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California bullet train fare estimated to be a bargain
Post Date: 2015-05-11 16:03:00 by Willie Green
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LOS ANGELES -- A newspaper analysis has found that the most recent estimate of the cost to ride California's bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco is a bargain at an average of $86.At roughly 20 cents a mile, it would be one of the world's cheapest high-speed rail trips, the Los Angeles Times reported.The calculation assumes a typical fare between stations along a 438-mile route in the mid-range of what state officials expect the final alignment to measure.The average fare on Italy's 434-mile bullet train from Milan to Salerno was 25 cents a mile. On China's 809-mile line between Beijing and Shanghai, it was 22 cents per mile. China provides little information on ...
Simple Ethics Test
Post Date: 2015-05-11 09:12:14 by no gnu taxes
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By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration to each line. You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you, caused by a hurricane, with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photo journalist working for a major newspaper, and you’re caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You’re trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people ...
LAPD Cop Shoots Man to Death After Man Reached into Pocket to Provide Requested ID, Witness Says
Post Date: 2015-05-11 08:14:39 by Deckard
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A Los Angeles police officer demanded identification from a homeless man named Brandon Glenn Tuesday night, then shot him twice when the man reached into his pocket to provide that identification, according to a witness. The witness was interviewed by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change in the video below, who did not want his face shown on camera out of fear of police retaliation. But even Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said he was “very concerned” about the shooting after witnessing footage from a surveillance camera that recorded the incident. “Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that,” ...
Rand Paul and “that ridiculous Jade something”
Post Date: 2015-05-10 19:30:26 by Vinny
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“Someone on a radio program asked me what it was. I didn’t know,” Mr. Paul said after he christened a new work space for his presidential campaign in the Bay Area. He expressed befuddlement at how his comments about “that ridiculous Jade something” had been blown out of proportion.
'GOT EM': Mississippi 'Subway employee' caught celebrating cop killings spurs mass calls for boycott of sandwich chain
Post Date: 2015-05-10 19:18:35 by cranky
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Sierra 'C-Babi' Mccurdy reported posted several messages lauding the deaths of Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 25A Mississippi woman believed to work at a Subway restaurant created a social media firestorm Sunday after posting messages online that applauded the deaths of two police officers killed in the line of duty the night before. The Laurel woman who uses the name Sierra C-Babi Mccurdy wrote 'Two police officers shot tonight in Hattiesburg,' followed by 'GOT EM' and a gun pointed at the words as well as laughing emoji.Because the woman was wearing what appeared to be a Subway uniform in one of her photos, the Clarion-Ledger reports, thousands of tweets and ...
FCC shoots down petitions to delay open internet rules
Post Date: 2015-05-10 18:11:06 by buckeroo
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Remember when a wolfpack of cable companies and telecoms -- including AT&T, CenturyLink, the American Cable Association, USTelecom and more -- filed motions to delay the FCC from enacting parts of its open internet order? Well, the Commission was having none of that. Late in the day this past Friday, Wireless Competition Bureau chief Julie Veach and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau chief Roger Sherman handed down an order dismissing those petitions, pointing out that additional protection for the internet as we know it is crucial and that the petitioners' cases aren't as strong as they think. Most of those groups had their sights set on one crucial proviso: the FCC's new ...
Choices, choices: Republicans ponder crowded field
Post Date: 2015-05-10 13:24:17 by buckeroo
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Republican primary voters face an unusual test in 2016. Multiple choice. The party that usually features well-established favorites in its primary races is now looking at a free-for-all with more than a dozen aspirants, each of whom facing his — and her — own unique test: standing out in a very crowded field. "It feels like anybody can just jump in!" said Kirstin Griffin, 43, a Greenville preschool teacher's aide who listened to some of the candidates at a weekend forum in upstate South Carolina. "I think it's good," she added. "Everyone has to prove themselves." That's what brought Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rick ...
4-state Southeast high-speed rail compact being discussed
Post Date: 2015-05-10 10:29:54 by Willie Green
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The nation's top transportation official says he's more optimistic that high-speed rail will eventually become a reality in the Southeast after Georgia and South Carolina expressed interest in a joint agreement between North Carolina and Virginia to study, coordinate and advocate for the project."You look across the country, the Northeast corridor is more than a constellation of states," U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told The Associated Press this week. "That multi-state coordination just hasn't existed as strongly here in the Southeast. And that would be a really key part of starting something big."North Carolina and Virginia ...
A heartfelt tribute-song to a convicted heroin-dealer that brought poison into the community.... How touching.
Post Date: 2015-05-10 07:44:27 by A K A Stone
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Two Mississippi cops shot dead during traffic stop as manhunt captures one of two gunmen after they fled in patrol car
Post Date: 2015-05-10 07:15:56 by A K A Stone
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Two Mississippi police officers were shot dead after they were ambushed and left wounded following a routine traffic stop on Saturday night in the town of Hattiesburg. Officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 25, were shot and their police cruiser was taken before they were discovered by a passerby. Tamika Mills heard one of the officers say, 'Am I dying? I know I'm dying. Just hand me my walkie-talkie.' Both officers were transported from the scene of the shooting to Forrest General Hospital and the county coroner confirmed their deaths. The suspects were identified as Curtis Banks and Marvin Banks and warrants were issued for their arrests. It is believed Marvin was taken ...
Karl Rove surrenders to ObamaCare
Post Date: 2015-05-08 23:09:57 by out damned spot
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It is with great pleasure that I rise in praise of Karl Rove, who now largely agrees with me that Republicans should place into the dustbin their bogus proposal to repeal ObamaCare. In my recent column in The Hill, "The 'Clinton Cash' con," I suggested that the new book by Peter Schweizer proves absolutely nothing on the matter of whether Hillary Clinton committed any wrongdoing, and it is a con to suggest or imply otherwise. I add today a discussion of another con game by Republicans, the suggestion that they will repeal ObamaCare, which they know they will not do, but pretend they will to give red meat to the right-wing base; a promise they know they will not keep. And ...
Report: Police Seize 10 Children from Family Because They Are Off Grid
Post Date: 2015-05-08 21:09:49 by Deckard
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Kentucky officials ordered a rural family to turn over their ten kids because they were reportedly home schooled. The Naugler family. The mom is not in the photo because she was taking the picture. Her picture is below. Image source: saveourfamily.info Off the Grid News reported: An off-grid homeschool family of 12 in rural Kentucky was raided, the mother arrested, and the 10 children seized simply because the government disagrees with their lifestyle and their educational choices, family members and friends say. Until Wednesday, Joe and Nicole Naugler lived with their 10 kids in a cabin on 26 acres in Breckinridge County, about an hour southwest of Louisville. “They are an extremely ...
‘Kill The Gays’ Author Schemes To Get Murderous Hate Law On Ballot Without Gathering Signatures
Post Date: 2015-05-08 20:56:38 by A K A Stone
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / AP) — In a bizarre legal twist in a jaw-droppingly hateful proposal that calls into question the entire California ballot initiative process, the author of a bill proposing murdering California’s gays may ask a court to place his proposal on the ballot without gathering a single signature other than his own. In a letter quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Matt McLaughlin writes to the state attorney general, “Take notice that if your office and the California secretary of state refuse to clear the Sodomite Suppression Act for signature circulation, I may demand as remedy that it be placed on the election ballot directly.” California Attorney ...
Let's make this go VIRAL
Post Date: 2015-05-08 14:51:05 by BobCeleste
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Georgia Cops Shoot and Kill 72-Year-old Cancer Patient in His Own Bathroom
Post Date: 2015-05-08 14:46:26 by Deckard
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Gwinnett County, GA — A 9-1-1 call for help tragically ended after police gunned down the man in need of assistance. Officers were responding to a 9-1-1 about 72-year-old Joseph Roy. Roy’s neighbor placed the call and said Roy was suicidal. Minutes after arriving, Gwinnett County police officers opened fire on Roy, a cancer patient who had been barricaded in his bathroom. He was hit twice and died. According to Sherry Lang with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, “The subject opened the door, and started yelling threats at the officers and then charged the officers with a knife.” He was armed with a steak knife. Apparently the officers feared for their lives as an ...
Why the Christian Right Is Backing Marijuana Reform in Texas
Post Date: 2015-05-08 10:55:13 by Deckard
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"As the saying goes, everything’s bigger in Texas—but the state hardly has an outsize reputation for progressive marijuana reform. If this legislative session is any indication, that could be changing. While previous sessions have seen one or two marijuana-related bills introduced, 11 bills taking on various facets of marijuana prohibition were introduced this session—including an effort to decriminalize—and on Wednesday the most comprehensive among them survived the Texas House of Representatives Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Introduced and backed by Rep. David Simpson of Longview—a Republican, Christian legislator who is supported by the Tea ...
Heartbreaking "Police Kill Dog" Story is Breaking the Internet Too (Cops lie about dog-shooting)
Post Date: 2015-05-08 09:49:19 by Deckard
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By Amanda Warren A tragic story of police showing up at the wrong house and blasting away another beloved pet was just passed on the Internet - across the world - like a torch. The embers are still glowing hot and are threatening to bring the whole damn thing down. So much so, that the officers involved had to scurry to cover up the action and ensuing lies. Even the Wyckoff, NJ department Facebook page disappeared and they slapped up a new one to escape public ire - but that one soon got over 100 one-star ratings with each reviewer describing what really happened. Will this be the last straw to bring accountability for police indiscriminately killing the canine family members of its ...
L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy "disciplined" in fatal collision with cyclist in Calabasas
Post Date: 2015-05-08 09:40:30 by Deckard
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This 2014 file photo shows the heads up technology the California Highway Patrol uses to help officers keep their eyes on the road at all times. (Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News/File) This undated photo shows Milton Olin Jr., an entertainment attorney and former Napster executive who was killed Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 after his bicycle was struck by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's patrol car. Following an internal probe, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has imposed unspecified discipline on a veteran deputy who fatally struck a cyclist with his patrol car in Calabasas 15 months ago as he was typing on his in-car computer, officials said.Deputy ...
St. Louis man arrested in murder of student trying to sell car on Craigslist
Post Date: 2015-05-07 17:44:21 by misterwhite
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A St. Louis man was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in connection with the death of a college student who vanished while trying to sell his sports car on Craigslist, Missouri police announced Wednesday night. Capt. Tim Fagan of the Florissant Police Department said at a news conference that 24-year-old Michael Gordon was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the death of 19-year-old Taylor Clark. Fagan said Gordon was being held at the St. Louis County jail in lieu of $1 million bond. In addition to first-degree murder, authorities have charged Gordon with armed criminal action. Fagan said police arrested Gordon after his name was found in emails Gordon traded with Clark ...
Citizen Pulls Over Off-Duty Cop for Speeding, Cop Says he Can Speed Because, “I’m the Police”
Post Date: 2015-05-07 08:06:15 by Deckard
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A series of YouTube videos was brought to the attention of the Free Thought Project which shows a vigilante citizen pulling over a Minneapolis police officer for driving at excessive speeds. The citizen, who goes by the name Travis, witnessed the officer drive by him at a high rate of speed. So, he turned on his camera and decided to document the hypocrisy. In the first video, Travis documents the officer driving nearly 20 mph over the posted speed limit. Travis then continues to follow the officer and documents his speed as they move through different speed zones. At this point, Travis explains, the officer’s wife gets the car to stop. I followed the officer for about 4+ miles while ...
US Taxpayers Paying $3.042B for UN, More Than 185 Other Countries Combined
Post Date: 2015-05-07 07:29:34 by BobCeleste
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American taxpayers will pony up around $3.024 billion this year towards the United Nations’ regular and peacekeeping budgets, more than what 185 other countries combined are paying, an expert on the international body told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.While the U.S. contribution in 2015 to the U.N. regular budget is $621.9 million, the 35 countries contributing the least will pay just $28,269 each, Heritage Foundation scholar Brett Schaefer told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee responsible for multilateral institutions.And where the U.S. will pay $2.402 billion towards the separate peacekeeping budget, the 20 countries contributing the least will pay just $8,470 each.Putting ...
“Your” Car? Not So Much…
Post Date: 2015-05-07 07:16:16 by Deckard
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The government wants to control your car – how it’s made, what it comes equipped with and (of course) how you’re allowed to drive it. Now comes the other half of the pincers:The car companies want to prevent you from working on the thing.Modifications – performance enhancements – and even routine maintenance are to become illegal via the application (and enforcement) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to cars. They are claiming propriety rights to the software embedded in the computer – technically, the Electronic Control Unit or ECU – that pretty much runs a modern car. They claim – and you knew this was ...
The IRS Goes To Court: The agency suggests it can discriminate for 270 days. Judge Gasp.
Post Date: 2015-05-06 22:04:26 by out damned spot
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It isn’t every day that judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals declare themselves “shocked.” But that happened on Monday when an animated three-judge panel eviscerated the IRS and Justice Department during oral argument in a case alleging the agency delayed the tax-exempt application of a pro-Israel group due to its policy views.
Poster Comment:That's it. To read the rest, one has to join the WSJ. I'm not interested in doing that. LOL
Unbelievable surveys given to children in Massachusetts -- and schools across America [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-05-06 17:20:19 by redleghunter
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Across Massachusetts – and across America – thousands of schoolchildren are given sexually graphic, psychologically intrusive surveys by the public schools without parents’ knowledge. These surveys also ask youth to reveal their criminal activity, personal family matters, and other intimate issues. This is done in the public middle schools and high schools during school hours. At best, parents are told about the surveys in vague terms, but are rarely allowed read them beforehand. The surveys are “officially” anonymous and voluntary. But they are administered by the teacher in a classroom and (according to teachers we’ve talked to) there is often pressure for ...
Auburn woman files federal case against homosexuals
Post Date: 2015-05-06 11:01:50 by BobCeleste
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An Auburn woman calling herself an ambassador for God and his son, Jesus Christ, filed a federal lawsuit Friday against all homosexuals. Sylvia Driskell, 66, said in the suit that she is petitioning the U.S. District Court of Omaha to be heard "in the matter of homosexuality. Is homosexuality a sin, or not a sin?" In a seven-page letter framed as a lawsuit, she cited Bible passages that described homosexuality as an abomination and against nature, and she said never before has the nation or the state been "besiege(d) by sin." "Will all the judges of this nation judge God to be a lier [sic]?" Driskell asked. She said she petitioned the court because she ...
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