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Jeff Wagner, Democrat Party candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis has appeared in a campaign ad which perfectly illustrates the low, low class of the American left. Given the contempt Wagner displays for the voting public how can anyone believe his viewpoint toward constituents will change upon winning the election? The only good thing about this pathetic attempt to...

The thread between believability and outright lies has been stretched thinner and thinner as President Obama continues his five year dance over the truth of his missing in action responsibilities. Of course it is more than a little unsettling that this president was caught in a massive lie which he managed to repeat at least 12 times during his administration. You know the one: “If you like your healthcare you can keep it – period!” Fox News, and now other mainstream media outlets like NBC and CBS, have reported that while the president was continuously lying to the American people,...

Thank you all very much for your support, prayers and well wishes!! It's so great to be home after a month in the hospital!! The recovery is going well and I'm on the mend, determined with God's help to remain as independent and feisty as possible!! Praise God!! And the first month of our final FReepathon for the year is over. We should be breaking through the half-way point soon, then we'll be on the homestretch. Please keep those donations coming in folks, we're going to need FR now more than ever!! We're going to be in for the fight...

Dort, wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen. (Where books are burned, they will, in the end burn people, too) –Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German Poet Eric Metaxas in chapter 10 of his celebrated book, “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy,” in a subsection called “Where Books Are Burned . . .” in dramatic fashion chronicles the rise of Nazi book burning in early Nazi history just four months after Hitler assumed power on January 30, 1933. In May 1933, the Nazification of the German people continued in full force using two established Nazi tactics—Gleichschaltung (e.g., forcing into line)...

President Obama was extremely lucky to have such a weak Republican candidate as Mitt Romney in opposition to him during the 2012 presidential election campaign, according to former President Bill Clinton in a new book “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

"If you've recently fired up Skype you may have noticed a dialog box with a warning appear briefly (at least on OS X) then vanish. If you're fast enough to catch it you'll find that it's warning you that some application you're using that works with Skype will stop working in December, 2013. This applies to all sorts of software supporting headsets, cameras, ... you name it."

These seven drugs are running short in US hospitals. What is the cause of the drug shortage when considering the power of the pharmaceutical industry. How can we get them back to the hospital shelves. Drug shortages are nothing new, In fact, in 2011, there were 251 drug shortages reported by the FDA. 183 of those involved sterile injectable drugs. In 2012, there was less with only 117 new drug shortages, 84 of which involved sterile injectable drugs. Fortunately through early notifications from manufacturers the FDA has been able to prevent 282 shortages last year and numerous times this year...

 Mercy and Confession: 10 Tips on How to Confess Well by Fr. Ed Broom on July 23, 2013 ·  In the context of an Ignatian retreat it is always beneficial to prepare oneself to make an excellent Confession. To make a good confession demands prior preparation!  The better the prior preparation, the more abundant the graces and the more overflowing the river of peace in your soul! Following are ten short helps to make the best confession in your life!1.    IMPROVEMENT/UPGRADING THE RECEPTION.  As Catholics two of the most important actions we can accomplish are to go to Confession and to receive...

Barack Obama has been subjected to as many personal attacks as any modern president. Terrorist. Traitor. Hater of America. Secret Muslim. Unusually for a politician, however, the one thing he hasn't been called much is a liar, except by his most adamant critics. That's all changed now. Obama is being widely called out for having claimed, repeatedly, that under the Affordable Care Act, people who liked their health insurance plans could keep them.

Four British Army soldiers have admitted being involved in a fight with an off-duty New York policeman, the Associated Press (AP) is reporting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24786388

One less bowl of cereal a week for his boy, one less sandwich a week for himself. That's what Friday's cut to national food stamp allotments means to Lionel Hill, but the math equation for lost meals is bound to get worse in the coming months. Hill, 57, and others who need the government aid to eat have no hope of getting their lost benefits back, considering the only debate in Congress over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - food stamps - is how much further to slash it. That makes the situation both personal and worrisome in his household....

With Android 4.4 KitKat, Google’s biggest blow to Microsoft isn’t against Windows Phone. It’s against Microsoft Office. You see, KitKat ships with Quickoffice, letting you edit Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go, without paying a dime, straight out of the box. This tidbit was largely lost in the news yesterday, given the large number of improvements and new features that KitKat offers. Yet it’s a very big deal: every Android user that upgrades to KitKat will get Google’s Quickoffice, and every new Android device (starting with the Nexus 5) that ships with KitKat or higher will get...

The history of Honduras is full of actions contrary to the rule of law. Multiple coups (the last on June 28, 2009), who have broken the precarious legality in the country. Despite this extreme fragility, the current National Party government (led by Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez) is breaking records in terms of authoritarianism and lack of attachment to any kind of legal procedure. All with the goal of controlling every one of the key state institutions, promoting projects that benefit powerful groups and to ensure the electoral victory of Juan Orlando Hernandez. Let's analyze the...

Obamacare website to be down again for maintenance late Saturday 12:51pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The glitch-ridden website used to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law will be down for "extended maintenance" overnight on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services said. The website has been plagued by technology problems and has not worked reliably since its launch on October 1, embarrassing the administration and providing ammunition for Republicans seeking to roll back the law known as Obamacare. The application, enrollment tools, and "data hub" will not be available from about 9 p.m. ET on...

While much of the country is focused on the lies told about ObamaCare from our President many have overlooked another huge failure. His foreign policy goals. Recall he was going to bring peace to the entire middle east, destroy al-Qaeda, end the proliferation of nuclear weapons and all the other unicorns and lollipop dreams that liberal hippies have. Not anymore. Now he is admitting defeat without saying so (as usual): At the United Nations last month, Mr. Obama laid out the priorities he has adopted as a result of the review. The United States, he declared, would focus on negotiating...

So if someone theoretically has an 80% lower(for personal ownership/use only) and could find a machinist to finish the 20%, is the machinist or owner of the lower in violation of any federal goobermint laws? If not, is there a place to find and print chapter and verse as proof of this? If the the theoretical owner were to press the "start" button on a programmed CNC machine, would the theoretical owner then be considered the maker/manufacturer?

As American troops prepare for possible military action in Syria, "Duck Dynasty's" Uncle Si tells Beltway Buzz why America's troops have a special place in his heart. “A lot of these people have gave their lives, a lot of them have gave their limbs, okay, you know, that's a, that's a, that's a heap you know, that's might near like, you know, like the son of God, okay that gave Himself for us all okay. That's a great sacrifice, okay, giving up life and limb you know just for your freedom and my freedom. So, they, you know, they've got...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN/WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban fighters secretly buried their leader on Saturday after he was killed by a U.S. drone aircraft and quickly moved to replace him while vowing a wave of revenge suicide bombings. The Pakistani government denounced the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud as a U.S. bid to derail planned peace talks and summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest. Some lawmakers demanded the blocking of U.S. supply lines into Afghanistan in retaliation. "The murder of Hakimullah is the murder of all efforts at peace," said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar. "Americans said they support our efforts at...

By now, everyone knows that Mitt Romney’s inner circle was righteously peeved at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for spending the final days of the 2012 presidential race arm-in-arm with President Obama as they toured the Jersey coastline after its thrashing by Hurricane Sandy. The buddy-buddy act boxed Romney out of national media coverage for days while lending the president some bipartisan street cred. But it wasn’t just the storm. Christie had rankled Romney’s team throughout the campaign: He held back his endorsement as long as possible, flirted with big-shot GOP donors who begged him to jump into the race...

The media drumbeat for Hillary Clinton to be the next president is truly nauseating. Consider Rob Reiner, aka Meathead in the famed sitcom All in the Family, saying on HBO’s Real Time Friday, “If she decides to run, you will have the single most qualified person ever to run for President of the United States” Rob Reiner aka Meathead: Hillary Would Be ‘Most Qualified Person Ever to Run for President’ Now take a moment to consider the absurdity of that statement. Because Hillary was senator for eight years and Secretary of State for four, she’s the most qualified person EVER...