Derrick Jordan grabbed an AR-15 rifle from a pickup truck parked near the entrance of a Conoco gas station and convenience store.
He and four other black Ferguson residents spent Tuesday night guarding the white-owned business from would be looters and shoplifters.
“We would have been burned to the ground many times over if it weren’t for them,” said gas station Doug Merello, whose family has owned the business for thirty years
Jordan and his friends were joined on Tuesday night by other armed men from the neighborhood. The men weren’t paid to be there. They said they owed it to Merello, who has employed many of them over the years and treats them with respect.
Missouri lawmakers recently passed a law overriding local ordinances that banned the open carry of firearms by people who have concealed-weapons permits.
Republican political consultant Karl Rove, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz have decided not to take Barack Obama’s executive action on amnesty lying down.
Christie did not mince words in condemning Obama’s lawless action, while Rove hailed the GOP response as complete and adequate.
Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis exposed her former employer CNBC for being a propaganda arm for Obama and his Bread and Circuses Administration.
Francis said CNBC “silenced” her for questioning the “math of Obamacare” on air.
“[W]hen I was at CNBC, I pointed out to my viewers that the math of ObamaCare simply didn’t work. Not the politics by the way. But just the basic math. And when I did that, I was silenced.
I said on the air that you couldn’t add millions of people to the system and force insurance companies to cover their pre-existing conditions without raising the price on everyone else. I pointed out that it couldn’t possibly be true that if you like your plan, you can keep it. That was a lie. And in fact, millions of people had their plans canceled,” Francis said.
After her comments aired, Francis said that CNBC management summoned her to a meeting and admonished her for “disrespecting the office of the president.”
Francis went on to say that NBC, ABC, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times were also guilty of suppressing the truth from the American people.
Dying Man Reunited with Beloved Dog Makes Complete Turnaround
By Jerry A. Kane
James Wathen, a terminally-ill patient at Baptist Health Corbin in Corbin, Kentucky, had stopped eating and had become weak and frail. His condition kept deteriorating, and he was barely able to talk. Wathen managed to whisper to a nurse his wish to see his dog, Bubba, just one more time. The 73-year-old hadn’t seen his one-eyed Chihuahua with no bottom teeth since he arrived by ambulance at the Whitley County hospital six weeks earlier.
“One of our social workers realized it was mourning the loss of the dog that was making our patient even worse and emotionally unhealthy, we pulled out all the stops and found the dog,” said Kimberly Probus, Chief Nursing Officer at Baptist Health Corbin
When time is of the essence, administrative policies can be cumbersome and time-consuming, so it’s often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. So a group of nurses decided to track down Bubba and arrange a reunion with Wathen, even though the hospital had a rule against pets.
After a series of phone calls, the nurses found out that Bubba had been turned over to the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter and then subsequently placed in a foster home because of his age. The nurses discovered that Bubba had also recently fallen ill. He too had stopped eating about a week before they made contact with the shelter to arrange the reunion.
“The dog quit eating a week ago, which is very strange. The dog didn’t know where James was and James didn’t know where the dog was and believe it or not, they both stopped eating at about the same time,” said Mary-Ann Smyth, Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter President
The nurses arranged for the shelter to bring Bubba to the hospital Saturday, October 11.
“He was so sad at first. We had him wrapped in a baby blanket and he was shivering. The minute we got about 20 steps from this guy’s room — I kid you not — his little head went up. His eyes got real bright and he was like a different dog,” Smyth said.
Bubba’s mood changed immediately upon seeing Wathen, and Wathen began crying when he saw Bubba.
“They didn’t think James was going to make it. I was 10 feet from his bed and you could barely understand him because he was so hard to hear. The nurse had to lean up right against his face to hear what he was saying,” Smyth said.
During their 30-minute reunion, Wathen gradually began to improve. He slowly perked up and his mood changed significantly as he petted and played with Bubba on his bed.
“When Bubba was handed to James he started to cry and then Bubba started to snuggle James and it makes you realize that animals are not just pets they are loved ones,” wrote Deanna Myers, Knox Whitley Animal Shelter Director, on her Facebook page.
The impact of the reunion was readily apparent. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the room,” Probus said.
“To see those two. To see James and Bubba get back together. It was heartwarming. It’s why we do what we do,” Smyth said.
The visit seemed to do wonders for Wathen. Nurses reported the next day that he seemed like a new person. When Bubba returned for a second visit on Tuesday, Wathen’s turnaround was complete. He was now sitting up and eating.
“Both are so happy to see each other and both seem to be doing better! The power of love can go along way!” the shelter posted on its Facebook page
Seeing the positive impact Bubba has had on Wathen, Baptist Health Corbin is revising its pet visitation policy to ensure Bubba will have visitation privileges.
Hospital administrators are working to implement a pet visitation policy for similar situations now that they’ve witnessed first hand the healing power pets provide their owners.
Elbert Guillory’s Free At Last PAC has released a powerful ad criticizing Democrat senator Mary Landrieu for her failure to help black people in Louisiana.
“Since 1996 [when Landrieu took office], black unemployment has doubled and the poverty rate for blacks has skyrocketed.”—Elbert Guillory, Louisiana state senator
Guillory, a longtime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party last year, is urging black voters to stop voting for politicians like Landrieu who care more about staying in power than they do about helping them.
“You are not Mary’s cause and you are certainly not her charity. You are just a vote – nothing less, nothing more. You are just a means to an end, so that she remains in power.”—Elbert Guillory
Guillory’s “Mary Landrieu is Not Helping Blacks” video also has a national appeal to it because it speaks to all Americans, especially black Americans who live in large urban areas.
The Democrat Party machine has controlled inner-city politics and black voters long enough.
“You see, in recent history, the Democrat party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for black people.”— Elbert Guillory
It’s time black Americans break free of the mindset that binds them to the Democrat Party plantation and reclaim their God-given inalienable rights once again.
“The Democrats have been in Washington D.C. only because of the Negro vote. … You put them first, and they put you last, ’cause you’re a chump, a political chump. … Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you’re dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party, you’re not only a chump, but you’re a traitor to your race.”—Malcolm X, from “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech, 1964
It’s actually pretty simple when you think about it. The Democrat Party must shrink the middle class to create more poor people or it must import poorer people from neighboring countries in order to grow its core constituency and remain in power.
Okay chump, the choice yours. You either live free or vote Democrat. It’s really that simple.
The truth is leftists aren’t always stark raving mad. Once in a blue moon a leftist will have a brief moment of clarity and will say something that is both rational and true.
With the meekness and charm of a Vogue magazine editor, Letterman then said that O’Reilly was too smart to actually believe those populist, conservative views that he espouses to the folks.
“I think Glenn Beck, and maybe he got caught up in the moment of candor, but I think he speaks to this. I think you guys [O’Reilly, Beck, and Rush Limbaugh] know exactly what you’re doin’. You’ve been very successful at it, but the truth of it is you’re not speaking your conscience,” Letterman said.
“We’re charlatans is what you’re saying?” O’Reilly asked.
“It’s not charlatan; it’s show business,” Letterman said. … “This is why wrestling is popular,” he added.
This brief exchange between Letterman and O’Reilly is telling. Between the lines Letterman is saying that O’Reilly and the others have adopted personas, and that the majority of the people who listen to them do not know that. He also knows that many people have been conditioned by the media to adore these personas and to clap like trained seals when they’re around them.
Letterman is saying that the people who listen to talk show hosts believe that their personas reflect who they truly are in real life. Letterman is saying that when they’re not hosting a show or in the public eye, they may hold opinions and beliefs that actually contradict those they express on their shows.
O’Reilly, Beck, and Limbaugh know their niche audience, and they created personas to reflect the values, beliefs, and ideals of that audience. If they actually held the principles and convictions they espouse on their shows, they’d be working feverously to save this country from destruction instead of lining their pockets.
Ray Rice has become “Peck’s Bad Boy” for a deteriorating National Football League. When the first video of him dragging his unconscious fiancée out of an elevator appeared in July, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell slapped Rice’s wrist with a two game suspension.
Goodell went on to revise the league’s disciplinary policy regarding domestic violence to include a minimum six-game suspension or more for the first infraction and up to a lifetime ban for the second, with the prospect of yearly appeals.
But now that a longer version of the video has surfaced showing Rice administering a left jab to the jaw of his future wife, “Jolly Roger” stepped to the mic and said that “domestic violence and sexual assault are wrong … illegal … unacceptable … under any circumstances … [and] have no place in the NFL …” He then suspended the Baltimore Raven indefinitely for the knock punch.
On first blush the zero tolerance policy along with the indefinite suspension of Rice looks like the NFL has taken appropriate measures and is moving in the right direction, but the truth is many abusers of women continue to play football in the league.
For example, Rice’s teammate Terrell Suggs has had two incidents with his then-girlfriend and now wife. In 2009, he allegedly, “threw a soap dispenser at her head, hit her in the chest with his hand, and held a bottle of bleach over her and their 1-year-old son.” In 2012, the All-Pro linebacker “punched her in the neck and dragged her alongside a speeding car with their two children in the vehicle.”
Earlier this summer, Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her life. Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall has a rap sheet and has been charged twice for domestic violence.
Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks hit his fiancée; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant hit his mother; Arizona Cardinals defensive end Frostee Rucker was twice charged with spousal battery; and San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic violence just 72 hours after Goodell announced the league’s revised policy.
And these players rest at the tip of the iceberg. U-T San Diego reviewed hundreds of news reports involving NFL players since 2000 and compiled a list of arrests and citations that were more serious than speeding tickets.
It appears the reason Ray Rice has become the league’s “Peck’s Bad Boy” is that his “infraction” was caught on camera for the world to see. As Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends quipped, “the message is, when you’re in an elevator, there’s a camera.”
In other words, as long as players don’t get caught knocking out women on camera for the world to see, they’re cleared to play football in the NFL.
In a feature segment titled “Homework Helper: Math Tips for the Common Core,” on NBC affiliate WGZR Channel 2 in Buffalo, New York, a fourth grade math teacher, Eileen Klag Ryan from Maple West Elementary in Williamsville, explains how to add 9+6 using base ten.
According to Ryan, young students might be uncomfortable solving a simple addition problem such as 9+6, but will be “quite comfortable thinking about their friend 10 because they’ve been working in a base 10 system in the earlier grades.
In the video, Ryan explains how common core math teaches students to decompose the 6 and partner the 9 to a 1 so they can anchor to their friend 10 and see what 9+6 is.
Gotnews.com has obtained Michael Brown’s Instagram account, and it destroys the national media’s narrative of a nonviolent “gentle giant.”
“Brown’s social media accounts reveal a misogynistic young man obsessed with drugs, money, and violence.”—Charles C. Johnson, Gotnews.com
On Instagram, Brown wrote that his interests were “money, weed, and weather”; on his profile, he wrote, “I’m Out Here To Claim What’s Mines”; and on his bio he wrote the clause, “My Hands My Ammunition.”
“Brown’s violent streak needs to also be included in the grand jury because it shows what may have transpired and gives new support for Officer Darren Wilson’s claim that Brown assaulted him.”—Charles C. Johnson, Gotnews.com
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RICE’S MISFORTUNE IS THAT HIS “INFRACTION” WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
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Ray Rice has become “Peck’s Bad Boy” for a deteriorating National Football League. When the first video of him dragging his unconscious fiancée out of an elevator appeared in July, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell slapped Rice’s wrist with a two game suspension.
Goodell went on to revise the league’s disciplinary policy regarding domestic violence to include a minimum six-game suspension or more for the first infraction and up to a lifetime ban for the second, with the prospect of yearly appeals.
But now that a longer version of the video has surfaced showing Rice administering a left jab to the jaw of his future wife, “Jolly Roger” stepped to the mic and said that “domestic violence and sexual assault are wrong … illegal … unacceptable … under any circumstances … [and] have no place in the NFL …” He then suspended the Baltimore Raven indefinitely for the knock punch.
On first blush the zero tolerance policy along with the indefinite suspension of Rice looks like the NFL has taken appropriate measures and is moving in the right direction, but the truth is many abusers of women continue to play football in the league.
For example, Rice’s teammate Terrell Suggs has had two incidents with his then-girlfriend and now wife. In 2009, he allegedly, “threw a soap dispenser at her head, hit her in the chest with his hand, and held a bottle of bleach over her and their 1-year-old son.” In 2012, the All-Pro linebacker “punched her in the neck and dragged her alongside a speeding car with their two children in the vehicle.”
Earlier this summer, Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend and threatening her life. Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall has a rap sheet and has been charged twice for domestic violence.
Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks hit his fiancée; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant hit his mother; Arizona Cardinals defensive end Frostee Rucker was twice charged with spousal battery; and San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic violence just 72 hours after Goodell announced the league’s revised policy.
And these players rest at the tip of the iceberg. U-T San Diego reviewed hundreds of news reports involving NFL players since 2000 and compiled a list of arrests and citations that were more serious than speeding tickets.
It appears the reason Ray Rice has become the league’s “Peck’s Bad Boy” is that his “infraction” was caught on camera for the world to see. As Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends quipped, “the message is, when you’re in an elevator, there’s a camera.”
In other words, as long as players don’t get caught knocking out women on camera for the world to see, they’re cleared to play football in the NFL.
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