California Chrome Wins Preakness But May Not Race In Belmont

Trainer Art Sherman says California Chrome might not pursue a Triple Crown bid in the Belmont Stakes if New York officials won't allow the colt to wear a nasal strip.

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner has worn one during his current six-race winning streak after co-owner Perry Martin suggested it. Sherman said Sunday he will talk to New York racing officials and the horse's owners.

Some horses, like humans, wear nasal strips to assist breathing.

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New EPA Rules Next Move in Obama's 'War on Coal'

The Obama administration will escalate what Republicans call the White House's "war on coal" after Memorial Day when the EPA issues new rules to crackdown on carbon emissions, according to Politico.

President Barack Obama embraces the contention from many — but not all — scientists that the burning of fossil fuels is behind a global spike in temperatures that has lifted sea levels, melted glaciers, and increased the severity of storms.

In recent weeks, Obama has traveled the country sounding the alarm, and offering a proposed road map of legacy-building policy changes to address the impact of climate change. Many of the changes will be done by unilateral administration edicts and not by votes of Congress.

They include an onslaught of new rules demanding lower emissions from industries dependent on fossil fuels and incentives to turn to solar and wind power projects. But there is also a push to get a better handle on drought-driven wildfires and increase protections against flooding in the areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.

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Why Is the USDA Buying Submachine Guns with 30-Round Magazines?

Breitbart is reporting that the USDA recently put up a solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities website as follows:

A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W.”

According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an “ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic or 2 round [bursts] trigger group, Tritium night sights front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore group) and scope (top rear), stock collapsible or folding,” and a “30 rd. capacity” magazine.

They also want the submachine guns to have a “sling,” be “lightweight,” and have an “oversized trigger guard for gloved operation.”

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Feds disguising the devastation of poverty

Easy benefits allow the poor to settle into ambition-numbing subsistence

Hiding the poverty consuming this nation is one of government’s big jobs these days.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics made a startling announcement. New data released by the bureau reveals that in one out of every five families — 20 percent — no one is employed. Not one person in those families has a job. This is monumental, but we don’t see it because of the remarkable effort by the federal government to hide the truth.

Why? Because seeing the government’s failure spells their political ruin. Your family and future have been designated as a sacrifice to ensure the future of incompetent — and sometimes malevolent — politicians. Hiding poverty is now Job One.

During the Great Depression, hundreds of people lined up at soup kitchens every day in every city, a resource many people used as their sole food supplier.

It’s not a good thing that people had to line up at a soup kitchen, but that’s the point. We saw the poverty, and by standing in line to get food, you felt the impact of a government that had failed in its policies and duties. There was no denying the truth. You knew something had to change.

How best to perpetrate a lie about the condition of our economy than by making invisible the truth of the matter? When no one sees people in unemployment offices, and no one sees lines of people waiting for food, and no one sees the homeless population soar, it allows the craven in Washington to prevail with lies about what’s really happening.

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North America's Oldest Skeleton Discovery: 13,000-Year-Old Body of 'Naia' Discovered in Mexico

One of the oldest human skeletons in North America has been discovered by a team of international scientists in an underwater Yucatán Peninsula cave.

Named "Naia", the teenager fell to her death in a large pit called Hoyo Nego, meaning "black hole" in Spanish.

Patricia Beddows, a cave-diving researcher from Northwestern University, said: "The preservation of all the bones in this deep water-filled cave is amazing - the bones are beautifully laid out."

"The girl's skeleton is exceptionally complete because of the environment in which she died -- she ended up in the right water and in a quiet place without any soil. Her pristine preservation enabled our team to extract enough DNA to determine her shared genetic code with modern Native Americans," she added.

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Troopers Investigate Shooting Near Harrington

Harrington – Detectives are investigating a shooting that left a 34-year-old man injured.

The incident occurred shortly before 1:00 a.m. at a residence in the 2000 block of Bloomfield Drive. The initial investigation indicates several shots were fired at the residence from a vehicle. A 34-year-old man inside of the home suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital and admitted for treatment of his non-life-threatening injury.

If anyone has any information in reference to this incident, they are asked to contact Troop 3 at 302-741-2808. Tips can also be submitted using the Delaware State Police Mobile Crime Tip Application available to download at: http://www.delaware.gov/apps/. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, via the internet atwww.tipsubmit.com, or by sending an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."

Troopers Conducting Death Investigation Near Selbyville

Selbyville – Troopers are conducting a death investigation after a male and female were found deceased in the parking lot in the rear of the Bayview Estates community clubhouse.

At approximately 5:50 a.m. today troopers responded to the clubhouse on Sea Gull Road after receiving a report of two people lying on the ground in the rear parking lot. Troopers arrived to find an unresponsive male and female. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives are currently on scene investigating the incident. The bodies will be turned over to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for a determination of cause and manner of death.

This investigation is in its preliminary stages and more information will be released when available.

Republican Ron George Focuses Campaign On Economy

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Del. Ron George is focusing his campaign platform on economic issues in his bid for the Republican nomination for governor of Maryland.

In a recent interview about his campaign, George says a long list of tax and fee increases in recent years are hitting a larger number of people in the state.

George wants a 10 percent personal income tax cut. He's also campaigning to reduce the state's 8.25 percent corporate tax rate to 6.25 percent.
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Marriage

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. King David

 

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. Sasha Guitry

 

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

 

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. Anonymous

 

The great question, which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?" Dumas

 

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. Sigmund Freud

 

'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays'   Red Skelton

 

'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.' Sam Kinison

 

'I've had bad luck with both my wives The first one left me, and the second one didn't.' James Holt McGavra

 

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming. 1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it, 2. Whenever you're right, shut up. Patrick Murray

 

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once... Nash

 

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to. Anonymous

 

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. Henny Youngman

 

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. Rodney Dangerfield

 

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.' Anonymous

 

First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!' Second Guy : 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.' Anonymous

Is Perdue's 4-year-old plan to poison Pa. really on hold? by Ray Wallace

THE LIES

In April 2010 south-central Pennsylvanians were told that Perdue planned to help local farmers by buying their soybeans and safely crushing them into oil for use in cooking and in food products.

The crushing would also be done locally in a 35-job-creating, harmless-sounding:

     "no-discharge facility" 

Planned to be built on a field along the Susquehanna River near Three Mile Island, Perdue's soybean factory was pleasantly advertised as:

     "a permitted use [that] fits the ag characteristics of the area"

Perdue added that it was helping the environment by letting farmers truck their soybeans locally.

THE TOXIC TRUTH

Amazing seven year old sings Fly Me To The Moon

Deadliest weapons ever invented- Metal Storm

UMich Confidence Tumbles, Misses By Most In 8 Years

After April's confidence-inspiring reflexive rebound (thanks to hope for the future more than current perceptions) back near post-crisis highs, it seems the less-than-frigid-weather and record-er highs in stocks were not enough to maintain the status quo enhancing exuberance. UMich confidence dropped and missed expectations by the most since June 2006. Maybe its fears of El Nino? Maybe its concerns at the bond market signals? Or maybe - the reality is that the average joe is not as cock-a-hoop as the man-on-the-TV says he should be. Economic conditions dropped to their lowest since November. Higher highs in stocks and lower highs in confidence - not what the Fed wants.

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Krauthammer: Democrats 'Grossly Overestimate How Popular Hillary Is'

On Thursday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered an optimistic forecast for the GOP in the 2016 presidential elections. Krauthammer based on fatigue from President Barack Obama and overestimating the popularity of potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

“I think the historic forces are on the side of the opposition,” Krauthammer said. “You go back and you know, this Bill, you go back to 1953, with the single exception, every single time one party has held a White House for two terms, they get thrown out on their ear. The only exception, of course, is Reagan being given what's essentially a third term with Bush because he was so successful. The country is already tired of Obama. The country is already in semi-depressed mood. They’re high numbers wrong track. They are not going to be in a mood to reelect a Democrat. And I think the Democrats grossly overestimate how popular Hillary is. She may be popular with some of them. She may be popular with a lot of them. But they assume it's going to apply to the country. I think not.”

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Sen. Rand Paul Keynote speaker at Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner

East Bound Lanes On The Bay Bridge Closed Down

All Eastbound lanes of the Bay Bridge are closed due to a tractor trailer fire.

Click here to view the Live Traffic Cam

MDTA ‏

Working now to set-up 2-way ops on the westbound span at the Bay Bridge.

 

Plane Lands on Roadway Near Georgetown

Georgetown – Troopers have responded to an incident where a plane landed on a roadway near Georgetown.

At approximately 10:00 a.m. troopers responded to Park Avenue after a plane that attempted to land at the Sussex County Airport landed in the roadway. The pilot was the sole occupant of the plane and was not injured. Several utility poles were damaged during the landing, and DelDOT has closed Park Avenue between Wood Branch Road and South Bedford Street.

The Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating this incident.

Park Around Back Where No One Can See Us

Wednesday was Mexican Lunch Day for the Salisbury Fire Department. Snow Hill Rd. & West College Ave.

Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt Wants Taxpayers To Subsidize Tournaments

Last week Gary Mackes came to the County Council asking them to approve Rick Pollitt's $33,000.00 budget proposal for Parks and Recreation in order to reduce the FEES to Ball Players.

Mind you, the proposal is for three years, totaling $99,000.00. Mackes is claiming they are losing players and teams because the County's fees are too high. 

OK, let's get down to nuts and bolts here. Mackes has more than $900,000.00 IN ESCROW. WHY can't he just use their own money already in escrow to reduce the fees?

Instead, Mackes and Pollitt want the TAXPAYERS to subsidize these teams and players. Again, something you are not and will not see elsewhere in the local media. 

So now your County Executive wants to RAISE YOUR TAXES by 4.3 cents and now you know why. It's NOT a quality of life issues for YOU. It's a quality of life YOU are providing for others OUTSIDE the County.

Here's what I would propose. The County forks up hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Salisbury Zoo and has done so for many years through the County Room Tax at Hotels and Motels. 

If the County wants to start acting accountable, change the legislation so that ALL of those funds go to Parks & Rec.. STOP punishing the TAXPAYERS and START thinking like a good business executive. 

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Antionette Perry Appointed Elementary Principal, Will Serve as Principal of Fruitland Primary

Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Fredericksen and the Wicomico County Board of Education have announced that Antionette Perry will be the principal of Fruitland Primary School effective July 1.

At the May 13 Board meeting, the Board approved Perry’s appointment as an elementary principal. Perry began her career in Wicomico Schools in 1999 as a secondary instructional assistant, became an elementary teacher, and served as assistant principal at several schools, including Fruitland Primary.

Perry is a graduate of Worcester County Public Schools. She earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Sojourner-Douglass College, and a Master of Education degree in Public School Administration from Wilmington College. Following her time in the classroom, Mrs. Perry has served as assistant principal at Fruitland Primary, Pemberton Elementary, and this year Charles H. Chipman Elementary.

Perry will become principal at Fruitland Primary as Principal Pam Mitchell retires after 37 years of serving students, families, staff members, communities and schools throughout Wicomico County. She was principal at Westside Intermediate prior to leading Fruitland Primary.

“We welcome Mrs. Perry as the new principal of Fruitland Primary School, but we also wish a fond farewell to Mrs. Mitchell, who is leaving after 37 wonderful years of service,” Board President Ron Willey said.

Mayor & Fire Chief Cancel Public Calls For Service

Over the past year, (or so) Salisbury News has been providing the daily calls for service, (just as we do for the Police Department, Sheriffs Department and State Police) for the Salisbury Fire Department. 

That is, up until May 1, 2014. You see, the Mayor and Fire Chief have decided not to make these daily logs available to the public any more, therefore Salisbury News can no longer publish it.

The way I see it is, the call logs were proving to the public that not only are fires very few and far between, (unless they are right behind the Fire House and they burn to the ground) but it also proves there is absolutely NO NEED for a paid fire service as large as Salisbury is. 

So how does Mayor Ireton handle it, DON'T LET THE PUBLIC SEE IT. God Forbid the TRUTH & REAL EVIDENCE get out there while the liberal agenda always calls for lies and deceit instead. Smoke and mirrors it what you get. Your last Mayor refused to allow you to know more than 5,000 animals had died over the years at the Salisbury Zoo. That Mayor claimed the City was 99.9% compliant with the MDE, remember?

Now you know why we haven't been publishing information from the Salisbury Fire Department. It was your election to lose.  

A Couple Things I'd Like To Share Today

I'll start with this. Today we will provide an unusual amount of additional articles throughout the day. Secondly, we will have a 24 hour news cycle tomorrow as well. 

On a separate note I want to talk about some discussions I've been having with some local business owners and employment.

Believe it or not, there are a LOT of great paying jobs available right here in the Salisbury area. While Salisbury News always publishes HELP WANTED ads for FREE, you won't believe what happens.

I can proudly start by telling you that each ad every business Salisbury News promotes for Help Wanted we are always told by these businesses that they ran ads with the Daily Times and rarely even got a phone call, let alone people showing up to fill out an application. While businesses are PAYING the DT's big money to run these ads, they get nothing for their money.

I personally believe that we at Salisbury News want to give back to the Eastern Shore both for people AND businesses. Therefore we run these ads for FREE and we deliver incredible results. 

OK, so recently we've been running ads and here's what happens. The businesses get an incredible volume of phone calls and a very nice turn out for people going in and filing out applications. HOWEVER, it seems many of these people are simply going in to please UNEMPLOYMENT and really don't want to work. 

While some of these people actually get hired, they show up for work and don't want to lift a finger. Many of them QUIT by lunch time on the first day. AGAIN, these are very decent paying jobs.

Big Eastern Shore Developers In Big Trouble

Salisbury News learned over the weekend that two big developers who created a partnership together had their loans called by PNC Bank and the developers are in deep trouble.

According to court records both Mark Clark from Monogram Builders and Tom Ruark owe close to $20,000,000.00 and are being fined around $2,000.00 a day in interest alone. 

Records also show PNC is going full speed ahead to collect what is owed and have even repossessed one of their vehicles. 

Last week we had mentioned the difficult times consumers are having in Light House Sound and the Riddle Farm. Ruark owned the Golf Course in both locations and Clark was one of the biggest builders in Light House Sound. 

Now, that being said, let me say this. Before ANY of you go on the attack and start saying they deserve it, etc.. Yes, Developers can in fact make a TON of money. HOWEVER, they also take a TON of risks and this example is yet another perfect example. Jim Cane used to also be well known for his work in the Ocean City area. Bob Warfield and Hal Glick got into the business and PNC called their loans as well and they too came crumbling down.

ALL incredible business people who took incredible risks and I'm sure many of you know many others who have done the same. So before you kick people when they are down, know there are several Presidents, many Congressmen and others who ALLOWED the Banks to make BS loans to make the economy appear better than it actually was and people like ME have been spending YEARS trying to educate each and every one of you what was coming, including these Developers.  

Many of them asked me why I wasn't investing in Ocean City and my reply to them was simple, know when to hold up and know when to fold up. They didn't listen, unfortunately. 

Also remember that these very same Banks calling the loans of these Developers were wining and dining these Developers and encouraging them to BUILD, BUILD, BUILD. As long as they had multi million dollar inventory and the Banks could keep making loans out to unqualified buyers, THE BANKS WERE LOVING LIFE. 

This is why I can't stand Banks and rarely do business with them. They are your best friend when the cash is flowing and your worst enemy the moment they see any sign of weakness. 

Comcast Users, Prepare to Say Goodbye to Unlimited Internet Data

Paying more for Internet usage over a certain amount — having a “data cap,” in common parlance — will soon be universal for Comcast users, company executives predict.

Speaking on a call with investors Wednesday, Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen said, “I would predict that in five years Comcast at least would have a usage-based billing model rolled out across its footprint.”

Data caps are already the norm for Comcast users in Huntsville and Mobile, Alabama; Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah, Georgia; central Kentucky; Maine; Jackson, Mississippi; Knoxville and Memphis, Tennesse; and Charleston, South Carolina.

In those locations, the typical user gets 300 gigabytes per month of data, after which they’re billed an additional $10 for every additional 50 gigabytes of data they use.

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Town's White Police Official Calls Obama N-word

A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won't apologize for calling President Barack Obama the N-word, and he sat with his arms crossed while angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday.

Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who's 82 and white, has acknowledged in an email to his fellow police commissioners he used the racial slur in describing Obama.

Town resident Jane O'Toole, who moved to Wolfeboro four months ago, said she overheard Copeland say the slur at a restaurant in March and wrote to the town manager about it. Copeland, in an email to her, acknowledged using the slur in referring to the president and said he will not apologize.

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Does Mayor Ireton Really Care About Children?

Today I received a phone call asking if I knew about the vehicle driving around Salisbury trying to abduct children. I replied, I had not heard anything about it.

We looked on the City's Website, nothing. SPD, nothing. Facebook, nothing. Twitter, nothing. So where do you think the information came from, WMDT.

Now look, if you want to alarm the community about something as important as this is you'll make immediate contact with ALL Media Sources. Like Salisbury News or not, we have more local traffic then any other news source out there. I'd place WMDT almost dead last.

So why WMDT? Well, for many of you, I'm sure you can guess why Jimmy chooses to work so closely with them and no one else. However, does he really care about the children? Obviously not. At least he can say he got the information out there but really, what good does it do. 

In ALL the years I have been doing this I cannot recall another time, (aside from this one) where someone told me they saw it on WMDT. Everyone knows WMDT has an RSS Feed to Salisbury News and they get most of their news from us. As soon as we publish each and every story WMDT gets an instant message and link to those stories we produce first. 

I think what Jim Ireton and Chief Barbara Duncan are doing is a disservice to the community. I also feel that YOU should be aware of how your Mayor is handling such important matters.

In good faith, here's WMDT's story HERE.

Source: Donald Sterling Refuses To Pay Fine, Threatens To Sue NBA

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has sent a letter to the National Basketball Association telling the league he won't pay his $2.5 million fine and rejecting his lifetime ban, a source close to the situation said Friday.

The letter also threatens the NBA with a lawsuit if Sterling's punishment for making racist remarks, handed down by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in April, is not rescinded, the source said.

"We reject your demand for payment," the letter says, according to Sports Illustrated.
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WCSO Press Release 5/16/2014

Incident: Assault

Date of Incident: 26 April 2014

Location: 400 block of Churchill Avenue, Salisbury, MD

Suspect: 1. Lashawn Terry Butts, 18,Salisbury, MD

               2. Karon Malik Washington, 17,Salisbury, MD (Charged as an adult)

               3. Juvenile Male, 14, Salisbury,MD

                                 

Narrative: On 26 April 2014 at 11:15 PM, deputies from the Sheriff’s Office along with officers from other area agencies responded for a large fight in the parking lot of the Elks Club on Churchill Avenue in Salisbury.Upon arrival, the deputies located a 34 year old male victim that had been the subject of an attack by several individuals. Investigation revealed that this victim attempted to break up a fight between juvenile females when he was attacked by the three subjects listed above. The victim reportedly was punched repeatedly and then kicked in his head and body after falling to the ground. The victim required transportation to PRMC via ambulance.

Investigation revealed that the individuals involved in the attack had been on the premises attending a private party in a rented hall.

Investigating deputies identified the assailants as those listed above and all three were taken into custody on 13 and 14 May 2014. Lashawn Butts and Karon Washington were both detained by the District Court Commissioner in the Detention Center while the juvenile was detained by the Department of Juvenile Services in the Lower Eastern Shore Children’s Center.

Charges: Assault1^st Degree

                Assault 2^nd Degree

                Reckless Endangerment

Butts, Lashawn T

Washington, Karon M

FBI Launches Full Investigation Into Bundy Ranch Supporters

Bunkersville, Nev., The FBI has launched a full investigation into “death threats, intimidation, and possible weapons violations,” relating to the standoff between the Bureau of Land Management and Bundy Ranch supporters, according to 8 News Now out of Las Vegas.

The first people to be interviewed by FBI agents were Metro Police and Sheriff Doug Gillispie.

According to News 8 Now, the Metro Police claim to have intervened to “protect the lives of federal employees from the 400 or so Bundy supports and armed militia members.”

Metro officers stated that they feared for their lives that day due to the assemblage of firepower that the protestors had gathered and because many of those assembled “pointed weapons at officers, taunted them and told them they should be ready to die.”

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Police Officer Gets Beatdown While People Watch And Record The Incident

White supremacist commits suicide

A white supremacist who appeared in court with a swastika carved into his forehead died after a suicide attempt in prison.

Keith Luke, 28, was found unresponsive by corrections officers in his cell at Souza-Baranowski Center, Massachusetts on Saturday.

Luke was taken to University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester and placed on life support but was pronounced dead on Monday shortly after midday.

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1st Annual Delmar Football Corn Hole Tournament Fundraiser

1st Annual Delmar Football

Corn Hole Tournament Fundraiser

10am Saturday, June 21st 2014

@ The Mason Dixon Sports Complex
Across the street from the 

Delmar Elementary School
 

$40 Per Team
 

First 100 Teams to register 

Register@ www.delmarfootballcornhole.myevent.com
 

All proceeds go directly to Delmar Football Team

‘Donald Sterling Is a Racist’

Donald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers owner, was recorded by his mistress making some crude racist remarks. Since then, Sterling’s racist comments have dominated the news, from talk radio to late-night shows. A few politicians have weighed in, with President Barack Obama congratulating the NBA for its sanctions against Sterling. There’s little defense for Sterling, save his constitutional right to make racist remarks. But in a sea of self-righteous indignation, I think we’re missing the most valuable lesson that we can learn from this affair — a lesson that’s particularly important for black Americans.

Though Sterling might be a racist, there’s an important “so what?” Does he act in ways commonly attributed to racists? Let’s look at his employment policy. This season, Sterling paid his top three players salaries totaling over $46 million. His 20-person roster payroll totaled over $73 million. Here are a couple of questions for you: What race are the players whom racist Sterling paid the highest salaries? What race dominated the 20-man roster? The fact of business is that Sterling’s highest-paid players are black, and 85 percent of Clippers players are black. Down through the years, hundreds of U.S. corporations have faced charges of racism, and many have been subjects of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations, but none of them had such a favorable employment and wage policy as Sterling. How does one explain this? People with limited thinking ability might conclude that Sterling is a racist in his private life but a nice card-carrying liberal in his public life, manifested by his hiring so many blacks, not to mention paying Doc Rivers, the Clippers’ black head coach, a healthy $7 million a year. The likelier explanation is given no attention at all.

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BREAKING NEWS: Tractor Trailer Goes Off The Side Of The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A tractor-trailer went off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Thursday morning, and crews are actively working to rescue the driver.

Petty Officer David Weydert with the U.S. Coast Guard told WAVY.com crews were responding to a report of a tractor-trailer that had gone off the bridge. Small response boats from both Little Creek and Cape Charles were responding to the scene as well as the Cutter Beluga and a helicopter from Elizabeth City.

Battalion Chief Amy Valdez with the Virginia Beach Fire Department confirmed the tractor-trailer did go off the bridge near mile-marker 15 and struck a light pole. The Navy, Coast Guard and Virginia Beach Fire and EMS are all on scene.
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Photo Courtesy Of WTKR News Channel 3

Going Viral: ‘Sad Sister’ Gets One of the Most Brutally Honest Responses Ever From Advice Columnist

A stay-at-home mom wrote to the “Ask Amy” advice column on May 8 seeking guidance on how to make one of her sisters “understand that she should perhaps find another set of friends whose lives and interests align more closely with hers.” The response she received from nationally syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson was painfully blunt.
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Michael Sam Drafted in NFL Because He Is Gay

A Fox News commentator said Monday that Michael Sam made it into the National Football League only because he is gay.

Sam, who was taken by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh and final round of the draft on Saturday, announced he was gay earlier this year. He is now the first openly gay player in NFL history.

On Monday's "The Five," host Eric Bolling cited Sam's poor results in the NFL Combine, an event that measures potential draftees' skills, saying Sam "had a terrible combine" and is not as good a player as others may think.

"Some people were saying he was pushed down, Bob [Beckel] thinks he was pushed down in the draft because he was being the first openly gay NFL player and the teams didn't want the distraction," Bolling said.

"I would say he was drafted because he was the first openly gay player. I don't think he would have been drafted had he not been. He had a terrible combine. His scores in the combine didn't earn him that draft pick."

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SPD Press Release 5-14-14 (Shooter Arrested)

Watch Sonic Drive-Thru Employee Take Orders In Fake Indian Accent, Offend Customers

Cops: Teen Had Loaded Revolver In Her Vagina

Stolen weapon found during search at Tennessee jail

A 19-year-old Tennessee woman had a loaded handgun hidden in her vagina when she was brought into jail yesterday afternoon following a collar for driving with a suspended license, police report.

As Dallas Archer was being booked into the Kingsport jail, a female corrections officer alerted to an “unknown object” in the teenager’s crotch during a search.

The jailer and a female cop then accompanied Archer to a bathroom for further examination, a review that led to the recovery of a “North American Arms 22 LR revolver (loaded) which Ms. Dallas had concealed in her vagina,” according to a Kingsport Police Department report.

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A Child Is Born

Whenever someone asks what your best moments in your life ever were, most people, (including myself) say the moment our children were born.

Yesterday morning I got up very early to publish articles for the day so I could slip away to Annapolis General Hospital where my 4th Grandchild was born. 

My Son now has two beautiful Daughters. Life is good!