The worst part? "Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney were for it," Perry said.
Both Romney and Gingrich have said the Wall Street bailout was unsavory but necessary to save the financial system from collapse.
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Perry On TARP: "Single Greatest Act Of Thievery" In U.S. History
ELKADER, Iowa -- Rick Perry on Monday called the Troubled Assets Relief Program the "single greatest act of thievery in American history."
Seattle Officials Vote To Ban Plastic Bags
SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend among cities that embrace green values.
The ordinance, which was approved unanimously following months of discussion and debate, included a provision to charge a nickel fee for the use of paper bags, to encourage people to bring their own bags when they go shopping.
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The ordinance, which was approved unanimously following months of discussion and debate, included a provision to charge a nickel fee for the use of paper bags, to encourage people to bring their own bags when they go shopping.
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Pharmacies Mislead Teens On Morning-After Pill
Women who live in low-income neighborhoods are more likely than their wealthier counterparts to get misinformation about emergency contraception from their local pharmacies, a new study finds.
The results suggest that young women in areas where teen pregnancy rates are highest may struggle most in trying to get the morning-after pill, which can prevent ovulation — and thus pregnancy — after unprotected sex.
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Predictable?
At 12:20 a.m. today the National Guard in Louisiana was deployed to patrol the streets of New Orleans. They are saying that this is needed due to a recent drastic increae in crime. Remember the last time they were deployed? Law enforcement went door to door removing firearms from law abiding citizens - even beating an elderly lady. Interesting how this is occurring the day after Obama signs into law legislation that permits the military to arest and detain Americans for an indefinite period of time without trial. Here is a video of local New Orleans news coverage of the deployment.
Authorities In D.C. Seize $7 Million In Guns, Drugs After Yearlong Undercover Sting
WASHINGTON – Authorities in Washington say a yearlong undercover gun and drug trafficking operation has led to 70 arrests and the seizure of $7.1 million worth of drugs and firearms.
D.C. police and agents with the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the operation along with other federal authorities.
Authorities say officers posed as gangsters, businessmen and bodyguards and a fake recording studio was set up in November 2010 where undercover agents purchased guns and drugs.
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How To Be A Return-Friendly Shopper This Holiday Season
You may think you've bought the perfect gift for everyone on your list, but at least some of your recipients are likely to disagree: Last holiday season, nearly one in seven adults returned a gift within the first two weeks after Christmas. And many shoppers make it harder for them by leaving out gift receipts or failing to look into retail return policies.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Anti Albero Blogger Goes After Advertisers Once Again
I'd like to take a moment to reach out to all of our readers and especially our advertisers. The message you see below in bold is a message from one of the Anti Albero people to one of our advertisers. If you have been the recipient of such a message I have the following to say.
On a daily basis we field anywhere from 600 to 800 comments a day, most of which are rejected. When I contacted our moderator and read her the message she said, OK, what's wrong with that. On a completely innocent level she never picked up on the comment being a problem and went on to say, honestly, I thought maybe Michelle Obama had done an interview with National Geographic.
I want to make something very clear. The mere fact that HUNDREDS of comments are rejected on a daily basis shows there are some pretty sick people out there. Not a lot, just a hand full that try day and night to get racist comments to slip through. We work VERY hard at making sure these comments are clean. Do we make mistakes, absolutely. We are TWO people working extremely hard every day while some will do just about anything to make us look bad.
Now, did this tsjackson ever make an attempt to contact US about the comment, NO. Considering they are now contacting ALL of our advertisers clearly shows they are again out to destroy and I can pretty much assure you they are the original author of the comment. The time they took alone to contact all of our advertisers and not us convinces me of such.
That being said, to those this comment have offended, we apologize and hope you can forgive us? One thing is for sure, considering WE know how many of these type of comments come in each day, I can say with all confidence we do a pretty damn good job and eliminating such racism. I have removed the comment from the original Post but have put it up in this message to not only show you our human error but to also explain how the moderator thought it was something other than its intended racial attack.
Now, if you'd be so kind as to let us know any time something gets past us we'd greatly appreciate that very much. Like President and Michelle Obama or not, that is the President of the United States and his Wife. The intent of their message is uncalled for, racist and un American.
Thank you for your time and consideration towards my request for forgiveness.
During my visit I saw that the publisher allowed a comment through that commented on Lindsay Lohan's Playboy spread. It said "She got a million bucks for this. Mr's Obama got the same offer from National Geographic".
Is this the kind of racist, sexist attitude that you endorse? Would your customers approve of this? Please re-think your affiliation with this person.
tsjackson58@aol.com
On a daily basis we field anywhere from 600 to 800 comments a day, most of which are rejected. When I contacted our moderator and read her the message she said, OK, what's wrong with that. On a completely innocent level she never picked up on the comment being a problem and went on to say, honestly, I thought maybe Michelle Obama had done an interview with National Geographic.
I want to make something very clear. The mere fact that HUNDREDS of comments are rejected on a daily basis shows there are some pretty sick people out there. Not a lot, just a hand full that try day and night to get racist comments to slip through. We work VERY hard at making sure these comments are clean. Do we make mistakes, absolutely. We are TWO people working extremely hard every day while some will do just about anything to make us look bad.
Now, did this tsjackson ever make an attempt to contact US about the comment, NO. Considering they are now contacting ALL of our advertisers clearly shows they are again out to destroy and I can pretty much assure you they are the original author of the comment. The time they took alone to contact all of our advertisers and not us convinces me of such.
That being said, to those this comment have offended, we apologize and hope you can forgive us? One thing is for sure, considering WE know how many of these type of comments come in each day, I can say with all confidence we do a pretty damn good job and eliminating such racism. I have removed the comment from the original Post but have put it up in this message to not only show you our human error but to also explain how the moderator thought it was something other than its intended racial attack.
Now, if you'd be so kind as to let us know any time something gets past us we'd greatly appreciate that very much. Like President and Michelle Obama or not, that is the President of the United States and his Wife. The intent of their message is uncalled for, racist and un American.
Thank you for your time and consideration towards my request for forgiveness.
During my visit I saw that the publisher allowed a comment through that commented on Lindsay Lohan's Playboy spread. It said "She got a million bucks for this. Mr's Obama got the same offer from National Geographic".
Is this the kind of racist, sexist attitude that you endorse? Would your customers approve of this? Please re-think your affiliation with this person.
tsjackson58@aol.com
If You Want A Cell Phone Without A New Contract, Don't Go To The Verizon Store
If you're already a Verizon customer and all you want is a new phone — no change of plan, no contract extension, just the phone — it would make sense that you should just be able to go to the Verizon store and pay full price for a new one. But as Consumerist reader Greg learned, things rarely go as easily as you'd expect when you're dealing with the wireless world.
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Fascist Chicago?
One of the hallmarks of fascism is correctly outlined in Wikipedia:
Fascists advocate: a state-directed, regulated economy that is dedicated to the nation; the use and primacy of regulated private property and private enterprise contingent upon service to the nation or state; the use of state enterprise where private enterprise is failing or is inefficient.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is out with a commentary in WSJ that would make Mussolini proud. In the commentary, he announces a partnership between certain Chicago-based corporations and Chicago-based community colleges. Emanuel writes:
Despite stubborn unemployment, we have companies offering well-paying jobs that have to go begging for skilled applicants. This is because our community college system, which was a worker's ticket into employment and the middle class during the postwar boom, has failed to keep pace with today's competitive jobs market. Consequently, in a 21st-century economy, our workers still have 20th-century skills...
This situation will only get worse. In the next 10 years, the Chicago area will need 9,000 additional computer-science workers, 20,000 new transportation workers and 43,000 new health-care workers, including 15,000 nurses.
In order to fill these jobs, we need to modernize our community colleges so that Americans no longer regard community colleges as a last ditch effort for a remedial education, but as their first choice for high-skill job training...
So, last week I announced a series of partnerships between our community colleges and our top employers that will draw on their expertise to develop curricula and set industry standards for job training in high-growth sectors like health care, high-tech manufacturing, information technology and professional services.
This program, "Colleges to Careers," will team AAR Corp. with Chicago's Olive-Harvey College to design a curriculum for avionics and mechanics careers. It will partner companies like Allscripts and Northwestern Memorial Hospital with Malcolm X College to design job training in health-care information technology and nursing.
These partnerships will align workers' training with the expectations of employers so that community college students will not have to worry about whether they have the right skills for their chosen field. They will have the confidence of knowing that the company they want to work for has helped design their curriculum specifically so that they can be hired and be successful. Employers won't need to search for the skilled workers they need to invest and expand. They will have confidence in their future work force because they were a partner in shaping it.I hope that cities across the country will follow Chicago's model.
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Fascists advocate: a state-directed, regulated economy that is dedicated to the nation; the use and primacy of regulated private property and private enterprise contingent upon service to the nation or state; the use of state enterprise where private enterprise is failing or is inefficient.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is out with a commentary in WSJ that would make Mussolini proud. In the commentary, he announces a partnership between certain Chicago-based corporations and Chicago-based community colleges. Emanuel writes:
Despite stubborn unemployment, we have companies offering well-paying jobs that have to go begging for skilled applicants. This is because our community college system, which was a worker's ticket into employment and the middle class during the postwar boom, has failed to keep pace with today's competitive jobs market. Consequently, in a 21st-century economy, our workers still have 20th-century skills...
This situation will only get worse. In the next 10 years, the Chicago area will need 9,000 additional computer-science workers, 20,000 new transportation workers and 43,000 new health-care workers, including 15,000 nurses.
In order to fill these jobs, we need to modernize our community colleges so that Americans no longer regard community colleges as a last ditch effort for a remedial education, but as their first choice for high-skill job training...
So, last week I announced a series of partnerships between our community colleges and our top employers that will draw on their expertise to develop curricula and set industry standards for job training in high-growth sectors like health care, high-tech manufacturing, information technology and professional services.
This program, "Colleges to Careers," will team AAR Corp. with Chicago's Olive-Harvey College to design a curriculum for avionics and mechanics careers. It will partner companies like Allscripts and Northwestern Memorial Hospital with Malcolm X College to design job training in health-care information technology and nursing.
These partnerships will align workers' training with the expectations of employers so that community college students will not have to worry about whether they have the right skills for their chosen field. They will have the confidence of knowing that the company they want to work for has helped design their curriculum specifically so that they can be hired and be successful. Employers won't need to search for the skilled workers they need to invest and expand. They will have confidence in their future work force because they were a partner in shaping it.I hope that cities across the country will follow Chicago's model.
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Cigars, Cognac And Mass Starvation: 10 Facts That Divide North Korea From The World
LONDON — As the world digests news of the death of despot Kim Jong Il, 10 facts paint a picture of North Korea's isolation from the international community.
1. High militarized area The border between North and South Korea is one of the most militarized areas in the world, according to the State Department, with a combined total of almost two million military personnel under the control of Pyongyang (1.2 million), Seoul (680,000) and foreign powers including the United States (28,000). North Korean arms outnumber those in the South by about two to one, including offensive weapons such as tanks, long-range artillery, aircraft and armored personnel carriers. However, much of the military equipment in North Korea is obsolete.
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1. High militarized area The border between North and South Korea is one of the most militarized areas in the world, according to the State Department, with a combined total of almost two million military personnel under the control of Pyongyang (1.2 million), Seoul (680,000) and foreign powers including the United States (28,000). North Korean arms outnumber those in the South by about two to one, including offensive weapons such as tanks, long-range artillery, aircraft and armored personnel carriers. However, much of the military equipment in North Korea is obsolete.
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Florida A&M President To Keep Job While Authorities Probe Hazing Death Of Band Member
TALLAHASSEE, Fla – Florida A&M University's president will keep his job while authorities investigate the hazing death of a band member.
The university's board of trustees on Monday rejected a call by Gov. Rick Scott that James Ammons be suspended.
"We will stand firm against outside interference, no matter how well intended," Solomon Badger, the FAMU board chairman, said during a board meeting that was held by conference call.
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The university's board of trustees on Monday rejected a call by Gov. Rick Scott that James Ammons be suspended.
"We will stand firm against outside interference, no matter how well intended," Solomon Badger, the FAMU board chairman, said during a board meeting that was held by conference call.
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Pipeline Politics: How An Oil Sands Project Has Become Key To Environmentalism
Given that there are already more than 2.3 million miles of pipelines in the U.S.—carrying petroleum products, chemicals and natural gas—it might seem odd that so much political energy has been expended on a proposed 1,700-mile pipeline. Yet the controversial Keystone XL pipeline—which would cross the upper Midwest to carry crude from Canadian oil sands down to refiners in the U.S.—has become the single biggest environmental issue facing America. Green groups—pushed hard by activists like 350.org’s Bill McKibben—are using the proposed pipeline as a litmus test for President Obama’s often-questioned commitment to the environment. They argue that Keystone XL would pose a threat to valuable aquifers in Nebraska, but more than that, they believe that allowing the pipeline to go forward would open the path to the increased development of carbon-intensive oil sands, and keep the U.S. committed to fossil fuels, with disastrous consequences for climate change.
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National Honor Society Supports DHS
Under the guidance of advisors Lisa Gowe and Adam Tolley, the National Honor Students of Cambridge South Dorchester High School collected donations for
homeless animals as part of their community service hours. Victoria Brohawn (R)
and Savana Thompson (L) give the $150 gift to Suzette Stitely Executive Director
of the Dorchester Humane Society.
BURGLARY
DATE & TIME: 12/19/2011 @ 1712 hrs
C C. CARD NUMBER: 11-54-00-8800
LOCATION: South Westover Drive, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland
BRIEF RESUME: On 12/19/2011 at approximately 1712 hours, Troopers from the MSP Salisbury Barrack responded to a residence on South Westover Drive in Salisbury, for the report of a Burglary. While on scene, preliminary investigation revealed the side door of the residence had been breached. Further investigation revealed unknown suspects gained entry into the home through the side door. Once inside the home, unknown suspects opened numerous Christmas gifts placed under the Christmas tree belonging to the homeowner’s small children to include a disabled child. The suspects removed numerous items from the home to include a laptop computer attended to be given to the victim’s son on Christmas Day. This incident is the most recent events of a series of Burglaries that have occurred in the immediate area over the past two weeks. Anyone with further information is encouraged to contact the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack (410)749-3101 and/or Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department (410)548-4891.
C C. CARD NUMBER: 11-54-00-8800
LOCATION: South Westover Drive, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland
BRIEF RESUME: On 12/19/2011 at approximately 1712 hours, Troopers from the MSP Salisbury Barrack responded to a residence on South Westover Drive in Salisbury, for the report of a Burglary. While on scene, preliminary investigation revealed the side door of the residence had been breached. Further investigation revealed unknown suspects gained entry into the home through the side door. Once inside the home, unknown suspects opened numerous Christmas gifts placed under the Christmas tree belonging to the homeowner’s small children to include a disabled child. The suspects removed numerous items from the home to include a laptop computer attended to be given to the victim’s son on Christmas Day. This incident is the most recent events of a series of Burglaries that have occurred in the immediate area over the past two weeks. Anyone with further information is encouraged to contact the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack (410)749-3101 and/or Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department (410)548-4891.
Japan Says the Worst Is Over, But Fukushima Faces Long Road To Recovery
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced in a televised address on Friday that the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant has officially reached a state of ‘cold shutdown,’ bringing the most urgent phase of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl to an end nine months after an earthquake and tsunami struck the plant on March 11.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Co., the massive utility that operates the embattled plant, temperatures inside reactors one, two and three, all of which suffered meltdowns after their cooling systems went offline in the twin disasters, now range from between 38C to 68C, and radiation is no longer leaking at the perimeter of the plant. Cold shutdown, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, is reached when “the reactor pressure vessel’s temperature is less than 100C, the release of radioactive materials from the primary containment vessel is under control and public radiation exposure by additional release is being significantly held down.”
MoreWill 2012 Bring The United States Another Great Depression?
Just as the U.S. economy appears improving, four sets of forces could thrust America into an abyss rivaling the Great Depression.
First, for decades, the Washington has pursued more open global trade and domestic deregulation. These unleashed great potential for innovation and growth; however, China and other nations have abused freer trade through export subsidies and import barriers to boost their economies at the expense of others. And, in some industries, a few players have amassed great monopoly power—notably, large financial houses on Wall Street and Europe now have an iron grip on lending.
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First, for decades, the Washington has pursued more open global trade and domestic deregulation. These unleashed great potential for innovation and growth; however, China and other nations have abused freer trade through export subsidies and import barriers to boost their economies at the expense of others. And, in some industries, a few players have amassed great monopoly power—notably, large financial houses on Wall Street and Europe now have an iron grip on lending.
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Universal Says It Can’t Be Sued For Bogus Megaupload Video Takedown
Universal Music acknowledged late Thursday that it was responsible for taking down from YouTube the infamous Megaupload video in which pop stars — from Mary J. Blige to Kanye West and others — sing the praises of the notorious file-sharing service.
But the record label said there’s nothing Megaupload can do about Universal Music taking down the video, even if Universal doesn’t own the rights to it.
Megaupload sued Universal Music on Monday, saying that the record label had no right to take the video down, since the file-sharing service had signed contracts from the performers, including Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am. The suit sought an injunction and unspecified damages, saying the label had violated a provision in copyright law that forbids bogus copyright claims.
Is It A Prison Planet? ... One Out Of Three Now Face Arrest In US
"Arrest is a pretty common experience," says Robert Brame, a criminologist at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and principal author of the study. Nearly one in three people will be arrested by the time they are 23, a study to be published today in Pediatrics found. – USA Today
Dominant Social Theme: It's for your own good, dammit.
Free-Market Analysis: This is a stunning statistic, in our view. According to a study generated via numbers collected by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and reported in USA Today (see above excerpt) one out of every three people in the US will face arrest by the time they are 23.
Not everyone will end up in jail, of course, but the idea that 30 percent of US citizens will have some sort of criminal-oriented interaction with civilian or federal police is surely a startling statistic to many, even American "law-and-order" types.
The article goes on to make the point that nearly 50 years ago US citizens were stunned by a study that found over 20 percent of all US citizens faced some sort of arrest. The interactions between law enforcement and US denizens has thus grown by ten percent in the past decades – or roughly one-third. Here's some more from the article:
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Dominant Social Theme: It's for your own good, dammit.
Free-Market Analysis: This is a stunning statistic, in our view. According to a study generated via numbers collected by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and reported in USA Today (see above excerpt) one out of every three people in the US will face arrest by the time they are 23.
Not everyone will end up in jail, of course, but the idea that 30 percent of US citizens will have some sort of criminal-oriented interaction with civilian or federal police is surely a startling statistic to many, even American "law-and-order" types.
The article goes on to make the point that nearly 50 years ago US citizens were stunned by a study that found over 20 percent of all US citizens faced some sort of arrest. The interactions between law enforcement and US denizens has thus grown by ten percent in the past decades – or roughly one-third. Here's some more from the article:
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Kim Jong Il Dies — Does That Make North Korea Even 'More Dangerous?
President Obama is consulting with allies following the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, whose reported weekend heart attack has catapulted son Kim Jong Un to power and could further destabilize the world's most isolated nation.
"This brings extraordinary change and uncertainty to a country that has seen little change in decades. South Korea's concern is warranted, frankly, because an insecure North Korea could well be an even more dangerous North Korea," a U.S. official told Fox News
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President Obama is consulting with allies following the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, whose reported weekend heart attack has catapulted son Kim Jong Un to power and could further destabilize the world's most isolated nation.
"This brings extraordinary change and uncertainty to a country that has seen little change in decades. South Korea's concern is warranted, frankly, because an insecure North Korea could well be an even more dangerous North Korea," a U.S. official told Fox News
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