Hillary Clinton may think those creatures making wide, gentle circles over her campaign are bluebirds of happiness, but they’re looking more and more like buzzards. They look hungry.
The news gets grimmer with every news cycle as she revises and extends everything she has said about her email machine and the classified information that may be on it. She says she can’t remember, and we can believe that much. Sir Walter Scott got it right: “O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
Hillary even upends the famous Washington dictum that “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up.” Sometimes it’s both.
We’re hearing the first hints, some of them not so subtle, that the FBI is investigating more than a security situation, defined as a simple matter of learning whether classified information leaked from the State Department when she was the secretary of State, and if so, who it was leaked to. National Public Radio, which usually feeds only the bluebirds of Democratic happiness, reports that it learned from “two lawyers familiar with the inquiry” that a formal criminal investigation is under consideration, presumably at the Justice Department, and it could happen “soon.”
Hillary might not be the first target. She can always find somebody else to throw under the bus or feed to the alligators.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Police baffled after 25-year-old woman’s body vanishes from casket after funeral
A Texas family was in the midst of one life-altering tragedy when another one struck this month.
Within hours of saying goodbye to 25-year-old Julie Mott, a San Antonio woman who died Aug. 8 after a long battle with cystic fibrosis, her family learned that her body had vanished from the funeral home where the ceremony took place.
Investigators suspect someone slipped into the funeral home and removed Mott’s body from her casket between the end of her funeral at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 15 and the funeral home’s closing at 4:30 p.m., according to the San Antonio Express-News.
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Within hours of saying goodbye to 25-year-old Julie Mott, a San Antonio woman who died Aug. 8 after a long battle with cystic fibrosis, her family learned that her body had vanished from the funeral home where the ceremony took place.
Investigators suspect someone slipped into the funeral home and removed Mott’s body from her casket between the end of her funeral at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 15 and the funeral home’s closing at 4:30 p.m., according to the San Antonio Express-News.
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Officials: Arrests in drone plot to supply prison contraband
"You can't make this stuff up," Secretary Stephen Moyer of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said.
Moyer said good intelligence helped authorities foil a drone caper in a contraband delivery plot.
"This case began on Saturday around 8 p.m., (when) officers at the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland spotted a vehicle on a road that runs off U.S. 220 near our Cumberland prison complex," Moyer said.
Police arrested two men in that vehicle. They were identified as Thaddeus Shortz and Keith Russell Brand.
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Police: Wife of Oklahoma politician tried to stop son's fatal attack
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A rising politician's meeting with his mentally ill son at a restaurant turned deadly when the young man pulled out a large kitchen knife and stabbed his father to death while his mother and other horrified witnesses looked on, police said Monday.
Christian Costello, 26, was being held on a preliminary first-degree murder charge Monday after the Sunday night killing of his father, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello, a two-term politician who was expected to run for higher office in 2018.
The son, who once spent 90 days confined in a hospital for treatment for an undisclosed mental illness, had asked his parents to meet him at the Braum's fast-food restaurant in northwest Oklahoma City, where he argued with his father while his mother waited outside.
"What set him off to attack the commissioner, we still don't know," Oklahoma City police Capt. Paco Balderrama said at a news conference.
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Christian Costello, 26, was being held on a preliminary first-degree murder charge Monday after the Sunday night killing of his father, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello, a two-term politician who was expected to run for higher office in 2018.
The son, who once spent 90 days confined in a hospital for treatment for an undisclosed mental illness, had asked his parents to meet him at the Braum's fast-food restaurant in northwest Oklahoma City, where he argued with his father while his mother waited outside.
"What set him off to attack the commissioner, we still don't know," Oklahoma City police Capt. Paco Balderrama said at a news conference.
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Man admits forcing immigrant teenagers into egg farm work
As the country’s immigration system was being overwhelmed by an unprecedented flow of unaccompanied children fleeing unrest in Central America, one of their countrymen orchestrated the scheme to force them to work on egg farms in Ohio, prosecutors said.
Arodolo Rigoberto Castillo-Serrano pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Cleveland to single counts of forced labor conspiracy, forced labor, witness tampering and encouraging illegal entry into the country. His sentencing date is to be set.
Castillo-Serrano, a 33-year-old Guatemalan, has been in the U.S. illegally for much of the past decade, prosecutors say. In some cases, prosecutors say, he made victims’ family members sign over deeds to their property in Guatemala to pay for transporting the boys, with assurances they would be enrolled in school here. That never happened.
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Mystery lights in space increasing, moving south, potential sign of global warming
Strange blue lights glowing on the edge of space first appeared over polar regions in 1885 and today, sightings are becoming increasingly common, and now the phenomenon is moving into lower latitudes including Northern California.
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, these glowing space clouds may be a celestial siren, warning of Earth's global warming, according to some scientists.
They're called "noctilucent clouds" or NLCs, basically, clouds that glow at night. They appear mainly in northern latitudes, about 50 miles above earth as miniscule droplets of water reflect the sun on the other side of the globe.
Now, they're moving father south.
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Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, these glowing space clouds may be a celestial siren, warning of Earth's global warming, according to some scientists.
They're called "noctilucent clouds" or NLCs, basically, clouds that glow at night. They appear mainly in northern latitudes, about 50 miles above earth as miniscule droplets of water reflect the sun on the other side of the globe.
Now, they're moving father south.
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More drivers use marijuana, but link to crashes is murky
There are fewer alcohol-impaired drivers on U.S. roads than ever before, but the proportion of drivers testing positive for marijuana and other illegal drugs is on the rise, results of the latest National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers indicates. At the same time, an in-depth federal study found no link between marijuana use and driver crash risk after controlling for driver demographic factors and alcohol use.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in February released results of the 2013-14 roadside survey, a nationally representative survey of nighttime weekend drivers. The voluntary, anonymous survey includes data collected from more than 9,000 drivers at a representative sample of 300 roadside sites nationwide. This was the second time that the survey collected information about driver use of illegal and legal drugs in addition to alcohol. Both saliva and blood samples were used to detect drugs, including cannabinoids, stimulants, sedatives, antidepressants and narcotic analgesics. For marijuana, samples were screened for THC and its active metabolite, 11-OH-THC.
The survey found a large increase in the proportion of weekend nighttime drivers testing positive for marijuana or other illegal drugs compared with the 2007 survey, which was the first one to screen for drug use (see "Drinking continues to decline among weekend drivers," Feb. 6, 2010). About 1 in 5 weekend nighttime drivers tested positive for at least one legal or illegal drug, NHTSA reports. Marijuana showed the greatest increase in prevalence among illegal drugs. The percentage of weekend nighttime drivers testing positive for marijuana use increased from 8.6 percent in 2007 to 12.6 percent in 2013-14.
In contrast to the rise in drug use, the roadside survey found a third fewer drivers with alcohol in their system in 2013-14 compared with 2007. About 8.3 percent of weekend nighttime drivers tested positive for alcohol, and about 1.5 percent of drivers had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent or higher. The proportion of weekend nighttime drivers at or above 0.08 percent BAC declined 32 percent from 2007 and plunged 80 percent from 1973 when the first roadside survey was conducted.
NHTSA in its research summary notes, "Changes in state policy on marijuana use, including medical and recreational use, may have contributed to an increase in marijuana use by drivers. However, the survey does not permit a state-by-state comparison. The change in use may reflect the emergence of a new trend in the country that warrants monitoring."
Post-storm New Orleans: The good and the sad a decade later
If you were last here in, say, July 2005, everything will seem to be mostly where you left it.
The French Quarter still hums with booze and brass bands. Carnival still owns the city's heart every February, culminating with the joyful, raucous Mardi Gras celebration on Fat Tuesday. Streetcars still clatter up stately St. Charles Avenue beneath the broad live oaks.
But squint, and New Orleans is a subtly though significantly different place since Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the city's levies Aug. 29, 2005, and left 80 percent of the streets underwater. From dozens of new restaurants and bars to booming startup and real estate industries to a new park along the long-underutilized Mississippi riverfront, the Crescent City - the nickname most locals prefer to the Big Easy - has seen an unlikely transformation rooted in both the opportunity, and the need, to rebuild. New Orleans always played the role of Southern siren with its endemic joys: jazz, revelry and rich food. But the city also was sort of stuck in that pose; few visited New Orleans for what was new.
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The French Quarter still hums with booze and brass bands. Carnival still owns the city's heart every February, culminating with the joyful, raucous Mardi Gras celebration on Fat Tuesday. Streetcars still clatter up stately St. Charles Avenue beneath the broad live oaks.
But squint, and New Orleans is a subtly though significantly different place since Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the city's levies Aug. 29, 2005, and left 80 percent of the streets underwater. From dozens of new restaurants and bars to booming startup and real estate industries to a new park along the long-underutilized Mississippi riverfront, the Crescent City - the nickname most locals prefer to the Big Easy - has seen an unlikely transformation rooted in both the opportunity, and the need, to rebuild. New Orleans always played the role of Southern siren with its endemic joys: jazz, revelry and rich food. But the city also was sort of stuck in that pose; few visited New Orleans for what was new.
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America’s Biggest Drug Problem Isn’t Heroin
It’s Doctors Painkillers prescribed by both well-intentioned doctors and so-called "criminals in white coats" are driving the overdose epidemic. States and cities are pioneering ways to control it.
Brendan McDonald was one of those kids you never thought would start taking drugs.
The year it began -- the 2004-2005 school year -- he was an honor-roll senior at a well-regarded Jesuit high school in Boston, a varsity baseball player who had won early admission to the college of his choice. “Quiet, handsome and charismatic,” says his mother, Nancy Holler, of her oldest child. “He was always just a really good kid.”
But by that spring, something was wrong. Brendan wasn’t himself. His GPA had fallen. He was sitting on the bench during baseball games instead of starting. The school guidance counselor thought it might just be a case of “senioritis.” Brendan’s stepfather Steve worried it might be something else. Steve had degenerative disc disease that was being treated with Percocet, a powerful prescription painkiller. Recently he’d noticed that pills were going missing. When Nancy and Steve confronted Brendan about the disappearing Percocet, he admitted that over the winter he’d started drinking beer and taking pills with some of his friends. Steve and Nancy hoped it would stop. Instead, it escalated.
Brendan went to college that fall, but after just six weeks he returned home and got a job. It wasn’t the same Brendan. The old Brendan had been a snappy dresser who cared about his appearance. The new Brendan paid no attention to his hygiene. “He was wearing the same clothes to work every day, not taking care of himself, looking like a slob,” Nancy says.
Pressed, he confessed that he’d started taking OxyContin, an even more powerful prescription painkiller. He went into detox at Thanksgiving but couldn’t stay clean. He moved to California to work in construction with Nancy’s brother. He came back addicted to heroin. By the spring of 2008, though, things seemed better. He had completed a rehab program and got a good job. His parents had allowed him to move back into his old bedroom in their home in Quincy, just outside Boston. But one afternoon in May, Brendan came home early and went straight upstairs to the bathroom. Moments later, Nancy heard a crash. She ran upstairs. Brendan was face down on the bathroom floor, unconscious with a needle in his arm. But that wasn’t what alarmed Nancy most. What was truly terrifying was that Brendan was blue.
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Brendan McDonald was one of those kids you never thought would start taking drugs.
The year it began -- the 2004-2005 school year -- he was an honor-roll senior at a well-regarded Jesuit high school in Boston, a varsity baseball player who had won early admission to the college of his choice. “Quiet, handsome and charismatic,” says his mother, Nancy Holler, of her oldest child. “He was always just a really good kid.”
But by that spring, something was wrong. Brendan wasn’t himself. His GPA had fallen. He was sitting on the bench during baseball games instead of starting. The school guidance counselor thought it might just be a case of “senioritis.” Brendan’s stepfather Steve worried it might be something else. Steve had degenerative disc disease that was being treated with Percocet, a powerful prescription painkiller. Recently he’d noticed that pills were going missing. When Nancy and Steve confronted Brendan about the disappearing Percocet, he admitted that over the winter he’d started drinking beer and taking pills with some of his friends. Steve and Nancy hoped it would stop. Instead, it escalated.
Brendan went to college that fall, but after just six weeks he returned home and got a job. It wasn’t the same Brendan. The old Brendan had been a snappy dresser who cared about his appearance. The new Brendan paid no attention to his hygiene. “He was wearing the same clothes to work every day, not taking care of himself, looking like a slob,” Nancy says.
Pressed, he confessed that he’d started taking OxyContin, an even more powerful prescription painkiller. He went into detox at Thanksgiving but couldn’t stay clean. He moved to California to work in construction with Nancy’s brother. He came back addicted to heroin. By the spring of 2008, though, things seemed better. He had completed a rehab program and got a good job. His parents had allowed him to move back into his old bedroom in their home in Quincy, just outside Boston. But one afternoon in May, Brendan came home early and went straight upstairs to the bathroom. Moments later, Nancy heard a crash. She ran upstairs. Brendan was face down on the bathroom floor, unconscious with a needle in his arm. But that wasn’t what alarmed Nancy most. What was truly terrifying was that Brendan was blue.
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Comptroller Franchot Statement on Starting Maryland Public Schools After Labor Day
By next Monday, students from all but one of Maryland’s 24 public school systems will return to the classroom. Sending kids back to school during the hot and humid days of August just doesn’t make sense to me – or to an overwhelming majority of Marylanders that support starting the state’s public schools after the Labor Day holiday. Very rarely does an issue make so much sense that it crosses all demographic, geographic and partisan lines like this one does, as evidenced by Governor Larry Hogan’s support, along with the 13,240 Marylanders from every corner of the state who signed the “Let Summer Be Summer” petition.
Despite facing firmly entrenched opposition from within the educational bureaucracy, this issue is just too important for me to back down. Once again, I will put my full support behind legislation to make a sensible change to Maryland’s public school calendars. As with most legislation that is introduced, I recognize that this is a multi-year effort. With the tremendous support of families, teachers and small business owners I have met while traveling across our state, I am more certain than ever that this is an issue of great importance to our quality of life and our economy. An independent poll by Goucher College found that 72 percent of Marylanders favor adjusting the school calendar and a Virginia Commonwealth University study showed no link between a pre-Labor Day school start and student achievement.
Child Support Statistics
Child Support Statistics: Myths, legends and the American Way: Deadbeat dads The "deadbeat dad" craze has allowed the blame of several social ills, from poverty to welfare costs to social pathology, to be placed squarely in the laps of fathers.
(Summary: 62% of custodial mothers do not receive child support. However, of that number, three-fourths of them simply do not want child support, have not asked for it, have accepted other financial arrangements instead of child support, or the father does not have the money. Only 11% of those custodial mothers who do not receive child support, is because of "deadbeat dads".)
The "deadbeat dad" craze has allowed the blame of several social ills, from poverty to welfare costs to social pathology, to be placed squarely in the laps of fathers. When we view government data that 6.2 million single mothers do not receive child support, we cringe in disbelief, and wonder how those dads could be so heartless to their children. How can those fathers just walk away from their responsibilities?
Or, perhaps there is another story to be told? Examining the data closer reveals a much different picture of why things are the way they are. It suggests that the severe draconian measures placed to enforce child support are no more than knee-jerk reactions which are oppressing a whole class of people to punish a few. When the reasons for custodial mothers not receiving child support, or not even having a child support order to begin with, are examined, it becomes clear that "deadbeat dads" are a rarity, and the current policies in place will never work.
Of those custodial mothers who do not receive child support, almost 30% of them either simply do not want child support, or have never asked for it. These are not the cases of dads willfully neglecting their children; it's a case of the mother not wanting the child support or not asking for it to begin with. Some of these dads don't even know that they are dads! Some of these mothers receive informal support from the father, and do not wish to get involved with the government and child support enforcement. In almost 25% of the cases, the father simply cannot afford to pay child support. Now, keep in mind that this data was determined by asking the custodial mother why she is not receiving child support. These are not dads who are hiding assets and crying poor. The custodial mothers have admitted that one-quarter of the dads do not pay child support because they do not have the money.
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(Summary: 62% of custodial mothers do not receive child support. However, of that number, three-fourths of them simply do not want child support, have not asked for it, have accepted other financial arrangements instead of child support, or the father does not have the money. Only 11% of those custodial mothers who do not receive child support, is because of "deadbeat dads".)
The "deadbeat dad" craze has allowed the blame of several social ills, from poverty to welfare costs to social pathology, to be placed squarely in the laps of fathers. When we view government data that 6.2 million single mothers do not receive child support, we cringe in disbelief, and wonder how those dads could be so heartless to their children. How can those fathers just walk away from their responsibilities?
Or, perhaps there is another story to be told? Examining the data closer reveals a much different picture of why things are the way they are. It suggests that the severe draconian measures placed to enforce child support are no more than knee-jerk reactions which are oppressing a whole class of people to punish a few. When the reasons for custodial mothers not receiving child support, or not even having a child support order to begin with, are examined, it becomes clear that "deadbeat dads" are a rarity, and the current policies in place will never work.
Of those custodial mothers who do not receive child support, almost 30% of them either simply do not want child support, or have never asked for it. These are not the cases of dads willfully neglecting their children; it's a case of the mother not wanting the child support or not asking for it to begin with. Some of these dads don't even know that they are dads! Some of these mothers receive informal support from the father, and do not wish to get involved with the government and child support enforcement. In almost 25% of the cases, the father simply cannot afford to pay child support. Now, keep in mind that this data was determined by asking the custodial mother why she is not receiving child support. These are not dads who are hiding assets and crying poor. The custodial mothers have admitted that one-quarter of the dads do not pay child support because they do not have the money.
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As Minimum Wages Rise, Restaurants Say No to Tips, Yes to Higher Prices
SEATTLE — Restaurant owners, customers and staff have long railed against the tyranny of tipping, but like a love affair gone bad, it has proved difficult to quit.
Now, prompted by a spurt of new minimum wage proposals in major cities, an expanding number of restaurateurs are experimenting with no-tipping policies as a way to manage rising labor costs.
Here in Seattle, where the first stage of a $15-an-hour minimum wage law took effect in April, Ivar’s seafood restaurants switched to an all-inclusive menu. By raising prices 21 percent and ending tipping, Bob C. Donegan, the president and co-owner, calculated he could increase everyone’s wages.
“We saw there was a fundamental inequity in our restaurants where the people who worked in the kitchen were paid about half as much as the people who worked with customers in front of the house,” Mr. Donegan said.
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Now, prompted by a spurt of new minimum wage proposals in major cities, an expanding number of restaurateurs are experimenting with no-tipping policies as a way to manage rising labor costs.
Here in Seattle, where the first stage of a $15-an-hour minimum wage law took effect in April, Ivar’s seafood restaurants switched to an all-inclusive menu. By raising prices 21 percent and ending tipping, Bob C. Donegan, the president and co-owner, calculated he could increase everyone’s wages.
“We saw there was a fundamental inequity in our restaurants where the people who worked in the kitchen were paid about half as much as the people who worked with customers in front of the house,” Mr. Donegan said.
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DC Has A Bigger Welfare State Than Any European Country Besides Denmark
When you hear the term “welfare state,” most people think of Europe and countries like Denmark or France. No doubt those countries offer a wide range of benefits targeted to the middle class, retirees, and so forth. But according to a new study released by the Cato Institute this week, someone who is poor might just be better off here in D.C.
The federal government currently funds more than 100 anti-poverty programs. While no one participates in all of them, many can and do collect assistance from multiple programs.
In D.C., a mother with two children under the age of five who participates in six major welfare programs — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps), housing assistance, home energy assistance, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and free commodities) would receive a benefits package worth $34,963 per year.
Using a similar measure, Cato found that benefits in Europe ranged from $38,588 per year in Denmark to just $1,112 in Romania. In fact, the District’s welfare system can be more generous than every country included except Denmark. The benefits package is higher than in well known welfare states as France ($17,324), Germany ($23,257) and even Sweden ($22,111). Moreover, this benefit package doesn’t include Medicaid, which would be worth roughly $8,140 for this household, because Europe’s health care systems are not targeted to the poor, unlike Medicaid.
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The federal government currently funds more than 100 anti-poverty programs. While no one participates in all of them, many can and do collect assistance from multiple programs.
In D.C., a mother with two children under the age of five who participates in six major welfare programs — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps), housing assistance, home energy assistance, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and free commodities) would receive a benefits package worth $34,963 per year.
Using a similar measure, Cato found that benefits in Europe ranged from $38,588 per year in Denmark to just $1,112 in Romania. In fact, the District’s welfare system can be more generous than every country included except Denmark. The benefits package is higher than in well known welfare states as France ($17,324), Germany ($23,257) and even Sweden ($22,111). Moreover, this benefit package doesn’t include Medicaid, which would be worth roughly $8,140 for this household, because Europe’s health care systems are not targeted to the poor, unlike Medicaid.
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Rauner signs bill banning gay conversion therapy for young people
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill banning therapists from trying to change a young person's sexuality.
The Republican approved the "gay conversion therapy" ban Thursday. His office didn't immediately offer a statement.
The measure keeps therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person younger than 18. Providers who don't comply could face disciplinary action.
Supporters of the measure have argued conversion therapy has been discredited and can be harmful to young people. But opponents have questioned whether therapists would be punished unfairly and say a ban limits parents' treatment decisions.
Similar legislation has been enacted in California and New Jersey. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama conveyed his support for such bans.
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The Republican approved the "gay conversion therapy" ban Thursday. His office didn't immediately offer a statement.
The measure keeps therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person younger than 18. Providers who don't comply could face disciplinary action.
Supporters of the measure have argued conversion therapy has been discredited and can be harmful to young people. But opponents have questioned whether therapists would be punished unfairly and say a ban limits parents' treatment decisions.
Similar legislation has been enacted in California and New Jersey. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama conveyed his support for such bans.
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Maryland Issues Guidance To Address Police Profiling
Frosh, who has scheduled a Tuesday news conference about the initiative, said the guidelines are similar to guidance issued in December by the U.S. Justice Department, which called on states to adopt their own. Frosh said Maryland is the first state to issue its own guidance.
"We want this memorandum to create the standard for how law enforcement operates in Maryland," Frosh said.
Frosh, a Democrat, said the guidance goes significantly further than current Maryland law. First, it defines discriminatory profiling not only based on race and ethnicity, but also on national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability and religion. It also applies to a broader range of police actions beyond traffic stops, including routine police operations and ongoing investigations.
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A Viewer Writes: Serving Suggestion
Maybe someone from Wal-Mart can teach us all how to serve creamy peanut butter and make it look like the serving suggestion on the label. I’ve been trying all morning and just can’t get it to look like that!
The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester & Talbot
History Press releases second book in a series written by local author
MARION STATION, MD – A new book, written by local author, Mindie Burgoyne is released today by The History Press.The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties has twenty-five spine-tingling tales all set in Maryland’s Mid-Shore region that include Mary’s Ghost at Old Salty’s, the Witches of Plain Dealing, Spirits from the Underground Railroad at Linchester Mill and Burgoyne’s own personal account of a scary night spent at the Robert Morris Inn in Oxford – the property that is featured on the book’s cover.
Burgoyne has written five books, including The Haunted Eastern Shore, which has sold over 10,000 copies since its publication in 2009.The Haunted Mid-Shore is the second book in a three-book series that goes deeper into the haunted landscape of the Delmarva Peninsula – with Haunted Ocean City and Berlin being the first. In the past seven years, Burgoyne has collected over 150 ghost stories and interviewed more than 200 people about their own personal haunted experiences that began with moving into a haunted house in Marion Station thirteen years ago.
“The Mid-Shore region is the least populated tri-county area in Maryland,” states Burgoyne. “It is such a haunted landscape. These wide open spaces haven’t changed much in the three hundred years, and the vastness of the marshes, shorelines, farm fields and open sky put you right on the edge of that ‘other world.’ You can almost feel that spiritual energy pulsating toward you – especially if you’re in a swamp or a dark road …at night.”
Burgoyne collects her ghostly tales from various sources that include local libraries, regional books, newspaper articles, and the folklore collection at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University. She also collects stories through personal interviews. The book includes some of the well-known ghost stories are such as Wish Sheppard and the Denton Jail, Bloody Henny, Maggie’s Bridge and the Frenchman’s Oak. But there are some rarely heard tales included as well like the Spirits of Navy Point, The Man Who Was Buried with his Dog, the Seven Gates of Hell and the LeCompte Curse.
What’s Burgoyne’s favorite ghost story in this book? “It would have to be The Town Dog Killer.” One of the stories set in Denton talks about a man who was suspected of poising the dogs. Sophie Kerr wrote a short story based on this man and the beautiful Victorian house he lived in across from the Courthouse Green. “The man and his family are long gone now, but a spirit of a child is said to haunt the house, Burgoyne said. “Prospective buyers saw the face of little girl in the upstairs window. Research on the family showed that there was a little child who died in the house over 70 years ago. It was a little girl.”
BOOK SIGNING - Mindie Burgoyne will be signing copies of The Haunted Mid-Shore at The Robert Morris Inn on Saturday, August 29 th (the night of the full moon) from 5 to 7 pm. Books will be for sale for $19.99 plus tax. A ghost walk of St. Michaels sponsored by Burgoyne’s ghost tour company, Chesapeake Ghost Walks is scheduled for 8pm that evening and tickets can be purchased online at www.chesapeakeghostwalks.com.
MARION STATION, MD – A new book, written by local author, Mindie Burgoyne is released today by The History Press.The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties has twenty-five spine-tingling tales all set in Maryland’s Mid-Shore region that include Mary’s Ghost at Old Salty’s, the Witches of Plain Dealing, Spirits from the Underground Railroad at Linchester Mill and Burgoyne’s own personal account of a scary night spent at the Robert Morris Inn in Oxford – the property that is featured on the book’s cover.
Burgoyne has written five books, including The Haunted Eastern Shore, which has sold over 10,000 copies since its publication in 2009.The Haunted Mid-Shore is the second book in a three-book series that goes deeper into the haunted landscape of the Delmarva Peninsula – with Haunted Ocean City and Berlin being the first. In the past seven years, Burgoyne has collected over 150 ghost stories and interviewed more than 200 people about their own personal haunted experiences that began with moving into a haunted house in Marion Station thirteen years ago.
“The Mid-Shore region is the least populated tri-county area in Maryland,” states Burgoyne. “It is such a haunted landscape. These wide open spaces haven’t changed much in the three hundred years, and the vastness of the marshes, shorelines, farm fields and open sky put you right on the edge of that ‘other world.’ You can almost feel that spiritual energy pulsating toward you – especially if you’re in a swamp or a dark road …at night.”
Burgoyne collects her ghostly tales from various sources that include local libraries, regional books, newspaper articles, and the folklore collection at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University. She also collects stories through personal interviews. The book includes some of the well-known ghost stories are such as Wish Sheppard and the Denton Jail, Bloody Henny, Maggie’s Bridge and the Frenchman’s Oak. But there are some rarely heard tales included as well like the Spirits of Navy Point, The Man Who Was Buried with his Dog, the Seven Gates of Hell and the LeCompte Curse.
What’s Burgoyne’s favorite ghost story in this book? “It would have to be The Town Dog Killer.” One of the stories set in Denton talks about a man who was suspected of poising the dogs. Sophie Kerr wrote a short story based on this man and the beautiful Victorian house he lived in across from the Courthouse Green. “The man and his family are long gone now, but a spirit of a child is said to haunt the house, Burgoyne said. “Prospective buyers saw the face of little girl in the upstairs window. Research on the family showed that there was a little child who died in the house over 70 years ago. It was a little girl.”
BOOK SIGNING - Mindie Burgoyne will be signing copies of The Haunted Mid-Shore at The Robert Morris Inn on Saturday, August 29 th (the night of the full moon) from 5 to 7 pm. Books will be for sale for $19.99 plus tax. A ghost walk of St. Michaels sponsored by Burgoyne’s ghost tour company, Chesapeake Ghost Walks is scheduled for 8pm that evening and tickets can be purchased online at www.chesapeakeghostwalks.com.
Check out U.S Marines 'take down' armed gunman onboard a high-speed train
Train staff on board the high speed train which was the scene of a suspected Islamic extremist attack yesterday have been accused of barricading themselves in their staffroom and locking the door, leaving passengers to fend for themselves.
The Moroccan terrorist was disarmed and beaten unconscious by US servicemen and a British man after he opened fire on a Paris-bound train with a Kalashnikov.
Now, French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who was on board the Thalys train during the attack has slammed train staff who he claims locked themselves in an office away from the attacker and refused to help the trapped passengers.
But the head of Thalys, the train company that ran the train on which the attempted attack took place, denied that passengers were abandoned.
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The Moroccan terrorist was disarmed and beaten unconscious by US servicemen and a British man after he opened fire on a Paris-bound train with a Kalashnikov.
Now, French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who was on board the Thalys train during the attack has slammed train staff who he claims locked themselves in an office away from the attacker and refused to help the trapped passengers.
But the head of Thalys, the train company that ran the train on which the attempted attack took place, denied that passengers were abandoned.
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I'm Really Liking Dallas
The
City of Dallas, Texas passed an ordinance stating that
City of Dallas, Texas passed an ordinance stating that
if a driver is pulled over
by law enforcement and is not able to provide proof of
insurance ,
the car is towed .
by law enforcement and is not able to provide proof of
insurance ,
the car is towed .
To retrieve the car after being impounded,
they must show proof of insurance
to have the car released.
This has made it easy for the City
of Dallas to remove uninsured cars.
of Dallas to remove uninsured cars.
Shortly after the "No Insurance" ordinance was passed,
the Dallas impound lots
began to fill up and were full after only nine
days.
began to fill up and were full after only nine
days.
Over
80%
of the impounded cars
80%
of the impounded cars
were driven by illegals .
Now, not only must they provide proof
of insurance to have their car released,
they have to pay for the cost of the tow ,
a
$350
fine , and
$20
for every day their
car is kept in the lot.
$350
fine , and
$20
for every day their
car is kept in the lot.
Guess what?
Accident
rates have gone down 47%
rates have gone down 47%
and
Dallas' solution gets uninsured drivers
Dallas' solution gets uninsured drivers
off the road WITHOUT
making them show proof of nationality.
I wonder how the
US Justice Department will
get around this one .
US Justice Department will
get around this one .
* * * *
Just brings tears to your eyes doesn't it? **
Just brings tears to your eyes doesn't it? **
*** GO Dallas ***
Ed Klein: Michelle and Valerie 'Connected at the Hip'
But Klein, who made the startling assertion on his website, told Newsmax TV on Friday that the relationship between the high-powered women definitely does not involve physical intimacy.
"These two are really connected at the hip, Valerie and Michelle. They're best friends, [an] older sister, younger sister kind of thing.
"Every night they go up to the family quarters of the White House [and] Valerie Jarrett joins the family. Afterwards, she stays up there with Michelle, they open a bottle of Chardonnay, and they talk about their future."
Klein bared the jaw-dropping claim this week on his blog "Ed Klein Confidential," writing that the first lady's post-White House plans "don’t include her husband" … and the future she envisions includes one other person — her best friend and confidant, Valerie Jarrett.
Klein said a source close to Jarrett, who is divorced and has a grown daughter, revealed to him that Michelle and Valerie "discuss their possibilities all the time and Michelle talks about their future as if they are one and the same."
The source added Michelle plans to pen a memoir, after which "she and Valerie want to travel abroad — maybe make their base for a while in Spain or France.
"Valerie sees Michelle and herself sitting on the boards of a handful of corporations, giving speeches for big bucks, writing books, and living large. Michelle has had the time of her life in the White House, and she doesn’t want to step down from that luxurious Air Force One lifestyle."
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Monday, August 24, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: Indycar driver Justin Wilson dies at 37 from head injury
Indycar driver Justin Wilson dies from a head injury suffered after a piece of debris struck him at Pocono Raceway.
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I Think Everyone Tried This......
I think everyone's tried this lol....
Posted by Fortafy on Friday, August 21, 2015
The Impossible Co-Bubbles: Stocks and Bonds
In the past, readers have been alerted to numerous “impossible” trends in our markets and economies, all manufactured by the Western banking crime syndicate . Here are just a few of those highlights (low-lights?)
a) It’s impossible for Western bond prices to be at all-time highs. Western nations have never been less-solvent (i.e. obviously bankrupt). The less-solvent the debtor, the higher the rate of interest the debtor is (supposed to be) forced to pay, and bond prices and interest rates are precisely inverse to each other. Interest rates should be at all-time highs, bond prices should be at all-time lows. Obvious fraud.
b) It’s impossible for our markets to move like one, gigantic, synchronized yo-yo, every minute of every hour of every day. Markets diverge, it’s what they do. When we see prices move together in near-perfect clockwork, we know we no longer have “markets”. Obvious fraud.
a) It’s impossible for Western bond prices to be at all-time highs. Western nations have never been less-solvent (i.e. obviously bankrupt). The less-solvent the debtor, the higher the rate of interest the debtor is (supposed to be) forced to pay, and bond prices and interest rates are precisely inverse to each other. Interest rates should be at all-time highs, bond prices should be at all-time lows. Obvious fraud.
b) It’s impossible for our markets to move like one, gigantic, synchronized yo-yo, every minute of every hour of every day. Markets diverge, it’s what they do. When we see prices move together in near-perfect clockwork, we know we no longer have “markets”. Obvious fraud.
c) It’s impossible for precious metals prices to fall below the cost of production – and stay there – with large supply-deficits in both the gold and silver market. There is literally only one, possible “cure” for a supply-deficit: higher prices. These markets are being (permanently) prevented from doing what they must do. Obvious fraud.
Note also that all of these “impossible” trends are separate from the multi-billion and multi-trillion dollar mega-crimes which these same financial criminals are caught perpetrating, on a near-daily basis (and are allowed to continue to perpetrate):
1) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the $500 trillion LIBOR debt market.
2) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the $5 trillion/day global currency market.
3) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the “gold fix”.
4) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the “silver fix”.
5) They were caught conspiring to serially rig base metals markets.
6) They were caught conspiring to serially launder $TRILLIONS for the drug cartels and “terrorist” organizations. Isn’t there supposed to be a “War on Drugs”? Isn’t there supposed to be a “War on Terror”? Why do these criminals get a free pass?
[Meanwhile, the Lemmings continue to scoff at “conspiracy theories”.]
But all of these “impossible” (i.e. fraudulent) developments in our economies, and all these mega-crimes that are swept under the carpet by our puppet governments pale in significance next to the greatest impossibility/insanity of all: the co-bubbles in Western stocks and bonds, and more specifically the incredibly gigantic (simultaneous) stock- bubble and bond-bubble in the U.S.
Stock prices and bond prices can never rise together, in any legitimate marketplace. Period.
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Note also that all of these “impossible” trends are separate from the multi-billion and multi-trillion dollar mega-crimes which these same financial criminals are caught perpetrating, on a near-daily basis (and are allowed to continue to perpetrate):
1) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the $500 trillion LIBOR debt market.
2) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the $5 trillion/day global currency market.
3) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the “gold fix”.
4) They were caught conspiring to serially rig the “silver fix”.
5) They were caught conspiring to serially rig base metals markets.
6) They were caught conspiring to serially launder $TRILLIONS for the drug cartels and “terrorist” organizations. Isn’t there supposed to be a “War on Drugs”? Isn’t there supposed to be a “War on Terror”? Why do these criminals get a free pass?
[Meanwhile, the Lemmings continue to scoff at “conspiracy theories”.]
But all of these “impossible” (i.e. fraudulent) developments in our economies, and all these mega-crimes that are swept under the carpet by our puppet governments pale in significance next to the greatest impossibility/insanity of all: the co-bubbles in Western stocks and bonds, and more specifically the incredibly gigantic (simultaneous) stock- bubble and bond-bubble in the U.S.
Stock prices and bond prices can never rise together, in any legitimate marketplace. Period.
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This Illegal Immigrant Violently Carjacked A Woman Minutes After Getting Out Of Jail
Guaymar Cabrera-Hernandez, 24, had been held in the Montgomery County Detention Center since June before being released Monday afternoon, FOX5 reports.
Upon his release, Cabrera-Hernandez approached a woman in the parking lot of a nearby Islamic Education Center and demanded she get out of her car.
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The Real Truth About Jeb Bush, CIA Sociopath
In this video Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change gives you the lowdown on John Elias Bush or Jeb Bush. We go through his sketchy business career, early schooling, and current policy including his approval of torture.
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Body stolen from casket at Texas funeral home
According to investigators, the body of Julie Mott was taken from her casket at Mission Parks Funeral Chapel North after her service on Aug. 15.
"It's really quite concerning," said San Antonio police Sgt. Javier Salazar. "We are hoping that the public may be able to help assist us."
Salazar said that after Mott's service ended around 1:30 p.m., a casket with her remains was taken into a private visitation area in the back of the funeral home. The funeral home was locked up and secured around 4:30 p.m.
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When They Asked Jeff Foxworthy To Describe Obama, They NEVER Thought He’d Say THIS
Jeff Foxworthy is a hilarious comedian who has been making us laugh for years on shows like The Jeff Fox Worthy Show and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? A proud member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Foxworthy is known for being unafraid to express his conservative views.
According to The Political Insider, Foxworthy was recently asked by a fan to describe President Obama, and the comedian didn’t hold back with his response. Here’s what Foxworthy had to say about what Obama has done to America on his Facebook page:
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
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According to The Political Insider, Foxworthy was recently asked by a fan to describe President Obama, and the comedian didn’t hold back with his response. Here’s what Foxworthy had to say about what Obama has done to America on his Facebook page:
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
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Pentagon: China's Man-made Islands Growing
China has built up and reclaimed even more land in the South China Sea than previously thought -- with an archipelago of man-made islands now spanning 2,900 acres, according to a new Pentagon report released Friday.
The size of China's artificial island territory in the disputed waters represents a 50 percent jump over the most recent estimate of 2,000 acres.
Since Chinese land reclamation efforts began in December 2013, the country has reclaimed land at seven of its eight Spratly Island outposts and, as of June 2015, had reclaimed more than 2,900 acres of land, according to the Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy report released Friday.
Although land reclamation – the dredging of the sea floor material for use as land – is not new or even unique in the South China Sea, “China’s recent land reclamation campaign significantly outweighs other efforts in size, pace and nature,” the report states. By comparison, Vietnam has reclaimed a total of 80 acres and Taiwan has eight acres near the airstrip on its sole outpost on Aba Island.
Before this year, defense officials thought Beijing had only reclaimed about 500 acres of landmass to build the artificial islands. However, the lands are now big enough for buildings and equipment. The Pentagon report warned the infrastructure would allow China to have a "more robust power projection" in the South China Sea. Citing China's own statements the outposts "will have a military component," the report also said China is completing the construction of an airstrip.
The report said China may, then, be able to use the outposts as an alternative airstrip for "carrier-based aircraft," allowing China "to conduct sustained operations with aircraft carriers in the area."
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The size of China's artificial island territory in the disputed waters represents a 50 percent jump over the most recent estimate of 2,000 acres.
Since Chinese land reclamation efforts began in December 2013, the country has reclaimed land at seven of its eight Spratly Island outposts and, as of June 2015, had reclaimed more than 2,900 acres of land, according to the Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy report released Friday.
Although land reclamation – the dredging of the sea floor material for use as land – is not new or even unique in the South China Sea, “China’s recent land reclamation campaign significantly outweighs other efforts in size, pace and nature,” the report states. By comparison, Vietnam has reclaimed a total of 80 acres and Taiwan has eight acres near the airstrip on its sole outpost on Aba Island.
Before this year, defense officials thought Beijing had only reclaimed about 500 acres of landmass to build the artificial islands. However, the lands are now big enough for buildings and equipment. The Pentagon report warned the infrastructure would allow China to have a "more robust power projection" in the South China Sea. Citing China's own statements the outposts "will have a military component," the report also said China is completing the construction of an airstrip.
The report said China may, then, be able to use the outposts as an alternative airstrip for "carrier-based aircraft," allowing China "to conduct sustained operations with aircraft carriers in the area."
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Poll: 64 Percent of Likely Black Voters Agree – ‘All Lives Matter’
All lives matter. At least, that’s what the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows most Likely U.S. Voters believe.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey published August 20, 2015, when asked, “Which statement is closest to your own—black lives matter or all lives matter? Or does neither statement reflect your point of view?” Seventy-eight percent (78%) of “Likely U.S. Voters said ‘all lives matter.’”
Despite the consistent leftist media narrative, a mere eleven percent (11%) say “black lives matter” reflects their views, and nine percent (9%) “say that neither statement reflects their point of view. (To see survey question wording, click here.)”
The survey gets even more interesting when it is broken down demographically.
According to the survey, only “thirty-one percent (31%) of black voters say black lives matter is closest to their own views … .” Ten percent (10%) of minority voters and nine percent (9%) of whites say that black lives matter is closest to their own views.
Meanwhile, a whopping sixty-four percent of blacks say “all lives matter” is closest to their own views, with eighty-one percent (81%) of whites and seventy-six percent (76%) of other minority voters in agreement.
Likely U.S. Voters, it seems, are also quite skeptical of politicians who deal with racial issues.
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According to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey published August 20, 2015, when asked, “Which statement is closest to your own—black lives matter or all lives matter? Or does neither statement reflect your point of view?” Seventy-eight percent (78%) of “Likely U.S. Voters said ‘all lives matter.’”
Despite the consistent leftist media narrative, a mere eleven percent (11%) say “black lives matter” reflects their views, and nine percent (9%) “say that neither statement reflects their point of view. (To see survey question wording, click here.)”
The survey gets even more interesting when it is broken down demographically.
According to the survey, only “thirty-one percent (31%) of black voters say black lives matter is closest to their own views … .” Ten percent (10%) of minority voters and nine percent (9%) of whites say that black lives matter is closest to their own views.
Meanwhile, a whopping sixty-four percent of blacks say “all lives matter” is closest to their own views, with eighty-one percent (81%) of whites and seventy-six percent (76%) of other minority voters in agreement.
Likely U.S. Voters, it seems, are also quite skeptical of politicians who deal with racial issues.
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Maryland Insurance Administration investigating $20,000-$40,000 air ambulance bills
These complaints represent a fraction of the roughly 3,700 trips air ambulances make a year. But the size of the bills a few patients have received — between $20,000 and $40,000 — has caught the attention of Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. He has called a Sept. 18 public meeting with hospitals, insurers and other stakeholders to discuss the issue and possible ways to resolve it.
“We will get involved based on the severity or based on the frequency,” Redmer said. “With this specific issue the severity is enough that the frequency is almost irrelevant.”
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Hidden Camera Catches Cop Force Man to Give Him Money by Threatening to Take His Car
Officer caught extorting motorist on film
A driver got a big break and a great video when a cop gave him an ultimatum—”buy these show tickets or I’ll take your car.”
The apparently hidden camera captures the Philly officer extorting the driver for cash, and incidentally helping the driver as well.
“You and your friend got any money to buy these Hero Thrill Show tickets? Support your police department? $10 each man. Either you buy these…or I take your car because it’s unregistered.”
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A driver got a big break and a great video when a cop gave him an ultimatum—”buy these show tickets or I’ll take your car.”
The apparently hidden camera captures the Philly officer extorting the driver for cash, and incidentally helping the driver as well.
“You and your friend got any money to buy these Hero Thrill Show tickets? Support your police department? $10 each man. Either you buy these…or I take your car because it’s unregistered.”
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CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, A COAST GUARD COMMUNITY
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn
An oysterman in a weather-beaten skiff prepares to tend his beds as a blood-orange sun peeks over the Atlantic horizon. A herd of wild ponies drink in a freshwater wetland where buffleheads and mallards hunt for breakfast among reeds on the glistening, glass surface. Laughing gulls fight over a jackknife clam, their cries muffled by the sound of crashing surf pummeling the sand.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia, making up the southernmost portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, is an isolated, often-overlooked stretch of land between southern Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Chincoteague, Virginia, a small island community teeming with maritime culture located just south of the Maryland border off Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is one special place the Coast Guard calls home. Locals there are passionate about their town, customs and history. As it turns out, this often means they’re passionate about the Coast Guard – the seagoing service has been a seam in the social fabric there for generations.
The spirit of honoring past Coast Guardsmen in the Chincoteague area helped prompt the National Park Service to promote preservation of the old Coast Guard station located on neighboring Assateague Island.
The Assateague Beach Coast Guard Station, located at Tom’s Cove, was constructed in 1922. The structure served as the Coast Guard Station for the area until it was decommissioned in 1967 and became part of the Assateague Island National Seashore.
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Dow closes down more than 3.5 percent on China fears
Wall Street follows lead of global markets and closes down more than 3.5 percent — nearly 600 points — on growing uncertainty about China's economy.
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Can the States Seize Control of Federal Lands?
The term “Sagebrush Rebellion” is again showing up in newspapers across the American west as states seek more control over federal lands within their own boundaries. As with the original Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and 1980s, several western states, where the federal government owns well over one-third of land within the states, have begun to look to more local control of lands as an answer to federal indifference, mismanagement, and outright hostility. In at least one case — Utah — the state has initiated a lawsuitin an effort to wrest more control of lands out of federal hands.
The Los Angeles Times, in the socio-economic basket case known as California, dismissed the idea outright in an unsigned editorial, declaring the idea to be an affront against unfairly maligned federal supremacy. The Denver Post, meanwhile, offered last month a more evenhanded assessment, suggesting that the cost to the state of maintaining public lands — in the form of fire-fighting, forestry, and more — is too high to be worth it.
The Los Angeles Times, in the socio-economic basket case known as California, dismissed the idea outright in an unsigned editorial, declaring the idea to be an affront against unfairly maligned federal supremacy. The Denver Post, meanwhile, offered last month a more evenhanded assessment, suggesting that the cost to the state of maintaining public lands — in the form of fire-fighting, forestry, and more — is too high to be worth it.
Why Now?
Federal control of lands within states has long been a source of contention between states and the federal government.
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Federal control of lands within states has long been a source of contention between states and the federal government.
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SHIPWRECK DISCOVERED IN THE NANTICOKE RIVER
Archaeologists Estimate Ship One of Maryland’s
Oldest Ever Recovered
(August 24, 2015) - During the repair of the US 50 Bridge over the Nanticoke River, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) discovered an 18th century shipwreck in the water. SHA was removing debris from under the bridge when workers realized some of the wood may be ship timbers.
The crew notified SHA’s archaeologists who found that an intact keel, frames and other ship timbers had been lifted from the river and placed on the construction barge. The team transferred the shipwreck to the Maryland Archaeology Conservation Laboratory in Calvert County for stabilization and temporary storage.
Treenails (wooden pegs) held the ship together which showed other attributes of early building including few iron fasteners. Although the shipwreck is in pieces after being raised from the 30 ft. deep water, the timber is in good condition with saw marks and curious carved symbols still visible in the wood.
The growth rings in the wood’s timber showed the ship was primarily constructed of oak cut from trees along the coastline of the central Chesapeake Bay, between the Potomac River and Annapolis. She was likely built in Maryland at a small shipyard or plantation and may represent an early stage in the evolution towards the Chesapeake Bay cargo carrying pilot schooner and eventually, the famed Baltimore Clipper. Archaeologists have determined this was a merchant ship that measured up to 45 ft in length. The 18th century construction date would make it one of the oldest Maryland built shipwrecks discovered.
“The inadvertent discovery of this shipwreck is an amazing opportunity to study early maritime history. It reminds us how Marylanders used to move goods and people across the region. It’s not every day we get to touch a shipwreck built more than 200 years ago,” said Dr. Julie Schablitsky, SHA Chief Archaeologist.
The next step is to determine what to do with the shipwreck and how to share the discovery with the public. SHA documented the timbers with a 3D Laser scanner and it is now possible to at least virtually reconstruct what she looked like before coming to rest on the bottom of the Nanticoke. How she got there is still a mystery.
Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France’s top honor
President Francois Hollande said that while two of the Americans who tackled the gunman were soldiers, “on Friday you were simply passengers. You behaved as soldiers but also as responsible men.”
Hollande then pinned the medals on U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their longtime friend Anthony Sadler. All took part in subduing the gunman as he moved through the Amsterdam-to-Paris train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest. British businessman Chris Norman, who jumped into the fray, also received the medal.
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Mine’s Owner Tried To Keep EPA Out But Was Threatened With Fines
DENVER — The owner of the Colorado’s Gold King Mine says he tried to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from gaining access to his property, but that he relented after the agency threatened to pound him with ruinous fines if he refused.
Mine owner Todd Hennis said that he had little choice four years ago but to allow in an EPA-led crew, which triggered the Aug. 5 blowout that sent 3 million gallons of toxic orange wastewater down the Animas River.
“When you are a small guy and you’re having a $35,000 a day fine accrue against you, you have to run up the white flag,” Mr. Hennis told CBS4 in Denver.
Mr. Hennis said he opposed having the EPA investigate leakage from the inactive mine near Silverton, Colorado, because he had tangled with the agency in previous years over its work at another mine he owns in Leadville, Colorado.
“I said, ‘No, I don’t want you on my land out of fear that you will create additional pollution like you did in Leadville,’” Mr. Hennis told Colorado Watchdog.org. “They said, ‘If you don’t give us access within four days, we will fine you $35,000 a day.’”
The EPA has admitted that its agents accidentally unleashed the acidic flood, which has since contaminated the San Juan River in New Mexico and seeped into Lake Powell in Utah, albeit in very low concentrations.
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Mine owner Todd Hennis said that he had little choice four years ago but to allow in an EPA-led crew, which triggered the Aug. 5 blowout that sent 3 million gallons of toxic orange wastewater down the Animas River.
“When you are a small guy and you’re having a $35,000 a day fine accrue against you, you have to run up the white flag,” Mr. Hennis told CBS4 in Denver.
Mr. Hennis said he opposed having the EPA investigate leakage from the inactive mine near Silverton, Colorado, because he had tangled with the agency in previous years over its work at another mine he owns in Leadville, Colorado.
“I said, ‘No, I don’t want you on my land out of fear that you will create additional pollution like you did in Leadville,’” Mr. Hennis told Colorado Watchdog.org. “They said, ‘If you don’t give us access within four days, we will fine you $35,000 a day.’”
The EPA has admitted that its agents accidentally unleashed the acidic flood, which has since contaminated the San Juan River in New Mexico and seeped into Lake Powell in Utah, albeit in very low concentrations.
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Satan worshipers drown women with milk in Planned Parenthood counter-protest
Clad in black robes, members of the Satanic Temple of Detriot drenched bound women with milk, simulating water-boarding to "illustrate the theocratic agenda imposed upon female bodies." The milk symbolized breast milk, one of the protest organizers explained on Facebook.
The group attached a symbol of their temple to the American flag and held up a sign that read, "America is not a theocracy. End forced motherhood."
At one point during the protest, a man claiming to be a sheriff unsuccessfully attempted to move the Satan worshippers along.
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A Special Prosecutor For Hillary’s Special Emails
Start with the purpose for which Mrs. Clinton established the system. It was to prevent the government — and any historians, journalists and the public — from knowing of and archiving her emails in order for her to evade accountability. The emails to hdr22@clintonmail.com would only be revealed if she agreed, and whatever corruption — remember the Clinton “pay-to-play” Foundation — would never be revealed.
Mrs. Clinton still says she never sent or received classified information on her private nongovernment email system. That more than 300 emails with highly classified information are now identified bothers her not at all.
But many more questions arise than we have answers to, or are ever likely to get.
First, consider how the email system had to have worked.
Bad Accident In Mardela Springs
Units from Mardela Springs, Hebron and Salisbury are responding.
Transporting 1 patient priority 1 to PRMC.
Second Ambulance transporting Priority 1 trauma patient to PRMC
Extrication complete all patients are in ambulances.
Third Ambulance transporting pediatric patient to PRMC
Right lane is closed down at this time.
Ants 'Self-medicate' By Changing Diet When They Are Sick
It appears that ants, usually seen as the ultimate self-sacrificing workers, are also not bad at saving their own skins.
Scientists have shown that ants with a life-threatening fungus are able to "self-medicate", eating a normally harmful substance that treats the condition.
This form of "self-medication" in insects has been suspected in research circles but has never been proven until now, raising questions about how the ant "knows" it is sick.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland showed that ants infected with the fungus Beauveria bassiana would choose to eat small doses of hydrogen peroxide, which had been proven to reduce their deaths by at least 15 per cent.
The fact that most healthy ants gave the poison a wide berth - since it usually caused a 20 per cent mortality rate - appeared to show that sick ants knew the poison would help them recover.
Depending on how strong the toxic solution was, the infected ants would also either choose to eat the poison as often as normal food, or only a quarter of the time, showing they were "careful" about their selecting their doses.
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Scientists have shown that ants with a life-threatening fungus are able to "self-medicate", eating a normally harmful substance that treats the condition.
This form of "self-medication" in insects has been suspected in research circles but has never been proven until now, raising questions about how the ant "knows" it is sick.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland showed that ants infected with the fungus Beauveria bassiana would choose to eat small doses of hydrogen peroxide, which had been proven to reduce their deaths by at least 15 per cent.
The fact that most healthy ants gave the poison a wide berth - since it usually caused a 20 per cent mortality rate - appeared to show that sick ants knew the poison would help them recover.
Depending on how strong the toxic solution was, the infected ants would also either choose to eat the poison as often as normal food, or only a quarter of the time, showing they were "careful" about their selecting their doses.
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Cops Told to Scrub National Motto From Patrol Cars
An atheist organization has dispatched letters to 17 law-enforcement agencies across a half a dozen states telling them to take the words of the national motto, “In God We Trust,” off their officers’ vehicles.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation sent the letters, protesting that the message is one of “exclusion” for people who identify as nonreligious.
“Spending taxpayer time placing religious messages on patrol cars is beyond the scope of secular government. Further, in a time when citizens nationwide are increasingly distrustful of police actions, it is frightening and politically dubious to announce to citizens that law enforcement officers rely on the judgment of a deity rather than on the judgment of the law,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, an executive for the group.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, however, sent letters to the same agencies advising them not to worry because they have a right to display the motto.
“You recently received a letter from Freedom From Religion Foundation objecting to the decision by members of your department to display our national motto – ‘In God We Trust’ – on department vehicles,” the letters explain. “FFRF wrongly claims that it is ‘inappropriate’ for members of your team ‘to promote their religious views’ by displaying our national motto.
“We write to inform you that it does not violate the First Amendment for your team to continue displaying the national motto on department vehicles and to offer our assistance if FFRF or any other atheist group threatens your department with litigation over the use of ‘In God We Trust.’”
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Clinton Madison: Tying It All Together
National Guard hosts ceremony for returning citizen soldiers
The men and women from the 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group spent a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan maintaining and fixing Army aircraft and other equipment.
"You guys are coming back at a time where we are at our peak," said Maj. Gen. Linda Singh. "Everything you've contributed basically allows us to continue to propel forward."
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Ted Cruz Grapples With Actress Ellen Page Over Gay Rights
Sen. Ted Cruz and actress Ellen Page locked horns in Iowa Friday, jousting over the issue of protecting religious liberty from gay rights activists.
According to the Daily Caller, Page was on location for a Vice Media project when she asked the conservative GOP presidential candidate, "what about the question about LGBT people being fired for being gay-trans?"
"Well, what we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith," Cruz answered.
"You’re discriminating against LGBT people… Would you use that argument in segregation?" Page pressed.
Cruz argues Christian business owners are being asked to violate their beliefs by providing services to those seeking same-sex weddings, the Wall Street Journal notes, while Page, who's made public that she is a lesbian, counters that similar arguments once were used to deny services to racial minorities.
According to the Des Moines Register, Page also asked Cruz about the persecution gays and lesbians face in other countries. And Cruz – apparently unaware he was arguing with the "Juno" and "Inception" actress – countered there was no moral equivalency between instances in Jamaica with those in the Middle East, where Islamic terrorists have persecuted Christians.
The Register posted that part of the encounter:
According to the Daily Caller, Page was on location for a Vice Media project when she asked the conservative GOP presidential candidate, "what about the question about LGBT people being fired for being gay-trans?"
"Well, what we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith," Cruz answered.
"You’re discriminating against LGBT people… Would you use that argument in segregation?" Page pressed.
Cruz argues Christian business owners are being asked to violate their beliefs by providing services to those seeking same-sex weddings, the Wall Street Journal notes, while Page, who's made public that she is a lesbian, counters that similar arguments once were used to deny services to racial minorities.
According to the Des Moines Register, Page also asked Cruz about the persecution gays and lesbians face in other countries. And Cruz – apparently unaware he was arguing with the "Juno" and "Inception" actress – countered there was no moral equivalency between instances in Jamaica with those in the Middle East, where Islamic terrorists have persecuted Christians.
The Register posted that part of the encounter:
Iran's New Launcher 'Paves Way for Longest Range Missiles'
Iran unveiled on Saturday its new Fateh 313 surface-to-surface missile with a 500 kilometer (300 mile) range, as well as its massive 27-meter tall Simorgh satellite launcher, which one expert says may pave its way to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Tal Inbar, Head of the Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies' Space Research Center, told Arutz Sheva on Saturday night that an analysis of the pictures of the new launcher reveals a great likeness to North Korea's satellite launcher technology.
"This rocket will allow Iran to launch satellites double the weight it is currently able to, and additionally it will bring it closer to expertise in the needed technologies for developing especially long-ranged ballistic missiles up to intercontinental ranges," said Inbar.
The expert appraised that Iran's unveiling of the Fateh 313 is meant to be a message to its rivals in the Persian Gulf such as Saudi Arabia, and also a warning to Israel that it may transfer the advanced new missiles to its terror proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Tal Inbar, Head of the Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies' Space Research Center, told Arutz Sheva on Saturday night that an analysis of the pictures of the new launcher reveals a great likeness to North Korea's satellite launcher technology.
"This rocket will allow Iran to launch satellites double the weight it is currently able to, and additionally it will bring it closer to expertise in the needed technologies for developing especially long-ranged ballistic missiles up to intercontinental ranges," said Inbar.
The expert appraised that Iran's unveiling of the Fateh 313 is meant to be a message to its rivals in the Persian Gulf such as Saudi Arabia, and also a warning to Israel that it may transfer the advanced new missiles to its terror proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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A poor way to fight poverty
The War on Poverty did not increase self-sufficiency
It’s been 50 years now since the federal government launched its “War on Poverty.” But the numbers just released by the Census Bureausuggest we’re in a losing battle.
The poverty rate now stands at 14.5 percent. That’s a drop from the previous rate of 15 percent. But don’t celebrate too quickly. The new rate is almost exactly the poverty rate we had in 1967, only three years after President Lyndon Johnson announced his war.
To put it in further perspective: The poverty rate in 1950 was 32.2 percent. It dropped steadily throughout the ‘50s, and had been nearly cut in half before the War on Poverty began. After that, the rate declined slightly, then leveled out.
That was $22 trillion ago. That’s right, trillion with a “t.” A 22 with 12 zeros behind it. To understand how much that is, if you laid a trillion $1 bills end to end, they would reach the sun. Now multiply that by 22. That’s enough for 11 round trips.
In short, it’s a lot of money. Yet the poverty rate is essentially the same as it was 50 years ago.
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It’s been 50 years now since the federal government launched its “War on Poverty.” But the numbers just released by the Census Bureausuggest we’re in a losing battle.
The poverty rate now stands at 14.5 percent. That’s a drop from the previous rate of 15 percent. But don’t celebrate too quickly. The new rate is almost exactly the poverty rate we had in 1967, only three years after President Lyndon Johnson announced his war.
To put it in further perspective: The poverty rate in 1950 was 32.2 percent. It dropped steadily throughout the ‘50s, and had been nearly cut in half before the War on Poverty began. After that, the rate declined slightly, then leveled out.
That was $22 trillion ago. That’s right, trillion with a “t.” A 22 with 12 zeros behind it. To understand how much that is, if you laid a trillion $1 bills end to end, they would reach the sun. Now multiply that by 22. That’s enough for 11 round trips.
In short, it’s a lot of money. Yet the poverty rate is essentially the same as it was 50 years ago.
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Gay-Rights Groups Back Call for Decriminalizing Sex Trade
Gay-rights groups are supporting Amnesty International's call for decriminalizing prostitution.
"For many LGBT people, participation in street economies is often critical to survival, particularly for LGBT youth and transgender women of color who face all-too-common family rejection and vastly disproportionate rates of violence, homelessness, and discrimination," the groups said in a statement on Thursday.
The effort was reported by The Christian Post.
"Laws criminalizing sexual exchange — whether by the seller or the buyer — impede sex workers' ability to negotiate condom use and other boundaries, and force many to work in hidden or remote places where they are more vulnerable to violence," the statement said.
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"For many LGBT people, participation in street economies is often critical to survival, particularly for LGBT youth and transgender women of color who face all-too-common family rejection and vastly disproportionate rates of violence, homelessness, and discrimination," the groups said in a statement on Thursday.
The effort was reported by The Christian Post.
"Laws criminalizing sexual exchange — whether by the seller or the buyer — impede sex workers' ability to negotiate condom use and other boundaries, and force many to work in hidden or remote places where they are more vulnerable to violence," the statement said.
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More babies need treatment for drug addiction
The Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore is one of the places babies born addicted to heroin and opiates go to essentially get off of the drugs, but usually, they must take more drugs before that happens.
"It is a tough way to come into the world," said Kay Mathias, a nurse practitioner.
Mathias spends much of her time caring for babies addicted to the methadone the mothers took while pregnant.
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