The Department of Justice has spent tens of millions of dollars this year to compensate more than two dozen states, counties and cities for their costs of jailing illegal immigrants -- even though those communities have adopted policies that obstruct immigration enforcement, according to a recently released report. Sure wish they'd stop giving my money away for ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES!!
When it comes to being an All-American supermodel, Marisa Miller knows she needs to be more than just a pretty face and fabulous figure. The swimsuit stunner confirmed to Pop Tarts that she has shed her "Victoria's Secret" wings and is now devoting time to projects supporting the U.S military. Very cool, but I did this to gratuitously post her picture
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You can also go to the Harley Davidson website and send a postcard of appreciation to the troops:
Im inviting all Americans to go to the Harley-Davidson website where you can do your own personalized electronic postcard featuring campaign images I did that were 1940s military theme on bikes, Miller continued. Its a great opportunity to take time around Veterans Day (which falls Thursday) to remember the women and men that are out there now as well as the retired military.
[El Universal] Banking services will be classified as a "public service" and all the goods, no matter their nature, contributing to the development of this activity will be awarded the status of public utility, according to the draft Law on Banking Sector Institutions that will be discussed on Thursday in a plenary session at the National Assembly.
"The private-law legal entities and assets of any nature that allow for development of such activities or are used in those activities shall be considered a public utility service."
This legislation would replace the General Law on Banks which governs the financial activity in the country and also fits in the provisions of the Organic Law on the National Financial System which provides that the institutions have to comply with the Economic and Social Development Plan.
Under the recitals, among the reasons to remove a board of directors, to take over or seize a financial institution are: carrying out "activities that undermine the constitution or are detrimental to the economic and financial activities of the Republic or disrupt the provision of banking services."
The new regulation would also increase the accountability of the members of the board of directors of the banks.
The new bill is more exacting for the financial system. For instance, financial institutions will have to allocate 5 percent of their profits to community councils.
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What's the over-under on days before Zero and the Dimocraps propose this for us?
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I expected this was Hugo-land, but had to check to make sure it was not one of the Obama Czars.
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Other than name only, are they not already. Declaring that banks must make risky mortgage loans and then backing them up with the public treasury monies to bail them out hardly makes them 'free market' entities.
[El Universal] Inflation continues strongly affecting workers' wages. Data from the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) show that, in real terms, the purchasing power of workers plunged by 4.9 percent between the third quarter of 2009 and the third quarter of 2010.
The figure averages the salaries of government and private workers. However, The infamous However... the fall of workers' salaries in private companies was just 0.4 percent while the lower purchasing power of public servants amounted to 14.05 percent over the period.
Public servants with college degrees were the most affected by the falling purchasing power. The purchasing power of the occupational group of workers with university degrees, scientists, and intellectuals plummeted 18.5 percent in the last year, whereasthe collapse of the purchasing power of technicians and medium-level workers was 12.3 percent between the first quarter of 2009 and the same period this year, according to the BCV.
The purchasing power of government executives in senior positions was also seriously undermined, since it fell 17.7 percent in the last 12 months.
With regard to the private sector, the BCV data showed mixed results. While the purchasing power of workers in the manufacturing sector shed 1.5 percent, and slipped to 0.4 percent in the case of workers in the trade sector, it heightened at 3.1 percent in the case of construction workers.
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[Al Jazeera] Spain's gradual economic recovery has come to a grinding halt with zero per cent GDP growth in the third quarter of 2010.
The country's employment ministry says the lack of growth is a major setback to efforts to cut Spain's unemployment rate of 20 per cent - the highest in the European Union.
Barbara Serra reports from Barcelona on the dramatically high number of people struggling to find work in the EU's fifth largest economy.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, says the EU is able to take action to support Ireland if it is needed.
"What is important to know is that we have all the essential instruments in place in the European Union and euro zone to act if nececessary, but I am not going to make any speculation," Barroso said on Thursday.
He was speaking to journalists ahead of the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Seoul, South Korea.
Ireland is trying to tackle the worst budget deficit in the EU and convince markets it does not need a bailout. But two-thirds of economists and bond strategists polled by the Reuters news agency on Thursday said Ireland will seek international rescue funds before the end of next year.
Irish bond yields - the rate of return paid to investors holding the government debt instruments - have soared in the face of mounting investor unease at the country's shaky public finances, which were ravaged by recession and banking-sector rescues.
The country's cost of borrowing hit fresh record highs on Thursday, fuelling fears that the eurozone debt and deficit crisis could be entering a dangerous second phase just six months after a bailout of Greece.
Irish 10-year government bond yields jumped to 8.929 per cent, the highest level since the euro was created in 1999, placing Europe's bond markets under serious strain.
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European banking stocks fell, with the Bank of Ireland losing 7.8 per cent, Credit Agricole down 2.4 per cent and Royal Bank of Scotland down 2.7 per cent.
European officials said they were monitoring developments but denied for a second day running that Dublin was seeking financial aid.
Major economies are battling soaring deficits after the global financial crisis forced many nations to rescue their banks, while the subsequent vicious recession also cut tax revenues.
Greece was bailed out in May by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund with an enormous 110bn [$150bn] rescue package as it came close to default, putting huge stains on the eurozone.
Ireland's bond market has been hit very badly this week despite assurances by Brian Cowen, the Irish prime minister, that the country would not be forced to seek help from a massive European bailout fund.
The government, which will unveil a four-year strategy to cut its public deficit later this month, that will involve a 15bn correction to rein in a gaping public finances deficit, has already stated that it is fully funded until July 2011 and does not need to return to bond markets this year.
However, those assurances have failed to prevent renewed speculation that Ireland may require external help.
On Thursday the government said that Brian Lenihan, Ireland's finance minister, would not be making any statement about ongoing bond-market turmoil, but the crisis has nevertheless raised the spectre of a repeat of Greece's near-bankruptcy.
Portuguese bond yields also hit historic highs on Thursday.
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DAILY MAIL.UK > [Traditional = Homogenous]NATION-STATES ARE DEAD: EU CHIEF. President of the Euro Council.
ARTIC = BIGGEST FEAR OF EUROPE = EU IS FEAR ITSELF, i.e. fear of CHANGE + UNKNOWN???
[Pak Daily Times] A court has sentenced to death a Christian woman for blasphemy, the first such conviction of a woman and sparking protests from rights groups on Thursday.
A local court in Nankana district sentenced Aasia Bibi, 45, on Monday, but the country has never executed anyone for blasphemy.
Aasia's case dates back to June 2009 when she was asked to fetch water while out working in fields. But a group of Mohammedan women labourers objected, saying that as a non-Mohammedan, she should not touch the water bowl.
A few days later the women went to a local holy man and alleged that Aasia made derogatory remarks about the religious personalities. The holy man went to local police, which opened an investigation.
She was jugged in Ittanwalai village and prosecuted under Section 295C of the Pakistain Penal Code, which carries the death penalty.
Sentencing her to hang, Judge Naveed Iqbal totally ruled out any chance that Aasia was falsely implicated and said there were no mitigating circumstances.
Her husband Ashiq Masih said the case was baseless and he would file an appeal.
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295C Use of derogatory remarks, etc; in respect of the Holy Prophet
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Let me get this straight - they are going to execute her for talking truthfully about the false prophet, murderer, pirate, slaver, and Pedophile Mohammend who founded the Islamic Dealth Cult.(1)
Right?
(1) Attributes are according to the Quaran and Islamic scriptures.
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If it bothers Allan that much, and he's the hot sh*t they claim, why doesn't HE kill Aasia himself?
Because then the murdering bastards would miss out on all the fun.
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As Rantburgers we should start a collection fund for her to fight the court case and highlight her cause.
[Chosun Ilbo] The G20 Summit began on Thursday with the leaders of the world's top 20 economies discussing a resolution to global currency disputes, the creation of an international financial safety net to prevent another global financial meltdown and assistance for developing countries.
President Lee Myung-bak, U.S. President Barack B.O. Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among leaders who met over dinner at the National Museum of Korea.
"Everyone should understand that the global economy can continue to develop only within the framework of international cooperation," Lee said in a speech. "I hope we can reach an agreement and come up with specific plans at the Seoul summit in order to achieve international cooperation" to resolve the currency dispute.
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ION CINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA COULD OVERTAKE THE US AS WORLD'S NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE IN TWO YEARS [2012-or-very-shortly-after], SAYS THINK-TANK [Conference Board].
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* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA COULD USE 20% OF WORLD/GLOBAL ENERGY BY 2035.
Ona separate Note, YEAR 2030 = HUMANS by then may beome "DA WEAKEST LINK" = OBSOLETE? compared to the LOADWEIGHT-CAPACITIES OF MACHINES + TECHS???
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* WAFF > SOUTH KOREAN NAVY SHIP SINKING AFTER [fishing]BOAT COLLISION.
D *** NGED AMISH!
* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Strategic = Theater Denial]CHINESE MISSLES COULD CLOSE US BASES [in Asia] IN ATTACK: REPORT. Five out Six USAF Bases in South Korea + Japan.
* SAME > YOUTUBE: "TOMORROW, WHEN WAR BEGAN" Trailer [PLA Invasion of Australia]. WWWOOOLLVVVERRRINES = Aussie DINGOES???
* SAME > US NUCLEAR FORCES ARE OUT OF CONTROL, VULNERABLE TO AL-QAEDA | {Time.com] COULD TERRORISTS LAUNCH AMERICA'S NUCLEAR MISSLES?
AMMAN A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to between 10 and seven years in jail for killing their sister over a love affair, an official said on Thursday.
The criminal court yesterday condemned two of them to death but commuted the sentences to 10 years in prison, citing extenuating circumstances, the official said without elaborating.
The third man was sentenced to 15 years in jail for being an accessory to the crime, but the sentence was reduced to seven years for the same reason, the official told AFP on condition anonymity.
The three brothers, all under 30, had agreed last year to kill the 40-year-old divorced woman from Abu Alanda, in southeast Amman, because of an alleged liaison.
She was stabbed 15 times. One of them said that the mother of five had a love affair with a man and that he saw pictures of her sitting with the alleged lover, the official said. They burned the victims body and set her house ablaze to cover up the crime.
Was the arson the 'extenuating circumstance'?
Murder is punishable by the death penalty in Jordan, but courts usually commute or reduce sentences in so-called cases of honour killings, particularly if the victims family urges leniency. Around 15-20 women are murdered each year in Jordan in the name of tribal backwardness honour, despite government efforts to fight such crimes.
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courts usually commute or reduce sentences in so-called cases of honour killings, particularly if the victims family urges leniency. Around 15-20 women are murdered each year in Jordan
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Murder is punishable by the death penalty in Jordan, but courts usually commute or reduce sentences in so-called cases of "honour killings," particularly if the victim's family urges leniency. Around 15-20 women are murdered each year in Jordan in the name of honour, despite government efforts to fight such crimes.
Cut down a death sentence to a 10 year bid? Yeah, sounds like they're really trying to crack down on this lunatic bullshit...
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13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.
A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property.
"In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody had to take the flag off his bike and put it in his backpack, where he kept it all week.
Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. And if it was an issue of safety, parents should have been contacted.
"No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger Alicea. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing." Roger says the family is not planning to take any legal action, but they do want to meet with school staff.
Cody says he wants to serve in the military some day, and is raising money for a trip to Washington, D.C. in the Spring.
After being contacted by FOX40 Friday morning, Denair's Superintendent says Cody will be allowed to keep the flag on his bike. He told FOX40 he and the school are patriotic, but their main priority is keeping students safe; the school will focus on the students who are causing uprisings. Riding a bike is still not allowed on school campus, but when Cody rides his bike to school he can now fly the flag. I know this is cherry-picking; but my gosh who is it making these decisions? What have we wrought in this country when some t*rd kid/parent is offended by the American flag...and can actually get the bureaucracy to respond? If you are offended by the flag, then get the h*ll out and go back to whatever cockroach infested h*llhole you came from.
x1202 - Superintendent, Human Resource Department (Ed Parraz, Superintendent / Jody Jorge)
x1206 - Assistant Superintendent of Business Services (Judy Sylvester)
x1304 - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services and Charter Schools (Carol Hammond)
I might do a friendly fax...
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saw an Ed Parraz interview today. He seems to get it. The concerns were with "racial tensions" from the Cinco De Mayo day. Apparently some La Raza-types were threatening enough against Cody that a teacher/admin decided to censure by threat. That doesn't work against the CAIR/Jihadists nor the La Raza goons. If kids create a threatening environment, they should be squashed like cucarachas, not mollified by losing our American Flag. Let's see if Parraz follows through. Again, he seemed to get it
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Hmmm.. what is on the school flagpole? The Mexican flag?
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I think we ought to use stimulus funds for one way tickets for any La Raza dufus who is offended. Why are you here if the American flag offends you. Go wave the frickin Mexican flag in Juarez for a few days and see how that goes for ya.
The ships have already sunk, imnsho. Nearly every 'name' that's on the Daily Beast masthead is a refugee from a failed or failing magazine or newspaper. We already know what the former Post-owned Newsweek is.
The question is when the survivors will start drawing lots to see who gets eaten first.
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.
12 November 2010 A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern Maluku islands on Friday, officials said, but no tsunami alert was issued.
AMMAN A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to between 10 and seven years in jail for killing their sister over a love affair, an official said on Thursday.
