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  • WATCH: Jen Psaki Says White House Encourages ‘Peaceful’ Protests Outside Justices’ Homes

    05/10/2022 3:05:28 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 76 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/10/2022 | Joel B Pollack
    White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Biden administration encourages “peaceful” protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, despite the fact that such protests aim to intimidate the judiciary and appear to be illegal.
  • Vatican: Koran encourages 'killing Christians'

    10/22/2010 9:13:25 AM PDT · by Nachum · 54 replies
    Adnkronos International ^ | 10/22/10 | Staff
    Vatican City - The Koran is a text that encourages Islam to impose itself with force and permits the killing of Christians, said Lebanon's Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop Raboula Beylouni, addressing a Vatican meeting of Middle East bishops. "The Koran gives Muslims the right to judge Christians and kill them with Jihad," he said. "It gives orders to impose religion with force, with the sword. For this reason, Muslims don't recognise the freedom of religion among themselves or others." Pope Benedict XVI on 11 Oct. the opened the two-week-long meeting of 246 Middle East bishops and other religious leaders
  • OIF widow visits base, encourages wives to not forget spouses’ sacrifices

    03/30/2006 4:55:49 PM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 216+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Lance Cpl. Sha'ahn Williams
    MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (March 30, 2006) -- When 24-year-old Emily Dieruf learned that her husband of three months, Cpl. Nich Dieruf, had been killed in an ambush in Al Anbar Provence, Iraq in April 2004, the blissful newlywed was devastated. Initially after the tragic news, Dieruf and other family members decided to establish the Cpl. Nich Dieruf Memorial Fund in an effort to keep Nich’s name alive. The fund was to provide financial assistance to Marine families living in the Dieruf’s hometown of Lexington, Ky. Through a family friend, Dieruf learned that another Kentucky based non-profit organization, USA...
  • Pace Encourages Military Service, Notes Pride Among Troops

    01/05/2006 8:11:06 PM PST · by SandRat · 6 replies · 275+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan 6, 2006 | Donna Miles
    WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2006 – Military service is "very, very satisfying," and today's servicemembers recognize the critical role they are playing in the country's defense, the top U.S. military officer told Pentagon reporters today. Following a weeklong trip throughout the Persian Gulf region and to Germany, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was impressed by the "incredibly high morale" among deployed troops and their confidence in the mission they are carrying out. "They felt good about what they are doing and knew they are making a difference," he said after meeting with about...
  • CA: First lady Maria Shriver encourages 30 minutes of reading daily

    12/02/2004 7:32:14 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 389+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/2/04 | Jim Wasserman - AP
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - More than a year into the job it's still an identity crisis for Maria Shriver. When an elementary school student asked her Thursday, "Are you like the governor?" she answered, "That's a really loaded question," explaining that she's the governor's wife. "That makes me the first lady of the state," she said. "Do you know what that is? No? Me neither." While Shriver continues trying to find her role as California's first lady, she spent part of Thursday doing a reading appearance before 20 second and third graders, while also taping messages for NBC, her former employer....