Denton County investigators are looking into a possible case of vigilante justice.
Authorities said two men were stealing an air conditioning unit, when the owner of the property shot them. It happened at a race car driving school at Texas Motor Speedway near Justin where the owner lives.
Mike Starr was sleeping inside his home, which is a warehouse-looking building on the property of his business, Team Texas High Performance Driving School, when he was rudely awakened.
A few hours before most people started showing up for work, a concrete truck driver drove past Starr's home. "He just said the man came out, had the gun in his hand, in his boxers, and asked him to call police because somebody had been shot," said Kathy Saenz, office manager of Gateway Concrete down the street.
Investigators said Starr heard noises outside, went out, confronted two men in their '50s, and then shot them with a 12-gauge shotgun.
"It's Texas, so everyone has a gun," said Kelly Worthington, owner of nearby Worth Printing.
The pair had stolen Starr's A/C condenser and put it in the back of their pickup truck, according to the Denton County Sheriff's Office.
"It's pretty serious to steal a man's air conditioning in the summertime in Texas," said Tom Reedy, public information officer.
The suspects — Joseph Vergal Prescott, of Grand Prairie, and Michael Allen O'Shea, of Irving, who has past convictions for drugs and violent crimes — were taken to the hospital by Careflite.
"Judging from what happened this morning, it'd probably not be a wise thing to mess with people down this street," said Saenz. "You never know what people might do."
Vandalism and break-ins are not new to businesses on Industrial Road. "We've had people cut through fences, stealing equipment," said Saenz. But this time, the suspected thieves did not get away.
"I just hope people learn a lesson that people mean business and protect their property out here," said Worthington.
As for the two suspects, Prescott is in critical condition, and O'shea is in serious condition. Both face possible charges of felony theft.
Texas Rangers have been interviewing Starr trying to figure out what exactly happened during the confrontation, so whether he faces charges has yet to be determined.
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Texas Rangers have been interviewing Starr trying to figure out what exactly happened during the confrontation,
Here, let me help. The perps saw Mr. Starr and started toward him with raised crecent wrenches in their hands. Looked bad for Mr. Starr, so he opened fire.
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Obviously Mr. Starr needs some remedial training in Ammo/Load selection. Had he used the tool properly the erstwhile perps would have attained room temperature by now. Not good. When dealing with two legged varmints...never use less than 0 buckshot.
00 is better...and slugs ALWAYS get the job done.
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Vigilante justice? They were stealing the guy's A/C unit. What more do you need?
Yes, because even a near miss is still a hit, which is good under times of stress, like, when you're getting outnumbered and robbed at the same time. Its what I use in my shotgun for home invader, if I ever need it.
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I reckon the Rangers will give him a silver plated Colr revolver less the two scalps since the banditos were not KIA. Govner Perry only bagged a stray dog a couple months ago walking his "man's best friend". Buckshot! They will be laid up for a while!
One of the nine beaver sculptures placed throughout Bemidji has been removed, apparently for not meeting community standards.
City Manager John Chattin said he made the decision to have Gaea, a sculpture done by Deborah A. Davis of Blackduck, removed from its location at the intersection of Fourth Street Northwest and Beltrami Avenue on Thursday.
Gaea featured forms of the female body and natural elements including a tree and flower. The focal point of the front of the sculpture, located on the belly portion of the beaver, is a human figure rising from a sea of pinkish-red circles.
Chattin said he had received 20 complaints about the sculpture.
I dont know if it was complaint-driven, he said of his decision to have the sculpture removed. I didnt have an awareness of what was depicted on the sculpture prior to (Thursday.)
Davis said the front of the sculpture shows Mother Earth praying and the circles are roses coming forth from those hands.
I did not intend it to be sexual or titillating in any way, said Davis, noting she is a former kindergarten teacher and current ordained pastor who has counseled women and girls.
I do fanciful women 100 percent of the time. I care about women, Davis said, noting that she considered how the sculpture would be viewed by children and others. I would never do pornography; I am anti-pornography.
According to a description written by Davis, Gaea means Mother Earth. It also means God is Gracious, and is one of the 52 feminine aspects of God in the Christian Bible. Gaea in mythology was a female Titan. If we could embrace the strength of womaness, celebrate it, we would become the people we are meant to be: nurturing, loving, whole.
A Facebook group, Bring back Gaea to the Bemidji Sculpture Walk! has been created and some supporters plan to address the city council Tuesday.
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Gaea means Mother Earth. It also means God is Gracious, and is one of the 52 feminine aspects of God in the Christian Bible. Gaea in mythology was a female Titan. If we could embrace the strength of womaness, celebrate it, we would become the people we are meant to be: nurturing, loving, whole.
sounds like a loon to me, A Female God?
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sounds like a loon to me, A Female God?
Sounds like a good pickup line at a singles bar.
If we could embrace the strength of womaness, celebrate it, we would become the people we are meant to be: nurturing, loving, whole
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Geeze, lefties are just too weird for me to comprehend.
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So it is now controversial to remove from a public garden a garish painting of naked women that includes labia and a depiction of menstrual blood.
It looks to me like the city rant the same decorate the sculpture deal that all cities seem to be running. I guess when they chose beavers as the sculpture they received the obvious submission.
I doubt she is reading the Narnia series to the kids in school and kindergarten.
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That picture is kinda weird, 'moose, but I can't see why it would be "not safe for work" (unless you're afraid of your IQ dropping).
Looks like a beaver to me. Or maybe a squirrel.
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Geeze, lefties are just too weird for me to comprehend.
Piece should be entitled: Josie Grossie.
Comprehending is easy. Its a Chunky, garish, and tacky impression of a vagina.
Liking it is not at all easy. The artiste needs a taster elevation of some kind, and I need a mood elevator after looking at that unattractive thing.
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I thought the side and back views were interesting. The front view was very vulgar.
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sounds like a loon to me, A Female God?
There are several female images / references to G*d in the old testament, mostly in the oldest passages. In Hosea 11:1-4 the phrase "When Israel was a child I loved him and I carried him out of Egypt ... I carried him in my arms, I bent down and fed him" is based on the verb stem used to refer to breastfeeding. (IIRC - from memory as my references are not here with me right now.)
The 10 states that fill out the top ranks of this year's Failed States Index -- the world's most vulnerable nations -- are a sadly familiar bunch. Shattered Somalia has been the No. 1 failed state for three years running, and none of the current top 10 has shown much improvement, if any, since FOREIGN POLICY and the Fund for Peace began publishing the index in 2005. Altogether, the top 10 slots have rotated among just 15 unhappy countries in the index's six years. State failure, it seems, is a chronic condition...
At the top of the list, Somalia saw yet another year plagued by lawlessness and chaos, with pirates plying the coast while radical Islamist militias tightened their grip on the streets of Mogadishu. Across the Gulf of Aden, long-ignored Yemen leapt into the news when a would-be suicide bomber who had trained there tried to blow up a commercial flight bound for Detroit. Afghanistan and Iraq traded places on the index as both states contemplated the exit of U.S. combat troops, while already isolated Sudan saw its dictator, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, defy an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court and the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo once again proved itself a country in little more than name.
The father and brother of an actress who starred in the Harry Potter films have been charged with threatening to kill her.
Afshan Azad, 22, has appeared in four of the movies as Padma Patil, a classmate of the young wizard.
She was allegedly attacked at her home in Longsight, Manchester, on May 21 this year.
Now her father Abdul Azad, 54, and brother, Ashraf Azad, 28, both of Beresford Road, Longsight, have appeared in court. Abdul is accused of threatening to kill his daughter and Ashraf of threatening to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his sister.
Both men appeared at Manchester magistrates court and the case was adjourned until later this month for committal proceedings to crown court.
Afshan was studying for her AS levels at the Xaverian College in Rusholme when she was first cast in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She has since appeared in three more of the wizard movies and is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due for release next year.
Her character was a witch who was in the same year as Harry at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and is the identical twin sister of Parvati Patil, played by actress Shefila Chowdhury.
Before being picked to play the part Afshan had never done any acting.
She has admitted she only went to the audition at her former school -- Whalley Range High School for Girls -- for a laugh with her school friends.
She appeared in the films while continuing her studies and once had ambitions to be a journalist.
After landing her first part in The Goblet of Fire she told the M.E.N. it was 'the best experience of my life' adding 'The first day we had to do a cast read through, where we go through the whole script. I was a bit star struck. I was a big Harry Potter fan."
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HINDU,
HINDU,
HINDU.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the Hindu ROP kind of problem -- not the Islamofascist ROP problem. Guess there are a lot of religions out there that don't think self-sacrifice, humility and forgiveness are virtues . . .
The dollar plunged today following a United Nations report which called for the greenback to be replaced as the global reserve currency by the International Monetary Funds special drawing rights (SDRs).
The dollars trend of moving inversely to the stock market has seemingly been snapped, with the Dow Jones falling over 100 points at one stage today. However, as soon as markets began to claw back losses, the greenback failed to follow suit, indicating that whichever way markets move, the dollar is in big trouble.
The UN report called for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value, according to Reuters.
A new global reserve system could be created, one that no longer relies on the United States dollar as the single major reserve currency, stated the report, adding that this new system should not be based on a basket of currencies, but on IMF-controlled SDRs.
Following globalist moves to restore confidence in the single currency euro in the aftermath of the Bilderberg and G20 meetings, the concern has shifted from sovereign debt issues of countries like Greece and Spain, to the worsening state of the U.S. economy and the risk of a double-dip recession.
In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 Bilderberg meeting in Spain, at which globalists resolved to save the euro from collapse in an effort to restore confidence in their ultimate goal of a global single currency, the euro began to make a recovery and today rose against the dollar by over 1.5 per cent.
A cascade of negative U.S. economic data was released today, with job figures turning sour once again.
Jobless claims were a disaster, coming in at 472k, on expectations of 455k, reports Zero Hedge. The economy has now entered the total freefall area.
The dollar is being targeted for destruction because the financial terrorists who caused the economic collapse in the first place want to exploit the crisis in order to institute a new global currency issued by a global central bank.
In May, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told elitists in Zurich Switzerland that the introduction of a global currency backed by a global central bank would act as the lender of last resort in the event of a severe economic crisis, another lurch towards fascist centralization of power in pursuit of a system of global governance.
Globalization itself is treason, it represents a takeover of the economy by offshore private interests. The implementation of global governance and a new global currency by these same criminals will be funded by the carbon tax that governments of major western nations are now trying to ram through, with Obama exploiting the BP oil spill for this very purpose.
As Gerald Celente explains in the clip below, all major currencies are doomed in the long term, which is why many European countries are beginning moves to revert back to their pre-euro denominations.
Alex Jones has been warning about the collapse of the dollar and its replacement with a global currency controlled by the new world order and funded through the carbon tax for years. The subject was covered in his recent films The Obama Deception and Fall of The Republic, both of which can be viewed in high-quality at Prison Planet.tv or purchased on DVD from the Infowars shop.
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Globalization itself is treason, it represents a takeover of the economy by offshore private interests. The implementation of global governance and a new global currency by these same criminals will be funded by the carbon tax that governments of major western nations are now trying to ram through, with Obama exploiting the BP oil spill for this very purpose.
There, took awhile, but they got there. Altho Martian MI-6 are the real problem.
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While the tone is rather wacky, they get the basic points right.
SDRs are currently just an accounting convention. The only thing you can do with an SDR is exchange it for a real currency. To turn into a real currency and enable it to be used for reserves, requires tax or other revenues, and carbon trading, until derailed, was to be the first UN revenue stream, ie global tax. Although they have lots of other proposals, tax on airline tickets, etc.
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Piffle. When another currency is safer than the US dollar, international trade will automatically migrate there. After all, it used to be the British pound that was the standard. The U.N. doesn't have enough funds flowing through to make a difference, nor do the countries that would automatically follow a U.N. recommendation of this nature. So then, my dear friends at the U.N., pray tell us which currency is safer at the moment, and big enough to handle the quantity of international transactions: the British pound, the Euro, China's yuan, Japan's yen?
These pronouncements are for the benefit of George Soros and his little playmates, not for countries with functioning economies.
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These pronouncements are for the benefit of George Soros and his little playmates, not for countries with functioning economies.
I would say these pronouncements come from people with a flawed concept of economics - people like Ahmedinejad, Chavez and Mahathir - who believe that reserve currency status is a boon rather than a burden.
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How about the US quit the UN and stop giving them all those greenbacks
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I suggest that all the millions spent on the uncompensated healthcare and education for illegal aliens be deducted from UN dues and apportioned to the affected states.
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The UN report called for "abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value," according to Reuters.
Looks like the UN have jumped on the gold-bug wagon. The buggies have been saying the same thing for years.
From the Reuters link in the article: The report said a new reserve system "must not be based on a single currency or even multiple national currencies but instead, should permit the emission of international liquidity -- such as SDRs -- to create a more stable global financial system."
"Such emissions of international liquidity could also underpin the financing of investment in long-term sustainable development," it said.
Well I've got to admit that I've had a few Heineken's (well maybe more than a few) and as a consequence of said consumption there has been a degree of emissions of international liquidity down the dunny.
Maybe if they are going to monetize it, I should bottle it. Probably make a fortune.
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I'm NOT a Goldbug, I think there's lot LESS than meets the eye here.
Picture a disaster situation (Goldbugs claim universal liquidity) and some schmuck wants to buy half a cow for one small gold coin?
The hell with him.
I have no way of telling if the coin is even real, or a copy that's either plated, 14Karat or just not gold at all, My cow has value, the coin is a pretty and worthless Bauble, same with other Hoarders things like diamonds, I have no way to tell if that shiny rock is real or glass, the hell with you.
Now I HAVE heard of worthwhile things that will have value, guns, ammo, such like that, now I DO have reloading equipment for all practical calibers, no.25 or 50 Cal but every thing else, now that's got trading value.
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Aaaay-Peeee story. The gist: the Rooskie spies had small children. Those kids now have to go back to Russia. Their lives have pretty well been ripped up.
And this, my dears, is why one makes sure to have friends or relatives who agree beforehand to take the children if something dreadful should happen to you both. Normally that means dying together in a fiery car accident or something, but being executed as spies was a possible outcome, given the parents' career choice.
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obviously didn't care at all for their litters....
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I assume since they were born in the US and are citizens, when they turn 18 they can apply for US residency. The ultimate in the next generation of sleeper agents
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None of the spies were inside the military or government. Chapman supposedly was working in real estate. My guess is they were obtaining classified information and following covert US plans by reading the NY Times.
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The NKVD strategy of the 30s and 40s involved creating a network for communications and logistical support and the primary business of recruitment. The idea of stars and satellites has a core of deep cover agents as the framework for a number of nodes. I suspect this was the basis for the ring uncovered, and much, much more will emerge, including some interesting stories about the "honeytrap" Chapman?
Conveniently scheduled for after the midterm elections, of course. That's OK, though. No matter how bad it gets before November, we can point at this date and honestly say it's only going to get worse.
In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The marriage penalty (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care and adoption tax credits will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
Second Wave: Obamacare
There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:
The Medicine Cabinet Tax Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).
The Special Needs Kids Tax This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on flexible spending accounts (FSAs) of $2500 (Currently, there is no federal government limit). There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education.
The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.
Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, theyll be in for a nasty surprisethe AMT wont be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:
The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying familiesrising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.
Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or depreciate) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be depreciated.
Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the research and experimentation tax credit, but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.
Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual required minimum distribution. This ability will no longer be there.
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The stiumulus has to be paid for somehow. I'm sure this is what the Democrats meant when they spoke of closing the tax loopholes those dreadful rich people take advantage of with their high-priced take accountants.
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The tax increase on the cost of raising special needs children seems like a slap on Sarah Palin personally and on anti-abortion people in general. The progressives believe 'defectives' should be 'euthenized.'
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To an economy either declining into a second recession, or stagnating in the bottom of the "Krugman Depression", these taxes will drive a stake in any recovery for years after.
In looking at the news today there was an article about a prominent local businessman caught after robbing two banks in desperation to feed his family and rescure his failing business.
There was also a picture of a long line of job seekers in San Francisco. Well dressed, good suits and ties, briefcases and resumes in hand.
I was struck by how many there were, and how middle-class they had obviously been.
I'm beginning to wonder about what other desperation behaviors we will begin to see, reminiscent of the rain of investors in the great crash of 29?
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In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
AHAH, the stock mrket slump is explained by this one sentence, get your money out now and pay less tax, wait till later and the Giverment steals more.
That also says the slump will continue through 2011 as things stand right now.
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back in '94 my mom (a staunch Clinton supporter) was crying about how much her taxes had gone up - almost doubled...
"that is great news mom," I said.
"what you mean?"
"it is so cool that you are RICH..."
"we aren't rich"
"you said that Bill Clinton was gonna make the 'rich people' and only 'rich people' pay more taxes... i don't think Clinton would lie about that kind of think, so you MUST be rich"
she was not amused
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I already don't make shit, are they gonna bring back debtors prison too? Don't worry ppl jaik isn't that bad after the first week or two.
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I already don't make shit, are they gonna bring back debtors prison too? Don't worry ppl jaik isn't that bad after the first week or two.
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chris: I've got news for you. Debtor prison is back.
http://myturl.com/0pBwk
The trick is a loophole in the law. Debts are now resold to collection services. These services send bills to debtors who have no idea who the collection service is, so of course, they don't pay the bill.
Then the collection service takes them to court. They likely don't show up there either, not understanding the process, so the collection service gets a summary judgment for "contempt of court", which is a *criminal* offense. They ask they judge to then set *bail* for the amount owed, plus court costs.
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moose, if I am in jail I still can't pay. I have done jail time before and know i'm not a democrat or drug dealer it's no big deal.I've tried working with them debt consolidation and got screwed royally on the second and I really don't owe that much. Sometimes you just gotta say screw and do the time and for alot of ppl it just doesn't scare them.
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Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that "deemed as passed" a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the "deeming" document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.
Never before -- since the creation of the Congressional budget process -- has the House failed to pass a budget, failed to propose a budget then deemed the non-existent budget as passed as a means to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but still allow Congress to spend taxpayer money.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) warned this was the green light for Democrats to continue their out-of-control spending virtually unchecked.
"Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year," Ryan said. "The so-called budget enforcement resolution enforces no budget, but instead provides a green light for the Appropriators to continue spending, exacerbating our looming fiscal crisis."
As we reported on HUMAN EVENTS, CBO issued a dire warning about the long term outlook for the budget.
"Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office rang the latest fiscal alarm with the release of The Long-Term Budget Outlook," Ryan said. "Today, Congress again hit snooze. To avert a fiscal and economic calamity, Washington needs to wake up."
Key points from the House Republican Budget staff on the House Democrats deeming resolution:
- This is not a budget. The measure fails to meet the most basic, commonly understood objectives of any budget. It does not set congressional priorities; it does not align overall spending, tax, deficit, and debt levels; and it does nothing to address the runaway spending of Federal entitlement programs.
- It is not a congressional budget resolution. The measure does not satisfy even the most basic criteria of a budget resolution as set forth in the Congressional Budget Act.
- It creates a deception of spending restraint. While claiming restraint in discretionary spending, the resolution increases non-emergency spending by $30 billion over 2010, and includes a number of gimmicks that give a green light to higher spending.
- It continues relying on the flawed and over-sold pay-as-you-go [pay-go] procedure. Pay-go which Democrats have used mainly to raise taxes, and have ignored when it was inconvenient does nothing to reduce deficits or restrain spending growth in existing law.
- Outsourcing fiscal responsibilities. The measure is another hand-off by the Democratic Majority of Congresss power of the purse this time relying on the Fiscal Commission created by the President to do Congresss job.
A full Republican Budget Committee staff analysis of the Majoritys Budget Deemer: "An Admission of Fiscal Failure"
Whitewash by his pals at Penn State
Michael Mann, the author of a notorious scientific study that is a tent pole of global warming public policy, has been found innocent of charges of improper conduct.
Once again.
Mann's seminal work was a 1998 climate study that showed a sharp, hockey-stick-shaped increase in the world's temperatures based on an analysis of age rings in trees. Despite ongoing criticism, the study formed the backbone of global warming theories -- until leaked e-mails from top climate scientists cast fresh doubt on Mann's methodology and integrity, notably "the trick" he used to make his data so compelling.
A group of six of Mann's Penn State colleagues found him innocent of 3 out of 4 charges on February 3, but the investigative panel requested a deeper, more thorough look into whether his conduct deviated from standard scientific practice.
So the panel asked Mann five questions, spoke with his boss, and interviewed three other climate scientists. Case closed.
"The Investigatory Committee, after careful review of all available evidence, determined that there is no substance to the allegation against Dr. Michael E. Mann," the RA10 Inquiry Report stated.
The committee did not speak with Steven McIntyre, the most outspoken critic of Mann's work, even though Mann was asked to responded to several of his comments. Lisa Powers, director of information for Penn State, told FoxNews.com that McIntyre's comments were already "well known and publicly available."
"The committee stayed with academics at well-known institutions," Powers explained. "Please recall that the committee was not charged with investigating the science of climate change, but rather whether any research misconduct had occurred." So all of you not-so-well-known academics need to STFU.
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I need to remember this and avoid having any Penn State "scientists" on any bibliography on any paper as it could leave me open to charges of fraudulent science...
Authorities in Iran's say they have managed to fully contain a leak in a key pipeline in the southern province of Khuzestan and clean the resulted slick in a neighboring river.
"The technical operation of changing the 16-inch crude line which had eroded and was leaking...was put back into permanent operation circuit," head of Iran's Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company (IOPTC) Eskandar Ansari told IRNA news agency.
Local boats and divers were employed to spot the exact location of the leak in the bed of the Bahmanshir River and, following various tests, the spilled oil was collected by absorbent chemicals and fence booms, he explained.
Ansari described the operation to contain the leak and clean the oil slick from the river surface and surrounding reed bed as cost-effective and quick.
The IOPTC director said the repaired 16-inch line supplies 110 barrels of crude per day to the key refinery in the southwestern city of Abadan.
The Abadan Refinery is one of the oldest refineries in the world and accounts for 25 percent of Iran's domestic need for oil products by processing 410 barrels of crude per day.
The facility was seriously damaged during the eight-year Iraqi-imposed war against Iran but was repaired and once again operational in the spring of 1989.
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Lebanon's leading Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has been hospitalized for internal bleeding in the capital city of Beirut. According to reports, liver complications caused the bleeding.
Ah, esophageal varices from alcoholic cirrhosis ...
An official close to the 75-year old Grand Ayatollah said that while he has been receiving treatment at a Beirut hospital for the past 12 days, his condition deteriorated Friday.
A statement issued by Behnam hospital where Fadlallah is being treated described his condition as "stable," rejecting rumors that the revered cleric is in critical condition.
'stable' and 'critical' aren't necessarily exclusive ...
The Iraqi-born cleric has written dozens of books, founded several religious schools and established a public library, a women's cultural center, and a medical clinic.
A harsh critic of US policies in the Middle East, Fadlallah was the target of several assassination attempts, including the allegedly CIA-sponsored and Saudi-funded 1985 Beirut car bombing that killed 80 people.
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Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
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From Google
He supported the ideals of Iran's Islamic Revolution and advocated the corresponding Islamic movement in Lebanon. In his sermons, he called for armed resistance to the Israeli occupations of Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, along with opposition to the existence of Israel. He holds relatively liberal views on the status of women.
May he die slowly and in great pain.
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Maitland-based Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit Thursday to overturn a ban on Bible distribution on public school campuses in Collier County. According to the Liberty Counsel, the Collier County School Board allowed World Changers to distribute free Bibles to students during off-school hours on Religious Freedom Day, but now the school officials claim that Bibles do not provide any educational benefit to the students and the distribution should stop.
The Collier County School District policy specifically allows the distribution of literature by nonprofit organizations, but only with the approval of the superintendent and the Community Request Committee, whose members are appointed by the superintendent. Approval was denied to World Changers, despite the fact that its distribution included a disclaimer of any school endorsement or sponsorship and that receiving a Bible was purely voluntary.
"How sad that on the eve of Independence Day, when we celebrate the religious and political freedom our forefathers won for us at the cost of much blood and great sacrifice, we are compelled to sue to protect the right simply to make free Bibles available to students in public schools," said Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel founder.
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Silliness and overblown. It makes it seem like you can't get a bible from any where but the school.
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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Brought to you this Independence Day by the Ministry of Truth the Collier County School Board.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The 10 states that fill out the top ranks of this year's Failed States Index -- the world's most vulnerable nations -- are a sadly familiar bunch. Shattered Somalia has been the No. 1 failed state for three years running, and none of the current top 10 has shown much improvement, if any, since FOREIGN POLICY and the Fund for Peace began publishing the index in 2005. Altogether, the top 10 slots have rotated among just 15 unhappy countries in the index's six years. State failure, it seems, is a chronic condition...
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that "deemed as passed" a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the "deeming" document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
