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Federal judges deciding fate of mountaintop cross Veterans consider civil disobedience if ordered to dismantle memorial
Post Date: 2009-12-10 08:50:37 by A K A Stone
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Stop Paying Obama For Electricity Today! WND Exclusive LAW OF THE LAND Federal judges deciding fate of mountaintop cross Veterans consider civil disobedience if ordered to dismantle memorial Posted: December 10, 2009 12:50 am Eastern By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily Cross memorial on Mount Soledad A panel of federal appellate judges began hearing arguments today over the fate of the Mount Soledad cross – and whether the 1954 tribute to American veterans should remain on the La Jolla, Calif., mountaintop or be torn down. Joe Infranco is a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal group that filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the American Legion ...
Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
Post Date: 2009-12-10 08:41:25 by A K A Stone
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Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary pronouncement for such a secretive guy. The generous explanation for Schmidt's statement is that he's revolutionized his thinking since 2005, when he blacklisted CNET for publishing info about him gleaned from Google searches, including salary, neighborhood, hobbies and political donations. In that case, the married CEO must not mind all the coverage of his various reputed girlfriends; it's odd he doesn't clarify what's going on with the ...
Massive storm buries central US in snow-SNOW DRIFTS TO 15FT!
Post Date: 2009-12-10 05:48:30 by borntoweardiamonds
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CHICAGO (AFP) – A massive storm buried much of the central United States in dangerous ice and snow Wednesday, stranding scores of motorists with massive drifts that shut down major roads and defeated plows. Strong winds created drifts as high as 15 feet (4.6 meters) as the storm dropped as much as four feet of snow (1.2 meters) in some areas, said Pat Slattery, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. "This has been a really big season opening storm," Slattery said. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools were closed and the freezing rain that preceded the snow in many places created hazardous road conditions. Blizzard warnings were issued across the midwest as ...
PAPER: HILLARY POLLSTER PENN GOT $6M FROM STIMULUS...
Post Date: 2009-12-10 00:39:23 by WhiteSands
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A contract worth nearly $6 million in stimulus funds was awarded by the Obama adminstration to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's pollster in 2008. Federal records show that a contract worth $5.97 million, part of the $787 billion stimulus Congress passed this year, helped preserve three jobs at Burson-Marsteller, the global public-relations and communications firm headed by Penn. Burson-Marsteller won the contract to work on a public-relations campaign to advertise the national switch from analog to digital television. Nearly $2.8 million of the contract was awarded through a subcontract to Penn's polling firm, Penn, Schoen & Berland, according to federal records. ...
Nobel peace prize: Norwegians incensed over Barack Obama's snubs
Post Date: 2009-12-10 00:29:45 by WhiteSands
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Barack Obama's trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner. Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit. The White House has cancelled many of the events peace prize laureates traditionally submit to, including a dinner with the Norwegian Nobel committee, a press conference, a television interview, appearances at a children's event promoting peace and a music concert, as well as a visit to an exhibition in his honour at the Nobel peace centre. He has also turned down a lunch invitation from ...
9 MSU players charged with assault in fracas; 3 more suspended
Post Date: 2009-12-10 00:05:22 by Ibluafartsky
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Posted: 4:11 p.m. Dec. 9, 2009 | Updated: 5:51 p.m. today 9 MSU players charged with assault in fracas; 3 more suspended By BEN SCHMITT and SHANNON SHELTON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Seven members of the Michigan State football team and two former members were charged today with assault and conspiracy in last month's altercation at an MSU dormitory. According to the MSU police and Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III, all nine players were charged with the one-year misdemeanor of conspiracy to commit an assault and battery during a Nov. 22 fight at Rather Hall. • Exclusive inside account: How the MSU fight happened. Here's the breakdown of further charges: ...
Adam Kokesh (NM-3 candidate) Calls for congressional salary cut to average wage!
Post Date: 2009-12-09 22:17:57 by Nebuchadnezzar
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He quotes Buchanan, he's got my vote.
President Barack Obama and first lady send out holiday cards marked 'Season's Greetings'
Post Date: 2009-12-09 17:07:58 by borntoweardiamonds
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WASHINGTON - -- President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have chosen an elegant greeting card that announces to recipients: "Season's Greetings." "May your family have a joyous holiday season and a new year blessed with hope and happiness," the card reads. The cover, which is cream-colored with a thin maroon border, depicts a gold wreath encircling a gold presidential coat of arms. The tradition of presidents sending Christmas cards dates to Dwight Eisenhower in 1953. The Obamas' selection, though, makes no mention of "Christmas." Nor does it feature a biblical passage (as favored by George W. and Laura Bush) or an artistic rendering of ...
Is David Gelbaum Broke?(ACLU loses 20 million dollar donor)
Post Date: 2009-12-09 16:58:06 by Moderate Mammal
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Is David Gelbaum Broke? Don’t recognize the name? Keep reading. From the New York Times: Civil Liberties Group Loses $20 Million Donor A longtime anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn his annual gift of more than $20 million, punching a 25 percent hole in its annual operating budget and forcing cutbacks in operations. Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., acknowledged in a written statement that a “family” had told the organization in September that it could not make its annual gifts, at least for next year. “This family, that has sought to protect its privacy by arranging its gifts anonymously, notified us last month ...
DC Health Department responds to federal government building rodent infestation
Post Date: 2009-12-09 08:26:26 by Happy Quanzaa
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Rats are “seen in offices & hallwaysall the time” & workers arefinding rat feces in their offices & hallways, said one D.C. govt. staffer who works at the Frank D.Reeves Municipal Center. (iStock.com) A D.C. government building has been invaded by rats. The Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, at 2000 14th St. NW, was besieged by rodents in recent weeks, spurring several complaints a day and an extermination effort by the city's Department of Health. Rats are "seen in offices and hallways all the time," one staffer said, and workers are finding rat feces in their offices and hallways. "I don't know that it's overrun, but I think there are ...
NJ vote on gay marriage could shape battles ahead
Post Date: 2009-12-09 03:10:49 by WhiteSands
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NJ legislature to vote on same-sex marriage this week Bonds * Outcome seen shaping future gay-marriage efforts By Ellen Wulfhorst TRENTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The legalization of same-sex marriage faces a critical test in New Jersey this week that advocates on each side of the controversial issue argue will shape the fate of gay-marriage battles across the nation. If the proposal to legalize gay marriage passes the state Senate vote on Thursday, New Jersey could be on its way to joining five other U.S. states that allow gay couples to wed. Advocates hope to pass the bill in the legislature so Governor Jon Corzine, a supporter, can sign it into law before leaving office next month. ...
Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This Point
Post Date: 2009-12-09 02:55:46 by WhiteSands
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President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any president at this point in his term. Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and even Richard Nixon all had higher approval ratings 10-and-a-half months into their presidencies. Obama's immediate predecessor, President George W. Bush, had an approval rating of 86 percent, or 39 points higher than Obama at this stage. Bush's support came shortly after he launched the war in Afghanistan in response to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he doesn't "put a lot of stock" in the survey by Gallup, which has ...
Tiger Woods had been drinking before crash, wife told police
Post Date: 2009-12-09 02:53:54 by Ibluafartsky
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From The Times December 9, 2009 Jacqui Goddard in Miami Tiger Woods had been drinking before crash, wife told police Tiger Woods was investigated for driving while unfit after his wife told a Florida state trooper that he had been drinking before his car crash last month and had been prescribed addictive drugs. Documents released by the Orange-Osceola state attorney’s office in Orlando have revealed that the golfer was suspected by state troopers of being “impaired” when he took his Cadillac Escalade on a brief but wild ride that ended when he hit a fire hydrant and a tree. Despite being told that Woods, 33, “had consumed alcohol earlier in the day” and that he ...
U.S. already $292 bln in the red this year - CBO
Post Date: 2009-12-09 02:52:41 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. government racked up a gaping shortfall in the first two months of this fiscal year after posting a record budget deficit last year, congressional analysts said on Friday. Bonds In October and November, the government spent $292 billion more than it took in, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said. That was even worse than the same period last year, when the government was on its way to posting a record $1.4 trillion deficit for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The federal budget has been battered by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, as tax revenues have plunged and spending on safety-net programs ...
Federal Government Settles Massive Financial Lawsuit With Native Americans
Post Date: 2009-12-09 02:26:20 by Ibluafartsky
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Federal Government Settles Massive Financial Lawsuit With Native Americans 10:51 am December 8, 2009 By Korva Coleman The federal government settled a massive lawsuit with Native Americans today over a case of financial mismanagement. When the U-S government moved Indians off their lands in the 1800s, Indians were seen as too illiterate to manage money handed them in exchange. So the federal government managed it for them. But the federal government did a terrible job of it. And in 1996, Elouise Cobell filed a class action lawsuit to stop it. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar described the $3 billion settlement as historic, and a step toward resolving decades of acrimony between Indian ...
Governor Joe Arapio [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-12-08 23:35:06 by Thor
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Here are some stark — if not entirely surprising — numbers from the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the 2010 Arizona gubernatorial race. Out of four potential Republican contenders, anti-illegal immigration crusader and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the only one who leads the likely Democratic front-runner Terry Goddard, the state’s popular attorney general, in a head-to-head match-up. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Arizona voters finds Arpaio, famed for his crackdowns on illegal immigrants, leading Goddard, the state’s current attorney general, by 12 points – 51% to 39%. Seven percent (7%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) ...
Former head of Republican National Committee says party can soften its tone on immigration [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-12-08 22:08:19 by Moderate Mammal
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The former chairman of the Republican National Committee says that new immigration reform efforts will give his a party a chance to soften its tone on the issue. Ed Gillespie said Tuesday the GOP should present itself as anti-illegal immigration but not anti-immigrant in the debate. Gillespie said he thinks some of the party's harshest voices were the loudest the last time Congress debated immigration reform. Gillespie, who also served as counselor to former President George W. Bush, said Republicans need to do a better job of reaching out to minorities. Gillespie spoke at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
On Dec. 8, 1980, Rock Star John Lennon Was Shot to Death Outside His New York City Apartment Building
Post Date: 2009-12-08 15:30:07 by Murron
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On Dec. 8, 1980, Rock Star John Lennon Was Shot to Death Outside His New York City Apartment Building Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2009. There are 23 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. On this date: In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania. In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her ...
Obama: U.S. Must Spend Itself Out of Recession
Post Date: 2009-12-08 13:30:35 by Happy Quanzaa
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama outlined major new government stimulus and jobs proposals on Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession." Without giving a price tag, Obama proposed a package of new spending for highway, bridge, and other infrastructure projects; deeper tax breaks for small businesses; and tax incentives to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient. "We avoided the depression many feared," Obama said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. But, he added, "Our work is far from done." For the third time in a week, Obama sought to focus on job creation, noting ...
Obama health 'czar' worked at legally troubled health firms
Post Date: 2009-12-08 09:15:38 by Happy Quanzaa
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Nancy-Ann DeParle, one of President Obama's chief advocates for the health care reform bill wending its way through Congress, earned more than $6.6 million as a paid director for health care firms, some of which were targeted in government investigations or whistleblower lawsuits on suspicions of billing fraud and other legal problems. Five of the companies faced allegations ranging from overcharging Medicare to failing to warn patients of the dangers of their products, according to a study by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University and a review by The Washington Times of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) records and Mrs. DeParle's financial ...
Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery
Post Date: 2009-12-07 23:32:21 by A K A Stone
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago. The Nevada Democrat, in a sweeping set of accusations on the Senate floor, also compared health care foes to those who opposed women's suffrage and the civil rights movement -- even though it was Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, who unsuccessfully ...
TSA Leaks Sensitive Airport Screening Manual
Post Date: 2009-12-07 23:09:13 by A K A Stone
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Who needs anonymous sources when the government is perfectly capable of leaking its own secrets? Government workers preparing the release of a Transportation Security Administration manual that details airport screening procedures badly bungled their redaction of the .pdf file. Result: The full text of a document considered “sensitive security information” was inadvertently leaked. Anyone who’s interested can read about which passengers are more likely to be targeted for secondary screening, who is exempt from screening, TSA procedures for screening foreign dignitaries and CIA-escorted passengers, and extensive instructions for calibrating Siemens walk-through metal ...
Man Chucks Tomatoes at Sarah Palin at MOA - The man misses and hits an officer instead
Post Date: 2009-12-07 22:50:24 by Goldi-lox
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Published : Monday, 07 Dec 2009, 4:35 PM CST BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man was arrested for throwing tomatoes at Sarah Palin during her book signing on Monday at the Mall of America. Jeremy Olson, 33, allegedly threw two tomatoes from the second balcony, however did not come close to hitting Palin. Bloomington Police report that Bloomington Commander Mark Stehlik was struck in the face with one of the tomatoes and may face charges for assaulting a police officer. Olson was booked at the Bloomington jail. He was arrested for suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct. More than 1,000 people turned out at the Mall of America Rotunda on Monday for Sarah Palin's "Going ...
Palin's thoughts on Dec. 7th, 1941 [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-12-07 21:21:17 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Reflection on Pearl Harbor Share Today at 2:32pm On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the U. S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in which thousands of Americans lost their lives and our naval fleet was severely damaged. The events of that day, which President Franklin Roosevelt vowed would “live in infamy,” proved for many Americans that aggressors would not simply ignore us if we ignored them. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched America into the Second World War, and our Greatest Generation did not hesitate when asked to sacrifice for their country. American men enlisted in droves, American women went to work in the factories that became ...
Business Fumes Over Carbon Dioxide Rule
Post Date: 2009-12-07 21:18:07 by A K A Stone
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Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant. An "endangerment" finding by the Environmental Protection Agency could pave the way for the government to require businesses that emit carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases to make costly changes in machinery to reduce emissions -- even if Congress doesn't pass pending climate-change legislation. EPA action to regulate emissions could affect the U.S. economy more directly, and more quickly, than any global deal ...
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