Barack Obama is moving full speed ahead with his climate agenda, bypassing Congress by pushing regulatory actions and executive orders.
A crop of regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency intends to restrict pollution from new and existing power plants by implementing new emissions standards. The battle lines are drawn. Democrats and environmentalists are complain about the GOP’s stand against crippling industry, while the GOP maintains that Obama is doing an end-run around Congress.
Obama said on Friday, “Unfortunately, what we’ve seen too often in Congress is that the fossil fuel industries tend to be very influential — let's put it that way — on the energy committees in Congress and they tend not to be particularly sympathetic to alternative energy strategies.”
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
FREE FIREWOOD!! (Millington, MD AREA)
We have an abundance (300 loads +) of wood that is excellent for fire wood located in the Millington, MD area. We are giving the firewood away for free but are charging to cover our cost on the freight. It is only available via dump truck delivery and the truck comes with about 7 cords of wood on the load. I have posted this to Facebook and Craigslist but I know your page reaches a lot of people...Is it possible to post a ad to your page about it?
The first picture is of what it looks like once stacked and split when necessary. The second photo is a close up of the material and the third is what a "load" looks like.
It is all hardwood end trims off of timbers. Consists of random pieces of 4”x6”,6”X6”, 8”x8” and 12”x12” that range from 4” to 20” in length. Most is well seasoned but we are adding to the pile daily, so some can be green.
People who have used this say that it is great stove wood and contains very few pieces that need to be split. Wood is not treated and is safe to burn inside your home.
Thank You,
Sara HallEastern Shore Forest Products, Inc.
410-742-5540
www.esforest.com
EPA Official Charged With Stealing $886,186
Former high-ranking Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official John C. Beale was charged on Friday with stealing $886,186 over 13 years.
‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK’ ABOUT WHITE HOUSE’S SILENCE ON CHRIS LANE KILLING, SAYS OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said on Sunday she thinks it would be a “nice gesture” for President Obama to speak out about the tragic murder of Australian student Chris Lane.
“What do you make of the silence of people like Al Sharpton, and, quite frankly, the silence of the president?” Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, asked Fallin.
“I don’t know what to think about that,” Fallin replied. “It would be nice if our nation were to certainly express their condolences.”
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“What do you make of the silence of people like Al Sharpton, and, quite frankly, the silence of the president?” Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, asked Fallin.
“I don’t know what to think about that,” Fallin replied. “It would be nice if our nation were to certainly express their condolences.”
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Nothing Stopped VA's Fat Bonuses, Not Even Dead Vets, Dirty Hospitals
Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner show six top administrators of the Veterans Health Administration received performance bonuses in excess of $16,000 last year.
In all, the top VA executives and medical professionals received more than $3.3 million in bonuses that are supposed to reward exceptional work. The figure does not include rank-and-file employees or other financial incentives not tied to job performance.
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JOHN MCCAIN'S REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!
In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California , with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate: "The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School . Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed it on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School . Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed it on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
State Tech Agency Lacked Controls Over $158M Federally Funded Broadband Project, Audit Finds
The auditor found problems with contracting practices, construction oversight, monitoring of sub-grants and cash control. The Legislative Audit report on DoIT also revealed deficiencies in three other areas: major IT development projects; cloud services; and disaster recovery controls.
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Ft. Hood Hero: 'Slap In the Face' To Not Call Shootings Terrorism
Ret. Army Sgt. Howard Ray, awarded for saving the lives of 9 people in the Ft. Hood massacre, said it's a "slap in the face" that the 2009 incident is not called terrorism.
"It really is a slap in the face that the Department of Defense called this something other than what it truly is — that is, terrorism," Ray said Monday on "Fox & Friends."
Ray, who is running for the Texas state House, called on the White House to label the shooting rampage an act of terrorism so that the victims can receive appropriate compensation.
"What's important is that government officials, starting at the White House, demand that this be, first of all, classified as it is, terrorism," Ray said.
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"It really is a slap in the face that the Department of Defense called this something other than what it truly is — that is, terrorism," Ray said Monday on "Fox & Friends."
Ray, who is running for the Texas state House, called on the White House to label the shooting rampage an act of terrorism so that the victims can receive appropriate compensation.
"What's important is that government officials, starting at the White House, demand that this be, first of all, classified as it is, terrorism," Ray said.
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Pentagon Labels Founding Fathers, Conservatives as Extremists
The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute training guide was obtained by Judicial Watch under a Freedom of Information Act Request. It was acquired from the Air Force but originated from the Pentagon.
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Man May Have Fathered 50+ Kids
Three daughters of the late Samuel Delbert Whitney are trying to find the rest of their siblings.
Video shows rebels launching gas attack in Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry accused the Assad government Monday of covering up the use of chemical weapons in “a cowardly crime” and a “moral obscenity” that shocked the world’s conscience. Kerry claimed the Obama administration had “undeniable” evidence “that the Assad government was culpable in the use of chemical weapons on civilians” in the Aug. 21 attack in Damascus suburbs.
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Ron Paul Warns "Middle Of The Road In Healthcare Leads To Socialism"
The ever-expanding role of government in healthcare provides an excellent example of Ludwig Von Mises’ warning that “The Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism.” Beginning in the 1940s, government policies distorted the health care market, causing prices to rise and denying many Americans access to quality care. Congress reacted to the problems caused by their prior interventions with new interventions, such as the HMO Act, ERISA, EMTLA, and various federal entitlement programs. Each new federal intervention not only failed to fix the problems it was supposedly created to solve, it created new problems, leading to calls for even more new federal interventions. This process culminated in 2010, when Congress passed Obamacare.
Contrary to the claims of some of its opponents, Obamacare is not socialized medicine. It is corporatized medicine. After all, the central feature of Obamacare is the mandate that all Americans buy health insurance from private health insurance companies. And, as with previous government interventions in the marketplace, Obamacare is not only failing to correct the problems caused by prior federal laws, it is creating new problems.
Consider the almost weekly stories about how Obamacare is causing health insurance premiums to rise, causing employees to lay off workers or reduce their workers' hours, and causing doctors to leave the profession. Also, consider the problems the administration is already having administering the federal exchanges and other parts of the health care law.
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Contrary to the claims of some of its opponents, Obamacare is not socialized medicine. It is corporatized medicine. After all, the central feature of Obamacare is the mandate that all Americans buy health insurance from private health insurance companies. And, as with previous government interventions in the marketplace, Obamacare is not only failing to correct the problems caused by prior federal laws, it is creating new problems.
Consider the almost weekly stories about how Obamacare is causing health insurance premiums to rise, causing employees to lay off workers or reduce their workers' hours, and causing doctors to leave the profession. Also, consider the problems the administration is already having administering the federal exchanges and other parts of the health care law.
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Ratcliffe Foundation Donates $1 Million for Innovative Entrepreneurial Program at SU
SALISBURY, MD---With an eye to bolstering employment, a Baltimore-based foundation has committed $1 million to the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University for grants and loan guarantees to start new businesses.Over a five-year period, the Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation will offer as much as $200,000 annually to entrepreneurs looking to create startups. One of the Foundation’s goals: to have new businesses opening within six months with the potential of employing five or more within a year.
Two- and four-year college graduates residing in the Mid-Atlantic region are eligible. This includes all of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Proposals from New York and New Jersey also will be considered.
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8-Year Old Murders His 90-Year Old Grandmother After Playing Grand Theft Auto IV
In Louisiana, on August 22, an 8-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his 90-year-old grandmother after playing “Grand Theft Auto IV.” The game is rated M, which means it is for ages 17 and older.
No motive was given, but the boy killed the woman right after playing the game. The boy took the family gun and shot Marie Smothers in the head while she was watching television. The child said it was accidental, but evidence led police to think the shooting was intentional. Smothers was the boy’s caregiver. He was released to his parents on Thursday night.
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No motive was given, but the boy killed the woman right after playing the game. The boy took the family gun and shot Marie Smothers in the head while she was watching television. The child said it was accidental, but evidence led police to think the shooting was intentional. Smothers was the boy’s caregiver. He was released to his parents on Thursday night.
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Md. Family Sues Over Frostburg St. Football Death
A wrongful-death lawsuit charges that 22-year-old Derek Sheely, of Germantown, returned to the field despite bleeding from his forehead during four consecutive practice sessions in August 2011. He was never checked for a concussion or to see if his helmet was properly fitted, the lawsuit said.
“One of Derek’s teammates described the demeanor of the practices leading up to Derek’s fatal injury as completely ‘out of control,’” the lawsuit said. “What is more, the word ‘concussion’ is not stated a single time in Frostburg’s team policies. Thus, the coaches treated all injuries — brain injuries and ankle sprains — the same: You were expected to play through them.”
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Detectives Arrest Three In Seaford Racketeering Ring
Location: 8000 block of Garden Lane, Seaford, DE
Date of Occurrence: January - February 2013
Defendant, Charges, and Bond Information:
Vinod Singh, 35, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Theft Greater than $50,000.00
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $38,000.00 unsecured bond.
Terretta L. Lassiter, 22, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $31,000.00 unsecured bond.
Thaddeus E. Boldon, 26, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $31,000.00 unsecured bond.
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Seaford, DE- The Delaware State Police in cooperation with the United States Secret Service and United States Postal Inspection Service has arrested three people in connection with a "Nigerian Scam."
The investigation began back on February 7, 2013 after detectives with the Financial Crimes Unit out of Troop 4 in Georgetown received information from Marion Police Department in Iowa about some stolen property that had been shipped to an address in Delaware. Detectives then obtained a search warrant of the house located in the 8000 block of Garden Lane and upon execution were unable to locate the property in question. The homeowner was questions about any packages that arrived at the house and informed the investigators that Vinod Singh had met with a FedEx delivery person and signed for the packages earlier that day.
Detectives then responded to a residence on Baker Mill Road in Seaford where Singh actually resides. He was contacted and questioned about the packages and provided information about receiving a phone call about a job opportunity after posting a resume online. His job was to pick up two packages, which contained IPods, IPhones, jewelry, and approximately $15,000.00 in cash, that was to be delivered to an address on Garden Lane and then continue to send them on to another undetermined address, and, at that time, he would receive cash for his services. Singh then conspired with his niece Terretta Lassiter and her boyfriend, Thaddeus Bolden, after bringing the packages to their house, to wire the enclosed money to the employer in Nigeria.
Through the investigation it was also determined that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service had been alerted back in February of 2013 regarding an identity theft and credit card account takeover after Bank of America credit cards were being fraudulently issued to an address in the 8000 block of Garden Lane in Seaford. The suspects would impersonate the card holder, and using stolen information of the account holder request a new card be sent to the Seaford address. Upon receipt of the new card, the suspect, who was later identified as Vinod Singh, would make numerous cash advances at local banks and casinos totaling more than $50,000.00.
Vinod Singh, Terretta L. Lassiter, and Thaddeus E. Bolden were all arrested at Troop 4 on Monday August 26, 2013 upon the conclusion of the joint investigation and released on unsecured bonds.
The homeowner at the Garden Lane address was unaware of any of the illegal acts being conducted and had no involvement in the crimes in any way.
Date of Occurrence: January - February 2013
Defendant, Charges, and Bond Information:
Vinod Singh, 35, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Theft Greater than $50,000.00
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $38,000.00 unsecured bond.
Terretta L. Lassiter, 22, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $31,000.00 unsecured bond.
Thaddeus E. Boldon, 26, Seaford, DE (Photo Attached)
Racketeering
Money Laundering
Receiving Stolen Property over $1,500.00
Conspiracy 2nd
Arraigned at JP2 and released on $31,000.00 unsecured bond.
Resume:
Seaford, DE- The Delaware State Police in cooperation with the United States Secret Service and United States Postal Inspection Service has arrested three people in connection with a "Nigerian Scam."
The investigation began back on February 7, 2013 after detectives with the Financial Crimes Unit out of Troop 4 in Georgetown received information from Marion Police Department in Iowa about some stolen property that had been shipped to an address in Delaware. Detectives then obtained a search warrant of the house located in the 8000 block of Garden Lane and upon execution were unable to locate the property in question. The homeowner was questions about any packages that arrived at the house and informed the investigators that Vinod Singh had met with a FedEx delivery person and signed for the packages earlier that day.
Detectives then responded to a residence on Baker Mill Road in Seaford where Singh actually resides. He was contacted and questioned about the packages and provided information about receiving a phone call about a job opportunity after posting a resume online. His job was to pick up two packages, which contained IPods, IPhones, jewelry, and approximately $15,000.00 in cash, that was to be delivered to an address on Garden Lane and then continue to send them on to another undetermined address, and, at that time, he would receive cash for his services. Singh then conspired with his niece Terretta Lassiter and her boyfriend, Thaddeus Bolden, after bringing the packages to their house, to wire the enclosed money to the employer in Nigeria.
Through the investigation it was also determined that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service had been alerted back in February of 2013 regarding an identity theft and credit card account takeover after Bank of America credit cards were being fraudulently issued to an address in the 8000 block of Garden Lane in Seaford. The suspects would impersonate the card holder, and using stolen information of the account holder request a new card be sent to the Seaford address. Upon receipt of the new card, the suspect, who was later identified as Vinod Singh, would make numerous cash advances at local banks and casinos totaling more than $50,000.00.
Vinod Singh, Terretta L. Lassiter, and Thaddeus E. Bolden were all arrested at Troop 4 on Monday August 26, 2013 upon the conclusion of the joint investigation and released on unsecured bonds.
The homeowner at the Garden Lane address was unaware of any of the illegal acts being conducted and had no involvement in the crimes in any way.
NSA Paid Millions To Google, Yahoo, Microsoft For Surveillance
Top-secret documents obtained by The Guardianreveal the National Security Agency (NSA) paid millions of dollars to Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to cover costs associated with the agency's PRISM surveillance program.
The revelation is the the first evidence of a financial relationship between the government and Silicon Valley, the newspaper claims.
The government is required to cover compliance costs. Critics say Silicon Valley and the federal government's increasing coziness creates opportunities for collusion and costly cronyism at the expense of taxpayers.
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The revelation is the the first evidence of a financial relationship between the government and Silicon Valley, the newspaper claims.
The government is required to cover compliance costs. Critics say Silicon Valley and the federal government's increasing coziness creates opportunities for collusion and costly cronyism at the expense of taxpayers.
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OC Parking Meter Petition Successful: Counsil Votes To Repeal Paid Parking Ordinance
As a result of the paid parking petition officially garnering enough signatures to be placed on the ballot as a referendum, the Ocean City Council voted this afternoon to repeal the recent ordinance that created new parking areas in certain parts of town, such as on 146th Street oceanside. The ordinance will officially be repealed next week at a legislative session, but city officials reported at the meeting that the Cale machines installed earlier this summer at the new areas will be bagged immediately. According to Staff Writer Joanne Shriner, who is covering the meeting, 1,226 signatures were needed for the petition to be successful and 1,648 signatures were ruled valid with 123 being deemed invalid. It's believed today's vote of the council to abandon the current areas was made instead of a referendum being held at a later date to garner resident opinions on the matter. Full story to come later.
Photo: The parking machine at the 65th Street parking lot in front of the police station and District Court building is pictured earlier today. As a result of today's vote, the machine and those like it recently approved in new areas will be bagged. Photo by Steve Green
Changes Made at MD Prison
The Chief of Security at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland was removed and reassigned by the state department corrections Monday.
The state said they did not react to a threat made by inmates.
That's against state policy.
A spokesman for the state prison system said they've found a number of problems with how staff followed the notification policy and expect more disciplinary action.
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The state said they did not react to a threat made by inmates.
That's against state policy.
A spokesman for the state prison system said they've found a number of problems with how staff followed the notification policy and expect more disciplinary action.
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