Sarkozy Victory
Mood:  sharp
Topic: News

Conservative, Pro-American WINS French Presidency

Just posting the Drudge Report news links pertaining to even more libtard frustration, in the most libtarded region on Earth -- the socialist "utopia" -- France.

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

RÉVOLUTION 

VIOLENT CLASHES AS SARKOZY CELEBRATES VICTORY   
 

DÉFAITE ROYAL

SARKOZY'S VICTORY MESSAGE TO AMERICA: 'YOU CAN COUNT ON FRANCE AS A FRIEND'

Defeated Socialists search for scapegoats

 

Libtard anti-energy plan
Mood:  silly
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

Libiot Dems Ban Power Lines, Complain About Blackouts

RUSH: "East Coast lawmakers banded together yesterday in a bid to short-circuit a federal decision making it easier to build major power lines." Now, why would somebody want to stand in the way of this? We need energy, for crying out loud! "From New York to Virginia, there is a prospect of new high voltage line construction after the Energy Department last week proposed a 'national interest electric transformation corridor.'  A 2005 law gives the government new authority to approve line construction even if state officials object." (A little federalism there.) "Various projects up and down the East Coast have met fierce local resistance... Yesterday, some lawmakers said they try to use the annual federal spending bill for water and energy to bar the government from going forward with the plan... The law establishing the electricity corridor is designed to relieve bottlenecks in the national power grid, decreasing the threat of blackouts like the one that swept from Ohio to New York City in 2003."

Now, when I read this kind of story, it convinces me that we have our share of blithering idiots in this country. We had all these people that were fried, that were roasted, that were mad as hell after that blackout -- and nobody could figure out what had happened and how it could have been stopped and why wasn't power restored quickly. It was a week long I think in some parts of the country; maybe more. So now it's going to happen again, and these same blithering idiots who are stopping progress here with power lines (for who knows why) are going to be the first ones to bellyache and whine and moan about the next blackout! And then they're probably going to end up in a poll: "A majority of Americans think power lines are dangerous." Then we don't do it because a majority of ignorant idiots think we shouldn't have power lines.

Officials unite on blocking power lines

East Coast lawmakers banded together yesterday in a bid to short-circuit a federal decision making it easier to build major power lines.

From New York to Virginia, there is a prospect of new high-voltage line construction after the Energy Department last week proposed a "national interest electric transmission corridor."

A 2005 law gives the government new authority to approve line construction even if state officials object. Various projects up and down the East Coast have met fierce local resistance including Dominion Power's plans for a 550-kilovolt power line in Northern Virginia that opponents charge would spoil the beauty of Civil War battlefields.

Yesterday, some lawmakers said they would try to use the annual federal spending bill for water and energy to bar the government from going forward with the plan.

Rep. John Hall, New York Democrat, said his Hudson Valley constituents were "in a fighting mood" and willing to take that fight to Congress.

Blocking the decision through a spending bill would be easier than trying to pass a stand-alone measure. But because it is an annual budget, any such freeze would expire the next year.

The law establishing the electricity corridor is designed to relieve bottlenecks in the national power grid, decreasing the threat of blackouts like the one that swept from Ohio to New York City in 2003.

Critics such as Rep. Michael Arcuri, New York Democrat, who lives about 400 feet from a proposed power line, said the construction would not fix the more important problem of failing local lines.

Rep. Christopher Carney, Pennsylvania Democrat, said a line in his district "is basically a flyover" -- doing nothing for the area while providing power to other parts.

The corridor designations could help private industry obtain permits from state regulators or work in conjunction with regional groups to build new lines. Utilities in New York and other states have accused state authorities of being reluctant to approve new lines, often because of local opposition.

Authorities will hold public meetings on the corridors in San Diego, Arlington and New York City.

After the public comment period ends by July, the law calls for state regulators to try to reach agreements on where to build new lines.

If state authorities do not approve any construction after a year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has the authority to approve a project if the new line is deemed necessary for national power needs.

Washington Times ~ Associated Press ** Officials unite on blocking power lines

Ouch
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Odd Stuff

Reuters Photo: Naked cyclists take part in a march through central Madrid in this June 10, 2006 file photo. A gang stripped a South African man before supergluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house, according to a report Thursday. ↓

Naked man superglued to exercise bike

JOHANNESBURG -- A gang stripped a South African man before supergluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house, according to a report Thursday.

SAPA news agency said the attackers, dressed in suits, hijacked a man in his 50s and forced him at gunpoint to take them to his home in Johannesburg.

"The victim was then forced to strip, after which he was superglued to the seat of an exercise bicycle, his hands were superglued, as were his feet and then his mouth was superglued shut," SAPA quoted Mark Stokoe, a spokesman for emergency services Netcare 911, as saying.

The man was rescued about three hours later when his partner arrived home, SAPA said.

South Africa is battling one of the world's highest crime rates which has prompted concerns that violence might mar the 2010 soccer World Cup, which the country is due to host.

A police spokesman could not immediately comment on the report. No one at Netcare 911 could be reached.

Yahoo News ~ Reuters ** Naked man superglued to exercise bike

So, when do we start the 7-day waiting period for superglue?

When you outlaw superglue, only outlaws will have superglue! They can have my superglue when they pry it my fingers!

GOP Debate
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: LIBTARD MEDIA ALERT
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

Teachers gone wild
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: LIBTARD EDUCATION ALERT
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

Teachers gone wild... One teacher accused of selling kid's jacket, another teacher asks girl to wear mermaid outfit

Teacher asks girl to wear mermaid outfit

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- A middle school teacher who asked a student to pose for a photograph in a mermaid costume has been reassigned to an adult education program.

Les Leonard, a music teacher with 17 years in the school system, agreed to the transfer from Johnson City's Indian Trail Middle School to a vacant position in adult education that will include testing coordination and possibly some adult teaching.

"I thought it was in the best interests of the school system," Schools Director Richard Bales said.

According to a letter in Leonard's personnel file, a female student reported that Leonard asked her to stay after class to pose for a photograph with his guitar. Then he asked her to put on a mermaid costume for a second photograph. She declined.

The letter also revealed that principal Tammy Pearce investigated Leonard and found he had asked at least two other female students to stay after school and put on costumes for photographs.

Information from: Johnson City Press
Yahoo News ~ Associated Press ** Teacher asks girl to wear mermaid outfit

Teacher accused of selling kid's jacket

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- A Hillsboro mother found her daughter's missing winter coat on eBay, and now a teacher at the girl's elementary school faces charges of theft and computer crimes.

Elizabeth Logan, 41, is on paid administrative leave from Jackson Elementary. She denies stealing the coat, saying she got it from a lost-and-found, Cmdr. Chris Skinner said.

The mother searched the school's lost and found for the coat, then decided to turn to eBay for a replacement. After finding a seemingly identical coat, she noticed that the seller was from Hillsboro.

The mother alerted another bidder that the coat might be stolen, and the other bidder relayed the information to the seller, Logan. Skinner said Logan asked the other bidder to outbid the girl's mother.

Logan's salary is nearly $69,000 a year, and she has taught 20 years at two elementary schools. She is to appear in court Friday.

Yahoo News ~ Associated Press ** Teacher accused of selling kid's jacket

Revenue Blow Out
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: BUSH'S FAULT
Topic: News

Gov't Has Biggest Tax Receipt Month Ever

RUSH: This is from First Trust Portfolios. "The U.S. Treasury Department reported a gusher of tax revenue last week. Tuesday alone, the Treasury received $48.7 billion from individual taxpayers as their final tax payment for 2006, an all-time single-day record, and one-third higher than the same day last year." I don't know about that; I guess it could be. But anyway, "Based on information available through Friday, we estimate federal receipts at about $390 billion in April. This would be the largest tax take for any month in American history, up 25% versus last April, and up 18% versus the previous record high in April 2001. With incomes and profits growing rapidly, the U.S. budget deficit will fall to about $145 billion during the twelve months ending in April. To put this in perspective, the deficit was $455 billion as recently as three years ago (the twelve months through April 2004)," and they're projecting it to be $145 billion at the end of this year.

And not one "thank-you"! Not one "thank-you" from the government! They never thank us for what we pay. You ever get a thank-you note from the government? I don't. I just get another bill.

Revenue Blow Out   

Brian S. Wesbury; Chief Economist
Robert Stein: Senior Economist

The U.S. Treasury Department reported a gusher of tax revenue last week.  Tuesday alone, the Treasury received $48.7 billion from individual taxpayers as their final tax payment for 2006, an all-time single-day record, and one-third higher than the same day last year.

Based on information available through Friday, we estimate federal receipts at about $390 billion in April.  This would be the largest tax take for any month in American history, up 25% versus last April, and up 18% versus the previous record high in April 2001.

With incomes and profits growing rapidly, the U.S. budget deficit will fall to about $145 billion during the twelve months ending in April.  To put this in perspective, the deficit was $455 billion as recently as three years ago (the twelve months through April 2004).

These trends increase our confidence in the lonely forecast we made back in early February that the budget deficit would drop to $115 billion for the 2007 fiscal year, and disappear in Fiscal 2009, possibly before.  In contrast, the Congressional Budget Office estimates a deficit of $177 billion this year, with the White House at $244 billion.  Expect major revisions to these numbers.

Our budget forecasts are based on reasonable projections.  For example, on the revenue side, we have May receipts down 2.6% versus last May.  (Due to calendar quirks some of the April receipts this year would normally have arrived in May.)  Beyond that, we have revenue growing between 8.5 - 9% annually through 2009, consistent with our expectation of a strong economy and also with historical patterns from the expansions of the 1980s and 1990s.  Revenue grew at a 13.2% rate in Fiscal 2005 and 2006, and should grow at a 9.1% rate this year despite temporary "patches" for the Alternative Minimum Tax.  Our projections assume these AMT patches continue, so we are not relying on many more taxpayers being subject to the AMT to generate our revenue numbers.

On the spending side, so far this fiscal year outlays are up less than 3%.  We assume they accelerate to a 4.5 - 5% annual growth rate through 2009.

Our deficit projections show that the US is slightly ahead of the actual 1990s deficit path.  In 1996 - almost six years into recovery - the deficit was still 1.4% of GDP.  The first surplus arrived in 1998.  We expect the deficit to be just under 1% of GDP for Fiscal 2007 (almost six years into the recovery), with surpluses arriving in 2009 or earlier.

As in the 1990s, revenue is being lifted by a productivity-driven surge in incomes, profits, and rising equity prices.  As people earn higher incomes, a larger share of their income gets taxed at higher marginal rates - a tax hike without new legislation.  Those who argued that the tax cuts in 2001-03 would create deficits as far as the eye could see are being proven wrong.  And, unlike the 1990s, the budget will be balanced without the help of a post-Cold War "peace dividend."

Unfortunately, the surpluses we will achieve will not be permanent.  Social Security and Medicare are still problems.  Massive spending cuts or tax hikes (or both!) may hit us in a few decades.  But for the next several years, as long as spending is restrained, revenue growth will continue to surge and the budget picture will improve faster than conventional wisdom believes - this, in turn, will undercut the push by many politicians to hike tax rates back to pre-2001 levels.

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This information contains forward-looking statements about various economic trends and strategies. You are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and actual results could be materially different. There are no guarantees associated with any forecast and the opinions stated here are subject to change at any time and are the opinion of the individual strategist. Data comes from the following sources: Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve Board, and Haver Analytics. Data is taken from sources generally believed to be reliable but no guarantee is given to its accuracy.
First Trust Portfolios ~ Brian S. Wesbury, Robert Stein ** Revenue Blow Out

Palestinian peace
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: LIBTARD ''PEACE'' ALERT
Topic: Yahoo Chat Stuff

Children at a Hamas rally >>>>>

Top Hamas official:
Kill all Americans
By Etgar Lefkovits

Sheik Ahmad Bahr, acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, declared during a Friday sermon at a Sudan mosque that America and Israel will be annihilated and called upon Allah to kill Jews and Americans "to the very Last One." Following are excerpts from the sermon that took place last month, courtesy of MEMRI.

Ahmad Bahr began: "'You will be victorious' on the face of this planet. You are the masters of the world on the face of this planet. Yes, [the Koran says that] 'you will be victorious,' but only 'if you are believers.' Allah willing, 'you will be victorious,' while America and Israel will be annihilated. I guarantee you that the power of belief and faith is greater than the power of America and Israel. They are cowards who are eager for life, while we are eager for death for the sake of Allah. That is why America's nose was rubbed in the mud in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Somalia, and everywhere."

Bahr continued and said that America will be annihilated, while Islam will remain. The Muslims "'will be victorious, if you are believers.' Oh Muslims, I guarantee you that the power of Allah is greater than America, by whom many are blinded today. Some people are blinded by the power of America. We say to them that with the might of Allah, with the might of His Messenger, and with the power of Allah, we are stronger than America and Israel."

The Hamas spokesperson concluded with a prayer, saying: "Oh Allah, vanquish the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them all, down to the very last one. Oh Allah, show them a day of darkness. Oh Allah, who sent down His Book, the mover of the clouds, who defeated the enemies of the Prophet, defeat the Jews and the Americans, and bring us victory over them."

The Jerusalem Post ~ Etgar Lefkovits ** Top Hamas official: Kill all Americans
Related: EURABIA ~ Now Muslims get their own laws in Britain

Eurabia
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

NOW MUSLIMS GET THEIR OWN LAWS IN BRITAIN

MUSLIM radicals have established their own draconian court systems in Britain.

Controversial Sharia courts have been set up in major towns and cities to impose Islamic law and enable Muslims to shun the legitimate British legal system.

Last night religious leaders and politicians expressed outrage that Sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in our society.

Critics insisted that the Govern­ment is allowing a two-tier legal system to flourish in the name of political correctness and that the authority of UK justice is being undermined.

The Daily Express can reveal that one of the controversial courts has been set up in the home town of the 7/7 London bombings ringleader.

Mohammed Siddique Khan was responsible for the Edgware Road Circle Line explosion which killed six people and injured 120. Our investigation has found that the Sharia court system has been set up in the heart of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and that it is a model for others across the country which are operating outside the British legal process.

The Dewsbury court is called the Sharee Council – another term for Sharia – and operates as a Muslim judiciary making decisions by which attendees must abide.

In many countries, hard-line interpretations of the Islamic law allow people to be stoned to death, beheaded or have their limbs amputated.

Non-Muslims are excluded from the secretive court which is registered as a charity to receive British tax benefits.

Although the court has no official legal standing, scales of justice adorn a sign outside a former pub building which has been converted by the Islamic Institute of Great Britain.

Last night the Sharia courts were blasted by both Christian and Muslim groups for their non-democratic attempts to establish their legal system.

Mark Wallace, campaign man­ager of the Freedom Asso­ciation said: “British society must be one of free speech, free personal choice, democratic freedom and fairness.

“If individual Muslims wish to inform their decisions by the teachings of Sharia, that is fine, but they must do it within the structures of British law and they must understand that sharia will never be acceptable as the legal system of the UK.”

His views were echoed by the Muslim Council of Britain, whose spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said: “We believe one legal code should apply for all citizens of the UK. There is no place for multiple legal systems for people of different religious or ethnic backgrounds.”

Dewsbury councillor Imtiaz Ameen, a Muslim, said: “Some people advocate total Sharia law but you cannot have it being the case in any country that there is one law for one and one law for another.”

Critics say the Government has not done enough to stop radical Muslim groups establishing their brand of law.

Liberal thinkers in the Gov­ernment claim that the law enables full-face veil-wearing Muslim women who are afraid of British courts to gain justice the “traditional way”.

But one insider told the Daily Express that the Sharia court, which is run from the backroom of a Madrasa – an Islamic education centre – in Dewsbury is just one of “dozens” operating in Asian communities. And a leading Muslim commentator claimed similar courts exist in every major city across Britain.

The Madrasa – which is a former pub situated less than a mile from the one-time home of London bombing mastermind Khan – sits as a court every other weekend and hears up to 10 cases a day.

Four Muslim scholars, who have spent their life studying and preaching the Koran, sit in judgment on an array of cases alongside a Muslim solicitor whose role is to advise on the implications of their rulings in British law.

The operation is headed by prominent scholar Sheikh Yaqub Munshi. Accounts for the Dewsbury court’s parent company the Islamic Research Institute of Great Britain, show that it was registered in Dewsbury as a charity in 1996 with the ethos of promoting the advancement of Islamic religion and education in the United Kingdom.

Charitable status allows the organisation to claim tax relief and apply for government grants and trustee funding.

Between April 1999 and April 2004 its gross annual turnover rocketed from £2,500 to above £177,000. At the end of the last financial year it recorded total funds of £255,000 but it is not known if or how it charges for use of the service.

At the moment, the leaders insist they only deal with civil matters such as Muslim divorces, wedding dowries and asset sharing.

But the secretive Muslim-only nature of the dealings will provoke fears that radical Sharia law could be allowed to spread across the Muslim population. The source said: “These courts take the law into their own hands and dish out punishment for bad behaviour.

“I have not heard of physical punishments being used but those in the wrong are often ordered to pay compensation. Many who have no respect for British law are the most stringent observers of Sharia law.”

Sheikh Yaqub admitted that in­troducing Sharia law into the UK has been his goal since moving to Britain from Paki­stan in the 1960s.

But he insisted its main aim is to help repressed women who are trapped in bad or violent marriages and who dare not use British law.

He said: “Ever since I arrived here in the 1960s there has been a case of women being forced to get married, others forced to get married, but unhappy afterwards. Until now there was no organisation which could Islamically solve their problems.”

Sharia is derived from the Arabic translation Sariah and outlines Islamic law according to the Koran. The term means “way” or “path” and gives the Islamic framework within which people must regulate their lives according to the Muslim faith.

After the Sharia court has ruled in judgment, solicitors process matters officially through UK courts on their clients’ behalf.

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, said: “Sharia courts now operate in most larger cities, with different sectarian and ethnic groups operating their own courts that cater to their specific needs according to their tradition.”

Philip Davies, the Tory MP for Shipley, said: “I am ab­solutely appalled and find the prospect of such courts totally terrifying. Places like this should be closed down or else everybody will want to establish their own courts.

“How many more places like this are there in the UK? Who knows where it could all end? It simply cannot be tolerated.”

Comments
UK Daily Express ~ Paul Jeeves ** Now Muslims get their own laws in Britain
Related: LIBTARD "PEACE" ALERT ~
Top Palestinian legislator urges killing of all Jews and Americans

"WE DON'T NEED MORE ANTI-RACISM INITIATIVES...WE NEED ETHNIC MINORITIES TO WORK HARD"
CLICK HERE TO READ PATRICK O'FLYNN'S HARD-HITTING ANALYSIS OF MODERN BRITAIN

Mars climate change
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Yahoo Chat Stuff

Climate change hits Mars

Mars is being hit by rapid climate change and it is happening so fast that the red planet could lose its southern ice cap, writes Jonathan Leake.

Scientists from Nasa say that Mars has warmed by about 0.5C since the 1970s. This is similar to the warming experienced on Earth over approximately the same period.

Since there is no known life on Mars it suggests rapid changes in planetary climates could be natural phenomena.

The mechanism at work on Mars appears, however, to be different from that on Earth. One of the researchers, Lori Fenton, believes variations in radiation and temperature across the surface of the Red Planet are generating strong winds.

In a paper published in the journal Nature, she suggests that such winds can stir up giant dust storms, trapping heat and raising the planet’s temperature.

Fenton’s team unearthed heat maps of the Martian surface from Nasa’s Viking mission in the 1970s and compared them with maps gathered more than two decades later by Mars Global Surveyor. They found there had been widespread changes, with some areas becoming darker.

When a surface darkens it absorbs more heat, eventually radiating that heat back to warm the thin Martian atmosphere: lighter surfaces have the opposite effect. The temperature differences between the two are thought to be stirring up more winds, and dust, creating a cycle that is warming the planet.

Comments
UK Times Online ~ UK Sunday Times ** Climate change hits Mars
Related: Hurricane forecaster: Oceans, not CO2, cause global warming

Nanny State
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: LIBTARD ''CIVIL LIBERTIES'' ALERT
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

SMILE: 1 CAMERA FOR EVERY 14 PEOPLE IN UK

Britain becoming a Big Brother society, says data watchdog

Britain is in danger of "committing slow social suicide" as such Big Brother techniques as surveillance cameras and recording equipment spread into every aspect of our lives, the nation's information watchdog will warn this week.

A new report from Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, will say that the public needs to be made more aware of the "creeping encroachment" on civil liberties created by email monitoring, CCTV and computer tracking of our buying habits.

It is understood that one of the concerns in Mr Thomas's report is the use of special listening devices which can be placed in lamp posts, street furniture and offices. These are already widely used in the Netherlands to combat crime and anti-social behaviour.

More than 300 of the cameras with built-in microphones have been fitted in benefit offices and city centres. The equipment can pick up aggressive tones on the basis of decibel level, pitch and speed at which words are spoken.

Westminster council has already started piloting the listening devices, but experts say the use of these microphones raises questions about how surveillance can be used to intrude into the private lives of citizens.

He will also call for greater regulation of companies that supply surveillance technology which provides "convenience or safety for the more affluent majority", but not for the vulnerable such as children, immigrants and the elderly.

His warning comes as MPs launch their first inquiry into the impact of surveillance in Britain. The Home Affairs Select Committee will investigate the use of video cameras to monitor high streets and residential areas as well as the holding of personal information on both government and commercial databases.

On Tuesday, Mr Thomas, who last year warned that Britain was "sleepwalking into a surveillance society", will tell the committee at its first hearing that new safeguards must be introduced to protect the public from the increasing intrusion of surveillance into their daily lives.

Civil liberty campaigners have already warned that Britain is becoming a Big Brother society where its citizens are increasingly being watched. There are more than four million CCTV cameras in this country, one for every 14 people, and the national DNA database which was set up by police to combat crime now holds 3.5 million profiles.

UK Independent ~ Sophie Goodchild ** Britain becoming a Big Brother society, says data watchdog