++The Senate intelligence Committee voted 11-3 to release part of the Torture Report, which also goes into black sites. President Obama ordered the intelligence agencies to de-classify the report as rapidly as possible. Earlier this week,the United Nations found that the United States has violated the Convention against Torture by delaying the release of the full report.
++Rep. DeFazio from Oregon appeared on the Thoma Hartmann Show to talk about McCutcheon vs. FEC. He pointed out that Roberts great defense of the 1st Amendment in letting campaign limits end affects all of 12,000 people who bumped up against limits. DeFazio also pointed out that the deregulation of the media in the 1990s now allows individuals to own as many media outlets as they choose. Between the SCOTUS ruling and the Deregulation of The Telecoms,there is not much space left for anyone else.
++The Senate did pass the extension of the unemployment insurance which affects 2 million people. If it were law, it would create 200,000 jobs. The House says it can't get around to it as people face losing their homes and cars. A Harvard study shows that only about one-third of these Americans will ever be employed against, another one-third will have part-time jobs. One third will never be employable.
++Dwight Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System is in serious jeopardy. The United States, which used to be number 1 in the world in infrastructure, is now 26th and is competing with Zimbabwe in terms of GDP allotted to infrastructure spending. The Highway Trust Fund will be broke by October 1 of this year and that it will exist another 8-10 months to pay past bills. It now needs $5billion.
++Paul Ryan's Highway Plan is that the Trust Fund should get no further funding and in fact be reduced by 50%. He argues that the states must raise the funds themselves to maintain the nation's highway system.
++House Republicans took another shot at Obamacare by redefining full-time work as 40-hrs to allow employers to get around the employer mandate. Little Ricky Cantor said that the House Republicans were against raising the minimum wage because Obama is hiding the job losses from Obamacare.
++On that hopeful note, Democratic pollster Greenberg said that despite this being the best week for Democrats in a long time Democrats are facing a mini-wave election by the Republicans.
++Marco Rubio has complained that the Hispanic media is totally behind Obamacare.
++Mitch McConnell claimed that Obamacare is a disaster and should be destroyed. His antagonism against healthcare has sunk his approval rating in Kentucky to the point pundits really believe this time he will lose. Alison Grimes has lead in the last two polls.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Sunday Misc.
++The article of the Day is by Francis Schaeffer,"The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama" at www.patheos.com. Frank defends the President from his critics on both the Right and the Left.
++Pope Francis, Time Magazine's Person of the Year, says to his critics he isn't a Marxist but has known many fine Marxists as people.
++Nate Silver sort of agrees with Charlie Cook that the GOP stands a 50-50 chance of getting the Senate. He predicts the GOP will have 50-51 seats after the 2014 election. Harry Reid says this is hogwash. Silver says the cause is the retirement of three Democrats.
++Peter O'Toole is dead at 81.
++Madiba is buried in his hometown of Qunu.
++Paul Ryan says the GOP will be meeting during the Holidays to discuss what they will demand for raising the debt ceiling. But he admits that no one knows when that will be.
++The AP has a story that the "so-called" stand-down order in Benghazi was issued by the CIA station chief and fights broke out among CIA officers in Libya. But no one would say anything could have been done to save the Ambassador's life.
++President Obama is withholding the release of the CIA report on the Bay of Pigs fiasco. He is also trying to prevent the Senate from releasing its 6,000 page report on the use of torture by the United States.
++Walter Jones,(R-N.C.) is asking for the release of the censored portion of the 9/11 Report concerning the Saudi government and diplomats' involvement in assisting the hijackers. The New York Post today printed a summary of the findings.
++The NSA is offering an amnesty if Snowden will tell him everything he stole.
++Danish and Norwegian ships are ready to transport 500tons of Syria's most dangerous chemicals as part of the agreement they dispose of their chemical weapons.
++American officials will be meeting with the Islamist part of the Syrian opposition after they overran the Free Syrian Army and chased General Idriss into exile.
++There are now 23 million Syrian refugees, who may become permanent exiles. Their humanitarian plight has become catastrophic with the winter weather.
++John McCain is in the Ukraine urging peace. He does say that more sanctions against Iran are inevitable.
++Pope Francis, Time Magazine's Person of the Year, says to his critics he isn't a Marxist but has known many fine Marxists as people.
++Nate Silver sort of agrees with Charlie Cook that the GOP stands a 50-50 chance of getting the Senate. He predicts the GOP will have 50-51 seats after the 2014 election. Harry Reid says this is hogwash. Silver says the cause is the retirement of three Democrats.
++Peter O'Toole is dead at 81.
++Madiba is buried in his hometown of Qunu.
++Paul Ryan says the GOP will be meeting during the Holidays to discuss what they will demand for raising the debt ceiling. But he admits that no one knows when that will be.
++The AP has a story that the "so-called" stand-down order in Benghazi was issued by the CIA station chief and fights broke out among CIA officers in Libya. But no one would say anything could have been done to save the Ambassador's life.
++President Obama is withholding the release of the CIA report on the Bay of Pigs fiasco. He is also trying to prevent the Senate from releasing its 6,000 page report on the use of torture by the United States.
++Walter Jones,(R-N.C.) is asking for the release of the censored portion of the 9/11 Report concerning the Saudi government and diplomats' involvement in assisting the hijackers. The New York Post today printed a summary of the findings.
++The NSA is offering an amnesty if Snowden will tell him everything he stole.
++Danish and Norwegian ships are ready to transport 500tons of Syria's most dangerous chemicals as part of the agreement they dispose of their chemical weapons.
++American officials will be meeting with the Islamist part of the Syrian opposition after they overran the Free Syrian Army and chased General Idriss into exile.
++There are now 23 million Syrian refugees, who may become permanent exiles. Their humanitarian plight has become catastrophic with the winter weather.
++John McCain is in the Ukraine urging peace. He does say that more sanctions against Iran are inevitable.
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