Tag Archives: Powerball
Fire in Oil Country, Educated in America
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Burning Season: Authorities were working yesterday to finish the evacuation of work camps in the oil sands fields outside fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta. The fires, which have burned at least 400,000 acres, are reported to be nowhere near controlled and …
Obama’s Higher Calling, The Long Odds
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
SOTU: President Obama gave one of the speeches of his career last night, focusing his State of the Union message more on big ideas and great aspirations than a political agenda for the last year of his presidency. He posed …
Penn and El Chapo, Patriot Shopping List
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Fame and Fortune: Actor Sean Penn secretly met with the notorious drug dealer “El Chapo” while he was on the lam and interviewed the fugitive for Rolling Stone Magazine. The craggy-faced actor is seen in a picture shaking El Chapo’s …
El Chapo Back, Mein Kampf Again
Saturday, January 9, 2016
South of the Border: The elusive Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo,” has been re-captured six months after his elaborately executed escape from Mexico’s most secure prison. Guzmán was taken after a ferocious gun battle in …
Obama Declares on Guns, Downeast Dumb
Friday, January 8, 2016
GunBeat: In a dramatic declaration, President Obama says in an opinion piece in the NY Times today that he will not support for election any politician who doesn’t advocate gun reform. He writes, “Even as I continue to take every …
Kiev Truce Smashed, Shoe Threat, Two Gold
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Ukraine: A brief truce was broken by gunfire today and at least 20 people were killed in Ukraine’s capital city Kiev. Police had moved in using stun grenades and were repulsed by gunfire. Shots came from both sides during the …
Philadelphia Collapse, “The Borgias” Killed
Thursday, June 6, 2013
National: A 61-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed Philadelphia building late yesterday, making her the 14th survivor. Six people died when a building under demolition collapsed on a thrift store next door. The survivors had surprisingly …
Oldest Senator Dies, Storm Chasers Killed
Monday, June 3, 2013
National: Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 89, of New Jersey died last night of viral pneumonia. He was the oldest senator and its last WWII veteran. Republican Gov. Chris Christie must appoint a replacement until a special election. Lautenberg’s death leaves …
Knox to be Retried, Cyprus Banks Closed
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
World: Italy’s highest court today overturned the 2011 murder acquittal of American student Amanda Knox and ordered her to be retried. It was a salacious case involving sex and drugs. Knox and her former boyfriend at first were convicted of …
