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Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:27 pm
by Dirt
NCAA Men's College Basketball "Sweet Sixteen" this weekend:

Kentucky * vs. West Virginia

Notre Dame * vs. Wichita State

Wisconsin * vs. North Carolina

Xavier vs. Arizona *

North Carolina State vs. Louisville *

Oklahoma vs. Michigan State *

Duke * vs. Utah

UCLA vs. Gonzaga *

* my picks

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:02 pm
by Dirt
We offer our sincere and deep-felt remorse and sad sympathy for the 150 good and innocent people lost aboard the Germanwings Flight 4U 9525. Please see the link for details concerning this newest tragic event.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... ings-plane

There is also this disturbing news story unfolding in Yemen that needs direct attention by us all who believe in freedom and peace.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/ ... YC20150326

So, I humbly add: why are we negotiating in good faith with Iran?

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:57 pm
by Dirt
Another legend has passed on so that we have only memories and records to remember his greatness and a song that will reverberate for a long, long time,
"When A Man Loves A Woman." Ah, I bet Percy Sledge is singing with the best now with some fiddles and drums and banjos and some good ol' Wild Turkey:)))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq2P8pTrDvw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxnUMd ... vw&index=2

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:46 pm
by Dirt
We, PaladinWarriors, extend our grief and prayers of hope to all those good people in Nepal whose lives have been shattered by the devastating earthquake and to those who were climbing the great Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains. Due west of this mountain range is another less renowned place of glacier beauty and high mountains nearly impassable. It is, I believe, the source of the mystical and historic River Ganges that flows through India. Here is a link to it ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_Devi_National_Park
A Question of Balance was an old Moody Blues album to help bring some beauty into ugliness, light into darkness, life into despair.

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 7:00 pm
by Dirt
It is Kentucky Derby Day in Louisville, Kentucky and Churchill Downs. Kind of like the herald of Spring in the USA.
Here is a link to the Derby.
http://www.kentuckyderby.com/road

My "trifecta" is Bolo to win, Materiality to place, and War Story to show (1st, 2nd, & 3rd respectively).

Live TV coverage begins at 4:00 PM EDT on NBC.

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:47 pm
by Dirt
I didn't fare well :lol:
The Kentucky Derby winner was American Pharoah, Firing Line was second, and Dortmund came in third.
MIne: Bolo finished 12th, Materiality finished 6th, and War Story finished 16th :oops:
the Run for the Roses :mrgreen:

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:08 pm
by Dirt
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/loca ... ga/314944/

Today, we mourn the loss of four United States Marines killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee. To their families, friends, and fellow citizens of Chattanooga and their respective hometowns, we respectfully offer our deep sympathies and prayers to comfort their extreme pain of their loss of four who served our country as soldiers who still fight for freedom and peace. :(

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:36 pm
by Dirt
Tomorrow, Thursday, is the first Republican Party Debate of the 10 Republican candidates for United States President in next year's election. Televised on FOX, the candidates are:

Who ‘Belongs’ In The Fox News GOP Debate?

1. Trump 23.4%
2. Bush 12.0%
3. Walker 10.2%
4. Huckabee 6.6%
5. Carson %5.8%
6. Cruz 5.4%
6. Rubio 5.4%
8. Paul 4.8%
9. Christie 3.4%
10. Kasich 3.2%
11. Perry 1.8%
12. Santorum 1.4%
12. Jindal 1.4%
14. Fiorina 1.2%
15. Graham 0.6%
16. Pataki 0.5%
17. Gilmore 0.2%

"To determine the participants, Fox averaged together five national polls from Fox, Bloomberg, CBS, Monmouth and Quinnipiac.
And that methodology has had political scientists up in arms. The Marist Institute for Public Opinion suspended polling this week because it was worried polls were being used to make too fine of distinctions between candidates."

Source: NPR analysis of Fox, Bloomberg, CBS, Monmouth, and WSJ/NBC polling data from Real Clear Politics.

Credit: Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR

For the entire news report on this debate and the sources used to bring together the so-called top ten, please see ...
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolit ... -arbitrary

"The debates, hosted by Fox News and Facebook in conjunction with the Ohio Republican Party, will be held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
... But former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and several others will not be on the prime-time, 9 p.m. ET stage. The seven who did not make the top 10 will be invited to a separate 5 p.m. ET debate. Aside from Perry and Santorum, this includes Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; former HP head Carly Fiorina; South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham; former New York Gov. George Pataki; and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08 ... me-debate/

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:20 pm
by Dirt

Re: Notable News

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:29 pm
by Dirt
Today, November 11, we honor our valiant American soldiers and veterans who placed their lives on the line for our liberty and dreams. May they live in peace, good health, and the knowledge they have done their duty to our country with honor and courage. Hoo-ah!
http://www.theatlantic.com
http://telegraph.co.uk
http://warmemorial.columbia.edu
http://news.streetroots.org
http://thetimes.co.uk