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DOJ Accused of Stalling on MOVE Act For Voters in Military
Not doing everything reasonable to ensure the rights of our soldiers, who are risking their lives to ensure our rights and security, the fundamental right to vote is shameful. Intentionally hindering/blocking/stalling reasonable measures meant to ensure that right is truly awful.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/28/exclusive-doj-stalls-voter-registration-law-military
"The Department of Justice is ignoring a new law aimed at protecting the right of American soldiers to vote, according to two former DOJ attorneys who say states are being encouraged to use waivers to bypass the new federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
The MOVE Act, enacted last October, ensures that servicemen and women serving overseas have ample time to get in their absentee ballots. The result of the DOJ's alleged inaction in enforcing the act, say Eric Eversole and J. Christian Adams — both former litigation attorneys for the DOJ’s Voting Section — could be that thousands of soldiers' ballots will arrive too late to be counted."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/28/exclusive-doj-stalls-voter-registration-law-military
"The Department of Justice is ignoring a new law aimed at protecting the right of American soldiers to vote, according to two former DOJ attorneys who say states are being encouraged to use waivers to bypass the new federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
The MOVE Act, enacted last October, ensures that servicemen and women serving overseas have ample time to get in their absentee ballots. The result of the DOJ's alleged inaction in enforcing the act, say Eric Eversole and J. Christian Adams — both former litigation attorneys for the DOJ’s Voting Section — could be that thousands of soldiers' ballots will arrive too late to be counted."
Teacher Fired For Blowing Whistle on Other Teachers Eating Kids Lunches
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/99296329.html
"SAMENIA MAYER said that she'd always tried to do right by the students she served at Germantown High, where she recruited and trained mentors to keep incoming freshmen on the right path.
So, when she noticed that teachers there were helping themselves to federally funded lunches before their students could get to them during a summer program, she complained to the principal, who ignored her complaints, she said.
Mayer said that the problem became so bad that even when the school ordered more than 100 boxed lunches for about 80 students, up to 20 students still went hungry, an allegation that students backed up last week.
She alerted alumni, clergy and community organizers, about what was going on, but when nothing changed, she called and e-mailed staff at the school district, seeking action. She was told to raise her concerns with the school's principal, Margaret Mullen-Bavwidinsi, who turned around and fired her, Mayer said. To add insult to injury, the day after she was fired, signs went up around the building warning teachers not to eat the students' food."
"SAMENIA MAYER said that she'd always tried to do right by the students she served at Germantown High, where she recruited and trained mentors to keep incoming freshmen on the right path.
So, when she noticed that teachers there were helping themselves to federally funded lunches before their students could get to them during a summer program, she complained to the principal, who ignored her complaints, she said.
Mayer said that the problem became so bad that even when the school ordered more than 100 boxed lunches for about 80 students, up to 20 students still went hungry, an allegation that students backed up last week.
She alerted alumni, clergy and community organizers, about what was going on, but when nothing changed, she called and e-mailed staff at the school district, seeking action. She was told to raise her concerns with the school's principal, Margaret Mullen-Bavwidinsi, who turned around and fired her, Mayer said. To add insult to injury, the day after she was fired, signs went up around the building warning teachers not to eat the students' food."
Ed Morrissey - Obama White House Gives Its Economic Policies a Good, Solid F+
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/26/obama-wh-gives-its-economic-policies-a-good-solid-f
"The Wall Street Journal minded the store, however, and noticed the late release of the White House’s semi-annual budget review. It’s easy to see why the Obama administration didn’t want to draw any attention to it (via Instapundit):
"The Wall Street Journal minded the store, however, and noticed the late release of the White House’s semi-annual budget review. It’s easy to see why the Obama administration didn’t want to draw any attention to it (via Instapundit):
Democrats have been running Congress for nearly four years, and President Obama has been at the White House for 18 months, so it’s not too soon to ask: How’s that working out? One devastating scorecard came out Friday from the White House, in the form of its own semi-annual budget review.
The message: Tax revenues are smaller, spending is greater, and the deficits are thus larger than the White House has been saying. No wonder it dumped the news on the eve of a sweltering mid-July weekend.
In fact, deficits grew even as the White House claimed that the economy grew, even at the anemic pace we’ve seen thus far. Their projection for future growth is ambitious — greater than 4% starting in 2012 after slowly accelerating this year and next, which the White House claims will reduce the deficit naturally through greater revenues. The WSJ points out the fallacy of that fantasy"
Rick Santelli - 'If They Put Father of The Tea Party on my Tombstone They Can Bury me With a Smile'
His rant is credited with launching the movement; or at least giving it a major just, and he seems pleased.
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"And no matter how loud the debate, Santelli has "great respect" for his fellow CNBCers. "It's not personal...I don't do this for any other reason that I naturally have a passion when I find topics that are interesting. It's purely philosophical differences."
But despite his passionate beliefs, Santelli doesn't "see politics in my future." A self-described Independent, though, he's pleased that after his '09 rant, some call him the Father of the Tea Party. "Look, if that's what they put on my tombstone, they can bury me with a smile.
"...This grassroots movement of the Tea Party, to me, is as American as it gets. And whether you are left, center, or right, to me it's not about politics. It's about, in this country, we're not afraid to speak up.""
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"And no matter how loud the debate, Santelli has "great respect" for his fellow CNBCers. "It's not personal...I don't do this for any other reason that I naturally have a passion when I find topics that are interesting. It's purely philosophical differences."
But despite his passionate beliefs, Santelli doesn't "see politics in my future." A self-described Independent, though, he's pleased that after his '09 rant, some call him the Father of the Tea Party. "Look, if that's what they put on my tombstone, they can bury me with a smile.
"...This grassroots movement of the Tea Party, to me, is as American as it gets. And whether you are left, center, or right, to me it's not about politics. It's about, in this country, we're not afraid to speak up.""
Cameron Calls Gaza a 'Prison Camp'
The only "Prison Camp" in the world that sports a Luxury Mall...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.1a40d4cce35f970833f2c65ba156eefb.7f1&show_article=1
"Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, slamming the current state of the Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp."
"Let me be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change... Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp," he said in a speech to a business association during a visit to Turkey."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.1a40d4cce35f970833f2c65ba156eefb.7f1&show_article=1
"Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, slamming the current state of the Palestinian enclave as a "prison camp."
"Let me be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change... Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp," he said in a speech to a business association during a visit to Turkey."
Why The Moon Landings Were Not Faked
Of course, there is also the equipment we left behind which allows us to accurately track the distance of the moon from the earth.
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Seven People Have Been Entrusted With The Keys to Restart The Internet
http://gizmodo.com/5597964/seven-people-have-been-entrusted-with-the-keys-to-the-internet
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The basic idea is that in the event of an Internet catastrophe, the DNSSEC (domain name system security) could be damaged or compromised and we'd be left without a way to verify if a URL is pointing to the correct website. That's when the holders of these smart cards would be called into action:
A minimum of five of the seven keyholders – one each from Britain, the U.S., Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, China, and the Czech Republic – would have to converge at a U.S. base with their keys to restart the system and connect everything once again.
A minimum of five people is needed because each of the smart cards contains only a fraction of the recovery key necessary to set things right again. This means that no single person will hold all the power to resetting our little cyber world. [BBC via PopSci]
"Librarian of Congress - ''Jailbreaking' (iPhone) Does Not Violate Copyright Protections'
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-26/apple-iphone-users-have-u-s-blessing-to-jailbreak-add-own-applications.html
"Owners of Apple Inc.’s iPhone can unlock the device to use applications not authorized by the company, the U.S. Library of Congress said.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington added the practice, described in the ruling as “jailbreaking,” to a list of actions that don’t violate copyright protections. The decision affecting iPhones and other smartphones was posted today on the agency’s website."
"Owners of Apple Inc.’s iPhone can unlock the device to use applications not authorized by the company, the U.S. Library of Congress said.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington added the practice, described in the ruling as “jailbreaking,” to a list of actions that don’t violate copyright protections. The decision affecting iPhones and other smartphones was posted today on the agency’s website."
Van Jones - Stop Worrying About The Deficit, The Government Can Just Take More Money From Rich Companies
And people argued that he is not a socialist?
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/24/van-jones-stop-worrying-about-the-deficit-the-government-can-just-take-more-money-from-rich-companies
"While the federal government sinks deeper into debt than any time since World War II, former White House “green jobs” adviser Anthony Van Jones said it was time to stop worrying about budget deficits and pressure Washington to take more money from American businesses to fund larger social and infrastructure projects.
“This is a rich country. We have plenty of money, and if you don’t believe me, ask Haliburton,” Jones told a group of progressive bloggers and activists at the Netroots Nation convention Friday. “There’s plenty of money out there; don’t fall into the trap of this whole deficit argument.”
“The only question is how to spend it,” he added.
American corporations currently face the second-highest corporate tax rate in the world, according to the Tax Foundation."
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/24/van-jones-stop-worrying-about-the-deficit-the-government-can-just-take-more-money-from-rich-companies
"While the federal government sinks deeper into debt than any time since World War II, former White House “green jobs” adviser Anthony Van Jones said it was time to stop worrying about budget deficits and pressure Washington to take more money from American businesses to fund larger social and infrastructure projects.
“This is a rich country. We have plenty of money, and if you don’t believe me, ask Haliburton,” Jones told a group of progressive bloggers and activists at the Netroots Nation convention Friday. “There’s plenty of money out there; don’t fall into the trap of this whole deficit argument.”
“The only question is how to spend it,” he added.
American corporations currently face the second-highest corporate tax rate in the world, according to the Tax Foundation."
Man's House Hit by Asteroids on Six Different Occasions
What is he going to do when the aliens start dropping bigger rocks; or you know, a bomb?
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/835482-man-hit-by-six-meteorites-is-being-targeted-by-aliens
"Radivoje Lajic first came to international attention in 2008, shortly after the fifth meteorite had crashed into the roof of his house in the northern village of Gornji Lajici.
And now, within the past month, another rock has hit the roof of his house, in defiance of all the odds - making it six strikes since the plague of meteorites began in 2007.
Experts at Belgrade University have confirmed that all the falling rocks he has handed over were meteorites. They are now trying to work out what exactly it is about his house that particularly attracts them. The strikes always happen when it is raining heavily, he says, never when there are clear skies.
Lajic has his own explanation, of course. After the fifth rock struck his house, he said: 'I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials. I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense. The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate.'"
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/835482-man-hit-by-six-meteorites-is-being-targeted-by-aliens
"Radivoje Lajic first came to international attention in 2008, shortly after the fifth meteorite had crashed into the roof of his house in the northern village of Gornji Lajici.
And now, within the past month, another rock has hit the roof of his house, in defiance of all the odds - making it six strikes since the plague of meteorites began in 2007.
Experts at Belgrade University have confirmed that all the falling rocks he has handed over were meteorites. They are now trying to work out what exactly it is about his house that particularly attracts them. The strikes always happen when it is raining heavily, he says, never when there are clear skies.
Lajic has his own explanation, of course. After the fifth rock struck his house, he said: 'I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials. I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense. The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate.'"
"Do Not Vote For my Dad!"
Campaign attack ad cuts about as close to home as you can.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/99276594.html
"An Oklahoma judicial candidate is fending off a political attack from his daughter, who has taken out a local newspaper ad urging voters: "Do not vote for my dad!"
McClain County judicial hopeful John Mantooth's daughter and son-in-law paid for the quarter-page advertisement, which features a picture of the daughter's family, highlights cases in which Mantooth has been sued and lists a website the couple started, http://www.donotvoteformydad.com.
Mantooth said the bad blood stems from his 1981 divorce from his daughter's mother."
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http://www.startribune.com/politics/99276594.html
"An Oklahoma judicial candidate is fending off a political attack from his daughter, who has taken out a local newspaper ad urging voters: "Do not vote for my dad!"
McClain County judicial hopeful John Mantooth's daughter and son-in-law paid for the quarter-page advertisement, which features a picture of the daughter's family, highlights cases in which Mantooth has been sued and lists a website the couple started, http://www.donotvoteformydad.com.
Mantooth said the bad blood stems from his 1981 divorce from his daughter's mother."
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Change of Leadership at BP Tony Hayward Out, Bob Dudley in
Bob Dudley will be the first American to hold that position.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_boss_huge_loss_for_bp_and_taxpayers_9s6Gr0BrjBlIquOL6UoJzN
"Oil giant BP launched a plan to repair its battered image in the United States on Tuesday, ditching its gaffe-prone chief executive and promising to slim down by trebling an asset sale target to $30 billion.
However, the company, the target of public anger over its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, tempted further ire by denying it needed cultural change and offsetting the costs of the spill, including expected fines, against its taxes.
The tax move will cost the U.S. taxpayer almost $10 billion.
BP said Tony Hayward would stand down in October, to be replaced by American Bob Dudley, as it unveiled a $17 billion quarterly loss due to the costs of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_boss_huge_loss_for_bp_and_taxpayers_9s6Gr0BrjBlIquOL6UoJzN
"Oil giant BP launched a plan to repair its battered image in the United States on Tuesday, ditching its gaffe-prone chief executive and promising to slim down by trebling an asset sale target to $30 billion.
However, the company, the target of public anger over its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, tempted further ire by denying it needed cultural change and offsetting the costs of the spill, including expected fines, against its taxes.
The tax move will cost the U.S. taxpayer almost $10 billion.
BP said Tony Hayward would stand down in October, to be replaced by American Bob Dudley, as it unveiled a $17 billion quarterly loss due to the costs of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history."
New Leak on Gulf Coast
This one is unrelated to the BP oil spill an is thought to have been caused by a boat colliding with it.
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Kerry (D) Caught Apparently Dodging His States Taxes
If the tax really is that bad why not push for everyone in his state to not be burdened by it.
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Howard Dean (D) - "Fox News is Racist"
As far as I can tell, Howard Dean's argument is that Fox News is Racist because Obama pushed for Shirley Sherrod's firing for fear that Fox News Would air the tape, even though they had no aired the tape until after the firing, and when Beck finally did air the tape the following day he came out in support of Shirley Sherrod. Yeah, I do not really get it either.
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Past Related Posts:
Berman Post: Breitbart to NAACP - 'You Are The Racists And I Have Tapes to Prove it'
Berman Post: Breitbart Releases His 'NAACP is Racist' Tape
Berman Post: Shirley Sherrod Resigns Over Racist Tape
Berman Post: Fall Out From The Full Shirley Sherrod Tape
Berman Post: Flogging Breitbart & the Sherrod Charade
