Saturday, June 18, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 18, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 18, 2011
***Historic Marine base gets 1st-ever female general***
http://www.google.com/
("Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, who is also known as the first female Marine to ever hold a command position in a battle zone, takes charge Friday at the Marine Corps training depot at South Carolina's Parris Island")
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: Government's role in Russian economy has to be cut
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
("The Russian economy ought to be dominated by private businesses and private investors. The government must protect the choice and property of those who willingly risk their money and reputation.")
Is this the Twilight Zone for anyone else? Reminds me of a Yakov Smirnov joke, but in total reverse: "In America, government restrains the citizens. In Soviet Russia, citizens restrain the government!")
GREECE'S "ACE" CARD: "HELP US OR WE'LL TAKE YOU ALL DOWN WITH US"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
--It worked: Germany caves, joins France in agreeing to another round of bailouts for beleaguered Greece...
http://www.irishtimes.com/
--Greek citizens hoarding Euros may be sealing Greece's financial fate...
http://blogs.investors.com/
Congressional pressure pushing for U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox to be independently audited and assayed...
http://www.zerohedge.com/
--Peter Diamond's exit from Fed Board Of Governors a warning to Fed against QE3...
http://blogs.investors.com/
--IMF cuts U.S. growth forecast, warns of crisis...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/imf-
--Afghanistan: Country faces insolvency within a month says IMF...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
("$820 million bailout, debts, and suspension of aid leaves country in deepening crisis")
Chevron CEO John Watson: "We CAN create jobs IF we are given the opportunity"
http://hotair.com/archives/
--Energy independence, jobs within reach; Obama and greens have locked up nation's natural resources
http://www.washingtontimes.
--Obama backs EPA's war on coal while mainstream media ignores the harm being caused to industry...
http://www.rightsidenews.com/
--Mexico: $250 million in oil stolen in four months...
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/
White House's Daley seeks balance in outreach meeting with manufacturers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Federal workers make 61 percent MORE THAN their private-sector counterparts...
http://www.thepelicanpost.org/
"Disinvestment events": 60 more firms move jobs & headquarters completely out of California...
http://www.ocregister.com/
("California is such 'fertile ground' that representatives for economic development agencies are visiting companies to dissect our high taxes, extreme regulatory environment and other expenses to show annual savings of between 20% and 40% after an out-of-state move")
--...state lost 29,200 jobs in May
http://latimesblogs.latimes.
Economic "soft patch" may not be just a blip...
http://www.investors.com/
("The long leading index of global industrial production turned down well before events in Japan and the Middle East")
--Don't get caught in the new tech stock bubble...
http://steveblank.com/2011/06/
Food price explosion 'will devastate the world's poor'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
U.N. passes "historic" gay rights resolution
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/
--New York: Sam-sex marriage contemplated by State Assembly -- you can petition against it here:
http://www.nationformarriage.
--NFL' David Tyree boldly defends "traditional" marriage on CNN (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
**TWO TOP FEDERAL LAWYERS LOSE TO OBAMA IN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION DEBATE***
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
("Other high-level Justice lawyers were also involved in the deliberations, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., supported Ms. Krass's view, officials said. Matthew Miller, a Justice Department spokesman, said, "Our views were heard, as were other views, and the president then made the decision as was appropriate for him to do.")
--Flashback to 2007: Senator Obama introduces Iran resolution, measure to say President George W. Bush has no authority for war with Iran...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21594008/ns/politics-decision_08/t/obama-introduces-iran-resolution/
--A communist news outlet's viewpoint: "Imperialists step up air assaults in Libya, talk of protracted war"
http://www.themilitant.com/2011/7523/752305.html
***WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES EARLY END TO COMMIECARE WAIVERS***
http://www.theblaze.com/
("new applications for waivers will be considered after Sept. 22. Approvals or renewals received by the deadline will be good through 2013. Starting in 2014, the main coverage provisions of the health care law will take effect, and such waivers will no longer be needed.")
U.K.: Union leader announces England's biggest labor strike in 100 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Texas: Judge sentences her to five years probation for "simple" spanking, tells mother "You don't spank children today"...
http://www.volunteertv.com/
Indiana: Feds support Planned Parenthood in defunding case
http://hosted2.ap.org/COGRA/
New York: Anthony Weiner to receive pension, benefits topping $1.2 MILLION...
http://www.rollcall.com/news/
GUN DATABASE?: California seizes 1,200 "illegally" owned guns (read: legally purchases but owners convicted of crimes or found mentally handicapped...)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
("The system was created 10 years ago to cross-reference five databases to find people who legally bought guns and registered assault weapons but are now barred from owning the weapons.")
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
Michigan: Teacher contract raises salaries in tenth year by $16k-$20k...
http://www.
Canada: Vancouver mayor & police chief blame Stanley Cup riot on anarchists...
http://www.vancouversun.com/
Op-Ed: "Give Leon Panetta The Pink Slip"
http://townhall.com/
("Within two years, Hugh DeLacy was in regular contact with Leon Panetta, grilling him and regularly asking him for military and defense and foreign-policy-related information, which Panetta heavily supplied him.")
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
ONLY ONE MAJOR NEWS OUTLET (GOD BLESS FOX NEWS CHANNEL...) REPORTS TODAY'S PENTAGON/ARLINGTON TERROR SUSPECT AS BEING "MUSLIM"
http://www.theblaze.com/
("twenty-two-year-old Melaku is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Ethiopia that also serves in the Marine Corp Reserves. He was found carrying ammonia nitrate fertilizer and other materials making reference to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.")
CHINESE SABOTAGE: Government Accountability Office declares 40 PERCENT of defense supply chain damaged by Chinese parts...
http://www.dailytech.com/
("The GAO claims that 40 percent of the U.S. Department of Defense's supply chain is adversely impacted by fake or defective parts. From missiles, to rifles, to vehicles, problems abound. The common thread, says the GAO, is that virtually all the suspect parts originated from contractors in China.")
Funding for racially-charged pro-illegal-alien group "National Council of La Raza" skyrockets after Obama hires its VP Cecilia Muñoz...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/
American & British hotels warned of potential Bombay-style Islamic terror attacks
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/
("Authorities are warning hotels in major US cities to be vigilant after intelligence recently obtained in Somalia shows al Qaeda was planning to launch a Mumbai-style attack on an upscale hotel in London")
--U.S. judge dismisses charges against bin Laden...
http://www.reuters.com/
Connecticut: Joe Lieberman supports Israel, shows public support for Israel & for Glenn Beck's "Restoring Courage" event
http://lieberman.senate.gov/
--This Week In Israeli History: First U.S. presidential visit to Israel (6/16/1974 by President Nixon)
http://www.jpost.com/Features/
Arizona: Southern Baptists back 'path to legal status' for undocumented immigrants
http://www.politico.com/news/
--Texas: State Sen. Chris Harris asks Mexican-born 23-year-American-resident immigrant speaker, "Why aren't you speaking English?" (VIDEO)
http://www.ktrh.com/cc-common/
Florida: Legal experts say EPA's greenhouse gas ruling safe despite lawsuit
http://solveclimatenews.com/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Great observation/pictures: "Arab Spring" march in San Francisco had a (predictable) communist twist...
http://pajamasmedia.com/
--***WARNING GRAPHIC PICS*** Pakistan: Unarmed man shot at point blank range by military police who casually watch as he bleeds to death in the street
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
("There is the law of the jungle in this country and no one is accountable for his action or deeds")
--IRAN'S BARBARISM: ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT SCHOOL IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES (VIDEOS) [CAMERAMAN JUST LAUGHS WHILE SCHOOL KIDS SPANKED, WHIPPED...]
http://atlasshrugs2000.
--Syria: Security forces shoot, kill 16 more protesters, unrest spreads to Lebanon...
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/
--Libya: Obama-supported rebels murdering rape victims via "honor killings")
http://www.realfeminist.com/
--Palestine: How Palestinians became the baby seals of the Western "human rights" lobby
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
(..."If I were a Palestinian in Gaza, I wouldn't only throw stones across the border at Israeli troops. I'd also hurl them at "The Audacity of Hope" flotilla when it turns up next week, with its cargo of insulting letters from achingly right-on Americans who have moved on from crying over baby seals to crying over poor Palestinians.")
--Saudi Arabia: Women protest Islamic theocracy by openly driving automobiles...
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.
--
"But the safety of the people of America against dangers from foreign force depends not only on their forbearing to give just causes of war to other nations, but also on their placing and continuing themselves in such a situation as not to invite hostility or insult; for it need not be observed that there are pretended as well as just causes of war." ~~ John Jay, Federalist No. 4, November 7, 1787
***Historic Marine base gets 1st-ever female general***
http://www.google.com/
("Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, who is also known as the first female Marine to ever hold a command position in a battle zone, takes charge Friday at the Marine Corps training depot at South Carolina's Parris Island")
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: Government's role in Russian economy has to be cut
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
("The Russian economy ought to be dominated by private businesses and private investors. The government must protect the choice and property of those who willingly risk their money and reputation.")
Is this the Twilight Zone for anyone else? Reminds me of a Yakov Smirnov joke, but in total reverse: "In America, government restrains the citizens. In Soviet Russia, citizens restrain the government!")
GREECE'S "ACE" CARD: "HELP US OR WE'LL TAKE YOU ALL DOWN WITH US"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
--It worked: Germany caves, joins France in agreeing to another round of bailouts for beleaguered Greece...
http://www.irishtimes.com/
--Greek citizens hoarding Euros may be sealing Greece's financial fate...
http://blogs.investors.com/
Congressional pressure pushing for U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox to be independently audited and assayed...
http://www.zerohedge.com/
--Peter Diamond's exit from Fed Board Of Governors a warning to Fed against QE3...
http://blogs.investors.com/
--IMF cuts U.S. growth forecast, warns of crisis...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/imf-
--Afghanistan: Country faces insolvency within a month says IMF...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
("$820 million bailout, debts, and suspension of aid leaves country in deepening crisis")
Chevron CEO John Watson: "We CAN create jobs IF we are given the opportunity"
http://hotair.com/archives/
--Energy independence, jobs within reach; Obama and greens have locked up nation's natural resources
http://www.washingtontimes.
--Obama backs EPA's war on coal while mainstream media ignores the harm being caused to industry...
http://www.rightsidenews.com/
--Mexico: $250 million in oil stolen in four months...
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/
White House's Daley seeks balance in outreach meeting with manufacturers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Federal workers make 61 percent MORE THAN their private-sector counterparts...
http://www.thepelicanpost.org/
"Disinvestment events": 60 more firms move jobs & headquarters completely out of California...
http://www.ocregister.com/
("California is such 'fertile ground' that representatives for economic development agencies are visiting companies to dissect our high taxes, extreme regulatory environment and other expenses to show annual savings of between 20% and 40% after an out-of-state move")
--...state lost 29,200 jobs in May
http://latimesblogs.latimes.
Economic "soft patch" may not be just a blip...
http://www.investors.com/
("The long leading index of global industrial production turned down well before events in Japan and the Middle East")
--Don't get caught in the new tech stock bubble...
http://steveblank.com/2011/06/
Food price explosion 'will devastate the world's poor'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
U.N. passes "historic" gay rights resolution
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/
--New York: Sam-sex marriage contemplated by State Assembly -- you can petition against it here:
http://www.nationformarriage.
--NFL' David Tyree boldly defends "traditional" marriage on CNN (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
**TWO TOP FEDERAL LAWYERS LOSE TO OBAMA IN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION DEBATE***
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
("Other high-level Justice lawyers were also involved in the deliberations, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., supported Ms. Krass's view, officials said. Matthew Miller, a Justice Department spokesman, said, "Our views were heard, as were other views, and the president then made the decision as was appropriate for him to do.")
--Flashback to 2007: Senator Obama introduces Iran resolution, measure to say President George W. Bush has no authority for war with Iran...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21594008/ns/politics-decision_08/t/obama-introduces-iran-resolution/
--A communist news outlet's viewpoint: "Imperialists step up air assaults in Libya, talk of protracted war"
http://www.themilitant.com/2011/7523/752305.html
***WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES EARLY END TO COMMIECARE WAIVERS***
http://www.theblaze.com/
("new applications for waivers will be considered after Sept. 22. Approvals or renewals received by the deadline will be good through 2013. Starting in 2014, the main coverage provisions of the health care law will take effect, and such waivers will no longer be needed.")
U.K.: Union leader announces England's biggest labor strike in 100 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Texas: Judge sentences her to five years probation for "simple" spanking, tells mother "You don't spank children today"...
http://www.volunteertv.com/
Indiana: Feds support Planned Parenthood in defunding case
http://hosted2.ap.org/COGRA/
New York: Anthony Weiner to receive pension, benefits topping $1.2 MILLION...
http://www.rollcall.com/news/
GUN DATABASE?: California seizes 1,200 "illegally" owned guns (read: legally purchases but owners convicted of crimes or found mentally handicapped...)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
("The system was created 10 years ago to cross-reference five databases to find people who legally bought guns and registered assault weapons but are now barred from owning the weapons.")
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
Michigan: Teacher contract raises salaries in tenth year by $16k-$20k...
http://www.
Canada: Vancouver mayor & police chief blame Stanley Cup riot on anarchists...
http://www.vancouversun.com/
Op-Ed: "Give Leon Panetta The Pink Slip"
http://townhall.com/
("Within two years, Hugh DeLacy was in regular contact with Leon Panetta, grilling him and regularly asking him for military and defense and foreign-policy-related information, which Panetta heavily supplied him.")
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
ONLY ONE MAJOR NEWS OUTLET (GOD BLESS FOX NEWS CHANNEL...) REPORTS TODAY'S PENTAGON/ARLINGTON TERROR SUSPECT AS BEING "MUSLIM"
http://www.theblaze.com/
("twenty-two-year-old Melaku is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Ethiopia that also serves in the Marine Corp Reserves. He was found carrying ammonia nitrate fertilizer and other materials making reference to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.")
CHINESE SABOTAGE: Government Accountability Office declares 40 PERCENT of defense supply chain damaged by Chinese parts...
http://www.dailytech.com/
("The GAO claims that 40 percent of the U.S. Department of Defense's supply chain is adversely impacted by fake or defective parts. From missiles, to rifles, to vehicles, problems abound. The common thread, says the GAO, is that virtually all the suspect parts originated from contractors in China.")
Funding for racially-charged pro-illegal-alien group "National Council of La Raza" skyrockets after Obama hires its VP Cecilia Muñoz...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/
American & British hotels warned of potential Bombay-style Islamic terror attacks
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/
("Authorities are warning hotels in major US cities to be vigilant after intelligence recently obtained in Somalia shows al Qaeda was planning to launch a Mumbai-style attack on an upscale hotel in London")
--U.S. judge dismisses charges against bin Laden...
http://www.reuters.com/
Connecticut: Joe Lieberman supports Israel, shows public support for Israel & for Glenn Beck's "Restoring Courage" event
http://lieberman.senate.gov/
--This Week In Israeli History: First U.S. presidential visit to Israel (6/16/1974 by President Nixon)
http://www.jpost.com/Features/
Arizona: Southern Baptists back 'path to legal status' for undocumented immigrants
http://www.politico.com/news/
--Texas: State Sen. Chris Harris asks Mexican-born 23-year-American-resident immigrant speaker, "Why aren't you speaking English?" (VIDEO)
http://www.ktrh.com/cc-common/
Florida: Legal experts say EPA's greenhouse gas ruling safe despite lawsuit
http://solveclimatenews.com/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Great observation/pictures: "Arab Spring" march in San Francisco had a (predictable) communist twist...
http://pajamasmedia.com/
--***WARNING GRAPHIC PICS*** Pakistan: Unarmed man shot at point blank range by military police who casually watch as he bleeds to death in the street
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
("There is the law of the jungle in this country and no one is accountable for his action or deeds")
--IRAN'S BARBARISM: ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT SCHOOL IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES (VIDEOS) [CAMERAMAN JUST LAUGHS WHILE SCHOOL KIDS SPANKED, WHIPPED...]
http://atlasshrugs2000.
--Syria: Security forces shoot, kill 16 more protesters, unrest spreads to Lebanon...
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/
--Libya: Obama-supported rebels murdering rape victims via "honor killings")
http://www.realfeminist.com/
--Palestine: How Palestinians became the baby seals of the Western "human rights" lobby
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
(..."If I were a Palestinian in Gaza, I wouldn't only throw stones across the border at Israeli troops. I'd also hurl them at "The Audacity of Hope" flotilla when it turns up next week, with its cargo of insulting letters from achingly right-on Americans who have moved on from crying over baby seals to crying over poor Palestinians.")
--Saudi Arabia: Women protest Islamic theocracy by openly driving automobiles...
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.
--
"But the safety of the people of America against dangers from foreign force depends not only on their forbearing to give just causes of war to other nations, but also on their placing and continuing themselves in such a situation as not to invite hostility or insult; for it need not be observed that there are pretended as well as just causes of war." ~~ John Jay, Federalist No. 4, November 7, 1787
Friday, June 17, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 17, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 17, 2011
***Navy Cross expected for Marine killed-in-action***
http://www.sanclementetimes.
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Europe faces "Lehman moment" as Greece unravels
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--Greek PM George Papandreou to unveil new cabinet...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
--...PM's cabinet reshuffle plan in doubt as deputies quit
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
--...isn't priced in, and neither is Ireland...
http://www.marketwatch.com/
--...Spain's borrowing costs to 11-year highs
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/
("Spanish government bond yields, which move inversely to prices, jumped to highs last seen in September 2000, while Greek yields surged to fresh euro-era highs on Thursday.")
World's biggest banks face capital clampdown by "global regulators"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
("Global regulators are poised to set a new tiered regime of additional capital requirements for about 30 of the world's biggest banks, in the latest effort to ensure the next financial crisis can be contained.")
Hawaii: Foreclosures might swamp isle courts
http://www.staradvertiser.com/
Obama administration backs down from promise to drill, objects to Alaska oil and gas development bill...
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/
U.S. funding of the United Nations reaches all-time high
http://www.heritage.org/
Florida: Shuttle's end leaves NASA with a $547.9 million pension bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
Florida: Dept. of Corrections department cuts 111 positions in Tallahassee
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
NSA allies with Internet carriers to thwart ("thwart", not "stop") cyber attacks against defense firms...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Flashback to 2007: Senator Obama introduces Iran resolution, measure to say President George W. Bush has no authority for war with Iran...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
New York & California: States rank at the bottom of all 50 for individual freedoms
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Supreme Court rejects atheist's latest challenge to remove "Under God" from Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.catholicnewsagency.
(""The words 'one nation under God' make clear the bedrock American principle that our rights come not from the State, but are endowed by our Creator."")
Where is PeTA: Canadian geese in New York City to be slaughtered, used to feed needy in Pennsylvania...
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/
Government handouts are a booming business...
http://money.msn.com/how-to-
("Nearly 20 cents of every dollar of disposable income comes from the government, often in the form of Social Security, Medicare or unemployment benefits.")
U.S. Senate votes to end ethanol incentives
http://uk.reuters.com/article/
--Montana: Montana Supreme Court denies climate-change lawsuit
http://missoulian.com/news/
--Prince Charles attacks 'climate deniers'
http://www.perthnow.com.au/
--Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 'considering sending mirrors to space to tackle climate change'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Elmo, Internet Czar & FCC work to redistribute wealth with free broadband (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
New Jersey: Union leader calls for violence, labels Gov. Chris Christie a National Socialist... (VIDEO)
http://punditpress.blogspot.
Belgium: Having no government may not be such a bad thing
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
iPhone users may soon be stopped from filming at concerts — as a result of new Apple technology.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
Mexico, several other countries seek to halt Georgia's new anti-illegal immigration law
http://www.ajc.com/news/
--AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka honored for "defending" immigrant workers, families...
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/
U.S. vows to hunt down, kill new Al-Qaeda leader
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
--Leading Islamic group's hit list targets specific Americans
http://atlasshrugs2000.
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Libya: Rebels say captured cell phone videos show rape, torture
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/
--Syrian civilian: Why is our president killing us?
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/
--Turkey: Gov't pressure divides group before flotilla decision
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.
--China: Street vendors lash out against police tyranny
http://observers.france24.com/
--Yemen: Oil pipeline down for months after attack
http://www.calgaryherald.com/
--
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." ~~ Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, 1774
***Navy Cross expected for Marine killed-in-action***
http://www.sanclementetimes.
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Europe faces "Lehman moment" as Greece unravels
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--Greek PM George Papandreou to unveil new cabinet...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
--...PM's cabinet reshuffle plan in doubt as deputies quit
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
--...isn't priced in, and neither is Ireland...
http://www.marketwatch.com/
--...Spain's borrowing costs to 11-year highs
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/
("Spanish government bond yields, which move inversely to prices, jumped to highs last seen in September 2000, while Greek yields surged to fresh euro-era highs on Thursday.")
World's biggest banks face capital clampdown by "global regulators"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
("Global regulators are poised to set a new tiered regime of additional capital requirements for about 30 of the world's biggest banks, in the latest effort to ensure the next financial crisis can be contained.")
Hawaii: Foreclosures might swamp isle courts
http://www.staradvertiser.com/
Obama administration backs down from promise to drill, objects to Alaska oil and gas development bill...
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/
U.S. funding of the United Nations reaches all-time high
http://www.heritage.org/
Florida: Shuttle's end leaves NASA with a $547.9 million pension bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
Florida: Dept. of Corrections department cuts 111 positions in Tallahassee
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
NSA allies with Internet carriers to thwart ("thwart", not "stop") cyber attacks against defense firms...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Flashback to 2007: Senator Obama introduces Iran resolution, measure to say President George W. Bush has no authority for war with Iran...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
New York & California: States rank at the bottom of all 50 for individual freedoms
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Supreme Court rejects atheist's latest challenge to remove "Under God" from Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.catholicnewsagency.
(""The words 'one nation under God' make clear the bedrock American principle that our rights come not from the State, but are endowed by our Creator."")
Where is PeTA: Canadian geese in New York City to be slaughtered, used to feed needy in Pennsylvania...
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/
Government handouts are a booming business...
http://money.msn.com/how-to-
("Nearly 20 cents of every dollar of disposable income comes from the government, often in the form of Social Security, Medicare or unemployment benefits.")
U.S. Senate votes to end ethanol incentives
http://uk.reuters.com/article/
--Montana: Montana Supreme Court denies climate-change lawsuit
http://missoulian.com/news/
--Prince Charles attacks 'climate deniers'
http://www.perthnow.com.au/
--Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 'considering sending mirrors to space to tackle climate change'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Elmo, Internet Czar & FCC work to redistribute wealth with free broadband (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
New Jersey: Union leader calls for violence, labels Gov. Chris Christie a National Socialist... (VIDEO)
http://punditpress.blogspot.
Belgium: Having no government may not be such a bad thing
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
iPhone users may soon be stopped from filming at concerts — as a result of new Apple technology.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
Mexico, several other countries seek to halt Georgia's new anti-illegal immigration law
http://www.ajc.com/news/
--AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka honored for "defending" immigrant workers, families...
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/
U.S. vows to hunt down, kill new Al-Qaeda leader
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
--Leading Islamic group's hit list targets specific Americans
http://atlasshrugs2000.
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Libya: Rebels say captured cell phone videos show rape, torture
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/
--Syrian civilian: Why is our president killing us?
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/
--Turkey: Gov't pressure divides group before flotilla decision
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.
--China: Street vendors lash out against police tyranny
http://observers.france24.com/
--Yemen: Oil pipeline down for months after attack
http://www.calgaryherald.com/
--
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." ~~ Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, 1774
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 16, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 16, 2011
***Via Facebook, Toyota to donate 100 cars over 100 days to charities & do-good organizations***
You can vote for your favorite charity on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/
--and-- http://apps.facebook.com/
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
The Housing Depression Deepens
http://www.investors.com/
--Home builder sales expectations fall back to record low
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
Moody's warns on French banks, eyes other Euro-Zone banks
http://online.wsj.com/article/
U.S., global stock markets slump as Greek crisis resumes violence
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Greek Socialists in power-sharing talks amidst continued violent protests...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
--Greek youths firebomb police during anti-austerity protests (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
--Greek crisis exposes growing rift between France and Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Inflation higher as Empire State Manufacturing Index tumbles, confirms contraction
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Shale Boom, Independents drive U.S. reserves, capital spending
http://rigzone.com/news/
Herman Cain's proposals would boost economy and create jobs: economist
http://www.ibtimes.com/
--Pennsylvania: Downtown Pittsburgh businesses booming, gets a makeover, becomes "Steal City"...
http://online.wsj.com/article/
--Reports point to lower food prices, more hiring...
http://www.tampabay.com/news/
("Food prices at the wholesale level fell 1.4 percent, the Labor Department said. It was the largest drop since June 2010. About 40 percent of that decline resulted from steep declines in vegetable and fruit prices.")
Reports indicate more small businesses plan to reduce jobs...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Data shows troubling mix of weakness, inflation
http://www.reuters.com/
--Ford Motor Company to invest $1.2 billion...in Spain
http://www.manufacturing.net/
--Are taxes causing the rich to renounce their citizenship?
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/
(""There is growing concern, particularly among the wealthy, about the future financial direction of the country. This President constantly demonizes the wealthy, who undoubtedly are concerned about the tax policy that would emerge in 2012 if a re-elected Barack Obama, unconstrained by re-election concerns, finally confronts the budgetary train wreck that he has done so much to exacerbate.")
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
***Congressional members to file lawsuit over Libya***
http://politicalticker.blogs.
--"Nothing more impeachable" than war without authorization, says Constitutional scholar (VIDEO)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
("committed a 'very grave offense' against the Constitution in taking military action in Libya without congressional authorization.")--The War Powers Act of 1973 (scroll down to "CONGRESSIONAL ACTION SEC. 5. (b)" for specific sub-section in question)
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/
Congressional investigation of DOJ in "Operation Fast And Furious" heats up
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/
--Document drop: More Project Gunrunner fit hits the shan
http://michellemalkin.com/
--U.S. agents slam gun sting effort on Mexico border
http://www.reuters.com/
"Too Big to Fail" may still exist despite Chris Dodd/Barney Frank, Democrats' big government regulations....
http://cnsnews.com/news/
--Critique by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon of the Dodd/Frank bank regulation draws rave review -- from Ben Bernanke?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/
("overly harsh new banking regulations in the Dodd/Frank financial reform law may be hindering economic growth as banks cut back on business lending, and the uncertainly of how the new rules will be written by Congress is also preventing banks from lending to businesses.")
The case for TERM LIMITS:
--...NANCY PELOSI'S PERSONAL WEALTH GROWS BY 62 PERCENT
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-
--...200 of Obama's donors land government jobs and contracts
http://brianekoenig.com/2011/
The case against UNIONIZED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES:
TSA firing 36 Honolulu Airport workers, suspends 12 others for not screening checked-in baggage for explosives as their jobs require...
http://www.staradvertiser.com/
--"COINCIDENTALLY": TSA "security exercise" covers three states, 5000 miles...
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-
--..."a scheduled operation, not related to a specific threat"
http://www.mariettatimes.com/
----YESTERDAY: Union for postal workers suggests mailmen work to thwart terror attacks...
http://cnsnews.com/news/
U.S. domestic terrorist and founder of domestic terrorist group Bill Ayers banned from entering Canada...
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/
("Ayers gained notoriety in the 1960s and 70s as a founding member of the radical militant protest group Weather Underground. In 2009, Ayers was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency and denied entry into Canada.")Chicago expanding Big Brother camera network
http://www.suntimes.com/
Texas: Light bulb bill would skirt federal plan
http://www.miamiherald.com/
--EPA Administrator & socialist Lisa Jackson lashes out at utility companies for spilling the beans on Obama's job-killing coal policies
http://www.thegatewaypundit.
HORRIBLE SCORES: The National Assessment Of Educational Progress's "The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2010"
http://nces.ed.gov/
--Sample questions from the 2010 Nation's Report Card
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
--More sample questions from the Nation's Report Card
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
DERELICTION OF DUTY: San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey frees "low-level" illegal alien criminals to protest against a federal program (a.k.a. "Secure Communities")...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/
--Obama to address radical Latino civil rights group La Raza next month...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
--Texas: Group seeks to halt deportation of Mexicans via Texas, New Mexico
http://latino.foxnews.com/
Radical Islam spreading in US prisons: lawmakers
http://www.breitbart.com/
("Dozens of ex-cons who became radicalized Muslims inside US prisons have gone to Yemen to join an Al-Qaeda group run by a fellow American, Anwar al-Awlaqi," King, a Republican, told the committee.)
Georgetown University received $325,000 funneled through Hamas front group CAIR
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/
Standoff at U.N. shows how expanded Security Council could operate against U.S. interests
http://cnsnews.com/news/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Hamas and Fatah expected to finalize unity government next Tuesday
http://wireupdate.com/wires/
--Ahmadinejad calls for post-Soviet security alliance to unite in alliance against West
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/
--Beijing battling protest fires on all fronts
http://www.theaustralian.com.
--
"We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government." ~~ James Madison, letter to Edward Livingston, 1822
***Via Facebook, Toyota to donate 100 cars over 100 days to charities & do-good organizations***
You can vote for your favorite charity on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/
--and-- http://apps.facebook.com/
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
The Housing Depression Deepens
http://www.investors.com/
--Home builder sales expectations fall back to record low
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
Moody's warns on French banks, eyes other Euro-Zone banks
http://online.wsj.com/article/
U.S., global stock markets slump as Greek crisis resumes violence
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Greek Socialists in power-sharing talks amidst continued violent protests...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
--Greek youths firebomb police during anti-austerity protests (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
--Greek crisis exposes growing rift between France and Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Inflation higher as Empire State Manufacturing Index tumbles, confirms contraction
http://www.zerohedge.com/
Shale Boom, Independents drive U.S. reserves, capital spending
http://rigzone.com/news/
Herman Cain's proposals would boost economy and create jobs: economist
http://www.ibtimes.com/
--Pennsylvania: Downtown Pittsburgh businesses booming, gets a makeover, becomes "Steal City"...
http://online.wsj.com/article/
--Reports point to lower food prices, more hiring...
http://www.tampabay.com/news/
("Food prices at the wholesale level fell 1.4 percent, the Labor Department said. It was the largest drop since June 2010. About 40 percent of that decline resulted from steep declines in vegetable and fruit prices.")
Reports indicate more small businesses plan to reduce jobs...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Data shows troubling mix of weakness, inflation
http://www.reuters.com/
--Ford Motor Company to invest $1.2 billion...in Spain
http://www.manufacturing.net/
--Are taxes causing the rich to renounce their citizenship?
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/
(""There is growing concern, particularly among the wealthy, about the future financial direction of the country. This President constantly demonizes the wealthy, who undoubtedly are concerned about the tax policy that would emerge in 2012 if a re-elected Barack Obama, unconstrained by re-election concerns, finally confronts the budgetary train wreck that he has done so much to exacerbate.")
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
***Congressional members to file lawsuit over Libya***
http://politicalticker.blogs.
--"Nothing more impeachable" than war without authorization, says Constitutional scholar (VIDEO)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
("committed a 'very grave offense' against the Constitution in taking military action in Libya without congressional authorization.")--The War Powers Act of 1973 (scroll down to "CONGRESSIONAL ACTION SEC. 5. (b)" for specific sub-section in question)
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/
Congressional investigation of DOJ in "Operation Fast And Furious" heats up
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/
--Document drop: More Project Gunrunner fit hits the shan
http://michellemalkin.com/
--U.S. agents slam gun sting effort on Mexico border
http://www.reuters.com/
"Too Big to Fail" may still exist despite Chris Dodd/Barney Frank, Democrats' big government regulations....
http://cnsnews.com/news/
--Critique by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon of the Dodd/Frank bank regulation draws rave review -- from Ben Bernanke?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/
("overly harsh new banking regulations in the Dodd/Frank financial reform law may be hindering economic growth as banks cut back on business lending, and the uncertainly of how the new rules will be written by Congress is also preventing banks from lending to businesses.")
The case for TERM LIMITS:
--...NANCY PELOSI'S PERSONAL WEALTH GROWS BY 62 PERCENT
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-
--...200 of Obama's donors land government jobs and contracts
http://brianekoenig.com/2011/
The case against UNIONIZED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES:
TSA firing 36 Honolulu Airport workers, suspends 12 others for not screening checked-in baggage for explosives as their jobs require...
http://www.staradvertiser.com/
--"COINCIDENTALLY": TSA "security exercise" covers three states, 5000 miles...
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-
--..."a scheduled operation, not related to a specific threat"
http://www.mariettatimes.com/
----YESTERDAY: Union for postal workers suggests mailmen work to thwart terror attacks...
http://cnsnews.com/news/
U.S. domestic terrorist and founder of domestic terrorist group Bill Ayers banned from entering Canada...
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/
("Ayers gained notoriety in the 1960s and 70s as a founding member of the radical militant protest group Weather Underground. In 2009, Ayers was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency and denied entry into Canada.")Chicago expanding Big Brother camera network
http://www.suntimes.com/
Texas: Light bulb bill would skirt federal plan
http://www.miamiherald.com/
--EPA Administrator & socialist Lisa Jackson lashes out at utility companies for spilling the beans on Obama's job-killing coal policies
http://www.thegatewaypundit.
HORRIBLE SCORES: The National Assessment Of Educational Progress's "The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2010"
http://nces.ed.gov/
--Sample questions from the 2010 Nation's Report Card
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
--More sample questions from the Nation's Report Card
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
DERELICTION OF DUTY: San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey frees "low-level" illegal alien criminals to protest against a federal program (a.k.a. "Secure Communities")...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/
--Obama to address radical Latino civil rights group La Raza next month...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
--Texas: Group seeks to halt deportation of Mexicans via Texas, New Mexico
http://latino.foxnews.com/
Radical Islam spreading in US prisons: lawmakers
http://www.breitbart.com/
("Dozens of ex-cons who became radicalized Muslims inside US prisons have gone to Yemen to join an Al-Qaeda group run by a fellow American, Anwar al-Awlaqi," King, a Republican, told the committee.)
Georgetown University received $325,000 funneled through Hamas front group CAIR
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/
Standoff at U.N. shows how expanded Security Council could operate against U.S. interests
http://cnsnews.com/news/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
--Hamas and Fatah expected to finalize unity government next Tuesday
http://wireupdate.com/wires/
--Ahmadinejad calls for post-Soviet security alliance to unite in alliance against West
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/
--Beijing battling protest fires on all fronts
http://www.theaustralian.com.
--
"We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government." ~~ James Madison, letter to Edward Livingston, 1822
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 15, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 15, 2011
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urges GOP to support raising debt ceiling
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Obama chimes in: If debt limit not raised, financial crisis possible...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
In the meantime...
--Obama guarantees Egypt's debt with $1 billion in Eurobonds...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--U.S. grants $190 million in aid for Pakistani flood victims...
http://wireupdate.com/wires/
----...coincidentally: Pakistan arrests C.I.A. informants in Bin Laden raid...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
--Social Security Admin. makes $8 billion in improper payments...
http://www.cbsnews.com/
--With debt ceiling uncertainty, big banks taking evasive action
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Gold may reach $5,000/ounce due to "supply shortage"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
OPEC boosts oil output in May...
http://rigzone.com/news/
--...sees risk of price rise, shortage
http://www.reuters.com/
--France: President Sarkozy warns of soaring commodity prices
http://www.breitbart.com/
1.9 million fewer Americans have jobs today than when Obama signed stimulus...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
--Obama blames ATMs, automation for high unemployment...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
--Government jobs unaffected by the Great Recession
http://www.carolinajournal.
U.S. housing crisis officially worse than during the Great Depression
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
--Americans using homeless shelters surges 57%...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
Bank of America fights to deflect fraud investigations
http://www.theatlanticwire.
George Soros: Time working against euro zone solution
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/
Alabama: Storms have TVA fuel cost surging in July bills
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
Boehner gives Obama ultimatum on "kinetic military action" in Libya...
http://www.theblaze.com/
Gun control attempt: Many weapons used by Mexican drug gangs originate in U.S.: report
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/
("The senators, including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, are calling for reinstatement of an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and better enforcement of a ban on the import of military style weapons.")
--Brady Campaign...New Champion Of The Tenth Amendment
http://www.nraila.org/
Feds ditch rule that foiled Indian tribes plans for off-reservation casino in Catskills
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
("The Obama administration announced Tuesday it has rescinded a rule that blocked Indian tribes from building casinos far from their reservations, reviving hopes among local officials for casino gambling in the Catskills")
Why ObamaCare is losing in the courts (government lawyers keep changing their arguments...)
http://online.wsj.com/article/
Union for postal workers now wants to make mailmen honorary Homeland Security field agents, thwart terror attacks...
http://cnsnews.com/news/
--27 Republicans vote for handouts to Big Labor...
http://www.redstate.com/
Maryland: Baltimore school system to reimburse [Filipino] teachers for visa fees
http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Humans spew more CO2 annually than all of Earth's volcanoes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
--U.S. challenged by environmental groups over approval of Shell's Gulf drilling plan
http://www.rigzone.com/news/
--Due to declining solar activity, Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Op-Ed: Free trade stabilizes nations, promotes economic growth
http://www.atr.org/free-trade-
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
Texas: Hearing, rallies on sanctuary cities bill draw crowds
http://www.mysanantonio.com/
Georgia: La Raza pimps WIC while illegal aliens collect WIC vouchers
http://defundlaraza.com/2011/
California: Former Hamas-linked CAIR official, Basim Elkarra, running for state office
http://atlasshrugs2000.
Islam and Anti-Semitism at Yale
http://netwmd.com/blog/2011/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
***Libya: Rape victims face 'honour killings'***
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
--Egypt: 7,000 civilians jailed since Mubarak fell
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
--Israel: Police train for mass Palestinian protests
http://www.breitbart.com/
----Documents reveal President Assad orchestrated Nakba Day raids on Golan Heights...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
--Syrian army pursues 'scorched earth' campaign
http://www.france24.com/en/
--Iraq expels SIX U.S. Congressmen...
http://www.presstv.com/detail/
--Iran: 70,000-member "moral police" sent out to enforce Islamic dress code to combat 'western cultural invasion'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
----Iranian official: "We will use our missiles to protect other Muslim states"
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/
--China: Violent clashes worsen after pregnant woman struck
http://www.theepochtimes.com/
--
"There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that the United States should be answerable for twenty-five millions of dollars without knowing whether the ways and means can be provided, and without knowing whether those who are to succeed us will think with us on the subject, would be rash and unjustifiable. Sir, in my opinion, it would be hazarding the public faith in a manner contrary to every idea of prudence." ~~ James Madison, Speech in Congress, April 22, 1790
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urges GOP to support raising debt ceiling
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
--Obama chimes in: If debt limit not raised, financial crisis possible...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
In the meantime...
--Obama guarantees Egypt's debt with $1 billion in Eurobonds...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--U.S. grants $190 million in aid for Pakistani flood victims...
http://wireupdate.com/wires/
----...coincidentally: Pakistan arrests C.I.A. informants in Bin Laden raid...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
--Social Security Admin. makes $8 billion in improper payments...
http://www.cbsnews.com/
--With debt ceiling uncertainty, big banks taking evasive action
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Gold may reach $5,000/ounce due to "supply shortage"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
OPEC boosts oil output in May...
http://rigzone.com/news/
--...sees risk of price rise, shortage
http://www.reuters.com/
--France: President Sarkozy warns of soaring commodity prices
http://www.breitbart.com/
1.9 million fewer Americans have jobs today than when Obama signed stimulus...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
--Obama blames ATMs, automation for high unemployment...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
--Government jobs unaffected by the Great Recession
http://www.carolinajournal.
U.S. housing crisis officially worse than during the Great Depression
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
--Americans using homeless shelters surges 57%...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
Bank of America fights to deflect fraud investigations
http://www.theatlanticwire.
George Soros: Time working against euro zone solution
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/
Alabama: Storms have TVA fuel cost surging in July bills
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
Boehner gives Obama ultimatum on "kinetic military action" in Libya...
http://www.theblaze.com/
Gun control attempt: Many weapons used by Mexican drug gangs originate in U.S.: report
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/
("The senators, including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, are calling for reinstatement of an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and better enforcement of a ban on the import of military style weapons.")
--Brady Campaign...New Champion Of The Tenth Amendment
http://www.nraila.org/
Feds ditch rule that foiled Indian tribes plans for off-reservation casino in Catskills
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
("The Obama administration announced Tuesday it has rescinded a rule that blocked Indian tribes from building casinos far from their reservations, reviving hopes among local officials for casino gambling in the Catskills")
Why ObamaCare is losing in the courts (government lawyers keep changing their arguments...)
http://online.wsj.com/article/
Union for postal workers now wants to make mailmen honorary Homeland Security field agents, thwart terror attacks...
http://cnsnews.com/news/
--27 Republicans vote for handouts to Big Labor...
http://www.redstate.com/
Maryland: Baltimore school system to reimburse [Filipino] teachers for visa fees
http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Humans spew more CO2 annually than all of Earth's volcanoes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
--U.S. challenged by environmental groups over approval of Shell's Gulf drilling plan
http://www.rigzone.com/news/
--Due to declining solar activity, Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Op-Ed: Free trade stabilizes nations, promotes economic growth
http://www.atr.org/free-trade-
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
Texas: Hearing, rallies on sanctuary cities bill draw crowds
http://www.mysanantonio.com/
Georgia: La Raza pimps WIC while illegal aliens collect WIC vouchers
http://defundlaraza.com/2011/
California: Former Hamas-linked CAIR official, Basim Elkarra, running for state office
http://atlasshrugs2000.
Islam and Anti-Semitism at Yale
http://netwmd.com/blog/2011/
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
***Libya: Rape victims face 'honour killings'***
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
--Egypt: 7,000 civilians jailed since Mubarak fell
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
--Israel: Police train for mass Palestinian protests
http://www.breitbart.com/
----Documents reveal President Assad orchestrated Nakba Day raids on Golan Heights...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/
--Syrian army pursues 'scorched earth' campaign
http://www.france24.com/en/
--Iraq expels SIX U.S. Congressmen...
http://www.presstv.com/detail/
--Iran: 70,000-member "moral police" sent out to enforce Islamic dress code to combat 'western cultural invasion'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
----Iranian official: "We will use our missiles to protect other Muslim states"
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/
--China: Violent clashes worsen after pregnant woman struck
http://www.theepochtimes.com/
--
"There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that the United States should be answerable for twenty-five millions of dollars without knowing whether the ways and means can be provided, and without knowing whether those who are to succeed us will think with us on the subject, would be rash and unjustifiable. Sir, in my opinion, it would be hazarding the public faith in a manner contrary to every idea of prudence." ~~ James Madison, Speech in Congress, April 22, 1790
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
***Happy Flag Day!***
Presidential Proclamation: Flag Day and National Flag Week
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-
("NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2011, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 12, 2011, as National Flag Week.")
This day in history: "Flag Day"
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
("Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.")
Flag Day honors U.S. symbol, history
http://www.presstelegram.com/
Flag Day traditions and the rules
http://latimesblogs.latimes.
***Happy 236th Birthday To The U.S. Army!***
http://www.army.mil/Birthday/
Description of the birth of the U.S. Army taken from Robert Wright, The Continental Army
http://www.history.army.mil/
U.S. Army birthday highlights needs of military families
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
Army Birthday Ceremony @ 11:00am ET today
http://www.pentagonchannel.
--and-- Bright House Networks channel #127
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"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." ~~ John Adams, Address to the Military , 1798
Presidential Proclamation: Flag Day and National Flag Week
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-
("NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2011, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 12, 2011, as National Flag Week.")
This day in history: "Flag Day"
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
("Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.")
Flag Day honors U.S. symbol, history
http://www.presstelegram.com/
Flag Day traditions and the rules
http://latimesblogs.latimes.
***Happy 236th Birthday To The U.S. Army!***
http://www.army.mil/Birthday/
Description of the birth of the U.S. Army taken from Robert Wright, The Continental Army
http://www.history.army.mil/
U.S. Army birthday highlights needs of military families
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
Army Birthday Ceremony @ 11:00am ET today
http://www.pentagonchannel.
--and-- Bright House Networks channel #127
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"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." ~~ John Adams, Address to the Military , 1798
Labels: Flag Day, United States Army 236th Bithday
Daily News Links -- June 14, 2011
Daily News Links -- June 14, 2011
http://ebnewslinks.blogspot.
***Panetta: POTUS can unilaterally use military to protect "national interests"*** (VIDEO)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
(""I believe very strongly that the president has the constitutional power as commander in chief to take steps that he believes are necessary to protect this country and protect our national interests," said Panetta. "And obviously, I think it's important for presidents to consult, to have the advice of Congress. But in the end, I believe he has the constitutional power to do what he has to do to protect this country."")
--Media blackout: CIA director accused of links to Communist spy contact -- scandal ignored
http://www.renewamerica.com/
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
PIMCO's Bill Gross: U.S. in even worse financial shape than Greece
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
("Much of the public focus is on the nation's public debt, which is $14.3 trillion. But that doesn't include money guaranteed for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, which comes to close to $50 trillion")
--Greece downgraded to lowest grade (CCC) by S&P
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--Debt-hit Greece sees "profit" in air pollution (i.e. "cap-and-tax")
http://www.breitbart.com/
("emission rights fetch up to 17 euros (24 dollars) a tonne in other parts of Europe.")
--What Greece (and America...) can learn from Hungary
http://seekingalpha.com/
("In contrast, Hungary's center-right government rejected the austerity program prescribed by the IMF. Instead, it embarked on a radical plan widely panned in the West. It included the introduction of a flat income tax, tax breaks for small businesses, and surcharges for banks, utilities and telecoms, some of them foreign-owned")
--Illinois: State so broke that it considers placing advertisements on license plates
http://www.wlsam.com/Article.
The Fed's QE2 money-printing "stimulus" served as a stealth bank bailout for Europe's banks...
http://www.zerohedge.com/
--Nouriel Roubini: A "perfect storm" may clobber global economy... (VIDEO)
http://finance.yahoo.com/
--Jim Rogers: Dollar is doomed, own real assets... (VIDEO)
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Perkins restaurants, Marie Callender restaurants file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
http://www.kdvr.com/news/
("filed for bankruptcy Monday with plans to close 65 of its 600 locations and cut 2,500 jobs")
--POTUS jokes at Jobs Council: "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected"...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
--...brags about "better plane" and "bigger entourage" than when he was a candidate
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/
--Top Congressional POTUS ally wants to revive failed Depression-era "Works Progress Administration" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
----HISTORY: Progressive FDR's failed "Works Progress Administration"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
POTUS to announce plans to cut government waste by creating MORE government bureaucracy...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
("will call for a new oversight board to work with federal agencies to cut back on waste and improve their performance")
--Despite vows of austerity, Congressional travel on taxpayer dime spikes
http://www.thedailybeast.com/
--Taxpayers to foot "most" of the bill for Michelle Obama's coming political fundraisers...
http://www.whitehousedossier.
--Repealing the Davis–Bacon Act would save taxpayers $10.9 billion
http://www.heritage.org/
("The Davis–Bacon Act requires the government to pay construction wages an average 22 percent above market rates")
California: ARCO sells assets due to last year's Gulf oil sanctions
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
"Operation Fast & Furious" Congressional hearing begins today (investigating Obama/Justice Dept.'s obstruction of justice & contempt...)
http://oversight.house.gov/
("hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of documents from a Congressional subpoena.")
FBI expands agents' investigative power...
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/
("giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention"..."Under the new rules, agents will be allowed to search such databases without making a record about their decision")
--Texas: "Landmark" legislation as teachers may get access to students' criminal records...
http://www.winonadailynews.
("We were wondering, how many more students do we have sitting in our classrooms that have been violent or have mental problems we don't know about?")
A Prophet Of Socialism: Paul Krugman: "Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels and sales taxes"
http://www.nationalreview.com/
Homes completely destroyed by tornados denied FEMA help for "insufficient damage"... (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
George-Soros-funded progressive Christian org "American Values Network" attacking budget cuts via Ayn Rand (VIDEOS)
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/
As Republicans move to nix ethanol subsidies, USDA pushes "flex-fuel pumps"...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
("Eliminating the ethanol tax earmark and tariff would be a big step toward restoring fiscal sanity in Washington. Ethanol is bad economic policy, bad energy policy and bad environmental policy.")
--Electric cars may not be so green after all...
http://www.theaustralian.com.
("An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in CO2. Many electric cars will not travel that far in their lifetime because they typically have a range of less than 145km on a single charge and are unsuitable for long trips. Even those driven 160,000km would save only about a tonne of CO2 over their lifetimes.")
--Study finds "global warming" over past 400 years was due to increase in Sun's activity...
http://joannenova.com.au/2011/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
California: New state laws blur the lines between legal and illegal status, create a "sanctuary state"
http://www.americanthinker.
("Sacramento is sending the wrong message. How you can be opposed to checking fingerprints of people that are jailed, making sure these people are not in this country illegally? How can anyone be opposed to that? Justice, law and fairness no longer matter."")
--Texas: Austin beginning to compete with other Texas cities for wealthy immigrants from Mexico
http://www.statesman.com/news/
Islamic schools on the rise in the U.S., students struggle for "acceptance"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
("In an Islamic school they have a feeling of pride...minus some of the other things they might encounter")
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
Egypt: Christians despair as Islamists flex muscle
http://www.aina.org/news/
Palestine: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "We refuse to recognize a Jewish State" (VIDEO)
http://www.memritv.org/clip/
Lebanon: Lebanese PM: New government to liberate land under occupation of "Israeli enemy"
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Jordan: King unharmed during attack on his motorcade
http://www.foxnews.com/world/
China: Migrant workers attack police in third day of riots
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
("Angry migrant workers in China have attacked police and burned dozens of cars and buses during three days of rioting near the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, in the latest of a series of recent incidents of social unrest to sweep the country.")
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"During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, 1805
http://ebnewslinks.blogspot.
***Panetta: POTUS can unilaterally use military to protect "national interests"*** (VIDEO)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
(""I believe very strongly that the president has the constitutional power as commander in chief to take steps that he believes are necessary to protect this country and protect our national interests," said Panetta. "And obviously, I think it's important for presidents to consult, to have the advice of Congress. But in the end, I believe he has the constitutional power to do what he has to do to protect this country."")
--Media blackout: CIA director accused of links to Communist spy contact -- scandal ignored
http://www.renewamerica.com/
The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Inflation, Free-Market Principles, Gold / Silver, Food Supply
PIMCO's Bill Gross: U.S. in even worse financial shape than Greece
http://www.cnbc.com/id/
("Much of the public focus is on the nation's public debt, which is $14.3 trillion. But that doesn't include money guaranteed for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, which comes to close to $50 trillion")
--Greece downgraded to lowest grade (CCC) by S&P
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
--Debt-hit Greece sees "profit" in air pollution (i.e. "cap-and-tax")
http://www.breitbart.com/
("emission rights fetch up to 17 euros (24 dollars) a tonne in other parts of Europe.")
--What Greece (and America...) can learn from Hungary
http://seekingalpha.com/
("In contrast, Hungary's center-right government rejected the austerity program prescribed by the IMF. Instead, it embarked on a radical plan widely panned in the West. It included the introduction of a flat income tax, tax breaks for small businesses, and surcharges for banks, utilities and telecoms, some of them foreign-owned")
--Illinois: State so broke that it considers placing advertisements on license plates
http://www.wlsam.com/Article.
The Fed's QE2 money-printing "stimulus" served as a stealth bank bailout for Europe's banks...
http://www.zerohedge.com/
--Nouriel Roubini: A "perfect storm" may clobber global economy... (VIDEO)
http://finance.yahoo.com/
--Jim Rogers: Dollar is doomed, own real assets... (VIDEO)
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Perkins restaurants, Marie Callender restaurants file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
http://www.kdvr.com/news/
("filed for bankruptcy Monday with plans to close 65 of its 600 locations and cut 2,500 jobs")
--POTUS jokes at Jobs Council: "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected"...
http://nation.foxnews.com/
--...brags about "better plane" and "bigger entourage" than when he was a candidate
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/
--Top Congressional POTUS ally wants to revive failed Depression-era "Works Progress Administration" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
----HISTORY: Progressive FDR's failed "Works Progress Administration"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
POTUS to announce plans to cut government waste by creating MORE government bureaucracy...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
("will call for a new oversight board to work with federal agencies to cut back on waste and improve their performance")
--Despite vows of austerity, Congressional travel on taxpayer dime spikes
http://www.thedailybeast.com/
--Taxpayers to foot "most" of the bill for Michelle Obama's coming political fundraisers...
http://www.whitehousedossier.
--Repealing the Davis–Bacon Act would save taxpayers $10.9 billion
http://www.heritage.org/
("The Davis–Bacon Act requires the government to pay construction wages an average 22 percent above market rates")
California: ARCO sells assets due to last year's Gulf oil sanctions
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/
Big Government, Progressives & Radicals, Communism & Socialism, Redistribution Of Wealth, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Collective Salvation, Liberation Theology
"Operation Fast & Furious" Congressional hearing begins today (investigating Obama/Justice Dept.'s obstruction of justice & contempt...)
http://oversight.house.gov/
("hearing will examine the constitutional questions raised by both the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena as well as the withholding of documents from a Congressional subpoena.")
FBI expands agents' investigative power...
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/
("giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention"..."Under the new rules, agents will be allowed to search such databases without making a record about their decision")
--Texas: "Landmark" legislation as teachers may get access to students' criminal records...
http://www.winonadailynews.
("We were wondering, how many more students do we have sitting in our classrooms that have been violent or have mental problems we don't know about?")
A Prophet Of Socialism: Paul Krugman: "Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels and sales taxes"
http://www.nationalreview.com/
Homes completely destroyed by tornados denied FEMA help for "insufficient damage"... (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/
George-Soros-funded progressive Christian org "American Values Network" attacking budget cuts via Ayn Rand (VIDEOS)
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/
As Republicans move to nix ethanol subsidies, USDA pushes "flex-fuel pumps"...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/
("Eliminating the ethanol tax earmark and tariff would be a big step toward restoring fiscal sanity in Washington. Ethanol is bad economic policy, bad energy policy and bad environmental policy.")
--Electric cars may not be so green after all...
http://www.theaustralian.com.
("An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in CO2. Many electric cars will not travel that far in their lifetime because they typically have a range of less than 145km on a single charge and are unsuitable for long trips. Even those driven 160,000km would save only about a tonne of CO2 over their lifetimes.")
--Study finds "global warming" over past 400 years was due to increase in Sun's activity...
http://joannenova.com.au/2011/
Illegal Aliens & Open Borders, Terrorism, Jihad, "Misunderstanders Of Islam", Pro-Palestine / Anti-Israel , Caliphate / Khalifah
California: New state laws blur the lines between legal and illegal status, create a "sanctuary state"
http://www.americanthinker.
("Sacramento is sending the wrong message. How you can be opposed to checking fingerprints of people that are jailed, making sure these people are not in this country illegally? How can anyone be opposed to that? Justice, law and fairness no longer matter."")
--Texas: Austin beginning to compete with other Texas cities for wealthy immigrants from Mexico
http://www.statesman.com/news/
Islamic schools on the rise in the U.S., students struggle for "acceptance"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
("In an Islamic school they have a feeling of pride...minus some of the other things they might encounter")
What 'DEMOCRACY' Looks Like:
Egypt: Christians despair as Islamists flex muscle
http://www.aina.org/news/
Palestine: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "We refuse to recognize a Jewish State" (VIDEO)
http://www.memritv.org/clip/
Lebanon: Lebanese PM: New government to liberate land under occupation of "Israeli enemy"
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Jordan: King unharmed during attack on his motorcade
http://www.foxnews.com/world/
China: Migrant workers attack police in third day of riots
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
("Angry migrant workers in China have attacked police and burned dozens of cars and buses during three days of rioting near the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, in the latest of a series of recent incidents of social unrest to sweep the country.")
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"During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, 1805
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