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Every year, Rachel Bronson, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who has a degree in political science from Columbia, gets up in front of a fake clock to announce that the world is doomed. And the media eagerly covers the annual imminent warning of doom as if it came with an open bar. Bronson is not an atomic scientist. Or any kind of scientist. Unless you believe politics is a science. And if politics is a science, then Bronson is the Lysenko of the field, predicting doom out of bias and ignorance. This year, the Doomsday...

A restaurant owner who is under fire for offering a faith-based discount to customers says he doesn’t plan to discontinue it, despite receiving a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a secular activist group. Steven Rose, owner of Bailey’s Pizza in Searcy, Arkansas, told TheBlaze Wednesday that he posted a 10 percent discount on his restaurant’s Facebook page on July 19 for anyone who brought in a church bulletin. Not long after, he received a comment from a user named “Bong Hits for Jesus” that read, “Good luck on your discrimination lawsuit.” “I didn’t give much credence to it,”...

When the alert siren or an explosion are heard, it is necessary to complete the process of protection, depending on the time available to you and to act according to the following instructions: · In a building: enter the protected space, shelter, or reinforced security room, depending on the time available, and close doors and windows. · Outside – enter the closest building, depending on the time available. If there is no building or cover/shelter nearby, or if you are in an open space, lie down on the ground and protect your head with your hands. · In a vehicle...

The FBI has begun to send pictures and other data from the crime-scene investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing to law-enforcement agencies around the country, including an image of a shredded black backpack in which one of the devices may have been hidden. Reuters and the Associated Press managed to get copies of the unclassified bulletin and published a few of the images late in the evening, as did ABC: that the bomb inside the backpack was an “improvised explosive device (IED)” made out of a common pressure cooker. ABC News had previously reported that law enforcement recovered mangled parts...

Conservative Black Republican Congressional Candidate Thrown Out Of Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser Because Big Donor Dems Object FR Exclusive You would think it couldn’t happen in America but it has. Retired Army Lt. Colonel Allen West is a conservative Black Republican. He was to be honored at an upcoming Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising Dinner in Florida, but the invitation was withdrawn because of pressure from liberal Dems who also support the Foundation. Allen is running, (and running well) for the Congressional seat now held by far-left Democrat Ron Klein. The district, Florida 22, covers the east coast of Florida from Fort Lauderdale...

Herb Denenberg's Keynote Speech at Philadelphia Independence Hall Tea Party III July 4, 2009 (Part I) Herb Denenberg's Keynote Speech at Philadelphia Independence Hall Tea Party III July 4, 2009 (Part II) Herb Denenberg, The keynote speaker at Independence Hall Tea Party III, puts it to Obama and tells it like it is! Irreverant and hilarious, it was the best speech given and the best received by the tea party audience, and was even better in person! We hope you love it as much as most of us did. : )

Dear Friend of The Bulletin, For almost five years, The Bulletin has striven to fulfill its mission as Philadelphia's Family Newspaper to bring you high-quality intelligent and objective reporting. The Bulletin is committed to reporting the truth and providing readers with information that will reaffirm their belief in the fundamental good of society. It is our wish to provide you and your family with an informed and intelligent look at today's world. And so, beginning August 2, The Bulletin will be available as a once per week expanded print edition (Sunday only) and as an online service that is updated...

June 1 was the last edition. Another conservative news outlet bites the dust.

By Herb Denenberg, The Bulletin 11/09/2008 What should the political parties do to improve the political process in the years ahead? There is endless criticism of Congress and the President of the United States, but little analysis directed to our political parties that actually produce all those officials. The final product gets all the criticism, and the machinery that produces it is almost ignored. So I thought I'd offer up a few suggestions for both parties and then for the Republican Party in particular. I'm more interested in the Republican Party, as I now view the Democratic Party as one...

Before you vote, take all or just a part of this test. If you answer yes to any of the questions, reconsider your vote if it was going to be for Sen. Barack Obama. 1. Are you basing your vote mainly on what you've heard Sen. Obama say about his plans and proposals? Remember that any politician can promise you the moon and the stars before the election. Any politician can like a parrot regurgitate what his advisers have found the voters want to hear. The key is to see how the plans, proposals, and all the rhetoric square up...

Dear Governor Palin By Jane Gilvary, For The Bulletin 10/30/2008 Dear Gov. Palin, I am writing to you to apologize. I apologize for the way the mainstream media has treated you since Sen. John McCain chose you as his running mate. The scrutiny you have endured during this campaign is unimaginable, but you have handled it quite well. Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have been given free passes from the mainstream media while you have had to defend and explain everything from faith, to teen pregnancy, to foreign policy. I often wonder what it might be like...

Editorials Bulletin Endorses John McCain By Tom Rice, The Bulletin 10/26/2008 This election, is, without question, one of the most important in our nation's history. America's next President will deal with problems on an unprecedented scale: an unnervingly erratic economy, rising heath care costs, a nation dependent on foreign oil, and global terrorists who continue to grow more bold and sophisticated. Without question, serious issues need a serious President, one with a track record of service, sacrifice, and principled resolve. Americans, and the billions of world citizens who view this nation as a beacon of light, need a decisive leader...

This is the last part in a two-part series. In my column yesterday, I explained how Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader in the Senate, did the equivalent of falsely shouting, "fire" in a crowded theater. He did that by repeating a rumor (a false rumor) that a major insurance company was about to go bankrupt. That caused insurance stocks to plunge more than $25 billion. Later, having already demonstrated his idiocy, he demonstrated a majority leader who is unable to use the English language when he explained what he was only trying to say was "conditions in the...

I am looking for a site (fee-based is fine) that will allow me to set up a message board with lots of features such as that provided on FR (threading, password protection, private messaging, etc) with the whole site also being password protected (no lurking w/o password). I realize I could host this on my own site but frankly I don't have the time but I am willing to pay say the $10/month you see on http://www.bulletinboards.com/ I also don't want to deal with popups/ads etc. This is intended to be a simple no nonsense site. This site appears to...

BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032006 1100 PM AST MON JUL 31 2006 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...ST. MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN...AND ST. BARTHELEMY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE COULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS... NEVIS...AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY TUESDAY...

Daily Bulletin reporter Sara Carter was named the winner of the 2006 Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in Coverage of Immigration the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies. This award "is intended to promote informed and fair reporting on this most contentious and complicated issue," according to the center. In announcing the award, the center cited stories, which Carter broke, about U.S. officials alerting the Mexican government to the activities of civilian border patrols and stories about drug cartels placing bounties on Texas law enforcement officers. "The body of her reporting over the past year is an important example of...

For those of us who grew up in New England and listened to the radio, Larry Glick is a legend. Recently, I became a little nostalgic for those times and did a Google search for Larry. I found a clip of one of his most famous calls "The Orangutan." A gentleman from the South ('BZs signal reached a large portion of the country) called in with a story about a guy who bought an orangutan for a pet after watching the movie "Every Which Way But Loose" and things went from bad to worse. Click (Glick?) here for the audio....

BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM AST THU SEP 01 2005 ...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC... AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 46.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1115 MILES...1795 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH ...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE...

BULLETIN HURRICANE ADRIAN SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM PDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...AIR FORCE PLANE INDICATES THAT ADRIAN IS A HURRICANE... AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR HAVE UPGRADED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF GUATEMALA FROM SIPACATE EASTWARD TO THE EL SALVADOR-HONDURAS BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF HONDURAS...INCLUDING THE GOLFO DE FONSECA...AND FOR GUATEMALA FROM SIPACATE WESTWARD TO THE GUATEMALA-MEXICO BORDER. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN CENTRAL AMERICA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!