Not that he probably learned anything.
It's fun to watch Meet the Press - OK, that's probably taking it too far - it's briefly satisfying to watch Meet the Press when Chuck Todd comes up against someone who refuses to be trapped by his disingenuous questions. And Paul Ryan is one of those someones. Challenged by Todd on the matter of Speaker John Boehner inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress - without involving the White House in the decision - Ryan was having none of Todd's implication that Congress was overstepping its bounds on the matter.
That got Todd to admit his real issue with the situation, and Ryan destroyed that argument too. Watch and enjoy:
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Check out Walker Surging in Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is surging, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is an also-ran and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is dominating in a new poll of Iowans likely to vote in the nation's first presidential nominating contest.
The Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, taken Monday through Thursday, shows Walker leading a wide-open Republican race with 15 percent, up from just 4 percent in the same poll in October. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was at 14 percent and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008, stood at 10 percent.
Bush trailed with 8 percent and increasingly is viewed negatively by likely Republican caucus-goers. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in even worse shape, with support from just 4 percent. More troubling for Christie: He's viewed unfavorably by 54 percent, among the highest negative ratings in the potential field. At 9 percent, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pulls more support than either Bush or Christie.
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The Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, taken Monday through Thursday, shows Walker leading a wide-open Republican race with 15 percent, up from just 4 percent in the same poll in October. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was at 14 percent and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008, stood at 10 percent.
Bush trailed with 8 percent and increasingly is viewed negatively by likely Republican caucus-goers. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in even worse shape, with support from just 4 percent. More troubling for Christie: He's viewed unfavorably by 54 percent, among the highest negative ratings in the potential field. At 9 percent, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pulls more support than either Bush or Christie.
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Convicted Murderer's 4 Final Words Describe the Last Thing He Felt in the Execution Chamber
Eighteen years ago, Robert Ladd strangled and bludgeoned Vicki Ann Garner to death while on parole for a triple murder. This last week, he met justice in the lethal injection chamber.
However, many are now saying his last words prove that the death penalty is inhumane. Others, though, are saying that they prove capital punishment is just for monsters like Ladd.
As the drugs began to work on Ladd, he reportedly cried out, “Stings my arm, man!” Those were his last words, and after 27 minutes, he was dead.
Many are now using his last words as proof that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, because apparently stinging is now cruel and unusual.
Anyhow, given that the man killed a 38-year-old woman by strangulation and hitting her with a hammer, it’s not like this is a person undeserving of a little bit of pain.
However, many are now saying his last words prove that the death penalty is inhumane. Others, though, are saying that they prove capital punishment is just for monsters like Ladd.
As the drugs began to work on Ladd, he reportedly cried out, “Stings my arm, man!” Those were his last words, and after 27 minutes, he was dead.
Many are now using his last words as proof that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, because apparently stinging is now cruel and unusual.
Anyhow, given that the man killed a 38-year-old woman by strangulation and hitting her with a hammer, it’s not like this is a person undeserving of a little bit of pain.
Ladd did try to apologize to the family before the execution — sort of.
“I really, really hope and pray you don’t have hatred in your heart,” he told Garner’s family after the apology (H/T Opposing Views).
“A revenge death won’t get you anything.”
Garner’s sister, meanwhile, is just happy the ordeal is over.
“I did not think, 18-plus years ago, that I would still be fighting for justice for her,” said Teresa Garner Wooten.
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“I really, really hope and pray you don’t have hatred in your heart,” he told Garner’s family after the apology (H/T Opposing Views).
“A revenge death won’t get you anything.”
Garner’s sister, meanwhile, is just happy the ordeal is over.
“I did not think, 18-plus years ago, that I would still be fighting for justice for her,” said Teresa Garner Wooten.
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Radio Show Comments about the Chicken Industry
The Baltimore Marc Steiner radio program on Friday had a live broadcast from Annapolis with Senator President Mike Miller, House Speaker Michael Busch, Governor Hogan, and Attorney General Brian Frosh. Keep in mind that Steiner is no fan of the chicken industry and conventional agriculture.
The chicken industry was brought up a few times during the three segments and you can hear those comments through the links below.
Miller and Busch answered questions about the PMT and the idea of legislation seemingly endorsed by the Food and Water Watch group to have the state impose restrictions on contracts between chicken growers and chicken companies. You might pleasantly be surprised by some of Mr. Miller’s comments on the PMT.
You can listen to the Miller and Busch segment here. http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-senate-president-miller-house-speaker-busch/
The PMT discussion starts at 9:50. Then there is a question about the state budget, and then the Food and Water Watch question.
Shown below is a newspaper story shared with us by Nick Manis dealing with the segment with the attorney general. You can hear the Attorney General Brian Frosh radio interview at http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-attorney-general-brian-frosh/. At 4:20 of the interview, Food and Water Watch asks Frosh a question about legislation to make the chicken companies responsible for dead birds and manure. After that answer, there is a question about the attorney general’s role in government, and then a Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future guy asks if Frosh will lead an effort to end the current contract system in the chicken industry. Then there are several environmental question related to agriculture and other sectors.
The chicken industry was brought up a few times during the three segments and you can hear those comments through the links below.
Miller and Busch answered questions about the PMT and the idea of legislation seemingly endorsed by the Food and Water Watch group to have the state impose restrictions on contracts between chicken growers and chicken companies. You might pleasantly be surprised by some of Mr. Miller’s comments on the PMT.
You can listen to the Miller and Busch segment here. http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-senate-president-miller-house-speaker-busch/
The PMT discussion starts at 9:50. Then there is a question about the state budget, and then the Food and Water Watch question.
Shown below is a newspaper story shared with us by Nick Manis dealing with the segment with the attorney general. You can hear the Attorney General Brian Frosh radio interview at http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-attorney-general-brian-frosh/. At 4:20 of the interview, Food and Water Watch asks Frosh a question about legislation to make the chicken companies responsible for dead birds and manure. After that answer, there is a question about the attorney general’s role in government, and then a Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future guy asks if Frosh will lead an effort to end the current contract system in the chicken industry. Then there are several environmental question related to agriculture and other sectors.
Major Western Country BANS Muslims From Building New Mosques
Unlike the cowards in our White House, Italians have no problem naming the threat to their country: radical Islam.
Now leaders from the Northern Italian region of Lombardy have gone a step further by passing a provisional law that forbids any more mosques to be built, while at the same time establishing monitoring for those mosques already in existence.
The law was written in a way that limits construction of places of worship that do not have agreements with the Italian government.
Islam is the only major religion that is not a recognized in Italy, so the new regulation is being referred to as the “anti-mosque law.”
Those mosques already in existence would also be required to install closed circuit television cameras so that law enforcement could watch and listen in to make sure there is no radicalization taking place.
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Now leaders from the Northern Italian region of Lombardy have gone a step further by passing a provisional law that forbids any more mosques to be built, while at the same time establishing monitoring for those mosques already in existence.
The law was written in a way that limits construction of places of worship that do not have agreements with the Italian government.
Islam is the only major religion that is not a recognized in Italy, so the new regulation is being referred to as the “anti-mosque law.”
Those mosques already in existence would also be required to install closed circuit television cameras so that law enforcement could watch and listen in to make sure there is no radicalization taking place.
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Today I found out that Napoleon Bonaparte was not in fact especially short.
The myth that he was short stems primarily from the fact that he is listed as 5 feet 2 inches tall at the time of his death. However, this is 5 feet 2 inches in French units. In modern international units, he was just shy of 5 feet 7 inches. Now I know you are saying “well that is still pretty short”. That is true by modern day standards in certain places in the world, such as the United States. However, at the time in France, the average height for an adult male was about 5 feet 5 inches in modern international units. So in fact, he was quite tall for his day.
Despite this fact, Napoleon is primarily remembered for two things; being a master tactician and being short. The so called “Napoleon Complex” named after him, describes men who have an inferiority complex or more aptly “Short Man Syndrome”.
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Half Of U.S. Government-Run School Population Is Low Income
Remember how we said Americans were hurting? Especially black Americans? And how it was all due to “spreading the wealth around?” And how that was, well, no good?
Yeah … here’s the latest evidence of all that …
According to a new report from the left-leaning Southern Education Foundation, more than half of all students in America’s failed government-run education system are now classified as “low income” – meaning their parents’ poor financial standing qualifies them for free or reduced lunches. By comparison, this number stood at 32 percent back in 1989.
(Not) shockingly, the group compiling the data views the obvious answer to the problem as “more government.”
“Without improving the educational support that the nation provides its low income students – students with the largest needs and usually with the least support — the trends of the last decade will be prologue for a nation not at risk, but a nation in decline,” the group’s vice president Steve Suitts said.
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Yeah … here’s the latest evidence of all that …
According to a new report from the left-leaning Southern Education Foundation, more than half of all students in America’s failed government-run education system are now classified as “low income” – meaning their parents’ poor financial standing qualifies them for free or reduced lunches. By comparison, this number stood at 32 percent back in 1989.
(Not) shockingly, the group compiling the data views the obvious answer to the problem as “more government.”
“Without improving the educational support that the nation provides its low income students – students with the largest needs and usually with the least support — the trends of the last decade will be prologue for a nation not at risk, but a nation in decline,” the group’s vice president Steve Suitts said.
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ICE: Transgender Illegals Guaranteed ‘Right to Hormone Therapy’ in Detention
“With respect to treatment while in detention - the medical care standard - the standards guarantees a right to hormone therapy for individuals who need it for treatment, and even in facilities that are not covered by that standard. Our ICE House Service Corps is very vigilant on that issue to ensuring that individuals receive necessary hormone therapy,” said Kevin Landy, assistant director of the ICE office of detention policy and planning.
According to Commission Chairman Martin Castro, the Department of Homeland Security is the “largest agency that has custody of transgender individuals.”
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Here's How Much it Takes to Join your State's 1%
How much does it take to be in the 1%? It definitely doesn’t take millions, and it all depends on where you live.
According to a recent report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, to be in the 1% looks something like this:
According to a recent report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, to be in the 1% looks something like this:
They’re Accused of Dropping a Large Rock From an Overpass and Severely Injuring a Mom in a Moving Car. Now They Want a Huge Concession From the Court.
The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports that attorneys for Dylan Lahr, Keefer McGee and Tyler Porter filed motions late last month in Union County Court seeking the move.
The 18-year-old defendants were 17 on July 10 when the large rock — about the size of a softball— smashed through the windshield of a car on Interstate 80, striking 52-year-old Sharon Budd of Uniontown in the face.
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A License to Braid Hair? Critics Say State Licensing Rules Have Gone Too Far
But Earl has done no advertising and has been running Twistykinks only through word of mouth. That’s because what she is doing is illegal under Arkansas law, where she needs a cosmetology license to braid hair. That would mean 1,500 hours of training, passing two exams and paying thousands of dollars to attend a cosmetology school that doesn’t even teach hair braiding.
“It’s totally discriminatory against hair braiders,” said Earl, 33. “I don’t think we should have to be held to the same standards and guidelines as cosmetologists and barbers. Hair braiding does not involve chemicals or cutting or dying the hair. We don’t even shampoo it.”
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Dover Downs Gaming reports $706,000 loss for 2014
Net loss was for the fourth quarter was $516,000, compared with $418,000 a year earlier. The loss for the year was 706,000, compared with net earnings of $13,,000 in 2013.
The loss would have been greater had it not been for assistance from the state that came out of the end of legislative sessions in the last two years. Dover Downs also saw lower interest expenses on debt.
The company’s revenues were $45,711,000 for the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with $46,592,000 for the fourth quarter of 2013.
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'They Could Have Retreated'—Why It's Time the Police Use this New Tactic
We need to take that attitude to the street. If you would just imagine if Officer Wilson in Ferguson had just taken a step back after the confrontation with the vehicle and after Michael Brown ran away. Just after he called for backup that was 90 seconds away. Where was Michael Brown going to go? He’s going to the hospital, he’s been shot. He’s not going to Kathmandu, on an airplane. You’re going to catch him. Just take a step back. In Mr. Garner’s case, as well. When he puts his hands like this it’s like, “ok ok,” when they get on his back, take a step back. In the Cleveland case with the child, if you drive your car in like that, if you have an escaped felon with a gun you’re dead, he’s going to shoot you as soon as you drive up. What kind of tactic is that? So take a step back and be smart and we can police better than we’re doing.
That is a very common sense suggestion. Despite the fancy gear and the defensive attitude, police aren’t actually at war with the population they patrol and it makes no sense that they go from zero to 60 in the blink of an eye when they have other options. The decision to shoot Mike Brown will be a matter of debate for some time to come. But it’s the decision to get out of the car and pursue him before his backup arrived that should really be questioned.
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BREAKING NEWS: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL ON BYPASS
Wicomico First Alert
UPDATE:
The plan is for County and State Roads Department to put sand on all the affected areas.
This will be a time consuming event.
4 fire departments, 3 police agencies, 2 roads departments, and emergency management are working the scene.
SALISBURY & FRUITLAND / STATIONS 1 & 3 / HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL / SALISBURY BYPASS NEAR NORTHBOUND EXIT OF SNOW HILL RD AND COLBOURN MILL RD NEAR NUTTERS CROSS RD
**SEVERAL AREA AFFECTED**
Agencies responding:
Salisbury Fire Department
Fruitland Fire Department
Parsonsburg Fire Department
Pittsville Fire Department
Delmar Fire Department
Hebron Fire Department
Wicomico Emergency Management
State Roads Department
Wicomico County Roads
Wicomico Sheriff's Office
Maryland State Police
Salisbury Police
O’Malley raises $191k for political action committee
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is considering a presidential run, has released his latest fundraising report for his political action committee.
The report released Saturday shows he raised more than $191,000 from Nov. 25 to Dec. 31 in a federal account and a non-federal account combined.
O’Malley, a Democrat, is reporting he has nearly $905,000 cash on hand in the two accounts combined.
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The report released Saturday shows he raised more than $191,000 from Nov. 25 to Dec. 31 in a federal account and a non-federal account combined.
O’Malley, a Democrat, is reporting he has nearly $905,000 cash on hand in the two accounts combined.
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Revealed: Gov't Surveillance Is Much More Developed Than You Thought
Federal agencies tried to use vehicle license-plate readers to track the travel patterns of Americans on a much wider scale than previously thought, with new documents showing the technology was proposed for use to monitor public meetings.
The American Civil Liberties Union released more documents this week revealing for the first time the potential scale of a massive database containing the data of millions of drivers, logged from automatic license plate readers around the US.
As President Obama’s nominee for attorney general prepared for a second day of confirmation hearings in Washington, senior lawmakers also called on the US Justice Department to show “greater transparency and oversight”.
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The American Civil Liberties Union released more documents this week revealing for the first time the potential scale of a massive database containing the data of millions of drivers, logged from automatic license plate readers around the US.
As President Obama’s nominee for attorney general prepared for a second day of confirmation hearings in Washington, senior lawmakers also called on the US Justice Department to show “greater transparency and oversight”.
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Lawmakers To Debate Worker Sick Leave Bill
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The bill would require businesses with more than 9 employees to allow their employees to earn paid sick leave.
A full time employee could earn one hour of sick leave for every thirty hours worked.
A worker could earn up to 56 hours or seven days of sick leave every year, to use when either they are sick, or they need to treat a sick child or other relatives.
The legislation includes coverage for those who are victims of rape or domestic violence.
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Police Units Specialize in Forensics Reviews of Smartphones, Tablets
Police in the Washington, D.C., area are performing a fast-rising number of investigations and forensics reviews of smartphones, according to a review of police reports by the News4 I-Team. Those investigations, which often include a review of a criminal suspect’s text messages and photos, have increased demand for forensics specialists and allowed local police to break a series of recent cases.
The I-Team’s review found Virginia state police performed 245 forensic reviews of cellphones and tablets in the past two years, a 25 percent increase from 2010-11. Maryland State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit, which also reviews the contents of portable electronic devices, performed 188 investigations into phones or tablets in the past two years, also an increase from prior years.
D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences has just opened a new “digital evidence unit” to clear a swelling backlog of requests for cellphone forensic analyses. The unit is run by Paul Reedy, a former computer forensics specialist for the Australian Federal Police. Reedy said demand for forensic review of smartphones is growing exponentially.
“Phones can provide all manner of evidence,” he said. “Phones are ubiquitous in modern life, and no matter what happens, no matter what a person is doing, whether it’s an innocuous daily task or engaging in something they shouldn’t be doing, there is going to be a phone present.”
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The I-Team’s review found Virginia state police performed 245 forensic reviews of cellphones and tablets in the past two years, a 25 percent increase from 2010-11. Maryland State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit, which also reviews the contents of portable electronic devices, performed 188 investigations into phones or tablets in the past two years, also an increase from prior years.
D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences has just opened a new “digital evidence unit” to clear a swelling backlog of requests for cellphone forensic analyses. The unit is run by Paul Reedy, a former computer forensics specialist for the Australian Federal Police. Reedy said demand for forensic review of smartphones is growing exponentially.
“Phones can provide all manner of evidence,” he said. “Phones are ubiquitous in modern life, and no matter what happens, no matter what a person is doing, whether it’s an innocuous daily task or engaging in something they shouldn’t be doing, there is going to be a phone present.”
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