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Caption this pic of Obama’s fingers (vanity)

In a case that drew attention from the Gun Owners Action League and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a state law requiring trigger locks on guns kept in people’s homes. In what was seen by some as a victory for law enforcement and advocates of gun control, the state’s highest court ruled that the Second Amendment does not restrict the right of Massachusetts to impose its own rules on gun ownership. “We conclude that the legal obligation safely to secure firearms in [state law] is not unconstitutional,’’ Justice Ralph Gants wrote for… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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“The President would've said that in that room had they been sitting in that row or not been there at all. The President is – the President just disagrees quite frankly with the decision that they made.” Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Gibbs Fires Back at Chief Justice: ‘Didn’t Feel Like a Pep Rally to Me’ (video)

Newsmax first reported that Organizing for America, the community organizing outfit under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee, has launched a plan to inundate talk radio shows with callers. The action will occur when a particular radio show is discussing ObamaCare. This is an extension of OFA’s and Health Care for America Now’s campaign to flood last summer’s town hall meetings with union members and left-wing activists supporting Obama’s government takeover of health care. The intent then, just as it is now, was to drown out average taxpayers showing up to voice their concerns or vent their frustrations. The… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Foot Soldiers Have Your Number

Note: The following text is a quote: March 08, 2010 Los Angeles-area man sentenced to more than 18 years for soliciting murder of ICE informant LOS ANGELES – A Sherman Oaks, Calif., man was sentenced this morning to 217 months in federal prison Monday for his role in a bank fraud scheme and a related plot in which he attempted to hire a hit man to murder a witness who was prepared to testify against him in the fraud case. Pavel Valkovich, 28, was sentenced by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, who told the defendant: “You're your own worst… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Los Angeles-area man sentenced to more than 18 years for soliciting murder of ICE informant

(CN) – A sheriff's deputy assaulted and locked up a musician for 13 hours, and threatened to throw him in prison for 3 years, because he didn't like the way the musician treated the flag during a show, the musician claims in Tulsa Federal Court. The complaint does not state precisely what the musician did to the flag, but Rogers County sheriff's Officer John Ketcher allegedly said while arresting him, “He is being arrested for stomping on the American flag. We take that very seriously around here.”Marion Gooding says the Rogers County District Attorney refused to press charges, observing that… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Musician Arrested on Flag-Abuse Allegation (Even though its protected speech)

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) – It's rare when a conservative Republican in Congress heaps praise on President Barack Obama, especially in regards to fighting global warming, but Senator Lindsey Graham did just that on Wednesday. The South Carolina lawmaker has, despite opposition from many in his party, worked with Obama and Democrats on a comprehensive energy and environmental bill, winning their support of more government aid for nuclear power and expanded oil and gas drilling. Nuclear power and domestic oil production are at the core of Republican platforms. “The president has been great to work with on energy and climate,”… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate (McLame’s lap dog says Obama "reasonable")

New York's 29th Congressional District is without a representative since former Democratic congressman Eric Massa resigned in disgrace on Monday amid scandal. It is up to New York's Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, who is embroiled in controversy himself these days, to call a special election in order to fill the vacant seat. “He can really call it whenever he wants to or he doesn’t have to call it at all. He can keep it open. I am hearing it could be for some time in June or may just keep it open,” said Thomas Basile Executive Director of the… Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Will Paterson call a special election for Massa’s district?

Goodman asked the City Attorney Brad Jerbic to look into the legal possibility of terminating all city employees, then asking each of them, as a condition of being rehired, to accept getting paid for a shorter work week to save the city enough money to prevent any layoffs. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Mayor looking into drastic proposal that involves hiring, rehiring employees to save jobs

In his recent “pep talks” about Obamacare, the President has frequently mentioned the Congressional Budget Office’s findings to support his arguments. As I have read those findings, as well as those of the Office of the Actuary for Medicare and Medicaid (OACT) I am perplexed by the President’s comments. We are told that Obamacare will reduce everyone’s premiums. Here is what the CBO actually said: Original Article: Forum: News/Activism

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Obamacare: What The CBO And OACT Really Said

The concept of entropy is one of the most useful terms for understanding just about everything. While it has its origins in natural law — thermodynamics, specifically — the concept holds true pretty much across all closed systems. In the simplest of terms, every closed system will ultimately degrade toward a state of maximum entropy. I’ll use the current political system of the U.S. as a convenient example. When American democracy was first shoved out of the nest by the founding fathers, it was new, fresh, and energetic. It took the world’s breath away at its boldness and unlimited promise, and set the wheels turning on tangible change across much of the world. Before the ink dried on the Constitution, however, the degradation began. From the beginning, the country’s political operations fell into the hands of a strictly limited number of parties, which quickly coalesced into just two. Since then, they have essentially shared power, with only minor differences in policies between the two. Simply, absent a disruptive external force, the closed political system quickly matured into an institutionalized “sameness” that all but assures no serious challenges — leading, ultimately, to the certainty it will degrade to only a shell of its former self. It was, perhaps, because of his own understanding of natural law that Thomas Jefferson was heard to remark, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” That doesn’t mean I am advocating revolution — just pointing out the fact that any closed system, no matter how well constructed, will degrade. To expect the United States of America to avoid this fate is to expect the impossible. Switching to a corporate example, I used to be a regular buyer of Toyota cars. They were well made, innovative, and suited my changing needs over the years. And I wasn’t alone — in 2007 they became the world’s largest automobile maker, with a global manufacturing and distribution system that made them appear dominant. Behind the scenes, though, entropy was at work. In 2008, when the time had come to lease a new car, I reflexively headed over to the local dealer fully expecting to drive off with yet another Toyota, just as I had done several times over the previous decade or more. But as I walked around the showroom, it was impossible not to notice that the company had lost its edge. The cars on offer were not only more expensive than the competition, but even the newest models had that “so yesterday” look about them. Surprising even myself…

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Entropy, or Why the World as We Know It is Dying

Filed under: International Markets , Insiders , Politics , Financial Crisis For the past few weeks we’ve been hearing cries from Europe concerning how to regulate or ban derivatives trading. Now the word has crossed the pond and we are hearing the same complaints here in the U.S. We have a parade of regulators who want to do something about derivatives trading. First we heard from Gary Gensler , chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who said: “Standard credit default swaps and other privately traded, over-the-counter derivatives need drastic reform.” He went on to say: “The only parties that benefit from a lack of transparency are Wall Street dealers.” Continue reading Will There Be an End to Derivatives Secrecy? Will There Be an End to Derivatives Secrecy? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read �|� Permalink �|� Email this �|� Comments

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