Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 Comes to a End

As we prepare to usher in 2013, here is hoping your 2012 was more interesting than your 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008. I also hope that found someone new who you would carry and who would carry you.

Just as I have encouraged for the last few years; think about what you have done this past year and what you might have have done differently, not to live in regret but as a guide for the coming year. With the year coming to a close, so does your chance of living it to the fullest. The lucky among us will have the full coming year to try again. Stop putting off what you really want to do, because you never know when not being able to do it will stop being a voluntary choice and just becomes your new reality.

Demand A Plan - Demand Celebrities Go F*CK Themselves!

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"So as I thought about it more I started thinking this video was in fact fair, and not a mistake. If these celebrities want to install Precrime laws criminalizing otherwise-lawful activities on the notion that We Must Do Everything Possible to stop all contributing factors to killings... They should take a look at themselves.

They certainly have done an awful lot of PR work for the Gun as Totem Bestowing Power on the Impotent. They've depicted the gun -- unrealistically, fantastically -- as a Magic Wand that grants its owner the heroic ability to Win and Impose His Will on Any Situation.

And that belief is just as necessary to the mass killing of six year old children as the gun itself. Normal people do not murder 20 children.

It wasn't only the gun that was needed for this killing; it was also the psychological state of believing in The Gun as an agent of Power and Deliverance.

And that came from Hollywood.

Now I wouldn't indulge in either of these awful and stupid precrime measures. I would not repeal the First Amendment just as I wouldn't repeal the Second.

But if Hollywood's calling for one precrime prohibition, it is duty-bound to call for the other as well.

After all -- the children. The children that they were responsible for killing.
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Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff

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Chicago Murder Rate Proves That Liberals Don't Care About Gun Deaths

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Debt Limit - A Guide to American Federal Debt Made Easy

The clip is a year old, and the numbers are now ever worse, but the rest is essentially the same.

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Obama Abandons Liberty and Sets New Path for America

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Obama Interviewed by David Gregory (NBC) on Meet the Press, Talks Fiscal Cliff and Gun Control

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Watch Scientists Move Discs With Nothing But Light

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I, Pencil Extended Commentary: Creative Destruction

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Obama Makes a Statement on Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff

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US Budget for Dummies

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/12/28/us-budget-for-dummies

"From my inbox, submitted without comment.

* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:

* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50
Make sense now?
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Biggest Winners of 2012

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What We Learned in 2012

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Family of Ducks Plays Frogger ... Wins

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Senate Republicans refuse to confirm Kerry until Hillary testifies about Benghazi

Interesting gambit...

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/27/senate-republicans-refuse-to-confirm-kerry-until-hillary-testifies-about-benghazi

"Isn’t this pushing a jinx? If Senate Republicans insist on having Hillary Clinton testify before allowing John Kerry’s confirmation to proceed, aren’t they risking a torn ACL or turf toe for the outgoing Secretary of State?

Clinton has pledged to remain in the job until Kerry is confirmed, which Obama said he was confident would happen “quickly.” The Senate is expected to take up Kerry’s nomination in early January, but multiple Republican senators have already said they won’t agree to a vote on Kerry’s nomination until Clinton testifies about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. Illness and a concussion has prevented Clinton from appearing thus far.

Clinton promised to appear before Congress at one point, but the State Department backpedaled from that position quickly after it became public. State then said that Clinton couldn’t testify until after Congress received the report from the Accountability Review Board’s investigation into Benghazi, which they hinted Congress might not see for another 90 days — or possibly never see in its entirety. They got the ARB report last week, at which point State announced the resignations of four officials who never actually resigned at all. Accountability!
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How Women's Magazines Make Women Feel Ugly and Worthless

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Busting Bikinis and the Cop Who Wants to Fine Cursing! (Nanny of the Year 2012)

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Soledad O'Brien -- CNN's Solitary, Ratings Void of Bias

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Mini TARDIS really is bigger on the inside, thanks to augmented reality

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Worker fired for being 'irresistible'

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A Dog Learns to Drive, But Democrats Still Struggle with Basic Math

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Senator Michael Crapo (R) Arrested on Charges of DUI

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html

"Senator Michael D. Crapo of Idaho was arrested early Sunday and charged with driving under the influence in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the authorities said.

Mr. Crapo, a Republican, was pulled over after his vehicle ran a red light, the police in Alexandria said. He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested about 12:45 a.m., said a police spokesman, Jody Donaldson, and then was taken to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond about 5 a.m.

“There was no refusal” to take sobriety tests, Mr. Donaldson said, and “no accident, no injuries.”

“Just a traffic stop that resulted in a D.U.I.,” he said.

The police said Mr. Crapo, who was alone in his vehicle, had registered a blood alcohol content of 0.11 percent. The legal limit in Virginia is 0.08 percent.
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President Obama, Person of the Year?

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

End Of The World Prank!

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Don Lemon (CNN) - 'Should we Profile White Men to Prevent Gun Violence'

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"Of course, we all know that if a white journalist ever said something similar to this about black men, all hell would break lose."

Andrew Cuomo (D) - 'Gun Confiscation Could be an Option'

Sometimes that 'P' word used to describe when you think people are out to get you is not paranoid, but perceptive.

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"“No one is coming for your guns.” You’re all just being paranoid, disingenuous or worse. All we’re talking about is making little children safer. There’s not going to be anybody kicking down your doors.

(Of course, some very high profiles voices on the Left don’t seem to be able to stay on message.)

But over at National Review, Eliana Johnson proves yet again the wisdom of my dear old Dad. Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get ya.

In a radio interview on Thursday with Albany’s WGDJ-AM, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said that he plans to work with state legislators next month to submit a proposal for new gun-control laws; in particular, Cuomo said, “our focus is assault weapons,” because current state laws regulating the weapons “have more holes that Swiss cheese.”

“I don’t think legitimate sportsmen are going to say, ‘I need an assault weapon to go hunting,’” he said.

Cuomo continued, “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.”
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David Gregory (NBC) Mocks LaPierre (NPR) For Proposing Armed Guards in Schools While Sending his Kids to a High-Security School

Protection for he, but not for thee...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gregory-mocks-lapierre-proposing-armed-guards-sends-kids-high-security-school_691057.html

"David Gregory mocked the NRA's Wayne LaPierre for proposing that armed guards be at every school in America. But the NBC host seems to have no problem with armed guards protecting his kids everyday where they attend school in Washington, D.C.
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The NBC host would go on the rest of the segment to suggest that armed guards might not be effective in preventing mass murders at school. Which is perhaps an interesting theoretical argument.

But when it comes to Gregory's own kids, however, they are secured every school day by armed guards.

The Gregory children go to school with the children of President Barack Obama, according to the Washington Post. That school is the co-ed Quaker school Sidwell Friends.

According to a scan of the school's online faculty-staff directory, Sidwell has a security department made up of at least 11 people. Many of those are police officers, who are presumably armed.

Moreover, with the Obama kids in attendance, there is a secret service presence at the institution, as well.
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Did David Gregory (NBC) Violate DC Gun Laws on National TV

Laws are for the little people...

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"As blog The Patriot Perspective pointed out, Gregory’s demonstration may itself have been a violation of existing D.C. gun law, where “Meet the Press” tapes. “No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. A ‘large capacity ammunition feeding device’ means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition,” D.C. code states. Violations may include a $1,000 fine or imprisonment for up to a year. A representative from NBC did not immediately return an emailed request for comment."

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Gangnam Style Becomes First Youtube Video to Hit 1 Billion Views

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"Today, a 34-year-old K-Pop artist made online video history when his viral video, Gangnam Style, smashed our records and became the first video ever to reach one billion views. Yup, that’s right one BILLION views!

PSY's success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music-- and er, great equine dance moves. In the past, music distribution was mostly regional. It was more difficult to learn about great artists from around the world. But with a global platform at their fingertips, people are now discovering and sharing amazing music from all over the planet, by artists like Brazilian Michel Teló and Belgian-Australian Gotye.
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Unedited Footage of The Union Assault on Steven Crowder

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Grover Norquist on Fiscal Cliff, Tax Pledges, & Being the GOP's "Rasputin"

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Taxpayers Lose Big on GM Bailout

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Shooting Deaths and Gun Control, The Critique

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Friday, December 21, 2012

Wayne LaPierre (NRA) - "The Only Thing That Stops a Bad Guy With a Gun, is a Good Guy With a Gun"

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Obama Nominates John Kerry (D) to be Secretary of State

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Obama Make a Statement on The Fiscal Cliff

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UPS Man Steals iPod Left on Doorstep by FedEx

Is it ok to laugh; to late...

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The Fall Of Tam's #6: How LA Regulated A Burger Stand Out of Existence

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JibJab Year in Review 2012: The End is Here!

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Things to Come

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I Saw Daddy Pat Down Santa Claus (A Very TSA Christmas Song)

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Future of US Economy Firmly in the Hands of the Democratic Party

Lord help us that our economy is dependent on politicians...

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Does Hollywood Need to Rethink Its Relationship to Violence?

I am going to go with no.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Obama Pushes For Gun Control

The Assault Weapons bad was a bad idea, and it seems immensely likely that whatever new (or old) ideas they put forth will at least be as equally boneheaded.

It is illegal to kill someone in cold blood. Anyone not deterred by their own morals or the law against murder would almost certainly not be deterred from picking up a rock and caving in someone's head by a second law that makes it illegal to kill with a rock. The rock law, in gun control terms, only assures that the potential law abiding victim will not be able to defend themselves.

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Clinton Will Not Testify Before Congress on Libya Because of Concussion

One simple question; if Clinton is so gravely injured from her fall that she is unable to sit in a chair and answer questions, who is the current acting Secretary of State? Surly if she is to injured to answer a few questions she must have insisted on giving up her powers and responsibilities. at least until her recovery.

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Rudy Giuliani Schools Piers Morgan on Susan Rice

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Nikki Haley (R) Appoints Tim Scott (R) to The Senate

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Piers Morgan (CNN) to Gun-Rights Advocate - 'You are Unbelievably Stupid, Dangerous, and You Shame Your Country'

Piers Morgan keeping it real civil...

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Bob Ehrlich (R) on Federalism, Immigration, Executive Pardons

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Driverless Cars? No Thanks

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How ObamaCare Limits Health Care for Children

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Mankind Went to the Moon and All I Got Was Facebook

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Roger L. Simon and Sheryl Longin on 'The Party Line'

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Carney - 'Obama Will Actively Support Democrats Push For New Assault Weapons Ban'

It was a bad idea back when it first past, and it is still a bad idea today. It would not have stopped the last mass shooting, and it will not serve to hinder the next in the slightest.

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Engel (NBC) Freed After Syrian's Take Him Prisoner

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How Indianapolis Fixed Its Parking Problems

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The Country is in the Hands of a Bunch of Empty Suits

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Daniel Inouye (D), Longtime Senator From Hawaii, Dies At The Age Of 88

Longtime Senator, and seriously Kick-*ss war hero.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/335760.php

"Inoyue didn't just throw grenades at the Germans, he threw one after he lost his arm...by prying it out of the hand on his nearly amputated arm.

"I looked at it, stunned and disbelieving. It dangled there by a few bloody shreds of tissue, my grenade still clenched in a fist that suddenly didn't belong to me anymore," Inouye wrote in his 1967 autobiography, "Journey to Washington," written with Lawrence Elliott.
Inouye wrote that he pried the grenade out of his right hand and threw it at the German gunman, who was killed by the explosion. He continued firing his gun until he was shot in the right leg and knocked down the hillside. Badly wounded, he ordered his men to keep attacking and they took the ridge from the enemy.

Holy SHIT.
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Just one of his stories.

Don Lemon (CNN) - "It Doesn't Matter if Gun Violence is Down"

Why let the facts get in the way of your ideological goal...

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The Best and Worst Christmas Films (Libertarian Edition)

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Will Obama Give Up His Guns?

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Do Liberals Like Matt Damon Want America to Run Out of Energy?

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Powering America: Managing Nuclear Waste

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Democrats Love Violence

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Marijuana Is Legal in Colorado...Now What?

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Are Federal or State Marijuana Laws the Highest in the Land?

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Roger L. Simon Discusses New Play "The Party Line"

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Hillary Clinton Sustained Concussion After Fainting

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLINTON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-15-12-28-49

"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.

The 65-year-old Clinton, who's expected to leave her job soon, was recovering at home after the incident last week and is being monitored by doctors, according to a statement by aide Philippe Reines.

No further details were immediately available.

President Barack Obama telephoned his top diplomat Saturday to wish her well, a White House official said.
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Don’t think of them as government workers, think of them as Santa’s elves

So bad its good.

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"Nick Gillespie calls this the worst Christmas video of this or any other year. Worse even than Hillary’s 2007 Christmas ad? There’s room for debate, but either way, it smells like week-old eggnog."

Democrats Love Dwarves and Porn?

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A Great Year For Pot, Freedom, and Ending the Drug War: Q&A with MPP's Rob Kampia

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Friday, December 14, 2012

Obama Issues a Statement on The School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut

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Your Permanent Record is Now Available on Demand

Good thing a Republican is not president, or this might be considered an unconstitutional infringement on our liberties.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/13/great-news-your-permanent-record-is-now-available-on-demand

"Remember when government needed something called a warrant or even probable cause to look at your records? Good times, good times. I’m nostalgic for the halcyon days of, er, February of this year, before the Attorney General of the United States signed off on an order allowing the government to access pretty much everything it wanted in the name of counterterrorism. The Wall Street Journal found out about the order and got a FOIA request to force its exposure:

Top U.S. intelligence officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in March to debate a controversial proposal. Counterterrorism officials wanted to create a government dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime.

Not everyone was on board. “This is a sea change in the way that the government interacts with the general public,” Mary Ellen Callahan, chief privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Security, argued in the meeting, according to people familiar with the discussions.

A week later, the attorney general signed the changes into effect.

Through Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews with officials at numerous agencies, The Wall Street Journal has reconstructed the clash over the counterterrorism program within the administration of President Barack Obama. The debate was a confrontation between some who viewed it as a matter of efficiency—how long to keep data, for instance, or where it should be stored—and others who saw it as granting authority for unprecedented government surveillance of U.S. citizens.

The rules now allow the little-known National Counterterrorism Center to examine the government files of U.S. citizens for possible criminal behavior, even if there is no reason to suspect them. That is a departure from past practice, which barred the agency from storing information about ordinary Americans unless a person was a terror suspect or related to an investigation.

Now, NCTC can copy entire government databases—flight records, casino-employee lists, the names of Americans hosting foreign-exchange students and many others. The agency has new authority to keep data about innocent U.S. citizens for up to five years, and to analyze it for suspicious patterns of behavior. Previously, both were prohibited. Data about Americans “reasonably believed to constitute terrorism information” may be permanently retained.
Well, hey, we can trust the American government to handle this properly, soberly, and with caution, right? At least the data will stay with accountable US officials. Whew. That’s a load off of my mind — er, what’s that? Um …

The changes also allow databases of U.S. civilian information to be given to foreign governments for analysis of their own. In effect, U.S. and foreign governments would be using the information to look for clues that people might commit future crimes.

“It’s breathtaking” in its scope, said a former senior administration official familiar with the White House debate.
The good news: Saudi Arabia might now have all of our firearm registration data. What could go wrong?
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Hero Doctor Who Helped us Find Bin Laden is Now Being Tortured in a Pakistani Prison

Is this really how we take care of our friends...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/11/hero-doctor-who-helped-nail-bin-laden-tortured-in-pakistani-prison-says-family

"Dr. Shakeel Afridi, the jailed CIA informant who helped hunt down Usama Bin Laden, has recently been tortured in prison, the doctor’s family members told Fox News.

“I was told by a prison source that Shakeel and two guards were subjected to torture by jail administration sometime in November,” Jamil Afridi, the brother of the jailed doctor, told Fox News in a recent interview. Jamil Afridi said he had been told about the torture on Nov. 21, when he tried to visit his brother in jail but was turned away, and in a follow-up court hearing on Nov. 22.

“His privileges have been revoked and he’s been shifted to another cell,” Jamil said. “They are strict with him, and treating him inhumanely.”

Jamil Afridi, who has not been allowed to visit his brother, was reluctant to describe the details of how his brother may have been tortured, saying he feared his communications are being monitored by Pakistani authorities. But a cousin and member of Dr. Afridi's legal counsel backed Jamil’s claims.
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Evan Sayet Talks About His Latest Book "The Kindergarden of Eden"

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ESPN Suspends Rob Parker For Questioning Robert Griffin III's 'Blackness'

Alternative headline, Rob Parker fired for being a race bating idiot.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/14/espns-parker-suspended-for-cornball-brother-comments-toward-rgiii

"An ESPN commentator who questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was a “cornball brother” has been suspended.

ESPN’s Rob Parker’s comments on yesterday’s “First Take,” which questioned Griffin’s standing as a black man due to his white fiancée and the quarterback’s rumored Republican leanings, has led to the commentator’s suspension. Shortly after Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch broke the news of Parker’s suspension via Twitter, ESPN made a statement on the issue.

“Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended until further notice,” ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys tweeted. “We are conducting a full review.”

The suspension comes amid an uproar concerning Parker’s comments on the morning show that were directed at Griffin not for his on-field play, but for his standing in the black community.
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Does NBC Want to Take Religion Out of Christmas?

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Unions React Violently to Michigan's Right to Work Law

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Horror in Connecticut as School Shooting Leaves 20 Children And Seven Adult Victims Dead

It takes a special kind of monster to look little elementary school children in the eye and then shoot them. By the numbers it is the second worst school shooting in the US (behind Virginia Tech), but there is something that is just that much worse killing children so young.

There really are no words.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/14/police-respond-to-report-of-school-shooting-in-conn

"A heartbreaking and unforgettable tragedy beset the town of Newtown, where 28 people, including 20 children, were killed Friday morning at an elementary school by a lone gunman.

“Evil visited this community today and it’s too early to speak of recovery,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said. “Each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand Connecticut — we’re all in this together.”
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

US Marine Jailed in Mexico Trying to Register an Antique Shotgun at The Boarder

This is unquestionably a travesty of justice.

The Marine was going on a hunting trip to help with his PSD from serving in Iraq. He wanted to bring his grandfather's antique shotgun. He declares it on the US side of the boarder, is given the 'all clear' and told to register it on the Mexican side. When he goes to register it on the Mexican side they throw him in jail. That was four months ago and has included threats / extortion attempts against his parents and being chained down to a bed.

It is long past time to secure this Marine's freedom and bring him back home.

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"Even though a U.S. border agent in Brownsville, Texas, had assured Hammar the gun was legal as long as he declared it to Mexican authorities, he was nabbed just across the border, and charged with an aggravated felony punishable up to 15 years in prison. While in prison, Hammar has been repeatedly threatened and, according to reports, left chained for days to a steel bed. But it was the call, just two days after their son's arrest, that continues to haunt Hammar's parents. They believe their son's service to his country -- memorialized forever by a "USMC" tattoo on his arm, made him a target behind bars."

A Debt that Will Live In Infamy: America's Ticking Debt Bomb

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Hank Johnson (D) FAIL!! M-Word?!

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DeMint (R) Leaving Senate: A Boon or Bust for Conservatism?

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Rob Parker (ESPN) Questions Robert Griffin III's 'Blackness' - "is he a Brother or a Cornball Brother"

This is what now passes for sports commentary?

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Susan Rice Drops Out of Consideration For Secretary of State

She was never making it past the Senate, and the attempt would have brought Benghazi back to the front page.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/susan-rice-my-withdrawal-from-secretary-of-state-consideration-was-right-call/2012/12/13/ad69b3fc-4578-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html

"On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state. I made this decision because it is the right step for this country I love. I have never shied away from a fight for a cause I believe in. But, as it became clear that my potential nomination would spark an enduring partisan battle, I concluded that it would be wrong to allow this debate to continue distracting from urgent national priorities — creating jobs, growing our economy, addressing our deficit, reforming our immigration system and protecting our national security.

These are the issues that deserve our focus, not a controversy about me. On Sept. 16, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was unavailable after a grueling week, the White House asked me to appear on five Sunday talk shows to discuss a range of foreign policy issues: the protests against our diplomatic facilities around the world; the attack in Benghazi, Libya; and Iran’s nuclear program.
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Matthews (MSNBC) - 'Mainstream Media's Reporting Was Bias in Favor of Republicans'

I will take one of what ever he is having. On second thought, you should probably make it a half.

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Police Officer Wraps $100 Bill in Ticket For Down-on-His-Luck Driver

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Why Copyright Law is so Mickey Mouse - And How to Fix It: Q&A with Jerry Brito

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Going Broke by Degree: The Politics and Economics of a Student Loan Bailout

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Michigan Governor Signs Right to Work Bill Into Law

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michigan-governor-signs-work-bill-law/story?id=17934332

"Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed a right-to-work bill limiting union power into law in his state, he announced in a press conference on Tuesday evening.

"I view this as an opportunity to stand up for Michigan's workers—to be pro-worker," Snyder said.

"I don't view this as anti-union at all...I believe this is pro-worker."

Earlier on Tuesday the GOP controlled state house approved a law that would make the payment of union dues voluntary for private-sector unions and most public-sector unions (police and firefighters would be exempt.) The bill was approved by a vote of 58-51.
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Sullivan to Crowder - 'You Deserved to Get Punched in The Face'

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Brazilian Elevator Corpse Prank

Brazil is at it again. The lessen here is to use the stairs if you ever go to Brazil.

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Robert Menendez (D) Employed in His Senate Office an Illegal Immigrant Who Was a Registered Sex Offender, Purposely Not Arrested Until After The Election

Purposely not arrested until after the election; corruption, what corruption...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SENATE_INTERN_ARRESTED

"Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP.

A Homeland Security spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Wednesday that it was "categorically false" that the department delayed the arrest of Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, 18, until after the election.
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North Korean Satellite Tumbling Out of Control Acording to US Officials

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Judge Napolitano: How Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Destroyed Constitutional Freedom

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More Hollywood Hypocrisy: Ed Asner Hates the Rich

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How Harry Reid's Power Grab Would Harm the Senate

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Are Missile Launches North Korea's Largest Export? Plus, Union Thugs Beat Fox News Contributor

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Welcome to the last repeating day time for a long time.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

White House Refuses to Condemn Union Violence in Michigan

http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/11/white-house-declines-to-condemn-union-violence-in-michigan

"White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to condemn the increasing violence and threats by union members in Michigan, merely telling reporters Tuesday that “the president believes in debate that’s civil.”

When asked by a reporter about a claim by Michigan state Democrat that “there will be blood” should Republicans pass a union-choice law in Michigan, Carney professed ignorance and then downplayed the comment.

“I haven’t see those comments, and I’m not sure they mean what someone interprets them to mean,” he said.
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Union Thugs Tear Down AFP Tent at Right-to-Work Rally in Michigan

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"Two clips via Lee Stranahan and Liberty News Network, respectively, of the union id unleashed after RTW passed the Michigan House this morning. One of the reliable perks when Republican legislatures try to rein in union power is watching the left’s “civility” sanctimony instantly dissolve into more traditional forms of direct action practiced by labor. The “new tone” demagoguery of tea partiers after the Tucson shooting was fraudulent from the word go, but days like this remind you just how fraudulent it was. Case in point, some Democratic cretin went so far as to warn on the state House floor this morning that “There will be blood.” Here’s Steven Crowder live on the scene to prove him right, claiming he got a few fistfuls of “new tone” for his trouble"

Magic Foam Can Be Shot Into The Body To Stop Major Bleeding

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"Following the debut of an amazing new shapeshifting material that could improve drug delivery, military-tech wing DARPA has unveiled this equally impressive polymer foam. Just inject two liquids where a soldier is bleeding, and the chemicals react, creating a foam that presses against an internal wound and stanches the flow of blood. That buys at least a precious hour to find medical care."

Can an Undocumented Immigrant Become a US Lawyer? California High Court Will Decide

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North Korea Launches Long Range Rocket, Declares Launch a Success

Those claims are as of yet unconfirmed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-korea-says-north-korea-has-fired-a-long-range-rocket-in-a-defiant-move/2012/12/11/66aa6d06-43f9-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html

"North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead.

Pyongyang’s state media quickly claimed that the country had successfully put a peaceful satellite into orbit with its long-range Unha-3 rocket — the North’s stated goal of the launch. But South Korea and Japan said they couldn’t immediately confirm that. The launch was something of a surprise, as North Korea had indicated technical problems with the rocket and recently extended its launch window to Dec. 29.
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The Party Line -- Playwrights Sheryl Longin and Roger L. Simon Expose Evil in the Media

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Crowder Punched in The Face by Union Thug

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Syrian Rebels Appear to Show They Have Chemical Weapons Too

Bad news for humanity, but good news for Assad. With more weapons floating around in that chaos there is more of a chance a terrorist group could get their hands on them. For Assad, it gives him a scapegoat if he does decide to use or sell them.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/09/bunny-snuff-syrian-rebels-have-chemical-weapons-too

"According to a video reportedly posted by the Free Syrian Army, the Syrian rebels have their own chemical weapons to match Bashar Al-Assad’s – and you get to watch two rabbits die to prove it.

This link is to the video posted at YouTube. But Breitbart has helpfully loaded the video to its post on the topic today, so you don’t have to sign in at YouTube to watch it. Warning: graphic content.

After apparently setting off the chemical agent in a glass box containing the hapless rabbits, the speaker in the video issues this warning (translation cited at Breitbart):

You saw what happened? This will be your fate, you infidel Alawites, I swear by ALLAH to make you die like these rabbits, one minute only after you inhale the gas.
Breitbart speculates that the chemical used on the rabbits is a nerve gas, due to its observable effects. That’s a good guess. The close-ups early in the video, of potassium chlorate and sodium nitrite containers, show explosive agents that could be used to disperse the toxic chemical. This latter is actually interesting, as it seems to suggest that the rebels or their terrorist compadres have the capability to build their own chemical weapons.
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7%

It appears that we are continuing to discourage our way to a recovery.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/12/07/november-jobs-report-146000-jobs-added-jobless-rate-drops-to-7-7

"The US got a better November than some had expected in the job markets — but only in the top line numbers. The economy added 146,000 jobs, better than expected if still a status quo result, and the jobless rate declined to 7.7%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Hurricane Sandy ended up having little impact on employment over the month. However, the work force declined again and drifted back to generational-low numbers:

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.

Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the Northeast coast on October 29th, causing severe damage in some states. Nevertheless, our survey response rates in the affected |states were within normal ranges. Our analysis suggests that Hurricane Sandy did not substantively impact the national employment and unemployment estimates for November.

The unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.0 million, changed little. (See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), teenagers (23.5 percent), whites (6.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for blacks (13.2 percent) declined over the month. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The U-6 figure also dropped by two-tenths of a point to 14.4%, its lowest level all year. However, the seasonally-adjusted labor force dropped by 350,000, and the civilian labor force participation rate also dropped two-tenths of a point to 63.6%, almost at the 31-year low hit in August. The employment-population ratio dropped by one-tenth of a percent to 58.7%.
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Israeli 'Vulture Spy' for Israel Caught in Sudan

Vulture spy, as in a vulture the Israelis have somehow trained to spy on Sudan. You know, because clearly that is the most efficient and effective way to spy on the Sudanies.

Those dam tricky Jews!!!11!!1!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9734674/Vulture-spying-for-Israel-caught-in-Sudan.html

"Officials in Sudan say they have captured an electronically-tagged vulture suspected of being dispatched by Israel on a spying mission.

The avian discovery was made in Kereinek, a town in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Israeli media have reported.

Sudanese officials are said to have concluded that the bird was a secret agent after discovering it was fitted with GPS and solar-powered equipment capable of broadcasting images via satellite, according to Haaretz newspaper, which cited an Egyptian website, El Balad.

The vulture also had a tag attached to its leg with "Israel Nature Service" and "Hebrew University, Jerusalem", leading to accusations that it was on an Israeli surveillance mission.
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Israeli officials have acknowledged that the bird, which can fly up to 375 miles a day, had been tagged with Israeli equipment but insisted it was being used to study migration patterns.

Ohad Hazofe, an ecologist with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, told the website, Ynet, that it was one of 100 vultures fitted in October with a GPS system equipped to take distance and altitude readings but not surveillance images.
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Lego-powered M&M sorter

Why; because orange ones, and then brown ones, are the worst, and some people are to lazy to be bothered looking at what they eat.

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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard: Making City Government Work

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How Dewey Bartlett (R) Balanced Tulsa's Budget without Raising Taxes

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Little Common Ground Leading Up To Fiscal Cliff. Plus, US Fire Sale Attracts Chinese Buyers

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Fiscal Cliff Reality: Everyone Is Rich, Your Taxes Are Going Up, and the Country Is Bankrupt

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Unserious People

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White House Planning to Only Change Withholding For 'Rich; if US Falls Off Fiscal Cliff

Like most other plans in DC, this would only act as a stop gap. It would stop people from feeling the tax increase at first, but at the cost of a serious balloon tax payment due at the end of the year many may never see coming.

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/271791-white-house-could-protect-middle-class-from-tax-hikes

"The White House has the power to temporarily protect taxpayers from middle-class tax hikes even as upper income rates rise if Congress does nothing and all of the Bush-era tax rates expire in January.

Experts and lawmakers alike agree that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has the power to adjust how much is withheld from paychecks for tax purposes — for all taxpayers or just for some.

By doing so, Geithner could ensure paychecks reflect the White House position that wealthier taxpayers with annual income higher than $250,000 see their taxes rise. Geithner at the same time could leave withholding tables where they are for the middle class, ensuring those workers don’t see a higher cut from their paychecks.
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The tactic could buy Washington precious time to strike a tax agreement without pinching the economy, but it carries substantial risk. If the administration miscalculates where rates end up, tinkering with withholding could morph tax refunds into hefty bills.
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Jim DeMint (R) on Heritage's Influence

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Oliver Stone's Ahistorical History Tarnishes Showtime and CBS

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Bill Whittle - "Where Do We Go Now"

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Reid (D) Declines to Bring a Vote on Obama’s Avoiding The Fiscal Cliff Plan

McConnell (R) offered, and Reid punted calling it a stunt. If asking to vote on Obama's plan is a stunt, what would that make Obama's plan...

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"On the Senate floor on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered to give Democrats a chance to go on the record and demonstrate just how serious they are about averting the fiscal cliff by proposing a vote on the package that President Obama proposed last week.
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And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s response to this reasonable request? How dare these Republicans ask us to vote on a bill carefully designed and touted by our party leader — it’s a stunt, I say! A stunt!
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Syria Loads Chemical Weapons Into Bombs; Military Awaits Assad's Order

Assad can not really be that stupid; could he.

Regardless, it needs to immediately be made clear that 'I was just following orders' is not a legitimate excuse for pushing that button or pulling that trigger.

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Meet Congress' Favorite Bootlegger: Prohibition, Hypocrisy, and "The Man in the Green Hat"

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Deck the Halls with Macro Follies

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Tax the Rich, The Critique

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Hypocrisy In Bulk: Former Costco CEO Cheerleads for Obama, Then Dodges Taxes

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

3D Printed AR-15 Successively Fires

This first model did not last long, but it did work.

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Classroom Video Promotes Class Warfare With Rich Urinating on Poor

If this is really playing in our schools as anything other than a comedy or example of sheer stupidity, people deserve to lose their jobs.

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The Cost of Obama's Economy

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Iran Claims Capture of US Drone

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Judge Orders Deadbeat Dad Of Nine (With Six Women) To Stop Procreating

Could this really pass muster as a constitutional order?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/wisconsin/judicial-procreation-ban-647901

"The Wisconsin man, who has fathered nine children with six women, was ordered yesterday to cease procreating until he can support his numerous offspring.

At Curtis’s sentencing yesterday for bail jumping and failure to pay child support, Circuit Court Judge Tim Boyle told the 44-year-old Racine man that his frequent breeding was to be curbed as a condition of his three-year probation term.

Curtis owes about $90,000 total in back child support and interest to the mothers of his children. Pictured in the above mug shot, Curtis will have to wipe out that debt before he can add heir number ten, ruled Boyle.
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Mursi Fleas Palace

Revolution part two...?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-egypt-politics-idUSBRE8B30GP20121204

"Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said.

Officers fired teargas at up to 10,000 demonstrators angered by Mursi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. Some broke through police lines around his palace and protested next to the perimeter wall.

The crowds had gathered nearby in what organizers had dubbed "last warning" protests against Mursi, who infuriated opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," the demonstrators chanted.
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Monday, December 3, 2012

New $7 Cup of Coffee at Starbucks - Can You Taste The Difference?

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Voicemail Accident Hilarious

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Chemical Weapons on The Move in Syria

I doubt (hope) that Assad would no be foolish enough to use chemical weapons as a last gasp to hold on to power. Few other actions would cause external intervention (read US and others taking military action) to force Assad out. What I fear may be more likely is that they are being handed off to different terrorist organizations or for some favor from one of their neighbors.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/12/will-syria-go-chem

"There have been reports of suspicious activity at chemical weapons sites, but who knows what it real and not real.

One thing is for sure, chemical weapons cannot save Assad. The second he uses chemical weapons all bets are off with the Israelis, Turks, NATO, and the U.S.

Via NY Times, Obama Administration Warns Syria Against Using Chemical Weapons:

The Obama administration said Monday that it is worried that Syria’s embattled government may be preparing to use chemical weapons against the opposition and warned that doing so “would cross a red line for the United States” and prompt American action.

The White House said that some recent actions by the government of President Bashar al-Assadwere indicators that such weapons could be deployed soon, following earlier reports that intelligence agencies had noticed signs of activity at chemical weapons sites.

Syria announced again today that it never would use chemical weapons internally:

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Damascus “would not use chemical weapons, if it had them, against its own people under any circumstances.”

The statement was reported on Syrian state television and Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Which leaves open the possibility of using them against the Israelis, or transferring the weapons to Hezbollah or other proxies, which likely would result in an Israeli response.

Meanwhile, the U.N. is pulling out of Syria, citing instability.
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‘Moto-journalist’ crashes motorcyle on dock, falls into sailboat

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The Most Complicated Way to Turn The Newspaper Page

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Chris Wallace (Fox News) Nails Geithner (D) on Imaginary War Savings

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Laughing at Tim Geithner

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Government Subsidized Green Car Production Halted After Government Subsidized Battery Company Goes Bankrupt (With no Buyer)

Not to worry, I am sure more government 'help', in the form of them finding new and creative ways to set taxpayer money on fire, is just around the corner...

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/158781

"MORE GREEN-CAR PROBLEMS: Fisker Suspends Production Of The Karma. “Because we have no batteries, there’s no production right now. Inventory is starting to get a little low.” Government-subsidized Fisker doesn’t have batteries because the government-subsidized battery-maker, A123, went bankrupt and doesn’t have a buyer."

Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) is calling for an amendment to the US Constitution to control speech.

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Hillary Clinton Accuses Israel of 'Lacking Generosity And Empathy' With 'Oppressed Palestinians'

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"Hillary Clinton accused Israel of lack of generosity and empathy in their dealings with the “oppressed” Palestinians.
Hillary made the comments at the 2012 Saban Forum on U.S.-Israel Relations.
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From the State Department website:
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So, look, I’m not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.
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US Economy: "Best Looking Horse at the Glue Factory" (Richard Fisher)

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LP Candidate Bruce Majors vs. DC's One-Party System

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Power Generating Leg Braces

Watch for this technology to seep into the private sector as it gets smaller and less obtrusive.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57556543-1/tired-of-clunky-batteries-slap-on-these-power-leg-braces

"We've seen several designs for military exoskeletons that can boost soldier strength, but these leg braces from Canada's Bionic Power generate electricity on the go.

The PowerWalk system looks like an athletic knee brace and weighs about 1.7 pounds. The braces generate about 12 watts of electricity when the user walks at a normal pace; an hour's walk can apparently produce enough juice to recharge four cell phones.

That's especially handy for soldiers who have to carry up to 28 pounds of batteries on a 72-hour mission to power everything from flashlights to night vision goggles, according to Bionic Power.

While they've been under development for years, undergoing Canadian military testing in 2008, the PowerWalk braces are now the subject of three development contracts from Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), DARPA, and the U.S. Army.
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So-Called Austerity and Growth in Europe (Veronique de Rugy)

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Obama Cuts Pell Grants After Campaigning on Increasing Funding

Did not take long for that election promise to fall by the wayside.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/oops-sorry-kids-obama-forgot-to-tell-youth-voters-he-cut-pell-grants-before-election

"During the election this year the Obama Campaign released this online ad targeting young voters.
In the ad Obama told American youth that he kept his promise to make college more affordable.


He forgot to tell them he cut Pell Grants.
The information was released this week.
The Examiner reported:

Sorry, college students. President Obama has cut your access to Pell Grants by 33%; he just forgot to mention it before Election Day.

During the recent campaign, President Obama claimed credit for increasing funding to the Pell Grant program, which provides college funds, free from repayment, to millions of students. However, an email sent out Tuesday to some Dallas college students is revealing a detail the President forgot to mention: the time a student can receive a Pell Grant has been cut, by as much as three years. With Pell Grants for the fall semester now dispersed, colleges are informing students of their options, bringing the cuts to light.

The email, sent out by the Dallas County Community College District, informed students of the changes to the Pell Grant program. It revealed that the number of semesters a student could receive a Pell Grant had been cut from 18 semesters down to 12. It is a detail likely unknown to most students; in fact, the cut in grants has gone largely unreported by the media.
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Pelosi - 'Of course I support Giving Obama Unilateral Control Over The Debt Ceiling'

Separation of powers, whats that...

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"Of course she does, didn’t even have to think about it — because who even cares about a silly ol’ self-imposed restriction like a ‘debt ceiling,’ anyway?"

Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson (Richard Tren)

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Texas Schools Track Students with RFID Chips!

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Last Laugh Before Fiscal Cliff: GOP Laughs At Obama's Call for Higher Taxes & Spending

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Pelosi Shows Her Strong Knowledge of the Constitution

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Science Can Answer Moral Questions

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UN Votes to Recognize Palestine as a Non-Member State

Another shinning example of 'Smart Diplomacy'...

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/29/un-votes-to-recognize-palestine-as-non-member-state

"This has more to do with Palestinian infighting than it does with Israel, and it’s highly likely to backfire. Which means it’s no different from 90 percent of Palestinian political gambits.

You know the UN motto: You can never have too many Israel-hating pro-terrorist states.

[T]he vote offered a showcase for an extraordinary international lineup of support for the Palestinians and constituted a deeply symbolic achievement for their cause, made even weightier by arriving on the 65th anniversary of the General Assembly vote that divided the former British Mandate of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and the other Arab — a vote that Israel considers the international seal of approval for its birth…

A major concern for the Americans is that the Palestinians might use their new status to try to join the International Criminal Court. That prospect particularly worries the Israelis, who fear that the Palestinians might press for an investigation of their practices in the occupied territories.

Another worry is that the Palestinians might use the vote to seek membership in specialized agencies of the United Nations, a move that could have consequences for the financing of the international organizations as well as the Palestinian Authority itself. Congress cut off financing to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as Unesco, in 2011 after it accepted Palestine as a member. The United States is a major contributor to many of these agencies and plays an active role on their governing boards.
The vote was 138-9 with 41 abstentions, and it was indeed the 65th anniversary of Arabs deciding that a Jewish state alongside a Palestinian one was a casus belli, not a “diplomatic solution.” So why’d they do it? Because, with his pal Mubarak swept away by the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas enjoying a new shot of jihadi cred from its latest glorious futile skirmish with Israel, Mahmoud Abbas is a forgotten man in the Middle East. He’ll take this back to the West Bank as proof of his stature, which is one of the reasons why some western nations voted for statehood (or abstained). They’re handing him a counterweight, in theory, against Hamas in the battle for Palestinian legitimacy. Just one problem: Who’s going to explain to the Palestinians back home that tonight’s vote achieved little more than the right to join UNESCO?
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Long story short, Muslim regimes and the international left will soon have a new diplomatic tool with which to try to delegitimize Israel and the Palestinian project of ending the Zionist dream will continue to go nowhere.
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Feds Shut Down 100-Year-Old Oyster Company, Destroy Some Lives And Dreams

Reagan said it best, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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"Hey, no bigs. It’s just a 100-year-old company and California’s only surviving cannery, a sustainable, family-owned operation employing 30 people. The Drakes Bay Oyster Company has been in a seven-year fight with the federal government and environmental groups over whether it’s 40-year lease would be renewed this week. The Lunny family, which owns the oyster farm, was among a group of families that sold their ranch lands to the National Parks Service in the 1970s to protect them from developers, with the understanding they would get 40-year-leases renewed in perpetuity. After buying and operating the oyster farm without incident— they were even featured as outstanding environmental stewards by the National Parks Service— the Lunnys learned in 2005 they were accused of bringing environmental damage to an area the NPS and environmentalists were anxious to designate as the nation’s first federally recognized marine wilderness.

Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar decided todaythe farm’s lease will not be renewed, despite some support for it from from Sen. Dianne Feinstein and serious questions raised by scientists about the research used to impugn the Lunnys.
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A Post Election Outlook From TFAS President Roger Ream

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The First Ever 'Spidernaut' Safely Returns to Earth

Where can I sign up to Volunteer to be bitten by it?

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"Take eight steps back, Psy and Biebs. Another YouTube star is born today as Nefertiti, the first-ever “spidernaut” who was the key element to the winning YouTube Space Lab experiment has made it home safely and will live out the rest of her life at the Smithsonian Museum.

Nefertiti is the first jumping spider to successfully return from space and adjust to life on Earth after a 100-day stay aboard the International Space Station. “Neffi,” as she’s called by friends, will take up residence starting today at the Insect Zoo in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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1000 Wrongfully Convicted and Counting: New Registry Checks Justice System's Power

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Read My Lips: Why The 'No-Tax-Hike' Pledge IS an IQ Test for Republicans

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Two-Thirds of Millionaires Left Britain to Avoid 50% Tax Rate

I do not know about you, but I am SHOCKED that millionaires are not just sitting there and taking it. I mean, it is as if these people do not want to pay higher taxes and are actually taking steps to avoid them. Who could have possibly foreseen such a thing... you know, except for all of the people warning the politicization in this country that raising taxes will be counter productive.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9707029/Two-thirds-of-millionaires-left-Britain-to-avoid-50p-tax-rate.html

"In the 2009-10 tax year, more than 16,000 people declared an annual income of more than £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs.

This number fell to just 6,000 after Gordon Brown introduced the new 50p top rate of income tax shortly before the last general election.

The figures have been seized upon by the Conservatives to claim that increasing the highest rate of tax actually led to a loss in revenues for the Government.

It is believed that rich Britons moved abroad or took steps to avoid paying the new levy by reducing their taxable incomes.
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White House - 'Obama is Not Particularly Concerned Whether Rice Misled The Public'

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Chris Matthews (MSNBC) - 'Nomiating Rice Would Not be a Good Idea'

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Can the feds invite a U.S. citizen to the local embassy for the purpose of killing him?

I am beginning to like this guy (see the first video at the post).

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"Consider this of a piece with my Greenroom post earlier about strange, dark questions raised by long years at war. The impetus for this one is the news that the State Department tried to reach out somehow to Anwar al-Awlaki in March 2011 and invite him to the embassy in Yemen to formally notify him that his passport had been revoked. Minor problem: The New York Times had reported 11 months earlier that Obama had marked him for death. Go figure that he politely declined State’s invite to appear in person before them. As Politico notes, this was probably some sort of half-assed gesture at due process from the White House, to give him the option of surrendering peacefully and coming home to face (unspecified) charges instead of facing a rendezvous with a Predator. The fact that he was already very publicly known to be targeted for assassination, however, tends to … complicate the surrender process."
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