Who shot Tonto? Police hunt for answers in death of beloved rodeo horse

Nebraska authorities are searching to find out who shot a beloved retired rodeo horse last month.
According to the Scottsbluff Star-Herald, the horse, J.K. Tonto, was found Nov. 17 by the grandfather of Kayellyn Hall, a rodeo competitor. One of the horse’s shoulders was shattered by a bullet on the family’s ranch in Minatare and it had to be euthanized.

"He was my first horse," said Kayellyn Hall, who had owned J.K. Tonto since she was 7 years old. "Rodeo is my life," she said, "and he is the horse that got that started."

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President John Tyler’s Grandson, on Still Being Alive

 

Re-post 2012

A few days ago, the website Mental Floss posted an amazing, seemingly impossible piece of American trivia, which then quickly spread around the web, to Yahoo, the Huffington Post, ABC News, Fox News, Politico, Kottke, the Daily Mail, and others: Two grandsons of President John Tyler — who was born in 1790 and served as tenth president of the United States — are still alive today.

"Thank goodness," says Harrison Ruffin Tyler, one of those grandsons, who spoke to us earlier this morning from Sherwood Forest Plantation, the historical Tyler family home in Virginia in which he resides. Harrison Tyler is not an immortal vampire, or a 160-year-old freak of nature, but a mentally sharp octogenarian with a soothing Southern drawl and a more favorable opinion of his grandfather's legacy than the ones held by most presidential historians.

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Inventor of AK-47 rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

Via WiscoDave

The inventor of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at the age of 94. His ingenuity earned him widespread admiration, but his legacy became more controversial when his weapons were used in some of the world’s bloodiest conflicts.

"Mikhail Kalashnikov's entire life is a shining example of dedication to serving your country," said a statement from Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.

"For many generations of Russians his name became a symbol of the glory and reliability of our weapons, and a source of national pride."
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed "deep condolences" over the death of the engineer.

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Rare WWII Photos of the Allied Italian Campaign

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The tides of war turned irrevocably in favor of the Allied forces in July 1943 when 150,000 British and American soldiers swarmed the shores of Sicily at the start of World War II's bloody Italian Campaign.

Along with Canadian, French and other Allies, the invasion was the start of a long march to Rome that would forever be noted as some of the most brutal of the entire war.

Tens of thousands of soldiers died on each side during the campaign, which saw the ousting of Italy's Fascist leader Benito Mussolini in its early days but would stretch into nearly two years.

The Allies marched up the most of famous of Roman roads, the Appian Way, which connected the city of Rome to the southern Italian coast.

These haunting yet hopeful color photographs from Life were never published in the magazine, but can now be seen here in their full glory.

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Another Massive Cyber-attack on US Citizens and Nobody Cares

 

Over the last month, cyberterrorists operating from offshore locations, launched a massive attack on US citizens.  By hacking point of sale terminals in Target stores, the group was able to steal information from 40 million citizens across the US.  

Given the unique nature of this attack, it didn't only steal credit card numbers.   It was also successful in gathering the three digit verification codes as well as name and address information.  The ability to link all three is a huge coup for the attackers, since it allows the construction of databases that will enable much more sophisticated attacks in the future.

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All-male dance group stirs controversy in Semmes Christmas parade

Via Billy

 

Minutes before they made the now-controversial strut down the parade route on Wulff Road on Saturday, the Prancing Elites, an all-male dance team from Mobile, stretched and lined up with the other parading groups before they marched.
 
As the parade began, Kentrell Collins, the group's leader, recalls an older man who was directing the procession offer what seemed to be last-minute encouragement: " 'If anybody says anything to you, don't stop moving, keep going,' " Collins said, recalling the event afterward.

Dressed in red and white Santa sweaters and snug white shorts, the four young men performed a routine that entailed a combination of sharp thrusts, swaying and elaborate hip movements. Each member also sported pristine make-up.

Within hours, members of the community in Semmes called parade organizers and posted on social media, most of them in shock. At least one woman demanded an apology, saying she had "never been so insulted" in her life. Others wrote that they were disgusted and children should not have been exposed to the dancers.

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Memo to Newt Gingrich: Nelson Mandela Was No Patrick Henry

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RESTORING OUR AMERICAN LEGACY free on PDF

 

 

The Daily Bell - Ron Holland on 'Restoring Our American Legacy

 

 A free book on liberty for your friends and associates.

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Here's our sleeper Zoomie!  Just tape over the emblems. :)

 

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