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There comes a time when you have to do what you feel is right. For one West Richland woman, that meant taking an angle grinder and turning her AR-15 rifle into 22 pieces. Debbie Lentz on Monday destroyed her fuschia-and-black gun, which was a gift from her husband Tom about 10 years ago. Video of the dismantling, shot by her husband, went viral, catching the attention of CNN, Reuters and other international and local media outlets. “I did not set out to get attention, but I’m glad it is,” Lentz said. “My aim was to support Mr. (Scott) Pappalardo, whose...

Acclaimed actress and Hillary Clinton loyal Meryl Streep was "shocked" at colleague Clint Eastwood's recent interview with Esquire magazine, in which he said he would vote for Donald Trump and said that it would be difficult to listen to Mrs. Clinton's voice for four years. Newsbusters parsed excerpts from Streep's response, which was recently published in Variety magazine: Speaking to Variety magazine, Streep expressed “shock” at Eastwood’s comments: “I’ll have to speak to him…I’ll have to correct that! I’m shocked. I really am. Because he’s more — I would have thought he would be more sensitive than that.” It’s fair...

"It's disgusting." That was Salon writer Heather Digby Parton's declaration that Southern Republicans simply don’t want minorities to vote. Hey, Heather, I'll tell you what's disgusting. Your attempt to smear Republicans as racists based on historical "facts" that are completely inaccurate starting with including a photo (after the jump) of George Wallace along with Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as Republicans who supposedly wanted to suppress the vote. News flash! George Wallace, like Ku Klux Klan Kleagle Robert Byrd, was never a Republican. I hate to break it to you but he was a Democrat. In addition to the misleading...

Almost two years after a Haifa court ruled that Israel was not negligent in the 2003 death of American activist Rachel Corrie during a protest against IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, the Supreme Court heard her family’s appeal of the verdict Wednesday afternoon. Speaking before the hearing in Jerusalem, Craig Corrie, the activist’s father, said the lower court’s ruling had given the army “immunity and impunity.” “I think that’s very dangerous,” he said. “I hope the Israeli high court will change the findings, but if they don’t, I hope the world and the world press will bring it into...

You can’t judge a judge by her cover. Despite the best efforts of Republicans to root out any sign that Sonia Sotomayor has emotions that color her views on the law, the Bronx Bomber kept a robotic mask in place. A wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not know that a gaggle of white Republican men afraid of extinction are out to trip her up. After all, these guys have never needed to speak inspirational words to others like them, as Sotomayor has done. They’ve had codes, handshakes and clubs to do that....

Have you folks seen this? Fox News is showing it....

Given his legacy as the key songwriter and conceptualist for Pink Floyd, one of the most theatrical bands in rock history, fans could expect that Roger Waters' show at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre on Friday would be a visual tour de force. Considering his infamous perfectionism, it was a given, too, that the sound and musicianship would be top-notch, especially since half of the set would be devoted to the 1973 audiophile masterpiece, "The Dark Side of the Moon." What came as a surprise was that Waters' three-hour performance in Tinley Park packed such an emotional wallop in the...

Excerpt - ST. LOUIS — A federal judge on Monday halted executions in Missouri until the state makes sweeping changes to ensure that inmates do not suffer excruciating pain when they are put to death. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. cited "numerous problems" with the state's lethal injections, including a lack of a written protocol setting drug levels and a dyslexic doctor who is in charge of mixing the three drugs used. ~ snip ~

In the 70 years since the imported red fire ant sneaked into Mobile aboard a ship from Brazil, no insect has been more vilified or subjected to such a relentless chemical assault from Southern homeowners, gardeners and farmers. Even the government joined the quest to kill the pest, but through it all, the fire ant has not merely endured, but prospered, expanding from its original beachhead in Alabama to populate 320 million acres in 18 states. Every year as the weather heats up, Southerners notice anew the earthen mounds of Solenopsis invicta rising like the pyramids of some ancient city,...

This site is a piece of crap. The Admins are completely selective concerning what is posted and who is banned. You're banned for a simple expression of disgust, without racism or anything, yet we can see posted people flipping the finger, as well as animals and other creatures while vile anti-Semitic remarks and hatred are spewed forth on an hourly basis. Rip this and screw off, Admins.

<p>The famous Kerry's A Cheater video has backfired. Watch Bush's hands closely and you'll see that he clearly unfolds his own cheat sheet!</p>

SEATTLE, WA (Talon News) -- Liberal Seattle radio talk show host Mike Webb continued his personal assault against Talon News and threatened the correspondent who exposed his death threats against the president with a "lawsuit." As Talon News has been reporting over the past couple of weeks, a listener to The Mike Webb Show, which airs from 10:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. on 710 AM KIRO in Seattle, Washington, said that Webb had "called for the death of President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld for 'war crimes'" during his program on Tuesday, May 18. However, Webb has subsequently responded several times by stating...

I just stumbled upon CNN's Crossfire. Chief hatemonger James Carville put up a quote of Franklin Graham that said Islam was an evil religion. Carville asked his conservative "guest" if she agreed.When the guest said yes, Carville blew a gasket. She said, "But James, they killed 3,000 of our citizens." Carville went through one of his usual idiotic, hate-filled rants, saying, "They pray in their mosques, they work, pay taxes, and Godd****it, I don't want you telling me to hate them!" (paraphrase)As usual, the liberal audience nearly gave him a standing ovation. The "Christian Arab" liberal guest with him also...

I heard today that A-List Film Director Ron Howard is considering casting B-movie has-been, idiot liberal, Alec "bullwhip" Baldwin as Col. William B. Travis in the movie "The Alamo" to be filmed in Texas. Howard met with Texas Governor Rick Perry in Austin earlier this week regarding the movie and the history of the Alamo. Radio talk show host Chris Baker said he heard from some of his hollywood friends that the plan to cast Baldwin as Travis was seriously being considered. This would be terrible. I don't know what is meant be "freeping". But if it means contacting Ron...