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20-year-old Texan with Down syndrome becomes youngest business owner in town with shaved ice start-upSnow yeah! May 7 marks the official opening of Blake's Snow Shack, in Sanger, Texas, making founder Blake Pyron the youngest business owner in town at the age of 20. Despite being born with Down syndrome, Pyron continues to rack up accomplishments, from being named prom king to acting as the captain of his football team, thanks in part to parents who refused to have their son denied any opportunities. "When you're handed a child with special needs, society doesn't tell you to expect a lot,"...

It is 260 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes, 46 seconds until the pusillanimous unctuous disgusting venal Marxism-loving crazed arrogant sanctimonious Christophobic nefarious lying imperious preening maniacal Godless opportunistic insincere petty heinous autocratic perverse Imperialist bragging sacrilegious vengeful tricky oily pathetic artificial querulous haughty glib self-centered constantly-golfing despicable Che-idolizing demonic cocky nihilistic destructive Islamic ruthless tragedy-celebrating malevolent miscreant caucasian-hating nasty loathsome homosexual Allah-worshiping failing criminal-coddling patronizing oligarchist disasterous conspiracy-creating smug anti-American immodest freakish sissified thin-skinned toxic oppressive Internet-killing sociopathic hateful racist Mohammad-loving traitorous evil supercilious angry incompetent treasonous Supreme-Court-destroying threatening middle-finger-waving heartless breacher-of-trust socialist petulant conceited deviant violence-provoking Constitution-ignoring malignant provocational...

As a follow-up to JLH’s translation from Stern, here’s a video showing part of the proceedings at the recent AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) convention in Stuttgart. Many thanks to Egri Nök for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling: 00:00 Mr. Tillschneider, please present your proposal. 00:04 The draft of the executive board contains the idea that we should inject Islam with some kind of enlightenment. 00:12 I have stressed only the passages with those ideas. 00:16 Why? I find the notion of injecting Islam with some kind of enlightenment ridiculous. 00:22 We are witnessing...

A study of labrador DNA revealed more than a fifth of the dogs carry a genetic variation which could predispose them to food-seeking and weight gain. Labrador dogs are well known for being fond of their food, but new research suggests their greedy nature could be down to genetic mutation. Labrador retrievers are top dog in the UK, with 32,507 animals newly registered with the Kennel Club in 2015 alone. But the breed is well known for its tendency to develop a portly form, a concern given the variety of health problems - from diabetes to heart disease - linked...

Welcome to the Trump VP Game Rules: 1) Pick ONE name and one name ONLY 2) Only the first post for any given speculative VP counts - if someone else posted it first you'll need to think of a different name 3) Whoever picks the correct name wins!* *prize is valuable and coveted bragging rights

A shocking new report indicates scientists have found a way for human embryos to live outside the womb for 14 days, which is a record, so they can be experimented on for a longer period of time. Leading pro-life advocates are outraged that scientists would specifically create unique human beings to purposefully experiment on and later destroy just for research. They are worried scientists will continue creating more unborn human people who will be subjected to research for a longer duration of their embryonic life. In a piece made public today, commentators Insoo Hyun, Amy Wilkerson, and Josephine Johnston encourage...

Last week, Live Action News reported on an illegally operating, unlicensed abortion facility in Maryland. This week brings news of another Maryland abortion facility, run by abortionist Earl McLeod, which has been operating without a license and appears to have violated HIPAA laws by improperly disposing of patient records. According to Operation Rescue, a pro-lifer discovered papers blowing down the sidewalk from one of the Hillcrest Clinic’s dumpsters in Baltimore. Upon closer inspection, the woman saw that on the documents were patients’ “names, addresses, and even a copy of a woman’s photo identification card – all blowing down the sidewalk...

Don't expect Oscar De La Hoya to be supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign any time soon. The former boxing champion is making some serious claims and taking a shot at Trump's golfing integrity, saying he cheated on his own golf course. "It shows something about his character," De La Hoya told The Associated Press. "Golf is a gentleman's sport. You don't lie about your score, you don't lie about moving your ball. It goes to show what we're dealing with."

Steve Schmidt Blames Mark Levin For 'The Demise Of The Conservative Movement'

Apple’s new campus is scheduled to be completed in 2017 Apple project rendering Apple Inc.’s new spaceship-like headquarters in Cupertino, California is starting to come together, according to the latest drone footage taken from the construction site. Drone photographer Duncan Sinfield shot Apple’s AAPL, +0.22% Campus 2 this week and posted the footage to YouTube. The footage shows the finishing touches on the fitness center, nearly-finished parking structures and progress under way at Apple’s new R&D facility. Apple project rendering The glass-panel facade on the main building is about half installed, while the carbon-fiber roof is being prepped for solar...

I didn't have time to cook much in recent days, but did have time to peruse the web now and then; and I found a couple of fancy cakes that provide a lot of visual 'bang' but don't look too difficult to make. Either might be very nice for Mother's Day. I've always been attracted to the fondant- and marzipan-covered cakes, but never attempted one. This one from 'Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking' looks very easy, and the technique for the rose decoration is ingenious (there's a video, and all the recipes are linked in the blog post): http://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/painted-cake/Another beautiful, somewhat...

All or part of the 3rd hour of Michael Savage's show was a word-for-word repeat of the beginning of his first hour. Did something happen to him or his ability to broadcast live that caused this. I haven't been able to find anything about it online.

Janet Jackson is pregnant, according to a new report. The singer, who will turn 50 on May 16, is said to be expecting her first child with Qatari billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana, Entertainment Tonight reported Wednesday. Early last month, Jackson postponed her “Unbreakable” tour, citing “doctor’s orders.” “We’re in the second leg of the tour, and there actually has been a sudden change … My husband and I are planning our family, so I’m going to have to delay the tour,” she said in a video clip. “Please, if you can, try to understand that it’s important that I...

A specialist in painkiller addiction hurriedly made plans to see Prince hours before the music legend was found unconscious, a lawyer said Wednesday, offering possible new clues on the singer's sudden death. Prince's representatives had contacted California-based Howard Kornfeld, who treats people with addictions to opioids, on April 20 and the doctor planned to fly two days later to the pop star's compound in Minnesota, said Kornfeld's attorney William Mauzy. "Dr Kornfeld felt that his mission was a life-saving mission. He certainly felt it to be urgent," Mauzy told reporters in Minneapolis. But Prince died on April 21 just as...

Bing is now projecting that Trump will win the remaining states in which he has primaries by garnering at least 70% of the popular vote. The only exception is Oregon where he is projected to get 65% of the vote. Up until yesterday Trump was projected to lose Nebraska but now he is projected to get 75% of the popular vote.

Bernie Sanders supporters need to fix bayonets ASAP. Now that candidate Donald Trump has essentially locked up the GOP nomination, it is guaranteed the professionally democrat are about to unleash the Clinton hate machine upon him.The supporters within the movement represented by Bernie Sanders need to steel themselves because it’s about to go thermonuclear. We can always tell when the machine is about to go into overdrive because they clear the geography of anyone who would report on their collective scheme. Professional Democrats run silent and run deep before they launch the ICBM. That approach is why they took down...

Son’s bid to marry was rejectedA Saudi father who accompanied his son for a planned marriage, himself married after the son’s plan bogged down, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The father went with his son to the would-be bride’s home but the girl’s mother rejected the proposal on the grounds she wants her elder daughter to marry first. “The son was mad and stormed out of that house. His father stayed behind and asked to marry the elder daughter. Her mother quickly agreed,” Sada newspaper said in a report from the Southern Saudi province of Jazan.

The Female of the Species WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. When Nag the basking cobra hears the careless foot of man, He will sometimes wriggle sideways and avoid it if he can. But his mate makes no such motion where she camps beside the trail. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. When the early Jesuit...

PASCO, Wash. – As a precaution, CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, Washington is expanding its voluntary recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables. We are performing this voluntary recall in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) because these products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal...

Marine researchers have discovered a strange alien-like creature while exploring the underwater world found in the deepest ocean trench on Earth. A team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spotted the hydromedusa jellyfish during an expedition to the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. The sea creature was captured on film after it swam close to the surface of the ocean near the agency's research ship, the "Okeanos Explorer." Based on the team's observations, this new jellyfish species shares similar features with those of Crossota genus, which are known to spend the majority of their existence gliding...