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I won't be here much but thought you might enjoy this annual list.

Courtney Lancaster, a mother and Navy Veteran, expressed her outrage after police pulled up to her door and asked to search her home for weapons. According to the police, the school safety officer at Lancaster’s 11-year-old son’s school, Seneca Elementary, called law enforcement after spotting a BB gun in the background of a virtual class meeting.“I had no idea what to think. I’ve never been in any legal trouble whatsoever. I’ve never had any negative encounter with law enforcement,” she told Fox 45 News. “I had no idea. I really didn’t know what to think.”Although officers searched her 5th grader’s...

As some of you all know, Michael Savage will be off the air due to surgery for about a week. He is probably going to be having substitutes and 'best of' shows while he is out. Last night on his show, he was quite reflective about eternal issues and was reading his Bible. He posted some photos of his Bible on his site, and I'm placing two of them here.

Union Leader Calls Santorum 'The Anti-Christ' POSTED: 6:48 pm EDT October 17, 2006 PHILADELPHIA -- A local union official on Tuesday described Republican Sen. Rick Santorum as "the anti-Christ" on issues affecting working people. Pete Matthews, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 33, made the remarks during a luncheon speech before union retirees. Santorum is running as the incumbent against Democrat Bob Casey. Both have been engaged in a hard-hitting campaign that could be crucial for the Republicans to keep control of the U.S. Senate. "I kind of refer to him as the anti-Christ,...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush announced Thursday he has chosen Heather Hodges to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moldova. Hodges, a native of Ohio, now is the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Previously, she has served in the same post in Lima, Peru, and in Managua, Nicaragua, and in other State Department jobs in Guatemala and Venezuela. Hodges' nomination would have to be confirmed by the Senate.