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- waterhouse0
In summation, while "the media" is a popular whipping boy, Ron Paul's utopia is a far cry from what the average American wants.
CNN et al. are not to blame for his popularity plateau.
- Ramanisky20
MOOT
- Ramanisky20
Does any of this really matter?
Is any of this going to change your life .. NO it won't!!!
- glitchsbrew0
This guy would change your life
- zaq0
- monkeyshine0
watching the debate...why?? Newt Gingrich is such a petulant child
- ukit20
Three Simple Reasons Why Obama Will Win Re-Election
http://www.businessinsider.com/t…
He was pretty close in 2008
- Agreed. Like it or not, another Warergate could occur and he stays in.waterhouse
- if you say so, let the election pan out, this guy is a big fat loser and you know it. CHANGE********
- and if you think BHO is a liberal, you're crazy. he just sucks. Carter II********
- ********0
OWS has money to burn
Struggle to divide Occu-pie
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/loc…The cash is burning a hole in their pockets.
As the Occupy Wall Street movement loses steam, protesters are pitching new and creative ways to spend the $300,000 remaining in the kitty.
The group now raises just a few hundred bucks a day, down sharply from the tens of thousands that poured in daily at its height in November.
All told, it took in $706,855.91 in donations between Oct. 1 and Jan. 4. Much of what was already spent went to food, laundry, supplies and MetroCards.
Among the suggestions aired at recent OWS meetings on how to slice up the Occu-pie were:1 Withdraw all the money in hundred-dollar bills, stuff the Benjamins in canvas bags and torch the cash in a bonfire on Wall Street. The incendiary proposal was dropped.
2 Split the loot among occupiers. “A lot of people aren’t thinking it’s such a crazy idea anymore,” one said. The twice-proposed measure was also withdrawn.
3 Buy a $150,000 piece of real estate for homeless protesters to live in. “At least 100 homeless people held down the center of our movement in Zuccotti Park by staying there and occupying the ground 24/7,” one homeless occupier wrote in a proposal, which also was withdrawn.
4 Spend $9,500 to break into a foreclosed home on Vermont Street in Brooklyn, fix it up and move a family back in. An OWS general assembly approved this outlay last month and it was done.
5 Invest $15,000 in a 56-acre farm near upstate Woodstock to provide food for the Occupation. “Move out of the parks and onto the farms!” one pitch read. This proposal has been tabled for now, but it but is expected to pass.
6 Pour $14,500 into an “East Coast Solidarity Tour,” where 10 members would embark on a monthlong road trip in a $2,500 green bus to educate other Occupations. That measure also was withdrawn.
7 Cut the kitchen budget. During a meeting on Thursday, some Occupiers curdled over the kitchen team’s claims it was spending $10,500 a week. They want to see receipts.
8 March like an Egyptian. OWS actually approved a $29,000 trip to Egypt for 20 members to show solidarity right before Zuccotti was shut down in November. The trip was canceled after the police raid.
9 Occupy the New Hampshire primary. The $1,900 trip is meant to disrupt “candidates events and other targets not associated with the voting process,” according to the proposal, which was approved.
10 Set aside $100,000 to help jailed comrades. “This is an effort to ensure that we are able to continue to post bail for those arrested going into the spring,” the tabled proposal read.
- yeah go to Egypt, that's a good one, you'll get bricked sons. They don't give a FUCK about you. Get it through your********
- skulls.********
- more useless infoRamanisky2
- if you say so********
- JazX is an asshole sycophant, he loves being the bearer of bad news. Watch his behavior.DrBombay
- yeah go to Egypt, that's a good one, you'll get bricked sons. They don't give a FUCK about you. Get it through your
- ********0
Chinese Communist Luxury: Some (in government) are 'more equal' than others
http://www.latimes.com/news/nati…
A remnant of a decades-old Communist Party perks system, the luxe wheels are a conspicuous target of growing public outrage over the privileges of the elite. Angry Chinese have started posting photos.
- ********0
Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo…
http://abcnews.go.com/Internatio…The 28-year-old former military translator was born in Arizona and graduated from high school in Michigan. His family is of Iranian origin. His father, a professor at a community college in Flint, Michigan, has said his son is not a CIA spy and was visiting his grandmothers in Iran when he was arrested.
Behnaz Hekmati, his mother, said in an email to The Associated Press that she and her husband, Ali, are "shocked and terrified" that their son has been sentenced to death. She said the verdict is "the result of a process that was neither transparent nor fair."
In its ruling, a branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court described Hekmati as a mohareb, an Islamic term that means a fighter against God, and a mofsed, or one who spreads corruption on earth. Both terms appear frequently in Iranian court rulings.
http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/…
Where's the outrage!? Could have sworn when Troy Davis, found guilty, was being executed, the world was up in arms.Let's wait and see. Hmmm... somehow I doubt anyone will care. Let the hypocrisy continue.
- more useless infoRamanisky2
- wow, how heartless, for a liberal at that.********
- Shut up you disingenuous dickhead.DrBombay
- How rude.********
- Go fuck yourself, Alex.DrBombay
- DrBombay0
I know an Iranian who lives in the states. When he wants to visit his family, he goes to Turkey and meets them there. Any idiot American who ventures into Iran in these times deserves whatever it is that happens to him.
- Did you read the story? He worked as a translator and he was visiting his Grandmother. That's a little insincere of you********
- You just verified my claim that no one is going to care.********
- I don't care who he is visiting. He worked for the American Military and traveled to Iran. Not smart.DrBombay
- Doesn't mean he deserves to be executed, now does it? How is that any different from Troy Davis?********
- No one should be surprised is my point. You thought I said he should be executed?DrBombay
- Or were you just being JazX again?DrBombay
- Did you read the story? He worked as a translator and he was visiting his Grandmother. That's a little insincere of you
- ********0
'A slippery slope': U.S agents HELPED Colombian drug lord 'The Rabbit' to launder millions of dollars
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…U.S drug enforcement agents secretly helped a Colombian cocaine supplier launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds so they could infiltrate cartels working through the Mexico border, it has been revealed.
An extradition order by the Mexico Foreign Ministry against Harold Mauricio Poveda-Ortega - known as 'The Rabbit' - revealed U.S. narcotics agents, Mexican law enforcement and an informant worked together for months in 2007.
They carried out wire transfers for tens of thousands of dollars, smuggled millions in bulk cash and even escorted a shipment of cocaine through Ecuador, Dallas and finally Madrid.
- now that' some crazy ass shit********
- Are you going to be blaming Bush and Gonzales for this then?DrBombay
- Or only when it is Obama and Holder?DrBombay
- We could go back to Reagen and Oliver North if you'd like...TheBlueOne
- Why they lambasted Oliver North but Eric Holder gets away with it!? Why, because he's black?********
- now that' some crazy ass shit
- ********0
Feds: Man planned terrorism attacks in Tampa
http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/20…Federal agents over the weekend arrested a Pinellas Park man described as having extremist jihadist beliefs who wanted to blow up a target in Tampa and create "terror" in victims' hearts.
The arrest came about, in part, because of assistance from the Muslim community, said U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill, who expressed his thanks in a news release.
O'Neill and Tampa's FBI chief, Steven E. Ibison, met with local Muslim leaders this morning to discuss the arrest, according to Hassan Shibly, executive director of the local office of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
- Most will glaze over the "assistance from the Muslim community" part, or think they were helping himlocustsloth
- True********
- locustsloth0
Yeah, but they got him, didn't they?
"Testimony by agents involved in the operation reveal they began a series of low-level money-laundering jobs to gain trust within Poveda-Ortega's associates.
Other agents posed as pilots or told drug traffickers methods of laundering cash from their operations.
Due to the dangerous nature of the operation, it can take months to earn the trust of drug traffickers"And the most important sentence:
"The Colombian himself... was captured three years later in the capital."- Regarding the story about "The Rabbit"locustsloth
- And seriously, who names themselves after a shitty old VW car?locustsloth
- ukit20
Gingrich to release half hour documentary on Romney's private equity days at Bain Capital
- waterhouse0
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Provocative. Though I wonder if it will sway things as much Gingrich would like.I would argue that there are two types of presidential candidates:
Those for whom the presidency is a birthright (Bush, Gore, Kerry)
And those who reach the nomination on improbable odds (Clinton, Reagan, Nixon)I just don't think most of the electorate cares if the nominees are "rich douchebags" or not. That's just not the criteria a typical voter considers. In fact, we accept that our candidates - who strive for a job the rest of us would never want - are in some way more exceptional than ourselves (albeit plainly human often times).
The thought of an individual gutting a company for profit is likely to make one feel queasy. However, as a practiced politician, Romney has been long poised to spin the record of Bain Capital to his advantage. This may be a misfire for Gingrich.
- ukit20
The problem for Romney is that he wasn't just a rich guy who did well in business. Typical routine would be to buy a company (through leveraged buyout) that is struggling, cut benefits or fire workers. Then use the savings to take out loans, and then use the loans to pay off Bain Capital. A lot of times after that they would just abandon the company at that point, having used it to make money for Bain.
Sort of reminds you of the Republican plan for austerity. Eliminate the benefits (retirement programs), extract the savings through tax cuts, and you have "paid back" your investors. No wonder they want Romney as President.
Of course, Gingrich may not have the money to get this message out there but you can bet you will be hearing a lot about it during the general election.
- BusterBoy0
God help all these twits if their opponents start making films about how bad they all are...were.
- you act like the Dems are any fucking different. They play you like hand of cards. make you think social issues matter********
- you act like the Dems are any fucking different. They play you like hand of cards. make you think social issues matter
- zaq0
- pizzafire0
"My Guantánamo Nightmare"