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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

CNN Headline - "Wingnut Debt Ceiling Demands" Over Picture of Gingrich (R), Palin (R) And Rubio (R)

Bias, what bias...

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Boehner (R) Gives Obama Friday Deadline on Libya

My understanding of the War Powers Act is that Obama is already in violation for not going to Congress within the first 60 days. The penalty for failure to get the official nod is that that he has to withdrawal within in the next 30 days. The 30 day window ends this Sunday and no moves are being made to leave. This is definitely something to keep an eye on.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/14/boehner-gives-obama-friday-deadline-libya

"Stepping up a simmering constitutional conflict, House Speaker John A. Boehner warned President Obama on Tuesday that unless he gets authorization from Congress for his military deployment in Libya, he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution.

In a letter sent Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Boehner, the top Republican in the constitutional chain of succession, said Mr. Obama must provide a clear justification by Friday for committing troops to Libya.

Sunday marks the 90th day since the president notified Congress that U.S. troops had been committed to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, which is designed to protect the rebels fighting Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government.

“The Constitution requires the president to ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed,’ and one of those laws is the War Powers Resolution, which requires an approving action by Congress or withdrawal within 90 days from the notification of a military operation,” Mr. Boehner said in the letter.

The White House has repeatedly said it has complied with the law by alerting Congress to the initial deployment, and by testifying at more than 10 hearings and providing 30 follow-up briefings about the pace and extent of U.S. troops’ commitment.

But the administration has never sought approval from Congress."

Pasting Images Into Messages Just Got Easier For Gmail

It is a time saver and makes the process of sending a few images that much easier. The main downside is that it only works if you are using Chrome.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/pasting-images-into-messages-just-got.html

"A while back, Gmail started making this easier by letting you drop images from your desktop right into the compose window.

Now, when you’re running the latest version of Google Chrome, you can paste images right from your clipboard too. So if you copy an image from the web or another email, you can paste it right into your message. This is especially handy for passing around screenshots"

Project Veritas Getting Ready to Drop The Hammer on Again

Despite the criticism against them, they have a good track record taking down big targets with video evidence to back up their claims. It should be interesting.

http://www.theprojectveritas.org/node/44

"It’s hard to believe, considering past targets like ACORN and NPR, but this new evidence will expose the biggest fraud we’ve seen yet. When we go public, our footage is going to blow the lid off of a nationwide scandal worth more than $1.2 trillion a year.

We cannot reveal all the details yet, but we can tell you that certain government employees were more than willing to provide taxpayer-funded assistance to people representing themselves as Russian drug smugglers and veterans of the terrorist Irish Republican Army.
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But our mission is not to make friends or impress the establishment. We’re here to expose the fraud and corruption running rampant through our political system, and, once again, we’ve shined the light under a very big rock. Now all we can do is watch as the cockroaches hiding beneath it scurry for cover."