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......Democrats to be taken into police custody
Post Date: 2011-03-03 15:36:32 by calcon
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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Senate has passed a resolution calling for police to take 14 Democrats into custody for contempt after they fled to Illinois to avoid voting on a union rights bill. The vote taken Thursday comes two weeks after the Democrats left, effectively delaying the vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal taking away most collective bargaining rights from public workers. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says the action is legally different from an arrest, but “definitely a shift from asking them politely.” The resolution says the absent Democrats are determined to be guilty of contempt and disorderly content. It gives the sergeant at ...
No glory for governors trying to do the right fiscal thing
Post Date: 2011-03-03 11:18:54 by go65
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If you want to get national attention as a governor these days, don't try to be innovative about solving the problems you were elected to deal with - in education, transportation and health care. No, if you want ink and television time, just cut and cut and cut some more. Almost no one in the national media is noticing governors who say the reasonable thing: that state budget deficits, caused largely by drops in revenue in the economic downturn, can't be solved by cuts or tax increases alone. There is nothing courageous about an ideological governor hacking away at programs that partisans of his philosophy, including campaign contributors, want eliminated. That's staying in ...
Jobless rates of minorities linked to illegals
Post Date: 2011-03-03 07:38:50 by A K A Stone
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Calling for stricter enforcement of existing laws, House Republicans said Tuesday the nation’s broken immigration system is making it more difficult for minorities to land jobs because they are competing with illegals willing to work longer hours for less pay. Democrats, though, countered that the GOP was using immigration to pit blacks against Hispanics while ignoring the “real” problems in minority communities, including the lack of education and job-training resources, that drive unemployment. The sniping came during a hearing of the House Judiciary immigration policy and enforcement subcommittee as Republicans sought to highlight potential conflicts that could break the ...
Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey
Post Date: 2011-03-02 23:51:42 by A K A Stone
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Perhaps you thought the four-legged BigDog robot wasn’t eerily lifelike enough. That’ll change soon. BigDog’s makers are working on a new quadruped that moves faster than any human and is agile enough to “chase and evade.” Boston Dynamics, maker of the Army’s BigDog robotic mule, announced today that Darpa has awarded it a contract to build a much faster and more fearsome animal-like robot, Cheetah. As the name implies, Cheetah is designed to be a four-legged robot with a flexible spine and articulated head (and potentially a tail) that runs faster than the fastest human. In addition to raw speed, Cheetah’s makers promise that it will have the agility to ...
Documents Reveal TSA Research Proposal To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
Post Date: 2011-03-02 23:27:31 by A K A Stone
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Updated with the TSA’s response below, which denies implementing airport-style scans in mass transit. Giving Transportation Security Administration agents a peek under your clothes may soon be a practice that goes well beyond airport checkpoints. Newly uncovered documents show that as early as 2006, the Department of Homeland Security has been planning pilot programs to deploy mobile scanning units that can be set up at public events and in train stations, along with mobile x-ray vans capable of scanning pedestrians on city streets. The non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) on Wednesday published documents it obtained from the Department of Homeland Security showing ...
Bradley Manning Charged With 22 New Counts, Including Capital Offense
Post Date: 2011-03-02 21:03:58 by A K A Stone
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The Army has filed 22 new counts against suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, among them a capital offense for which the government said it would not seek the death penalty.
The charges, filed Tuesday but disclosed only Wednesday, are one charge of aiding the enemy, five counts of theft of public property or records, two counts of computer fraud, eight counts of transmitting defense information in violation of the Espionage Act, and a count of wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet knowing it would be accessible to the enemy. The aiding the enemy charge is a capital offense which potentially carries the death penalty. Five additional charges are for ...
1st call for impeachment by member of Congress
Post Date: 2011-03-02 20:58:03 by A K A Stone
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A Republican congressman has told a left-leaning blog that if there is collective support, he would favor the impeachment of Barack Obama over his decision to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Scott Keyes of ThinkProgress.org asked U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.: "I know Newt Gingrich has came out (sic) and said if they don't reverse course here, we ought to be talking about possibly impeaching either Attorney General [Eric] Holder or even President Obama to try to get them to reverse course. Do you think that is something you would support?" Keyes asked.
Franks replied: "If it could gain the collective support, absolutely. I called for Eric Holder to repudiate ...
Obama to Put Government Property Up for Sale
Post Date: 2011-03-02 11:34:18 by Brian S
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(03-02) 05:43 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is putting government property up for sale to help save taxpayers billions of dollars. An administration official says Obama will propose the creation of an independent board of private and public sector leaders Wednesday to review real estate owned by the federal government that could be sold or consolidated. The administration says at least 14,000 structures are no longer needed and thousands more aren't fully used. The official says the board would send its recommendations to Congress for approval and could deliver $15 billion in savings within its first three years in operation. The official agreed to speak before ...
Pictures Of Firefighters Marching With Unions At Wisconsin Capitol
Post Date: 2011-03-02 11:33:20 by Godwinson
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Pictures Of Firefighters Marching With Unions At Wisconsin Capitol FEBRUARY 17, 2011 by dekerivers If there was any one moment Thursday that made everyone stop and turn, salute and cheer, it was when the firefighters came to stand alongside their fellow union members. It was a powerful, emotional, and truly American moment. I can only hope the pictures here convey the impact the firefighters made as they walked to the Wisconsin State Capitol on Thursday.
Navy to name warship for Murtha despite protests
Post Date: 2011-03-01 17:54:14 by Ferret Mike
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WASHINGTON -- The Navy says it is forging ahead with its decision to name a warship for the late Rep. John Murtha, despite protests the decorated Vietnam War veteran was disloyal in his 2006 accusation that Marines had murdered Iraqi civilians. Three Facebook sites opposing the Navy's April 2010 decision bristle with thousands of angry postings. The Navy website with the announcement drew critical comments. The Washington Times voiced its outrage in an editorial entitled "Sink the Murtha." But the Navy says it is standing firm. A spokeswoman for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he is sticking with his decision to name a warship for the Pennsylvania Democrat. Murtha, a retired ...
Sudden Retirements Wreak Havoc in Wisconsin
Post Date: 2011-03-01 17:52:41 by Ferret Mike
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On Friday night, the eve of a massive rally in Madison, Wisconsin, against Governor Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair bill," a few state employees gathered for a hasty retirement party at Genna's, a downtown bar directly across from the Capitol building. Over pitchers of beer, a group of lawyers from the state public defender's office were saying goodbye to Patrick Donnelly, longtime attorney at the agency. Donnelly decided to retire on Wednesday--24 hours after he and his colleagues were informed by labor lawyers at the Boardman law firm that a provision in Governor Walker's bill could mean he would lose health care benefits worth tens of thousands of ...
Pew Poll: Only Wealthiest Income Bracket Sides With Gov. Walker Over Unions
Post Date: 2011-03-01 16:23:04 by Ferret Mike
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In the debate over whether Wisconsin state workers should have the right to collectively bargain for better benefits, there is at least one group that sides with Gov. Scott Walker -- people wealthy enough that they probably don't need collective bargaining rights themselves. That finding comes from a Pew poll released this week showing more Americans siding with the unions over Gov. Walker in the budget showdown that has deadlocked the Wisconsin legislature and sent thousands of protesters streaming into the state capitol. And strikingly, while Americans overall took the unions' side in the poll, the highest income demographic was the only one in which more people said they stood ...
"Firefighters march in solidarity with other union members in the rally Tuesday at the state Capitol."
Post Date: 2011-03-01 16:15:11 by Godwinson
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Photo by Michael Sears -- "Firefighters march in solidarity with other union members in the rally Tuesday at the state Capitol."
Dissension in the ranks of FLEEBAGGERS
Post Date: 2011-03-01 16:06:02 by calcon
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Fox Nation has learned exclusively from a highly placed source within Wisconsin state politics that the fourteen AWOL Democrats are experiencing “dissension in the ranks.” State Sen. Julie Lassa (D) is pregnant and “extremely unhappy” about being on the run. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D) has been hit particularly hard by his paycheck being withheld. Wisconsin State Senate leadership is currently negotiating with eight of the fourteen to come home. Gov. Scott Walker (R) has declared today the deadline for action on his budget repair bill and plans to give a budget address at 5 p.m. ET. A deal may be announced around that time. Developing… Original story here. ...
Wisconsin Judge Orders Capitol Open To Public
Post Date: 2011-03-01 13:26:00 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - A Dane County circuit court judge ordered Wisconsin authorities on Tuesday to open the Capitol Building in Madison to public access during business hours. It was not immediately clear whether the temporary restraining order granted by Judge Daniel Moeser would result in a change in the way people have been granted access to the building over the past two days. Protesters have held demonstrations for two weeks at the Capitol building against Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposal to curb the powers of public sector unions and access was tightened on Monday and Tuesday. A representative of the Walker administration was not immediately available to comment. ...
GOOD NEWS: John Edwards To be Indicted?
Post Date: 2011-02-28 22:52:48 by A K A Stone
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Over the past few weeks, people in this tight-knit university community have not seen much of John Edwards. They used to. He would hang out on a metal stool at Bowbarr, a short walk from the environmentally friendly condominium complex where he moved after details of an extramarital affair sent him from the family home. He would swing into Crook’s Corner, a legendary Southern restaurant, for an order of fried oysters to go, talking to anyone around and looking like the polished but approachable Democratic presidential candidate he once was. After his estranged wife, Elizabeth Edwards, died of cancer in early December, the chef at Crook’s Corner, Bill ...
God Hating Piece of Shit Barry Hollandsworth Tears Ten Commandments Off Students Lockers (Fire the Bigot)
Post Date: 2011-02-28 22:17:39 by A K A Stone
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School officials in a Virginia district have decided that students are not allowed to post copies of the Ten Commandments on their lockers, even though they are allowed to have other types of messages, including "expressions of school spirit, support of activities, birthday well wishes, social causes, and so on." The result was that last week when members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes posted copies of the Ten Commandments on their lockers, the principal and an assistant pulled them down immediately. That, according to officials with Liberty Counsel, reveals a policy that would have to fail because "it would preclude student expression that is religious because it ...
Milwaukee city attorney claims Walker’s bill is unconstitutional
Post Date: 2011-02-28 20:11:13 by Ferret Mike
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget repair bill would be unconstitutional because it would violate the constitutional “home rule” that protects cities and villages from interference in local pensions by the state, according to a legal opinion issued today by Milwaukee City Attorney Grant Langley. In a letter to Milwaukee Alderman Joseph Dudzik, Langley stated, “… in our judgment, the courts would find the statue unconstitutional on three grounds: first, that it unconstitutionally interferes with and intrudes upon the city’s home-rule authority over its pension plan; second, that given certain vested rights or benefits that have accrued to employees ...
Anti-gay Southern Decadence preacher arrested on obscenity charges (caught masturbating near kids in park) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-02-28 18:59:40 by Ferret Mike
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The Rev. Grant Storms, who made headlines in 2003 when he attempted to shut down the annual Southern Decadence festival in the French Quarter, was arrested in Jefferson Parish on obscenity charges Feb. 25. Storms, who famously denounced the largely gay Labor Day celebration as "perversion," was arrested for allegedly masturbating near a Lafreniere Park playspot where children were present. According to an arrest report, Storms told the attending officer he wasn't masturbating, but had simply opted to urinate in a bottle in his van rather than find a park restroom. In 2003, Storms and his followers marched on the Southern Decadence festival with bullhorns, and told ABC ...
New York uses fascist tactics against free speech
Post Date: 2011-02-28 18:50:35 by Ferret Mike
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A billboard in New York City that showed a picture of a black girl with the message, "The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb," has been taken down. The organization responsible for the billboard, which is run by an African American, sought to draw attention during Black History Month to the genocidal impact abortion. What happened in New York City was an exercise in urban fascism: calls for censoring the free speech of a private company were issued by agents of the state (e.g., New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called for the billboard to be removed); waiters and waitresses who work in a restaurant in the building where the billboard was posted ...
America's last World War I veteran dies Frank Buckles lied about his age to get into uniform [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-02-28 18:20:24 by Mad Dog
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MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. He was 110. Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement. Buckles turned 110 on Feb. 1 and had been advocating for a national memorial honoring veterans of World War I in Washington, D.C. Buckles lied about his age to join the army at age 16.The Missouri native was among nearly 5 million Americans who served in World War I in 1917 and 1918. "I knew there'd be only one (survivor) someday. I ...
GOP Budget Cuts Would Kill 700,000 Jobs: Report
Post Date: 2011-02-28 13:36:29 by Brian S
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Monday, February 28th, 2011 -- 12:30 pm WASHINGTON – The Republican budget proposal to sharply cut federal spending would cost 700,000 jobs through 2012, according to the independent analyst Moody's. In a new report obtained Monday by the Washington Post, Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi analyzes the House Republican budget proposal cutting spending by $61 billion this year and projects that it will curtail job growth. "The House Republicans’ proposal would reduce 2011 real GDP growth by 0.5% and 2012 growth by 0.2%. This would mean some 400,000 fewer jobs created by the end of 2011 and 700,000 fewer jobs by the end of 2012," Zandi concluded. The ...
High Speed to Insolvency- Why Liberals Love Trains [Because they're idiots]
Post Date: 2011-02-28 13:13:30 by Capitalist Eric
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Generations hence, when the river of time has worn this presidency’s importance to a small, smooth pebble in the stream of history, people will still marvel that its defining trait was a mania for high-speed rail projects. This disorder illuminates the progressive mind. Remarkably widespread derision has greeted the Obama administration’s damn-the-arithmetic-full-speed-ahead proposal to spend $53 billion more (after the $8 billion in stimulus money and $2.4 billion in enticements to 23 states) in the next six years pursuant to the president’s loopy goal of giving “80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail.” “Access” and “high-speed” to ...
First Lard Arse serves 2,200 calorie Sunday night pig-out
Post Date: 2011-02-28 13:02:00 by Happy Quanzaa
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Mrs. Obama Serves Governors a 2,200 Calorie Meal First Lady Michelle Obama Sunday night stuffed about 2,200 calories worth of dinner into the nation’s governors, hosting a White House bash that pulled few punches on the fattening front despite her profile as the leader of a national crusade to trim the waistlines of the country’s youth. President Obama is meeting with governors from both Parties at the White House today. Sunday night’s dinner was a kind of welcoming gala. It provided enough calories for an entire day’s worth of eating. What’s worse, several governors clearly are not malnourished and might have done well without dinner altogether. Mrs. Obama is ...
58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon
Post Date: 2011-02-28 12:35:01 by jwpegler
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As Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 33% of Likely U.S. Voters would rather have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at the same levels as last year. Fifty-eight percent (58%) says it’s better to have a partial shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut. The partisan differences are striking. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats prefer avoiding a shutdown by going with current spending levels. But 80% of Republicans -- ...
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