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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 30, 2012

  The financial meltdowns and catastrophes in Europe continue to mount. This past Friday, Spanair, Spain’s fourth-largest airline, collapsed without warning. An estimated 23,000 people were left stranded in various parts of the world after at least 200 Spanair flights were cancelled. The Spanish government is reportedly going to take legal action against the airline [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 26, 2011

  The so-called religion of “peace and tolerance” has again been linked to mass murders of Christians. The Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for bombing a Nigerian church on Christmas Day, killing at least 39 people. The group is zealous in imposing sharia law in the region. The death toll from the heinous [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 16, 2011

  Honolulu has a sunny and warm forecast for today and tomorrow — a predicted high of 82 degrees F. No wonder the First Lady wants to ditch the cold of DC and is leaving without POTUS on the family vacation in Hawaii. So what if the separate flight and FLOTUS entourage will cost taxpayers [...]

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