CSCOPE is officially stopping from distributing lesson plans in Texas, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle. The state’s regional Education Service Centers will no longer issue lesson plans – and will forbid their use after Aug. 31 – for a popular online curriculum system that became a lightning rod for conservatives who criticized [...]
21 have been confirmed dead in the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma earlier today. According to officials that number will rise. The two-mile wide tornado has been classified as at least an E-4 category – the scale is from zero to five. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott says the death toll is again expected to rise. Elliott [...]
For the second day in a row, Central Oklahoma was hit with severe weather and deadly tornadoes. Moore, Oklahoma is no stranger to the danger of tornadoes. On May 3, 1999, the city of Moore, which is just South of Oklahoma City, was devastated by an EF5 tornado that killed 46 people. The tornado today, [...]
On Monday afternoon, the previously quiet tornado season became violent and many schoolchildren in Moore, Oklahoma are likely the victims. The estimated EF-4 tornade had winds that were speculated to be 200MPH+ and cat a path of destruction about 2 miles wide. It made a direct line for the Plaza Towers Elementary School where 75 [...]
So said an unnamed official in the Obama Administration when commenting on Benghazi . At least they admit it. While many in the media are now trying to say Benghzi is no big deal and are concentrating on the IRS scandal, I say there are many questions that still need to be answered and yes [...]
Democrat cites 007 as inspiration for gun bill While it might be apparent to those of us on the right, a Massachusetts congressman recently confirmed Democrat policy is largely based in fiction. Unabashedly using the movie “Skyfall” and its protagonist, James Bond, as a springboard, Rep. John Tierney recently introduced the ridiculous Personalized Handgun Safety [...]
The President is off to Baltimore today to do what he does best – give speeches – in hopes of taking the focus off of a series of government scandals. President Obama will visit a school, a dredging manufacturing plant and a worker re-training center on this trip. Obama is continuing his “Middle Class Jobs [...]
Six are confirmed dead after severe storms and multiple tornadoes hit North Texas in the evening yesterday. Hardest hit was Granbury, Tx., where a sub-division of Habitat for Humanity homes were in the path of what from early reports, appears to have been EF-4 strength twister. There are still some people unaccounted for, and officials [...]
Remember last year before the presidential elections Billy Graham and his Evangelical group sponsored a prominent newspaper ad promoting both Biblical principles and marriage? Interestingly, shortly after these ads were published, the Billy Graham Association received notice they would be subject to an immediate audit by the Internal Revenue Service. Today, following the scandalous news [...]
AP reports, Dr. Kermit Gosnell, in exchange for waiving appeals, will be sentenced to two life sentences without parole. The agreement was reached with prosecutors, in part due to Gosnell’s age – at 72, it is unlikely that he would survive to complete the appeals process, and would likely die of natural causes in prison, [...]
This one surely will be chalked up under the ‘stupid criminals’ chapter, or maybe the “Oh, for God’s Sakes.” A man flying in from Saudi Arabia this weekend was stopped by a Customs agent. He apparently had a few pages missing from his Passport (unbeknownst to him, of course). And when the agents looked in [...]
Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee for EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Director, will have to wait a little longer for Senate confirmation as Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted the “mark-up” of McCarthy’s nomination. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) began Thursday’s committee meeting saying she was “rather stunned” that the Republicans planned to boycott [...]
Students coerced into participating in anti-fracking assembly Middle school students in one school outside of Denver, Colo., were recently confronted by a couple of in-your-face environmental extremists known as the Earth Guardians. The duo presented a rap song called “What the Frack,” which claims hydraulic fracturing “poisoned the water, poisoned the air [and] poisoned the [...]
A Texas court judge ruled today that signs displayed by high school cheerleaders quoting biblical verses were “constitutionally permissible,” and that the Kountze High School cheerleaders could continue to display them at the school’s football games. The high school cheerleaders had sued the Kountze Independent School District after after they were told they could no [...]
The Louisiana supreme court dealt a blow against parental school choice on Tuesday. Last year, Governor Bobby Jindal pushed legislation through that would allow parents to use their own tax money to pay for schools they choose instead of the failing public schools the unions would rather funnel children into. The court did not challenge [...]
