The Department of Justice funded a training manual used in the State and Local Anti-terrorism Training (SLATT) program for law enforcement. Apparently certain political bumper stickers can put you on the “could be a terrorist†list, including opposition to the United Nations and support for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Another slide entitled “General Right Wing Extremist†– depicts suspicious bumper stickers that should warrant further investigation by cops conducting traffic stops.
The bumper stickers read, “Know Your Rights Or Lose Them,†and “If You Love Your Country, the U.N. Is Not Your Friend!,†and “Get US Out Of the United Nationsâ€.
Obama family cost twice that of British royal family
US spends more than double on the Obama family compared to British royal family:
Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks.
In comparison, British taxpayers spent just $57.8 million on the royal family.
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California has become the first state in the country to ban controversial therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to outlaw them Saturday.
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bill bars mental health practitioners from performing so-called reparative therapy, which professional psychological organizations have said may cause harm. Gay rights groups have labeled them dangerous and abusive.
“This bill bans non-scientific ‘therapies’ that have driven young people to depression and suicide.
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So another choice removed and on the basis that it is non scientific. Just what therapy is scientific?
fresh baked bread for children better than store bought
When Katarina Lindberg, the bureaucrat in charge of school dietary programs in the municipality of Falun in central Sweden, got wind of the fact that Annica Eriksson, a gifted and dedicated cook who works as the cafeteria lady at one of the schools in that town, was doing a bang-up job of providing students with first-class, nutritious meals – bringing in her own fresh baked bread, providing a healthful and tantalizing assortment of main dishes and vegetables, and doing it all without any increase in cost – Lindberg reacted at once.
Reacted, that is, by ordering Eriksson to “bring it down a notch†because “other schools do not receive the same calibre of food – and that is ‘unfair.’†Henceforth “the school’s vegetable buffet will be halved in size and Eriksson’s handmade loafs will be replaced with store-bought bread.â€
The 2012 election is a watershed election. Concerned about the last four Obama years go to Smashword.com for Four More Obama Years? by James Jackson. Use the coupon XU48K for a free copy good through November, 2012. The book is also available on Amazon.com for the magnificent price of $.99
If you Google goo.gl you can create a short link for any url. So for example if you go to Amazon books to a particular book such as Four More Obama Years? and click on the long address and then open up goo.gl you can get a short link.
The newly created short link for Four More Obama Years is: http://goo.gl/PKvHV
artwork with bald eagle that legally cannot be sold IRS values at $65 MILLION
Relinquish carcass of the bald eagle [part of Canyon art wok by Rauschenberg] to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unless prove bird was taken from wild prior to 1940. Won’t turn over carcass? Then pay $65 MILLON fine to the IRS.
Under the terms of the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the 1918 Migratory Bird Act, it is a felony to “possess, sell, purchase, barter, transport, import or export any bald eagle — alive or dead.†Because the art work Canyon by Robert Rauschenberg included the carcass of a bald eagle that could not be sold, he estate, advised by three experts, valued the work at zero.
The Art Advisory Panel to the IRS at first decided that Canyon was worth $15 million. When the Estate refused to pay the Advisory Board then raised the value to $65 million.Â
The IRS demands $29.2 million in taxes and $11 million in penalties because the heirs “inaccurately†stated its value. http://www.akdart.com/abuse.html
The IRS has an “Art Advisory Panel,†that provides expert advice on the value of art works involved in estates. It was the panel that decided it was worth $65 million. Stephanie Barron, a member of the panel and an art curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, said that, “It’s a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just didn’t make any sense.â€
If your husband could be sold, he’d be worth a price beyond rubies. So IRS will now tax you for possessing this masterpiece while knowing that the slave trade is illegal.
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James Earl Jones, the voice behind Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa from the Lion King:
“I think I have figured out the tea party. I think I do understand racism because I was taught to be one by my grandmother.†Jones describes his grandmother as part “Indian, part black†and she “hated everybody.†“And she taught all of her children and grandchildren to be racist, to hate white people and to distrust black people.â€
So how does his upbringing by a racist relate to the Tea Party?
Jones went on to say, that his racist upbringing “allowed me to figure it out for myself. And I think I know what racism is better than anybody who has ever been a racist.â€
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The reasoning goes like this: Mama was a racist therefore I know racism. What I don’t know is how to reason or give examples.
And what happens when the poor are repeatedly harmed? Â
The Old Testament prophet Amos castigated the high priests of Israel for taking advantage of the poor. Amos, a dresser of sycamore trees, said stop harming the poor or else …. And the High Priest who conspired with the King got the prophet Amos to leave and go back to his home.
Today, the same stuff goes on. And the poor are still harmed by the wealthy in collusion with the those who make the laws in Islam:Â
Today, wealthy Islamic society condone the same behavior that went on a couple thousand years ago:
Wealthy tourists from the Persian Gulf are paying to marry under-age Egyptian girls just for the summer, according to a report.
These temporary marriages are not legally binding and end when the men return to their homes in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
The tourists pay a ‘dowry’ to poor families through intermediaries with prices ranging from £320 to £3,200.
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This is a form of legal dodge ball where all the little laws get obeyed and the deplorable is sanctified.
JAJ48@AOL.COM
No foreigner can marry an Egyptian girl if there is an age difference of 10 years, according to state laws. But parents and marriage brokers are getting round the restriction.
Sex before marriage is banned under Islamic law and most hotels and landlords demand proof before allowing a couple to share the same room.
But the report found that many parents will marry their daughter without her consent and often the girls agree to the arrangement because their families have no money….
Especially watch out if you are considering the purchase of a Kindle Fire.  A Kindle Fire has color, is easy to navigate internally and easy to download books from Amazon.
The Kindle Fire is also lame. And Amazon designed it it that way.
Amazon does some dumb deeds. As the over sized gorilla in the jungle of eBook publishing, Amazon is not polite, civil or hold a hand outstretched to other eBook publishers. There are many eBook publishers of note including Smashwords.com.
And when Amazon acts stupidly it does it in a large animal way. Like, get out of my way other publishers of eBooks as Amazon controls the gates.
Why such insults directed at Amazon? Amazon makes it next to impossible to download eBooks to a Kindle Fire except through their Kindle book store. You may not be able to do so although you think you can.
Say you have a BMW and want a new tire. You don’t have to go to a BMW dealership to get a tire. However, if you got an eBook other than from Amazon’s Kindle store and want to read it on a Kindle — yes, you can download the file — but just try to find and open it on Kindle Fire. Just about impossible to do.
So will these tactics work? Let’s hope not. Apple — which wants to keep everyone in the Apple universe — does make it easy to read mobi-pocket files which is the format required for Kindle.
Instead of trying to keep Kindle Fire buyers hostage, let the winds of free markets decide which eBooks are better and on which eBook readers. That would be a smart move for Amazon.Â
