Tag Archives: Best Persons

Discovery Ends Gun Reality Shows, Including Nugent

Posted on December 18, 2012 at 5:10 pm by Bob Cesca

Best Persons: In addition to cancelling its popular “American Guns” reality show, The Discovery Channel confirmed to Raw Story on Tuesday that firearms enthusiast Ted Nugent will also not be returning to the channel in any form or fashion. Speaking … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on October 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

After his son was suspended and assigned alternative school for standing up for a special-needs friend who was being bullied, former law enforcement officer and active service member Randy Duke protested outside his son’s school for a few hours every … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 3:40 pm by JM Ashby

We criticize the media quite regularly here so I’m also going to give credit where it’s due. In this clip, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien refuses to let Romney surrogate John Sununu get away with this fresh line of ‘bull. The key … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on July 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm by JM Ashby

Several Denver area hospitals are today’s Best Persons for limiting or eliminating the medical bills of victims of last week’s theater shooting. DENVER (AP) — Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting … Continue reading →

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Best Persons in the World

Posted on July 8, 2012 at 11:44 am by Bob Cesca

Google for this: The “Legalize Love” campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on June 21, 2012 at 7:15 pm by JM Ashby

Representative Ron Barber (D-AZ) is holding a “Congress On Your Corner” event at a Safeway in Tuscon this weekend. Gabrielle Giffords and Barber were both shot at a “Congress On Your Corner” event at a Safeway in Tuscon last year. … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Fifth-grade student Kameron Slade from New York was removed from a school contest after basing his speech on the discussion and acceptance of same-sex marriage. He had the last laugh by delivering his speech to a local news station instead. … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm by JM Ashby

It sounds like a story from another country, and that’s because it is. A female pilot for Trip Airlines, a Brazilian company, refused to put up with a male passenger who made “loud, sexist comments upon learning the pilot was … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

Honolulu County Council makes it official: By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters — but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:40 pm by JM Ashby

This could just as easily be a Worst Persons post on behalf of Deutsche Bank, but I’m going to go with Best Persons on account of the sheriff’s deputies and mover’s actions. Yesterday, a Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had … Continue reading →

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