In yet another stunning attack on freedom of religion, President Barack Obama's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the federal government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be.
It’s not quite Wonder Woman’s invisible jet. But for the U.S. military’s elite commandos, it’s close enough.Fed Biz Ops
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HOUSTON – A middle school teacher in Spring ISD is accused of raping a student in his classroom.
One thing, though, the complaint makes clear that the original plan was that the Iranians wanted the Mexican Drug Cartel to kidnap the Saudi Ambassador, but kill him if necessary. As the plot evolves, the DEA informant says that the easiest thing would be to kill the Saudi Ambassador at a restaurant that he visits at least twice a week.
It's at this point that he asks whether or not the Iranians would accept collateral damage? It's made clear that they would prefer just the Saudi Ambassador killed -- no others. But, if the only way to kill him was to blow up the restaurant and risk others being killed, so be it.
So, the plot seemed to evolve from one where the Iranians just wanted the Saudi Ambassador kidnapped, to one where he is assassinated, to one where they were willing to kill large numbers of people.
One interesting tidbit is that the DEA informant tells Arbabsiar that the restaurant that the Saudi Ambassador frequents is also frequented by U.S. Senators, but Arbabsiar says to go ahead and do it -- even if it means killing Senators.
Former Gov. Joe Kernan says a signature on a petition to place Barack Obama's name on Indiana's 2008 primary ballot isn't his, putting him among dozens of dubious signatures found in a newspaper's investigation.
Holcomb said the questionable signatures raised "real questions" about the process and that he believed the U.S. Department of Justice should investigate the matter.
"The integrity of every election is of the utmost importance," Holcomb said in a news release.
Pennsylvania's capital city voted to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday as it faced a state takeover, according to media reports.
The City Council voted 4-3 to seek bankruptcy protection for Harrisburg, which has a debt burden five times its general-fund budget "because of an overhaul and expansion of a trash-to-energy incinerator that doesn’t generate enough revenue," Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
The bankruptcy means the city will lose state aid, but that is better than the proposed recovery plans, Councilwoman Susan Brown-Wilson said, according to Bloomberg.
The price this year for a ton of Runner peanuts, which are used to make peanut butter, is about $1,150, according to the Department of Agriculture.
This time last year a ton cost just $450.
The price rises are said to be down to hot weather decimating this year's crop of peanuts.
In total, just 38 per cent of the peanut crop was rated good or excellent last month - down 60 per cent on last year
The price of peanut butter is set to soar after scorching weather ruined this year's crop of peanuts.
All the industry's leading brands will reportedly be upping prices by next month - with some jars going up by more than a third.
Projected cost increases.
Jif - 30 per cent
Peter Pan - 24 per cent
Skippy - Up to 35 per cent
Planters - 40 per cent
While China expands its grain reserve, the USA relies on Just in Time Delivery and good luck from year to year. This is another example of the complete lack of foresight among what sadly passes for modern leadership in America. Meanwhile, with the help of USAID even little Rwanda is making plans for a reserve:
Winter is approaching in North America. I hope you’re making plans. I am. The grain silo in the town where I grew up has been slated for demolition. And, it wasn’t because the farmland was paved over. Production is still as good as ever. TPTB just determined it would be better to store the harvest farther away at a different rail terminal until it was transported elsewhere. The gears are already turning in my head about the many long winters ahead in the 2000-teens.We once held the largest strategic reserves of grain and the countries of the world came to us to buy when they had a bad harvest. But just like Garden Serf states above, there are many of the countries grain storage facilities that are being slated for demo.
Some have said that the world is just one poor harvest away from chaos and it seems a number of countries are now taking this literally
"I was laid off. I am denied employment. I have no insurance because of corporate corruption of our wonderful democratic system. Occupy Houston!"
Several hundred protesters - young and old, healthy and disabled - converged in downtown Houston Thursday to demand greater social and economic justice under the banner of the Occupy Houston movement.
I just received an email with a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder attached to it.On a different note, Some breaking news from DoJ is that Holder got an unexpected gift from Obama to help him through these difficult times.. Below is a picture of the gift.
The hard copy of the letter was sent to the House Oversight Committee in what appears to be a rather strained attempt to quell the storm surrounding Fast and Furious.
I simply cannot sit idly by as a Majority Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform suggests, as happened this week, that law enforcement and government employees who devote their lives to protecting our citizens be considered “accessories to murder.” Such irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric must be repudiated in the strongest possible terms. Those who serve in the ranks of law enforcement are our Nation’s heroes and deserve our Nation’s thanks, not the disrespect that is being heaped on them by those who seek political advantage.
Roll call is going high-tech in Washington County, Fla. Rather than the usual name calling and response, students are now checking into class with finger scanning devices. And to keep better track of students from the minute they come under district supervision until they are delivered safely home again, the scanners are now moving from the school building to the school bus.
The systems have been active inside Washington County schools for roughly two months, but since most of the students in the district ride the bus anyhow, officials have decided the best place for the scanners is on the buses themselves. In the next week, a handful of buses will get the scanners. If the system proves worthwhile, all buses will have them by semester’s end.
At $30 per student per year, the system isn’t necessarily cheap. But considering the uptick in attendance (which means more money from the state in many districts) and the inherent increase in accountability and student safety, it may well be worth the cost. And naturally, parents who don’t want their children fingerprinted coming to and from school for whatever reason can opt to have their kids check in with their teachers in a more analog fashion.
Okay, I’ll admit, I adore Shakira.
But even I have to wonder about President Obama appointing someone to a commission on “White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans” who. . .
A) is not a U.S. citizen, and thus, not, technically, a “Hispanic American” in the context as it is commonly used . . .
B) has had one short experience with college, consisting of one course at UCLA . . .
C) was described as an “absentminded” high-school student.
Ever wonder what would happen if so called “common sense” gun laws were taken to the extreme. What would you do if an intruder came into your home and you had to jump through bureaucratic hoops to defend yourself. This video explores that concept. This film is a protest to the expansion of “Nanny State” laws that are taking root in places like California, New York, Illinois, and Washington D.C. just to name a few. It’s just a matter of time before we are all wearing our state required helmets when we walk down the street.
The worst part is that I have friends who think that the gun control systems portrayed in this movie are reasonable and understandable. This scares the daylights out of me as they are the ones who would be voting for or against such systems.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and nine other elected sheriffs will hold a press conference to discuss ATF’s “Operation Fast and Furious.” 11am, Arizona Peace Officers Memorial, Wesley Bolin Plaza, Phoenix.
The sheriffs will also call for accessory to murder charges for any future victims of Fast and Furious guns.
