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Taming the Tea Parties [Suckers]
Post Date: 2010-09-10 17:29:58 by Capitalist Eric
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GOP regulars and their movement conservative drones have been sending signals for some time now that they wish to have the Tea Party be nice. While David Frum and David Brooks have generally followed the Left in condemning these “extremists,” Bill Kristol, George Will, Jonah Goldberg, and Rich Lowry have taken a gentler approach to the problem. Goldberg praises Glenn Beck and those who attended his Washington rally for being inspirational by invoking Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. Never mind, as Al Sharpton correctly noted, that King held social and economic views that were diametrically opposed to those of his effusive admirers Beck and Sarah Palin. For ...
Gypsies, Tramps and Thugs [Police-State JBTs]
Post Date: 2010-09-10 16:28:45 by Capitalist Eric
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Would-be murder weapon: Fred Ensminger's pickup. "This guy ... just tried to run my husband over!" exclaimed Arkansas resident Cindy Nelson in a frantic 911 call on July 21. "Oh, my God -- he's shooting at us! Oh, my God!"A few minutes later, Fred Ensminger -- the deranged assailant -- placed a 911 call of his own."This is Diamondhead 1106," Ensminger told the suddenly swamped dispatcher. I have been shot and I need medical at my front gate ASAP."Ensminger is a recidivist criminal. Thanks to the fact that practically any bipedal simian with a pulse can become a police officer in Arkansas, Ensminger -- who just barely meets ...
How The Democrats Caused The Financial Crisis
Post Date: 2010-09-10 15:37:05 by no gnu taxes
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How The Democrats Caused The Financial Crisis: Starring Bill Clinton’s HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo And Barack Obama; With Special Guest Appearances By Bill Clinton And Jimmy Carter
Feds Monitor 'Sovereign Citizens' After Fraud Case
Post Date: 2010-09-10 13:01:13 by Brian S
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INDIANAPOLIS -- 6News has learned that the FBI is investigating a growing group of Indiana residents who claim to be outside the law after their leader was convicted in a car theft scheme. The so-called "sovereign citizens" group, Guardians of the Free Republic, believes members are exempt from state and federal laws and that they are entitled to money held by the U.S. Treasury. The leader of the Indiana chapter, Walter Eugene Lunsford, was recently convicted of four counts of fraud and four counts of theft, 6News' Rafael Sanchez reported. Lunsford used the routing number of the Federal Reserve and his own Social Security number as his account number to buy five vehicles ...
41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes -- and they're not alone (L.A. Times)
Post Date: 2010-09-10 12:17:18 by Nebuchadnezzar
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41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes -- and they're not alone September 10, 2010 | 2:54 am Democrat president Barack Obama addresses his staff in the Oval Office-file Over the years a lot of suspicion has built up across the country about Washington and its population of opportunistic transients coming to see themselves as a special kind of person, somehow above average working Americans who don't work down in that former swamp. Well, finally, an end to all those undocumented doubts. Thanks to some diligent digging by the Washington Post, those suspicions can at last be put to rest. They're correct. Accurate. Dead-on. Laser-guided. On target. ...
Former Senator, Engineers Offer ‘Proof’ Of 9/11 Controlled Demolitions [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-09-10 11:18:32 by Brian S
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The nine-year-old body of 9/11 conspiracy theories includes many improbable (and sometimes contradictory) claims, everything from remote-controlled planes flying into the World Trade Center, to a missile hitting the Pentagon, to mass kidnappings of air passengers. But a group of more than 1,200 architects and engineers is building what it hopes is a scientifically sound argument about one 9/11 claim: That the World Trade Center buildings were destroyed not by fires caused by the airplane collisions, but by a controlled demolition. At a press conference in Washington DC, Thursday, the group Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth offered evidence "that all three WTC skyscrapers on ...
Obama Is Toast -- Even the Democrats Can't Stand His Stench
Post Date: 2010-09-10 10:25:12 by no gnu taxes
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With so many Democrats running against the president’s agenda in the midterm, change will come in the next Congress, regardless of which party is in control. Barack Obama hit the campaign trail this week to resurrect some of that hopey-changey stuff and to complain that his critics talk about him “like a dog.” Turns out the president wasn’t, in fact, referring to his own party. Voters might be forgiven the confusion. It isn’t as if Democrats have been showing Mr. Obama much love. Quite the opposite. Seven weeks from Election Day, the vulnerable wing of the majority has finally found itself a campaign issue: blunt opposition to Mr. Obama and his agenda. Has it ...
Report Says US Has Failed To Create Systems To Deal With Homegrown Terror
Post Date: 2010-09-10 01:38:25 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission. The report says U.S. authorities failed to realize that Somali-American youths traveling from Minnesota to Mogadishu in 2008 to join extremists was not an isolated issue. Instead, the movement was one among several instances of a broader, more diverse threat that has surfaced across the country. "Our long-held belief that homegrown terrorism couldn't happen here has thus created a situation where we are today ...
Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders
Post Date: 2010-09-09 23:05:53 by A K A Stone
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal. The Rev. Terry Jones generated an international firestorm with his plan to burn the Quran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and he has been under intense pressure to give it up. President Barack Obama urged him to listen to "those better angels" and give up his "stunt," ...
US Pastor Cancels Qur’an-Burning, Then Reconsiders, Saying Imam Lied About Moving NYC Mosque
Post Date: 2010-09-09 22:20:13 by Brian S
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Qur’an on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic centre and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the centre denied there was ever such a deal. The Rev. Terry Jones generated an international firestorm with his plan to burn the Qur’an on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and he has been under intense pressure to give it up. President Barack Obama urged him to listen to "those better angels" and give up his ...
This Just In: Fla. Minister Cancels Burning Of Qurans On 9/11, Ground Zero Mosque To Be Moved
Post Date: 2010-09-09 17:05:50 by Brian S
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Christian minister in Florida is canceling plans to burn Qurans on Sept. 11, heeding an international outcry that drew criticism from President Barack Obama and religious and political leaders across the Muslim world. Developing...
Poster Comment:While this report doesn't mention the moving to the mosque, ABC radio played the news conference Jones just held announcing this 'agreement'.
Nine States Did Not File Initial Claims Data Due To Labor Day, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Estimates In Data "Beat" (Don't let the truth get in the way of a good lie Obama and CNBC)
Post Date: 2010-09-09 13:42:55 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Nine States Did Not File Initial Claims Data Due To Labor Day, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Estimates In Data "Beat" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/09/2010 08:16 -0500 BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics Illinois Michigan Oklahoma The BLS has announced that as a result of the Labor Day weekend, 9 states (among which the biggest one California) did not report initial claims data to the bean counters, so instead the government had to "estimate" what the data would have been: yep, estimate, what the data was in these nine states. From Bloomberg: "For the latest reporting week, nine states didn’t file claims data to the Labor Department in Washington because of the ...
Appeals Court Allows Stem Cell Funding for Now
Post Date: 2010-09-09 13:33:00 by Brian S
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A federal appeals court is permitting federal funding of stem cell research to proceed temporarily until the court rules on the merits of the Obama administration's position in the case. The government is asking the appeals court in Washington to strike down a preliminary order by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth blocking federal funding for some stem cell research. The three-member appeals panel says it is suspending Lamberth's ruling for now. The appeals judges say they want more time to deal with issues in the government's appeal.
The Obama Administration is Creating Jobs...For China
Post Date: 2010-09-09 13:16:10 by no gnu taxes
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The last General Electric factory in the U.S. to manufacture incandescent light bulbs is set to close its doors next month, as a federal move toward green technology has made the product obsolete, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The Winchester, Va., plant partly fell victim to energy conservation legislation passed by Congress that will require Americans to start using more efficient bulbs by 2014, the report said. The 200 workers at the plant will lose their jobs when the doors shut for the final time, as the replacement bulbs, known as compact fluorescents (CL), are manufactured mainly overseas. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, CL’s last up to 10 times longer ...
Restaurant To Parents: No Screaming Kids Allowed
Post Date: 2010-09-09 11:56:48 by Brian S
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On an airplane, in a movie theater or in a restaurant, the shrill sound of a childish voice raised in distress can resemble nails across a blackboard — especially when it’s not your child. Now one North Carolina eatery has drawn a line in the sand by posting signs prohibiting children’s uproar. “Screaming Children Will NOT Be Tolerated!” say placards posted at the Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach. N.C. And while the signs may seem to be telling some parents their patronage is unwelcome, restaurant owner Brenda Armes said it’s actually been a business boon. WECT The Olde Salty restaurant in North Carolina has stirred passions with this message to ...
Pastor Says May Halt Koran Burning If White House Asks
Post Date: 2010-09-09 11:26:51 by Brian S
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A Florida pastor at the center of a global storm over plans to burn hundreds of Korans said Thursday he would likely call off the event if asked to by the Obama administration. Terry Jones, head of the Dove World Outreach Center, told USA Today he had not been contacted by the White House, Pentagon or State Department about Saturday's planned ceremony on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. If he were "that would cause us definitely to think it over. That's what we're doing now. I don't think a call from them is something we would ignore," Jones told the daily. US President Barack Obama on Thursday warned the burning ceremony would be a "recruitment ...
The Kenyan White House Resident's Approval is Now the Lowest Ever
Post Date: 2010-09-09 09:43:14 by no gnu taxes
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-seven percent (47%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -24 (see trends). Overall, 41% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-eight percent (58%) disapprove.
Trade Deficit in U.S. Narrowed More Than Forecast in July (Exports surge to 2 year high)
Post Date: 2010-09-09 09:20:29 by go65
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The trade deficit in the U.S. narrowed more than forecast in July as imports fell and exports climbed to the highest level in almost two years. The gap shrank 14 percent, the most since February 2009, to $42.8 billion, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists forecast a deficit of $47 billion, according to the median of 73 projections in a Bloomberg News survey. Imports fell 2.1 percent, while exports increased 1.8 percent to $153.3 billion, the highest since August 2008. Shipments abroad will probably remain a source of strength for U.S. manufacturers as the world’s largest economy tries to sustain a recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. Demand ...
Imam Fears Moving NYC Mosque Could Inflame Tension
Post Date: 2010-09-08 23:11:26 by Brian S
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(09-08) 19:36 PDT New York (AP) -- The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero says moving it could cause a violent backlash from Muslim extremists and endanger national security. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (rah-OOF') says the discourse surrounding the planned facility has become so politicized that moving it could result in violence. He says the reaction in the Muslim world could be more furious than the eruption of violence following the 2005 publication of Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Rauf made the comments in an interview broadcast Wednesday night on CNN. Opponents say the mosque should be moved farther away from where Islamic ...
Citing Obama’s State Secrets Privilege, Court Tosses Torture Case
Post Date: 2010-09-08 23:00:01 by A K A Stone
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Citing the Obama administration’s evocation of the state secrets privilege, a divided federal appeals court agreed Wednesday to toss a lawsuit against a Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA transport detainees to secret foreign prisons where they allegedly were tortured. Ruling 6-5, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it was bound by a 1953 Supreme Court precedent requiring judges to dismiss cases if litigating them could expose government secrets and imperil national security. “This case requires us to address the difficult balance the state secrets doctrine strikes between fundamental principles of our liberty, including justice, transparency, ...
New York Times Stock Soars On New Carlos Slim Takeover Rumors [ he already owns nearly a 7% stake. ]
Post Date: 2010-09-08 21:59:29 by WhiteSands
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Every so often, rumors pop up that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is going to buy The New York Times Co., in which he already owns nearly a 7% stake. And then those rumors quickly get stamped down by Slim, but not before making some waves in the stock market. It just happened again today, and Times Co. shares rose as much as 8% as a result, according to Bloomberg: Almost 6,400 calls to buy the stock changed hands, 35 times the four-week average and five times the number of puts to sell... ...The publisher’s stock rose 26 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $8.02 at 12:54 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading after hitting $8.38 for the biggest intraday gain since June 10. But ...
Palin: Don't burn Quran
Post Date: 2010-09-08 20:48:16 by Skip Intro
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Palin: Don't burn Quran Sarah Palin added her name Wednesday to a growing list of national politicians asking a Florida pastor to reconsider his plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11. "People have a constitutional right to burn a Quran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation — much like building a mosque at ground zero," Palin wrote on Facebook. The Rev. Terry Jones has shown no indication that he will back down from his plan to burn copies of the Islamic holy book with his small Florida congregation, declaring in a press conference Wednesday that he will go ahead with the event. Jones has been rebuked across the political spectrum, ...
US Embassies Brace For Quran Burning Protests
Post Date: 2010-09-08 18:52:30 by Brian S
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(09-08) 14:43 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to assess their security ahead of a Florida church group's planned weekend burning of the Muslim holy book amid fears it could spark anti-American violence. Officials said Wednesday that U.S. diplomatic posts have been instructed to convene "emergency action committees" to determine the potential for protests over the congregation's plans to burn the Quran to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The posts are to warn American citizens in countries where protests may occur. The move underscores the Obama administration's deep concern that Saturday's ...
FBI Memo Warns of Extremist Retaliation For Koran Burning
Post Date: 2010-09-08 18:13:50 by Brian S
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Jacksonville, FL, United States (AHN) - The FBI has "high confidence" that a Florida church's plan to burn a Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks would impel extremists to attempt to harm organizers and participants of the event as well as U.S. forces overseas . That assertion is made in an FBI memo dated Aug. 19 published Monday on the blog site www.infowars.com. By "high confidence" the memo said it meant a judgment that is based on "high quality information from multiple sources or from a single highly reliable source, and/or that the nature of the issue makes it possible to render a solid judgment." The memo pointed to current ...
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