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Police officers have accused the Government of being willing "to sell its soul for trade deals" following the disclosure that Jack Straw agreed that the killer of Pc Yvonne Fletcher would not be brought to justice in Britain. In a letter to Gordon Brown, Paul McKeever, the chairman of the Police Federation, said he was ''shocked, appalled and disgusted'' that the UK agreed the murderer would go on trial in Libya. The Foreign Office has conceded that any trial for the shooting - which took place outside the Libyan embassy in London 25 years ago - will take place in...

His sign said “Save America First — Evangelize the World,” and he stood in the parking lot near Constitution Avenue with a bullhorn. Thousands who arrived at Saturday’s 9/12 March on Washington. heard Pastor George Luca proclaim his pro-life message. A black evangelist from Virginia, Pastor Lucas condemned those who support “murdering innocent pre-born babies” and accused “so-called black leaders” of betraying their own people. Diversity of opinion was on display everywhere among the vast crowd, generally estimated in excess of 1 million, that gathered on the West Lawn of the Capitol and sprawled for blocks in every direction. The...

Tens and hundreds of dedicated liberal activists rallied in Washington D.C. on Sunday, 9/13 in support of the Democrats' Public Option for healthcare reform. The D.C. police and onsite conservative observers estimate the crowd size at a stunning 800 to 1000 people. The huge turnout was due to the superior organizing skills of community organizations all across the United States. Dedicated individuals, sponsored by liberal organizations and enviromental lobbyists, were bussed in overnight to demand that Congress pass a public option as part of any meaningful healthcare bill in the House and Senate.

SCREW THE OBAMA STEALTH CARE PLAN 1. action to avoid detection: the action of doing something slowly, quietly, and covertly, in order to avoid detection 2. furtiveness: secretive, dishonest, or cunning behavior or actions Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. When the paint on VA Clinic walls and VA Hospitals is falling off, and rats roam the halls, THAT'S FAILURE! When MediCare pays out more than it takes in, that's FAILURE! When Social Security is broke... that's FAILURE! Listen to 0bama. He thinks the more control he has over our lives, the...

September 14, 2009 Pattern and practice Thomas Lifson Isn't it time for RICO investigation of ACORN? A third videotape of ACORN employees counseling a couple posing as pimp and prostitute on evading the law has been published on BigGovernment.com. James O'Keefe, Hannah Giles, and Andrew Breitbart have demonstrated a pattern and practice of corruption in the national organization at three different locations. ACORN is now threatening a lawsuit against Fox News for not observing the MSM embargo on the videotapes produced by the awesome thresome from BigGovernment.com. John Fund of the WSJ comemnts, "Bring it on!" in the video discussion...

Barrick Gold has been hedging its gold production by selling futures contracts, thus locking in the price a year or more in advance of the physical gold being mined. This is a great strategy when gold is falling in price. It makes no sense when gold is in a bull market. Gold has been in a bull market for close to 10 years. It has climbed from a low of $255.10 an ounce to over $1,000 an ounce. Thus, Barrick Gold executives look pretty much like idiots. What were they thinking say back in 2003, when all the key players...

I wonder if Ashley Alexandre Dupre ever took out a loan to buy a home or paid her taxes. And if so, would she have used ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), the nation’s largest grassroots community organization of low--and moderate--income people. Probably not… she was too high end. But not all prosties can say the same. Today the Post, in an article called "‘Pimp & hooker’ catch B’klyn staff,” scolded ACORN for offering advice—"Don't say that you're a prostitute thing or whatever"—to low-income hookers looking for mortgages and counseling on taxes. “Rather than reminding the women," the...

A BBC production of the last days of Lehman Brothers is a must see. You have to read between the lines a bit, but the production shows how Treasury Secretary Paulson treated Lehman different from the way he handled others that had just as many problems as Lehman. In a nice touch, the BBC hints that Paulson tipped off former Goldman man, and then Merrill CEO, John Thain, of the trouble ahead----which was behind Merrill's sale to Bank of America. The dramatization does a nice job of showing Thain's style in landing an incredible $29 per share for Merrill from...

Many have wondered how ANYONE AS EXTREME AS Obama’S “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones – a self-described “Communist” obsessed with racial conspiracy theories – could have been named to head a federal agency. David Horowitz described the radicalization of the Democratic Party as the appointment’s subtext. Closer to the fore, Jones owed his elevation to another new factor: the unparalleled influence of Valerie Jarrett. To call Jarrett a presidential adviser, even a close adviser, is misleading. She is an alter ego, an inner conscience, a touchstone of clarity for both President Obama and first lady Michelle. In the frenzy of...

President Obama’s envoy to the Middle East was last night locked in intense negotiations to secure agreement on a settlement freeze and revived peace talks before a possible summit in New York next week. George Mitchell met the Israeli President hours after Shimon Peres was discharged from hospital after fainting at a public engagement on Saturday. He will meet Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, tomorrow to discuss a peace plan whereby Israel would freeze construction of settlements on the West Bank and Arab countries take steps towards recognising Israel. Negotiators said that the outline of a final peace deal...

On Aug. 14, Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua M. "Bernie" Bernard, 21, of Maine was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in a Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan. Embedded in his unit was Associated Press photographer Julie Jacobson, who photographed him while two Marines frantically tended to his wounds. He later was taken to a field hospital, where he died on the operating table. Before the AP transmitted the gory photo to accompany an article on Cpl. Bernard's life and death, his father twice implored the agency to withhold the image out of respect for his late son and the family. The...

ACORN is now saying the video's that Aye and Mata have been writing about were doctored and are now threatening to sue: [VIDEO AT SITE] Only problem is, they fired the people involved in giving advice to James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles on how to run a sex business, hide the money from that business, and then get James into politics. Why in the world would you fire them if they were innocent and the tapes were doctored? Read the transcript and you find quotes like: (h/t Hot Air) ACORN 4: You want to make sure you distance yourself from...

Vatican City, Sep 14, 2009 / 11:20 am (CNA).- A rare event took place at St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday when Pope Benedict XVI consecrated five priests who had served in the Vatican's government as bishops.Three of the newly consecrated bishops will be serving as diplomats for the Church, one will continue to work in the Roman Curia and one will take up service as a diocesan bishop. The prelates had worked in the Secretariat of State, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Governorate of Vatican City State. The new papal nuncios are: Archbishops Gabriele Giordano...

Just got word of this event for this evening: (http://lance.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100046032.79384.476&gen=1) If you're in NJ district 7 (parts of Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, and Union Counties), you might want to be part of this phone town hall. But know this: Lance was one of the "crazy eight" Republicans who voted YAY on the cap and tax bill earlier this summer (http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2009/06/schmuck-republicans-the-crazy-eights-who-voted-yay-on-crap-and-trade-bill.html).

The '2010 Old Farmer's Almanac,' which is now on store shelves, says it's going to be colder in the coming months, with more moisture for the spring. "We're looking for colder-than-normal temperatures through most of the winter," Janice Stillman, editor of this year's edition, said. "But, indeed as the days lengthen, the cold will strengthen, and we're looking for more wet than white before Christmas, and after that, come January - a snowstorm; February - a snowstorm; well-below normal temps, and snow right up through April, which I know will make a lot of folks happy that go skiing," she...

Whoa. Amateur night at the White House. The White House is billing the President's mid-day speech today at Federal Hall in the belly of Wall Street as a "major" speech on financial reform. PR 101 says if you are president, you never give a major financial speech while the markets are open. If you say one thing that is negative for stocks, or misinterpreted as being negative toward stocks, the market starts to tank as the speech goes on, and that will be the headline. Financial speeches should always be delivered at 6:00 PM or later.

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It is time for America to stand up and say "ENOUGH DAMNIT!" Last week Glenn Beck blew the doors off a story that he had been cooking for a while: an undercover independent film-maker and associate had walked into an ACORN office pretending to be a pimp and prostitute and "asked for help" in cheating the government by obtaining both a housing subsidy and committing tax fraud. But that's not where they stopped - they disclosed "intent" to bring in underage girls from El Salvador as the essence of their "business" to serve as prostitutes as well. In short, they...

BERLIN – The prayers of the city's Catholic parish offered 10 months ago after its church was vandalized and religious items stolen were answered over the weekend with their recovery from the Androscoggin River."That's a minor miracle in itself," said Merle Albert, the deacon at the century-old Good Shepherd Parish, formerly called St. Anne Church.Early last November, parishioners came to church one Sunday morning to find a heartbreaking sight: tipped over furniture, discharged fire extinguishers and broken candles. Worse was the discovery that the Blessed Sacraments -- so important to the church and its parishioners -- and several historic artifacts...

The Next Reagan? Maybe By Peter Hannaford on 9.14.09 @ 6:08AM She's tall, blonde and looks you straight in the eye on meeting. You tell her about a local shipping port issue. She asks for more details and clearly understands the economic significance of the issue in the greater scheme of things. A few minutes later she's at the podium telling her personal story in an engaging way, then shifting to the very large problems facing the state. In clear, crisp fashion she tells her audience what she wants to do about them. She is Meg Whitman and she is...