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This Dad’s Drone Footage Showed a Shark Swimming Right Towards His Kids

 

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A Florida father operating a drone during a recent beach trip was using the flying device to view his family from above when he  spotted a shark heading right toward them.

 

Dan Watson, a professional photographer, was flying a Mavic 2 Pro over New Smyrna Beach to capture photos of his wife, Sally, and their three children, Grace, Jonathan and Landon, as they played in the water, when he noticed a shadowy figure underneath the water getting close to his family.

 

"As soon as I took (the drone) out over their heads, that's when I started seeing shadows moving through the water," he told  WOFL.

Watson said he immediately ran toward his family while shouting for his wife to get herself and their kids out of the water, a plea she thankfully heard in time.

 

"I immediately get the kids out of the water" Sally recalled to Central Florida station  News 13. "I see them get out of the water, and he immediately brings the drone to me, and I see the shark swimming at my children."

 

"When you think of a shark, you think of them in deep water, you don't think of them extremely close, and you don’t think they'll come in knee-deep water," she added. "It is terrifying to see them come that close to my kids."

 

Volusia County, Fla., which is home to New Smyrna Beach, earned itself the dubious unofficial title of "shark bite capital of the world" in 2017, according to the  Daytona Beach News-Ledger. Nine shark bites were reported at the county's beaches that year, bringing the state's total to 31 unprovoked attacks, more than anywhere else in the world.

 

In comparison, South Carolina had 10 unprovoked shark attacks in 2017, while Hawaii had six.

Independence Day: Our Christian- Judeo Heritage

 

David Barton

The Birth of a Nation

 

For 235 years, America has been blessed as the longest on-going Constitutional Republic in the history of the world. These blessings are not accidental they are blessings of God. This is evident as we look at the turmoil in other nations and contrast that to the stability we see in America. Preserving American liberty depends first upon our understanding of the foundations on which this great country was built, and then it depends on preserving the principles on which it was founded.

 

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from England. Two days later, the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed. Four days later, members of Congress took the document and read it out loud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, and afterwards they rang the Liberty Bell. The inscription on the top of the bell is  Leviticus 25:10, which reads, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof."

 

John Adams said, "The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity." Probably the clearest identification of the spirit of the American Revolution was given by John in a letter to Abigail the day after Congress approved the Declaration. He wrote her two letters that day: One was short and jubilant that the Declaration had been approved; the other letter was much longer and gave serious consideration to what had been done that day. Adams could already foresee that their actions would be celebrated by future generations.

 

A Different Holiday

Adams also noted: "This day will be the most memorable epic in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival." He felt the celebration should be in a manner that would commemorate the day as a "day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty." John Adams believed that the Fourth of July should be a religious holiday. The two top holidays celebrated in this country are Christmas and the Fourth of July. According to John Quincy Adams, the two dates are connected. On the Fourth of July, the Founding Fathers simply took the precepts of Christ and His birth (Christmas) and incorporated those principles into civil government.

 

The Declaration of Independence was the birth certificate for this nation, but the men who signed it knew it could be their death warrant. The closing paragraph states, "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance of the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." The 56 Founding Fathers, 27 of whom were trained as ministers, took their pledge seriously. On the morning of the signing, there was silence and gloom as each man was called up to the table of the President of Congress to sign the document, knowing that it could mean their death by hanging.

 

Most wars have a motto. The motto of World War II was "Remember Pearl Harbor." The motto during the Texas war for independence was "Remember the Alamo." The spiritual emphasis, directed towards King George III who violated Gods laws, gave rise to a motto during the American Revolution: "No King but King Jesus." The Founding Fathers passed the torch to us. It is our responsibility to not let it go out.

Yes I am proud to be an American

National Emergency” By artist Jon McNaughton Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals march to our southern border and cross into our country.

Figures from left to right: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, President Trump

Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes

Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoes after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism

Nike endorser Colin Kaepernick told company officials that the early American flag is an offensive symbol because of its association with an era of slavery. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

By 

Khadeeja Safdar and 

Andrew Beaton

July 1, 2019 7:35 pm ET

 

Nike Inc.  NKE 1.74%  is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick told the company  it shouldn’t sell a shoe with a symbol that he and others consider offensive, according to people familiar with the matter.

The sneaker giant created the Air Max 1 USA in celebration of the July Fourth holiday, and it was slated to go on sale this week. The heel of the shoe featured a U.S. flag with 13 white stars in a circle, a design created during the American Revolution and commonly referred to as the Betsy Ross flag.

 

After shipping the shoes to retailers, Nike asked for them to be returned without explaining why, the people said. The shoes aren’t available on Nike’s own apps and websites.

“Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag,” a Nike spokeswoman said.

 

After images of the shoe were posted online, Mr. Kaepernick, a Nike endorser, reached out to company officials saying that he and others felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery, the people said. Some users on social media responded to posts about the shoe with similar concerns. Mr. Kaepernick declined to comment.

The design was created in the 1770s to represent the 13 original colonies, though there were many early versions of the America flag, according to the Smithsonian. In 1795, stars were added to reflect the addition of Vermont and Kentucky as states

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In 2016,  the superintendent of a Michigan school district apologized after students waved the Betsy Ross flag at a high-school football game, saying that for some it is a symbol of white supremacy and nationalism, according to Mlive.com, a local news outlet. While the flag’s use isn’t widespread, the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said at the time that it has been appropriated by some extremist groups opposed to America’s increasing diversity.

 

Mr. Kaepernick, 31 years old, last played in the NFL in 2016, the season he began kneeling on the field during the national anthem to call attention to social injustices and racial inequality. He has gone unsigned since and, along with former teammate Eric Reid, recently settled collusion grievances that alleged the league and its teams conspired to keep them unsigned because of their outspoken political views. The  settlement was for less than $10 million, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

 

Last year, Nike  made Mr. Kaepernick the face of an advertising campaign while he was still engaged in that dispute with the league—a risky move given Nike’s role as one of the NFL’s biggest partners. The campaign generated a backlash among some consumers, who began torching Nike shoes and cutting its swoosh logo out of gear. The protests were countered by expressions of support for Nike.

 

Since the ad was released, Nike has posted higher sales, boosted by strong demand in both the U.S. and China. In the fourth quarter, sales rose 4% to $10.18 billion. Its share price has climbed more than 15% so far this year.

 

At least some shoes have already made their way to sneaker enthusiasts. Versions of the Air Max 1 USA were  changing hands on sneaker-reselling site StockX for as much as $500 on Monday, according to the site.

 

Write to Khadeeja Safdar at  khadeeja.safdar@wsj.com and Andrew Beaton at  andrew.beaton@wsj.com

Danzel Washington says:

"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you're prepared for it."

 

Bonne Chance :-)

........

 

TIME MACHINE

When I was a little boy, a strange man from Area 51 stepped out of a time machine and punched me for no known reason.

Now at last I’ve managed to invent a time machine of my own, so this TIME,I’m going to go back to when he was a little boy so I can punch him and see how he likes it.  :-)

Great Sex Quotes  :-)

 

 

"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz SL500."

Frank Sinatra

 

"It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married."

George Burns

 

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship."

Sharon Stone

 

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."

Jack Nicholson

 

"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is."

Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady)

 

"Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."

Robin Williams

 

"According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful."

Robert De Niro

 

"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say  they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?"

Dustin Hoffman

 

"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, 'I know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked!"

Jerry Seinfeld

 

"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis and only enough blood to run one at a time."

Robin Williams

 

"It's been so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom.

Joan Rivers

 

"Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences money can buy."

Steve Martin

 

"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."

Oscar Wilde

“How many people think the problem with U.S. health care is that doctors aren’t forced to answer to enough federal bureaucrats?”

 

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The BernieCare Bust

At Thursday’s debate the senator had no answer for the big question about socialized medicine.

By James Freeman

June 28, 2019 3:04 pm ET

 

Vermont’s socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary debate on Thursday night in Miami. PHOTO: SAUL LOEB/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

 

Just hours after Thursday’s Democratic presidential primary debate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced this morning that she now opposes the abolition of private health insurance. Perhaps last night she noticed that the country’s most zealous advocate for government health care couldn’t sell it.

 

According to CNN:

 

California Sen. Kamala Harris said Friday that she misinterpreted a question about abolishing private health insurance at Thursday night’s 2020 Democratic debate, despite the fact that she raised her hand when asked if she would eliminate it.

NBC’s Lester Holt asked for the 10 candidates on stage to raise their hands if their health care plans would “abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan?”

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Harris were the only two candidates who put their hands up, but Harris said Friday she does not support getting rid of all private insurance.

The California Democrat said she misunderstood the question and believed it was about whether she, personally, would give up her private plan in favor of Medicare.

This column doubts that anyone would voluntarily trade congressional medical benefits for a BernieCare card. (The Sanders legislation formally calls it a Universal Medicare card.) But the encouraging news is that at least for the moment Sen. Harris acknowledges a major flaw in the legislation she has co-sponsored to force Americans into government care.

 

Mr. Sanders, standing next to her on last night’s debate stage, may have helped Sen. Harris to recognize the weakness of the plan. Remarkably, even with 24 hours to prepare, Mr. Sanders still didn’t have an answer for the big question about his proposal that had been raised on Wednesday.

 

Former Rep. John Delaney (D., Md.) broke “the socialist reverie” at Wednesday’s debate, according to a Journal editorial, by asking why even successful health plans have to be outlawed under the Sanders plan. “A hundred million Americans say they like their private health insurance,” noted Mr. Delaney.

 

The Maryland Democrat also punctured the fantasy that the government can dictate enormous reductions in the amount paid to medical providers without affecting the quality of patient care. Mr. Delaney said that without the higher rates charged to private plans, no U.S. hospitals could stay in business.

 

One might have expected Mr. Sanders to prepare a rebuttal to this critique. But when asked on Thursday about his plan to end private health insurance, the man who rants for “revolution” suddenly pretended that not much would change for patients. According to the NBC transcript, Mr. Sanders said:

 

“People don’t like their private insurance companies. They like their doctors and hospitals. Under our plan people go to any doctor they want, any hospital they want. We will substantially lower the cost of health care in this country because we’ll stop the greed of the insurance companies”.

Perhaps it’s progress that Mr. Sanders now acknowledges that U.S. patients generally like the care they receive. But how will patients go to any hospital they want if hospitals are not able to stay in business? And how will patients go to any doctor they want if all doctors have just been given a huge financial incentive to stop practicing medicine in the U.S.?

 

Former Social Security and Medicare trustee Charles Blahous wrote last year in the Journal that the Sanders plan would cost taxpayers more than $32 trillion over ten years. Enormous as this expense would be, Mr. Blahous also explained that for the purposes of his estimate, he was accepting the key Sanders claims. Said Mr. Blahous:

 

My projection generously assumes the plan would succeed in lowering prescription-drug costs and that administrative costs would somehow be less than half what they are among private insurers.

 

Most important, it assumes Medicare for All would successfully cut all health-care provider payments down to Medicare’s reimbursement rates, which are more than 40% lower than private insurance rates—and even below providers’ costs of delivering services. Moreover, it assumes that Medicare for All will somehow do all this without disrupting the availability and quality of health care.

 

Of course the history of socialized medicine is that it succeeds in discouraging doctors and creating shortages without achieving the desired cost control. Perhaps this is why the Sanders bill suggests an ambition to ratchet down even further payments made to people who heal us. The draft legislation says that the Secretary of Health and Human Services “shall establish, document, and make publicly available a standardized process for reviewing the relative values of physicians’ services.”

 

How many people think the problem with U.S. health care is that doctors aren’t forced to answer to enough federal bureaucrats?

 

If the Democrats standing on stage with Mr. Sanders are starting to see the flaws in his plan, odds are the Democrats who vote in primaries will too.

This state is rapidly becoming a <snip>hole. Unchecked immigration and PC culture results in unlivable conditions for normal folks.

 

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Looks like what's pathetically seen every day in Oakland!

 

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Femunications:

 

 

 

  Golf Tip

A woman and a man are lying in bed next to each other when her phone rings.

She picks up, the man looks over at her and listens.

She is speaking in a cheery voice, "Hi, I'm so glad you called. Really? That's wonderful.

I'm so happy for you. That sounds terrific. Great! Thanks. Okay. Bye."

She hangs up, and the man asks, "Who was that?"

"Oh, she replies, "that was my  husband telling me about the great time he's having on his golf trip with you."

 

Special Package deal for Businessmen

An Airline introduced a special package for Business men. 

Buy your ticket, get your wife's ticket free.

After great success, the company sent letters to all the wives asking how was the trip.

All of them gave the same reply..."What trip?"

 

New SIM to Surprise Her Husband

Woman buys a new Sim Card. Puts it in her phone and decides to surprise her husband who is seated on the couch in the living room.

She goes to the kitchen, calls her husband with the new number: 

"Hello Darling."

The husband responds in a low tone: 

"Let me call you back later Honey, my wife is in the kitchen.

 

Cool Message by a Wife

 

Dear Mother-in-law,

"Don't teach me how to handle my children, I'm living with one of yours & he needs a lot of improvement"

 

Throwing Knives at Wife's Picture 

 

Husband was throwing knives at his wife’s picture. 

All the knives were missing the target!

Suddenly he received a call from her  "Hi, what are you doing?"

 His honest reply, "MISSING YOU."

 

 

Habit of Talking in Sleep 

A lady to doctor: My husband has a habit of talking in his sleep! What should I give him to cure it?

Dr: Give him an opportunity to speak when he is awake.

 

 

Natural Disasters Just Happen 

 

Nobody teaches volcanoes to erupt, tsunamis to devastate, hurricanes to swirl around and no one teaches a man how to choose a wife.

Natural disasters just happen.

 

 

Your Husband Needs Rest 

 

Doctor: Madam, your husband needs rest and peace, so here are some sleeping pills.

Wife: Doc, when should I give them to him?

Doctor: They are for you!

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‘Socialist’ Nordic Countries Are Actually Moving Toward Private Health Care

While socialists in America would rush to nationalize health care, the Scandinavians are all gradually increasing their use of private health insurance.

 

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THE BAPTIST CHURCH  DINNER!

 

A  group of friends from the Cottonwood Baptist Church wanted to get  together on a regular basis, socialize, and play games. The lady of the  house was to prepare the meal.

 

When  it came time for Al and Janet to be the hosts, Janet wanted to outdo all  the others. She decided to have mushroom-smothered steak. But mushrooms  are expensive. She then told her husband, "No mushrooms. They are too  high."

 

He  said, "Why don't you go down in the pasture and pick some of those  mushrooms? There are plenty in the creek bed."

 

She  said, "No, some wild mushrooms are poison."

 

He  said, "Well, I see varmints eating them and they're OK." So Janet  decided to give it a try.. She picked a bunch, washed, sliced, and diced  them for her smothered steak.

 

Then  she went out on the back porch and gave Ol' Spot (the yard dog) a double  handful. Ol' Spot ate every bite. All morning long, Janet watched Ol'  Spot and the wild mushrooms didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to  use them.

 

The  meal was a great success, and Janet even hired a helper lady from town  to help her serve. After everyone had finished, they relaxed,  socialized, and played '42' and dominoes. About then, the helper lady  came in and whispered in Janet's ear.

 

She  said, "Mrs. Williams, Ol' Spot is dead."

 

Janet  went into hysterics.

 

After  she finally calmed down, she called the doctor and told him what had  happened.

 

The  doctor said, "That's bad, but I think we can take care of it. I will  call for an ambulance and I will be there as quickly as possible. We'll  give everyone enemas and we will pump out everyone's stomach. Everything  will be fine. Just keep them calm.."

 

Soon  they could hear the siren as the ambulance was coming down the  road.

 

The  EMTs and the doctor had their suitcases, syringes, and a stomach  pump.

 

One by  one, they took each person into the bathroom, gave them an enema, and  pumped out their stomach.

 

After  the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, "I think  everything will be fine now," and he left. They were all looking pretty  weak sitting around the living room and about this time the helper lady  came in and whispered to Janet, "You know, that fellow that run over Ol'  Spot never even stopped."

Free Holiday Dinner; A priest says to his friend, the rabbi  :-)

 

A priest says to his friend, the rabbi, that he has a perfect way of eating for free in restaurants. “I go in at well past 9 o’clock in the evening, eat several courses slowly, linger over coffee, port and a cigar. Come 2 o’clock, as they are clearing everything away, I just keep sitting there until eventually a waiter comes up and asks me to pay. Then I say: ‘I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.’ Because I am a man of the cloth, they take my word for it, and I leave.”

 

The rabbi is impressed, and says: “Let’s try it together this evening.”

 

So the priest books them into a restaurant and come 2 o’clock they are both still quietly sitting there after a very full meal. Sure enough, a waiter comes over and asks them to pay. The priest just says: “I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.”

And the rabbi adds: “And we are still waiting for the change!”

A big city lawyer went duck hunting on the Tantramar Marshes in rural Nova Scotia. He shot and dropped a bird but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence.

 

 

As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.

 

The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell into this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."

 

The old farmer replied, "This is my property and you are not coming over here!"

 

The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in Toronto, and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."

 

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes here in this part of Nova Scotia.  We settle small disagreements like this with the 'Three Kick Rule.'"

 

The lawyer asked, "What is the‘Three Kick Rule’ ?”

 

The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."

 

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.

 

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel-toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees!

 

His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end sent him face-first into a fresh “cow pie”.

 

The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and remaining strength and very slowly managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old dog. Now it's my turn!"

 

(I love this part)

 

The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."

 

Don’t you just love old people? And being from Nova Scotia doesn’t hurt either!!