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Five things you won't hear at the Democratic National Convention
Post Date: 2012-09-04 11:45:15 by calcon
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Much of last week’s Republican National Convention focused on giving Americans a dose of reality about the real state of our country and the fiscal crisis that is threatening our very way of life. At the RNC, the Romney campaign demonstrated that they respected voters enough to give them straight talk about the problems and tough decisions that lay ahead. Four years ago, the 2008 Democratic National Convention was full of soaring rhetoric and promises of a new tomorrow. Hope, change, Corinthian columns, star-studded camera shots, a teary-eyed Oprah and a vision of America where government swoops in where angels fear to tread, solving problems apparently without Americans having to ...
Michael Clarke Duncan,dead at 54: Green Mile Actor
Post Date: 2012-09-03 20:12:13 by sneakypete
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Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54: ‘The Green Mile’ actor dies nearly two months after suffering heart attack The 6-foot-5, 300 pound actor appeared in dozens of films, including such box office hits as 'Armageddon,' ''Planet of the Apes' and 'Kung Fu Panda.' Read more: www.nydailynews.com/enter...chael-clarke-duncan-dead- 54-green-mile-actor-dies-months-suffering-heart-attack-article- 1.1150806#ixzz25SGZVLvN LOS ANGELES — Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as ...
Why NASA Intentionally Put Large Holes In Curiosity's Wheels
Post Date: 2012-09-02 22:29:08 by A K A Stone
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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover may be loaded with a bunch of highly-sophisticated instruments to help it scoop, drill, and snap awesome photographs, but it doesn't come with a built-in GPS. The only way to track Curiosity's whereabouts and how far it has traveled is by following the car-sized Martian explorer's wheel marks. For this reason, engineers put holes in Curiosity's treads so that every time the wheels turn, they leave a unique imprint on Mars. Orbiters photograph the print and scientists can determine how far the rover has moved. What's really cool is that the track pattern spells out "JPL" in Morse code through a series of "dots" and ...
There’s A Secret Ruling That The NSA’s Domestic Spying Violates The 4th Amendment
Post Date: 2012-09-02 22:25:44 by A K A Stone
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is suing the Justice Department for details of last month's ruling by a secretive U.S. court that National Security Agency's domestic spying program violated the U.S. Constitution, Jon Brodkin of arstechnica reports. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) found that "on at least one occasion" the NSA had violated the Fourth Amendment’s restriction against unreasonable searches and seizures. The decision is classified “because of the sensitive intelligence matters" it concerns, according to a letter from Seb. Ron Wyden (D-OR) to Congress that was acquired by Wired. The EFF wants the information because ...
Democrats Call for Lawmaker Diversity Training
Post Date: 2012-09-02 22:17:56 by A K A Stone
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Tennessee Democrats believe it's time for lawmakers to re-take diversity and sensitivity training. The push comes after recent comments made by two Republican lawmakers. The first - Senator Jim Summerville sent an email using crude language saying he didn't care what the black caucus thought about an issue. The email read, "I don't give a rat's (expletive) what the Black Caucus thinks." It was sent to state Representative Barbara Cooper, D-Memphis, and was then forwarded to members of the Black Caucus. It was referring to a report from black lawmakers on the recent grading controversy at Tennessee State University. "It was ...
Kook Congresswoman Maxine Waters: World Hated Racist America Until Obama Was Elected
Post Date: 2012-09-02 21:49:53 by A K A Stone
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Liberalism, as we know it
Post Date: 2012-09-02 20:49:47 by jwpegler
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With Americans, on average, worth less and earning less than when he was inaugurated, Barack Obama is requesting a second term by promising, or perhaps threatening, that prosperity is just around the corner if he can practice four more years of trickle-down government. This is dubious policy, scattering borrowed money in the hope that this will fill consumers and investors with confidence. But recently Obama revealed remarkable ambitions for it when speaking in Pueblo, Colo., a pleasant place Democratic presidents should avoid. After delivering in Pueblo what would be his last extended speech, Woodrow Wilson suffered a collapse that prefaced his disabling stroke. And in Pueblo this ...
Teens sucked into drainage culvert come out battered, but alive
Post Date: 2012-09-01 21:45:38 by A K A Stone
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JACKSON COUNTY -- Parker Isaacson and Chesney Cummins had no idea that playing in the swift-running water that was draining off Wolf Ridge Road in their neighborhood Thursday could cost them their lives. They saw it as the best place to ride their inner tubes. The water was more than a foot or two deep at the intersection of Wolf Ridge and Timber Ridge Drive in the Three Rivers community. It was running high and strong and it was swirling swiftly in one spot. All the more fun. But what was causing the swirl was a culvert they couldn't see beneath the water that had been installed by the county for drainage. And it was that culvert, a 30-inch pipe, that sucked both the teens ...
Iowans Send Message to Obama
Post Date: 2012-09-01 21:42:32 by A K A Stone
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa - President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his run to the White House in 2008. Greeting Air Force One as it touched down under sunny skies and sultry heat was a hand-painted banner draped across the top of an airplane hangar that reads, "Obama Welcome to SUX - We Did Build This." "SUX" is the airport code for Sioux City. The message appeared to be a response President Obama's "you didn't build that" remark from a July campaign rally, when he was trying to explain that ...
Reader: “At huge Jacksonville Landing Romney-Ryan event – place is insanely packed”
Post Date: 2012-09-01 21:40:01 by A K A Stone
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So writes reader Jim, who sends along several photos from the Romney-Ryan rally in Jacksonville which is starting as of this writing. (added: Prof. Reynolds also is posting reader photos) He further writes: “Line for RomneyRyan Jax Landing event – two lines both way longer than this appears”: Then “Jax landing total insanity!!” img src="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Romney-Ryan-Jacksonville-Landing-Romney1.jpg"> Post-script – Jim’s phone ran out of power so he couldn’t take more photos, but he did send along this account of the afternoon: Jacksonville Landing was absolutely electric with I would ...
Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C
Post Date: 2012-09-01 19:11:11 by calcon
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention. Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the sculpture, built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding and smoothing out the sand that had washed off the facade of the waist-up rendering of the chief executive. The sand sculpture was protected from above, and Mr. Obama's face didn't see too much damage. But the storm was so strong that its heavy winds blew the rain sideways, pelting the president's right side and ...
Rand Paul rallies behind Mitt Romney
Post Date: 2012-09-01 10:20:10 by calcon
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TAMPA, Fla.—Rand Paul did not hoist the flag high for the libertarian cause Wednesday. The Kentucky senator instead used his prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention to play footsie with the GOP establishment and offer support for “our nominee:” Mitt Romney. Wearing a red tie with elephants, he parroted Romney’s criticism of President Barack Obama for telling business owners “you didn’t build that.” Paul then focused on areas of agreement between conservatives and supporters of his father Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign: antipathy toward Obama, opposition to the federal health care law, support for the Keystone XL pipeline ...
Epic Fail: The GOP’s Pitiful Attempt At A ‘Tribute’ To Ron Paul
Post Date: 2012-08-31 14:57:20 by Capitalist Eric
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Last night, we reported on the Republican National Convention’s tribute video for Rep. Ron Paul, full of praise for the outspoken sorta-libertarian who has done an exceptional amount to change the conversation in Washington. The video featured various Republicans heaping praise on the outgoing congressman for his consistency, his fiscal responsibility, and his dedication to never backing down on his principles. Let me be a downer here and say: The GOP isn’t fooling anyone. It’s clear the party is at least somewhat afraid of losing the Paulites to Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson (or Obama, or non-voting), and this “tribute” video — much like the ...
Obama bounced into announcing visit to storm-ravaged Louisiana after Romney shows him up with surprise visit .
Post Date: 2012-08-31 13:37:00 by calcon
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President Barack Obama was today forced to announce he will fly to storm-hit Louisiana on Monday – hours after Mitt Romney beat him to the punch by deciding to head there this afternoon. After it emerged that Obama was still taking time to fit in a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio before checking out how clean-up operations are proceeding in the Bayou state, the Obama campaign abruptly cancelled that event. 'In light of the President’s travel to Louisiana to meet with local officials and view ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, President Obama will no longer travel to Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, September 3,' the campaign said in a terse statement. ...
Federal Judge Restores Early Voting In Ohio After Obama Suit
Post Date: 2012-08-31 12:33:53 by Brian S
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A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama campaign. U.S. District judge Peter C. Economus ruled that "restoring in-person early voting to all Ohio voters through the Monday before Election Day does not deprive UOCAVA voters from early voting." "Instead, and more importantly, it places all Ohio voters on equal standing," Economus ruled. He said the state "fails to articulate a precise, compelling interest in establishing the 6 p.m. Friday deadline as applied to non-UOCAVA voters and has failed to evidence any commitment to the 'exception' it rhetorically extended to ...
Occupy RNC ends in tears, frustration
Post Date: 2012-08-31 12:15:52 by calcon
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TAMPA, Fla. — Republican National Convention protesters sobbed in each other’s arms as their weeklong series of protests came to an abrupt and unremarkable end. As Mitt Romney delivered his remarks at the RNC on Thursday night, marking the end of planned events, demonstrators living in the “Romneyville” protest camp led a final march through the streets of Tampa. Following a fragmented march against the GOP, TheDC’s photo team spoke to several protesters who said they were disappointed by low turnout at protests and the lack of open discussion between protesters and Republican leadership. Referencing the large number of bicycle-based police officers, a protester ...
The Romney Opportunity
Post Date: 2012-08-31 11:55:14 by calcon
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One of the more amusing ironies of this Presidential campaign is the Democratic effort to portray Mitt Romney and his agenda as "extreme" and "radical." The former businessman and church-going father of five may be the least radical man alive. The real question is whether this candidate who is at heart a technocrat has the political and persuasive skills to win the Presidency and rally the country at a time of economic anxiety and national self-doubt. Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney promises to create 12 million new jobs, make America energy independent by 2020, giving school choice to parents, and fewer business regulations if he's elected. Photo: ...
Soldiers Suspected Of Plotting To Kill Obama Face Death Penalty
Post Date: 2012-08-31 11:38:29 by Brian S
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Three serving soldiers who allegedly set up a militia group within the US army, which plotted to overthrow the government and assassinate President Obama, face the death penalty after they were arraigned on murder charges. Prosecutors in Georgia announced on Thursday they would seek death sentences in one of the most startling and potentially serious cases of an anti-government militia to be brought before the courts in recent years. They alleged that the soldiers stockpiled almost $90,000 worth of guns and bomb-making equipment which they planned to use to kill the president and carry out a range of other violent acts. The three accused – Isaac Aguigui, fellow private Christopher ...
Michael Moore: 'Get used to saying President Romney'
Post Date: 2012-08-31 11:31:03 by calcon
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TAMPA, Fla. – What a difference four years make. Early signs emerging from Democrats during the Republican National Convention indicate the White House and influential activists are in a panic, fearing that Gov. Mitt Romney is increasingly likely to emerge victorious Nov. 6. The Obama campaign has sent out a fundraising email by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., warning Democratic supporters that Obama is in the process of being “Swift-Boated” by conservative PACs, while filmmaker Michael Moore has predicted in a Huffington Post interview that Romney will win. In an email letter sent today, Kerry wrote supporters: Consider this: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth spent about $23 ...
Poll: Akin-McCaskill race still a tossup
Post Date: 2012-08-31 07:45:51 by A K A Stone
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Despite widespread assertions that Missouri Republican Rep. W. Todd Akin's abortion remarks have made him a heavy underdog in the state's U.S. Senate race, a Democratic-leaning polling firm released a poll Thursday showing him in a virtual dead heat with incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. According to the survey by Public Policy Polling, Mrs. McCaskill has support from 45 percent of likely Missouri voters compared with 44 percent for Mr. Akin, a result that differs strongly from polls conducted last week by other firms. Mr. Akin has been widely condemned by Democrats and Republicans since he made comments in an Aug. 19 television interview, in which he tried to explain ...
Anyone seen the DNC Convention Speaker Lineup?
Post Date: 2012-08-30 20:36:03 by no gnu taxes
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Look it up. Bunch of effin FREAKS. And what's with this Sandra Fluke gal? Seen her? Why the hell should she have to worry about birth control? That butter face is all the birth control she needs. I don't even think Bill Clinton would hit it..
Exclusive: U.S. banks told to make plans for preventing collapse
Post Date: 2012-08-30 19:39:29 by We The People
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(Reuters) - U.S. regulators directed five of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious problems, emphasizing that the banks could not count on government help. The two-year-old program, which has been largely secret until now, is in addition to the "living wills" the banks crafted to help regulators dismantle them if they actually do fail. It shows how hard regulators are working to ensure that banks have plans for worst-case scenarios and can act rationally in times of distress.Officials like Lehman Brothers former Chief Executive Dick Fuld have been criticized for ...
Obama Sent Personal Letter of Condolence to Rapper’s Family… Sent Form Letter to Families of Fallen SEALs
Post Date: 2012-08-30 19:32:03 by calcon
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Priorities. Last November Barack Obama sent a personal letter of condolence when rapper Heavy D passed away at 44. Al Sharpton read the note at the funeral. “We extend our heartfelt condolences at this difficult time. He will be remembered for his infectious optimism and many contributions to American music. Please know that you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.” But when 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs were killed in the crash in Afghanistan back in August 2011, he sent their parents a form letter. It was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. And, Obama sent these families a form letter. Priorities.
Ron Paul, Code Pink, Obama -- Snug as Bugs in a Rug all Queer for Each Other
Post Date: 2012-08-30 14:47:34 by no gnu taxes
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The women’s antiwar group CodePink was behind the disruption of Representative Paul D. Ryan’s speech on Wednesday night, but it was in part a product of the Romney campaign’s continuing dispute with Ron Paul supporters. “An angry Ron Paul person was like, here, take my pass,” said Laura Mills, the 21-year-old CodePink intern who was escorted out of the Tampa Bay Times Forum after interrupting Mr. Paul’s speech. Ms. Mills and a more seasoned activist, Ann Wright, were just waiting for Mr. Ryan to say something about health care. When he did, they yelled, “Health care, not warfare” and “My body, my choice.” Ms. Mills unfurled a banner that ...
Boehner: No One Reads GOP Platform
Post Date: 2012-08-30 13:24:20 by Capitalist Eric
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Amid all the cheers and jeers for the 2012 Republican Party platform, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) let slip the truth about that document: He hasn’t read it, and he doesn’t know anyone who’s ever read it or any other platform. At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast August 27, Human Events’ John Gizzi asked Boehner about his comfort level with the recently drafted GOP platform. “The Republican platform is circulating about in different copies, online, in print,” said Gizzi. “Based on the reports you’ve seen, is this a good document to run on fully, and in particular, the parts about auditing the Federal Reserve, number one, and the review of ...
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