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Re: When Ben Carson Came Under Attack From An Atheist, He Silenced Him With One Brilliant Line : B. Christopher Agee

LOL, I'll have to remember that one

Gowdy's Benghazi panel releases newest Clinton-Blumenthal emails :Jim Kouri

The House of Representatives' controversial Select Committee on Benghazi on Monday released a number of emails addressed to and from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that were being withheld from the committee despite repeated requests. The committee's chairman obtained the emails as a result of a request made to Sidney Blumenthal, who recently spent hours being questioned by lawmakers in a private session last week. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/trey-gowdy-who-withheld-benghazi-emails-119289.html

According to the Benghazi panel's leader, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, nearly half of Secretary Clinton's public record regarding Libya and Benghazi -- including the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission -- pertains to emails from Clinton-supporter and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal.

Not satisfied with only the Blumenthal copies of his Internet communications with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Gowdy sternly requested that officials at the State Department turn over their copies of the Clinton-Blumenthal emails by the end of the day.    http://benghazi.house.gov/sites/republicans.benghazi.house.gov/files/New%20Found%20Clinton%20Emails.pdf

"Once again the Benghazi Committee uncovers information that should already be part of the public record but was not made available to the American people or congressional investigators," said Gowdy. "These emails should have been part of the public record when Secretary Clinton left office and at a bare minimum included when the State Department released Clinton's self-selected records on Libya. For that reason, the committee has made the decision to release the latest set of Clinton's public records unearthed by the committee," said Gowdy, a former criminal prosecutor.

Gowdy admitted that these latest Clinton emails raise even more questions about whether Hillary Clinton's record is complete and State Department's negligence in making certain the American people and lawmakers were given a complete record of Hillary Clinton's official actions while serving the Obama administration.    http://benghazi.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-committee-obtains-new-blumenthal-emails-before-deposition                  http://www.examiner.com/article/gowdy-s-benghazi-panel-releases-newest-clinton-blumenthal-emails

LIMBAUGH: AMERICAN FLAG NEXT TARGET TO COME DOWN 'It is gonna happen. We are trending that way : JOE KOVACS

As the push grows to remove Confederate flags from Southern states as well as retail stores such as Walmart and Sears nationwide, talk-radio star Rush Limbaugh is making a startling prediction.

"The next flag that will come under assault, and it will not be long, is the American flag," Limbaugh said Tuesday on his national program. "It is gonna happen. We are trending that way."

"It makes perfect sense," he continued. "If you take a look at the timeline of progression of events, the speed and rapidity with which the left is conducting this assault on all of these American traditions and institutions, if you don't think the American flag's in their crosshairs down the road, you had better stop and reconsider.

"The American flag is what? It's the symbol of America. The left, what? Doesn't like this country very much and never has and it's getting angrier and angrier about it seemingly every day. The American flag stands for the United States of America and as such, everything that's wrong with it. And you wait, it isn't gonna be long before the American flag is gonna cause chills, fear, scary thoughts ... [because] it's a symbol of hate."

Show your patriotic colors proudly! We've got plenty of U.S. flags available to let everyone know how much you love America!

Limbaugh said those on the political left are under the impression that just seeing the Stars and Stripes can cause people to tilt toward the political right.

"They believe the American flag has mystical powers to turn people away from the Democratic Party," he explained, saying they fear it "results in them losing support."

"The 4th of July parade is uberpatriotism, and that is showing Dracula the cross."

http://www.wnd.com/2015/06/limbaugh-makes-startling-prediction-for-u-s/#V4UyYHOShqZEIeWO.99

Unicorns or Dragons . which would you choose for a Pet , I'd choose a Dragon because they are fierce and protective

I always wanted a Dragon as a Girl 

In Kensington, Helm an unexpected BYOB delight : Craig LaBan, Inquirer Restaurant Critic

There has been plenty of chatter, lately, that Philadelphia's unique love and talent for BYOBs is starting to wane.

And there's no doubt some of our best - Bibou, Laurel, Talula's Table, Lolita, the Farm & Fisherman, Noord, and Kanella, to name a few - could go only so long in their successful life cycle before they needed to grow by adding a sibling restaurant, a tasting menu, a liquor license, or some combination of them all.

But just when you think the craft-beer pub or wood-fired pizzeria has become the new neighborhood restaurant concept of choice, along comes an unexpected delight like Helm.

It may be tucked between a vacant, weed-grown lot and a rusted-out former factory on the southern fringe of Kensington, but with every gorgeous plate of house-pulled burrata stuffed with charred ramps and mustard greens, every coffee-crusted leg of lamb dressed with urban-farmed turnips, and every giant monkfish tail for two emerging from the kitchen into this pleasant, airy little dining room, we are reminded of a beautiful Philadelphia truth.

Helm proves once again that genuine talent can overcome a lack of big-money backing to find an audience here, unlike other East Coast cities, where rents and liquor licenses boost the point of entry. When the chefs behind the stove are cooking with the fluid seasonality and contemporary ease of co-chefs and owners Kevin D'Egidio and Mike Griffiths, the 34-seat horsepower of a simple BYO - and a willingness to be a neighborhood pioneer - is all that's needed to focus on the food and shine.

And here's the evidence: $10,000.

That's the grand sum D'Egidio and Griffiths had in savings between them when the two decided to dive into this project, after years of honing their skills in top kitchens such as Fork, Lacroix at the Rittenhouse, Stateside, Will BYOB, Rittenhouse Tavern, and Tangerine.

"It was not a sensible idea," concedes D'Egidio.

http://www.philly.com/philly/food/20150621_LaBan_review_Helm.html#ZlSwzkHOpMwSF6u7.99

The gift of life for Father's Day : Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff Writer

On Father's Day, Adam Nicely got a homemade card, a tiny stuffed animal, and the gift of life.

Nicely had just finished opening a present and card from his two young children, 6 and 4, Sunday morning at his Collingswood home. "Peek-a-boo, I love you," said the little fuzzy critter that popped out of a film canister his son, Wilder, had made for him.

It was shortly before 8, and Nicely decided to go back to the church where his band had practiced the night before, to make sure everything was tidy for Sunday services. The church, Circle of Hope in Pennsauken, was only about 10 minutes away. His wife, Kate, was baking him a shoofly cake, one of his favorites.

He was on South Park Drive in Collingswood, around the 300 block, and he remembers seeing a bright light, and then nothing else.

He doesn't remember his gray micro van barreling down a grassy stretch and plunging into the Cooper River. He doesn't remember water rushing up around him. He doesn't remember his head going under.

And he doesn't remember the dramatic rescue that followed.

Had it not been for a South Park Drive resident who saw Nicely's van go into the murky water and called 911, a trio of women walking nearby who jumped in to help, and the quick response of police and fire rescuers who pulled Nicely unconscious from the sinking car, he likely would have died.

"These are true superheroes, they are," Nicely's mother, Pat, said from her son's hospital room at Cooper University Hospital on Monday. "We thought this was the worst Father's Day possible, and it ended up being the best Father's Day."

 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150623_The_gift_of_life_for_Fathers_s_Day.html#xCJmduVpm8hvFLCH.99

Major heat wave in southern Pakistan kills over 600 people : ADIL JAWAD and ASIF SHAHZAD,

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A scorching heat wave across Pakistan's southern Sindh province has killed at least 622 people, authorities said Tuesday, as morgues overflowed with the dead and overwhelmed hospitals struggled to aid those clinging to life.

Most of the deaths were reported in Karachi, the country's largest city and its commercial hub. The port city on the Arabian Sea had at least 600 fatalities.

Temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) first struck over the weekend in Karachi, with mercury rising in the rest of Sindh province. Hours-long power outages, typical in Pakistan, left fans and air conditioners inoperable.

The heat wave compounded the struggles of ordinary Pakistanis as it struck amid the holy, fasting month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims abstain from food or water during daylight hours.

"We have confirmed data that 622 people died of the heat wave across the whole of province," said Saeed Mangnejo, the top administrative health official in Sindh.

"But the worst hit is Karachi, where over 600 people died of heat stroke, 19 died in other parts of the province," he said, adding that he expects the number of fatalities to climb even further.

The Karachi toll was a significant jump since earlier in the day, the city's director of health Zafar Ejaz said at least 436 people have been killed by the heat wave.

"Many people have been taken to private hospitals where they have died ... we are collecting that data," Mangnejo said.

The power outages also affected the sporadic water supply in Karachi, where those who can afford it rely on tankers of water being delivered to their homes.

Most of the dead are the elderly, said Seemi Jamali, a spokeswoman for Karachi's Jinnah Hospital. Thousands more are being treated for heat-related ailments, including fever and dehydration and stomach-related illnesses, she said. Mortuaries were running out of space, with local television stations showing bodies stacked inside of cold storage rooms of morgues.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20150623_ap_fc308e1d4ee9465a8f6f059331c3d86f.html#scgdbG31ObgPvWz7.99

Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate,

He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager.[1] He later starred in numerous television roles including the long running CBS television series, I Remember Mama and Young Dr. Malone. Later, he would star or co-star in many feature films including Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Charlton Heston's Soylent Green and the Academy Award-winning Charly.[2] Van Patten is the founder of Natural Balance Pet Foods and National Guide Dog Month.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Van Patten's career in show business began as a child actor on Broadway in 1935 in Tapestry In Gray starring Melvyn Douglas. He was billed as Dickie Van Patten and went on to appear in twelve other Broadway plays as a teenager. He moved on to television and movies with the role of Nels Hansen in the 1949 TV series Mama, which ran from 1949 to 1957,[4] and as patriarch Tom Bradford on Eight is Enough, 1977 to 1981. Patten also appeared in episodes of Sanford and Son, Banacek, Arrested Development, The Brian Keith Show, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Adam-12, Emergency!, and Happy Days. In 1999 and 2000, he costarred with Hugh O'Brian, Richard Roundtree, Deborah Winters, and Richard Anderson in the Warren Chaney miniseries, Y2K - World in Crisis.

Van Patten had numerous leading roles in motion pictures including Joe Kidd, The Snowball Express and The Santa Trap.[5] He played the supporting role of Usher #1 alongside Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson in the 1973 film Soylent Green.[1]

He has appeared in several films directed by Mel Brooks, including High Anxiety, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as well as cameos in the music videos for "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Bedrock Anthem" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, and on The Weird Al Show.[8]

He also was a commentator for the World Series of Poker from 1993 to 1995.

On January 12, 2008, Van Patten received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.[9]

On November 1, 2009, Phoenix Books published Eighty Is Not Enough, a book co-authored by Van Patten and Robert Baer in which Van Patten shares an 80-year journey of insights and anecdotes through the entertainment industry. He discusses his journey from his humble beginning in Queens, New York; his rise as a childhood star on Broadway during the Great Depression; working as an actor on the radio; the advent of television and his role in the second-ever live situation comedy Mama; a rough period between acting gigs; a rise back to the top that led the TV icon to the lead role on the popular hit show Eight is Enough and subsequent roles in television and movies.[10]

Van Patten played a role in the 2009 film Opposite Day as Jack Benson.                                                                        A Hollywood legend and patriarch of a famous Hollywood family, Dick was the older brother of actress Joyce Van Patten, the older half-brother of film director and Emmy award winning television director/producer Tim Van Patten, and the uncle of actress Talia Balsam. He had been married to Patricia Poole (aka Pat Van Patten) since 1954. Pat was a professional dancer on Broadway and a June Taylor Dancer on the Jackie Gleason Show where the couple met. They lived in Sherman Oaks, California.

They had three sons, all actors: Vincent Van Patten, Nels Van Patten, and Jimmy Van Patten. Nels who is married to actress Nancy Valen is named for the character Dick played on the CBS TV series Mama.

Dick Van Patten is related to several other well-known actors through marriages. His sister Joyce married actor Martin Balsam. They are the parents of actress Talia Balsam. Talia's first husband was actor George Clooney and she is now married to Mad Men actor John Slattery. Dick's son Vince Van Patten is married to Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless actress and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills regular Eileen Davidson. Dick's other son Nels is married to former Baywatch regular Nancy Valen.

In January 2006, Van Patten was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a diabetic stroke. Van Patten, who suffered from Type 2 diabetes, made a full recovery.

Van Patten died on June 23, 2015 at the age of 86 from diabetic complications in Santa Monica, California.                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Van_Patten

Surprise! Obama and His Team LIED – Gruber Played Major Role in Obamacare : By Onan Coca

I'm sure this won't come as a big surprise to our readers who followed the sage of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber a few months back. Apparently, the Obama administration's many comments, denials and rebuttals on Gruber's involvement in crafting the Obamacare law were all lies! (Will wonders never cease?) Sadly for the incompetent team currently residing in the White House, there is a "paper trail" proving that Gruber was far more involved than they wanted America to know.   http://eaglerising.com/tag/jonathan-gruber/

The Wall Street Journal obtained a treasure trove of emails between Jonathan Gruber and the Obama administration, and the emails contain damning evidence proving that the administration lied to avoid the fallout of Gruber's comments about the "stupidity of the American voter."       http://eaglerising.com/11297/another-video-emerges-obamacare-architect-calling-americans-stupid/

From Fox News:    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/22/controversial-mit-economist-jonathan-gruber-reportedly-played-key-role-in/

The Wall Street Journal, citing 20,000 pages of emails sent by Gruber between January 2009 and March 2010, reported Sunday that Gruber was frequently consulted by staffers and advisers for both the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about the Affordable Care Act. Among the topics that Gruber discusses in the emails are media interviews, consultations with lawmakers, and even how to publicly describe his role.     http://www.wsj.com/articles/mit-economist-jonathan-gruber-had-bigger-role-in-health-law-emails-show-1434910195 

The Journal reports that the officials Gruber contacted by e-mail included Peter Orszag, then the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); Jason Furman, an economic adviser to the president; and Ezekiel Emanuel, then a special adviser for health policy at OMB.

From the Hill:      http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/245675-report-gruber-had-larger-role-in-obamacare

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told the newspaper that the communications disprove Gruber's past assertions that he was a limited participant in creating the healthcare law.

The House Oversight Committee chairman added that his committee had obtained 20,000 pages emails after working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where Gruber is an economist.

http://eaglerising.com/20001/surprise-obama-and-his-team-lied-gruber-played-major-role-in-obamacare/

Whoa. Pope says You Can't make Guns and Call Yourself a Christian! : By Tim Brown

Pope Francis has to be one of the most Marxist popes the Roman Catholic Church has seen in recent decades. Over the weekend he had the audacity to claim that those who are engaged in gunmaking cannot call themselves Christians.      http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/05/pope-francis-drunk-with-power-in-a-vito-corleone-kind-of-way/   

At a youth rally in Turin, Italy, the pope said, ""It makes me think of ... people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons," he said, according to Reuters. "That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?"     http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/22/pope-francis-says-those-in-weapons-industry-cant-call-themselves-christian

But what about those who invest in such companies? He has similar words.

"Duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."

This is the same guy who rides in a bulletproof car. He's also the same hypocrite whose Vatican danced around with the idea of homosexuality while conducting sodomite orgies, embraced anti-Christ Islam, recognized the terror state of Palestine, pushed for a new world order and even toyed with the idea of evolution.    http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/10/vatican-homosexuals-gifts-qualities-offer-christian-community/    http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/04/mass-homosexual-orgies-discovered-in-the-vatican-more-evidence-of-the-homosexual-takeover-of-the-vatican/     http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/10/pope-goes-darwin-pushes-evolution-big-bang/ 

Furthermore, let's just ask the glaring question before the entire world... how does man, dressed in the finest of linens, housed in a 1,100 room palace and served hand and foot by servants exemplify the Lord Jesus Christ? How exactly does that work? Not to mention that the palace he lives in was built on the backs of the poor throughout Europe with a bunch of hocus pocus nonsense advanced the papacy and John Tetzel. And why? It was all for the sake of the love of money.

While Francis made several other comments, including those built upon previous comments about World War I and World War II, the reality is that there is a supreme difference between those who manufacture weapons for the protection of the innocent and those who build them for the destruction of the innocent.

I do not purchase guns nor do I promote the sale of guns, such as the Joshua Mark 5, so that they will be used to destroy the lives of innocent people. No, on the contrary, my guns and the ones I promote are to be used lawfully and in preservation of life and the keeping of a free state.     http://joshuamark5.com/2014/07/ryan-croft-joshua-mk5-arak-hybrid-rifle/  https://youtu.be/4foPDNH-rHs        http://gunsinthenews.com/guns-the-difference-between-the-garland-texas-jihad-and-charlie-hebdo-attacks/       http://gunsinthenews.com/federal-gun-laws-unconstitutional/      

 http://eaglerising.com/19988/whoa-pope-says-you-cant-make-guns-and-call-yourself-a-christian/#Lobi0hviUfBi20o5.99