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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Breitbart Dies Hours Before Promised "March 1 Obama Surprise"
In a stunning coincidence, It appears Andrew Breitbart suffered his untimely death just hours before he was set to release damning video footage that could have sunk Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.

Around three weeks ago on February 9 during the ‘Blog Bash’ event in Washington DC, Breitbart made a prophetic comment that takes on a somewhat chilling nature given the fact that he died in the early hours of March 1st.

Speaking to Lawrence Sinclair of Sinclair News, Breitbart stated, “Wait til they see what happens March 1st.”

It’s almost certain that Breitbart was referring to his plan to release damning footage of President Obama that he had been promising to reveal throughout the month of February.

As we reported yesterday, Breitbart spoke of his intention to release the tape during his CPAC speech last month. The footage shows Obama in his college days appearing alongside former Weather Underground terrorists Bill and Bernardine Dohrn. Observers had speculated that the footage could have derailed Obama’s hopes for a second term.

“I’ve got video from his college days that show you why racial division and class warfare are central to what hope and change was sold in 2008 – the videos are going to come out,” said Breitbart, adding that Obama would be vetted.
Posted by: Throlutch Whamp5125 || 03/02/2012 14:58 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  UN Weapons inspector the late David Kelley (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003)

Tony Blair's government set up the Hutton Inquiry, a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death. This determined that Kelly had committed suicide, the pathologist who conducted the postmortem examination giving the cause of death as "haemorrhage due to incised wounds of the left wrist" in combination with "coproxamol ingestion and coronary artery atherosclerosis". Lord Hutton also decided that evidence related to the death, including the post-mortem report and photographs of the body, should remain classified for 70 years.[3] In October 2010, Hutton explained that he had done so to protect the wife and daughters of Kelly from the distress of further media reports about the death. "My request was not a concealment of evidence because every matter of relevance had been examined or was available for examination during the public inquiry. There was no secrecy surrounding the postmortem report because it had always been available for examination and questioning by counsel representing the interested parties during the inquiry."[4]

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Posted by: Besoeker || 03/02/2012 15:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Does his death have anything to do with the ricin discovered in a hotel a few days before?
Posted by: no mo uro || 03/02/2012 15:45 Comments || Top||

#3  The footage shows Obama in his college days appearing alongside former Weather Underground terrorists Bill and Bernardine Dohrn.

Bill Ayres was just a guy who lived in BO's Chicago neighborhood? Where's the tape?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/02/2012 16:26 Comments || Top||

#4  So, any apologies from the folks who were yesterday assuring us all that no suspicion was warranted? Anyone? Bueller?
Posted by: Iblis || 03/02/2012 18:55 Comments || Top||

#5  I believe he was killed. Yes, I know he had health issues. All the better to use a compound that mimics heart attack. He may even have known that he was a target, and set things up to insure the perps get caught.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man || 03/02/2012 19:30 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
GM dumps Volt. More taxpayer dollars wasted by Obama Admin.
Posted by: Water Modem || 03/02/2012 16:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yay crony capitalism and green technology...
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/02/2012 17:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Future Collector's item?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/02/2012 17:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Park one right alongside your Delorean.
Posted by: Pappy || 03/02/2012 18:12 Comments || Top||

#4  The Delorean just isn't the same since I emptied the hubcaps :)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/02/2012 18:15 Comments || Top||

#5  I'll say it again - as per NEWT, the US of America = Amerika, the OWG Mighty USSA = OWG Weak USRoA Global SSR, needs to return to the Moon [+ beyond] in order to set up the basic Consumer/Free Markets for these "Green Techs" NT.

The Fed are the "Green Techs" only real Market = End-user, + both have failed miserably to prove its economies + potencies is par or superior to that of fossil fuels - MORESO AS GOVT-PERTS + MSM-NET KEEP PUTTING OUT REPORTS THAT THE US + WORLD HAS PLENTY OF ENERGY + OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE DESPITE NOT BEING AS EASY TO ACCESS AS BEFORE. IOW, NEITHER INDUSTRY NOR PRIVATE CONSUMERS, I.E. "THE WORLD" HAS ANY REAL REASON TO CUT BACK OF EFFECTIVE FOSSIL FUELS IN FAVOR OF THE SUPER-COSTLY, WEIRDO, ITS-NOT-EVEN-NUCLEAR F *** NEW GUYS ON THE BLOCK.

It taint ROCKET SCIENCE, + DOESN'T HAVE TO BE!

WE MISSED TOM CRUISE'S + NICOLE'S MOVIE ON THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH THAT DECADE, DIDN'T WE!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 03/02/2012 18:51 Comments || Top||

#6  NEITHER INDUSTRY NOR PRIVATE CONSUMERS, I.E. "THE WORLD" HAS ANY REAL REASON TO CUT BACK OF EFFECTIVE FOSSIL FUELS
Until the cost of said fuels gets high enough to render their continued use INEFFECTIVE. By then switching will be extremely difficult. Nukes, anyone?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/02/2012 21:00 Comments || Top||

#7  Damn, and I was so looking forward to the 'Johnny Storm' edition.
Posted by: Past Master of the Obvious || 03/02/2012 22:28 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Albuquerque dog becomes registered voter
An Albuquerque man says he successfully registered his dog to vote in Bernalillo County.

The dog owner said he saw a voter registration booth on the University of New Mexico's campus a few weeks ago and decided to see how easy it would be to register his dog to vote.

He said he was trying to expose the problems with the registration system. He said he just received the dog's voter registration card in the mail Wednesday, and it was way too easy.

"They should verify. Somebody should have verified this information and somebody should have come out and took a look at exactly who it was. But I made up a birth date, and I made up a social security number and I had a voter registration card in my hand for Buddy two weeks later," the dog owner said.

KOB Eyewitness News 4 contacted the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office. They said state law does not require proof of your social, your date of birth, or even your name. But they said what this man did is voter fraud.

They also said they strictly look over all the applications that come from third-party registration agencies before sending out registration cards. But this time, Buddy the dog made it through the system.

"We're going to have a lot of people that are registered to vote that shouldn't be able to vote," the dog owner said.

He said he has no intention of voting under Buddy's name.
Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, maybe he will be faithful to his Creator.
Posted by: newc || 03/02/2012 1:59 Comments || Top||

#2  So called Blue Dog Democrat ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/02/2012 2:24 Comments || Top||

#3  In Australia, the voter rolls are publicly released. One of my relatives decided to do a market campaign for his business using the local voter roll. He discovered in the list major errors. He was quite disturbed how many he found.

Posted by: BernardZ || 03/02/2012 5:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Do they have Voter ID in New Mexico? To quote another registered voter, "Hmm, I knew I should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque."
Posted by: Eric Jablow || 03/02/2012 7:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Let him vote; would probably be an improvement over the average voter.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/02/2012 7:46 Comments || Top||

#6  Another reason the US is sinking into the third world. Politicians just don't care about vote integrity if it might favor them. The Republicans should put vote integrity issues on every state ballot trying to clean things up. Its probably too late now but getting it onto the next election ballot shouldn't be hard. Require ID to vote at a minimum. Perhaps something like requiring ID 6 months ahead of time to get an absentee ballot. Strike everyone from the rolls who does not vote in two elections in a row and have them reregister. Felony charges filed against anyone submitting false names or involved in any election hijinx (including voter intimidation). Separate ballots for national and state elections and have the national ballot a basic scantron style that can be filled out easily and read in seconds. Stuff like that. Basic stuff like that.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/02/2012 8:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Actually they're getting serious about it. The current Secretary (R) was elected by the largest state margin in 2010 because her predecessor overtly and publicly did nothing to insure the troops got their ballots in a timely matter. Been a lot of screaming and whining about cleaning the rolls due to the point in the first link that 10 percent of registrations were possible fraud.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/02/2012 8:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Kobach in Kansas has written and the legislator has passed tough new voting laws including picture I.D. Of course, it will be challenged in the courts and Sebellius's Kansas Supremes will rule it unconstitutional.
Posted by: bman || 03/02/2012 10:07 Comments || Top||

#9  Just as long as he is not a democrat.
Posted by: newc || 03/02/2012 14:39 Comments || Top||


-Election 2012
US women loving Obama again
Free food, protected casual sex, and money. Who can beat it?

(Listed incorrectly as "Non-WoT")

Yes, it was, and incorrectly listed in the wrong category. This is about 'Elections 2012' and so that's where it goes.

It helps us mods greatly if, when you post, you do the little things for us.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/02/2012 03:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  An Associated Press-GfK poll? Seriously?

Along with "margin of error", usually (± 3%) they need to include "margin of bias" (± 90%).
Posted by: Anonymoose || 03/02/2012 9:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Comment rest...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/02/2012 11:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Er, uh, TEST
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/02/2012 11:58 Comments || Top||

#4  "Again?"

Did they ever stop?
Posted by: no mo uro || 03/02/2012 15:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Well the media never stopped. And that's both men and women. just ask Chris TingleLegs.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/02/2012 15:47 Comments || Top||



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Fri 2012-03-02
  39 Dead as Syrian Army Seizes Baba Amr and Rebels Withdraw 'Tactically'
Thu 2012-03-01
  Syrian rebels pull out of Homs after siege
Wed 2012-02-29
  Singapore: Iran assassination plot against Israeli Defence Minister Barak foiled
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  Yemen's Saleh formally steps down after 33 years
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  Afghan interior ministry employee sought in NATO killings
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  Yemen gets new president after 33 years
Fri 2012-02-24
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Thu 2012-02-23
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