Haze Gray And Underway

Mayor Adams frets about security costs for planned GOP presidential debate in March in Portland | OregonLive.com

2012-01-03T19:12:00.000-08:00

Mayor Adams frets about security costs for planned GOP presidential debate in March in Portland | OregonLive.com:
Do you believe this Lily Livered Wimp??

103 Gang Shootings since he took the mantle of Police Commissioner, Wasted a ton of money on the Occu- Tards and Bicycle paths... When this guy dies they will have to screw him into the ground
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A Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland

2011-11-10T12:38:00.000-08:00

A Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland:

Weasel Words and No Apology to those of us Footing the Bill for this BS

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USMC 236th Birthday Tribute

2011-11-10T11:00:00.000-08:00

USMC 236th Birthday Tribute: " Happy Birthday Jar heads:) Thank you for being here.... The Squid:)
"

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An open letter from Mayor Sam Adams to the Occupy Portland encampment

2011-11-07T18:24:00.000-08:00

An open letter from Mayor Sam Adams to the Occupy Portland encampment:

To the Occupy Portland encampment:

I know that you agree that the growing number of arrests and reports of illicit drug and alcohol use, violent behavior and other criminal conduct must be immediately addressed.... A open letter to Sam Adams:

I won't go downtown either. I think it fitting that all the sicko's perverts, dopers and liberal politicians are in one general area.. maybe we can block all the exits and keep you all there....

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North Portland neighborhood waiting 18 days for garbage collection - Koinlocal6.com

2011-11-04T19:05:00.000-07:00

North Portland neighborhood waiting 18 days for garbage collection - Koinlocal6.com:

Put it all in Sami's Lunch Bucket and deliver to City Hall.. Where the rest of the trash is...

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Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland

2011-11-03T14:53:00.000-07:00

Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland:

Sami Whispers... It is about time you quit pandering..

It is also about time that We the people... Take our City back...
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The Real Occupy Portland

2011-11-02T15:23:00.001-07:00

For three weeks now we have been inundated by the Ill-Defined movement... And the Inept Handling by our Politicians

Not to mention

When The Real Occupiers are These Folks

And Don't you think it is about time we sent these morons packing and take back our city???

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Get A Pair Sam

2011-10-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

The Law is for Everyone Sam. I am sick and tired of your Weaseling on issues that are Vital to the entire Community.. Quit Sucking up to the Law Breakers...Remember to be "inclusive"

LiveLeak.com - Cummins Diesel vs Bicyclist!!

2011-09-05T15:09:00.000-07:00

LiveLeak.com - Cummins Diesel vs Bicyclist!!:

I dream this every day. Coming soon to Portland:))

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City accepts Ellis McCoy's resignation

2011-09-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

City accepts Ellis McCoy's resignation:

Good Now How about the rest of the Crooks in City Hall??

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Government Sues Trucking Company For Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver | FoxNews.com

2011-09-02T15:00:00.000-07:00

Government Sues Trucking Company For Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver | FoxNews.com:
Liberalism Run Amok... Nanny State and Unintended Consequences?

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Sunday Funnies

2011-07-24T08:00:00.001-07:00

Have a Great Sunday... There is a lot more in Flopping Aces:)

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“Ohio Congressman Bill Johnson said his Twitter account was hacked yesterday after an image of a naked man was posted on his page. When the Lord taketh a Weiner he giveth a Johnson.” –Jimmy Fallon

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A Quick Lesson for Media on the Definition of “Right Wing”

2011-07-23T19:28:00.001-07:00

I loathe when American conservatives define themselves as “right wing” anything, even in jest — just as I loathe when the liberal press uses it as identification for American conservatives — because it is an inaccurate use of the term.

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I loathe when American conservatives define themselves as “right wing” anything, even in jest — just as I loathe when the liberal press uses it as identification for American conservatives — because it is an inaccurate use of the term.

The terms Right and Left were coined during the French Revolution, referring to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported preserving the institutions of the Ancien Régime (the monarchy, the aristocracy and the established church). Use of the term “Right” became more prominent after the second restoration of the French monarchy in 1815 with the Ultra-royalists.
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LINKS, 7/23/11

2011-07-23T19:24:00.001-07:00

And there are a couple more stories

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Kristine Lowe, “Terror in Oslo” – from the article: VG, Norway’s largest newspaper and also my main employer, was right across the street from the governement headquarters where the bomb went off, and large sections VG’s glass walls facing the explosion fell out…

Questions for Lisa Kudrow (Slate) – from the article: It was only, like, the second season of The Amazing Race, and people were vomiting and crying on national television. And I just thought, “That’s the end of the world.” You don’t even care that someone is watching you vomiting and crying while your husband is yelling at you to eat the horribly spicy ipecac.
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Military Wisdom:Break Glass in case of War

2011-07-21T07:05:00.001-07:00

I think the correct thing was done under the existing law

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It’s amazing that you can point the finger at those that are asked to give all if required and sacrifice everything that is important to them while they do it. Some people have the mentality of “Break glass only in the case of war” towards our military and especially towards Marines.
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More on Cylviagate.. Bad Times for Oregon “D” ’s

2011-04-14T13:09:00.001-07:00

The Gift That keeps on giving… The Rats are suing the AG..

As The Oregonian has reported previously, DOJ obtained bank records for Long and Cylvia Hayes. Hayes is a Bend renewable energy consultant and longtime companion of Gov. John Kitzhaber. It was her subcontract with the Department of Energy that triggered the criminal investigation.

Fireman Randy’s Broken Promises

2011-04-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Gee Whiz Randy, I was on a City Construction Project Day before Yesterday

And guess what I found…. And… Not to Mention… AndGosh Randy When Spray paint is outlawed…Only Criminals will have Spray Paint… You sure showed us Didn’t You??? These were at the Vancouver Street Pee DOT Retirement project…I will post these as I find them and attribute them to You as Politician in charge of Spray Paint Law enforcement…..

April Fools Portland Residents…

2011-04-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

And You are As Sammy and Pee Dot Promised

Vancouver Avenue Bridge

Construction update

The Vancouver Ave Bridge is nearing completion, but weather has delayed concrete work and street paving. Additional curb and sidewalk have recently been added to the project to improve pedestrian connectivity to the future Columbia Slough Recreational Trail on the north bank of the slough. For the safety of both construction crews and the public, we prefer to wait until these improvements are complete before opening the bridge.

UPDATE: Although there may be further delays due to weather, we hope to have the bridge open the first week in April 2011.

Vancouver Ave Bridge Mitigation - Report

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=35953&a=309062

Vancouver Ave Bridge Mitigation - Appendix A

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=35953&a=309063

Vancouver Ave Bridge Mitigation - Appendix B

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=35953&a=309065 However

And

We are still waiting Sammy….

Suspect a Suicidal War Vet???

2011-04-07T15:59:00.001-07:00

What If He was a Liberal Politician,or a Islamo-terrorist Would the Mainstream Media then dwell on his past?
I am a Viet Nam Veteran and a Citizen of the United States. But I will bet that the headline would read” Foaming at the Mouth Baby Killer on Freeway Rampage” if I were to do anything out of line.

So I guess my question is What difference if He was an "Iraq War Veteran" or a "Foaming at the Mouth Illegal Alien" Or a "" Radical Muslim" It is the War Veteran that is portrayed as "bad" Not anyone in the Protected Class

Look For the Union Label

2011-04-06T16:05:00.001-07:00

And Guess who paid for the Fancy Signs…. Portland Taxpayers??? And they just voted Kitz robber To be education Chief… And Mayor Sammy has dropped the idea of stealing money from the water bureau for Community College Scholarships…

Guess the Foxes are in the Chicken coop and We are fixing to get fried

The Third World comes to Portland

2011-04-05T16:01:00.001-07:00

I came across this Fella selling his wares at NE 15th and Ainsworth Gosh We should call Pee Dot…

It looks like he is blocking the Handicapped access…

Why I will bet he doesn’t have a business license Either… I wonder if the ICE would be interested…

I wonder if the little girl who was humiliated for selling lemonade is watching….

Crime up on MAX; TriMet adds cameras

2011-03-31T23:59:00.000-07:00

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Law enforcement on MAX??? H/T KGW

And on a Federal Grant...

All of these Videos From KGW TV
Do you think that Tri-met should pony up some of that Artsey Fartsey money and Hire Armed Security, Put Fare Gates to access train ramps and Enforce Pay as you ride Policies…

John Kroger and Cylvia-Gate

2011-03-31T12:52:00.001-07:00

Kitzhaber meeting with the editors

as Sgt Shultz would say…. I Know Nothing… I see Nothing… I hear Nothing….
But.... Things are often not as they seem ….Thanks Portland Oregonian…

Corruption in Oregon????

2011-03-30T15:57:00.000-07:00

Well Portlanders.. Guess where your Water and Sewer Bills have Gone???

Randy Leonard and the
Mayor of Portland Don’t want you to know… Read the Audit Here

And at the State level The AG Helped the democratic Candidate win the election by covering up of the Governor's girlfriend's involvement in a Criminal Corruption investigation
And Why are we surprised that Oregon is both Fiscally and Morally Bankrupt???

Oregon House endorses the "Code of the West"

2011-03-28T19:31:00.001-07:00

The Dingbats have circled the wagons Oregon is up to their eyeballs in debt and the house votes on a Cowboy Code??

Don’t you just love Oregon Politics?

Corruption in Portland Oregon???

2011-03-26T23:59:00.000-07:00

NOoooooo! How can it be with Randy Leonard coming out and denying it…
Ted Pappas used to own the Greek Cusina, which was closed down in December 2009. The restaurant and upstairs bar, which attracted large crowds every weekend, was boarded up following a long bout with the city and Commissioner Randy Leonard over fire hazard violations.
In a recent news release, Pappas claims that his American dream was taken away and his livelihood destroyed when the city closed the doors on his business.

Gang Related???

2011-03-26T14:22:00.001-07:00

This one In Gresham is …… and the one in Portland is not…I guess that Non gang related victims act like this???
Investigators said the only known victim was not cooperating and was telling police several different stories….
I think it is about time the folks in Portland reclaim their neighborhoods and force the enforcement and incarceration of the bad people…Write ,Phone and Vote…Remember that the second amendment is constitutionally protected. Portland City Commission
1221 Southwest 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-1900
(503) 823-4151
http://twitter.com/#!/MayorSamAdams Let these Folks know that they have to quit being Politically correct and Do their job…

Six Days????

2011-03-24T15:10:00.001-07:00

The Japanese have a Mega Earthquake and Six days Later …
In Portland Oregon a Main Thoroughfare bridge had to be replaced. Replacement of the 75-year- old bridge became necessary when, nearly two years ago, the wood supports ignited from a fire built by transients This was in 2008…. Today the Pee Dot has an update…
Vancouver Avenue Bridge
Construction update
The Vancouver Ave Bridge is nearing completion, but weather has delayed concrete work and street paving. Additional curb and sidewalk have recently been added to the project to improve pedestrian connectivity to the future Columbia Slough Recreational Trail on the north bank of the slough. For the safety of both construction crews and the public, we prefer to wait until these improvements are complete before opening the bridge.
UPDATE: Although there may be further delays due to weather, we hope to have the bridge open the first week in April 2011. What a Joke..we have in Portland… Mayor Sam Adams. Head of Pee Dot

Rule 5 Video: Electro Hip-Hop Tyranny Remix

2011-02-28T08:05:00.001-08:00

“He was dressed strangely, and he raised his arms” like at a trance party, Mr. Alooshe said Sunday in a telephone interview, referring to the gatherings that feature electronic dance music. Then there were Colonel Qaddafi’s words with their natural beat.

Rule 5 Video: Electro Hip-Hop Tyranny Remix

http://bit.ly/hqQhnG

http://www.rightklik.net

Muammar Gaddafi - Zenga Zenga Song - Noy Alooshe Remix YouTube (2:02)

Muammar Kadafi with his Auto Tuned version to

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Noy Alooshe, 31, an Israeli journalist, musician and Internet buff, said he saw Colonel Qaddafi’s televised speech last Tuesday in which the Libyan leader vowed to hunt down protesters “inch by inch, house by house, home by home, alleyway by alleyway,” and immediately identified it as a “classic.”

Mr. Alooshe spent a few hours at the computer, using pitch corrector technology to set the speech to the music of “Hey Baby,” a song by the American rapper Pitbull, featuring another artist, T-Pain. Mr. Alooshe titled it “Zenga-Zenga,” echoing Colonel Qaddafi’s repetition of the word zanqa, Arabic for alleyway.

By the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr. Alooshe had uploaded the electro hip-hop remix to YouTube, and he began promoting it on Twitter and Facebook, sending the link to the pages of young Arab revolutionaries. By Sunday night, the original clip had received nearly 500,000 hits and had gone viral.

Memeorandum discussion

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Colonel Qaddafi tears it up:
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noyalooshemusic
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NKorea Threatens to Attack SKorea, US

2011-02-27T08:23:00.001-08:00

Here Comes Lil Kimmy.... The US is Focused on the Middle east and Wisconsin....

And Li'l Kimmy wants the Wold's Attention.. As Old Joe Biden sait This is a time to test ("o")

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NKorea Threatens to Attack SKorea, US

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and mercilessly attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared to start annual joint military drills which the North says are a rehearsal for an invasion.

North Korea routinely issues similar threats against South Korea and the U.S. over any joint military drills. The latest warning, however, could rekindle tensions on the Korean peninsula which sharply rose last year after two deadly incidents blamed on the North.
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Liberal Crime Fighters and Super Heroes

2011-02-26T13:25:00.001-08:00

This ought to tear the rag from the bush.... Wait till summer…

Congressman David Wu Has a Tiger Problem

2011-02-24T10:15:00.001-08:00

WU WU Must be the Drugs:)

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Seven-term Democratic representative David Wu is being asked to step down, after sending a picture of himself in a tiger costume to his staff. But it's not just the tiger pic — seven staff members resigned after the 2010 election season, in which Wu exhibited some bizarre office behavior. On Tuesday, Wu appeared on Good Morning America to address it all.
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Appeasement 1938 vs. 2011

2011-02-24T09:39:00.001-08:00

Is this the time for appeasement? Is history forgotten so quickly? Germany today is acting like British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain did in 1938 as he shook Hitler's hand claiming peace with the dictator. We all know how that ended.

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Appeasement 1938 vs. 2011

On the streets of Tehran brave people are fighting for their freedom. Despite the rain, despite the tear gas, despite a stultifying security presence of police forces arresting protesters - the Iranians are not giving up.

World powers should support the frail call for freedom heard in Iran. The people under the cruel dictatorial regime of the Ayatollahs need all the help they can get to break free.
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2011-02-24T08:43:00.001-08:00

Trying to catch up http://amplify.com/u/brmr9

Military Wisdom

2011-02-24T08:42:00.001-08:00

Well Now ... I hope He wasn't "Profiled"

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Dallas Target: Texas Resident Arrested on Charge of Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction

Suspect Allegedly Purchased Bomb Materials and Researched U.S. Targets

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his alleged purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary to make an improvised explosive device (IED) and his research of potential U.S. targets.
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Chicago's new Mayor

2011-02-24T08:25:00.001-08:00

“There are no more rabbits to pull out of the hat,” said Joe Moore, an alderman from the North Side for the last 20 years, referring to the city’s budget of about $6 billion. “What is left for the next mayor and the next City Council is a series of bad choices — cutting services, perhaps raising taxes and fees.”

Among the questions certain to arise: How does he now handle the city’s 50 aldermen, some of whose political careers were owed to the current mayor and others who pressed for Mr. Emanuel’s opponents? How may he push to change city workers’ pensions, a system he has described as unsustainable? And how does he soothe differences that arose during a tense campaign — differences with public-sector unions that endorsed Mr. Chico and with African-American leaders who backed Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman in the United States Senate? http://www.nytimes.com

Chicago’s New F***ing Mayor

by Robert Stacy McCain

http://theothermccain.com/2011/02/23/chicagos-new-fing-mayor/

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February 23, 2011

Rahm Emanuel has cussed his way to victory in the Chicago mayoral election. He got 55 percent in a six-candidate field, with former Daley staffer Gery Chico getting 24 percent and the Worst Senator Ever getting 9 percent.
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“Tonight we are moving forward the only way we truly can — together as one city with one future,” Mr. Emanuel told a crowd at a union hall west of downtown.

Among the questions certain to arise: How does he now handle the city’s 50 aldermen, some of whose political careers were owed to the current mayor and others who pressed for Mr. Emanuel’s opponents? How may he push to change city workers’ pensions, a system he has described as unsustainable? And how does he soothe differences that arose during a tense campaign — differences with public-sector unions that endorsed Mr. Chico and with African-American leaders who backed Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman in the United States Senate?
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Fireman Randy’s Crack House

2011-02-10T15:37:00.000-08:00

Even the Cops Call it that…
Thank You Fireman Randy and everyone at the Portland,Oregon City commission for all that you do…..

Obama Administration Tells Darrell Issa to Go to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

2011-02-03T07:52:00.001-08:00

We’ve known for a while that everything the Obama Administration does is political, but this is a telling example that even compliance with Congress has descended into a political fight.

From Department of Justice inquiries to Freedom of Information Act requests, future Republican White Houses will now have some great precedent set by the Obama Administration.

Of course the question is — what are they hiding?

http://www.redstate.com

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Congressman Issa will not get the documents he is requesting from the Department of Homeland Security.

The Daily Caller has the story.

Congressman Issa, now in charge of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent the DHS a demand for documents. Those documents have never arrived.

More troubling, according to Issa

top DHS officials actually instructed career employees not to search for the documents he is requesting.

“I was disappointed to learn that on or about Jan. 20, 2011, DHS’s Office of General Counsel instructed career staff in the Privacy Office not to search for documents responsive to my request,” Issa says in the Feb. 1 letter.

More troubling, DHS officials have told career bureaucrats to send all the documents to Barack Obama’s political team to review for sending the documents on.
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Amplify’d from www.humanevents.com Mitch McConnell Forces a Senate Vote to Repeal ObamaCare

2011-02-02T13:19:00.001-08:00

obamacare,opt out, Up or Down Vote,Harry Reid FAIL The Party of do NO thing Keeps on the same track:)

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Mitch McConnell Forces a Senate Vote to Repeal ObamaCare

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) made a surprise move yesterday to force a Senate vote on repealing ObamaCare, one day after a Florida court ruled the health care law unconstitutional.

“Yesterday, federal court in Florida found the crux of the law to be unconstitutional,” McConnell said yesterday on the floor. “So we have an opportunity today. For all those who supported the health law, it’s an opportunity to reevaluate your vote, to listen to your constituents who are desperately trying to get your attention.”

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Linda Lopez Statement

2011-01-15T20:58:00.001-08:00

URL: http://dd877-hazegrayandunderway.blogspot.com/2011/01/s...

Arizona State Senator Linda Lopez retracted an inflammatory statement she made in the wake of the Tucson massacre that identified the shooter as a veteran of the United States military who had served in Afghanistan.

While she did not apologize for the remark, she did appear to make a concerted effort at damage control, which is at least one step in the right direction for a country whose politicians and media have resorted to bloodthirsty and hyper-partisan rhetoric in the aftermath of the gruesome killings.

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Sen. Linda Lopez Statement on Tucson Events

2011-01-14T12:28:00.000-08:00

Image by Freedom To Marry via FlickrA Few days ago Arizona State Senator Linda Lopez made a statement about the shooter in Tucson being a Afghanistan vet.
I sent her a Email castigating her for Shooting from the lip and placing blame on the Veterans and the Military.
Although she did not apologize she did in my opinion make a conscious effort at damage control.an dtha is at least one small step in the right direction. Here is the text of her Email....

Sen. Linda Lopez Statement on Tucson Events

“Shortly after the shooting of my closest friend I gave an interview with Fox News. As part of that interview, I wrongly reiterated some information told to me immediately prior to the interview that the suspect shooter in the Tucson attack was possibly a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. As we know now, there was a great deal of misinformation about not only the shooter, but also the status of the victims.

I am a staunch supporter of our brave men and women who serve in the military. I understand and greatly appreciate the sacrifices they make for our country each and every day they serve. My husband is himself a veteran of the Vietnam War. I also understand that many people were upset about the description of the shooter that I passed on. My statement in no way was a reflection of my feelings about our veterans or the people currently serving our country.

With that, I would ask that we continue to keep Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and all of the other victims of this horrific attack in our thoughts and prayers.”

I did not expect a reply as I am a veteran from Oregon...

Sunrise New Years Eve Morning 2010

2011-01-01T13:55:00.000-08:00

From Marine Drive at PDX
Mt Hood Oregon

Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For

2010-12-08T07:07:00.000-08:00

Image by roberthuffstutter via FlickrTexas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, whose parents were killed by an insane gunman while her gun was out in the car, gives very moving and bold testimony about the REAL reason that the second amendment was designed to protect our God-given right to keep and bear arms.

Wikileaks suffers DDOS..Obama closes the Barn Door???

2010-11-30T11:01:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaWikileads suffers Denial of service attack this Morning
Could it be?? The Wimpire Stwuck Back:))

Love is a Nose So you better not Pick it....

2010-11-30T07:10:00.000-08:00

Coming soon to Portland?

Don't bet that it won't.... It appears to be all Inclusive. You can fine children ....

More Global Warming...

2010-11-28T07:34:00.000-08:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI guess Al Gore is turning up the heat about now.
This Global Warming in Ireland,Scotland , Wales and Now Marilyn Monroe in Belgium....
I will bet that Al has an Icicle just thinking about it....

Sunday Funnies

2010-10-24T06:23:00.001-07:00

It is Sunday and these are The Best of the Week

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“The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.”

2010-10-23T11:41:00.001-07:00

I am overwhelmed

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George Soros, Liberal Idiots, Politics, The Shadow Party, The Shadow Warriors

Those are the words of George Soros. And he feels the United States must be destroyed.

George Soros was born György Schwartz in Hungary in 1930. Soros, born a Jew but now an atheist, was the son of a Nazi colloaborator and accompanied his father while the father assisted in the confiscation of private property from Jews. Through it all, he feels no guilt. In fact

“70% of Mr. Soros’s fellow Jews in Hungary, nearly a half-million human beings, were annihilated in that year. They were dying and disappearing all around him, and their numbers no doubt included many whom he knew personally. Yet he gives no sign that this put any damper on his elation, either at the time or indeed in retrospect.”

Soros has called 1944 “the best year of my life.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11

2010-10-20T13:05:00.001-07:00

This Should be a Career Stopper

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Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned.

Documents exclusively obtained by Fox News, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military’s outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
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US Tea Partiers explain what they stand for

2010-10-17T08:07:00.001-07:00

It Took the British, Who have a strong Aversion to "tea parties" to define the feeling....

Both main parties are elitist. Washington is full of the same type of arrogant people who look down on those outside the system. These elites don't listen to people like me - we're just part of the country they fly over.

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Both main parties are elitist. Washington is full of the same type of arrogant people who look down on those outside the system. These elites don't listen to people like me - we're just part of the country they fly over.

Conservative activists calling themselves the Tea Party arrived on the political scene in 2009. The anti-establishment movement won several victories over mainstream Republicans in primary contents ahead of November's mid-term elections.

Here four voters from across the US explain why they support the Tea Party movement and what they expect from the forthcoming vote.
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Merkel says German multicultural society has failed

2010-10-16T13:37:00.001-07:00

Hey Portland Oregon, If you want us to become European ....

How about Kicking the Illegal Aliens out... and the Anarchists on Two Wheels along with them.....

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Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says.

In a speech in Potsdam, she said the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work.

Mrs Merkel's comments come amid recent outpourings of strong anti-immigrant feeling from mainstream politicians.

A recent survey showed that more than 30% of Germans believed Germany was "overrun by foreigners".

While acknowledging that this was the case, Mrs Merkel stressed that immigrants living in Germany needed to do more to integrate, including learning to speak German.

"Anyone who does not immediately speak German", she said, "is not welcome".
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2010-10-14T10:33:00.001-07:00

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein http://amplify.com/u/co50

Links, 10/14/10 Add as favorite

2010-10-14T10:30:00.001-07:00

The Higher Tax means I will work Less is a Old Strategy:) I did that During the Carter Administration. I worked until I got the Max in the Tax Bracket and Quit till the next year… A lot of Construction hands did the same.…

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The Higher Tax means I will work Less is a Old Strategy:) I did that During the Carter Administration. I worked until I got the Max in the Tax Bracket and Quit till the next year… A lot of Construction hands did the same.…

Greg Mankiw, “Higher Taxes Mean I’ll Work Less” (h/t Megan McArdle; bugmenot may of use) — from the article: Without any taxes, accepting that editor’s assignment would have yielded my children an extra $10,000. With taxes, it yields only $1,000. In effect, once the entire tax system is taken into account, my family’s marginal tax rate is about 90 percent. Is it any wonder that I turn down most of the money-making opportunities I am offered?

Simon Rippon, “Sam Harris, the Naturalistic Fallacy, and the Slipperiness of Well-Being” — yeah, the “just” and the “good” are indeed different enough.

Ario Farin, “All that is solid” — from the post: Leipzig is on the verge of completing a major construction project which aims to regenerate the city and its hinterland to attract more outdoor and water sports tourism. To this end, an intricate network of cycle paths has been laid out and connected away from the main roads and through the city’s remnants of nature, such as the Auenwald, the floodplain forest around which Leipzig was built.

Christopher Hitchens, “The Politicians We Deserve” — no comment necessary.

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Praise Allah and pass the ammunition

2010-10-14T06:40:00.001-07:00

America's liberals are happily arming Osama bin Laden

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The extent to which the enemies of America abroad ape the anti-Western rhetoric of Western intelligentsia never ceases to amaze. The latest example features none other than Osama bin Laden, who in a recently released Internet recording lamented the massive flooding in Pakistan, for which he blamed - wait for it - climate change.

In the message, a voice believed to be bin Laden's proclaims, "The huge climate change is affecting our nation and is causing great catastrophes throughout the Islamic world," which "calls for generous souls and brave men to take serious and prompt action to provide relief for their Muslim brothers in Pakistan." But as John Collins Rudolf reminds us on the New York Times' Green blog, it's not the first time bin Laden has so railed:
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Phillip Booth, “Terms”

2010-10-13T12:00:00.001-07:00

I have no idea if I got the sailing/knot imagery even remotely correct. Just taking a guess to get started with this poem.

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On land any length of rope that’s hitched

to something beyond itself and takes

the strain is called the standing part.

Tossed over a beam or limb, with a slipknot

tied in the farther end, the standing part

could be said to end in a noose. At sea,

put to use, rope changes its name to line.

Terms (from poetryfoundation.org)

Phillip Booth

On land any length of rope that’s hitched

to something beyond itself and takes

the strain is called the standing part.

Tossed over a beam or limb, with a slipknot

tied in the farther end, the standing part

could be said to end in a noose. At sea,

put to use, rope changes its name to line.

The part spliced into an eye or, say,

made fast to a shackle, the part that does

the work, that works, remains the standing part.

Any loop or slack curve in the running part

of the line, the part that’s not working, becomes

a bight; and the part of the running part

that’s let go, or finally eased off

until there’s no reserve left, is known

as the bitter end. As it is in other events,

ashore or at sea, that come to the end of the line.
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The Scoop Deck – Ten years gone

2010-10-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

The Scoop Deck – Ten years gone

Despite an attack that killed 17 sailors and injured 39 a decade ago, the destroyer Cole remains an active, ready combat warship -- a living, working memorial to its fallen crew members. // MC3 Matthew Bookwalter / Navy

To All Who Perished that Day and to All of The Survivors and the Families of the Perished. Thank You For Your Sacrifice... We Will Never Forget

2010-10-12T11:00:00.001-07:00

Today is the 10th Anniversay of the Attack on USS Cole. Take a moment to remember the Murdered Sailors and their Families... http://amplify.com/u/ce2y

Cole Survivors Await Justice 10 Years Later

2010-10-12T10:58:00.001-07:00

Remember the USS Cole on the Anniversary of the Unanswered Attack on USS Cole, October 12;2000

My Flag is Half Staff for this Unpunished Crime

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hey have grieved and coped, reminisced and ruminated on what might have been.

The survivors of the attack on the destroyer Cole, and the families and friends of the 17 Sailors who died on Oct. 12, 2000, have had 10 long years to mourn. To keep alive the memories so children grow up knowing a missing parent. To honor the sacrifice their shipmates made.

Some have made an uneasy peace with the past. But there is one sore spot shared by many: frustration that the criminal case against the alleged mastermind of the bombing has ground to a halt.

Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, captured in late 2002 and held for years at CIA black sites, was scheduled to be arraigned on capital murder charges in early 2009. But days before that happened, the o

They have grieved and coped, reminisced and ruminated on what might have been.

The survivors of the attack on the destroyer Cole, and the families and friends of the 17 Sailors who died on Oct. 12, 2000, have had 10 long years to mourn. To keep alive the memories so children grow up knowing a missing parent. To honor the sacrifice their shipmates made.

Some have made an uneasy peace with the past. But there is one sore spot shared by many: frustration that the criminal case against the alleged mastermind of the bombing has ground to a halt.

Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, captured in late 2002 and held for years at CIA black sites, was scheduled to be arraigned on capital murder charges in early 2009. But days before that happened, the official in charge of military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced she had dismissed the charges against him.

Around the same time, President Obama took office, promising to close the detainee facility in Cuba. He met with some families of Cole victims at the White House and pledged that justice would be done, but he said the cases needed to be reviewed. Read more at m.military.com

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North Korea succession: Kim Jong-il's oldest son reveals ruling family fissure

2010-10-12T10:26:00.001-07:00

The Hermit Kingdom has Dissent???? The Emperor's suit is fraying:))

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North Korea leader Kim Jong-il's oldest son, Kim Jong-nam, said he is 'personally opposed to the hereditary transfer' of power to his half-brother, Kim Jong-un.

Indeed, Kim Jong-nam, the son of an actress, professed “no interest” in a decision that he said “as a matter of course” would have been made by his father. Jong-nam, whose mother died in 2002, is assumed to have lost out on inheriting leadership after his arrest and detention in 2001 by immigration officials at Japan’s Narita Airport near Tokyo. Traveling on a fake Dominican passport, accompanied by two women and a son, aged four, he reportedly said he was bringing them to nearby Disneyland.
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Sunday Funnies

2010-10-03T06:04:00.001-07:00

Enjoy your Sunday

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State of the Blog 9/29/10

2010-09-29T12:45:00.001-07:00

This guy is a good blogger

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This blog will have 10,000 unique visits for September — my thanks to all of you for making that possible.

How is the blog doing with regards to contributing in some small way to larger goals? I’m not sure.

This blog will have 10,000 unique visits for September — my thanks to all of you for making that possible.

How is the blog doing with regards to contributing in some small way to larger goals? I’m not sure. So far I haven’t seen a rebirth of interest in the liberal arts, nor have I seen people as a whole take reading carefully seriously. A more thoughtful, authentic partisanship is a far distance from where we are now.
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Flagstaff grandmother's 'tea party' shirt spurs lawsuit

2010-09-28T07:07:00.001-07:00

We the People, Reclaiming Our Constitution? That is Political Propaganda?

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Diane Wickberg didn't intend to become a public defender of the First Amendment. But now that she's found herself in that position, she's not backing down from the fight.

The 55-year-old Flagstaff grandmother, with the help of the Goldwater Institute, is suing Coconino County Recorder Candace Owens after Wickberg was twice stopped at the polls for wearing a "tea party" T-shirt.
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Paul Hoover, “God’s Promises”

2010-09-27T19:55:00.001-07:00

The rest is worth a look:))

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I, the Lord, will make barren

your fields and your fairways.

Your refrigerators will be empty,

no steaks and no leg bones,

no butter and no cornbread.

And I will remove your screen doors,

force the mosquitoes indoors

where you lie on the bed undead.

For my house you have not readied,

no flat screen and no broadband.

I, the Lord, will make barren

your fields and your fairways.

Your refrigerators will be empty,

no steaks and no leg bones,

no butter and no cornbread.

And I will remove your screen doors,

force the mosquitoes indoors

where you lie on the bed undead.

For my house you have not readied,

no flat screen and no broadband.

My habitation is a wasteland

of furniture from motel rooms.

I will send the ostrich and badger

in herds through your wrecked rooms;

your beds will be entered by turnstile;

the floor will seethe with bees.

For my house is but a prefab;

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French MEP Rachida Dati makes oral sex slip-up

2010-09-27T12:44:00.001-07:00

I guess she thought that the Financial Markets Suck:))

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She told Canal Plus: "I see some [foreign investment funds] looking for returns of 20 or 25% at a time when fellatio is close to zero."
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Somali Pirates Take Ship 900 miles at Sea

2010-09-26T07:46:00.001-07:00

900 miles out. Pirates are certainly widening their net.... EU needs more Assets....

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n the early hours of 25 September, the Panama flagged MV LUGELA sent a distress alert to its Greek operator.

The vessel was in the Somali Basin, approximately 900 nautical miles East of Eyl, Somalia. A short while later, the vessel altered course to sail towards the Somali coast.

EU MSC(HOA)report MV LUGELA pirated in the Somali Basin:

In the early hours of 25 September, the Panama flagged MV LUGELA sent a distress alert to its Greek operator.

The vessel was in the Somali Basin, approximately 900 nautical miles East of Eyl, Somalia. A short while later, the vessel altered course to sail towards the Somali coast. There has been no contact with the ship throughout this incident.

After having transited through the Gulf of Aden, the MV LUGELA was sailing in direction of Republic of Mauritius with a cargo of steel bars and wires. The MV LUGELA, deadweight 4,281 tons, has a crew of 12, all Ukrainian.

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Superlobbyist pleads guilty, made illegal contributions

2010-09-26T06:40:00.001-07:00

Magliocchetti used straw donors to funnel $386,250 to members of Congress

His Friends abandoned him as soon as he was no longer useful....

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Magliocchetti was a major fundraiser for three powerful Democratic members of the defense subcommittee -- the late John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, James P. Moran of Virginia and Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana -- who had repeatedly helped him and his clients.

Superlobbyist Paul Magliocchetti, who specialized in getting defense earmarks for his clients, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to members of Congress.

Magliocchetti admitted using straw donors -- friends, lobbyists and family members, including his aged in-laws -- to funnel $386,250 in illegal contributions to favored members of Congress including key members of the House appropriations defense subcommittee who provided hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks for the clients of his now defunct Arlington lobbying firm, The PMA Group

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Sunday Funnies

2010-09-26T05:59:00.001-07:00

Have A great Sunday

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ACORN, A Rose by any other Name....

2010-09-25T14:10:00.001-07:00

SOS different name... A rose by any other name.....

ACORN Housing Corporation, which was formed in 1985 by ACORN organizers, changed its name this year to Affordable Housing Centers of America.

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ACORN Housing Corporation, which was formed in 1985 by ACORN organizers, changed its name this year to Affordable Housing Centers of America.

An official report released this week says an ACORN offshoot group cannot properly account for how it has spent millions of federal dollars and recommends that the group repay the government and be put on standby mode until it cleans up its act.

The report from the inspector general for the Department of Housing and Urban Development reviewed how ACORN Housing Corporation -- now called Affordable Housing Centers of America -- has spent federal grant money over the past two decades. The report described the group's book-keeping as "problematic and unsupported," and claimed that more than $65,000 in "ineligible" salary expenses were charged to a federal grant last year, including costs for six employees after they were terminated.

ACORN Housing Corporation, which was formed in 1985 by ACORN organizers, changed its name this year to Affordable Housing Centers of America.
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Military Wisdom

2010-09-25T09:40:00.001-07:00

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Wait a moment. I smell hypocrisy. Didn’t we help GM (and Chrysler) with a big bailout, and not help competitors Ford, Nissan, Honda, or Toyota or any other automaker that builds cars in the U.S.?
Moreover, the circularity of GM’s logic leads to some strange places. It would presumably allow any big corporation to get tax deductions (in effect, tax subsidies from the rest of us) for outlays for lobbyists, political ads, and political donations to members of congress – so long as these expenditures help the company relative to its competitors.
Problem is, the tax laws don’t allow this.
Nor does the law allow taxpayer-supported entities to use taxpayer dollars to influence elections. And yet this is exactly what GM is doing.
Since TARP, suspicions about big government in cahoots with big business have fueled angry tea partiers on the right and despairing cynics on the left. GM’s crass disregard for the spirit if not the letter of the law continues to fuel them.

Since the bailout, GM belongs to the taxpayers. So why are they funding political candidates?

In this file photo from April 21, 2009, American flags fly outside General Motors world headquarters in Detroit. The government and taxpayers have owned General Motors since the bailout. Why is a government-owned company choosing candidates to give campaign contributions to?

General Motors has given $90,500 to candidates in the current election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Hmmm? Last time I looked, you and I and every other U.S. taxpayer owned a majority of GM. That means some of the money we’re earning as GM owners is being used to influence how we vote in the upcoming mid-term election.

To put it another way, we taxpayers are paying some people (GM executives) to tell us how we should vote for another group of people (House and Senate candidates) who will decide how our taxes will be used in the future.
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Liberal Politics and the Constitution

2010-09-25T08:52:00.001-07:00

Pretty Mean Jab.....

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On September 23, 2010 I filmed a public "Meet and Greet" and speech...
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Military Wisdom

2010-09-25T08:02:00.001-07:00

I guess the only one who don't like being a Super Power is in the White House

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While preaching to the choir at his April 12 Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama revealed his perspective on America's matchless military might: "Whether we like it or not," he said, "we (the United States) remain a dominant military superpower." That the president would even imagine "we" might not "like it," betrays his fixed membership within that "progressive" camp of self-loathing "or nots." (Mr. Obama's anti-Americanism is showing.)

Indeed, if there were ever a question whether Democrats are woefully weak on national defense, that question was cleared up on Tuesday. Taking direction from Lady Gaga (evidently Mr. Obama's new national defense czar) Senate Majority Leader and chief surrender monkey Harry "the war is lost" Reid cynically attempted, but fortunately failed, to ram through a repeal of Section 654,Title 10, USC - the law prohibiting homosexual conduct within the ranks of the armed services. Just two Democrats - Sens. Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas - voted against repeal.
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231 years ago today

2010-09-23T18:16:00.001-07:00

Why America Won....

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the

On September 23, 1779, 231 years ago to the day...

"I have not yet begun to fight!" shouted John Paul Jones when the captain of the British ship Serapis asked him to surrender.

Their ships were so close their cannons hit each other and their masts entangled, yet the American ship Bonhomme Richard, named for Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, refused to give up.

When his ship began sinking, instead of striking the colors, John Paul Jones lashed his ship to enemy's to keep it afloat. After 3 more hours of fighting, the British surrendered.

231 years ago today - reminder from Chris Murch USNA - 83
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Obama battles bigoted bugs

2010-09-23T12:12:00.001-07:00

You cannot make this stuff up:))

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The Obama administration has hit a new low in race-obsessed government. The post-racial president can't even fight bedbugs without affirmative action.

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced to "environmental justice" advocacy groups that the agency plans to spend more than a half-million dollars battling the bedtime pests in "communities disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risk." That's bureaucratese for minority communities.

If bigoted bugs were singling out blacks, Hispanics and American Indians, liberals might have a rational reason for working harder to protect them, but in New York, where bedbugs have gone big-time, they are hitting the rich as well as the poor, black and white alike. After all, we taste the same. That's one reason the critters have been dubbed "Bloombugs" - for the famously rich Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg who has been so ineffective in fighting the plague of bloodthirsty insects.
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Military Wisdom

2010-09-22T13:02:00.001-07:00

The First Marine

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Links 9/22/2010

2010-09-22T11:16:00.001-07:00

thought provoking...

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Mary Elizabeth Williams, "Have Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Crossed the Line?"

Megan McArdle, "The Bad Financial Luck of the Irish" - from the article: But Ireland's problems are really rather special. For various reasons, including favorable corporate tax rates and an educated, English-speaking population, capital poured into the country for more than a decade, leading to a banking sector that was grossly inflated compared to the underlying economy. The US banking sector is rather tame by comparison to most European nations--bank leverage at the beginning of the crisis was about equal to GDP, rather than the three to five times GDP found in many European nations. But Ireland is almost in a class by itself.

Mark Bauerlein, "Lincoln, History and Ideology" - the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy has been printing copies of the Gettysburg Address that do not contain the words "under God." The trouble with this: it is almost certain Lincoln said those words at Gettysburg, and the most authoritative copies of the Address contain those words.

Mary Elizabeth Williams, "Have Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Crossed the Line?" - from the article: But how much difference is there anymore between a Glenn Beck pompously telling an audience of acolytes exactly what it wants to hear, and Jon Stewart doing it? How much self-congratulation about how much better our side is than their side can there be to go around?

Yet even though the contract probably had just a marginal effect on the November elections, it still had value. It was a blueprint for the Republicans in Congress, a straightforward plan of action that gave the GOP majority meaning and purpose. The real worth of the contract was in governing, not electioneering. Read more at www.ashokkarra.com

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Harry Reid's FUBAR

2010-09-22T06:46:00.001-07:00

Can't buy the votes to stay... Or can He

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hoped the defense policy bill would help make a final pre-election argument for Democrats while energizing the base on gay rights and immigration.

But what he got was a failed vote and a mix of frustration and disappointment from the people he was trying to help. The stalled defense authorization bill — one of the last major Senate votes before November’s elections — was emblematic of the Nevada senator’s struggles to cut deals with the GOP while still pleasing core Democratic constituencies.

The disappointment was widespread.

And Democrats on both sides of the Capitol are unhappy that a debate on gay rights and immigration distracted yet again from issue No. 1: jobs.
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Kims back in the driver's seat

2010-09-21T15:39:00.001-07:00

Ooh! So NorKo sinks a South Korean military ship and we better back off, lest they strike out against South Korea! Gotta love that logic.

So we basically say to Kim the Younger: do as Daddy has done and you will be both respected and rewarded.

Spineless.

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NYT John Pomfret reporting that America and its allies in Asia are working to reopen talks with North Korea, afraid that the ongoing succession process could send the whole relationship down the path to war.

Score one for the Kims and so much for Team Obama's "strategic patience" (tough talk and shows of force and letting the Kims stew in their own paranoid juices). I had thought the White House had settled on a solid path of not caving in, but Obama seems to have chickened out rather quickly:
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Obama Adviser Summers to Depart White House at Year's End

2010-09-21T14:29:00.001-07:00

And another one Departs the Ship

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President Obama's top economic
adviser, Larry Summers, is leaving the White House at the end of the year, the administration announced Tuesday.

Summers will return to Harvard University as a professor.
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“A Man may make a Remark” (952)

2010-09-21T14:11:00.001-07:00

So why all these twists and turns to say people get mad when others talk?

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So why all these twists and turns to say people get mad when others talk?

“A Man may make a Remark” (952)

Emily Dickinson

A Man may make a Remark -

In itself — a quiet thing

That may furnish the Fuse unto a Spark

In dormant nature — lain -

Let us deport — with skill -

Let us discourse — with care -

Powder exists in Charcoal -

Before it exists in Fire.
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France raises Paris terror alert over al-Qaeda warning

2010-09-21T07:02:00.001-07:00

Testing... Testing... one,... two,... three...

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French intelligence services are hunting a female would-be suicide bomber who
they believe could be planning to target the Paris metro.

France raised its terrorist alert warning today amid fears of suicide bomb
plots against the Paris transport network.

French intelligence services are hunting a female would-be suicide bomber who
they believe could be planning to target the Paris metro.

The alert followed a tip-off from a friendly intelligence agency – thought to
be Algeria’s — warning of an imminent al-Qaeda threat.

Five French nationals have been kidnapped close to a French uranium mine in
Niger in the last week, while a bomb scare caused alarm at the Eiffel Tower.
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Black Panther case roars back to life

2010-09-21T06:38:00.003-07:00

As was seen when a host of outsiders accused the George W. Bush administration's Justice Department of firing U.S. attorneys in order to interfere with ongoing investigations, it is improper for cases to be dismissed for purely political reasons. The Obama administration should be held to the same standard.

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Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is in big trouble. The public-interest group Judicial Watch yesterday released a 62-page index of documents regarding the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case that undermines the credibility of Mr. Perez and of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

New evidence undermines Justice Department spin
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Black Panther case roars back to life

2010-09-21T06:38:00.001-07:00

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Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is in big trouble. The public-interest group Judicial Watch yesterday released a 62-page index of documents regarding the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case that undermines the credibility of Mr. Perez and of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

New evidence undermines Justice Department spin
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Black Panther case roars back to life

2010-09-21T06:36:00.001-07:00

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Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, is in big trouble. The public-interest group Judicial Watch yesterday released a 62-page index of documents regarding the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case that undermines the credibility of Mr. Perez and of the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

New evidence undermines Justice Department spin
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New Dear Leader???

2010-09-20T17:56:00.001-07:00

North Korea names date for leadership summit

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Pyongyang

North Korea's ruling party will hold its first conference in a generation on 28 September, state media reports say, amid speculation that leader Kim Jong-il is about to name his successor.

The Workers Party is widely expected to promote Mr Kim's third son, Kim Jong-un, to a senior position.

Observers believe a promotion would anoint him as the heir to his father, the self-styled Dear Leader.

Mr Kim, 68, is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008.
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Father Driven To Pick Through His Son’s Remains (Just imagine the horror)

2010-09-20T14:17:00.001-07:00

Imagine Doing This

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On September 15, 2010 at around 0800 in the morning, a family makes their way into Arlington National Cemetery for the Disinterment of a Marine Private killed by an IED in Al Anbar Province Iraq on 22 November 2006 killing him and two others.

As they stood at the grave site, a forklift arrives to raise a coffin from the vault that had interred it for nearly four years. Arlington knew at this point that the vault and coffin had been opened. When the family became aware of this action, an unsettling air of distrust settled upon the gathering. The father yells “you lied” as family members hold and calm him. The father already marred and angry by the uncooperative atmosphere and insensitivity of Arlington’s leadership; his grief now changes to anger. Another promise broken! Arlington, to seemingly cover their asses had breached the coffin the night before to ensure the Marine Private and the dog tags were in the assigned plot.

With a rotting corpse and the putrid stench of death permeating the air, a worker removes a dog tag from the coffin lid, wipes off the dirt, and hands it to the father. The forklift begins to raise the coffin; putrid water begins streaming out and those in attendance gasp as the fear of body parts falling from the unstable casket grips them.
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Hopey Changey? I don't think so

2010-09-20T13:56:00.001-07:00

These won't reach the evening news:))

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This is bad…

He’s even losing the hopey-changers.

A suffering former law student and hopey-changer asked Obama today at his town hall: “Is the American Dream dead?”

Monday’s town hall meeting started off on a sour note when the first questioner from the audience, a woman who said she voted for him, said she is “deeply disappointed with where I am now.”

“My husband and I thought we were beyond the hot dog and beans of our lives. … Is this my new reality?” she asked.
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Q: Am I going to be fined because I don’t have health care insurance?

2010-09-20T10:35:00.001-07:00

I am not especially for it.

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Your stoner friend [who said we’re all going to be fined a $1000 bucks a head if no insurance] has grasped some of the truth. It is correct that there are going to be fines for people who don’t have insurance, starting in 2014.
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One Legged Man Blows up Toilet

2010-09-20T07:10:00.001-07:00

Al Qaeda is using all available Assets.....

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Copenhagen

A bombing suspect who is accused of blowing up a hotel toilet in Copenhagen, along with himself, is a one-legged amateur boxer who was born in insurgency-racked Chechnya and has shown what one scholar calls "highly professional" tradecraft in concealing his identity and purpose from Danish authorities.

The would-be bomber's target, Danish police said, was likely the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, which sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world in 2006 by publishing 12 cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad and has been the object of at least one foiled terrorist attack since.

Mr. Foldager also said the device used triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, a volatile acetone-based explosive used by al Qaeda in the July 2005 London subway bombings and other attacks.
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Great Dabblers Throughout History

2010-09-19T11:49:00.001-07:00

You say Christine O'Donnell dabbled into high school witchcraft? Really?

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Oh, yes. The naysayers are right. She's unelectable.

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'Many killed' at German hospital

2010-09-19T11:21:00.001-07:00

Breaking, More details soon...

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A number of people have been killed and injured in a shooting at a hospital in south-western Germany, police have said.

The incident took place in the town of Loerrach, close to the French and Swiss borders.

Some news reports say a woman opened fire at the town's Elisabethen Krankenhaus hospital and was then shot dead by police, but this has not yet been confirmed.
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Things Overheard on Philadelphia Sports Talk Radio This Week

2010-09-19T11:03:00.001-07:00

Some things never Change:))

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With the Lions/Eagles game today, I thought it might be worth recapitulating some of the “highlights” voiced by the fan base here. To understand Philadelphia sports fans, all one has to do is remember the time the hockey player Eric Lindros received a concussion during a game that made nearly everyone who watched it gasp.

Nearly everyone. Sports radio here pushed the fine, noble argument that Lindros “wanted” the concussion, that he hated Philadelphia and didn’t want to win, and that in a moment of inspired insanity tried to get himself killed during a hockey game.

Kevin Kolb (the quarterback of the Eagles) had a “concussion.” It wasn’t really a concussion, the coach pulled him for inept play [any idiot watching the tape can see he got hit hard, really hard. Also: coaches routinely pull players for inept play without making excuses for them]

Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Eagles, does not really want to win a championship because he’s not from around here
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US troops still forced to bolster Iraqi forces in battle

2010-09-19T08:49:00.001-07:00

Mission Accomplished??

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Baghdad, Iraq

Far from merely 'advising and assisting' Iraqi forces, as the Obama administration has described their new role, US troops are still needed to battle insurgents, as evidenced in three recent incidents in different parts of Iraq.

In the two weeks since President Obama declared the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, a series of bloody skirmishes has sharpened the questions about the Iraqi security forces' ability to protect the country.

In three incidents in different parts of Iraq, American forces stepped in with ground troops and air support when their Iraqi counterparts were threatened by suicide attackers or well-armed gunmen, according to US and Iraqi military accounts.
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Rep. Meeks helped 'jihad' flier

2010-09-19T08:32:00.001-07:00

You Decide... Why did it take the Freedom of Information act and so long to extract this information??

Amplify’d from www.nypost.com

US Rep. Gregory Meeks scolded immigration officials for questioning a Muslim scholar whose nonprofits have been linked to financing terrorism.

The Queens Democrat contacted federal agencies -- finally appealing to then-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff -- asking why Anwar Hajjaj faced "unwarranted scrutiny" when he returned to the United States from trips abroad through JFK Airport.

Meeks described Hajjaj as a "highly regarded" professor of Islamic studies who leads Friday Muslim prayers at the Capitol.

Meeks said Hajjaj was "a pioneer in distance-based learning of Islam" through the American Open University in Virginia, according to a copy of the Sept. 30, 2006, letter to Chertoff, which was obtained by The Post under a Freedom of Information Act request.

But The Post has learned Hajjaj also headed the Taibah International Aid Association, a charity that has been accused of funding Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. The group was co-founded by Abdullah A. bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's nephew, who has been investigated for his ties to groups that have funded al Qaeda and Hamas.
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Islamists seize Somali radio stations

2010-09-19T08:16:00.001-07:00

The Religion of Pieces Strikes again.

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Mogadishu

Islamist insurgents in Somalia have seized control of two radio stations in the capital Mogadishu.

The stations, Horn Afrik and GBC, were raided on Saturday by militants from the groups al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam.

The groups, who are trying to topple the transitional government, have targeted media by killing journalists and banning music from the airwaves.
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Sunday Funnies

2010-09-19T06:15:00.001-07:00

Enjoy your Sunday:))

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Bards of Passion and of Mirth

2010-09-18T08:13:00.001-07:00

I Like Poetry and this spoke to me

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John Keats

Bards of Passion and of Mirth

Bards of Passion and of Mirth,

Ye have left your souls on earth!

Have ye souls in heaven too,

Double-lived in regions new?

Yes, and those of heaven commune

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We will not be silenced, Pope tells secular Britain

2010-09-18T07:38:00.001-07:00

I Agree

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The Pope strongly criticised the “marginalisation” of Christianity in modern
Britain, claiming that churchgoers were forced to act against their
conscience in the name of secular equality.

Delivering the most important speech of his historic visit, he attacked the
politically correct ideas that Christmas should not be celebrated for fear
of offending minorities and that the faithful should be forced to keep their
beliefs to themselves.

Speaking in Westminster Hall before an audience including four former prime
ministers, the
Pope declared that politicians must not interfere with the
running of Roman Catholic institutions, in what would be seen as a reference
to those adoption agencies and faith schools that felt under attack from the
previous Labour government.
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Holder smacked down over voting

2010-09-18T06:31:00.001-07:00

A crimson tide of embarrassment rises at the Justice Department

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A crimson tide of embarrassment rises at the Justice Department

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has lurched from multiple controversies into an outright embarrassment. In an order issued Sept. 16, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates of the District of Columbia gave Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s team the legal equivalent of a 2-by-4 across the head. The department's handling of a voting rights case from Shelby County, Ala., has been so slipshod as to invite questions of its legal competence across the board.

Shelby County is challenging the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act's Section 5, an increasingly problematic requirement that election jurisdictions in several states, mostly Southern, secure "pre-clearance" from Justice for any change in voting practices. This includes minor details such as moving a polling place from a school gym to its cafeteria. The county writes, "in the last 10 years, [it] has sought pre-clearance numerous times, expended significant taxpayer dollars, time and energy to meet its obligations under Section 5 of the VRA, and has had at least one election delayed in order to ensure compliance."
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Burning desire

2010-09-18T06:20:00.001-07:00

Obviously, our politicians don't want to upset the religious sensitivities of Muslims, many of whom viciously hate America. Our political establishment seems to have forgotten the cheering in the streets in the Middle East and Dearborn, Mich., immediately following Sept. 11. Ordinary Americans haven't forgotten these soulless insensitivities. They are seared into our memories.

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Condemning a pastor who threatened to burn a book while virtually ignoring despicable and violent crimes against fellow human beings is not leadership. It is politically correct, brain-dead and soulless anti-leadership. Pretty much describes the current U.S. government, wouldn't you say?
The cowardly embrace of political correctness has never been and never will be a tenet of strong leadership. In fact, political correctness is a spineless character flaw that emboldens the enemies of freedom, tolerance and peace.

Condemning a pastor who threatened to burn a book while virtually ignoring despicable and violent crimes against fellow human beings is not leadership. It is politically correct, brain-dead and soulless anti-leadership. Pretty much describes the current U.S. government, wouldn't you say?

The cowardly embrace of political correctness has never been and never will be a tenet of strong leadership. In fact, political correctness is a spineless character flaw that emboldens the enemies of freedom, tolerance and peace.
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Russia, Israel Embark on an Unprecedented Defense Cooperation Agreement

2010-09-06T14:07:00.001-07:00

("o") Foreign Policy... Massive FAIL.

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Israel and Russia have signed today a military cooperation agreement and are negotiating the establishment of a joint venture to develop and produce unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia. Israel’s minister of defense Ehud Barak and his host, Russian minister of defense, Anatoly Serdyukov have signed a military cooperation agreement today, paving the way for tighter cooperation in the field of unmanned systems, counter terrorism and asymmetric, urban warfare – fields Russia expects a dialog with Israel could be beneficial.

“It is very important to us that in the transition to a new image, the Russian armed forces use the experience the Israeli armed forces have and the work they have done” Serdyukov said, adding Russia has bought 12 UAV systems from Israel, and 50 servicemen are currently being trained to operate them. Gradually opening to the world defense market, Russia is planning several acquisitions of major platforms, including helicopter carriers, and Italian armored vehicles. Past cooperation with foreign defense industries were limited to contracts where customers insisted on the integration of non Russian avionics or weaponry. The acquisition of Israeli UAVs was one of the first procurements foreign systems completed by the Russians.
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Haze Gray And Underway

Mayor Adams frets about security costs for planned GOP presidential debate in March in Portland | OregonLive.com

A Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland

USMC 236th Birthday Tribute

An open letter from Mayor Sam Adams to the Occupy Portland encampment

North Portland neighborhood waiting 18 days for garbage collection - Koinlocal6.com

Statement from Mayor Sam Adams regarding Occupy Portland

The Real Occupy Portland

Get A Pair Sam

LiveLeak.com - Cummins Diesel vs Bicyclist!!

City accepts Ellis McCoy's resignation

Government Sues Trucking Company For Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver | FoxNews.com

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A Quick Lesson for Media on the Definition of “Right Wing”

LINKS, 7/23/11

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NKorea Threatens to Attack SKorea, US

NKorea Threatens to Attack SKorea, US

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Appeasement 1938 vs. 2011

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Dallas Target: Texas Resident Arrested on Charge of Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction

Suspect Allegedly Purchased Bomb Materials and Researched U.S. Targets

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Obama Administration Tells Darrell Issa to Go to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

Amplify’d from www.humanevents.com Mitch McConnell Forces a Senate Vote to Repeal ObamaCare

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North Korea succession: Kim Jong-il's oldest son reveals ruling family fissure

North Korea leader Kim Jong-il's oldest son, Kim Jong-nam, said he is 'personally opposed to the hereditary transfer' of power to his half-brother, Kim Jong-un.

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Since the bailout, GM belongs to the taxpayers. So why are they funding political candidates?

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231 years ago today

231 years ago today - reminder from Chris Murch USNA - 83

France raised its terrorist alert warning today amid fears of suicide bomb
plots against the Paris transport network.

Bards of Passion and of Mirth

The Pope strongly criticised the “marginalisation” of Christianity in modern
Britain, claiming that churchgoers were forced to act against their
conscience in the name of secular equality.