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Wars and Rumors
The rural Kentucky parents at the center of a custody battle that has shocked the homeschool and off-grid communities are staying upbeat and hope to get their 10 children back soon, a family friend says. … "They’re not trying to be overly critical of the authorities….” The 10 children were seized Wednesday from the parents, Joe and Nicole Naugler, following an anonymous tip that apparently related to their style of off-grid living. The family is also part of the “unschooling” movement, a type of homeschooling. … The ease with which sheriff deputies were able to take the kids may have been the most shocking. CPS had not visited the family previously… mom is out of jail after being arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. …
FBI KNEW ARIZONA ISLAMIST WAS TARGETING TEXAS CONFERENCE! They knew it hours before the attack occurred! … But the event organizers WERE NOT Notified nor was their security team!…
10:39am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
One of YOU may our be a first responder. Are you training for it? [Great graphic at link]
FBI Director James Comey said Thursday there are "hundreds, maybe thousands" of people across the country who are receiving recruitment overtures from the terrorist group [ISIS] or directives to attack the U.S.
Pamela Geller:
…This is a war.
Now, after the Charlie Hebdo attack, and after the Garland attack, what are we going to do? Are we going to surrender to these monsters? …
WW2 - still with us
Legal Insurrection's tribute to VE day.
9:56pm CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
70 years ago today the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. …
10:42am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
Disinformation Propaganda and Spin
AP: Geller says no regrets about Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that ended in gunfire (clarifies earlier tweets)…
[Great responses]
8:55am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
Nature vs Transport
A freight train derailed near Valley View in Cooke County early Friday, leaving four railroad workers injured. … The BNSF train consisted of four locomotives and 13 cars. Two of those locomotives crashed into an extension of Lake Ray Roberts. … happened at the height of powerful storms that moved through North Texas on Thursday night and Friday morning. Officials believe that the severe weather is likely to blame for the derailment.
Natural Threat
…For the last 9 months or so I have heard chatter and rumors from people amongst the YouTube community who say that there is an impending asteroid strike off the coast of Venezuela this coming September.…
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History - still with us
Underwater explorers in Madagascar say they have found what is thought to be the treasure of notorious Scottish pirate William Kidd. …50kg silver bar… Capt Kidd was executed in 1701 for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.…
9:27am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
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Breitbart is Here
Pete gathers the graphics, collects the cartoons, and loads up the links.
"…It’s a lifelong commitment. It was a labor of love.…"
8:18pm CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
Check these cartoons and panels out quick before they're banned. [The way things are going…]
10:37am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
Belatedly blogging the Humpday Humor page from Reaganite Republican. Cartoons and Graphics.
9:29am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW
Vic gets up early to pull together news of the world that's falling apart.
"…On this day in 1886 the first Coca-Cola was sold as a patent medicine in Atlanta.…
6:36am CDT Fri 2015 May 8 :MW