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Mass. Little Leaguer banned from pitching following debate that he throws with ‘too much power’ | Prep Rally - Yahoo! Sports

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: Are we becoming a nation of pansies? You have to ban the kid for being too good, he can't pitch against his 12-year-old buddies because he's GOOD?   I'll bet the people who pushed the ban are liberals.

Little League is an a sports association of inclusion, with teams finding ways to accommodate those who might not play elsewhere. There’s even an entire division for players who are mobility impaired.

via sports.yahoo.com

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Jewish Leaders Want Glenn Beck Apology for Comparing Bloomberg to Hitler - ABC News

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE:  Beck mocked the mayor’s agenda of controlling New Yorkers' lives with a gun ban, soda ban, popcorn ban, salt ban, trans fat ban, bike share (but not for people over 260 pounds). Beck doesn't owe anybody an apology, he's revealing the ugly truth.  The only thing offensive here is Bloomberg's agenda.

Glenn Beck roused the National Rifle Association's annual convention this weekend with his attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but he also aroused criticism by a major Jewish group for depicting the mayor giving what appears to be a a Nazi salute.

The head of the Anti-Defamation League called Becks' comments "deeply offensive on so many levels," and B'nai B'rith called for Beck to apologize.

via abcnews.go.com

Two Boys Suspended For Pointing Pencils Like Guns | Parenting - Yahoo! Shine

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: Wow, some teachers and principals sure are stupid.   And look at how our kids are being indoctrinated into believing guns are inherently eeeevvvviiiiilllll...... Zero tolerance policies suck and dumbs down our ability to address problems on a case-by-case and common sense basis.

A 7-year-old boy, who was suspended for two days after playing a game of make-believe with his friend, returned to school on Wednesday. 

More on Yahoo! Shine: Kindergarten Boy Suspended for His 'Distracting' Mohawk

On Friday, Christopher Marshall, a second grader at Driver Elementary School in Suffolk, Virginia and his  classmate were playing with their pencils, pointing them at each other and making machine gun noises when a concerned teacher pulled them into the principals' office.

via shine.yahoo.com

Gay rights amendment offered to immigration bill in Congress | Reuters

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: And a gay rights amendment has what to do with immigration reform? Absolutely NOTHING.

(Reuters) - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday introduced a gay rights amendment to the Senate's immigration bill, prompting one of the measure's Republican sponsors to repeat his prediction that it would sink the legislation.

"It'll kill the bill" if it is included in the legislation, Florida Senator Marco Rubio said in a brief interview. "There is a coalition of groups who are supporting immigration reform who will not support it if that's in there."

via www.reuters.com

God gesture disqualifies team after runner points to the sky - Jacksonville Top News | Examiner.com

Many people are outraged after an act of faith cost a local track team a win and a chance to advance to the state championships. The God gesture disqualified the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team after they won the regional meet and were on their way to the Texas state championships

via www.examiner.com

Beach bonfire spat gets hot in Southern California - The Galveston County Daily News : Nation

Anna Abderhalden and her siblings woke before dawn to stake a claim to a coveted beachfront spot where bonfires blaze each night as a rite of summer in this surf-crazy Southern California city.

More than 12 hours later, Abderhalden's toes were tucked in the sand as an orange sun dipped below the horizon and flames warmed her family.

via www.galvestondailynews.com

Four Chicago Neighborhoods Make List Of Nation's Most Dangerous: Chicagoist

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: And Chicago has the most restrictive gun laws in the country.    Is it a coincidence that inner cities are rife with crime and those cities have tough gun laws? These neighborhoods are predominantly black.  Take guns away from the black man and higher crime is the result? Hmmmmmm......

Four Chicago neighborhoods were named by Neighborhood Scout among the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the U.S. The top three spots on the list belong to Detroit, but part of Chicago's Auburn Gresham — between 76th and 79th streets, east of Halsted to Wallace — comes in fourth place. According to NeighborhoodScout's statistics, that area has a rate of 116.56 violent crimes per 1,000 people, meaning a resident of that section of Auburn Gresham has a 1 in 9 chance of being the victim of a crime within a year.

via chicagoist.com

Bruce Bartlett: Wealth Inequality and Political Inequality - NYTimes.com

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: The NY Times continues to crank out lies, the paper just doesn't realize that its absurdity is its decline.

A crucial question in the debate over income and wealth inequality is whether its growth necessarily leads to a growth in the inequality of political power. If it does, then this is a powerful reason for the federal government to take active measures to reduce income and wealth inequality — even if it comes at an economic cost to the nation.

via economix.blogs.nytimes.com

Capitalism is killing our morals, our future - Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch

CORALVILLE COURIER EDITOR'S NOTE: More anti-capitalism propaganda from the left....Hitting the mainstream media...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, capitalism is working ... for the Forbes 1,000 Global Billionaires whose ranks swelled from 322 in 2000 to 1,426 recently. Billionaires control the vast majority of the world’s wealth, while the income of American workers stagnated.

via www.marketwatch.com