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12-year-old Obama critic frightened by vile threats, vitriol bows out of politics
Once again the left has proven that when it comes to vile tactics, it is in a league of its own. C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old boy who found himself in the limelight after rebuking President Barack Obama for politicizing the murders of nine fellow African-Americans at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been forced to step away from politics after he and his family were threatened on social media.
from Gateway Pundit
12 Year-Old Conservative and Family Target of Death Threats After Criticizing Obama
In February 12 year-old conservative CJ Pearson, an African-American middle-schooler, posted an epic defense of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s repeated claims that President Barack Obama “doesn’t love America.” Now he’s receiving death threats. The outspoken conservative said that he and his family have been the target of online threats from unhinged leftists.
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from The New Observer
German Girls Must Cover Arms and Legs to Appease Syrian “Refugees”
So many nonwhite invaders from the Middle East have entered Germany over the past few months that a school headmaster in Bavaria has been forced to ask female pupils to cover up their arms and legs—for their own protection against local Syrian “refugees.”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Eastern Washington fires still burning
Yesterday the 21 Mile Grade Fire north of Keller, Washington, jumped the fire line on the northeast and southwest borders but crews were able to get it back under control. The fire was estimated at 2,000 acres mid-day Saturday and is expected to grow today.
The Rail Canyon Fire near Springdale is still estimated at between 600 and 700 acres. Two residences were destroyed along with several outbuildings. The fire is not contained.
The Williams Fire near Colville grew only a few acres overnight and is now estimated at 280 acres. A handful of homes are under level three evacuation notice, which means people have been advised to leave.
Heat, dry weather stoke Eastern Washington fires
With state wildland firefighters already battling three large fires and multiple small fires today in eastern Washington, Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark is asking residents to not light personal fireworks and immediately stop any activity that may spark additional wildfires.
Northwest wildfire season comes a month early
Predictions of an early wildfire season have come true in the Northwest as low snowpack levels, record warm temperatures and very dry conditions have helped fuel blazes weeks earlier than usual. Fires have destroyed more than two dozen homes and torched 30 square miles in Washington, as well as burned about 60 square miles in Oregon so far this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
America celebrates Fourth with parades, hot dogs, cold beer
The United States marks 239 years as an independent nation on Saturday as it celebrates the Fourth of July with parades, fireworks, naturalization ceremonies, eating contests and music.
Aetna to buy rival health insurer Humana
Aetna aims to spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the industry adjusts to the federal health care overhaul. The proposed cash-and-stock deal, announced Friday, would make Aetna a sizable player in the rapidly growing Medicare Advantage business, which offers privately run versions of the federally funded health care program for the elderly and some people with disabilities.
Amazon’s growth worries some in Seattle
Seattle, notorious for boom-and-bust cycles stretching back to the 19th-century Alaska gold rush, is booming once again. Thickets of yellow cranes have crowded the skyline, where new glass-sided office buildings, hotels and apartment towers blot out views of the mountains and the Space Needle. Food trucks dot the streets, and young software engineers with disposable income fill the bars. But the boom has brought hand-wringing as residents fret over whether Seattle has become a traffic-snarled city for the rich, with soaring rental rates, overly dependent on the company behind it all: Amazon. The online retail giant has brought tens of thousands of workers to its campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood, overtaken the University of Washington as Seattle’s biggest employer and lined up enough office space to roughly triple its head count here.
Man in wheelchair allegedly robbed bank
A New York City man in a wheelchair has been arrested two days after he pocketed $1,212 in a daytime bank robbery, authorities announced Friday. Kelvin Dennison, 23, was picked up by officers at a hospital two days after he rolled into a Santander Bank branch in Queens on Monday afternoon and claimed to be armed, police said.
S.F. shooting suspect deported five times
A man suspected in the shooting death of a woman at a busy San Francisco tourist destination has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times, most recently in 2009, a federal agency said Friday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had turned Francisco Sanchez over to authorities in San Francisco on March 26 on an outstanding drug warrant, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said.
A plane powered by the sun’s rays landed in Hawaii on Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg and his single-seat aircraft landed at Kalaeloa, a small airport outside Honolulu. His nearly 118-hour voyage from Nagoya broke the record for the world’s longest nonstop solo flight, his team said. The late U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett set the previous record of 76 hours when he flew a specially-designed jet around the globe in 2006. But Borschberg flew the Solar Impulse 2 without fuel. Instead, its wings were equipped with 17,000 solar cells that powered propellers and charged batteries. It ran on stored energy at night.
Iran offers last-minute bargaining tactic
In an eleventh-hour appeal, Iran’s foreign minister used a video clip Friday to prod the six world powers he is negotiating with to abandon “coercive” tactics and strike a deal over his nation’s nuclear program.
U.S. bunker-buster bombs a fallback in Iran talks
As diplomats rush to reach an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. military is stockpiling conventional bombs so powerful that strategists say they could cripple Tehran’s most heavily fortified nuclear complexes, including one deep underground. The bunker-busting bombs are America’s most destructive munitions short of atomic weapons. At 15 tons, each is 5 tons heavier than any other bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
Referendum in Greece appears to be tossup
Greeks packed city squares for dueling rallies late into the night Friday, as polls showed a dead heat between the “yes” and “no” camps ahead of a bailout referendum Sunday that could be Greece’s most important vote since it joined the European Union.
IS says it destroyed Palmyra busts
Islamic State group militants have destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were confiscated from a smuggler, the group said. Photographs released by the group showed IS militants destroying the busts with large hammers. Another photo showed the smuggler being whipped. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday it was unclear if the busts were authentic or if the militants destroyed fake busts as a cover for the IS group’s own antiquities smuggling. While there is no firm evidence of the amount of money being made by the Islamic State group from looting antiquities, satellite photos and anecdotal evidence confirm widespread plundering of archaeological sites in areas under IS control.
Deputy in fatal bicycle incident violated policy, sheriff says
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has determined that a deputy violated department policies last year by speeding through Spokane Valley without his lights or siren activated, narrowly missing a teenage bicyclist who subsequently crashed and died from his fall. Results of an internal investigation into Deputy Joseph Bodman and the May 2014 fatal bicycle crash of Ryan Holyk come after three other investigations found Bodman’s SUV did not strike Holyk at the intersection of East Sprague Avenue and North Vista Road.
Small dog park in works for Spokane Valley
A pocket dog park is not just for small dogs. It’s a fully functioning dog park in a smaller space, and the city of Spokane Valley is planning on putting one in the southeast part of Valley Mission Park – near Mission Avenue and Bowdish Road at the old senior center site. The site is just 1.14 acres – a bit small for a dog park, Stone said. The small dog park at the newly renovated McEuen Field in Coeur d’Alene served as inspiration for this project.
In brief: Measles victim was innoculated as child
A local health official says a woman killed by measles in Washington had been vaccinated against the disease as a child but succumbed because she had a compromised immune system.
Chase leads to orchard after gunfire exchanged
About 70 local, state and federal law enforcement officers surrounded an orchard near Royal City, Washington, where they believed an armed fugitive was hiding Friday night. The suspect, David Santos Sotello, exchanged gunfire with officers earlier in the day and also fired shots at officers Tuesday.
UGM offers free summer camp for disadvantaged kids
Union Gospel Mission’s camp focuses on giving disadvantaged children the opportunity to attend summer camp. Youth Outreach Director Ryan Brown said children who’d never been to camp, or otherwise couldn’t afford camp, are given first priority. This week 60 children from Grant Elementary and 35 high school- and college-age counselors participated in the UGM camp. The free camp is made possible by donations and includes a clothing shed for kids who arrive without the right clothes. Over the course of the summer, more than 500 children will go through the camp.
Boeing sued over fatal air bag injury
The family of a man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier. The lawsuit, filed this week in King County Superior Court, says Kenneth Otto suffered massive head injuries while installing the unit on a 777 at Boeing’s Everett factory. He died a month later. The accident occurred when workers were called to deal with an air bag that had discharged for no reason, according to the Seattle Times.
Vancouver pot shop raided
Under the blazing sun, uniformed and plain-clothed officers spent several hours Thursday carting off marijuana plants, money and equipment to grow the drug from a business on St. Johns Boulevard in Vancouver. The scene may look like a mistake – the business, Grow Systems Northwest, deals with marijuana, a legal commodity in Washington state. But while it may appear legitimate, law enforcement says it isn’t licensed as a retailer and it doesn’t operate within the confines of state medical marijuana laws. So, police say, the business is making illegal broad-daylight drug deals to the tune of at least $200,000 a month – untaxed. The owner of the business, who said he was “embracing” a loophole but not breaking the law, was taken into custody on suspicion of multiple felonies.
Antitrust probe of airlines needs strong evidence, expert says
As the Justice Department launches an investigation into possible collusion in the airline industry, experts say the government faces the burden of proving that carriers were deliberately signaling business decisions to each other.
Trade show lays out food innovations
Chips made out of broccoli, chickpeas and kale. Wine-spiked ice cream. Popcorn that didn’t quite fulfill its destiny. Those were some of the alternate-universe products at this week’s 61st annual Fancy Food Show. Many have limited distribution and aren’t easy to find, but could signal coming trends. Buyers for places like supermarkets milled about the trade show at the sprawling Jacob Javits Center in New York City, tasting the treats on display and stuffing bags with free samples. “It’s like a secret wonderland of food,” said Louise Kramer, a spokeswoman for the Specialty Food Association, the trade group that puts on the show. The expo is not open to the public.
Military not using U.S.-made sneaker
New Balance thinks the U.S. military is dragging its feet. Last April, the Department of Defense announced military recruits would start using athletic shoes 100 percent made and manufactured in America, in recognition of a law Congress passed in 1941 requiring the department give preference to American-made goods. Over a year after the announcement, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have still not purchased a single sneaker that meets the exacting standards of the 1941 law, known as the Berry Amendment. Matthew LeBretton, New Balance’s vice president of public affairs, is convinced the delays are deliberate “payback” for companies like New Balance that have been vocally lobbying for the change for years.
In brief: Stocks slip on world markets
World stock markets mostly drifted lower Friday, while China’s main stock benchmark plunged as government efforts failed to reassure panicky investors. European stocks were mixed, with France’s CAC 40 falling 0.6 percent to close at 4,808.22. Germany’s DAX dropped 0.4 percent to 11,058.39. Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.7 percent to 6,585.78. U.S. markets were closed in observance of Independence Day.
Prosecutors: Executive earned leniency in Madoff case
A 79-year-old former New York accounting firm executive who did work for some of Bernard Madoff’s most important clients has earned leniency at sentencing because his cooperation provided new insights into history’s largest financial fraud, prosecutors said. In a filing late Thursday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors wrote Paul Konigsberg provided valuable information by admitting his crimes, including offenses the government didn’t know about, and by disclosing facts vital to the investigation of others.
Mexico City crafts conditions for Uber, similar companies
Mexico City is proposing regulations that would allow Uber and other smartphone-based ride-sharing apps to operate, while requiring drivers and cars to be registered, the city’s Office of Legal and Legislative Studies said Friday. The proposed regulation also calls for such companies to pay into a fund for transportation infrastructure. The city would create an app for licensed taxis and help pay for their GPS technology. The regulation so far does not specify what Uber and other app-based drivers would have to pay to operate. The Organized Taxi Drivers of Mexico City have pushed the city to regulate or ban Uber, saying it’s unfair that its drivers avoid costly licensing and inspections that taxis must undergo to operate.
Online search engines face new restriction in Russia
Lawmakers in the Russian parliament on Friday voted for a bill forcing online search engines to remove search results about a specific person at that person’s request. The Russian State Duma voted overwhelmingly for the controversial law that critics say could be used to block information critical of the government or government officials. Though similar to one recently adopted by the European Union, the Russian law is more sweeping, extending the right of removal to public figures and information that is considered in the public interest. “This bill impedes people’s access to important and reliable information, or makes it impossible to obtain such information,” Yandex, Russia’s most popular search engine, said in a statement last month.
Shawn Vestal: Shoe craftsman embodies Spokane industry niche
Froma Harrop: Hypertourism hard to escape
Abraham Lincoln: Praise is due to the brave defenders of ‘all men are created equal’
Editor’s note: These remarks by President Abraham Lincoln were made on July 7, 1863, to a crowd gathered at the White House to celebrate the Union victories at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Charles Krauthammer: U.S. backpedaling driving deal with Iran
Letter: Both parties fueled crash
Letter: Understand historic names
George Nethercutt: Grasp of civics leads to real July 4 celebration
1955 piece honors nation’s history
“I Am the Nation” by Otto Whittaker
Ask Dr. K: Mind-body techniques can ease pain
Key Mormon leader dies at 90
Mormon leader Boyd Packer, president of the faith’s highest governing body, has died. He was 90. Packer died Friday afternoon at his home in Salt Lake City from natural causes. He was next in line to become president of the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had been a member of the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1970. The group serves under the church president and his two counselors. He is the second member of the quorum to die in recent months. L. Tom Perry died May 30 from cancer.
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