Feds Forced Churches To Get Baptism Permits

For as far back as anyone can remember, Missouri Baptists have gathered on river banks for Sunday afternoon baptisms.

The preacher leads the new believers into the water, draped in white robes as a choir sings, “Shall We Gather at the River.”

It’s the way it’s been done for generations – baptizing in creeks, lakes, and rivers “in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”

But now the long-cherished tradition of “taking the plunge” has been drawn into a controversy with the federal government.
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America's Worst Drivers Are In Washington, D.C.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The best drivers in the United States live in northern Colorado, while motorists on the crowded roadways of Washington, D.C., are twice as likely to crash as the national average, according to Allstate America's Best Drivers Report released this week.
Drivers in the nation's capital get involved in crashes once every 4.8 years on average, compared with a national average of once per decade. The most dangerous cities to drive in after Washington are Baltimore; Providence; Hialeah, Florida and Glendale, California.

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FAST FOOD 'STRIKES' SHOW ECONOMIC FOLLY OF AMNESTY

On Thursday, thousands of fast food employees and allied union members walked off the job and protested in cities across the country. They were agitating for a hike in the minimum wage, from the current $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. That isn't going to happen. Congress, however, is considering legislation that would flood the labor market with low-skilled workers. The low wages paid by fast food employers could be depressed even further.

Labor is a market, subject to the same laws of supply and demand that guide the rest of the economy. Employers will pay no more than the amount necessary to attract enough workers to do the job they require. This is the same phenomenon that pushes a consumer to shop around to pay the least amount for a product or service they desire. It is a law of economics, but it might as well be a law of physics.
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Pelosi Pushes For Syria Retaliation

According to Politico sources, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed Obama administration officials "to take military action to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad in response to reports that he used chemical weapons in his nation’s ongoing civil war."

Last night, Obama administration officials (sans Obama) held an unclassified 90 minute conference call after a growing number of Congress members demanded to be consulted regarding military action in Syria. Susan Rice, Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, Director of National Intel James Clapper and Sandy Winnefeld, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke for the administration.

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Obama: Sex Ed For Kindergartners ‘Is The Right Thing To Do’

The Chicago Public Schools this year are mandating that the district’s kindergarten classes include sex education, fulfilling a proposal President Barack Obama supported in 2003 when he served in the Illinois state senate and later defended when he ran for president in the 2008 election cycle.

At a Planned Parenthood convention at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2007, a teenage girl who said she worked as a sex-education “peer educator” in the D.C. public schools asked then-U.S. Sen. Obama what he would do to encourage the teaching of “medically accurate, age-appropriate, and responsible sex education.”
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MAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS FOR MURDER, GIVEN 10 DAYS TO REPORT…YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS HOW THAT TURNED OUT

Arkansas authorities are searching for a man who pleaded guilty to murder and was given to 22 years in prison, but didn’t return to begin his sentence.

Anthony Antwan Millbrooks accepted a plea deal Aug. 12 for first-degree murder and was sentenced to 22 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections for the 2010 incident, KAIT-TV reported. A judge ordered Millbrooks to return Aug. 22 to begin serving, but he didn’t appear.

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State Falls Short Of Estimated Revenues

EASTON — After Maryland met economic growth expectations in fiscal year 2012, the state fell short of General Fund revenue expectations in FY 2013, according to the comptroller's office.

Comptroller Peter Franchot reiterated a call for caution in the midst of a slow and anemic economic recovery after releasing the final closeout number for FY 2013.

"These revenue figures highlight an economy that remains exceedingly fragile and uncertain, and they remind us that we must proceed on a prudent financial course in the months ahead.
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Teens Charged In Florida Bus Beating Enter Guilty Pleas

Three teenagers charged in a vicious school bus beating were sentenced to indefinite probation Thursday in a Florida juvenile court.

The probation sentence for the trio of 15-year-olds came with multiple conditions including community service, random drug tests and electronic monitoring, meaning ankle bracelets for as long as 60 days.

In addition, the teens must also take anger management classes, comply with mandatory curfews and stay away from the vicitm.

Joshua Reddin, Julian McKnight and Lloyd Khemradj had all pled guilty earlier Thursday to aggravated battery charges in the attack on a 13-year-old boy on a Pinellas County school bus in July. Reddin also pleaded guilty to a count of robbery for taking $5 from the victim after the assault.

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Security Increases At Worcester Co. Public Schools For 2013-14

(Aug. 30, 2013) Worcester County Public Schools have ramped up security for the 2013-2014 school year with new security deputies patrolling each campus, additional cameras surveying schools, electronic entry systems and other safety measures.

“It offers a vital layer of protection,” said the schools’ Coordinator of Public Relations and Special Programs Barbara Witherow, a member of the schools’ Safety Committee. “When students feel safe and when teachers feel safe, they can focus fully on teaching and learning.”

Discussions on propping up school safety started immediately in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last December, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot 26 people and himself at the school.
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Jury Finds Teen Guilty Of Murdering Georgia Baby In Stroller

MARIETTA, GA. – An 18-year-old man was convicted of murder in the shooting of a baby who was riding in a stroller alongside his mom in a town in coastal Georgia despite the defense's attempt to cast guilt upon several others, including the child's parents.

Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding De'Marquise Elkins guilty of 11 counts, including two counts of felony murder and one count of malice murder in the March 21 killing of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago in Brunswick. The man's mother, Karimah Elkins, was on trial alongside him and was found guilty of tampering with evidence but acquitted of lying to police.

De'Marquise Elkins faces life in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. At the time of the shooting he was 17, too young to face the death penalty under Georgia law.
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Move-In Nightmare: Group Of Johns Hopkins Students Robbed At Gunpoint

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — College move-in day turns into a terrifying experience. Four Johns Hopkins students are targeted by armed robbers.

And police say those thieves were after one specific item.

Detectives say they believe those students were targeted for their smartphones.

Security alert. The same day hundreds move onto campus, four female Johns Hopkins students are targeted by robbers just off campus.

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George W. Bush: Obama Has A ‘Tough Choice’ To Make On Syria

Former President George W. Bush said on Friday that President Barack Obama has a "tough choice" to make in determining a U.S. response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons.

"The president's got a tough choice to make," Bush told "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade. "And if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up."

"I'm not a fan of Mr. Assad," he added. "He's an ally of Iran, and he's made mischief." 
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More Wasted Tax Dollars

found on craigslist tonight. dated 8/29 under customer service for the eastern shore area.
our tax dollars hard at work. enough !!!
Lifeline Agents (Free Gov't Cell Phones) (Eastern Shore and surrounding areas)

Become a LIFELINE CELL PHONE AGENT. Help the impoverished of Baltimore and nearby areas and GET PAID to do it. Make a difference! NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

DESCRIPTION: Great Ideas Marketing Group has partnered with a major Wireless carrier and we are in search of LIFELINE CELL PHONE AGENTS for the Lifeline Program that is sponsored by the Universal Service Fund, under the direction of the FCC ( http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline ). This is a free cell phone program for qualified applicants. You, the LIFELINE AGENT, are needed to help, a minimum of 30 people daily (150 applications a week), and will be expected to set-up in or around high traffic areas, low income housing areas, government buildings, community centers, churches, shelters, bus hubs, food pantries, and meet with community leaders, activists, etc. This a 1099 independant contractor position.

REQUIREMENTS:
MUST have a Smartphone, Tablet, Ipad, or a laptop with webcam to perform this job (mobile wifi or ability to tether tablet, Ipad, or laptop to phone is also needed).
MUST be able to work 5-6 days a week, ideally 5-8 hours a day (however long it takes to hit your daily numbers),
MUST be comfortable working and speaking with people in the lower income neighborhoods of Baltimore and nearby areas.
MUST be at least 18 years of age.
MUST be dedicated, self motivated, resourceful and dependable.
MUST enjoy working outside.

COMPENSATION: Every enrollment earns you $5.00 (150 a week x $5 = $750 possible). Some Agents make more, some less. Depends totally on you and your drive to succeed.

CONTACT US: Email
Location: Eastern Shore and surrounding areas
Compensation: Every enrollment earns you $5.00 (150 a week x $5 = $750 possible)
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Obama Grants Amnesty To Illegal Immigrants Without Congress

Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama from issuing directives that grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Last week, the Obama Administration issued the latest in a line of policy directives granting amnesty by default. This latest directive instructs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials not to enforce immigration laws in cases where an illegal alien is the primary provider for any minor child—regardless of the child’s immigration status—or the parent or guardian of a child who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
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Obama Disarms Americans While Arming The World

As President Barack Obama has outwardly attempted to curtail Americans’ Constitutional Second Amendment right to bear arms, his Administration has approved huge increases in defense spending and export sales. The Administration is now seeking to eliminate stringent State Department controls on exports and foreign licensing of dozens of categories of weapons and technology from the United States Munitions List (USML) by transferring control to the pro-business Commerce Department.

In spite of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warnings this change could increase terrorist access to dangerous weapons, the Administration claims this “reform” would enhance “the competitiveness of key United States manufacturing and technology sectors.”

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Mosquito-Borne Diseases Found In Worcester and Wicomico

(Aug. 30, 2013) The Wicomico and Worcester County Health Departments received updated test results from the State of Maryland that a mosquito pool in southern Worcester County tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). In Wicomico County, there was one pool that tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV), one pool that tested positive for EEE, and an additional pool tested positive for both.

The pools were sampled in remote, low lying areas of the counties, usually known to have standing water year round. This is in addition to the single sample of mosquitoes from Ocean Pines that tested positive for WNV last week.

West Nile Virus is most common during the summer and fall and the number of infections usually peaks mid-August. The virus is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and spread to humans, birds, horses and other animals.
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A Letter To The Editor: PRMC Lights, LOL

Joe,

This is posted on the door in the Education Dept. at PRMC. Will they continue to get positive awards, etc with things like this going on? If the She-Devil would take a cut in pay they could afford to have the lights on.

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ANOTHER BANK BREAKS INTO WRONG HOUSE, REPOSSESSES WOMAN’S BELONGINGS – BUT THIS TIME THE MISTAKE WAS MUCH WORSE

A West Virginia woman is the latest victim of a wrongful home repossession. Nikki Bailey, of Logan, W.Va., returned home from visiting her best friend in the hospital to find all of her belongings gone.

As it turns out, an unidentified bank sent repo men to the wrong house, in the wrong town.

You can imagine Bailey’s surprise as her home was bought in full 25 years ago. The only things she was able to recover were a dresser, a chest of drawers and a mirror. Everything else she owns is gone.
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