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SSG Cold Blood!

9 kids, 3 women, and 4 men killed in the cloche of the dark .

U.S. soldier held in deaths of 16 Afghans

A U.S. service member came out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, killing 16, including woman and children, Afghan officials said.

The shooting spree occurred in Panjwai district of Kandahar province. Little is known about the shooter, although CBS News has learned he was an U.S. Army sergeant in a Stryker Brigade based at Fort Lewis, in Washington state.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57394954/u.s-soldier-held-in-deaths-of-16-afghans/?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel

Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis–video

University police tore down tents at UC Davis yesterday afternoon, arresting 8 students in the process, Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing reports.

At one point, to clear a path to reach students that they had already arrested, they pepper-sprayed a line of seated, quiet protesters.

This video, which shows the pepper-spraying, is going viral. This comment, from venture capitalist Chris Sacca, sums up what lots of people who watch it are thinking:

Seriously. Right now. Stop what you are doing, watch this video, and reflect on what it means to be American:

Here's the video. The pepper-spraying happens right at the beginning. More context and photos below.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/police-pepper-spray-seated-protesters-at-uc-davis-video-2011-11#ixzz1f1QTwqKc

50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic

50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic: "Today we get our first look at American wages in 2010 based on payroll taxes reported to the Social Security Administration. David Cay Johnston picks out the most important takeaways, including:

1) Half of all workers made less than $26,364, the median wage in 2010. That means the typical wage is at its lowest level since 1999, after adjusting for inflation."

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Texas doctors leaving Medicare hits record high | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Texas doctors leaving Medicare hits record high | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "One hundred and seventy-two doctors formally ended involvement with Medicare last year, the most yet in a surge of 'opt-outs' that has claimed more than 450 Texas doctors since 2008. Before 2007, the number averaged a handful a year."

Speaker calls suggestion that Florida drop out of Medicaid a "hazardous threat" | The Florida Tribune

Speaker calls suggestion that Florida drop out of Medicaid a "hazardous threat" | The Florida Tribune: "In an interview with the Florida Tribune on Wednesday Cannon said he was going to 'reserve judgement on the strategy' but said he wasn't sure the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had the authority to grant the sweeping waiver the Senate is seeking.  

'In terms of negotiation I am always a big believer in never make a threat you are not prepared to carry through on immediately. That's how I tend to operate,' Cannon said."

Barbour won't denounce Confederate license plate

Barbour won't denounce Confederate license plate: "Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he won't denounce a Southern heritage group's proposal for a state-issued license plate that would honor Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Barbour is a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate.

Questioned by reporters Tuesday after an energy speech in Jackson, Barbour said he doesn't think Mississippi legislators will approve the Forrest license plate proposed by the Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans.

The group wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates over the next few years to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War - or in its words, the 'War Between the States.' The Forrest license plate would be slated for 2014."

NRA spokesman offers prayers for victims - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

Really!!

NRA spokesman offers prayers for victims - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com: "In the aftermath of the Giffords shooting, the Brady Campaign and others have been arguing that the Glock used by Jared Loughner would have been banned under the Brady Bill, which expired in 2004. Paul Helmke, the president of the Brady Campaign, told the New York Times that the weapon was only good for 'killing and injuring a lot of people quickly.”"

Sarah Palin Aide Rebecca Mansour: Our Crosshairs Map Had Nothing To Do With Violence Or Guns

Sarah Palin Aide Rebecca Mansour: Our Crosshairs Map Had Nothing To Do With Violence Or Guns

Texas Man Exonerated After Three Decades Behind Bars | Criminal Justice | Change.org

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Texas Man Exonerated After Three Decades Behind Bars | Criminal Justice | Change.org: "Cornelius Dupree waited three decades for this day to come.

After serving 30 years in Texas prisons for a carjacking and rape DNA tests prove he didn't commit, Dupree was finally cleared today when a Texas judge declared him innocent. The Innocence Project, where I work when I'm not blogging here, helped Dupree obtain access to the DNA tests that proved his innocence. At left are Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck, Dupree and Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Nina Morrison."

Obama: Efforts to strengthen Native American communities progressing

Gale Three Feathers, left, and Mark Bruishead celebrate Congress's passage last month of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act.

 

Leaders of 565 tribes were invited to the conference, the White House said.

Alaska Native tribal leaders are gathering Thursday in Washington for the Tribal Nation’s Conference with President Obama. Each of the country’s 565 federally recognized tribes was invited to send a representative.  This is the second time the Obama White House has hosted such an event – the first was one year ago.  And it’s the first administration to hold them on such a scale. Marvin Kelly, on the Emmonak Tribal Council, says he hopes this year

The president said his administration has tackled some of the largest issues faced by American Indian communities, helping to create infrastructure, eliminate bureaucratic barriers and boost public health on reservations, where tribal members face rates of diseases like tuberculosis at a far higher rate than the rest of the nation.

The Justice Department, he said, is working to reform the criminal justice system on reservations. The Tribal Law and Order Act, signed by the president in July, contains measures to help fight drug and alcohol abuse on reservations, gives authorities better access to databases and improves opportunities for at-risk Native American youth.

American Indians' history has been "too often marred by broken promises and grave injustices against the first Americans," Obama said. While he acknowledged that no words can undo the damage, he said his administration aims for action to match those words.

There is a name for this??

PolitiFact Texas | Kathie Glass says more than 25 percent of state budget funds services to non-citizens

PolitiFact Texas | Kathie Glass says more than 25 percent of state budget funds services to non-citizens: "Libertarian Texas gubernatorial nominee Kathie Glass finished third; she also didn't get to hand-deliver her letter to the re-elected winner, Republican Rick Perry, urging him to send troops to the Texas-Mexico border."

Muslims Appointed to Homeland Security | FactCheck.org

Muslims Appointed to Homeland Security | FactCheck.org:

"Q: Has the Obama administration appointed two Muslims to serve in the Department of Homeland Security?

A: Yes, in 2009. One was a senior Justice Department aide during the Bush administration. Another is a former head of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and was appointed as a civil-rights adviser."

Realco guns tied to 2,500 crimes in D.C. and Maryland

THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN!


Realco guns tied to 2,500 crimes in D.C. and Maryland: "Since 1992, more than 2,500 guns recovered by police and tied to crimes in the Washington area have been traced back to their original sale at Realco Guns in Forestville, Md. The total is four times that of the dealer with the next highest number of gun traces."

Updated - Syphilis Experiment Is Revealed, Prompting U.S. Apology to Guatemala - NYTimes.com

Syphilis Experiment Is Revealed, Prompting U.S. Apology to Guatemala - NYTimes.com: "From 1946 to 1948, American public health doctors deliberately infected nearly 700 Guatemalans — prison inmates, mental patients and soldiers — with venereal diseases in what was meant as an effort to test the effectiveness of penicillin.

American tax dollars, through the National Institutes of Health, even paid for syphilis-infected prostitutes to sleep with prisoners, since Guatemalan prisons allowed such visits. When the prostitutes did not succeed in infecting the men, some prisoners had the bacteria poured onto scrapes made on their penises, faces or arms, and in some cases it was injected by spinal puncture.

If the subjects contracted the disease, they were given antibiotics."

Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality – audio 4:37

1. The law requires people who want public health insurance to be implanted with a microchip.

 2. The law creates a new "private army" for President Obama.

3. The law requires the hiring of 16,500 new, armed Internal Revenue Service Agents.

4. The law requires you to begin to paying taxes on your health insurance next year.

5. The law dictates what you can and can't eat.

 6. The law requires hospitals to fire obese employees.

 

Seattle Detective Shandy Cobane Apologizes for Racial Epithet, Beating - Video

KICK THAT MEXICAN HEAD??
Seattle Detective Shandy Cobane Apologizes for Racial Epithet, Beating - AOL News

Health Reform Law – Hot Topic – video

Start at 2:20 – 3:30.