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ICE will now provide heart surgery, biopsies and psychiatric care to detainees
Post Date: 2010-12-17 19:43:12 by WhiteSands
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has agreed to begin providing medical care that goes well beyond emergency treatment, as a result of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. The suit alleged that ICE was not treating “immigration detainees with constitutionally adequate levels of medical and mental health care.” Among the many services which ICE will now provide illegal aliens in their custody are heart surgeries, cancer biopsies, treatment for diabetes, dental care, and treatment for mental depression. On Thursday, Elizabeth Alexander, former Director of the ACLU National Prison Project and lead attorney in the suit said: "For the first time, ICE has committed to providing all ...
Water Powered Laptop on the Way
Post Date: 2010-12-17 19:39:26 by jwpegler
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Green chemistry company SiGNa Chemistry has unveiled a new chemical process for generating hydrogen from water, which the company says could solve both of the most vexing hydrogen fuel cell problems: real-time hydrogen generation and storage. SiGNa Chemistry’s CEO Michael Lefenfeld told me that the new process could make hydrogen fuel cells practical as a power source for consumer electronics like laptops and cell phones. Since the hydrogen is generated from water, this effectively means that you end up with a water-fueled laptop. A fuel cell transforms the chemical energy of a fuel (hydrogen, methanol, natural gas, gasoline), and an oxidant like the oxygen in air, into electrical ...
Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Bradley Manning?
Post Date: 2010-12-17 14:15:17 by Hondo68
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Let's be frank: while I am no fan of the man, I thought the dramatic, solitary confinement incarceration of Julian Assange, prohibiting him any access to media or electronics, all on the suspicious accusation -- not charges -- of sexual molestation was a bit too much to justify. So he's a self-infatuated whore, we know this. Forgive me if I've lingering questions about the two women who, according to news reports, threw themselves at him like groupies before realizing they'd both been had in the same week, especially as one of the women reportedly once blogged about using the court systems to get back at unfaithful lovers. We can all agree that some things present questions ...
Fact-checking a fact-checker -- Obamacare is a federal takeover of the medical industry.
Post Date: 2010-12-17 14:13:13 by no gnu taxes
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PolitiFact has labeled as its lie of the year: “A government takeover of health care.” How can that be? Simple. First, it attributed the “lie” to Frank Luntz, who somehow cooked this phrase up in his focus group laboratory. Frankenquote. Bwa ha ha. Never mind that Ronald Reagan warned that Medicaid would lead to a government takeover of medicine more than 45 years ago. The important thing is defining what a government takeover of health care is. PolitiFact already redefined year as meaning 2009. From PolitiFact: • 1. Employers will continue to provide health insurance to the majority of Americans through private insurance companies. • 2. Contrary to the ...
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care'
Post Date: 2010-12-17 13:49:18 by go65
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In the spring of 2009, a Republican strategist settled on a brilliant and powerful attack line for President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to overhaul America's health insurance system. Frank Luntz, a consultant famous for his phraseology, urged GOP leaders to call it a "government takeover." "Takeovers are like coups," Luntz wrote in a 28-page memo. "They both lead to dictators and a loss of freedom." The line stuck. By the time the health care bill was headed toward passage in early 2010, Obama and congressional Democrats had sanded down their program, dropping the "public option" concept that was derided as too much government intrusion. ...
Annette L. Snyder Is a lowlife married WHORE that prefers married men but accepts any scraps sent her way
Post Date: 2010-12-17 13:45:05 by no gnu taxes
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Annette Snyder is a married WHORE who is known as the company skank with a preference for married men. She has such low self esteem that ANYONE that is not mean to her must be her next knight in shining armor (KISA). Watch out ladies. She will find your husband when he is at his lowest, and tell him how wonderful he is, how well she would treat him, how she would always be there for him, she would always have a clean house, she would always have dinner ready, how great he must be in bed, how big his c**k must be, and how she understands him in ways his wife never would. That's easy to do when you living in fantasy land and do not need to worry about money, kids, the day to day issues ...
House passes temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts, 277-148
Post Date: 2010-12-17 09:14:56 by go65
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The House late Thursday gave final approval to a temporary extension of the George W. Bush-era tax rates, delivering a significant but politically bruising victory to President Obama. The $858 billion legislation now heads to the president’s desk for his signature. It extends the Bush tax cuts across the board for two years, slashes the employee payroll tax by 2 percent for one year, renews the estate tax and extends unemployment insurance benefits for 13 months. The vote was 277-148, and the bill gained a majority of both Democrats and Republicans despite complaints from each party’s political base. The legislation deepened divisions in the Democratic ranks and burst open ...
WSJ/NBC Poll: Obama vs. Palin in 2012 (55-33)
Post Date: 2010-12-16 21:49:52 by go65
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Washington (CNN) – It's the most talked about of all the hypothetical 2012 presidential matchups: President Barack Obama vs. former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And a new poll indicates that Obama leads the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee by 22 points. According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal survey released Wednesday, 55 percent say they would back Obama in a possible 2012 showdown, with 33 percent saying they would support Palin. Obama's advantage over Palin in the poll is larger than in other recent surveys. The president was up 12 points over Palin in a hypothetical 2012 matchup poll by McClatchy-Marist conducted earlier this month, and he led Palin by eight points in ...
DHS Implementing No Work List: Citizens Must Get Government Approval to Work in Private Sector Jobs
Post Date: 2010-12-16 18:15:35 by Capitalist Eric
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You’ve heard of no fly and no buy lists – get ready for no work lists. Millions of workers now must apply to the DHS and prove they are not terrorists in order to be granted permission by the government to work. On the Alex Jones Show today, a caller pointed to information posted on a union website for ironworkers spelling out details on the Department of Homeland Security’s TWIC and SWAC programs. TWIC is short for Transportation Worker Identification Credential and SWAC stands for Secure Worker Access Consortium. TWIC “is a biometric credential that ensures only vetted workers are eligible to enter a secure construction site, unescorted,” Ironworkers Local 361 ...
Do You Need To Profitably Sue a TSA Agent?
Post Date: 2010-12-16 14:35:06 by Capitalist Eric
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As an attorney, I help people legally vanish parts of their life from public view. Of all the things you want to vanish from public view, the top on your list is probably your genitals. There's a reason they call them privates. But the TSA wants to see and touch genitals whenever they are in the mood. Here are some ideas to help protect the privacy of your junk. The way security thugs behave during the enhanced pat-down techniques can be damaging physically, emotionally and psychologically to their victims. There are several legal strategies to combat this immorality, some of which are already being implemented, but it may be wise to simultaneously use as many strategies as ...
Gulf Oil Spill Boondoggle: Almost No Crude Recovered From Louisiana's $200 Million Sand Berms
Post Date: 2010-12-16 14:06:54 by Brian S
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The big set of sand barriers erected by Louisiana's governor to protect the coastline at the height of the Gulf oil spill was criticized by a presidential commission Thursday as a colossal, $200 million waste of BP's money so far. Hardly any oil ever reached the berms, government documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Gov. Bobby Jindal, who pushed the venture over the objections of scientists and federal agencies, has strongly defended it. And despite the commission's scathing report, he plans to move ahead with the project, though with some changes to make it more beneficial. In its stinging report, the commission said that its staff can ...
US Rethinks Civilian Nuclear Defense
Post Date: 2010-12-16 12:40:08 by Brian S
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U.S. Rethinks Strategy for the Unthinkable By WILLIAM J. BROAD Suppose the unthinkable happened, and terrorists struck New York or another big city with an atom bomb. What should people there do? The government has a surprising new message: Do not flee. Get inside any stable building and don’t come out till officials say it’s safe. The advice is based on recent scientific analyses showing that a nuclear attack is much more survivable if you immediately shield yourself from the lethal radiation that follows a blast, a simple tactic seen as saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Even staying in a car, the studies show, would reduce casualties by more than 50 percent; ...
"The End Is Near" For obama (Nobody likes that dumbass Kenyan)
Post Date: 2010-12-16 10:33:33 by no gnu taxes
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Obama is telling members of Congress that failure to pass the tax-cut legislation could result in the end of his presidency, Rep. Peter DeFazio (Ore.) said. "The White House is putting on tremendous pressure, making phone calls, the president is making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal," he told CNN's Eliot Spitzer. But what we really liked were the comments, copied and pasted exactly as they appear. Bottom line, this nut-job has to go before he totally wrecks the republic. Impeach, resign, let foot-in-mouth Joltin' Joe take the reins... Like, how could it be any worse with Bumblin' Biden. Really? So.. this ...
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Fell to 420,000 Last Week
Post Date: 2010-12-16 09:55:01 by go65
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The number of U.S. workers filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly declined last week, pointing to a labor market that is on the mend. Applications for jobless insurance payments decreased by 3,000 to 420,000, the lowest in three weeks, Labor Department figures showed today. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected an increased in claims to 425,000, according to the median forecast. The total number of people receiving unemployment insurance and those getting extended payments rose. Fewer firings signal employers may be gearing up to add to their payrolls and help reduce a jobless rate hovering near a 26-year high. While the economy is gaining momentum ...
Republican Paul Ryan defends tax deal from conservative critics
Post Date: 2010-12-16 08:32:17 by go65
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Soon-to-be House budget chair Paul Ryan said Tuesday that some of the shots that fellow conservatives are taking at the bipartisan tax deal are motivated by politics, not policy. “A lot of people are making these political arguments, which are, ‘What is the proper political chess move against Obama?’ And that is not the way we should be thinking right now when it comes to jobs and economy,” Ryan said in an interview Tuesday. Ryan, the Janesville congressman, supports the tax deal, saying that without it, the Bush tax cuts would lapse, taxes would go up, and “that’s going to harm the people I represent.” The package has come under fire from the left for ...
Grave Domestic Threats to National Security [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-12-15 15:43:27 by Capitalist Eric
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As the critics of Julian Assange noisily suggest that he and WikiLeaks are a threat to national security, it is well to ask ourselves what really threatens national security. In his Farewell Address of January 17, 1961, President Eisenhower did not focus on communism and the Soviet Union, which for many years had been identified by U.S. governments as threats. He devoted but one paragraph to that "hostile ideology." Instead, he dwelt upon three grave domestic threats. The first was the military-industrial complex. "But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise. I mention two only... "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms ...
Govt Sues BP, 8 Other Companies In Gulf Oil Spill
Post Date: 2010-12-15 14:57:32 by Brian S
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The Justice Department on Wednesday sued BP and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The Obama administration's lawsuit asks that the companies be held liable without limitation under the Oil Pollution Act for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill, including damages to natural resources. The lawsuit also seeks civil penalties under the Clean Water Act. "We intend to prove these violations caused or contributed to the massive oil spill," Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference. The amount of damages and the extent of injuries sustained by ...
Omnibus includes $8B in earmarks
Post Date: 2010-12-15 14:22:33 by go65
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Three hundred fifty thousand dollars for cool-season legume research in Idaho, North Dakota and Washington. A half million dollars for road roundabouts in Mississippi. And $1 million for arthropod damage in Nevada. They’re just a few of the 6,600 pet projects lawmakers from both parties – and both chambers – stuck inside an enormous spending bill unveiled by Senate Democrats on Tuesday, according to government watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense. The release of the $1.1 trillion dollar omnibus bill, including $8 billion in earmarks, quickly reignited the fight over pork-barrel spending in the final days of the lame-duck session. Shortly after the Nov. 2 election, Senate ...
Tax-cut plan clears Senate easily (81-19)
Post Date: 2010-12-15 14:13:36 by go65
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to advance President Barack Obama's tax package to the House, where the $858 billion bill is expected to receive a final vote Thursday. The Senate vote was 81-19, with 13 Democrats, five Republicans and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) voting no. Ahead of the vote, Obama made another pitch for the package in remarks Wednesday, mentioning yet again that the deal was not perfect, but that it was necessary to boost the economy. He said middle class Americans “will no longer need to worry about a New Year’s Day tax hike.” “I know there are different aspects of this plan to which members of Congress on both sides of the ...
DeMint Aims To Waste Days By Forcing Readings Of START, Omnibus Bill
Post Date: 2010-12-15 13:34:44 by Brian S
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Arch-conservative Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is apparently seeking to squander away critical time in the lame-duck Congress by forcing full readings of the New START treaty and the 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act. DeMint, a fierce rival of the Obama administration who plans to block both measures, says he will utilize a senatorial privilege to have them read in full on the Senate floor before the chamber proceeds to vote on them. The South Carolina Republican's office told The Hill that reading the START treaty aloud could take up to 12 hours, and reciting each word of the omnibus spending bill could eat up 40 to 60 hours -- vital time for Democrats as the clock ticks away on their last ...
The Fed’s Final Days, The Temple Of Paper Money Is Under Seige
Post Date: 2010-12-15 12:56:52 by Capitalist Eric
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In 2008, America suffered a massive economic heart attack. Its doctors, thought to be the world’s best, believed the US to be in good health, having recovered from a similar though smaller crisis in 2000. But America hadn’t recovered. In fact, the Fed’s palliative for the 2000 crisis, i.e. lower interest rates, soon created an even larger crisis, i.e. the 2002-2006 US housing bubble whose collapse caused global credit markets to contract and investment banks to fall, necessitating government intervention on such a massive scale it led to today’s sovereign debt crisis as private losses were absorbed onto public balance sheets; and, now, in 2010, the crisis continues to ...
Forget Tea Party rhetoric - pork barrel politics is back
Post Date: 2010-12-15 12:45:03 by go65
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When the good people of South Dakota voted last month to send Republican Kristi Noem to Congress, they probably believed that she would give no quarter to the lobbyists and special interest groups who enjoyed, as she put it, "throwing money at the feet of a member of Congress." But since she defeated Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (in part by making an issue of Herseth Sandlin's marriage to a lobbyist), Noem has hired her new chief of staff from . . . a lobbying firm! And on Tuesday afternoon, she was the guest of honor at a "Meet & Greet" with Washington high- rollers at the powerhouse lobbying firm Barbour Griffiths Rogers. Once these boys start ...
BOHICA!- Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
Post Date: 2010-12-15 12:32:30 by Skip MacLure
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Nineteen hundred pages… one point one trillion dollars. The DeMarxists are obviously going for a Guinness record on spending. An incredible 6,600 earmarks. This isn’t pork. It’s sausage manufacture on a grand scale. This is economics, Democrat style. Everyone take a good long look. God willing, this is their last gasp. There were a lot of conservatives unhappy with the tax compromise. I also would have preferred stand-alone bills and up-or-down votes on these issues. But one overriding factor decided in favor of it, for me. There have been ample warnings by some economists, whose opinions I respect, that if we permitted the sunset of the Bush tax cuts to occur, the ...
AAA Expects 3.1% Increase In Holiday Travel
Post Date: 2010-12-15 11:41:14 by Brian S
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(CNN) -- Americans traveling to see family and friends during the upcoming holiday season will have more company on the roads and in the skies, according to projections by AAA. About 3.1% more Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home compared with last year, the AAA said Wednesday. The group expects 92.3 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles from December 23 to January 2. "After a challenging year in 2009, a modestly improved economic environment and pent-up demand resulted in more Americans traveling in 2010, and the year-end holidays are no exception," a AAA statement said. The average distance for travel is expected to increase by 33%, the number of air ...
U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 0.1% in November, Below Forecast
Post Date: 2010-12-15 09:03:38 by go65
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The cost of living in the U.S. rose less than forecast in November, indicating higher prices for commodities such as fuel aren’t filtering through into other goods and services. The consumer-price index increased 0.1 percent after a 0.2 percent rise the prior month, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg News survey called for a gain of 0.2 percent. The so-called core measure, which excludes more volatile food and energy costs, also rose 0.1 percent, matching the median forecast. Retailers such as Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are discounting merchandise to stoke demand during the holiday shopping season as joblessness ...
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