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Howie Carr: 2020 Democratic candidates share non-working-class background https://www.bostonherald.com/2... (Via Boston Herald)

I'd be interested in a citation for:

The Democrats offered to vote for Trump's entire wall ($27b) in return for citizenship for the DACA kids. Republicans didn't even put that to a vote.

GOP Senators have gone so far as to introduce a bill do wall funding plus DACA, but the Democratic leadership currently refuses to even discuss a compromise like that, even after Trump's national address specifically suggesting both sides compromise to make a deal.

For a last time around example as well,

Graham was referring to a White House offer last January that would have codified DACA, plus implemented a variety of other controversial changes to immigration law, in exchange for border wall funding.

You think standing matters to ICE or Border Patrol?

How credulous can you be?

Real Donald might be hitting the sauce, like his deceased older brother.

DJT at third Presidential debate

DJT at New Year's Eve (2017) party.

Notice any difference in complexion?

A lot of people keep saying that harassment has risen, but so far all I've seen is a big load of shit:

http://pix11.com/2016/12/14/mu...
http://www.bostonherald.com/ne...
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...

My guess would be that Ecuador was threatened either by an official in the Obama administration or by a Clinton functionary promising retaliation after she wins election.

Excellent deduction, according to the Boston Herald it turns out to have been John Kerry.

I agree with you completely, I'm also a former Cave jockey and current Oculus user. Tim Cook was right, AR is where it's at. My current place of work is keenly interested, and there's some others in my industry that are going all in. And that reality is making me very happy.

Let me know when you find the median price of a new car. I half-heartedly searched a couple times a few months back and got nothing. I looked again, just now, and found a chart of used car median prices by city from 2012 and something from the Boston Herald that is probably wrong, since it quotes the same number USA Today says is the average.

In a group of 4 cars, a single $90k luxury model can bring the average up to $33k when the three others cost $15k. That's why nobody cites the average home price, but somehow the median car price is impossible to find. You'll notice, if you go searching, that there are a bunch of articles bemoaning how the "median" American can't afford an "average" priced car, but that's a ridiculous comparison. If a person had the "average" wealth of all Americans, s/he would easily be in the top decile, and probably higher.

Apparently you didn't comprehend the story either. According the TFA ...

I am amused to inform you that you aren't quoting from TFA. If you follow the link in the story summary it brings you to a story that doesn't contain the paragraph you quote, or even a number of the key words. You are quoting from a different story at the same source. Since you didn't provide a link, allow me:

Man charged with plotting bombing at Kansas military base

So, it turns out that I comprehended the story, and you didn't. What you did do was bring in new facts in a different story from a reputable source, and helpful ones for the discussion.

So yes, it appears he may be mentally ill. That doesn't make him less dangerous.

Imam Omar Hazim of the Islamic Center of Topeka told The Associated Press that two FBI agents brought Booker to him early in 2014 for counseling, hoping to turn the young man away from radical beliefs. Hazim said the agents told him that Booker suffered from bipolar disorder, characterized by unusual mood swings that can affect functioning.

Hazim said he expressed concerns to the FBI about allowing him to move freely in the community after their first encounter.

If he is in fact mentally ill that potentially raises new difficultes involved with involuntary commitment or possible criminal defenses. In either case the state's position is much stronger since he attempted an attack rather than simply writing about it. There isn't much room for doubt that he is a danger to himself (suicide bomber) and the community.

But there is more to it than that. It appears that there are more people involved in this plot. I doubt they will all be mentally ill. What will you have to say if it turns out to be 2 sane guys with different values and 1 mentally ill guy with different values? Even if this one individual is mentally ill, that doesn't necessarily mean that this plot wouldn't have been of interest to him if he wasn't.

Apparently you didn't comprehend the story either. According the TFA ...

I am amused to inform you that you aren't quoting from TFA. If you follow the link in the story summary it brings you to a story that doesn't contain the paragraph you quote, or even a number of the key words. You are quoting from a different story at the same source. Since you didn't provide a link, allow me:

Man charged with plotting bombing at Kansas military base

So, it turns out that I comprehended the story, and you didn't. What you did do was bring in new facts in a different story from a reputable source, and helpful ones for the discussion.

So yes, it appears he may be mentally ill. That doesn't make him less dangerous.

Imam Omar Hazim of the Islamic Center of Topeka told The Associated Press that two FBI agents brought Booker to him early in 2014 for counseling, hoping to turn the young man away from radical beliefs. Hazim said the agents told him that Booker suffered from bipolar disorder, characterized by unusual mood swings that can affect functioning.

Hazim said he expressed concerns to the FBI about allowing him to move freely in the community after their first encounter.

If he is in fact mentally ill that potentially raises new difficultes involved with involuntary commitment or possible criminal defenses. In either case the state's position is much stronger since he attempted an attack rather than simply writing about it. There isn't much room for doubt that he is a danger to himself (suicide bomber) and the community.

But there is more to it than that. It appears that there are more people involved in this plot. I doubt they will all be mentally ill. What will you have to say if it turns out to be 2 sane guys with different values and 1 mentally ill guy with different values? Even if this one individual is mentally ill, that doesn't necessarily mean that this plot wouldn't have been of interest to him if he wasn't.

So once again some anonymous poster that is incompetent in dealing with a set of facts manages to get it wrong. This would-be jihadi made his intent clear, and tried to act on it. Did you not read the story?

FTA

Booker was recruited to join the Army in February 2014, but came to the attention of federal investigators after posting a Facebook message on March 19, 2014, that read: "Getting ready to be killed in jihad is a HUGE adrenaline rush! I am so nervous. NOT because I'm scared to die but I am eager to meet my lord."

A 20-year-old man was arrested Friday while trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb near a Kansas military base as part of a plot to support the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors said.

John T. Booker Jr. is accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley .... Prosecutors allege he told an FBI informant he wanted to kill Americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of the terrorist group, and said he believed such an attack was justified because the Quran "says to kill your enemies wherever they are," according to a criminal complaint.

"It was alleged that he planned to pull the trigger of the explosives himself so that he would die in the explosion," U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Friday morning. "He told an individual that detonating a suicide bomb was his No. 1 aspiration because he couldn't be captured and all the evidence would be destroyed and he would be guaranteed to hit his target."

If you want to try to "blame" that guy's attempted attack on the FBI then you don't understand what is going on. Could you spare us any more of those comments?

... Pete Carrol, the head coach of last year's Superbowl winning Seattle Seahawks, is known for being a very nice and laid-back guy, and doesn't fit the typical mode of the "screamer" type coaches we've all seen.

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Oh, we are going to win the Super Bowl this year also.

Here's how a REAL professional behaves. The CEO of Boeing told analysis that he makes his employees "cower", and actually thought that would be a funny joke. Everyone knew that Steve Jobs was something of an asshole. So is Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. A lot of the most famous and effective military leaders were real sons of bitches as well. Patton comes to mind, as does his long-time rival, Monty. Norman Schwarzkopf was known for his fiery temper, which gave him the nickname "Stormin' Norman".

Most professional communities are rather pragmatic, and ultimately rewards *success* above all else, unless you cross over a very big line, like doing something illegal, or embarrassing your company to such a degree that it has a negative effect on business (e.g. Patton slapping a soldier). There may something about those personality types that are driven to succeed. It's not universal, of course. Pete Carrol, the head coach of last year's Superbowl winning Seattle Seahawks, is known for being a very nice and laid-back guy, and doesn't fit the typical mode of the "screamer" type coaches we've all seen.

Look, I'm not going to defend Torvold's rants. I think they're childish as well, but let's not kid ourselves. These sort of rants and worse happen all the time in "professional" environments. Would it be great if people were universally nicer to each other? Sure. But when getting a job done, is being nice or being competent more important?

At least he hasn't tossed any chairs around that we know of.

As you see in the story below, drone strikes still serve a purpose in Pakistan.

Car bomb kills 40 in northwest Pakistan

You mean, to kill lots of innocent bystanders who aren't on a bus, right?

Wars come in all shapes and sizes A., and pretty much all of them without my supervision. ;)

It is still a non-trivial task to take on a nation state, especially one of martial virtue as the Swiss are. Drones aren't really up to taking on a real air force yet, and the Swiss one isn't bad. I expect they will have their own drones in time, assuming they don't now. It would be a great force multiplier for them.

As you see in the story below, drone strikes still serve a purpose in Pakistan.

Car bomb kills 40 in northwest Pakistan

All the better to keep the black flag from rising over Pakistan. Maybe there is hope since for the first time ever a Pakistani Prime Minister finished his term in office recently.

Your article quotes an ATF agent saying no, mine quotes an ATF agent saying yes.

Your article quotes an ATF agent talking about "inner-city gang members in Chattanooga". Really, Chattanooga?!?! Not New York, not LA, not Baltimore or Chicago, but...Chattanooga? You're going to take that tiny city as representative of what happens in the nation as a whole?

The Frontline piece I cited doesn't just quote an ATF agent -- I wouldn't trust an ATF agent's word on the color of the sky. It cites an NIJ study where they actually asked convicts where they got their guns. Only 5% said that they stole it. Several similar studies are cited by Wachtel in a paper here, which then goes to to analyze guns recovered in the LA area and pretty much blows the "most crooks steal their guns" hypothesis out of the water.

Your reading comprehension is low. It was done for cars. It helped reduce car theft.

What you said was that "it was made illegal to leave an unlocked car running with the keys in it". That is not the same as "it was made illegal to have your car stolen". The former is a form of the "attractive nuisance" doctrine; the later is victim blaming, a severe form of ass-like behavior.

(It would be in keeping with standard practice for you to provide a link and a citation to your claim about a reduction in car theft, BTW.)

There are already laws in some areas requiring people to keep their guns locked up. Whether or not that's useful or Constitutional, it is quite different than criminalizing being the victim of a theft.

Just over 100 years ago, the Taylor family owned both the Globe and the Red Sox.

There is some concern that as a public company, the NYT Co. didn't sell to the highest bidder but one can speculate that is due to the conservative views held by the owners of the San Diego Union-Tribune. John Henry is not only a donor to liberal causes, but also has had a business relationship with the NYT Co. via their former minority ownership of the Red Sox.

We had about 200 people in Boston. Not a huge protest but we got good press and everything went really smoothly, the message was focused and police escorted us the whole way without issue.

http://bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2013/07/nsa_s_surveillance_program_blasted_by_hub_demonstrators

*COUGH* Thursday, May 16, 2013
Abstract: Seven Chem Eng. Students, mostly from Muslim-major nations, were found snooping around at one of the largest water supplies in the North East, after Midnight. Without I.D. Without a sound reason to be there.

1) Chemical Engineering students aren't stupid enough to go out to a massive public watersource at 1 AM.
2) Chemical Engineering students typically take field trips to make measurements and notes. In the dark? Right, totally seems legit to me.
2a) Quote: "They told the trooper they were chemical engineers and recent college grads who wanted to see the reservoir because of their career interests."
3) Only two of the seven had any I.D. (as far as I've heard)
4) One was Saudi, one Indian, one US Cit., two Pakistani, and two from Bangladesh.

FFS. Witches weren't chemical engineers snooping around in a 'National Security' zone. At 1AM. With no legitimate reason.

I'm not saying that going gestapo over this is an intelligent decision. But..Survival is...kinda...important...FFS.

Oh yeah. You have a "work within the system" and "hope and change" response. Because that works out, so very well.

It's been working for hundreds of years, with degrees of success changing over time, in both the US and UK, and way better than the sort of socialist (or is that communist?) revolution you would prefer*. Why don't you try that in your native Canada first, so we can watch the results before it gets tried in the US?

A big part of the problem is that the news media isn't doing its job. They put their thumb on the scales in favor of Obama, and they still haven't really taken it off. Now, they are reaping their reward - multiple scandals breaking out at once, including the AP incident. It is a simple fact that about 90% of journalists in the US media contribute to Democrats, and probably vote the same. And that should be OK, as long as they report accurately and fairly even on policies they personally desire. But they aren't doing that. They are letting their personal political preferences interfere with their professional obligation. As a result, they cover for the Obama administration, ask friendly questions, continually post stories about "unexpected" outcomes that are bad when they can't otherwise be minimized. It is hard to make good choices for a country when the people and leaders aren't getting good, accurate, information, and that isn't happening. Well, their support of the Obama administration has become a bit strained recently, and it might very well turn shortly. When it does, it won't be pretty for the administration.

It may be already starting.

Obama knee-deep in Nixon-esque scandal (Note: As of posting, this is a front page story on the Boston Herald.)

Republicans could not even have scripted this one. The agency most hated by voters, the Internal Revenue Service, admits to going on a Nixonian witch hunt against Tea Party and conservative groups during the re-election campaign.

This is a story even the most partisan Massachusetts liberal cannot defend. It’s so bad that even Ed Markey is calling for heads to roll.

Now we learn that the Justice Department has secretly obtained the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors in what appears to be an investigation of an AP story that disclosed details of a CIA operation that stopped a terrorist attack.

Going after the Tea Party is one thing, but the media? What an outrage. Who knows, the press may get so mad they won’t laugh at Obama’s jokes during the next White House Correspondents’ Dinner. . .more

*No, this isn't a troll. The man is very left of centre.

Oh yeah. You have a "work within the system" and "hope and change" response. Because that works out, so very well.

It's been working for hundreds of years, with degrees of success changing over time, in both the US and UK, and way better than the sort of socialist (or is that communist?) revolution you would prefer*. Why don't you try that in your native Canada first, so we can watch the results before it gets tried in the US?

A big part of the problem is that the news media isn't doing its job. They put their thumb on the scales in favor of Obama, and they still haven't really taken it off. Now, they are reaping their reward - multiple scandals breaking out at once, including the AP incident. It is a simple fact that about 90% of journalists in the US media contribute to Democrats, and probably vote the same. And that should be OK, as long as they report accurately and fairly even on policies they personally desire. But they aren't doing that. They are letting their personal political preferences interfere with their professional obligation. As a result, they cover for the Obama administration, ask friendly questions, continually post stories about "unexpected" outcomes that are bad when they can't otherwise be minimized. It is hard to make good choices for a country when the people and leaders aren't getting good, accurate, information, and that isn't happening. Well, their support of the Obama administration has become a bit strained recently, and it might very well turn shortly. When it does, it won't be pretty for the administration.

It may be already starting.

Obama knee-deep in Nixon-esque scandal (Note: As of posting, this is a front page story on the Boston Herald.)

Republicans could not even have scripted this one. The agency most hated by voters, the Internal Revenue Service, admits to going on a Nixonian witch hunt against Tea Party and conservative groups during the re-election campaign.

This is a story even the most partisan Massachusetts liberal cannot defend. It’s so bad that even Ed Markey is calling for heads to roll.

Now we learn that the Justice Department has secretly obtained the phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors in what appears to be an investigation of an AP story that disclosed details of a CIA operation that stopped a terrorist attack.

Going after the Tea Party is one thing, but the media? What an outrage. Who knows, the press may get so mad they won’t laugh at Obama’s jokes during the next White House Correspondents’ Dinner. . .more

*No, this isn't a troll. The man is very left of centre.

This sort of thing causes secondary terrorism of those falsely accused.

Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon finish line photos for suspects. The two were also on the [New York] Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon." The Post reported later Thursday that the pair weren't considered suspects. But Barhoum, a track runner at Revere High School, said he is convinced some will blame him for the bombings, no matter what.

He said he was so fearful on Thursday that he ran back to the high school after a track meet when he saw a man in a car staring at him, talking into a phone. He said he won't feel safe until the bombers are caught. "I'm going to be scared going to school," Barhoum said. "Workwise, my family, everything is going to be scary."

What is the difference between secondary terrorism and counter terrorism?

No kidding. These things have consequences;

A teenager said he is scared to go outside after he was portrayed on the Internet and on the front page of the New York Post as connected to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.

Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon finish line photos for suspects. The two were also on the Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."

The Post reported later Thursday that the pair weren't considered suspects, and the FBI has since identified two other men as suspects in Monday's bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 180.

This sort of thing causes secondary terrorism of those falsely accused.

Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon finish line photos for suspects. The two were also on the [New York] Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon." The Post reported later Thursday that the pair weren't considered suspects. But Barhoum, a track runner at Revere High School, said he is convinced some will blame him for the bombings, no matter what.

He said he was so fearful on Thursday that he ran back to the high school after a track meet when he saw a man in a car staring at him, talking into a phone. He said he won't feel safe until the bombers are caught. "I'm going to be scared going to school," Barhoum said. "Workwise, my family, everything is going to be scary."

Federal Prosecutor Oritz said Aaron's suicide won't change how she handles cases:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/01/ortiz_says_suicide_will_not_change_handling_cases

And Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Heymann 'drove another hacker Jonathan James to suicide in 2008 after he named him in a cyber crime case':
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2262831/Revealed-Aaron-Swartz-prosecutor-drove-hacker-suicide-2008-named-cyber-crime-case.html

Here are some other grubby cases Oritz has been involved in: http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/01/17/carmen-ortizs-sordid-rap-sheet/

Ortiz’s husband attacked the Swartz family on Twitter: "Truly incredible that in their own son's obit they blame others for his death and make no mention of the 6-month offer ... 6 months is not 35 years or lifetime" What an asshole.
http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2013/01/15/attorney-carmen-ortiz-husband-attacks-swartz-family-twitter/vzxbY5lrrG7BvGjQGnNDtJ/blog.html
http://twitchy.com/2013/01/15/husband-of-mass-attorney-general-deletes-twitter-account-after-defending-prosecution-of-aaron-swartz/

There are "We the people" petitions to remove both Orirz and Heryman, but don't hold your breath. She is an Obama appointee and Heymann's father is a Clinton staffer. How about Someone in the press corps ask Obama what he thinks of his appointees killing off bright young kids?
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-states-district-attorney-carmen-ortiz-office-overreach-case-aaron-swartz/RQNrG1Ck
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-attorney-steve-heymann/RJKSY2nb?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Civil liberties attorney Harvey Silverglate said of Aaron: "He was being made into a highly visible lesson, He was enhancing the careers of a group of career prosecutors and a very ambitious — politically-ambitious — U.S. attorney who loves to have her name in lights.” http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57564212-38/prosecutor-in-aaron-swartz-hacking-case-comes-under-fire/

The problem is Federal Prosecutors pick a career-building target and then shop for a crime. Big Criminals are too much work, but small fry like Aaron don't have the resources to fight back so all they have to do is bully them into taking a plea bargain and then bask in the glory. It's been going on for a long time and many people have been swallowed up, but the media usually never reports it:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Tu5RB6YHf10C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=51Ya4U8XFt&dq=lynch+in+the+name+of+justice (Go to page 43 of this Google Books preview).

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/01/mit_regrets_any_role_tragedy

In looking for info about this I found a news article that he wrote a check to the state government to cover the value of the car - $8965.67, which is probably right for an older Crown Victoria, probably with many miles on it from government service, possibly as a police car.

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20121005tim_murray_paid_9000_to_cover_crashed_car_costs

Here is a quick one

John Kerry

http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20100723senator_skipper_skips_town_on_sails_tax

How does opening a business mean that one loses his free speech rights?

This is the same kind of nonsense that Nancy Pelosi is trying to push right now in her attempt to amend the Constitution. The so called Peopleâ(TM)s Rights Amendment would deny people the right to free speech if those people incorporate.

Zimmerman was not twice Trayvon's size. Trayvon was taller by 3~4", while Zimmerman was 30~40 pounds heavier.

I'd also like to point out that a healthy person is in of themselves a weapon. Unarmed people are quite capable of killing each other. Not as quickly as with a gun, but the capability is still there.

Possessing a gun doesn't make you invincible, either. You can be punched in the face, knocked down, and disoriented. Guns are not magical defensive talismans.

Actually, I already helped pay for those.

"Occupy Wall Street" is a fringe movement spouting tired, old, leftist dogma and hate. The only thing it has in common with the "Arab Spring" is that there are threads of anti-Semitism running through both.

Occupy Wall Street Goes Global

Sunday Reflection: Protestors should try occupying reality for real change

Right now, idealistic young Americans are gathered together to fight injustice and build a better world.
Sure, they're a little dirty, and maybe some of their language is a bit rough, but they've left behind family and friends, as well as the creature comforts the rest of us take for granted, to make a stand for what they believe in.

It's just too bad that today the mainstream media is focusing on the spoiled, incoherent clowns of Occupy Wall Street and ignoring our young fighting men and women.

The mainstream media's cameras can't get enough of these pierced protesters, with their crudely written signs proclaiming their unfocused discontent and general anger at society's selfishness in failing to satisfy their every want and desire.

Of course, those cameras discreetly turn away when the placards demanding socialist revolution and blaming the Jews come out. The protesters' function is to demonstrate inchoate outrage simply by being there. When they start talking, they start alienating the normals.

These are Potemkin protesters, community organized by government worker unions to allow liberal Democrats a way to triangulate to the center next year. Only the rebel media outfits will actually stick a mic in the protesters' dirty faces and let them talk.

What comes out is a confused hash of gripes about their banks, complaints about their student loans, and whining about the quality of their jobs.

Tragically, graduates of Ivy League universities brandishing master's degrees in minority women's studies are not getting jobs that pay enough to service their $150,000 student loans. Who could have seen that coming?

PICKET: Occupy Wall Street protesters post manifesto of 'demands'

Nazis and Communists Throw Their Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Movements (Updated)

Occupy L.A. Speaker: Violence will be Necessary to Achieve Our Goals

Video: Occupy Portland Protesters Sing “F*ck the USA”

THOUSANDS Of Obama-Endorsed “Occupy Chicago” Protesters CHEER the Communists (Video)

Wall Street: Occupied by Anti-Semites?

Political party paying Occupy Wall Street protesters?

More Anti-Semitism at Occupy Los Angeles

Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents

‘Occupy’ protesters branch out

They call themselves the 99%, but they're a bunch of fringe stragglers with no motivation, no agenda, no goal, no organization, no nothing. They're nothing but a joke, the clearest and most representative expression of leftist thought in America.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1372233

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/air-and-space-museum-closes-after-guards-clash-with-protesters/2011/10/08/gIQAx0x2VL_blog.html?hpid=z2\

http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/08/danny-cline-occupy-wall-street\

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/09/occupy-atlanta-gives-john-lewis-the-cold-shoulder/

Liberal tree-hugging pipe dream that destroys jobs and wastes money

`Stimulus' funded, tax break-ed liberal tree-hugging pipe dream failures in the past few days:
Seattle's 'green jobs' program a bust
Solar Panel Maker Moves Work to China
Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy
Stimulus Created 'Green' Jobs at $2 Million Per Job

It appears their employee screening is not as stringent as you would expect. They hire convicted rapists and pedophiles as well as known thieves.

(Revere)“warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.”

If somebody told me I was about to encounter several hundred armed opposition, I would take that as a warning. Advice, at least.

"In fact, Revere’s own account of the ride in a 1798 letter seems to back up Palin’s claim. Revere describes how after his capture by British officers, he warned them “there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time for I had alarmed the Country all the way up."

Boston Herald

But Palin's quote was that he was "ringin' the bells and firin' the guns" when he warned them. It seems unlikely that after Paul Revere's capture by the British they still allowed him access to bells and guns during his interrogation.

that moron said that paul revere was warning not the americans (or colonials) but british.

From The Boston Herald:

Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate. And local historians are backing her up.

and

In fact, Revere’s own account of the ride in a 1798 letter seems to back up Palin’s claim. Revere describes how after his capture by British officers, he warned them “there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time for I had alarmed the Country all the way up.”

Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

and

Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic Party held a thin blue line on the issue, insisting on mocking Palin despite a brief historical review of the matter. State party chairman John Walsh wise-cracked that the region welcomes all tourists, even those with “an alternative view of history.”

“If you believe he was riding through the countryside sending text messages and Tweets to the British, still come to Boston,” he said. “There are a lot of things to do and see.”

But Cornell law professor William Jacobson, who asserted last week that Palin was correct, linking to Revere quotes on his conservative blog Legalinsurrection.com, said Palin’s critics are the ones in need of a history lesson. “It seems to be a historical fact that this happened,” he said. “A lot of the criticism is unfair and made by people who are themselves ignorant of history.”

I believe that last statement could refer to you. You should be careful of who you call "moron". You know the old saying about glass houses, right?

"In fact, Revere’s own account of the ride in a 1798 letter seems to back up Palin’s claim. Revere describes how after his capture by British officers, he warned them “there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time for I had alarmed the Country all the way up."

Boston Herald

Pretty funny how she's actually right yet people on the left still can't admit it and it all must be some big conspiracy
http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1343353

1) Stimulus package. Passed, and current estimated at having added 3.5M jobs to the economy.

At a future cost of how many $trillions?
And how much of that money was spent on actual, USEFUL things instead of "broken window" stuff and other bullshit?

9) Increase investment in science and technology.

Yeah, and who cares about NASA funding...?

11) More transparency in the government. He has stood by that one,

Which president has denied the most FOIA requests?
Which distinguished gentleman from Illinois voted for FISA 2008?
How about signing statements? (you know, those things which don't go through the checks and balances)
Or ACTA?
Or the groping by the TSA?

So of the top 12, there are 3 that he hasn't really tried to accomplish

Even the things he "tried for" (using that term loosely) - he should not be making promises for things he has no control over.
Then there are the big things he does have control over like Iraqistan (which is going according to the Bush timetable).

But hey, I'm on /. criticizing the messiah of hope and change, please mod me to oblivion.

Uhhhhh, you do understand how LOANS works, don't you?

First off, only a fraction of the tens of billions sent GM's way was in the form of loans. The rest was exchanged for stock. GM then touted that they paid back these loans, but they didn't tout that it was through the non-loan bailout money, not through profits:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/apr/27/ed-whitacre/ceo-says-gm-has-repaid-government-loans-full/

Second, a loan is a risk. If GM fails, then that money is gone. Third, the government is finding new ways to hide losses:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/editorials/view.bg?articleid=1294504

"Which, of course, is really quite ironic: during a period when you probably want real, functional security procedures the most (ie, when the most people are traveling), the TSA has to ratchet down their policies in order to handle the load..."

There is nothing ironic about it at all. It is simply proof that even the TSA doesn't believe their own bullshit regarding the importance of said scanners for the purpose they claim. The scanners are already serving their purpose, which is to generate lots of cash and kickbacks. On the one hand they are claiming it keeps things super secure, and on the other the authorities are looking into the possibility a teen stowed away on a plane from North Carolina to Logan. I mean, which is it? These procedures are super important and keep us all safe, or these procedures may well have not even been able to keep some random teen from stowing away on a plane?

Here's the logical outcome of LBJ's Great Society: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1296926

Heroes? No. Pitiful creatures reduced to the status of livestock? Yes.

All this will take up a massive amount of space compared to LFTR and comes with problems of its own.

And we have plenty of space. The National Renewable Energy Lab's Wind Atlas details the wind potential of different regions of the US. The Rocky Mountains alone contain enough potential wind energy to supply all 48 contiguous states with electricity. However that's not all. On the Pacific Coast from British Colombia south through southern California then east to western Texas, there's more. Why during California's rolling blackouts in the early 2000s, there was an idle wind farm in the Mojave capable of generating 10 megawatts per hour. Over on the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Cape Hatteras off the North Carolina coast there are good sites for wind farms. As senator before his death Ed Kennedy was one of the NIMBYs opposing one such wind farm, on Cape Cod. On-shore through the Appalachian Mountains north from Georgia then into Pennsylvania's Poconos and New York's Catskills Mountains, hell all along the Appalachian Trail to Maine, there is good wind potential.

That's just wind, solar adds more. Again according to DOE, just 100 square miles of land in Nevada, that's an area of 10 miles by 10 miles, "could supply all U.S. electricity needs with current (~10%) commercial efficiency rates." But Nevada isn't the place with good solar potential. Now let's go back geothermal. According to an MIT led panel sponsored by DOE geothermal can be a "key U.S. energy source". Here's some info on geothermal in New York state, and more for Minnesota and Wisconsin. I've already mentioned California and Yellowstone, recently there was a discussion of how West Virginia Is Geothermically Active.

With today's technology solar and wind can provide the US's peak electricity, while geothermal and existing natural gas and nuclear power plants supply the baseload until more geothermal capacity and storage is developed.

Falcon

Nuclear is base load, Wind can do peak.

Geothermal can do baseload too. As can natural gas.

Wind is starting to feel the regulation and lawsuit issues Nuclear has, not to the same extent. It will, there are enough loons to oppose anything.

Unfortunately you're right. Ted Kennedy opposed Cape Wind, a plan to put wind turbines off of Cape Cod.

Look up how many "studies" are needed to put up a new reactor,

Look at Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, it is 3 years behind schedule and $2.4 billion over-budget.

Falcon

the difference between a wealthy liberal and a wealthy republican is that one is willing to pay their taxes and the other a fat bastard.

You shouldn't call John Kerry a fat bastard. He's actually rather trim. But you are right, wealthy liberals are often loathe to pay taxes... that's just for the little people.

http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698

http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698

Ahh, here's a fine example of how liberals love to tell us how they're going to spend our money for us, but when it comes to their money they are conservative to the core.

In my country, it is completely illegal to search for the word "Capena" or the phrase "government corruption".

Are you ok with that?

You think that sucks? In my country, government corruption isn't just acknowledged publicly, but accepted as unchangeable. We've elected men convicted on seven felony corruption charges. We have people who were never elected to any office handing out checks for 630 billion dollars even after our elected officials emphatically said "NO!"

As for Chinese censorship... It's completely illegal to view BBC World News here in the US. I have to proxy through China to watch it. Are you ok with that?

America is, and pretty much always has been, a fascist nation. I think the recent bailouts of the banking giants and car manufacturers should prove that it is fascist now; Andrew Jackson himself was fighting fascism when it came to central banking back in the 1830's. War and weapons define the American economy. Boeing and Raytheon and Xi could be considered the ultimate achievement of which a fascist society is capable.

Then why is ovrer 2/3rds of the American economy based on CONSUMER spending[1] instead of WAR or WEAPONS? And of that, most of it is spent by women.[2] (See the numerous articles on ecomomics and how they are all worrying about women not spending more but vowing to spend the same and live more frugal lives for the evidence.)

Not to mention that the USA spends only about 4% GDP on Defense[3] at the national level last I was aware.

Hmm...not much of a leg to stand on for your claims, now is there?

[1]2009-10-11 USA Today Article
[2]dated article on consumer spending (2003), but matches what I've recently read in the last month per the point and a more recent article on women being frugal. and yet another article on frugal consumerism in the USA
[3]Wikipedia USA Military budget - with reference links