November 19th 2014, Patrick Bryne / AP
A record-shattering 76 inches of snow is proving quite a challenge for residents of the city of Buffalo -- human and canine alike. In this photo provided by Patrick Bryne, his dog, Bonnie, sniffs a door that was almost completely blocked by snow on Tuesday. Looks like Bonnie's walk will have to wait.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
His Own Words: Obama Said He Doesn't Have Authority For Executive Amnesty 22 Times Katie Pavlich | Nov 19, 2014
According to a report in POLITICO, President Obama is expected to make good on his executive amnesty threat on Friday during an event in Las Vegas, despite saying repeatedly over the years that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws from the Oval Office.
House Speaker John Boehner, who warned the President shortly after the 2014 midterm elections that acting alone on immigration would "poison the well," has taken notice of Obama's past statements. After some research, his office found President Obama directly claimed 22 times he couldn't take executive action on immigration because he doesn't have the authority.
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Expert’s Take: Stopping executive amnesty
Teresa Mull
Will the president use his executive powers to grant amnesty to 5 million illegal aliens already here in the United States? Is what Obama plans to do even legal? What, if anything, can the GOP do to stop him? Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, answers our
questions:
What is Obama proposing to do exactly?
“These work permits would have to be renewed every two years, but we have lawful programs like this that give people temporary status, and they’re always renewed, even though the supporters of the president’s scheme pretend that it’s temporary thing. It’s not. Everybody understands it’s irreversible, and that’s one of the reasons there’s been such tense congressional concern to stop this power grab before it happens.”
Is what the president plans to do legal, and if not, what, if anything, can the GOP do about it? Can they stop him before he acts, or do the Republicans have to wait and charge him after the fact?
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questions:
What is Obama proposing to do exactly?
“Because Congress chose not to approve the legislation he wanted, he is going to try to do unilaterally as much as he thinks the courts of Congress will let him get away with, and the big element of his plan is going to be to unilaterally legalize amnesty of millions of illegal aliens, perhaps five million. This is presented by the administration as merely a putting off of deportation – a sort of looking the other way to present it as similar to a cop stopping you and deciding not to give you a speeding ticket, just telling you to slow down.
“That’s not what it is though, because what the president is proposing is the massive expansion of what he did two years ago in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was his riff on the DREAM Act, which Congress also refused to pass. Rather than simply looking the other way and not pursuing illegal immigrants who fit certain descriptions, what the administration is proposing we do is to give them work permits and social security numbers and states would be required to give them driver’s licenses. Essentially, it’s ‘green card light,’ instead of ‘green card premium.’ Those aren’t real terms, I’m making them up, but the point is, it’s almost everything that a green card, or formal immigrant status would give you except the eventual ability to apply for citizenship.“These work permits would have to be renewed every two years, but we have lawful programs like this that give people temporary status, and they’re always renewed, even though the supporters of the president’s scheme pretend that it’s temporary thing. It’s not. Everybody understands it’s irreversible, and that’s one of the reasons there’s been such tense congressional concern to stop this power grab before it happens.”
Is what the president plans to do legal, and if not, what, if anything, can the GOP do about it? Can they stop him before he acts, or do the Republicans have to wait and charge him after the fact?
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Explained this way, the Keystone pipeline makes a lot of sense
CKE Restaurants CEO on Obama dismissing Keystone jobs Nov. 19, 2014 - Andy Puzder on 'Your World'
So ..the secret service finally catches someone, but actually, he did nothing wrong GOOD JOB GUYS !!
Secret Service Arrests Man With Rifle in His Car Near the White House Nov 19, 2014, By DEVIN DWYER, PIERRE THOMAS and JACK DATE
The Secret Service arrested a 41-year-old Iowa man one block from the White House today after a search of his car uncovered a rifle and ammunition, law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News.
The man, R.J. Kapheim, from Davenport, Iowa, approached a uniform division officer on the corner of 15th Street and E Street NW at 12:54 p.m. and “stated that someone in Iowa told him to go to the White House,” said Secret Service spokeswoman Nicole Mainor.
Kapheim was not threatening in any way, but his behavior was deemed suspicious, she said.
Officers located and conducted a search of his vehicle, a 2013 Volkswagen Passat with Iowa tags. It was parked on Constitution Ave between 16th Street NW and 15th Street NW.
The weapon, a .30-30 rifle, and ammunition -- about 40 rounds -- were found in the car, along with a 6-inch blade, officials said.
He is being held on charges of possessing an unregistered firearm, among others that are forthcoming, Mainor added.
There have been several incidents over the past few months of people breaching security and jumping the White House fence.
Chuck Norris: Neutering Religious Holidays AP
By: Chuck Norris for TownHall
We haven't even hit Thanksgiving, and already the war on Christmas is underway. This time, one of the largest public school systems in the U.S. is eliminating every mention of religious holidays on its official calendar.
The Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland has cut Christmas and Easter, as well as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana, from next year's school calendar. No religious holiday will be mentioned by name.
NPR reported on the origin of the decision: "The path to the board's decision started about two years ago on something that was somewhat unrelated. Members of the county's Muslim community -- roughly estimated at around 10 percent of the more than 1 million population -- were seeking to have two of their religion's holy days added to the calendar of days off. They wanted Eid al-Adha the most."
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NPR reported on the origin of the decision: "The path to the board's decision started about two years ago on something that was somewhat unrelated. Members of the county's Muslim community -- roughly estimated at around 10 percent of the more than 1 million population -- were seeking to have two of their religion's holy days added to the calendar of days off. They wanted Eid al-Adha the most."
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Ferguson Cops: Get a Gun, We Can't Protect You
A concerned police officer in St. Louis has issued an ominous warning amidst expected civil unrest in the aftermath of the Darren Wilson verdict, warning residents to get a gun because the cops will not be able to protect them.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Return of the Ferguson War Zone? Missouri Enacts State of Emergency Ahead of Mike Brown Grand Jury
Published on Nov 18, 2014
http://democracynow.org - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency in advance of the grand jury's pending decision in the Michael Brown shooting case. On Monday, Nixon issued an executive order to activate the state’s National Guard in response to what he called "the possibility of expanded unrest." Nixon cited the protests in Ferguson and the St. Louis area since Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. The grand jury has been meeting for nearly three months, and protests are expected to escalate if they choose not to indict. But while state officials say they fear violence, protesters say they fear a return to the militarized crackdown that turned their community into a war zone. As the grand jury nears a decision and all sides prepare for the unknown under a state of emergency, we are joined by two guests: Jeff Smith, a New School professor and former Missouri state senator whose new book is "Ferguson: In Black and White," and Montague Simmons, chair of the St. Louis-based Organization for Black Struggle and a key organizer in the movement that has emerged since Brown's killing.
Obama’s Furious Over Latest SNL Skit
Discussing the negative results both he and his fellow Democrats had during the midterm elections, President Obama jokingly commented that he was going to sit down with incoming Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and have a discussion over a glass of Kentucky bourbon. This comment led to the Associated Press coining the term “Bourbon Summit” in reference to this meeting.
True to its form, Saturday Night Live used the comments of President Obama and the reaction of the Associated Press as material for one of their skits. Their program opened with a sketch outlining just what a meeting over bourbon between President Obama and Senator McConnell would look like.
The skit starts with the two politicians sitting around the table toasting each other over a glass of bourbon. As can be expected, when the meeting starts the two leaders are cordially discussing with each other what they felt the voters were trying to say on Election Day. However, as the night goes on and the number of drinks that each politician has consumed increases, the would be adversaries begin to realize that they actually have a lot in common. They even go as far as making a prank call to Hillary Clinton claiming to be Publishers Clearinghouse and telling Clinton that she had just won an all expense paid trip to getting beat in the 2016 elections. All is fun and games until Mrs. Clinton calls back.
Nine drinks and a few slices of pizza later, Mrs. Obama comes in and breaks up the party, effectively closing down the fun.
True to its form, Saturday Night Live used the comments of President Obama and the reaction of the Associated Press as material for one of their skits. Their program opened with a sketch outlining just what a meeting over bourbon between President Obama and Senator McConnell would look like.
The skit starts with the two politicians sitting around the table toasting each other over a glass of bourbon. As can be expected, when the meeting starts the two leaders are cordially discussing with each other what they felt the voters were trying to say on Election Day. However, as the night goes on and the number of drinks that each politician has consumed increases, the would be adversaries begin to realize that they actually have a lot in common. They even go as far as making a prank call to Hillary Clinton claiming to be Publishers Clearinghouse and telling Clinton that she had just won an all expense paid trip to getting beat in the 2016 elections. All is fun and games until Mrs. Clinton calls back.
Nine drinks and a few slices of pizza later, Mrs. Obama comes in and breaks up the party, effectively closing down the fun.
Monday, November 17, 2014
I guess they're just in love...............
Mass murderer and cult leader Charles Manson has obtained a license to marry a 26-year-old woman
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
Mass murderer and cult leader Charles Manson has obtained a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who moved to Corcoran, Calif. nine years ago so that she could visit him in prison.
The marriage license was issued by the Kings County Recorders Office on Nov. 7 and verified by NBC News on Monday. Manson, 80, has 90 days to marry Afton Elaine Burton or they will have to reapply for another license. Burton, who goes by the name "Star" and runs several websites advocating for her fiance's innocence, told the Associated Press in an interview that she will marry Manson next month.
Manson, who has been incarcerated since 1969, led a commune in the California desert known as the Manson Family. He was convicted in 1971 of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven people carried out by members of his cult at his instruction. His followers also killed other people, and Manson was convicted of of those murders as well.
The California Department of Corrections approves most requests for such weddings as "a tool of family reunification and social development," spokeswoman Terry Thornton told the Associated Press. Manson and Burton can have a wedding at the prison and invite 10 guests who are not inmates, Thornton said.
But, because he is sentenced to life and has no possibility of parole until 2027, Manson is not entitled to conjugal visits.
Burton told the Associated Press that she wants to marry Manson because she is interested in working on his case and marrying him would allow her to get information not available to non-relatives.
"There's certain things next of kin can do," she said, adding that she believes her fiance is innocent and will get a new trial.
I'll ask again....Is Officer Wilson going to be the SACRIFICIAL LAMB ??? These people will just find another reason to RIOT
Missouri Governor Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Grand Jury Ruling
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said the Guard members would be used more as a visible signal of support, not as front-line law enforcement agents. "My biggest concern is people are safe and the protesters are given their right to express themselves peacefully," he said after the announcement. "We do everything we can to keep people safe, keep property safe and allow people to express their opinions."
William Brooks, national president of the NAACP, called the activation of the Guard "premature in its application and presumptuous to the hundreds of peaceful demonstrators who have embraced their Constitutional right to protest."
The decision "threatens to stir up tensions and denigrate the peaceful efforts of countless non-violent activists," Brooks said in a statement.
There was no indication that a grand jury announcement is imminent, and there is no specific date for it to reveal its findings into whether Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson should face charges for shooting Brown on Aug. 9.
The St. Louis County prosecutor has said he expects the grand jury to reach a decision in mid- to late November.
A Model Walked Around Half-Naked in Painted-on Pants and No One Even Noticed
Lauren Tuck
My father always told me when I went with him into the city to never look up. He said that if you look up, you’ll immediately be labeled as a tourist. Because of this early lesson, to this day, I walk around New York City with blinders on, staring straight ahead until I reach my destination. Clearly, there are plenty of people just like me because as a new social experiment reveals, New Yorkers are oblivious.
Model Pranksters TV painted a woman’s legs to look like she was wearing jeans and then she walked around the streets of midtown. Body art company The Body Of Art did such a convincing job of making the model appear as if she has pants on, when in reality, she does not.
The brave lady, Leah Jung, rode the subway, strolled through Times Square, walked around the garment district, and even went shopping. While it’s surprising that no one notices that she’s bare down below, it’s even crazier that the paint doesn’t rub off when she’s making her way through the congested crowds of Times Square.
At Forever21, Jung asked a sales associate where she could get a similar pair super skinnies. “A friend of mine got me these jeans as a gift and she said she got them here,” she said. The employee, very up close and personal, responds, “You can check downstairs.” At McDonald’s, a little girl’s face is level with the model’s butt. It’s unclear whether she walks away because she’s the first one to actually notice the woman is naked (kids are extremely observant), or maybe her Happy Meal is just ready.
Funny enough, for April Fools’ Day in 2013 American Eagle released a prank promotional video advertising a spray-on jean that would be “contoured through the thigh, knee, and ankle… that fits like second skin.”
So even if the unspoken rule of the streets is to be blissfully unaware of your surroundings, maybe you should snap out of it every once in a while. You never know if the next viral stunt is walking right beside you.
ANOTHER HAMMER BLOW TO CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA
[Video] House lets Muslim religious leader open with prayers to “Allah”, this should never happen in America
For the first time that we are aware of, the House of Representatives just let a Muslim Imam open with prayers to Allah (the Islamic God).
Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli, a leader from the Islamic Society of Central Jersey (ISCJ).
“In the name of Allah, the sustainer of the world, master of the day of judgment. Guide us in the right path.”
How can a nation founded on Christina values allow something like that to happen?
“In the name of Allah, the sustainer of the world, master of the day of judgment. Guide us in the right path.”
How can a nation founded on Christina values allow something like that to happen?
Thai Police Seize Body Parts in 3 Packages Being Shipped to U.S. Thailand: American Questioned Over Stolen Baby Body Parts NBC News
Police Col. Chumpol Poompuang said the sender was a 31-year-old American tourist, Ryan McPherson, who told them he had he found the items at a Bangkok night market. Police tracked down McPherson after being alerted by the shipper, DHL. "He said he thought the body parts were bizarre and wanted to send them to his friends in the U.S.," Chumpol said, adding that the man was questioned for several hours and released without charges.
The three packages seized in Bangkok, which contained five body pieces, were labeled as toys, police said. Clinical Professor Udom Kachintorn, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, told reporters that the body parts were stolen from the hospital's museums. Police Col. Chumpol had initially said a baby's heart and intestines were among the body parts. But police at a news conference Monday said the heart was from an adult and there were no preserved intestines. Police Lt. Gen. Ruangsak Jarit-ake displayed graphic pictures of the five body parts. Two of the parts were pieces of tattooed adult skin.
Sakchai Lalit / AP
Sunday, November 16, 2014
With His Policies Under Attack in His Own Party, Obama is No Longer Relevant in the Last Two Years of His Presidency Donald Lambro | Nov 14, 2014
WASHINGTON - After the thrashing Barack Obama and his party got in last week's elections, it is now clear that the Democrats are leaderless and in disarray and he is no longer relevant in the domestic policy battles of his last two years in office.
The Republican-run House and Democratic Senate now plan to vote to bypass Obama's stubborn opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline -- that would be seen as a stunning, bipartisan rebuke of the president's failed energy policies. Leading the charge for the oil pipeline is the politically embattled Sen. Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who is being forced into a runoff against GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy. Nearly a dozen Democrats support her demand for a vote, along with the entire Senate GOP caucus, to complete the pipeline.
"The project would bring billions of barrels of western Canadian oil to Gulf ports and refineries and create thousands of high paying jobs," says University of Maryland business economist Peter Morici.
Meantime, one of the key architects of Obamacare, the president's signature legislative achievement, is quoted as saying that Democrats used a deceptive strategy to hide details of the law in order to get it through Congress.
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