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Up to two feet of snow predicted this weekend in East Coast as region braces for potentially historic powerful Nor´easter
Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 2/7/2013 5:44:53 AM
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| A potentially historic Nor’easter is churning its way toward the Northeast with potential hurricane force wind gusts and blizzard conditions dumping as much as two feet of snow in some places on Friday and Saturday. While the actual trajectory for the storm is still unknown, New York City could get around 10 inches and Boston could get slammed with as much as two feet with winds gusts up to 55 mph. A blizzard watch is now in effect starting Friday morning for much of Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with travel not recommended amid fears of dangerous white out conditions
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Comments: Weather graphic aficionados rejoice. There are enough to satisfy your withdrawal symptoms--and a contest between the NWS and the Euro forecasts too! Plenty to keep you going after you´ve prepared for any eventualities and brought in enough wood for the stove. After you´ve reassured yourself on the whereabouts of your children, please check on your pets. Yeah, I know, most of you do that first but it can be easy to get busy and overlook some things while you´re awaiting a "potentially historic, powerful Nor´easter."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher, 2/7/2013 7:04:06 AM (No. 9163018)
Are ALL storms going to be historic now? And is it just me or has the Weather Channel jumped the shark by naming non-tropical winter storms. I guess I´ll have to stop watching them now too.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SourKraut, 2/7/2013 7:23:22 AM (No. 9163056)
Potentially, this potentially historic storm has hte potential to be historic.
That being said, historically, all potentially historic storms generate historic pre-storm comments as to the possibility of historic-ness and potential-ness.
Or as we say in the Midwest: Jeez, you´d think it had never snowed out east before this...........´
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 2/7/2013 7:52:55 AM (No. 9163124)
Might want to put the phone number for the wAHHHHHHmbulance on speed dial.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Susannah, 2/7/2013 8:15:59 AM (No. 9163170)
Let´s see, in Mass. in 2011, we had about six feet of snow feet of snow in January and February; a flood in April; a tornado on June 1 that killed four people, injured several hundred, and destroyed four towns; an earthquake (no damage); Hurricane Irene; and the Halloween snowstorm (several deaths, considerable damage, no power for two weeks in some places. We coped. Nobody whined. But thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 2/7/2013 8:36:39 AM (No. 9163216)
I think the storm they are comparing this potential one to happened Feb 5-7 1978. It had hurricane force winds accompanying the 2 or more feet of snow. So I wouldn´t get so cocky folks, since there are still areas struggling to recoup from the Sandy storm.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Wookie, 2/7/2013 8:50:55 AM (No. 9163246)
"I´m dreaming of a white Valentine´s Day just like the one´s I used to know....." ;-)
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bella, 2/7/2013 9:08:30 AM (No. 9163288)
Let´s see, it IS winter, storms, cold air, low temps. Hmmmmm
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Wilko, 2/7/2013 9:24:40 AM (No. 9163321)
Some Sandy victims are still living in tents. They have been pretty much ignored by the MSM and FEMA. A couple feet of snow is the icing on the cake.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Halfvast Conspirator, 2/7/2013 9:26:42 AM (No. 9163324)
Quick, go to the Stop & Shop and buy all the milk and bread!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
BadgerBill, 2/7/2013 10:14:31 AM (No. 9163447)
Two feet huh? Sounds just like the one we had two years and six days ago. Makes for some great pictures--have some winter fun!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Razorgirl, 2/7/2013 11:46:15 AM (No. 9163670)
Snow in New England. What a concept! I´d take some snow right now in NW Arkansas. Beaver Lake/White River is so low there are points you can walk across in just mud. Hope it´s not bad up there with power outages and such. Will keep you Yanks in my prayers.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mickturn, 2/7/2013 3:44:03 PM (No. 9164244)
So........How´s that Global Warming working out for ya?
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Hundreds took to the streets as macabre ‘Thatcher death parties’ were held late into the night across the country, organised by critics of the ´Iron Lady.´ Smashed shop windows, paint bombs and police being attacked were all consequences of the Left´s sick ´celebration´ of Baroness Thatcher´s death. In Brixton, south London, riot police were deployed as the crowds, which had been drinking since 5pm, started to become more aggressive smashing shop fronts and throwing paint bomb. In Liverpool, flares and fireworks were set off outside Lime Street Station by revellers, while in Bristol, seven police officers were injured--one seriously--as violence
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Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole
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Mark Sanford slams 1st Congressional District rival Elizabeth Colbert Busch on Clemson stimulus money
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Republican congressional candidate Mark Sanford slammed the 2009 federal stimulus package that went to Clemson University’s wind turbine effort--where Democrat rival Elizabeth Colbert Busch is employed--as bad public policy and a poor return on the taxpayers’ investments. By Sanford’s math and reading of Obama administration stimulus allocation figures, the Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility received $43 million and “created or saved” an estimated 134 jobs. When divided, the numbers calculate to more than $320,000 per job, Sanford said. Sanford’s comments came during a visit to a Mount Pleasant branch of Lyerly’s Cleaners, where he carried in a load
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Former British prime minister Baroness Thatcher dies peacefully at the age of 87 after suffering a massive stroke
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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye
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Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister who gained worldwide renown as the Iron Lady has died aged 87. Developing a formidable partnership with President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, Mrs. Thatcher stood up to the ´Evil Empire´ of the Soviet Union, eventually witnessing its collapse. [Snip] Responding to her death, Buckingham Palace said, ´The Queen is sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher and Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family, Buckingham Palace said today.´ British Prime Minster David Cameron said on hearing of her passing, ´It was
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Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87
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Telegraph [UK], by Gordon Raynor, Steven Swinford
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/8/2013 8:46:23 AM
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Baroness Thatcher, Britain´s greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning. Lord Bell, her spokesman, said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.A further statement will be made later." [Snip] She will go down in history not only as Britain´s first female prime minister, but as the woman who transformed Britain´s economy in addition to being a formidable rival
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Daily Express [UK], by Staff
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Michael Philpott is a perfect parable for our age: His story shows the pervasiveness of evil born out of welfare dependency
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Daily Mail [UK], by A. N. Wilson
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His house, his booze, his drugs, his women and his 17 children were paid for by a benefits system meant to be a safety net for the truly needy.[Snip] This was one of the most horrible crimes committed against children in Britain in recent years. It was cynical. It was calculating. And it was done out of malice in a ham-fisted plot which went wrong. The trial spoke volumes about the sheer nastiness of the individuals involved. But it also lifted the lid on the bleak and often grotesque world of the welfare benefit scroungers--of whom there are not dozens,
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North Korea moves second missile as UN chief warns ´nuclear threat is not a game´
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Daily Express [UK], by Charlotte Meredith
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Kim Jong-un Wants Phone Call from Obama - report
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Korea Broadcast Service, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 6:56:50 AM
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North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un is waiting for United States President Barack Obama to make a phone call to Pyongyang to discuss easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Russia’s news agency Itar-Tass. The report cited United Kingdom diplomats, saying Pyongyang was demanding the U.S. president personally call Kim Jong-un as one of the conditions to relieve the current conflict at hand. Itar-Tass also quoted the U.K.’s Sky News as saying North Korea currently has eight nuclear warheads.
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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Special ops veterans’ group calls for select probe of Benghazi attack
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM
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More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News. The letter from the group, “Special Operations Speaks,” supports the appointment of a special committee tasked with the single mission of investigating the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead, and shut down the CIA operation in an annex of the Benghazi consulate, in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. “Congress must show some leadership and provide answers to the public
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook victims to D.C. on Air Force One so they can back gun control in person
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain blast Cruz for threatening filibuster over guns
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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North Korea´s Army Is Full of Jumping, Leaping, High-Kicking Martial Artists
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/8/2013 5:48:23 AM
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Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television
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Gay Connecticut couple accused of raping adopted children will face trial
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New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz
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Posted By: Drive- 4/8/2013 8:52:23 AM
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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