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Tuesday, 13 August 2013
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER TO VISIT SEATTLE, WASHINGTONBy Shelby Sebens, Northwest Watchdog, August 13, 2013Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, known for his landmark legislation Act 10 that stripped collective bargaining for most of the state’s public unions, will be taking his message to Seattle.Walker will be in Seattle on Sept. 5 to speak at the Washington Policy Center’s awards dinner, according to a press release from the conservative, free-market think tank. He will be touting his new book, “Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s...
U.S.A. ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL ROGERS (R-AL) - U.S.A. MISSILE DEFENSE MODERNIZATION NEEDEDBy Bill Gertz, August 13, 2013, Washington Free BeaconArmed Services Subcommittee Chair: Missile Defense Modernization NeededThe Obama administration has cut $6 billion from U.S. missile defense programs at a time when missile threats are growing, chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces said Tuesday.Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Ala.) also said in a speech that missile defense shortfalls likely contributed to the...
U.S.S. RONALD REAGAN CONDUCTS CHANGE-OF-COMMAND CEREMONY - U.S.A. CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER E. BOLT REPLACING U.S.A. CAPTAIN THOMAS W. BURKEBy eCoronado.com, August 13, 2013**********PHOTO:http://api.ning.com/files/TRVQsruyIfMXSr8G6dBdkcVOS9*-e4zrxyT5FTycHYfnXf3RvuCo5VRXd1TCC6201n9uU-rReBbQSTStbLyu7JDXqmns-LlO/130813NHT107082.jpg?width=750**********SAN DIEGO (August 13, 2013) Official party members salute during the change of command ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Capt. Christopher Bolt relieved Capt. Thom Burke as the...
TIM DONNELLY FOR GOVERNOR - CALIFORNIA 2014: FIGHTING TO SAVE CALIFORNIA * YES, THERE IS HOPE!“I believe the Constitution was meant to serve as a set of handcuffs for the government. We ought to throw the government up against a wall and cuff ‘em. That’s what they need.” California Assemblyman and Gubernatorial Candidate Tim DonnellyThis month California Assemblyman and candidate for the office of Governor of California, Tim Donnelly, spoke to the Tri-City Tea Party in Vista, CA. Donnelly fired up the group with his hopeful, heartfelt, honest...
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES DEBT RATINGS FOR 7 ILLINOIS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIESBY SANDRA GUY, Technology/Higher Education Reporter, Aug 13, 2013Bond-rating agency Moody’s has downgraded debt ratings for seven of Illinois’ eight public universities. And Moody’s said the state’s fiscal and pension woes may cause further declines in the next 12 to 24 months.The universities rely heavily on funding from Illinois, which in June slid to Moody’s lowest bond rating in the nation and the lowest in Illinois’ history because of its underfunded pensions and record of slow...
FOUR CANADIANS & FIVE AMERICANS WERE INDICTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN LARGEST PENNY STOCK FRAUD IN HISTORYPAOLA LORIGGIO, ADRIAN HUMPHREYS, 13/08/13, National PostFormer Toronto resident Sandy Winick figured he was on to a good thing with his scam raking in millions of dollars from investors, U.S. authorities allege, telling a colleague his scheme was better than another: “That deal is obviously a pump-and-dump. We know enough to be subtle.”His business partner, Kolt Curry, another Canadian, allegedly boasted: “The money is good,...
CHINA'S RARE-EARTH PRODUCERS FACE A SERIES OF SETBACKS13 AUGUST, 2013, drivesncontrols.comIt appears that Chinese attempts to restrict its exports of rare-earth materials and to raise their prices may have backfired. Exports last year were more than 40% down on their peak levels, prices have dropped, some producers have gone out of business, and illegal mines and smugglers are thriving.In addition, a group of Chinese rare-earth companies are in a legal dispute with Hitachi Metals over patents covering neodymium-iron-boron magnets.Rare-earth materials...
CFTC CHARGES FLORIDA-BASED WORTH GROUP, INC. & ITS PRINCIPALS, ANDREW WILSHIRE & EUGENIA MILDNER, IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUDULANT PRECIOUS METALS SCHEMEAugust 13, 2013CFTC alleges that Defendants, who took in more than $73 million, defrauded customers in connection with precious metals transactions and engaged in illegal off-exchange commodity transactionsWashington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on August 13, 2013, it filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court...
U.S.A. FEDERAL JUDGE ALLOWS OKLAHOMA STATE'S CHALLENGE TO OBAMA'S HEALTH-CARE LAW TO PROCEEDBy Andrew Harris, August 13, 2013, BloombergOklahoma won court approval to proceed with a federal lawsuit challenging tax aspects of President Barack Obama ’s 2010 health-care legislation.U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White in Muskogee, Oklahoma, yesterday denied the federal government’s request for complete dismissal of a lawsuit first filed in 2011 over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.While White tossed claims that the act’s mandatory minimum-coverage...
NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE JOE LHOTA TALKS AT ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY'S ANNUAL STATEN ISLAND GOLF OUTINGBy Kiawana Rich/Staten Island Advance on August 13, 2013STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The St. John's University's 34th annual Staten Island golf outing honored three notable alumni and included a visit by Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota.The event, held inside the Richmond County Country Club, recognized Joseph Borrino, Daniel Rubino and Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan.During his visit, Lhota briefly spoke to the Advance about...
IN COLORADO RECALL ELECTION, REACH OUT TO OVERSEAS U.S.A. VOTERSBy The Denver Post Editorial Board, 08/13/2013The recall elections against two Colorado lawmakers won't take place until Sept. 10, but regardless of the outcomes, we know U.S. military personnel and taxpayers are likely to be losers.And while officials can't do much to protect taxpayers at this point, they must do everything in their power to ensure that overseas voters aren't disenfranchised — which is now a real possibility.We don't quarrel with the decision Monday by Denver District...
SAN DIEGO MAYOR BOB FILNER FIGHTS RECALL: WHAT'S HIS STRATEGY?By David Cook, Staff writer / August 13, 2013In a statement challenging the recall effort, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner did not address accusations of sexual misconduct lodged against him by 14 women. Instead, he repeated promises of better city services.San Diego Mayor Bob Filner issued a statement late Monday challenging a recall effort aimed at ousting him from office, after more than a dozen women claimed he had made unwanted sexual advances.Under San Diego’s municipal code, Mr. Filner...
SILVER MUST GO!Too many sexual harassment coverups in the AssemblyNEW YORK DAILY NEWS 08/08/23Sheldon Silver has had enough second chances for mishandling sexual harassment cases.Arrogant stonewalling under the leadership of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has verged into an unlawful coverup that must bring the end of his reign.Silver’s longtime top laywer — a key figure in concealing Vito Lopez’s sexual harassment —reportedly defied a subpoena to conceal harassment by yet another Assembly member.The speaker insists he knew nothing of William Collins’...
NATURALIZED-U.S. CITIZEN FROM INDIA & A KENYAN WERE ORDERED HELD BY U.S.A. FEDERAL JUDGE IN FLORIDA ON TERRORISM CHARGESTuesday, August 13, 2013 By Curt Anderson, The Associated PressMIAMI - Two men accused of providing thousands of dollars and recruiting fighters for terrorist organizations overseas pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a hearing where prosecutors revealed the case against them was built largely by an undercover FBI agent posing on the Internet as a terror finance middleman.Assistant U.S. Attorney Ricardo Del Toro said at a bail hearing...
VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE KEN CUCCINELLI TO UNVEIL K - 12 EDUCATION PLANBy Fredrick Kunkle, August 13, 2013, Washington PostVirginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II unveiled a 12-point education plan on Tuesday that would push for charter schools, offer voucher-like scholarships for preschoolers and empower a majority of parents to close down, convert or overhaul their children’s failing school, according to an outline of his K-12 education plan.The Republican gubernatorial candidate wants to double the number of female students who focus...
BROKEN INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST TEAMSTERS' LEASE PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON RAHM EMANUEL ALLY JOHN COLIBy DAN MIHALOPOULOS, Staff Reporter, dmihalopoulos@suntimes.com, Aug 13, 2013 09:31AMBarely a year into a 15-year deal, a union representing more than 12,000 government employees in the Chicago area broke the lease on its headquarters in Des Plaines and moved to new quarters in Park Ridge.Teamsters Local 700’s actions have prompted a lawsuit against the union by its old landlords, who are claiming damages “in the millions of dollars.”But the move gave John...
CHINESE ESPIONAGE AGENTS PAINT PITCH-BLACK PICTURE IN PANGANG CASE ... AND, MCDONNELL & MCAULIFFE ASSIST THEM.Friday, 09 August, 2013, Associated Press in BeijingIndustrial espionage case against mainland firm Pangang points to high-level official involvement in theft of DuPont secrets, US prosecutors say.US prosecutors say Pangang Group aimed high. The Chinese state-owned company wanted a better process to make titanium dioxide, a white pigment used in paint, toothpaste and Oreo cookie fillings. So it paid spies to steal it from industry giant...
CHINESE FIRMS, JUST LIKE THE ONES VA GOV. BOB MCDONNELL & TERRY MCAULIFFE RECEIVE ILLEGAL "GIFTS" FROM, PAY INSIDERS TO "KILL" AMERICAN CITIZENS' COMPANIESBy Carl Sears and Michael Isikoff NBC News, 08/06/13A Chinese energy firm offered big money and access to women to entice an engineer at a U.S. company to launch a cyber raid on his employer, stealing sensitive computer codes and “thereby cheating (the firm) … out of more than $800 million,” according to newly unsealed court documents and internal messages and emails obtained by NBC News.Federal...
VIRGINIA GOV. BOB MCDONNELL & TERRY MCAULIFFE'S NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS & CHINESE EXPORT/SHIPPING VIOLATIONS PERSIST IN LIGHT OF CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS INTO SMITHFIELD FOODS ACQUISITION BY THE CHINESEBy Michael Welles Shapiro, mwshapiro@dailypress.com, 08/13/13CHESAPEAKE — In town to talk about policy achievements and new business for the state, Gov. Bob McDonnell was nevertheless peppered with questions about a gift scandal that has cast a cloud over the end of his term.The governor visited a Virginia Beach bakery Tuesday morning,...
ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION TURNS FOCUS ON BLOOMBERG & ILLINOIS MAYORSAugust 13, 2013, ILLINOIS REVIEWState Rifle Association turns focus on Bloomberg and Illinois mayors - Illinois ReviewThe Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is taking on Illinois suburban and small town mayors that are members of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" (MAIG). As part of ISRA's new constituent information campaign, it has delivered thousands of information packets to firearm owners residing in communities whose mayors belong...
U.S.A. AIR FORCE APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ONLY U.S.A. AIRMAN ON DEATH ROW August 13, 2013Savannah, Georgia --- An Air Force appeals court has overturned the death sentence of the only U.S. airman awaiting execution on the military's death row.The Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals ruled defense attorneys for Senior Airman Andrew P. Witt failed to present critical mitigating evidence during his 2005 court-martial. It says Witt must be re-sentenced, but upheld his premeditated murder conviction in the 2004 stabbings of a fellow...
U.S.A. FEDERAL JUDGE IN FLORIDA RULES IN FAVOR OF PROCEEDING WITH MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION FCA LAWSUIT AGAINST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TRANSIT DEPARTMENTAugust 13, 2013A Florida federal judge on Monday denied Miami-Dade County and its transit department's motion to dismiss a former employee's whistleblower case claiming violations of the False Claims Act on federal grants worth hundreds of millions of dollars as well as retaliation against h...
ILLINOIS STATE JUDICIAL INQUIRY BOARD'S REGULATOR FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST SUSPENDED COOK COUNTY JUDGE CYNTHIA BRIMBy Steve Schmadeke, Tribune, August 13, 2013The state's judicial inquiry board filed a complaint today against a Cook County judge who was found not guilty by reason of insanity on battery charges last year.Judge Cynthia Brim, who was assigned to the south suburban Markham courthouse, is charged with violating the state's code of judicial conduct by failing to respect and comply with the law and maintain order and decorum in her court...
CANADA TO SHUT DOWN CHICAGO-BASED RAIL FIRM INVOLVED IN QUEBEC TOWN DISASTERAugust 13, 2013OTTAWA (Reuters) - The rail firm involved in a tanker train disaster that killed 47 people in a Quebec town last month will be shut down because it does not have enough insurance to cover clean-up costs and other damages, a Canadian government agency said on Tuesday.The Canadian Transportation Agency said it would suspend the operating license of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) and its Canadian subsidiary from August 20 to give the firms "time...
U.S.A. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN US AIRWAYS & AMERICAN AIRLINESAugust 13, 2013Merger Would Result in U.S. Consumers Paying Higher Airfares and Receiving Less Service; Lawsuit Seeks to Maintain Competition in the Airline IndustryThe Department of Justice, six state attorneys general and the District of Columbia filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today challenging the proposed $11 billion merger between US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines’ parent corporation, AMR Corp. The department...
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