Written bomb threat halts takeoff at Fla. aiport

Written bomb threat halts takeoff at Fla. airport
Authorities say a plane about to take off from a South Florida airport was returned to the gate after a passenger found a Bomb Threat scribbled in a magazine. According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, the note said there was a bomb aboard the Spirit Airlines flight that was preparing to take off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The flight was bound for Atlanta. Sure, John Kerry likes free Speech. When he agrees with it. Is there Corruption in the Obama administratio...

Top Journalists Join World Journalism Institute at CPAC
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 6, 2011 The World Journalism Institute has become a participating organization in the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), seeking to equip young conservative Journalists to effectively compete for jobs in the mainstream newsrooms of America. This year’s conference will be held in Washington, D.C., from February 10 - 12. CPAC is the nation’s largest gathering of Conservatives annually. It is a project of the American Conservative Union Foundati

Flights canceled, roads icy as storm hits South...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A blast of winter weather pushed across the South on Sunday, coating bridges and roads with snow, sleet and freezing rain and causing hundreds of flight cancelations. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley issued emergency declarations. Riley said workers had readied snow and salt trucks to help clear icy roads, and he asked all residents to stay home Sunday night and Monday unless necessary. Mississippi officials warned motorists early Sunday that ice was a...

Winter Storm Spreads Through South
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A blast of winter weather pushed across the South on Sunday, coating bridges and roads with snow, sleet and freezing rain and causing hundreds of Flight Cancellations. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley issued emergency declarations. Riley said workers had readied snow and salt trucks to help clear icy roads, and he asked all residents to stay home Sunday night and Monday unless necessary. Mississippi officials warned motorists early Sunday that ice was ...

Atlanta to have severe winter storm
ATLANTA, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Forecasters in Atlanta say a severe winter storm is expected to bring 5 inches of snow in some areas of the city Sunday night. Forecasts were for snow to start falling from between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday until just before sunrise Monday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Varying amounts of snow were predicted in different areas of the city, with only 1 to 2 inches forecast in the southern metro area. "The lesser amounts are due to a quicker changeover from sn...

Reemergence of Sistrunk: Possible hope for the future
Often, I frequent Sistrunk Boulevard because it is very close to Las Olas Blvd in Fort Lauderdale and I visit the libraries located there from time to time. Las Olas is such a contrast to the rundown apartment buildings and shops that I observe while traveling down Sistrunk. To my surprise, renovation construction has started on the Sistrunk just this week. It is surprising to think that at one time Sistrunk was the black Epicenter of the Black Community in Fort Lauderdale. Sistrunk was at the f...

Threatening note cancels Florida flight
A search by the Broward County Sheriff's Bomb Squad of the plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport turned up nothing, spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Flight 230, bound for Atlanta with 115 people aboard, was on the runway around 10 Saturday night when a passenger told the crew there was a note in a magazine claiming a bomb was on the plane, authorities said. Misty Pinson of Spirit Air said the flight was canceled and travelers were rebooked on o...

Hating the Sinner
Harsanyi: it’s Social Conservatism that will most often turn those with Secular sensibilities away from the right. Even within the movement, a Libertarian vs. social conservative debate has roiled on forever. This dynamic is only going to change when political expediency becomes a force more powerful than faith — which is to say the day after we pay off the National Debt. Now, it’s true that social Conservatives can be unfairly ridiculed as bigots in these debates. But sometimes,...

Queer Talk: Palin Retweets in Support of Gays?
Last Tuesday (January 4) Sarah Palin retweeted a comment by conservative radio host Tammy Bruce (who is “openly” Lesbian, and chairs the Advisory Board of GOProud, a pro-gay rights Republican group). Bruce’s original tweet referred to Owen Honors, the captain of the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise who was relieved of that command Tuesday when a part of his past commandery actions came to light. A few years ago, while second-in-command, Honors was responsible for a series of vid...

MRC Scooped By WND On Its Own Story
MRC Scooped By WND On Its Own Story Topic: Media Research Center In a story posted at 9:55 p.m. ET on Jan. 6, WorldNetDaily's Brian Fitzpatrick reported that the Media Research Center would not participate in the conservative confab CPAC "because of the continued participation of the Homosexual Activist organization GOProud." As of this writing, however, this news has not appeared on any MRC-operated website. That is curious. Why did the MRC allow WND to scoop it on a story it ar...

Jail nurse allegedly sent nude pics
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said a nurse at the Broward County Jail was arrested for allegedly giving a Prisoner a cellphone and sending it nude pictures. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said Carline Jean, 34, of Margate was arrested Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into jail employees providing Contraband to prisoners, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday. The arrest of Jean, who is accused of giving a Prisoner a cellphone and sending hi...

Thanks, Conservatives!
Thanks so much for all the over-the-top Rhetoric about how the Democrats are unlawful fascist tyrants who must be overthrown or killed. Thanks so much for nodding and winking at the Teabaggers who paraded around with Firearms and “Time To Water The Tree Of Liberty” t-shirts at Democratic healthcare townhalls. Thanks so much for denying all responsibility every time some nut goes off and attacks liberals or Democrats, and/or implying that they were perfectly justified. Thanks so much ...

Abortion Center Director Falsely Reporting Bomb Threat Gets 5 Years
Meek reported on August 13 that a bomb had been placed in a trash receptacle, but she told the court in October she purchased an egg timer and place that in a trash bin and called the local police to report a Bomb Scare. Officials took the threat seriously and the Abortion center and a building adjacent to it were evacuated. KJRH indicates Meek was sentenced today to five years prohabion due to her role in the incedent. Meek, 63, eventually left her position with the Abortion business after the ...

Jail Workers Accused Of Sex Wtih Inmates
(NewsCore) - Female employees at the main Broward County jail in Florida have been accused of having sex with inmates, FOXNews.com reported Saturday. Jail technician Kiara Walker, former deputy Salisia Pascoe, and former nurse Caroline Jean are under investigation for having sexual relationships with Prison inmates, according to Fox News affiliate WSVN-TV. "It's disgusting, it's deplorable, and I'm sickened that they would resort to this kind of behavior," Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti told...

Republicans Tussle Over Conservatisms Future
Dissent is rippling through the ranks of the Republican Party. Some prominent right-wing groups have announced that they will not attend a major party event next month due to the presence of gay groups and others perceived to be at odds with Conservatism. —JCL Some prominent right-wing groups say they will not attend a major Republican gathering in Washington next month, objecting to the presence of gay groups and other organizations whose aims they say are incompatible with Conservatism. ...

After the Arizona shootings, can Obamaor anyonebring America back from the brink?
But Obama has some qualifications that go beyond his office. One of the themes of his campaign was the promise to restore civility and restraint to politics. This weekend's shooting may be waking a lot of people up to how far we have to go on both scores. Obama has been trying to lead in that direction for years now—he wrote a book about the lack of trust that has corroded the public debate, and gave a thoughtful Speech about the power of restraint in particular with regard to Abortion. The s...

Megyn Kelly Takes On Leftist Hero Sheriff Dupnik After He Blamed Conservatives For Screwballs Killing Spree (Video)
Megyn Kelly took on the Far Left Arizona Sheriff Clarenece Dupnik after his offensive remarks blaming Conservatives for the Shooting Spree by and anti-Christian, anti-Constitution, left-wing, pro-Marx, antiflag, “quite liberal” lunatic. The crazy irresponsible sheriff had nothing to back up his inflammatory statements. On Fox News, Megyn Kelly interviewed the man in charge of the Arizona shooting investigation, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. Kelly introduced the interview sayin...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
(01-09) 04:00 PST Tucson -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Grocery Store during a meeting with voters, killing a Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly act...

"MORE LAWS ARE NEEDED!"
"MORE LAWS ARE NEEDED!" Yes, that is what exactly what they will say, if they haven't already. As I just said to M. Simon in an email, I find the uproar over what happened yesterday so predictable that I can barely stand it. I have seen the same type of opportunistic demagoguery in reaction to every shooting incident -- from Oswald to Sirhan to James Earl Ray to Columbine to David Purdy to whoever -- right on down to the latest loony tune asshole. I loathe having to listen to these reactions,...

Stanek Sunday funnies 1-9-11
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This Week in Automotivators, January 3-9
Just a few stories that caught my eye this week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the link under each picture if you need a little explanation. Link: Future of Capitalism. Link: The TrogloPundit. Link: The MacIver Institute. Link: GoDaddy Bowl. Link: The Other McCain. Make your own automotivators. Share this article! Conservatives with Attitude!...

Appropriations staff staying put
Republican leaders have bucked pleas from some Conservatives for a massive staff shakeup of the House Appropriations Committee - a move critics say would help the party fulfill its promise to reform and tamp down Washington's out-of-control spending pr......

Monday Is Going To Be A Huge Day For The Muni Debt Crisis Debate (MUB)
Email Sent! You have successfully emailed the post. According to Forrest Wilder at The Texas Observer, on Monday the Texas Comptroller will unveil its revenue estimate for the forthcoming Budget session. The subject of the Texas Budget has become a national sensation ever since we wrote about the story last week. Paul Krugman followed up on our piece, and since then the debate has fallen down across predictable partisan lines, with liberals claiming that Texas shows the fallacy of low-tax, low-...

Political rhetoric and political violence: Are conservatives like Palin to blame for the Arizona shooting?
By Michael J.W. Stickings In the wake of yesterday's deadly shooting in Arizona, the Assassination attempt on Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, with fingers being pointed (justifiably, I think) at the likes of Sarah Palin (and the Tea Party, as well as much of the Republican Party), much of the talk today is about Political Speech: Do Palin and others deserve any of the blame for what happened yesterday? More broadly, what is appropriate and what isn't? At Slate, Jack Shafer defends "inflamm...

State Dept Reverses, Will Keep Mother, Father on Passports
Good. The Political Correctness of LibProgs stopped (a bit) but only made possible by the conservative midterm victory. In a bid to forestall a backlash from congressional Conservatives, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered the State Department to amend a bureaucratic change that would have eliminated the titles “mother” and “father” in favor of the gender-neutral term “parent” in passport applications and other documents. The State Departmen...