Category: Politics
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Obama Releases Al Qaeda Killer of U.S. Soldier
Omar Khadr was recently released from Gitmo. What did he do again? Khadr killed Sergeant First Class (SFC) Christopher Speer. Khadr’s advocates said this wasn’t true because Khadr was incapacitated during al Qaeda’s firefight with American troops. But they were wrong. Khadr ultimately admitted that he killed SFC Speer. While Khadr killed one American medic,…
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MSM is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy
In case you don’t know, Pat Caddell was part of team Jimmy Carter. He is no right-winger or tin-hat wearer. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBR4g6cBYeA?rel=0] It’s safe to say if you were not aware that U.S. embassies all over the Middle East and Northern Africa we under attack then the MSM is pretty much carrying water for Obama.…
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Problems in Pennsylvania Schools
Well over 100 educators will eventually face state disciplinary charges for cheating that could lead to the revocation of their professional certificates, Tomalis said. But that could take years, and the results of state disciplinary board hearings in Harrisburg would be disclosed only if educators were disciplined. In Philadelphia, 53 district-run schools and three charter…
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Jimmy John’s Leaving Illinois, Florida Bound
Jimmy John Liautaud is moving part of the sandwich chain that bears his name to Florida next year, making good on a threat issued in 2011 after Illinois hiked its corporate tax rate. The founder of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches said during a Sept. 18 panel discussion in Chicago that he will relocate the company’s…
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China Crushes Man by Steamroller
A villager in northern China attempting to resist a forced government relocation by remaining on his land was brutally crushed to death by a road flattening truck on the orders of a Chinese government official. … The victim, He Zhi Hua, refused to accept a paltry payment from the government which has forcefully evicted Changsha…
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How Carter Beat Reagan
Remember when Jimmy Carter beat Ronald Reagan in 1980? … In a series of nine stories in 1980 on “Crucial States” — battleground states as they are known today — the New York Times repeatedly told readers then-President Carter was in a close and decidedly winnable race with the former California governor. And used polling…
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U.N. Wants New Global Taxes
A 1 percent tax on billionaires around the world. A tax on all currency trading in the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound sterling. Another “tiny” tax on all financial transactions, including stock and bond trading, and trading in financial derivatives. New taxes on carbon emissions and on airline tickets.…
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Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
Pen register and trap and trace devices now generally refer to the surveillance of information about—rather than the contents of—communications. Pen registers capture outgoing data, while trap and trace devices capture incoming data. This still includes the phone numbers of incoming and outgoing telephone calls and the time, date, and length of those calls. But…
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Quantive Easing Meets Peter Gun
A light hearted take on a serious subject. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvh60dJ-hTQ?rel=0]
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Aldermen Briefed on Pension Time-Bomb
[Chicago’s] Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott reminded council members that absent significant changes to pension plans, the city will be forced to drastically cut services, raise taxes or do both to close a funding gap that could reach $700 million in just a few years, aldermen said. … … Lawmakers are looking to fix the…