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True love truly does endure all
Worcester Telegram (MA), by Dianne Williamson
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Posted By:ketchuplover, 11/12/2012 1:15:37 AM
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| It’s a simple christening gown with a small lace collar and puffed sleeves. It was made more than a half century ago by a happy young bride who took a piece of her husband’s past and wove it into her family’s future. The courtship of Matthew Smith and Adele Guinee began in 1942. (snip) So when he returned from the war, he brought the white nylon parachute with him. After their first son was born, Adele took the chute that had enabled her husband to float back to earth, and fashioned a christening gown for her son with a simple
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Comments:
Nice story of how a family has kept its gratitude and bond with each other alive through the material of a parachute....a particular parachute.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BcdErick, 11/12/2012 2:37:30 AM (No. 9008254)
The Brits are really good at making people aware of these heart warming stories. I guess it´s no surprise the Aussies aren´t too shabby at it either. I´ll be happy if I live to 67, never mind 89. Thanks for posting.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
toodles3956, 11/12/2012 7:05:46 AM (No. 9008375)
A beautiful story. I can see a movie in the making.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TigerLilly, 11/12/2012 7:16:23 AM (No. 9008387)
This heart warming article is set in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
fransand, 11/12/2012 7:18:40 AM (No. 9008394)
The Brits? Isn´t this Worcester, Mass?
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 3/14/2013 1:39:06 AM
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While extending the payroll tax cut through the end of last year, members of Congress last fall took what many feel was a long overdue whack at the cost of their retirement plan. They bumped up the rate at which federal employees contribute to their pension plan, saving an estimated $15 billion over the next 11 years. They also made sure that none of the increase applied to themselves. Anyone in service before the law went into effect would pay into the pension plan at the old rate. (Snip) Congress has a retirement plan that would make any Fortune 500
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Obama promised to close Guantánamo.
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Guardian [UK], by Murtaza Hussain
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 3/7/2013 1:05:58 AM
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In his letters, Guantánamo Bay prisoner Shaker Aamer appeals in desperation to his captors and the outside world: "Please … torture me in the old way. Here they destroy people mentally and physically without leaving marks." (Snip) Despite running on an explicit campaign promise to shut down the island prison which has become a symbol of the abuses of the "war on terror", President Obama has continued to preside over its operation. And by recent accounts, under his tenure, the conditions for prisoners there – from both a physical and legal standpoint – have become markedly
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Obama´s dangerous defense experiment
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Los Angeles Times, by Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/28/2013 2:01:42 AM
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Mindful of the repeated rounds of cuts the military has already endured, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently delivered a grim warning: "If you want [the military] to be doing what it´s doing today, then we can´t give you another dollar." His worries reflect reductions that started in 2009 and have reached crippling levels, even in President Obama´s proposals to avert sequestration. I take the general at his word, but I am concerned that the president does not. Sequester hurts national security, not just because 50% of the cuts fall on the military´s 18% share of the overall
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American Student Punished for
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Fox News, by Todd Starnes
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/28/2013 1:40:30 AM
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A Texas high school student has filed a federal lawsuit against her school and her teachers after she was punished for refusing to salute and recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance. The Thomas More Law Center filed the suit on behalf of Brenda Brinsdon alleging the McAllen Independent School District violated the 15-year-old girl’s constitutional rights when she was forced to recite the Mexican pledge and sing the Mexican national anthem. Brinsdon, who is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and an American father, refused. She believed it was un-American to pledge a loyalty oath to
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Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Breitbart News
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Wednesday night on CNN, legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward stated that a “very senior person” in the Obama administration had threatened him in an email that Woodward would “regret” it if he continued to press the point that President Obama was the originator of the idea of sequestration, bore responsibility for it, and needed to stop redeploying defense resources to make political points. The Obama aide, Woodward told Politico, “yelled at me for about a half hour” as well. (Snip) So you might expect the rest of the media to stand with Woodward. You’d be wrong. They’re too busy
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FLOTUS Interruptus: Obamas Hijack
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Breitbart´s Big Hollywood, by Christian Toto
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Conservative movie lovers didn´t suffer any serious Red State taunts during the just-wrapped Academy Awards telecast. Michael Moore wasn´t on hand to bash the GOP, and show host Seth MacFarlane trained his immature wit on George Clooney, breast-baring actresses and the show´s ridiculous length. And then it came time to announce the Best Picture winner, and Jack Nicholson stepped on stage to do the honors. Only Nicholson, and the show´s organizers, had something else in mind. Enter Michelle Obama. (snip) It was an unprecedented cultural power grab by the Obamas, almost daring conservative viewers to adore her as much as progressives
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Killer robots must be stopped,
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The Guardian Observer [UK], by Tracy McVeigh
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A new global campaign to persuade nations to ban "killer robots" before they reach the production stage is to be launched in the UK by a group of academics, pressure groups and Nobel peace prize laureates. Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by scientists and will be available within the decade, said Dr Noel Sharkey, a leading robotics and artificial intelligence expert and professor at Sheffield University. He believes that development of the weapons is taking place in an effectively unregulated environment, with little attention being paid to moral implications and
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Quebec language minister calls
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Sun News QMI Agency [Canada], by Staff
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/24/2013 11:25:22 PM
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Montreal -- Quebec´s language minister said Saturday that her office will "review its process" after a series of embarrassing language inspections at Montreal businesses caught international attention. Diane de Courcy acknowledged that 13 countries reported on the story about an inspector with Quebec´s language office, the OQLF, who told a Montreal restaurant owner that the menu was too Italian because it didn´t contain the French translation for the word "pasta." After heavy public criticism and embarrassing international attention, the OQLF relented and admitted its inspector showed "an excess of zeal." "We will from now on apply moderation, but also judgement,"
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Family fights back when 3 gunmen
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KHOU.com [Houston], by Staff and Tim Wetzel
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/24/2013 10:57:59 PM
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Houston –A 21-year-old man sprang into action to protect his family Thursday night when three suspects barged into their northwest Harris County home. The young man was home with his mother and father in the 3900 block of Brook Garden when the armed men forced their way into the house around 8 p.m., according to Harris County Sheriff’s deputies. (snip) After the father was down, the suspects went after the mother. That is when the son ran and got his dad’s gun. He opened fire and hit one of the suspects, who died in the back bedroom. The other two suspects
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Marco Rubio survives his water
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The Guardian Observer [UK], by Paul Harris
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/17/2013 1:51:18 AM
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It could have been a career-ending moment. Given the task of delivering the official Republican response to Barack Obama´s state of the union speech last week, rising star Senator Marco Rubio made a catastrophic gaffe. Sweating under the lights in a television studio, the darling of the party right suddenly bent down and reached over awkwardly to grab a bottle of water and take a desperate swig. (Snip) But Rubio has now shown a canny political instinct in handling the crisis, which many observers believe might just have rescued his career and put his hopes of eventually mounting a
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Seniors lean Republican, young people
more Democratic, right? Not so much
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Guardian [UK], by Harry J Enten
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/17/2013 1:41:10 AM
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Republicans have a problem with young people 18-29. Democrats have a problem with seniors over 65. The story taken from this dichotomy is popular and simple enough: Republicans are the party of crusty old folks who are going to die, and Democrats are the party of the youth, who will lead a continued resurgence into office. I´m not so sure about this story; (snip) Indeed, if you came of age during the Franklin D Roosevelt administration, you are more Democratic than the nation as a whole. If you could first vote during the administrations of Ronald Reagan or George HW Bush,
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Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 2/17/2013 12:57:03 AM
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Posted By: Drive- 4/10/2013 7:17:19 AM
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Business Insider, by Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/10/2013 4:24:28 AM
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The sequester may have many across the country singing the blues, but for President Obama, it was all about Memphis Soul. Even with the threat of furloughs and government cuts sparked by the sequester, Obama took the time to enjoy a star-studded concert at the White House tonight. The White House celebration of Memphis Soul music in the East Room--which included special guest appearances by Queen Latifah and Justin Timberlake--is likely to rile Obama´s Republican foes. Some conservatives have called on Obama to give up golf, especially since popular public tours of the White House have been canceled because of
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Obama: Put Nation´s 4-Year-Olds
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Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/10/2013 1:18:38 PM
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In the message he issued along with his budget proposal on Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama said he wants to see 4-year-old children in the United States enrolled in public schools. Obama said America needs to start enrolling 4-year-olds to make sure the children are “better prepared for the demands of the global economy” and to help parents save on "child-care costs." After saying the United States needs to “equip our citizens with the skills and training” to fill jobs in manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, Obama said, “And that has to start at the earliest possible age.”
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Daughter of Obama´s former
pastor charged with fraud
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Reuters, by Mary Wisniewski
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Posted By: mitzi- 4/11/2013 1:11:19 AM
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The daughter of President Barack Obama´s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief´s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the Attorney´s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money
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Obama´s Army Outmaneuvered by the NRA
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NationalJournal, by Beth Rinehard
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/10/2013 7:18:37 AM
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Although the first votes on gun -control legislation have yet to be cast, by some measures the National Rifle Association has already won. Obama’s ambitious plans to ban assault weapons and limit magazine capacities are off the table, while the NRA suggested it could support the most likely outcome -- expanded background checks -- as recently as 1999. The NRA claims that the president’s efforts have triggered a fundraising surge and boosted its membership from 4 million to nearly 5 million.
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4 annoying ways climate change
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The Week, by Chris Gayomali
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/10/2013 7:30:26 PM
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Within the next few decades, carbon emissions could cause global temperatures to rise between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit, melting ice caps and causing sea levels to rise. The price of crops like coffee and chocolate will skyrocket, and countless cuddly animals around the globe could be wiped out. And yet, a lot of people find it hard to really care about climate change. But don´t be fooled: Climate change will affect you. Here´s a brief sampling of ways that warmer temperatures will suck the fun out of your life: 1. Your flights will be more turbulent
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Pat Smith and 700 Special Ops
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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End this bizarre fantasy
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New York Post, by Andrea Peyser
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 5:10:54 AM
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Is Anthony Weiner completely delusional? Or is he out of his flipping, sex-crazed gourd? Whatever big-busted fantasies crawl around the ex-congressman’s delirious noggin, la Weiner made his next goal as clear as the skin of the wholesome college students he craved: He relishes being Mayor Weiner. Please, shut up this clown. These days, the genitally obsessed Weiner has nothing much to do, except sit in his lavish Manhattan apartment and — the inhumanity! — change the poopy diapers of his 16-month-old son, Jordan. Worse, Weiner is living under a kind of house arrest, sentenced to take extreme grief
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Senate votes 68-31 to move
forward with gun control measure
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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Sebelius: Implementing Obamacare
More ´Difficult´ Than Anticipated
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tony Lee
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/10/2013 7:21:14 AM
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius conceded Monday that implementing the Affordable Care Act has been more complicated and frustrating than the Obama administration expected, largely due to Republicans who have opposed the law´s state-based exchanges and Medicaid expansion. "The politics has been relentless and that continues," Sebelius said. "There was some hope that once the Supreme Court ruled in July, and then once an election occurred there would be a sense that, ´This is the law of the land, let´s get on board, let´s make this work.´"
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