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  • CBS says shows are 'more diverse' despite criticism

    05/18/2016 8:22:34 AM PDT · by AngelesCrestHighway · 45 replies
    Entertainment ^ | 05/18/16 | James Hibberd
    When CBS ordered six new shows last week, fans on Twitter pointed out the one thing they all had in common: The top-billed actor in each was white and male. Soon observers began to accuse the broadcaster of not doing enough to cast women and actors of color at a time when the rest of the industry was making strides in that direction. On Wednesday, CBS unveiled its fall schedule to reporters and network executives were asked about the network’s “male-centered” lineup. “We are the network that has Madam Secretary and Two Broke Girls and Mom – we have lots...
  • Minnesota woman found a charred bracelet dedicated to fallen soldier in her strawberry patch (TR)

    05/18/2016 8:11:09 AM PDT · by dware · 8 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 05.18.2016 | Valerie Edwards
    Full title: Incredible story of how Minnesota woman found a charred bracelet dedicated to fallen soldier in her strawberry patch and tracked down his mother with a tear-jerking letter A Minnesota woman, who discovered a charred bracelet dedicated to a fallen Texas soldier in her strawberry patch, tracked down his parents and mailed it along with a tear-jerking letter. Barbara Rozier received an unexpected piece of her late son, First Lt Jonathan Rozier, who was killed in 2003 while serving in Iraq, according to ABC 13. The commemorative bracelet arrived in the mail along with a letter from a woman...
  • Dems ripping into each other over Sanders - Hillary

    05/18/2016 4:19:32 AM PDT · by vooch · 29 replies
    politico comments section ^ | After Hillary-Sanders Tie in Kebrucky | Many
    Freepers check Out comments section of this article. Its a example of the bloodthirsty struggle going on within the Dem party. The Liberals are Falling apart http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-223280
  • The Quinn in the Morning Show with Jim Quinn - May 18, 2016

    05/18/2016 2:54:10 AM PDT · by sneakers · 7 replies
    Jim Quinn is back! - and in better form than ever!! The Quinn in the Morning Show airs from 6:00am to 9:00 am, Monday thru Friday. To listen online, go to www.warroom.com and sign up for a monthly fee. Or you can listen on the radio locally in the upstate NY area on 1040 WYSL Rochester, NY or 1480 WCNS in Latrobe, Pa. If you sign up online, be sure to choose the auto-renew option in order to have full access to archived shows and podcasts.
  • Paul Ryan embraces poll showing more Republicans trust Trump than him

    05/17/2016 1:14:55 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    House Speaker Paul Ryan has no issue with a national NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday that indicates that more Republican and Republican-leaning voters trust Donald Trump to lead the party than Ryan. “I hope it’s Donald Trump. He’s getting the nomination,” Ryan told reporters Tuesday in a clip aired by MSNBC. “He’s wrapping up the nomination.” Donald Trump has a lot to learn from Paul Ryan — and Ryan has a lot to learn from Trump. Nearly six in 10 Republicans and leaners said they trusted Trump, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, more to lead the GOP, compared to 39...
  • Hillel's Moment of Truth [Judenrein]

    05/17/2016 10:36:29 AM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 1 replies
    Truth Revolt ^ | Caroline Glick
    Two wars today are being waged against Jewish students on American university campuses. One is substantive, the other is institutional. The plight of the Jews at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island is emblematic of both. The purpose of the substantive war is to deny Jews their freedom as Jews. As the guarantor of Jewish freedom, Israel is the subject of a systematic, multidimensional assault, carried out everywhere on campuses. On a growing number of campuses in the United States, the only Jews who can safely express their views on Israel are those who champion Israel’s destruction. Those who support...
  • Interesting Obituary-Richmond Times-Mary Anne Noland

    05/17/2016 7:49:34 AM PDT · by joesbucks · 11 replies
    Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 05/17/2016 | Richmond Times Dispatch
    NOLAND, Mary Anne Alfriend. Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68.
  • Marco Rubio criticizes anonymous sources, tweets workout plans

    05/17/2016 7:15:16 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    Marco Rubio fired off an extended series of tweets late Monday night, alternating between sharp jabs and light jokes, aimed at a pair of Washington Post reports about his plans for his political future and his alleged "hate" for the Senate, a word the Florida senator disputes. Criticizing the use of anonymous sources, Rubio, who has 1.36 million followers, took the opportunity to make an enigmatic joke about his political future, winking at his former rival Donald Trump. "As for future in politics, well it's nearly impossible for someone not in office to ever become a successful candidate for President....
  • Homeland Security Official: ISIS Training Terrorists South of Border With Help from Mexican...

    05/16/2016 6:31:25 PM PDT · by blueyon · 16 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 5/16/16 | Jim Hoft
    "Homeland Security Official: ISIS Training Terrorists South of Border With Help from Mexican Drug Cartels" A top ranking Homeland Security official says Mexican drug cartels are helping ISIS sneak across the southern border to scope out targets for terrorist attacks. ISIS operative Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir has reportedly been training militants near the US border near Ciudad Juarez for the past year.
  • Muslim Kills 2-Year-Old Christian Child When Father Won’t Work For Free

    05/16/2016 4:55:14 PM PDT · by blueyon · 25 replies
    DennisMichaelLynch.com ^ | 05/16/16 | Team DML
    Approximately 1.6 percent of the 17 million people in Pakistan are Christians. They are treated like second class citizens and often suffer violent attacks by Muslims, but get little protection from officials, especially when crimes are committed by wealth and influential Muslims. Recently, Haji Rasheed, a wealthy Muslim landowner in Naximabad, Pakistan, hired a Christian man, Samsoon Masih, to paint his house, then refused to pay Masih for the work he had done. Masih stated he would no longer work for Rasheed without pay. In retaliation, the landowner and his son, Bahsrat, broke into Masih’s home and just started shooting...
  • Venezuela’s Chaos: Every day is like Insane Black Friday [six minute video]

    05/16/2016 11:28:11 AM PDT · by grundle · 29 replies
    YouTube ^ | December 17, 2015 | tuboKanal
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isO52VeBUaQ
  • Mother Goose Gets Makeover @ Occidental

    05/16/2016 9:22:47 AM PDT · by Academiadotorg · 6 replies
    Accuracy in Academia ^ | May 15, 2016 | Cliff Kincaid
    Cultural Marxism is called "critical theory" in many universities today. At Occidental College in California, where a young Barack Obama went after being tutored in Marxism by communist Frank Marshall Davis, "Critical Theory and Social Justice" is now an interdisciplinary department, "drawing on ideas from across traditional academic disciplines." The official department website describes Critical Theory as referring to "various bodies of theory and method—Marxism, psychoanalysis, the Frankfurt School, deconstruction, critical race studies, queer theory, feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and intersectionality—that interrogate the essentialist assumptions that underlie social identities." Courses include: • Mother Goose to Mash-Ups: Children's Literature and Popular...
  • The return of John Boehner

    05/16/2016 9:19:41 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    John Boehner is back. The former House speaker will spend late July and all of August on a cross-country bus trip raising money and campaigning for House Republicans, according to multiple sources familiar with his plans. The trip — on Boehner’s bus, dubbed “Freedom One” — will begin after the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and end Labor Day weekend. Boehner has done these trips for years, but it is especially significant that the former speaker — who left Congress after being targeted by House conservatives — is spending his summer campaigning less than a year after leaving office.
  • At Commencement Speech, Obama Warns Of Climate Change Amid Record Cold Temperatures In New Jersey

    05/16/2016 8:16:32 AM PDT · by rktman · 26 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 5/16/2016 | Charlie Spiering
    President Barack Obama probably needed his gown to keep him warm as he delivered a commencement speech at Rutgers University amid historically cold temperatures in New Jersey. But as he touted global warming, Obama denied that colder than usual temperatures meant that climate change didn’t exist. “Now, I recognize it doesn’t feel like the planet is warmer right now. I understand,” he said, acknowledging that there was hail when he landed on Air Force One in Newark. But Obama insisted that it was still a reality, citing “overwhelming consensus” from the scientific community to back his claim. He also mocked...
  • Donald Trump's ex-girlfriend recalls her 'intense' relationship with the 'gentle' billionaire

    05/15/2016 10:26:26 PM PDT · by NKP_Vet · 35 replies
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 17, 2016 | JAMES WILKINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
    Donald Trump's ex-girlfriend, model Rowanne Brewer, has told Inside Edition how Trump was pondering a presidential run 25 years ago, how the 'gentle' billionaire treated her sweetly during their time together - and why she doesn't regret moving on. Brewer met Trump at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1990 just after Trump had divorced first wife Ivana. The pair 'hit it off' instantly, according to Brewer. Trump, then 44, asked the 26-year-old former Miss Maryland out on a date - and they began a brief relationship that Brewer now says was 'exciting' and 'a wonderful time.'
  • Pray for Our American Heroes and Nation

    05/15/2016 12:47:31 PM PDT · by Faith · 8 replies
    May 15, 2016 | Faith
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1: 16
  • Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump

    05/15/2016 9:00:07 AM PDT · by lqcincinnatus · 49 replies
    Washington Compost ^ | May 14 at 12:36 PM | Philip Rucker and Robert Costa
    A band of exasperated Republicans — including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia — is actively plotting to draft an independent presidential candidate who could keep Donald Trump from the White House. Those involved concede that an independent campaign at this late stage is probably futile, and they think they have only a couple of weeks to launch a credible bid. But these Republicans — including commentators William Kristol and Erick Erickson and strategists Mike Murphy, Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson — are so repulsed by the prospect of Trump...
  • Recalling Ken Towery, a true Texas hero

    05/15/2016 8:30:28 AM PDT · by lqcincinnatus · 5 replies
    Longview News Journal ^ | May 6, 2016 at 10:31 p.m. | Ken Herman
    I'm sorry to have to tell you about Ken Towery's death. But I'm honored to be able to tell you about his life.
  • Photo of North Korean Restaurant Defectors Published

    05/14/2016 11:51:31 PM PDT · by Tamar1973 · 8 replies
    Chosun Ilbo (English Edition) ^ | May 13, 2016 09:58 KST | Staff Report
    CNN on Thursday released a group photo of the staff of a North Korean restaurant in Ningbo, China who made headlines by defecting en masse to South Korea last month. Family members of three of the workers who defected made the photo public on Wednesday, apparently under pressure from North Korean propaganda authorities. "I curse and condemn the South Korean puppet forces who allured and abducted our daughters," one of them said. "When I think of that I lie awake frightened and cannot sleep... Those South Korean puppet criminals, I want to tear them to pieces!" Intelligence authorities here declined...
  • Tobacco and Smoking (Gallup)

    05/13/2016 4:10:53 PM PDT · by Drango · 21 replies