After the suspicious white van was subjected to secondary inspection, it was determined that the driver of the vehicle and its front seat passenger were U.S. citizens who were attempting to smuggle 13 illegal immigrants into the United States. All of the vehicle's occupants wore U.S. Marine uniforms, reportedly emblazoned with the name "Perez." The whole Perez family enlisted under the Buddy Plan?
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Sneakin' across the border? That's a felony.
Smugglin'? That's a felony.
Impersonating members of the armed forces? Oh you better believe that's a felony.
[Straits Times] A VIDEO showing a man, resembling a top Opposition leader having sex with a woman, believed to be a foreign hooker, has emerged. This is whatcha might call Hardballs Politix.
The 30-minute video, which showed the supposedly high profile Member of Parliament in various compromising positions, is set to rock the Malaysian political arena. The video recorded on Feb 21 was found in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur.
Press representatives were taken to a hotel room individually to view the video footage by a group of unknown people led by a person, who only wanted to be known as Datuk T.
Datuk T said he wanted the media to watch the footage showing the politician before sending the copy to him and his wife 'to identify the person in the video' a week from now. He said if the individual in the video was the politician he had identfied to the media, "then he and his wife must step down from politics.'
Datuk T said saying he was not 'the pious person with high moral values and integrity as portrayed, and therefore is not fit to be leader.' Datuk T said if the two did not quit politics, 'I will call on several NGOs (non-government organisations) to set up an independent panel to investigate and seek professional forensic services to study the authenticity of the recordings.'
Datuk T claimed he had stumbled upon the video after he was asked by the politician to search for his watch in the room where the sexual encounter had taken place.
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It's even money that Obama can make the 2008 election rise to number 1 in the next 595 days. Forget Jimmy Carter, I just hope that Obama's presidency is more successful than James Buchanan's.
[Arab News] The toll of Japan's triple disaster came into clearer focus Monday after police estimates showed more than 18,000 people died, the World Bank said rebuilding may cost $235 billion and more cases of radiation-tainted vegetables and tap water turned up.
Japanese officials reported progress over the weekend in their battle to gain control over a nuclear complex that began leaking radiation after suffering quake and tsunami damage, though the crisis was far from over, with a dangerous new surge in pressure reported in one of the plant's six reactors.
The announcement by Japan's Health Ministry late Sunday that tests had detected excess amounts of radioactive elements on canola and chrysanthemum greens marked a low moment in a day that had been peppered with bits of positive news: First, a teenager and his grandmother were found alive nine days after being trapped in their earthquake-shattered home. Then, the operator of the overheated nuclear plant said two of the six reactor units were safely cooled down.
"We consider that now we have come to a situation where we are very close to getting the situation under control," Deputy Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said.
Still, serious problems remained at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. Pressure unexpectedly rose in a third unit's reactor, meaning plant operators may need to deliberately release radioactive steam. That has only added to public anxiety over radiation that began leaking from the plant after a monstrous earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan on March 11 and left the plant unstable. As day broke Monday, Japan's military resumed dousing of the complex's troubled Unit 4.
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We don't care. All we care about is the 50 - 100 people who'll die of cancer 30 years from now!
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Directionally off topic, that idiot George Monbiot was persuaded by the xkcd graphic. Within one week I find myself on the same side as the Democratic Underground (R1ghth4v3n) and George Monbiot. Clearly the Messianic Age is approaching.
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AFAIK the 18,000 is more correctly an "estimated Deaths" figure comprising those confirmed dead by Nippon law authorities, as well as those missing + feared to be dead.
Anti-NucPower ACtvists continue to use the high nominal death figures as fact in support of "Green/Alternative Energy", + repeatedly fail to mention that the bulk of event-related Japanese deaths or casualties is from the Tsunami, NOT the Quake or even the leaks from the Fukushima Nucplant.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ...Second President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits he is the current Prime Minister of Russia. His sock puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, was installed in the 2008 presidential elections. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law. During his eight years in office Russia's economy bounced back from crisis, seeing GDP increase, poverty decrease and average monthly salaries increase. During his presidency Putin passed into law a series of fundamental reforms, including a flat income tax of 13%, a reduced profits tax, and new land and legal codes. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile... remarks on Monday, reported by Russian news agencies, said the military actions against Libya prove that Russia is correct in its drive to strengthen its own defenses.
Putin's remarks came as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates began a visit to Russia aimed at easing Moscow's worries over a proposed NATO missile defense shield in Europe.
His statements indicated that Russian suspicion of the West and the United States in particular remains strong.
Russia abstained in the UN Security Council vote on the resolution authorizing force in Libya.
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Putin must be channeling Gadaffi or vice a versa.
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I'd love to see the over/under on Putie. Medvedev needs to watch what he eats, drinks and where he sleeps each night. So many pollutants in Russia these days....
[Bangla Daily Star] A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced four people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... leader in Dohar upazila in 2009.
The condemned convicts are Pallab Bepari, Ameer Hossain, Siplu and Ariful Hasan while the lifers are Kamal Hossain and Anwar Hossain.
Judge Md Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 also acquitted three others as the charges brought against them were not proved.
Of the convicts, Pallab, Ameer, Anwar and Kamal were present at the court while Ariful Hasan and Shiplu remain absconding.
Jubo League Mohammad Jamal was killed on July 17, 2009 at Kacharighat Bazar in Dohar upazila following a previous enmity.
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Setting cookie from Blossom Unavising8106.. which is pretty good... Blossom... been called Sweetpea, but never Blossom
Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.
"I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet," Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day. Oooookay, Chavez. Let's go over here and get some yummy medication from this nice man in white, hmmmmm?
[Al Jazeera] Balloting has ended in Haiti's presidential runoff with observers describing polling day as being generally peaceful.
Polling centres in most of Haiti closed as scheduled at 4pm local time (2100 GMT), but voting was extended by one hour in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area to make up for initial delays.
Election officials began counting the votes by lamplight as most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and much of the Caribbean nation has no electricity. Preliminary results will be announced later this month.
Haiti's election law requires the Provisional Electoral Council to confirm the final results on April 16.
There was concern the long wait could cause impatience and possible protests, but CEP officials said both candidates have agreed to make no victory declarations and hold no rallies until the first results are announced.
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Who cares who wins, It'll be exactly the same after as before.
A nation of beggars.
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A 62-meter truck-mounted concrete pump, used to build some of the worlds tallest skyscrapers, is on its way from China to Fukushima at the personal request of the president of Tokyo Electric Co., or Tepco. The plan is to use the machine to pump water toward Fukushima Daiichi's malfunctioning reactor No. 4. Suggestions to use concrete pumper trucks to move water into reactor hot spots were made on the internet over a week ago. The machine might also prove very handy in entombing the irrecoverable parts of the reactors.
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Japan authorities have repor stated that Fukushima will eventually be closed permanently, + operations transferred or otherwise shut down.
I HAVE MY DOUBTS - America's own THREE MILE ISLAND Nucplant continues to be in operation; + iff area radiation is not or no longer life-threatening as TOKYO + TEPCO SEEMINGLY ROUTINELY INSIST, TEPCO PER SE STILL HAS REAX 5,6 [Other?] THAT CAN GENERATE ELEC ENERGY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
THE FEAR IN TOKYO RIGHT NOW IS THAT, WID ELEC POWER RESTORED TO PARTS OF FUKUSHIMA DAMAGED REAX UNITS, ONE OR MORE NEW EMERGENCY(S) MAY SUDDENLY ERUPT DUE TO THE YET-UNKNOWN MAGNITUDE OR SCALE OF DAMAGE TO RE-POWERED EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS.
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ION SENDAI, RENSE > POWER RECONNECTED TO ALL SIX FUKUSHIMA REACTORS.
* SAME > OFFFICIAL: JAPAN NUKE PLANT POOL [Cooling Pool = spent fuel/fuel rods] AT OR NEAR BOILING POINT.
* SAME > JAPAN: HUGE SEAWATER RADIATION NO CAUSE FOR WORRY, BE HAPPY.
1980's MTV DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY" VIDEO > "DA LANDLORD SAYS THE RENT IS WET-N-LATE, HE MAY HAVE TO RADIATE - DON'Y WORRY, BE HAPPY".
Don't Worry, Be Happy [whistle jingle]... ...???
* SAME > [USGS, BGS Perts]JAPAN QUAKE LOADS STRESS ON FAULT CLOSER TO TOKYO | GEOLOGISTS WARN ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE COULD TEAR TOKYO IN TWO AFTER WEAKENING OF FAULT LINE BELOW CAPITAL.
IOW, TOKIO = JAPAN should keep as option those various foreign invitations for Quake-Tsunami stricken Japanese to move to their countries, or even to permanent abandon Japan as a sovereign Country, + NOT BRUSH DEM INVITES OFF???
* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [CNN Video] NEW YORK CITY VULNERABLE TO TSUNAMI IFF A MAG 10.0 QUAKE HITS ICELAND OR THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE [Atlantic Ocean].
Lest we fergit, 1990's NETTERS > claimed to had disturbing DREAMS/VISIONS OF A LARGE SPACE ROCK, ASTEROID OR COMET, STRIKING EARTH OFF THE NE COAST OF THE US-NEWFOUNDLAND + LITTORALS.
Ditto as per HAWAII + SW USA???
HAWAII = COMET APOPHIS 2029/30-2036, ewspec on the SECOND FLYBY???
* PAKISTAN DEFENCE FORUM > THORIUM REACTOR CAN'T MELTDOWN, + CAN'T BE USED TO MAKE NUCLEAR BOMBS | A THORIUM REACTOR IN EVERY HOME.
Cheap, mass-produceable, RETAIL = OVER-THE-COUNTER MASS CONSUMER NUCPOWER is what our future OWG-NWO = FEDERATION + STARFLEET COMMAND will need to support the colonization of deep space. ULTIMATELY, DITTO THE GOVT-LED "GREEN/ALTERNATIVE TECHS".
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's government is on the verge of collapse after opposition parties withdrew their support for another round of austerity policies aimed at averting a financial bailout. Expect to see another round of bailouts and more market jitters for the Euro. This will be the last one: next up is Spain, and Europe doesn't have enough money to bail out Spain.
A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, is detailing a secret plan to "destabilize" the country.
Specifically, the plan seeks to destroy JP Morgan, crash the stock market, and weaken Wall Street's grip on power, thus creating the conditions necessary for a redistribution of wealth and a change in government.
The former SEIU official, Steven Lerner, spoke in a closed session at a Pace University forum last weekend.
"What does the other side fear the most - they fear disruption. They fear uncertainty. Every article about Europe says when they rioted in Greece the markets went down.
"The folks that control this country care about one thing how the stock market goes what the bond market does how the bonuses goes. We have a very simple strategy:
How do we bring down the stock market?
How do we bring down their bonuses?
How do we interfere with their ability to be rich?
"So a bunch of us around the country think 'Who would be a really good company to hate'? We decided that would be JP Morgan Chase, and so we are going to roll out over the next couple of months what would hopefully be an exciting campaign about JP Morgan Chase that is really about challenge the power of Wall Street.
"And so what we are looking at is the first week in May can we get enough people together starting now to really have an week of action in New York I don't want to give any details because I don't know if there are any police agents in the room.
The goal would be that we will roll out of New York the first week of May. We will connect three ideas:
That we are not broke there is plenty of money.
They have the money - we need to get it back.
And that they are using Bloomberg and other people in government as the vehicle to try and destroy us.
"And so we need to take on those folks at the same time. And that we will start here we are going to look at a week of civil disobedience - direct action all over the city.
"Then roll into the JP Morgan shareholder meeting which they moved out of New York because I guess they were afraid because of Columbus.
"There is going to be a ten state mobilization to try and shut down that meeting and then looking at bank shareholder meetings around the country and try and create some moments like Madison except where we are on offense instead of defense.
"Where we have brave and heroic battles challenging the power of the giant corporations. We hope to inspire a much bigger movement about redistributing wealth and power in the country and that labor can't do itself that community groups can't do themselves but maybe we can work something new and different that can be brave enough and daring and nimble enough to do that kind of thing."
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The thing is, the Wall Street Journal does charge for many articles and op-ed pieces, much to my frustration and their profit. And once things stabilize and Mr. Wife buys me that iPad 3 he promised in lieu of a new laptop (it was supposed to be a 2, but the way things are going...) I'm going to seriously consider asking for a web subscription to the WSJ for the next gift-giving occasion. I would never ask for a subscription to the New York Times, because their important articles are too rare, as witnessed by the ratio of articles posted here at Rantburg.
The Clarksburg FBI complex is taking part in a $1 billion project that will enable law enforcement agencies across the country to identify criminals, suspects, those who interact with any police nationwide, other citizens seen on surveillance cameras, and theoretically terrorists by physical characteristics more quickly and accurately, an FBI official said Monday in Charleston.
Earlier this month, the FBI center unveiled its "Next Generation Identification System (NGI)," which will slowly replace an older system that can no longer handle the volume of fingerprints sent to Clarksburg.
"It's bigger, better, stronger, faster, harder" said Stephen Morris, a deputy assistant director at the FBI Center. "It increases capacity and accuracy."
The NGI system, built by Lockheed Martin, allows FBI employees to conduct automated fingerprint searches and exchange information with more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies.
Under the system, state and local police officers also will eventually use hand-held devices to scan suspects' fingerprints and send the images electronically to the FBI center.
In later stages, NGI system also will be expanded to include the analysis of palm prints, handwriting, faces, human irises and voices.
The FBI plans to increase the size of the Clarksburg complex significantly with the opening of a new 350,000-square-foot Biometric Technology Center in 2014, Morris said. The FBI plans to share the facility with the U.S. Department of Defense. And remember that 99.9% of this will be directed against Americans, who already have strongly eroded rights against police search. N.B.: Note zero mention of DNA? Some 8-15 million US samples so far are kept at the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), whose DNA collection is rapidly growing, and not limited to criminals, either.
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WV can't continue to provide or can residents claim "Third World" deduction status in Tax Year 2011. Reluctant FBI relocated employees and their dependents will be bringing slightly under $1T into WV state coffers.
[Straits Times] CAMBODIAN opposition politicians have asked the king to pardon their exiled leader after he lost a final appeal against a two-year jail sentence, according to a letter seen by AFP on Monday.
Sam Rainsy, who has been living in La Belle France, was handed the prison term in his absence last year for inciting racial discrimination and uprooting border markings with neighbouring Vietnam in 2009.
His lawyer said the case was politically motivated, but after exhausting his appeals against the verdict, the outspoken politician was stripped of his parliamentary seat last week.
In a letter dated March 18, Sam Rainsy Party MPs urged King Norodom Sihamoni 'to pardon Sam Rainsy... so that he can continue his role as a representative of the Cambodian people and fulfil his duties to serve the nation.' 'The absence of Sam Rainsy in the leadership of the second biggest political party in the kingdom of Cambodia will affect the development of a democratic and multi-party system,' they wrote.
Sam Rainsy faces a total of 12 years in prison if he returns to Cambodia, after a court late last year also sentenced him to 10 years for publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam in a separate case.
The opposition party and rights groups have in the past said the convictions were an attempt to keep Sam Rainsy from taking part in Cambodia's national election in 2013.
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"publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam in a separate case"
The appeals court strikes down the 2005 Stolen Valor Act that makes it a crime to lie about top military decorations. The action also vacates a Pomona man's sentence for falsely claiming to have been awarded the congressional Medal of Honor.
"Saints may always tell the truth, but for mortals living means lying."
Those were the words of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski in Monday's decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that the Stolen Valor Act is an unconstitutional restraint on free speech and a threat to every citizen who fibs to embellish his or her image, avoid embarrassment or perpetuate a child's belief in Santa Claus.
The court struck down both the 2005 act of Congress and the fines and sentence meted out to a Pomona man convicted on criminal charges for falsely claiming to have been awarded the congressional Medal of Honor.
The Stolen Valor Act made it a crime punishable by up to a year in jail to falsely claim to have received high military decorations, as Xavier Alvarez did at a public meeting of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District in 2007.
But Alvarez's groundless boast of heroic service in the U.S. Marine Corps doesn't fall under any of the exceptions to 1st Amendment protection of words that are false, as with fraud and defamation, the full appeals court said in refusing to reconsider a 2-1 decision last year to invalidate the act in the court's nine-state region.
"If false factual statements are unprotected, then the government can prosecute not only the man who tells tall tales of winning the congressional Medal of Honor, but also the JDater who falsely claims he's Jewish or the dentist who assures you it won't hurt a bit," Kozinski wrote in defense of the 1st Amendment.
"Phrases such as 'I'm working late tonight, hunny,' 'I got stuck in traffic' and 'I didn't inhale' could all be made into crimes," Kozinski argued. "Without the robust protections of the 1st Amendment, the white lies, exaggerations and deceptions that are an integral part of human intercourse would become targets of censorship."
At least seven of his conservative colleagues on the appeals court disagreed, signing a dissent from the decision not to rehear the Alvarez case, the first in which someone was charged and convicted under the challenged act, the court said.
That expression of discord by more than a quarter of the court's 26 active judges could signal that a government petition to the U.S. Supreme Court is in the offing.
"The court striking down a federal statute is a significant thing, and something one might expect to eventually reach the Supreme Court," said Assistant U.S. Atty. Michael Raphael, noting that his office has not yet decided whether to recommend a high court appeal.
Tracy Schmaler, a Justice Department spokeswoman, declined to say whether the U.S. solicitor general was considering that move to rescue the Stolen Valor Act.
Kozinski and Judge Milan D. Smith wrote concurring opinions denouncing the six-year-old statute as overly broad and an assault on protected speech after the majority of the court's judges voted in secret against a full-court rehearing of the Alvarez case.
"Lying about being a military hero is despicable and may have some impact on the government's ability to recruit genuine heroes, but it's hard to understand why it's so much worse than burning an American flag, displaying a profane word in court, rubbing salt into the fresh wounds of the families of fallen war heroes," or other unpopular speech held to have constitutional protection, Kozinski said.
In the dissent written by Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and signed by six other judges, the majority was accused of misinterpreting 40 years of Supreme Court decisions. The dissenters said the high court has consistently held that "the right to lie is not a fundamental right under the Constitution" and that "the erroneous statement of fact is not worthy of constitutional protection."
Jonathan D. Libby, the federal public defender who represented Alvarez, said he expected the government to petition the Supreme Court for review because it usually seeks that ultimate judgment when a federal law is struck down in any of the judicial circuits.
"The judges have been looking at this from two very, very different perspectives," Libby said of the divided 9th Circuit. "One presumes the 1st Amendment protects all speech and the other view is that lies have no protection whatsoever under the 1st Amendment. They come to different results, but I think the majority got it right here."
Alvarez, now imprisoned on an unrelated fraud matter, according to Libby, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Los Angeles in 2008. He challenged the constitutionality of the law after being sentenced to three years' probation, 416 hours of community service and fines of $5,100.
Kozinski was born in Bucharest, Romania. In 1962, when he was 12, his parents, both Holocaust survivors, brought him to the United States. The family settled in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, where his father, Moses, ran a small grocery store.
Kozinski graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, receiving an A.B. degree in 1972, and from the UCLA School of Law, receiving a J.D. degree in 1975. Kozinski clerked for future Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Ninth Circuit from 1975 to 1976, and then for Chief Justice Warren Burger from 1976 to 1977. From June 5, 1981 to August 1982, Kozinski served as the first U.S. Special Counsel appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
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In 1982, Kozinski was appointed chief judge at the newly formed United States Court of Federal Claims. In 1985, at the age of 35, Kozinski was appointed to a new seat at the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan, making him the youngest federal appeals court judge. Defending the court against criticism because of a controversial decision, Kozinski went on record emphasizing judicial independence: "It seems to me that this is what makes this country truly greatâthat we can have a judiciary where the person who appoints you doesn't own you."[2] He also took a stand against the charge that the Ninth Circuit is overly liberal, which led some to call it "The Notorious Ninth": "I can say with some confidence that cries that the Ninth Circuit is so liberal are just simply misplaced."[3] On November 30, 2007, Kozinski was appointed the tenth chief judge of the Ninth Circuit.[4]
In 2008, according to The Los Angeles Times, Kozinski "maintained a publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos."[5] In response, Kozinski called for an ethics investigation of himself.[6] In July 2009, Kozinski was admonished by a panel headed by Judge Anthony Scirica.[7][8]
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IMO the primary crux here is US-WORLD GOVTS + LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVEN "BIG BUSINESS" = WALL STREET, ETC. rely on extensive networks of POLITICAL-LEGALLY DENIABLE covert agents + informants to collect reliable information, both from Allied as well as Dedicated, Presumed Enemy Govts-States + NGOS.
Lest we fergit, there is also INTERNAL INTEL/COLLECTION to make sure Policies, Regulations, STandards + Protocols + Services, etc. ARE BEING OBEYED + FOLLOWED.
IMO the "STOLEN VALOR" ACT is inconsistent wid US Federal-State laws that say that non-Fed-State = Non-Public US Citizens-Nationals whom are allowed by Fed-State Agencies to formally or informally impersonate being their Employees as related to Govt-Public Activities, etc. CAN + WILL BE INTERPETED AS BEING EMPLOYED OR CONTROLLED BY SAME, I.E. THEY ARE DE FACTO GOVT-PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ETC.
[USA Channel's "BURN NOTICE" TV Show, "ENEMY OF THE STATE" MOvie, + VALERIE PLAME ...@etc. here].
Sugarcreek, Ohio The request of the "Amish Madoff," Monroe L. Beachy, to dismiss his bankruptcy case was denied Friday by Judge Russ Kendig, who said the court cannot dismiss this case based on religious motivation. Beachy filed for Ch. 7 bankruptcy in US Bankruptcy Court in Canton, Ohio last summer. Beachy was sole proprietor of an investment firm which closed in June. The firm's assets were liquidated, generating about $16.4 million. Total liabilities in the bankruptcy case are about $33.3 million. The case affects about 2,700 investors as creditors, with more than 2,550 members of the Amish and Mennonite faiths. As is their custom, many Amish objected to being hauled into court over this civil matter. Amish religious leaders formed a committee to resolve the dispute among their own church members and got Beachy to attempt to withdraw his bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy judge declined the motion & wrote the court cannot delegate the bankruptcy to the committee, and the committee has failed to establish cause to dismiss the case. The judge referred to legal arguments based on the First Amendment. The debtor in this case is clearly asking this court to delegate its function to a religious body, Kendig wrote. Any such delegation is forbidden by the Establishment Clause, regardless of the specific facts of a particular case.
If he wins he'll probably have a psychotic episode which may be terminal after he sees the quality or lack thereof of the Public workers.
Donald Trump is ready to shell out $600 million of his own cash to become President.
The billionaire business magnate and "Apprentice" star told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that his name recognition would probably save him "hundreds of millions of dollars" compared with other candidates.
When asked if he had $600 million to spare, Trump said: "Much more than that. That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I could put up $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage."
It's a huge disadvantage. Putting up all the money yourself means that you don't listen to anyone, and that's fatal for a political candidate.
The 64-year-old, who held the interview aboard his private jet, said he'd announce his decision by June.
Trump's net worth is $2.7 billion, making him the 137th richest person in the U.S., according to Forbes magazine.
When you do business, particularly building stuff, in cities controlled by Donks, you usually do spend more bribes money on the people who can make or break a deal with paperwork.
With Trump, at least you have someone who knows how to come back from bankruptcy. I have a feeling we may need someone who has similar experience with that in the near future.
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He went on the Michael Savage show a while back and I liked some of the things he said. I thought, well, he is a businessman and he knows how to get things done. Maybe he would be a good president. But then I made the mistake of watching him as the guest of honor on a Comedy Central Roast. Shocked, I tell you! I was shocked. How could a man who aspires to the highest office in the land lower himself that way? It wasn't funny. It was just nasty. Maybe he thinks our society has declined to the point where that kind of entertainment is mainstream. If so I hope he's wrong.
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My wife and I were at the US Open tennis a while back, it was a windy day, and I was looking around the crowd with my binoculars. Hey, there's Donald Trump. As I looked at him, the toupee pivoted up in the air and stood up vertical. Very funny. I said to my wife, look at this- but he was gone.
Prediction: President Trump will make all personal appearances indoors.
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Remember that episode of the Simpsons where Lisa was president after the Trump administration? Only the country was so deep in debt that they couldn't pay for anything and China was demanding its money back.
Sad how close to the truth that episode was... only the guy that was supposed to be the evil business republican that ruined the US is instead someone that Lisa worships in her leftist ideology.
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With Trump, at least you have someone who knows how to come back from bankruptcy. I have a feeling we may need someone who has similar experience with that in the near future
No sh&*. Look at we have now and tell me even Trump who owns casinos isn't classier than Obama. Obams is as sleazy as a transvestite fighting over a new pair of pantyhose.
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Except it won't work once you reach the level of the federal government.
Why not? Personally I believe we need someone who is a bit of a schlock jockey who likes to hand out pink slips. Bernanke, Paulson, Geither, Blankenfein, etc. get rid of them. I do not care how. Seriously, skullduggery deserves it returned in kind. Just toss them out like the old junk you remove when you're renovating a room in your house. If they have their lives left after the way they have milked our great republic, they have been meted out more mercy than they deserve.
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I think I read somewhere that The Donald hates/refuses to shake hands. That'll kill any campaign.
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And what's his platform going to be - that he'll fire the American people if they don't perform up to his expectations?
Bambi's already done that. >:-(
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I do not care if he shakes hands. I do care if he fires all the folks who's hands stray into the TARP/Bailout/ Fed cookie jar. Donald for President!
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At this point I'd vote for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
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Except it won't work once you reach the level of the federal government.
Sure it will: 1) balance the budget (ha); 2) repudiate the debt, all of it. Works so long as you don't mind a global economic collapse (coming soon anyway & for the same reason) and never want to borrow again (also coming soon anyway & for the same reason).
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.
[Straits Times] A VIDEO showing a man, resembling a top Opposition leader having sex with a woman, believed to be a foreign 
...Second President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits he is the current Prime Minister of Russia. His sock puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, was installed in the 2008 presidential elections. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law. During his eight years in office Russia's economy bounced back from crisis, seeing GDP increase, poverty decrease and average monthly salaries increase. During his presidency Putin passed into law a series of fundamental reforms, including a flat income tax of 13%, a reduced profits tax, and new land and legal codes. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile...
Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.
Balloting has ended in Haiti's presidential runoff with observers describing polling day as being generally peaceful.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's government is on the verge of collapse after opposition parties withdrew their support for another round of austerity policies aimed at averting a financial bailout.
