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You guys are ridiculous!!! If you actually meet the guy you'd understand he's trying to do the right thing. He doesn't make decisions about lunches and whether they are catered or not. WHat the hell? You liberal thugs just want something to cry about like always. Leave my grandfather alone or actually call him and talk to him instead of assuming things. Do you understand liquor is money that this county needs. I mean damn if Rick keeps spending money the way he does we need all the money we can get.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
International Activists to Storm Israel's Borders Friday
TEL AVIV – Israel is concerned that elements of the so-called Global March to Jerusalem slated for Friday will attempt to storm the Jewish state’s borders to provoke a confrontation amid reports Iranian-backed jihad groups are involved in planning the event.
U.S. endorsers of the Global March include President Obama’s controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.; Cornel West, a longtime friend of Obama who served as an adviser to the president’s 2008 campaign; and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink.
Weather Underground founder Bill Ayers, a close associate of Obama for years, helped originate the concept of creating border chaos for Israel in 2009.
Genuine Military Defense Anyone?
As much as one may object to Iran's government's efforts to build atomic weapons, the American government isn't supposed to be some kind of meta-police that embarks upon restraining such governments! Certainly spending American taxpayers' funds on conducting military actions against Iran would be going way beyond the proper military role of the American government, which is to protect its citizen's freedom from domestic and foreign criminals.
It bears remembering here that however off course the American government has gone in its role in the country, the real role it has is to be a government strictly limited to the functions laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, which is to stand ready to defend the country when it is attacked or when there is a demonstrably clear and present danger that it will be − not might be − attacked. So the criteria by which one must judge its conduct, both domestic and international, is whether it amounts to such defense.
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It bears remembering here that however off course the American government has gone in its role in the country, the real role it has is to be a government strictly limited to the functions laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, which is to stand ready to defend the country when it is attacked or when there is a demonstrably clear and present danger that it will be − not might be − attacked. So the criteria by which one must judge its conduct, both domestic and international, is whether it amounts to such defense.
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AP sources: Ryan Expected to Endorse Romney
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Republican-led House Budget Committee, is expected to endorse presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, two Republican officials said Thursday.
Ryan's endorsement could come as soon as Friday, when Romney is scheduled to give an economic speech in Appleton, Wis., the officials said. They were not authorized to speak publicly about the announcement and requested anonymity.
Somerset County Sheriff's Office Press Releases 3-30-12
Gregory James Wright Sr. of Princess Anne, arrested 3-22-12 regarding 7 warrants regarding failure to appear for court, and obstructing and hindering police. Wright was later held, and later turned over to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office
Thomas William Marshall Jr. of Salisbury, arrested 3-22-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Marshall was held on a $500.00 bond.
Kasey Thomas Bozman of Salisbury, criminal summons served for theft less than $1,000. Bozman was released on signature pending court actions.
Roger Ellis Lloyd Jr. of Townson Maryland, arrested 3-26-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Lloyd was held on a $500.00 bond.
Kishaun Tywan Robinson of Salisbury, arrested 3-26-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Kishuan was held on a $500.00 bond.
William Henry Gatling Jr. of Baltimore, arrested 3-27-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Gatling was held on a $250.00 bond.
Louis Edward Shockley Jr. of Princess Anne, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding violation of probation. Shockley was held on a $100,000 bond.
Nichole Lee Rachor of Quantico Maryland, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Rachor was held on a $250.00 bond.
Ju-Wan Elizabeth Walston of Salisbury, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Walston was released after posting a $250.00 bond.
Thomas William Marshall Jr. of Salisbury, arrested 3-22-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Marshall was held on a $500.00 bond.
Kasey Thomas Bozman of Salisbury, criminal summons served for theft less than $1,000. Bozman was released on signature pending court actions.
Roger Ellis Lloyd Jr. of Townson Maryland, arrested 3-26-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Lloyd was held on a $500.00 bond.
Kishaun Tywan Robinson of Salisbury, arrested 3-26-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Kishuan was held on a $500.00 bond.
William Henry Gatling Jr. of Baltimore, arrested 3-27-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Gatling was held on a $250.00 bond.
Louis Edward Shockley Jr. of Princess Anne, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding violation of probation. Shockley was held on a $100,000 bond.
Nichole Lee Rachor of Quantico Maryland, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Rachor was held on a $250.00 bond.
Ju-Wan Elizabeth Walston of Salisbury, arrested 3-28-12 on a warrant regarding failing to appear in court. Walston was released after posting a $250.00 bond.
Pelosi: If Justice System Probe of Trayvon Martin Death 'Doesn't Seem to be Working' 'Other Options' Should Be Considered
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that while she supports the investigation into the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin that is taking place in the justice system, “other options” should be considered "if that doesn't seem to be working."
“We all supported an investigation that is taking place,” Pelosi said at her Thursday news conference when asked if Congress should hold hearings on the case. “I think that’s an issue in the justice system, and if that doesn’t seem to be working then consider some other options, but I’m pleased that the investigation is going forward.”
Assange And Anonymous Acting As Predicted?
Anonymous Supposedly Plans to "Kill" the Internet on March 31 ... Planned DDOS campaign against DNS is meant to highlight piracy legislation issues. Al Gore may have finally met his match. While members of Anonymous aren't planning on inventing the internet, they are planning on destroying it – supposedly ... The DDOS campaign is expected to target the world's 13 domain name servers (DNSs), that allow the public to use the internet by translating human legible text-string URLs into machine-readable IP addresses. If the attack indeed materializes and if the DNS servers are all taken down, the Mayan apocalypse could come early -- the internet could blink offline. – DailyTech
Dominant Social Theme: We just have to figure out what's natural and then fake it.
Free-Market Analysis: Julian Assange wants to run for public office in Australia, his home country, and Anonymous wants to destroy the Internet, temporarily anyway. We are not surprised.
The Internet is like the Gutenberg Press before it. During the era of the Gutenberg Press, the social order was overturned. The Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment rolled like waves over Europe and America.
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Dominant Social Theme: We just have to figure out what's natural and then fake it.
Free-Market Analysis: Julian Assange wants to run for public office in Australia, his home country, and Anonymous wants to destroy the Internet, temporarily anyway. We are not surprised.
The Internet is like the Gutenberg Press before it. During the era of the Gutenberg Press, the social order was overturned. The Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment rolled like waves over Europe and America.
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Karen Toles to Contest Reckless Driving Charge
WASHINGTON - Prince George's County Councilwoman Karen Toles, who was fined for reckless driving and an unsafe lane change while speeding on the Beltway, says she plans to challenge at least one of her citations.
A trial is scheduled for April 20 in Upper Marlboro.
Toles pleaded guilty to the unsafe lane change on March 5. It's the second time she's paid a $90 fine for that particular citation.
Legal experts tell the Washington Post that Toles' attorney could now try to throw out the reckless driving charge on double jeopardy grounds.
What Will Republicans Do If The Supreme Court Kills Obamacare?
Given the tone and substance of today’s arguments, it looks like there’s a decent chance the Supreme Court will not only toss Obamacare’s individual mandate (a 62% chance according to Intrade), but all of Obamacare as well.
But then what? It seems highly unlikely—to say the least!—that any sort of replacement would pass this year. So now we are talking about 2013, where the issue would get sucked into the swirling nexus of entitlement and tax reform. It’s actually tough to logically separate out healthcare reform from those two issues, as Obamacare more or less attempts to do. Rising U.S. healthcare costs are driven by a market-distorting, third-party payment system where either government (via Medicare and Medicaid) or business (via the health insurance tax exclusion) picks up the tab for individual healthcare spending. You can’t really “fix” healthcare without significant tax and entitlement reform.
Conservatives want to change the system so markets can work their magic. But Republicans have been unclear about what they want to replace Obamacare with, exactly. Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP’s resident wonk, gave a speech last September where, in addition to advocating block granting Medicaid to the states and transitioning Medicare to a premium support system, he endorsed “replacing the inefficient tax treatment of employer-provided healthcare with a portable, refundable tax credit that you can take with you from job to job, allowing you to hang onto your insurance even during those tough times when a job might be hard to find.”
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But then what? It seems highly unlikely—to say the least!—that any sort of replacement would pass this year. So now we are talking about 2013, where the issue would get sucked into the swirling nexus of entitlement and tax reform. It’s actually tough to logically separate out healthcare reform from those two issues, as Obamacare more or less attempts to do. Rising U.S. healthcare costs are driven by a market-distorting, third-party payment system where either government (via Medicare and Medicaid) or business (via the health insurance tax exclusion) picks up the tab for individual healthcare spending. You can’t really “fix” healthcare without significant tax and entitlement reform.
Conservatives want to change the system so markets can work their magic. But Republicans have been unclear about what they want to replace Obamacare with, exactly. Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP’s resident wonk, gave a speech last September where, in addition to advocating block granting Medicaid to the states and transitioning Medicare to a premium support system, he endorsed “replacing the inefficient tax treatment of employer-provided healthcare with a portable, refundable tax credit that you can take with you from job to job, allowing you to hang onto your insurance even during those tough times when a job might be hard to find.”
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Retrial Begins in Burning of Pit Bull
A retrial began Thursday for twin brothers accused in the fatal burning of a pit bull in 2009.
Prosecutors told jurors that they will prove that Tremayne and Travers Johnson set the dog nicknamed Phoenix on fire and left her to die. A police officer used her sweater to put out the flames, but the dog was later euthanized.
The brothers, who are now 20, are charged with animal cruelty and mutilation of an animal. Defense attorneys said evidence and witnesses won’t prove that the brothers set fire to the dog. They said it was convenient for authorities to charge the twins to silence public outcry after the incident.
A mistrial was declared in the first trial last year after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision.
Today's Survey Question 3-30-12
Should President Obama be impeached or forgiven if found to have intentionally hidden the truth about his birth place and birth certificate?Maryland Senate Passes $1.1 Billion Capital Budget
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has signed off on a $1.1 billion capital budget proposal.
Senators voted 39-7 Thursday to approve the bill, which now moves to the House of Delegates for consideration.
The plan calls for the state to spend $351.39 million to build and renovate schools, $3.78 million to acquire and design renovations of a post office in Annapolis, $38.67 million to buy new helicopters for the state police and $2.5 million to design an expansion of the Baltimore Convention Center.
The General Assembly has until April 9 to pass the legislation and reconcile any differences in bills supported by the House and Senate
J.P. Morgan Economists: Sustained Job-Market Recovery Is Here
JPMorganChase economists Michael Feroli, Bruce Kasman and Robert Mellman wrote in a report to clients (via WSJ).
It is important to recognize that significant change is taking place in U.S. labor markets that should alter perceptions and reverberate broadly across the macroeconomic landscape over the coming year.
The labor market is transitioning to strong job growth as business gradually shifts toward a stance of medium-term expansion that is more consistent with the current environment of elevated profit margins, strong corporate balance sheets, and relatively easy financing.
That said, they amazingly don't see the price inflation that is coming. They wrote, according to WSJ that inflation pressures are unlikely to arise from wage growth. This view, they said, underpins “our view that the Federal Reserve will be able to keep its policy rate on hold until 2014.”
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It is important to recognize that significant change is taking place in U.S. labor markets that should alter perceptions and reverberate broadly across the macroeconomic landscape over the coming year.
The labor market is transitioning to strong job growth as business gradually shifts toward a stance of medium-term expansion that is more consistent with the current environment of elevated profit margins, strong corporate balance sheets, and relatively easy financing.
That said, they amazingly don't see the price inflation that is coming. They wrote, according to WSJ that inflation pressures are unlikely to arise from wage growth. This view, they said, underpins “our view that the Federal Reserve will be able to keep its policy rate on hold until 2014.”
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Dimon: Housing Market Will Soon Head Higher
The U.S. housing market is very close to a bottom and there are already signs its improvement is giving a boost to the overall economy, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC Wednesday. This is what I wrote yesterday in the EPJ DailyAlert:
The Case-Shiller housing numbers are out and they show U.S. single-family home prices were unchanged in January. I don't consider this a important data point, since the housing market is totally screwed up because of government intervention. If it wasn't for the intervention, the housing sector would have been cleared of overhead supply years ago. That said, once the overhang supply is cleared, housing prices like everything else are going to soar in price. If you are considering buying a house, now is the time, especially with interest rates are so low. Buy now and lock in a long-term fixed rate and you will be very thankful in three years. House prices will be way up by then as will be interest rates.
This is what Dimon said today:
I believe we’re very close to the inflection point. People look at prices that are still coming down but all the other signs are flashing green....the shadow inventory everyone talks about is lower today than it was 12 months ago. It will be a lot lower 12 months from now. Homes for sale are about half what they were four years ago. You could come up with a pretty bullish case. If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.
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The Case-Shiller housing numbers are out and they show U.S. single-family home prices were unchanged in January. I don't consider this a important data point, since the housing market is totally screwed up because of government intervention. If it wasn't for the intervention, the housing sector would have been cleared of overhead supply years ago. That said, once the overhang supply is cleared, housing prices like everything else are going to soar in price. If you are considering buying a house, now is the time, especially with interest rates are so low. Buy now and lock in a long-term fixed rate and you will be very thankful in three years. House prices will be way up by then as will be interest rates.
This is what Dimon said today:
I believe we’re very close to the inflection point. People look at prices that are still coming down but all the other signs are flashing green....the shadow inventory everyone talks about is lower today than it was 12 months ago. It will be a lot lower 12 months from now. Homes for sale are about half what they were four years ago. You could come up with a pretty bullish case. If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.
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Is Your Implanted Medical Device Safe?
You might assume so, but many implanted devices, including artificial joints and surgical mesh, were never clinically tested on humans before being put on the market, according to a new Consumer Reports investigation. Worse still, if anything goes wrong, you might not hear about it—and may even have a hard time finding out what device you got.
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IRS Offers Some Relief For Those Unemployed In '11 And '12
Nothing adds insult to injury like owing money to the IRS when you've been unemployed. The IRS is seeking to address that with additions to its "Fresh Start" program, announced earlier this month.
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Man Walks Away From Thrift Store With Possible Picasso Print For $14
Like an Antiques Roadshow devotee's dream come true, a man in Columbus, Ohio, spotted a print signed possibly bearing the signature of Pablo Picasso at his local thrift store and snagged it for $14.14. When he first picked it up, he said he didn't even notice the faint red signature in the corner of the piece, which advertises a 1958 exhibition of Picasso's work.
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