Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Redemption Day

A thriller about home-grown terrorism by Steve O'Brien.

Redemption Day is a highly paced thriller based upon historical events and documented teachings of the Posse Comitatus. Their beliefs and those of other Sovereign Groups led to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on a date of significance to the group—April 19.

In Redemption Day, the Posse Comitatus has returned, reinvigorated and inspired by the economic downturn and anger over government intrusion. The Posse seeks to not only wreak havoc on the country, but to actually change the political landscape. In their effort to “take back the country,” they kidnap a Supreme Court Justice.

With money extorted from a government contractor desperate to win back a domestic terrorism contract, redemption day unfolds.

The protagonist is Nick James, a terrorism analyst who loses his job as a result of the cutback in spending on domestic terror programs. He is one of the government’s leading experts on the Posse Comitatus, but he is soon framed for the killing of a West Virginia sheriff and put on the run.

The Government wants him arrested; the Posse Comitatus wants him dead.

Nick has to clear his name and unravel the Posse plot before April 19 arrives.

Anarchy Breaks Out Among Anarchists

"Anarchists" with pipes allegedly trying to smash the windows of an East Village Starbucks fought with police on Saturday night, sending three men to jail and two officers to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said Sunday.

All this happened at an anarchist book fair at Judson Memorial Church, across the street from Washington Square Park in New York City.

A number of protesters chanted, “F--- the NYPD” and “All pigs must die,” as they began swinging eight-foot-long pipes and tossing bottles at uniformed and plainclothes officers, according to the NYPD.

At least three protestors were arrested.

A nearby 7-Eleven on St. Marks Place had a window smashed Saturday night, witnesses said, though police were uncertain whether the vandalism was related to the other incidents.

The New #1 American in Tennis

John Isner

Regardless of how he does today against Juan Monaco in Houston, John Isner will be ranked No. 9 in the world on monday morning and will replace Mardy Fish as the top-ranked American.

I can't say I saw this coming when John broke in a few years ago, but I'm happy for him and think he still has a tremendous upside.

Tornado Activity Hits OK, KS, IA

Saturday, twisters hit the middle part of the country.  The storms and warnings lasted for hours on end.

The states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa appear to be some of the hardest hit.

The video above films twisters in close proximity.

The video opens up of multi-vortex tornado crossing I-70 east of Salina. Various shots of the tornado up close as it moves in the field within a quarter mile of the chasers with amazing backlighting and flying debris. Shots of tornado roping out east of Manchester.

Video includes a couple shots of the Langley wedge tornado showing violent motions and horizontal vorticies

Public Golf Courses Struggling Financially

If you search "public golf courses not making money" in Google News, you will get a list of results with recent articles written from places like St. Louis to Cleveland to Tampa about how public golf courses have really taken a hit financially.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a piece running today on courses in the city of Atlanta.

Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-to-golf-courses-1416648.html

I'm working on a piece for Yahoo Sports on this epidemic.  If you have anything to say about this topic, please drop me a line.  Rick.Limpert@gmail.com

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