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Libertarian Party of Kentucky addresses racism allegations against Rand Paul [ Why is the LP Defending Pubbies? ]
Post Date: 2009-12-28 18:11:53 by WhiteSands
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The Libertarian Party of Kentucky today reiterated that they are the party of acceptance. “Liberty, freedom, and true economic prosperity cannot exist in a system which institutionalizes racism, bigotry, or other kinds of unfounded hatred,” said Ken Moellman, Chairman and Northern Kentucky native. “There’s been a lot of talk, trying to associate Libertarians with racism in the past month. It’s important to remind people that liberty and racism are incompatible.” A political race leading to a taxpayer-funded primary within another political party has seen one candidate accuse another of being both a Libertarian and a racist. “As head of the membership ...
Flight 253 passenger: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport
Post Date: 2009-12-28 17:25:35 by WhiteSands
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A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport. Kurt HaskellKurt Haskell's boarding pass for NWA Flight 253 Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday. Haskell said he and his wife were sitting on the ground near their boarding gate in Amsterdam, which is when they saw Mutallab approach the gate with an unidentified ...
Homeland chief an airhead///Says security system worked
Post Date: 2009-12-28 08:32:08 by Happy Quanzaa
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An al Qaeda bomber stashing explosives in his underwear cakewalked onto a US-bound airliner after averting scans on two continents -- but the federal Homeland Security chief incredibly claimed yesterday that "everything happened that should have." "This was one individual literally of thousands that fly and thousands of flights every year," said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who called flying "very, very safe." "And he was stopped before any damage could be done . . . Once this incident occurred, everything happened that should have." Napolitano's all-is-well assessment ran counter to that of her boss, President Obama, who ...
U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion
Post Date: 2009-12-28 02:02:57 by borntoweardiamonds
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In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen. A year ago, the Central Intelligence Agency sent several of its top field operatives with counterterrorism experience to the country, according a former top agency official. At the same time, some of the most secretive Special Operations commandos have begun training Yemeni security forces in counterterrorism tactics, senior military officers said. The Pentagon is spending more than $70 million over the next 18 months, and using teams of Special Forces, to train and equip Yemeni military, Interior Ministry and coast guard forces, more than doubling ...
Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor - Shouts Down Wicker-VIDEO
Post Date: 2009-12-28 01:06:57 by borntoweardiamonds
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Senator Max Baucus, Democrat from Montana Drunk on the US Senate Floor debating National health Care
Detroit explosive common, easily detectible
Post Date: 2009-12-27 21:26:09 by borntoweardiamonds
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available - and easily detected - chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. The chemical - PETN - is small, powerful and appealing to terrorists. The Saudi government said it was used in an assassination attempt on the country's counterterrorism operations chief in August. It was also a component of the explosive that Richard Reid, the convicted "shoe bomber," used in his 2001 attempt to down an airliner. PETN was widely used in the plastic explosives terrorists used to blow up airplanes in the 1970s and ...
Hundreds stranded on Texas highways are rescued [ area saw a white Christmas today -their first in more than 80 years ]
Post Date: 2009-12-26 02:20:52 by WhiteSands
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Hundreds stranded on Texas highways are rescued December 25, 2009 20:30 EST WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) -- Volunteer firefighters and sheriff's deputies have been rescuing hundreds of people stranded along an interstate and a state highway near Wichita Falls, Texas. The area has received more than a foot of snow. Just two of the sheriff's department's vehicles have four-wheel drive, so rescuers used their own pickups and the heavy five-ton brush trucks that are normally used to fight fires. Many of the motorists who had to be rescued had run out of gas while they were stuck in traffic that was stalled by the storm. Even residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area saw a white ...
Carlos Estevez ( Charlie Sheen) arrested on felony charges in Aspen, Colo.
Post Date: 2009-12-26 02:09:47 by WhiteSands
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Charlie Sheen has been arrested in Aspen, Colo., on felony charges related to alleged domestic violence. Police had responded to a 911 call early Christmas morning. "Carlos Irwin Estevez, also known as the actor Charles I. Sheen, was brought to the Pitkin County Colorado Jail for booking and incarceration following his arrest by the Aspen Police Department,” sheriff's patrol director Jeff Lumsden said in a statement. Police said the victim was not hospitalized, and they did not release a name. TMZ is reporting -- from an unnamed source -- that the woman involved was Sheen's third wife, Brooke Mueller. The actor married the real estate investor in 2008.
Body of missing Maryland girl is found near Delaware
Post Date: 2009-12-26 01:52:45 by WhiteSands
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By Associated Press | December 26, 2009 SALISBURY, Md. - Searchers found the body of a missing girl near the Delaware state line after a Christmas Day search by thousands of volunteers, officials said. Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis said the body of Sarah H. Foxwell, 11, was found at about 4 p.m. He offered few other details, but officials said earlier that a registered sex offender is being held in connection with the abduction. Thomas J. Leggs Jr., 30, was charged with kidnapping and burglary. Leggs is a former boyfriend of the girl’s aunt, who was her legal guardian. Nearly 3,000 volunteers gathered in Salisbury yesterday to help in the search. Authorities also asked ...
White House: Failed plane attack an attempted act of terrorism(Obama told 3 HOURS AFTER PLANE LANDS-new details)
Post Date: 2009-12-25 21:29:51 by borntoweardiamonds
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A Nigerian national, claiming to be linked to al-Qaeda, allegedly tried to set off an incendiary device aboard a transatlantic airplane Friday as it descended toward Detroit's airport in what federal authorities called an attempted act of terrorism. The man was quickly subdued, according to an airline spokeswoman, and Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam landed safely around noon Friday, with several of the 278 passengers sustaining minor injuries in the incident. The suspect was being treated at a local hospital for burns he suffered while igniting the device, the Transportation Security Administration said. The FBI is investigating the incident and President Obama, ...
Winter storm forces interstates, turnpikes closed in Oklahoma [every highway closed-V IDEO]
Post Date: 2009-12-25 21:00:14 by borntoweardiamonds
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VIDEO Blizzard-like conditions and wrecks prompted state authorities to close all interstate highways in Oklahoma City along with the H.E. Bailey and Turner turnpikes. NewsOK A wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow is expected to hit after noon today, reducing visibility outdoors as a winter weather warning remains in effect for... The Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed Oklahoma City interstates about 2:30 p.m. Troopers had previously closed eastbound Interstate 40 at U.S. 81 in El Reno. The H.E. Bailey Turnpike, which is the portion of Interstate 44 extending southwest from Newcastle to the Texas state line, is closed because of the weather, the patrol reported. The Turner Turnpike, ...
Election 2010 Polls
Post Date: 2009-12-25 20:42:13 by borntoweardiamonds
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Generic Congressional Vote Rasmussen Reports Republicans 44, Democrats 36 Republicans +8 Click for Full Text!
Army Col. Robert Howard, one of nation's most decorated soldiers, dies in Waco at 70
Post Date: 2009-12-24 19:00:18 by sneakypete
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Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard, a Medal of Honor winner and one of America’s most decorated soldiers, died Wednesday in Waco after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Howard, 70, formerly of San Antonio and father of Waco resident Melissa Gentsch, served five tours of duty in Vietnam and is the only soldier in our nation’s history to be nominated for the Medal of Honor three times for three sep-arate episodes. Although the Medal of Honor can be awarded only once to an individual, men who served with Howard said he deserved all three, according to a Web site posted to honor Howard and other soldiers. Howard will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery ...
310,000,000 to 60 and we are still alive
Post Date: 2009-12-24 16:05:45 by BobCeleste
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http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2009/12/24/122409health2.jpg Reid: "With 315,000,000 people in the US, if we democrat senators were doing anything the people really did not want, someone would have done something about it and we would not be 60." Pelosi: "Ditto for the House."
Several prosecutors probing health care deal They question the constitutionality of ‘Nebraska compromise’
Post Date: 2009-12-24 00:09:36 by A K A Stone
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina's attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington state — all Republicans — are jointly taking a look at the deal they've dubbed the "Nebraska compromise." "The Nebraska compromise, which permanently exempts Nebraska from paying Medicaid costs that Texas and all other 49 states must pay, may violate the United States Constitution — as ...
Black pack attacks 13 year old, breaks the bones of his face, threaten his eyesight
Post Date: 2009-12-23 23:23:57 by A K A Stone
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Black pack attacks 13 year old, breaks the bones of his face, threaten his eyesight (Note 12-23 11:30 a.m. A reader has just told me that all the readers' comments at the CBS page have been removed. Fortunately I had copied most of them here yesterday. This is a further lesson that when we see something on the Web of an unusual nature, we should save or copy it.) The crime is reported by CBS News. Notice, with the exception of the headline, the low key manner of the story. This extreme attack took place, but there is zero description of it, except that they "beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight," and they "jumped ...
Judge to ponder dismissal of Palin e-mail lawsuit
Post Date: 2009-12-23 23:20:41 by A K A Stone
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage judge will likely wait until 2010 before deciding whether state public records law governs the e-mail messages that former Gov. Sarah Palin and her top administration officials sent to one another outside of the state's computer network. Andree McLeod of Anchorage has been seeking copies of the messages. She says in a lawsuit that Palin and her officials violated the public records law by using off-the-record networks to discuss matters of public concern. Assistant Attorney General Michael Mitchell on Tuesday asked state Superior Court Judge Patrick McKay to dismiss the case. McKay took the motion under advisement and said he will probably make ...
Mother of Bristol Palin's former fiance to serve drug sentence in home confinement.
Post Date: 2009-12-23 23:17:29 by A K A Stone
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The mother of the man who fathered former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson is serving out most of her three-year drug sentence under home confinement. Sherry Johnston was released Monday from Alaska's only women's prison. Her attorney, Rex Butler, says Johnston is wearing an ankle-monitoring device. Johnston was sentenced last month on her guilty plea in August to one count of possession with intent to deliver the painkiller OxyContin. The 43-year-old Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston. He and 18-year-old Bristol Palin — the eldest daughter of the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate — were engaged but called off the wedding ...
Quantcast Abducted Colombia governor found dead
Post Date: 2009-12-23 23:00:02 by A K A Stone
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Reporting from Bogota, Colombia - Caqueta state Gov. Luis Francisco Cuellar was found dead Tuesday, Colombian authorities said, less than a day after he was abducted from his home by suspected leftist guerrillas. Cuellar's body was found near Florencia, the state capital where he lived, authorities said. President Alvaro Uribe later said on national television that Cuellar's throat had been cut as the assailants fled from security forces. His body was found by a rural road, said Uribe, who promised to press the fight against rebel violence. "In the midst of pain we reiterate today all our determination to defeat these terrorists," he said. After learning that Cuellar ...
Norton wins over Tea Partiers with call to eliminate Department of Education
Post Date: 2009-12-23 22:45:26 by A K A Stone
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Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton said she was spurred to try to win Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet’s U.S. Senate seat by what she sees as the dramatic expansion of government in the Obama era. In stump speeches, emails and interviews, she has vowed to work to cut federal spending as a way to end the “government takeover” of the private sector. One of the ways Norton proposes to trim spending is to eliminate the federal Department of Education. That dramatic proposal has predictably shocked members of the left-leaning Colorado politics-blogosphere, but it also surprised at least one conservative member of the small crowd gathered two weeks ago at the Lamplighter restaurant in ...
Chris Matthews Calls Saul Alinsky One Of His Heroes
Post Date: 2009-12-23 15:12:56 by WhiteSands
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Chris Matthews on Tuesday called "Rules for Radicals" author Saul Alinsky one of his heroes. This admission came only five days after the "Hardball" host proudly admitted on the air that he was a liberal. "I always try to remind myself of Saul Alinsky when I get confused," Matthews told "Hardball" guest Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Such was revealed as the pair discussed the fate of healthcare reform (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t Story Balloon):
Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011
Post Date: 2009-12-23 14:58:01 by WhiteSands
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Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011 By LARRY MARGASAK (AP) – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON — The Guantanamo Bay prison may not close until 2011 because it will take months for the federal government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists. Congress must first appropriate money for the takeover of the Thomson Correctional Center and the necessary construction. Lawmakers wary of moving detainees from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military base into the United States could balk at approving the funds. In the Senate, there's always the chance of delaying tactics that could hold up the money for months. Congress also needs to change a law ...
Schwarzenegger to seek federal help for California budget
Post Date: 2009-12-23 11:09:44 by TXBSAFH
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Reporting from Sacramento - Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to call for deep reductions in already suffering local mass transit programs, renew his push to expand oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast and appeal to Washington for billions of dollars in federal help, according to state officials and lobbyists familiar with the plan. If Washington does not provide roughly $8 billion in new aid for the state, the governor threatens to severely cut back -- if not eliminate -- CalWORKS, the state's main welfare program; the In-Home Health Care Services program for the disabled and elderly poor, and two tax breaks for large ...
Arrow Trucking suspends operations, but talks reported
Post Date: 2009-12-23 10:59:24 by TXBSAFH
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Arrow Trucking Co., the 61-year-old Tulsa-based flatbed carrier, has suspended operations indefinitely, laying off employees and stranding scores of drivers around the country by cancelling fuel credit cards, company employees and drivers said. After closing down the company phone system Tuesday morning and not accepting cell phone messages throughout the day, the company issued a statement from CEO Doug Pielsticker at 6:21 p.m. “The company has been in negotiations with its principal lender,” Pielsticker said. “Those negotiations are continuing, but the lender has elected to proceed with securing its collateral. The company is communicating with several interested parties ...
Obamacare To Cost Middle Class Families $15,000 A Year Crippling new costs will lead to a “rebellion”
Post Date: 2009-12-23 08:34:30 by A K A Stone
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Families struggling in the midst of a deep recession who earn a combined total greater than $88,200 and don’t have their health care covered by their employer will be hit with a mandatory annual fee of about $15,000 according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the final Senate Obamacare bill. As we highlighted yesterday, the health care bill would introduce a raft of new taxes that would inevitably lead to higher costs that would be passed on to the public. A Boston Globe analysis revealed that there were at least 19 new taxes contained in the legislation which is set to be passed on Christmas Eve. On top of this, a CBO analysis identifies five facts about the bill ...
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