Obama cracks down on abuses by big-city police departments

In a marked shift from the Bush administration, President Obama's Justice Department is aggressively investigating several big urban police departments for systematic civil rights abuses such as harassment of racial minorities, false arrests, and excessive use of force.

In interviews, activists and attorneys on the ground in several cities where the DOJ has dispatched civil rights investigators welcomed the shift. To progressives disappointed by Eric Holder's Justice Department on key issues like the failure to investigate Bush-era torture and the prosecution of whistle-blowers, recent actions by the DOJ's Civil Rights Division are a bright spot.

In just the past few months, the Civil Rights Division has announced "pattern and practice" investigations in Newark, New Jersey and Seattle. It's also conducting a preliminary investigation of the Denver Police Department, and all this is on top of a high-profile push to reform the notorious New Orleans Police Department -- as well as criminal prosecutions of several New Orleans officers.

The "pattern and practice" authority comes from a 1994 law passed by Congress after the brutal beating of Rodney King by white Los Angeles police officers, who allegedly yelled racial slurs as they hit him. The law allows the DOJ to sue police departments if there is a pattern of violations of citizens' constitutional rights -- things like an excessive use of force, discrimination, and illegal searches. Often, after an investigation, the police department in question will enter into a voluntary reform agreement with the DOJ to avoid a lawsuit and the imposition of reforms.

"Under the Bush administration, the Justice Department disappeared here in terms of federal civil rights enforcement. You could see the shift to counterterrorism at the ground level after Sept. 11," says Mary Howell , a New Orleans civil rights attorney who has been working on police misconduct cases for more than three decades. "Now they're back doing criminal prosecutions of police and the civil rights investigation, which is huge." DoJ Source!

Minority Report Realized: Homeland Security Mobile ‘Malintent’ Pre-Crime Screening System

Straight out of Minority Report a new Homeland Security program would subject Americans to pre-crime interrogations and physiological scans to detect people who are intending to commit a terrorist act at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other public places has moved closer to being implemented after the FAST program passed its first round of testing at an undisclosed location in northeast US.

The system uses a computer program that studies physiological indicators of a person, such as heart rate and the steadiness of a person’s gaze, and then uses the data to make a judgment on whether that individual has “malintent”.

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Honor the Fallen

Honoring those who fought and died in both Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom: Click HERE!

Weiner was Tweeted a Weiner

A lewd photograph of a crotch sent from the Twitter account of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is just "a distraction" perpetrated by a hacker, his spokesman said Sunday.

Dave Arnold told The Associated Press in an email that the tweet, directed at a woman, was "a distraction" from the married New York Democrat's "important work representing his constituents."

"Anthony's accounts were obviously hacked," Arnold said. "He doesn't know the person named by the hacker, and we will be consulting on what steps to take next."
The photo showed a man's bulging underpants. Source!

Editor: Too bad Brett Favre didn't think of the hacking excuse.

The DNC Chairwoman is an idiot

DNC Chair Wasserman-Schultz (Daughter of Hogan's Heroes Sgt. Schultz) Has No Clue That ‘Undocumented’ Immigrants are committing a Crime and Attacks GOP for Trying to Act Like It Is.

The hail that fell on Oklahoma City last week

Oklahoma City storm before the tornado hit; basketball size hail. Imagine this falling on your head!

Fireworks shows need new environmental review

Court ruling could have sweeping impact

What started as a battle over fireworks shows led to a sweeping legal victory Friday for environmentalists that could stymie a wide range of events needing city permits, from the Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon to birthday parties held at parks.

“According to the strictest interpretation of this, jumpy-jumps and everything else would be subject to environmental review if this ruling stands,” said lawyer Robert Howard, who represented the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation in the case. “It’s a breathtaking ruling.”

Superior Court Judge Linda Quinn said La Jolla’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show requires evaluation under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. Source!

Federal Agents Raid Suicide Kit Seller's Home

The FBI confirms they raided the home of a 91-year-old woman who sells so-called suicide kits.

In December, a 29-year-old Eugene man killed himself using a suicide kit he bought from a company called The Gladd Group. The company is run by Sharlotte Hydorn, who hand makes the kits in her El Cajon, Calif., home and sells them online and by phone for $60.

The elderly Hydorn said about a dozen federal agents were at her home all day Wednesday and seized her computers, sewing machine and boxes of kits ready for shipment. She said she is being accused of mail fraud, but a representative of the FBI would not reveal the contents of the search and seizure warrant.

Oregon state Sen. Floyd Prozanski was so appalled by the Eugene man’s death that he introduced a bill to make it illegal to sell or transfer such a kit to Oregonians. Oregon was the first state to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients with the help of a doctor. Zack Klonoski, whose brother Nick used the kit from California, testified at a hearing in support of the bill.

Klonoski said, “In a society where so many people suffer from depression and other mental health problems, this company has found their niche in the market peddling death.” Source!

Representative Graves questions Obama's autopen signing of Patriot Act extension

Congressman Tom Graves (R-Ga.) is questioning President Obama's use of an autopen in signing an extension of the Patriot Act.

In a letter Friday, Graves asks Obama to confirm that he saw the law prior to its autopen signing.

"Mr. President, I write to request your confirmation that S. 990, as passed by Congress, was presented to you prior to the autopen signing, as well as a detailed, written explanation of your Constitutional authority to assign a surrogate the responsibility of signing bills passed into law," Graves wrote.

Obama signed the bill into law late Thursday night. The autopen was used because the president was in France, meeting with G8 leaders, and the bill's provisions expired at midnight.

Graves cited Article 1 Section 7 of the Constitution, which says that the president must sign a bill to approve it into law. Source!

If a machine can sign for the President, could Sasha, too?

Forget what you learned in civics class back in high school. It turns out a bill doesn't have to be signed by the president to become law. A machine can sign it for him.

President Obama was 3,700 miles from the White House at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France, when Congress voted final passage of a bill to extend the life of three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, provisions deemed important by the president.

There was no way to get the bill signed by Mr. Obama in France before the Thursday midnight deadline, so aides say he authorized his staff secretary to use the "autopen" to sign the bill for him.

"Failure to sign this legislation poses a significant risk to U.S. national security," said Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest. "Congress approved the extension, and the president directed the use of the autopen to sign it." MORE!

Proposed Illinois Districts: MAP

Map thanks to the Quad City Times!

U.S. Tax Dollars Will Sponsor a Gay Film Festival in . . .

. . . Bulgaria!!!

Editor: Have you had enough yet?

Here in America, Schools are closing, firehouses are shuttering and millions of citizens are out of work. Yet, on Thursday, the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria announced that it would be using your tax dollars to underwrite a gay film festival and “an after-show party.”

The publicly-funded embassy has partnered up with its German, French, British and Swiss counterparts to explore the “different issues and challenges which members of the LGBT community face in today’s world. Official News Release!

Editors’ note-part two: “There is no such thing as homophobia. There is, however, a natural aversion to unnatural behavior. A phobia is an extreme fear of something. I am not afraid of homosexuals, I am grossed out. I find it astounding the amount of ground gained by homosexual activists in normalizing homosexuality."

Keeping their boot on the throat of Christianity

Following a long-winded controversy, the ACLU has struck an agreement with New Jersey’s Neptune Township school board. In response to one individual‘s complaint over the presence of religious symbols at last year’s commencement ceremony, the district will make substantial changes to this year’s event.In an effort to ease tensions and avoid an unwarranted court battle, officials will cover up the few religious symbols that are present inside the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium. Additionally, students and families will be forced to enter through a side door to avoid walking under a 20-foot cross that is positioned above the front entrance of the building. According to NBC New York, the ACLU is pleased with the agreement: Video!

The Raping of America

With billions of dollars damage along the Mississippi River, no financial help after the Texas fires and tornado destruction in the trillions, Obama redistributes what little cash we have left to MUSLIM countries.

Every day, another kick in our collective butts, another page redacted from America's Constitution, and we just stumble along. When do we protest? When do we march? Is everybody REALLY too busy to save our Country? Read this insult:

Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations said Friday that international development banks could give more than $20 billion from American taxpayers to Egypt and Tunisia to support countries that overthrew dictators this year and are trying to establish free democracies.

President Barack Obama and other G-8 leaders meeting in France said in a final statement that their countries will also "mobilize substantial bilateral support to scale up this effort." The statement did not provide breakdowns of what aid specific G-8 countries would provide.

The leaders encouraged other countries, including rich Arab world nations, to contribute as well to shoring up economies in Egypt and Tunisia, where uprisings this year overthrew dictators but also scared away tourists and investors.

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DC Liberals Sign Petition to Ban Conservative Websites

From NewsBusters' Stephen Gutowski: After hearing news the other day that the Obama administration had appointed a new position to monitor and push back against negative online press we thought some liberals in DC might think it wasn't enough. So NewsBusters sent reporter Joe Schoffstall out to see just how far liberals would go to silence conservative speech. Joe went around Georgetown in DC with a petition to "Ban Conservative Hate Sites" that said this:

"The undersigned hereby adamantly demand that the United States government shut down right wing hate sites. The hate speech propagated by sites like the Drudge Report, Hot Air, Instapundit, Big Government, and others must not be allowed to corrupt our political discourse any longer. These sites are dangerous not only to truth and freedom but also to our society as a whole. BAN THEM NOW!"

That is pretty radical rhetoric that no reasonable, freedom-loving, red-blooded American could possibly agree with, right? Well, see for yourself: VIDEO!

Liberal suspect mentally incompetent to stand trial

The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly rampage lowered his head to within inches of the courtroom table Wednesday. When he lifted it, he began yelling.

Federal marshals had to drag Jared Lee Loughner out of the packed federal courtroom. Minutes later, he was in a nearby room and, over a closed-circuit TV, could watch as U.S. District Judge Larry Burns declared him incompetent to stand trial.

Mental health experts concluded that the 22-year-old college dropout suffers from schizophrenia. Source!

Burns ordered Loughner to a federal facility in Missouri for up to four months, where doctors will try to give him enough treatment to bring him to a point where he understands the case against him.

"You don't have to be a psychiatrist to know that the boy is disturbed," said Eric Fuller, who was shot in the knee and the back during the Jan. 8 shooting spree at a Giffords event outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket.

Liberal Terrorism: TSA Holds Texas Flights Hostage

An astounding Department of Justice threat to cancel airline flights to and from Texas, in addition to underhanded lobbying by TSA representatives, has killed efforts in the state to pass HB 1937, a bill that would have made invasive pat downs by TSA agents a felony.

HB 1937, a bill that would have made it “A criminal act for security personnel to touch a person’s private areas without probable cause as a condition of travel or as a condition of entry into a public place,” was headed for an imminent Senate vote in Texas having already passed the House unanimously 138-0, before the federal government stepped in to nix the legislation.
In a letter sent to Texas lawmakers, including to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Speaker Joe Straus, the House Clerk, and the Senate Secretary, U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy threatened to cripple the airline industry in the state if legislators did not back down.

“If HR [sic] 1937 were enacted, the federal government would likely seek an emergency stay of the statute,” Murphy wrote. “Unless or until such a stay were granted, TSA would likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew.”

“We urge that you consider the ramifications of this bill before casting your vote,” Murphy added. Source!

Rudy Giuliani 'very close' to 2012 White House bid

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, is “very close to running” for president in 2012, according to a long-time friend who is one of his closest allies on Capitol Hill.

"I was at a dinner hosted by the American Spectator for two dozen or so journalists in Washington last night. The speaker was Representative Peter King of New York, who said that he had recently met “one of Giuliani’s closest advisers” and discussed a 2012 bid for the White House," reported Toby Harnden (Daily Telegraph's US Editor, based in Washington DC). Mr. Harnden' web site, click HERE!

“If he were making a decision today, he would run,” said King, who revealed that Giuliani had been “talking to people on the ground in New Hampshire” and was working behind the scenes to find out “who’s going to be available” for a campaign staff.

“Right now, I got the impression from the conversations he’s had, from the testing he’s done, he’s getting very close to running.” Source!

U.S. Taxpayers on the hook for Ex-IMF Director's 'Golden Parachute'

The former head of the International Monetary Fund accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid will receive a $250,000 severance payment -- paid in part courtesy of the American taxpayer -- unless U.S. lawmakers can stop the "golden parachute" from landing in the French politician's bank account.

The IMF claims it has no discretion in the matter of Dominique Strauss-Khan, who was already pulling down nearly $500,000 as managing director when he resigned after being arrested in New York. The one-time severance, along with a much smaller annual pension, was part of his contract.

But considering the heavy financial stake the United States has in the global lender, some lawmakers are trying to exert pressure on an organization that has come under increased scrutiny over how its vast international resources are being used.

"The scandal at the IMF is putting that organization in the public eye again and American taxpayers -- who pay the largest share of the IMF's bills -- are raising a lot of important questions," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Republican Conference vice chairwoman, told Fox News. More!

Outrage After Power Company Charges Fee to Hang American Flags Honoring Fallen Soldier

Residents in a small Long Island, NY community are fuming after a local power company charged a fee in order to hang American flags along a parade route honoring a fallen soldier.

“Absolutely ridiculous,” Shelter Island Town Councilman Peter Reich said of the $5 per-flag fee assessed by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). The flags covered 19 poles in all and were in honor of Army Lt. Joseph Theinert who died last June. Video!

Treasurer says he would call bond houses, warn against lending to Illinois

Illinois chief fiscal officer said Monday he is willing to dial up the bond houses and finance companies to alert them that lending the state more money, as Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed, would be a "major risk."

"'If I need to send letters to the rating companies to tell them the treasurer of Illinois is opposed to more borrowing, I'm going to do that," said Republican Treasurer Dan Rutherford.

Quinn, a Democrat, warned that without borrowing vendors and service providors would be left unpaid. In a statement, he challenged Rutherford to identify schools, state vendors and non-profits that should "continue to operate, or close their doors, while they wait for payment from the state."

The backlog of unpaid bills will reach $8 billion by July, Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka recently estimated.  Source!

US HOMELAND SECURITY LOSES TRACK OF NEARLY 6 MILLION IMMIGRANTS

Following Sept. 11, one would assume that the U.S. government’s broken system for tracking illegals would be better than ever.  Unfortunately, reality paints the opposite picture.  Despite being attacked by Middle Eastern terrorists whose visas had expired, the U.S. is still failing to properly examine immigrants’ status.

Unfortunately, there are millions of foreigners who initially come here legally, but do not maintain the proper immigration status.  Judicial Watch has more:

"…nearly half of the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants actually entered the U.S. legally but overstayed their visa, according to a new federal report. That’s because the agency responsible for keeping the nation safe—the Department of Homeland Security—can’t keep track of immigrants who remain in the U.S. after their visas expire.

This clearly creates a huge national security issue because terrorists can plot more attacks from within. In fact, dozens of foreigners convicted of terrorism since the 2001 attacks had overstayed their visas, according to the report, which was published by the investigative arm of Congress known as the Government Accountability Office (GAO)." Source!

How Large Will The U.S. National Debt Be In 2015?

Try $1.2 Million Per Taxpayer! Source!

You Need a License to Pump Gas in NYC

There are more than 10,000 gas pumps in the five boroughs of New York City, and if you want to work as a pump jockey at any of them, the City of New York demands that you pay a fee and pass a test in order to be considered ‘fit for dispensing motor fuel.’

Adding to the eyebrow-raising portion of this story is the fact that in New York, like most other states the average citizen is permitted to pump their own gas. Self-servers (like you and me) are not required to have a license, but the stations where self-serve is available must have a ‘P-15 licensed’ person on duty when gas is being dispensed.

The people who make their living putting gas into your car are probably not in the highest income tax bracket (if they pay any tax at all), which also makes it more offensive when New York City requires these folks to pay a $25 dollar licensing fee (with a $15 renewal charge every couple of years) in order to earn the minimum wage. And not everyone is eligible to take the test. From the city’s website;

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
2. Applicants must have a reasonable understanding of the English language.
3. Applicants must present a letter of recommendation from his/her employer. The letter must be on official letterhead and must state the applicant’s full name, character, physical condition, experience, and address of premises where applicant will be employed.
4. Applicants must present two (2) forms of satisfactory identification i.e., driver’s license and passport picture ID. Source!

D.C. schools investigate security breaches in 2011 tests; teachers helping kids cheat

D.C. school officials are investigating 14 security breaches by students and teachers during last month's standardized testing, after throwing out last year's scores from three classrooms with "evidence or a strong suspicion of a test security violation."

Amid heightened scrutiny of the chronically troubled school system's large testing gains, the Office of the State Superintendent ordered an investigation into 18 classrooms with a suspicious number of incorrect answers erased and corrected in the 2010 testing.

While eight schools were charters, 10 belonged to D.C. Public Schools -- as did all three of the tossed-out testing rooms.

"Two classrooms had possible testing irregularities and one classroom had a confirmed case of testing impropriety," said Safiya Simmons, a spokeswoman for acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson.

School officials declined to say what transpired in the classrooms.

Two teachers were forbidden from participating in the 2011 administration of the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System exams, while a third left the school system before the investigation was completed.

DCPS spokesman Fred Lewis said the departure was unrelated to the tests. There was "no student wrongdoing of which I'm aware."

State Superintendent Hosanna Mahaley said the findings, which clear 15 schools, "confirm our belief in and support for the overwhelming number of students, teachers and staff that work hard and play by the rules." More on the teacher's union's finest!

Up to 20 million Americans 'overcharged' by AT&T for data usage

An investigation has uncovered that AT&T is 'systematically overcharging' up to 20 million Americans who use their iPhone or iPad to access data.

The lawsuit alleges the phone giant routinely over charges customers between 7 and 14 per cent, and in some cases up to 300 per cent. In tests, engineers said they found the company charged for downloading data and surfing the web even when the iPhones remained untouched.

Attorney Barry Davis who worked on the suit, said: "It's like a rigged gas pump; when you go to the gas station and ask for a gallon of gas but only get 9/10's."

When asked by a reporter whether his team found overcharging for every single transaction, he replied: "Yes, every single one."

The reporter then asked: "Did you ever find a discrepancy where the customer was undercharged?" Mr Davis replied: "Never! Always an overcharge, never an undercharge."

Over 20 million Americans have iPhones or iPads with AT&T, who until a few months ago, was the sole network allowed. Source: The UK Daily Mail!

Hide your wallets; Obama is preaching "Social Justice"

Do you know what Social Justice is?



Editor: "We can see November 2012 from the house!"

Drivers in Florida shot in 'bump and rob' attacks

There's a new crime in town. It's called the "bump and rob." And local law enforcement is increasingly worried over drivers being victimized.

So much so, they are warning Palm Beach County residents that if you are driving on the road between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. and another car bumps you from behind, do not get out of your car.

"It's very serious," said Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokesman Eric Davis. "We're sending out warnings and tips because it is serious."

From Palm Beach Gardens to Delray Beach, drivers are being robbed at gunpoint. The most recent incidents happened early Thursday.

Around 3 a.m. in Delray Beach, a "dark-colored Jeep brand SUV" bumped another car traveling north on Military Trail near Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach police Sgt. Nicole Guerriero said.

She said the victim got out of his car to check whether it was damaged. The passenger and driver of the SUV approached him with a gun. The passenger shot the victim twice, but did not rob him or steal his car. Source!

China Gives Pakistan 50 Fighter Jets

China has agreed to immediately provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday.

China and Pakistan have jointly produced the JF-17 aircraft, but the new planes would be equipped with more sophisticated avionics, the officials said. The latest jet fighters would be paid for by China.

The announcement came as Pakistan’s already tense relations with the United States soured further after the killing of Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan on May 2.

Last week, Pakistan’s spy chief denounced the United States in a rare briefing before Parliament in which he condemned the American raid for breaching Pakistan’s sovereignty. Parliament, in turn, called for the government to revisit relations with the United States.

Mr. Gilani’s visit to Beijing served as a pointed reminder of Pakistani suggestions that the government might seek to recalibrate relations with the United States, using China to offset what many here view as an overdependence on Washington. Source!

American Representative Alan West vrs Obama

Anytime Representative Alan West speaks; we pay attention. Even though the attached video is 5 months old, it is the American voice on Israel and the Middle East. Representative West is a real American and his views on Israel are in such a dramatic contrast to the Arab-Spring speech Obama made today (May 19,2011).

'Al Qaeda terrorist commits suicide' at Guantanamo, two weeks after Bin Laden's death

An Afghan detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died in an apparent suicide.

The 37-year-old prisoner, identified only as Inayatullah, was accused of being an Al Qaeda member and housed at the controversial U.S. jail in Cuba.

Inayatullah, who had been held there since September 2007, was not breathing when found by guards on Wednesday and they failed to resuscitate him with CPR. Story w/Photos!

It comes two weeks after former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The Afghan told officials he was a planner for Al Qaeda terrorist operations and admitted he organised the movement of foreign fighters, military sources said.

The whining Illinois public service employees

How many thousands of taxpayer dollars are the Illinois State workers spending trying to energize an unsympathetic electorate to rally against State government? Have you noticed the radio and TV advertising?

"They are taking away our pensions!" Well, boo-hoo!

Here's the problem: YOU keep electing these hacks, so sleep in your dirty sheets and shut the hell up!

Click HERE for the tears!

New "Obama SEAL Team 6" action figure

Ever since news came out that the Navy‘s elite SEAL Team 6 completed the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound and killed the world’s number one terrorist, the country has been fascinated with the unit. Now, that fascination has made its way to an action figure.
The new SEAL action figure doesn’t feature a GI Joe-style serviceman. Instead, its modeled after a beefed up Barack Obama. The official name given to the figurine by the company Hero Builders is Rambama, a cross between “Rambo” and “Obama.”

The doll is available for $34.95. Source!

Saudi woman who police say spat at Walmart customers charged with hate crime

A Saudi Arabian student who investigators say spat in the face of a Walmart customer after the customer told her she was going in the wrong door was arrested on a hate-crime charge, Palm Bay police said Monday.

Nuha Mohammed Al-Doaifi, 31, an engineering student at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, was arrested on a charge of battery. The hate-crime determination means the charge could be elevated to a felony, said Yvonne Martinez, a police spokeswoman.

"Americans are pushing us around," Al-Doaifi told police as they approached to arrest her, a report states.

Al-Doaifi also spat at another customer because he got too close to her, but he managed to stay out of range, police said.

Al-Doaifi told officers she was spitting on "white people" because of the way her people are treated and that a "higher authority" made her do it, an officer wrote.

The incident happened about 1 p.m. Sunday as Al-Doaifi hit a door with her cart as she was going into the store at 1040 Malabar Road, a report states. That's when she spat in the woman's face, police said. Source!

Editor: The Orlando Sentinal has deleted this on-line article (5/18/11).

George Soros boasts ties to 30 Main Stream Media outlets

When liberal investor George Soros gave $1.8 million to National Public Radio , it became part of the firestorm of controversy that jeopardized NPR’s federal funding. But that gift only hints at the widespread influence the controversial billionaire has on the mainstream media. Soros, who spent $27 million trying to defeat President Bush in 2004, has ties to more than 30 mainstream news outlets – including The New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC.

Prominent journalists like ABC’s Christiane Amanpour and former Washington Post editor and now Vice President Len Downie serve on boards of operations that take Soros cash. This despite the Society of Professional Journalists' ethical code stating: “avoid all conflicts real or perceived.”

This information is part of an upcoming report by the Media Research Centers Business & Media Institute which has been looking into George Soros and his influence on the media.

The investigative reporting start-up ProPublica is a prime example. ProPublica, which recently won its second Pulitzer Prize, initially was given millions of dollars from the Sandler Foundation to “strengthen the progressive infrastructure” – “progressive” being the code word for very liberal. In 2010, it also received a two-year contribution of $125,000 each year from the Open Society Foundations. In case you wonder where that money comes from, the OSF website is www.soros.org. It is a network of more than 30 international foundations, mostly funded by Soros, who has contributed more than $8 billion to those efforts. Source: Fox News

Mexico Detains 513 People Crammed Into Two US-Bound Trucks

Mexican police on Tuesday detained 513 undocumented migrants from Latin America and Asia who were crammed into two trucks bound for the United States.

The migrants, from Latin America, Japan, China, India and Nepal, "were traveling in inhuman conditions" in the southeastern state of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan border, the local attorney general's office said in a statement.

Police stopped the trucks, carrying 240 and 273 people, on the outskirts of state capital Tuxtla Gutierrez early Tuesday, after they accelerated through a vehicle scanner at a police checkpoint.

Mexican lawmakers last month unanimously approved a law to "strengthen the protection and security" of migrants amid widespread abuse. Source!

Doctors Refusing to Treat Overweight Patients

From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Fifteen obstetrics-gynecology practices out of 105 polled by the Sun Sentinel said they have set weight limits for new patients. Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can't handle people over a certain weight, but at least six said heavy women run a higher risk of complications.

"People don't realize the risk we're taking by taking care of these patients," the newspaper quoted Dr. Albert Triana of South Miami as saying. "There's more risk of something going wrong and more risk of getting sued. Everything is more complicated with an obese patient in GYN surgeries and in [pregnancies]," he told the newspaper.

It is not illegal for doctors to refuse overweight patients, but it has medical ethicists worried. So far, the weight cutoffs have been enacted only by South Florida ob-gyns, who have long complained about high numbers of lawsuits after difficult births and high rates for medical-malpractice insurance. Source!

LED bulbs hit 100 watts as federal ban looms

Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January.

Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show in Philadelphia this week mean that brighter LED bulbs will likely go on sale next year, but after a government ban takes effect.

The new bulbs will also be expensive — about $50 each — so the development may not prevent consumers from hoarding traditional bulbs.
The technology in traditional "incandescent" bulbs is more than a century old. Such bulbs waste most of the electricity that feeds them, turning it into heat. The 100-watt bulb, in particular, produces so much heat that it's used in Hasbro's Easy-Bake Oven.

To encourage energy efficiency, Congress passed a law in 2007 mandating that bulbs producing 100 watts worth of light meet certain efficiency goals, starting in 2012. Conventional light bulbs don't meet those goals, so the law will prohibit making or importing them. The same rule will start apply to remaining bulbs 40 watts and above in 2014. Since January, California has already banned stores from restocking 100-watt incandescent bulbs. To thank Obama, click HERE!

Obama's FBI refused to investigate NYC anti-Jew terror case

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has opted out of the case of two New York men allegedly involved in a plot to blow up a local synagogue over concerns it is not a bona fide terrorism case, WNYC reports.

Two federal law enforcement sources, who spoke to the station on condition of anonymity, said the FBI did not take the case of the two alleged New York City terrorists because the end result was being over-hyped and the agency felt the case would not hold up in court.

Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne rejected the Federal critique, saying, "When somebody acquires weapons and plans to bomb the largest synagogue in Manhattan he can find, what do you call it, mischief?" DETAILS

Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban

An elderly Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, while three others in Pakistan have been indicted on charges of handling distribution of the funds, authorities say.

Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, was arrested Saturday at the Miami Mosque, also known as the Flagler Mosque. One of his sons, Izhar Khan, 24, another imam at the Jamaat Al-Mu'mineen Mosque in nearby Margate, Fla., was arrested there. Another son, Irfan Khan, 37, was detained in Los Angeles. The three are U.S. citizens. Their mosques are not suspected of wrongdoing, authorities said.

Also named in the indictment are three others at large in Pakistan - Hafiz Khan's daughter, grandson and an unrelated man, all three charged with handling the distribution of funds, authorities said. The Pakistani Taliban are designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization. Source

IMF boss Strauss-Kahn pulled off plane, arrested in sodomy probe

The French political bigshot who heads the International Monetary Fund was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a Manhattan hotel maid today and hauled off an Air France flight just moments before takeoff from Kennedy Airport, police said.

Three Port Authority detectives pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn from the plane’s first-class cabin just two minutes before it was due to depart for Paris, according to police sources said.

Strauss-Kahn, 62 (who was expected to challenge Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 French presidential election) was turned over to NYPD officers and brought to the Special Victims Unit.

The trouble began around noon, when a 32-year-old housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn’s room at the Sofitel on West 44th Street, apparently unaware he was still inside.

The married Strauss-Kahn was in his bathroom, said sources. He emerged naked, grabbed her and "he jumps her," a source said.

Then, Strauss-Kahn allegedly threw the housekeeper on the room’s bed and forced her to perform oral sex on him, said the sources. Details: New York Post

Support your Conservative brothers and sisters

Let us be a little more understanding of our fellow conservative brothers and sisters. It’s breathtaking how well the left can demonize our side-steps by, for example, turning stereotype names into something dirty.

An example is the ‘birther’ movement. First we must ask ourselves, ‘why would such a long-shot concept become so popular?’ The answer is simple; we are so desperately trying to stop this insanity that we will try any non-violent tactic to prove Barack Obama is not qualified to be president of our once great country and get him thrown out of office. If having six toes was a disqualifier, we’d insist he take off his shoes.

There’s a ‘laziness’ evident lately that will lead to disaster. It is called the “We’ve Always Done It This Way” syndrome. It’s natural to resist innovation, but when this resistance is used to camouflage laziness, it must be overcome.

We have different factions in our conservative team researching various avenues. It will be a collection of all our efforts to get us back on the capitalist path. Compare it to the many scientists working on a cancer cure; one of them will come up with the answer and that is not to belittle all the others who dedicated their careers to the cause.

Other team members are researching the covert activities of our current administration. Some people lazily suggest we’re driven by conspiracy theories, but we like to call it being prepared. The mindless, or lazy, “We’ve Always Done It This Way” liberals would like to embarrass us from ‘digging in the dark.’ They don’t want us to expose any non-American activities that may be in progress. The ‘Main Stream Media’ does not slant the news leftward just because they are promoting Obama; it’s because they are so afraid of ‘planting some seed’ that may lead one of us conspiracy theorist to exposing another cancer in Washington; something that may lead to Obama’s demise.

The ‘Nutty-Putty’ toy made someone billions by mistake, so fire on conservative brothers and sisters. One of us is going to find the thread that unravels this despicable, non-American, lying politician and his anarchists staff sending them back into the Chicago shadows. The latest exposure is the Fox News story about Obama’s brother using the president’s name to run a fake charity in South Carolina. Unfortunately, there is only one news organization doing the job they were all created to do.

The point is, who cares what works; voting him out or impeachment? As long as we keep it non-violent, this blogger’s staff will help promote your efforts.

QC Ghost

Baby Food and Juice Box Confiscated at Airport Security Checkpoint

At a Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport security checkpoint, the TSA confiscates juice box and baby food due to the items allegedly testing positive for trace amounts of explosive materials.
We feel so much safer now that the TSA is checking for baby food explosives going in AND coming out.

Capturing a terrorist: Video

New York City Cops released video of Wednesday’s takedown of one of the terrorists who bought guns and ammunition in a plot to slaughter Jews at city synagogues, police said.

The footage begins with a man wearing a tie approaching Ahmed Ferhani‘s gray Toyota Corolla on 58th St. near the West Side Highway about 6 p.m.

Just as the man approaches Ferhani, 26, at the driver’s side window, two unmarked police vehicles round the corner and screech to a halt next to them.

An army of cops swarm the car – ripping Ferhani out of the the passenger side door.

Obama's War Room Photo; Revised

Bin Laden Never Had A Chance

It's a MARVEL he survived as long as he did!

Texas county official says "stupid" feds sparked fire

The fight between Texas and Washington, D.C., over wildfires in the Lone Star State just got nastier

A county official in the Texas Panhandle is now blaming a federal agency for starting one of the fires through carelessness.

Tom Edwards, the county attorney in rural Motley County east of Lubbock, said on Friday that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives was responsible on Tuesday for sparking a fire that consumed 150 acres.

"You can quote me on it: That bunch has a real corner on stupid," Edwards told Reuters.

Tom Crowley, a spokesman with the federal agency, said bureau officials were assisting four local bomb squads -- at their request -- to destroy some explosives. Firefighters were on hand, he said. The wind picked up, but the explosives were too dangerous to move, so the officials went ahead and destroyed the explosives.

"Unfortunately, a fragment ignited some grass," Crowley said. "As far as the community, we're working with them to let them know how to go about making a claim with the government."

Texas Governor Rick Perry has publicly criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency for declining the state's request for a major disaster declaration for wildfires that have scorched some 2.5 million acres since November.

FEMA has said it has awarded fire management grants to Texas but that the agency determined there was not a need for additional support.

"We've got the federal government that has refused to provide assistance to the state on the request of Governor Perry because of all our statewide fires, and then in waltzes federal agents and they start a fire," Edwards said.

"We had high winds, we're under a burn ban because of extensive prairie fires, brush fires, and in they rolled with the idea of blowing up things." Source!

Fast & Furious

This Texas' accusation follows the operation 'Fast & Furious' when our ATF supplied weapons to Mexico's drug gangs. The STORY!

Obama's National Labor Relations Board threatens Boeing

The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board is trying to tell the Boeing Company how to run its business. To wit, the NLRB is telling Boeing that it cannot open a plant in business-friendly South Carolina. South Carolina is a right-to-work state, meaning that it has “a law against compulsory union membership” — so is the NLRB retaliating on behalf of labor? South Carolina governor Nikki Haley wants to know why Washington should get those jobs instead of South Carolina. (Washington is a union-shop state.) She appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to challenge the NLRB’s complaint against Boeing.

NLRB to Boeing: Shut up!

Every American should be afraid when their government tells them to keep their mouths shut. This is especially true when the subject relates to a matter of national public policy.

In 2009, Boeing made a rational business decision regarding the placement of one of its new production facilities. It decided to open a new plant in South Carolina, a right-to-work state. The NLRB claims that Boeing decided to locate the new facility in South Carolina as retaliation for past union strikes in Boeing’s Washington State locations. This ignores the fact that in the meantime Boeing has added over 2,000 employees to its Washington State locations.

The unions are unhappy with the Obama administration for several reasons. As a result, the administration needs to find ways to keep them happy. While unions spent tens of millions of dollars to get Obama elected, only a few union wishes have been realized. Since political opposition makes the passage of high-profile legislation like the so-called Employee Free Choice Act impossible, the administration has resorted to below-the-radar ways to appease its union supporters. Enter the NLRB. Details!

National Labor Relations Board Overreach Against Boeing Imperils Jobs and Investment

The federal government does not have the legal authority to prohibit a company from expanding its business or building a new factory in another state. Regrettably, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is attempting to do just that. In asserting that the Boeing Company is engaging in unfair labor practices by establishing a new aircraft assembly facility in South Carolina, the NLRB is twisting the law to benefit a special interest—unions—at the expense of the rule of law and the nation’s economy.

To prevent any more litigation costs and anti-competitive pressures, Congress should amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to reaffirm the long-standing construction of the Act that any new investment decisions—such as (but not limited to) expanding existing facilities, building new plants, or relocating—are not unfair labor practices and are outside the legal jurisdiction of an overzealous NLRB. Source!

Texans do NOT fear 'poop bombs'

Texas House Bans Offensive Security Pat-Downs

The Texas House passed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for public servants to inappropriately touch travelers during airport security pat-downs.Approved late Thursday night, the measure makes it illegal for anyone conducting searches to touch “the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person” including through clothing.



It also prohibits searches “that would be offensive to a reasonable person.”

The bill’s chief sponsor is Republican Rep. David Simpson, who said, “this has to do with dignity and travel, and prohibiting indecent, groping searches.”



He believes it will keep Transportation Security Administration officials from treating travelers like criminals, though the measure may be superseded by federal law.

After a brief but raucous debate, lawmakers approved the measure with little opposition — drawing applause from supporters. Source!

"Loose Lips Sink SEALs"- Sec. Gates

Gates say info leaks has SEAL Team 6 concerned for their safety

In the aftermath of the Osama bin Laden raid, the White House couldn’t get its story straight. Facts were either wrong, or few and far between. But now, a concerning admission by Defense Secretary Robert Gates shows one thing was flowing: information leaks. In fact, there have been so many leaks that the SEAL team that carried out the raid now fears for its safety.

“We are very concerned about the security of our families – of your families and our troops, and also these elite units that are engaged in things like that. And without getting into any details … I would tell you that when I met with the team last Thursday, they expressed a concern about that, and particularly with respect to their families,” Gates told an audience of Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Then he dropped this bombshell: “Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden. That all fell apart on Monday, the next day.” Source!

Pentagon Reportedly Considers Allowing Gitmo Family Visits

The Pentagon reportedly is looking at the possibility of letting family members visit detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. 

The Washington Post reported that 'The International Committee of the Red Cross' has been discussing a visitation program with military officials. The Post reported that while an earlier version of the Defense budget bill in Congress banned family visits, a newer version states only that Pentagon funds cannot go toward bringing family members to Guantanamo -- leaving open the possibility that the Red Cross could pay for visits, if they are allowed.  Source: Fox News

Editor: Please keep this story in mind next time you're asked to donate to the Red Cross.

Treasury Auctions To Take US Over Debt Ceiling On Monday

The Treasury Department auctioned $56 billion in new debt Tuesday and Wednesday, enough to take the U.S. over its federal debt ceiling when the three- and 10-year notes settle on Monday.

Treasury officials last month flagged May 16 as the day the government would hit the $14.294 trillion debt limit.

The U.S. is selling $72 billion in new debt over three days this week. The Treasury auctioned $32 billion in three-year notes Tuesday and $24 billion in 10-year notes Wednesday, and will sell $16 billion in 30-year bonds Thursday. All of the auctions will settle Monday.

As of Tuesday, total debt subject to the limit was $14.274 trillion, according to the Treasury Department.

The Obama administration has asked Congress to raise the limit, warning that failure to act could lead the government to default by Aug. 2--and could spook investors even before then.

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that any increase in the government's debt limit should be accompanied by trillions of dollars in spending cuts.

"It's true that allowing America to default would be irresponsible. But it would be more irresponsible to raise the debt limit without simultaneously taking dramatic steps to reduce spending and to reform the budget process," he said. Source!

The Crown Prince of Terror: Osama bin Laden's son

Omar Bin Laden, the fourth eldest son of the Al Qaeda leader, has denounced his killing as 'criminal' and said he reserves the right to take legal action against America.

Omar, who is Bin Laden's fourth eldest son, claimed he and the Al Qaeda chief's other children are reserving the right to take legal action in the U.S. and internationally to 'determine the true fate of our vanished father', said the SITE Intelligence Group, an online monitoring service. He also branded his father's burial at sea as a 'humiliation' for his family.

There was no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the letter. It was published on the website of Islamist ideologue Abu Walid al-Masri. Several specialists on militant propaganda said the text appeared genuine.

The news came as it emerged the CIA will allow a select few lawmakers to view the controversial pictures of Osama Bin Laden's corpse. Source: UK Daily Mail!

Editor: Has anyone noticed we get more important, more accurate and non-PC reporting from news sources other than our own mainstream media? (Fox News excluded)

NJ State Police "Outraged" Over Rapper Invite to White House

The invitation of rapper Common to the White House this week is drawing the ire of the union representing New Jersey state police.

While even casual hip-hop fans wouldn't characterize him as a controversial rapper, Common found himself under the microscope after First Lady Michelle Obama invited him to the White House for an arts event. In question: the lyrics to "A Song for Assata," about convicted cop-killer and former Black Panther Assata Shakur.

For New Jersey police, the outrage centers on "A Song for Assata" lyrics like "Your power and pride is beautiful. May God bless your soul."

Shakur, formerly known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted for the 1973 slaying of Trooper Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike. She escaped prison in 1979, and is living in asylum in Cuba. Source

This is not the rapper's first Obama event: "Rapper Common To Host National Tree Lighting Ceremony"
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced that Hip-Hop artist and actor Common will host the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting. Source!

Student beats fellow student; teacher watches

Watch the Texas teacher stand by while a student in his class is punched. These are the same teachers who want more money, more benefits and more bargaining rights than the Navy SEALs receive. We are upside-down in political corrections. The tail is wagging the dog and real Americans are going to put a stop to all this insanity. Do you feel it?

Video: Teacher Watches as Students Fight: MyFoxDFW.com

Obama hires pro TSA blogger to refute "poop bomb" photograph

Earlier today we posted a picture of Kansas City TSA agents frisking an infant's diaper for ... well, possibly smuggling explosive ... ah, POOP! This photo was headlined on the Drudge Report and evidently seamed plausible due to the TSA's well deserved press of late.

While researching today's blog hits, we noticed a TSA blogger posting on a taxpayer funded .gov website explaining their Kansas City's agent's procedure. CLICK HERE for the TSA rebuttal. The original photograph can be seen HERE!

Illinois lawmaker says raising obese kids should cost parents at tax time

An Illinois lawmaker says parents who have obese children should lose their state tax deduction.

"It's the parents' responsibility that have obese kids," said state Sen. Shane Cultra, R-Onarga. "Take the tax deduction away for parents that have obese kids."

Cultra has not introduced legislation to deny parents the $2,000 standard tax deduction, but he floated the idea Tuesday, when lawmakers took a shot at solving the state's obesity epidemic.

With one in five Illinois children classified as obese and 62 percent of the state's adults considered overweight, health advocates are pushing a platter of diet solutions including trans fat bans and restricting junk food purchases on food stamps.

Today, the Senate Public Health Committee considered taxing sugary beverages at a penny-per-ounce, in effect applying the same theory to soda, juices and energy drinks that governs to liquor sales. Health advocates say a sin tax could discourage consumption, but lawmakers are reluctant to target an industry supports the jobs of more than 40,000 Illinoisans.

"It seems like we just, we go after the low-hanging fruit, where its easy to get," said state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford. He said the state needs to form a comprehensive plan to address physical fitness and disease prevention, rather than taking aim at sugary drinks. Source!

Disgruntled Texas Republicans await Obama's visit

President Barack Obama will visit Texas on Tuesday, with stops in El Paso and a fundraiser in Austin, but he won't feel the love -- at least not from unhappy Republican lawmakers who see the administration's refusal to designate the wildfire-battered state a disaster area as the latest slap in the face to the very Republican Lone Star State.

The refusal by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give Texas disaster status, and the federal aid that goes with it, is the latest of the state's fights with the administration. The state and the Environmental Protection Agency have been battling over permitting under the Clean Air Act -- the federal agency even took over some state functions -- and NASA's decision not to give Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center, a retired space shuttle, sending them instead to California, Florida, New York and Washington, D.C.

"You can almost make the case the administration has a vendetta against Texas," said Republican Rep. Michael Burgess. Source

Media bias? Yemeni Passenger Was Shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

Media Manipulation? The Majority of American Media Outlets Fail to Report the Yemeni Passenger Was Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as He Attempted to Storm the Cockpit Door:

Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state

A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot ambition to the forefront of Arizona politics.

A group of lawyers from the Democratic stronghold of Tucson and surrounding Pima County have launched a petition drive seeking support for a November 2012 ballot question on whether the 48th state should be divided in two.

The ultimate goal of the newly formed political action committee Start our State is to split Pima County off into what would become the nation's 51st state, tentatively dubbed Baja Arizona.

Backers have until July 5 next year to collect the 48,000 signatures required to qualify for a spot on the ballot. If they succeed, it would mark only the first hurdle in a long, circuitous process that even the most determined of supporters readily acknowledge has little chance of bearing fruit.

"We at least need to get it on the ballot, as a nonbinding resolution, to ask the people of Pima County if they want to be a part of Arizona," Tucson attorney Paul Eckerstrom, a former Pima County Democratic chairman who launched the campaign, told Reuters. "All the stars would have to align for this to happen, but it could conceivably happen by the fall of 2013."

U.S. history is replete with efforts to carve one state from another -- from the creation of Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1790s to more modern misfires like proposals to partition Long Island from New York or to split California in half.

The last successful intrastate secession movement was the formation of West Virginia during the Civil War. Source!

New Yorkers soon to get emergency government cell phone alerts

Emergency officials will soon be able to blast critical alerts to anyone with a cell phone in a certain section of the city.

If Times Square needs to be evacuated because of a bomb threat or if a hurricane is bearing down on Queens, warnings will be bounced from cell towers.

"Making sure that [people] get useful and life-saving information, quickly and easily, right on their mobile phones, will help more people get out of harm's way when a threat exists," said Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate.

The system - called PLAN or Personal Localized Alerting Network - uses cell phone towers to send messages to everyone currently in a certain area, regardless of whether they're visiting from out of town or have a phone registered elsewhere. People won't have to register in advance to receive the alerts.

The messages, including urgent blasts from the President, information on imminent threats and Amber Alerts about missing children, will supercede all other phone traffic so they won't be stalled or delayed. Source!

Editor: Terrorists have cell phones, too!

Kansas City TSA searching for POOP BOMB

Kansas City Airport TSA:

Unbelievable!

And we all remember this:

Parents? Or sheep?

Editor: Where are the REAL men in our ountry who would have NEVER allowed this to happen to their children, or women ... or ... to themselves???

4 Arrested After Suspicious Incident At Denver Airport

Four people were arrested after a suspicious incident at Denver International Airport.

The incident happened Saturday morning at the south end security checkpoint. Airport personnel noticed someone videotaping the security lines. Police then confronted the person with the camera and the three people in line who were being taped. Two of those people did not have IDs or boarding passes.

Police arrested the man with the camera and the three people in line. Police say they don’t know what the group was doing. They were arrested on suspicion of interfering with a transportation facility.

Security was stopped for a few minutes and police conducted a security sweep but didn’t find any problems. CBS - Denver!

Justice Department Pursues 'Strange' Probe of Execution Drug

The Obama administration has launched a quiet campaign over the past two months to seize from local officials a key drug used in lethal injections -- part of a spreading investigation that has contributed to a de facto death penalty freeze in several states.

The investigation stems from concerns about the overseas source of the drug, though some question whether those concerns make a handy excuse to slow the pace of executions. The seizures started in Georgia, where the Drug Enforcement Administration in March grabbed their supply of sodium thiopental. From there, the DEA swooped into Tennessee, Kentucky and other states to confiscate their stash, forcing the states to either find an alternative chemical or suspend executions.

"It's very strange," said Kent Scheidegger, legal director with the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.

Sodium thiopental is just one drug in a three-drug mix used to execute prisoners. It is used as the first drug in the process to induce general anesthesia. The subsequent drugs paralyze and then kill the inmate.

The administration is keeping its probe under wraps. Though the DEA said in March they had "concerns" about the way the drug was imported into the United States, federal officials have since stopped talking about it entirely. The DEA referred questions from FoxNews.com to the Justice Department. A representative at the Justice Department said she could not comment on the case. Source!

Notorious Bad Guys, "Life's Little Mysteries" website

Life's Little Mysteries rounds up history's most notorious and elusive bad guys:

5 - Nero (A.D. 37 - 68)

The fifth Roman emperor, Nero was known for having followers of Christianity burned in his garden at night to create a source of light, and he even had his own mother put to death. In A.D. 64, a great fire ravaged most of Rome, and rumors spread that Nero had set it on purpose so he could reconstruct the city in the Greek style he favored.

Following several rebellions, Nero was dethroned and declared a public enemy by the Roman Senate. He fled and hid south of Rome. As soldiers closed in on his villa, he committed suicide by stabbing himself in the throat.

4 - Pol Pot (1925 - 98)

The leader of the Khmer Rouge and the prime minister of Cambodia from 1976 to 1979, Pol Pot imposed his vision of communism onto the people of Cambodia, forcing citizens into slave labor and killing an estimated 2 million of them in the process. He ordered mass executions in sites known as "killing fields," where those who were slain were then dumped into mass graves.

After fleeing to Thailand in 1985, and then to China, Pol Pot was finally ordered in 1997 to stand trial for one of his numerous killings. He reportedly died of heart failure in 1998 while under house arrest, but some believe that he committed suicide to avoid being held accountable for his atrocities.

3 - Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

Adolf Hitler was the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and its "fuhrer," or leader, from 1934 until 1945. During his rule, Hitler ordered that tens of millions of people be put to death based on their religious beliefs, appearance or sexual orientation.

On April 30, 1945, as Soviet troops approached his office in Berlin, Hitler committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule and shooting himself.

2 - Saddam Hussein (1937 - 2006)

Iraq's ruthless dictator from 1979 until 2003, Saddam Hussein used fear and terror to stay in power. He used chemical weapons against Kurds within Iraq and gassed about 5,000 people in the northern Iraq town of Halabja 1988. Saddam ordered Iraqi troops to take over the country of Kuwait in 1990, setting off the Persian Gulf War, in which U.S. troops repelled the Iraqis.

Saddam fled Baghdad after the United States attacked Iraq in March 2003. He was located Dec. 13, 2003, hiding in a hole in a building in al-Dwar, near his family hometown of Tikrit. Saddam was tried, sentenced to death and, on Dec. 30, 2006, hanged.

1- Osama bin Laden (1957 - 2011)

Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the jihadist organization al-Qaida, a global terrorist network largely believed to be responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and many other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets.

Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush attempted to capture bin Laden during their presidencies, and President Barack Obama announced May 2 that the terrorist leader was dead. Bin Laden was found hiding in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. On May 1, a small team of American forces engaged in a firefight against the compound, killing bin Laden and taking possession of his body, which was later reported buried at sea. Source: Life's Little Mysteries!

Afghanistan: Fierce fighting follows Kandahar attack

Intense fighting is taking place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs.

The Taliban says it is behind the triple assault on the provincial governor's office, the Afghan spy agency and a police station. About 23 people including three police have been injured in the fighting, which spread panic on the streets.

US helicopter gunships are reported to have been involved.

Gunmen in a four-storey shopping centre exchanged fire with security forces in Governor Tooryalai Wesa's compound. Source!

Furious bin Laden supporters protest...in LONDON

HUNDREDS of Osama bin Laden supporters clashed with English Defence League extremists today as a “funeral service” for the assassinated terror leader sparked fury outside London’s US Embassy.Police stepped in to separate the chanting groups amid threats of violence from both sides.

US leaders were branded “murderers” by radicals, who warned vengeance attacks were “guaranteed” and shouted: "USA, you will pay."

Protesters carried signs declaring 'Islam will dominate the world' and Jihad to defend the Muslims' as well as banners attacking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The pro-bin Laden 'funeral' took place as relatives of the 7/7 terror attack on London - which claimed 52 lives - wept at the inquest into the atrocity just three miles away. More from The Express!

Hezbollah, San Diego's neighbors (From News 10)

Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near Border

A terrorist organization whose home base is in the Middle East has established another home base across the border from San Diego, in Mexico.

"They are recognized by many experts as the 'A' team of Muslim terrorist organizations," a former U.S. intelligence agent told 10News.
The former agent, referring to Shi'a Muslim terrorist group Hezbollah, added, "They certainly have had successes in big-ticket bombings." Some of the group's bombings include the U.S. embassy in Beirut and Israeli embassy in Argentina.


However, the group is now active much closer to San Diego.

"We are looking at 15 or 20 years that Hezbollah has been setting up shop in Mexico," the agent told 10News.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. policy has focused on al-Qaida and its offshoots.

"They are more shooters than thinkers … it's a lot of muscles, courage, desire but not a lot of training," the agent said, referring to al-Qaida. Hezbollah, he said, is far more advanced.

"Their operators are far more skilled … they are the equals of Russians, Chinese or Cubans," he said. "I consider Hezbollah much more dangerous in that sense because of strategic thinking; they think more long-term."

Hezbolah has operated in South America for decades and then Central America, along with their sometime rival, sometime ally Hamas.

Now, the group is blending into Shi'a Muslim communities in Mexico, including Tijuana. Other pockets along the U.S.-Mexico border region remain largely unidentified as U.S. intelligence agencies are focused on the drug trade.

"They have had clandestine training in how to live in foreign hostile territories," the agent said. The agent, who has spent years deep undercover in Mexico, said Hezbollah is partnering with drug organizations, but which ones is not clear at this time.

He told 10News the group receives cartel cash and protection in exchange for Hezbollah expertise.

"From money laundering to firearms training and explosives training," the agent said. For example, he tracked, along with Mexican intelligence, two Hezbollah operatives in safe houses in Tijuana and Durango

"I confirmed the participation of cartel members as well as other Hezbollah individuals living and operating out of there," he said.

Tunnels the cartels have built that cross from Mexico into the U.S. have grown increasingly sophisticated. It is a learned skill, the agent said points to Hezbollah's involvement.

"Where are the knowledgeable tunnel builders? Certainly in the Middle East," he said.

Why have Americans not heard more about Hezbollah's activities happening so close to the border? "If they really wanted to start blowing stuff up, they could do it," the agent said.

According to the agent, the organization sees the U.S. as their "cash cow," with illegal drug and immigration operations. Many senior Hezbollah leaders are wealthy businessmen, the agent said.

"The money they are sending back to Lebanon is too important right now to jeopardize those operations," he said. The agent said the real concern is the group's long-term goal of radicalizing Muslim communities.

"They're focusing on developing … infiltrating communities within North America," the agent told 10-News. Source!

Holder Intervenes in Gay Man's Deportation Case

Attorney General Eric Holder took the rare step Thursday of asking an immigration judicial panel to reconsider the case of a gay man they'd cleared for deportation.

Holder set aside the Board of Immigration Appeals ruling allowing the deportation to Ireland of Paul Wilson Dorman, a gay man illegally in the United States. Dorman wants to stay in the country with his male partner, with whom he celebrated a civil union in New Jersey.

Holder asked the immigration board to reconsider its decision and determine whether Dorman can be considered a spouse under New Jersey law and whether he would be a spouse under immigration law were it not for the Defense of Marriage Act, according to a copy of Holder's decision.

"This was an extraordinary measure by the Obama administration and demonstrates a clear commitment to nullify the Defense of Marriage Act," Mundy said of Holder's action. "It's a far-reaching victory not only for same-sex couples but for immigration reform."

The Obama administration in February said it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. More on Holder's People!

Celebration or 'surprise'?

Isn't it sad that we have a president who is such a liar and so consistently non-American that we question his motives when a positive event unfolds? We watch the celebrations and wonder if our fellow citizens are all that happy about bin Laden's demise or overwhelmed by surprise that Obama did something in our favor.

We are concerned he is about to throw the SEALs under the bus to save his liberal image; in other words, meeting with those heroes today will publicly 'out' them by name and put their lives at risk for retaliation by bin Laden supporters. Let's hope he does the right thing and keeps their identity's stealth; but his past non-American actions do not support that hope. The STORY and VIDEO!

Animal Cruelty

Unprecedented:

Sensitive animal lovers, beware!