14 Syrian refugees resettled in Louisiana this year

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal has told the White House he wants to know how many Syrian refugees have been placed in Louisiana. The Republican said he wants that and other information “in hopes that the night of horror in Paris is not duplicated here.”

Jindal released his letter Saturday, a day after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacks that killed 129 people and wounded 350 in Paris.

Fourteen Syrians have been resettled in Louisiana: one in Baton Rouge and the rest in New Orleans and suburban Kenner, the State Department told WWL-TV (http://bit.ly/1PuLFY6) on Sunday.

A spokesman for President Barack Obama said Sunday that the administration is continuing with its plan to thoroughly vet and resettle up to 10,000 Syrian refuges in the United States in 2016. The State Department said they’ll be spread across the country.

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Blake Shelton heroically rescues men stranded in mudslide

Singer Blake Shelton has been busy.

The country star somehow found time between his busy schedule as a judge on 'The Voice' and as Gwen Stefani's new boyfriend to play the part of the hero on Friday when he rescued a group of strangers stranded near Ravia, Oklahoma.

Shelton, who is an avid lover of nature, was enjoying time outdoors when he spotted the four men -- Bryar and Lenyell Blanton, Adrian Poplin and Josh Turner -- in a tough situation near the Washita River.

The group's truck had become stuck after a mudslide close to the river and the men had been stranded for over two hours before Shelton came upon them, Byrar toldEntertainment Tonight.

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Meet The Family That Just Spent Half Its Annual Income Paying For Obamacare

Not a week passes without some incremental revelation showing precisely what happens when Congress passes a bill just to see what's in it.

Well, since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, also known as the Obamacare tax, we have watched in horror as shocker after shocker are revealed.

Some examples:
In Latest Obamacare Fiasco, Most Low-Income Workers Can't Afford "Affordable Care Act"
The Stunning "Explanation" An Insurance Company Just Used To Boost Health Premiums By 60%
Your Health Insurance Premiums Are About To Go Through The Roof -The Stunning Reason Why
Obama Promised Healthcare Premiums Would Fall $2,500 Per Family; They Have Climbed $4,865
Largest Health Insurer On Colorado Exchange Abruptly Collapses
Co-Op Insurers Across America Are Collapsing, And Now There Is Fraud
"$19,000 Premiums, Up 4x Since Passage": The 'Crippling Effect' Of Obamacare On The Middle Class

Now we can add one more thing that "was in it": soaring deductibles, which give the fake impression of contained, low all-in costs... until one actually needs expensive medial help (and these days there is no other kind).

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Anti-Gun Group Posts Response to Paris Terror Attacks and Names Only One Guilty Party

Following the horrific Paris terror attacks, the anti-gun group Moms Demand Action posted the following response to social media:

“Our hearts are with the victims and survivors of the horrific mass shooting and violent attacks in Paris today,” the message read.

But the accompanying image contained text that’s a bit more explicit regarding who (or more correctly, what) the group blamed for huge loss of life: “We are united in mourning all lives lost to gun violence.”

As you might imagine, the group got hit pretty hard with alternate theories and rebuttals:
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While Paris is grieving, Obama releases 5 GITMO terrorists to UAE

In the wake of the coordinated, multi-targeted attack by Islamic State terrorists in Paris, France, the Pentagon announced Sunday that it has released five more detainees from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Washington Post reporter Adam Goldman tweeted:

Adam Goldman 

✔@adamgoldmanwp

Pentagon transfers five Yemenis held at Guantanamo Bay to UAE http://wapo.st/1OMEevg?tid=ss_tw …

7:29 PM - 15 Nov 2015

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If We Don't Change The Way Money Is Created and Distributed, Inequality Will Trigger Social Disorder

Centrally issued money optimizes inequality, monopoly, cronyism, stagnation, low social mobility and systemic instability.

If we don't change the way money is created and distributed, wealth inequality will widen to the point of social disorder.

Everyone who wants to reduce wealth inequality with more regulations and taxes is missing the key dynamic: the monopoly on creating and issuing money necessarily widens wealth inequality, as those with access to newly issued money can always outbid the rest of us to buy the engines of wealth creation.

Control of money issuance and access to low-cost credit create financial and political power.Those with access to low-cost credit have a monopoly as valuable as the one to create money.

Compare the limited power of an individual with cash and the enormous power of unlimited cheap credit.

Let’s say an individual has saved $100,000 in cash. He keeps the money in the bank, which pays him less than 1% interest. Rather than earn this low rate, he decides to loan the cash to an individual who wants to buy a rental home at 4% interest.

There’s a tradeoff to earn this higher rate of interest: the saver has to accept the risk that the borrower might default on the loan, and that the home will not be worth the $100,000 the borrower owes.

The bank, on the other hand, can perform magic with the $100,000 they obtain from the central bank.The bank can issue 19 times this amount in new loans—in effect, creating $1,900,000 in new money out of thin air.

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Student Newspaper 'Dissents' From Campus Protests

A student newspaper at Claremont McKenna College has published an op-ed dissenting from the current protests occurring at the school and others across the country.

The editorial board of the Claremont Independent, described as the conservative-leaning student paper, wrote they were "disappointed" in many of the protesters and campus administrators who gave them their way.

The editorial board wrote they were disappointed in Dean Mary Spellman, who was forced to resign due to the protests. Spellman had written an email to a student that was judged as discriminatory, and she was chastised for not doing enough to create a "safe space" for minority students on campus.

"We are disappointed that you allowed a group of angry students to bully you into resignation," the editorial board wrote. "We are disappointed that you taught Claremont students that reacting with emotion and anger will force the administration to act."

The editorial board also expressed dismay toward Claremont President Hiram Chodosh, because he and Spellman didn't protect an Asian student who was heckled by the protesters for sharing her own stories of racial discrimination and suggesting that "black people can be racist" as well.

"These protesters were asking you to protect your students, but you didn't even defend the one who needed to be protected right in front of you," the editorial board wrote.

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Syria Refugee Crisis: U.S. Opens Centers To Speed Vetting

Screening outposts to be set up in Iraq, Lebanon as U.S. urges Arab nations to do more

The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials told Reuters on Friday.

The move comes after President Barack Obama pledged in September to admit an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, torn by four years of civil war and disorder.

The U.S. State Department confirmed the plans to open a refugee settlement processing centre in Erbil, Iraq, before the end of 2015, and to resume refugee processing in Lebanon in early 2016, said spokeswoman Danna Van Brandt.

The White House would not say how many additional refugees it may take in beyond the 10,000, but two senior administration officials said they are seeking ways to increase the number.

"We want to be in a place where we can push out really ambitious goals," said one of the officials, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity.

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Toll violators running out of time to avoid civil penalties

MARYLAND —Toll violators have until Monday to pay their debt to avoid civil penalties. A special waiver program offered by the state ends that day.

The Maryland Transportation Authority's one-month waiver program allowed toll violators to pay off their debt without facing more civil penalties. After Monday, the MDTA will refer those who have not paid their tolls to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.

This can lead to the flagging and suspension of vehicle registrations, with toll debt being sent to the Maryland Central Collection Unit, as set by 2013 legislation.

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The First Amendment Is Dying

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;Unless we’re talking about a white chocolate-paneled cake for a gay wedding or perpetual funding for ‘women’s health’ clinics, because it’s the ‘right thing to do.’

Or abridging the freedom of speech; unless that speech is used by boorish climate change denialists to peddle dirty fossil fuels and run capitalistic death machines that wreck the Earth; by anyone engaging in upsetting hate speech or other forms of ‘aggression;’ by a wealthy person supporting candidates who undermine ‘progress;’ by a pro-life protestor who makes people feel uncomfortable about their life decisions; by a cisnormative white male who displays insufficient appreciation for the “systematic oppression” that minorities experience in places of higher learning; or by anyone who has a desire to undermine the state-protected union monopolies that help fund political parties. And so on.

Or of the press; unless the press invades safe spaces designated by mobs or writes about incorrect topics at incorrect times.

And to petition the Government for a redress of grievances; unless they are members of pre-designated special interests groups, they should report to the IRS before doing so.

That’s pretty much the state of the First Amendment today. Climate change. Abortion. Gay marriage. Race. Taxes. What have you. Even in mainstream political debate, these interests outweigh your piddling concerns about the First Amendment. So the notion that a bunch of students and leftist professors would agitate to shut down free expression in a public space in Missouri because they feel their special issue trumps your antiquated list of rules is not particularly surprising.

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Campus Closed Due to Threat

Please stay tuned to washcoll.edu/updates for information as it becomes available.

8:50 a.m. Update

We continue to ask students and staff on campus to shelter in place, and request that anyone off campus please stay away until the situation changes.

Jacob is believed to still be in Pennsylvania, but if you have any contact with him, please notify Public Safety at 410-778-7810.

  

7:32 a.m. Update

We received notification early this morning from the parents of sophomore Jacob Marberger that he had returned home and retrieved a firearm. The parents have not been able to reach him and do not know where he is or where is he is headed.

Due to an abundance of caution the college has decided to close campus for the time being and asks all students and staff on campus to shelter in place. Anyone off campus should stay away from campus until further notice.

Public Safety has requested and received support from local law enforcement who are now on campus. A sweep of the parking lots and campus buildings is being conducted.

Updates will be shared as they become available. 

'Safe Spaces' On College Campuses At Odds With First Amendment

So-called "safe spaces" -- where students can shield themselves from uncomfortable or dissenting viewpoints -- might be all the rage on college campuses, but they would not have been too popular with the founding fathers, say Constitutional law experts.

"I think the problem is they're trying to use this word 'safe' – which conveys the image of a violent attack – and turning it into safe from ideas and statements we find offensive," said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh. "There is no right to be safe from that."

"That is directly contrary to what universities are all about," Volokh told FoxNews Friday.

On Oct. 30, Erika Christakis, Yale faculty member and associate "master" of Silliman College -- a residential community within the university -- sent an e-mail to students in which she questioned an earlier missive by the university that urged students to "take the time to consider their [Halloween] costumes and the impact it may have" -- including feathered headdresses, turbans, wearing "war paint" or changing the color of one's skin tone.

"Dear Sillimanders," Christakis' e-mail began. "I don’t wish to trivialize genuine concerns about cultural and personal representation, and other challenges to our lived experience in a plural community. I know that many decent people have proposed guidelines on Halloween costumes from a spirit of avoiding hurt and offense. I laud those goals, in theory, as most of us do."

"But in practice, I wonder if we should reflect more transparently, as a community, on the consequences of an institutional (which is to say: bureaucratic and administrative) exercise of implied control over college students," Christaki said.

Referring to her husband, Silliman College "master" and Yale professor, Christakis added, "Nicholas says, if you don’t like a costume someone is wearing, look away, or tell them you are offended. Talk to each other. Free speech and the ability to tolerate offense are the hallmarks of a free and open society."

Christakis' e-mail spurred outrage among a large group of students at Yale, who staged a massive protest.

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Paris Suicide Vests Mark Change of Tactics and New Threat

The suicide vests used by Friday's attackers in Paris -- a first in France -- were made by a highly skilled professional who could still be at large in Europe, intelligence and security experts say.

All seven of the militants wore identical explosive vests and did not hesitate to blow themselves up -- a worrying change of tactic for jihadists targeting France.

Unlike the attacks in London in 2005 where the bombers' explosives were stored in backpacks, Friday's attackers used the sort of suicide vests normally associated with bombings in the Middle East.

"Suicide vests require a munitions specialist. To make a reliable and effective explosive is not something anyone can do," a former French intelligence chief told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"A munitions specialist is someone who is used to handling explosives, who knows how to make them, to arrange them in a way that the belt or vest is not so unwieldy that the person can't move," he added.

"And it must also not blow up by accident."

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‘Clinton Cash’ author demolishes Hillary’s self-defense

Grave incompetence or brazen dishonesty?

Those are the only two conclusions one can reasonably come to after reviewing Hillary Clinton’s stunning Sunday interview on local New Hampshire TV.

When WMUR local TV host Josh McElveen asked Clinton why her State Department greenlit the transfer of 20 percent of all US uranium to the Russian government, Clinton claimed she had no involvement in her own State Department’s decision to approve the sale of Uranium One to Russia.

“I was not personally involved because that wasn’t something the secretary of state did,” said Clinton.

The transfer of 20 percent of US uranium — the stuff used to build nuclear weapons — to Vladimir Putin did not rise to the level of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s time and attention?

Beyond being an admission of extreme executive negligence on an issue of utmost national security, Hillary’s statement strains credulity to the breaking point for at least three other reasons.

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SU's "I Love Salisbury" Community Participation Event.

Hundreds of Salisbury University students spent the day volunteering at sites throughout the community during the Student Government Association's annual “I Love Salisbury” event this past Saturday.

Posted by City of Salisbury, Maryland on Sunday, November 15, 2015

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Plays the WY&CC

Salisbury, MD – The national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler, will play the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center (WY&CC) in Salisbury, Md. on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer raved, “This new production of Joseph is an exuberant success that stays true to all of the original’s joyfulness, humor and fantastic songs while subtly updating it for a 2014 audience.”

One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son. Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colors, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Those Canaan Days, Any Dream Will Do and Close Every Door. The first collaboration of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera, Cats) and lyricist Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King), Joseph blends pop, country and rock into an uplifting, technicolored story of biblical proportions.

Produced by TROIKA Entertainment, LLC, the tour features Scenic Design by Beowulf Boritt, Costume Design by Jennifer Caprio, Lighting Design by Howell Binkley, Sound Design by John Shivers and David Patridge, Projection & Video Design by Daniel Brodie, and Music Supervision by David Kreppel.

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BREAKING NEWS: Suspected ‘mastermind’ behind Paris attack identified

Sources close to the investigation of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris tell the Associated Press and Reuters that they have identified Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the suspected mastermind behind the shootings and bombings that killed at least 129 people and injured more than 350 others. A French official also tells AP Abaaoud has been linked to an attempted attack on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris this past August that was foiled with the help of three Americans who attacked a gunman.

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Boat Parade Announcement

The 28th Annual Wicomico Yacht Club Christmas Boat Parade will be held Sat November 28th 2015. The decorated fleet will leave the Yacht Club at 5 PM passing by Upper Ferry about 6 PM and arriving at the Port Of Salisbury Marina around 7 PM. The parade will immediately reverse course and travel back down the river to WYC. The decorated boats can be viewed anyplace along the river from the mouth of Wicomico Creek to downtown Salisbury. Once again WYC has teamed up with Toys For Tots and will be collecting items that will be dropped off at the Port Of Salisbury Marina to the Marine Corp Toys For Tots representatives. All boaters are encouraged to participate. For additional information please contact 410-430-2282 or 443-497-1211.

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Muslim NYC Cabbie Attacks Jewish Passenger

A Muslim cab driver was questioned by New York City police after he allegedly attacked a Jewish passenger.

The complainant, businessman Moshe Indig, told Arutz Sheva Sunday: "I took a cab from Manhattan to Brooklyn yesterday at 8 PM. I asked the driver to make a phone call. He refused but then relented and put the call on the speaker. When he saw that I was speaking Hebrew, he said: 'I hate the people and the language you are speaking. If I had known that you were a Jew, I would not have given you the call."

"When he dropped me off in Brooklyn I started walking and suddenly he got out of the vehicle and ran toward me and started punching me in the head.

I was immediately concerned that he might have a knife or some other weapon, so I hit him forcefully. He grabbed my kippah and my cellphone and ran away."

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This Is How We Enjoy A Liberal Newspaper

Some use it for crabs, some use it for bird cages, some use it to line the puppy crate but here we use it to start our weekend bonfires and what a wonderful job a hand full makes to get the weekend started. 

BREAKING NEWS: French Air Force conducts airstrikes on ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqaa

French jets struck the heart of ISIS-controlled territory in Syria on Sunday in the first direct retaliation for Friday’s deadly terror attacks that killed 129 in Paris, the Associated Press reports, citing a statement from the French Defense Ministry.

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Confirmed: Paris Terrorists Entered Europe as Refugees

The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said.

The man, identified by Serbian authorities only by his initials A.A., came into Europe through the Greek island of Leros, where he was processed on Oct. 3, Greek officials said on Saturday. He was among 70 refugees who arrived on a small vessel from Turkey.

Serbian authorities said on Sunday the same man had been registered at a border crossing from Macedonia into Serbia a few days later.

The information is significant because if one or more of the Paris gunmen turned out to have come into Europe among refugees and migrants fleeing war-torn countries, this could change the political debate about accepting refugees.

"One of the suspected terrorists, A.A., who is of interest to the French security agencies, was registered on the Presevo border crossing on October 7 this year, where he formally sought asylum," the Serbian interior ministry said in a statement.

"Checks have confirmed that his details match those of the person who on October 3 was identified in Greece. There was no Interpol warrant issued against this person."

A spokeswoman for the Croatian interior ministry said the man was registered in the country's Opatovac refugee camp on Oct. 8 and from there he crossed into Hungary and then Austria.

"There was no (police) record about him at the time of registration and there was no reason for us to stop him in any way," she said.

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President Obama Dismisses Ben Carson as Someone Who ‘Doesn’t Know Much About ‘ ISIS

President Obama dismissed Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s suggestion that he could eliminate ISIS “fairly easily” if he were commander in chief.

“What I think is that he doesn't know much about it,” the president told ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview at the White House Thursday. “I think it's fair to say that over the last several years I've had access to all the best military minds in the country and all the best foreign policy minds in the country. And I'm not running for office. And so my only interest is in success.”

In Tuesday night’s Republican debate, Carson suggested he could defeat ISIS “fairly easily” by bombing oilfields in Iraq.

“I think in order to make them look like losers, we have to destroy their caliphate. And you look for the easiest place to do that? It would be in Iraq,” Carson said. “Outside of Anbar in Iraq, there’s a big energy field. Take that from them. Take all of that land from them. We could do that, I believe, fairly easily, I’ve learned from talking to several generals, and then you move on from there.”

Asked about Carson’s comment, the president noted he receives advise from top military officials who have expertise in the region, and “if they don’t think it’s easy, then it’s probably not easy.”

“What we've been able to do is to shape a strategy that first and foremost contained-- the momentum that ISIL had gained,” he added, using the government's acronym for ISIS.

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Salisbury City Council Organization Meeting Agenda 11-16-15

BREAKING NEWS: ROBINSON'S JEWELERS ON FIRE

While the Fire Department just pulled up, there is smoke coming from all over the building. Such a loss. 

The Fire Department is about to close down Rt. 13 as there is a hydrant on the other side of the highway. They are trying to make that decision now.

They're going to draft water from the Tony Tank Bridge area and close a portion of Rt. 13 South. 

Rt. 13 South Bound is now completely shut down.

They have cut open 3 vent holes in the roof.

Units are starting to return to their Stations. John Robinson is on the scene at 4:00 PM. 

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Since When Does This Country Pick And Choose What Color Of Veteran We Donate To

National Association for Black Veterans

It's sad enough we live in a country where groups like Wounded Warriors have to raise funds for ALL wounded Soldiers because this crap hole of a country refuses to take care of those who lost limbs to PROTECT us. Yet now we have a new group who sits outside of WalMart today looking for hand outs for BLACK Veterans, because they are so different???

And we wonder why this country is so divided. But let me ask you, when you ever made a donation did you think, I'm not donating because a portion of my money might go to Blacks, Hispanics, Chinese or whatever. 

Quite frankly the image above flat out makes me sick. WalMart allowing such a thing makes me sick. There is no color to a VETERAN! These are Brothers and Sisters, period. 

What's next, booths that say please support only white veterans? I've had just about enough of this crap, how about you?

A Comment Worthy Of A Post: 11-10-15

Cori Puckett, Salisbury Resident said...

Can someone please tell me how Jim being gay has anything to do with the job he does. I too am part of the LGBT community and fully support the man. he has done very well since he was elected mayor and brought many positive things to the city. How about all of you judgemental types that want to point a finger look in a damn mirror as accept the fact that all you want to do is see someone fail simply because of their politics or their sexual preference. Seriously if you want to rag on a man and create lies please have facts and proof. I know Jim personally and there is nothing that would make me think any unkind thoughts of the man or not consider him a true friend. In the words of the original poster and probably the most hateful and bigoted thing ive seen today "It would be an interesting, albeit disgusting, but highly unsuccessful campaign. We can’t wait for it to start." Id like to see him start,succeed and win.

November 10, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Shots Fired In Salisbury 11-12-15

The Salisbury Fire Department has been dispatched for the report of a shooting on Main Street in Salisbury.  

Shots Fired at the VFW. 

Police are establishing a crime scene at this time. 

The victim was taken to PRMC by a personal vehicle.

A Viewer Writes: World Gym

I have been a member of this current location for about 5 months now. When I first joined I was charge a ridiculous amont of fees but felt paying 10 a month would make it worth it. Now after 5 months my services have gone to shit I am unable to purchase drinks they have shut down the juice bar and are running on barely any staff. I overheard several of the front desk staff speaking about not getting paid in weeks recently and looked into it because I was worrying about my gym that I have invested into and this is what I found. http://bankrupt.com/misc/mdb15-24428.pdf

The reason I am bring this up and sending to you because I read your blog daily and feel it is not right for someone knowing they are going out of business to keep taking people's money and misleading them when any day they could be closing there doors.

ACLU Introduces New Video App For Smartphones In Maryland

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on Friday unveiled Friday a free smartphone app that will allow residents to automatically record and submit cellphone videos of interactions with law enforcement to their organization when they feel their rights have been violated.

The ACLU unveiled the app at noon during a news conference at Coppin State University.

The app, called Mobile Justice MD, will be available in English and Spanish. Similar apps have been released across the country, according to the ACLU.

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Campers kill, grill snake but get an unexpected side _ fines

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Four young men got more than a meal when they killed and grilled a timber rattlesnake in western Maryland — they were hit with fines of $200 each in court.

Online court records show the men from Glen Burnie pleaded guilty Tuesday in district court in Cumberland to possessing or destroying the rattlesnake. It’s a state-protected species.

Each was fined $500, with $300 suspended. All received probation before judgment, meaning their convictions can be expunged after probationary periods ranging from 14 to 28 months.

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Neil Cavuto embarrasses student who wants free college and has no idea how to pay for it

BREAKING NEWS: Automatic gunfire heard outside Paris concert hall where hostages are being held

French television broadcasting the sound of shots being fired inside a Paris concert hall where at least 100 people are being held hostage by terrorists.

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BREAKING NEWS: Death toll climbs to 35 in Paris attacks

At least 35 people are reported killed, and as many as 100 are reported being held hostage in a series of attacks in Paris. Complete coverage on Fox News and Foxnews.com.

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Breaking News From A Viewer

News tip… There's a six point buck running around downtown Salisbury near the library. It just ran into the car in front of me and went east towards route 13.

City's Top Cop Demands Changes In Maryland Gun Laws

Baltimore's top cop is fuming about some of the state's gun laws.

Commissioner Kevin Davis is asking "when is Maryland going to wake up?"

He spoke out Thursday on Maryland's News Now on WBAL Newsradio 1090.

Davis says he considers some of the state's gun laws too lax, far less stringent than federal statutes.

"The carrying, transportation or wearing of an illegal firearm in our state is still a misdemeanor," he said.

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Bravo announces ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ coming in 2016

WASHINGTON — Reality TV is returning to the nation’s capital — or at least one of its very wealthy suburbs.

Bravo announced Wednesday that its new series in the popular “Real Housewives” franchise will be “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” The show, featuring the drama of women and their families in the Montgomery County neighborhood, will debut in January.

The show will follow Ashley Darby, Christine Jackson Jordan, Karen Huger, Katie Rost, Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon as they navigate the social circles of Potomac, Maryland.

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SPD Needs Help To ID This Suspect

SPD would like to ID this shoplifting suspect (15-31572) (1116) #crimesolvers (410)548-1776 #cashtips pic.twitter.com/vb728mRs1v

— Salisbury Police (@SalisburyPD) November 12, 2015

Maryland lawmakers call for better education, more support for new immigrants

Maryland educators and legislators say that more services and new approaches to teaching are needed for immigrant students struggling to get an education as they adjust to life in the United States.

"I think it is abundantly clear that as hard as folks in the city are trying, we have long way to go to make sure that we are giving immigrant students a great education," said Sen. Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat.

The General Assembly may need a task force to examine ways to help these newcomers, said Del. Brooke Lierman, a Democrat. She represents the Southeast Baltimore neighborhood that includes Patterson High, a school with hundreds of the newcomers.

"It may be that we need to convene some task force or working group to dive into these issues," she said. "We want to make sure they can graduate from high school and have the chance to go to college and can get good jobs. We want them to be able to live the American dream like our ancestors have."

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Today's Veterans Day Survey Question

Who would you like to honor today?

And We Wonder Why We're Called "How's That Shithouse Of An Eastern Shore"

Today at the Wicomico Civic Center above.

Muslim community wins day off of school on major holiday next year

Montgomery County schools won’t have classes on one of the Islamic faith’s major holidays next year, a major victory for the local Muslim community after years of lobbying for the same treatment as Christians and Jews.

Montgomery County’s Board of Education voted 6 to 2 in support of a measure that would schedule a professional work day for teachers and administrators on Sept. 12, 2016, when the holy day of Eid al-Adha could fall next year. The holiday, based on moonsightings, could fall on Sept. 11, a Sunday, or on Sept. 12.

The decision means classes would not be held for the more than 156,000 students in the suburban Washington school system, Maryland’s largest.

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People Are Calling For This McDonalds Worker To Be Fired After Shocking Viral Video

One McDonalds worker is facing worldwide public outcry after a video of his disgusting behaviour found its way onto the internet.

In the video, he at first seemed to be attempting a good deed – by feeding a local homeless man. However, when the man finally made it to the drive-thru window to take the food he had been offered, the worker threw a drink in his face instead. Charming.

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Michigan Town Elects What May Be Nation's First Muslim-Majority City Council

Hamtramck residents have elected a Muslim majority to the city's six-member city council, symbolizing the demographic changes that have transformed the city once known for being a Polish Catholic enclave.

In Tuesday's election -- with six candidates running for three seats -- the top three vote-getters were Muslim, while the bottom three were non-Muslim. Two of the Muslim candidates, Anam Miah and Abu Musa, are incumbent city councilmen, while newcomer Saad Almasmari, the top vote-getter, also was elected. The seat of another Muslim incumbent councilman, Mohammed Hassan, was not up for re-election, and incumbent City Councilman Robert Zwolak came in fifth place.

Some believe the city is the first in the U.S. with a Muslim majority on its city council. Four of the six council members will be Muslim: three of them of Bangladeshi descent and one Yemeni.

"Hamtramck has made history," said Hamtramck community leader Bill Meyer. "The election was far from close, with the three Muslim winners each gaining over 1,000 votes, while the other three candidates garnered less than 700 votes each."

Councilman Musa, who came in second place, told the Free Press that he will work to represent everyone in the city regardless of background.

"I'm a very good Muslim," said Musa, an immigrant from Bangladesh. "I try my best to pray five times (a day), but when I get elected, every single ethnic votes for me, not (only) the Muslim vote for me, but Christians, every single ethnic group, African-Americans, Polish. I'm a good friend of the Polish."

"I represent every single citizen in Hamtramck," he said. "I'm serving all city of Hamtramck."

Formerly known for its Polish population, Hamtramck is now about 24% Arab (mostly Yemeni); 19% African American; 15% Bangladeshi; 12% Polish; and 6% Yugoslavian (many Bosnian), according to U.S. Census figures.

The percentage of residents who are Muslim is unclear since the U.S. Census does not ask about religion. Estimates of the Muslim population range from one-third to more than one-half of city residents.

Almost all of the Yemeni Americans in Hamtramck are Muslim, while the growing Bangaldeshi-American community in Hamtramck has Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. The city has a Bangladeshi Hindu temple and Bangladeshi mosques.

On Friday, Gov. Rick Snyder attended the opening of Bangla Town, an area that will celebrate Bangladeshi-American culture in Hamtramck and bordering Detroit neighborhoods. About 41% of the city are immigrants, the highest percentage among cities in metro Detroit. Pope John Paul II, who was Polish, visited Hamtramck in 1987; a statue of him commemorating his visit is in a city park.

Three of the Muslims on Hamtramck's City Council are of Bangladeshi descent, while Almasmari is of Yemeni descent. The council's only other Arab-American Muslim in its history was Abdul Algazali, who died in February.

The issue of Islam has sometimes come up in recent years as the Muslim population grows. After contentious debate, the city allowed in 2004 the Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast publicly five times a day from mosques through loudspeakers.

The call to prayer has drawn complaints from residents who say it's loud and intrusive, waking them up early and bothering them. City Council candidate Susan Dunn, who came in fourth place, raised the issue during the campaign, prompting a response from Almasmari during a city council meeting last month.

"We all want to live peacefully and respectfully," he said to the council during the October meeting, according to a video he posted to his Facebook account. "Our special thing is ... the diversity in this town."

Almasmari said the call to prayer "is not as loud as (Dunn) thinks." Moreover, if "we are considering the call to prayer as noise," then so would "the loud music all night long while we are sleeping."

"We as Muslims respect our neighbors and we don't like to bother anybody," he said. "As the Prophet Mohammed said: he who believes in Allah and the last day, let him not harm his neighbors."

Meyer, who is not Muslim, said that Muslims in Hamtramck "have helped bring stability, security and sobriety while lessening the amount of drugs and crime in the city."

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A Letter To The Editor: The Ben Carson Story--Lies?

Joe - I have as many others have been hearing the lies supposedly told by Dr. Ben Carson in his book "The Ben Carson Story" which was also made into a movie a few years ago. I admired and respected that this man became a world celebrated surgeon @ John Hopkins Hospital and seemed to be an educated, religious, and much respected black man, and a good role model for so many. What happened? Are all the people that our youth looked up to in our past, and the youth of today, been elevated to levels and then pitfalls before our very eyes. Is it just that the news media are covering and digging out more today, or that we covered up short comings of leaders and people in the news in the past? Are we holding everyone more accountable? That the things we say and do can come back to haunt us and follow us, if we are more successful? Don't all the candidates lie to some degree, that we have heard more about Presidents and past presidents lives more in the last decade. What do you and your audience think?

Publishers Notes: It is unfortunate the leaders of our country and even news media have become so accustom to so many lies. However, on the other hand, are we electing a President or a Pope? It's a fine line. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" comes to mind. I'm sure many of our readers can come back with lies from just about every President and quite frankly it's a shame. 

What concerns me most, (personally) are the very people who stand in front of a Judge and flat out lie. It's a shame that a Judge has to read into everything stated and determine who is lying and who is not. Nevertheless, people do it every single day. "Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth"? I grew up in a generation where you simply told the truth and IF you've done something wrong then you need to be held accountable for your actions.

The question now remains, is Ben Carson trustworthy at this point? Then again, is Hillary Clinton trustworthy as well? 

In my day they would BOTH be eliminated and quite frankly are for me personally. I will be bold enough right here and now by saying I will be voting for Donald Trump. 

19 indictments, drugs, guns seized after 60-day investigation in south Baltimore

BALTIMORE —A significant number of weapons and drugs were seized and 19 indictment warrants were issued after a 60-day investigation into violence and drug dealing in the Brooklyn Homes community in south Baltimore, city police said.

Baltimore city detectives and Drug Enforcement Administration investigators identified several suspects of violent crimes in south Baltimore.

On Nov. 3, 20 search and seizure warrants were conducted at the following locations:

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A Viewer Writes: Salisbury’s “Gay Deceiver” – Jimbeau Ireton – Goes to Washington?

The misguided and/or disoriented souls who elected just this clown to the City Council – despite his having gone AWOL the first time and then, as mayor, turning Salisbury, once the "crossroads," into the "cesspool" of the Eastern Shore – are probably too blind to realize that their boy has once again duped them. No sooner was the vote count announced than he was touting himself as our next U.S. Congressman.

So, what say you now, suckers (and that’s what he has played you for).

The rest of us say “go for it,” Jimbeau, because we need some humor to make life during another year plus under Obama semi-bearable.

Outside of Salisbury, Ireton would encounter the same hostile voter response as Democrats of the same stripe – Anthony Brown and Rick Pollitt among others. His worship of O’Malley and Obama would not be overlooked. Nor his exploits at Rehoboth Beach and in da ‘bury. It’s unlikely that he would survive the party’s primary, unless the only other candidate were Ron Pagano.

But if he reached the general election, Ireton would surely get at least two votes from local Democrats who don't reside in Salisbury: Pagano and Michael Pretl. And he could count on endorsements by Democrats of his ilk, including those named above as well as Barney Frank and his same sex spouse.

It would be an interesting, albeit disgusting, but highly unsuccessful campaign. We can’t wait for it to start.

A Viewer Writes: Veterans Day

Tomorrow we celebrate all veterans, but today is OUR birthday the 240'th birthday of the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, the greatest fighting unit this country has ever seen. Many have attempted, but fewer succeed. 

I am proud to have served in such an elite company of men.     Sound prejudiced towards the corps? Most marines are so, to all jarheads out there, Semper Fi and God Bless America. Special rememberence goes to the boots who, like I, graduated from Paris Island in the late 60's. Been there, done that.

WBOC Decides To Rehash Their Town Hall Meetings

Out of nowhere, WBOC all of a sudden has decided to hold their Town Hall Meetings. Funny how we did an article last week HERE talking about how big a flop their meetings had been because nothing changed.

I'll tell you what. Rather then WBOC asking you what you'd like to see changed and or story ideas, how about we do so right here on Salisbury News. WBOC will only broadcast the ideas THEY want you to see or hear, so let's let them know flat out what you think about their station.

Once everyone states what they'd like to see changed, let's see if WBOC will actually make such changes or will they continue to prove they're just blowing smoke you know where.  

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Chick-fil-A Employees Wear “Back The Blue” Shirts To Show Support For The Police

The anti-cop sentiment has been rapidly growing in this country thanks to the dishonest media, uninformed celebrities, and misleading statistics. One of the most troubling side effects of this trend has been the treatment of many uniformed officers at restaurants and other businesses.

At places like Dunkin Donuts, Arby’s, and Olive Garden, we have seen cops be treated terribly simply for being cops.

Thankfully, there are also businesses across America that support the people who put their lives on the line to protect society every day.

Chick-Fil-A is definitely one of them.

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Sorry, Media, You Won’t Destroy Ben Carson

Let’s begin with two propositions: There is a difference between an admirable man and a perfect man, and there is a difference between “vetting” and viciousness. The collective goal of the liberal media is now clear — to take one of America’s most admired and brilliant men and somehow transform him into a dishonest, stupid extremist. The vetting of Ben Carson has become vicious, and to what end? An admirable man has been exposed as imperfect. 

The first round of attacks, focusing on Carson’s alleged extremism, failed utterly. Under fire — for claiming that it would be better if victims rushed mass shooters rather than hiding, for asserting that Hitler would have been less likely to accomplish his aims if the German people had been armed, and for comparing the debate over abortion to the debate over slavery — Carson refused to back down. A conservative public, wearily familiar with politicians kowtowing to media-generated outrage, took notice.

Rather than deal directly with Carson’s statements, the media twisted his words, scurrilously asserting that he was “blaming the victims” of school shootings and claiming that German Jews alone could have stopped the Holocaust (when he’d plainly referred to the “German people,” not just German Jews). As for the abortion–slavery comparison, even Vox noted that conservatives have been making that argument for decades. The comparison is controversial, certainly, but hardly “extreme.”

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Illegal Immigrants Release ‘Bill of Rights’

An immigrant-rights group proposed a “Bill of Rights” for illegal immigrants Thursday, demanding that Americans recognize there are millions already in the country who deserve health care, in-state tuition rates for college and a guarantee of citizenship in the long term.

The list of demands runs 10 items long — the same as the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights — and also calls for an end to arrests and deportations for “all law-abiding undocumented Americans.”

The document was circulated by United We Stay, which is a group of illegal immigrants, first generation Americans and human rights activists pushing for changes to immigration law.

“We know we have human rights, even though our very presence is deemed illegal and our existence alien. Now we have our own Bill of Rights and we want it to be the framework for every immigration decision going forward from the local to the national level,” the group said in a statement announcing their demands.

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Statement From SFD About Fire At Robinson's

Salisbury and Fruitland units responded to the reported building fire at 1510 hours this afternoon on S. Salisbury Blvd.. Units arrived to find a working fire in a large 1 story commercial structure. A Second Alarm was struck and Mutual Aid was received from Allen, Hebron and Delmar Fire Departments. Crews made an excellent stop on the fire and no injuries were reported.

Shooting In Salisbury 11-15-15

Shooting In Salisbury on Patterson Ave.  Gun shot wound to the neck. Possibly domestic related.  No suspect at this time.  K-9 is en route.

Possible suspect is in a Grey Charger tag number mbr2993. Occupied by a (#1) male and (#1) female.

Payback: Most Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme Victims to Get $1M

Almost seven years after the collapse of the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, many victims who lost big in Bernard Madoff’s crooked plot will be getting a handsome paycheck, officials said today.

Stephen Harbeck, President and CEO of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, told ABC News that anyone who invested up to $1,161,000 will “be made completely whole” in the latest round of distribution payments, per a new motion filed in a New York bankruptcy court today. Harbeck said that will affect a majority of the people who had valid claims to being a Madoff victim.

For those who invested more, Harbeck said they could get back at least 61 cents on the dollar for their investments if their claim has been approved.

“Coming out of a Ponzi scheme with 61 percent of what you started out with is a major victory,” Harbeck said.

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