WISD Purchases Land

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From WISDbond.com, May 20, 2013 -

In a quick and somewhat hushed up special board meeting last Friday the Weatherford Independent School District Board of Trustees did one good thing by swearing in their newest board member Dr. Joshua Tarbay. However, they also granted Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Hanks with the ability to finalize a land purchase deal in the amount of $1.25 million.

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Obama’s biggest fans abandoning ship?

From WND.com, by Drew  Zahn, 05/18/2013 -

They used to think him a ‘thrill,’ but latest scandals smell  more of ‘tyranny’

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Barack Obama once enjoyed a Teflon reputation in the mainstream media, where  his allies were quick to deflect criticism of his presidency and bad news never seemed to stick.

But as scandal upon scandal have washed over his administration in recent  weeks – first a floundering response to attacks in Benghazi that led to the  death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, then reports the IRS targeted  his political opponents, then news the Justice Department seized phone records of Associated Press reporters – even some of Obama’s most ardent supporters in the media are turning critical.

Come And Take It Temple -Armed March

Come_and_take_it-1From DontComply.com - We will be gathering for a legal armed open carry march in response to the Temple Police Department violating the Second and Fourth Amendment rights of Active Duty MSGT Christopher J. Grisham. Please join us all. We will be exercising our rights as free men and women. Be part of the solution. All permits and armed march route has been approved and coordinated with the city and local authorities. Come out for music, great speakers, food and a march around the police station.

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Russian warships gathering off Syria waters to deter West: Report

JNN NEWS, P.O. Box 7411, Jerusalem 91073, Israel,

News Update May 18th 2013 -

“He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.” Ps 72:4

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REPORT:  RUSSIA SENDS WARSHIPS TO SYRIAN COAST: Russia  has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in  Syria, a buildup that US and European officials see as a newly aggressive  stance meant partly to warn the West and Israel not to intervene in Syria’s  devastating civil war, according to reports on Friday. On Thursday, Syria’s  official news agency SANA reported that five Russian warships had crossed the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea.

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Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

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From Yahoo News, By Keith Coffman, 05/17/2013 -

              DENVER (Reuters) – A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry about two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year’s mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into effect.

              The two laws, passed by the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature with scant Republican support, ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds and require background checks for all private gun sales and transfers.

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Texas House passes SB 1857 (Texas School Safety Training Act)

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 Senator Craig Estes

Texas State Senate District 30

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For Immediate Release

May 17, 2013

Contact: Liz White

512.463.0130

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“Texas School Safety Training Act” Sent to Governor

Act empowers courageous teachers to voluntarily seek training for active-shooter scenarios

 Austin – Today the Texas House finally passed SB 1857, the Texas School Safety Training Act, which empowers qualified Concealed Handgun License (CHL) instructors to earn a “school safety certification” that would allow them to train teachers to save lives should an active-shooter scenario occur inside a Texas school. The bill now goes to Governor Perry to await his signature.

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DOD Flip-Flops on Faith Policy

The Department of Defense isn’t telling us the whole story about Religious Freedom in the Military!

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From Liberty Institute, 05/17/2013 -

There is an emerging pattern of abuse of religious freedom taking place within the U.S. military.  This pattern has intensified under the Obama Administration, and its now reaching crisis level.

We’ve uncovered a series of disturbing instances in which our brave service men and women – the very people who fight for our freedoms – are having their First Amendment rights taken away.

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Class Calls IRS Rude, Crude and Abusive

From Courthouse News Service, By REBEKAH KEARN, 03/14/13 -

SAN DIEGO (CN) – A lurid but vague class action accuses corrupt and abusive IRS agents of stealing 10 million people’s medical records without a warrant – including “intimate medical records of every state judge in California.”

John Doe Company sued 15 John Doe IRS agents in Superior Court.

“This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service (‘IRS’) agents (collectively referred to as ‘defendants’ herein) during a raid of John Doe Company, in the Southern District of California, on March 11, 2011,” the complaint states. “In a case involving solely a tax matter involving a former employee of the company, these agents stole more than 60,000,000 medical records of more than 10,000,000 Americans, including at least 1,000,000 Californians.

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IRS sued for improperly seizing the medical records of 10 million Americans

Medical_Records-1From The Daily Caller, by Caroline May, 05/15/2013 – Amid a firestorm about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting conservative  groups and wide concern that the tax service will be administering Obamacare,  the IRS is also the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging that 15 of its  agents improperly seized 10 million Americans’ medical records.

Attorney Robert Barnes filed the lawsuit in mid-March  on behalf of a John Doe Company and individuals whose records were seized in  California Superior Court, according to a report from the Courthouse News Service.

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Estes votes Texas Privacy Act out of Senate Committee

texas_sealPRESS RELEASE

Senator Craig Estes

Texas State Senate District 30

For Immediate Release

May 12, 2013

Contact: Liz White 512.463.0130

 

Senator Craig Estes votes Texas Privacy Act out of his Senate Committee on

Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security

Senator Estes sponsors HB 912 to provide needed safeguards for privacy of Texans

 

Austin – The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security voted out HB 912 today. The bill would make the use of an unmanned vehicle or aircraft to take an image for the purpose of monitoring or surveillance a Class C misdemeanor. The bill also creates a misdemeanor offense for the possession, disclosure or distribution of images captured by the unlawful use of an unmanned vehicle or aircraft.

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