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[Kansas Governor Sam Brownback:] “Because the federal government has failed to provide adequate assurances regarding refugees it is settling in Kansas,” Brownback said in a statement, “we have no option but to end our cooperation with and participation in the federal refugee resettlement program.”…
But that decision [by Brownback] will have “no effect on the placement of refugees by the State Department in Kansas,” the federal Administration for Children and Families told Kansas officials earlier this month…
When I first encountered the idea that body pH was important to health, it made total sense to me. …
Brits will soon be able to dine in the buff at a new all-naked restaurant where the waitstaff and clientele will wear nothing but their birthday suits. Opening in June, London's Bunyadi restaurant expands the concept of "natural" to include "au naturel," offering stripped-down decor, lighting, menu items — and patrons.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Apr. 20, 2016) – Yesterday, Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law setting the foundation to stop enforcement of gun control imposed by international law or treaty. …prohibits law enforcement officers from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights as specified in Article I, Section 26 of the Tennessee State Constitution.…
Today, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making it the 24th state to reject the unconstitutional federal prohibition on cannabis in practice.… legalizes marijuana for medical use and sets up a regulatory structure for the production and distribution of medicinal cannabis to qualifying patients in the state.…
… hot air hand dryers… Time-consuming, don’t really dry your hands thoroughly—and now I discover that they throw a bunch of viruses into the air, particularly one of the newer designs called the Dyson…
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told lawmakers on Wednesday that implementing a flat tax would be simpler than the current tax system and would save the agency a lot of money.…
Rep. Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) says House leadership told members of the Natural Resources Committee “to remain silent, refrain from asking for a recorded vote, or leave the room when the time came for a vote regarding the upcoming Puerto Rico debt restructuring bill” during a meeting held last night.
“In all my time in Congress, no one has ever asked me to do something quite like this, until last night. I was angry,” Fleming stated in a press release. “To be asked to walk away—to be told to miss a vote—is a request that flies in the face of every member’s conscience. Leadership had no business making such a request.” …
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr cancelled an upcoming performance in North Carolina Wednesday …
A reminder: the NC law prevented government from forcing businesses to let men in the girls' room. Horrifying, isn't it?
Sources in Mosul, Iraq, have reported that the Islamic State… used military equipment to destroy the ancient monument known as the Gate of God. …in eastern Nineveh province. …also known as the Mashqi Gate …built in the seventh century BC during the reign of Assyrian King Sennacherib.…
…Now the band is getting back together and setting out on tour. The voice of Yakko Rob Paulsen is teaming up with Jess Harnell (Wakko) and Tress MacNeille (Dot) to reunite and perform some of the show's classic tunes, including Yakko's World.… The show will feature an updated rendition of the song as things have of coursed changed since it was originally written.…
Robert Perry Hellem, age 89, passed peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 after suffering a stroke.
He and Barbara Claire (Sanborn) were grade school sweethearts. They married New Years Eve 1948 after he returned from Japan during WWII. He was born and raised in the Chicago, IL area, moving to Derby, KS in 1997 and to Bartlesville, OK in 2013.
Bob worked for Kraft Foods as a Packaging Engineer for 38 years. His idea of wrapping American Cheese in single slices changed the way we make sandwiches.…
Last week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Supreme Court merits brief against Obama’s executive orders on immigration. This was filed on behalf of a majority of states – 26 – who are standing against “the illegal and unconstitutional actions taken by the Obama administration on illegal immigration.”…
Mississippi’s governor signed a law Tuesday that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people based on religious beliefs.…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 25, 2016) – A bill expanding the state’s “Right to Try” law by legalizing the limited use of medical marijuana by terminal patients was signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott today.…
An Idaho bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients was signed by Gov. Otter on Wednesday…
Was America once socialist? Surprisingly, yes. The early settlers who arrived at Plymouth and Jamestown in the early 1600s experimented with socialist communes. Did it work? History professor Larry Schweikart of the University of Dayton shares the fascinating story.
Sixteen year old Sybil Luddington was a hero of the Revolutionary War.....as revolution number two shapes up, we could learn some lessons from our ancestors.
The Supreme Court refused Monday to referee a simmering dispute between Colorado and two neighboring states over the cross-border impact of marijuana legalization … The justices denied an effort by Oklahoma and Nebraska to bring their grievances about pot-related crime directly to the nation's highest court without seeking to go through lower courts first.…
Here’s the Bad News: If you’re relying on the Supreme Court to protect the Constitution and liberty – you’ve already lost.…
Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court on Tuesday to accuse the Norwegian state of inhuman treatment… will argue that his isolation in Skien jail violates a ban on “inhuman and degrading treatment”…
Should American citizens be subjected to a government established definition of acceptable religion? Should Congress presume to “prohibit the free exercise” of any citizen’s chosen faith or creed?
Should a free people be penalized if they disagree with what the government deems to be acceptable belief and practice? Should a religious college… be prohibited by any government agency from freely teaching its views concerning personal morality and human behavior? … These are not hyperbolic questions. They are not sensational or speculative. As we speak, Oklahoma Wesleyan University finds itself before the Supreme Court — forced to defend its belief…
New Video of Deadly Shooting at Militia Occupation in Oregon… The new release pairs already-public aerial footage from the FBI with a 12-minute cellphone video shot by one of the militants inside Finicum’s truck.…
Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) president Everett Piper will receive the Kirkpatrick Award for Academic Freedom at the Ronald Reagan Banquet at CPAC Friday evening following his strong message to members of the university community that they have come to the Christian school to be exposed to adversarial ideas, not protected from them.…
…Kindergarten students from PS75, a public school in New York City, recently took part in a class project in which the children were made to create an American flag with the flags of other 22 other nations superimposed over the stripes. Below the flag read the words "We pledge allegiance to an International Flag."…
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants in a big victory for the Obama administration.
Roberts’s order came despite his court’s 5-4 decision last year ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation, known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, is illegal…
Wirral, Merseyside - A school called in social services after an eight-year-old boy told a teacher he wanted to 'fight terrorists' after watching a news report on the Syrian refugee crisis. … over fears he could be 'radicalised' and turn into a terrorist. … Father: 'I was called in for a meeting with the head and couldn't believe what she was telling me. I was so much in shock I could barely speak. How could the school believe my eight-year-old child could be a terrorist?'…
…The Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) was passed in 1979 to protect artifacts and archaeological sites. The BLM is one agency that is responsible enforcing the this act. Despite this the BLM has destroyed animal habitats, acres of Biological Soil Crust, acres of timber, and hundreds of archaeological sites and artifacts under the guises of land management.…
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