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Thoughts on Hunters, this is an interesting slant on things. The world’s largest army; America’s hunters! I had never thought about this, but a blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a striking conclusion: There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin. Allow me to restate that number: 600,000. Over the last several months, Wisconsin’s hunters became the eighth largest army in the world: more men in arms than in Iran. More than France and Germany combined. These men and women deployed to the woods of a...

Saudi Arabia 'plans to buy German submarines' A German newspaper has reported that Saudi Arabia plans to buy submarines from Germany. The news could intensify discussion on weapons exports during the current coalition negotiations in Berlin. The German weekly Bild am Sonntag said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia wanted to purchase five German Type 209 submarines for 12 billion euros ($16.5 billion). The paper said that in the long term, the kingdom was interested in buying altogether 25 of the vessels. The newspaper said it had information that the German chancellery had in the summer already signaled a willingness to...

First ever vanity - Was watching the Minnesota-Dallas game on Fox when this misleading ad came on to claim how all these people are "covered" for healthcare for things like check-ups and accidents. TOTAL BS!!!!!! Given the monthly payments and the out of sight deductibles I've seen quoted in multiple articles, they aren't "covered"!!! They still have to pay $$$ out of pocket for those types of expenses until they meet their deductible which will happen NEVER for a normal family that doesn't have a catastrophic illness. Oh, and the Cowboys just now finally scored a TD to open the...

When the computer system running your signature legislative achievement is slightly less functional than painting on a cave wall, you know you have a big problem. When that’s actually the good news, you know you have a really big problem. Obamacare’s computer glitches have reduced the president’s eponymic health-care plan to fodder for late-night TV comedians. But in some ways the president is fortunate that the computer fiasco is obscuring the even bigger and more consequential problems facing the law. For example, there’s the problem with keeping your current insurance. Despite presidential promises to the contrary — promises that, according...

<p>A California company’s billboard in the heart of Hollywood depicting an American soldier embracing a Muslim woman – fully covered by a burka – is sparking some controversy.</p> <p>CBS Los Angeles reports Camarillo-based Snore Stop commissioned the Sunset Boulevard ad, which prominently includes the hash tag, “#betogether,” to promote its line of anti-snoring products.</p>

'Spooks fans rejoice – the rumoured big-screen outing for the MI5 spies is happening, with a director and star on board, a filming schedule in place and some plot details having been released... Peter Firth will reprise his role as MI5 chief, Harry Pearce, with production set to begin in early 2014. It's business as usual with original series director Bharat Nalluri set to take charge behind the camera for the feature penned by regular writers Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent. Spooks: The Greater Good sounds as suspenseful as ever as terrorist Adam Qasim escapes from under MI5 noses during...

'A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say. The trove is believed to include works by Matisse, Picasso and Chagall, the news magazine Focus reports. Some of the works were declared as degenerate by the Nazis, while others were stolen from or forcibly sold for a pittance by Jewish art collectors. If confirmed, it would be one of the largest recoveries of looted art. Investigators put the value of the works at about one billion euros (£846m; $1.35bn), Focus said. The magazine...

'Mosques will take the unprecedented step of urging British Muslims to 'wear the poppy, rather than burn it' this week in a bid to counter claims of being unpatriotic. Poppy stalls will be set up at around the country leading up to Remembrance Sunday in a move backed by government ministers and the Royal British Legion. It follows high-profile protests in the past by Muslim extremists, including those linked to the hate preacher Anjem Choudary, and the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside Woolwich barracks in south-east London.'

Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.

Subject: What scandal? Bob: "Did you hear about the Obama administration scandal? Jim: "You mean the Mexican gun running?" Bob: "No, the other one."........

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as communist authorities pressed for "order, discipline and obedience" in the growing small business sector. A government statement issued through official media said home-based theaters and video games will "stop immediately in any type of self employment," a local euphemism for small business. The statement said "the showing of movies, including in 3D salons, and likewise the organization of computer games, has never been authorized." The government banned the private sale of imported goods last month,...

Gov. Chris Christie is touting his relationship with President Barack Obama as his re-election campaign enters its final days. The Republican governor said Sunday morning that he has a "good working relationship" with the president. But Christie says he's willing to criticize Obama if he's done something poorly, just as he would anyone in public life.

leading U.K. scientist. Professor Mike Lockwood from Reading University told the BBC that at the current rate of decline in solar activity, there is a risk that Northern Europe could become much colder and enter a new “Little Ice Age.” The “Little Ice Age” refers to a period during the 1600s when winters were harsh all across Europe. The cold weather that plagued the continent coincided with an inactive sun, called the Maunder solar minimum. Lockwood argues that during the late 20th century, the sun was unusually active, with the so-called “grand maximum” of solar activity occurring around 1985. But...

CBS News reports that the Obama Administration was warned before al-Qaeda attacked the Consulate in Benghazi. Al-Qaeda had posted its three top targets in Libya on its website. These targets were the Red Cross, the British, and then the Americans in Benghazi. By July of 2012 the first two targets had already been hit. In the summer of 2012, Lieutenant Colonel Andy Wood, one of the top American security officials in Libya, warned both Ambassador Stevens and the State Department that Benghazi would be next. The CBS revelations were dismissed as “Monday morning quarterbacking” by Secretary of State John Kerry....

The Affordable Health Care act rollout was an unmitigated disaster thanks in large part to a cluttered website that both didn't work and was offensively ugly. Maybe things would not have gone so poorly if HealthCare.gov looked something like this. No one knows the resources that went into building HealthCare.gov, but the government quickly realized it wasn't enough after that terrible first day, so they decided to bring in a crew of leading tech experts to fix the website's many, many problems. But the job was already at least partially completed by three unknown coders living in San Francisco. Meet...

1. Unpopular: It Violates Declaration’s Government by “Consent of the People” 2. Sold by Lies: An Utterly Misleading Campaign for a Passed Law is Illegal 3. Doctrine of Impossibility: Agreements Impossible to Fulfill are Null & Void 4. Public Policy Against Waste: ObamaCare Will Destroy Economy Conclusion: An Unjust Law is No Law at All (See full article for details)

For some investors, it feels a lot more like 1999 than 2013. Third-quarter earnings have not been spectacular. The U.S. isn't expected to grow at anything close to breakneck speed next year. And there are few industries experiencing huge profit expansions. Despite all that, a number of high-profile—mostly technology—stocks are soaring. The heady advances are making shareholders of these companies big money, but they're also raising serious questions among some analysts about whether the unusual trading is a troublesome sign for the overall market. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a record on Tuesday, but closed up just...

li·ar [lahy-er] noun a person who tells lies. Synonyms Obama, Pelosi, democrat The honest democrat has gone the way of the dodo bird. Extinct. We have previously established that Barack Obama is the biggest liar as President in modern history. Now we will establish that Nancy Pelosi is unrivaled for the title of biggest liar as a member of Congress. And she suffers from CRS Syndrome. On July 1, 2012 Pelosi was on Meet the Press and she uttered these famous words: "And everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access." See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqONZAN_Us0It was...

PHOENIX (CBS Las Vegas) – Looking at photos of women on Facebook is what distracted the driver of an empty fuel tanker when he crashed into two fire department trucks and three police cars on Interstate 8 killing a public safety officer in May. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Officer Tim Huffman was killed in the accident by truck driver, Jorge Espinoza, who is charged with second-degree murder. Espinoza was driving with cruise control on at 65 mph at the time of the accident. After the accident, Espinoza lied to investigators claiming he didn’t see the emergency vehicles ahead...