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The Conservative Byte
Today's Politically Incorrect Headlines:
- President Me
- Will Obama impose martial law?
- Feds clearing way for drones over your house
- Voter fraud? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
- Politics of gay marriage not working out for Obama
- Catholic university drops student health insurance, cites ObamaCare
- How to Fix CNN
- War on Women? Poll Shows Romney Leads Obama Among Female Voters
- TIME Cover Offends Feminists… Because the Breastfeeding Mom is Too Pretty
- Failure is Part of Capitalism
- It’s the Economy, Not Gay Marriage, Stupid
- PROOF: Conservatives are REAL Conservationists; Liberals are Liars
- Poll: Romney Beating Obama Among Women Voters
- Does the Democratic Party hate the rich? O’Reilly On Fire: ‘Income Inequality Is Bull!’
- Rush Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
- Don’t Fear the Free Market
- The Real Dark Shadow: Carter’s Foreign Policy Legacy
- Superheroes Rule in Theaters, but Real Heroes Are on Freedom’s Frontier
- Commies storm Obama headquarters
Ron Paul: One More Time
Throughout this campaign, Dr. Paul’s supporters have risen to the challenge time and again.
Thanks to this reinforcement, Dr. Paul has been able to defy expectations and shock the establishment.
Starting with the Minnesota State Convention this weekend, and continuing with several more meetings over the next few weeks alone, our movement has an opportunity to secure more delegates, take control of more local and state parties, and set the stage to not only make a tremendous impact on the direction of the Republican Party at Tampa, but to achieve lasting victory in the years to come.
As Dr. Paul wrote yesterday, his grassroots supporters are holding a Rise for Liberty Money Bomb this Thursday, May 17.
And I want to echo his latest call for your help one more time in what will likely be the final Money Bomb of this campaign.
The establishment has seen our successes over these past months, and they know that only our movement has the energy and dedication to put an end to the status quo and get this country back on track.
Your participation on Thursday will serve to remind them once again that we’re committed to making our message heard in Tampa – and beyond.
So please visit www.RonPaul2012.com tomorrow, May 17, to give to the Rise for Liberty Money Bomb.
For Liberty,
John Tate
Campaign Manager
P.S. Dr. Paul’s grassroots supporters are holding a Rise for Liberty Money Bomb this Thursday, May 17, and I hope you’ll answer his call to participate in what will likely be the final Money Bomb of this campaign.
Any funds raised during this effort will go toward having the greatest possible impact at the Republican National Convention and continuing our work to Restore America Now.
HUFFINGTON POST
That
didn't take long. Less than a week after JPMorgan Chase disclosed
massive trading losses, investors who own bank stock have filed three
different lawsuits alleging that bank officers failed to disclose
information about the bad trade, which led to a sharp decline in the
share price.
The shareholder suits, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan this week, claim that the bank misled investors ahead of its surprise announcement last Thursday that it lost $2 billion.
The shareholder suits, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan this week, claim that the bank misled investors ahead of its surprise announcement last Thursday that it lost $2 billion.
Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen
For Immediate Release
May 16, 2012
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS THREATENING
THE PEACE, SECURITY, OR STABILITY OF YEMEN
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301
of title 3, United States Code,- - - - - - -
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS THREATENING
THE PEACE, SECURITY, OR STABILITY OF YEMEN
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and others threaten Yemen's peace, security, and stability, including by obstructing the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power that meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people for change, and by obstructing the political process in Yemen. I further find that these actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:
Section 1. All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person, including any foreign branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to:
(a) have engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen;
(b) be a political or military leader of an entity that has engaged in the acts described in subsection (a) of this section;
(c) have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the acts described in subsection (a) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(d) be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include but are not limited to:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order.
Sec. 5. Nothing in section 1 of this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official business of the United States Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 8. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 11. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
TB patient charged in Calif. for not taking meds
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities in California took the
unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say
refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming
contagious.
Health officials said Armando
Rodriguez, 34, of Stockton has active pulmonary tuberculosis, which can
include coughing up blood or phlegm and can spread through the air.
Rodriguez
has been noncompliant with his treatment and could become contagious as
a result, Ginger Wick, nursing director for San Joaquin County, said in
a letter requesting a warrant for Rodriguez's arrest.
After
failing one time to give himself the drugs, Rodriguez told a nurse he
had gone on an alcohol binge and taken methamphetamine and didn't want
to hurt his liver, Wick said in her letter.
Rodriguez
was arrested Tuesday and is expected to be arraigned Thursday on two
misdemeanor counts of refusing to comply with a tuberculosis order to be
at home at certain times and make appointments to take his medication.
He will likely be appointed a public defender.
Tuberculosis
is a bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs. Many people
have a latent form, and the active form usually only affects adults
whose immune systems are compromised, which can happen from drug use.
Public
health experts are divided on the issue of mandatory treatment and
criminal charges for patients who don't comply with treatment orders.
Many
of those who do support criminal prosecution in the rarest of cases
when public health is in jeopardy oppose the jailing of patients.
"I
think it's an error to confine someone in the criminal justice system
for a public health crime," said Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown
University public health law professor who drafted a model law adopted
by several states struggling with the issue. "The whole intention is to
protect the public's health. It's not to lay blame on someone."
Implementing
mandatory treatment should be a last resort, and prosecuting someone
for disobeying a public health order is unhelpful and sends the wrong
message if protecting public health is the intent, Gostin said.
Instead,
the afflicted should be given incentives such as transportation to and
from treatments rather than punishment as an incentive to take their
medicine, he said.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said laws to control the spread of tuberculosis
have been in use for more than a century, though regulations differ in
each state.
As many as 12,000 new cases of
tuberculosis are reported in the country each year, the CDC reported.
California recorded 2,317 new cases in 2011, a low since records have
been kept.
Nonetheless, officials throughout
the nation continue to struggle to stop the spread of tuberculosis, with
several drug-resistant strains emerging in recent years.
Federal
and state officials don't keep records of the number of people
prosecuted for refusing to take their medicines. But some say it's
exceedingly rare to file criminal charges in such cases.
San
Joaquin County has had more than 30 tuberculosis prosecutions since
1984, prosecutor Stephen Taylor said, noting the county is more
aggressive than other jurisdictions in prosecuting patients to get them
to take their medication.
"The criminal cases
we're dealing with generally involve drug users who are harder to treat
and manage because the TB medicines conflict with street drugs," he
said. "We have to throw these people in jail and treat them as
in-patients. They don't cooperate as out-patients."
Karen
Furst, San Joaquin County public health officer, said the county
arranges transportation and other services to help patients stick to
their drug regimen and turns to the legal system only as a last resort.
"I
have to make sure that if I'm aware that somebody is in a position that
could possibly be spreading a disease to another person, that I take
steps that are necessary to prevent that from happening," she said.
Rodriguez
was discharged in March from San Joaquin General Hospital with four
medications for active tuberculosis and agreed to take the drugs under
observation by a county health official on weekdays and on his own on
weekends, authorities said.
He allegedly refused to take the drugs on another day and then was not at home on three occasions and missed an appointment.
Each
charge against Rodriguez carries a maximum penalty of a year behind
bars. In her letter, Wick said Rodriguez would need nine months of
treatment.
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Associated Press writer Paul Elias in San Francisco contributed to this report.
Breaking News from Western Journalism
May 16, 2012 02:39 pm | Ron Reale
What
does he know?
How can he think he’ll be re-elected running against the continually
expressed views and will of the American people? Not just running
against the white, non-Muslim people as he has been doing, but
now running against blacks, Hispanics, and… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 02:30 pm | Breaking News
Newly
released, declassified files released by the United Kingdom reveals
U.S. officials’ concerns that Kenyans studying in America, including
President Obama’s father, may have had ties to Kenyan terrorist groups
that were supported by communist nations in the 1950s and… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 02:29 pm | Tim Powers
As
the 2012 campaign season gets to a fever pitch, one race to watch will
be the Senate race for the people’s seat currently held by Diane
Feinstein. Currently,the top GOP candidate is Dr. Orly Taitz ESQ. Dr.
Taitz had… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 02:27 pm | Daniel Noe
May 16, 2012 02:19 pm | Cagle Cartoons
May 16, 2012 02:15 pm | Doug Book
Recent weeks have seen ombudsmen at both the New York Times and the
Washington Post defend their respective newspapers from charges of
journalistic bias and a deep-seated, enduring slant to the political
left. Defined as “trusted [intermediaries] between…an organization… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 02:14 pm | Michael Reagan
Sheep and chickens.
That’s what America’s greatest corporations have become.
Whether it’s in California or nationally, it’s the same sad story.
America’s best and biggest companies — the banks, the energy corporations, the computer giants — are refusing to stand… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 02:13 pm | Daniel Noe
May 16, 2012 02:06 pm | Gary S. Smith
President
Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious
views onto the front pages. In defending his position, Obama stressed
that he and his wife were “practicing Christians” and that his stance
was supported by Christ’s teaching… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 01:51 pm | Rev Michael Bresciani
In
1970, even the churches were not regularly taught the doctrine of the
second coming of Christ more commonly known as premillennial prophecy.
Then along came Hal Lindsey’s block buster best seller, “The Late Great
Planet Earth.”
The nation and… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 01:43 pm | Daniel Noe
May 16, 2012 01:39 pm | Daniel Noe
May 16, 2012 01:38 pm | Breaking News
Bresciani
– This is Rev Michael Bresciani of the American Prophet.org website,
and I’m interviewing Mr. Joseph Farah, the Chief Executive Officer of
World Net Daily on his production of the movie ‘Isaiah 9: 10 Judgment.’
Welcome.
Farah – Before… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 01:31 pm | Breaking News
A
medical report compiled by the family physician of Trayvon Martin
shooter George Zimmerman and obtained exclusively by ABC News found that
Zimmerman was diagnosed with a “closed fracture” of his nose, a pair of
black eyes, two lacerations to… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 12:40 pm | Breaking News
Most
informed people are familiar with the concept of Peak Oil, but fewer
are aware that we’re also entering the era of Peak Government. The
central misconception of Peak Oil — that it’s not about “running out of
oil,” it’s… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 12:36 pm | Breaking News
Historic
Tombstone, Ariz., long has been known as the “Town Too Tough To Die,”
but that was before it encountered the Obama administration, which has
refused permission for the town to repair the water system in the nearby
Huachuca Mountains… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 12:23 pm | Breaking News
Nebraska
state Sen. Deb Fischer wrested the Republican nomination for U.S.
Senate from Attorney General Jon Bruning Tuesday night, riding a burst
of late momentum to pull off an unexpected victory.
Her stunning come-from-behind performance amounts to a warning flare… Continue to Post
May 16, 2012 11:52 am | Daniel Noe
Ron Paul, Adam Smith Push To End Indefinite Detention Of Americans
Ron Paul takes a stand against indefinite detentions of suspected terrorists seized in the United States.
Michael McAuliffWASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to end the law that lets the military indefinitely detain people arrested in America on terrorism charges.
Ever since Congress passed the Authorization to Use Military Force against Al Qaeda and its allies after the 2001 attacks, the White House has asserted the authority to have the military seize suspected terrorists -- including Americans -- and detain them without trial as long as there is a war on terror.
That policy was enshrined in law with last year's National Defense Authorization Act, although President Barack Obama has issued rules barring authorities from detaining Americans.
But that is not good enough, said House lawmakers on Wednesday, vowing to push an amendment by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) to this year's National Defense Authorization Act that would expressly require any suspected terrorist caught in the United States or its territories to be tried in civilian courts.
"Hopefully we can be successful this week in clarifying this to make sure once and for all that we as a people don't endorse the whole notion -- which contradicts everything we should believe in -- that we could be arrested and put in secret prisons," said Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), lending his national status as a libertarian leader to the effort.
"If we don't change this, believe me, this country is in serious trouble," Paul said.
The complaint of the lawmakers and other opponents of indefinite detention is not just that it tramples on the constitutional right to a trial but also that it doesn't work.
"In the last 10 years, we have successfully prosecuted -- tried and convicted -- over 400 terrorists," Smith said. "Even as we sit here today, there are over 300 terrorists in U.S. prisons."
Smith argued that the authority to detain suspected terrorists captured in the United States was only invoked three times -- including the case of Brooklyn-born dirty bomb plotter Jose Padilla -- and dropped in all three in favor of deporting one suspect and trying the others in federal court.
"This authority that the president has has not been exercised in this country since 2003," Smith said. "The president does not need this authority to keep us safe."
But he added, "Leaving it on the books is an unnecessary threat to our civil liberties."
Paul also argued that the courts work better than the military system now being used, including in the recently begun trial of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
"If he had been tried the same way the terrorists were tried in '94, he may well have received the death penalty," Paul said, referring to the convictions of the first World Trade Center bombers.
"This whole idea of trying to get around the law becomes the issue, and this is what's happening now. You deny justice," Paul said.
"The system works. We should not be so intimidated," Paul said. "Yes, we have reason to be concerned by our foreign enemies, and our attacks, but we also ought to be concerned about what we do to ourselves. The American people aren't a guilty party, yet we as a people are being penalized by this irrational use of the judicial system."
Paul and Smith were joined by Reps. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a conservative and a liberal, who predicted that like-minded members would come along.
Still, Smith was unwilling to say if he thought the measure would pass.
Supporters of the existing law argue that terrorists should be treated like enemies and that it does not matter if they are citizens or captured in the United States. Smith and his colleagues, however, argued that the Constitution grants due process rights to "any person."
Debate and voting on the defense bill are expected to be wrapped up this week. The Senate will begin a closed-door mark-up of its version of the bill next Wednesday.
Michael McAuliff covers politics and Congress for The Huffington Post. Talk to him on Facebook.
HUFFINGTON POST
In a letter
sent Tuesday to Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, representatives of the nuclear power industry argued that an
enhanced safety feature designed to limit releases of radioactive gases
into the environment during a severe accident was being hastily
considered by the commission.
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