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Spinning Racism in a Restaurant
Tyrone Williams and Chauntyll Allen entered a Joe’s Crab Shack restaurant in Roseville, Minnesota to have dinner in celebration of Allen’s birthday. In addition to its food, the seafood chain is known for the eclectic decor at its eateries. But when Williams and Allen sat down at their table, they noticed this old photo that…
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The Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out Terrorism Act of 2016
Secretive legislation ‘designed’ to help local law enforcement fight terrorism with the aid of the federal government has been introduced. H.R. 4401, the Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out Terrorism (ALERT) Act of 2016, allows “federal law enforcement to train and work closely with state and local law enforcement in using the most effective tactics…
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FCC Democrats Caved to Obama on Net Neutrality
A case challenging ‘net neutrality’ is making its way through the courts, and it’s revealing some interesting information. For example documents show that while the Federal Communications Commission was creating the regulation — it was working with the Obama administration, keeping it abreast with where it was in the process. As this continues, Senator and…
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The Mouse That Came for Coffee
About a week before the Disney Store permanently closed its doors at Meadowood Mall, I went to see what they had for sale. That’s where I found a very unique looking Mickey Mouse coffee mug. Since I consider this mug to be somewhat special, I don’t often use it. Beside, it’s so large that I…
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Eighteen Years Later and We’ve Learned Nothing
Minnesotans elected pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura as their governor in 1998. Ventura ran on the Reform Party platform, promising to cut the size and scope of government, class sizes and he supported public debate on legalized prostitution. His governorship started out fine, but the economy took a downturn and the legislature turned its back on Ventura.…
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Standing for the U.S. Constitution Means You’re a Domestic Terrorist
Domestic terror groups seem to pose a greater threat to the U.S. than Daesh (ISIS,) al Qaeda or the Taliban joined, according to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who was in Portland on Thursday, bragging about the arrest of 19 political prisoners by her Department of Justice (DOJ.) “The Department of Justice is committed to…
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‘Area 6’ — Nevada’s Other Secret Site
Built in 2002, the complex of buildings include a large hangar with clam-shell doors at the southern end of an asphalt strip. The complex has no official name and not many people even know it’s there. Known locally as ‘Area 6.’ the site has only fences and visitor checkpoints and seen from the Mercury…
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George ‘C.J.’ Shotwell, 1979-2016
“We don’t meet people by accident. They’re meant to cross our paths for a reason,” goes the old saw. C.J. Shotwell wasn’t here for very long, six or seven days, maybe. And to be honest, I didn’t really know him all that well as we only chit-chatted while out in Gary’s garage. A hard-rock miner…
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The Federal Land Grab in Texas Continues
The Bureau of Land Management is claiming that a number of Texas ranches don’t actually belong to the ranchers, but rather to the federal government. This is in despite of each rancher having a deed for their property and having paid property taxes on the land each year. The BLM’s claim — the land shouldn’t…
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Sheriff Stops FDA from Giving Dairy a Raw Deal
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) harassed a dairy farmer and made several warrantless searches of his property all because he produced raw milk. It started after the farmer provided the raw milk to an organic food co-op, where participants paid money into the co-op and, in return, received the raw milk. Elkhart…