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-Short Attention Span Theater-
John Edwards' Mistress Demands DNA Test for Baby!
John Edwards' furious mistress is demanding he submit to a DNA test, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively!

Rielle Hunter - the longtime secret lover of the disgraced 2-time presidential candidate - wants definitive proof that Edwards is the father of her 14-month-old love child Frances and is working with a lawyer to take legal action, say sources.

The blonde divorcee - who gave birth in February 2008 - was slammed in the explosive new book Resilience written by the ex-senator's cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth.

The ENQUIRER was the first to expose the extramarital affair in 2007, and Rielle's sudden move to determine paternity is a clear signal that she is no longer willing to protect the philandering politician, who still has not admitted that he's the father of her baby. Edwards recently confirmed he's also the subject of a federal probe into possible campaign funds misuse in paying off hush money to Hunter.

"Rielle - probably naively - now realizes she had held onto a false promise that if she continued to take part in the cover-up John had engineered, they'd be together in the future," a close source told The ENQUIRER.

"She was willing to protect John for the sake of the child. She agreed to allow a crony of his to claim he was the baby's father, and she even kept the name of the father blank on the birth certificate.

"But now she can see there's never going to be a future with John - and she feels he's lied about his promise to keep Elizabeth from trashing her in the book," the insider divulged.
Posted by: Fred || 05/07/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No need to "demand" a DNA test from the guy. Just find a cute nurse who's willing and he'll gladly give her a sample. Or two. The only way it could possibly be any easier would be to wait for his wife were to relapse first. :-(
Posted by: gorb || 05/07/2009 4:06 Comments || Top||

#2  "But now she can see there's never going to be a future with John

I'd call her a genuine.... Mainstream Thinker.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/07/2009 10:01 Comments || Top||

#3  She better clean him out before he goes to jail.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 05/07/2009 12:14 Comments || Top||

#4  "your baby has beautiful hair!"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/07/2009 15:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Frank, lol!

Seeing how birth control is readily available for men and women, that makes them both stupid. Maybe he lied about how he loved her and she lied about how she was on birth control. Again, it makes them both stupid.

Wah, wah...f'n wah. The baby is the only one to feel sorry for here.
Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 || 05/07/2009 15:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Elizabeth got treated pretty shabby.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/07/2009 19:01 Comments || Top||

#7  Elizabeth knew about it yet stood by in support while he ran for the top job in the US, with a man eminently blackmailable. She treated you, and everyone else, pretty shabby, just like the Silky Pony did
Posted by: Frank G || 05/07/2009 19:14 Comments || Top||

#8  And she put up with it, John.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 05/07/2009 19:14 Comments || Top||


Economy
Banks returning bailouts will face conditions
Banks that want to pay back their federal bailout funds and free themselves from government restrictions on compensation and dividends will have to sever their ties to another financial assistance program.

Financial firms eager to return infusions from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program will have to demonstrate that they can operate without debt guarantees provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a senior government official said Tuesday. The FDIC program allows financial institutions to borrow money at lower costs.

The new requirement will make it harder for some institutions to get out from under government rules attached to the bailouts, another shift in a changing landscape for banks. It also illustrates the government's desire not to have banks abandon the bailout program if they are not financially prepared to do so.
No, it illustrates Bambi's desire not to have banks leave the bailout program at all.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the standards have not been made public. The Treasury and the Federal Reserve are expected to issue TARP repayment guidelines on Wednesday, a response to banks that want to get out from under bailout conditions. The change was first reported Tuesday evening by The Wall Street Journal.

By linking the two programs, the government could motivate banks to cut themselves off from the various assistance programs that it put in place to unclog credit and free up lending in the midst of the financial crisis.
Or it could motivate banks to shut up and do as they're told, which is what Bambi wants.
The bailout program has been unpopular in Congress and prompted a new round of conditions earlier this year following news reports about lavish spending on perks, retreats and corporate planes.

Initially, the government required banks that wanted to repay early to raise money from the private sector. Then Congress eased that rule but attached greater restrictions on the government funds. Among the rules restricting banks were conditions on employee compensation, bonuses and dividend payouts. Congress also required the Treasury to review previous compensation payments.

The FDIC debt guarantee, meanwhile, has proven to be popular with some banks as a way to increase liquidity and does not impose the same restrictions as TARP. So far, banks have issued more than $330 billion under the program, which the FDIC launched in October to help financial institutions finance themselves and make loans.

"It throws a hurdle as far as the banks repaying TARP," Scott Talbott, a senior lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, a bank industry group, said of the new condition.

Banks have become increasingly wary of the bailout funds, chafing at the restrictions and worried that acceptance of the money somehow tagged them as troubled institutions. As a result, a handful of banks have returned a small amount of money and bigger institutions have indicated a desire to repay.

Banking industry consultant Bert Ely said requiring banks to first show an ability to operate without the FDIC guarantees does complicate their payback of TARP money. But he said it also demonstrates a change in the Federal Reserve's and the Treasury's approach to TARP.

"A couple of weeks ago it was, 'Oh, we don't know if want to let you repay,'" he said. "There's been a reversal of position here as far as I'm concerned. It will be interesting to see how fast banks move in that direction."

The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are expected to announce the new payback standards just ahead of Thursday's planned release of the results of "stress tests" on the country's top 19 financial institution.

The tests gauged the ability of the banks to weather an even deeper economic crisis than the country currently faces. Several of the 19 banks will be asked to seek additional capital. Those banks will have six months to raise money from private investors, sell off assets or tap what remains of the $700 billion TARP.
Posted by: Beavis || 05/07/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So now we have major government control in the auto manufacturers AND the banks that will not be relinquished without a struggle. Health care will be revisited under this administration and they are far more media savvy than Hillary was - could there be any way to describe what we are witnessing other than "creeping Communism"?
Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 || 05/07/2009 8:18 Comments || Top||

#2  For health care they are offering providers certain incentives and compensations if they do certain things - like spend millions upgrading to a HCIT 09 certified system.

What I expect to happen is that, once health care providers invest these millions and are close to claiming their compensation the administration will do a switch with a 'oh... but now you have to meet these other conditions and regulations' (like socialized health care) just like they are now doing with Banks and Car Manufacturers.

Health care providers won't be able to say no without ending up deeply in the red - and later facing penalties for not jumping on the bandwagon.

Its called Bait-and-Switch.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/07/2009 9:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Y'all should look at this from another angle, he plans to empty the banks to fill the nation's debt hole, it follows exactly the "Take from the rich" scheme, the really rich are the huge banks, there's not enough money anywhere else.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 05/07/2009 21:58 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Climate Change Bill stuck in House - Looking for money to subsidize poor when energy price go up
No matter what the Dems do it always comes down to redistribution of wealth. ours not theirs.
As the clock ticks on a self-imposed deadline, Rep. Henry Waxman is facing fire from all sides over his landmark measure to curb carbon emissions.

After months of haggling, he still doesn't have a deal that moderates will support. On Wednesday, he had to back off his threat from a day earlier to skip a key subcommittee vote after members raised a ruckus. And, to top it all off, the president and others are breathing down his neck to wrap up work on climate change so that Waxman can turn his focus to the blockbuster fight of the summer over health care reform.

"Henry has some decisions to make," said Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), a key moderate voice in the negotiations. "Everyone has been very clear about where they need to be to get to 'yes.' ... The chairman has a very good read of the committee."

This is the first real test for House Democrats since Barack Obama moved into the White House. Failure to move this climate change measure through the chamber would be a body blow to the whole party -- even if isn't going anywhere in the Senate. And negotiations, to this point, have only highlighted the divisions Waxman must try to bridge.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to the defense of the legislation on Wednesday, telling reporters, "We will be on schedule to move the energy bill, make no mistake about it. It's our highest priority.

"The committee is going to work its will on its own timetable," Pelosi said. "But it will fit in the timetable to move it so we can move on to health care."

Making that timetable a reality largely falls to Waxman, whose trials and tribulations are the spoils of a long-sought chairmanship. The California Democrat, who waited decades to take over for Michigan Rep. John Dingell on the Energy and Commerce Committee, is now struggling to overcome generations of lawmakers loyal to his predecessor. Waxman finds himself stuck between his longtime allies in the environmental community and a key bloc of moderate Democrats who want to protect local industries from daunting new costs established under the bill.
Why protect them if this is good for everyone? Who needs an auto industry anyway? Let the Chinese make 'em ...
The chairman gave ground on Wednesday by dialing back his suggestion a day earlier that he would bypass the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. "It's important for me to consult with my members," Waxman said in explaining his reversal of comments he made Tuesday -- in almost the exact same spot -- suggesting he might skip a long-awaited subcommittee vote to meet his self-appointed Memorial Day deadline.

Waxman still left the door open for skipping over the subcommittee if a vote there would push the chairman past his Memorial Day deadline. "We're still looking at the same deadline," Waxman warned Wednesday.

But the suggestion continued to not sit well with many Democrats on the subcommittee.

"I would not like to see the subcommittee deprived of its jurisdiction," said Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), who's looking for more money for low-income households to offset higher energy costs.
So they can turn around and buy Chinese-made cars ...
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 05/07/2009 15:15 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Hawaii lawmakers back the creation of 'Islam Day'
Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" - over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.

The Senate's two Republicans argued that a minority of Islamic extremists have killed many innocents in terrorist attacks. "I recall radical Islamists around the world cheering the horrors of 9/11. That is the day all civilized people of all religions should remember," said Republican Sen. Fred Hemmings to the applause of more than 100 people gathered in the Senate to oppose a separate issue - same-sex civil unions.

The resolution to proclaim Sept. 24, 2009, as Islam Day passed the Senate on a 22-3 vote. It had previously passed the House and now goes to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle.

The bill seeks to recognize "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" that Islam and the Islamic world have made. It does not call for any spending or organized celebration of Islam Day.

"We are a state of tolerance. We understand that people have different beliefs," said Sen. Will Espero, a Democrat. "We may not all agree on every single item and issue out there, but to say and highlight the negativity of the Islamic people is an insult to the majority" of believers "who are good law-abiding citizens of the world."

But Republican Sen. Sam Slom argued that the United States has become too sympathetic toward Islamic extremists. "I don't think there's any country in the history of the world that has been more tolerant than the United States of America, and because of that tolerance, we've looked the other way a lot of times, and many thousands of our citizens have been killed by terrorists," said Slom, a Republican.

The lone Democrat voting against the bill opposed it on church-state separation fears.
Posted by: Fred || 05/07/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is that before or after Death To America Day?
Posted by: mojo || 05/07/2009 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2  "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions"

Ima thinkin' that's gonna be one short day. Now if you had Fatwas and Corpses Day, you could party on that all week.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/07/2009 1:23 Comments || Top||

#3  why can't I post a comment here?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 05/07/2009 6:56 Comments || Top||

#4  I tried 6 (!) times to post a relevant comment and it just would not come through. What gives?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 05/07/2009 6:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Ok, there must be something objectionable in the content. Here it is in three parts, let's see which one won't post.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 05/07/2009 7:06 Comments || Top||

#6  2

How about Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, and Cthulhu cult days?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 05/07/2009 7:08 Comments || Top||

#7  I've got it, the software excludes anything that might link to dirty pictures.

Parts 1 and 3 would not post. Part 1 included the word ***nograp*ers:

"Haven't the rest of these dolts heard of the First Amendment? Or do they think that it is only for the benefit of por***r*phers and liberal journalists?"


Part 3 was

"Fact is, the average legislator would cheerfully endorse cannibalism, in**st, or human sacrifice if they thought it might be helpful in advancing their careers."
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy || 05/07/2009 7:13 Comments || Top||

#8  The bill seeks to recognize "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" that Islam and the Islamic world have made.

SPFFfffff!

Somebody hand me a paper towel, please.
Posted by: Parabellum || 05/07/2009 8:50 Comments || Top||

#9  recognize "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" that Islam and the Islamic world have made.

So what will you do with the other 23 hours and 59 minutes?

Most of their 'contributions' have either been stolen from conquered cultures or developed by non-muslim Dhimmi.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/07/2009 9:06 Comments || Top||

#10  What prompted this resolution?

Why a special day for Islam?

Is there a day for Buddhism? Or Shinto?
Posted by: john frum || 05/07/2009 9:18 Comments || Top||

#11  This should be the big story of the day. Warn folk! Write to the Gov!
Posted by: Icerigger || 05/07/2009 9:23 Comments || Top||

#12  Unacceptable. Should be every Friday.
Posted by: KBK || 05/07/2009 10:02 Comments || Top||

#13  "We are a state of tolerance.

Which has now endorsed a faith of total intolerance. My congratulations.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/07/2009 10:05 Comments || Top||

#14  besides most here on Rantburg, WTF is wrong with these ppl?
Posted by: rabid whitetail || 05/07/2009 10:06 Comments || Top||

#15  Next time you visit Hawaii Rabid, get off the beaten path, get away from Hilo Hatties and the tourist areas. It won't take you long to find out. A word of caution. Don't stay long enough that you'll need to enroll your children in the public school systems.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/07/2009 10:11 Comments || Top||

#16  Seems to me it'd be kinda tough to dance the hula in a burqa.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 05/07/2009 12:09 Comments || Top||

#17  I don't know... Dancing a hula in a grass Burqa?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/07/2009 12:18 Comments || Top||

#18  All those girls in bikinis on the beach at Waikiki would be considered unIslamic, you know. (And yet, they are truly wonderful to behold.) So would okolehao. And how about Tiny Bubbles or Lovely Hula Hands? You could sit around all day long thinking about the various aspects of Hawaiian culture that would be banned under penalty of death if Muslims had their way. But, hey, it's just donk politicians doing what donk politicians do...living in a fantasy world and attempting to impose their frivolous little whims on real people who are trying to live in the real world. Kinda pisses me off.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 05/07/2009 12:42 Comments || Top||

#19  Mo-man don't surf.

Close the beaches on this day then.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/07/2009 12:51 Comments || Top||

#20  Festivities. What kind of festivities?
It's an important question.
Posted by: tu3031 || 05/07/2009 12:55 Comments || Top||

#21  WTF??!!
Posted by: Querent || 05/07/2009 13:06 Comments || Top||

#22  Every day is Islam Day!!!

Death to those who seek to set aside only one day for the one true faith!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Aloha Akbar || 05/07/2009 13:29 Comments || Top||

#23  Aloha Akbar.

Funny beyond words. ROFLMAO.
Posted by: Seafarious || 05/07/2009 14:18 Comments || Top||

#24  The Senate's two Republicans ...""

nuff said

Posted by: Bob Hupumble8801 || 05/07/2009 14:52 Comments || Top||

#25  "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions"

yeah, that is rich

Posted by: Flinese the Ruthless7486 || 05/07/2009 14:54 Comments || Top||

#26  Grass burqas are unIslamic because you might get a peek of something...well...something unIslamic if there happened to be a parting in the blades of grass. You could go to hell for that so they'd have to cut your head off.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 05/07/2009 14:57 Comments || Top||

#27  Sharia = zero Hawaiian economic activity. Dumbasses.
Posted by: ed || 05/07/2009 15:03 Comments || Top||

#28  Sharia = zero Hawaiian economic activity. Dumbasses.

Zero Spam too. I wonder if any of them considered that?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 05/07/2009 15:11 Comments || Top||

#29  The Hawaiians will have to revert to long pig.
Posted by: ed || 05/07/2009 15:22 Comments || Top||

#30  How a about a "State Shintou Day" each December 7th?

Japan turned from a medieval backwater country into a world class industrialized, military power within 5 decades, while under the rule of State Shintou. That's what I would call a "rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contribution" to the the world.

A few decades later, on December 7th 1941 the Japanese demonstrated their contributions right within what is now the State of Hawaii...

Posted by: Jeremiah Ulaith5325 || 05/07/2009 16:36 Comments || Top||

#31  It's simple, Islam Day is in honor of Hawaii's own: Barack Hussein Obama II

A grass Burqa conjures up visions of Cousin It

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 05/07/2009 18:03 Comments || Top||

#32  Is that before or after Death To America Day?

Just before "Kill a Haole Day"
Posted by: Pappy || 05/07/2009 20:22 Comments || Top||

#33  I demand a Caturday Holiday in recognition to the thousands of Cats that have given their lives to the Cat goddess.
Posted by: Chief || 05/07/2009 22:01 Comments || Top||


House bypasses governor's veto to claim Oklahoma's sovereignty
Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty. Featured Gallery Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor's approval. The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate.

"We're going to get it done one way or the other," said the resolutions' author, Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City. "I think our governor is out of step."

House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed, but House Speaker Pro Tempore Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, ruled the veto is not final action. Key said he expects HCR 1028 will pass in the Senate. HJR 1003 earlier passed the House 83-18 and won approval in the Senate 29-18.

Henry vetoed HJR 1003 because he said it suggested, among other things, that Oklahoma should return federal tax dollars. Key said HCR 1028, which, if passed, would be sent to Democratic President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress, would not jeopardize federal funds but would tell Congress to "get back into their proper constitutional role." The resolution states the federal government should "cease and desist" mandates that are beyond the scope of its powers.

Key said many federal laws violate the 10th Amendment, which says powers not delegated to the U.S. government "are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." The Constitution lists about 20 duties required of the U.S. government, he said.

Congress should not be providing bailouts to financial institutions and automakers, he said. "We give all this money to all these different entities, including automakers, and now they're talking about, 'Well maybe it's better to let them go bankrupt,'" Key said. "Well, maybe we should have let them go bankrupt before we gave them the money.."
Posted by: wake up || 05/07/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Boomer Sooner!! Good for them.
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 || 05/07/2009 11:37 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Obama pressed to engage on gay issues
Activists urge action on same-sex marriage, ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ rule

President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a "fierce advocate of equality" for gay men and lesbians — is under pressure to engage on a variety of gay issues that are coming to the fore amid a dizzying pace of social, political, legal and legislative change.

Two of Mr. Obama’s potential Supreme Court nominees are openly gay; some advocates, irked that there are no gay men or lesbians in his cabinet, are mounting a campaign to influence his choice to replace Justice David H. Souter , who is retiring. Same-sex marriage is advancing in states — the latest to allow it is Maine — and a new flare-up in the District of Columbia could ultimately put the controversy in the lap of the president.

Mr. Obama’s new global health initiative has infuriated activists who say he is not financing AIDS programs generously enough. And while the president has urged Congress to pass a hate crimes bill, a high priority for gay groups, he has delayed action on one of his key campaign promises, repealing the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" rule.

Social issues like same-sex marriage bring together deeply held principles and flashpoint politics, and many gay activists, aware that Mr. Obama is also dealing with enormous challenges at home and overseas, have counseled patience.

But some are unsettled by what they see as the president’s cautious approach. Many are still seething over his choice of the Rev. Rick Warren , the evangelical pastor who opposes same-sex marriage, to deliver the invocation at his inaugural, and remain suspicious of Mr. Obama’s commitment to their cause.

In the words of David Mixner, a writer, gay activists are beginning to wonder, "How much longer do we give him the benefit of the doubt?" Last weekend, Richard Socarides, who advised President Bill Clinton on gay issues, published an opinion piece in The Washington Post headlined, "Where’s our fierce advocate?"

'They have a plan'

The White House, aware of the discontent, invited leaders of some prominent gay rights organizations to meet Monday with top officials, including Jim Messina, Mr. Obama’s deputy chief of staff, to plot legislative strategy on the hate crimes bill as well as "don’t ask, don’t tell." Among those attending was Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, who said afterward that while the gay rights agenda might not be "unfolding exactly as we thought," he was pleased.

"They have a vision," Mr. Solmonese said. "They have a plan."
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 05/07/2009 10:25 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Breaking: Gay Marriage Opponent Topless Photos Leaked
Posted by: ed || 05/07/2009 15:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes, but his are real?
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 05/07/2009 16:03 Comments || Top||



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Thu 2009-05-07
  Sufi Mohammad's son killed in Lower Dir shelling
Wed 2009-05-06
  Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire
Tue 2009-05-05
  Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship
Mon 2009-05-04
  Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader
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  Taliban hold Buner town people hostage
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  70 militants killed in Pak operation
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  TNSM suspends talks with govt
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  North Korea reactivates its nuclear program
Sat 2009-04-25
  US may use daisy-cutters 'if Pakistan shows reluctance'
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