Troopers Looking For Lincoln, DE Man After Shots Fired During Domestic Incident

Location:  Unit block of Bryan Drive, Rehoboth, DE

 

Date of Occurrence:   Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

 

Victims: 

 

-65 year old Rehoboth, DE man

-30 year old Rehoboth, DE man

-38 year old Rehoboth, DE man

 

Defendant:  Lee Kabino, 30, Rehoboth, DE

 

Charges: 

 

-Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony

-Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited

-Reckless Endangering 1^st degree (2 counts)

 

Suspect: Jeffery Kabino, 38, Pine Tree Lane, Lincoln, DE. White male, 5’08” tall, 175 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes.

 

Charges:

 

-Burglary 2^nd degree

-Assault 2^nd degree

-Aggravated Menacing (2 counts)

-Terroristic Threatening (2 counts)

-Criminal Mischief

 

Resume:   The Delaware State Police have arrested one man and are searching for a second after a domestic incident in Rehoboth, DE on Thursday afternoon.

 

The incident occurred at approximately 1:00 p.m. on November 18^th, as Jeffery Kabino responded to his father’s residence located in the unit block of Bryan Drive in Rehoboth. Jeffery Kabino, who is banned from entering the residence, asked to use the telephone; however the 65 year old father refused to let him inside. Jeffery Kabino then attempted to push past his father and a struggle ensued between the two which spilled into the house. At one point during the fight, Jeffery Kabino armed himself with a steak knife and pointed it at his father, threatening to kill him as well as his 30 year old brother, Lee Kabino, who also resides in the residence. Lee Kabino then responded to his bedroom and retrieved an AK-47 assault rifle and told Jeffery Kabino to leave the house. Lee and his father were able to get Jeffery Kabino out of the house; however, he again attempted to push his way back inside. It was at this point that Lee Kabino shot one round from the assault rifle through the front door of the residence close to where the 65 year old father and Jeffery Kabino were standing. He did not strike either of them however. Jeffery Kabino then fled from the house.

 

Troopers arrested Lee Kabino for the above listed charges. He was arraigned at JP Court 2 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution for lack of $14,000.00 secured bail.

 

Warrants are currently on file for Jeffery Kabino for the above list of charges.

 

If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Jeffery Kabino, they are asked to contact Troop 7 at 302-644-5020 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Information may also be provided via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com.

Millsboro Motorcyclist Critically Injured in Accident

Location: John J. Williams Highway (SR 24) at Long Neck Road (SR 23), Millsboro, DE

 

Date of Occurrence: Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 9:20 a.m.

 

Operators/Vehicles:

 

Operator #1: Belon V. Pinon, 68, Millsboro, DE

Vehicle #1: 2005 Honda CRV

 

Operator #2: Kenneth J. Lynch, 74, Millsboro, DE

Vehicle #2: 2000 Harley Davidson Motorcycle

 

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Millsboro- The Delaware State Police is currently investigating a serious crash in which a motorcyclist was critically injured this morning in Millsboro.

 

The incident occurred at approximately 9:20 a.m. this morning as Kenneth J. Lynch, 74, of Millsboro, DE was operating a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle and was traveling eastbound on SR 24 approaching Long Neck Road. As Lynch entered the intersection on a green light, a 2005 Honda CRV, which was being operated by Belon V. Pinon, 68, of Millsboro, DE made a left hand turn in front of him from westbound SR 24 onto southbound Long Neck Road.  Lynch’s motorcycle struck the front of the Honda causing him to be ejected. Lynch, who was not wearing a helmet, then struck the front windshield of the Honda with his head and was then thrown to the ground. Kenneth Lynch was flown by helicopter from the scene to the Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE where he has been admitted in critical condition with serious head trauma. Belon Pinon was transported from the scene by EMS to Beebe Memorial Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries. This crash is still under investigation. The intersection of SR 23 and SR 24 was closed for approximately 2 hours as the crash was investigated and cleared. It is now open again.

Tancredo: The 'Dream Act'-- Amnesty For Millions

When Congress convenes for its lame-duck session on Nov. 29, it will be asked by Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid to vote on an amnesty bill deceptively called the "Dream Act" by its open-borders supporters. If passed, it will be a nightmare for the rule of law and a death knell for genuine immigration reform.

That this amnesty bill is being taken up by the lame-duck session of a Congress that has been soundly repudiated by the American people is bad enough. Lame-duck sessions ought to consider only emergency bills with broad bipartisan backing, not contentious measures that can only be passed by politicians who can ignore the will of voters. But that is eerily in keeping with the dishonest character of the long debate over the Dream Act.

I say the debate is dishonest because the bill's true intent is hidden behind humanitarian appeals, deceptive numbers and misrepresentations. Most dishonest of all is the insistence that enacting this amnesty for over 2 million individuals will not have any incentive effect for others who will rationally calculate that they can get the same thing for their children if they can smuggle them across our border.

For the past 30 years, each amnesty has been sold to Congress as "the last amnesty," and each one lays the groundwork for the next. That anyone chooses to believe the opposite is testimony to the power of self-deception.

Ostensibly, the proposal will bar deportation and grant a path to citizenship to an estimated 2 million individuals who were brought to the U.S. as children by their illegal-alien parents. Any person up to the age of 35 can apply for this prize merely by enrolling in college or the military. They don't have to finish college; they merely have to enroll for two years – and if they drop out of a two-year college program, they can apply for a waiver under the law's "hardship" provisions. No one can be deported once an application is made, even if it takes years to adjudicate.

Contrary to the packaging, this is not an amnesty for "kids trying to go to college" unless a 34 year-old who came here at age 7 and stayed illegally for 27 years can be called a kid. Criminal aliens convicted of marriage fraud, visa fraud, multiple DUIs, voter fraud and other "minor crimes" will be eligible for this amnesty.

A second dishonesty is in the estimated number of illegal aliens who may qualify. The number widely used is 2.1 million. Why should we be skeptical of this number? First, there is the rudimentary fact that the federal government does not know how many illegal aliens are in the United States today and continually low-balls the number to minimize the problem. The official U.S. Census estimate of 11.3 million is a laughable figure. Independent estimates not constrained by political expediency have ranged from 20 million to 35 million. In 2006 Time magazine estimated that 3 million new interlopers cross the border each year. Visa overstays alone are at least 5 million.

A second reason for doubt about the number is the immigration bureaucracy's poor record in making such estimates. In 1986, when Congress was considering the amnesty included in the Immigration Reform and Control Act, a federal interagency task force spent weeks studying the data from several sources. They concluded that perhaps 2.2 million people might qualify under the provisions of the act. Ten years after it passed, over 4 million had been granted amnesty.

A third reason I can confidently predict that the number who "qualify" for amnesty under the Dream Act will be at least double the official estimate is the absolute certainty of epidemic document fraud in student visas, ID cards, utility bills, rent receipts and pay stubs. Document fraud was rampant after the 1986 amnesty, and the technology for producing fake documents is far better today than in 1986.      

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Obama's Assassination List

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights have brought suit against the Obama administration for ordering the targeted killing of American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to be holed up in Yemen. These groups argue that the president doesn't have the legal authority to order the assassination of American citizens. That's right, so in order for the kill order to stand, Awlaki should be stripped of his citizenship.

President Obama has exceeded his power in ordering Awlaki's assassination. Americans abroad are protected by constitutional guarantees of due process, at least when faced with U.S. government action. The implications of Mr. Obama having the legal authority to place American citizens abroad on a government hit list are too alarming to contemplate. If the precedent of unilaterally targeting Awlaki without due process stands, then anyone could go on the list.

Awlaki would no longer have constitutional protections if he lost his citizenship. In 1940, Congress passed legislation that established a number of statutory "expatriating acts," which automatically voided American citizenship if undertaken voluntarily. These included taking an oath to a foreign power, serving in the military of a country at war with the United States, or committing treason. The intent of Congress was to make clear that some actions were by their nature fatal to being an American.      

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Black Republican: Black Caucus Preaches Victimization And Dependency

Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.), who said he plans to become the only black Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, accused the organization of failing the black community by promoting dependence on government welfare programs.

"The Congressional Black Caucus cannot continue to be a monolithic voice that promotes these liberal social welfare policies and programs that are failing in the Black community, that are preaching victimization and dependency, that's not the way that we should go," West said on Fox News Friday. "And those are not the types of principles that my mother and father raised me with in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia."

West is one of two black Republicans elected to Congress during the mid-term; Tim Scott (R-S.C.) declined to join the CBC after it said it would welcome both men. West said despite his criticisms, his deceased parents would be "absolutely appalled" if he chose not to join the caucus.

"I think it's important that we have varying perspectives and insights that can challenge in the Congressional Black Caucus, and I think it will make things better for the Black community as we go forth in the 21st century," he said.
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Obama Foreign Policy Agenda Fraying At Home And Abroad

President Barack Obama hoped to use the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, to breathe new life into a foreign policy agenda that has sustained a substantial battering in a series of recent setbacks.

Hitting the “reset” button on his foreign policy won’t come cheaply, however. Even if the president can win agreement to extend NATO’s stay in Afghanistan to 2014, doing so figures to further alienate the president’s increasingly anti-war base.

“I think a foreign policy in chaos, is how you would describe it,” Helle Dale, a Heritage Foundation senior foreign policy analyst, tells Newsmax. “There were many people who bought into the Obama charisma that the mere presence of Barack Obama in the White House would change the world. And it hasn’t.

“What you’re seeing now,” she adds, “is those dreams meeting the hard realities, which is to say that people around the world have their own interests, their own agendas, and they are not going to simply follow along.”

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The 'Israelification' Of Airports: High Security, Little Bother

While North America's airports groan under the weight of another sea-change in security protocols, one word keeps popping out of the mouths of experts: Israelification.

That is, how can we make our airports more like Israel's, which deal with far greater terror threat with far less inconvenience.

"It is mindboggling for us Israelis to look at what happens in North America, because we went through this 50 years ago," said Rafi Sela, the president of AR Challenges, a global transportation security consultancy. He's worked with the RCMP, the U.S. Navy Seals and airports around the world.

"Israelis, unlike Canadians and Americans, don't take ---- from anybody. When the security agency in Israel (the ISA) started to tighten security and we had to wait in line for — not for hours — but 30 or 40 minutes, all hell broke loose here. We said, 'We're not going to do this. You're going to find a way that will take care of security without touching the efficiency of the airport."

That, in a nutshell is "Israelification" - a system that protects life and limb without annoying you to death.

Despite facing dozens of potential threats each day, the security set-up at Israel's largest hub, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, has not been breached since 2002, when a passenger mistakenly carried a handgun onto a flight. How do they manage that?

"The first thing you do is to look at who is coming into your airport," said Sela.

The first layer of actual security that greets travellers at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport is a roadside check. All drivers are stopped and asked two questions: How are you? Where are you coming from?

"Two benign questions. The questions aren't important. The way people act when they answer them is," Sela said.

Officers are looking for nervousness or other signs of "distress" — behavioural profiling. Sela rejects the argument that profiling is discriminatory.

"The word 'profiling' is a political invention by people who don't want to do security," he said. "To us, it doesn't matter if he's black, white, young or old. It's just his behaviour. So what kind of privacy am I really stepping on when I'm doing this?"

Once you've parked your car or gotten off your bus, you pass through the second and third security perimeters.

Armed guards outside the terminal are trained to observe passengers as they move toward the doors, again looking for odd behaviour. At Ben Gurion's half-dozen entrances, another layer of security are watching. At this point, some travellers will be randomly taken aside, and their person and their luggage run through a magnometer.

"This is to see that you don't have heavy metals on you or something that looks suspicious," said Sela.

You are now in the terminal. As you approach your airline check-in desk, a trained interviewer takes your passport and ticket. They ask a series of questions: Who packed your luggage? Has it left your side?

"The whole time, they are looking into your eyes — which is very embarrassing. But this is one of the ways they figure out if you are suspicious or not. It takes 20, 25 seconds," said Sela.       
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Napolitano Considering Allowing Muslim Women To Pat Themselves Down At Airports

With the holidays fast approaching, the TSA has announced new security procedures requiring passengers selected for secondary screening to go through a machine that produces a full body scan producing a nude but grainy, black and white image. Passengers choosing to opt out of the scan will face a full body pat.

The head of Homeland Security has indicated the government is considering the request of an Islamic organization that has suggested Muslim women be allowed to pat themselves down during a full body search that is part of new enhanced procedures at airports.

Since implementing the procedures, numerous complaints have arisen that the search is not a “pat-down” but rather feeling and grabbing along a person’s genitalia and other areas until they meet resistance. Critics have said the pat-downs would be considered sexual assault if performed elsewhere.

The TSA defends the procedures as necessary in light of last years “underwear bomber” and the recent issues involving printer cartridges being used in an attempt to blow up cargo planes.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has expressed concern with the TSA over the regulations and recommended special procedures for dealing with Muslim women. The organization issued a travel advisory for Muslims over the procedure.

In the advisory CAIR advises all Muslims to contact them and file a complaint with the TSA if they experience any “disturbing incidents” with the new procedures and they feel they have been unfairly singled out for screening.

It goes on to make special recommendations for Muslim women wearing a hijab covering their face. The advisory says women are to inform the officer they are only to pat down the head and neck and says “They should not subject you to a full-body or partial body pat-down.” They also recommend that women should be permitted to pat themselves down and “have the officers perform a chemical swipe of your hands.”

Barack Obama’s Homeland Security Czar, Janet Napolitano, is considering changes to the procedures to address the issues raised by CAIR.       
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Ron Paul Set To Hammer Federal Reserve

Change is about to come to monetary policy on Capitol Hill, but it might not be the type of change President Obama or Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have in mind.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a strong critic of fiat monetary policies, is scheduled as the ranking member to become in January the chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, commonly known as the "House monetary subcommittee."

Known for his outspoken criticism of the Federal Reserve and for his determination to return the U.S. dollar to some form of a gold standard, Paul, as chair of the House monetary subcommittee, will have a position of authority from which to hold a serious and robust public debate about decades of government monetary and fiscal policy.

In an exclusive interview, WND asked Paul what he plans to do once he becomes chairman of the panel.

"First and foremost, I want the subcommittee to actually begin talking about monetary policy," Paul said. "The Federal Reserve has insisted that Congress has no role in monetary policy. But that's not what the Constitution says."

Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns to Congress the right to coin money; the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created the Federal Reserve. There is no mention of a U.S. central bank in the Constitution.

In Congress, Paul has been in the lead, sounding the alarm as federal budget deficits under President Obama have escalated in fiscal year 2010 to $1.3 trillion, while the national debt has mounted to nearly $14 trillion, a sum that nearly equals the nation's gross domestic product.

"The Fed operates in secret," Paul said. "What the subcommittee needs is to act like a monetary policy committee. What we need is an honest debate in which subcommittee can bring to the American public views the Fed may never consider."

Paul's assumption of the chair of the House monetary subcommittee will bring an emphasis on issues that have coalesced in the tea party movement – smaller federal government, balanced federal budgets and the return to a market economy.       
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Tin Man

Joe, I was out hunting today and went by the tin man cycles scene. I hadn't heard that it was arson! The whole front porch has been torched.

Fernando Guerrero Still Undefeated

Fernando Guerrero won with a 3rd Round TKO. More to come.....

19 Senators Who Voted To Censor The Internet This Morning

19 Senators who voted to censor the internet this morning:

• Patrick J. Leahy — Vermont
• Herb Kohl — Wisconsin
• Jeff Sessions — Alabama
• Dianne Feinstein — California
• Orrin G. Hatch — Utah
• Russ Feingold — Wisconsin
• Chuck Grassley — Iowa
• Arlen Specter — Pennsylvania
• Jon Kyl — Arizona
• Chuck Schumer — New York
• Lindsey Graham — South Carolina
• Dick Durbin — Illinois
• John Cornyn — Texas
• Benjamin L. Cardin — Maryland
• Tom Coburn — Oklahoma
• Sheldon Whitehouse — Rhode Island
• Amy Klobuchar — Minnesota
• Al Franken — Minnesota
• Chris Coons — Delaware

What Your Not Hearing About The Old Fire Station 16

Clearly many citizens and the business community are not pleased that the Mayor and majority of the Salisbury City Council are trying to do, selling off the old Fire Station 16 for $100,000.00 is just wrong in so many ways. Recently Salisbury News learned  that the purchasers are wanting to set up a non profit, which will relieve them of property tax as well.

I'm sure many of you are familiar with the old Parsonsburg Fire Station. Well, would YOU like to buy it. It is now for sale.  Just GO HERE and it's all yours for $279,000.00.

As many of you know, I used to own the building now known as Station 7 Restaurant in Pittsville. The building was sold for more than $350,000.00.

Again, BEFORE the former Mayor Tilghman and City Council created legislation to keep Joe Albero from purchasing Station 16, I offered $250,000.00 CASH for that building. Gary Comegys, (V.P. of the City Council) went on the record stating he refused to allow me to purchase that building.

When you buy or sell a piece of property, you do expect them to use comps, right? After all, the old Station 16 was appraised at $750,000.00 to $850,000.00.

YOU start doing the math.

Salisbury Police Press Releases

On November 19, 2010 at approximately 9:07 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to Romeo’s Pizza on South Salisbury Boulevard for the report of the robbery of a delivery driver. Upon arrival the officers met with the victim who advised that he had been making a food delivery on the two hundred (200) block of Clay Street. As the victim exited his vehicle, he was approached by a single suspect (#1) who grabbed and took the delivery food from the victim. As the victim attempted to confront the suspect, two (2) additional suspects approached the victim from behind. One of the two additional suspects produced a handgun and struck the victim in the back of his head. The second additional victim also produced a handgun and threatened the victim, taking the victim’s U.S. currency. The three suspects then fled from the scene on foot. The victim then reentered his vehicle and returned to the business. The victim refused medical attention and the suspects were described as:
Black male, wearing all black clothing and a black hooded sweatshirt.
Black male, wearing all black clothing and a black hooded sweatshirt
Black male, wearing all black clothing
Suspects # 2 and # 3 were in possession of dark semi-automatic type handguns.
This investigation is continuing, and if anyone has any information pertaining to this incident that are asked to contact the Salisbury Police Department at 410-548-3165 or to contact Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776. Information may be left anonymously.
CC # 201000045746

On November 19, 2010 at approximately 7:18 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Safe Streets Unit were on routine patrol in the area of East Isabella Street and conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by the below listed suspect for traffic violations. As the vehicle was stopped, the suspect fled from the vehicle on foot. The officers pursued the suspect and were able to take the suspect into custody. A records check of the suspect revealed that he was driving on a suspended drivers license and a check of the vehicle revealed a quantity of suspected marijuana in the center console.
ARRESTED: Deangelo Demetrius Sheppard, 33 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Possession of marijuana
Possession of CDS/paraphernalia
Driving on a suspended license

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000045735

On November 19, 2010 at approximately 8:54 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the area of the Toys R Us Store for the report of a purse snatching. Upon arrival the officers met with an employee of the business who had witnessed a suspect assault and take the purse of a customer in the parking lot. The officers met with the victim who advised that she had walked to her vehicle and was attempting to get in when she was sprayed with a substance causing her to temporarily lose her sight. While the victim struggled to regain her vision, an unknown suspect took the victim’s pocketbook and fled from the parking lot on foot. The store employee was able to follow the suspect to the area of the Days Inn where he was able to recover the pocketbook and gave the officers a description of the suspect. Additional officers responded to the Days Inn and were able to locate the suspect in one of the rooms. The suspect was positively identified by the witness and was taken into custody. The officers located and recovered the pepper spray utilized by the suspect during the assault. Salisbury Emergency Medical Services responded and treated the victim.

ARRESTED: Dasia Antwanisha Banks, 22 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Robbery
Armed Robbery
Second degree assault
Reckless endangerment
Theft (under $ 100)
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000045743

The Good Beer Festival

Senate Approves $4.6B For Black Farmers, Indians

The Senate has approved almost $4.6 billion to settle long-standing claims brought by American Indians and black farmers against the government.

The money has been held up for months in the Senate as Democrats and Republicans squabbled over how to pay for it. The two class action lawsuits were filed over a decade ago.

The settlements include almost $1.2 billion for black farmers who say they suffered discrimination at the hands of the Agriculture Department. Also, $3.4 billion would go to Indian landowners who claim they were swindled out of royalties by the Interior Department. The legislation was approved in the Senate by voice vote Friday and sent to the House.

The legislation also includes a one-year extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which gives grants to states to provide cash assistance and other services to the poor, and several American Indian water rights settlements in Arizona, Montana and New Mexico sought by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

In the Indian case, at least 300,000 Native Americans claim they were swindled out of royalties overseen by the Interior Department since 1887 for things like oil, gas, grazing and timber. The plaintiffs would share the settlement.

The Indian plaintiffs originally said they were owed $100 billion, but signaled they were willing to settle for less as the trial wore on. After more than 3,600 court filings and 80 court decisions, the two sides finally reached a settlement in December.

For the black farmers, it is the second round of funding from a class-action lawsuit originally settled in 1999 over allegations of widespread discrimination by local Agriculture Department offices in awarding loans and other aid. It is known as the Pigford case, named after Timothy Pigford, a black farmer from North Carolina who was an original plaintiff.

The government already has paid out more than $1 billion to about 16,000 farmers, with most getting payments of about $50,000. The new money is intended for people — some estimates say 70,000 or 80,000 — who were denied earlier payments because they missed deadlines for filing. The amount of money each would get depends on how many claims are successfully filed.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said passage "marks a major milestone in USDA's efforts to turn the page on a sad chapter in our history."

Last month, the Agriculture Department offered American Indian farmers who say they were denied farm loans a $680 million settlement. Hispanic and women farmers also have cases pending against the department.        More on this

Critics Slam Obama Administration For 'Hiding' Massive Saudi Arms Deal

The Obama administration has quietly forged ahead with its proposal to sell $60 billion worth of fighter jets and attack helicopters to Saudi Arabia unhampered by Congress, despite questions raised in legislative inquiries and in an internal congressional report about the wisdom of the deal.

The massive arms deal would be the single largest sale of weapons to a foreign nation in the history of the U.S., outfitting Saudi Arabia with a fully modernized, potent new air force.

"Our six-decade-long security relationship with Saudi Arabia is a primary security pillar in the region," Defense Sec. Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote in a Nov. 16 letter to congress. "This package continues that tradition."

But some critics are questioning the deal, and the stealthy effort by the Obama administration to avoid a more probing congressional review by notifying Congress last month, just as members were headed home for the November elections. Congress had 30 days to raise objections -- a review period that concludes Saturday. With most members leaving Washington today, any significant effort to block the deal appears dead for now, officials said.

"I do not think there will be any action" to hold up the sale, Rep. Howard Berman, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Bloomberg News Thursday.

Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, submitted a resolution this week to try and block the deal, and was among those who objected to the way the administration approached the required congressional review.

"Hiding this in a recess announcement is a sign of how unpopular it is," he said. "It's bad policy that now is further tainted by shameful process."         More here

Air Force Bombs Gaza Tunnels

The IDF retaliated again for phosphorous shells; mortars were fired at Negev communities earlier Friday.

The Air Force bombed smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip Friday night, and direct hits were identified, the IDF said in a statement. No injuries were reported.

"The strike was carried out in response to the rockets and mortar shells fired at the western Negev over the past day," the statement said, adding that the army was holding Hamas responsible for the attacks

Palestinian sources reported that the Air Force bombed two targets in the Gaza Strip Friday afternoon, after four phosphorous bombs were launched into Israel along with three mortar shells.

The sources say six people were injured in the strikes – including two women and a child. An unoccupied building in Deir al-Balah collapsed upon being hit, and two other strikes took place in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. Sources say one of the targets there was an Islamic Jihad training facility.       More from Ynet

Waters Accuses Ethics Of Having Weak Case After Postponing Her Trial

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) accused the ethics committee of having a weak case that is unraveling after the panel abruptly canceled her upcoming public trial.

“The committee’s decision to cancel the hearing and put it off indefinitely demonstrates that the committee does not have a strong case and would not be able to prove any violation has occurred,” she said in a lengthy statement reacting to Friday’s announcement.

The House ethics committee announced Friday it has delayed indefinitely Waters's trial because the panel had discovered new evidence in the case.

It is unclear from the committee's statement whether the trial will move forward and what evidence was discovered.

According to a joint statement from committee chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and ranking member Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), the case is being referred back to the subcommittee investigating the matter. Waters's trial was set to begin on Nov. 29.

"The committee voted to recommit the matter regarding Representative Maxine Waters to the investigative subcommittee due to materials discovered that may have had an effect on the investigative subcommittee's transmittal to the committee," they wrote. "As a result, the adjudicatory subcommittee no longer has jurisdiction over this matter and the adjudicatory hearing previously scheduled for November 29, 2010 will not be held."          More here

HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER

Swimming Holes

The era of the old swimming hole is long past. There were many in and around Salisbury that are no longer. The main spot was the City Park by the bandstand. The water was only four feet deep and always nice and refreshing. They even had a lifeguard. The Red Cross gave swimming lessons there, and, in the summer there was always a gang of children playing there. The end came when they built the zoo. This was in the mid-1950’s. The claim that the animal effluent traveling downstream polluted the water and made the water unsafe for the children caused the powers-that-be to ban all swimming. It has remained that way ever since. I never could understand what all the fuss was since we only had two monkeys in the zoo in those days. The ducks and geese were always there since this was their natural habitat.

Another favorite spot for those in the North Division Street area was Johnson’s Lake. The lake, enhanced by the concrete dam built as only one of two WPA projects (the City Park being the other), drew large crowds in the summer. They also held boat races on Johnson’s Lake. I remember watching them, and it was thrilling. The boats were called “pancakes”, because of their flat profile. They only held one person, the driver, and could fairly fly. Nowadays, Johnson’s Lake doesn’t even have swimming as a recreation. If you want to swim, you have to join the YMCA or the Elks Club, or have access to the College pool. Opened in 1960 was Canal Park. They had a large pool, and the annual membership fee was only $35. It is also now only a memory.

Another venue was the City Park down by Picnic Island. The water above the dam, just beyond the right field fence of the Little League field, was available to the more adventuresome. I remember watching some larger boys swim there as I played at the ball park.

There was also Schumaker Pond that could refresh a body during the long, hot summer. It is a lengthy body of water that is the easterly origin of the Wicomico River. There are many parts of Schumaker. The most easterly part makes for a nice canoe or kayak jaunt. There is a park there now, but swimming is not one of the recreations. Moving west, Schumaker becomes Beaver Dam Creek, running past and through the zoo. As it continues along, it runs through the City Park past the bandstand. From there, it empties into the Wicomico River.

North of Salisbury was Leonard’s Mill Pond. A swimming area was established to the west of Route 13 at one time. That has all gone by the wayside in lieu of the Wicomico County Tourism building being the only attraction at this location. Years ago, on the other side of the highway, before Chestnut Hill development was there, there was a house there from which you could rent canoes.

I remember paddling a canoe with another boy way back in the woods. On our way back, the wind shifted and we had a hard time making it back. Ah, memories!