Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Government Gone Wild
From lavish conferences with clowns and mind readers to five-star vacations cloaked as “scouting trips,” you won’t believe what the government is doing on your dime! On tonight’s On the Record, we’ll take a closer look at the spending scandals draining your wallet and your faith in government.
Rush: Only War on Women is the GOP Elite War on Sarah Palin
Rush Limbaugh is accusing the GOP elite of waging a war on Palin, which I would say has been going on since the day she was launched onto the national stage.
Shame On U FB !!! Facebook bans mother for posting photos of baby with birth defect. #teamgrayson
MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) - More than 1,000 Action News 5 Facebook fans are rallying around a mother who feels Facebook is discriminating against photos she posted on the social media network of her son.
Grayson James Walker was born on February 15, 2012. He was born with Anencephaly, a rare neural tube birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. Action News 5 shared the Walker's story about their sons eight hours of life shortly after he died.
Heather Walker recently posted pictures of Grayson without his hat on.
"Not long after, Facebook deleted them because of the content" she said. "They allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I'm not allowed to share a picture of God's beautiful creation." More
Visit their blog: Our Sweet Boy Grayson James
Mystery object nearly causes mid-air collision in Denver ~ VIDEO
DENVER - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a mystery in the sky. A mysterious object flying over Denver nearly caused a mid-air collision Monday evening, 9Wants to Know has learned.
As far as investigators know, the mystery object did not show up on radar Monday.
Investigators believe this object, whatever it is, could pose a serious safety hazard to planes.
Radio transmissions from LiveATC.net confirm a nervous-sounding pilot reported a strange object at 5:17 p.m. Monday.
The pilot is heard telling air traffic control: "A remote controlled aircraft, or what? Something just went by the other way ... About 20 to 30 seconds ago. It was like a large remote-controlled aircraft." More
Biden: 'I Don't Blame People' for Voting for the West Virginia Felon ~ VIDEO
From a May 17, 2012 Interview With WTOV-TV (NBC) In Steubenville, Ohio:
QUESTION: “In the West Virginia primary, a lot was made of the fact that this guy in a Texas prison cell was able to grab 40 percent of the vote in the presidential primary. What do you make of that?
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: “Look, I come from a household where whenever there’s a recession, somebody around my grand-pop or my dad’s table lost a job. A brother, a sister a friend, a neighbor. When you’re out of work, man, it’s a depression. And a lot of people are still hurting because of this god-awful recession we inherited that cost 8.4 million jobs before we could really get going. And so I don’t blame people, they’re frustrated, they’re angry.”
Ouch, That’s gotta hurt !!! Federal inmate makes strong showing against Obama in West Virginia primary !!! http://barracudabrigade.blogspot.com/2012/05/ouch-thats-gotta-hurt-federal-inmate.html
VIDEO ~ Rep. Mike Coffman: Obama in his heart 'not an American'
"I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that," Coffman said. "But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American."
Listen to the full audio from the event. The comment about President Obama is made at 11:30.
Utah High School Cuts Art Program Funds After $15,000 Fine For Selling Soda
Davis High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, is being forced to cut money from their fine arts programs to make up the cost of the $15,000 Federal fine ($0.75 for each lunch the school serves) for accidentally selling soda during its lunch period.
KUTV reported the issue saying, “School lunch is served for 47 minutes each day, and federal law clearly states no soda can be sold during that time.”
Davis High Principal Dee Burton informed the news station the school has always been aware of the law and regularly shuts down the vending machines during lunch, but “Nobody realized our bookstore also sold carbonated beverages.”
While the law may seem absurd, it is the law, but just like Facebook co-founders finding ways to avoid capital gains taxes, students have found a way around the soda ban as well: just buy it elsewhere or before or after lunch when it is legal to sell soda.
To add to the irony of the ban, sugar loaded Gatorade is allowed along with Snickers and Milky Way bars. Why? Snickers and Milky Way bars “have nuts and they’re nutritious,” Principal Burton said. “You can’t sell licorice, but you can sell ice-cream,” he added. More
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Damn The Veto: House OKs $642B defense
The House on Friday ignored a presidential veto threat and passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer.
On a 299-120 vote, lawmakers backed the spending blueprint that adds $8 billion for the military for next year. The bill calls for a missile defense site on the East Coast that the military opposes and restricts the ability of the president to reduce the arsenal of nuclear weapons under a 2010 treaty with Russia. It also preserves ships and aircraft that the Pentagon wanted to retire in a cost-cutting move.
Lawmakers also rejected the military's request for another round of domestic base closings. The White House has threatened a veto, as Republicans made wholesale changes in Obama's budget proposal.
Earlier Friday, the House reaffirmed the indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, even of U.S. citizens captured on American soil.
A coalition of Democrats and tea party Republicans fell short in their effort to end the controversial policy established last year and based on the post-Sept. 11 authorization for the use of military force that allows indefinite detention of enemy combatants.
The House rejected an amendment by Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Justin Amash, R-Mich., that would have barred indefinite detention and rolled back mandatory military custody. The vote was 238-182.
"The frightening thing here is that the government is claiming the power under the Afghanistan authorization for use of military force as a justification for entering American homes to grab people, indefinitely detain them and not give them a charge or trial," Amash said during hours of House debate.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/18/house-oks-642-billion-defense-bill-eds/#ixzz1vFPmElLA
Spooked horse swims two miles offshore -rescue caught on tape
Beach goers and boaters along the coast of central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shores — but an Arabian horse?
Some at first thought the gleaming white animal bobbing up and down on the waves near Santa Barbara was a seagull, but were surprised to learn it was a equine model known as William,reports the Santa Barbara News-Press.
The 6-year-old Arabian, whose full name is Heir of Temptation, was part of a photo clinic on the beach until it got spooked by ocean waves crashing on shore and bolted, says owner Mindy Peters. The beautiful white stallion is valued at $150,000.
But instead of running away from the waves, William charged them and swam two miles out to sea.
Rescue crews managed to corral the horse a mile offshore around sunset. William was taken to Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in Los Olivos. The horse was exhausted and had some water in its lungs, but is doing fine.
US envoy to Israel: Plans in place to attack Iran if necessary ~ VIDEO
Dan Shapiro's message resonated Thursday far beyond the closed forum in which it was made: Iran should not test Washington's resolve to act on its promise to strike if diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its disputed nuclear program.
Shapiro told the Israel Bar Association the U.S. hopes it will not have to resort to military force.
"But that doesn't mean that option is not fully available. Not just available, but it's ready," he said. "The necessary planning has been done to ensure that it's ready."
Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, like energy production. The U.S. and Israel suspect Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, but differences have emerged in how to persuade Tehran to curb its program.
Washington says diplomacy and economic sanctions must be given a chance to run its course, and is taking the lead in the ongoing talks between six global powers and Iran.
Israel, while saying it would prefer a diplomatic solution, has expressed skepticism about these talks and says time is running out for military action to be effective.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/17/us-envoy-to-israel-us-ready-to-strike-iran/?test=latestnews#ixzz1vDcPcbw1
Netanyahu: No evidence Iran will end nuke program !!!
Speaking in Prague, prime minister compares Iran's nuclear drive to that of North Korea's, says goal of upcoming negotiations should be freeze, removal of Iranian enrichment; IAEA expresses optimism ahead of talks.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday dismissed a new surge of optimism in the international community that Iran might be prepared to halt its nuclear program.
"I have seen no evidence whatsoever that Iran is serous about stopping its nuclear weapons program," Netanyahu said at the tail end of his meeting in Prague with the president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus.
In their meeting, Netanyahu expressed concern about talks by the six powers — US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Great Britain — on Iran, set to take place in Baghdad on May 23. These talks follow a meeting held in Istanbul in April.
"It looks as though they (Iran) see these talks as another opportunity to deceive and delay, just like North Korean did for years," Netanyahu said. "They may try to go from meeting to meeting with empty promises. They may agree to something in principle but not implement it. They may even agree to implement something that does not materially derail their nuclear weapons program," he said.
"Iran is good at playing this chess game. They know that sometimes you have to sacrifice a pawn to save the King," Netanyahu said.
"The goal of these negotiations should be very clear. Freeze all enrichment inside Iran. Remove all enriched material and dismantle [the uranium enrichment facility near the city of] Qom," he said.
"When this goal is achieved I will be the first to applaud. Until then count me among the skeptics," he said. More
Man arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings ~ VIDEO
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities in Mississippi said early Friday they have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches.
James D. Willie, 28, was being held on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and rape and would be formally charged with two counts of capital murder, Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain told The Associated Press.
Willie was being held at the Tunica County jail in north Mississippi.
Willie had not been posing as a police officer in the shootings as authorities previously thought, Strain said.
Willie was arrested Tuesday morning when authorities responded to a disturbance at an apartment. Tunica police found Willie with a woman who claimed he had raped her, a news release said. When Willie was arrested, authorities found a 9mm Ruger in his possession. Ballistic testing later found that it was the same gun used in the two highway shootings, authorities said.
Strain said Willie is a convicted felon, but he did not have details about his previous arrests.
Thomas Schlender, 74, of Raymond, Neb., was found dead in his car on Interstate 55 in Panola County on May 8 around 1:30 a.m. Lori Anne Carswell, 48, of Hernando, Miss. was found dead near her car on Mississippi Highway 713 in nearby Tunica County about 2:15 a.m. on May 11.
Strain said authorities developed several theories during the investigation and one of those was that someone could be posing as an officer to pull people over because there was no apparent reason for the victims to pull over. More
Thursday, May 17, 2012
EPIC FAIL: Bike Thief's Tumble Caught on Tape !!!
A bicycle thief's getaway only lasted a few feet before he crashed and wrecked the bike. The thief's klutzy inability to ride his hot wheels was caught on a surveillance tape and has been turned into a wanted poster with laughs.
The suspect threw a cinder block through a window of the Spoke House Bicycles store in Tulsa, Okla., around 6 a.m. Wednesday, and stole a $500 mountain bike, according to local ABC affiliate KTUL.
As soon as he had made it out of the store with the bike, the man, dressed in hooded sweatshirt, took a violent spill. Video captured by surveillance cameras at the car wash next door to the bike store shows the man plowing head-first over the handlebars and face-planting into the asphalt.
9/11 families upset over ground zero museum delays; work on hold for months in money fight !!!
NEW YORK (AP) -- Family members of some Sept. 11 victims are frustrated with delays at the museum being built alongside the memorial at ground zero.
Museum construction has largely been on hold for months because of a financial dispute between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, and the foundation that controls the memorial and museum.
Officials say significant progress has been made toward an agreement, but it's unclear when one will be finalized, and the museum definitely won't be ready for its planned opening on Sept. 11, 2012. More
Feds cracking down on lemonade stands ???
Glenn Beck highlights the dangers of excessive government over-regulation
Rubio upset over US issuing visa to Castro's daughter
A report that the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a temporary U.S. visa has sparked sharp criticism from Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio and other Capitol Hill lawmakers.
Mariela Castro will get a visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates said.
The State Department declined Thursday to comment, citing confidentiality rules.
“I think the … decision to grant the daughter of Raul Castro a visa to come to the United States and spread the propaganda of her father’s regime is outrageous and an enormous mistake,” Rubio, R-Fla., said. “It sends a terrible message to the democratic movement in Cuba.”
Rubio, whose parents are Cuban immigrants, also called Castro's daughter an “arm of his regime” and said the U.S. granting her a visa was “shameful.”
The United States and Cuba have been locked in dispute since a few months after Castro rebels swept to power in 1959.
The U.S. does not have formal diplomatic relations with the communist country and has an embargo that prohibits American companies from doing business with Cuba.
Mariela Castro will lead a panel on the politics of sexual diversity at a gathering in San Francisco next week organized by the Latin American Studies Association, said an institute official who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the matter.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/17/rubio-disagrees-with-us-issuing-visa-to-castro-daughter/#ixzz1vCNX54Gk
Why Doesn't Facebook Have a Dislike Button ??? ~ VIDEO
Supporters of a "dislike" button, which Facebook does not have, say the culture of Facebook has become too nice. WSJ's Andy Jordan reports from San Francisco on what some creative contrarions are doing to game the Facebook system to "get" a dislike button.
FULL INTERVIEW: Senator Marco Rubio Blasts Back Against Dems for Failing to Present a Budget
Thursday, Senator Marco Rubio joined Your World to address our nation’s debt crisis.
Rubio blasted Senate Dems for having failed to offer a budget for the last three-and-a-half years. Rubio said, “I mean, do people back home fully understand what I just explained? The Democrats in Washington that control the Senate have not offered a budget in three-and-a-half years, almost four years now. This government has spent close to $10 trillion since the budget was last passed by them.”
He conceded that in order to determine a budget, both Democrats and Republicans will have to compromise, but he questioned how that can be accomplished if Democrats won’t come to the table. More
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