Words of wisdom from independent thinkers.
What agenda is being pushed by whom for whom? It is your life, your country and your vote. Is that vote respected?
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Union Chief urges vote against Obama Amnesty
The Daily Caller is reporting today that Kenneth Palinkas, president of the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council, is urging all Americans to use next week’s election to reject President Barack Obama’s apparent plan to impose a unilateral amnesty for illegals, director of the union that represents the nation’s immigration officials.
“Let your voice be heard and spread the word to your neighbors…. [we] are pleading for your help – don’t let this happen,” said Palinkas.
Nigerian girls detail horrific Boko Haram abuse
Victims of Islamic terror
While most American media focus on domestic political coverage, the UK’s Sky News is reporting heart-rending first person narratives from the Nigerian children who lay bare the ordeal of hundreds of kidnapped girls held by militants who demand they convert to Islam or face death.
Girls who escaped Nigerian terror group Boko Haram have described the physical torture, rape and forced marriage that many endure in their secret forest camps.
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Dave Pietro joins NSU Jazz ensemble
Dr. Tommy Poole
Those who love live jazz have heard Tommy Poole play saxophone locally, usually in tandem with other top-drawer musicians on a national and international level.
Poole is also a renown composer, but Sunday’s Jazz Depot show he’s Dr. Tommy Poole, the director of jazz studies and assistant professor of music at Northeastern State University, bringing his 18-person NSU Jazz Ensemble to town.
“I’ve got a lot of great soloists in the ensemble, and I don’t want to take any spotlight time away from them,” he says, by way of explaining why he won’t be playing sax on the show. “I also want people to know that Dave Pietro is one of the great alto players of our time as well as a dynamic performer. He’s very exciting to watch as well as to listen to. After hearing him with Maria Schneider’s group, I listened to his own small-group CDs, and I thought, `Wow. This is a fantastic player.’ ”
Caig a hero in OT for Oilers
By Rich Lohman, Tulsa Today
TULSA, OK—With just 65 seconds remaining before the end of overtime Oilers forward T.J. Caig found himself in the clear in front of Wichita goalie Tim Boron’s net. The 33-year old forward from Kelowna, BC then buried the puck behind Boron to end the 251st meeting between Tulsa and Wichita, (and their first in the ECHL) with a 6-5 overtime victory in front of 7,744 in the BOK Center on Sunday night.