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Obama's deportation policy: Smart politics?
Post Date: 2011-08-19 12:25:19 by socalv8
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President Obama's new policy on deporting illegal immigrants won't just help those immigrants without criminal records. It could help Obama as well. The policy, announced by the Department of Homeland Security Thursday, places priority on deporting criminal aliens and other priority cases. Those who arrived in the United States as children, received college educations or served in the military will be less likely to get deported. The decision is sure to be reviewed by Congress. In particular, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, argues the administration is overstepping its authority by picking and choosing among those who entered the country ...
New DHS rules cancel deportations (Obama surenders the U.S., to Mexico)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 19:33:52 by Hondo68
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Stealth Amnesty - "Stroke of the pen, Law of the land, cool huh?" The Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members' care.The move, announced in letters to Congress, won immediate praise from Hispanic activists and Democrats who had chided President Obama for months for the pace of deportations and had argued he had authority to exempt broad swaths of illegal immigrants from deportation."Today's announcement shows that this president is willing to ...
Scisntists Said It So It Must Be True, Right? (Global Warming)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 19:17:26 by no gnu taxes
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Rising greenhouse emissions may tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report for Nasa It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim. Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain. This highly speculative scenario is one of several described by scientists at Nasa and Pennsylvania State University that, while considered unlikely, they say ...
Report: Workers Say Ground Under Fukushima Plant Is Cracking And Radioactive Steam Is Coming Up — Melted Core May Be Moving Out Of Building (Video)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 15:23:56 by Brian S
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Cracked Fukushima: Radioactive steam escapes danger zone, RT, August 17, 2011: Host: “Workers at Japan’s Fukushima plant say the ground underneath the facility is cracking and radioactive steam is escaping through the cracks” [...] Dr. Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute: “It’s a very serious and alarming development because this started to happen specifically after two large earthquakes in the last few weeks, there was a 6.4 on the 31 of July 31 and a 6.0 on August 1283; [...] “It’s an indication that radioactive material is moving under the ground” [...] “When you have a fragile structure that’s already suffered a great deal of damage ...
Attacks In Southern Israel Kill 7, Wound At Least 40
Post Date: 2011-08-18 11:59:17 by Brian S
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Reporting from Jerusalem— Gunmen near the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat launched coordinated attacks Thursday against three civilian and military targets, killing at least seven people and wounding 40 more, Israeli military officials said. The attacks shattered a period of relative calm along Israel's border with Egypt and heightened concerns about growing instability in Egypt's largely lawless Sinai Peninsula. Israelis are also worried about a possible resumption in terrorist attacks as Palestinians prepare to push for statehood recognition from the United Nations next month. Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the strikes, Israeli officials said ...
Gold Hits New Record After Chavez Announces Plan To Pull Reserves From US, European Banks
Post Date: 2011-08-18 11:33:31 by Capitalist Eric
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Venezuelan leader to withdraw $11B in gold reserves to protect against “disturbances” in financial system Despite a report from the World Gold Council showing that demand for the precious metal has subsided, gold soared to a new record high today on the back of another stock market plunge and an announcement from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that the country’s gold mining industry would be nationalized. Gold touched a new record high of around $1827 dollars an ounce as the Dow Jones plunged by 500 points in early trading. Gold soared to new heights even in the face of a World Gold Council report that said demand was down 37% year on year. However, the report noted ...
Obama Administration gives $360 million to the Taliban
Post Date: 2011-08-18 04:41:51 by Happy Quanzaa
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OOPS: U.S. sends $360 million to insurgents According to AP reports, Taliban forces, insurgents, and other criminal elements in Afghanistan benefited from $360 million dollars paid by the U.S. military to contractors in Afghanistan who had ties to criminals or insurgents. Task Force 2010, acting at the behest of Gen. David Petraeus - now the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - investigated the various contracts assigned by the U.S. military to Afghanistan contractors. The Associated Press obtained an overview of the findings: In a murky process known as "reverse money laundering," payments from the U.S. pass through companies hired by the military for transportation, ...
Overcriminalization Criticized In U.S.
Post Date: 2011-08-17 19:50:49 by Brian S
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By George Bao LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Too many criminal codes in the United States have put many innocent Americans in jail, wasted huge amount of American tax payers dollars, and there is a strong voice in the country to put it to an end. It is reported that every year, overly-ambitious prosecutors and rogue judges in the U.S. bent on forcing their beliefs on the American justice system uses thousands of obscure unknown laws to put innocent Americans just in jail. Since the 1980s, the United States Criminal Code has added nearly 1,500 new criminal offenses. There are now over 4,500 crimes that can put Americans in jail for. Mahsa Saeidi-Azcue, former assistant district ...
Iran, Russia Meet To Discuss "Step-By-Step" Nuclear Proposal, S-300 Missiles
Post Date: 2011-08-17 14:42:11 by Brian S
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TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday that the objectives of Iranian and Russian officials' recent meeting is to discuss the Russians' "step-by-step" approach proposal to resolve Iran's nuclear stand-off and Iran-Russia's S- 300 missiles deal, the local Mehr news agency reported. Deputy Chief of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran's Majlis (Parliament), Esmaeil Kowsari, said that the important objectives of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev's visit to Tehran are to discuss Russia's proposal on Iran's nuclear issue and also Iran-Russia's 2007 deal of S-300 air defense system, ...
Canucklehead Obama bus-ted!
Post Date: 2011-08-17 09:44:01 by Happy Quanzaa
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost US jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built -- in Canada, The Post has learned. The $1.1 million vehicle, one of two that Quebec-based Prevost sold the government, has been tricked out by the Secret Service with state-of-the-art security features and creature comforts. It's a VIP H3-45 model, the company's top of the line, and is used by major traveling rock bands. "That's the more luxurious model," Christine Garant of Prevost told The Post. COOL RIDE, EH! It's the only way to travel for President Obama,who is pushing American jobs -- in a Canadian-made bus. ...
Ryan Charges For Town Halls, Blocks Angry Voters
Post Date: 2011-08-16 19:50:00 by Brian S
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Exploding Middle East Myths: 15 Years of Fighting Zionist Propaganda is the provocatively titled but undeniably heart-felt and humanitarian- minded new 235-page book by journalist Greg Felton. AMERICAN FREE PRESS is proud to be the publisher and proceeds from its sales will be put toward future publishing endeavors by AFP. Best-known as the author of the previous hard-hitting work, The Host and the Parasite—a panoramic survey of the intrigues of the Israeli lobby in Washington in collaboration with the Christian Zionist “New Right”—Felton has once again come through. In this myth-smashing collection of essays, Felton has targeted media cover-up and misinformation and ...
Al-Qaida Chief Urges Attacks On 'Criminal' America
Post Date: 2011-08-15 19:57:05 by Brian S
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CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida's new leader called on his followers to continue to fight the United States despite the killing of Osama bin Laden, calling America a "criminal country" that has corrupted the world. In a video posted on militant websites Sunday, Ayman al-Zawahri also said the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia have provided opportunities for the group to spread its message. The 12-minute message is the third from the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri since he was named al-Qaida's new leader in June following the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos in Pakistan. Wearing a white robe and turban with an automatic rifle at his side, al-Zawahri said the Muslim jihad, ...
U.S. refuses Taiwan request for new jets: report
Post Date: 2011-08-15 18:13:43 by Thunderbird
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The United States has refused Taiwan's request for 66 new Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighter jets which China had warned Washington would risk inflaming tensions between the two big powers, Defense News reported, citing a Taiwan defense official. Taiwan has repeatedly asked Washington to agree to sell the advanced F-16 fighter jets, citing the need to counter the growing military strength of China, which deems the island a breakaway province that must eventually accept reunification, by force if necessary. Laura Siebert, Lockheed Martin's spokeswoman for the F-16 program, had no immediate comment on the Defense News report. Neither Washington nor Taipei has made any formal ...
Ahmadinejad Says Iran Nuclear Plant to Start on Time
Post Date: 2011-08-15 13:19:00 by Brian S
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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant will start on time and is not being delayed because of disagreements with Russia, RT television reported, citing an interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “I have already talked to President Dmitry Medvedev, who told me there is no obstacle to the plant launching its operations at the scheduled time,” Ahmadinejad was cited as saying by the state-run, English-language station. Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear holding company, has been finishing work on the 1,000-megawatt Bushehr station and has agreed to supply uranium to power the reactor and remove spent fuel. The project, which has faced numerous delays, was halted ...
WASHINGTON — One is up, one is out, one is in, and one remains the perceived frontrunner. By Andrea Melendez, The Des Moines Register, via Gannett First female winner: Rep. Michele Bachmann won Saturday's straw poll in the Republican presidential ra
Post Date: 2011-08-14 21:59:59 by buckeroo
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Asian stocks rose following the longest series of weekly losses since June after U.S. retail sales increased by the most in four months and Japan’s second- quarter gross domestic product beat economist estimates. Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), the largest carmaker by market value, climbed 2.4 percent in Tokyo. BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s largest mining company, gained 3.4 percent amid optimism metals demand will pick up. Melbourne-based Ansell Ltd. (ANN), the world’s No. 1 maker of surgical gloves, jumped 4.3 percent after full- year net income beat analyst targets. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.8 percent to 122.94 as of 9:49 a.m. in Tokyo, with about 10 stocks ...
Iraqi Leader Backs Syria, With a Nudge From Iran
Post Date: 2011-08-14 20:55:41 by Brian S
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BAGHDAD — As leaders in the Arab world and other countries condemn President Bashar al-Assad’s violent crackdown on demonstrators in Syria, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq has struck a far friendlier tone, urging the protesters not to “sabotage” the state and hosting an official Syrian delegation. Mr. Maliki’s support for Mr. Assad has illustrated how much Iraq’s position in the Middle East has shifted toward an axis led by Iran. And it has also aggravated the fault line between Iraq’s Shiite majority, whose leaders have accepted Mr. Assad’s account that Al Qaeda is behind the uprising, and the Sunni minority, whose leaders have condemned ...
American Congressman: US Economic Woes Won’t Affect Israel
Post Date: 2011-08-14 20:40:50 by Brian S
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The current economic crisis in the US will have no impact on US financial assistance to Israel, US Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) said Wednesday. Hoyer, the second-highest ranked Democrat in the House of Representatives, is leading a delegation of 26 US Democratic congressmen on a tour of Israel and the Palestinian Authority sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation, a charitable organization affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Hoyer said he wanted to “make it clear” that the financial challenges confronting the US will not “have any adverse effect on America’s determination to meet its promise to Israel in the form of aid ...
Zionist 'Flotilla' For Jonathan Pollard, Gilad Schalit
Post Date: 2011-08-14 18:41:29 by Brian S
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Hundreds of Jewish youth from around the world set sail Sunday in a “Blue and White flotilla.” They aimed to protest the phenomenon of pro-Hamas flotillas to Gaza, while also showing support for kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit and prisoner Jonathan Pollard.Arutz Sheva's Yoni Kempinski was there to speak to the young activists about their mission.During their sea voyage, from Ashkelon to Ashdod, the youth released balloons in the direction of Gaza. They changed the name of one ship to Gilad Schalit.
Pakistan Let China See Crashed US "Stealth" Copter
Post Date: 2011-08-14 18:24:37 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The disclosure, if confirmed, is likely to further shake the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which has been improving slightly after hitting its lowest point in decades following the killing of bin Laden. During the raid, one of two modified Blackhawk helicopters, believed to employ unknown stealth capability, malfunctioned and crashed, forcing the commandos to abandon it. "The U.S. now has information that Pakistan, particularly ...
World Bank: Markets Heading To New Danger Zone
Post Date: 2011-08-14 13:40:18 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - The loss of market confidence in economic leadership in key countries like the United States and Europe coupled with a fragile economic recovery have pushed markets into a new danger zone, something that policymakers have to take seriously, the head of the World Bank said on Sunday. Speaking at the Asia Society dinner in Sydney, Robert Zoellick also said the global economy was going through a multi-speed recovery, with developing countries now the source of growth and opportunity. "What's happened in the past couple of weeks is there is a convergence of some events in Europe and the United States that has led many market participants to lose confidence in economic ...
Ahmadinejad: Nuclear Weapons A Waste Of Money
Post Date: 2011-08-14 13:20:42 by Brian S
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MOSCOW — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called nuclear weapons a waste of money Sunday as he prepared to receive a top Russian security official for crisis mediation talks. Ahmadinejad said he was looking to build a closer relationship with Moscow and expecting to see the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant -- Iran's first -- start producing electricity next year, after many delays. He brushed aside suggestions that his previous meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev were clouded by disagreements and said the two neighbours could offer "joint solutions" to global problems. "Nuclear weapons are the means of the previous century," ...
UN Climate Report Fails to Capture Arctic Ice Thinning Reality: MIT
Post Date: 2011-08-14 09:36:35 by buckeroo
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The United Nations' most recent global climate report "fails to capture trends in Arctic sea-ice thinning and drift, and in some cases substantially underestimates these trends," says a new research from MIT. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, released in 2007, forecasts an ice-free Arctic summer by the year 2100. However, the Arctic sea ice may be thinning four times faster than predicted, according to Pierre Rampal and his research team of MIT'S Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). The research team's findings will be published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. After comparing ...
Does Scandinavian Socialism Work?
Post Date: 2011-08-12 20:23:40 by CZ82
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Does Scandinavian Socialism Work? Posted by Steven Plaut Bio [5; on Aug 12th, 2011 There is nothing like a good stock market bear run to get all the media wags out and chattering about the “death of capitalism.” Invariably the same folks take to lecturing the rest of us about how the only hope for humankind is “social democracy” in the form of Scandinavian-style “socialism.” It would be hard to understate the extent of romanticizing and fantasy concerning Scandinavia’s economic and social systems to be found among the Western “intellectual classes,” and that clearly includes the left wing of the Democrat Party. Scandinavians themselves are ...
The middle class 'rioters' revealed: The millionaire's daughter, the aspiring musician and the organic chef all in the dock [So Much for Demands of "Social Justice"]
Post Date: 2011-08-12 16:59:27 by Capitalist Eric
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Poverty, social exclusion, poor education - these are just some of the theories put forward to explain the recent rioting. Yet shockingly, among those in the dock accused of looting are a millionaire's grammar school daughter, a ballet student and an organic chef. A law student, university graduate, a musician and an opera steward also said to have taken part. They are just some of the youngsters from comfortable middle-class backgrounds who have been charged with criminality.Some of them were arrested at the scene, others handed themselves in after seeing their faces in photographs and on video. Whatever the reasons for their alleged trouble-making, it is clear that their future ...
Egypt Must Revise Relations With U.S. And Israel: ‘Iran-Egypt-Turkey Triangle Can Bring Stability In The Region’
Post Date: 2011-08-12 15:07:19 by Brian S
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CAIRO -- The leading Egyptian intellectual called on the Egypt’s interim government to seek more proximity with Iran and Turkey instead of following the directives prescribed by the United States and Israel. Speaking with Iran’s Fars News agency in Cairo, Fahmy Howeidy said, “In order to create a free and democratic Egypt, the interim government should try to listen to the demands of the people and to keep more distance from the West and its offspring in the region, Israel.” Warning about U.S. efforts to distort the popular Egyptian revolution, the top Egyptian thinker and writer said, “The formation of the triangle of power between Iran, Egypt and Turkey can pave ...
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