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and this, just like all the black-on-white attacks, should be equally punished.
but it won't
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The white crime is amplified and widely-publicized while black crime is marginalized and denied.
After a couple hundred years of this, maybe we'll all be "equal".
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But, but - I thought the knockout game was a fallacy, an urban legend perpetuated by right-wing bloggers. Legions of law enforcement and the press have said so. Or if it has happened, it happened as an expression of "economic distress", as one NYC councilwoman postulated. Y know, because the Jews own all the property, and so on.
This must be one of those "nip it in the bud" moves. Yes, that must be it.
[Breitbart] 27 Dec 13. John Dodson, the ATF agent who blew the whistle on the the Justice Departments blood-soaked gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious, told the Arizona Republic in an interview, Thursday, that the FBI played a key role in events leading to the 2010 murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. His comments to the paper, augment what he wrote in his new book, The Unarmed Truth - My Fight to Blow the Whistle and Expose Fast and Furious. WH, DoJ Washington, CIA, State Dept, AMBO to Mexico, Mex gov't ....FBI involved? Thousands of guns, dozens of people involved, who knew ?
Dodson claims that the bandits who killed Terry were working for FBI operatives and were tipped by the DEA to be in the area to do a "drug rip-off." Anyone fired yet? I thought not.
I dont think the (FBI) assets were part of the rip-off crew, Dodson said. I think they were directing the rip crew. Hand-held radios perhaps. Ask the NSA, they record everything.
Terry belonged to an elite Border Patrol tactical team sent to a remote area known as Peck Canyon, roughly a dozen miles northwest of Nogales, where violence had escalated because criminal gangs were stealing narcotics from drug runners known as mules. Be sure to visit the Brian Terry room a the Obama Presidential Library. More information to follow.
He was slain in a shootout with several bandits. Two assault-type rifles found at the scene were subsequently traced to Fast and Furious. The operation, based in Phoenix, was launched in 2009 to identify and prosecute drug lords, but instead allowed guns to be walked into the hands of Mexican criminals. Hey amigo, you like AK's? Good, work with us and we'll see what we can do.
ATF agents encouraged licensed firearms dealers in Arizona to sell more than 2,000 weapons to known straw buyers who were working for cartels. Instead of arresting suspects immediately, surveillance agents took notes and let them disappear with the guns. "Instead of arresting suspects immediately".....possibly something like the 9/11 aviation students, Tsarnov bros, or Nidal Hasan ?
After the Terry slaying and an attempted cover-up within the Justice Department, Dodson provided evidence and testimony to Congress. His revelations, later verified by an Office of the Inspector Generals report, ignited a national scandal over Fast and Furious that resulted in a congressional contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder and the replacement of top ATF and Justice Department officials. Which resulted in absolutely nothing, and very likely never will.
The reason he said the FBI would have told criminal informants from a cartel that the shipment was "theirs for the taking" was to "increase the clout of the FBI informants in the cartel organization they had penetrated" in order to lead to better intelligence in the future. "Better intel"....more reports, more juicy stuff to send to Washington.
In a recent interview with Cam Edwards, Dodson said that he believes the purpose of Operation Fast and Furious was to facilitate gun crimes in order to substantiate the DOJ's claims of an "iron river of guns" flowing from the US into Mexico. The desired end state being the repealing of the 2nd Amendment and a presidential legacy talking point.
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Hate "we the people"'s second amendment, arm up America's murderous enemies, stock pile trillions of rounds of hollow points. The regime is possessed by a very twisted set of Satan's demons.
[VARIETY] A&E put itself between a "Duck" and a hard place. And having backtracked from its temporary lack of quack, let the public-relations scrambling begin.
The network might have acted precipitously in suspending Phil Robertson for his inflammatory remarks regarding gays (and equally insensitive ones about African-Americans in the Jim Crow-era South), but it clearly didn't have an end game in mind. And once the network demonstrated that it was displeased with Robertson's statements, unless it was truly willing to strangle its golden goose, there was really nowhere to go from there.
So the network issued a mealy-mouthed statement Friday, promising to run a public-service campaign about tolerance and inclusiveness. One suspects the network will also be less eager to arrange interview opportunities for Robertson, which of course won't prevent him from going out and speaking his mind, especially now that he's a hero to many conservatives.
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promising to run a public-service campaign about tolerance and inclusiveness
Does this inclusiveness extend to the likes of Phil?
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In what has become a glaring example of the sad state of the political/cultural environment I'd like to introduce you to my wife. Mrs. C is the sweetest most trustworthy, give the benefit of the doubt, political naif and as disinterested as can be.
She's a Kindergarten teacher, not particularly religious, conservative in her values in a live and let live sort of way. Oh yeah, we also have two older cats she rescued from shelters (the first one died so we got a replacement).
This regime and the left wing in the media have turned her into a more cynical person than me, and that's saying something.
Vis a vis the Duck Dynasty kerfuffle the following have occurred:
1) She doesn't believe that A&E is either as stupid or left-wing ideologue as they look. She believes that the whole thing is a cynical marketing ploy to increase ratings and sales of merchandise.
2) She has encouraged me to apply for a gun license (note: that I'm mildly interested in guns and she has never wanted one in the house) and to get a gun here in MA.
3) She now chacterizes GLAAD and the Zero regime as (my paraphrase)Fascist bullies. This despite her sister being gay and her having zip, zero, zilch issues with gays in general.
And last but not least she has been encouraging me to become active in the Tea Party. I may consider it when I get over my shock.
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Shot a duck once. Landed right in the middle of the pond, tits up. Spend the rest of the day throwing stones at it trying to nudge it over to the edge of the pond. Swimming duck dog would have been nice to have that day.
For a long time, women have fought -- and are still fighting -- to overcome gender roles and expectations. However, it's important to remember that rigid ideas about what men and women "should" or "shouldn't" do isn't just bad for women. Rigid being a keyword here. The idea of "gender roles" is absurd. Some things men do better than women and vice versa. That's not a "role". It's biological fact.
A Dec. 17th thread asked the men of Reddit, "What girly thing do you really want to do or try but it is socially unacceptable?" Responses ranged from cuddling etiquette ("Being the little spoon") to fashion woes ("Toe socks") and showing emotion ("Crying in public without getting judged"). I see GLAAD was trolling Reddit that day.
Here are 11 of our favorite answers:
1. Have more stylish clothing options. As bradleynowell252 pointed out, "Girls just get so many choices on nice things to wear and still look good, even in a casual manner." It's true that while women can wear "masculine" clothing free of judgment, the same can not be said for men in "feminine" clothing. "Also, fancy hats. It's a shame that only women get to have awesome adornments in their headwear without any social stigma," lokiikol noted. Holy crap.
Find a justification to wear a kilt with all the accoutrements, and you're good to go. It's even utterly masculine. Granted, your argument may be a single great-grandparent or a Scotch wife, but wear it with pride, man. Wear it with pride. Also, ski hats. Yes, this does mean you'll have to take up skiing. But it also means you can invest in silk long underwear for your primary layer. Do let me recommend black.
2. Be able to talk about other men being attractive. Kbjami brought up an important point when he wrote: "Talking about how hot Brad Pitt is. I'm not gay but I find Brad Pitt quite attractive. Actually just talking about how attractive males are in general." We completely agree, men should definitely be able to compliment other men. And Brad Pitt is very attractive. I find out if a man is attractive if a woman says so, not because I want to know. In fact, a lot of stuff I read is stuff I actually wasn't curious about, but was told. How true it is is not an issue, because, frankly, it is out of my zone.
3. Order "girly drinks." "For just once, I'd like to get to order yummy pink drinks with chunks of real fruit that guys secretly like but can't order because they'll be made fun of," responded Reddit user Dwarf--shortage. We think everyone should be able to drink Flirtinis, Mudslides and Fuzzy Navels -- they're delicious! They may be delicious. So are most mixed drinks. But I can see it now:
GLAAD guy from Reddit (At a bar): I'll have a Fuzzy Naval.
Bartender: And what does the gentleman want?
GGFR: That is what the gentleman wants.
Bartender: You don't have a date?
GGFR: Nope. Just me.
Bartender: You know, we have a number of fine gay bars in town. Why do you have to drink that here?
GGFR: Because I am trying to break gender roles.
Bartender: I'll get you a beer.
GGFR: Bud Lite, s'il vous plat.
4. Get treated to a spa day. We can all agree that there are few places more relaxing than a spa. So why is it only socially acceptable for women to attend these heaven-on-earth establishments? Euphuist said that he would love to get a "Mani/pedi, face mask, all that jazz. Colour me intrigued.
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1) Have more stylish clothing options
Ever been in Bavaria? Thought so. Next 2) Be able to talk about other men being attractive
I do probably find Brad Pitt to be more attractive than... Helen Thomas or Janet Reno, so maybe that's enough of overcoming gender expectations here. I still do not want to have sex with either of them even if the looks of Helen Thomas might have improved in the last year. 3) Order girly drinks
Sorry. I don't even tolerate water in my whiskey. 4) Get treated to a spa day
Somehow I believe that this doesn't include Bangkok spas where girlys do things, right? 5) Carry a purse
A man knows where to put his wallet. What else does he need to carry, if not in a briefcase? 6) Dance like no ones watching
Last guy who tried this was John Travolta. Ended up in Scientology. 7)Wear makeup
What? Tested on animals? 8)Get pampered by women
See 4 9)Wear yoga pants
It's no longer funny now 10) Have fun with ones children without being judged
I don't get that one. But maybe that's because the girls in our family play football, too. 11) Be able to show emotion without being labeled as gay or a p*ssy.
If you're a fan of Bayern Munich, you have plenty of opportunities to do that in front of a crowd of 70000
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To avoid perpetuating gender stereotypes, I gave my daughter a mix of dolls and toy cars to play with. This is what happened.
Remember when that Italian cruise ship hit the rock and rolled. Everyone was surprised by the 'men' who shoved women and children out of the way to get to safety. There's your future when you socialize your males as though they're just dysfunctional females.
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soooo basically the "Men of Reddit" are a bunch of emasculated p*ssies?
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ROFLMAO, #2 EC!
That's why we love you (in a sisterly/brotherly way, of course). ;-p
And yes, I've been to Bavaria. Tried to get the firefighter guy in our group to buy some tooled-leather suspenders for his turnout pants; I got some decorated with Edelweiss for mine, but he refused to get suspenders with "flowers" on them. Guess he'll never be Bayerische. :-D (Finally found him some with more "manly" designs.)
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Yeah, I want to sit with my feet in a bucket fetid water dosing my liver with fumes from industrial solvents while being attended to by underage Asian slave girls in a worn down storefront...
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LOL gorb - Reminds me of when my one of my high school friends became a mother a few years after our graduation. She decided she didn't want her son to have any "violent toys" like guns. Almost needless to say, as soon as he became old enough every remote control, eating utensil and stick outside became a gun to aim at people and say "pow! pow!". Fortunately, she was open-minded enough to accept reality and soon let him have a toy gun.
[LATIMES] Thousands of armed youths loyal to South Sudan's rebel leader are preparing to launch an assault on the key town of Bor, a government official said Saturday, as continued fighting in the fragile new country dimmed prospects of a cease-fire.
The South Sudanese government has said it is willing to end hostilities with rebels led by former Vice President Riek Machar, who is in a power struggle with President Salva Kiir.
But Machar has responded warily to the calls by East African countries for a truce, telling the BBC that any talks of a cease-fire must be serious and credible, and negotiated by representatives from both sides.
"Until mechanisms for monitoring are established, when one says there is a unilateral cease-fire, there is no way the other person would be confident this is a commitment," Machar told the broadcaster.
At least 121,600 people have fled their homes, and thousands are feared dead since fighting broke out Dec. 15, according to the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... . Some 63,000 civilians have sought shelter inside U.N. bases.
Government troops are in control of Bor, the strategically important capital of Jonglei state, after it briefly fell to the rebels.
Military front man Col. Philip Aguer told news hounds Saturday that some 25,000 young Luo-Nuer men, from the same tribe as Machar, were on the march toward Bor.
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this is what helicopter gunships were made for
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The head of Tunisias transitional parliament said rival political parties reached agreement on contentious points in a draft constitution, and the document will go to the legislature January 3.
Parliament President Mustapha Ben Jaafar said on Saturday the ruling Islamist party, which had wanted a pure parliamentary system, agreed instead to give more powers to a president, including the power to dissolve the legislature.
In another compromise reached on Saturday, the government, which had already agreed to hand power to technocrats in the run-up to elections, will do so on January 8.
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Four US military personnel detained by the Libyan government have been released, US officials have confirmed.
A US Defense Department official said the four American service members have been freed, according to Reuters. They were reportedly being held by Libya's Ministry of the Interior in the town of Sabratha.
"All four (have been) released," the official said. The reason for their detainment and their current whereabouts were not immediately known. The US State Department previously confirmed the detainment.
"We can confirm that four US military personnel are currently being held in Libyan government custody," said Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson. "We are seeking to further ascertain the facts and ensure their release. We are in touch with Libyan officials on this issue.
It is dangerous for the United States to make plans on the premise of Russia's internal collapse. That outcome is not to be excluded, but neither is it likely. Russia will be around for quite a while; it never will regain the position that the Soviet Union held in 1980, but it will remain a force for the foreseeable future. Washington never quite grasped that the Russians are chess players, and chess is a game in which one cannot bluff. One deals with Russia only through strength, and America's strength is bleeding away from a series of self-inflicted wounds.
[Ynet] French police arrest activists of right-wing Jewish organization on suspicion of assaulting two men tracked down on social networks for performing anti-Semitic gesture
Life gets ever more interesting...
Did the Jewish Defense League (LDJ -- Ligue de Défense Juive) in La Belle France initiate attacks on French civilians suspected of anti-Semitism? Police in the city of Lyon believe it did and tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! six Jewish members of the local office on Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out two attacks against anti-Semitic activists.
According to news agency reports, the first assault took place on December 21 in Lyon. The next day, last Sunday, another attack was carried out in Villeurbanne. Police suspect that the local "league" -- a right-wing Jewish organization affiliated with the late Rabbi Meir Kahane -- is behind these acts, and that the gang tracked down its victims on social networks.
JTA reports that two of the victims were tracked down for performing the "quenelle," an anti-Semitic gesture conceived by comedian and Holocaust denier Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, which is gaining momentum across Europe and particularly in La Belle France.
Click on article headline, above, to see photo of Hitler-masked idiot demonstrating the salute.
'Little Nazis are no longer at ease!'
According to AFP and Le Progres, the first attack took place late on December 21 at the Mama Shelter Hotel in Lyon and targeted a restaurant employee. A few small groups entered the building in search of the worker, while their friends remained outside.
An eyewitness reported that upon locating the employee, a few dozen men waiting outside entered the hotel in order to beat him up and even used tear gas. The hotel's security officers intervened and prevented the men from attacking the worker.
The group was more successful in its second attack: This victim was also located online after performing the "quenelle." He was beaten up and then locked in the trunk of a parked car. According to the report, six men were involved in this incident. Two of them were arrested the same night and the other four were captured the following day. Two were remanded to police custody on Tuesday on suspicion of assault, Le Progres reported. According to JTA, it is unclear how badly the man was hurt.
LDJ, the report said, posted a message on its Twitter account on Tuesday, allegedly claiming responsibility for the attacks: "Two major punitive actions were carried out Saturday and Sunday in Lyon against people who performed the quenelle. The little Nazis are no longer at ease!"
French defense minister against 'quenelle'
This isn't the first time that LDJ is allegedly involved in attacks in anti-Semites. About six months ago, the group grabbed credit for the assault of a young Arab man believed to have attacked Jew in the suburb of Saint-Mande, east of Gay Paree.
The league's "soldiers," as they referred to themselves, put him in hospital following a "swift and effective response." The statement led to a demand from the government to arrest the group members. The organization later reneged on the announcement, denying any involvement in the violence.
According to JTA, recent weeks have seen the "quenelle" widely discussed in French media as many French Jews see it as sign of mounting anti-Semitism. The French defense minister strongly condemned the phenomenon, and even asked for sanctions to be imposed against soldiers documented performing the gesture outside a synagogue in Gay Paree.
In recent months, researchers warn, anti-Semites have been taking advantage of the lack of public awareness of the new "salute" and taking pictures of themselves performing the salute in particularly symbolic and sensitive places around the world like the Treblinka extermination camp, the Western Wall plaza and next to IDF soldiers, as well as alongside Jews who are unaware of the "trick." They then post the photos on the Internet.
The phenomenon was revealed in a conference held earlier this month in New York by the World Zionist Organization's Department for Countering Anti-Semitism.
In order to expose the public to the new movement, which many have encountered but were unaware of its meaning, the conference organizers presented pictures and videos of neo-Nazis documenting themselves performing it in different places around the world.
As part of a more concrete effort, the Defense Ministry has been asked to warn IDF soldiers against the phenomenon in a bid to prevent them from unknowingly participating in further embarrassing photographs.
Growing Phenomenon Neo-Nazi symbol spreads in Europe
Modern 'Hitler salute' gaining momentum among anti-Semites, who pose for pictures in sensitive sites worldwide and in Israel, including alongside IDF soldiers who are unaware of gesture's meaning
[Ynet] Officers with IDF's Border Guard Unit find three Paleostinians hiding inside room with no entryway. In operation to locate Paleostinians residing in Israel illegally 31 thus far nabbed
Border Guard officers found on Monday three Paleostinians without permits to reside in Israel hiding inside a room that was closed shut in a construction site in Ashkelon.
The officers were looking for illegals in the Ashkelon site following intelligence information.
Israel Ben Hammo, the commanding officer of the operation, told Ynet: "We scoured six structures that are under construction. At some point, we arrived at a structure in which there was a room without any entrance -- no window and no door. We heard someone whispering from inside and realized there were people who are staying illegally in Israel hiding inside.
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Why would any self-respecting Muslim want to live in Israel? Every one knows that Muslims are mistreated and marginalized there, right?
/sarcasm - IIRC, Muslims in Israel are better off than Muslims in the Gaza or the West Bank.
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What happens when JFK finds out they've been working on construction crews in East Jerusalem?
[Ynet] Paleostinian Authority debt owed for power supplied to West Bank and east Jerusalem reaches NIS 1B. PA begins to cover funds, but Ministers of Finance and Energy concerned sum will rise. Electric company to end year with heavy debt
The Paleostinian Authority has begun to pay back the money it owes the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), Calcalist has learned. The debt, accumulated by West Bank and east Jerusalem residents stands at NIS 1.1 billion, the Electric Corporation claims.
According to Calcalist, the Ministries of Finance and Energy have expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that the debt will continue to rise, reaching NIS 1.3 billion by the end of the year, thus posing a heavy financial burden for the Electric Corporation.
According to an examination conducted by Calcalist, the PA's debt stands at NIS 1.167 billion, with approximately NIS 410 million attributed to residents of the West Bank and the remainder to Electric Corporation in East Jerusalem.
IEC admits that the Paleostinian Authority has began to pay its debt in small doses, but unfortunately will still end the year with a debt of more than NIS 1 billion, and it is yet to be unclear how they will cover this sum.
It is to be noted that IEC cannot cut off PA's residents' power without first receiving full political backing, no easy task at a time in which US Secretary of State John F. Kerry is pushing Israel and the PA to reach a political settlement.
IEC said in response that "the PA has not paid the full amount of their debt to the Electric Corporation and their monthly payments cover only a small portion of what they owe. The company is working to collect the entire debt.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing Israel and the PA to reach a political settlement.
If I owe the power company, they collect ALL the bill, plus fees, and shut me off until paid.
Solar is the way to go, then they owe ME.
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How's that working James? Does Alabama have a feed in tariff? I'm not much for subsidizing other peoples power hobbies, but for you I will make an exception.
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Alabama is kinda backward, they don't have a rebate system, you have to sell back power at wholesale, piss poor return, (Unless you've got a HUGE solar array)In short, it's more economical to use the power myself.
So, I won't get rich off the power company, but they'll get rich off me, so I'll use the power myself. (For now). Maybe in the future I'll build that HUGE array?
On a personal note, I'm divorced, and 66 (She left me) and not that healthy, I'm physicly fit, but partly blind (in my right eye,) so work is slow, I'm waiting right now on weather, (It's Raining Here)
When the rain lets up, I'll build a solar collector rack, that's waiting right now and wire the rack to the batteries (Got AGM's) and then I'll have power, at the moment I don't (Well technically I do, I'm using an inverter off the car battery,but it's not permanent)
Then I can make progress, Maybe I'll post pictures as I go.
Jim
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Well, she hurt herself leaving me, I paid the rent and the power, so all in all, I'm ahead, she's blind as well, so neither of us was healthy, I'm setting a small house on inherited land, (My grandmothers land 10 acres,, Inherited through my mother So I'm set, I get a pension and a work-related pension of about $1350.00 per month, so I'm set right now I live in my mothers house, It's an older 4 bedroom 2 bath home, I live in one bedroom) it's complicated. (Costs me about 4300.00 to live here, car's paid for and i'm a master mechanic, so all is well)I commute daily about 15 miles so gsas is a big expense.
Jim
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I should say, Partly Blind, got a nice subsidized apartment, she's fine, maybe she misses me, I don't know or care, she made her bed, now lie in it, Bitter>? a little.
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4300 is a typo, $300 is right.
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[CBSNEWS] A strong boom-mobile tore through a business district in the center of the Lebanese capital Friday, setting cars ablaze and killing a prominent pro-Western politician and four other people.
The bomb targeted Mohamad Chatah, a former finance minister and a senior aide to former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. , in his car as he drove through central Beirut, Leb's National News Agency said, confirming what security sources had told numerous foreign news agencies. Chatah was also a former ambassador to the U.S.
The National News Agency said Chatah's driver was also killed, along with three other people. The Health Ministry said more than 70 others were maimed.
Leb has seen a wave of bombings over the past months as tensions rise over Syria's civil war.
Hariri heads the main, Western-backed coalition in Leb, which is engaged in bitter feuding with the hard boy Hezbollah group allied with allied to Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia...
Several recent bombings have targeted senior Hezbollah figures or districts where the Shiite group dominates.
The bombing recalled a string of liquidations of members of the anti-Syrian Hariri camp between 2004 and 2008, the biggest of which was the massive suicide kaboom in 2005 in downtown Beirut - not far from the site of Friday's blast - that killed Hariri's father, Rafik, also a former prime minister. Hariri's allies accused Syria of being behind the killings, a claim Damascus denied.
Friday's blast came less than three weeks before the trial for those suspected in Rafik Hariri's liquidation was set to begin. Five Hezbollah members have been indicted for alleged involvement in the killing. Hezbollah rejects the accusations, and has refused to hand over the suspects.
Saad Hariri indirectly blamed Hezbollah for Chatah's liquidation. In a statement, he accused "the ones who run away from international justice and refuse to appear before the international tribunal.
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At least now we gay conservatives (and libertarians) are able to call out these ignorant schmucks and their double standards on Twitter. They can call us "self-hating Aunt Toms" all they want, but what they can never do is make a compelling case for why we'd do better with more and more spending by an ever-expanding bureaucracy than we would with more liberty and less government.
In a grassy downtown plaza, strolling musicians wearing glitzy cowboy outfits blast a mariachi song, while Spanish-speaking shoppers bustle between farm stands, sampling tart cactus leaves, sniffing roasting chilies and buying bundles of warm pork tamales.
The scene is an increasingly typical one in towns across California, where Hispanics are on pace to become the largest ethnic group next year. And Watsonville is but one of dozens of California communities where Hispanics outnumber whites.
Spanish is spoken in most homes and businesses in town, and one out of five households is linguistically isolated, meaning no one over 14 speaks English.
Rising immigration hasn't made Watsonville more diverse; it is a community heading toward racial isolation, a growing phenomenon in a state that offers one possible look at how the nation may change as non-Hispanic whites become a minority in the coming months.
"For me, downtown Watsonville is like being in a small Mexican town," said Oscar Rios, who was Watsonville's first Latino mayor. "Everyone speaks Spanish. The restaurants are Mexican. It's got a very different feel than a traditional American town."
Today, 82 percent are either immigrants, or descendants of immigrants, mostly from Mexico but also elsewhere in Latin America.
Watsonville, where 40 percent of the residents are foreign born, is in the early phase of the transformation. The community has a 23 percent unemployment rate, and poverty rates twice as high as the rest of California. DOH!
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Just raise taxes and institute mandatory inclusiveness and diversity programs!
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You forget Bobby, whites aren't a protected species. Any diversity program including a white theme would be branded segregationist and shut down by the Feds.
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.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
