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Air Strike Kills Senior IS Jihadist in Syria
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Former Ohio Congressman Jim Traficant passes away
No word if the dead squirrel hairpiece on his head was harmed in the tractor accident
Posted by: Frank G || 09/27/2014 13:58 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  sh*t - shoulda highlighted that comment

Fixed.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/27/2014 14:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Mama always said if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all.

But then, she didn't know Traficant.

Buh-bye, jackass.
Posted by: Barbara || 09/27/2014 15:01 Comments || Top||

#3  This is a '43 Ford N, or there abouts, similar to the one that the Congressman rolled over. They're pretty low and stable. At 73 years of age, he might not have been nimble enough to jump clear of it. No roll bar.... bad outcome. Rest in peace fella.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2014 15:19 Comments || Top||

#4  He earned some redemption in my eyes, going out that way - rolling an antique tractor at age 73.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/27/2014 15:54 Comments || Top||

#5  I agree. Rolling a Ford N, or being shot whilst leaping from a bedroom window by a jealous husband.... at 73, yes strangely redeeming.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2014 16:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Beam him up...
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/27/2014 21:14 Comments || Top||

#7  May he rest in peace.

Although, I doubt he will.

And my condolences to his family and friends.

Let us all aspire to redemption through repentance.
Posted by: rammer || 09/27/2014 23:42 Comments || Top||


Judge: DOJ Must Produce List of Fast & Furious Docs by Oct. 22
[CNSNEWS]
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If this were a private business and not the DOJ, the IRS and FBI would have been at the business site collecting and hauling off evidence a long time ago.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/27/2014 9:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Or, he'll hold his breath and stomp his feet.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/27/2014 9:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Hard drive crashed (C,Obama Administration,2014)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/27/2014 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Or what?

That is the problem. There is no enforcement so the order is pretty much fucking worthless.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/27/2014 10:05 Comments || Top||

#5  whatuevs duuude, bossman just quit and we can't find the keys and stuff.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/27/2014 12:54 Comments || Top||

#6  Yeah, the court will just turn over the enforcement to Justice Department.

Oh, wait...
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 09/27/2014 15:35 Comments || Top||

#7  If hard drives had feelings they'd be worried right now.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 09/27/2014 19:52 Comments || Top||


Michigan SEIU branch allowed to keep millions taken from home health care workers
[FOXNEWS] A Michigan court ruled that the state branch of the powerful Service Employees International Union does not have to pay back tens of millions of dollars in dues taken from home health care workers who were forced into unionization.
They stole it fair and square...
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that the SEIU Healthcare Michigan does not have to pay back more than $34 million in dues collected from over 40,000 home health care workers. Many were forced into the union under state requirements that they join because they were taking care of sick family members at home.

The SEIU successfully lobbied for the plan in multiple states that classified unpaid family members as "home health care workers." Dues were then automatically collected from the care recipients' Medicare or Medicaid checks.

The Court of Appeals ruling was in favor of SEIU Healthcare Michigan's motion to have the case dismissed because the union had paid back dues to Patricia Haynes and Steven Glossop, who had filed suit demanding dues they were forced to pay be returned. The court noted that Haynes and Glossop were paid back more than they requested in their lawsuit.
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  RICO
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/27/2014 9:42 Comments || Top||

#2  I guess now that Obama is the new surgeon general He can do as he pleases. His Ebola efforts being one of many interests. Throw in Health and Human services for a little community organizer stuff. Michelle Obama has the Nutrition covered with the help of Bloomberg.
Posted by: Dale || 09/27/2014 20:49 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Grimes' 'Proud Man' ad raises eyebrows
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Senate nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes has raised a few eyebrows with a recent TV spot. The ad, called "Proud Man," highlights the Kentucky Democrat's grandparents' struggles to pay medical bills after her
During the time period when Grimes' grandparents were struggling with basic necessities, her politically connected father made some hefty campaign donations and oversaw multimillion-dollar business deals.
grandfather's stroke, and criticizes Grimes' opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for votes he's taken on Medicare.

"His last ten years, he couldn't speak or work," Grimes says of her grandfather in the spot, "and they could barely afford the medicines."

"Our life became something else," Grimes' grandmother says. "No vacations, no retirement."

One hiccup: During the time period when Grimes' grandparents were struggling with basic necessities, her politically connected father made some hefty campaign donations and oversaw multimillion-dollar business deals.

"Grimes comes from a wealthy family," the AP noted in its write-up on the ad. "Her father owns several successful businesses, and records show her family has made political contributions of more than $100,000 over the years."

Per the AP report, a statement from the Grimes campaign said her grandparents "wanted to do it on [their] own" and are proud people.
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  “wanted to do it on [their] own” and are proud people.

“Her father owns several successful businesses, and records show her family has made political contributions of more than $100,000 over the years.”

"her politically connected father made some hefty campaign donations and oversaw multimillion-dollar business deals."


They didn't build that on their own as Obama said.

The Donks can never tell a story straight. Such ads are offensive to good people. FIFY Alison.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/27/2014 10:26 Comments || Top||

#2  They couldn't afford treatment so they gave thousands to try and bribe the state to loot it from other people?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 09/27/2014 16:38 Comments || Top||


How Sen. Kay Hagan's husband won stimulus cash
[POLITICO]
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  DiFi's husband's benefited from government largesse for years.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/27/2014 14:38 Comments || Top||

#2  DiFi's husband got millions over the years in government contracts:
"...how the husband of powerful Sen. Diane Feinstein, Richard Blum, is feeding at the Postal Service privatization trough. Blum is the chairman of C.B. Richard Ellis (CBRE) which has the exclusive contract to handle sales for the Post Office’s $85 billion of property."
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19042-senator-diane-feinsteins-husband-selling-post-offices-to-cronies-on-the-cheap
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/27/2014 18:54 Comments || Top||


Democratic Candidate Plagiarized Another Democrat's Plagiarized Jobs Plan
[BREITBART] BuzzFeed reported Thursday that Susan Wismer, the Democratic Party's gubernatorial nominee in South Dakota, has been caught plagiarizing from the already plagiarized jobs plan of the party's Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee, Mary Burke. Wismer also plagiarized from the Democratic Party's gubernatorial nominee in Texas, Wendy Davis.

Until this plagiarism of a plagiarized plan story broke on Thursday, Wismer liked to point out the similarities between herself and Burke of Wisconsin.

On her campaign website, for instance, the lead story in her news section cites an article published in the Washington Post last month, which reported that "Mary Burke made Wisconsin history Tuesday. She and South Dakota's Susan Wismer -- both of them Democrats -- this year became the first women since 1970 and likely ever to secure a major-party nomination for governor in their respective states, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University."

Unlike Burke in Wisconsin, who doubled down when her plagiarism was discovered and declared she would proudly leave her jobs plan unchanged, Wismer in South Dakota appeared to display some shame at being caught.
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This is what's called "being on the same page."
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/27/2014 9:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Mary Burke has put a LOT of thought in her #1 priority(!) - economics and jobs. That's why she plagiarized other losing candidates jobs plans verbatim
Posted by: Frank G || 09/27/2014 10:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Democratic party attitude: why waste time figuring out a plan when you can copy one? Doing so you don't even have to read it.
Posted by: djk || 09/27/2014 13:30 Comments || Top||

#4  why waste time figuring out a plan when you can copy one?

It's not like any of them are ever going to be implemented...
Posted by: Pappy || 09/27/2014 14:42 Comments || Top||


Government
Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, and Obliviousness
[TIME] Holder exists to protect the president and his policies. Worse, his successor will almost certainly take up exactly where he leaves off.
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Holder compares himself to Bobby Kennedy in resignation speech. Breitbart link.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2014 3:33 Comments || Top||

#2  His wreaking crew is still in place. Over at the Instapundit there's a posting about changing the name of DoD back to the old War Department to be 'honest' about what they really do. In a similar vain, they need to change DoJ to the Attorney General's Office cause 'justice' went out the door in 2009 and it's going to be a long time before it's to be seen again in the halls. (not to be confused with the rhetorical 'social justice' which is an Orwellian oxymoron of Newspeak to cover the exercise of power in the dictatorship of the proletariat)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/27/2014 9:12 Comments || Top||

#3  By his own admission, Holder is an "activist Attorney General." In his slobbering, tear-filled resignation speech, Holder gave special recognition to fellow activists and friends Valjar and Soetoro.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2014 9:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Obama and Holder have done tremendous damage to the government with their partisan politics, politicization/weaponization of government agencies, social justice meddling and vote-getting schemes.

Unions such as SEIU have no place in government.

The Department of Homeland Security was created to integrate information from various enforcement and intelligence agencies. That does not seem to be working out.

Perhaps it is time to split off the Secret Service, and Border Patrol, ICE from the DHS and the FBI from the Justice Department. Maybe it is overdue to dissolve the DHS. It would seem that this would improve morale, esprit de corp, and efficiency of many agencies.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/27/2014 9:54 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2014-09-27
  Air Strike Kills Senior IS Jihadist in Syria
Fri 2014-09-26
  Oklahoma Muslim Convert Goes 'Postal', Beheads Woman
Thu 2014-09-25
  Terror raids nab nine in London, including Choudary
Wed 2014-09-24
  Top Iraqi generals retired after huge loss to IS militants
Tue 2014-09-23
  US, Arab Allies Launch First Wave of Strikes in Syria
Mon 2014-09-22
  Iraqi Forces Launch Operation against Militants near Fallujah
Sun 2014-09-21
  60,000 Kurds Facing ISIS Advance In Syria Flee To Turkey
Sat 2014-09-20
  Acting JMB chief among 7 arrested; plans included snatching jailed Ansarullah chief
Fri 2014-09-19
  U.S. Targets IS Training Camp in Iraq for First Time
Thu 2014-09-18
  Ringleader in Canada Terror Case Pleads Guilty
Wed 2014-09-17
  Jordan Arrests Brotherhood Leader For Incitement
Tue 2014-09-16
  Saudi court jails 13 Islamists for fighting abroad
Mon 2014-09-15
  19 Suspected Al Shabab Arrested In Uganda For Planned Bomb Attacks
Sun 2014-09-14
  Russian officials: Tsarnaev defense team claimed to be FBI
Sat 2014-09-13
  Malala Yousafzai's assailants arrested in Pakistan


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