Oh come on.. Why is this becoming almost a daily occurrence? Another cop shoots another family pet when he could have used pepper spray or a taser or
just not done any thing at all and let the family get the dog in the house.
I just do not get it. Why are all the police so deathly afraid of dogs? Or is it they just like using them as target practice?
"We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,” Echlin explained. “I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there...
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More than 2,500 Ground Zero rescuers and responders have come down with cancer, and a growing number are seeking compensation for their illnesses, The
Post has learned.
The grim toll has skyrocketed from the 1,140 cancer cases reported last year.
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The tragic sum rises to 2,518 when firefighters and EMTs are added. The FDNY, which has its own WTC health program, said Friday it counts 863 members
with cancers certified for 9/11-related treatment.
More...
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Particularly appalling because we lied to these guys in the first place.
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Stunning...
Tea Party town hall erupts as Texas state Rep urges ‘compassion’ for migrant kids
"A town hall meeting held by Texas Tea Party state Rep. David Simpson (R) on Wednesday got heated as Simpson’s constituents railed at him for
not doing more to stop the influx...
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With his voice appearing to crack with emotion, the pope broke off from his scripted remarks to make a direct appeal for fighting to end.
"Please stop!, I ask you with all my heart, it's time to stop. Stop, please!"
"Brothers and sisters, never war, never war! I am thinking above all of children,...
I did a search and did not find this anywhere, topic says it all.
"“Hamas does not care about the lives of Palestinians, does not care about the lives of Israelis, or Americans; they don’t care about their
own lives,” Yousef said....
I was reading this Financial Times article about the landmark arbitration ruling on the
situation.
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Beleaguered shareholders of Yukos could scarcely have imagined when they launched arbitration in 2005 they would one day be awarded $50bn in damages
– nor that the ruling would be released into the febrile...
It seems like US with allies supported by propaganda machinery AKA corporate owned media have decided to go all the way on Russia.
I'm afraid they will push on Russia as long as it takes for Russia to react; I'm afraid that is their goal...
Let us hope the tense information...
"As Russia continues to deny culpability for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, European officials say that black box
data shows the doomed airplane was hit by a missile explosion, according to CBS News.
Data from the black box points to a "massive explosive...
I'm in a line of work where I meet a variety of "in the know" type folks. I'm also the kind of guy who doesn't believe what he hears without some
facts to back it up. I've always preferred to do my own research and come to my own conclusions instead...
Admiral Byrd’s two flights over both Poles proves(?) that there is something strange about the shape of the Earth in both polar areas(?).
Byrd flew to the North Pole and went for 1,700 miles beyond it. Due...
If the New York Times has its way, the United States government's prohibition on marijuana will end. Don't hold your breath. But in any case, to have
the national 'paper of record' come out for an end to prohibition (as they say, "again") and get on a bandwagon which has already been rolling along
for...
My First Post: The United Nations, Agenda 21, Sustainable Development, and the brand new Sustainable
Introduction
Hello everyone!
This is my first original thread on here so bear with me. I've been reading ATS for a long while and also posting here and there. Over the last ten
years I've read...
A new CNN/ORC poll has many people thinking Obama should be impeached.
Obviously, more Republicans think this than Democrats.
But the results show 13% of Democrats think Obama should be impeached.
Read story for details.
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One third of Americans think President Barack Obama should be impeached, a new poll says....
Granted there are examples of each and every president being caught red-handed in lies to the public, but some of it is understood to be for our best
interest. However, the level of dishonesty to the point of abuse by this president would never be tolerated anywhere except politics and clearly the
nation and the...
So you don't believe that the climate is changing due to global warming. Well, let's take a closer look. Just yesterday, there were two areas of the
United States that experienced tornadoes where they very rarely do. In a suburb of Boston,...
"The Heartland Institute, a prominent, Chicago-based organization opposing climate science, has teamed up with the creationist Discovery Institute
to launch a smear campaign against a group promoting the nationwide adoption of updated science education guidelines....
Maybe we a closer to finding dark matter actually exist outside some theoretical postulation ? Either way it is new and those who study such things
were surprised and excited.
"Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory...
Am I reading this right?
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...while the US public has been generally unaware of the severity of the breakout, this may soon change following news that a 33-year-old US doctor
working for relief organization Samaritan's Purse in Liberia was...
The following broadcast delivers a truly moving message by Jon Snow, a journalist and presenter for Channel 4 news in the United Kingdom. In the clip
below Mr. Snow portray's a more accurate description of the current Gaza-Israeli conflict, being a mainly one-sided affair as the youngest of
civilians bear the brunt of the violence...
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Hamas said it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours,
casting new doubt on international efforts to broker an end to 19 days of fighting.
The terror group said two of...
There is a substance that most of you are familiar with, and probably used in your daily lives at one time or another. We can use this substance to
cleanse our system from all the toxic matter that attacks us daily. This substance is said to keep the pineal galnd opened, and helps open...
I personally love homebrewed beer, it's not just tasty but good for your health too!
In the ancient world beer was medicine as it contained natural antibiotics. I've read about this before and wondered if filtering our modern beer has
impacted human health negatively. Should we stop filtering beer to keep the stuff that is good for our health?...
For those who are interested in this sort of stuff this is a rather long article about some of the latest findings with regards to the human Genome..
Even though interbreeding has been proven a scientific fact/// You have to ask yourself was it due to rape, pillage, and plunder or were the...
This came up on my FB news feeds today, there is not much of a story, but I think the picture is great. Now Im no expert on this subject by any means,
but I have spent quite a lot of time working in Bodmin town over the years, and have spoken to many locals...
The universe around you as a masquerade ball.
Do you take it seriously by putting a mask and playing a part?
Or are you aware that it's all make believe and decide to be true to yourself by wearing your own face?
Or even, you know it's just an illusion but still play along (either by choice or due to external pressure)?
Just like the fancy...
Ok we have some saying it is a sunken city and others saying it is a natural not man made jumble of blocks.. Maybe some of our members have more
detail of the location. During the last ice age melt the ocean supposedly only rose about 100 meters so for this to be a real city the land would have
to sunk (think big earth...
First of all, this is an emotional decompression. You’ve been warned. Turn back now or have your tl;dr ready to post, which is just charming
by the way. This is my pillow—let me punch it!
I’m a misfit, I’m a black sheep, I’m an undesirable. I've managed to lose every friend I’ve ever had....
"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doubled down on her comments that Americans should view the flood of children crossing the border while
claiming refugee status just like baby Jesus. "
Here is some epic cognitive dissonance coming from Pelosi !
She, and others like...
After being friends and on and off dating for 16 years we finally got serious about a year ago and decided that it was time to tie the knot. We did
just that on July 8th. So wish us some luck on our journey together!
Yeah, that's right.
Netanyahu claims that their goal is to demilitarize Gaza.
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Just like that. Netanyahu announced that Israel would not stop until Gaza was demilitarized — a much more ambitious goal that has...
Yes ... these are silly and obviously not accurate. But they are fun.
My aura came out BLACK
"Your aura is black, which means you’re probably going through something difficult. When an aura is black, it pulls in light, but does not emit
it. You have other colors in your aura, but their brightness...
A bipartisan rant.
*ahem*
WHAT THE HELL?????
We have planes down, wars in the Middle East, a massive immigration problem, IRS corruption, high unemployment, a weak economy, growing unrest in
Europe. . . .
And all our political leaders get a 3 week vay-cay?
Hell, I realize...
Iam a soppy old bugger and some things just make me well up and blub a bit because some stuff is just too darn cute.
A cute Baby singing my fave song.
Baby trying to stay awake.
This kitten is just good enough to nom nom.
Also a monkey one :D
So any other which will make me go
"Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation,” former Clinton administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, "To put it mildly, the world
is a mess."
"“Can you recall a time when there was so much trouble in so many places around the world?" "Face the Nation" anchor Bob Schieffer asked of
Albright."
Well hip hip...