Tom Brady: Team Chaplain One of the Main Reasons for This Season’s Success (+video)

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Photo Credit: Ijreview By Eric Scheiner. According to ESPN.com, Jack Easterby is treated a little different than most team chaplains. “The typical team chaplain is a pastor at a local church who volunteers to host Saturday chapel for 10 or so players who attend and is compensated with cash in a collection plate. In New England, Easterby has an office — and it’s near (Coach Bill) Belichick’s. He is a classic Belichick hire: The more he can do, the more he does. He hosts Bible study, works coaches’ hours in his office counseling players and their wives, throws passes in practice to Darrelle Revis and sometimes even jumps in on scout-team drills. When he’s not listening, he’s texting. When he’s not texting, he’s writing players and coaches individual notes, recapping their personal goals and reminding them of how thankful he is to know them.”

“The Patriots, since his hire, say they are not the same, no matter what happens in Super Bowl XLIX and no matter the result of Ted Wells’ investigation into whether the team illegally deflated footballs in the AFC championship game. Owner Robert Kraft calls Easterby a ‘wonderful individual,’ and (Tom) Brady has told friends Easterby is one of the main reasons for the Patriots’ success this past year. Safety Devin McCourty calls him ‘a godsend to this team’ who has ‘helped create better men.'”

(Read more about what Tom Brady said HERE)

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Seahawks Quarterback: I Became a Christian After Jesus Visited Me in a Dream (+videos)

By Michael Gryboski. Russell Wilson, a native of Richmond, Va., who quarterbacks for the Seattle Seahawks, explained in a recent video about his religious background and spiritual decision. (Read more from this story HERE).

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Mike Huckabee: Expecting a Christian to Accept Same-Sex Marriage is Like Asking a Jew to Serve Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp (+video)

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By Shiryn Ghermezian. Likely Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said on Sunday that expecting Christians to accept same-sex marriage is “like asking someone who’s Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.”

“We don’t want to do that,” he continued, during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. “I mean, we’re not going to do that. Or like asking a Muslim to serve up something that is offensive to him, or to have dogs in his backyard. We’re so sensitive to make sure we don’t offend certain religions, but then we act like Christians can’t have the convictions that they’ve had for 2,000 years.”

The former Arkansas governor made the comments in defense of an excerpt from his new book God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, in which he says he has friends and associates who are gay. Huckabee called homosexuality a “lifestyle” choice, as is drinking alcohol and using profanities. He told CNN’s Dana Bash that he remains friends with people who “have lifestyles that are not necessarily my lifestyle.” (Read more about what Huckabee said about the Christians to accept same-sex marriage HERE)

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Unbelievable: Madden NFL 2015 Precisely Predicted Patriots’ 28-24 Win Over Seahawks

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Photo Credit: REUTERS/LUCAS JACKSONIn a last minute interception, the Patriots sealed their victory in Super Bowl XLIX with a 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Incredibly, as we reported last week, the Madden NFL simulation between the two teams returned the exact same score. In the last twelve years of the simulations, Madden NFL has correctly predicted nine of the Super Bowl champions. That’s a pretty impressive accuracy rate of 75%. But the simulation has never before predicted the Super Bowl score to the point until today.


Here’s some more background on Madden NFL:

Since 2004, EA games has run a simulation of the Super Bowl using the latest game in the Madden NFL series and announced the result. The game simulations conducted by EA have correctly predicted nine of the last twelve Super Bowl winners . . . EA also releases a computer-generated description of the simulated game as if it were a summary of the real Super Bowl.

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Obama’s Drilling Ban in Alaska Definitely Not About Saving Polar Bears

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Photo Credit: Daily Caller Obama’s latest anti-fossil-fuels directive is to move off-limits to exploration and drilling some 12 million acres in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is one of the most oil-rich regions in the world. The area to be removed from drilling is larger than the combined land area of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Alaska’s economy is already softening because of low oil prices; now he tosses the state’s drowning economy an anchor.

Obama says his motivation is to keep this land environmentally undisturbed and to protect wildlife — as if he were a modern-day Theodore Roosevelt–style preservationist. “Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge is an incredible place — pristine, undisturbed,” Obama says. “It supports caribou and polar bears, all manner of marine life, countless species of birds and fish, and for centuries it supported many Alaska Native communities. But it’s very fragile.”

Well, no, not really. Think of a football field, and then think of placing a postcard on that field. This is roughly the size of the development footprint required to drill in these wilderness lands, compared with the entire Alaskan landmass. Thanks to horizontal drilling, the footprint from oil and gas production is getting smaller all the time. Drilling will hardly alter the majesty of the mountains or the forest lands.

[T]he impact on Alaska’s wildlife and natural beauty has been almost nonexistent. A study delivered in 2002 to the American Society of Civil Engineers found that “the ecosystems affected by the operation of TAPS and associated activity for almost 25 years are healthy.” Today the size of the caribou herd in Alaska is estimated at about 325,000 — four times the number before the pipeline was built. . .

So what’s really going on here? This latest White House move isn’t about saving polar bears. It’s about a radical climate-change agenda to stop all domestic oil and gas drilling and coal mining, wherever and whenever possible. The middle-class Americans who will lose jobs or pay more for gas at the pump are collateral damage. (Read more about the drilling ban in Alaska HERE)

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Wisconsin Judge Orders Police to Snatch People Off the Streets for Jury Duty

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A judge in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin ran out of potential candidates for jury duty, so he sent the sheriff to randomly pick up people off the street and force them into jury duty. And under Wisconsin law, it’s perfectly legal.

According to WBBH (Fort Myers), Eau Claire County Circuit Court Judge Michael Schumacher was presiding over a case – the specifics of what kind of case have not been made clear, as of this post – when the jury pool ran dry. He then had his clerk, Susan Schaffer, contact Sheriff Ron Cramer, to randomly pull people off the streets and impress them into jury duty.

Raw Story explains that sheriff’s deputies approached adults who appeared to be over 18 randomly on the streets, and asked them if they had any prior felony convictions. They were then told to write down some information, and drive themselves to the courthouse. Those who failed would be met with a deputy at their door to forcibly bring them to the courthouse.

Schaffer explains that forced jury roundups are rare, but necessary . . .

Although being randomly forced into jury duty sounds horrifying, it’s perfectly legal in Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin’s “Insufficient Jurors” statute – which is rarely invoked – judges have the right to dispatch the police to randomly impress people into jury duty. (Read more about what the Wisconsin judge did HERE)

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This is One of the Best Engagement Photo’s Ever but Liberals Will Hate It

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Engagement announcements are meant to let friends and family know about exciting wedding plans while also including some personal touches. One couple in Oregon was able to do that with a hilarious photo — and it has the added bonus of driving liberals crazy.

Stevie Beard and Brady Hogevoll recently hired a photographer to capture some professional images for their engagement announcement. While some of the shots were traditional, they also had a unique idea that proved to be very popular.

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“I shot the photo on a property owned by Brady’s parents. They have over 150 acres along the Siletz River (in Oregon). The whole family is very into elk hunting and even hosts Make-A-Wish elk hunts on occasion,” explained Joshua Rainey, the photographer.

It was apparently the couple’s idea to do, er, the shoot, but they worked together with Rainey to improvise the setup.

“Stevie and Brady came up with the idea and surprised me with it during engagement photos. We worked together to figure out how the image should look and set it up quickly before sunset,” he said. (Read more about the engagement photo HERE)

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Tranny Insanity: NYC Birth Certificates Asking the Unthinkable

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Photo Credit: ShutterstockA city Health Department form for new parents requesting birth certificates asks the “woman giving birth” if she’s male or female.

Along with routine questions — mother’s maiden name, mother’s legal name, mother’s Social Security number — is a gender question that has raised a few eyebrows.

And just in case the inquiry is not clear, the birth-certificate request provides a convenient check box and asks the question in capital letters. “What is your DATE OF BIRTH, current AGE and SEX?” the form asks in the section clearly marked “Mother/Parent (Woman Giving Birth).”

“To be clear, it is possible for a person who has given birth to a child to identify as male,” said Susan Sommer, a lawyer for Lambda Legal, an advocacy group for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people.

Sommer said that given various transgender stages, there is room for the person who gives birth to check the male box. (Read more about the idiotic NYC birth certificates HERE)

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Seahawks Quarterback: I Became a Christian After Jesus Visited Me in a Dream (+videos)

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Russell Wilson, a native of Richmond, Va., who quarterbacks for the Seattle Seahawks, explained in a recent video about his religious background and spiritual decision.

“When I was a young kid, I used to always go to church. My parents used to always take me. I knew about God, but I was always playing sports. I was kind of a bad kid growing up,” said Wilson.

“I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knocking on my door saying, ‘hey you need to find out more about me.’ So that Sunday morning I end up going to church and that’s when I got saved.”

Wilson added that about six years after he had the dream and made his spiritual decision to follow Christ, his father died. (Read more about what the Seahawks quarterback said HERE)

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Seattle Seahawks Interview With Pastor Mark Driscoll: Jesus is Better Than the Super Bowl

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Mayor of London: Islamic Jihadists are Porn-Obsessed W*****s

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By Rose Troup Buchanan. Boris Johnson has said that Islamic jihadists are “literally w*****s” who turn to extremism when “they are rejected by women”.

The London Mayor claimed, in an interview for The Sun, that the individuals who travel to Syria and Iraq to fight for Isis, also known as the Islamic State, needed to be demystified after he was handed an MI5 probe revealing the ‘typical’ profile of many of the young men.

Mr Johnson, 50, said: “If you look at all the psychological profiling about bombers, they typically will look at porn. They are literally w*****s. Severe onanists.” . . .

His remarks come following a highly publicised trip to northern Iraq to meet Peshmerga fighters. (Read more about what the mayor of London said HERE)

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Saudi Imam Who Raped and Tortured Daughter to Death Released for Blood Money

By Albawaba News. A Saudi religious scholar who raped his five-year-old daughter and tortured her to death has been ordered to pay “blood money” to the mother following a short term in jail, members of female rights group, Women to Drive, said on Saturday.

A statement released by the group said the man’s daughter, Lama, was admitted to hospital on 25 December 2011 having sustained multiple injuries including a crushed skull, a broken arm and ribs and extensive bruising and burns.

According to the victim’s mother, hospital staff told her that her “child’s rectum had been torn open and the abuser had attempted to burn it closed”.

Lama died in October 2012.

Despite the brutality of the crime, the activists say a judge has ruled: “Blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama’s death suffices as punishment.” (Read more from this story HERE)

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Female College Student Saves Boyfriend’s Life With Gun

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Photo Credit: Wesh By Gail Paschall-Brown. Two burglars were thwarted by a University of Central Florida student with a gun, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the culprits barged into the student’s apartment after knocking on the door at the Village at Alafaya Club Tuesday night.

One of the residents answered the door and was forced to the ground at gunpoint as the men ransacked the apartment, investigators said.

“He grabbed me by the throat. He took me a little further into the living room and pushed me down and said, ‘Don’t move. Just stay down,'” UCF student Nour Skargee, 22, said. “They didn’t realize my girlfriend was in her room and thank God she was in her room. I yelled, ‘Hey, grab the gun.’ . . .

“I quickly closed my door and locked it to get some extra time to get the gun,” Nehme said. “He immediately, when he saw the gun, turned right back around, darted out and both of them fled the apartment.” (Read more about the female college student saving her boyfriends life HERE)

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Man Holds Burglar at Gun Point After He Tries to Rob Victim’s Home

By Sam Cadle. Thanks to the watchful eye on a neighbor, a North Carolina homeowner was able to come home and catch a burglar in his home. The neighbor noticed a suspicious vehicle in the driveway and called the homeowner, John Painter, to let him know. When he arrived home he found his door forced open and when he went inside he found a man inside. He retrieved his handgun, held the burglar face down and called 911. All too often neighbors don’t help each other and make the calls, or investigate things that might be suspicious.

I do applaud the local Sheriff’s office for letting the public know that if you are able to safely, detaining someone is your right. Many times we hear law enforcement tell people to just leave the situation and go to a safe place, allowing a burglar to continue to ransack your home or even get away. The Sheriff’s PIO did, to the media, say that concealed carry permits were on the rise, so home invaders should think twice. (Read more from this story HERE)

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