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Wednesday
December 24, 2014
WEEKLY
Volume 18, Issue 43©
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New York City
slides toward
chaos after
police officers
assassinated
Page 12
Another Reason
to Hate the IRS:
Your Tax Refund Next Year
May Be Delayed
U.S. border agent:
‘Morale never been lower’
‘If there isn’t a change soon, there will be a large exodus of agents’
By Leo Hohmann
Fox News
By: John Hayward
Officer Wenjian Liu
Officer Wenjian Liu
Take a bow, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hero of the Revolution. You
got what you were pushing for.
After weeks of the Mayor treating his own police force like a
gang of psychotic racist killers
he couldn’t even trust to watch
over his mixed-race son, in order
to curry favor with the mobs of
protesters filling the streets (often illegally, but apparently city
ordinances don’t apply to such
righteous crusaders), a particularly deranged protester murdered
two police officers on Saturday
afternoon. The New York Post
reports on the killings:
“No warning, no provocation
— they were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform,”
Police Commissioner William
Bratton said.
Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael
Ramos were working overtime as
part of an anti-terrorism drill in
Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 3
p.m. when they were shot pointblank in the head by lone gunman
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who had
addresses in Georgia, Maryland
and Brooklyn.
Moments after killing the two
officers, Brinsley, too, was dead,
having turned his gun on himself
on a nearby subway platform as
cops closed in.
Liu, 32, a newlywed of only two
months, had seven years on the
force; Ramos, 40, dad to two
sons, had two years on the job.
Brinsley was a devotee of the
Religion of Peace - a detail
somehow left out of most mainstream-media accounts - but for
some reason its teachings of
gentle brotherly love did not curb
his homicidal urges. He began
the afternoon by shooting his
ex-girlfriend in the stomach and
posting such declarations on his
Instagram page as, “I’m putting
wings on pigs today” and “They
See Officers, pg. 11
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
agents have had their authority
to detain illegal aliens reduced,
some have been disarmed, and
now they are seeing cuts in their
paychecks.
nized like crazy for anything over
eight hours,” he said.
All of this is taking a toll on morale, said one of the agents in an
exclusive interview with WND.
The agent, whom WND agreed not
to identify due to the possibility of
retribution against him, said the
frustration level was causing many
agents in his unit, which includes
about 200 officers, to look for
work elsewhere.
A border agent in southeastern
California said the issues with
agent pay has to do with overtime
polices. “We’re getting scruti-
Congress passed a reform law that
will change the way Border Patrol
agents are paid starting next year,
leading to a pay cut for most agents
under the new system.
“Most of us are pretty happy
with the current system but the
supervisors are not supposed to
micromanage our overtime,” the
agent told WND. “We’re getting
contradictory messages from our
supervisors.”
On the one hand agents are told
they should not leave the field
See Border, pg. 4
GOP: To win in 2016, boot Boehner now
Dr. Gina Loudon calls speaker a villain
willing to compromise public trust
As the wife and media liaison of
a six-term Missouri legislator, I
learned a lot about the game of
politics and how it is played by
those who are best at it. Politicians
can play “nice guy” for the voters,
and unless the voters know the
inside ball game of politics, they
will never even know what actually
happened.
Politicians can say one thing and
can then completely sabotage their
own efforts in an attempt to look
like a victim to the system.
Many would like to think of Speaker John Boehner as a principled
man who is a victim of the process,
but anyone close to Boehner knows
better. He isn’t dumb. He simply
would rather look like the victim
than the villain.
Voters rushed to the polls to give
Speaker Boehner the power to
stop Obama’s executive amnesty
and the rest of his anti-American
agenda. Exit polling showed that
three-quarters of voters opposed
Obama’s amnesty. Boehner accepted the power handed to him in
the election, then ignored the will
of the voters who handed him that
power.
To me, anyone who accepts the
public trust and then uses that
trust for personal gain, ignoring
the responsibilities he had when he
took the oath of office, is a definitive villain. Even when some of a
politician’s causes are noble but he
is willing to compromise the public
trust, he remains a villain.
Speaker Boehner not only betrayed
the trust of the voters who did not
want amnesty, but he then made
a deal with President Obama and
even enjoyed a congratulatory call
with him after the deal was final.
Those are the actions of a politician who does not care that he was
entrusted by the public to act specifically on the issue of amnesty.
This could mean major losses for
Republicans in 2016 if the situation isn’t rectified and Boehner
isn’t gone.
Over 400,000 letters are on their
way to the offices of Republican
leaders and members who are being
asked by voters to end Boehner’s
reign – as part of the “Dump
Boehner” campaign spearheaded
by WND’s Joseph Farah. Conservatives fear that if Boehner isn’t
gone, they will see a repeat of what
happened in 2006 and 2008, only
worse.
Conservative or not, most Republicans would agree that those actions
are not Republican at all.
Republicans have lost confidence
in this speaker and will lose confidence in their elected Republicans
if they don’t make significant
changes now. There is one opportunity for Republicans to hold
onto the victories they saw at the
polls in 2014, and that is to replace
Boehner as speaker. After the actions over the last couple of weeks
by Republicans, I see nothing else
that can save their skin in the elections of 2016.
The psychological reasons for going into politics are complicated
but limited. Most politicians go
into politics for one of two reasons
– they truly want to be a civil servant, or they are so egomaniacal
and narcissistic that the idea of
all the attention and power is too
intoxicating for them to resist.
If John Boehner were my own relative, I would say it is time for him to
resign to give Republicans a chance
in 2016. The voters who may not be
paying attention now will be paying
attention in the coming months,
and ultimately they will have it
no other way. There is no clear
path to victory for Republicans in
2016, but there is a very clear path
to defeat.
Speaker Boehner has made it clear
that his priority is more power,
even if it means more compromise. Conservatives have made it
clear that they are not willing to
forfeit elections in 2016 to placate
a speaker who has not answered
their call for real change.
It might sound strange, but the
most important thing you can do to
win in 2016 might be to get your
friends and family on board to press
congressional Republicans to oust
Boehner now.
Conservatives have consistently
and repeatedly entrusted Republican leadership with a nation in
peril. Most Republican voters believe that 2014 was a referendum
on Democrats, and that the results
of the elections charged Republicans with the responsibility of making significant changes. The first
thing Republicans did post-election
under Boehner’s leadership is cut a
deal on amnesty. The second thing
Republicans did under Boehner’s
leadership is cut a deal with Obama
himself that spends more and does
nothing to curb the debt.
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The Internal Revenue Service is crying poor in the face
of budget cuts and weighing the
possibility of its own short-term
shutdown -- even warning that
tax refunds could be delayed
next year.
IRS Commissioner John
Koskinen gave details Thursday
on ways the tax-collection agency
might try to cut costs. He said
everything from taxpayer services
to enforcement efforts could be
affected.
But, in a move that could
impact millions, he said there
could be a lag in refunds being
processed.
“Everybody’s return will
get processed,” Koskinen told
reporters. “But people have gotten very used to being able to file
their return and quickly getting
a refund. This year we may not
have the resources, the people to
provide refunds as quickly as we
have in the past.”
In recent years, the IRS
says it was able to issue most
tax refunds within 21 days, if the
returns were filed electronically.
Koskinen wouldn’t estimate how
long they might be delayed in the
upcoming filing season, which is
just a few weeks away.
Congress cut the IRS budget by $346 million for the budget year that ends in September
2015. The $10.9 billion budget is
$1.2 billion less than the agency
received in 2010. The agency
has come under heavy fire from
congressional Republicans for
its now-halted practice of applying extra scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt
status.
The cuts come as the IRS
is starting to play a bigger role in
implementing President Obama’s
health care law. For the first time,
taxpayers will have to report on
their tax returns whether they
have health insurance.
Some Republicans in Congress have vowed to cut IRS
funding as a way to hurt implementation of the health care
law. Koskinen has said it won’t
work.
He said the IRS is required
to enforce the law, so other areas
will have to be cut, including taxpayer services and enforcement.
Koskinen said the IRS is
imposing a hiring freeze, except
for emergencies, and is eliminating almost all overtime.
“In some ways, these budget cuts are really a tax cut for
tax cheats,” Koskinen said. “Because to the extent we have fewer
people to audit and enforce the
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Governor Mary Fallin’s “Oklahoma Now”
THE VIEW FROM HERE
By Neil Carson (CKA Bob McDowell)
Another Year Gone
It seems like only last week
that we were welcoming a brand
new year of our Lord 2014. As
age increases the days, weeks,
months, and years are seaming
much shorter. Or maybe age slows
a person down so that it just takes
longer to get the same things done.
In any event, the year just ending
has been successful in some ways,
but disastrous in some others.
The societies of the world
seem to be becoming more confrontational to the point of downright evil in some cases. The most
prime example of that is the rise of
the ISIS movement of Islamofasciasts who have taken over parts of
Iraq and Syria, and still expanding.
They seem to be extremely well
financed and supplied while those
being subjugated are doing the best
they can with what little has been
furnished to them. One wonders if
the infamous George Soros is not
secretly giving them some major
financial aid. They have shown
themselves to be utterly ruthless
to the point of, in my opinion, being the ultimate evil. A religion
of peace?
On the home front are well
orchestrated and organized riot
groups wreaking their destruction
on the homes and businesses of,
mostly minority, decent citizens.
They have taken their nefarious
‘demonstrations’ (riots) far from
the locals of the incidents they
claim to be protesting. It was
several times reported that those
arrested in the St. Louis area were,
for the very most part, from out of
State, and flown, bussed or trained
into the area. Reminded me of the
previous ‘occupy Wall Street’ mess
where the trash were paid to do
their dirty (in spades) work.
Contrast those things with
the “Tea Partiers” rallies where the
site used was left in a better and
more clean condition that before
they met. No one was beaten up,
robbed, or killed and no businesses
were destroyed and/or looted. And
yet, those of the C/S persuasion
continually rail about how ‘terrible’
they are, and are given total coverage in a complicit media.
However, there were some
hopeful signs during the year.
There was a really massive overhaul in the November elections although, sad to say, the new majority leaders have not been changed
from being in the minority and
do not seem to
be desirous of
making some
major and
much needed
changes in the
thrust of agenda. It remains
to be seen, after Congress
re-convenes in January, whether
there will be some real progress
made toward turning the economy
around. If so you can bet the
PRESBO and his minions will use
every clean and questionable tool
available to them to thwart real
progress.
Back to basics is where we
need to go. It is time that both
political parties’ people return to
the basic principals on which they
were founded. We, the ‘laity’ of
the political parties must rise up
and change the programs that have
brought us to the situation existing
today. To accomplish this, the “establishment” groups in control must
be replaced. There must be an end
to the attitude that ‘it’s someone’s
turn, to be in a particular elective
office. That might very well require the replacement of those in
the current “establishment”.
We must demand that the
Constitution cease being ignored
in the management of the Nation,
and states, that statutes (laws)
passed be obeyed and if nefarious
be repealed. We as citizens are
required to ‘live within our means’
and so should the governments
at various levels. To accomplish
these goals will require dedication,
effort, money and time. It has taken
just over a century to get into the
position we find ourselves, so a
turn-around will not happen over
night. But as the saying goes, to
begin the journey we must take the
first step. I only hope real progress
can be seen before it is my turn to
“turn the body in” for a new one.
To one and all the most
Happy and Prosperous New Year.
The Conservative View
By Russell Turner
Fair Weather Friends
It has been said that we cannot pick our enemies but we can
pick our friends. I have found that
having true friends can be a huge
blessing. When someone has the
same values and supports the same
causes that you do, they can be a
source of inspiration. However
everyone who claims to be your
friend may not be a true friend.
Some people are only your friend
when things are going well or as
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long as we have something they
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soon as you fall out of the social
graces your so-called friend doesn’t
want to be seen with you. If someone is ashamed to be seen with me
I certainly don’t want to call him
my friend. This is the Christmas
season; I feel that it should be a
time when we look at ourselves and
see how good a friend we are.
Christmas is supposed to be
the celebration of the birth of Jesus
Christ. Our nation was founded
upon the Judao Christian principles, but it seems that we have
forgotten that. We have become
so worried about being politically
correct and offending some group
we have remained silent when we
should be speaking up in support of
our friend and savior Jesus Christ.
While many like to complain about
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the state of our nation and our elected leaders, we do little to stop it. In
a Christian nation with churches
everywhere why are we seeing
the declines in morals, traditional
family lifestyles and an out-ofcontrol government? Are too many
people afraid to speak up because
they might be called some kind of
terrorist because they profess their
faith in Jesus
Christ? Are
we so afraid
of offending
some other
religion that
we are willing to allow
Christianity
to be minimized for
Russell Turner
some minority group?
While other religions claim
to be a religion of peace, their
actions prove otherwise. Instead
of commanding Christians to kill
anyone who doesn’t agree with
them, Christ ordered his followers
to love their enemies. The reason
for the season is Jesus Christ, but
we have substituted snowmen and
jingle bells. I was in a major retail
store the other day and I noticed
there weren’t any nativity scenes
for sale in the decoration section.
Our nation has enjoyed many blessings from God. I wonder, how long
will those blessings continue if we
have become so politically correct
that we are afraid of offending
someone because we profess our
faith? I believe that God gives
each of us the 3T’s (time, talent
and treasure) and it is our duty to
use those gifts wisely. I think this
Christmas season would be a good
time to renew our friendship with
God; like we humans He may not
want to be our friend if we are
ashamed of him. If we Americans
have the good sense to renew that
friendship we are promised that he
will heal our land. Let us be more
than a fair weather friend. Merry
Christmas.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The BANNER
From My Pointless View...by Ruth Bivens
Aunt Ruth’s Famous Peanut Brittle
Oops! Did I just see December 20th on the calendar?
Hummm, let me see. That must
mean that it is five days until
Christmas. That means that I
am about a month behind with
shopping and candy making. I
wonder how I am going to get
out of this fix.
For the last three or four
months I have been buying
small things, gifty type things,
and chucking them into the bottom of my closet. I guess the
time has come for me to haul
that stuff out, check my gift
list, and see what I have and
what I need. And, then there is
the candy.
For nigh on to a hundred years I have made Peanut
Brittle for friends and family for
Christmas. I remember, when
Hubby had his State Farm office
in Tulsa, I would be up night
and day making candy for his
fellow agents and best clients
for Christmas. I can remember
making over 40 batches to give
away. At least, we had the
money to do it back then.
Now, here we are, in our
little house just 10 miles north
of the Mexican border, trying
to get ready for Christmas, and
all of the related activities connected with the season on the
mission field. Friday the 19ththat would be yesterday (seems
like it was a long time ago) we
drove back over to the Seminary
of the Cross in Reynosa for a
special luncheon honoring the
teachers. Our “con-suegros”
(our older son’s in-laws) work
there. Brother Lalo Gonzalez
is the director of the Seminary.
He is the one who arranged for
us to teach there during this past
semester, carefully working
around our busy schedule as we
ran back and forth to Oklahoma
and Alabama for conferences.
They came over Thursday and
I took them to the Spanish
Christian Book Store, and to
WalMart. We had doubted that
we really had time to go back to
the Seminary just to eat lunch,
but, they begged us to come. So,
we went.
The semester ended last
week since the pastor scheduled
to teach all of this week did not
show up. So, all of the students
went home. Since most of them
live close, they were able to return for the meal. The luncheon
was a sweet time, just sitting
visiting with Lalo, Elvira, their
son Gabriel and his wife Marisol, who work there with them,
and the students. Brother Lalo
grilled chickens, beef steaks,
and large chorizos- long, fat,
link sausages, cut in half. There
were stacks of warm tortillas for
making tacos, some good salsa,
and bowls of Frijoles CharosMexican style beans.
By the time we got home
it was about four. Traffic on
the Pharr International Bridge
is a mess at this time of year.
People in Mexico who have
the resources to get papers to
cross the border and shop do it.
We see lots of license plates on
cars from Monterrey, which is
about three hours south west of
Pharr. And, then, there is always
a good variety of others from
way down in central Mexico.
The attraction north of the river
is the variety of items available,
and the better prices. And, most
folks up north seem to think that
things are cheaper in Mexico.
Not so! They just need to go to
a Mexican grocery store to have
their eyes opened. That is why
we always go to the big Costco
store here in Pharr and load up
on groceries before we go to the
Getsemani Children’s Home.
Last night we attended
the Christmas program at the
Light of Life Free Will Baptist
mission church in north McAllen. We had gone Wednesday
evening for the AWANA meeting. We always help with that
project when we are in the area
on Wednesdays. But, it was
the only evening they had for
rehearsal for the program. So,
we got to see the rough draft
and the finished project. The
play was great. The children
were all
so cute,
dressed
in their
carefully
made costumes, as
they enacted the
Christmas story.
Ruth Bivens
The pastor, dressed as the writer Luke,
read the story from the books
of Luke and Matthew. So, no
one had to memorize text, just
act out their part as the pastor
read the story.
Now, we are down to the
last minutes to get ready for
Christmas. I planned to make
Peanut Brittle today, but, it
is cloudy and the humidity is
80% here on the border. We
have sunny days predicted for
Monday and Tuesday. So, I
am going to get gifts wrapped
and under the tree today, and
find out if I have missed someone. Then, I plan to make
candy Monday. Meanwhile, if
you are interested, I am tucking in my Famous Recipe.
I trust that you will have
a special Christmas with your
family this year. God bless
you richly. And, please, don’t
forget that we who work in
Mexico need, and deeply appreciate your prayer.
AUNT RUTH’S
FAMOUSPEANUT
BRITTLE
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- Costs Added to OUR Property Tax Bills for Retrofitting
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The information below will be posted with the YouTube soon to be created from this meeting. . .We believe this information is important to get
out far and wide, as soon as possible. . .
COMMENT: The city has adopted codes, ordinances and statutory
a resolution allowing property
owners to participate in “three”
financing programs for water,
energy efficiency upgrades
and the installation of renewable energy climate action plan
requirements . The city would
not incur any expense from
their general fund by adopting
this resolution for the property
owners. This meeting was attended by very few members of
the public and ONLY a couple
questions were asked on this
agenda item by the public . . .
and those questions were NOT
answered by the city attorney,
city staff or the council. (Below
is a link for the City Council
Staff Report).
The city council voted unanimously to allow participation of city property owners in
the Property Assessed Clean
Energy (PACE) programs,
CaliforniaFIRST and California
HERO, and to work collaboratively in the region as members
of the Sonoma County PACE
Financing “Marketplace”.
While this city council staff
“financing” report pertains to
a city in Northern California,
YOUR cities and counties are
signing these loan programs via
GRANTS and CONTRACTS
for you to ultimately be forced
into increasing your debt if
you do not have personal funds
to pay for reducing your Co2
emissions. These programs are
being adopted covertly without
the informed knowledge or
consent of the people living in
the communities.
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until comes to boil.
equipment as assessed by the
Remove lid.
Place candy thermometer.
Be careful that thermometer
does not touch the bottom of
the pan.
Boil until reaches 230
degrees
Stir in two cups raw peanuts slowly
Continue boiling, keep
stirring,
until it reaches 280 degrees
Add 2 tablespoons butter .
Continue stirring.
Cook to 300 degrees.
Remove from heat.
Stir in:
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
Stir until foamy.
Shake onto flexible, buttered,
jelly roll pan, 11x15
cookie sheet
Candy scraped from pan
will be hard.
Scrape it into a specific
corner.
Do not spread with spatula
or spoon.
Breaking the bubbles
causes the
candy to be hard.
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energy audits. Energy audit
companies are offering audits
for free to assess what replacements you must make in your
homes, offices, etc. to reduce
YOUR Co2 emissions. These
building replacements will be
costly, since the goal is to reduce YOUR green house gas
aka Co2 emissions to ZERO
or as close to ZERO as possible . . . In short, all previous
building codes and existing
structures built in accordance
with approved, engineered and
approved permitted plans will
now violate climate change
energy reduction requirements
. . . Most ALL previously permitted buildings are inefficient,
unsustainable and will not be
in compliance with the NEW
“corporate” laws that our incorporated cities, counties, states
and the federal government have
adopted for us to reduce green
house gas emissions. Properties
that are not in compliance will
be given opportunities to create indebtedness by financing
energy upgrades. We asked the
city council during this meeting
if people on fixed incomes or
people that cannot afford to take
on energy upgrade loans would
be penalized? Public comment ended and the questions
from the public were ignored.
We, of course, informed the
council that there is unsettled
and questionable science as to
whether global warming is even
REAL . . .
ALL structures, nationwide, that were permitted
and built without energy
upgrades will be out of
compliance, and will NOT
meet the Co2 emission reductions . . . Properties
that are not upgraded
will be unsustainable and
will be dealt with by your
local code enforcement
officers. Note: That as of
December 2014 Thirtyone (31) states and the
District of Columbia have
passed legislation allowing for the PACE financing mechanism to operate
within the state . . .
The financing terms
in Sonoma County in
Northern California for
the PACE financing is
7% simple interest for
a 10 or 20 year term.
California HERO (Home
Energy Renovation Opportunity) terms are a 5
to 25 year term. Interest
on the 5 year term is approximately 5.75% and
on the 25 year term the
interest is approximately
8.25% . . . referencewww.
SonomaCountyEnergy.
org or phone Jane Elias
(707) 565-6483 . . .
We were told how the
financing allows for the
acquisition and construction or installation of
distributed generation
renewable energy sources
and energy efficiency
improvements, which include water efficiency improvements “on” or “in”
properties in the County through contractual
assessments paid back
through property taxes .
. . PROPERTY TAXES!
Yes! We were informed
that these energy upgrade financing loans
are collected through
your property tax bills
. . . Keep in mind when
property taxes are late,
fines and penalties are
charged and ultimately
if your property taxes are
not paid your property
can be “taken” . . .
Other energy upgrade requirements as stated in the meeting
were cool roofs, windows,
doors, insulation, solar and
more to meet energy reduction
standards. It is important to
note that these energy reduction
standards are ONLY the “first
phase” of required retrofits.
Review the climate action plan
in your city - type in the name
of your city or county - followed
by plans to reduce green house
gas emissions . . . or go to your
city planning department and
pick up a copy . . .
Smart meters are required along
with the Energy Star rated appliances (Energy Star appliances
are Electric ONLY, and gas
appliances and equipment are
to be phased out).
Obviously, the smart meter
opt-out will no longer provide
people with an analog meter option. Hundreds of documents,
studies and military admissions
have proven that the dangerous
effects of the pulsed microwave
frequencies from the smart grid
deployment causes many illnesses and leads to death.
We were told during this council meeting that there would
be many benefits and a range
of consumer loan choices, and
that financing would hasten
the climate change Co2 reductions in order to prevent the
catastrophic effects of weather
events resulting from Co2 emissions . . . Additionally, we were
told these retrofits would grow
the contractor community in
our town and allow for more
collection of data to meet reductions of green house gas emissions . . for more information
on the implementation of the
Climate Action Plans watch
the YouTube “Who is Running
America and the CAP” . . . and
go towww.StopTheCrime.net
and read Lawfully Yours to
learn ways that you can attempt
to Not Consent.
Dr. Shaw’s Prescription
Is there a message for the New Then Moses said to him, “If
Year found in the Christmas your Presence does not go with
us, do not send us up from here.”
story? Absolutely!
(Exodus 33:14-15 NIV)
It is found in a quote taken directly from the prophet Isaiah The New Living Translation,
7:14. Behold, a virgin shall puts verse 15 like this, Then
be with child, and shall bring Moses said, “If you don’t perforth a son, and they shall call sonally go with us, don’t make
his name Emmanuel, which us leave this place.”
being interpreted is, God with
us. (Matthew 1:23 NIV) Em- God will never send you where
He has not been. God will
manuel, God with us.
By of all the gifts or presents
from God, most important is
His presence. Emmanuel, God
with us.
never take you
anywhere, but
what He will
go with you.
God has said,
“Never will
I leave you;
never will I
forsake you.”
(Hebrews 13:5
NIV) Emmanuel, God
with us.
Sen. Wayne Shaw
Member
FDIC
As God was preparing Moses
Allow to cool.
to lead the people of Israel, He
Break into serving size gave him this positive promise,
pieces.
“My Presence will go with you,
ENJOY!
and I will give you rest.”
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Your car’s hidden ‘black We’re Being Cooked!!... by Joe Esposito
week in the BANNER Newspaper article December 24, 2014, is an article taken from the Red Dirt
box’ and how to keep it This
Report covering the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s hearing, December 18th. The hearing addressed
two filed exceptions on November 3, 2014, to the Administrative Law Judge Jacqueline T. Miller’s Report of
private
245 pages filed on October 24, 2014 concerning AEP-PSO’s attempt to gain permission for installation of
By Kim Komando
Most commercial airplanes have that starts at $2,000 and can cost
an indestructible flight recorder up to $20,000 with accessories.
known as a “black box” — even The CDR system plugs into the
though the casing is actually bright on-board diagnostics port under
orange — that records information the dashboard on the driver’s side
from the flight computers. Another and transfers the information to a
box records cockpit audio and other special computer program.
sources around the plane. In the
event of a crash, investigators can Obviously, car manufacturers
recover the black boxes and find have the equipment. The NHTSA
out exactly what happened.
and law enforcement have the
resources to get the information
Cars can have black boxes, too. In either directly or through specialfact, it’s a good bet your current car ized third parties. Third-party
has one. And if it doesn’t, your next shops often pull the data as part of
new car certainly will. That’s why an accident reconstruction service.
you should know exactly what that Insurance companies and law
black box is recording, who can get firms may also use third parties to
the information and how you can get data for accident investigations
stay in control.
or court cases.
Then there’s the group everyone
worries about — hackers. In most
cases, I doubt hackers want your
black box data. It would need to
contain a lot more data on you to
make it worth their while.
2005 Chevy Cobalt
A bit of history
Black boxes in cars aren’t a new
thing. They were installed in cars
from Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet
and Pontiac in 1994 to help General
Motors manufacturers learn how
their cars performed in crashes.
Hackers are more interested in
hacking cars so they can take
control of them from a distance.
Unfortunately, they’re getting
good at it, and it’s getting easier
as cars become more and more
computer controlled. Do you own
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Since the early 2000s, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been collecting black
box information to get a better
picture of the circumstances surrounding accidents. Last year, 96
percent of new cars sold in the
United States came with a black
box. As of Sept. 1, 2014, every new
vehicle must have one.
That’s the technical side of downloading black box data. There’s
a legal side as well. As of this
writing, 15 states — Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, Texas,
Utah, Virginia and Washington
— have passed regulations regarding who can pull the information
Black box data have been used in a with and without the car owner’s
few high-profile investigations. In permission.
2011, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray totaled a government You can find an up-to-date list
car. He claimed he was driving the of the states and their rules at
speed limit and was wearing a seat the National Conference of State
belt. Investigators used his black Legislatures site. In general, howbox data to show he was driving ever, no one can pull data without
100 mph and wasn’t buckled in at your permission or a court order.
the time of the crash.
Insurance companies can’t use the
data to set your rates unless you
Wondering if your car has a black opt into a program, and those probox? This site lists the year, make grams usually use another tracking
and model of nearly every car that unit. The rules are much less clear
has one. You can also check your in states that haven’t passed any
car’s manual. If you’re buying a car legislation yet.
from a dealership, it has to tell you
if the car has a black box.
Can you keep your data private?
What do black boxes record?
While the first-generation event
data recorders did little more than
track whether the car’s airbags
deployed, recording and sensor
technologies have become smaller
and much more powerful. The
NHTSA has mandated that every
new recorder must track 15 variables, although older recorders
might not have all of them.
The information includes vehicle
speed, throttle position, airbag deployment times, whether the brakes
were applied, whether seat belts
were worn, engine speed, steering
angles and more. Manufacturers
may include up to 30 additional
data points if they want, but they
say they don’t include GPS location, video or audio. Also, the black
box stores information only for 20
seconds around the crash.
Still, anyone with a court order,
or just the right tool and a little
time, can get at your black box
information. There’s no way you
can delete the data or disable the
black box.
Fortunately, there is a simpler
option. Products like AutoCYB,
OBD Lock and OBD Saver put
a lock on the diagnostic port so
no one can plug anything into it
without your permission. That
keeps people from resetting information, extracting data or falsifying records that could be used
against you.
Whether a court order would require you to hand over the keys to
the lock is another story. I’ll leave
that one for the lawyers to decide.
But you can at least make sure that
nothing short of a court order lets
someone get your data.
Still, many privacy advocates worry that the recording length might
eventually increase and include
more identifying information. That
raises the question of who can access the data in the first place.
On the Kim Komando Show, the
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Previous to the ALJ’s decision on October 24th, PSO used the phrase” OFFER the smart meters to their customers” in published newspaper articles and throughout the hearing. During public comment at the hearing
a private citizen confronted OCC and PSO and asked “What the word ‘OFFER’ meant?” This question was
not addressed by the ALJ in her report. However after the ALJ’s report PSO changed from “OFFER” to NO
OPT-OUT for smart meters, therefore making the meters ”MANDATORY” to their customers. The public
needs to realize that there is NO LAW, state or federal, making PSO’s smart meters mandatory.
Red Dirt Report
Corporation Commission hears arguments regarding proposed PSO
rate hike, smart meter concerns
By Tim Farley December 19, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Electric bills for some residential customers would increase more than 20 percent if a
Tulsa-based utility company’s proposed rate hike is approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
The panel heard arguments Thursday from attorneys representing American Electric Power-Public Service
Company of Oklahoma and opposition groups such as AARP who advocated for its members and the public
at large. The commissioners agreed to take the case under advisement, offering no timetable when a decision
would be made in the $24 million rate increase case.
AARP attorney Deborah Thompson said her group is opposed to the rate hike because of the increase in
minimum monthly customer charges and an uncapped surcharge that could rise depending on the cost of the
smart meter installation program. She also chastised PSO for failing to implement a low income bill assistance
program, which could benefit many customers, including senior citizens.
“Elderly users most often live alone, have smaller homes and have lower consumption so that monthly increase could affect them financially,” she said.
Earlier this year, a settlement was reached by PSO and some of its opponents, although final approval is
required by the commission. PSO originally filed for a $45 million rate increase last year. AARP and Owasso
resident Joe Esposito, who opposes the plan because of his belief that smart meters are a health danger, did
not agree to the settlement. Esposito was represented by attorney Don Powers during Thursday’s
hearing.
AARP also took exception to recommendations made by Administrative Law Judge Jacqueline Miller who
adopted PSO’s position in every instance during a hearing earlier this year. In a document filed with the commission, Thompson said the judge failed to protect the public’s interest by siding with PSO on every issue.
“The ALJ report rejects all of the substantive evidence submitted to the Commission by AARP in the case
without any independent analysis and relies entirely on PSO’s position and report language to reject AARP’s
position,” Thompson wrote.
Thompson said the minimum monthly increase jumps from $16 to $20, “a charge you can’t avoid even with
zero electric consumption.”
The AARP attorney claims the additional surcharge, also known as a rider, allows PSO to recoup money
outside of its regular base rate.
“This gives them $23 million more regardless of added revenues,” she said.
The surcharge will start at $3.11 a month and could rise to $4.14 a month beginning in 2016.
“This is nothing but a cost recovery issue,” Thompson said. “It’s all onesided in favor of PSO.”
The smart meter program is estimated to cost $132 million, but that price tag could go higher and create a
larger surcharge for all residential customers.
AARP State Director Sean Voskuhl said in a prepared statement that the judge’s report to the commissioners
“completely ignores” consumers.
“AARP strongly objects to the judge’s recommendation that would give PSO an open checkbook to expand
its flawed Smart Meter expansion program. By shifting the burden from shareholders to consumers, residential utility customers would pay nearly $133 million for Smart Meters without any evidence of long-term
savings,” he said.
PSO has provided only savings estimates without any direct data to
support those claims.
The utility company already has started installing Smart Meters in some of its service areas. Once fully
deployed, PSO will have installed 522,000 meters statewide.
More concerns
PSO customers like Anita Ingram and Janene Wooster, both of Tulsa, contend the Smart Meters are a health
hazard because of the radiation that is emitted. The meters are a telecom device that tracks and records details
of a customer’s energy use and automatically transit the information wirelessly to the company.
Wooster claims PSO has failed to inform its customers of potential threats from Smart Meters including
privacy concerns, cyberattack vulnerability, health effects from prolonged exposure to radio frequency and
microwave radiation, increased bills, inaccurate billing and the customer’s right to
refuse the meter’s installation.
The women said they’re concerned that PSO would share private customer information with federal agencies
such as the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and with for-profit third parties. Wooster
claims the installation of a data mining device, such as a Smart Meter, without the consent of the customer
violates the Fourth Amendment and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.’
American Civil Liberties Union chapters in Hawaii, Vermont and California have issues written statements
requesting that customers’ privacy be protected, alleging that Smart Meters expose details about a customer’s
private life including whether they are home or away, sleep and work habits and use of a specialized medical
device in the home.
Smart Meters have come under close scrutiny and in some cases have proven to be ineffective. In January
2014, Northwest Utilities, New England’s largest utility system with almost 4 million customers, reported
that Smart Meters are costly for consumers and other technologies are more cost effective.
Other problems with Smart Meters include overheating, which occurred 37 times during PSO’s pilot program in Owasso. Those types of malfunctions have occurred elsewhere, including Portland, Philadelphia
and Lakeland, Fla. Canada’s SaskPower was forced to replace 105,000 meters due to fires and overheating
at a cost of $47 million, reports show.
In at least two cases nationwide, lawsuits allege residents died because of malfunctioning Smart Meters.
To access all of the public files and documents in the PSO rate case, visit http://www.occeweb.com/pu/PSORateCasePage.html. The case number is PUD 201300217.
Red Dirt Report article December 19, 2014
http://www.reddirtreport.com/red-dirt-news/corporation-commissionhears- arguments-regarding-proposedpso-rate-hike-smart-meter
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... “the fullness of the time”...
By Walt Thrun
The exact date of Jesus’
birth is not recorded in the
Bible. However, that historic
event is presently known as
‘Christmas’ and is celebrated
on the 25th day of December
which approximates the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or
the Festival of Lights, which
is celebrated for eight days
beginning on the 25th day of
the Jewish month Kislev.
The Jewish month Kislev
covers the present calendar
period from late November to
late December.
The Festival of Lights,
also known as the Feast of
Dedication, began during the
time of the Maccabees to
celebrate the cleansing and
rededication of the temple
which had been desecrated by
Antiochus Epiphanies.
The significant point,
however, is that the appearance of Christ on earth was
according to God’s precise
plan and occurred at the exact
time predetermined before the
foundation of the world.
“But when the fullness
of the time had come, God
sent forth His Son born of a
woman…” Galatians 4:4
It would take volumes to
explain the significance of ‘…
His Son born of a woman…’
We’ll do that in the future.
The Greek word for ‘fullness’ is pleroma and in the
present context it means fulfillment, or completion. Other
synonyms include to accomplish, ratify, end, and goal.
And even though the
exact date of Jesus birth is not
part of Biblical history, we can
be sure it was as precise as the
timing of the future release
of the four angels at the river
Euphrates.
“So the four angels, who
had been prepared for the hour
and day and month and year,
were released to kill a third of
mankind.” Revelation 9:15
That’s precise.
Many limit Christmas to
a religious holiday; however,
that is a myopic viewpoint.
The appearance of Jesus Christ
is so much more.
The Old Testament
prophet Isaiah introduced the
future Messiah as the government leader or ruler.
And God speaking to
David through the prophet
Nathan provided more detail
on Christ’s place in human
history; past, present, and
future.
“When your (David’s)
days are fulfilled and you rest
with your fathers, I will set up
your seed after you, who will
come from your body, and I
will establish his kingdom…
and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom forever…your
throne shall be established for-
ever.” 2 Samuel 7:12-13, 16
The Hebrew for ‘kingdom’ means dominion, reign,
royal rule, and sovereignty.
Nathan’s words to David were partially fulfilled in
Bethlehem.
“And
behold, you
(Mary) will
conceive in
your womb
and bring
forth a Son,
and shall call
Walt Thrun
His name
JESUS. He will be great, and
will be called the Son of the
Highest and the Lord God
will give Him the throne of
His father David. And He will
reign over the house of Jacob
forever, and of His kingdom
there will be no end.” Luke
1:31-32
The ultimate fulfillment
of Nathan’s prophecy is described in the Revelation.
“Then the seventh angel
sounded: And there were loud
voices in heaven, saying, ‘The
kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdom of our
Lord and of His Christ, and He
shall reign forever and ever!’”
Revelation 11:15
And then near the very
end of the Bible Jesus confirms
both His deity and humanity as
relates to King David.
“I, Jesus, have sent My
angel to testify to you these
things in the churches. I am
the Root and the Offspring of
David…” Revelation 22:16
At the end of every Sunday morning service at the
Claremore Veteran’s Center the residents sing their
theme song, i.e. ‘Mary did you
know.’
Below are several of the
key lyrics of that powerful
song.
“Mary did you know that
your baby boy would one day
rule the nations?
And when you kiss your
little baby, you have kissed the
face of God.
This sleeping child you’re
holding is the great I am!”
Yes, Jesus is the cornerstone of the church, but He is
so much more. He will be the
supreme Ruler of all mankind.
He will destroy the enemy
and rule all nations with a
rod of iron during His millennial reign following the great
tribulation.
Separation of church and
state? Bah – Humbug!
Merry Christmas to all!
After two decades of
teaching Statistics and Economics at ORU and NSU, Walt
now teaches Bible at FBC
Claremore and the Claremore
Veteran’s Center.
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Judge hears plan to stop Obama
amnesty cold
‘As we speak, millions of illegal aliens are in the process’
By Bob Unruh
A federal judge in Washington
listened to arguments Monday in
a case that could stop President
Obama’s amnesty plan cold, but
a decision isn’t expected for days,
possibly even several weeks.
likely will go to the Supreme Court, ties for which I am encharged as
which “will be the final arbiter of sheriff.”
whether the president’s actions are
constitutional or not.”
“Specifically, it will severely strain
our resources, both in manpower
Earlier, Klayman argued Obama and financially, necessary to pro“cannot end-run Congress based on tect the citizens I was elected to
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell his own ‘emperor-like’ actions.”
serve,” he said.
heard a request from attorney Larry
Klayman of FreedomWatch on be- “By his own admission 22 times in WND reported earlier when anhalf of his client, Maricopa County, the past, Obama lacks the power to other federal judge declared the
Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to im- take this unconstitutional executive amnesty unconstitutional.
mediately stop the implementation action,” Klayman said. “To allow
of the executive action Obama an- this to stand would amount to And Klayman said an injunction
nounced Nov. 20, which effectively trashing our constitutional republic preventing the program from being
grants amnesty to an estimated 5 and set a bad precedent for future implemented “will work no harm
million illegal aliens.
presidents. I am hopeful that the to defendants, as the status quo of
court will grant us the preliminary existing law enacted by Congress
Klayman said he was pleased the injunction, in order that the status will be preserved. It is not right
judge held an expedited prelimi- quo of our current law can remain or just that the president and the
nary injunction hearing.
in effect, and allow the next Con- other defendants circumvent the
gress the right to enact any new will of the people in our republic,
“This was important because as legislation that can help solve our simply because they believe that
we speak, millions of illegal aliens border and illegal immigration the new Congress will not [toe] the
are in the process of being granted problems.”
line to their goals for immigration
amnesty,” he said. “As presented to
reform.”
the court, a large number of these He explained that if Obama’s “unillegal aliens will be back onto the constitutional executive action” Arpaio’s lawsuit against Obama’s
streets of Maricopa County and goes forward, Arpaio’s law en- amnesty program was filed only
the nation as a whole. Many of forcement duties and responsibili- hours after Obama announced the
these illegals are repeat criminal ties “will be irreparably harmed.” plan in November.
offenders. This puts a great strain
on the resources of Sheriff Arpaio’s The sheriff, before the hearing, Howell already has made a ruloffice and endangers the people of said, the president’s “unconsti- ing in Arpaio’s favor, ordering a
Maricopa County.”
tutional act” will have “a serious
detrimental impact on my carrying
See Amnesty, pg. 9
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Christmastime
By Bill Chupp
When you go out for a
four course meal and the menu
is full of fake names for what
you will be served, that equals
having it in a foreign language.
It is confusing to say the least
and when the first course comes
without any utensils and possibly a dessert, it proves that you
don’t
k n o w
what to
order.
T h i s
was the
case last
Thursday evening at
the PryBill Chupp
or Creek
Sertoma Club Christmas dinner
at the Floyd Schrock residence.
It was labeled “The Christmas
Mystery Dinner” and those
attending soon discovered the
dinner was the mystery.
There were fourteen items
on the menu with numbers
beside each item. There were
four things available on the
first two courses and three on
the last two. There was tinsel,
Shepherds staff, snow shovel,
Baby Jesus’ bed, snow ball,
starry night and Christmas tree
to name a few of the choices. I
am not at liberty to divulge the
true names, but it was a home
cooked meal of oven baked
chicken, salad, noodles, peas,
mashed potatoes and gravy and
pie. There was a choice at the
bottom of the menu to choose
your preference of drink and
coconut cream or pumpkin
pie.
This dinner was provided
by some Amish girls, Sara
Sue Schrock and her cousins
Martha and Marie Yoder, with
some fellows to help serve. I
had purchased it at an Amish
fund raiser on the silent auction.
Periodically, the Amish have
fund raisers to aid members of
their church with hospital bills
and healthcare.
There were various other
activities in the communities all
around Mayes County which
kept some of our Sertoma
members away from the mystery dinner, but by including
some friends of Sertomans
who have assisted us in various
projects this past year, we filled
the long table with eighteen
people.
The first word that flashed
in my mind was pseudo apocrypha that I had in Bible class at
Hesston College. The pseudo
is to depict hidden writings
in between the Old and New
Testament with the apocrypha,
which is left out of most Bibles.
So to hide the author and the
writings, it was similar to using
a pen name. Even movie stars
are often only recognized by
their stage name.
Years ago when I began
writing my weekly columns I
considered taking a pen name,
but thought it would be too
complicated and why not just
use my real name and be transparent? I try to only write
about what I experience and
subjects that I have knowledge
of. I never considered having
the expertise of someone who
took classes in journalism and
writing. I do read a lot and at
times pick up a new word that
keeps me fresh in the English
language.
Last week I heard that
people who are bi-lingual or do
word puzzles that exercise the
mind live longer and develop
dementia later. I am not too
sure if that is true as I seem to
be having difficulty in recalling names and recognizing
people.
So this is Christmas time
again. It has always been a special time to celebrate the birth
of the Christ child and then consider the impact of God sending
Him to live on the earth, then
leave us with the promise of
His return. What a wonderful Savior. What an awesome
story of His life on earth. The
story never gets old, but has
lasted over 2,000 years.
Edith and I were blessed
Sunday to attend two Christmas
programs. In the morning we
went to the Eden Mennonite
Church program - Christmas In
Reverse. Then in the evening
Zion Mennonite Church had a
Pauly’s Café production.
A couple of people I met
this past week told me they
have a dry eyes condition that is
painful and requires eye drops
and even surgery. Then there
have been commercials on TV
about remedies.
Watching the news of
all the hurting people in the
world and their plight brings
tears to well up and I get wet
eyes. I saw a video of many
trips Bob Hope made to visit
troops stationed in harm’s way.
He did tours around Christmas
time. On one tour he called a
soldier up to the platform and
presented him an album of pictures of his twin boys that were
born after he shipped out. The
veteran and his two sons were
shown years later and told of
the memories they shared.
I spent two Christmases in
Brazil with Mennonite Missionary families. There is a special
bond that develops when you
experience a holiday far away
from home and it makes you
glad for the ones you share with
your family here at home.
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Remember when the big
banks were teetering on the brink
of the great abyss in 2008? That’s
when the forgotten taxpayer was
held at gun point to bail them out.
They won, taxpayers lost. That
was the reason the 2010 DoddFrank financial reform law was
passed to stop our nation from
spending trillions on bailing out
large banks again.
Dodd-Frank prohibited
banks from using federally insured deposit money to trade in
derivative instruments. Makes
sense to the working man, but
not to the big banks. With big
bankers donating large sums
of money to those on Mount
Olympus, this will no longer be
the case. Once again big banks
can use depositors’ money to buy
and sell derivatives, the game
is afoot once again. If they lose
money, the taxpayer pays, if they
make money, they get to keep it.
The forgotten taxpayer has once
again been pushed to the back
of the food chain to stand ready
to wash dishes and clean up the
mess again.
Perhaps, the sudden urgency on this legislation is related to
the rapid fall in oil prices, since
the crisis of 2008-2009 about
one-third of the S&P companies
jumped into the energy business
in a big way. Today, we find 20%
of the high yielding junk bond
market is in the energy market.
The sudden 40% drop in the price
of oil will vibrate through these
markets, echoing off of a trillion
dollars of spending worldwide.
If oil prices stay at these prices
or drop lower, these notes will
become a huge liability to those
holding them.
The ole Rancher said,
“Wall Street and big bankers
play the American public like
a beautiful 20 year old woman
plays an eighty year old millionaire. Her beauty blinds him
from her treacherous scheme to
relieve him of his life’s savings.
She’s sweet and nice to him and
promises much for a season and
then in a flash she’s gone with
his money.”
Titles given to many bills
and institutions have the ring
of patriotism and righteousness
within them, making them easier
to shove down the taxpayer’s
throat. Sugar coating your ex-lax
might make it taste better, but
the results will be the same. The
charade of names, for example:
Federal Reserve, Federal makes
it sound like a government institution, Reserve gives the feeling
of money on hand. The Affordable Care Act, sounds affordable
for all. The Patriot Act gives the
illusion of being patriotic, while
it gives government the right to
spy on its citizens.
The conception of the Patriot Act has given our leaders the
ability to walk all over the U.S.
Constitution and the ability to do
away with your personal freedoms and violate your privacy at
will. Under this Act government
agencies have issued hundreds of
thousands of “national security
letters,” which are nothing but a
subpoena issued without showing
probable cause. The recipients of
these security letters also receive
a gag order forbidding them to
disclose what the government is
doing; thereby killing the 1st and
4th Amendments.
You have to admire our
leaders thinking, we know the
Fourth Amendment forbids the
state from conducting illegal
searches and seizures, but the
state position is plaintiffs can’t say
their Fourth
Corbett Mason
Amendment rights have
been violated because the state’s
surveillance activities are a secret. Obama took Bush’s plan
and doubled up on it, as always
the losers were and will be their
followers. With due research, one
has to give Joe Biden credit for
his part of the Patriot Act.
CNET reported in 2008:
“Months before the Oklahoma
City bombing took place; Biden
introduced another bill called
the Omnibus Counterterrorism
Act of 1995. It previewed the
2001 Patriot Act by allowing
secret evidence to be used in
prosecutions, expanding the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act and wiretap laws, creating
a new federal crime of “terrorism” that could be invoked based
on political beliefs, permitting
the U.S. military to be used in
civilian law enforcement, and
allowing permanent detention of
non-U.S. citizens without judicial
review.”
The Center for National
Security Studies said the bill
would erode “constitutional and
statutory due process protections” and would “authorize the
Justice Department to pick and
choose crimes to investigate
and prosecute based on political
beliefs and associations.
”Biden himself draws parallels between his 1995 bill and
its 2001 cousin. “drafted a terrorism bill after the Oklahoma
City bombing. And the bill John
Ashcroft sent up was my bill,”
he said when the Patriot Act was
being debated, according to the
New Republic, which described
him as “the Democratic Party’s
de facto spokesman on the war
against terrorism.”
One could say the Patriot
Act holds within it an act of
terrorism; Webster’s dictionary
defines terrorism as intimidation and subjugation produced
in this way, a political weapon
or policy.
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in direct violation of the U.S.
Constitution.
“If the public are bound
to yield obedience to laws to
which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those
who make such laws and enforce
them.” – Samuel Adams As
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at the end of their shift if doing
so would cause “a dereliction of
duty.” On the other hand, when
an agent provides an overtime
justification citing a duty that had
to be performed before he could
leave for the day, the justification
is more often than not denied, the
agent said.
Most of agents have agreed to
reduce their overtime just to “get
the upper management off their
backs,” he said.
And while agents in the field are
expected to rein in their overtime,
supervisors often aren’t held to
the same standard, he said.
“This is just kind of the last
straw,” he said. “The last couple
of years here it’s been getting to
the point where the criteria to actually send an illegal alien back to
their country has just gotten to the
point where it’s ridiculous.”
ing facility, and Immigration and Another Border Patrol station
Customs Enforcement takes over near Ajo, south of Phoenix in
from there.
western Arizona, has dozens of
agents at any given time trying
“ICE has reduced their criteria on to switch over to Customs, the
who they will hold in camp and agent said.
many are just being released,” the
agent told WND.
“So they’re fed up as well,” he
said. “Part of it may be because
“Initially it sounded good, to it’s a real rural area but when you
basically eliminate the voluntary throw all the other crap on top of
return program and send them to it, if I can’t do the job I’m hired
camp which would put them in to do and I’m getting harassed by
front of a judge,” he said. “They management.”
would spend some time in camp,
which is basically a jail, so they Jaime Ruiz, press officer for
don’t make it into American com- the California region of Border
munities. Ideally for most Mexi- Patrol, did not return a call from
can nationals it’s best for them to WND Friday seeking comment
do a voluntary return. If they go on the agent’s allegations.
to camp they could spend 30 to
60 days in detention before they “It’s just, you got all that and now
see a judge, but now ICE is given we’re getting heat from up above
discretion and if that alien doesn’t that you better have a really, remeet this new criteria we’re go- ally good reason to stay above
ing to give them an OR (release your eight hours,” he said. “The
on their own recognizance) and smugglers are going to try to
basically none are going to show smuggle during the shift change
up for court and they’re released because that’s when we have the
back into our society.”
least amount of coverage.”
The reform package passed by
Congress received the support of
the border-agent union, but that
shouldn’t be taken as an endorse- Overtime justifications that were
ment by rank and file members, acceptable just two months ago
the agent said.
are no longer approved now, the
agent said. And the smugglers
“A lot of us just aren’t even real are smart enough to recognize
happy with our union,” he said. any change in policy. He said
“The current system, we have our they quickly exploit any holes in
eight hours and anything after that the system.
is considered AUO or authorized
uncontrollable overtime.
“Due to this harassment by the
supervisors, agents are just choos“If this reform goes through most ing to leave their patrol areas and
of us are going to be mandated head back to the station before the
to stay 10 hours regardless of next shift arrives in the area,” the
whether there’s any activity agent said. “The net result is that
going on or not,” he said. “It active smuggling routes and other
depends on the sector.”
critical areas are not receiving
adequate coverage.”
WND reported last month that
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol,
which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, was
removing about half of the M4
carbine rifles from the hands of
border agents, citing safety issues A Border Patrol agent questions
that needed to be corrected. But a driver crossing into the U.S.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, wasn’t
buying the excuse, saying the Smugglers often target the “shift
M4 was one of the most reliable change” time frame to cross the
weapons in the world.
border with illegal aliens and
drugs, he said.
‘They’re just being released’
The Southeast California border
That didn’t set well with agents. station is relatively small, emNor does the recent changes to ploying about 200 agents.
the policy of “voluntary return,”
which is available only for Mexi- “If there isn’t a change soon,
can nationals.
there will be a large exodus of
agents leaving the Border Patrol
This policy “has been corrupted and finding employment elseof late,” the agent said.
where,” the agent told WND.
“Voluntary return is where if we
catch them and ask if they agree
to voluntarily return to Mexico in
the next 24 hours or thereabouts,
they can avoid being sent to a
detention center and a court hearing,” he said. “They’ve basically
taken that away from us and illegal Mexican aliens that used to
qualify for the voluntary return
program are now being processed
to go to court.”
The exodus may have already
started.
getter.”
can put up a good story and get
a liberal judge saying he’s got a
“I’m the same way and I’m start- family here, just let him stay, then
ing to feel the beat down.”
that’s all they have to do.”
Border Patrol employs more than Criminal backgrounds common
22,000 agents but many of them
have desk jobs and never go out The agent said most Americans
in the field, the agent said.
would be shocked to see the
criminal records of the average
“A lot of it has to do with this illegal male immigrant.
administration which a lot of us
are not a fan of,” he said. “No- “The attitude is ‘Oh, he’s got
body would mistake George W. only a couple of DUIs, he’s not
Bush for a border warrior but really that bad of a guy. If they
what we’re seeing now makes don’t have multiple DUIs on
that seem like the good ole days. their record the prosecutors and
And we’re getting contradictory the judges look at them like ‘huh,
messages from this administra- only two DUIs and one domestic
tion. I don’t know what it is. I’ve violence? Let’s release him for
never seen a weaker management now and give him a court date
structure.”
and we’ll determine his status
later.’”
If he could ask one question of
the upper management at Home- “I get people coming up to me
land Security the agent said it saying ‘Oh, man, you’re in the
would be this:
Border Patrol you must love it!”
“Why don’t you support and back
up the agents when they are trying to do the job they were hired
‘Starting to feel the beat down’ to do?” he said. “It really goes
to the top. When the heat comes
He said morale is at the lowest down, they kind of step aside and
point he’s seen since he began let us fend for ourselves. We have
working at Border Patrol nearly a high level of distrust for our
a decade ago.
management.”
“I talked to a guy at work tonight
as I was leaving and we were
talking about this whole AUO
thing and he was saying, ‘You
know, the way I’m looking at it
I’m not going to fight anymore.
I’m just going to do my time and
go home.’ And this was coming
from a guy really good at his
job, and that says a lot coming
from him, because he’s one of
the motivated type. He’s not just
a guy who comes and fills a spot
and goes back home, he is a go
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tax code, that means some people
cutting corners on their taxes or not
complying are going to get away
with it, and that is a decision that
Congress has made.”
Further, the IRS is considering a short-term shutdown of the
agency as another way to save
money. Officials, though, say no
decisions have been finalized.
The tax filing season generally starts in mid-January, though
it has been delayed in recent years
because of last-minute tax changes
enacted by Congress.
Once again, Congress passed
a tax bill this year just before going
home for the holidays, extending
more than 50 temporary tax breaks
that had expired. Koskinen, however, said the filing season would
start on time next month, though he
said the agency was not yet ready
to announce the exact date.
Each year, millions of taxpayers file their returns in the first
few weeks of the filing season so
they can get fast refunds. This year,
refunds averaged about $2,800.
He said he just nods and doesn’t
say much.
“If I told everyone what was
really going on I think I would
suck the wind out of every room
I entered,” the agent said. “People
have no idea. The DUIs are just
rampant, the most common,
but you also get a fair amount
The agent said he was not hold- of domestic violence and petty
ing out too much hope that the theft.”
reforms passed by Congress will
offer much of a remedy for the He said it is not at all uncommon
low morale.
to pull over a vehicle in a local
community and find it “just full
“I think they’re claiming it will of beers, open beers. And the
make our pay more predictable attitude is ‘Oh he’s kind of a run
and more consistent. If that’s true of the mill guy, he’s not too bad,
that will help boost our morale he hasn’t killed or raped someone
somewhat but we’re still deal- so we’ll go ahead and release him
ing with all the other issues, like now and deal with him at a later
DACA and amnesty and all of date.’”
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North Korea experiencing widespread
Internet outages
A Christmas Memory
by Sue Gage Wilcox
I’m sure we looked like
something from a cartoon strip
– 10 of us traveling in one vehicle! But it was Christmas, 19 7 4
and we were headed to the farm
in Ohio where Dad had moved
to upon his retirement; we
were headed to PaPa
Wilcox’s!
W e
had been
so excited
when we all
realized that
Uncle Jack
Sue Wilcox
and Allen
were goin g to both have the
week of Christmas off. We tied
the suitcases and a huge homecured ham onto a rented luggage
rack on the top of the Turley
station wagon. We made a pallet bed in the back of the wagon
and everyone piled in - - four
Wilcoxes and six Turleys.
As we traveled, we talked,
sand, laughed, played games,
laughed some more and slept
with bodies woven and tangled
until it was difficult to tell by
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special man and had kept his
five children together after
their mother had left. Though
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was visibly thrilled by the arrival of his Oklahoma daughter
and son and their families. He
had made preparations for our
visit by insulating the outhouse
with tar paper and by hooking
up electricity so that we could
have a heater out there.
The morning after we arrived at the little farm nestled in
a valley, the men and children
took a walk to find the perfect
Christmas tree. Aunt Betty and
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house. The children skipped
and bounced ahead of the men
until they came upon a straggly
little pine. They circled it and
began singing, “Oh, Christmas
tree; Oh Christmas tree.” The
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beautiful.
Memories of that week include the smell and taste of that
ham and Aunt Betty’s hot rolls
that were so light they nearly
floated off our plates. We
remember the trips to the outhouse by day and the “thunder
bucket” by night. We remember
the damp Ohio air and the warm
coal-heated house; but mostly
we remember the warm hearts
with love flowing freely.
When we arrived back
at our homes in Pryor, we still
liked each other. We had shared
a very special Christmas.
When we left Dad, we did
not realize that would be his last
Christmas. He came to visit
us all the following April and
began having one stroke after
another. He died in a Tulsa
hospital.
PaPa Wilcox still lives in
our memories and our hearts.
One of the best memories for all
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North Korea experienced a massive Internet outage Monday,
and some researchers and web
watchers speculated that the
country’s online connections
could be under cyberattack.
tranet. Though North Korea is
equipped for broadband Internet, only a small, approved segment of the population has any
access to the World Wide Web.
The Internet outage
comes less than a week
after the U.S. vowed an
unspecified response to
a massive hacking attack
against Sony Pictures
Entertainment over the
release of the comedy
film “The Interview.”
The plot of the comedy
centers on the assassination of North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un,
leading to widespread
speculation that the
country was responsible
for the attack. Late last
week, the FBI publicly
blamed North Korea in
the incident, though Pyongyang More than a million people,
has denied involvement.
however, are now using mobile
phones in North Korea. The
The White House and the State network covers most major citDepartment on Monday de- ies but users cannot call outside
clined to say whether the U.S. the country or receive calls from
government had any role in outside.
North Korea’s Internet problems.
Doug Madory, the director of
Internet analysis at New Hamp“We have no new information shire-based Dyn Research, a
to share regarding North Korea company that studies Internet
today,” White House National connectivity, said the problems
Security Council spokesperson were discovered over the weekBernadette Meehan told Fox end and grew progressively
News. “If in fact North Korea’s worse to the point that “North
Internet has gone down, we’d Korea’s totally down.”
refer you to that government for
comment.”
“They have left the global Internet and they are gone until they
North Korean diplomat Kim come back,” he said.
Song, asked Monday about
the Internet attack, told The He said one benign explanation
Associated Press: “I have no for the problem was that a router
information.”
may have suffered a software
North Korea is one of the least glitch, though a cyberattack inconnected in the world. Few volving North Korea’s Internet
North Koreans have access service was also a possibility.
to computers, and even those
who do are typically able to Routing instabilities are not
connect only to a domestic in-
uncommon, but this particular
outage had gone on for hours
and was getting worse instead
of better, Madory said.
“This doesn’t fit that
profile,” of an ordinary
routing problem, he said.
“This shows something
getting progressively
worse over time.”
Another Internet technology service, Arbor
Networks, which protects companies against
hacker attacks, said its
monitoring detected denial-of-service attacks
aimed at North Korea’s
infrastructure starting
Saturday and persisting
Monday. Such attacks
transmit so much spurious data traffic to Internet equipment that it
becomes overwhelmed,
until the attacks stop or the
spurious traffic can be filtered
and discarded to allow normal
connections to resume.
President Obama said Friday
that the U.S. government expected to respond “proportionately” to the hacking of
Sony, which he described as an
expensive act of “cyber vandalism” that he blamed on North
Korea. Obama did not say how
the U.S. might respond.
“We aren’t going to discuss,
you know, publicly operational
details about the possible response options or comment
on those kind of reports in
anyway except to say that as
we implement our responses,
some will be seen, some may
not be seen,” State Department
spokeswoman Marie Harf said
last week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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By Steven Bucci
Freedom took a beating [Wednes- and empty. Sony folded anyway,
day]
and our leaders have said nothing. A tin-pot dictator was able
America rolled over in the face of to dictate what can be said in
two of its longest standing adver- America. Our freedom of expressaries, and we didn’t even get any- sion, guaranteed by our Constituthing in return.
North Korean despot Kim Jong Un
and Cuba’s Raul
Castro are probably exchanging
celebratory emails
as we speak after the one-two
punch they landed on Obama’s
America.
First, the Sony
hackers, who were
belatedly tied to
the North Korean
government, added extortion to the
list of their cyber
crimes. The hack,
while slick, was
not state-of-the-art
stuff—but the propaganda was some
of the best ever seen. The hackers
threatened 9/11-style attacks on
movie theaters that screened the
farcical movie “The Interview.”
Individual malls and theaters were
the first to balk, then entire movie
chains pulled the film, and finally
Sony itself pulled it entirely.
The threats were unsubstantiated
despite the fact that the Cuban
government is doing nothing new
to improve the lot of its oppressed
citizens.
Why Dish Network Isn’t Carrying Fox News Right Now
Fox has launched a website, keepfoxnews.com, where
they are encouraging Fox fans to switch TV providers.
By Kate Scanlon
What did you watch this weekend?
Obama claims this will help the If you have Dish, it wasn’t Fox
Cuban people. News.
How, Mr. President?
After contract negotiations came
to a halt between 21st Century
T h e C o m m u - Fox and Dish Network, the Fox
nists are chang- News Channel and the Fox Busiing nothing! Are ness Network went dark for Dish
we to sprinkle customers on Saturday and remain
democratic pixie dark still.
dust on them?
For the price of 21st Century Fox is the parent
a press confer- company of FNC and FBN, as well
ence, this Ad- as several sports and entertainment
ministration is channels. Dish Network is a satelthrowing away lite TV provider with more than
decades of ef- 14 million customers and – until
fective pressure recently – a distributor of Fox.
for change. Freedom lost.
The Wall Street Journal reports
that a “senior Fox News execuWhat message tive” told them that “there are
will Vladimir currently no talks between the two
Putin and the companies.”
Chinese take
from all this? Contract negotiation between Dish
Photo: Newscom
What about ISIS Network and 21st Century Fox
tion, has been abridged because and al-Qaeda? They will all know stalled when Dish refused a fee
of Kim Jung-un’s wounded pride. that if you threaten and bluster, increase for Fox’s other channels,
Freedom lost.
America will fold. If you manipu- a price Fox calls standard for the
late and offer gossamer promises, changing news industry.
Then the president himself, with- America will run into your arms.
out consulting Congress or the It’s a lesson Iran has already Warren Schlichting, the senior vice
American people, decided to re- learned. Now the North Koreans president of programming at Dish,
ward the sclerotic dictatorship in and the Cubans can join the party. said in a statement that “It’s like
Cuba with relief and succor. He is Freedom lost, again.
we’re about to close on a house and
normalizing relations with them,
the realtor is trying to make us buy
a new car as well.”
Military considers court-martial for Bergdahl
Soldier allegedly abandoned his military post in Afghanistan
Fox News
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In a statement, Carry added that:
“It is unfortunate that the millions
of Fox News viewers on Dish were
used as pawns by their provider…
Hopefully they will vote with
their hard-earned money and seek
another one of our other valued
distributors immediately.”
This is not the first time Dish customers have lost access to channels
because of stalled negotiations. In
October, channels such as CNN,
Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies were blacked out for
a month as Dish negotiated with
Turner Broadcasting. Earlier this
month, customers also temporarily lost access to CBS and its affiliates.
“This is the third time in as many
months that Dish customers have
suffered through a blackout due to
Dish’s intransigence,” Carry told
the Wall Street Journal. “Dish’s
record speaks for itself and makes
its rhetoric about ‘reasonable’
agreements ring hollow.”
Fox launched a website,
keepfoxnews.com, where it encourages Fox fans to switch TV
providers. Viewers can enter their
ZIP codes and discover TV providers that still offer Fox. The
website also encourages Fox fans
to call and email Dish to register
their complaints about losing the
Schlichting accused Fox of using networks, and to use the hashtag
its news channels as “leverage to #DontBlockFOXNews.
triple rates on sports and entertainment channels that are not in this Carry told Bloomberg that the webcontract.”
site has “generated 22,000 e-mails
and 7,000 phone calls requesting
Tim Carry, the executive vice that Dish reinstate the channel.”
president of distribution at Fox
News Channel, told the Wall Street Dish has also launched its own
Journal that Dish “did not want to website dishstandsforyou.com,
accept terms and commitments that where it tells customers “We regret
have become customary in a Fox that Fox has chosen to remove
News renewal.”
their programming from DISH
customers.”
Amnesty, from pg. 5___________________________________
fast track for case arguments and
hearings.
The U.S. military announced
Monday that evidence regarding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the
soldier who allegedly abandoned his post in Afghanistan
June 23, 2009, and ended up
in the hands of a terrorist
group, is being forwarded to
an officer who will decide
whether to convene a courtmartial.
The Obama administration
trumpeted last summer the return of Bergdahl to American
forces in exchange for five
Taliban commanders held at
Guantanamo.
According to the Department
of Defense, after a “thorough
investigation and a comprehensive legal review,” a
decision regarding Bergdahl
will be made by Gen. Mark
Milley, commanding general
of Forces Command
“Gen. Milley will determine
appropriate action – which
ranges from no further action to convening a court
martial.”
The DoD said the Army cannot discuss or disclose the
findings of the investigation
while disciplinary decisions
are pending before commanders.
obtaining a ransom.
It was in July when officials
reported Bergdahl was returned to regular duty at a
desk job that made him available to investigators from the
Army who looked into the circumstances of his departure
from his assigned base.
At the time, the Army said,
Bergdahl was assigned to U.S.
Army North at Joint Base San
Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in
Texas, the same base where
he has been recuperating
from the effects of his lengthy
captivity.
WND reported Rep. Steve
Stockman, R-Texas, told
WND that despite Obama’s
denials, the president probably paid a ransom to terrorists for Bergdahl.
Stockman’s letter to Obama
June 5, asked: “Did you or
anyone authorized by or associated with your administration, authorize any form
of compensation, direct or
third party, in exchange for
Bergdahl?”
Two Justice Department lawyers
representing Obama in the case
had asked for the deadline for their
initial response to be delayed until
late January. But the judge ordered
it submitted immediately and then
scheduled Monday’s hearing.
WND reported Arpaio’s complaint
argues the timing is crucial, because the government already is
pouring resources into meeting the
orders, and the offer of amnesty
likely will draw a whole new flood
of illegal aliens.
See Klayman’s comments after
Obama did not respond di- hearing:
rectly to Stockman, but on
June 13, the White House
issued a response in the form
of a statement from National
Security staff spokeswoman
Caitlin Hayden.
However, Stockman noted
the letter’s wording was suspiciously careful, saying the
U.S. “did not provide money
in return for Sgt. Bergdahl.”
“That is not the question I
asked,” said Stockman. “This
Stockman said he based his response is oddly worded
conclusion on an exchange and seems intentionally evaof letters with the administra- sive.”
tion, including a reply from
the White House that was so The congressman reiterated
carefully worded it appeared he had asked if the White
to confirm his suspicions.
House authorized “any form
of compensation, direct or
It would be a violation of U.S. third party.” He explained
policy to pay a ransom to a that limiting the response to
terrorist group, but Stockman money from the U.S. was only
noted the Haqqani Network a partial answer.
is not known to have ever
released a hostage without “The idea the U.S. government would implicate itself by
directly issuing a payment to
a terrorist group is highly unlikely, which is why I directly
included third parties,” said
the Texan.
The president’s decision, Klayman
wrote, “orders direct DHS personnel including the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and ICE to
immediately suspend enforcement
of immigration laws with regard to
any who appear to be eligible for
the new deferred action programs,
even though such persons might
not yet be able to apply for formal
recognition.”
The instructions also tell law
enforcement officials to “immediately” begin identifying those
who could be given the special
benefit.
Klayman said the federal government already has leased office
space and begun the process of hiring 1,000 new workers to process
the illegal aliens through Obama’s
amnesty program.
All of those actions would be for
nothing if a court rules that the
program doesn’t meet the Constitution’s requirements, he wrote.
“By contrast if the implementation
is simply delayed until a court decision, there will be no such harm,”
he said.
“By contrast, under the defendants’
new executive actions, those persons will not be subject to deportation. Therefore, they will serve out
their criminal sentences in Plaintiff
Arpaio’s jails, costing his office
enormous time and expense,”
Klayman argued.
The ruling that the amnesty program is unconstitutional came
last week from a federal judge in
Pennsylvania.
“President Obama’s unilateral
legislative action violates the
separation of powers provided for
in the United States Constitution
as well as the Take Care Clause,
and therefore, is unconstitutional,”
said U.S. District Judge Arthur J.
Schwab.
The judge noted Obama “contended that although legislation is the
most appropriate course of action
to solve the immigration debate,
his executive action was necessary
because of Congress’s failure to
pass legislation, acceptable to him,
in this regard.
“This proposition is arbitrary and
does not negate the requirement
that the November 20, 2014, executive action be lawfully within the
president’s executive authority,”
the judge wrote. “It is not.”
Quoting from a previous precedent, the judge said that in the
“framework of our Constitution,
the president’s power to see that
the laws are faithfully executed
refutes the idea that he is to be a
lawmaker.”
“The Constitution limits his functions in the lawmaking process
to the recommending of laws he
thinks wise and the vetoing of laws
he thinks bad,” Schwab said.
The judge said Obama’s contention
that Congress had not worked in his
time frame was largely irrelevant.
Stockman said that, given
the way Obama had parsed Klayman explained that under Arpaio’s lawsuit over Obama’s
his words, it’s almost certain current law, Arpaio will turn over amnesty program was filed only
to the DHS illegal aliens who hours after Obama announced the
there was a ransom.
commit crimes in his county to be
deported.
plan.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The Golf Corner
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NE Oklahoma Fishing Report by
The Oklahoma Wildlife Department
NORTHEAST
Ft. Gibson: Elevation above normal, water 47 and clear. Crappie
fair on minnows and jigs at 18 ft.
around docks and brush structure.
White bass, channel and blue catfish fair on shad in the river channel and main lake. Largemouth
bass slow on plastic baits and
crankbaits at 15 ft. around brush
structure and docks.
Kaw: Elevation rising, water 45
and clear. Crappie excellent on
minnows and jigs at 18025 ft.
around brush structure, riprap,
water towers and bridges around
Kaw City.
Lower Illinois: Elevation normal,
water 55. Trout good on Power
Bait and jerk bait below the dam
just past the split, around deep
holes and below riffles.
McMurtry: Elevation below normal, water murky. Largemouth
bass fair on minnows, jigs and
spinnerbaits at 3-8 ft. along docks,
shorelines and brush structure.
Crappie good on minnows and jigs
at 4-10 ft. around docks.
Perry CCC: Elevation below normal, water murky. With the water
level down there is good bank access. Trout good on spinnerbaits
along coves and shorelines.
Public Invited to Winter Eagle Watches
Attend a bald eagle watch this winter for a chance to see eagles and learn about the life history and
recovery story of our nation’s symbol.
Each winter, large numbers of migrant eagles congregate at our lakes and rivers to hunt fish and other
prey. Several private groups and state and federal agencies are taking advantage of this annual migration by
hosting public eagle watches. Over 30 dates have been set for this winter at several eagle watching hotspots.
Most watches are held in January when the Oklahoma bald eagle population is at its peak.
Log on to wildlifedepartment.com for a compiled list of watch dates, locations and contact information.
Be sure to contact the individual watch host for more information including any registration requirements.
Doug Kliewer submitted this photo of a bald eagle with its catch to “Outdoor Oklahoma” magazine’s
Reader’s Photography Showcase. Learn more about the annual showcase at wildlifedepartment.com
OKLAHOMA HAY MARKET REPORT
Movement light to moderate
with few new sales reported.
Contracts and previously purchased hay this week made up
the bulk of movement with most
sales moving locally. New trade
and demand light. Lower milk
prices and adequate hay inventories contributing to limited
demand. More light to moderate
rainfall fell over much of the
state this week benefitting wheat
pastures.
Market News continues to
maintain an online hay directory
for both in-state and out-of-state
hay producers. The directories
are on the ODAFF homepage at
www.oda.state.ok.us. Producers
wishing to list hay are encouraged to call at 1-800-580-6543
or email [email protected].
gov.
Alfalfa
Central Oklahoma: Premium quality 200.00-220.00.
Some Good quality 150.00165.00. Fair quality no recent
sales. Premium quality small
square bales loaded on truck
15.00 per bale.
Eastern Oklahoma: Premium quality small square bales
14.00-15.00 per bale.
Western Oklahoma: Premium 200.00-220.00. Good dry
cow hay 130.00-160.00. Good
quality bleached 120.00-130.00.
Small square bales Premium
quality 14.00-15.00 per bale.
Grass Hay
Central Oklahoma: Prairie
hay 4 X 5 bales 20.00-30.00 per
bale, mostly 25.00-28.00. Good
Bermuda 60.00-70.00 per bale
in 5 X 6 bales. Fair quality Bermuda 5 X 6 round bales 35.0040.00 per bale. Good wheat hay
Horoscopes
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
Aries, you feel amazing this week. Your
enthusiasm can be quite contagious, and
many friends may come calling in the
hopes that your good vibes rub off.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
Leo, now is a good time to assess your
health goals and make a few plans
for the new year. It’s within reason to
change your diet or start a new exercise
regimen.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, you may feel rushed by
external pressures, but it’s really up to
you to set your own pace. If you keep a
calm head, things will fall in place and
you can complete your tasks.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
You may have difficulty solving a
difficult problem at work this week,
Taurus. Take a methodical approach,
and the solution will come to you before
you know it.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Incredible efficiency this week has you
zipping through your to-do list, Virgo.
Enjoy some relaxation time once you
have completed all your projects.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
This week some people close to you
need a little space. Honor their requests
and show them some respect, Capricorn. Your relationships will weather
the time apart.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Things may not have been going your
way, Gemini, but there is still no reason
for disappointment. You will find a way
to bounce back from these setbacks in
a few days.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Work and family issues are on your
mind, Libra. Find ways to balance work
and family as best as you possibly can.
Don’t be hard on yourself if you cannot
manage everything.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Cancer, your presence alone is enough
to impress people this week. Focus all
of your energy on positive things, and
you will accomplish quite a bit before
the week is over.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Scorpio, this week is a great time to
complete projects that have been on
your plate for quite some time. All
you really need to do is set your mind
on them.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Aquarius, things are bound to move
quickly once you put a plan in motion.
Get all of your ducks in a row to make
a smooth transition. You may have to
do some homework.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
You can probably have fun in any situation this week, Pisces. Your youthful
exuberance will keep you busy and
laughing.
Crossword Answers
75.00-80.00 per ton.
Western Oklahoma: Good
grass hay 60.00-65.00 per ton.
Good wheat hay 65.00-70.00
per ton. Fair to Good Bermuda
grass 5x6 bales 45.00-60.00
per bale, best quality Bermuda
60.00-70.00 per bale. Prairie hay
4 X 5 bales 25.00-30.00. Crab
grass 5 X 6 bales 35.00-40.00
CLUES ACROSS
1. Expression of sorrow
or pity
5. Mama __, rock singer
9. Takes off
11. Make an arrest
13. Ear tube
15. Limit
16. Small shelter
17. Cavaliers’ #23
19. Digits
21. French kings’ name
22. Winter time in Colorado
23. Platform
25. Gambling town
26. Vietnamese offensive
27. Fermentation sediment
29. Load anew
31. Bile
33. A wooded valley
34. Soap opera
36. Cervus nippon
38. Belong to he
39. Women (French)
41. Olive, motor and
mineral
43. Norse goddess of
death
44. Military award
46. Annexes
48. One who adorns book
pages
52. Affirmative
53. Fricative
54. Coal blacks
56. Faculty of sight
57. Leans
58. Low, sideless cart
59. Locomotion limbs
per bale. Few loads wheat hay
75.00-85.00 per ton.
Eastern Oklahoma: Good
mixed grass hay in 4 X 5 bales
20.00-30.00 per bale, mostly
25.00. Bermuda 5 X 6 bales
50.00-70.00 per bale. Bermuda
small square bales 6.00-8.00
per bale.
CLUES DOWN
1. Close to
2. Lactic
3. Burn residue
4. Offer for sale
5. Verb formation (abbr.)
6. __ Romeo
7. Lost weight
8. Soundest mind
9. Sound repetition
10. Sew up the eyelids of
falcons
11. Allays sorrow
12. Repose
14. Mirish
15. Devised a new phrase
18. One who feels regret
20. War encirclements
24. Burn the surface
26. “The Jazz Singer”
28. Process of achieving
#7 down
30. Miscellaneous collection
32. Express sorrow
34. More foolish
35. Queen of Sparta
37. Associating by treaty
38. Served
40. Satisfy
42. Frozen rains
43. Snake sound
45. High arc tennis shots
47. Cheek
49. Murre genus
50. Multiple
51. List of names called
55. No (Scot.)
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death that conservatives will Former NYC mayor Rudy
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use the standards applied to Giuliani emerged as one of
them during the shameful de Blasio’s strongest critics
rush to blame the Tucson over the weekend, blamshootings on Sarah Palin, ing the Mayor and others,
See www.
Rush Limbaugh, the Tea including President Obama,
Party, and everyone who for pumping out months of
theteaparty.net
thinks the government is propaganda that told demontoo large. Scared cowards strators, “the police are bad,
that they are, liberals are the police are racist, they’re
lashing out in editorials and wrong.”
blog posts across the nation, shrieking “don’t you Giuliani noted that there had
dare hold us responsible for been several other assaults
Ismaaiyl Brinsley the way on police officers of the past
Fox News
we held you responsible for few days, a “tremendous
Jared Loughner!”
amount of violence” that he
would not have allowed as
As can be seen from the so- mayor. “They would not
cial media traffic referenced have been allowed to control
above, the difference is that the bridge,” he said, referTucson had absolutely noth- ring to the demonstrators
ing whatsoever to do with shutting down the Brooklyn
conservatives; Loughner Bridge. “People don’t get to
never saw Sarah Palin’s take a public bridge from the
electoral maps or listened to public. I don’t know if New
a Rush Limbaugh broadcast. York City officials realize
The Michael Brown and if you close down streets in
Eric Garner mobs, on the New York City, you’ll kill
other hand, have very direct people.” Oh, I think they
connections to Brinsley’s realize that, Mr. Giuliani
actions, with a substantial – they certainly brought
number of them express- it up often enough when
ing everything from eager they were trying to pin the
support to weary “the cops George Washington Bridge
the murders occurred less
brought this on themselves” lane closing in New Jersey
Former NYPD detective surfaced of numerous ofthan a week after video resignation. Political leaders on Governor Chris Christie.
Bo Dietl said today on ficers turning their back
showed protesters in New such as Mayor de Blasio, and They just choose not to men“America’s Newsroom” to de Blasio as he arrived
York calling for “dead well-connected members of tion it when they’re covering
that President Obama at the hospital where the
the liberal power elite like for a mob action useful to
cops.”
needs to take a timeout two officers died. Later,
Al Sharpton, fed into this… the Left.
from his holiday vaca- the head of the PBA said
Dietl said he talks to New what was the term you lefttion in Hawaii and show de Blasio’s “hands are
ies loved to use, back when
York City police officers
you started trying to slander Of course, characters like
support for police after literally dripping with our
every day and believes decent people for the Tucson de Blasio are scrambling to
two NYPD officers were blood.”
“their heart is being taken shootings before the bodies retract their most incendiary
murdered this weekend.
away” by the current city were even cold? Ah, yes…. statements and pouring forth
Dietl said de Blasio went
administration’s policies. this “Climate of Hate.” You a geyser of tears over these
“The president is play- too far when he suggested
made racism the worst crime murders. It doesn’t take
very finely-honed political
ing golf now. I think the that he worried about the
Martha said this is a mo- in America, creating an at- instincts for them to realize
president should get his safety of his own teenage
mosphere in which the acment that cries out for
cused are presumed guilty, they’ve gone too far. But
butt over here and be at biracial son around police
leadership from the presi- with very little chance of this horror also resulted from
the funerals. They sent officers.
dent.
establishing their innocence. what they didn’t do. They
representatives to FerguYou told a mob of people didn’t stand up for the rule
son, Holder and all that. Dietl said de Blasio “When you’re mayor of a
made desperate by your of law. They indulged the
These are two cops who “stirred up” anti-police city, you’re mayor of the lousy economic policies worst paranoid fantasies of
were working overtime sentiments after the Eric whole city. When you’re and incompetent left-wing angry mobs, because they
for their families in a high Garner grand jury de- President of the United government officials that wanted to be seen as “down
cision, calling Garner’s States, you’re president of the police were hunting them with the struggle” by those
crime area,” said Dietl.
whose votes Democrats must
death a “terrible tragedy” the entire country. You’re for sport.
harvest in order to win elecDietl also reacted to the that did not involve rac- not running for office.
tions. People who could
tensions between New ism.
Nobody is running for The NYPD is certainly have short-circuited the racYork City Mayor Bill de
office. This is a moment mindful of this linkage, be- ism narrative constructed
Blasio and the NYPD fol- Dietl challenged de Blasio that requires and demands cause when de Blasio arrived without a shred of evidence
lowing Saturday’s brutal to “be a man” and admit a leader to say ‘ya know for a press conference at around the deaths of Michael
the hospital where Liu and Brown and Eric Garner were
murder of two police of- he was wrong.
what, let’s bring the poRamos were pronounced instead content to indulge
ficers in Brooklyn.
lice in on this side. Let’s dead, police officers in at- those bleak fantasies, asMartha MacCallum and bring the people in on this tendance turned their backs suring the mob that their
On Saturday night, video Dietl both pointed out that side,’” she said.
on him. The New York Post concerns about police racism
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and Go to the NYPD Funerals
were well-founded. Democrat city officials haven’t
even been willing to enforce
the rules surrounding street
demonstrations – a willful
dereliction of duty that telegraphs the message, your
cause is so righteous that
mere city ordinances don’t
apply to you.
That goes all the way up to
President Obama, who – predictably but still incredibly
– strolled off the golf course
to dump a brief statement,
made a phone call to the
NYPD commissioner, and
then returned to the links in
Hawaii. Obama’s statement
began with, “I unconditionally condemn today’s murder
of two police officers in New
York City”… because if he
didn’t say that, we might
wonder if his condemnation
really was unconditional.
Not that he’s worried about
what his political adversaries (i.e. most of working
America) think – he just
needed to go on the record
with unconditional condemnation because he knows
damn well how much he and
outgoing Attorney General
Eric Holder have contributed
to the atmosphere of racial
tension in this country, and
how the Ferguson and Garner mobs have been carefully led to believe Obama
endorses their actions. Now
that things have escalated to
murderous violence – with
the promise of more blood in
the wind, as Obama’s political advisers would have told
him after reviewing all that
ugly social-media traffic and
video of protesters chanting
“What do we want? Dead
cops!” – the President knows
he has to start pulling back.
He has to create a chasm of
deniability into which all his
loyal little Internet robots
can flood, purple-faced with
outrage that anyone would
dare to criticize their beloved
leader for not doing more to
disperse the mobs and head
off the avalanche of ugly
rhetoric.
Maybe now we’ll get Obama
telling the mob that they’re
on the “wrong side of history.” Maybe he’ll start
talking about how his imaginary son could have been an
NYPD officer. Maybe he’ll
say some of the things he
was uniquely positioned to
say a month ago that could
have reinforced his voters’
appreciation for both the rule
of law, and those who enforce it. If nothing else, one
suspects the more shameful
antics of Democrat politicians will be suspended.
We’ve probably seen our last
“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!”
performance on the House
floor for a while.
Not all of the social-media traffic over the weekend came from thugs and
their enablers. Hashtags to
support the police, such as
#NYPDLivesMatter, have
been created. Officer Rafael Ramos’ son Jaden said
farewell to his father on
Facebook:
Today I had to say bye to
my father. He was their for
me everyday of my life, he
was the best father I could
cask for. It’s horrible that
someone gets shot dead just
for being a police officer.
Everyone says they hate
cops but they are the people
that they call for help. I will
always love you and I will
never forget you. RIP Dad.
Today is the worst day of
my life.
Bill de Blasio should fall on
both knees before this young
man and tender his resignation to the tops of Jaden
Ramos’ shoes. He shames
every one of the worsethan-useless opportunistic
politicians who indulged the
paranoia and hatred of the
mob, to further “transformation of America” ideology
and pander for votes.
Page 12 The BANNER
Spay and Neuter
By now you know two of my favorite words are Spay and Neuter.
Everyone in rescue understands
how important they are to ease
the over population. Now let’s
talk numbers. Based on shared
information from area rescues and
the numbers I’ve seen on annual
reports/social media stories more
than 3,000 - yes thousand - dogs
were transported out of state from
this general area. That’s 3,000
dogs who found homes in other
states that have enacted good spay/
neuter laws. Another way to say it
is municipal shelters in those states
did not have employees who had to
kill perfectly healthy dogs because
there was no room in the shelter and
more dogs were coming in every
day, 365 days a year. And BYB
(not bring your own bottle) - Back
Yard Breeders account for the
majority of dogs and cats that are
homeless and/or in shelters. BYB
are usually male dogs that climbed
fences, dug under fences, figured
out a way to get to a female in heat.
If I had a dollar for everyone with
a pregnant female dog who said “I
only let her out for a few minutes”
- - I’d be retired in Hawaii or the
Cayman Islands.
Sooooo - - my New Year’s Resolution for everyone is: Spay or
Neuter your pet.
Happy New Year - - - enjoy your
family - - love your pets - - and plan
for a great 2015.
Kay Stout, Executive Director e:
[email protected] 918-2567227 facebook: PAAS Vinita
Kay Stout, Director
PAAS Vinita
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Season’s Greetings from Second Chance Pet Rescue
The Second Chance Pet Rescue
of Grand Lake extends Season’s
Greetings to the Grand Lake
communities for their continued
year-long support of our life-saving, nonprofit animal rescue organization. Without the community
support, we would not be able to
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realize that the only way to stop the
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In addition to our efforts to create a
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overpopulation problem by offering low-cost spay/neuter services
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Contact the shelter at 918-7867630 for more information about
Meet two of our shelter residents our low-cost spay/neuter clinic.
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Both are available for adoption at individuals and businesses in our
our shelter.
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will continue in 2015 until people the entire year. Please send your
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New Year from the Board of Directors, Second Chance Pet Rescue of
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