OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is poised to do well no matter who wins the White House in November, and the billionaire investor defended the performance and tactics of the conglomerate’s several la…
Month: May 2016
Fairfax School Board ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Jerry Falwell’s Call to Carry Guns to Fight Terrorism
On Thursday the Fairfax County School Board sent a leader to Liberty University chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. to say they are “deeply disturbed” by his calls for Liberty students to get concealed permits and carry guns to stop potential terror attacks on campus. Falwell made his comments to the student body on December 4, 2015, saying, “I’ve always thought if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in and killed us.” Four days later Falwell made clear that he could have used a word other than “Muslims” to make the same point. The Washington Post reported that Falwell was referencing the terrorists who killed 14 innocents in San Bernardino on August 2, 2015. And WSLW 10 quoted Farwell speaking to that very point on December 8, saying, “Terrorist would have been a good word to use too, I just was referring to those particular people, and they were motivated by their religion, so it was a relevant term for that event.” Nevertheless, after “debaters from at least five Northern Virginia high schools decided to boycott the [April 22-23]…high school debate championship because it was being held at Liberty, the Fairfax school board followed suit. The students said
Mitch McConnell Plots to Bar Another Ted Cruz from Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is scheming to slam the door of the Senate in the face of another conservative Republican like Sen. Ted Cruz.
Hillary Supporter Joan Walsh: Bernie Has Pulled Hillary Left
On Saturday, MSNBC political analyst and Hillary Clinton supporter Joan Walsh said Clinton has been pulled “in some ways to the left,” by fellow Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). “He [Bernie Sanders] has brought great issues. He has brought great energy. He has pulled her [Hillary Clinton] in some ways to the left, certainly on the fight for 15. The movement, and Senator Sanders, I think, are bringing her towards 15,” Walsh explained. Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent
Donald Trump Calls California Protesters ‘Thugs and criminals’ at Republican Event–Daily Mail
Donald Trump has blasted the protesters who swarmed the outside of the state Republican Party’s annual convention in San Francisco where he was due to give a speech.