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Defending Family from the Left
I spoke at a community college graduation ceremony and the video of the speech set off a firestorm on social media. A clip of the speech has been viewed tens of thousands of times. The controversy it created is important because it raised a critical debate about our society. Here’s the background: on May 11th, I spoke to the graduating class at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
How are Hospitals and Electric Utilities Alike?
Both are regulated monopolies. Government monopolies. Patients and customers are denied the benefits of competition. Patients have fewer choices and get government medicine. Customers get more expensive and less reliable electricity. Hospitals have Certificates of Need. They are issued by bureaucrats empowered by the legislature. Patients are like fish. CON’s are licenses for favored hospitals and their employees to catch and treat them – according to official protocols and The Science.
The 'Goon Squad' torture of Eddie Parker & Michael Jenkins cries out for uncomfortable reckoning
Michael Corey Jenkins, (AP Photo/HG Biggs) On January 24th, six armed intruders broke into a house in Braxton, Mississippi. Once inside, they found two Black men, Eddie Terrell Parker and Michael Corey Jenkins. The intruders brandished guns. A shot was fired into a wall of the home to intimidate Parker and Jenkins into submission. The men were handcuffed, beaten, and brutalized. Racial slurs like “nigger” and “monkey” and “boy” were allegedly volleyed by their tormentors.
Mississippians need the Credit Card Competition Act amid inflation, swipe fee double whammy
Despite slowing inflation, Americans are still struggling to afford the necessities and grapple with exceedingly high prices. Mississippians have experienced some of the lowest per capita gains in personal income both across the country and in the southern United States. What’s worse is these gains are nearly a wash once inflation is accounted for. As a small business owner, I feel the impact of inflation on my family, my employees, and my customers.
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Publish Date: 08 June 2021 By Steven O'Neill A new four-legged trainee has been added to Scotland’s Fire Service Coorie a young Malinois Belgian Shephard is now in training to join Mac as an urban search and rescue dog within SFRS. With a two-year training schedule ahead of him the young pup has lots to learn but will be taught by experienced handler and Crew Commander Gary Carroll. Born on March 28 little Coorie will be trained to detect live Human scent.
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Publish Date: 16 October 2019 By Steven O'Neill SFRS Search and Rescue dog Diesel has been awarded ‘Animal of the Year’ at a recent ceremony in London. Diesel, a 10-year-old springer spaniel was bestowed the accolade at the International Fund for Animal Welfare awards on Tuesday, October 15.
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Publish Date: 03 June 2019 By Steven O'Neill Within the depths of rural Perthshire lies a small picturesque village called Kinloch Rannoch. On the banks of Loch Rannoch around 18 miles from Pitlochry it sits on the base of a hill named “The Sleeping Giant” – a hill that can be seen on the hit TV series ‘Outlander’. With one pub, two hotels, a primary school with less than 16 children and a population of around 750 it is one of the most remote areas in the region.
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Publish Date: 12 April 2019 By Steven O'Neill Firefighters were on hand to rescue a terrified terrier which had got itself stuck down a rabbit hole in East Dunbartonshire last weekend. Four-year-old Jack Russell Hook became trapped underground while out walking with owner Kevin McKenna near Lennoxtown. Despite their best efforts, Kevin and his worried family were unable to rescue Hook and called the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for help.
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