PDT · by George from New England · 42 replies
    self
    I have pending cataract surgery in a days time. Being told to pay an extra $1000 for a toric lense to correct 1.19 astigmatism. No insurance or benefit will cover as this can be accomplished with normal glasses. I don't think I will tell the difference, because when we use $1 readers and I have done so for 20 years, there is no astigmatism correction present. My eye exams going back years show me at a 1.00 astig. level for years and years. So why bother at this level 1.19 of concern ? Any freepers please comment. Really want to...
  • President Trump's Tweet 20 May 18

    05/20/2018 6:27:27 PM PDT · by hapnHal · 17 replies
    20 May 18 | hapnHAL
    Today......... President Trump went after the Podesta brothers, Crooked Hillary and the corrupt Deep State and Mueller team. President Donald Trump: If the FBI or DOJ was infiltrating a campaign for the benefit of another campaign, that is a really big deal. Only the release or review of documents that the House Intelligence Committee (also, Senate Judiciary) is asking for can give the conclusive answers. Drain the Swamp! Things are really getting ridiculous. The Failing and Crooked (but not as Crooked as Hillary Clinton) @nytimes has done a long & boring story indicating that the World’s most expensive Witch Hunt...
  • Meghan Markle’s nephew uses Trump as excuse for trying to bring knife into club

    05/20/2018 6:26:22 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 47 replies
    NY Post ^ | May 20, 2018 | Linda Massarella
    Meghan Markle’s nephew was nabbed trying to bring a knife into a London nightclub hours after her royal wedding, according to a new report. Markle kin Tyler Dooley, 25, said he was carrying the blade because Donald Trump said the British capital city wasn’t safe, The Sun said. “I have a knife on me,” the US cannabis farmer allegedly said. He then fumbled for an explanation about why he had it. “He was going on about was how he’d brought it from America because Donald Trump had said London wasn’t safe,” according to a witness. Security staff, meanwhile, called the...
  • Guns On The Playbill? Every Major Studio Has Them This Season

    05/20/2018 6:21:33 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 7 replies
    Deadline ^ | May 20, 2018 | Michael Ciepli
    Down at the beach, every other trash can is wrapped in what suddenly seems an unnerving image, given the recent school shootings, including last week’s in Texas. There’s baby-faced Alden Ehrenreich, as Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story from Lucsfilm and Disney, aiming squarely at the viewer with an outsized handgun (and it is exactly that, whatever fantasy blast it is presumed to emit in the latest installment of the sci-fi epic). Just below, a smiling Emilia Clark, as Qi’ra, clutches a double-barreled pistol. They are flanked by Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, who totes the space equivalent of an...
  • Could Obama Admin have spied on Trump Campaign to find racism?(vanity)

    05/20/2018 4:48:43 PM PDT · by TakebackGOP · 20 replies
    I believe the Obama Administration planned to take Trump down by recording members of the Campaign or Trump making racist comments. The media denied that he was spied on at first, and now there was a plant. Why would Obama be spying on Trump, because he was concerned about Russia, yet he didn't stop the Russian hacking?
  • "The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 5/20 7-11pm est

    05/20/2018 2:47:02 PM PDT · by Vision · 12 replies
    WAMU ^ | 5/20/18 | Freak SJW Murray Horwitz
    Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana. Listen Live Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow. Official OTR Blog of "The Big Broadcast" thread: http://kallmansalley.com/
  • Democrats Reach a Tipping Point on Israel

    05/20/2018 12:16:58 PM PDT · by pabianice · 15 replies
    National Review ^ | 5/20/18 | Tobin
    While the Trump administration backed Israel’s right to defend its border with as much force as necessary, most Democrats didn’t agree. Many responded as the Obama administration would have been expected to, denouncing the supposedly “disproportionate” tactics of the Israel Defense Forces but also noting the role of the Hamas terrorist group, which rules Gaza, in fomenting the violence. Representative Joseph Kennedy III, a rising star in the party who gave the official Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this year, provided a good example of this two-faced approach when he managed to cram criticism of...
  • Glenn Beck: Campaign Promises Kept By President Trump

    05/19/2018 7:00:05 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 150 replies
    Glenn Beck Youtube Channel ^ | May 18, 2018 | Glenn Beck
    Glenn goes over some of the game changing campaign promises President Trump made and kept.
  • 1 dead, 1 injured after mountain lion attack on mountain bikers near North Bend

    05/19/2018 6:32:44 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 80 replies
    KOMO NEWS ^ | 19 Nay 2018
    A man is dead and another was taken to Harborview Medical Center on Saturday afternoon after a highly unusual fatal mountain lion attack near North Bend east of Seattle in the Cascades... The mountain lion was tracked and killed.
  • Dallas County candidate admits plan to reward his children who marry white, straight Christians

    05/19/2018 4:57:37 PM PDT · by Blue House Sue · 61 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 5/18/18 | Marwa Eltagouri
    The estranged brother of a former judge running for county commissioner contacted the Dallas Morning News earlier this week with a bold assertion: that the candidate, Vickers ‘Vic’ Cunningham, was a lifelong racist. Cunningham, a former criminal district judge, largely denied his brother’s accusations. But he confirmed to the newspaper that he had set up a living trust with a clause that would reward his children if they married a white person. “I strongly support traditional family values,” Cunningham, 55, told the Morning News. “If you marry a person of the opposite sex that’s Caucasian, that’s Christian, they will get...
  • Tim Tebow is having a great month at Double A and could be on the rise

    05/19/2018 4:48:47 PM PDT · by Conserv · 17 replies
    The Mets are plagued with injuries once again. Tebow’s next move might not be to the majors, but he could be headed to the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s. If the Mets promote Matt den Dekker to the majors, Tebow could fill the open spot on the 51s.
  • Magnum PI Reboot - Magnum is HISPANIC, Higgins is a mouthy WOMAN

    05/19/2018 2:47:55 PM PDT · by gaijin · 131 replies
    YouTube clip ^ | May 19th, 2018 | me
    The new Magnum being a minority..? I sorta expected that. But then Higgins turned out a sassy, hot blonde British female. And then "Higgins" started roundhouse kicking KGB contractors in the jaw, knocking them out. And giving "Magnum" a whole lot of lip. And that's when I got very scared and angry.
  • Pregnant woman and service dog punched in airplane scuffle in Orlando

    05/19/2018 12:57:51 PM PDT · by upchuck · 109 replies
    Orlando Sentinel ^ | May 18, 2018 | Bianca Padró Ocasio
    59-year-old man punched a deaf pregnant woman and her service dog inside a Frontier jet upon landing in Orlando on Friday, Orlando Police said. According to a police report, Timothy Manley was travelling from Colorado Springs, Colo., along with his wife Petrini Manley, 56, and Joshua Manley, 27, all from Gainesville. Petrini Manley complained of being allergic to dogs as the plane descended and was being taxied to the gate at the Orlando International Airport. The service animal, a Great Dane, woke up and Timothy Manley told police the dog “took up more space than [he] felt it deserved.” Timothy...
  • Sex offender charged after posting Craigslist ad for personal assistant (BARF)

    05/19/2018 11:34:02 AM PDT · by Morgana · 20 replies
    CBS ^ | May 19, 2018 | WROC
    MT. MORRIS, NY (WROC) - A sex offender, who served time for the sexual assault of a 5-year-old, has been charged with a parole violation in Livingston County. Mount Morris police tell News 8 that Terri Havens was investigated after posting an advertisement on Craigslist looking for a personal aide. A person who responded to the ad made a report to the sheriff's office, officials said. During a search, police say investigators learned Havens had used a phone to access the internet — a violation of parole terms.
  • California's jungle primary isn't working. We need election reform 2.0

    05/19/2018 11:23:11 AM PDT · by Conserv · 16 replies
    Is the latimes getting worried that a Republican or 2 might win in Calfornia?