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Freedom House Deplores Terrorist Attacks in Moscow, Calls for Respect of Civil Liberties in Aftermath
Freedom House deplores the terrorist attacks on the subway in Moscow Monday morning and extends condolences to the family members of the victims.
Draft Law a Threat to Press Freedom in Estonia
New draft legislation in Estonia allowing for criminal prosecution of journalists who refuse to reveal sources is a troubling backslide for press freedom and should be rejected by parliament, said Freedom House.
Obama Pressed to Appoint an Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
A joint letter signed by more than 25 organizations and individuals was delivered today to President Obama urging him to immediately fill the still-vacant position of U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom
FBI raids Christians in Michigan, same day Muslim terrorists blow up Moscow Subway
Ayn Randist blogger Mary at BeJohnGalt.com highlights the irony of the timing of the Obama Administration's FBI raids against the Christian group Hutaree on the very same day that 37 Russian commuters were killed by Muslim terrorists in Moscow.
Background from The Detroit News:
At least seven people, including some from Michigan, have been arrested in raids by a FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based Christian militia group, a person familiar with the matter said.
On Sunday, a source close to the investigation in Washington, D.C. confirmed that FBI agents were conducting activities in Washtenaw and Lenawee counties over the weekend in connection to Hutaree, a Christian militia group. Detroit FBI Special Agent Sandra Berchtold told The Detroit News the federal warrants in the case are under court seal and declined further comment.
Hours later the news came from various major media sources, of the Terrorist Bombing in Moscow (via MSNBC):
MOSCOW - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing at least 37 people, officials said.
Witnesses described panic at two stations, with commuters falling over each other in dense smoke and dust as they tried to escape the worst attack on the Russian capital in six years.
The head of Russia's main security agency said preliminary investigation places the blame on rebels from the restive Caucasus region that includes Chechnya... the bombs were filled with bolts and iron rods.
Mary co-editor at BeJohnGalt.com responds:
Upon seeing the headline about the FBI making raids on a terrorist group in Michigan, one would only assume that it would be Islamic terrorists being targeted. After all, Dearborn, MI has one of the largest Arab populations outside the Middle East and Muslims are always talking about jihad against the infidels. There are reports of Islamic military training camps in all areas of the United States. But, the raid was directed at a Christian militia...
Meanwhile two female suicide bombers killed 37 people at subway stops in Russia. The suicide bombers were from Chechnya. While the politically-correct article doesn’t mention it, guess what religion the people of Chechnya are?
Editor's Note - We are adding BeJohnGalt.com, a pro-defense free market site, to our Blog Roll.
Sarah Palin: A "libertarian tool" for the GOP?
From Eric Dondero:
The Las Vegas Review-Journal covered the Tea Party protest in Searchlight over the weekend. The article - POLITICAL EYE: Tea Party dogma difficult to define, Even Sarah Palin stirs mixed feelings in the movement by Benjamin Spillman and Steve Tetraeult. Spillman and Tetraeult described the keynoter Sarah Palin as a "tool" to help the Republican Party win libertarian support.
From LVRJ:
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin greets fans as she makes her way to the stage to speak at the Tea Party Express event billed as the "Showdown in Searchlight," held Saturday at an open-air desert site 2.3 miles north of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's hometown of Searchlight.
Some see the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate as a unifying force and a woman who articulates the feelings of people angry and afraid of government under President Barack Obama.
Others see Palin as a tool for Republican politicians to win the support of the libertarian-leaning Tea Party movement.
Later in the piece the local Libertarian Party Chairman expresses dissapointment that Palin didn't back primary challenger J.D. Hayworth for the GOP nomination in nearby Arizona. Continuing:
Palin's Friday speech in Arizona endorsing her former presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., against self-proclaimed "consistent conservative" J.D. Hayworth tapped into Tea Party movement concerns. McCain's stances on immigration and other issues have prompted some to question his conservative credentials.
"It is disappointing but not surprising," said Liz Kerby, former chairwoman of the Nye County Libertarian Party, of Palin's support for McCain.
Actually, in many ways the reverse may be true. Palin may be a "Republican tool" of the libertarian movement.
Palin has had many Libertarian Party supporters over the years. Her first campaign manager in her runs for Mayor of Wasilla was identified by the Boston Globe (Oct. 2008), as a "Libertarian." In 2005, she attended two local Libertarian Party meetings in Anchorage (Wed. night supper club sponsored by LPA Sec. Rob Clift). And in 2006 the entire board of the Libertarian Party of Alaska endorsed her candidacy. Additionally, the LP candidate against her on the ballot Billy Toien, publicly backed her campaign the last three days of the race.
In 2007/08, all three co-founders of "Draft Sarah Palin for VP" were self-described "libertarians."
Photo hat tip The Examiner
Newsy Video: The McCain vs. Hayworth battle for US Senate in Arizona
From the Editor:
This was sent to us from our friends at Newsy.com in regards to our recent coverage of Palin's visit to Arizona. Informative and thought-provoking.
Please take a moment to participate in this week's LR poll (sidebar): Palin's endorsement of McCain - good move, or bad?
Rep. Alan Grayson misfires: Accuses Jewish Republican of lying about Anti-Semitic threats
Says Republicans making stories up for political gain, just like Hitler and the Reichstag Fire
On the Mark Thompson show heard on Sirius/XM radio (transcript via Politico) controversial liberal Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida made the following remarks, regarding recent incidences of violence reported by Democrat congressmen as a result of the Health Care vote, and additional reports by the GOP:
MARK THOMPSON: Yeah, this is crazy. And they’re suggesting ... the Republicans are defending themselves by saying this is happening on both sides. This is not happening on both sides.
REP. GRAYSON: Well, I think that’s what they said about the burning of the Reichstag, if I recall correctly.
And what's being described as a "stray bullet" by Richmond Police, pierced the window of Cong. Cantor's congressional office early last week. In a press conference Cantor further revealed (via Plumline):
I received threatening emails. But I will not release them, because I believe such actions will only encourage more to be sent.
Other reports suggest the emails received were of an Anti-Semitic nature. Congressman Cantor is Jewish.
He has confirmed to Politico that:
he has received threats because he is Jewish.
Note - Congressman Cantor's district includes Richmond and surrounding areas. The Congressman also serves as Minority Whip in the House.
IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!
Our friends at JammieWearingFool and GatewayPundit are just now breaking this story...
A Muslim Man in Philadelphia is charged with threatening to Kill Rep. Eric Cantor and his family. The announcement just came from the US Attorney General's office.
A YouTube video from the suspect shows him saying, "You receive my bullets in your office. Remember they will be placed in your heads. You and your children..."
Nevada Rep. says she’s not concerned about individual mandate: "Oh, no" Constitution is a flexible document
Libertarian columnist Vin Suprynowicz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal sardonically opined on Sunday, "Please don't call it State Socialism." He mentioned hearing his local Congresswoman on a radio interview interpreting the US Constitution as entirely open to interpretation.
From the LV Review-Journal, March 29:
We're told that for some reason we're not allowed to call the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda "socialism," "communism," "Marxism," "state socialism" "fascism," or anything else that might sound unpleasant...
Telling us we're not "allowed" to use an accurate label for something doesn't change what it is.
On the radio this week I heard Congresscritter Titus asked whether she's concerned about state lawsuits challenging the new federal mandate that everyone will have to buy "suitable" health insurance. "Oh, no," she said, "The Constitution has been interpreted all kinds of ways, so I'm not concerned about that."
This from a woman -- a supposedly well-educated college professor -- who swore a solemn oath to "protect and defend the Constitution" 14 months ago.
At least four Republican candidates have filed to run against Rep. Titus, including Constitutionalist and retired Air Force Col. Ed Bridges and Tea Party Patriot Dr. Joe Heck.
Democrat support in Florida takes a nosedive
Tight Congressional races may now swing to the GOP
From Eric Dondero:
Obama won Florida with 50.9% of the vote in 2008. His popularity in the State has plummeted since.
A new poll by Mason-Dixon (via TampaBay.com) shows ObamaCare's popularity now at 34% with 54% opposed. And more specifically:
Seniors disfavor the bill by a 65-25 percent margin, while independents oppose the law 62-34.
And the news is just as bad for Obama himself:
It shows that Floridians have a more negative than positive view of Obama by a margin of 15 percentage points. And they oppose his so-called "cap-and-trade" global warming legislation as well.
The news is having a great affect on Democrat elected officials in the State. Senator Bill Nelson, considered a relatively centrist Democrat, now stands at 34% popularity. What's more for his race in 2012 he's way behind likely GOP challengers.
Since his 2006 re-election, Nelson's popularity has nose-dived 18 percentage points, the poll shows... The poll shows Nelson would lose to Republicans in theoretical match-ups against former Gov. Jeb Bush, Gov. Charlie Crist and current U.S. Senate opponent Marco Rubio.
Jeb Bush (R) 50%
Bill Nelson (D-inc) 35%Charlie Crist (R) 47%
Bill Nelson (D-inc) 37%
The pollster Brad Corker commented:
"If Bill Nelson's getting hurt by this, you can imagine what damage there is to other Democrats across the country..."
And yet another poll by Mason-Dixon shows expected Democrat candidate for Senate against either Rubio or Crist, getting clobbered in the general. Rubio would beat Kendrick Meek comfortably44% to 29%. Crist over Meek by an astounding 50% to 26%.
In the aftermath of the 2008 elections, Democrats were giddy at the prospects of turning reliably Republican Red Florida into a leaning Blue State. Those hopes have seemed to diminish, and quite dramatically. All of which could have a huge impact on tight congressional races in 2010, such as Allen West in Broward County against incumbent Democrat Rep. Ron Klein, along with potential GOP challengers to controversial Dem Rep. Alan Grayson in Central Florida, and to blue dogger Rep. Allen Boyd of Tallahassee who voted for the Health Care act.
That's a potential pick up of 3, 4, maybe even 5 Congressional seats for the GOP out of Florida. And heading into 2012, with a Romney, Palin, or even Jeb Bush on the ticket, there's now an increasing certainty that Florida will be solidly in the GOP column.
Liberty in Action! Florida RLC meets with Lt. Gov., Legislators in Tallahassee
Health Care Repeal Act on top of the Agenda
by Eric Dondero
The Republican Libety Caucus was founded in Tallahassee, Florida in June of 1990. The Florida RLC is the oldest of all of the groups' chapters. In many ways it was the FL RLC that launched the nationwide Republican Liberty movement. It took than many years, and a great deal of hard work to gain influence in state politics. But they have now arrived to the point that top elected officials in Tallahasee virtually roll out the red carpet for the yearly visit of Libertarian Republicans.
Lt. Governor Jeff Kottcamp of the Melbourne area, has long identified himself as a "free marketeer" GOPer. The Palm Beach Post even labeled him "libertarian." It was Kottcamp who served as host for visiting RLCers last weekend.
Longtime RLCer Phil Blumel who was actually there at the founding of the organization in 1990, reports:
About 35 RLCers from around the state attended this week the 2010 Liberty Days at the Capitol, the RLC's annual grassroots lobbying trek to Tallahassee, in the midst of the national battle against ObamaCare.
The timing was perfect. The RLC's first event was a hearing before the House Healthcare Regulation Policy Committee, in which Rep. Scott Plakon - sponsor of the Healthcare Freedom Act - made his case for protecting Floridians from the individual mandates included in the national bill. His bill (HJR 37) to do that passed the committee 10-3 amid cheers from the RLCers present.
"It is our duty to step up and reassert the rights of Floridians, in this case protecting our citizen's rights and freedoms to make appropriate decisions as it relates to their own health care," said Plakon.
The next day, RLCers met with more legislators and aides, including Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp who met with both the RLCers as a group and privately with RLCFL Chair Will Pitts.Several RLCers attended the press conference of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum who announced his intention to be one of the nine or so state attorney generals to sue the federal government as soon as the ObamaCare bill was signed by the president.
"There are two basic principles here," McCollum said. "Number one that Congress has exceeded its powers in terms of its requiring the individual mandate that anybody has to buy a health care policy or suffer a penalty of some sort, a fine or a tax. And number two that it violates the 10th Amendment rights of the states in that it goes far beyond an unfunded mandate and literally would cost the State of Florida alone billions of dollars."
Note - Rep. Plakon is a frequent attendee of libertarian meetings, such as the Florida Liberty Summit sponsored by Campaign For Liberty.
Blumel commented on the success of the trip:
[Sovereignty and Health Care Act repeal] is the primary message the RLC sought to voice in Tallahassee this year and it was gratifying to hear many of our Republican leaders join in the chorus.
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New Rand Paul Republican for Senate ad: Trey Grayson weak on Defense
KENTUCKY SENATE RACE
Rand Paul: Believes in a Strong Defense, Opposes closing Guantanamo Bay, Believes Iran is a Serious Threat.
Trey Grayson: Looked forward to "working with Obama"
The uncomfortable truth on Gays in the Military: Heterosexual Servicemen have Privacy Rights too
by Eric Dondero
Finally, a senior officer is speaking up about the fundamental question as to why Gays in the Military is an unworkable idea: Discrimination against straight males and femals in uniform.
From Military.com (via Memeo):
The Marine Corps' top officer said March 25 that even if the ban on openly-serving gays in the services is lifted, he would draw the line at forcing heterosexual Marines to bunk with gays on base.
"We want to continue [two-person rooms], but I would not ask our Marines to live with someone who is homosexual if we can possibly avoid it," Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway told Military.com during an exclusive interview at the Pentagon. "And to me that means we have to build BEQs [bachelor enlisted quarters] and have single rooms."
Conway's comments came the same day that Defense Secretary Robert Gates reprimanded the Army's Pacific commander for publicly exhorting servicemembers and civilians to write to Congress to oppose repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Army Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon made his views known in a letter published in Stars and Stripes on March 8.
Conway then gets right to the crux of the matter:
"In this case, I would want to reserve the right of a Marine that thinks he or she wouldn't want to [share a room with a homosexual]. And again that's the overwhelming … number of people that say that they wouldn't like to do so." Conway said the Corps billets two-to-a-room -- unique today among the services -- because it believes it's good for unit cohesion. But if a gay Marine sharing a room with a straight one has the opposite effect, the Corps will adopt the single-room standard of the other services.
Gays in the Military advocates cannot escape the practicality issue of berthing spaces and cohabitation. Simply put, if a gay male has a right to bunk with a straight guy, shouldn't that straight male have the same right to share berthing spaces with a straight female?
Conway is correct in this regard. This is not an issue of exclusion. He even trumps their card. If some reasonable accomadation is found for separate berthing spaces that will eliminate reverse discrimination, he might go along with it.
Conway, quite cleverly, has now put the advocates in an uncomfortable position of defending discrimination and predjudice against straights.
The Real Cost of An Employee
CNN.com has posted this great article on their website that discusses in no uncertain terms the true cost of an employee to a business. When all of the hidden costs of an employee are taken into account, the “loaded rate” (or wage) of an employee is in true dollars anywhere from 35-40% higher than that employee’s base salary. These hidden costs will only rise in the future as businesses strain beneath the weight of growing government programs. It is nice to see a major media outlet interview small business owners for a change to get the real straight talk on how these new programs will directly impact their bottom line.
Episode 37 Dr Modder Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy)
Episode 37 Dr Modder Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy)
This podcast an interview with Dr Modder discussing Radiosynoviorthesis (Radiation Synovectomy).
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Floating Islands in the Maldives
Floating Island in Maldives
A low lying island nation, the Maldives is at the front line in the fight against global warming. Already facing damage from rising sea levels, the Maldives is facing a grim future if action is not taken immediately.
Refusing to go gently into the good night, Maldives is fighting back with plans to build a series of man-made artificial islands. Maldives government and Dutch Docklands/Dutch Watervalley recently signed an agreement to develop several floating facilities for the islands, including a convention center and golf courses.
Designed by architect Koen Olthuis or Waterstudio.NL, the renderings for the amphibious mini-cities appear depict star-shaped, tiered islands with indoor spaces hidden under lush green-roof terraces, complete with interior pools and beaches. While exact design details of these new floating islands are still unavailable, Dutch Docklands does have a history of creating water developments using methods and procedures that reduce impact on underwater life and minimize changes to coastal morphology.
Interesting Battle Brewing Over Eminent Domain
The government practice of eminent domain, the forceful seizure of land by the government under the auspices of “highest and best use”, has been the bane of many Libertarians and property rights activists over the last few decades. Recently in Utah, however, we are seeing a newly emerging front in the debate.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) has suggested recently that the state of Utah could seize Federally-owned land under the justification of eminent domain. To most legal scholars, this seems to be a possible violation of McCulloch v. Maryland. What do you think? Should a state’s right to apply eminent domain trump the federal government’s right? Or vice versa? Or should the whole practice of eminent domain go the way of the dinosaurs?
Demonstration of Marine InVEST by Anne Guerry of the Natural Capital Project
Date:
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Demonstration of Marine InVEST by Anne Guerry of the Natural Capital Project (October 12, 2010 at 3 pm US EDT/Noon US PDT). The Marine Team of the Natural Capital Project is developing and applying the Marine InVEST tool (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs), a suite of spatially-explicit ecosystem service models. Marine InVEST is used to map and model ecosystem service flows and their changes under alternative management scenarios to elucidate the true costs and benefits of natural resource management options. The tool is applicable across multiple scales in coastal and marine regions with diverse habitats, policy questions, and stakeholders. To ensure maximum flexibility, ecosystem services are modeled individually, and the complexity of the model is determined by the questions to be answered and the availability of data. Examples of questions that Marine InVEST can help answer are “what kinds of coastal management and fisheries policies will give the best return for sustainable fisheries, shoreline, protection, and tourism?”, “are revenues from activities such as recreational fishing or scuba diving likely to rise or fall under a new fisheries management program?”, and “what benefits does marine spatial planning provide to society in addition to food from fishing and aquaculture and secure locations for wind or wave-energy facilities?” This presentation will demonstrate the tool, the validation process, its initial application in a spatial planning process on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and a new application in Belize. Learn more about Marine InVEST at http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Note: This webinar will build on a first InVEST webinar to be held May 19, 2010.
The Rich Can’t Pay For ObamaCare
Alan Reynolds at The Cato Institute launched this scathing attack on the funding mechanism for Obama’s new health care legislation in the New York Times. The article is well-worth the read and can be read here.
The president intends to squeeze an extra $1.2 trillion over 10 years from a tiny sliver of taxpayers who already pay more than half of all individual taxes. It won’t work.
President Barack Obama’s new health-care legislation aims to raise $210 billion over 10 years to pay for the extensive new entitlements. How? By slapping a 3.8% “Medicare tax” on interest and rental income, dividends and capital gains of couples earning more than $250,000, or singles with more than $200,000.
The president also hopes to raise $364 billion over 10 years from the same taxpayers by raising the top two tax rates to 36%-39.6% from 33%-35%, plus another $105 billion by raising the tax on dividends and capital gains to 20% from 15%, and another $500 billion by capping and phasing out exemptions and deductions.
Add it up and the government is counting on squeezing an extra $1.2 trillion over 10 years from a tiny sliver of taxpayers who already pay more than half of all individual taxes.
It won’t work. It never works.