'FORGET WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF'Survivors of the Costa Concordia have told of the panic and chaos as thousands of people desperately attempted to flee the stricken vessel.
Incredible stories of survival have emerged today from some of the 4,200 people on board the cruise liner which hit the rocks off the coast of the tiny Italian island of Giglio.
Fathers desperate to be with their families ignored the order that women and children should go first. There was even fighting between some passengers who tried to get on lifeboats.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'I SAW CAPTAIN DRINKING IN THE BAR': PASSENGERS ACCUSE ARRESTED OFFICER OF SOCIALISING BEFORE CRUISE CRASH AND BEING AMONG FIRST TO ABANDON SHIPThe captain of a cruise liner that ran aground with 4,000 passengers on board has been detained along with his first mate on allegations of manslaughter and abandoning his ship.
Francesco Schettino was at least four miles off course when the Costa Concordia struck rocks off the island of Giglio, Tuscany, despite Italy's well-mapped sea lanes.
One passenger has accused the captain of drinking in one of the ship's bars on the night the vessel ran aground, before taking control after the crash.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS BEATEN FOR 'TEBOWING'The rivalry between two South Carolina high schools boiled over after a basketball match, with two fans of the victorious side reportedly beaten up by opposition supporters for "Tebowing."
The Wando High School pair were attacked after their school had inflicted a 20-point defeat on West Ashley High in Charleston, during which they had copied the Denver Broncos quarterback's iconic prayer pose, The Post and Courier reported Saturday.
read story------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO INVEST IN SILVER:
CONTACT ADAM McMANUS TO GET SILVER EAGLES OR SILVER IN YOUR IRA TODAY!
Based in Houston,
Lone Star Bullion is one of the fastest-growing precious metals suppliers in America. They have helped investors around the country diversify, protect and preserve their wealth. The key to their success is their ability to leverage strong connections with primary suppliers, their low overhead, and years of experience to provide clients with the best price and service.
Now, Josh Renfro, the founder, has brought me,
Adam McManus, on as his Vice President in San Antonio and South Texas as of last December.
Typically, we can beat the cost of buying silver or gold at coin shops by up to 10%. Coin shops have multiple employees, building maintenance, and many other large overhead expenses. In addition to this, Lone Star Bullion uses a hedging system, which allows us to charge consistent premiums regardless of rising or falling silver and gold prices.
In Houston and San Antonio specifically, Lone Star Bullion's prices are typically $1.00 to $3.00 cheaper per coin -- a savings of over 3-10%! With us, you only pay $2.99-$3.49 over "spot" - the price of silver per ounce - depending upon the quantity of Silver Eagles you buy. And most of that "over spot" amount goes to the U.S. Mint for their cost of producing the coins themselves.
These are some of the uncirculated 2011 Silver Eagles which we have on hand.
While we recommend buying as much silver or gold as possible at one time to reduce the per-unit shipping cost and therefore get the most competitive pricing, our minimum order is $1,000 which is tax-free. As of this writing, silver is at a low of $29.67. Honestly, this is the time to buy. Over the course of the next 5-10 years, it is likely to climb much higher.
Why are precious metals considered to be the best investment for the next decade?
1. Historical Performance: From 1999 to 2011, silver rose by 760%. During the same period, gold rose 514%. At the same time the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose only 20%. And
when adjusted for inflation, investing in the stock market actually resulted in a negative rate of return!2. Historical Ratio: Before the United States went off the gold standard in 1973, it took roughly 16 ounces of silver to purchase 1 ounce of gold -- or a 16-to-1 ratio. This ratio is simply reflective of the law of supply and demand. If you examine both the underground and aboveground supply of silver, you'll discover that there is approximately 12 ounces of silver to every 1 ounce of gold. However, when America left the gold standard in '73, the government participated in extreme manipulation in the precious metals market which caused the gold to silver ratio to rise as high as 80 to 1. Today the ratio is still 55-65 to 1. If silver were to correct back to its historical ratio, we would see silver at $110 per ounce!
3. Industrial Uses: Silver as a commodity has over 10,000 uses -- the largest of any commodity with the exception of oil. Silver is used in laptops, TV's, iPods, medical equipment, and batteries for example. Over the last 30 years, silver's industrial uses have skyrocketed. Somewhere between 800 million and 1 billion ounces of silver are used in industrial production every year.
4. Above ground Shortage: At the dawn of the technology revolution, there was a massive increase in the industrial demand for silver amounting to 800 million to 1 billion ounces per year. Unfortunately, silver mines are only producing between 600 and 800 million ounces per year which means there is a deficit of silver production by 100 to 200 million ounces per year. The industry has been running this deficit for nearly three decades. Therefore, we have one of the most unique situations in history. For every ounce of above ground investment grade silver, there are three ounces of investment grade gold. For the first time in history, above ground silver is actually more rare than gold.
ACTION STEPS FOR ADAM'S ARMY:
1. For more detail about investing in precious metals, take a look at our blog
http://LoneStarBullion.com/blog/2. Whether you live in San Antonio or across America, if you decide that you'd like to buy silver or gold to have on hand or in your IRA to protect your investment portfolio, email me, Adam McManus, at Adam@LoneStarBullion.com or call me at 210.373.7499.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EXPOSING KINSEY SEX ATROCITIES GOES GLOBALAlfred Kinsey's belief in child sexuality, with all of its impacts on children and society, now circles the globe, but a campaign to reveal the truth about his efforts to legitimize pedophilia is following right behind.
Judith Reisman, a visiting professor of law at Liberty University, popular lecturer and former consultant to four U.S. Department of Justice administrations, recently concluded a trip in which she delivered seminars on the fallacies of Kinsey's arguments in Rome, Ireland and London.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OFFICER IN MEL GIBSON ANTI-SEMITIC TIRADE GETS TRIAL A US sheriff's deputy who endured an anti-Semitic rant from Mel Gibson for arresting the star won the right to a trial Thursday, over his treatment by bosses after the notorious incident.
A judge ruled that James Mee could take his lawsuit to trial on the grounds of religious discrimination and hostile work environment, which he claims were behind repeated disciplinary action he has suffered since the 2006 arrest.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BIG BUCKS! PASSENGERS LEAVE BEHIND OVER $400K IN LOOSE CHANGE AT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS: TSA Forget dumpster diving - go for the plastic bins at airport security checkpoints.
The TSA makes big bucks from all that loose change left by frantic passengers rushing to make their flights - more than $409,000 in 2010.
read story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EX-GOV. BARBOUR 'VERY COMFORTABLE' WITH PARDONSFormer Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Friday he's "very comfortable" with his final-days decisions to grant pardons or other clemency to more than 200 people, including convicted killers - decisions that outraged victims' families and dismayed even some of his most devoted supporters.
Barbour, a Republican who had considered but decided against running for president this year, said that 189 of the people who got pardons or other reprieves had already been released from prison before his actions. Only 10, he said, have been or will be fully released from prison, while several with expensive, chronic conditions are receiving medical leave.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SAN FRAN SHERIFF BOOKED ON DOMESTIC BATTERYRoss Mirkarimi, San Francisco's first new sheriff in more than three decades, called his swearing in last Sunday "one of the happiest days of my life."
Not a week later, the popular progressive politician undoubtedly had one of his worst, ending with a mug shot.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DOOR OPENED TO FORCE GAY MARRIAGE ON CHURCHESWith little fanfare, and almost no debate in the House of Commons, the English government recently passed a law allowing same-sex couples to hold "civil partnership" ceremonies on religious premises.
In America, at least according to Administrative Law Judge Solomon Metzger, a New Jersey religious group recently violated a similar law.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SINGLE STATE DEFIES OBAMA DETENTION PLANWhen Congress adopted and Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, alarms were raised over the possibility that it would allow the indefinite and rights-free detention of those who are called "belligerents," even if they are American citizens.
While the argument over those provisions rages, one state lawmaker in Rhode Island has jumped into action to protect the danger he sees for residents of his state, proposing a resolution to exempt his constituents from sections of the federal law.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JOHN BOLTON: IRAN CLOSER TO BOMB THAN WORLD REALIZES?A report that Iran is about a year away from having the capability to build a nuclear bomb may be too optimistic, contended John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"I worry the publicly available information is giving only a very small picture and that Iran is actually even much further along," Bolton said today in a radio interview.
read story-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BANK FORECLOSING ON O.J. SIMPSON'S FLORIDA HOMEJPMorgan Chase is moving forward with foreclosure proceedings on the Kendall home of O.J. Simpson.
Simpson, who is serving time in Nevada for kidnapping and armed robbery, bought the four-bedroom, four-bath house in 2000 for $575,000. Its current assessed value is $478,401.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: "NATURAL HOME" FOR MINORITIES IS DEMOCRATIC PARTYwatch video-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ZAPPOS SAYS HACKERS ACCESSED 24 MILLION CUSTOMERS' ACCOUNT DETAILSTwenty-four million Zappos customers are getting an unpleasant Sunday-evening surprise.
The Amazon-owned e-commerce firm has revealed that it was the target of a cyber attack that gained access to its internal network, including the accounts of 24 million of its users. Though the company says that no complete credit card numbers were revealed in the breach, the intruders may have accessed customers' names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, addresses, the last four digits of their credit card numbers, and encrypted passwords. Zappos says it's taken the precaution of resetting the passwords of all its customers and directing them to set a new password upon visiting the site.
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VERMONT DELEGATION REWARDED STAFFERS WITH $236,830 IN BONUSESAs demands for fiscal austerity dominated debate in Washington, Vermont's three congressional lawmakers gave their staffers a combined $236,830 in bonuses last year.
Many other congressional lawmakers also rewarded staffers with year-end bonuses, and the Vermont lawmakers found other ways to save. Each will return a significant amount of unspent office money - about 10 percent of their budgets - to the federal government.
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CONGRESS LOGS MOST FUTILE LEGISLATIVE YEAR ON RECORDIt's official: Congress ended its least-productive year in modern history after passing 80 bills - fewer than during any other session since year-end records began being kept in 1947.
Furthermore, an analysis by The Washington Times of the scope of such activities as time spent in debate, number of conference reports produced and votes taken on the House and Senate floors found that Congress set a record for legislative futility by accomplishing less in 2011 than any other year in history.
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ATTENTION SAN ANTONIO AREA HUNTERS:
CAN YOU VOLUNTEER ON A CHRISTIAN YOUTH HUNT?
Over the course of my 20-year career as a radio talk show host, I've met and interviewed a lot of fascinating people.
Many of them are household names which you would recognize instantly.
Tom Snyder, the 46-year-old owner of the regional Colonial Life Insurance office here in Garden Ridge, has got to be
one of the most intriguing people I've met in a long time. He's not famous. He's not a political leader. And he hasn't even written a book.
But he's spearheading a unique Christian ministry in our own backyard whose vision is as big as the Texas sky.
Tom Snyder, founder of Trinity Oaks, teaches a young boy on a Youth Hunt.
If you would like to volunteer to be a guide, call 210.447.351.
Now that he has become a successful businessman, Tom, a member of
River City Community Church here in San Antonio, has a passion to give back to the community - especially to the children in demonstrable, life-changing ways.
That's why he founded
Trinity Oaks, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. At the heart of the ministry are the
youth hunts for 10 to 16-year-olds. Throughout their time, the young people experience firearms safety instruction, target shooting and actual big game hunting.
In the process, Tom wants to give the tweens and teens access to the great outdoors, to
build their character, and to teach them the importance of responsibility in our narcissistic culture.
10 to 16-year-old boys, like the ones pictured above on a Trinity Oaks Youth Hunt develop self-confidence, an appreciation of God's creation and connect with the volunteer hunting guides.
"Our goal with youth is three-fold. First, we want to teach kids that hunting is not just about 'killing animals', but also about building relationships and enjoying
God's majestic outdoors. Second, we want to promote
our country's hunting heritage to future generations," said Tom Snyder.
"Third and most importantly, we want to show children of all ages that they have value and let them know there are people who care about them, people willing to listen to them and mentor them. We have found
you can really reach a child and make a difference in his life just by sitting next to a campfire and listening to what he has to say."
During the 2010/2011 hunting season alone, Tom personally acted as the lead field guide for every one of the
20 youth hunts attended by 85 young people, 53 of whom were first-time hunters. Typically, each hunt is comprised of 3-5 youngsters along with their fathers and some volunteer guides. Each youth is assigned to an adult.
Their goal for the upcoming
2011/2012 hunting season is to have
30 youth hunts attended
by 100 kids and 75 first-time children hunters.
Amazingly, Trinity Oaks covers every single expense
including the cost of transportation, the lease of the land, the hunting license fees as well as the food, lodging and the mounting of the child's wildgame trophy.
All the
meat is processed for free by volunteers, ground up and frozen into family packs. It's then
distributed to needy families and homeless shelters throughout San Antonio as well as
orphanages in Mexico.
ACTION STEPS FOR ADAM'S ARMY:
1. If you would like to suggest a boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 16 to
participate in a future Trinity Oaks youth hunt, please
call 210.447.0351, and tell them you are a McManus subscriber, or
email.
2. If you would like to volunteer to become a guide or firearms trainer for some of the
youth hunts, please
call 210.447.0351 and tell them you are a McManus subscriber or
e-mail. 3. If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Trinity Oaks to ensure that the
Youth Hunts and Wounded Warrior Hunts continue, donate on-line here. The cost of sending one underprivileged kid on a Christian Youth Hunt is $1,200. And now, thanks to the generosity of one sponsor,
anything that you give up to $100,000 will be doubled.
So,
if you give $150 today,
your donation will be doubled to $300 and fund one-quarter of the $1,200 cost for one kid to participate in this life-changing ministry.
You can also make a
tax-deductible donation by check made out to "Trinity Oaks." Send it to: Tom Snyder, Trinity Oaks, 9385 Miller Lane, San Antonio, Texas 78266.
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