The REAL Reason Ben Bernanke Leaves a Paperweight on the “Print” Button When His Finger Gets Tired | zero hedge: "We’ve been over the numerous BS excuses that US Dollar destroyer extraordinaire Ben Bernanke has made for QE enough times that today I’d rather simply focus on the REAL reason he continues to funnel TRILLIONS of Dollars into the Wall Street Banks.
I’ve written this analysis before. But given the enormity of what it entails, it’s worth repeating. The following paragraphs are the REAL reason Bernanke does what he does no matter what any other media outlet, book, investment expert, or guru tell you.
Bernanke is printing money and funneling it into the Wall Street banks for one reason and one reason only. That reason is: DERIVATIVES.
According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities for the Second Quarter 2010 (most recent), the notional value of derivatives held by U.S. commercial banks is around $223.4 TRILLION.
Five banks account for 95% of this. Can you guess which five?"
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Liberal News Media Still Rewriting Reagan’s Legacy, Says Media Research Center | CNSnews.com
Liberal News Media Still Rewriting Reagan’s Legacy, Says Media Research Center | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) - For the 100th birthday (Feb. 6) of our nation’s 40th president, the Media Research Center (MRC) has published a report preserving Ronald Reagan's legacy and highlighting the liberal media’s resentment and distortion of it.
“Rewriting Ronald Reagan: How the Media Have Worked to Distort, Dismantle and Destroy His Legacy” is a 24-page compilation of quotes and headlines from notable liberal personalities and publications ranging from Tom Brokaw and Bryant Gumbel to the Washington Post and Newsweek."
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“Rewriting Ronald Reagan: How the Media Have Worked to Distort, Dismantle and Destroy His Legacy” is a 24-page compilation of quotes and headlines from notable liberal personalities and publications ranging from Tom Brokaw and Bryant Gumbel to the Washington Post and Newsweek."
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Obama friend of Shariah - Greensburg, KS - Kiowa County Signal
Obama friend of Shariah - Greensburg, KS - Kiowa County Signal: "Washington —
Like ordinary folks, presidents of the United States are known by the company they keep. It is a test of their character. Often it shapes their policies. And, in the case of Barack Obama, it may blight his legacy and our nation’s security interests.
Until now, one of the most egregious examples of the problem were the “Friends of Bill” who played prominent roles in William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency. Those folks included a mix of unsavory political operatives, Chinese agents and convicted felons. [Their overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom, legally challenged fundraising and eleventh-hour pardons raised serious questions not just about President Clinton’s ethics, but his judgment.]
President Obama’s trusted circle has been, if anything, even more problematic. For example, Mr. Obama has consorted with people who are revolutionaries, communists, liberation theologians and Islamists. Some have even been appointed “czars” in his administration."
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Like ordinary folks, presidents of the United States are known by the company they keep. It is a test of their character. Often it shapes their policies. And, in the case of Barack Obama, it may blight his legacy and our nation’s security interests.
Until now, one of the most egregious examples of the problem were the “Friends of Bill” who played prominent roles in William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency. Those folks included a mix of unsavory political operatives, Chinese agents and convicted felons. [Their overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom, legally challenged fundraising and eleventh-hour pardons raised serious questions not just about President Clinton’s ethics, but his judgment.]
President Obama’s trusted circle has been, if anything, even more problematic. For example, Mr. Obama has consorted with people who are revolutionaries, communists, liberation theologians and Islamists. Some have even been appointed “czars” in his administration."
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U.S. faces $70 billion inflation hit - Street Sweep: Fortune's Wall Street Blog
U.S. faces $70 billion inflation hit - Street Sweep: Fortune's Wall Street Blog
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Rising food and energy prices could deal a $70 billion blow to the economy, but the recovery is likely to limp along anyway.
If the recent run-up in energy and agricultural commodities persists, U.S. consumers will have to shell out $20 billion more for energy and $50 billion more for food this year, Capital Economics estimates.
Not as miserable?
Among other things, that squeeze on consumer budgets will eat up most of the payroll tax holiday bonus that Americans were supposed to get out of the deal in Congress that extended the Bush tax cuts, at some cost to the deficit. So much for the stimulus bump.
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GM's Taxpayer-Funded Ad Spending Spree | National Legal and Policy Center
GM's Taxpayer-Funded Ad Spending Spree | National Legal and Policy Center: "General Motors is certainly finding ways to spend the $50 billion taxpayer infusion they received less than two years ago. Anyone watching the Super Bowl witnessed a heavy GM presence with ads running pre-game, game time, post-game and even during a special Chevy sponsored Glee episode afterwards. The Chevy logo was predominately displayed, sometimes taking up nearly half of the TV screen, during the post game show that featured GM benevolently giving a new Chevy Camaro to Super Bowl MVP, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers made about $9 million in 2010, but I'm sure he still appreciates the nice car that taxpayers helped pay for.
Ad time during the Super Bowl costs about $3 million for a 30 second spot. During the game, General Motors ran five commercials for a total cost of approximately $15 million. One of the spots focused on the Chevy Volt. Besides disagreeing with the decision by GM to spend $3 million on a 30 second ad for a vehicle that sold 321 units in January, I found another of their commercials to be insulting to senior citizens."
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Ad time during the Super Bowl costs about $3 million for a 30 second spot. During the game, General Motors ran five commercials for a total cost of approximately $15 million. One of the spots focused on the Chevy Volt. Besides disagreeing with the decision by GM to spend $3 million on a 30 second ad for a vehicle that sold 321 units in January, I found another of their commercials to be insulting to senior citizens."
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Palin: Obama’s 3 a.m. call went to answering machine – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
Palin: Obama’s 3 a.m. call went to answering machine – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs: "Washington (CNN) - Sarah Palin, in her first comments on the uprising in Egypt, called the situation President Barack Obama's 3 a.m. phone call and said, 'It seems the call went right to the answering machine.'
Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate, spoke with Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody after her speech Friday night at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.
In the interview, the potential Republican presidential candidate said, 'We need to know what it is America stands for so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information (from the administration) yet.'"
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Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate, spoke with Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody after her speech Friday night at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.
In the interview, the potential Republican presidential candidate said, 'We need to know what it is America stands for so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information (from the administration) yet.'"
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First American: Obama Birth Certificate – “Never Existed in Hawaii”
First American: Obama Birth Certificate – “Never Existed in Hawaii”: "Tim Adams agreed to a telephone interview and we spoke on February 3, 2011. Within the first couple of minutes of the interview I tossed my questions that I had formulated before speaking with him. Listen to your gut is sometimes hard advice to follow and this time I’m glad I listened to my instincts.
I think there was some apprehension as I spoke with Tim. The saying that first initial impressions count and they do –I think Tim is a standup guy and I felt he’s a man with honest intentions not out to hurt anyone or to push some political bent. Our phone interview lasted approximately 59 minutes followed up by email."
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I think there was some apprehension as I spoke with Tim. The saying that first initial impressions count and they do –I think Tim is a standup guy and I felt he’s a man with honest intentions not out to hurt anyone or to push some political bent. Our phone interview lasted approximately 59 minutes followed up by email."
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Concerns grow over Egypt's WMD research - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com
Concerns grow over Egypt's WMD research - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com: "With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.
The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News."
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At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.
The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News."
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AP Exclusive: Fearful Russian lawmaker flees to US - Yahoo! Finance
AP Exclusive: Fearful Russian lawmaker flees to US - Yahoo! Finance: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- A wealthy Russian lawmaker has fled with his family to the United States, where he says he fears assassination over accusations that some of Russia's richest and most influential people swindled him in a real estate deal. Back home, he's been charged with financial crimes.
Ashot Egiazaryan (pronounced Ah-shawt Yeh-gee-ah-zar-ee-AHN) says he is considering seeking asylum in the U.S. But after suing a Russian billionaire and several former business partners -- including a close friend of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Moscow's former mayor -- he said he doesn't feel safe even in this country."
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Ashot Egiazaryan (pronounced Ah-shawt Yeh-gee-ah-zar-ee-AHN) says he is considering seeking asylum in the U.S. But after suing a Russian billionaire and several former business partners -- including a close friend of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Moscow's former mayor -- he said he doesn't feel safe even in this country."
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Buzz Kill: LA County Wants You To Take Ecstasy Safely « CBS Los Angeles
Buzz Kill: LA County Wants You To Take Ecstasy Safely « CBS Los Angeles: "LOS ANGELES (CBS) —The glow-stick industry may be buzzing over the latest public service announcement from Los Angeles County, but some say it amounts to an backhanded endorsement of illicit drug use.
Amid ongoing debate over safety and security measures at rave dance parties held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, county health officials have quietly launched a campaign to offer guidelines for safe use of MDMA, more popularly known as “ecstasy”.
Officials plan to distribute leaflets such as the one pictured below at upcoming events with tips on ways to avoid overdosing on what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies along with PCP and mescaline as a Schedule I narcotic."
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Amid ongoing debate over safety and security measures at rave dance parties held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, county health officials have quietly launched a campaign to offer guidelines for safe use of MDMA, more popularly known as “ecstasy”.
Officials plan to distribute leaflets such as the one pictured below at upcoming events with tips on ways to avoid overdosing on what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies along with PCP and mescaline as a Schedule I narcotic."
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Mayor Pushing Police To Live In Detroit « CBS Detroit
Mayor Pushing Police To Live In Detroit « CBS Detroit: "DETROIT (WWJ) - These brave women and men already work in the city of Detroit — and now, Mayor Dave Bing wants police officers to live in the city as well.
Bing has been vocal about his desire to get police officers to move back into the city, and now he’s taking action by announcing a new incentive plan to get them to live where they work.
Currently, 53 percent of Detroit Police officers commute to work from the suburbs, and Bing says the number is even higher for firefighters.
As part of a pilot program called “Project 14″ Detroit cops and firefighters w"
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Bing has been vocal about his desire to get police officers to move back into the city, and now he’s taking action by announcing a new incentive plan to get them to live where they work.
Currently, 53 percent of Detroit Police officers commute to work from the suburbs, and Bing says the number is even higher for firefighters.
As part of a pilot program called “Project 14″ Detroit cops and firefighters w"
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The American Spectator : Between Mubarak and a Hard Place
The American Spectator : Between Mubarak and a Hard Place: "There is a wonderful scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when Ferris, played perfectly by Matthew Broderick, tells us that he's missing his class on European Socialism by taking a day off. But what does that matter? (as he asks). 'I'm not a socialist. I'm not European. I don't plan to be European.' (Paraphrasing here.)
I am reminded of John Hughes' deathless lines as I watch the breathless, endless coverage of the recent turmoil in Egypt on TV. I don't doubt that it's terribly important. I just don't see the story the way it's being played on TV and here's why.
Let's take it point by point. No matter how this turns out, it's not going to be good for America."
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I am reminded of John Hughes' deathless lines as I watch the breathless, endless coverage of the recent turmoil in Egypt on TV. I don't doubt that it's terribly important. I just don't see the story the way it's being played on TV and here's why.
Let's take it point by point. No matter how this turns out, it's not going to be good for America."
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America and the Brotherhood :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism
America and the Brotherhood :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism: "President Barack Obama on Sunday seemed to walk back his administration's previous statements acknowledging the Muslim Brotherhood should have a voice in shaping any successive Egyptian government.
Reports last week indicated the administration was reviewing American policy toward the Islamist fundamentalist movement, with one independent advisor concluding he didn't sense any concern from the administration if the Brotherhood was part of the government"
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Reports last week indicated the administration was reviewing American policy toward the Islamist fundamentalist movement, with one independent advisor concluding he didn't sense any concern from the administration if the Brotherhood was part of the government"
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Kalb to Keller: Why Do You Allow Left-Wing Views in Your News Stories?
Kalb to Keller: Why Do You Allow Left-Wing Views in Your News Stories?: "Executive Editor Bill Keller was challenged Monday night on the paper’s commitment to objectivity, especially concerning opinionizing in front-page articles, in an appearance televised on C-Span, before an audience at George Washington University.
About 26 minutes into the wide-ranging journalism discussion, moderator Marvin Kalb challenged Keller:
“On the Times you have news and then you’ve got opinion. Now there should be a wall between the two. Your ombudsman Arthur Brisbane says, and I quote, ‘the news pages are laced with analytical and opinion pieces that work against the premise that the news is just the news, unquote. Many conservatives as you well know, criticize the Times as being a liberal, left-wing newspaper, and that those views get into the news part of your newspaper. Why do you allow this to happen?”
Keller: “We don’t allow it to happen. I mean--”
Kalb: “But it happens almost every day.”"
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About 26 minutes into the wide-ranging journalism discussion, moderator Marvin Kalb challenged Keller:
“On the Times you have news and then you’ve got opinion. Now there should be a wall between the two. Your ombudsman Arthur Brisbane says, and I quote, ‘the news pages are laced with analytical and opinion pieces that work against the premise that the news is just the news, unquote. Many conservatives as you well know, criticize the Times as being a liberal, left-wing newspaper, and that those views get into the news part of your newspaper. Why do you allow this to happen?”
Keller: “We don’t allow it to happen. I mean--”
Kalb: “But it happens almost every day.”"
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Medical Practices and Health Insurers Must Use New Federally Mandated Medical Codes, Which Bring Added Expense | CNSnews.com
Medical Practices and Health Insurers Must Use New Federally Mandated Medical Codes, Which Bring Added Expense | CNSnews.com: ("CNSNews.com) - U.S. health care providers and health plans have two years left to adopt a new federally mandated system of medical coding--the shorthand used to list what's wrong with a patient and how much that patient should be charged.
The new, vastly expanded coding system is intended to improve disease management, disease monitoring, and health care reimbursement."
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The new, vastly expanded coding system is intended to improve disease management, disease monitoring, and health care reimbursement."
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Obama Administration Hazy on Timing of Mubarak’s Exit | CNSnews.com
Obama Administration Hazy on Timing of Mubarak’s Exit | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration appears to be backing further away from calls by some Egyptian opposition figures and protestors for President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation.
As newly appointed Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman began talks Sunday with some opposition groups, the Muslim Brotherhood among them, other voices reiterated calls for Mubarak to stand down now."
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As newly appointed Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman began talks Sunday with some opposition groups, the Muslim Brotherhood among them, other voices reiterated calls for Mubarak to stand down now."
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Two of Five FCC Commissioners: FCC Doesn't Have Legal Authority to Regulate Internet | CNSnews.com
Two of Five FCC Commissioners: FCC Doesn't Have Legal Authority to Regulate Internet | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) – Two of the five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the Commission lacks the legal authority to regulate the Internet, predicting that the recent regulations issued by the commission in December will be struck down in federal court.
In December 2010, the FCC voted 3-2 to pass new regulations on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that prohibited them from discriminating against different websites and other internet content providers. The two Republican-appointed members of the commission dissented, arguing that the FCC lacked the legal authority to regulate the Internet."
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In December 2010, the FCC voted 3-2 to pass new regulations on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that prohibited them from discriminating against different websites and other internet content providers. The two Republican-appointed members of the commission dissented, arguing that the FCC lacked the legal authority to regulate the Internet."
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Islamic flood coming to U.S.? (OneNewsNow.com)
Islamic flood coming to U.S.? (OneNewsNow.com): "An Israeli author and expert on the Middle East is warning Americans that Islamic immigrants could possibly flood the U.S. as a result of the events taking place in Egypt.
Israel National News recently reported that the Obama administration has decided to allow Islamic professor Tariq Ramadan to enter the United States. Ramadan, an Egyptian who currently lives in Switzerland, is a leading member of Europe's Muslim Brotherhood branch and is the grandson of the movement's founder. He was invited to teach at the University of Notre Dame in 2004, but the Bush administration revoked his visa because of donations he made to a blacklisted charity."
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Israel National News recently reported that the Obama administration has decided to allow Islamic professor Tariq Ramadan to enter the United States. Ramadan, an Egyptian who currently lives in Switzerland, is a leading member of Europe's Muslim Brotherhood branch and is the grandson of the movement's founder. He was invited to teach at the University of Notre Dame in 2004, but the Bush administration revoked his visa because of donations he made to a blacklisted charity."
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Chamber silent as Obama defends law | POLITICO 44
Chamber silent as Obama defends law | POLITICO 44: "President Obama stepped behind enemy lines Monday morning as he addressed the Chamber of Commerce and dared to offer a defense of the new health care law, which the business group has opposed since the start."
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Nobody in the room applauded to any of Obama’s comments on health care.
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Nobody in the room applauded to any of Obama’s comments on health care.
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Federal News Radio 1500 AM: FCC: Presidential emergency alerts to be tested
Federal News Radio 1500 AM: FCC: Presidential emergency alerts to be tested: "Everybody has heard the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those familiar 'duck calls' that reassure listeners 'THIS is a test...this is ONLY a test...'
The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system.
Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, explained to the Federal Drive the Presidential Alert isn't new.
'The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency,' said Fowlkes. The change, she said, is that prior to last week's order there was no rule in place to call for or allow a test from top to bottom."
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The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system.
Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, explained to the Federal Drive the Presidential Alert isn't new.
'The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency,' said Fowlkes. The change, she said, is that prior to last week's order there was no rule in place to call for or allow a test from top to bottom."
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American Thinker Blog: Who's afraid of a little election fraud?
American Thinker Blog: Who's afraid of a little election fraud?: "What do Saddam Hussein, Sen. Al Franken, Hamid Karzai, Gov. Christine Gregoire, George W. Bush, Hugo Chavez, Huey Long, John F. Kennedy and Hosni Mubarak all have in common? Read on.
The Kansas City Star, a McClatchy newspaper, has issues with Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State. The origin of The Star's displeasure is Kobach's involvement in drafting SB 1070, the Arizona law that gives police the latitude to ask folks for ID. Most of America thinks SB 1070 is perfectly reasonable, but not The Kansas City Star."
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The Kansas City Star, a McClatchy newspaper, has issues with Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State. The origin of The Star's displeasure is Kobach's involvement in drafting SB 1070, the Arizona law that gives police the latitude to ask folks for ID. Most of America thinks SB 1070 is perfectly reasonable, but not The Kansas City Star."
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Rand Paul: A Modest $500 Billion Proposal - WSJ.com
Rand Paul: A Modest $500 Billion Proposal - WSJ.com: "After Republicans swept into office in 1994, Bill Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over. Nearly $10 trillion of federal debt later, the era of big government is at its zenith.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, this will be the third consecutive year in which the federal government is running a deficit near or greater than $1 trillion. The solution to the government's fiscal crisis must begin by cutting spending in all areas, particularly in those that can be better run at the state or local level. Last month I introduced legislation to do just that. And though it seems extreme to some—containing over $500 billion in spending cuts enacted over one year—it is a necessary first step toward ending our fiscal crisis."
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According to the Congressional Budget Office, this will be the third consecutive year in which the federal government is running a deficit near or greater than $1 trillion. The solution to the government's fiscal crisis must begin by cutting spending in all areas, particularly in those that can be better run at the state or local level. Last month I introduced legislation to do just that. And though it seems extreme to some—containing over $500 billion in spending cuts enacted over one year—it is a necessary first step toward ending our fiscal crisis."
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Letter to Samuel Kercheval by Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Samuel Kercheval by Thomas Jefferson: "I have thrown out these as loose heads of amendment, for consideration and correction; and their object is to secure self�government by the republicanism of our constitution, as well as by the spirit of the people; and to nourish and perpetuate that spirit. I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty�four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes; have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account; but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow�sufferers."
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT ... NOT SOCIALISM FASCISM or any other ISM .. A Republic ... Maybe someone needs to take Obama to school in 2012 ~~ The Munz
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THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT ... NOT SOCIALISM FASCISM or any other ISM .. A Republic ... Maybe someone needs to take Obama to school in 2012 ~~ The Munz
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Egyptian Journalist: "The U.S. Will Be Transformed into an Islamic Repub...
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Unseen Footage From Obama/O'Reilly Super Bowl Interview - 2/6/2011
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Exclusive: Fox News Reporters on Savage Beating in Egypt - Fox News Video - FoxNews.com
Exclusive: Fox News Reporters on Savage Beating in Egypt - Fox News Video - FoxNews.com
The two were both severely beaten -- to the point they had to be hospitalized. The two have now returned to London, and in their first interview since the incident, recounted the danger they experienced.
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The two were both severely beaten -- to the point they had to be hospitalized. The two have now returned to London, and in their first interview since the incident, recounted the danger they experienced.
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White House: No offshore drilling permits without more details - Darren Goode - POLITICO.com
White House: No offshore drilling permits without more details - Darren Goode - POLITICO.com: "The Obama administration’s top offshore drilling enforcer Friday asked major oil producers operating in the Gulf of Mexico to provide more details on plans to contain oil spills and runaway wells before the federal government will issue new permits to drill there.
The letters from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich come amid criticism from energy producers and their congressional allies that the administration is slow-walking new offshore drilling permits in the wake of last year’s historic BP Gulf of Mexico spill."
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The letters from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich come amid criticism from energy producers and their congressional allies that the administration is slow-walking new offshore drilling permits in the wake of last year’s historic BP Gulf of Mexico spill."
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Iran Opens Trial of 3 Americans on Spy Charges - FoxNews.com
Iran Opens Trial of 3 Americans on Spy Charges - FoxNews.com: "TEHRAN, Iran – Two Americans accused of spying appeared in a closed-door Iranian court session Sunday to begin trial after an 18-month detention that has brought impassioned family appeals, a stunning bail deal to free their companion and backdoor diplomatic outreach by Washington through an Arab ally in the Gulf.
All three -- two in person and one in absentia -- entered not guilty pleas during the five-hour hearing, said their lawyer, Masoud Shafiei."
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All three -- two in person and one in absentia -- entered not guilty pleas during the five-hour hearing, said their lawyer, Masoud Shafiei."
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NY Air Traffic Out of Control: Whistleblower - NYPOST.com
NY Air Traffic Out of Control: Whistleblower - NYPOST.com: "It's a flier alarm.
The feds are investigating charges that New York air-traffic controllers endanger passengers by working just three hours per shift and acting like slackers -- chatting, texting and even watching movies when they should be monitoring planes, The Post has learned.
At times, so few are at their posts that a single controller must do the job of two or three and track 15 aircraft simultaneously, which is too many, according to allegations filed by a supervisor.
Evan Seeley, a frontline manager at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma, LI, fired off complaints last month to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that probes whistleblower claims. The Post obtained copies."
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The feds are investigating charges that New York air-traffic controllers endanger passengers by working just three hours per shift and acting like slackers -- chatting, texting and even watching movies when they should be monitoring planes, The Post has learned.
At times, so few are at their posts that a single controller must do the job of two or three and track 15 aircraft simultaneously, which is too many, according to allegations filed by a supervisor.
Evan Seeley, a frontline manager at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma, LI, fired off complaints last month to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that probes whistleblower claims. The Post obtained copies."
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Eleanor Clift Schooled On Egypt By Entire McLaughlin Group Panel
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Aid worker to be killed for being Christian | Herald Sun
Aid worker to be killed for being Christian | Herald Sun: "AN Afghan man working for the Red Cross said he will be executed unless he converts back to Islam.
Said Musa was detained eight months ago and has been held since then in a Kabul prison, where he said in an interview with The (London) Sunday Times he has been tortured and sexually abused.
Musa, who lost a leg to a land mine in the 1990s and works as a physiotherapist treating fellow amputees, said he was visited by a judge who told him he would be hanged within days unless he reconverted to Islam."
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Said Musa was detained eight months ago and has been held since then in a Kabul prison, where he said in an interview with The (London) Sunday Times he has been tortured and sexually abused.
Musa, who lost a leg to a land mine in the 1990s and works as a physiotherapist treating fellow amputees, said he was visited by a judge who told him he would be hanged within days unless he reconverted to Islam."
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Sharia Justice: Where Rape Victims Are Punished and Killed » Publications » Family Security Matters
Sharia Justice: Where Rape Victims Are Punished and Killed » Publications » Family Security Matters
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The photograph above is of a fourteen-year old girl called Hena. It was taken shortly before she died. She was a victim of rape but it was not the rape that caused her death, but Islamic sharia law. Hena was the daughter of a farmer, Darbesh Kha, and lived in a village in the district of Shariatpur in southern Bangladesh.
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Apologize To Our Enemies, Sellout Our Allies » Publications » Family Security Matters
Apologize To Our Enemies, Sellout Our Allies » Publications » Family Security Matters: "Ronald Reagan would have celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday and I can’t help but think of one of his most popular phrases, “Peace through strength”. Reagan used this phrase during his election challenge against Jimmy Carter, accusing the incumbent of weak, vacillating leadership that invited enemies to attack the U.S. and its allies.
Over the past two years the Obama administration has been all over the world apologizing to everyone, including our enemies, for past U.S. policies. What started in 2009 with Obama’s speech in Cairo when the Muslim Brotherhood was invited to attend, to most currently telling Egypt’s President Mubarak to step-down “now”, it seems that our current administration is systematically selling out our allies.
Last Tuesday evening Obama stated after speaking with Mubarak by telephone,"
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Over the past two years the Obama administration has been all over the world apologizing to everyone, including our enemies, for past U.S. policies. What started in 2009 with Obama’s speech in Cairo when the Muslim Brotherhood was invited to attend, to most currently telling Egypt’s President Mubarak to step-down “now”, it seems that our current administration is systematically selling out our allies.
Last Tuesday evening Obama stated after speaking with Mubarak by telephone,"
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Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged - Future Fact Disguised as Fiction » Publications » Family Security Matters
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged - Future Fact Disguised as Fiction » Publications » Family Security Matters: "The downhill spiral into an entitlement abyss has been so gradual, so subtle at times, it was difficult to see. We have gone from “those who do not work, do not eat” to “a chicken in every pot” to a mindset of entitlement. People wait for tax “refunds” of money they didn’t pay, or a food and rent subsidy paid “courtesy” of Uncle Sam, based merely on the fact they woke up this morning."
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Egypt: Reactive Pronouncement is not Leadership: It's Deadly! » Publications » Family Security Matters
Egypt: Reactive Pronouncement is not Leadership: It's Deadly! » Publications » Family Security Matters
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As events have developed in the Middle East in the past two weeks we have watched a transition in the public pronouncements of nearly every entity on the planet. The only person to hold ground, to some degree has been the Egyptian President Mubarak. Although he announced that he would not seek office again in September, he was quick to temper his statement by saying he never intended to run again. Whether he has been good for Egypt or bad is a question for Egyptians. Whether he has been an asset to the United States and our foreign policy in that region of the world is another issue entirely.
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Document Forgery Factory in Virginia » Publications » Family Security Matters
Document Forgery Factory in Virginia » Publications » Family Security Matters
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I was sent information about two news reports from a number of my friends, including a former colleague who worked with me at the INS. The news reports appeared in the Loudoun Times and the Loudoun Daily Monitor on February 4th and are important on a couple of levels.
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Successful Private Individuals Gather to Talk… And Unions Stage a Protest » Publications » Family Security Matters
Successful Private Individuals Gather to Talk… And Unions Stage a Protest » Publications » Family Security Matters: "A week ago I attended and spoke at a private conference in California, which was hosted by two very successful and prominent businessmen. These businessmen and their wives have hosted this same conference in Palm Springs for the last eight years, where many of the invited attendees are also successful people."
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Green-energy plant sucks up subsidies, then goes bust | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner
Green-energy plant sucks up subsidies, then goes bust | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner: "To turn wood chips into ethanol fuel, George W. Bush's Department of Energy in February 2007 announced a $76 million grant to Range Fuels for a cutting-edge refinery. A few months later, the refinery opened in the piney woods of Treutlen County, Ga., as the taxpayers of Georgia piled on another $6 million. In 2008, the ethanol plant was the first beneficiary of the Biorefinery Assistance Program, pocketing a loan for $80 million guaranteed by the U.S. taxpayers.
Last month, the refinery closed down, having failed to squeeze even a drop of ethanol out of its pine chips."
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Last month, the refinery closed down, having failed to squeeze even a drop of ethanol out of its pine chips."
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Averting another mortgage crisis
Averting another mortgage crisis: "THE DODD-FRANK financial overhaul law required the Obama administration to produce a plan by no later than Jan. 31 for reforming the nation's mortgage finance system, which is dominated by the crippled government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie and Freddie, currently operating under direct federal control, back about 90 percent of all new U.S. mortgages, but their taxpayer-covered losses have hit $150 billion - and are rising. Their combined debt, guaranteed by taxpayers and held in large part by China and Japan, is more than $1.5 trillion. But the administration still hasn't come out with anything, though we're told it's forthcoming."
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Underage Sex Slavery? Planned Parenthood Gives It a Thumbs Up! | NewsReal Blog
Underage Sex Slavery? Planned Parenthood Gives It a Thumbs Up! | NewsReal Blog: "I thought we all agreed that human trafficking was evil. I thought we all agreed the sex trafficking, in particular, is an assault on human dignity. I thought we all agreed that young teens should be protected. I thought we all agreed that bringing teenage girls into this country so that they can be abused by men is repugnant.
Well, apparently we don’t all agree on that.
Watch the video below, just released over at Big Journalism. But keep your blood pressure medication handy. This is the most infuriating thing I’ve seen in a long time, and makes the ACORN scum caught on tape look like jaywalkers in comparison."
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Well, apparently we don’t all agree on that.
Watch the video below, just released over at Big Journalism. But keep your blood pressure medication handy. This is the most infuriating thing I’ve seen in a long time, and makes the ACORN scum caught on tape look like jaywalkers in comparison."
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The New York Times Equates The Roman Catholic Church To The Radical Islamic Muslim Brotherhood | NewsReal Blog
The New York Times Equates The Roman Catholic Church To The Radical Islamic Muslim Brotherhood | NewsReal Blog: "The New York Times continues to operate in a delusional bubble. In an article last Friday about the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, entitled “Islamist Group Is Poised to Be a Power in Egypt, but Its Intentions Are Unclear,” the reporter Scott Shane actually compared the Muslim Brotherhood to today’s Catholic Church:
As the Roman Catholic Church includes both those who practice leftist liberation theology and conservative anti-abortion advocates, so the Brotherhood includes both practical reformers and firebrand ideologues.
The comparison might have made sense five or six hundred years ago when the Catholic Church and the state were intertwined and the Church ordered heretics to be burnt at the stake. But, in case the Times hasn’t noticed, the Church has moved on since then while Islamic sharia law, on which the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology is based, has not."
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As the Roman Catholic Church includes both those who practice leftist liberation theology and conservative anti-abortion advocates, so the Brotherhood includes both practical reformers and firebrand ideologues.
The comparison might have made sense five or six hundred years ago when the Catholic Church and the state were intertwined and the Church ordered heretics to be burnt at the stake. But, in case the Times hasn’t noticed, the Church has moved on since then while Islamic sharia law, on which the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology is based, has not."
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Is The Gold Market A Bubble? | Personal Liberty Digest
Is The Gold Market A Bubble? | Personal Liberty Digest: "People who hate the discipline of gold are creative in their attacks to discredit honest money.
They say gold is in a bubble. But it is paper money that is in a bubble and the world is in the blow-off stage. In fact, every passing hour there is created tens of millions of dollars in phantom money. This requires more and more gold to rebalance the escalating deficit of substantive money.
Gold is not in a bubble. The world’s governments and people need more and more gold versus paper money."
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They say gold is in a bubble. But it is paper money that is in a bubble and the world is in the blow-off stage. In fact, every passing hour there is created tens of millions of dollars in phantom money. This requires more and more gold to rebalance the escalating deficit of substantive money.
Gold is not in a bubble. The world’s governments and people need more and more gold versus paper money."
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Arizona Governor Questions Bloomberg’s Cross-Country Investigation | Personal Liberty Digest
Arizona Governor Questions Bloomberg’s Cross-Country Investigation | Personal Liberty Digest: "Arizona officials are perplexed about New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent investigation that occurred thousands of miles outside of his jurisdiction.
Bloomberg has urged Congress to fix 'loopholes' in Federal gun laws after undercover video allegedly showed gun vendors in Phoenix failing to conduct background checks before selling firearms. The mayor used NYC funds to send investigators to a gun show in the Grand Canyon State."
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Bloomberg has urged Congress to fix 'loopholes' in Federal gun laws after undercover video allegedly showed gun vendors in Phoenix failing to conduct background checks before selling firearms. The mayor used NYC funds to send investigators to a gun show in the Grand Canyon State."
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Obama Administration Found in Contempt of Court, Media Silent
Obama Administration Found in Contempt of Court, Media Silent: "On Thursday, Louisiana Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman found that the Obama Interior Department was in contempt of his ruling that the offshore oil drilling moratorium, imposed by the administration in 2010, was unconstitutional. After Feldman struck down the initial drilling ban, the Interior Department simply established a second ban that was virtually identical.
While the story was reported on Thursday by wire services like the Associated Press and picked up by frequently cited internet news sites like Politico and The Huffington Post, the television media, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, all ignored the story."
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While the story was reported on Thursday by wire services like the Associated Press and picked up by frequently cited internet news sites like Politico and The Huffington Post, the television media, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, all ignored the story."
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Right-to-Work States Outperform Forced-Union States
Right-to-Work States Outperform Forced-Union States: "Right-to-work laws allow workers to opt-out of union membership. Contrary to much union rhetoric, these laws don't ban or bust unions. They simply grant individual workers the right to join or not to join, even once a workplace is organized by a union. Workers who decline to join the union can't be forced to have dues taken out of their paycheck and thus used to finance union political campaigns, says the Wall Street Journal.
Right-to-work states outperform forced-union states in almost every measurable category of worker well-being, says the Journal."
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Right-to-work states outperform forced-union states in almost every measurable category of worker well-being, says the Journal."
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Behind the New Jobs Numbers
Behind the New Jobs Numbers: "On the surface, the January jobs report sows nothing but confusion -- bad top-line jobs but a sharp drop in unemployment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported only 36,000 new nonfarm jobs -- 50,000 new jobs in the private sector. But unemployment was down from 9.4 percent to 9.0 percent. So what to make of this report? asks Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum.
Weather, weather, weather.
* The BLS underplayed this in its release, but the performance of weather-sensitive sectors suggests otherwise.
* Construction lost 32,000 jobs, and transportation payrolls were down by 38,000.
* Still, the overall data had little strength in hours worked or weather-insensitive categories.
Inside the unemployment rate."
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Weather, weather, weather.
* The BLS underplayed this in its release, but the performance of weather-sensitive sectors suggests otherwise.
* Construction lost 32,000 jobs, and transportation payrolls were down by 38,000.
* Still, the overall data had little strength in hours worked or weather-insensitive categories.
Inside the unemployment rate."
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Is Energy Independence Realistic?
Is Energy Independence Realistic?: "This week's uprising in Egypt that occurred in concert with a minor spike in the price of oil unsurprisingly led to renewed commentary suggesting the United States must achieve 'energy independence.' But looked at with a more reasoned eye, the events in Egypt exposed the sheer absurdity of the charitably false notion of energy independence, says Real Clear Markets.
For one, the not so notable increase in oil prices was to be expected either way. On the other hand, assuming some of the oil price increase was related to fears of supply shortfalls given the shipping lanes under Egypt's purview, what becomes apparent is that even if the United States were totally oil sufficient, our being that way would in no way shield us from global events that might reduce supply while increasing costs."
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For one, the not so notable increase in oil prices was to be expected either way. On the other hand, assuming some of the oil price increase was related to fears of supply shortfalls given the shipping lanes under Egypt's purview, what becomes apparent is that even if the United States were totally oil sufficient, our being that way would in no way shield us from global events that might reduce supply while increasing costs."
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Morning Bell: California Cap and Trade Tripped Up By Pollution Rhetoric | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Morning Bell: California Cap and Trade Tripped Up By Pollution Rhetoric | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.: "The economic harms of carbon cap-and-trade policies are so well established that even a state as reliably leftist as California has never been able to pass a plan through their legislature. Instead, environmentalists in the Golden State have relied on the California Air Resources Board (CARB), whose appointed governing board is democratically unaccountable, to develop and impose carbon regulations by bureaucratic fiat. And this past December, much to the delight of many environmentalists, CARB passed the first carbon cap-and-trade scheme in the United States. Everything looked ready to go … until a San Francisco Superior Court judge issued a ruling, just made public last week, that, if made final, would stop CARB from implementing its plan. The plaintiffs in the suit? The Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment."
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U.N. and West warn rushed Egypt change a risk to Mideast - swissinfo
U.N. and West warn rushed Egypt change a risk to Mideast - swissinfo: "MUNICH (Reuters) - The United Nations on Sunday drove home the warning from Western nations that a transition to democracy in Egypt should not be rushed to avoid worsening the crisis and destabilising the entire Middle East.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon backed up calls at a security conference in Munich from the United States and Europe for a rapid change of power in Egypt followed by a more sedate transition through democracy and eventually free elections.
Ban told reporters he had urged authorities in Cairo 'to make the necessary changes and reforms as soon as possible. I hope the leaders of Egypt heed the calls of their own people.'"
Meanwhile Obama is pushing the transition to be done yesterday with the Muslim Brotherhood at the table of the upcoming regime. Foolish, inept or working against us? ~~ The Munz
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon backed up calls at a security conference in Munich from the United States and Europe for a rapid change of power in Egypt followed by a more sedate transition through democracy and eventually free elections.
Ban told reporters he had urged authorities in Cairo 'to make the necessary changes and reforms as soon as possible. I hope the leaders of Egypt heed the calls of their own people.'"
Meanwhile Obama is pushing the transition to be done yesterday with the Muslim Brotherhood at the table of the upcoming regime. Foolish, inept or working against us? ~~ The Munz
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GOP takes aim at 'Obama agenda' backers for 2012 - Washington Times
GOP takes aim at 'Obama agenda' backers for 2012 - Washington Times: "When Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, voted last week to block a Republican attempt to repeal the 2010 health care law, his action on some levels was routine. The vote was straight along party lines, and the GOP effort was viewed largely as a symbolic gesture with little chance of success.
Within hours, however, the Republican public relations machine cranked into action, firing up press releases, videos and a website that attacked the newly minted senator for his vote and support of “the Obama agenda.”"
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Within hours, however, the Republican public relations machine cranked into action, firing up press releases, videos and a website that attacked the newly minted senator for his vote and support of “the Obama agenda.”"
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Huffington Post agrees to $315 million buyout from AOL
Huffington Post agrees to $315 million buyout from AOL: "Huffington Post, the liberal-leaning online news site that has been one of the Internet's start-up success stories, said it agreed to a $315 million buyout late Sunday night from AOL Inc., the elder statesman of online access and digital content."
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Govt asked to explain failure to stop fatwa
Govt asked to explain failure to stop fatwa: "The High Court yesterday ordered district officials in Shariatpur to explain why they failed to protect 14-year-old rape victim Hena from being whipped to death as per a fatwa on Monday.
The deputy commissioner, the superintendent of police of Shariatpur and the thana nirbahi officer of Naria upazila -- where the incident took place--will have to report to the HC in 15 days how it happened although the court (HC) had eight months ago declared fatwa illegal and a punishable offence.
In a suo moto rule, the HC directed them also to report what steps they have taken in this regard.
An HC bench comprised of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain issued the rule following press reports on the killing of Hena."
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The deputy commissioner, the superintendent of police of Shariatpur and the thana nirbahi officer of Naria upazila -- where the incident took place--will have to report to the HC in 15 days how it happened although the court (HC) had eight months ago declared fatwa illegal and a punishable offence.
In a suo moto rule, the HC directed them also to report what steps they have taken in this regard.
An HC bench comprised of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain issued the rule following press reports on the killing of Hena."
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BBC News - State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron
BBC News - State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron: "David Cameron has criticised 'state multiculturalism' in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.
At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.
The speech angered some Muslim groups, while others queried its timing amid an English Defence League rally in the UK."
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At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.
The speech angered some Muslim groups, while others queried its timing amid an English Defence League rally in the UK."
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Locked and loaded: Concealed carry grows as critics’ fears of ‘bloodbath’ proven wrong - morningjournal.com
Locked and loaded: Concealed carry grows as critics’ fears of ‘bloodbath’ proven wrong - morningjournal.com: "LORAIN — Nearly 200,000 Ohioans have been issued a license to carry a concealed handgun since the state’s concealed carry law took effect in April 2004.
Here in Lorain County, since 2004, a total of 5,416 concealed carry licenses have been issued. In 2010 alone, the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office issued 852 new licenses, according to data provided by the Attorney General’s Office and Sgt. Diana Nicholl. In 2009, 798 licenses were issued. The number of new applicants has grown annually since 2006.
Neighboring Huron County issued 234 licenses in 2009, and Erie County’s sheriff issued 1,058.
“I think the consensus is that folks want them so they can, if they so desire, carry a concealed handgun to protect themselves, their loved ones or acquaintances,” Erie County Sheriff Capt. Paul Sigsworth said.
When the law first went into effect, opponents argued there would be more crime and weapons assaults. That has largely proven to not be the case, Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti said."
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Here in Lorain County, since 2004, a total of 5,416 concealed carry licenses have been issued. In 2010 alone, the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office issued 852 new licenses, according to data provided by the Attorney General’s Office and Sgt. Diana Nicholl. In 2009, 798 licenses were issued. The number of new applicants has grown annually since 2006.
Neighboring Huron County issued 234 licenses in 2009, and Erie County’s sheriff issued 1,058.
“I think the consensus is that folks want them so they can, if they so desire, carry a concealed handgun to protect themselves, their loved ones or acquaintances,” Erie County Sheriff Capt. Paul Sigsworth said.
When the law first went into effect, opponents argued there would be more crime and weapons assaults. That has largely proven to not be the case, Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti said."
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Video: Has Revelation's 'pale rider' shown up in Egypt?
Video: Has Revelation's 'pale rider' shown up in Egypt?: "A mysterious, pale green figure seen in televised news coverage of the Egyptian riots has prompted some viewers to ask, 'Could this be the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse?'
The footage, provided by Euronews and subsequently seen on MSNBC, CNN and uploaded over a dozen times to the popular video sharing site YouTube, captures the fiery, violent protests in Cairo this past week … and something else.
Between the crowds of protesters and barricades, the video shows a flowing, pale green image that resembles an erect rider atop a horse in Medieval-like barding. The ethereal figure remains for a few moments before floating over protesters' heads and off the screen.
The last of the biblical Book of Revelation's Four Horseman of the Apocalyse, the 'pale rider' is said to be the bringer of death and the forerunner of 'hell' on earth."
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The footage, provided by Euronews and subsequently seen on MSNBC, CNN and uploaded over a dozen times to the popular video sharing site YouTube, captures the fiery, violent protests in Cairo this past week … and something else.
Between the crowds of protesters and barricades, the video shows a flowing, pale green image that resembles an erect rider atop a horse in Medieval-like barding. The ethereal figure remains for a few moments before floating over protesters' heads and off the screen.
The last of the biblical Book of Revelation's Four Horseman of the Apocalyse, the 'pale rider' is said to be the bringer of death and the forerunner of 'hell' on earth."
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FT.com / Global insight - Future in Arab region up for grabs
FT.com / Global insight - Future in Arab region up for grabs: "After the US-backed jihad against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the last decade of the cold war, thousands of Arab volunteers, recruited under indulgent western eyes, returned home fired with belief that if they could triumph against a superpower they could surely puncture the inflated autocrats dictating life in their own countries. It turned out these zealots could not.
Their insurgencies in Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt all failed. Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Egypt’s Islamic Jihad, the group that assassinated Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak’s predecessor, went off to join Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda."
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Their insurgencies in Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt all failed. Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Egypt’s Islamic Jihad, the group that assassinated Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak’s predecessor, went off to join Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda."
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Egypt Google staffer faces risk of torture: Amnesty
Egypt Google staffer faces risk of torture: Amnesty: "Rights watchdog Amnesty International said Sunday that an Egyptian executive of the Google software giant who was snatched from the street during anti-government riots faces a serious risk of torture.
Wael Ghoneim was arrested by Egyptian security forces during protests on Friday and his whereabouts are unknown, Amnesty said, adding he 'is facing a serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces.'
'The Egyptian authorities must immediately disclose where Wael Ghoneim is and release him or charge him with a recognisable criminal offence,' said Amnesty's regional deputy director, Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui."
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Wael Ghoneim was arrested by Egyptian security forces during protests on Friday and his whereabouts are unknown, Amnesty said, adding he 'is facing a serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces.'
'The Egyptian authorities must immediately disclose where Wael Ghoneim is and release him or charge him with a recognisable criminal offence,' said Amnesty's regional deputy director, Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui."
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Clinton cautiously welcomes Brotherhood talks
Clinton cautiously welcomes Brotherhood talks: "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cautiously welcomed Sunday the Muslim Brotherhood's involvement in political dialogue in Egypt, saying Washington would 'wait and see' how talks develop.
'Today we learned the Muslim Brotherhood decided to participate, which suggests they at least are now involved in the dialogue that we have encouraged,' Clinton told National Public Radio (NPR) from Germany.
'We're going to wait and see how this develops, but we've been very clear about what we expect.'
Vice President Omar Suleiman met on Sunday with opposition groups including the Muslim Brotherhood, a well-organised Islamist movement that has long been officially banned from Egyptian politics, the official MENA news agency said."
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'Today we learned the Muslim Brotherhood decided to participate, which suggests they at least are now involved in the dialogue that we have encouraged,' Clinton told National Public Radio (NPR) from Germany.
'We're going to wait and see how this develops, but we've been very clear about what we expect.'
Vice President Omar Suleiman met on Sunday with opposition groups including the Muslim Brotherhood, a well-organised Islamist movement that has long been officially banned from Egyptian politics, the official MENA news agency said."
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Egyptians Line Up for Cash as Banks Open, Currency Plummets to 2005 Low - Bloomberg
Egyptians Line Up for Cash as Banks Open, Currency Plummets to 2005 Low - Bloomberg: "Hundreds of Egyptians queued outside banks to withdraw funds as lenders opened for the first time in more than a week amid protests demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The pound dropped to the lowest level since 2005.
At a Cairo-based branch of Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE, the nation’s biggest publicly-traded lender, one man stood at the main door taking names of customers. “Banks need to open more branches,” Mahmoud Eliwa, a 68-year-old retiree who wanted to withdraw 5,000 pounds, said in an interview outside the bank. Eliwa left after learning he needed to wait for about 100 people before him."
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At a Cairo-based branch of Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE, the nation’s biggest publicly-traded lender, one man stood at the main door taking names of customers. “Banks need to open more branches,” Mahmoud Eliwa, a 68-year-old retiree who wanted to withdraw 5,000 pounds, said in an interview outside the bank. Eliwa left after learning he needed to wait for about 100 people before him."
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Obama invokes religious themes as 2012 campaign nears | Julie Mason | White House | Washington Examiner
Obama invokes religious themes as 2012 campaign nears | Julie Mason | White House | Washington Examiner: "President Obama inhabits a largely secular presidency, rarely blending his religious beliefs with his public duties, and spending more Sundays shooting hoops than going to church. So it was a notable shift when Obama went deeply devout for last week's National Prayer Breakfast, telling attendees the role daily prayer plays in his life.
'When I wake in the morning, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to give me the strength to do right by our country and its people,' Obama said. 'And when I go to bed at night, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to forgive me my sins, and look after my family and the American people, and make me an instrument of His will.'"
AND THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE IS FOR SALE ~~~~~
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'When I wake in the morning, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to give me the strength to do right by our country and its people,' Obama said. 'And when I go to bed at night, I wait on the Lord, and I ask Him to forgive me my sins, and look after my family and the American people, and make me an instrument of His will.'"
AND THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE IS FOR SALE ~~~~~
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January's Unemployment Report Was A Snow Job
January's Unemployment Report Was A Snow Job: "The January employment report was a complete snow job. Abominable winter blizzards across the country caused 886,000 workers to report “not at work due to bad weather,” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is 600,000 more than the normal 300,000 not at work for the average January of the past decade.
So the bad weather has distorted the numbers. The actual 36,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls and the 50,000 gain in private payrolls really don’t have a snowball’s chance at being accurate. The 1 million people in January who wanted a job but didn’t look for one because of “other” reasons hints again at the bad-weather distortion. So does the 4.9 million jump in the part-time workforce.
As for the 9 percent unemployment rate, it’s not likely to last as more people are recorded reentering the labor force in the months ahead. The household employment survey (on which the unemployment rate is based) increased 117,000 in January, following a near 300,000 gain in December."
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So the bad weather has distorted the numbers. The actual 36,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls and the 50,000 gain in private payrolls really don’t have a snowball’s chance at being accurate. The 1 million people in January who wanted a job but didn’t look for one because of “other” reasons hints again at the bad-weather distortion. So does the 4.9 million jump in the part-time workforce.
As for the 9 percent unemployment rate, it’s not likely to last as more people are recorded reentering the labor force in the months ahead. The household employment survey (on which the unemployment rate is based) increased 117,000 in January, following a near 300,000 gain in December."
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The Mouse that Roared: Chris Matthews Declares War on Glenn Beck | NewsReal Blog
The Mouse that Roared: Chris Matthews Declares War on Glenn Beck | NewsReal Blog: "In 1955, satirist Leonard Wibberly wrote a sendup of American foreign aid called, The Mouse that Roared, in which a microscopic, medieval and poverty stricken country, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, invades the United States in order to be defeated and rebuilt like Germany and Japan. In 1959, it was released as a pretty good adaptation starring Peter Sellers.
This week, Chris Matthews declared war on Glen Beck, undoubtedly hoping Beck would respond and millions of people who don’t know Chris Matthews exists would become aware of his TV show, Hardball.
Among the ironic comments included a shot from Chris that Beck’s ratings were down a third… in other words, (if true) Beck has lost from his audience about 3 times the number of Harball’s total audience.
This would leave Beck with an audience a mere 6 times that of Matthews– about the same as ever, since Matthews suffered a drop of about a quarter, himself!"
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This week, Chris Matthews declared war on Glen Beck, undoubtedly hoping Beck would respond and millions of people who don’t know Chris Matthews exists would become aware of his TV show, Hardball.
Among the ironic comments included a shot from Chris that Beck’s ratings were down a third… in other words, (if true) Beck has lost from his audience about 3 times the number of Harball’s total audience.
This would leave Beck with an audience a mere 6 times that of Matthews– about the same as ever, since Matthews suffered a drop of about a quarter, himself!"
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Romney, Huckabee Even With Obama, Other GOP Hopefuls Trail - Rasmussen Reports™
Romney, Huckabee Even With Obama, Other GOP Hopefuls Trail - Rasmussen Reports™: "An early look at potential 2012 match-ups indicates that the election is likely shaping up as a referendum on President Obama. That’s typical when an incumbent runs for reelection.
The numbers show that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee essentially run even with Obama at this point. Romney is nominally up two points, 44% to 42%, while Huckabee is tied with the president at 43% apiece.
Three other well-known potential candidates, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul trail the president. Palin is down by 11 points, 49% to 38%, Gingrich by eight, 47% to 39%, and Paul by nine, 44% to 35%.
Romney, Palin, and Huckabee lead in early Republican Primary polling."
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The numbers show that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee essentially run even with Obama at this point. Romney is nominally up two points, 44% to 42%, while Huckabee is tied with the president at 43% apiece.
Three other well-known potential candidates, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul trail the president. Palin is down by 11 points, 49% to 38%, Gingrich by eight, 47% to 39%, and Paul by nine, 44% to 35%.
Romney, Palin, and Huckabee lead in early Republican Primary polling."
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U.S. Government Slips Through China Internet Censors With New Technology - FoxNews.com
U.S. Government Slips Through China Internet Censors With New Technology - FoxNews.com: "The U.S. government has figured out how to bust through Internet censorship filters in order to deliver news and other vital information via e-mail to people in countries like China, according to a recent report.
The official report from the Broadcasting Board of Governors detailed successful testing the agency conducted last year as it tried to slip data into inboxes in Hong Kong and China. The testing involved technology known as Feed Over e-mail, or FOE, to bypass traps the Chinese government has in place to screen out unwanted Internet content."
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The official report from the Broadcasting Board of Governors detailed successful testing the agency conducted last year as it tried to slip data into inboxes in Hong Kong and China. The testing involved technology known as Feed Over e-mail, or FOE, to bypass traps the Chinese government has in place to screen out unwanted Internet content."
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BBC News - Egypt protests: Muslim Brotherhood 'to join talks'
BBC News - Egypt protests: Muslim Brotherhood 'to join talks': "Egypt's most influential opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, says it will enter talks with officials on ending the country's political crisis.
The group told Reuters the talks would begin on Sunday and would assess how far the government was 'ready to accept the demands of the people'.
The negotiations would be the first ever to be held between the government and the officially banned Brotherhood.
President Hosni Mubarak has rejected protesters' demands that he quit now.
Mr Mubarak - who has been in office since 1981, tolerating little dissent - has said he will not stand in elections due in September.
Huge crowds have been on the streets of Cairo and other cities in the past few weeks demanding his immediate resignation and calling for democratic reforms."
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The group told Reuters the talks would begin on Sunday and would assess how far the government was 'ready to accept the demands of the people'.
The negotiations would be the first ever to be held between the government and the officially banned Brotherhood.
President Hosni Mubarak has rejected protesters' demands that he quit now.
Mr Mubarak - who has been in office since 1981, tolerating little dissent - has said he will not stand in elections due in September.
Huge crowds have been on the streets of Cairo and other cities in the past few weeks demanding his immediate resignation and calling for democratic reforms."
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Former President Bush Cancels Geneva Visit Amid Security Concernsw.foxnews. - FoxNews.com
Former President Bush Cancels Geneva Visit Amid Security Concernsw.foxnews. - FoxNews.com: "GENEVA — A visit former U.S. President George W. Bush planned to make to Switzerland next week has been canceled because of security concerns, after left-wing groups called for mass protests and rights activists proposed legal action against him for allegedly ordering the torture of terrorism suspects.
Bush's spokesman David Sherzer said the two-term president was informed Friday by the United Israel Appeal that his Feb. 12 dinner speech in Geneva had been called off.
'We regret that the speech has been canceled,' Sherzer told The Associated Press in an e-mail Saturday. 'President Bush was looking forward to speaking about freedom and offering reflections from his time in office.'
Saturday's edition of Swiss daily Tribune de Geneve quoted the Jewish charity's lawyer, Robert Equey, as saying the visit was canceled because of the risk that protests by left-wing groups could result in violence."
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Bush's spokesman David Sherzer said the two-term president was informed Friday by the United Israel Appeal that his Feb. 12 dinner speech in Geneva had been called off.
'We regret that the speech has been canceled,' Sherzer told The Associated Press in an e-mail Saturday. 'President Bush was looking forward to speaking about freedom and offering reflections from his time in office.'
Saturday's edition of Swiss daily Tribune de Geneve quoted the Jewish charity's lawyer, Robert Equey, as saying the visit was canceled because of the risk that protests by left-wing groups could result in violence."
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The plot to kill the tea party
The plot to kill the tea party: "Freedom Works sent out an e-mail Tuesday over the signature of Dick Army that states: 'Our latest intel indicates that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to offer a Repeal Obamacare amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill today!'
And now John McCain is singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama as a centrist. Lindsay Graham will not be far behind McCain.
Only two days ago, the media were covering a comment by Obama in 2008 where he said that he did not want mandatory insurance as part of health-care reform (they neglected to add that Obama actually wanted a government-controlled socialist single-payer model).
We are all being set up. These guys do not want Obamacare to go to the Supreme Court because it will force the justices to define the limits of the powers of Congress and the executive branch. So they (Democrats and RINOs) are preparing us for a repeal of Obamacare in such a way that Obama can let it happen without embarrassing himself.
Look at the current situation.
The tea party are beating the snot out of RINOs and Democrats.
All the exemptions to Obamacare are being exposed (773 to date with most of them to unions)."
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And now John McCain is singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama as a centrist. Lindsay Graham will not be far behind McCain.
Only two days ago, the media were covering a comment by Obama in 2008 where he said that he did not want mandatory insurance as part of health-care reform (they neglected to add that Obama actually wanted a government-controlled socialist single-payer model).
We are all being set up. These guys do not want Obamacare to go to the Supreme Court because it will force the justices to define the limits of the powers of Congress and the executive branch. So they (Democrats and RINOs) are preparing us for a repeal of Obamacare in such a way that Obama can let it happen without embarrassing himself.
Look at the current situation.
The tea party are beating the snot out of RINOs and Democrats.
All the exemptions to Obamacare are being exposed (773 to date with most of them to unions)."
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Networks Out of Step with Public, Ignore Majority Support for ObamaCare Repeal
Networks Out of Step with Public, Ignore Majority Support for ObamaCare Repeal: "The 112th Congress took office Jan. 5 and the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives planned to immediately tackle the unpopular health care legislation signed into law in 2010.
The Washington Post reported that House Republicans intend to vote on a repeal of ObamaCare Jan. 12, just one week into the new congressional session.
'ObamaCare is a job-killer for businesses small and large, and the top priority for House Republicans is going to be to cut spending and grow the economy and jobs,' Brad Dayspring, spokesman for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., was quoted by the Post."
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The Washington Post reported that House Republicans intend to vote on a repeal of ObamaCare Jan. 12, just one week into the new congressional session.
'ObamaCare is a job-killer for businesses small and large, and the top priority for House Republicans is going to be to cut spending and grow the economy and jobs,' Brad Dayspring, spokesman for incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., was quoted by the Post."
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Hawaii Health Director Quits 1 Week After Obama Birth Certificate Admitted "Does Not Exist" - Auburn Journal
Hawaii Health Director Quits 1 Week After Obama Birth Certificate Admitted "Does Not Exist" - Auburn Journal: "Here is a funny story.
A week after the governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie admitted that there is no proof that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii as claimed, the health director responsible for maintaining such records resigns under 'mysterious circumstances'.
Of course, the mainstream media is not digging into it. They will mention it in passing, then move on to something more interesting like the weather.
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' HONOLULU - Interim Hawaii Health Director Dr. Neal Palafox abruptly quit Wednesday, the first of new Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Cabinet appointees to leave.
The reason for Palafox's resignation was a mystery, and he wouldn't say whether he was asked to resign. '
'The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs said it had no complaints about Palafox over the last five years.'
''An issue has arisen, probably having to do with personal reasons, and that suggests to me that the vetting process wasn't as complete as it should have been,' said Hee, D-Kahuku-Kaneohe, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. '
Ya, like letting the cat out of the bag. Ha!"
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A week after the governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie admitted that there is no proof that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii as claimed, the health director responsible for maintaining such records resigns under 'mysterious circumstances'.
Of course, the mainstream media is not digging into it. They will mention it in passing, then move on to something more interesting like the weather.
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' HONOLULU - Interim Hawaii Health Director Dr. Neal Palafox abruptly quit Wednesday, the first of new Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Cabinet appointees to leave.
The reason for Palafox's resignation was a mystery, and he wouldn't say whether he was asked to resign. '
'The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs said it had no complaints about Palafox over the last five years.'
''An issue has arisen, probably having to do with personal reasons, and that suggests to me that the vetting process wasn't as complete as it should have been,' said Hee, D-Kahuku-Kaneohe, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. '
Ya, like letting the cat out of the bag. Ha!"
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Obama’s Bundlers & Friends on front lines of Cairo protests
Obama’s Bundlers & Friends on front lines of Cairo protests: "Took less than a month for former Huffington Post CEO Betsy Morgan and Managing Editor Scott Baker to go huffing and puffing all over The Blaze.
The Blaze, now cutting a break for Code Pink in Cairo, should check in with writers Andrea Shea King and Kristinn Taylor who got it right (no pun intended).
Is it HuffPo at the helm that is portraying Code Pink rabble rousers as Obama enemies?
Note to Glenn Beck: Code Pink is not Global Citizen Barry Soetoro’s enemy. They are right up his wazoo. Big time.
Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans joined Team Obama as a bundler, pledging to raise at least $50,000 to elect Barack Obama to the White House.
Nowhere is there any proof that Evans quit Team Obama. In fact, on Oct. 15, 2009 Evans met with Obama only weeks after meeting with the Taliban.
How’s that for staying in close touch?"
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The Blaze, now cutting a break for Code Pink in Cairo, should check in with writers Andrea Shea King and Kristinn Taylor who got it right (no pun intended).
Is it HuffPo at the helm that is portraying Code Pink rabble rousers as Obama enemies?
Note to Glenn Beck: Code Pink is not Global Citizen Barry Soetoro’s enemy. They are right up his wazoo. Big time.
Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans joined Team Obama as a bundler, pledging to raise at least $50,000 to elect Barack Obama to the White House.
Nowhere is there any proof that Evans quit Team Obama. In fact, on Oct. 15, 2009 Evans met with Obama only weeks after meeting with the Taliban.
How’s that for staying in close touch?"
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Obama Gives UK Nuke Secrets to Russia—He MUST now be removed from office and power
Obama Gives UK Nuke Secrets to Russia—He MUST now be removed from office and power: "Talk about High Crimes and Misdemeanors! Barack Hussein Obama, the Usurper to the US Presidency, now appears to be pulling out all of the stops. With barely an initial protestation from the US’s so-called “leaders” (it took We-the-People marching on them to finally get their attention) Obama has already destroyed the economy of the USA and ensured no more jobs will be forthcoming for the middle-class; or anyone else for that matter. He and his minions (the “Co” in Obama & Co) fake unemployment figures to suit their agenda, while thousands and thousands of Americans continue to lose jobs each and every month. Did you know that February is the 19th month since the Obama machine declared the end to our recession?"
ObamaPlan to rid Egypt of Hosni Mubarak and turn it over to the Muslim Brotherhood
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Yesterday, I advised of the
—the Mother Ship of virtually all Islamic terrorism and the entity supported by the corrupt Obama to seize Egypt for and as an Islamic state. Obama’s Google also has Wael Ghonim, Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East, flying into Egypt to join the opposition to Mubarak. Ghonim is now reported to be the “spokesman” for the opposition.
Judi McLeod of Canada Free Press reports that in the last quarter of 2009 Code Pink was in Egypt (after wending its way through Gaza to get there) and were later joined by domestic terrorists and ObamaFriends Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. They claimed it was a “coincidence.” Uh-huh. Sure it was. Were they assisting in planning the Egyptian revolution? Sure looks like it. Was Obama involved? C’mon…what do you think?
Today, however, the Drudge Report and The UK’s Daily Telegraph are reporting about something more insidious and far more menacing to the survival of the USA and the world.
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RealClearPolitics - Video - Matthews On Handling Of Egypt: "I Feel Ashamed As An American"
RealClearPolitics - Video - Matthews On Handling Of Egypt: "I Feel Ashamed As An American": "CHRIS MATTHEWS: 'What was our plan for transition for our friend? Did we ever talk to him about it, encourage him? That's my view; character and planning. I feel shame about this. I feel ashamed as an American, the way we're doing this. I know he has the change. I know we're for democracy, but the way we've handled it is not the way a friend handles the matter. We're not handling it the way Americans should handle matters like this. I don't feel right about it. And Barack Obama, as much I support him in many ways, there is a transactional quality to the guy that is chilling. I believe in relationships. I think we all do. Relationship politics is what we were brought up with in this country. You treat your friends a certain way. You're loyal to them. And When they're wrong, you try to be with them, you try to stick with them.'"
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Maybe Chris Matthews should have spent time investigating Obama and his ability (INABILITY) to lead instead of having tingles up his legs. Obama has known about this for over a year and done NOTHING .. it would have interfered with his golf game, vacations and health care plan that America did not want.~~ The Munz
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U.S. Ambassador Cynthia Stroum Called "Bullying, Hostile" in State Department Investigation - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
U.S. Ambassador Cynthia Stroum Called "Bullying, Hostile" in State Department Investigation - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: "One way that presidents reward their biggest donors is by offering them plum ambassadorships. Which is why it wasn't surprising when the Obama administration tapped Cynthia Stroum to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.
Stroum, a businesswoman and philanthropist, had been a major bundler for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, raising more than half a million dollars for the then-candidate.
It appears that her fundraising abilities did not translate to diplomatic success, however: According to a scathing State Department probe out Thursday (PDF), Stroum was seen by most employees as 'aggressive, bullying, hostile and intimidating.'
The probe found that Stroum's 'confrontational management style,' staffing problems and 'the absence of a sense of direction' have brought much of the Luxembourg embassy 'to a state of dysfunction.'
Things got so bad, the report says, that staffers asked for transfers to Afghanistan and Iraq due in part to 'a climate of acute stress' at the embassy."
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Stroum, a businesswoman and philanthropist, had been a major bundler for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, raising more than half a million dollars for the then-candidate.
It appears that her fundraising abilities did not translate to diplomatic success, however: According to a scathing State Department probe out Thursday (PDF), Stroum was seen by most employees as 'aggressive, bullying, hostile and intimidating.'
The probe found that Stroum's 'confrontational management style,' staffing problems and 'the absence of a sense of direction' have brought much of the Luxembourg embassy 'to a state of dysfunction.'
Things got so bad, the report says, that staffers asked for transfers to Afghanistan and Iraq due in part to 'a climate of acute stress' at the embassy."
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The Associated Press: Big Obama donor quits envoy job amid criticism
The Associated Press: Big Obama donor quits envoy job amid criticism: "WASHINGTON (AP) — As a supporter of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Cynthia Stroum was a superstar whose financial backing of the campaign landed her a plum diplomatic posting in Europe.
As America's ambassador to Luxembourg, the wealthy Seattle-based businesswoman was a disaster.
According to an internal State Department report released Thursday, less than a week after she quit, Stroum's management of the U.S. Embassy in the tiny country was abysmal. The report says her tenure of about one year was fraught with personality conflicts, verbal abuse and questionable expenditures on travel, wine and liquor.
Stroum's case illustrates the pitfalls that presidents can face when they appoint non-career diplomats to ambassadorships as a reward for their political support."
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As America's ambassador to Luxembourg, the wealthy Seattle-based businesswoman was a disaster.
According to an internal State Department report released Thursday, less than a week after she quit, Stroum's management of the U.S. Embassy in the tiny country was abysmal. The report says her tenure of about one year was fraught with personality conflicts, verbal abuse and questionable expenditures on travel, wine and liquor.
Stroum's case illustrates the pitfalls that presidents can face when they appoint non-career diplomats to ambassadorships as a reward for their political support."
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Case putting Obama alongside Eldridge Cleaver heads to Supremes
Case putting Obama alongside Eldridge Cleaver heads to Supremes: "A lawsuit that was filed over the absence of documentation that Barack Obama is eligible to occupy the Oval Office and claims a precedent was set for removing ineligible candidates when an underage Eldridge Cleaver was taken off the ballot in 1968 is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorney Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation confirmed to WND tonight that his clients have requested in writing that he appeal the decision of the California Supreme Court.
Judges there this week got rid of the case with six words: 'The petition for review is denied.' That would have left standing a decision from the California Court of Appeals that if a qualified political party presents a candidate's name for inclusion on the ballot, the California secretary of state must include it."
Funny as Obama now sets his sights on 2012 trying desperately to be re-elected. he STILL has not provided evidence to suggest that he was eligible for his LAST election. The court battles continue to this day though the MSM refuses to even cover the stories. ~~ The Munz
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Attorney Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation confirmed to WND tonight that his clients have requested in writing that he appeal the decision of the California Supreme Court.
Judges there this week got rid of the case with six words: 'The petition for review is denied.' That would have left standing a decision from the California Court of Appeals that if a qualified political party presents a candidate's name for inclusion on the ballot, the California secretary of state must include it."
Funny as Obama now sets his sights on 2012 trying desperately to be re-elected. he STILL has not provided evidence to suggest that he was eligible for his LAST election. The court battles continue to this day though the MSM refuses to even cover the stories. ~~ The Munz
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PJTV - Chuck Schumer's Three Branches of Condescension & Chris Matthews' Love Letter to Bubba - Krusier Control
PJTV - Chuck Schumer's Three Branches of Condescension & Chris Matthews' Love Letter to Bubba - Krusier Control
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Chuck Schumer's Three Branches of Condescension & Chris Matthews' Love Letter to Bubba (Feb. 4, 2011)
Stephen Kruiser explains the U.S. Constitution to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and basic geography to Chris Matthews. Plus, see a preview of Chris Matthews' love letter to Bill Clinton. The Last Piece of My Mind, Tweets of the Week and more on this week's Krusier Control.
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Stimulus Money, WHERE?! (Featuring Steve's breakdown)
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Steven Crowder on Hannity: Search for Stimulus, Angry Mobs
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Americans Will Flock Into $5,000 Gold and $500 Silver
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Bloomberg spends $245,000 employing THREE cooks at Gracie Mansion | Mail Online
Bloomberg spends $245,000 employing THREE cooks at Gracie Mansion | Mail Online
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When Mayor Bloomberg came into office there was just one executive cook at Gracie Mansion to make the VIP feasts.
Today there are three - costing taxpayers a whopping $245,000 this year.
And despite the big spending cuts the mayor has ordered across every city agency, too many cooks won't be spoiling the broth at the city-owned mansion.
Tucking in: Mayor Bloomberg eats a hot dog outside Penn Station with British Prime Minister David Cameron during his visit to New York last year
According to figures revealed by the New York Daily News, his longest-serving man in the kitchen, Feliberto Estevez, picks up $97,000.
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Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq's Computers - WSJ.com
Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq's Computers - WSJ.com: "Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter.
The exchange's trading platform—the part of the system that executes trades—wasn't compromised, these people said. However, it couldn't be determined which other parts of Nasdaq's computer network were accessed.
Investigators are considering a range of possible motives, including unlawful financial gain, theft of trade secrets and a national-security threat designed to damage the exchange."
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The exchange's trading platform—the part of the system that executes trades—wasn't compromised, these people said. However, it couldn't be determined which other parts of Nasdaq's computer network were accessed.
Investigators are considering a range of possible motives, including unlawful financial gain, theft of trade secrets and a national-security threat designed to damage the exchange."
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David Cameron: Stop tolerating Islamic extremists and respect British 'core values' | Mail Online
David Cameron: Stop tolerating Islamic extremists and respect British 'core values' | Mail Online: "David Cameron today pledged to make Britain ‘a lot less’ tolerant towards Islamic extremists who whip up hatred against the West.
In a major speech on terrorism, the Prime Minister argued that Britain has been too ‘passive’ towards organisations and preachers who poison the minds of young Muslims.
Mr Cameron said Britain needs to be less tolerant and more judgemental when faced with ideologies that threaten the country’s basic values."
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In a major speech on terrorism, the Prime Minister argued that Britain has been too ‘passive’ towards organisations and preachers who poison the minds of young Muslims.
Mr Cameron said Britain needs to be less tolerant and more judgemental when faced with ideologies that threaten the country’s basic values."
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Saboteurs attack Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan - Yahoo! News
Saboteurs attack Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan - Yahoo! News: "CAIRO (AFP) – Unknown saboteurs attacked an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Jordan, forcing authorities to switch off gas supply from a twin pipeline to Israel, an official told AFP.
The attackers used explosives against the pipeline in the town of Lihfen in northern Sinai, near the Gaza Strip, the official said. It was initially thought the pipeline to Israel was attacked.
'The pipeline to Jordan has been attacked and the supply to Israel has been cut off,' the official said.
The army has taken precautionary measures to stop the fire from spreading, the official added, as rescue services were putting out the fire."
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The attackers used explosives against the pipeline in the town of Lihfen in northern Sinai, near the Gaza Strip, the official said. It was initially thought the pipeline to Israel was attacked.
'The pipeline to Jordan has been attacked and the supply to Israel has been cut off,' the official said.
The army has taken precautionary measures to stop the fire from spreading, the official added, as rescue services were putting out the fire."
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Katie Couric fires incorrect tweet saying that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down
Katie Couric fires incorrect tweet saying that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down: "Katie Couric was a little quick with her Twitter finger Saturday.
The CBS News anchor mistakenly informed her 140,000 followers that embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down after 30 years.
Not true.
'As many of you have already heard Mubarak has resigned,' Couric posted before backing off the report."
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The CBS News anchor mistakenly informed her 140,000 followers that embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down after 30 years.
Not true.
'As many of you have already heard Mubarak has resigned,' Couric posted before backing off the report."
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Canadian Dollar Reaches Highest Level Since May 2008 on Economic Growth - Bloomberg
Canadian Dollar Reaches Highest Level Since May 2008 on Economic Growth - Bloomberg: "Canada’s dollar reached the strongest level since May 2008 as the nation’s economy and employment grew more than forecast, boosting confidence in the recovery.
The Canadian currency rose the most in two months against the U.S. dollar this week after two straight weekly declines. The loonie, as the currency is known for the image of the waterfowl on the C$1 coin, gained against most of its major counterparts as oil, the nation’s largest export, reached a two- year high."
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The Canadian currency rose the most in two months against the U.S. dollar this week after two straight weekly declines. The loonie, as the currency is known for the image of the waterfowl on the C$1 coin, gained against most of its major counterparts as oil, the nation’s largest export, reached a two- year high."
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Anderson Cooper in "Undisclosed Location" After Another Attack; Couric, Williams Flee Egypt - E! Online
Anderson Cooper in "Undisclosed Location" After Another Attack; Couric, Williams Flee Egypt - E! Online: "Anderson Cooper has gone underground.
A day after being attack by a mob of supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and then assaulted again by the same rabble rousers who smashed his car window, CNN's star anchor has moved to a Cheney-esque 'undisclosed location' out of fear for his and his crew's safety amid the ongoing tumult.
Luckily, not a hair on that beautiful white mane of his has been harmed. But he's not the only journalist under assault.
MORE: Anderson Cooper attacked by mob in Egypt
Reports have surfaced that major network anchors and news producers have been subject to a campaign of intimidation, threats and violence by government-backed thugs to keep them from covering the uprising."
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A day after being attack by a mob of supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and then assaulted again by the same rabble rousers who smashed his car window, CNN's star anchor has moved to a Cheney-esque 'undisclosed location' out of fear for his and his crew's safety amid the ongoing tumult.
Luckily, not a hair on that beautiful white mane of his has been harmed. But he's not the only journalist under assault.
MORE: Anderson Cooper attacked by mob in Egypt
Reports have surfaced that major network anchors and news producers have been subject to a campaign of intimidation, threats and violence by government-backed thugs to keep them from covering the uprising."
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Palin says Obama's policies have US on road to ruin | Reuters
Palin says Obama's policies have US on road to ruin | Reuters: "SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb 4 (Reuters) - Republican Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats had put the United States on 'the road to ruin.'
In a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan, the potential 2012 White House contender said leaders in Washington had lost sight of the values that made Reagan a Republican icon and a hero to conservatives -- a belief in limited government, low taxes and personal freedoms."
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In a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan, the potential 2012 White House contender said leaders in Washington had lost sight of the values that made Reagan a Republican icon and a hero to conservatives -- a belief in limited government, low taxes and personal freedoms."
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FRANCES FOX PIVEN
"# Co-creator of the so-called Cloward-Piven Strategy
# Seeks to foment economic crises, which can then be exploited for purposes of transformational social change
# Has been a guest speaker at numerous Socialist Scholars Conferences
# Admirer of Karl Marx
# Views violent rioting as an effective and desirable means of agitating for social change"
This is Obama's mentor ...
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# Seeks to foment economic crises, which can then be exploited for purposes of transformational social change
# Has been a guest speaker at numerous Socialist Scholars Conferences
# Admirer of Karl Marx
# Views violent rioting as an effective and desirable means of agitating for social change"
This is Obama's mentor ...
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WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain's nuclear secrets - Telegraph
WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain's nuclear secrets - Telegraph: "Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week.
Defence analysts claim the agreement risks undermining Britain’s policy of refusing to confirm the exact size of its nuclear arsenal.
The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website."
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Defence analysts claim the agreement risks undermining Britain’s policy of refusing to confirm the exact size of its nuclear arsenal.
The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website."
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Stunner. Obama Gets His Information from Anti-Semitic Aljazeera Channel | The Gateway Pundit
Stunner. Obama Gets His Information from Anti-Semitic Aljazeera Channel | The Gateway Pundit: "Stunner. President Obama gets his Middle East news from the anti-Semitic anti-American Aljazeera channel.
The Business Insider reported, via FOX Nation:
The Daily Beast just posted an “exclusive” look inside the White House’s “scramble” to find the right response to the unfolding crisis in Egypt this week.
The short version is that the crisis caught U.S. intelligence off guard and they were slow to react. But here’s the line that jumped out at me.
Now, huddled in the big office of their boss—one of the administration policy-makers trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama—the advisers watched Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s first statement. Two television sets were running, one showing CNN and the other a satellite feed from Al Jazeera.
That’s right, even the President of the United States is watching Al Jazeera. Needless to say this is a far cry from the time (just two years ago!) that Colin Powell declared on Meet the Press that “those kind of images going out on Al Jazeera are killing us.”"
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The Business Insider reported, via FOX Nation:
The Daily Beast just posted an “exclusive” look inside the White House’s “scramble” to find the right response to the unfolding crisis in Egypt this week.
The short version is that the crisis caught U.S. intelligence off guard and they were slow to react. But here’s the line that jumped out at me.
Now, huddled in the big office of their boss—one of the administration policy-makers trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama—the advisers watched Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s first statement. Two television sets were running, one showing CNN and the other a satellite feed from Al Jazeera.
That’s right, even the President of the United States is watching Al Jazeera. Needless to say this is a far cry from the time (just two years ago!) that Colin Powell declared on Meet the Press that “those kind of images going out on Al Jazeera are killing us.”"
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Liberal Group Advises Administration to Detain Only Illegal Aliens Who Have Already Been Convicted of ‘Serious Crimes’ | CNSnews.com
Liberal Group Advises Administration to Detain Only Illegal Aliens Who Have Already Been Convicted of ‘Serious Crimes’ | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) – The Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a liberal immigration advocacy group, is asking the Obama administration to scale back its 287 (g) program, which allows trained state and local law officers to enforce federal immigration law.
In the report Delegation and Divergence: A Study of 287 (g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement, released this week, the MPI said an analysis of the program showed that it was not employed uniformly across the country, leading to “negative impacts on immigrant communities.”"
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In the report Delegation and Divergence: A Study of 287 (g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement, released this week, the MPI said an analysis of the program showed that it was not employed uniformly across the country, leading to “negative impacts on immigrant communities.”"
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Obama’s Proposed Spending Freeze Would Add $3.8 Trillion to National Debt, GOP Says | CNSnews.com
Obama’s Proposed Spending Freeze Would Add $3.8 Trillion to National Debt, GOP Says | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama’s proposed five-year spending freeze in domestic discretionary spending would increase the national debt by $4 trillion, according to an analysis by Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee.
The freeze would lock in current federal spending, which is running a $1.5 trillion deficit. This would produce an estimated $3.8 trillion in accumulated deficits over five years, according to the GOP analysis, and potentially triple the federal debt by 2018."
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The freeze would lock in current federal spending, which is running a $1.5 trillion deficit. This would produce an estimated $3.8 trillion in accumulated deficits over five years, according to the GOP analysis, and potentially triple the federal debt by 2018."
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National Debt Jumped Another $105.8 Billion in January | CNSnews.com
National Debt Jumped Another $105.8 Billion in January | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) - The federal debt increased by $105.8 billion ($105,835,837,302.32) in January, according to the the U.S. Treasury Department, jumping from $14.0252 trillion ($14,025,215,218,708.52) at the close of business on December 31 to $14.1311 trillion ($14,131,051,056,010.84) at the close of business on January 31.
That means that in the first four months of fiscal 2011--which began on Oct. 1, 2010--the federal debt has increased by $569.4 billion ($569,428,025,119.05), keeping fiscal 2011 on track to be the second ranking year in U.S. history for an increase in the federal debt."
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That means that in the first four months of fiscal 2011--which began on Oct. 1, 2010--the federal debt has increased by $569.4 billion ($569,428,025,119.05), keeping fiscal 2011 on track to be the second ranking year in U.S. history for an increase in the federal debt."
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Police Officer Michael J. Califano Nassau County Police Department New York End of Watch: Saturday, February 5, 2011 « The Munz ~~ Remembering the fallen
Police Officer Michael J. Califano Nassau County Police Department New York End of Watch: Saturday, February 5, 2011 « The Munz ~~ Remembering the fallen
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Police Officer Michael J. Califano
Nassau County Police Department
New York
End of Watch: Saturday, February 5, 2011
Biographical Info
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Friday, February 4, 2011
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Charged with negligent homicide
Police Officer Michael Califano was killed when his patrol car was struck by a truck as he conducted a vehicle stop.
Officer Califano pulled over a box truck on the Long Island Expressway, near exit 39, for insufficient lighting. As Officer Califano was sitting in his patrol car writing a summons, it was struck by a flatbed tow truck. The force of the impact pushed the patrol car under the box truck and knocked the box truck into traffic. The flatbed truck ended up a on top of the police car. It took rescuers thirty minutes to remove the roof of the patrol car and remove Officer Califano.
Officer Califano was taken to the Nassau University Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
The driver of the flatbed truck was arrested and charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide, three counts of assault and failure to move over for an emergency vehicle.
Officer Califano had served with the Nassau County Police Department for 12 years. He was assigned to the Highway Patrol.
Agency Contact Information
Nassau County Police Department
1490 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501
Phone: (516) 573-2000
Please contact the Nassau County Police Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – A Nassau County police officer has died after a wreck on the Long Island Expressway.
It happened around 10:55 p.m. near exit 39 in Old Westbury.
According to detectives, Nassau County Highway Patrol Officer Michael J. Califano was conducting a traffic stop. The officer’s police vehicle was hit from behind by a truck.
Califano, 44, sustained fatal injuries and died at the hospital. Califano was a 12 year veteran of the force.
John Kaley, 25, of New Britain, Conn. has been charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide, 3 counts of Assault 3rd Degree and Failing to move over for an Emergency Vehicle. He was arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Saturday.
Califano is survived by his wife, Jacqueline and three children; Michael, Christopher and Andrew.
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White House Insider: Obama is Clueless. Totally Clueless | Newsflavor
White House Insider: Obama is Clueless. Totally Clueless | Newsflavor: "Author’s Note: While not expecting this email from Insider, we are very thankful to have received it. Here is that email in its entirety.
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Had to send you this quick message. Feel free to publish all of it if you wish. First, I am so disappointed in the response by Obama White House to the crisis in Egypt. White House was caught completely off guard on this one despite indications they were informed of just such a scenario a number of times over the past year or so. They ignored the warnings. When the protests started did you notice the confused messaging from the administration? Hillary says one thing. Biden says another thing. Obama says basically nothing. These are the situations where an American president can either rise to the occasion and show strength and wisdom or where they appear weak and uncertain. I don’t need to explain to you what our current president did. If this goes badly, and it appears it very well could, American interests in the region will be placed in very grave danger. The parallels to Carter are stunning. Oh how I miss the days when the party was led by the likes of Scoop. I fear the mishandling of the Egypt situation is going to result in a total chaos in that country soon."
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Had to send you this quick message. Feel free to publish all of it if you wish. First, I am so disappointed in the response by Obama White House to the crisis in Egypt. White House was caught completely off guard on this one despite indications they were informed of just such a scenario a number of times over the past year or so. They ignored the warnings. When the protests started did you notice the confused messaging from the administration? Hillary says one thing. Biden says another thing. Obama says basically nothing. These are the situations where an American president can either rise to the occasion and show strength and wisdom or where they appear weak and uncertain. I don’t need to explain to you what our current president did. If this goes badly, and it appears it very well could, American interests in the region will be placed in very grave danger. The parallels to Carter are stunning. Oh how I miss the days when the party was led by the likes of Scoop. I fear the mishandling of the Egypt situation is going to result in a total chaos in that country soon."
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