Monthly Archives: December 2012

Snow touches down in Williams

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Snow touches Williams.


WILLIAMS—Snow touched down in Williams, late last night, dumping about 3.5-inches. The long range forecast shows snow through Sunday night clearing by Monday morning. There will be a slight chance of rain and snow Tuesday night.

The good news is that is makes for a more scenic journey on the Polar Express, gives the Christmas feel and is a start at replenishing the water resources at Kaibab Lake, Buckskinner Lake, the Santa Fe Dam and other reservoirs in the area. The bad news is that it is only a start. The city will need quite a few more of these type storms to restore the lakes.

Williams could receive an additional 2-inches during the day with 3-5 additional inches overnight. There is a chance for another 3-5 inches over Saturday.

Residents should be aware that parking on the street is against city ordnance and hampers snow removal efforts. Visitors should be aware that this is enforced mainly in the downtown area and they should use the city parking lot around and across the street from the Williams Visitor center through Saturday. Or just walk through our winter wonderland. Just be careful of the ice.

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Time to shovel snow

Oscars Snubbed 2016 Obama’s America

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By Slatester

A total of 126 documentaries were eligible for an Academy Award this year, and a selection committee recently narrowed those down to 15 hopefuls for five nominations. Dozens were snubbed, but the producers of 2016: Obama’s America say their film’s exclusion is evidence of something more sinister.

The anti-Obama film directed by Dinesh D’Souza was roundly panned by critics, though it rode word of mouth to a $33 million gross. D’Souza said the film’s success would have resulted in a nomination if it weren’t for Hollywood’s bias. “Liberal political ideology, not excellence, is the true standard of what receives awards,” he said.

Gerald Molen, a 2016 producer who won an Oscar for Schindler’s List, echoed the director’s accusation, adding: “America went to see the documentary in spite of how Hollywood feels about it.”

2016 is currently the second highest-grossing documentary in America, behind Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, which was not eligible for an Oscar.

Source Reagan Coalition

Navy Cancels Nativity over Atheist Complaint

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Photo from God and Country web site.

Photo from God and Country web site.

By Todd Starnes

The website Christian Fighter Pilot first exposed the controversy – and noted sarcastically that service members in Bahrain “have now experienced the friendly influence of atheism on their holiday.”

The Navy directed service members serving in Bahrain to cancel and dismantle a “Live Nativity” after receiving a complaint from a military atheist group who said the manger scene endangered Americans serving in a Muslim country and violated the U .S. Constitution.

The chaplain at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain confirmed to Fox News the nativity scene was cancelled – but referred any further comments to the NSA’s public information officer.

The “Live Nativity” was a long-standing tradition at NSA Bahrain that featured the children of military personnel dressed as shepherds, wise men, along with Mary and Joseph. It was part of a larger festival that included a tree lighting, Christmas music and photographs with Santa Claus and a camel.

But the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers objected to the Nativity and filed a complaint with the Navy’s Inspector General. They argued the Nativity promoted “Christianity as the official religion of the base.”

Read more at FOX News

Snow. Really. Someday.

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Ice forms at the Santa Fe dam.

Ice forms at the Santa Fe dam.

The snow Sunday did not materialize and the next chance of snow has been pushed back from tomorrow to Thursday. The forecast now shows a 20% chance Thursday raising to 90% Thursday night. The chance goes down from there to a slight chance Saturday clearing Saturday night.

Winter is upon us, however, complete with ice even forming at the Santa Fe dam.

“Drug cartels’ bank,” HSBC, to see no arrests

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(CBS News) As bank slogans go, they don’t come worse than this: “The preferred financial institution of drug cartels and money launderers.”

That’s a quote Tuesday in a U.S. Department of Justice report about HSBC Holdings, one of the largest banks in the world.

To avoid criminal prosecution, HSBC admitted Tuesday that it laundered more than $800 million for Mexican drug cartels, and covered up illegal transactions for Burma, Iran, Sudan, Cuba, and Libya.

Those nations were under banking sanctions because of human rights atrocities, terrorism, or — in Iran’s case — a nuclear program.

The British bank will pay $1.9 billion to the U.S. government, the largest such fine in history.

Read more at CBS News

Pipe dreams: Claims of legalized pot benefits quickly busted in Colo. and Wash.

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Patricia Campion
The Examiner

While pot is still banned under federal law, voters in Colorado and Washington passed referendums legalizing marijuana for recreational use on Nov. 6. Despite claims by advocates that legalization would reduce crime, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that “two University of Colorado Boulder students face multiple felony charges after the marijuana-laced brownies they brought to class put their professor in the hospital.”

Thomas Ricardo Cunningham, 21, and Mary Elizabeth Essa, 19, were arrested on suspicion of planning and intentionally committing second-degree assault and inducing consumption of controlled substances by fraudulent means.

Officials said “two other students were hospitalized with anxiety and lightheadedness, and five more had a ‘bad reaction.'”

“Putting marijuana into a food product and providing it to somebody without their knowledge has always been illegal, and that will continue to be illegal, even after Amendment 64,” campus police spokesman Ryan Huff said Sunday. “So I just want to make this clear that these are serious felony cases and we take these very seriously.”

Read more at The Examiner

SEAL Killed in Rescue Mission Identified

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The Pentagon has identified Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Checque as the Navy SEAL who died of injuries sustained in the successful rescue of an American doctor from the Taliban over the weekend.

Checque, who hailed from Monroeville, Pa., died of “combat related injuries,” according to a Pentagon release. Though the release only said Checque was assigned to “an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit,” ABC News previously reported the fallen servicemember was a part of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6, the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden.

Checque, 28, sustained his mortal injuries while on a nighttime mission Saturday to free Dr. Dilip Joseph, an American doctor who worked for an non-governmental organization based in Kabul. Joseph was kidnapped by the Taliban earlier this month and American officials believed he was in imminent danger.

Read more at ABC News

Transparency not an option?

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The Internet is abuzz with the story that the January 20th swearing in of Barrack Obama may be a private affair. Apparently the word is that Obama intends not to allow the media that installed him to attend the ceremony. Alana Goodman of Commentary Magazine reported, “Politico reports that Obama’s second inaugural oath for the ‘most transparent administration in history’ might be administered privately, without any media present.”

The web site Politico reported a quote from the NBC News White House correspondent. “Call me shell-shocked. I’m stunned that this is even an issue; it boggles the mind,” Chuck Todd told POLITICO. “This is not their oath, this is the constitutional oath. It’s not for them. It’s for the public, the citizens of the United Sates. It just boggles the mind. How is this even a debate?”

In his original swearing in ceremony, there were mistakes in the oath of office that he took. Some said that mistake nullified the oath causing another swearing in ceremony to be conducted in the White House in private.

According to the Politico office, the White House intends a public ceremony after the private ceremony. Apparently they intend to reverse the process from the first gaffed ceremony.

The excuse of the White House is alleged to be that January 20th falls on a Sunday, they will hold the ceremony privately and hold a public ceremony the following day.

“The White House Correspondents Association has reason to be concerned,” Goodman wrote in her commentary. “While Obama’s second oath of office in 2009 (if you remember, he had to do it twice) wasn’t completely closed to the media, only four reporters were allowed to attend, writes Dylan Byers.”

Christmas selections from The Piano Guys

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The Piano Guys may not have a fantastic name for their band, but they certainly play fantastic music. Their videos are going viral on the Internet and they have appeared on numerous television shows.

We present for your holiday pleasure some of their music videos.

The Carol of the Bells for 12 Cellos

O Come, Emanuel

And just for fun…