ISIS’ Americans ready to fight says report

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is mobilizing sympathizers in the US at rates much higher than seen for previous terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda.

To understand the American face of ISIS, a newly released Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) study examined 112 cases of individuals who perpetrated ISIS-related offences, were indicted by the US Justice Department for such offences, or both, in the US between March 2014 and August 2016. Continue reading →

Oroville Dam threat grows as does blame

Authorities in California were so sure the Oroville Dam was going to catastrophically collapse that they abandoned their command post on Sunday evening with Acting Chief of the Department of Water Resources Billy Croyle ordering his staff to flee.

Officials also admitted they are in a race against time to drain up to 50-feet of water from the stricken Dam before a storm hits Wednesday.  Almost 200,000 people were frantically ordered to evacuate along a 40-mile stretch of the Feather River below the dam. Continue reading →

Joy Villa rocks freedom at Grammys

Editorial: Pop singer Joy Villa arrived Sunday at the 2017 Grammy Awards wearing a simple white outfit– until she removed it on the red carpet, revealing a dress styled to reflect the graphics of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign.

Before arrival at the Grammys, Villa shared a message that her “whole artistic platform is about LOVE!”

Tulsa Today loves any entertainer with talent, earned skills, courage and the exuberant confidence to reject controlling sycophants of political correctness. You go girl!   Continue reading →

Retailers abandoning social media?

A recent story in the Daily Mail suggests that the hashtag may be over as researchers reveal Super Bowl ads have abandoned them (and Facebook and Twitter) for URLs. As a URL based news service, we hate to gloat so here is what the Daily Mail reported:

Out of the total 66 ads that aired during Super Bowl LI, only 30 of them included a hashtag – while 41 percent displayed the firm’s URL. Continue reading →

Gov. Fallin names Wyrick to OK Supreme Court.

Judge Patrick Wyrick

Updated: Governor Mary Fallin Thursday named Patrick Wyrick to serve as a justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Wyrick, 35, succeeds Steven Taylor, who retired from the bench last year. OK AG Scott Pruitt praises the choice.

Wyrick has served as solicitor general in the Oklahoma attorney general’s office since 2011. As solicitor general, Wyrick represented Oklahoma before the U.S. and Oklahoma supreme courts, and other federal and state courts. He also authored attorney general opinions and served as a key legal adviser to a variety of state officials. Continue reading →