Opinion: Small business implores Gov. Hogan to keep veto promise on sick leave

By Mike O’Halloran
For MarylandReporter.com

With each campaign season comes considerable promises to the small business community. Politicians show up at Mom and Pop stores for photo ops, take walks down Main Street and espouse dedication to empowering entrepreneurs by deregulating and creating pro-growth environments.

When Larry Hogan was on the campaign trail, he often cited the fact that as a small business owner, he understood better than any other candidate how difficult it was to remain operational in a state that never seemed to fail in punishing employers with ill-advised policies.

The more that he articulated his vision for a brighter future for Maryland, the more voters liked him. There was less rhetoric and more conviction in a candidate seeking to become Governor. The electorate agreed with his message of making “Maryland Open for Business.”

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What I Saw Today In Maryland... The Militarization Of Police.

The intensive militarization of America’s police forces is a serious topic of which the mainstream media somewhat ignores. On my travels to Hunt Valley, Maryland, I stumbled upon a family oriented charity event for law enforcement at the University of Maryland Extension. I was shocked to find unattended assault rifles and military gear loosely displayed. (Weapons had safety features in place)

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Sir Roger Moore dead: 'James Bond' actor was 89

Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond in seven of the 007 films, has died. He was 89.

His children shared the news on his verified Twitter account Tuesday that Moore had died after a "short but brave battle with cancer."

"With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated," the statement said.

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Difference Between Obama And Trump CLEARLY Shown In Their Address To Muslim Nations

The President of the United States of America addressed Arab leaders on Sunday and listening to his speech really made you realize exactly how we’ve come since the years of Obama.

He issued a warning to terrorists that exuded strength. He made it clear that we have a zero-tolerance policy for terrorism and those who aid and abet those who want to harm Americans.

It was enough to make one stand up and cheer.

The differences between Obama and Trump’s speeches couldn’t be more marked.

“Barbarism will deliver you no glory – piety to evil will bring you no dignity,” Trump said. “If you choose the path of terror, your life will be empty, your life will be brief, and your soul will be condemned.”

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Newt: World Leaders Respect Trump; Media 'Pygmies' Don't

It's "ironic" to watch world leaders in Israel and Saudi Arabia treating President Donald Trump with "enormous respect" while the "pygmies" in the media treat him with contempt, and the president and his administration should take a tougher stance against them, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday.

"The reporters are pygmies, they're little midgets," Gingrich told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program. "They spent their lifetime watching other people do real things."

Further, Gingrich said, the Trump administration should put out a new rule when it comes to the media..

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Brown Box Theatre Project Returns With New Performances This Week

BERLIN — Brown Box Theatre Project has set out to tackle its most ambitious production to date with an outdoor presentation of Jason Robert Brown’s hit off-Broadway musical, Songs for a New World.

Featuring a dazzling cast of professional talent, Brown Box will bring the magic of contemporary musical theatre straight to Delmarva starting last weekend and running through May 28.

Expanding upon its annual tradition of touring accessible Shakespeare productions throughout the Delmarva Peninsula each summer, Songs for a New World kicks off Brown Box’s season of free, outdoor programming. The musical will become an unmissable cultural event in Delmarva’s vibrant nightlife with open-air performances in the streets of Berlin and Salisbury, local parks of St. Michaels and Chincoteague and outside of the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

Kyler Taustin, Brown Box founder and executive artistic director, explains that he was inspired to direct Songs for a New World because of its timeliness and urgency.

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Keeping Hope Alive

Delaware Ranked 2 and Maryland Ranked 3 - in Nation's Highest Foreclosure Rate

3. MARYLAND

April 2017 Foreclosure Rate: 1 in every 776 housing units

Change from March 2017: Up 5.68% (was No. 2)

Change from April 2016: Down 29.38% (was No. 1)

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Liberals Worried About Muslims’ Feelings After Manchester Bombs Kill 19

We have all heard the tragic news of what happened yesterday at an Ariana Grande concert in the UK where 19 people were killed and as many as 50 others were injured. Authorities have since reported that it appears there was an explosion by a suicide bomber followed by a nail bomb explosion.

Of course if this turns out to be true once the investigation is done, that also means…terrorist attack. Despite this, there are liberals on Twitter that are far more concerned about hurting the feelings of Muslim people, than they are about the anguish and hurt that the victims’ and their families are going through right now as we speak.

So let us take a look at some of these liberals, and their twitter verified accounts where they are posting their angry cries against “racism and xenophobia” that are hurting their feelings every time they see it in responses to the attack. An attack which again reports are already stating was carried out by a suicide bomber.

Here is exhibit one:

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CIA: Windows XP to Windows 10 Malware: WikiLeaks reveals Athena

WikiLeaks says the CIA's Athena malware can be used to spy on Windows XP through to Windows 10 computers.

The latest file revealed in WikiLeaks' Vault 7 catalog of CIA hacking toolkit is Athena, a surveillance tool apparently designed to capture communications from Windows XP to Windows 10 machines.

Details of the Athena malware are available in a document allegedly created by the CIA in November 2015. The malware is said to have been made in conjunction with US cybersecurity firm Siege Technologies, which was acquired by Nehemiah Security late last year.

Athena is the ninth Vault 7 release of CIA hacking tools for mobile and desktop systems. WikiLeaks has been revealing one tool at the end of each week over the past two months.

As noted in the documents, Athena is 'a very simple implant application' that offers remote access to the target machine. The malware can be used to deliver a payload so that files can be delivered to and retrieved from a director of the host.

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JUST IN: ISIS has claimed responsibility for Manchester Terrorist Attack

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#Manchester #ISIS video where English speaking terrorist claims responsibility for Manchester terror attack at Ariana Grande concert. pic.twitter.com/ciYECJLJNz

— Red Pill⏳ (@RedPillDropper) May 23, 2017

From Business Insider:

ISIS claims responsibility for the Ariana Grande concert attack in Manchester which killed 22

Terrorist group ISIS (also known as Islamic State, Daesh and ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack 12:45 p.m. BST on Tuesday, via a news agency linked to them, Amaq, according to the Press Association.

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23-year-old man arrested in connection to deadly bombing at Ariana Grande concert

British police said Tuesday that they have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the massacre at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, as Prime Minister Theresa May said that authorities know the identity of the suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at the show.

“With regards to last night’s incident at the Manchester Arena, we can confirm we have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester,” Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter.

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Verizon Could Launch New Streaming Video This Summer

Verizon’s rumored over-the-top streaming TV service — not to be confused with its nearly universally panned two-year-old Go90 product — could be available as soon as next month, executives for the company reportedly revealed Monday. 

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Trump Is Under Attack From His Own Staff

It’s coming from inside the house. Throughout Trump’s presidency and increasingly in the past few weeks, leaks from staff members to the press are undermining the president.

The New York Times reported Friday exact details of Trump’s meeting last week with Russian officials. The report cited a document read to them by an “American official,” which summarized the meeting. “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump said, according to the report.

The president then added, “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” The White House did not dispute this account.

Shortly after this story broke, The Daily Beast quoted a senior administration official saying, “Every day [Trump] looks more and more like a complete moron.”

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