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Strange suicide from tylenol

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:36:13 GMT

clipped by: aklimento
clipper's remarks:

Hmmmm...not a word about how the two senators who could have impeded the enactment of the so-called "Patriot Act", namely Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, were the only two politicians who received anthrax letters and had to vacate their offices, allowing this abomination to sail through.

NY governor George Pataki got the letter also. He have talk about tick layer of cement dust in downtown Manhattan.

Clip Source: www.truthout.org

Dead Army Vaccine Scientist Eyed in Anthrax Probe

Hazmat personnel walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Right before the Justice Department planned to file charges against US biological defense researcher Bruce E. Ivins in the 2001 anthrax mailings, he died of an apparent suicide. (Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP)

The scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, worked for the past 18 years at the government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick, Md. For more than a decade, he worked to develop an anthrax vaccine that was effective even in cases where different strains of anthrax were mixed, which made vaccines ineffective, according to federal documents reviewed by the AP.

He said he does not believe Ivins was behind the anthrax attacks.

Ivins died Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland. Tom Ivins, a brother of the scientist, told The Associated Press that his other brother, Charles, had told him that Bruce committed suicide and Tylenol might have been involved.

Tags: antrax, strange suicide, sudden suspect, tylenol

US christens '9/11 steel' warship

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:33:32 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

US christens '9/11 steel' warship

Sunday, 2 March 2008, 01:20 GMT

Thousands of people have gathered in Louisiana for the christening of a US warship built partly from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center

Friends and families of 9/11 victims were among those at the ceremony for the new amphibious assault ship, the USS New York, in the base of Avondale.

The bow contains 7.5 tonnes of steel taken from Ground Zero.

It also bore a shield with two bars to symbolise the towers and a banner with the slogan Never Forget.

The wife of Deputy Defence Secretary Gordon England broke the champagne with the traditional salute of "May God bless this ship and all who sail on her".

Mr England said the name of the ship would be a source of strength and inspiration to the crew.

In the US Navy, state names are normally reserved for submarines, but former New York Governor George Pataki had asked for the ship to carry the name.

During construction

onslaught of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Tags: uss new york

Sex Offenders Freed in NY

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:00:01 GMT

clipped by: Jo5329
clipper's remarks: I don't mind if people are let out of jail after their sentence to society is completed. But when it comes to sex offenders, wouldn't it be better to have them bused to another facility and have them evaluated instead of just "set free on society?" And no, I do not believe hardened sex offenders can be rehabilitated. But the last line is telling ...

Clip Source: www.nypost.com

July 16, 2007 -- ALBANY - Dozens of convicted sex offenders who were kept locked up past their prison terms under former Gov. George Pataki because they were deemed still dangerous have been quietly released in recent months, The Post has learned.

Of the approximately 125 sex offenders civilly confined under Pataki, 44 - more than one-third - have been released after being given new court-ordered hearings before state mental-health officials, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

"Hopefully, we're not releasing people who should be confined."

Tags: criminals, liberals, socialists

Presidential Candidate Poll from Quimble.com

Sat, 19 May 2007 03:07:33 GMT

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Clip Source: quimble.com

Sen. Sam Brownback (8)
Attorney John H. Cox (0)
Former Gov. James S. Gilmore III (exploratory committee) (0)
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (13)
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (exploratory committee) (1)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (14)
Sen. John McCain (exploratory committee) (21)
Rep. Ron Paul (exploratory committee) (31)
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (18)
Rep. Tom Tancredo (exploratory committee) (24)
Former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson (exploratory committee) (2)
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (potential candidate) (0)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (potential candidate) (0)
Former Gov. George E. Pataki (potential candidate) (0)

Tags: 2008, elections, polls, candidates

Con Ed Seeks to Increase Electric Rates by Up to 17%

Sun, 06 May 2007 13:30:31 GMT

clipped by: CohoctonWindWatch
clipper's remarks: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/nyregion/05coned.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Over the next 11 months, the Public Service Commission will hold a review process in which consumer and environmental groups, local officials and customers will have a chance to weigh in on the rate proposal, said James A. Denn, a commission spokesman. A decision is to be reached before Con Edison’s current three-year rate plan expires on March 31, 2008. The commission’s four current members were appointed by Mr. Spitzer’s predecessor, Gov. George E. Pataki.

Tags: alternative energy, environment, health hazard, wind laws, wind turbines

The Many Faces of Hillary

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:36:58 GMT

clipped by: Cathal Drake

Clip Source: www.anyonebuthillary2008.com

“It’s no longer enough for our military, the most powerful in the history of the world, to win the battle – they have to also win the war for hearts and minds.” - Hillary, during what was supposed to be a "motivational" Thanksgiving speech to troops in Baghdad. During the speech she managed to fault the administration for poor planning for an occupation

“Broomstick One” - What the troops called the Sikorsky Blackhawk the Hillary used to tour Iraq

Clip Source: www.anyonebuthillary2008.com

"Nobody’s goddamn business.” - Hillary's response when asked by her then-campaign manager if she was gay. Christopher Anderson, 2004, American Evita, HarperCollins, New York, New York. p. 56

“Hillary did not attend a single funeral. While Schumer showed up at a dozen funerals and Giuliani and Pataki paid their respects literally hundreds of times, Hillary avoided the possibility of being heckled by hunkering down in Washington.” Christopher Anderson, 2004, American Evita, HarperCollins, New York, New York. p. 231

Clip Source: www.anyonebuthillary2008.com

"Hillary took a tax deduction for donating used underwear to charity." Christopher Anderson, 2004, American Evita, HarperCollins, New York, New York. p. 209

“That was in the past.” -Hillary Clinton, on receiving donations from ImClone's Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart, WorldCom, Enron, and the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen.

"The Senator must have made a mistake.” - Friend Lauren Bacall, apologizing to a
waitress for Hillary's $15 tip on a $300 bill. (5%)
- Christopher Anderson, 2004, American Evita, HarperCollins, New York, New York. p. 211

Tags: hillary clinton, politics

Bullets and Ballots

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:41:34 GMT

clipped by: sparlingphoto
clipper's remarks: Not too surprising...

Clip Source: volokh.com

Presidential candidates on the Second Amendment:

Top tier. Nearly perfect pro-Second Amendment records: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas). Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.). Former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-Vir.). Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.).

Very good. Not a perfect record, but still a very positive one overall. Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.). Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-Wisc.). Former Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.).

Mixed: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)(mostly positive record, except for lead sponsorship of two terrible bills: McCain-Lieberman, a badly-written bill which would have given the BATFE the authority to administratively eliminate any or all gun shows, and McCain-Feingold, the campaign speech restriction law which significantly affects right-to-arms groups).

Poor: Former Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.). Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.). As noted by, inter alia, the Boston Globe, Romney's flip-flops on guns are part of a larger record of inconsistency.

Almost perfect anti-Second Amendment record: Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.). Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Former Vice-President Al Gore (in Congress, a nearly perfect pro-gun record until 1989, when he switched sides). Al Sharpton (D-N.Y.).

Record of anti-Second Amendment leadership: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.)(very effective in pushing gun control during his tenure as Judiciary Committee chairman). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa). Former Mayor Rudy Guliani (R-N.Y.)(even worse than his predecessor, Democrat David Dinkins; indeed, based on his record, arguably worse than Sen. Clinton).

Tags: guns, liberty, rights

The Taxpayers' Chauffeurs

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:50:47 GMT

clipped by: ALEX51
clipper's remarks: I think this editorial in the N.Y.Times is right on the mark.Why do we as taxpayers have to pay for elected officials to be chauffeured all around.?Certainly there are circumstances when that is called for:but on a daily basis why can't they get themselves to work like we do?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The answer to one question raised by the scandal involving State Comptroller Alan Hevesi should be easy: public officials could take public transportation as a matter of public policy.

Instead, a lot of them manage to move from place to place, even from home to work, as comfortably as the very rich. They come and go courtesy of cars and chauffeurs (they like to call them drivers) paid for by taxpayers. And even though it is very hard to figure out how much these fleets actually cost, you can be sure it would be cheaper if these officials took a bus, subway or taxi or even drove and parked their own cars like the rest of us.

Gov. George Pataki’s use of airplanes and limousines has always been hard to track, since his schedule, like much of his administration, is top secret. But that picture is even murkier these days as administration staff members refuse to talk about the policy for car and driver use. They say we might draw a “moral equivalent” between Mr. Hevesi’s car use and Governor Pataki’s transportation use.

None of this would be a problem if the state would follow Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s lead. Mr. Bloomberg, who is rich enough to commute by helicopter, prefers the subway. Early in his first term, he also took away the lights and sirens from New York City administrators accustomed to turning every routine trip across town into a mock emergency.

Tags: transportation, hevesi, pataki, bloomberg

Giuliani Takes Step Toward '08 Bid

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:34:11 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

AP: Giuliani takes step toward '08 bid

By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer

1 hour, 27 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a moderate Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a 2008 presidential bid.

The former mayor filed papers to create the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee, Inc., establishing a New York-based panel that would allow him to raise money to explore a White House run and travel the country.

The four-page filing, obtained by The Associated Press, lists the purpose of the non-profit corporation "to conduct federal 'testing the waters' activity under the Federal Election Campaign Act for Rudy Giuliani."

The paperwork, dated last Friday, is signed by Bobby Burchfield, a partner at the DC-based law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, a firm that handles political work.

Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel declined to comment.

One potential rival for the GOP nomination, Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) of Arizona, said Sunday he was taking the initial step of setting up an exploratory committee.

Under federal election law, an exploratory committee allows an individual to travel and gauge the level of support for a candidacy without formally declaring themselves a candidate and adhering to all the federal rules of fundraising. An individual who spends money only to test the waters — but not to campaign for office — does not have to register as a candidate under the election law.

The GOP field is expected to grow with Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. Bill Frist (news, bio, voting record) of Tennessee, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and New York Gov. George Pataki expected to join the presidential fray.

Tags: giuliani, '08 election, politics

GOP Straw Poll--October 2006

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:15:28 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Just for fun.

Clip Source: hotair.com

October’s 2008 GOP straw poll (Update: Bumped overnight)

Which candidates would you accept as the 2008 GOP nominee and which would you find unacceptable, and who is your first choice?
(Make sure to pick BOTH who you find acceptable and who is your first choice.)

	Acceptable	Unacceptable	First Choice
George Allen
Sam Brownback
Bill Frist
Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
Chuck Hagel
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
George Pataki
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo

If the only names on the ballot were Giuliani, Romney, and McCain, for whom would you vote?
Giuliani Romney McCain

If the only names on the ballot were Giuliani and Romney, for whom would you vote?
Giuliani Romney

On a scale of 1 to 10, how conservative are you?

1=RINO	5=Center-Right	10-Ultraconservative
1 2 3 4	5 6 7 8 9	10

I'm a lefty troll.

What state do you live in?

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Tags: politics

Turning Up Heat on Global Warming

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:56:38 GMT

clipped by: TheCatWhisperer
clipper's remarks: It will be interesting to see how this all plays out... It indeed could lead business to California who will focus on Clean technologies, hoping to jump on the bandwagon (and leading to new investments & jobs)... or.. it could cause a lot of factory jobs to go the way of the dinosaur.

The big issue I see is that many of those factory jobs that will likely be lost if the business can't find an economical way to reduce emissions do not even indirectly transfer into the high tech jobs that the new cleaner companies mentioned on the first option I talked about. What happens to those workers? Will Arnie also sponsor state subsidized upgrading of skills?

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping global warming initiative that imposes the nation's first cap on greenhouse gas emissions, saying the effort kicks off "a bold new era of environmental protection."

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. George Pataki, as well as Democratic legislators, joined Schwarzenegger for the high-profile ceremony. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who struck a deal with Schwarzenegger over the summer to develop clean technologies, joined the ceremony via video link.

He expected other states, the federal government and even other nations to follow.

Schwarzenegger's Democratic opponent in the November election, state treasurer Phil Angelides, also supports the new law.

It imposes a first-in-the-nation emissions cap on utilities, refineries and manufacturing plants in a bid to curb the gases that scientists blame for warming the Earth. Two years ago, a state board adopted tight regulations on automobile tailpipe emissions, an initiative that is being challenged in federal court by automakers.

Schwarzenegger also was expected to sign a second Democrat-sponsored global warming bill with consequences beyond the state's borders. That bill will prohibit California's large utilities and corporations from entering long-term power contracts with suppliers whose electricity sources do not meet the state's greenhouse gas emission standards.

Tags: environment, global warming, california

Thousands rally in NYC against ahmadinejad

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:14:20 GMT

clipped by: RecordSage
clipper's remarks: Amazing how a story like this wasn't shown on the evening news... although the pipsqueek was loud and clear on the old tube.

Clip Source: www.nysun.com

Thousands of Israel Supporters Rally for Release of Kidnapped Soldiers

As world leaders convened for the second day of the United Nations General Assembly, tens of thousands of supporters of Israel gathered across the street from United Nations headquarters to protest President Ahmadinejad of Iran and to call for the unconditional release of the Israeli soldiers kidnapped on July 12. The international and national leaders who stepped up to the podium also challenged the United Nations to take preventative action against the Iranian leader who threatens the Jewish people with genocide.

Speakers at the rally included Foreign Minister Livni, Ambassador Bolton, Governor Pataki, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and Professor Alan Dershowitz.

"We stand united today against the terrorist and the hostage takers. We say to them terror will not defeat us," Ms. Livni said. "We will not rest until the Israeli hostages, our sons, come home to the embrace of a loving nation."

Tags: new york, rally, ahmadinejad, israel, kidnapping, soldiers, terrorism

9/11 workers and healthcare

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:16:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nysun.com

Ground Zero Workers Rally To Demand Reparations for Medical Care

The day after Mount Sinai Medical Center released a study that found that 70% of rescue workers at ground zero became ill as a result of inhaling toxic dust, hundreds of people who cleaned up the neighborhood and residents who live in nearby communities rallied with local politicians near the World Trade Center site to demand from the government a health study, workers' compensation, and medical care — even for undocumented immigrants.

"I'm one of the many forgotten victims after 9/11," Lea Geronimo, 35, who worked on Wall Street, shouted. She said she was exposed to toxins and duped by the city and federal health officials about the risks of being downtown in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The protesters, who shouted in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and the politicians who flanked them saved their most ferocious criticism for Governor Pataki. One protester carried a ragged doll topped with a caricature of the governor.

"In the days after the attacks, many, many undocumented immigrants came to the assistance of this city and this nation and toiled long hours amidst the toxic debris from the World Trade Center," Rep. Jerrold Nadler said at the rally.

Tags: labor

Dems (and Hillary) smoozing in the Rep clubhouse

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:44:35 GMT

clipped by: bookchick49
clipper's remarks: Say.... I was wrong.... seems some men like her in their box seats.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

AP Blog: Political friends and foes

FRIDAY, Aug. 4:

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Strange doesn't begin to describe these political bedfellows.

On Friday, politically savvy visitors to Saratoga's famed race course had to be doing double takes when they looked in the clubhouse box used by the Republican State Committee.

Was that really Howard Wolfson, a top adviser to Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, sitting with Ryan Moses, the state GOP's executive director and key political ally to Gov. George Pataki? And, that couldn't have been state Democratic Party spokesman Blake Zeff with them, could it?

Not exactly the Three Amigos.

"You can argue about politics and then you can go off and have a good time," Wolfson told the AP. "You can make friendships on the other side of the aisle. I think that's something that has gotten lost in Washington. Thankfully, it's still the case in New York."

Tags: politics, blogs, democrats, republicans, hillary clinton

School schedules try to respect all faiths

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:22:12 GMT

clipped by: RecordSage
clipper's remarks: No wonder the education system sucks - the educators seem to dwell on religious holidays more than on the education.

Clip Source: www.wired.com

School schedules try to respect all faiths

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sikh, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Christian _ each faith has its holy days. Schools across the country are asking how to respect them all.

Consider the University at Albany, which canceled classes on major Muslim holidays. Faculty wanted the move out of concern for Muslim students after the Sept. 11 attacks. But then came the questions: What about Hindus? Buddhists?

President Kermit Hall last fall decided to return to the original calendar.

"Can you operate a university and give each religious group an accommodation? I think the answer is, 'No,'" he said.

Make that "maybe." School administrators across the country are rethinking their calendars as their student bodies become more diverse.

In May, Muslim parents asked New York City's education department for days off on two major Muslim holidays, which some districts in Michigan and New Jersey already have granted. In January, a Long Island mosque petitioned New York Gov. George Pataki to consider the holidays when scheduling mandatory statewide testing. Last month, the state Legislature passed a bill that would take all religious holidays into account when scheduling the mandatory tests. The Council on American-Islamic Relations called it the first step toward recognizing Muslim holidays in public schools.

New Jersey's board of education now lists 76 excused religious holidays, from Russian Orthodox to Sikh. New York City schools are even more flexible. Students with a letter from parents get an excused absence for a holiday in any religion.

Tags: school, religion, holidays