South Carolinians shoot down Yankee animal rights activists’ drone

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Animal rights group SHARK said a remote-controlled aircraft like this one was shot down near Ehrhardt. It planned to use the drone to video live pigeon shoots at the privately owned Broxton Bridge Plantation.

A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday.

Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying.

"It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the cars lined up to leave."

He said the animal rights group decided to send the drone up anyway.

"Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out," Hindi said in the release. "As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter."

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Gallup shows U.S. unemployment at 9%

Gallup released new information on Monday showing that the unemployment rate has managed to creep back up to 9.0 percent. Gallup gathers daily unemployment information of U.S. adults in the workforce, ages 18 and older, who are underemployed, unemployed, and employed full-time for an employer. However, unlike the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report that the administration cites, Gallup's data are raw numbers numbers and not packaged with seasonal adjustments. With seasonal adjustments, BLS shows the unemployment rate at 8.3 percent. Gallup also shows the underemployment rate is at 19.2%. MORE

Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote

Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much. But they do agree that voter registration lists across the country are a mess.

A new report by the Pew Center on the States finds that more than 1.8 million dead people are currently registered to vote. And 24 million registrations are either invalid or inaccurate.

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Democrat Patrick Murphy calls Allen West a coward

Punk "Patty", who has never been in the service, may have bitten off more than he can chew, methinks.

Dem follows Rep. Allen West to new district, averts tough primary

A decision by a Democratic House candidate to switch districts mid-race has given Democrats a viable candidate against Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) and averted a potentially bruising primary in one fell swoop.

Democrat Patrick Murphy announced Tuesday he will follow West to a neighboring district, backed by national Democratic figures who lauded his decision.

Murphy and former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel (D) had both been eyeing a coup against West, a polarizing conservative figure who tops Democrats' list of 2012 targets. Both had been raising big-dollar figures, but nothing close to the $1.75 million West raised just in the last three months of 2011.

Redistricting made West's competitive district even more difficult for a Republican to win, and he announced in January he would run instead in the neighboring district of Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.), who is switching to an open, Republican-leaning district.

The game of GOP musical chairs left West without a Democratic challenger in Rooney's former district, and also left Murphy and Frankel to battle it out without a common foe. Frankel made clear she planned to stick it out in the district that West was departing, while Murphy called West a "coward" for running from a fight and said he would continue to monitor the redistricting process, which is still in flux.

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Clinton: We need Assad's consent to put troops in Syria

Evidently Russia told her point blank that if they don't, there will be hell to pay.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had a clear and unified message coming out of their meeting in Washington, D.C. Monday: They are looking for a political solution in Syria and won't consider putting international troops there unless the Syrian regime agrees.

Clinton and Davotoglu spent the afternoon preparing for the upcoming inaugural meeting of the "Friends of Syria" group this weekend in Tunisia. Following the meeting, they both urged the international community to support the Arab League's recommendations for Syria following their Sunday meeting in Cairo, which included a request for a U.N.-Arab peacekeeping force in Syria. But Clinton said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who the State Department accuses of murdering civilians, would have to agree first.

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Fox’s Cancellation of “FREEDOM WATCH”, “Power & Money” and “Follow the Money”: Can Only Be Described as Kowtowing to Progressive Establishment

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No doubt, Progressives are celebrating the cancellation of Judge Andrew Napolitano’s “FREEDOM WATCH”, “POWER & MONEY” with David Asman and “FOLLOW THE MONEY” with Eric Bolling.

REASON

“Bad news, freedom fighters! Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch, the best damned daily libertarian news & argument show in the history of television (name a better one!), has gotten the axe from Fox Business Network. From the press release:‘FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new primetime schedule featuring encore presentations of the channel’s top post-market programs, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President of the network. Starting February 20th at 8 PM/ET, viewers will find additional airings of The Willis Report (5PM & 8PM/ET), Cavuto (6PM & 9PM/ET) and Lou Dobbs Tonight (7PM & 10PM/ET)…”

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After failing to renew Glenn Beck’s contract, if there remained any doubt as to the direction of where Fox is going, consider all doubt removed due to the cancellation of these programs that exposed crony capitalism, the never-ending assaults on liberty and the rights of Americans by a government gone rogue and the corruption that lies therein.

Fox has puts its employees on notice:

• speak the truth, you’re fired;

• expose injustice, you’re fired;

• expose the elitist Marxist rulers destroying our country, you’re fired;

• expose Obama’s crony capitalism, you’re fired;

• expose the war on capitalism and the free market, you’re fired;

• expose union thugs, their greed, violence and tactics, you’re fired;

• expose Islamic extremists, you’re fired;

• put a shining light on atrocities committed under Shariah Law, you’re fired;

• expose the Islamization of America, you’re fired;

• expose the Obama’s connection to CAIR/Muslim Brotherhood, you’re fired;

• expose anything remotely connected to Comrade Obama, the White House and Obama’s administration you’re fired;

• promote Ron Paul, you’re fired;

• promote Gary Johnson, you’re fired; and/or

• promote Libertarian ideals, you’re fired.

Throwing in the towel and surrendering to the Progressive establishment on both the left and right, Fox has put Americans on notice that if you are looking for reports that reveal injustice, constitutional violations, crony capitalism, government corruption and illegalities or the elitist Marxist agenda, look elsewhere.

In addition, if you’re looking for news in order to make an educated decision this coming November regarding POTUS45, Ron Paul and potential candidates other than those chosen by the Progressive Republican establishment, look elsewhere.

Anyone who despises big government as much as I do, loves freedom, our country and seeks a free and less tax burdened America for our grandchildren, great grandchildren and the eradication of big government should not only be suspect but outraged at the cancellation of these programs.

The termination of the only three television programs on the air that exposes crony capitalism, the Progressive agenda from the streets to the Oval Office, our trek down road to serfdom, big government and the war against the free market and capitalism has only shed more light on the long arm of Obama tyranny.

As I indicated in the title of the post, this is all about keeping Americans in the dark and clueless. After all, the awakening of the American people and all avenues leading thereto is a menace to the Progressive agenda and, therefore, must be destroyed. Hence, Americans should be more determined than ever to eradicate the disease that plagues America, i.e., socialism.

I consider the rationale behind Fox Business’ Executive VP, Kevin Magee decision to cancel these programs a sham.

If the programs were not in line with the platform over at Fox Business, then every attempt should have been made to move the programs over to another venue rather than cancel them out totally. Said cancellations, in particular, the cancellation of FREEDOM WATCH, are for me, the final straw.

UPDATE: Once news of the cancellations surfaced, Fox immediately began receiving countless emails from patriots demanding that Fox reverse its decision.

On Napolitano’s FB page, there is a request “supposedly” from Napolitano asking patriots to discontinue the email campaign.

However, as one scrolls down the page further through the comments, there are one or two statements suggesting that the updates now being posted on Napolitano’s FB page are not from Napolitano but someone else employed over at Fox who has now been assigned to update Napolitano’s FB page.

You be the judge.

Without Freedom Watch, Follow the Money and Power and Money, Fox has lowered its standing to that of CNN and MSNBC.

Strangely enough, someone created a petition over at Change.org entitled, “DO NOT CANCEL FREEDOM WATCH!”. The letter appended to the petition states the following:

“Millions around the country tune in to hear the state of our country and threats to our American freedom every day of the week to Freedom Watch. All of the fans of this show immediately became aware of the news. No one wants this show cancelled, and due to it being one of your most popular, truthful show–you should NOT cancel this program. Judge Andrew Napolitano is one of the only remaining preachers of freedom and liberty on television today. Please know that the only reason most people ever tune into FOX Business Network is to watch this very show. Please do not cancel freedom watch, freedom watch is my favorite program to watch on TV.”

Not so strange is that after gathering less than 7,000 signatures, the petition was closed under the guise that the petitioner reached his goal.

It is more than likely that someone up the Progressive food chain caught wind of the petition and shut it down fast.

FOX contact info:

FOX News Digital
Digital Media Sales
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 22 Floor
New York, NY 10036
(212) 301-5473

Direct Response/Paid Programming Sales
Lisa Bortolato
Director, Direct Response
(212) 301-5418

Political and Issue Advertising
Digital Media Sales
John McCann
VP, Political Advertising Fox News Networks
(212) 301-5009
Email us at:
advertise@foxbusiness.com

Irena Briganti, Senior Vice President
Media Relations
Phone: 212-301-3608
Fax: 212-819-0816
E-Mail: irena.briganti@foxnews.com

Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President
Fox Business
Email: Kevin.magee@foxbusiness.com

See also, Lew Rockwell’s More Ways To Protest the FOX Cancellation of ‘Freedom Watch’

Keep the pressure on patriots, per Rockwell, Fox is stunned at the backlash.

Please do feel free to pass this information on.

NC Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”

Via Don, L&P

The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

State agent inspects sack lunches, forces preschoolers to purchase cafeteria food instead

A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs — including in-home day care centers — to meet USDA guidelines. That means lunches must consist of one serving of meat, one serving of milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables, even if the lunches are brought from home.

When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones.

The girl’s mother — who said she wishes to remain anonymous to protect her daughter from retaliation — said she received a note from the school stating that students who did not bring a “healthy lunch” would be offered the missing portions, which could result in a fee from the cafeteria, in her case $1.25.

“I don't feel that I should pay for a cafeteria lunch when I provide lunch for her from home,” the mother wrote in a complaint to her state representative, Republican G.L. Pridgen of Robeson County.

The girl’s grandmother, who sometimes helps pack her lunch, told Carolina Journal that she is a petite, picky 4-year-old who eats white whole wheat bread and is not big on vegetables.

“What got me so mad is, number one, don’t tell my kid I’m not packing her lunch box properly,” the girl’s mother told CJ. “I pack her lunchbox according to what she eats. It always consists of a fruit. It never consists of a vegetable. She eats vegetables at home because I have to watch her because she doesn’t really care for vegetables.”

When the girl came home with her lunch untouched, her mother wanted to know what she ate instead. Three chicken nuggets, the girl answered. Everything else on her cafeteria tray went to waste.

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The President's Budget in 62 Seconds

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