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Would you rather live in Hong Kong or Burundi? Switzerland or the Republic of Congo? The United States or Venezuela? You probably chose the first option in each of those examples, and it's because those countries are more prosperous than the second options. It also happens that they are the most economically free and have higher quality of life!
Economically free countries have lower taxes, lower government spending, less regulation, less volatility of currency, more free trade, and a sound legal structure. They also have higher per capita incomes (especially among the poor), higher life expectancy, less corruption, greater civil liberties, and higher quality of life. This is no coincidence.
Iranian kid tv program, kids taught to hate enemies, sacrifice selves for the cause.
Congressman Steve King Questions Sec. Napolitano, 6:43
Article 2 Section 3: U.S. Constitution
Article 2 - The Executive Branch Section 3 - State of the Union, Convening Congress
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."
Mohamed Elibiary on the DHS Countering Violent Extremism Working Group, 9:26
Includes state authority and immigration
Stalag 13, Dragnet version
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX) questioned DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about recent revelations that Mohamed Elibiary - an outspoken admirer of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other rogue extremists, who was appointed last year to the DHS's Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Dept. and sworn in by Napolitano to the DHS's Advisory Council - had accessed a database of sensitive state and local intelligence reports, and subsequently shopped some of the the information to the media.
Elibiary's goal was twofold: 1) To promulgate the myth that the DHS is promoting "Islamophobia" 2) To besmirch Texas Gov. Rick Perry who is hoping to face off with Obama in the 2012 Presidential election. Sec. Napolitano told Rep. Gohmert that she was unaware that Mr. Elibiary had accessed the database and that she hadn't been briefed on the matter.
Texas Dept. of Public Safety Director, Patrick Poole, however, says that sources have told him Napolitano "had been fully briefed on the matter" the night before - prior to her testimony to Mr. Gohmert and the congressional Judiciary Committee.
Homeland Security Adviser Allegedly Leaked Intel to Attack Rick Perry
October 19, 2010
HOMELAND SECURITY GOES JIHAD: PRO-KHOMEINI MUSLIM NAMED TO HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Thomas Sowell explains the Great Depression
Uncommon Knowledge: The Great Depression with Amity Shlaes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeAqbOUt4c
Amity Shlaes challenges the received wisdom that the Great Depression occurred because capitalism broke and that it ended because FDR, and government in general, came to the rescue. According to Shlaes, it was the government that made the Great Depression worse. And was FDRs progressivism, as evident in the New Deal, really all that new, or was it a step along a progressive continuum that already had been established?
UCLA's Lee Ohanian: Hoover, Roosevelt and the Great Depression
Lee E. Ohanian, a UCLA professor of economics and authority on financial crises, presented the. Jan. 8, 2010, Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium On Mathematics in the Behavorial Sciences at UCLA. Ohanian detailed his research on policies by presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt that he says catapulted a bad recession into the Great Depression and stalled recovery for years. In both cases, attempts to restrict competition led to the disastrous economic outcomes. For more information on the research, visit http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pandering-to-labor-caused-great-91447.aspx and
FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx
Backing vocals: Joe Grushecky
Shades if Ian Hunter: No longer a young dude, Mott the Hoople frontman keeps rocking
4 August 2011
This week, the Obama administration used the president’s evolving health care law to force all new insurance plans to cover the entire cost of all prescription contraceptives, including so-called “Plan B” abortion pills. To mark this “victory” their industry has long worked for, Planned Parenthood decided to throw a Bollywood-style celebration featuring… dancing birth control:
According to Planned Parenthood, “basic preventive health care” (birth control) without a copay is “a giant leap forward for women’s health.” (Yay! Now we can be promiscuous for free!)
Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney rightly points out how this new government rule is a boon for two of Obama’s biggest supporters — the abortion industry and Big Pharma — and a direct threat on the conscience of America:
This free-pills-for-all proposal embodies two dark themes of the Obama era: cronyism and trampling on the freedom of conscience.
Once again, Obama, who pretends to be battling the special interests, is rewarding powerful lobbies that support him. Even worse, the federal rule, which would effectively force everyone to purchase insurance that covers abortifacient contraceptives, also reveals the true shape of the Culture War in America: The Left uses the brutal tool of the government to impose its morality on everyone, forcing religious conservatives to act against conscience, all the while howling about imminent “theocracy.” …
The intersection of pharma and government is full of Orwellian Newspeak. Drugmakers say they’re preventing pregnancies by ending them. Obama claims he’s depoiliticizing science by increasing subsidies and regulations. Then he crows about fighting special interests in the act of rewarding them.
Most bizarrely, the cultural Left assails “culture warriors” while making it illegal for many cultural conservatives to live according to their conscience.
Wired is reporting on the WASP — Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform — a spy drone created by two security consultants with about $6,000 and a military surplus FMQ-117B target drone. Mike Tassey and Rick Perkins demonstrated the WASP yesterday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The capabilities of the clandestine mini-plane are breathtaking, according to Wired, comprising a:
“Personal remote-controlled spy plane, complete with WiFi and hacking tools, such as an IMSI catcher and antenna to spoof a GSM cell tower and intercept calls, as well as a network sniffing tool and a dictionary of 340 million words for brute-forcing network passwords.”
At a weight of only 14 pounds and six feet in length, the drone is much smaller than most military counterparts, making it even more suitable for use in heavily populated areas. While FAA regulations mandate that the plane must fly below 400 feet and remain within line of site, the drone is quiet enough even at that restricted altitude to hover overhead and collect digital data.
On the technical expertise required to build and operate the WASP, Perkins said, “You don’t need a PhD from MIT to do this.” Perkins and Tassey created the drone to show others that it could be done, and to promote the possible positive uses of the technology as well as prepare the public for nefarious use in the future as well.
Search and rescue attempts, disaster relief, and, of course, law enforcement surveillance could utilize a drone like the WASP. However, it seems only a matter of time before criminals and terrorists turn to this technology to steal data, jam communications, or conduct reconnaissance for attacks. In a well-publicized example, the Terrorist group Hezbollah back in 2006 apparently rammed an explosives-laden drone into an Israeli warship.
As this technology continues to evolve, the public learns more, and the parts become less expensive, there is a good chance you might see something like this flying over your house one day soon.
Cf. Wired article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxCVM8igXww
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Barofsky, former special inspector general for the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about the expansion of the Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP, to aid underwater borrowers and impact of the expanded plan on the housing market. Barofsky speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg)
“Ignorance is behind the criticism of Sohail Mohammed,” he told a reporter asking about the complaints that he may be inadequate to be a judge because he defended Muslim Americans who were wrongly arrested post-9/11. “He is an extraordinary American who is an outstanding lawyer and played an integral role in the post-September 11th period in building bridges between the Muslim American community in this state and law enforcement,” Gov. Christie argued, adding that he was “disgusted, candidly, by some of the questions he was asked… at the Senate judiciary committee.”
But it was a follow-up question on the fear of Sharia Law that set the governor off. “Sharia Law has nothing to do with this at all, it’s crazy!” he cried. “The guy is an American citizen!” He concluded that the “Sharia Law business is just crap… and I’m tried of dealing with the crazies,” adding with disgust and frustration that “it’s just unnecessary to be accusing this guy of things just because of his religious background.”
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A tax on toilet paper; I kid you not. According to the sponsor, "the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act will be financed broadly by small fees on such things as . . . products disposed of in waste water." Congress wants to tax what you do in the privacy of your bathroom.