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  • WATCH: Harvey 1st Responder from New York Gets His First Whataburger

    09/03/2017 1:42:33 PM PDT · by DFG · 94 replies
    breitbart ^ | 09/03/2017 | Bob Price
    HOUSTON, Texas — A New York firefighter currently working as a first responder in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey got his first taste of a Texas icon — Whataburger. His reaction tells the whole story. The fast-food restaurant chain that operates nearly 700 stores in Texas set up a food service operation for Hurricane Harvey relief workers. An unidentified New York firefighter stepped up to get his first taste of the often bragged about Texas burger. The skeptical fireman said, “Texas guys wanna tell me ‘This is a burger,’ this is the official Texas burger,” he said as he prepared...
  • Antifa Man O’ War Sails Into Houston

    09/03/2017 9:53:16 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 30 replies
    Earl of Taint ^ | 9/2/17 | Earl
    Antifa Man O’ War Sails Into Houston 5 Comments Posted by Earl of Taint on September 2, 2017 Of course they have a Navy. The proud vessel pictured below is the Flagship of their vast nautical fleet.  Apparently, our recent coverage of ongoing Nazi activity has alerted them to the the presence of their arch-enemies (ie; pretty much anyone) in Houston and they have sent a rapid attack force to, in the words of their press release: “…Defend All Communities Of Colors from the hateful, oppressive and perversely privileged ACT of rich white people playing like they’re Helping Victims Solely Out...
  • Dunkirk, American Style

    09/03/2017 5:44:25 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 7 replies
    American Greatness ^ | Chris Buskirk
    The scenes of destruction wrought on the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Harvey cannot do other than move even the stoniest heart. One aches at the sight of people who have lost everything, including loved ones. Yet amid these scenes of suffering and anguish there also shines a glimmer of hope. As I watched footage of ordinary people piloting their fishing boats down the streets of their flooded neighborhoods, plucking strangers from their upstairs bedrooms and rooftops and taking them to safety, I could not help but recall the events of September 1940. Britain was in grave peril. Hitler’s armies were...
  • Terrific video of President Trump during today's activities!

    09/02/2017 10:02:34 PM PDT · by nralife · 11 replies
    Twitter @RealDonaldTrump ^ | 9/2/2017 | White House Social Media Team
    Together, we will prevail in the GREAT state of Texas. We love you! GOD BLESS TEXAS & GOD BLESS THE USA (No need to have a Twitter account to see the video)
  • Real cost of storms falls on the poorest(Democratic Socialists of America alert)

    09/02/2017 3:01:40 PM PDT · by Ennis85 · 14 replies
    Irish Independent ^ | 2nd September 2017 | Tawny Tidwell
    Earlier this week, I was holed up on high ground in Houston, riding out what meteorologists are calling an unprecedented flooding disaster brought on by Hurricane Harvey. My place has, so far, stayed relatively dry. But I have had to step out to lend a folding ladder to a friend who drove a circuitous route to borrow it to fix his gutters and lessen the chances of water cascading into his home. Other friends are stranded on the second floors of their homes, crossing their fingers that waters don’t rise; many more are on their roofs awaiting rescue or already...
  • President Trump arrives in Houston, meets with Harvey victims

    09/02/2017 11:11:38 AM PDT · by rktman · 29 replies
    khou.com ^ | 9/2/2017 | Heidi M. Przybyla
    resident Trump said the recovery from Hurricane Harvey would be "hopefully a quick process" after arriving in Texas on Saturday to tour massive damage caused by the Gulf Coast storm in Houston. Trump and his wife, Melania, visited a relief center and mingled with victims. The Trumps are also scheduled to join members of the Texas delegation before heading to Louisiana. "There’s a lot of water, but it’s moving out. Most importantly, the governor, the relationship with the governor, the mayor and everybody, it’s been fantastic," Trump told reporters while touring the relief center. "We’re signing a lot of documents...
  • MSM pushes narrative Muslims are heroes of the Hurricane Harvey

    09/02/2017 9:17:20 AM PDT · by COBOL2Java · 16 replies
    Geller Report ^ | September 2, 2017 | Katie Jones
    If you search the internet for “Houston mosque” or even simply “Houston,” nearly every mainstream media publication has multiple articles, being updated regularly, showcasing Houston area “mosques opening their doors to hurricane Harvey victims.” In fact, even so-called fact-checking website Snopes published an article on the matter, and not as a fact-checked one, but as a promoted news story. Many of these articles are centered on the issue that mosques opened their doors to evacuees, but Christian pastor Joel Osteen did not immediately open his megachurch doors. (Osteen later alleged that the surrounding streets were not open or safe;...
  • Helping Houston the American Way

    09/02/2017 5:07:49 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | September 2, 2017 | Michael Reagan
    Houston is trying to dry itself out and recover from the historic floods of Hurricane Harvey. It will take years and unknown billions of dollars. Unlike New Orleans in 2005 after Katrina, the country's fourth largest city was as prepared as any metropolis can be for a thousand-year flood. But unlike New Orleans, Houston's city government was not horribly corrupt and incompetent. In Houston, no poorly built or badly maintained federal government levies broke open, instantly flooding whole neighborhoods with sea water up to their rooftops and killing nearly 2,000 people. In Houston, where so far about 40 have died,...
  • Could it be possible.....(Vanity)

    08/31/2017 1:52:49 PM PDT · by Dr. Zzyzx · 12 replies
    None | 8.31.17 | Dr. Zzyzx
    Could it be possible that during a major hurricane like Harvey that actually LESS people die in a city than would die on a regular day? For the most part, during a hurricane, people are inside their homes or shelters sitting still, when on other days they might be out on the freeway, playing sports, digging trenches, etc. etc. It also seems that unless there are some extreme situations, suicides and homicides would drop during such an event because people are focusing on getting to safety more than they are on their emotions or on seeking revenge. In 2012, Harris...
  • Harvey Heroes Are Individuals & Gasoline — Not Media, Leftists

    08/31/2017 1:30:13 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 10 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 31, 2017 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: Did you see where the largest refinery may be shut for two weeks down in Houston because of the recovery here from the, not really the hurricane, the flooding. You can argue that it’s a man-made disaster down there, not a weather disaster. You get in trouble if you do that. I mean, Katrina was a man-made problem. They hadn’t upkeep the levies. They were stealing the money, rather than plowing it into refurbishing the levees. And the levees gave away. And there’s some people out there saying Houston, hey, it’s a man-made problem. They should have never built...
  • Post-Harvey: Will Texas Repeat Louisiana’s 2005 Money Grab?

    08/31/2017 9:41:46 AM PDT · by EyesOfTX · 4 replies
    DB Daily Update ^ | 8.31.2017 | David Blackmon
    In the wake of Katrina in 2005, the Louisiana congressional delegation, led by then-Senators Mary Landrieu andDavid Vitter, swung for the fences, bringing forward an initial proposal for a massive $250 billion appropriation that included funding for things like $35 million in marketing funds for the state’s seafood industry, $8 million for alligator farms. This breathtaking money grab came after the George W. Bush Administration had worked with congressional leaders to push through $62 billion in Katrina-related recovery funding. In the end, congress rejected that proposal, but did end up appropriating more than $120 billion in Katrina-related recovery funding in...
  • WATCH: 'Ex-SWAT Deputy' Seen Protecting Local Houston Businesses from Looters

    08/31/2017 8:45:50 AM PDT · by doug from upland · 13 replies
    Twitter video ^ | 8-31-17
    Click on the link to see the video.
  • Pretty Damn Proud to be an American...

    08/31/2017 8:32:33 AM PDT · by Liberty7732 · 12 replies
    But as so often happens, the bigger story was not the brutal storm, but the amazing response of ordinary Americans. The stories of heroism, sacrifice, bravery and neighbors helping neighbors piling up faster than the floodwaters.
  • Stranded Dog’s Owner Feels Attacked: ‘I Jumped Into Survivor Mode’

    08/31/2017 3:15:23 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 39 replies
    CBS ^ | 30 Aug 17 | CBS reporter
    A dog owner accused of abandoning his pet found frightened and alone atop a car surrounded by rising Harvey flood waters wants him back. And rescuers have agreed to return the animal. CBS11 reporter J.D. Miles shared video of the pit bulls’ plight, which quickly went viral. People were outraged by the implication that his owners left their 3-year-old dog named “Blue” behind. But Blue’s owner Charles Rogers says rescuers are the ones to blame – not him.
  • Joel Osteen: ‘We have never closed our doors’ ('Our church is not designated as a shelter')

    08/29/2017 7:18:35 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 59 replies
    Hotair ^ | 08/29/2017 | John Sexton
    Joel Osteen is the pastor of one of the largest mega-churches in the country which happens to be located in Houston. Sunday morning the church posted a message on Facebook which said, “Dear Houstonians! Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding! We want to help make sure you are safe. Please see the list below for safe shelters around our city, and please share this with those in need!” This was followed by a list of multiple shelters in the area.That led to a flood of criticism on social media that the church was, in effect, turning people...
  • A list of those who aren’t helping with victims in Texas

    08/30/2017 5:31:46 PM PDT · by Starman417 · 65 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 08-30-17 | DrJohn
    Texas is suffering a major disaster due to Hurricane Harvey and countless people are volunteering and donating. The Cajun Navy in particular, has done wonderful work: One volunteer rescuer with the Cajun Navy, identified only by his first name, Brandon, told local ABC Houston station KTRK-TV that he came from Hammond, Louisiana, in order to assist with the rescue efforts, adding that he hopes to "give back." "Because Louisiana has always had its fair share of hurricanes and everybody has always showed up for us, so it’s time to give back," Brandon said. "The Cajun Navy, they pretty much step...
  • Wait, Joel Osteen. Something Isn’t Adding Up

    08/30/2017 12:48:52 PM PDT · by Gamecock · 65 replies
    The Root ^ | 8/30/2017
    On Sunday, as Hurricane Harvey began to crush parts of Texas, Joel Osteen, pastor of Houston megachurch Lakewood, tweeted that his church was “inaccessible due to severe flooding,” and then let his Twitter followers know that they could go to an area shelter should they need help. Followers who were near the church then took video and photos of the “severe flooding” to show that the roads and entrance to the church were actually accessible. Those on Twitter then began bashing the pastor, who quickly blocked those on social media who called him out. Lakewood church staff began posting photos...
  • ABC reporter Tom Llamas slammed as a snitch for calling police on Houston ‘looters’

    08/30/2017 10:10:12 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 32 replies
    MarketWatch ^ | August 30, 2017 | Shawn Langlois
    Tom Llamas is not the hero Houston needs right now, according to how some of his dispatches were received on Tuesday morning. The ABC News reporter, using the #BREAKING hashtag, told his followers that he saw “looting” taking place at a supermarket in the northeast part of the city, an area grappling with catastrophic floods and supply shortages. And that there was a dead body nearby. In that order. He was immediately met with a heavy dose of internet WTF:
  • Rabbit Hole Wednesday

    08/30/2017 7:26:45 AM PDT · by NOBO2012 · 5 replies
    MOTUS A.D. ^ | 8-30-17 | MOTUS
    Rabbit Hole Wednesday again…so soon? It’s beginning to feel like we live here.For starters we drop our jaws as ex-Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco criticizes Houston for their lack of an adequate evacuation plan:   “You have to have a coordinated effort so that people have confidence in Government getting them out of harm’s way, in a sensible way.” I guess in her mind the evacuation of New Orleans after Katrina went smoothly.I’ve got a plan! Everyone to the Superdome! Former Governor Kathleen Blanco says she’s curious to why Houston never developed an evacuation plan like Louisiana had in 2005.“We developed...
  • Houston police catch 14 armed robbers and looters amid flood emergency

    08/30/2017 12:20:02 AM PDT · by Bullish · 37 replies
    13 eyewitness news Houston ^ | 8-29-17 | KRTK Houston
    HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said he is not going to tolerate criminals taking advantage of people in the community during such a devastating time. NOTE: The city of Houston has announced a curfew from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. The curfew remains in effect until further notice and exempts those seeking shelter, flood relief volunteers, first responders and those going to and from work. He said his officers arrested 14 alleged looters since Sunday. Those arrested will face stiffer punishments under a Texas law providing heftier penalties during a crisis, prosecutors announced Tuesday. "People displaced...