A Viewer Writes: Dragalicious Drag Show??

"Dragalicious Drag Show"  See what Jim Ireton has brought to Salisbury! This is embarrassing that our local bars are turning into gay Pride Nights and Drag Shows.

https://www.facebook.com/WarehouseBarSalisbury/photos  Then I checked out some of the pictures they posted and this person is the one putting on the show and "Liked" their own picture. I clicked on their link to see who they were and this is the information on it's Facebook page.

Fefe Ladada - Head Meat Inspector at Dick's Meat Market

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"Head Meat Inspector at Dick's Meat Market" How disgusting and Jim Ireton and Jake Day brag about closing the Red Light District down?? Fefe Ladada is the person performing and bringing the shows to Salisbury and they are very disgusting. Your friend Ryan Stevenson who used to make numerous comments on SBYNews.com is on Fefe Ladada's Facebook page making a comment that he want's his picture on the flyer because he is doing the spotlight. Then he posts a half naked picture of himself begging it to use it. I am extremely disgusted at what Jim Ireton and Jake Day are doing to Salisbury. Posing as good stewards trying to take credit for shutting down a business and then allowing this half porn show to come to Salisbury. You should check out their facebook pages and you will see that this crap is not family friendly, but outright disgusting!

Have you ever heard of this bar in Salisbury? I saw the first flyer posted on a friends page and it was connected to The Brick Room so I checked it out and this is the next date for "Pride Night" at another bar in Salisbury and connected to 3rd Friday. This is proof of what Jim Ireton and 3rd Friday is all about and I always thought 3rd Friday had a gay flavor to it. I believe it is their intent to make downtown and all of Salisbury the Gay Capital of the East Coast. 

Rick Pollitt Hired As New Town Manager of Crisfield

As if Crisfield doesn't have enough of their own problems, Pollitt was unanimously voted in by their Council. 

Beer, crabs, a company car, free gas and a depressed community, it's a perfect job for this guy. Obviously Crisfield doesn't give a crap about past history or a proven track record. I also didn't realize there was so much Joy Jelly in Crisfield. 

Underdog Luke Rommel Files ANOTHER Lawsuit Against City of Salisbury

While Mayor Jimmy Ireton is screaming at the top of his lungs, WHY MEEEE!!!! Rommel has filed yet another lawsuit against the City charging the very same Salisbury Police Officer assaulted several more individuals.

States Attorney Matt Maciarello sat with Police Chief Barbara Duncan and viewed video footage and immediately said, I'm NOT prosecuting this case and the charges were immediately dropped. 

What's not been stated publicly, (other then Salisbury News) is that Officer Aita is no longer with the Salisbury Police Department. What's also not been stated is that Rommel has been winning each and every case. Instead, Mayor Jimmy Ireton continues to act like a fool by stating he wants to know WHY Rommel has it out for the City. HELLO JIMMY, the mere fact that Rommel keeps winning, (what, SEVEN cases so far) proves that he is doing so because this Officer is obviously out of line. 

Well Jimmy, let's also say that it was one of your SISTERS being attacked by a Police Officer. Just because many of these people are BLACK, doesn't mean they don't have the same RIGHTS as one of your sisters. 

I say GOD BLESS the Luke Rommel's of the Shore who are willing to stick their necks on the line for the most UNPOPULAR cases with clients who can't afford the RIGHT kind of representation. Then, (of course) there's the PRESS who regularly shies away from bucking the system by exposing rogue cops or municipal improprieties. 

I've said it from day one, you want a great Lawyer, call Luke Rommel. He's not a pit bull. He's a genuine good guy who wants to do what is right and fair. And who's left out of these discussions, the honorable Judges who decide the outcome of such cases. What I see is, there's no Good Ol' Boys in the Wicomico judicial system. These men and women deserve to be recognized. 

Salisbury Police Officer In Accident On Business Rt. 50 Moments Ago

This is the FOURTH local law enforcement vehicle accident in the past week. 

SALISBURY POLICE OFFICER TOLD RESIGN OR BE FIRED?

After a multitude of lawsuits filed over the past several months, the Salisbury Police Officer involved was allegedly told, resign or be fired. Either way, he is no longer with the Salisbury Police Department. 

It's also been reported that Salisbury Police Chief Barbara Duncan is denying she asked the Officer to resign or he would be terminated. "CYA" in this case has a double meaning. 1, See Ya. 2, Cover Your A$$.  

JUST IN: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced To Death After Conviction in Boston Marathon Bombing Case

JUST IN: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death after conviction in Boston Marathon Bombing case. http://fxn.ws/1Poragh
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Obama Could Become Supreme Court Justice After Presidency

Rumors advocates that Obama is planning to join the Supreme Court after his presidency is over.

Obama served as president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the UNIVERSITY of Chicago.

While campaigning back in 2008, Obama himself said that the best justices historically have been former politicians. According to The Washington Post, he listed three-time California governor Earl Warren as his judicial hero.

“We need somebody who’s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom,” Obama said of his ideal Supreme Court Justice, clearly thinking he displays these qualities. “The empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor, or African American, or gay, or disabled, or old.”

Obama could end up like President William Howard Taft, who became chief justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the White House.

What do you think of the possibility of Obama joining the Supreme Court?

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O’Malley: Americans in cities worse off than 8 years ago

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Close to a presidential announcement, Martin O’Malley said Wednesday that many Americans living in cities are worse off than they were eight years ago and Democrats in Washington wasted a chance to address poverty in the nation’s urban areas.

In appearances in New Hampshire on Wednesday, O’Malley did not did not mention President Barack Obama by name but said pointedly that Democrats have missed opportunities to make investments in cities while in control of the White House and when they controlled Congress. The former Baltimore mayor and former Maryland governor said the economic problems exposed by Baltimore’s recent riots showed the need for new approaches to rebuild cities.

“We’ve created whole swaths of Americans, particularly in American cities, who are worse off now than they were eight years ago,” O’Malley said. “When people are unheard, when their country’s economy treats them like they’re unnecessary, like they’re unwanted, like they’re unneeded, this sort of anger erupts.”

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Salisbury Police Chief Duncan Violating The Law

At this moment Salisbury Police Chief Barbara Duncan is at Mill Street and Division Street directing traffic without the OSHA required traffic safety vest. 

Funny how OSHA can suck money through fines in the private sector but municipalities don't seem to have to follow the same LAWS. Lead by example Mrs. Duncan.

Special Forces Train With Cops For House to House Raids

South Carolina residents warned they may encounter military vehicles

Special Forces out of Fort Bragg are training with SWAT officers in Richland County, South Carolina this week for house to house raids, another unnerving sign of the militarization of domestic law enforcement.

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New Report Shows Md. Home To Some Of The Best High Schools

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Getting students ready for the rigors of college. A new study finds Maryland is home to some of the best high schools in the country.

Amy Yensi takers a closer look at the report.

Other than California, no other state has as many schools with the gold or silver status.

Everywhere you turn, there are reminders of the academic excellence and high expectations.

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Complete list of Maryland High Schools can be found HERE 

Two correctional officers charged for looting 7-11 during riots

Two correctional officers have been suspended without pay for their involvement in looting during the Baltimore riots surrounding the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. 

The correctional officers, 29-year-old Tamika Cobb and 28-year-old Kendra Richard, were charged on Wednesday with theft and burglary and are being processed at Central Booking following an investigation. Both were charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary and theft of less than $1,000 value. 

The charges come after the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services officers and the Intelligence and Investigative Division detectives received a tip on April 30 about Cobb and Richard allegedly looting.

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Amtrak Train Was Traveling More Than 100 MPH As It Approached A Curve

WASHINGTON - An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia killing seven people was traveling more than 100 mph as it approached a curve where the speed limit is just 50 mph, federal investigators said.

Robert Sumwalt, a National Transportation Safety Board member, said that a preliminary review determined the train was traveling 106 mph as the engineer applied the emergency brake about 9:20 p.m.Tuesday. Three seconds later, just before the entire train derailed, the train had slowed to 102 mph.

The train should have been traveling just 50 mph as it entered the curve, Sumwalt said.

Safety measures that prevent a train from exceeding posted limits, known as positive train controls, were not installed along the track. The NTSB has called for the installation of such controls for years and Congress has mandated that the systems be implemented by the end of the year, Sumwalt said.

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‘Off-the-Grid’ Parents Lose Custody of 10 Kids

Following a Monday court hearing, a Kentucky couple living what they call a “simple, back-to-basics life” in a rural, off-the-grid shack has lost custody, at least temporarily, of their 10 children. Joe and Nicole Naugler — who are expecting an 11th child in October — will remain under investigation by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), while their kids, ranging in age from 3 months to 15 years old, will stay in the agency’s custody.

“Although we are sad our children will not be returned to us today, we have nothing to hide,” Joe Naugler wrote on the family’s Facebook page, Blessed Little Homestead. “We have cooperated with all requests made to us by CHFS and will continue to do so. We are confident that throughout this process, Nicole and I will be shown to be the good parents that we are and that our family will be reunited.”

The court’s decision came several days after authorities removed the children from their home, following an anonymous police complaint about the family’s living conditions — which allegedly include residing under a crude tarp construction, having no heat or running water, and having no septic system (which the Nauglers dispute). But many of their supporters believe they’re being targeted for their lifestyle, which includes living off the power grid, birthing children at home, and relying on “unschooling,” which is a less structured approach to homeschooling.

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Md.'s Tubman wins ballot for place on $20 bill

Voters have spoken, and Maryland's own Harriet Tubman,who led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, should replace President Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill.

The organization Women on 20s conducted the online campaign to get a woman's face on paper money in time for the 2020 centennial of their right to vote. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew can make the change on his own authority. President Barack Obama is on record as supporting a change, and there are bills in both houses of Congress that would establish committees to study such a change.

"I think it will happen, I really do," said the group's executive director, Susan Ades Stone. "There is a strong feeling that this is overdue. It is very hard to make an argument against it."
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Billy Graham's Daughter Issues 'Mayday'

The daughter of America’s most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, says God is “clearly warning that His judgment is coming on America, and it’s going to be ugly.”

So, Ann Graham Lotz is calling on Americans to participate in a “Mayday” time of prayer and intercession May 15-23.

She hopes to “delay or soften God’s judgment that is coming on America and our world” and urge the Holy Spirit to “compel the church to repent of sin and our nation to return to faith in the living God.”

Lotz’s warnings are startlingly specific.

In a recent message on her website, she said she believes Jesus “is soon to return to take all of His followers to Heaven with Him in what is referred to as The Rapture.”

“Institutions will collapse. Banks will close,” Lotz wrote. “The stock market will plunge. Planes will fall out of the sky. Cars will crash on the road. Government in America at every level will disintegrate. Families will be torn apart.

“In the unprecedented turmoil, our nation will be vulnerable for our enemies to seize the moment and attack us. There will be mass chaos, confusion, fear, grief, despair, anger, threats, danger … judgment.”

The Family Research Council is among the Christian groups promoting the prayer campaign. FRC Chaplain Pierre Bynum wrote, “Please take Anne’s call to heart.”

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An Interesting Comment Worthy Of A Post

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " A Viewer Writes: Dragalicious Drag Show??":

I am one of the entertaniner's and do this because it is fun and NOT THAT I WANT TO BE A WOMEN.....People get over yourself and to the one who said they cant go to a bar and to have gay boys look him up and down....YOU WISH....Jesus is the ONLY ONE WHO CAN JUDGE ME......so please read the Bible and live your life the way you wish and TRUST ME WE WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE AS long as you leave us alone......just think if it was not for staright people there would be no gay people so THANK YOU FOR MAKING US.....have a great night and take time to love the person you see in the mirror...and WE ALL ARE GOD'S CHILDREN

BREAKING NEWS

There's been a Bank Robbery at the PNC Bank on Nanticoke Road in Salisbury. 

Suspect is wearing a red cap with a Looney Tunes Character on it. Was also wearing a Grey t-shirt and possibly had a red backpack.

Suspect is a white male 18-20 yrs of age with lots of acne on his face. 

UPDATE: Suspect is now in custody

I Received A Very Interesting Call Moments Ago

A few minutes ago I received a phone call from a woman in Nevada. I answered the phone and she said, I'd like to speak to a black reporter please. I replied, we don't have a black reporter here, how can I help you. Somewhat shocked she said, I was told you had a black reporter who is a news anchor. I said, Mam, you must be talking about Paul Butler, he works as WBOC. I said, may I ask what this is in reference to. This was her reply.

I'd like to get a reporter to check into why a local jail,there doesn't have their air conditioning system working. I replied, more then likely because it hasn't been hot enough to run air conditioning until today. She said, it hasn't? I said, no Mam, today will be our first really hot day and it will only last for one day. I asked, how long has the A/C system been down. She replied, three weeks now. I said, it hasn't been hot enough. 

The problem I have with this caller is, one, WHY does she need a black reporter? Two, why are the inmates complaining that it's too hot when it really hasn't been that hot the past three weeks. 

I gave her Paul Butler's contact information and I went on to say, it sounds like the person complaining is a bit spoiled. The temperatures have been averaging in the 70's and she said, you don't run air conditioning in the 70's? No Mam, I replied. She said, but you have humidity there, can't they relocate the prisoners until they fix the air conditioners. I replied, I highly doubt they'd even consider it. Besides, the people that work there would love to make sure their A/C system is up and running, so I'm sure it will be operating soon enough. 

You know, I think about the young men and women that have served our country and become POW's. I think about the conditions they were subjected to and then I reflect back to this phone conversation. All I can say is, God Bless our Soldiers and Veterans, some of us have NOT forgotten and others need to shut the hell up.

By the way, she was complaining about the Wicomico Detention Center.

LATEST HEAT INFORMATION FOR WICOMICO STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING

Heat Information for Wicomico Students in Schools without Air Conditioning: Bennett Middle, West Salisbury, East Salisbury

With the predicted return of hot weather this week, Wicomico County Public Schools would like to remind Wicomico school families of the excused absence option for students attending schools that are not fully air conditioned.

When the forecasted high temperature for the day exceeds 85 degrees, parents and guardians may choose to have their child not attend that day – or to be signed out early – if the child attends Bennett Middle, West Salisbury Elementary, or East Salisbury Elementary.

Upon the student’s return to school, parents and guardians must provide a note naming the heat as the reason for the absence or early dismissal, in order for the absence to be excused. Students are allowed to make up work that they miss during any excused absence.

Every effort will be made to provide for the comfort of students who attend schools on hot days. Students may have water bottles in the classroom and are urged to wear attire that will keep them cooler while still meeting the dress code. In classrooms and hallways, fans keep the air moving, and lights are often shut off to create a more comfortable learning environment.

For further information, please contact your child’s school.

The Board of Education has put a priority on providing comfortable, air conditioned classrooms for students in all schools. These HVAC projects have been completed when the state and county provide requested funding. In recent years, school system HVAC and construction projects have brought full air conditioning to James M. Bennett High, Northwestern Elementary, and Pittsville Elementary and Middle.

Students have only four more weeks in the old Bennett Middle School; come August, students and staff will have air conditioning, technology, and other modern amenities in the new Bennett Middle in Fruitland. The replacement West Salisbury Elementary is the next school on Wicomico’s construction list, with students expected to move into air-conditioned swing space while the replacement school is being built. That will leave East Salisbury Elementary as the only school in the county without full air conditioning. East Salisbury has some air conditioned classrooms, and on hot days the school adjusts its building use to bring students down from the hotter second floor and fully utilize any air conditioned spaces, such as the media center.

Michelle Obama speaks of emotional toll of being first black first lady

Michelle Obama gave a candid view Saturday of the challenges and emotional toll of being the country’s first black first lady.

Obama, speaking to graduates at Tuskegee University in Alabama, described insensitive media questions and derogatory remarks from political pundits that she said have kept her up at night.

“You might remember the on-stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary win that was referred to as a ‘terrorist fist jab,’ ” she said.
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RELOCATION OF BOARD OF EDUCATION CENTRAL OFFICES

I am aware of the Board of Education’s proposal to relocate their offices to a leased facility in Northwood Industrial Park. However, I do not have complete details on the associated financial implications.

The County Executive has minimal control over decisions made by the Board of Education whose members are appointed by the Governor. I can try to persuade, but can exercise no real oversight. 

The County’s primary role is to provide funding to our public schools and that funding is largely mandated by State formulas.

I want to be assured that this proposed transaction will not have any negative impacts on classroom funding and/or other priority Board of Education Capital projects and I call upon the Board to provide the public with that reassurance.

ISIS threatens America with cyber attack TODAY!

Just wanted to give y’all a heads up that if for some reason our site gets hacked or closed down today, we’ll have a good idea why.

Per Voactiv:

A group of hackers affiliated with ISIS are threatening to carry out a cyber attack—dubbed “Message to America”—against a number of targets 2 p.m. EST today. The targets were not identified on ISIS forums and social channels but the hackers are promising something “surprising” that “will frighten America.”

ISIS supporters calling themselves the Cyber Caliphate hacked into the Twitter account of the United States Central Command in January.

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Prince releases protest song 'Baltimore'

Prince released his anticipated tribute song "Baltimore" on Saturday, calling for justice and peace in the wake of protests over Freddie Gray's death.
 
The unrest in Baltimore moved Prince to record a song critical of the killing of young African-American men, a publicist for the artist said last week. The song mentions Michael Brown and Gray, who both died in police-related altercations.

"Does anyone hear us pray?

For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray

Peace is more than the absence of war."

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Police Retraining

Now let me see if I have this right. 

There's no guidance or discipline in the home.  The family situation is so unstable, 'Junior' doesn't even know where or to whom to send a Father's Day card.  Junior gets dumped into the education system where he is socially promoted because the overwhelmed school district can't deal with the undisciplined whelp.  Junior's major formative influences are 'gangsta' rap videos and a corresponding peer group of gangsta wannabes.

At age 18, Junior is turned loose on society carrying a bad attitude, a broken compass and little respect for authority.  Junior gets himself in big trouble with the law and meets dire consequences.   Then, the situation diagnosis is that the police need more training and understanding?

Pardon me for asking, but do you really believe this bullsh!t?

Breaking News: Stabbing In Salisbury

SFD has been dispatched to College Lane for a Stabbing. Victim has multiple stab wounds. 

This is being reported as a home invasion.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Shooting In Salisbury

SFD on their way to Bryn Mawr Ave in the area of Spring Garden Ave and Hillcrest Ave  for a shooting.

Paramedics are transporting (1) priority 1 patient to PRMC.

Suspect 1 is a black male and was wearing a black hoodie with grey sweat pants and black air force one shoes. Displayed a black hand gun.

Second suspect was using a shotgun/long gun. No further description was given.

Additional police have been dispatched to PRMC for a large crowd that is gathering there due to this incident. 

White Man Is Savagely Beaten by a Mob of 50 Black Teens Near Baltimore

A pack of young animals turns on a 61 year-old white man after he objects to two girls fighting on top of his car – it was a black mob of about 50 and they kicked and pummeled the man into a bloody mess. I’m surprised he survived – what I’m not surprised about is this happened in Baltimore. Home of the Freddie Gray riots and a hotbed of racism and hatred against whites and cops. This poor man will never be the same. They’ve arrested one 17 year-old male thug and one 15 year-old gangster female. They say they are going to arrest more – there were over 50… the police better get with it before some other white person gets beat to death. The videos below are horrific.

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Rare Color Pics From WWII‏

An unidentified US pilot stands up in the cockpit of his plane on the tarmac on Midway Naval Base, Midway Islands, 1942.

A group of American soldiers inspect heavily damaged and abandoned German armor, Italy, May 1944.

A group of Curtiss P-40 Warhawks escorted a pair of Consolidated B-24D Liberators on a flight near the Aleutian islands, Alaska, 1944.

Wisconsin Assembly Passes Junk Food Limits and Drug Testing for Food Stamp Recipients

Any attempt to limit welfare spending sends liberals into an apoplectic rage. Unfortunately for them, in at least one state,welfare recipients are now going to be limited on what they can buy, and will also have to undergo drug testing in order to receive benefits.

Public aid recipients in Wisconsin would be limited in how much junk food they could buy and forced to take mandatory drug screenings under two bills passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday.

“With help from the government comes responsibility,” said Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in a news conference prior to debate.

Republican supporters say that they want to ensure that beneficiaries of public programs are eating health food and staying drug-fee–two things that supporters say will make them more employable.

Under the junk food bill, food stamp recipients would be required to use at least two-thirds of their monthly benefits to buy nutritional foods such as beef, chicken, pork, potatoes, dairy products, fresh produce, and food available under the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program. It would also prohibit users from using the money to buy crab, lobster, shrimp, and other shellfish.

Because the federal government funds food stamp benefits, the limitations posed under the bill would require a federal waiver that no other state has ever proposed.

Democrats have argued that the measure is a gross overreach and grocery stores have also been wary of the proposal as they would have to install software to track spending by food stamp users–something that could cost up to $55 million.

The bill passed a 60-33 vote, with all Democrats voting against it and all Republicans–save for two–in favor of the measure.

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Here’s What Happened When Two Cops Walked Down the Street Armed With ‘Free Hugs’ Signs

A pair of Delaware police officers were recently dispatched for a special assignment: walk down streets with signs reading, “Free Hugs #HugACop.”

 Newark Police Department Officers James Spadola and Aaron Olicker were a conspicuous sight in the town that’s home to the University of Delaware — and for the most part, didn’t need to coax too much:

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Just Deserts: MSNBC Ratings Getting Worse by the Day!

The worst major cable “news” network is proving to be the far left-wing MSNBC. No, not just in my opinion, but according to the network’s constantly failing ratings.

The Ed Show is one of the network’s worst ratings disasters, too. This month the show hit an all time low of only 30,000 viewers. Let’s put it this way–we have tens of thousands more than that every day who come to RightWingNews!

MSNBC is struggling mightily to draw the coveted 25-54 demo. Not only did it draw a fifth the total number of viewers in that demographic than Fox News Wednesday, it reached a 10-year low average viewership in the demo for the total day.

The cratering network drew an average of 49k viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday, third behind Fox News and CNN, who drew roughly five times and twice as many viewers respectively. That’s the lowest average for MSNBC since July 20, 2005, when the network pulled in only 45k for the total day.

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving network.

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Ellen Gives Military Family A New Car

What's Wrong With This Delmar Picture?

Rt. 50 Accident Update

Type of Incident: Motor Vehicle Collision - Fatal
Date and Time: 05/16/2015 at approximately 1819 hrs
Location: US 50 W/B @ Bell Rd, Worcester County , MD
Vehicle(s): Vehicle #1 1999 Maryland Registration 133M433 GMC Yukon
Driver/passengers(s)/pedestrian: Michael Edward Morrissette, 54 from Berlin Maryland
Victim(s)/Injuries: Driver pronounced at scene

Narrative:

On 5/16/2015 at approximately 1819 hrs, Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack responded to a motor vehicle collision in the area of US 50 W/B @ Bell Rd, Worcester County, Maryland.

The preliminary investigation indicates the 1999 GMC Yukon operated by Michael Edward Morrissette of Berlin was traveling US 50 W/B @ Bell Rd. Evidence and witness statements indicate that the driver left the left side of the roadway into the median and struck a tree at which time the vehicle came to rest.

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased upon arrival of medical personnel. Notification has been made to the family by Maryland State Police. The deceased has been sent to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy.

U.S. Rt. 50 W/B was closed from the time of the collision until approximately 2030 hours. The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Berlin Fire Department and Maryland State Highway administration assisted with the incident.

Exelon-Pepco Holdings Merger Approved by Maryland Public Service Commission

Obamacare Exchanges on Life Support

At a recent White House science fair celebrating inventors, a Girl Scout who helped design a Lego-powered page-turning device asked President Obama what he had ever thought up or prototyped. Stumbling for an answer, he replied:
“I came up with things like, you know, health care.”

Ah, yes. “Health care.” Remember when the president’s signature Obamacare health insurance exchanges were going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, the remote control, jogger strollers, Siri, the Keurig coffee maker, driverless cars and Legos all rolled into one?

The miraculous, efficient, cost-saving, innovative 21st-century government-run “marketplaces” were supposed to put the “affordable” in Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Know-it-all bureaucrats were going to show private companies how to set up better websites (gigglesnort), implement better marketing and outreach (guffaw), provide superior customer service (belly laugh), and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse (LOLOLOL).

You will be shocked beyond belief, I’m sure, to learn that Obamacare exchanges across the country are instead bleeding money, seeking more taxpayer bailouts and turning everything they touch to chicken poop.

Wait, that’s not fair to chicken poop, which can at least be composted.

“Almost half of Obamacare exchanges face financial struggles in the future,” The Washington Post reported last week. The news comes despite $5 billion in federal taxpayer subsidies for IT vendors, call centers and all the infrastructure and manpower needed to prop up the showcase government health insurance entities. Initially, the feds ran 34 state exchanges; 16 states and the District of Columbia set up their own.

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OCPD TO HOST RAAM ID TRAINING SESSION ON JUNE 4

The Ocean City Police Department will be hosting an identification training session as part of the department’s Reducing Availability of Alcohol to Minors (RAAM) Program at the City Hall Council Chambers (301 Baltimore Avenue) on June 4. The session will begin at 9 a.m. and end at approximately 11 a.m. This free training session are designed for alcohol retailers, restaurant servers and bartenders.

For those that are unable to attend on June 4, video of the training session will be made available on the Ocean City Police Department’s YouTube Channel on June 5. Ocean City restaurants and alcohol retail establishments are encouraged to include this training opportunity in to their new seasonal employee orientation and training. No registration is necessary and there is no cost to attend this training.

The RAAM Program is a community policing initiative that began in 1995 and addresses underage drinking in Ocean City. An essential component of this program is the partnership formed with local alcohol retailers, restaurants and bars. The Ocean City Police Department continues to strictly enforce underage drinking and is committed to the ongoing relationships with the Ocean City business community.

For more information about the RAAM Program and the upcoming training session, please contact the OCPD Public Affairs Office at 410-520-5395.

North Carolina Woman Being Evicted From Her Own Land For Living in Tent

An overstep and abuse of power by the city/county authorities

Ingred Larson received an eviction notice from the county today. Why? For living in a tent on her own property. Yes. Really. She is being evicted for living in a tent on her own land.

10 years ago the city sewer line flooded her home with 10,000 gallons of raw sewage. There was a settlement, however the city/county wants her to hook back up to the county sewer system, but Larson does not want to, and would rather hook up to the septic tank system on her property. The county doesn’t want that, and is forcing her to hook-up to the city sewer.

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NRP Steps Up Patrols As Boating Season Gets Underway

With the Memorial Day holiday approaching, Maryland Natural Resources Police officers will be stepping up enforcement of state maritime laws as part of National Safe Boating Week, May 16-22.

Late May begins the annual boating boom and the four-month stretch in which the majority of boating accidents in Maryland occur.

Last Memorial Day weekend, the state recorded eight boating accidents and two fatalities.

West Bound Rt. 50 Shut Down

There's been a bad accident west bound rt 5o just past Whayleyville. Take another route if you can, like old Ocean City Rd.

China’s Secret Space Weapons Targeting U.S. : “Soon Every Satellite Will Be at Risk”

Theoretically, space and the orbit around Earth is a peaceful place, and the world wants to keep it that way

But in practicality, it is the subtle front of modern warfare, where exotic weaponry and high tech gadgetry are used to operate systems on the ground, and assert dominance over the spheres of the planet. And tensions are running high.

The Pentagon has issued an alarming new report to Congress that identifies several secretive and publicly unknown projects under development in China that it perceives to a be an attempt to militarize space and undermine U.S. military and strategic interests.

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Plans For ‘Innovative Library’ In Berlin Discussed

BERLIN – Plans for a new library in downtown Berlin continue to move forward.

Worcester County Library officials provided the latest details regarding a new Berlin library this week as they sought funding assistance from the Town of Berlin.

“We’re really looking forward to working with you,” said Jennifer Ranck, deputy director of the Worcester County Library. “An innovative town like Berlin deserves an innovative library.”

Ranck said library officials were hoping the town would contribute $75,000 toward the new facility, which is expected to cost just under $5 million. The donation, she explained, could be broken up and given over three years and would be used to get a $150,000 grant from the Humphrey’s Foundation.

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Ancient Antarctic Ice Shelf Nearing Complete Collapse

In 2002, two-thirds of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, located along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, collapsed in a span of less than six weeks. According to a new NASA study, the remains of this ancient structure, which has existed for over 10,000 years, are likely to disintegrate completely before the end of the decade -- an event that would significantly contribute to global sea level rise.

“These are warning signs that the remnant is disintegrating,” Ala Khazendar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who led the study, said in a statement. “Although it’s fascinating scientifically to have a front-row seat to watch the ice shelf becoming unstable and breaking up, it’s bad news for our planet.”

Several recent studies have spotted an uptick in the melting of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, which act as doorstops and hold back its glaciers and ice sheets from spreading outward into oceans. In some regions, the thickness of these shelves has fallen by as much as 18 percent over the past 18 years -- a process that has accelerated over the last decade.

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The unexpected twist after son of fallen deputy is outbid for his late father’s cruiser

Tanner Brownlee had a plan: Raise some cash so he could buy his dad’s old patrol car at a charity auction on Wednesday in Greeley, Colo.

The 19-year-old’s father, Weld County Sheriff’s Deputy Sam Brownlee, died in the line of duty in 2010. And that old Dodge Charger the deputy drove was more than just a car to Tanner and his brother, Chase, 16. Tanner has a few of his father’s mementos, including a motorcycle jacket, given to him the day his father died. “Just everything I can get means a lot to me,” he told WKBW.

So the brothers launched a GoFundMe campaign, raising $3,340 so Tanner could try to buy the Charger.

But the bids went far beyond Tanner’s means, as WKBW reported. Local rancher Steve Wells made the winning bid of $60,000, much higher than the Kelly Blue Book value of $12,500.

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Governor Larry Hogan To Re-Open Annapolis State Police Barrack And Add 100 Troopers

Essential Public Safety Measures Take Priority Over Discretionary Funding For The Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today announced the administration’s plan to re-open the Maryland State Police barrack in Annapolis and add 100 new troopers to the force. The announcement follows the General Assembly’s failure to approve the necessary funding to enhance the capabilities of the Maryland State Police though a second supplemental budget introduced by Governor Hogan on April 2nd.

During the legislative session, the Speaker of the House declined to formally introduce Governor Hogan’s Supplemental Budget No. 2 for consideration and debate by members. This amendment to the budget contained funding mechanisms for additional state troopers and the re-opening of Barrack “J” in Annapolis.

“We are going to move forward with our plan, despite the Speaker of the House’s refusal to introduce a supplemental budget that would have put more State Troopers on Maryland’s highways and funded the re-opening of the Annapolis barrack,” said Governor Hogan. “Our state troopers were an essential element in the restoration of order in Baltimore last month and their exemplary work in the city is evidence of just how much we need these new positions. It is unconscionable to deprive our state capital of a State Police barrack and the troopers necessary to ensure public safety or respond to an emergency.”

To offset the expenditure associated with the State Police action, Governor Hogan will line item veto a single item in the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2015, also known as the Capital Budget. This veto eliminates $2 million in state funding for renovations to the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, also based in Annapolis. The remainder of the capital budget is unaffected and will pass into law without the Governor’s signature.

“I am a huge proponent of the arts and the First Lady is a former member of the Anne Arundel County Arts Council. But in the current environment, a State Police Barrack in our state capital and adequate funding for public safety in Annapolis must be the priority,” said the Governor.

Under the administration’s plan the authorized size of the Maryland State Police would grow from 1,556 men and women in uniform to 1,656 – a level not seen for more than a dozen years. The state has also initiated work to reopen the Maryland State Police “Barrack J” in Annapolis that was closed by the previous administration in 2008. The barrack is on track to re-open in the fall of 2015.
The Maryland State Police as a component of public safety and crime control:
In 2014, Maryland state troopers made more than 19,000 criminal arrests and recovered almost 2,000 illegal guns.
The Regional Automated Property Information Database coordinated by the Maryland State Police assisted in the arrests of more than 1,700 criminals and the recovery of $6.7 million worth of stolen property in 2014.
The Maryland State Police Aviation Command completed its transition to the new helicopter fleet ahead of schedule and last year flew 2,200 patients to lifesaving care. It also helped to find 123 lost or missing people in 2014.
The internationally accredited Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Crime Laboratory analyzed 21,139 cases last year, 72 percent of which were for local police departments in the state.

Commissioners Trim Non-Profit Funding Allocations; County Cuts $65K To Record Meetings

SNOW HILL – County leaders expressed concern over growing funding requests from local non-profits at a budget work session this week.

As the Worcester County Commissioners began tackling the county’s $22 million budget shortfall — going through the budget proposals from most county departments Tuesday — several questioned the $791,000 set to go to local social service organizations.

“I think we need to take a serious look at all of them,” said Jim Bunting, president of the commissioners.

Originally, local non-profits, considered “Other Social Services” by the county, requested $843,807 for FY 2016. A committee of county staff tweaked that request, bringing it down to $791,028. That included flat funding for all organizations except the Worcester County Developmental Center and the Cricket Center, both of which were to receive slight increases. The proposed grant for the developmental center was $223,000, or $2,000 more than last year’s grant, while the Cricket Center was set to receive $12,000, about $3,500 more than it received last year.

Bunting pointed out non-profits had all been started by people committed to fundraising to support a cause.

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And The Lawsuits Keep Piling In

Gentlemen:

I do not want to create extra work for you, but I would respectfully request forwarding your clients a copy of this draft Complaint.  I have given this matter thought over the weekend, and I would like to give the City of Salisbury one opportunity to resolve these matters quietly, globally and confidentially. 

From what I hear this latest incident was really bad.  I have pictures of my clients’ injuries and I can provide them to you upon request.  I cannot believe that this Officer continues to be supported by the SPD.  Currently, I am aware of the following incidents:

1.       12/30/13 (Jennie Davis)(racial slurs, excessive force)

2.       1/1/14 (Roadie Joe’s incident)(pepper spray while handcuffed)

3.       5/4/14 (Curtis Adams, et al)(excessive force, altering police reports)

4.       Summer 2014 (Kushner workplace and phone “harassment”)

5.       8/11/14 (Francois, et al)(excessive force while handcuffed)

6.       8/24/14 (Smith, et al) (racial profiling, guns drawn)

7.       4/9/15 (Hampshire)(racial slurs, excessive force, pepper spray while handcuffed, guns drawn)

As you know, Aita has lost every contested court case—neither judges or juries find him to be credible.  We cannot ignore this reality.  Also, the fact that this misconduct keeps happening should surprise no one.  The similarities are fairly unmistakable.  If the City is interesting in resolving these matters I would suggest reaching out to me quickly. As someone who works and lives in Salisbury, I would like to get this behind us, privately. The alternative will be a very public response by my clients.  We are ready to move forward in that regard, and I have a feeling this case will be of national interest.    

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Luke Rommel

RIDE TO SCHOOL WITH THE SHERIFF

RIDE TO SCHOOL WITH THE SHERIFFAs part of a fundraiser at their school, a ride to school with the sheriff was one of...

Posted by Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff on Friday, May 15, 2015

Professor, Christians: Reports of Faith Dying in US 'Just Not True'

The Christian faith in the United States is not dying despite studies that say otherwise, adherents say.

A Christian Post article refutes claims made in a recent Pew Research Center study that showed Christianity is on the decline and Islam is on its way up in terms of followers.

"There's a story some people want to report — that religion is on life support — but it's just not true," said Baylor University professor Byron Johnson, the founding director of the Institute for Studies of Religion, in the Christian Post piece.

Johnson countered claims that Americans are leaving the Christian faith by saying many of those people are instead either attending non-denominational churches or deciding to not attend mass for a few years.

Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, told the Christian Post the Pew numbers indicate Christianity is no longer "normal" — and that's not a bad thing, he said.

"Christianity isn't normal anymore. It never should have been. The increasing strangeness of Christianity might be bad news for America, but it's good news for the church," Moore said. "The major newspapers are telling us today that Christianity is dying, according to this new study, but what is clear from this study is exactly the opposite: while mainline traditions plummet, evangelical churches are remaining remarkably steady.

"The churches that are thriving are vibrant, counter-cultural congregations that aren't afraid to not be seen as normal to the surrounding culture," Moore added. "This report actually leaves me hopeful."

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Tea Party Lawyer Mitchell Rips Congress for Inaction on IRS Scandal

It's been two years since an inspector general's report revealed the IRS had targeted tea party and conservative groups for extra scrutiny – but the lack of action since then also illustrates "Congress's inability to exercise its constitutional oversight responsibilities," lawyer Cleta Mitchell charges.

In a blistering op-ed commentary in the Wall Street Journal Thursday night, Mitchell, who represents many tea party and conservative groups, says it's time both the Obama administration and Congress do something to rectify the inaction.

"Lying to Congress is a felony," she writes. "But the Obama Justice Department has not lifted a finger to prosecute anyone responsible for the IRS scandal, including top brass who repeatedly gave false testimony to Congress."

But "neither has Congress done much about being lied to by the IRS," she adds.

Mitchell says a report issued last December by California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa – then chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform—"details numerous instances in which senior IRS officials, including former Commissioner Doug Shulman, Acting Commissioner Steven Miller and Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner lied to Congress, denying and covering up the targeting of tea party and conservative groups before the inspector general’s May 2013 report."

She also lashes out at IRS commissioner John Koskinen for telling Congress in June 2014 that there were multiple unsuccessful efforts to recover a trove of mysteriously missing emails to and from Lerner.

"All the while the emails were sitting on an off-site server in West Virginia," she writes.

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Charlie Cook: Don't Count on Polls to Predict 2016 GOP Nominee

When it comes to predicting who will be the winner of the Republican nomination, polls will not be a reliable indicator, said the National Journal's Charlie Cook.

In a column, Cook makes the case that polling results vary widely even when the question is the same.

"The field for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is as flat as any in modern memory — pretty remarkable for a party that usually has a fight but almost invariably ends up nominating whoever's turn it is," he wrote.

"The flatness of this field combined with a system awash in money — with just a single billionaire able to keep a candidate in the race — should make for an exceedingly volatile Republican campaign, one that is absolutely impossible to predict."

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NORTH SALISBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED A 2015 NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHARACTER

North Salisbury Elementary School and Wicomico County Public Schools are thrilled to announce that Tuesday, May 12 Character.org, a national advocate and leader for the Character Education movement, named North Salisbury Elementary a 2015 National School of Character. The Schools of Character program recognizes North Salisbury School as a school that has demonstrated its use of character education and development to drive a positive impact on academics, student behavior, and North Salisbury School’s climate.
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The Schools of Character application process provides an opportunity for schools to receive feedback as well as recognition for growth and excellence in the area of character education as measured by Character.org’s 11 Principles of Effective Character Education framework. North Salisbury will hold its designation of National School of Character for five years and will be showcased at the national conference in October.

North Salisbury School, a grades 3-5 school on Emerson Drive in Salisbury, has 450 students in its traditional school and its magnet program. North Salisbury was the Eastern Shore’s first EGATE Award winner for Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education, and it has also been honored as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The school has been working on character development for more than six years, and had previously been honored at the state level for outstanding work in character education.

Fate of Four Captive Americans Hangs Over Iran Talks

As a June 30 deadline approaches for a nuclear deal with Iran, the fate of four Americans imprisoned or missing in the Islamic Republic hangs over the talks and has provoked a debate on Capitol Hill.

Three — a former Marine, a pastor and a journalist — are accused of espionage or undermining Iran’s national security. Their families tell a different story: one was visiting his elderly grandmother; another was supporting Christian churches in private homes and an orphanage; the third is a reporter for The Washington Post.

The fourth, former FBI agent Robert Levinson, 67, was reportedly on a CIA fact-finding mission when he went missing in 2007 on Kish Island off Iran’s coast. In 2011, his family in Florida received photos from Afghanistan showing him in an orange jumpsuit.

Their representatives in Congress call the men hostages. Iran doesn’t recognize the three imprisoned men as Americans because their fathers were Iranian and denies any knowledge of Levinson.

Their plight has set off arguments between lawmakers who insist that the U.S. should demand their freedom as part of any deal limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities and others who say the four shouldn’t be treated as bargaining chips.

Many Republicans say freeing the men must come first.

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Israeli Government to Refugees: Go Back to Africa or Go to Prison

HOLOT, Israel — As Europe struggles to stem a spring flood of migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to cross a deadly Mediterranean Sea, Israel has begun to toughen its stance toward refugees, telling unwanted Africans here they must leave now or face an indefinite stay in prison.

Israeli authorities are sending letters to the first of 45,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees, informing them they have 30 days to accept Israel’s offer of $3,500 in cash and a one-way ticket home or to an unnamed third country in Africa, or face incarceration at Saharonim prison.

Israeli leaders have proclaimed that their tough approach — building a fence along its border, denying work permits for illegal migrants, forcing them into a detention center in the desert — may ultimately save lives by dissuading migrants from attempting a perilous journey. Critics of the Israeli policy counter that a country built by refugees should be more accepting of those fleeing war, poverty and oppression.

But these days, even liberal Europe is considering a more muscular approach. The European Union began a push Monday for U.N. authorization to deploy military force in the Mediterranean to stop migrant smuggling ships.

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