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Obama down 2-7 points in Iowa (Ron Paul and 2 other Republicans beat him)
Post Date: 2012-02-20 16:48:57 by Hondo68
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Is Barack Obama electable?Further evidence of the erosion of President Obama’s electability comes from Iowa as the liberal Des Moines Register’s latest poll shows the president is behind 3 of the 4 remaining Republican presidential candidates by 2 to 7 points — in a state he won by 10 points in 2008. The numbers:Ron Paul 49% Barack Obama 42%Rick Santorum 48% Barack Obama 44%Mitt Romney 46% Barack Obama 44%The increasingly irrelevant Newt Gingrich is down 51%-37% to the president.Iowa is one of 11 states that are considered “toss-up” by Real Clear Politics.The numbers should shock the president because his job performance numbers are pretty good in Iowa. The Iowa ...
Ron Paul would best Obama in Iowa general election matchup
Post Date: 2012-02-19 10:07:43 by We The People
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A new Des Moines Register poll shows Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) would best President Obama in the Hawkeye State if the general election were held today. In the Iowa Poll, which surveyed 611 likely Iowa voters over Feb. 12-15 and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points, Paul would take 49 percent to Obama’s 42 percent. He is the only one of the GOP White House hopefuls who would defeat Obama in Iowa if the election were held today, according to the survey. Former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) would be in a dead heat with Obama, taking 48 percent to Obama’s 44 percent, as would former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R), who would take 46 percent to 44 percent for Obama. ...
Storm To Bring Snow To Parts Of Southeast
Post Date: 2012-02-19 06:48:59 by Murron
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Storm To Bring Snow To Parts Of Southeast The Associated Press Forecasters say wintry weather will be bringing snow to parts of the Southeast this holiday weekend after what has so far been a mild season. The National Weather Service said the storm will begin as rain Saturday night and turn into snow Sunday morning and continuing into the night. The weather service was predicting four to eight inches of snow in parts of Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. Light snow was expected in the Washington, D.C. area. The storm is the product of a low pressure system moving northeast across the Gulf Coast states as well as cold air from the North. The storm could produce slick ...
VAN HALEN 2/22/12 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse TICKETS SOLD OUT
Post Date: 2012-02-18 20:48:04 by A K A Stone
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I'll be at Van Halen this Wednesday.
Report: Obama Administration Is Giving Away 7 Strategic Islands to Russia
Post Date: 2012-02-18 20:07:26 by A K A Stone
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May 1881 US explorers approached Jeannette Island and Henrietta Island and claimed them for the United States. According to some US individuals, including the group State Department Watch, eight Arctic islands currently controlled by Russia, including Wrangel Island, are claimed by the United States. However, according to the United States Department of State no such claim exists. The USSR/USA Maritime Boundary Treaty, which has yet to be approved by the Russian Duma, does not address the status of these islands nor the maritime boundaries associated with them. The Obama Administration is reportedly giving away Wrangell, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta islands in Alaska to Russia. The ...
GOP Ire Over Potential Nuclear Reductions, But History Shows Republicans As Boldest Cutters
Post Date: 2012-02-18 13:24:16 by Brian S
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The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism _ "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades since the Cold War ended, Republicans have been the boldest cutters of the nuclear arsenal. "Republican presidents seem to have a thing for 50 percent nuclear reductions," says Hans Kristensen, a nuclear arms specialist with the Federation of American Scientists, a think tank founded by many of the scientists who built the first atomic bombs. For example, on President George H.W. Bush's watch, the number of deployed weapons as well as ...
Rights bill for unborn children passes [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-02-18 09:59:22 by CZ82
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Rights bill for unborn children passes With Senate approval, the personhood measure heads to the House. By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Published: 2/16/2012 2:08 AM Last Modified: 2/16/2012 7:41 AM OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Senate passed a measure Wednesday that would declare that personhood begins at conception. Senate Bill 1433 by Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, heads to the House for consideration after securing passage in the Senate by a vote of 34-8. It is the first bill the Senate has passed since returning to session Feb. 6. "The laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development all the ...
WICCA & THE WAY OUT
Post Date: 2012-02-18 08:07:29 by A K A Stone
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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first Commandment (Mark 12:30). Wicca is a satanist religion. The symbolism of satanism is hidden and veiled in the rituals. Most in Wicca claim satan is a Christian devil and those who do not believe in Christianity cannot be devil worshipers. They attempt to extricate themselves from being a satanic religion by claiming they are only worshipers of the forces and powers of nature. Regardless of what any Wiccian claims, sex is the central theme of that cult and the great rite has all the satanic emblems of ancient devil worshipers. The male witch in ...
HA: Animal rights group says drone shot down
Post Date: 2012-02-17 19:11:15 by A K A Stone
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A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying. "It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the cars lined up to leave." He said the ...
Washington State Affirms Freedom of Association
Post Date: 2012-02-17 18:44:30 by jwpegler
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Last week, my great state of Washington affirmed the constitutional right of association by legalizing marriage between same sex couples. Washington often gets a bad reputation as some bastion of the far left. In reality, Washington is one of the most libertarian of all states. Consider the following: 1.) We have rejected every attempt to create an income tax by huge margins. 2.) We have constantly voted to cut government spending by huge margins. 3.) We were the second state (after California) to eliminate Affirmative Action by a huge margin. 4.) We were one of the first states to pass medical marijuana by a huge margin. 5.) We were the second state (after Texas) to pass "hard ...
Google Busted With Hand in Safari-Browser Cookie Jar
Post Date: 2012-02-17 18:32:35 by A K A Stone
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Google intentionally circumvented the default privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser, using a backdoor to set cookies on browsers set to reject them, in the latest privacy debacle for the search and advertising giant. Google immediately disabled the practice after the Wall Street Journal disclosed the practice Thursday night, which was discovered by Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer and confirmed by security consultant Ashkan Soltani. Safari, which accounts for about 6% of desktop browsing and more than 50% of mobile browsing, is the only major browser to block so-called third-party cookies by default. When you visit a website, all browsers, including Safari, allow that site to ...
DUNCE: Obama touts S.C. Boeing plant that HE sued
Post Date: 2012-02-17 18:29:36 by A K A Stone
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President Obama rallied with union workers at a Boeing plant in Washington, but he praised the manufacturing conducted by Boeing in South Carolina, even though his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) tried to close the South Carolina plant at the behest of the Washington union workers. "So this company is a great example of what American manufacturing can do in a way that nobody else in the world can do it," Obama told the assembled workers this afternoon at the Everett, Wash., Boeing plant. "And the impact of your success, as I said, goes beyond the walls of this plant. Every Dreamliner that rolls off the assembly line here in Everett supports thousands of jobs in ...
Most Red States Take More Money From Washington Than They Put In
Post Date: 2012-02-17 17:49:02 by Brian S
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It's no secret: The federal budget is expanding faster than tax revenues, a trend that's been fueled by the rapid growth of entitlement programs and exacerbated by the recession. As a recent New York Times article documents, even as fiscally conservative lawmakers complain about deficit spending, their constituents don't want to give up the Social Security checks, Medicare benefits, and earned income tax credits that provide a safety net for the struggling middle class. This gap between political perception and fiscal reality is also reflected in the distribution of tax dollars at the state level: Most politically "red" states are financially in the red when it comes ...
Congress Sends Obama Legislation Renewing Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits
Post Date: 2012-02-17 17:33:50 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday approved legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama’s jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship. The Senate approved the $143 billion measure on a bipartisan 60-36 vote minutes after the House approved it by a sweeping 293-132 vote. Obama is expected to sign it shortly after returning from a West Coast fundraising swing. Under the bill, workers would continue to receive a 2 percentage point increase in their paychecks, and people out of work for more than six months would keep jobless benefits averaging about $300 a week, ...
Federal Agents Arrest Man Who Allegedly Planned Suicide Bombing On U.S. Capitol
Post Date: 2012-02-17 17:12:25 by Brian S
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The FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police arrested a Moroccan man Friday in downtown Washington after a lengthy investigation into an alleged plot to carry out a suicide attack on the Capitol. Amine el-Khalifi, 29, was picked up while carrying an inoperable gun and a fake suicide vest provided to him by undercover FBI agents posing as al-Qaeda associates, U.S. officials said. They said he entered the United States when he was 16 and was living as an illegal immigrant in Arlington, Va., having reportedly overstayed his visitor’s visa for years. Khalifi was arrested in a parking garage on Constitution Avenue NW a few blocks from the Capitol following a year-long investigation, officials ...
Reid To Recommend Obama Recess Appoint All Stalled Executive Nominees
Post Date: 2012-02-17 16:58:29 by Brian S
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To illustrate his frustration at the GOP's pattern of obstructing President Obama's executive branch nominees, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Friday that he'll ask President Obama to provide all of the nearly 100 stalled bureaucrats-in-waiting with recess appointments. “If something doesn't break here, I am going to recommend to the President he recess appoint all these people, every one of them. It's not unique. The power to recess appoint is in our Constitution… And I repeat, if we don't have some significant action during the next work period, I am going to ask the President – I mean, I can ask if I want to, and he ...
Connecticut son reportedly wants to evict 98-year-old mother
Post Date: 2012-02-17 14:57:21 by A K A Stone
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A Connecticut mother reportedly received an unusual gift for her 98th birthday from her eldest son -- eviction papers.
Mary Kantorowski, who has lived in the same Southport, Conn., home since 1953, is now facing eviction from her yellow, Cape Cod-style home valued at $333,410, the Connecticut Post reports. Her son Peter Kantorowski, 71, a retired taxidermist, said he's doing it for her own good.
"She would be better off living with people her own age," he told the newspaper.
According to Probate Court records, Mary Kantorowski and her husband, John, agreed to transfer the house to a trust administered by Peter Kantorowski on the condition that Mary would live there until her ...
700 Club personality accused of stealing husband’s porn
Post Date: 2012-02-17 14:43:49 by Ferret Mike
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Tamara Lowe, a frequent guest on “The 700 Club” and author of the book Get Motivated, and her husband Peter are in the midst of an acrimonious divorce that just got uglier: in court documents, Peter accused Tamara and her new boyfriend of stealing his porn. According to south Florida website Gossip Extra, the Christian motivation speaker and her spouse are on the verge of closing their marriage of 24 years. In a motion filed to the court, Peter Lowe claimed Tamara’s new boyfriend and two other men stole items from his Miami house while he was in Las Vegas, including porn videos. Other items reported as missing include photos, five laptops, a desktop and boxes of ...
$50 MILLION Embezzled by the Good Christians at Trinity Broadcast Network [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-02-17 14:02:13 by Ferret Mike
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Paul and Jan Crouch under $50 Million of soft focus. The granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Paul and Jan Crouch has accused the world’s largest Christian broadcaster of unlawfully distributing charitable assets worth more than $50 million to the company’s directors. The charges are leveled in a federal lawsuit filed by Crouch granddaughter Brittany Koper last week against her former lawyers, who also do legal work for TBN. “Observers have often wondered how the Crouches can afford multiple mansions on both coasts, a $50 million jet and chauffeurs,” said Tymothy MacLeod, Koper’s attorney. “And finally, with the CFO coming forward, we have ...
GOOFBALL:'I still back Obama' - but from the sidelines: Springsteen
Post Date: 2012-02-16 22:22:42 by A K A Stone
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Rock star Bruce Springsteen said on Thursday he still supported US President Barack Obama but indicated he would not be taking part in the campaign to get him re-elected. At a press conference in Paris to promote a new album and tour, Springsteen was asked whether this year he would join the campaign trail to back Obama, as he did in 2008 and also in 2004 for Democratic challenger John Kerry. "I got into that sort of by accident. The Bush years were so horrific that you couldn't just sit around," Springsteen declared. "I never campaigned for politicians previous to John Kerry and at that moment it was such a blatant disaster occurring at the top of government, you felt ...
Facebook dabbles with validating user identity
Post Date: 2012-02-16 20:45:19 by A K A Stone
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Facebook on Thursday began testing a way for celebrities, journalists, athletes and others with massive followings to have their identities validated at the globally popular online social network. "The new process enables people to verify their identities by submitting a government issued ID," Facebook said in an email response to an AFP inquiry. "Once verified, they'll also have the option to more prominently display an alternate name (nickname, maiden name, byline, etc.) on their timelines in addition to their real name." The validation option was being rolled out as a minor update to the Subscribe feature at Facebook for people with large numbers of followers. ...
Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-02-16 15:42:35 by Ferret Mike
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This morning, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women from testifying before a hearing examining the Obama administration’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees. Republicans oppose the administration’s rule and have sponsored legislation that would allow employers to limit the availability of birth control to women. Ranking committee member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) had asked Issa to include a female witness at the hearing, but the Chairman refused, arguing that “As the hearing is not about reproductive rights and contraception but instead about the ...
Many Of You Will Not Believe Some Of The Things Americans Are Doing Just To Survive
Post Date: 2012-02-15 22:41:17 by Capitalist Eric
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You might not want to read this article if you have a weak stomach. Most Americans have absolutely no idea what is going on in the dark corners of America, and when people find out the truth it can come as quite a shock. Many of you will not believe some of the things Americans are doing just to survive. Some families are living in sewers and drain tunnels, some families are living in tents, some families are living in their cars, some families will make ketchup soup for dinner tonight and some families are even eating rats. Some homeless shelters in America are so overloaded that they are actually sending people out to live in the woods. As you read this, there are close to 50 million ...
Explosives Found In Pickup Near Kansas Statehouse (license plate issued only to qualified U.S. military paratroopers)
Post Date: 2012-02-15 20:42:56 by Murron
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Explosives Found In Pickup Near Kansas Statehouse Several homemade bombs were found Wednesday in a pickup truck parked near the Kansas Statehouse that had specialty license plates issued only to U.S. military paratroopers, and police said they arrested the owner inside an underground tunnel connecting the Capitol to an office building. Capitol Police spokesman Patrick Saleh said the incident was not connected to another arrest Wednesday of a man who allegedly phoned in a threat to Gov. Sam Brownback's office from a Topeka motel. "Neither one of them was armed, and neither of them offered any resistance," Saleh said. Saleh said officers went to investigate the pickup after ...
Megadeth frontman backs Rick Santorum
Post Date: 2012-02-15 18:21:37 by A K A Stone
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Dave Mustaine, leader of the heavy metal band Megadeth, is ready to rock out for Rick Santorum. "Earlier in the election, I was completely oblivious as to who Rick Santorum was, but when the dude went home to be with his daughter when she was sick, that was very commendable,” Mustaine recently told MusicRadar.com. “... You know, I think Santorum has some presidential qualities, and I'm hoping that if it does come down to it, we'll see a Republican in the White House... and that it's Rick Santorum." Weighing in on the rest of the field, Mustaine called Newt Gingrich an “angry little man” and said Ron Paul will “make total sense for a while, ...
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