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Obama's Job Approval Drops Below Carter's
Post Date: 2011-11-29 13:32:25 by A K A Stone
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President Obama's slow ride down Gallup's daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history. Since March, Obama's job approval rating has hovered above Carter's, considered among the 20th century's worst presidents, but today Obama's punctured Carter's dismal job approval line. On their comparison chart, Gallup put Obama's job approval rating at 43 percent compared to Carter's 51 percent. [Check out our editorial cartoons on President Obama.] Back in 1979, Carter was far below Obama until the Iran hostage crisis, ...
Sens. Paul, McCain clash over terrorist detainee amendment
Post Date: 2011-11-29 12:55:51 by A K A Stone
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Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and John McCain (Ariz.) battled on the Senate floor Tuesday over a proposed amendment to the pending defense authorization bill that could allow American citizens who are suspected of terrorism to be denied a civilian trial.
Paul argued the amendment, which is cosponsored by McCain, "puts every single American citizen at risk" and suggested that if the amendment passes, "the terrorists have won."
“Should we ere today and remove some of the most important checks on state power in the name of fighting terrorism, well then the terrorists have won," argued Paul, "[D]etaining American citizens without a court trial is not American."
McCain, however, who ...
BIZARRE: White House releases statement on breakup of Barack Obama & his butt buddy Reggie Love
Post Date: 2011-11-29 10:55:05 by Happy Quanzaa
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BIZARRE: White House releases statement on breakup of Barack Obama and his boyfriend Reggie Love Posted on November 10, 2011 by Kevin DuJan // Being Gay, Boystown We are living in amazingly strange times, friends. The White House today issued a historic and unprecedented press release — where a male President of the United States has announced his breakup with a male staffer and longtime lover. In the press release, the term “body man” is used instead of “boyfriend”, “lover”, “paramour”, “special friend”, “f***buddy”, or all sorts of other appropriate vocabulary. But, if you’re someone who hasn’t been in a coma ...
The Federal ID that Pays Illegal Aliens Billions a Year
Post Date: 2011-11-29 07:11:11 by CZ82
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The Federal ID that Pays Illegal Aliens Billions a Year Joe Guzzardi Established 15 years ago, the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number [ITIN] is a seemingly innocuous administrative requirement that the Internal Revenue Service assigns to anyone who is employed and pays taxes. According to the IRS website, the numbers are used for federal tax reporting only. But since ITINs, as they are commonly known, are issued to wage earners regardless of immigration status, they’ve frequently been abused by the aliens who hold them. Although the real estate crisis is fading from our memory, it’s important to recall that the ITIN was the vehicle used in lieu of Social Security ...
Marine: Fears of end to gay ban prove unfounded [Marine Gen. James F. Amos, the face of opposition to gays in the military recants]
Post Date: 2011-11-29 01:11:18 by Ferret Mike
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MANAMA, Bahrain -- Marine Gen. James F. Amos, the face of opposition in the military to lifting the ban on gays serving openly, now acknowledges his concern has proven unfounded that repeal would undermine the war effort. In fact, he says, Marines have embraced the change. In an Associated Press interview, Amos called the repeal in September "a non-event." That is in contrast to his cautionary words to Congress in December 2010, shortly before President Barack Obama signed the repeal legislation. The ban was not lifted until this year to allow the Pentagon to prepare troops for the change. "Successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual Marines into ...
Secret Bill To Be Voted On Today Would Allow The Military To Sweep Up US Citizens At Home Or Abroad
Post Date: 2011-11-28 15:57:44 by A K A Stone
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Either Monday or Tuesday the Senate will vote on a bill that allows the US military to imprison civilians with no formal charges and hold them with no trial.
The ACLU reports even US citizens wouldn't be immune as the legislation aims to declare national territory part of the "battlefield" in the War on Terror.
Termed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and drafted behind closed doors by Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) the NDAA would:
1) Explicitly authorize the federal government to indefinitely imprison without charge or trial American citizens and others picked up inside and outside the United States;
(2) Mandate military detention of some ...
.This Sucks
Post Date: 2011-11-28 10:49:29 by A K A Stone
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As early as today the Senate could vote to strip us our 6th Amendment rights!
In a move that would make Joseph Stalin proud, Arizona Senator John McCain has joined Michigan’s Carl Levin in crafting a section of a bill designed to take away our rights to face an accuser and have a fair trial before being placed in prison.
A section of S. 1867 The National Defense Authorization Act bill, written by McCain and Levin would in effect give the President arrest powers. “… authorize the Chief Executive to order our military personnel to forcibly- if necessary- take any one, regardless of guilt or innocence, into custody without charges or a trial.
These “McCain – Levin” detainees could be ...
Why Is Obama Sitting So Close To This Guy.... [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-11-28 10:44:27 by A K A Stone
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Poster Comment:
A normal guy wouldn't sit that close to another male. If he was normal that is. A queer would sit like that though.
Is Putative President Barack Obama’s Mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, Really Jo Ann Newman?
Post Date: 2011-11-27 16:37:52 by A K A Stone
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Martha Trowbridge reports that she has uncovered the true identity of Stanley Ann Dunham, putative President Barack Obama’s mother. She writes in her latest article, Stan The Sham, and True Love, posted at her blog, Terrible Truth, on November 15, 2011, at terribletruth.wordpress.c...n-the-sham-and-true-love/ that Dunham’s real name is Jo Ann Newman. Why would Obama tell us that his mother’s name is Stanley Ann Dunham when it is really Jo Ann Newman, a white teenage girl from the Bronx, New York, who according to Ms. Trowbridge was Malcolm X’s teenage lover and devotee? Is Obama telling us a lie about his mother’s true name because he wants to hide his own real ...
Newt Gingrich To Obama: Let's Debate, You Can Use Your Teleprompter
Post Date: 2011-11-27 16:29:44 by A K A Stone
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"I already said that if he wants to use a teleprompter, then it would be fine with me. It has to be fair. If you [were] to defend ObamaCare, wouldn't you want a teleprompter?" Gingrich asked. "Now, just for a second I'm going to go in the detour and I'll try to explain why I've been and he'll say yes. There are two reasons. The first, is ego. Can you imagine him looking in the mirror? Graduate from Columbia, Harvard Law, editor of the Law Review journal. [Against] the greatest articulator in a Democratic book?" "How is he going to say that he's afraid to be on the same podium as a West Georgia College student?" (produced by Shark ...
Rush plays 'I like big butts' for Moochelle Obama
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:52:06 by Happy Quanzaa
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Rush plays 'I like big butts' for Michelle Obama "You just imagine if this had been Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton, what if they introduced Michelle Obama to "I like big butts" by Sir Mix-a-lot?" said Rush Limbaugh, about the intro music controversy surrounding Michele Bachmann's appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show. Limbaugh then mockingly 'introduced' Michele Obama on his show and played the song for his listeners. "That's what we do on this program," Limbaugh concluded, "We illustrate absurdity by being absurd." Earlier today on Fox News, Michele Bachmann demanded that NBC officially apologize for the incident. ...
Popular New York Restaurant May Close Doors Because of Excessive Union Demands
Post Date: 2011-11-27 10:55:01 by CZ82
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Popular New York Restaurant May Close Doors Because of Excessive Union Demands Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:55pm by Becket Adams Restaurant Owner Barbara Smith (Source: The New York Times) Barbara Smith, a famous model and “lifestyle entrepreneur,” started her B. Smith’s restaurant in 1986 in a New York neighborhood that, at the time, was “better known for junkies and hookers.” Since opening her Southern-inspired dining establishment, she helped reestablish the city’s Theater District as a popular and profitable tourist attraction. “What Barbara Smith accomplished on the Avenue of Lost Souls is nothing short of remarkable,” said Dan Gasby, ...
Girl Scouts Support Abortion and Sexual Promiscuity
Post Date: 2011-11-27 10:05:51 by CZ82
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Girl Scouts Support Abortion and Sexual Promiscuity For the past one hundred years, parents have readily sent their daughters to Girl Scout meetings believing that they were being taught a number of useful talents and wholesome character qualities and for many years that many have been true, but not anymore. In the past year, a number of people have been coming forward with information that ties Girl Scouts United States of America with Planned Parenthood even though the organization’s leadership denies the association. But the evidence says otherwise. In 2004, former Girl Scout CEO Kathy Cloninger did an interview with Lester Holt on the Today Show on which she admitted that the ...
RON PAUL “PLAN TO RESTORE AMERICA”
Post Date: 2011-11-27 09:51:27 by We The People
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SYNOPSIS: America is the greatest nation in human history. Our respect for individual liberty, free markets, and limited constitutional government produced the strongest, most prosperous country in the world. But, we have drifted far from our founding principles, and America is in crisis. Ron Paul’s “Restore America” plan slams on the brakes and puts America on a return to constitutional government. It is bold but achievable. Through the bully pulpit of the presidency, the power of the Veto, and, most importantly, the united voice of freedom-loving Americans, we can implement fundamental reforms. DELIVERS A TRUE BALANCED BUDGET IN YEAR THREE OF DR. PAUL’S PRESIDENCY: ...
The Great 8 (Hugo and Barack)
Post Date: 2011-11-26 09:22:36 by CZ82
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Military advocates decry ‘illegal’ early terminations of 157 Air Force majors
Post Date: 2011-11-26 09:16:12 by CZ82
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The Chapman University of Military Law and its associated AMVETS Legal Clinic are blowing the whistle on what they say is an injustice set to be perpetrated on 157 Air Force majors on the last day of November. “The Obama administration has ordered massive reductions in forces, resulting in many officers who are near retirement being involuntarily separated without retirement or medical benefits,” explained institute director Maj. Kyndra Rotunda. The Department of Defense specifies that service members within six years of retirement normally would be retained and allowed to retire on time with benefits, unless extenuating circumstances exist such as disciplinary issues. ...
The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1% [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-11-26 09:11:23 by mininggold
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The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1% Occupiers could direct their energy not only at Wall Street, but also at its enablers, in Congress, and ultimately, at the high court. Perhaps there were truly free markets before the industrial revolution, where townspeople and farmers gathered in a square to exchange livestock, produce and handmade tools. In our modern world, such a market does not exist. Governments set up the rules of the game, and those rules have an enormous impact on our economic outcomes. In 2007, the year of the crash, the top 1 percent of American households took in almost two-and-a-half times the ...
Welfare kills (Single parenting)...
Post Date: 2011-11-25 09:01:21 by CZ82
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Welfare kills As the government contemplates trillions in new bailout spending, it is worth considering real infrastructure projects. And there is no infrastructure quite as important as that which undergirds the two-parent family. Consider that, of 23 peer-reviewed U.S. studies since 2000, 20 found that family structure directly affects crime and/or delinquency. "[R]esearch strongly suggests both that young adults and teens raised in single-parent homes are more likely to commit crimes, and that communities with high rates of family fragmentation (especially unwed childbearing) suffer higher crime rates as a result." For example, a 23-year study found that nearly 90% of ...
Save A Seat for Uncle Sam at the Thanksgiving Table!
Post Date: 2011-11-25 08:47:16 by CZ82
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Save A Seat for Uncle Sam at the Thanksgiving Table! An extra guest is coming to Thanksgiving this year... Thanksgiving is a time for reuniting with friends and family, but the government wants to be part of your celebration too. Whether you stay home or travel for the holiday, government is a significant contributor to the costs of the celebration. Of an identified $10 billion in spending that occurs during Thanksgiving weekend on the wine and beer, the gas and plane tickets, and the meal itself, government taxation composes 35.86 percent of those expenses—approximately $3.6 billion in revenues. Many of these Thanksgiving items are subject to the increased costs of income taxes, ...
Occupy Eugene protesters targeting Valley River -- The group plans a “light-hearted” demonstration to promote a “Buy Nothing” message on Black Friday
Post Date: 2011-11-24 20:51:58 by Ferret Mike
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Mirroring the actions of Occupy protesters nationwide, members of Occupy Eugene will try to disrupt some commercial activity on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Local protesters have targeted Valley River Center and its inaugural midnight Black Friday opening for what they say will be a “light-hearted, playful and fun” demonstration, promoting a “Buy Nothing” message. Kristen Carpenter, an organizer for Occupy Eugene’s action committee, said Wednesday that protesters don’t plan to barricade the center’s doors, brandish signs or even arrive in a large group. Instead, they have decided to dress inconspicuously — like ...
Man arrested for Facebook comment threatening Gov. Haley's life
Post Date: 2011-11-23 20:14:32 by Thunderbird
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A South Carolina man is accused of threatening the life of Gov. Nikki Haley on Facebook, but he claims he was only making a point about free speech. When 26-year-old Nathan Shafer heard about the arrests of 19 Occupy Columbia members outside the State House last Wednesday, he did what lots of people do when they get angry -- he vented about it on the Internet. He saw Gov. Haley's Facebook post about the arrests and Haley's comment that she "appreciate[s] freedom of speech," and that's when authorities say Shafer crossed the line. "I hope someone murders you before I do," Shafer said he commented on the post. "How's that for ...
If US or elements of the West attack Syria, a Syrian attack on Israel is likely
Post Date: 2011-11-23 18:42:33 by A K A Stone
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Earlier today the US embassy in Damascus urged all US citizens to leave the nation of Syria immediately. The reason stated on the US embassy’s website stated, “”The number of airlines serving Syria has decreased significantly since the summer, while many of those airlines remaining have reduced their number of flights.” However according to the global intelligence firm Stratfor, the CVN 77 George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier left it’s position at a key choke point in the Strait of Hormuz and is now parked on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea which puts it well within striking distance of Syria. It is unlikely that the Assad regime will go quietly. In April ...
Despeate Democrats Claim Romney Campiagn Making Racist Ads
Post Date: 2011-11-23 18:16:21 by A K A Stone
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Democratic strategist Tad Devine, an adviser to the Al Gore and John Kerry presidential campaigns, accused Mitt Romney’s campaign of invoking the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a recent ad. Devine said Wednesday that he was “shocked” to see what he believed was imagery of an African-American church in an ad released Tuesday by Romney’s campaign team and airing in New Hampshire. The ad, Romney’s first of the campaign, is “clearly an attempt to bring back Rev. Wright and race,” Devine tweeted. In the ad, a series of images including those of a foreclosed home and empty businesses flash by as text criticizes President Obama’s economic record. ...
U.S. Supreme Court may allow the government to track phones without a warrant
Post Date: 2011-11-23 17:27:32 by A K A Stone
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The upcoming Supreme Court decision on Antoine Jones’ GPS case could have a drastic and disturbing impact on the privacy of every American citizen. If the Supreme Court finds that law enforcement were within the law when placing a GPS tracking device on the car of suspected drug smuggler and nightclub owner Antoine Jones, it would open the door for even more egregious violations of our privacy. This decision would essentially allow the government to monitor anyone and everyone’s movements without a warrant for any reason or no reason at all. While the PATRIOT Act is already an affront to the Constitution and everything that America was built upon, this would dangerously expand ...
25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming Baby Boomer Retirement Crisis That Will Blow Your Mind
Post Date: 2011-11-23 16:38:46 by Capitalist Eric
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For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this country would be facing a retirement crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Well, that day has arrived ladies and gentlemen. Back on January 1st, the Baby Boomers began to retire and more than 10,000 of them will be retiring every single day for years to come. Most of them have not saved up nearly enough money for retirement. At the same time, private sector pension plans are failing all over the place, hundreds of state and local government pension plans from coast to coast are woefully underfunded, and the Social Security system is on the road to complete and total disaster. A massive wave of humanity is hitting ...
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