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Monday, April 22, 2013

Update In Snow Hill

There is a white male 5-8 to 5-9 black hair, black beard wearing a blue hoodie and jeans. He made terroristic threats in Delaware. They are saying he may be armed and believe he is in Snow Hill. 

If you see this man contact 911 immediately.

UPDATE: Jessey Dean Dudley has turned himself in.

FARMERS BARRED FROM VIEWING 'GASLAND' SEQUEL AFTER CONFRONTING ANTI-FRACKING DIRECTOR AND YOKO ONO

A group of at least 20 farmers, some who woke at 4:30 a.m. in order to travel to Manhattan for a Tribeca Film Festival screening of Gasland Part II, were barred from seeing the film after questioning celebrity anti-fracking director Yoko Ono, according to filmmaker Phelim McAleer.

Festival security officials allegedly blocked the farmers from entering, and soon area police officers reportedly arrived to make sure none of the farmers could enter.

Some of the farmers, said McAleer, had yelled tough questions at both Gasland Part II director Josh Fox and anti-fracking advocate Yoko Ono as they walked the red carpet before the 3:30 p.m. screening. Both films insist the process of fracking poses an environmental hazard that far outweighs its power-producing benefits. McAleer told Breitbart News that the tough questions apparently convinced festival officials to prevent them from seeing the actual film.

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Marriage

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
(written by kids)

-You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
-- Alan, age 10

-No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
-- Kristen, age 10

2. WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then..
-- Camille, age 10

3. HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
-- Derrick, age 8

4. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
-- Lori, age 8

5. WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
-Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
--Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)

-On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
-- Martin, age 10

6. WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
-When they're rich.
-- Pam, age 7 ( Love her )

-The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
-- Curt, age 7

-The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
-- Howard, age 8

7. IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
-- Anita, age 9 (bless you child )

8. HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
-- Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is .......


9. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.
-- Ricky, age 10

CANADIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’VE FOILED MAJOR AL-QAEDA LINKED TERRORIST PLOT

Canadian police say they have thwarted a deadly al-Qaeda-supported plan to derail a passenger train as it crossed the Whirpool Rapids Bridge connecting Canada to the United States, plunging its many would-be victims 225 feet into the raging Niagara River.

“After an extensive and complex criminal investigation,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) representatives said during a Monday press conference, police arrested and charged two individuals with terrorism related offenses.

The suspects have been identified as 30-year-old Chiheb Esseghaier and 35-year-old Raed Jaser of Montreal and Toronto, respectively.

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North Korean Pre-Teens Training To 'Seek Revenge On American Imperialists'

Meet North Korea's freshest batch of future soldiers--11-year-olds from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Their fervor reflects an uptick in anti-American sentiment as tensions mount between Washington and Pyongyang over the country’s nuclear ambitions.

PYONGYANG, North Korea
— North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they're studying harder these days to prepare for a fight....

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Senate Votes 74-20 To Move Forward With Online Sales Tax Bill

The Senate voted 74-20 on Monday to end debate on proceeding to a bill that would allow states to collect online sales tax.

The Marketplace Fairness Act, S. 743, would empower states to collect taxes on purchases made online by consumers in their states.

The strong vote to end debate suggests supporters of the bill are likely to see it win approval in the Senate this week. Its path through the House, despite the support of many GOP governors, is less clear.

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MDs Warn Teens: Don't Take The Cinnamon Challenge

Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.

The fad involves daring someone to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds without water. But the spice is caustic, and trying to gulp it down can cause choking, throat irritation, breathing trouble and even collapsed lungs, the report said.

Published online Monday in Pediatrics, the report said at least 30 teens nationwide needed medical attention after taking the challenge last year.

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Liberals Gone Wild

In Annapolis, Democrats and the media are exchanging high-fives and chest bumps over the raft of far-left legislation passed by this year’s General Assembly. Born-again Progressive Mike Miller, the Senate president, is calling it “The Age of Aquarius.” Others call it Sodom and Gomorrah.

But this year’s session is merely the capstone to seven years under the O’Malley administration. Seen as a continuum, the breadth of “progressive” legislation is truly stunning:

Gay marriage, death-penalty repeal, strict gun control, medical marijuana, in-state tuition and driver’s licenses for illegals, septic-tank ban and state control of local land use, offshore windmill farms (but a de facto ban on natural-gas fracking and exporting), felons’ voting rights and permission to work at casinos, teachers’ mandatory union dues, relaxing election laws including Election Day registration and online absentee ballots, and Obamacare exchanges and taxes.

But several of the most ballyhooed liberal “wins” are merely symbolic gestures.

Maryland hasn’t had a death penalty since 2006, when the courts struck down the lethal-injection protocol, which O’Malley and Democratic lawmakers never subsequently rectified.

Then, in 2009, the legislature gutted Maryland’s capital-punishment statute by imposing a near impossible evidence standard. So, this year’s repeal simply conforms the law to political reality.

Likewise, O’Malley’s offshore renewable energy windmills bill is so watered down, it’s financially impractical. The bill’s main purpose is to boost O’Malley’s presidential bid by burnishing his environmental résumé.

Nor is Maryland likely to become a medical marijuana venue. Doc pot distribution is limited to major hospitals, which will be reluctant to risk their federal funding by violating the federal ban against marijuana.

Maryland’s new gun-control law is a cultural victory for non-gun owners against gun owners, but it won’t save one life or take one gun out of the hands of one criminal. Instead,illegal firearms, like illegal drugs, will simply become more expensive.

Liberals are fond of proclaiming that they are “on the right side of history.” But most of this year’s legislation is the product of old-fashioned political deals and payoffs, not idealism.

The biggest reason so many liberal agenda items passed this year is that Senate President Mike Miller finally got his gambling expansion. Last year, Miller held the state budget hostage and sent the Assembly into special sessions when his casinos and table games bill died in the House. O’Malley got behind Miller’s gambling bill after Miller threatened him that, otherwise, he’d trash the last two years of O’Malley’s term (and his presidential ambitions).

Once gambling expansion become law, Miller released O’Malley’s windmills bills, death penalty repeal, etc., although it involved switching senators between various committees and adding minority business set-asides to the windmills bill to buy off the Black Caucus.

Likewise, the gas-tax bill only passed because legislative leaders paid off Baltimore city with massive state funding for school construction and Prince George’s County with more education and hospital state aid. So much for “the right side of history.”

One statehouse curiosity is that the Senate, once the more conservative (less liberal?) chamber, is now more liberal than the House. That’s because Democrats gained two Senate seats but lost six House seats in the 2010 elections.

As a result, leftist bills that flew out of the Senate (gay marriage, gun control, gas tax, gambling expansion, decriminalizing pot) got bogged down in the House. Meanwhile, in the Senate (where 24 votes is a majority), the $10 minimum wage (25 sponsors) and the transgender rights (23 sponsors) bills are pending. And a bill forcing apartment owners to accept Section 8 voucher tenants only lost by one Senate vote.

Miller, who once dictated to the Senate, is now being dictated to by a coalition of blacks and white liberals. So Miller, whose sole concern is retaining his presidency, is throwing in with the lefties before they dump him for one of their own.

But the most profound moment of this year’s session was when an amendment to the death-penalty repeal bill was offered, preserving capital punishment solely for mass murderers of school children. Liberal lawmakers killed the amendment. Conclusion: compassion for mass murderers while we fingerprint law-abiding gun owners.

You have to go back 100 years in Maryland history to the so-called “Progressive Era” to find an equivalent to today’s “O’Malley Era.”

But there’s one big difference: The Progressive Era reformers wrested control from the railroads, coal companies, utilities and political machine to better the lives of working people by improving working conditions, public education, elections and legislative ethics.

Today’s “progressives” are, instead, championing big government and the Democratic Party. Under O’Malley, they’ve increased 37 different taxes and fees, adding $3.1 billion a year to Marylanders’ tax burden. And almost all of it (sales tax, gas tax, tolls) is a regressive hit on working families, the folks the liberals claim to care about.

Likewise, legalizing slots and casinos is a shameful pestilence on vulnerable Marylanders that would make yesterday’s progressives cringe. But huge new tax and gambling revenues are the fuel that grows state government, which is what today’s liberals are really all about.

Carjack Victim Says Terror Suspects Spared Him Because He 'Wasn't American'

A man who says he was abducted by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects during a carjacking told police the suspects said they would not kill him because he “wasn’t American.”

The man, who has asked that his identity not be revealed, told NBC News that he managed to escape Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s clutches, describing them as “brutal and cautious.”

Details of the Thursday night carjacking – part of the brothers’ own escape attempt after the FBI put out video and photos of them at the marathon – emerged as investigators continued to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at a Boston hospital.

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Woman Sues Hospital

A recent article in the Kentucky Post reported that a woman, one Anne Maynard, has sued St. Luke's Hospital, saying that after her husband was treated there recently, he had lost all interest in sex.

A hospital spokesman replied, "Mr. Maynard was actually admitted into Ophthalmology - all we did was correct his eyesight..."

Jack Carroll With His Own Comedy Style

US Upping Aid To Syrian Rebels By $123 Million

Kerry says the additional money will double the nonlethal assistance to the opposition forces battling the Assad regime
ISTANBUL (AP) — The United States is providing Syrian rebels with $123 million in new nonlethal aid that may include body armor and other types of supplies that haven’t been part of the assistance package in the past.

The additional money will double the nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition as well as increase humanitarian aid. The nonlethal aid could include armored vehicles, night vision goggles and advanced communications equipment.

Americans Run Towards the Fire

The smoke and flame had not even dissipated before it was crystal clear that the terrorists had lost again. There was the flash, the boom, then a few brief moments to get their bearings before, almost as one, Americans began running toward the fire.

It wasn’t just the cops and the soldiers. It was spectators, bystanders, even runners themselves who seconds before had been struggling to cross the finish line after 26 brutal miles. In one terrible moment that shredded bodies and lives, they went from being ordinary Americans to something extraordinary.

Scratch that – “extraordinary” is the natural condition of Americans. That is neither mere sentiment nor some wishful thinking about American exceptionalism. It is a fact, demonstrated again and again, in peace and in war. Americans don’t wait. They don’t hesitate. They act.

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ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE


Important Info.....Not A Joke!! Even if you dislike attorneys...You will love them for these tips.

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company: 

1. 
DO NOT Sign the Back of your Credit Cards.Instead,put 'PHOTO ID REQUIRED.'                         

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the Complete Account Number on the 'For' line. Instead, just put the Last Four Numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, andanyone who might be handling your check as it passes through     all the check processing channels won't have access to it. 

3. Put your Work Phone# on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. 
NEVER have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it. 

4. Place the 
Contents of Your Wallet on a Photocopy Machine.Do both sides of each license, credit card,etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel.. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a Photocopy of my Passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a Name, Address, Social Security Number, Credit Cards. 

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month...  Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online,and more. But here's some critical 
information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know: 

5. We have been told we should 
Cancel Our Credit Cards ImmediatelyBut the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them. 

6. 
File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).
But here's what is perhaps 
most important of all: (I never even thought to do this.)

7. Call the 3 National Credit Reporting Organizations Immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security Fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.
    
The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have   to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.. 

Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, if it has been stolen:
1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 
3.) Trans Union : 1-800-680 7289 
4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

Baltimore Mayor Proposes Several New Taxes In Budget

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake wants to raise more money with some new taxes.

One is a 25-cent per-ride surcharge for using a taxi in the city.

Another is a tax on billboards that would impose a levy on both static and electronic signs based on square feet of space.

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Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Most Wanted

Brian Devon Bivens
  •  Black Male, 6’02” 190 lbs
  •  DOB 06/20/1974
  •  Black hair, Brown eyes
  •  Bivens has tattoos on both arms
  •  Bivens is wanted by the Sheriff's Office on a Circuit Court Bench Warrant issued for Failure to Appear in March 2013 for a Violation of Probation hearing on the charge of CDS Manufacture Distribute Narcotics
  •  There is no preset bond, he must be brought before the court
  •  Bivens should be APPROACHED WITH CAUTION and is a DRUG USER SELLER


 Ryan O’Neal Brown
  •  Black Male, 5’08” 137 lbs
  •  DOB 09/04/1985
  •  Black hair, Brown eyes
  •  Brown’s last known address was Salisbury MD
  •  Brown is wanted by the Sheriff's Office on a Circuit Court   Bench Warrant issued for Failure to Appear in March 2013 on the charge of CDS Possess with Intent to Distribute
  •  There is no preset bond, he must be brought before the court
  •  We will extradite Brown from Delaware and Virginia
  •  Brown should be APPROACHED WITH CAUTION and is a DRUG USER SELLER


Brennan Alexander Cornish
  •  Black Male, 5’10” 190 lbs
  •  DOB 06/12/1983
  •  Black hair, Brown eyes
  •  Cornish also uses the name Bryan Alex Jones
  •  Cornish is wanted by the Sheriff's Office on a Circuit Court Bench Warrant issued in April 2013 for Violation of Probation on the charge of CDS Possess with Intent Distribute Narcotics
  •  The preset bond is $20,000
  •  We will extradite Cornish from Delaware and Virginia
  •  Cornish should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS and a DRUG USER SELLER


Mary Ann Dent

  •  Black Female, 5’08” 185 lbs
  •  DOB 07/19/1982
  •  Black hair, Brown eyes
  •  Dent’s last known address was Fruitland, MD
  •  Dent has tattoos on both arms and her back
  •  Dent is wanted by the Sheriff’s Office on a Circuit Court Bench Warrant issued for Failure to Appear in May 2007 for a Violation of Probation hearing on the charge of CDS Possession Not Marijuana & Marijuana
  •  There is no preset bond, she must be brought before the court
  •  Dent has a history of being a DRUG USER SELLER
Brian James Dunn 
• White Male, 6’00” 144 lbs
• DOB 06/14/1987
• Brown hair, Brown eyes
• Dunn’s last known address was Laurel DE
• Dunn is wanted by the Sheriff's Office on a Circuit Court Bench   Warrant issued for Failure to Appear in March 2013 on the charge  of CDS Possess with Intent Distribute Narcotics
• Dunn may RESIST ARREST and is a DRUG USER SELLER
• There is no preset bond, he must be brought before the court
• We will extradite Dunn from Delaware and Virginia 

If you know of or observe any of the above persons, please call the Sheriff's Office at
410-548-4891

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DHS Questioned Over Decision To Let Saudi Passengers Skip Normal Passport Controls

A Department of Homeland Security program intended to give "trusted traveler" status to low-risk airline passengers soon will be extended to Saudi travelers, opening the program to criticism for accommodating the country that produced 15 of the 19 hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sources voiced concern about the decision to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which issued a report Wednesday on the under-the-radar announcement -- which was first made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after meeting in January with her Saudi counterpart. According to the IPT, this would be the first time the Saudi government has been given such a direct role in fast-tracking people for entry into the United States.

"I think you have radical Wahhabism in certain elements in Saudi Arabia, and I think to be more lenient there than in other places would be a mistake," Rep. Frank Wolf told the Investigative Project on Terrorism. "There were 15 [hijackers] from that country, and there is a lot taking place in that region."

BREAKING NEWS: CANADA HAS REPORTEDLY FOILED A ‘MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACK’

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday that police and intelligence agencies will soon announce the details of a “thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack” in Canada.

The FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were reportedly involved in the operation, which lasted more than a year.

A press conference is expected to take place Monday around 3:30 ET, according to Reuters, but here’s some of what the CBC is reporting so far:

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