NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » protests http://newstalk1290.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Occupy Wall Street Is Generation Y's Woodstock http://newstalk1290.com/occupy-wall-street-is-generation-ys-woodstock/ http://newstalk1290.com/occupy-wall-street-is-generation-ys-woodstock/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:23:05 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=12010 I've never been much on protests of the 60's hippie type, but a public gathering of people who've just had all they can take is healthy from time to time. I firmly believe that the First Amendment and the Second Amendment are the ones that give the other eight and, in fact, the entire

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/occupy-wall-street-is-generation-ys-woodstock/feed/ 0 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Hypocrites: The Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Steve Jobs' Funeral While Using iPhone http://newstalk1290.com/hypocrites-the-westboro-baptist-church-to-protest-steve-jobs-funeral-while-using-iphone/ http://newstalk1290.com/hypocrites-the-westboro-baptist-church-to-protest-steve-jobs-funeral-while-using-iphone/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:27:27 +0000 NewsTalk 1290 http://newstalk1290.com/?p=11597 Normally we ignore the pigs at the Westboro Baptist Church, since their protests at funerals are just lame publicity stunts.  But this time we can all laugh in their hypocritical faces.

After Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday, a tweet was posted by Margie Phelps, one of the leaders of the church.  Her father is Fred Phelps, the group's leader.

Margie announced that, quote, "Westboro will picket funeral.  He had a huge platform, gave God no glory and taught sin."

And now, for the irony . . . underneath her tweet, it shows that she posted it using TWITTER FOR iPHONE.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/hypocrites-the-westboro-baptist-church-to-protest-steve-jobs-funeral-while-using-iphone/feed/ 0 Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Angry Citizens Wear Diapers in Spanish Protests [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/angry-citizens-wear-diapers-in-spanish-protests-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/angry-citizens-wear-diapers-in-spanish-protests-video/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:59:03 +0000 Wendy Gould http://tsminteractive.com/?p=18692 Wearing adult-sized diapers may be a strange way to voice your disapproval, but the infant-inspired getup will definitely get you noticed.

At least it did for a group in Valencia, Spain who continue raising their voices against social spending cuts and austerity measures put in place by the government there.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/angry-citizens-wear-diapers-in-spanish-protests-video/feed/ 0 David Ramos/Getty Images Democracy Spreading In Middle East, North Africa? http://newstalk1290.com/democracy-spreading-in-middle-east-north-africa/ http://newstalk1290.com/democracy-spreading-in-middle-east-north-africa/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:25:39 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=2198 Uprisings are everywhere it seems; Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, even Saudi Arabia.  Is democracy going to gain a foothold in the region?  It could happen.  I could also win the lottery tonight

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/democracy-spreading-in-middle-east-north-africa/feed/ 0 (Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images) Middle east violence heats up http://newstalk1290.com/tools-%e2%80%b9-newstalk-1290-news-talk-of-texoma-%e2%80%94-wordpress/ http://newstalk1290.com/tools-%e2%80%b9-newstalk-1290-news-talk-of-texoma-%e2%80%94-wordpress/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:05:38 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=1006 CNS News: Mid-east on the brink--Iran hails violence in Egypt

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