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Monday, February 16, 2015
Bill Clinton’s libido threatens to derail Hillary — again
Just a few weeks ago, reports broke that Bill Clinton had flown at least 11 times on “The Lolita Express” — a private plane owned by the mysterious financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. According to Virginia Roberts, who claims to have been one of Epstein’s many teenaged sex slaves, Clinton also visited Epstein’s private Caribbean retreat, known as “Orgy Island.”
“I remember asking Jeffrey, ‘What’s Bill Clinton doing here?’ ” Roberts said in 2011. The former president, she added, was accompanied by four young girls during his stay — two of whom were among Epstein’s regular sex partners. “And [Jeffrey] laughed it off and said, ‘Well, he owes me a favor.’ He never told me what favors they were.”
Clinton also spent years traveling and partying with Ron Burkle, a billionaire bachelor with a penchant for very young girls. Clinton spent so much time on Burkle’s private plane that it came to be known in Burkle’s circle as “Air F—k One.”
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Video Of Children Being Rescued From Fresno Apartment Fire
Dramatic video by the Fresno Fire Department, including footage from helmet cameras, shows the rescue of three children from a burning apartment Jan. 25. Read the story HERE
Debate Homeland Security Funding
On February 27, funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out. At this critical time in our country’s national security, it is important that we fully fund our homeland security needs.
With the expiration of homeland security funding drawing closer, Senate Democrats are insisting that Congress pass an appropriations bill that implements the president’s executive order making major changes to our immigration law, even though this issue is clearly the responsibility of the people’s elected representatives.
Their argument is that unless Republicans choose to accept President Obama’s unlawful exercise of executive power then the GOP will be responsible for any lapse in funding. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m President of the United States of America.”
Then in 2011, that same candidate, now the president of the United States, remarked that, “With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that’s just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed.”
And in 2013, President Obama stated, “I’m not a king. You know, my job as the head of the executive branch ultimately is to carry out the law. And, you know, when it comes to enforcement of our immigration laws, we’ve got some discretion. We can prioritize what we do. But we can’t simply ignore the law.”
Despite these and many other public comments from President Obama about how he could not change existing immigration law via executive order, late last year he chose to ignore the wishes of the American people and grant amnesty via executive action. This decision was greeted by a torrent of criticism, and not just from Republicans. At least eight Senate Democrats voiced concern over the president’s go-it-alone strategy on immigration.
Republicans in the House and the Senate have been working hard to pass legislation that would fully fund DHS while also holding President Obama accountable for his lawless executive amnesty. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats have repeatedly chosen to block debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill in order to defend the very executive overreach many of them denounced.
This is an extremely important issue with great significance to all Americans, which is why Republicans are offering a fair and open debate that would allow for amendments from both parties. We want to ensure every senator’s voice is heard. Unfortunately, Democrats have rejected this debate.
Unless they agree to debate this issue – not necessarily to agree with Republicans, but just to engage in debate – the Department of Homeland Security will not receive the vital funding it needs. Failing to do so will mean that Democrats are willing to prioritize an unconstitutional power grab over funding our homeland security priorities.
Senator Dan Coats (R-IN)
With the expiration of homeland security funding drawing closer, Senate Democrats are insisting that Congress pass an appropriations bill that implements the president’s executive order making major changes to our immigration law, even though this issue is clearly the responsibility of the people’s elected representatives.
Their argument is that unless Republicans choose to accept President Obama’s unlawful exercise of executive power then the GOP will be responsible for any lapse in funding. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m President of the United States of America.”
Then in 2011, that same candidate, now the president of the United States, remarked that, “With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that’s just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed.”
And in 2013, President Obama stated, “I’m not a king. You know, my job as the head of the executive branch ultimately is to carry out the law. And, you know, when it comes to enforcement of our immigration laws, we’ve got some discretion. We can prioritize what we do. But we can’t simply ignore the law.”
Despite these and many other public comments from President Obama about how he could not change existing immigration law via executive order, late last year he chose to ignore the wishes of the American people and grant amnesty via executive action. This decision was greeted by a torrent of criticism, and not just from Republicans. At least eight Senate Democrats voiced concern over the president’s go-it-alone strategy on immigration.
Republicans in the House and the Senate have been working hard to pass legislation that would fully fund DHS while also holding President Obama accountable for his lawless executive amnesty. Unfortunately, Senate Democrats have repeatedly chosen to block debate on the House-passed DHS funding bill in order to defend the very executive overreach many of them denounced.
This is an extremely important issue with great significance to all Americans, which is why Republicans are offering a fair and open debate that would allow for amendments from both parties. We want to ensure every senator’s voice is heard. Unfortunately, Democrats have rejected this debate.
Unless they agree to debate this issue – not necessarily to agree with Republicans, but just to engage in debate – the Department of Homeland Security will not receive the vital funding it needs. Failing to do so will mean that Democrats are willing to prioritize an unconstitutional power grab over funding our homeland security priorities.
Senator Dan Coats (R-IN)
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Attorney General Frosh Announces Sentencing of Former Public Employee Who Stole More Than $200K in Child Support Payments
Baltimore, MD - Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that former Child Support Enforcement Administration employee Delores Gertrude Jones, 62, of North Beach, was sentenced in two cases involving theft from the state agency.
Jones pleaded guilty in December in two separate cases -- one for theft over $100,000 and a second for theft over $10,000. In the first case, Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge Graydon S. McKee, III (retired) sentenced Jones to 15 years incarceration, suspending all but three years. Additionally, upon her release from jail, she will be placed on five years supervised probation and ordered to pay $203,876 in restitution. In the second case, Judge McKee issued a five-year prison sentence, all of which was suspended, placed Jones on five years of probation and ordered her to pay $25,300 in restitution. Both sentences will run concurrently.
"Public servants who abuse the trust placed in them will pay the price," said Attorney General Frosh. "These funds were intended to support children and the hardworking, single parents who are doing all they can to care for and raise their children."
Attention Wicomico County Residents
That being said, expect a Press Release from the County around 3:30 or 4:00 pm. Here's what I do know so far.
If the power does go out, the County will open the Civic Center as a shelter. The County is asking you to refrain from parking on all secondary roads so they can plow.
Once they see snow they will start salting the roads. Once 2" of snow fall hits the roads they will start plowing and the County is set up, (prepared) for 10" of snow.
Wicomico County depends on the Wakefield Weather Station for their official report and again, they'll have a better idea of what we can expect in just a couple hours.
If we do get hit as bad as some are saying you can expect to see delays and school closings right here on SBYNews. We can't keep you warm but we can keep you informed.
UPDATE: Worcester County Commissioners Agenda - February 17th
UPDATE:
Due to anticipated inclement weather conditions, the Tuesday, February 17, meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19. The open session meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Worcester County Government Center in Snow Hill.
AGENDA
Due to anticipated inclement weather conditions, the Tuesday, February 17, meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19. The open session meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Worcester County Government Center in Snow Hill.
AGENDA
WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
February 17, 2015
9:00 AM - Meet in Commissioners’ Conference Room - Room 1103 Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland - Vote to Meet In Closed Session
9:01 - Closed Session: Discussion regarding filling critical vacant positions including - one Building Inspector II for Development Review and Permitting, and one Part-Time Sheriff’s Deputy; considering appointments to various County Boards and Commissions for terms which begin in 2015; receiving legal advice from
Counsel; and performing administrative functions
10:00 - Call to Order, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance
10:01 - Report on Closed Session; Review and Approval of Minutes
10:05 - Presentation of Commendation to Beth Gismondi for her service to the Board of Zoning Appeals
10:10 - E. Tudor - Development Review & Permitting: Proposed Berlin Annexation 2014-06
10:20 -
10:30 - P. Thompson - Finance Officer: Revenue Projections - FY15 through FY17
10:40 -
10:50 - Legislative Session - Introduction of Bills
11:00 - B. Badger - Economic Development: Hat Trick Consultants - Sports Complex Proposal
11:10 -
11:20 -
11:30 - D. Howard, Chairman: Maryland Rural Counties Coalition Affiliate of MACo
11:40 -
11:50 - Chief Administrative Officer: Administrative Matters
12:00 - Questions from the Press
Lunch
1:30 PM - Chief Administrative Officer: Administrative Matters (if necessary)
1:40 -
1:50 -
2:00 -
AGENDAS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL THE TIME OF CONVENING
Obama Betrayal: Effort to Snatch $10 Billion From Veterans
President Obama and the Veterans Administration bureaucracy are already sabotaging the VA reform law passed in August. The ink is barely dry on the 8.6 million "Choice Cards" that supposedly allow vets to see a doctor outside the delay-plagued system.
Obama’s budget tries to snatch the $10 billion allocated for the Choice program and allow it to be spent however VA top administrators want. It’s a sickening betrayal.
Even worse, VA secretary Robert McDonald is telling federal lawmakers that this underhanded move will better serve "VA system priorities." That’s the problem. He’s more interested in protecting "the system" than vets. It’s all about bureaucratic turf and union jobs.
With a straight face, McDonald says it has " nothing to do with us trying to gut the Choice Card or anything like that; it was about flexibility." Flexibility for VA bureaucrats, not for ailing vets who need it. Removing the funding definitely will gut the program because the law says the Choice program expires whenever funding runs out.
At a Feb. 2 press briefing, VA administrators facetiously claimed that sick vets don't want to see outside physicians, and that use of the Choice Cards was "much lower" than they had expected. That’s a whopper. When asked, they couldn’t provide any specifics.
Pete Hegseth, CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, can. He reports that vets get the runaround when they call the VA for permission to use the Choice Card. "The VA is making a concerted attempt to undermine anything that looks like choice."
Vets get told they don’t meet the requirement for living 40 miles or more from a VA facility, or they haven’t endured an unacceptably long wait for care, or their care isn’t medically necessary.
More here
Obama’s budget tries to snatch the $10 billion allocated for the Choice program and allow it to be spent however VA top administrators want. It’s a sickening betrayal.
Even worse, VA secretary Robert McDonald is telling federal lawmakers that this underhanded move will better serve "VA system priorities." That’s the problem. He’s more interested in protecting "the system" than vets. It’s all about bureaucratic turf and union jobs.
With a straight face, McDonald says it has " nothing to do with us trying to gut the Choice Card or anything like that; it was about flexibility." Flexibility for VA bureaucrats, not for ailing vets who need it. Removing the funding definitely will gut the program because the law says the Choice program expires whenever funding runs out.
At a Feb. 2 press briefing, VA administrators facetiously claimed that sick vets don't want to see outside physicians, and that use of the Choice Cards was "much lower" than they had expected. That’s a whopper. When asked, they couldn’t provide any specifics.
Pete Hegseth, CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, can. He reports that vets get the runaround when they call the VA for permission to use the Choice Card. "The VA is making a concerted attempt to undermine anything that looks like choice."
Vets get told they don’t meet the requirement for living 40 miles or more from a VA facility, or they haven’t endured an unacceptably long wait for care, or their care isn’t medically necessary.
More here
Worcester County Emergency Services Urges Residents to Prepare for Cold Weather
The heaviest snow accumulations are expected to take place from midnight tonight into Tuesday morning. Those who must venture out onto area roadways are warned to exercise extreme caution, as slick conditions and periods of low visibility will make driving hazardous.
Hypothermia can occur quickly when exposed to low temperatures. Bundle up if headed outdoors. Wear layers of lightweight clothing that can be added to or removed as needed and protect extremities by wearing gloves and hats. Be sure to protect pets from the cold as well by bringing them indoors and assuring they have access to unfrozen water.
Climatologist: 30-Year Cold Spell Strikes Earth
With nasty cold fronts thrusting an icy and early winter across the continental U.S. — along with last winter described by USA Today as "one of the snowiest, coldest, most miserable on record" — climatologist John L. Casey thinks the weather pattern is here to stay for decades to come.
In fact, Casey, a former space shuttle engineer and NASA consultant, is out with the provocative book "Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell," which warns that a radical shift in global climate is underway, and that Al Gore and other environmentalists have it completely wrong.
The earth, he says, is cooling, and cooling fast.
And unless the scientific community and political leaders act soon, cold, dark days are ahead.
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In fact, Casey, a former space shuttle engineer and NASA consultant, is out with the provocative book "Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell," which warns that a radical shift in global climate is underway, and that Al Gore and other environmentalists have it completely wrong.
The earth, he says, is cooling, and cooling fast.
And unless the scientific community and political leaders act soon, cold, dark days are ahead.
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MARYLAND AGENCIES PREPARE FOR WINTER STORM AND COLD TEMPERATURES
GOVERNOR HOGAN URGES RESIDENTS TO PREPARE AND STAY OFF ROADS IF POSSIBLE
REISTERSTOWN, MD (February 16, 2015) — With the heaviest storm of the season predicted for much of Maryland on the heels of an arctic blast, the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and other state agencies are preparing to assist local responders with any issues related to snow or cold weather. The storm is expected to move into the state this evening, with at least three inches of snow predicted in northern and western parts of the state and significantly higher amounts predicted farther south and east.
Residents should make preparations now and are asked to stay off the roads during the height of the storm overnight tonight. Road conditions are expected to be particularly difficult for the Tuesday morning rush hour.
"This is expected to be the strongest storm so far this year for much of Maryland, and with the frigid temperatures makes for a very dangerous combination," said Governor Larry Hogan. "If at all possible, stay inside so our road crews can work to clear highways and to avoid the dangerously cold temperatures. I’d also ask that people check on relatives, friends and neighbors – especially the elderly or other vulnerable residents. Helping your neighbors also helps our first responders.”
MEMA has started coordinating conference calls with the National Weather Service, state agencies, local emergency management agencies and other partners to coordinate response efforts. “MEMA and the State Emergency Operations Center work closely with local emergency managers and other state agencies to organize support and resources,” said MEMA Executive Director Clay Stamp. “These resources can then be used by first responders to augment public safety at the local level.”
In addition to staying off the roads when snow is falling, residents should take the following actions:
• Keep devices charged so you will have a way follow weather forecasts and local emergency information.
• Be cautious shoveling snow to avoid overexertion. Take frequent breaks and keep hydrated.
• If you must travel, make sure to have a car chargers, kitty litter or sand for traction, and extra drinks and snacks in case you get stuck in traffic.
• Let friends or family know of your travel route and expected arrival times.
• Make sure pets are not kept outside without shelter in cold and snowy weather and be aware that salt and other ice melting materials may hurt animal’s paws.
• Dress in layers, taking care to keep your hands covered.
• Know who to contact in the case of a power outage.
For more information about winter weather preparedness, please visit the following websites:
MEMA: www.mema.maryland.gov
FEMA: www.ready.gov and click on the Winter Storms link
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster and click on Winter Storm.
Ladies Night ~ Postponed!
Due to the predicted bad weather...
SoBo's has decided to postpone the Ladies Night Out... Chocolate Lover's Night.
This sold out event was planned for tomorrow (2/17/15) but is now postponed until Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30pm
If you had reservations to this event and need to make changes, please call us.
This event will help support...
LIFE CRISIS CENTER.
THANK YOU!!
SFD Calls For Service 2-15-15
- Sunday February, 15 2015 @ 22:19 Nature: Flood With Electrical HazardsAddress: 816 Booth St Salisbury, MD 21801
- Sunday February, 15 2015 @ 21:15 Nature: Flood With Electrical HazardsAddress: 751 S Salisbury Blvd Salisbury, MD 21801
- Sunday February, 15 2015 @ 21:09Nature: Medical EmergencyCity:Salisbury
- Sunday February, 15 2015 @ 18:34 Nature: Flood With Electrical HazardsAddress: 604 Goldsborough St Salisbury, MD 21801
- Sunday February, 15 2015 @ 18:20 Nature: Odor InvestigationAddress: 928 W Isabella St Salisbury, MD 21801
Oscar Meyer Wienermobile Crashes Into Pole in Pennsylvania
Officials say the giant hot dog on wheels slid off a road and slammed into a pole on Sunday in Enola, near Harrisburg.
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Netanyahu Calls For 'Mass Immigration' of European Jews to Israel
After yet another Islamic terror attack targeting Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for a "massive immigration" of European Jews to Israel, saying "Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters -- Israel is your home."
Netanyahu, speaking at the opening of his Cabinet meeting Sunday, said: "Again, Jews were murdered on European soil just because they were Jews. This wave of attacks is expected to continue, as well as murderous anti-Semitic attacks. ...
"To the Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the world I say that Israel is waiting for you with open arms," Netanyahu said. "We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe."
The comments came after the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew on Sunday. Last month, Jews in Paris were targeted by Islamic radicals at a kosher market.
Netanyahu on Sunday said the government will soon begin discussions on a $45 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine. In an interview with Ynetnews.com on Sunday morning, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said European Jews should view Israel as their home.
"Israel is always waiting for them. This will never change. Jews can and should have the right to live anywhere, but if there are Jews who are concerned about their future, we are certainly waiting for them," Bennett said.
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Netanyahu, speaking at the opening of his Cabinet meeting Sunday, said: "Again, Jews were murdered on European soil just because they were Jews. This wave of attacks is expected to continue, as well as murderous anti-Semitic attacks. ...
"To the Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the world I say that Israel is waiting for you with open arms," Netanyahu said. "We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe."
The comments came after the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew on Sunday. Last month, Jews in Paris were targeted by Islamic radicals at a kosher market.
Netanyahu on Sunday said the government will soon begin discussions on a $45 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine. In an interview with Ynetnews.com on Sunday morning, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said European Jews should view Israel as their home.
"Israel is always waiting for them. This will never change. Jews can and should have the right to live anywhere, but if there are Jews who are concerned about their future, we are certainly waiting for them," Bennett said.
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