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KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency. All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the C.I.A. to the office of President Hamid Karzai, according to current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.
Rep. Lamar Smith: Immigration Bill ‘Worse Than We Thought,’ Legalizes Relatives and Previously Deported Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said today that the Senate immigration bill is even worse than feared, since it legalizes illegals’ relatives and even those previously deported: “It’s hard to believe, but the Senate immigration bill is worse than we thought. Despite assurances, the border is not secured before almost everyone in the country illegally is given amnesty. [...] Chrissy Meagher was just approaching the finish when the bombs went off A runner in the Boston marathon has spoken of the ‘amazing’ kindness of two bystanders who helped her in the [...] by Michael Did you know that there are thousands upon thousands of homeless people that are living underground beneath the streets of major U.S. cities? It is happening in Las Vegas, it is happening in New York City and it is even happening in Kansas City. As the economy crumbles, poverty in the United States isabsolutely exploding and so is homelessness. In addition to the thousands of “tunnel people” living under the streets [...] Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr. A recent solicitation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) reveals that the agency is seeking a “massive” online database capable of pulling up individuals’ personal information, connections and associates. On March 28, ATF posted the notice on FedBizOpps.gov, entitled “Investigative System.” The solicitation was updated on April 5 with a few minor changes. The document says that the system will be utilized by staff [...] Armed with confidential memos to Hillary Clinton that were stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide, a hacker has distributed some of the documents to a wide array of congressional aides, political figures, and journalists worldwide. In a series of weekend e-mail blasts, the hacker known as “Guccifer” disseminated four recent memos to Clinton from Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant of the former Secretary of State. The 64-year-old [...] Beyond just being loaded with “artery-cloggingsaturated fat” and sodium, bacon has been long considered unhealthy due to the use of nitrates and nitrites in the curing process. Many conventional doctors, and well-meaning friends and relatives, will say you’re basically asking for a heart attack orcancer by eating the food many Paleo enthusiasts lovingly refer to as “meat candy”. The belief that nitrates and nitrates cause serious health problems has been entrenched in popular consciousness and media. [...] Jonathan Capehart runs into NYC’s top cop and discovers what any New Yorker knows from accounts of relatives and friends being robbed. Stats are available from the following NYC government website: http://www.nyc.gov/…/crime_and_enforcement_activity.shtml Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade teacher Vicki Soto tried to shield her students from the maniacal shooter. ‘She put herself between the gunman and her students,’ her cousin Jim Wiltsie told the Daily News. She took a bullet for her kids. Teacher Victoria Soto used her body to shield her students from the maniacal gunman who staged a massacre at a Connecticut school, relatives said Saturday. Soto paid for her bravery with her [...] The residents of Staten Island are pleading for help from elected officials, begging for gasoline, food and clothing three days after Sandy slammed the New York City borough. “We’re going to die! We’re going to freeze! We got 90-year-old people!” Donna Solli told visiting officials. “You don’t understand. You gotta get your trucks down here on the corner now. It’s been three days!” Staten Island was one of the hardest-hit communities in [...] A review of records indicates that the prime minister’s relatives have controlled assets worth at least $2.7 billion. From NYT: BEIJING — The mother of China’s prime minister was a schoolteacher in northern China. His father was ordered to tend pigs in one of Mao’s political campaigns. And during childhood, “my family was extremely poor,” the prime minister, Wen Jiabao, said in a speech last year. But now 90, the prime minister’s mother, Yang Zhiyun, [...]  10-28-2012 Last train before the storm: Grand Central deserted and subway CLOSED for second time in history as city goes into lockdown Secret Service Asking Americans to Report Tweets That ‘Concern You’ Crowd WALKS OUT on Madonna after she backs Obama at New Orleans concert Greece says EU/IMF lenders refuse to concede on reforms MUST SEE: How To Confuse An Obama Supporter Massachusetts SHUTS DOWN Drug STORES following U.S.-WIDE – MENINGITIS OUTBREAK $43 TRILLION Racketeering + Laundering Lawsuit BLOOMBERG: [...] ALTAVISTA, Va.— Family members tell WDBJ7 that Delma Towler called police because she thought someone was breaking into her home on 10th Street. Relatives say the 83-year-old was wandering behind her house. WDBJ7 has learned Delma may have fired a gunshot through her back door. ….
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-state-police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting-in-altavista-wednesday-night-20120920,0,4084378.story?page=2 CNN obtained a personal journal that belonged to the slain American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and broadcast reports based on its contents against the wishes of the Stevens family, according to relatives and State Department officials who were asked to intervene by the family. CNN obtained the journal in Benghazi, where Mr. Stevens and three other Americans were killed in an attack by militants on the American consulate in the [...] In 1990, the going pay rate was about $10/hr for a general office job – whether it be customer service, sales, administrative work, etc. You could do these jobs straight out of high school or even while still in school. You could expect a raise and advancement if you did a good job. You could expect benefits such as health/dental insurance, paid vacation, etc. Today, the going pay for the same [...] Forsaken And Forgotten by Michael America is becoming a very cold place. If you don’t have money, you don’t really matter much in our society. The ads on television aren’t for you – they are directed at people that actually have good jobs and that can afford to buy the nice little “extras” in life. The politicians aren’t really interested in you either – they figure that they can buy your vote [...] How a tiny particle inside a protein makes us more intelligent than all other creatures on earth A minute particle within a protein allowed humans to become the most intelligent creatures on the planet, say scientists. It holds the key to understanding why our brains are so much bigger and more complex than any other animal, according to new research. It may also explain how its unequalled mental capacity evolved so rapidly and [...] Britain’s role in supplying information to an American military “kill list” inAfghanistan is being subjected to legal challenge amid growing international concern over targeted strikes against suspected insurgents and drug traffickers. An Afghan man who lost five relatives in a missile strike started proceedings against the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the Ministry of Defence demanding to know details of the UK’s participation “in the compilation, review and execution of the list and [...] A woman who was on the Detroit Princess riverboat went to her car after getting on shore, retrieved a gun and opened fire early Monday, hitting four of her relatives and friends, officials say. Another family member who wasn’t on the boat returned fire, critically injuring the shooter’s boyfriend as they were driving away. Officials with the Detroit Princess say the shooting occurred around 1:15 a.m. on the shore near the boarding [...] Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has called on people to avoid physical contact, after the deadly Ebola virus spread to the capital, Kampala. Fourteen people have died, including one in Kampala, since the outbreak began in western Uganda three weeks ago, he said in a special broadcast. Ebola is one of the most virulent diseases in the world. It is spread by close personal contact and kills up to 90% of those who [...] Dubai police chief warns of “international plot” against Gulf states, says Iran, Syria and MB must know Gulf is a red line.
DUBAI – Dubai’s chief of police has warned of an “international plot” to overthrow the governments of Gulf Arab countries, saying the region needs to be prepared to counter any threat from Islamist dissidents as well as Syria and Iran. The comments by Dahi Khalfan, one of the most outspoken [...] DUBAI – Dubai’s chief of police has warned of an “international plot” to overthrow the governments of Gulf Arab countries, saying the region needs to be prepared to counter any threat from Islamist dissidents as well as Syria and Iran. The comments by Dahi Khalfan, one of the most outspoken security officials in the United Arab Emirates, follow the detention in the UAE since April of at least 20 dissidents, according [...] President Obama Speech to Muslim World in Cairo This is BIG… and the PRESS will NOT COVER ANY OF IT.. Obama said ” I AM ONE OF You” in Aramaic Obama declares he’s Muslim! at 25 / 30 The White House did not deny rumors that President Barack Hussein Obama will officially revert to Islam just prior to his second imaculation. In Egypt, the President recited fictitious achievements of Islam, like a seasoned [...] A $100 million budget deficit in Oregon’s Lane County has prompted the sheriff to release nearly 100 detainees and inmates from his jail, including several accused of killing people. Ninety-two prisoners were freed over three days this month as the jail closed a whole wing of its 507-bed facility. “It was horrifying,” says Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner. “All the effort to get those people into the jail is now gone, [...] Victim was found dead surrounded by three Siberian tigers A man was killed by tigers at Copenhagen Zoo today after he scaled a fence and crossed a moat to gain access to the predators’ enclosure. The victim, who has been identified as a 20-year-old of Afghan descent living in Copenhagen, was savaged by three tigers after he broke into the zoo in the Danish capital [...] Relatives are mourning a six-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. Israel confirmed the strikes, which also wounded 20 other people, but denies any involvement in the child’s death. On Saturday Israel launched air raids on Palestinian territory following rocket fire from Gaza that wounded an Israeli man. Gaza health officials confirmed that at least four people had been killed and over 20 [...] It is a condition which has resulted in little Liu Jiangli going through more trauma in her six years than most people do in a lifetime. The schoolgirl was born with a coating of coarse black fur on her face and across more than 60 per cent of her body. But if that was not bad enough, worse was to follow. Picture: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/10/article-2157113-13825330000005DC-202_634x1000.jpg Because of her rare condition – which effects just one in a [...] ALL GOV Being new to the workforce has not been a fruitful experience so far for the majority of recent high school graduates who skipped going to college. Among those from the classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011 who received their diplomas, 54% are unemployed and only 16% have full-time jobs. Another 22% work part time, even though most of them would rather have full-time employment. There are only minor variations by [...] Kelvin Santos stopped breathing during treatment for pneumonia and was declared dead on Friday A two-year-old boy sat up in his coffin and asked for water before laying back down again lifeless, according to a Brazilian news website. In a case that seems almost too incredible to be true, ORM claimed that Kelvin Santos stopped [...] Hunt: Village chief Chinamhora is searching for the missing incestuous mother and son A man is on the run in Zimbabwe after allegedly making his own mother pregnant for the second time. Simon Matsvara and his mother Ethel Vhangare fled their home in Pote Village, Mashonaland Central province when members of their church group discovered she was expecting another child. Just four years ago the pair, whose ages are unknown, were fined by village [...] |
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Facebook to block negative comments about Newtown massacre
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February 26, 2013
Facebook will block sensitive content linked to the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, the company and the state’s congressional delegation said.
Many of the Newtown tribute pages posted to Facebook were created by relatives of the victims or survivors, but others were created by people with no connection to the tragedy, The Hartford Courant reported. Officials were concerned about the solicitation of donations, bullying and harassment.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said, [...]