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The Violence And Looting In Japan
Post Date: 2011-03-16 14:14:36 by no gnu taxes
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Before Meltdown, GOP Mocked Concerns About Nuclear Safety
Post Date: 2011-03-16 14:04:17 by go65
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Commenting on the unfolding nuclear reactor crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, John McCain (R- AZ) said recently: I think what happens now to this power plant as to whether the damage is contained or not will have a direct effect on the future of nuclear power in the United States. Let’s have a little straight talk. Kicked off by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake which struck the country on Friday, the crisis has already become the worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster. An ensuing series of explosions and breakdowns has forced workers on site to react with increasingly desperate measures to bring the crisis under control, primarily by pumping seawater into the ...
Moonbats Attempt to Link Earthquake to Global Warming
Post Date: 2011-03-16 14:02:33 by no gnu taxes
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As predicted, moonbats have wasted no time attempting to exploit the tragedy in Japan by linking it to the nonexistent global warming crisis. Hours after a massive earthquake rattled Japan, environmental advocates connected the natural disaster to global warming. The president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Staffan Nilsson, issued a statement calling for solidarity in tackling the global warming problem. "Some islands affected by climate change have been hit," said Nilsson. "Has not the time come to demonstrate on solidarity — not least solidarity in combating and adapting to climate change and global warming?" "Mother Nature has again given ...
Rush Limbaugh suggests tsunami hit Japan because they make electric car Continue reading on Examiner.com: Rush Limbaugh suggests tsunami hit Japan because they make electric cars
Post Date: 2011-03-16 13:53:47 by go65
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Today Rush Limbaugh suggested that God himself might be playing a joke on Japan by hitting them with an earthquake and tsunami. In the audio clip to the left Limbaugh finds it amusing that Japan was allegedly struck by "Mother Earth" even though the country adopts many environmentally friendly policies. Limbaugh continually plays a clip from a refugee shelter in Japan which happens to also be a recycling center, and notes the alleged irony saying, "Even now, refugees are still recycling, and yet Gaia levels them! Just wipes them out!...What kind of payback is this?" Limbaugh then notes that the tsunami hit in the exact place where electric and hybrid cars like the Prius ...
Illinois seeks to seize prisoner's wages
Post Date: 2011-03-16 11:51:23 by A K A Stone
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Kensley Hawkins, 60, has saved $11,000 by working in a Joliet prison since the 1980s, making about $75 a month. The state says he owes them for the cost of his stay. Kensley Hawkins is a deadbeat, according to the state of Illinois. He owes $455,203.14 to cover the costs of his stay at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet. Hawkins has been in prison since Nov. 19, 1982. His jailer is also his debt collector. Hawkins is fighting in court to stop the state from seizing about $11,000 in his bank account to partially satisfy the debt. The 60-year-old earned the money by working while he's been behind bars, making about $75 a month. The issue of whether the state can repossess ...
House GOP Declares Emergency
Post Date: 2011-03-16 09:22:30 by go65
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House Republicans are holding an emergency meeting of the Rules Committee on Wednesday to take up legislation that would block funding to NPR in the wake of James O'Keefe's hidden camera prank on the news organization. The meeting will examine HR 1076, introduced by Republican congressman and NPR-nemesis Doug Lamborn of Colorado, which would bar the government from providing any funding to NPR and its affiliate stations. The House already passed an amendment to its Continuing Resolution funding the government through September that would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports both NPR and PBS, but the Senate defeated the bill and the latest CR only cuts $50 ...
How can academics, politicians, news media people and ordinary citizens get away with statements such as "Reagan's budget deficits," "Clinton's budget surplus," "Bush's budget deficits and tax cuts" or "Obama's tax increases"?
Post Date: 2011-03-16 08:28:31 by no gnu taxes
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Within the past decade, I've written three columns titled "Deception 101," "Stubborn Ignorance," and "Exploiting Public Ignorance," all explaining which branch of the federal government has taxing and spending authority. How can academics, politicians, news media people and ordinary citizens get away with statements such as "Reagan's budget deficits," "Clinton's budget surplus," "Bush's budget deficits and tax cuts" or "Obama's tax increases"? Which branch of government has taxing and spending authority is not a matter of rocket science, but people continue to make these statements. The only ...
Herman Cain: ‘It’s Not Planned Parenthood -- No, It’s Planned Genocide’
Post Date: 2011-03-15 21:37:33 by A K A Stone
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Washington (CNSNews.com) – Likely Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain supports ending all federal funding to Planned Parenthood, an abortion business that he said was founded to target African Americans and is continuing that mission. “Here’s why I support de-funding Planned Parenthood, because you don’t hear a lot of people talking about this, when Margaret Sanger – check my history – started Planned Parenthood, the objective was to put these centers in primarily black communities so they could help kill black babies before they came into the world,” Cain told CNSNews.com on Tuesday when speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation. ...
Vikings' Adrian Peterson compares NFL to 'modern-day slavery'
Post Date: 2011-03-15 20:43:13 by Happy Quanzaa
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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners' treatment of players to "modern-day slavery," according to an online interview published today by Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo's Doug Farrar, who conducted the interview Friday with Peterson, removed that comment from the story later today, explaining on Twitter that he wants to give Peterson the chance to provide context. Peterson, who is known to be thoughtful when speaking with the local media in Minnesota, is in Africa with other NFL players on a goodwill trip and unavailable for immediate comment. The owners and players couldn't agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement last week after more than ...
Ohioans Having Incredible Buyers Remorse Over Gov. Kasich
Post Date: 2011-03-15 19:17:30 by Ferret Mike
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) Just a few months into his first term, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) appears to be immensely unpopular with his constituents, a clear majority of whom disapprove of his job performance, according to a PPP poll of registered voters. What's more, if a do-over election were held today Kasich would lose -- by a resounding 15-point margin. Kasich barely defeated incumbent Gov. Ted Strickland (D) last November, winning by a slim 49% to 47%. But if they could do it all over again, 55% of voters now say they would vote for Strickland, while only 40% say they'd go with Kasich. Kasich's short tenure has been marked by several mini-scandals, including an incident ...
Pastor guilty of molesting 14-year-old
Post Date: 2011-03-15 18:59:59 by Ferret Mike
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SANTA ANA – A jury Monday found a San Clemente church pastor guilty of molesting a 14-year-old girl and sending her sexual e-mails. Ricardo Avalos Maffey, 44, was convicted of five felony charges of lewd conduct with a child and one felony count of contacting a minor with intent to molest. Maffey, a pastor at the Apostolic Christian Church in San Clemente, faces up to six years in prison at his sentencing on April 15 for kissing and touching the girl on several occasions and sending sexually provocative e-mails to her between May and August 2008. "I am very happy for the victim and her family," Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker said after the decision by a jury of ...
Emergency Manager plan faces growing resistance
Post Date: 2011-03-15 18:54:39 by go65
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House Republicans are on the defensive amidst growing opposition to Emergency Manager legislation that would allow the governor to appoint people to take over towns and fire elected officials. In a letter yesterday Republican House Speaker Jase Bolger asked members of the media to help counter recent reports about the legislation. Last week the Rachel Maddow show highlighted HB4214 provisions that would allow corporations to take over local governments and schools, depose elected officials, and void labor contracts without the consent of local residents. Bolger said the appointment of an Emergency Manager is a last ditch effort to keep a town from falling into bankruptcy and he said that ...
ESPN Analyst: Duke Only Recruits ‘Uncle Toms’
Post Date: 2011-03-15 17:40:42 by Happy Quanzaa
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Roll Call of House vote FOR the CR 15March2011
Post Date: 2011-03-15 17:12:28 by Mad Dog
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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 179 (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H J RES 48 RECORDED VOTE 15-Mar-2011 3:32 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes AYES NOES PRES NV REPUBLICAN 186 54 DEMOCRATIC 85 104 3 INDEPENDENT TOTALS 271 158 3 ---- AYES 271 --- Adams Aderholt Alexander Altmire Austria Baca Bachus Barletta Barrow Bass (NH) Berg Berkley Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Bonner Bono Mack Boren Boswell Boustany Brady (PA) Brady (TX) Braley (IA) Brooks Broun (GA) Buchanan Bucshon ...
House passes spending bill amid GOP defections
Post Date: 2011-03-15 16:15:23 by go65
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A three-week stopgap bill to keep the government operating past Friday easily cleared the House but only after Democrats stepped in to help Republicans cope with scores of defections on their right. The 271-158 vote Tuesday was a major warning sign for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) who has prided himself on being able to control the flow of legislation but was suddenly vulnerable after losing 54 from his own ranks. Eighty-five Democrats helped to make up the difference with passage never in doubt. But this is exactly the situation Republicans had hoped to avoid since it makes them beholden to the minority as they try to shape a final budget deal with the White House. Click for Full ...
Air Trump's registration: Donald Trump’s jet registered in Bermuda
Post Date: 2011-03-15 15:40:30 by go65
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The news that Donald Trump is headed to New Hampshire reminds me of yet another mark of the lack of seriousness in his presidential ambitions, noted by a reader who happened to note the tail number of the signature Trump jet that parked in Des Moines not long ago. The tail number begins "VP-B," a code indicating Bermuda registration -- which may be useful for tax and regulatory purposes, but probably isn't a great vehicle for an American candidate.
"Beauty Queen" Attacks Burger King Manager
Post Date: 2011-03-15 15:34:02 by no gnu taxes
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Officials have released surveillance video of a woman who attacked an employee at a fast food restaurant because of her order. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, 38-year-old Tara Lyons was seen on surveillance video going on the attack over an order at the Burger King located in the 4000 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderdale Lakes. The incident occurred on March 2, just past 7 a.m. "She thinks that someone has spit in her sandwich, so she goes to complain to the manager," said BSO's Dani Moschella. "The manager says, 'OK, I'll give you your money back.' It was $1.06. When the manager turns to go get the money, the woman, still ...
Teachers Unions Explained
Post Date: 2011-03-15 15:19:10 by no gnu taxes
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The Lazy Ass Kenyan White House Resident is Derelict in His Duties
Post Date: 2011-03-15 14:43:42 by no gnu taxes
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The Middle East is afire with rebellion, Japan is imploding from an earthquake, and the battle of the budget is on in the United States, but none of this seems to be deterring President Obama from a heavy schedule of childish distractions. The newly installed tandem of White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Senior adviser David Plouffe were supposed to impart a new sense of discipline and purpose to the White House. Instead, they are permitting him to showcase himself as a poorly focused leader who has his priorities backward. This morning, as Japan’s nuclear crisis enters a potentially catastrophic phase, we are told that Obama is videotaping his NCAA tournament picks and that ...
U.S. Stocks Pare Drop After Tokyo Plunge; Oil Falls, Bonds Gain
Post Date: 2011-03-15 14:08:08 by The Blue Cat
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Global stocks fell, following a plunge in Asia that sent the Nikkei 225 (NKY) index to its biggest two-day drop since 1987, amid concern a nuclear accident outside of Tokyo may cripple the global economy. Commodities slid, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index pared its loss almost by half.
The MSCI World (MXWO) Index fell 2.5 percent at 1:54 p.m. in New York after the Nikkei sank 10.6 percent to the lowest since April 2009. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index tumbled 1.6 percent after losing as much as 2.7 percent. Ten-year Treasury yields slid seven basis points to 3.28 percent. The Swiss franc rose against all 16 major peers, climbing to a record against the dollar. Oil lost 2.7 percent ...
Abortion Activists Baby Killing Extremists VIDEO
Post Date: 2011-03-15 12:25:07 by A K A Stone
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This video from CatholicVote.org exposing abortion activists true opinions has been floating around for a couple of days now. Personally I put off watching it as long as possible because I knew going in that it was going to be gut-wrenching and, of course, it was. God bless the people who had the stomach to go out and document these people’s beliefs knowing full well the sick responses they would get.
Of course it all boils down to the same argument in the end with these abortion activists. This child might be inconvenient in some way so lets chemically burn it to death or pull it limb from limb.
Of course writing about this is something I need to force myself to do more. As much ...
Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Sues Over Airport Arrest
Post Date: 2011-03-15 09:03:30 by A K A Stone
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A 21-year-old Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area is demanding $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge. Aaron Tobey claims in a civil rights lawsuit (.pdf) that in December he was handcuffed and held for about 90 minutes by the Transportation Security Administration at the Richmond International Airport after he began removing his clothing to display on his chest a magic-marker protest of airport security measures. “Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated,” his chest ...
Sen. Fitzgerald: Email re: Senate Democrat voting privileges in standing committees
Post Date: 2011-03-14 23:33:40 by A K A Stone
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From: Sen.Fitzgerald Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:52 PM To: *Legislative Senate Republicans Subject: Senate Democrat voting privileges in standing committees Dear Members, With the return of the Senate Democrats this weekend, questions have arisen regarding Democrat members’ participation in Senate standing committee public hearings and executive sessions. Please note that all 14 Democrat senators are still in contempt of the Senate. Therefore, when taking roll call votes on amendments and bills during executive sessions, Senate Democrats’ votes will not be reflected in the Records of Committee Proceedings or the Senate Journal. They are free to attend hearings, listen to ...
Herman Cain: 'Don't Condemn Me Because the First Black One Was Bad'
Post Date: 2011-03-14 22:27:26 by A K A Stone
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And while he's diametrically opposed to Obama on the big issues, Herman Cain believes the fact that America has already elected its first African-American helps him. "Now people are over this first black President thing," he said. "But there are some people who will say, 'I'm not going to vote for another black guy because this one didn't work out.' "And my response is, 'Well, what about those 43 white guys you put in there? How did they work out?' "Don't condemn me because the first black one was bad," Cain said with a smile.
Federal court says Colo. man can sue Secret Service agents in 2006 case involving Dick Cheney
Post Date: 2011-03-14 22:07:33 by Ferret Mike
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DENVER — A Colorado man can sue two Secret Service agents who arrested him after he touched former Vice President Dick Cheney on the arm in 2006 and told him his Iraq War policies were “disgusting,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The ruling means Steven Howards can try to subpoena Cheney to testify about the incident, said David Lane, Howards’ attorney. “I fully intend on deposing the former vice president,” Lane told The Associated Press. Lane has been trying for years to subpoena Cheney, but his motion has been delayed as judges weighed the question of whether the Secret Service agents were immune in the case. He has said he wants to subpoena the ...
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