MINE GATE:
The Washington Post
Palin's Stand on Mining Initiative Leaves Many Feeling Burned
By Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 28, 2008; A12
For months, the confrontation mounted, a face-off that arguably held in the balancethe fates of two of Alaska's biggest industries. On one side were companies hoping to open Pebble Mine at a huge gold and copper reserve adjacent to one of the world's largest salmon runs, Bristol Bay. On the other side were fishermen and environmentalists pushing a referendum that would make it harder for the mine to open.
The two sides spent more than $10 million -- unprecedented for such efforts in Alaska -- and throughout it all, the state's highly popular first-term governor, Sarah Palin, held back. Alaska law forbids state officials from using state resources to advocate on ballot initiatives.
Then, six days before the Aug. 26 vote, with the race looking close, Palin broke her silence. Asked about the initiative at a news conference, she invoked "personal privilege" to give an opinion. "Let me take my governor's hat off for just a minute here and tell you, personally, Prop. 4 -- I vote no on that,"
MORE AT:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092702834.html?nav=hcmodule
CRAPS GATE:
The New York Times
September 28, 2008
McCain and Team Have Many Ties to Gambling Industry
By JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA Jr.
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona senator and his entourage emerged with thousands of dollars in winnings.
A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table. He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Party’s evangelical base, opponents of gambling. Mr. McCain was betting at a casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino, according to three associates of Mr. McCain.
The visit had been arranged by the lobbyist, Scott Reed, who works for the Mashantucket Pequot, a tribe that has contributed heavily to Mr. McCain’s campaigns and built Foxwoods into the world’s second-largest casino. Joining them was Rick Davis, Mr. McCain’s current campaign manager. Their night of good fortune epitomized not just Mr. McCain’s affection for gambling, but also the close relationship he has built with the gambling industry and its lobbyists during his 25-year career in Congress.
MORE AT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/us/politics/28gambling-web.html?hp
Both “Mine Gate” and “Craps Gate” mean trouble for the Republican Campaign.
McCain’s base in the extremist fringe of the evangelical community will learn that McCain is a high roller craps player.
In my opinion it also means more inquiry into influence peddling of both McCain and Palin that could lead to criminal prosecutions.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
John Stewart of the "Daily Show" nails the news
Sometimes John Stewart of the "Daily Show" nails the news.
Jim
More at:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=186052&title=clusterf#@k-to-the-poor-house
Did I hear McCain say that the USA Tortures prisoners?
Last night at the candidate”s debate McCain said "the USA will not torture prisoners again".
Since is now apparent that John McCain believes that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales recommended and implemented the torture of prisoners of war; will John McCain testify at their war
criminal trials?
So when do we begin the war criminal trials of: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales?
Do you think that the war criminal trials will be held at The Hague or Nuremburg?
Far fetched?
Check this out:
From the Los Angeles Times
Rice admits Bush officials held White House talks on CIA interrogations
Her written statement to Senate investigators is the first official high-level acknowledgment of meetings that led to harsh methods such as waterboarding.
By Greg Miller
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 25, 2008
WASHINGTON — Senior Bush administration officials held a series of meetings in the White House in 2002 and 2003 to discuss allowing the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods on Al Qaeda detainees, according to a written statement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently provided to Senate investigators.
Rice's written response to investigators on the Senate Armed Services Committee marks the first time a high-ranking White House official has formally acknowledged the White House discussions, which led to the CIA's use of waterboarding and other coercive methods.
In particular, Rice wrote in the Sept. 12 statement that officials discussed simulated torture techniques that elite U.S. soldiers were subjected to as part of a survival training program, and that she and other officials were told that such methods "had been deemed not to cause significant physical or psychological harm."
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-interrogate25-2008sep25,0,1828234.story
Since is now apparent that John McCain believes that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales recommended and implemented the torture of prisoners of war; will John McCain testify at their war
criminal trials?
So when do we begin the war criminal trials of: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales?
Do you think that the war criminal trials will be held at The Hague or Nuremburg?
Far fetched?
Check this out:
From the Los Angeles Times
Rice admits Bush officials held White House talks on CIA interrogations
Her written statement to Senate investigators is the first official high-level acknowledgment of meetings that led to harsh methods such as waterboarding.
By Greg Miller
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 25, 2008
WASHINGTON — Senior Bush administration officials held a series of meetings in the White House in 2002 and 2003 to discuss allowing the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods on Al Qaeda detainees, according to a written statement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently provided to Senate investigators.
Rice's written response to investigators on the Senate Armed Services Committee marks the first time a high-ranking White House official has formally acknowledged the White House discussions, which led to the CIA's use of waterboarding and other coercive methods.
In particular, Rice wrote in the Sept. 12 statement that officials discussed simulated torture techniques that elite U.S. soldiers were subjected to as part of a survival training program, and that she and other officials were told that such methods "had been deemed not to cause significant physical or psychological harm."
READ MORE HERE:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-interrogate25-2008sep25,0,1828234.story
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Witch of Wall Street
Maybe the Wall Street Banker's crisis is not about greed and corruption; maybe it is a "spiritual" crisis. If it is a "spiritual" crisis; I think Gov Palin may have a solution.
It is my understanding that she has a very close relationship to Thomas Muthee a man who says that he has very successfully rid a village in Kenya of a woman who he accused of “causing car accidents through demonic spells”.
From the Times of London;
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/“The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.”- ‘We prayed, we fasted, the Lord showed us a spirit of witchcraft resting over the place,’ Pastor Muthee says. ‘After the spirit was broken, the crime rate dropped to almost zero and there was “explosive church growth” while almost every bar in the town closed down.”
From the Christian Science Monitor
From the September 23, 1999 edition
Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer
Jane Lampman, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html
“C. Peter Wagner, head of Global Harvest Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colo., is in the vanguard of the movement. He defines three levels of spiritual warfare: "Ground-level" involves casting demons out of individuals; "occult-level warfare" involves more organized "powers of darkness" [They target here New Age thought, Tibetan Buddhism, Freemasonry, etc.]; and "strategic-level warfare" directly "confronts 'territorial spirits' assigned by Satan to coordinate activities over a geographical area."
I am not saying that there is a “demonic presence” a "Witch of Wall Street" but if there is the Dudette Gov from Alaska could bring in her heavy hitter witch hunter to lay hands on Paulson and expel the witch.
It could be that right now down in a rabbit hole bunker somewhere in New Jersey the Dudette Gov is “spiritually mapping” an anti-witch plan for Wall Street.
If that doesn't work maybe Palin can find an answer in reading moose entrails.
Jim
It is my understanding that she has a very close relationship to Thomas Muthee a man who says that he has very successfully rid a village in Kenya of a woman who he accused of “causing car accidents through demonic spells”.
From the Times of London;
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/“The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.”- ‘We prayed, we fasted, the Lord showed us a spirit of witchcraft resting over the place,’ Pastor Muthee says. ‘After the spirit was broken, the crime rate dropped to almost zero and there was “explosive church growth” while almost every bar in the town closed down.”
From the Christian Science Monitor
From the September 23, 1999 edition
Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer
Jane Lampman, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html
“C. Peter Wagner, head of Global Harvest Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colo., is in the vanguard of the movement. He defines three levels of spiritual warfare: "Ground-level" involves casting demons out of individuals; "occult-level warfare" involves more organized "powers of darkness" [They target here New Age thought, Tibetan Buddhism, Freemasonry, etc.]; and "strategic-level warfare" directly "confronts 'territorial spirits' assigned by Satan to coordinate activities over a geographical area."
I am not saying that there is a “demonic presence” a "Witch of Wall Street" but if there is the Dudette Gov from Alaska could bring in her heavy hitter witch hunter to lay hands on Paulson and expel the witch.
It could be that right now down in a rabbit hole bunker somewhere in New Jersey the Dudette Gov is “spiritually mapping” an anti-witch plan for Wall Street.
If that doesn't work maybe Palin can find an answer in reading moose entrails.
Jim
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monumental FBI investigation or Monumental Heist, The choice is ours.
White Collar Criminals are still Criminals what ever high level position they hold.
This could be the most monumental FBI investigation into public corruption and racketeering ever. Or the most monumental heist ever.
I think the Election will ultimately determine if McCain’s alleged criminal buddies go to prison or rule our country.
Jim
Here's a great video of Representative Marcy Kaptur who creatively outlines the problems as well as possible solutions for the current "financial crisis" as planned by the Bush Administration over the past few months.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=195933&mesg_id=195933
This could be the most monumental FBI investigation into public corruption and racketeering ever. Or the most monumental heist ever.
I think the Election will ultimately determine if McCain’s alleged criminal buddies go to prison or rule our country.
Jim
Here's a great video of Representative Marcy Kaptur who creatively outlines the problems as well as possible solutions for the current "financial crisis" as planned by the Bush Administration over the past few months.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=195933&mesg_id=195933
Are any of McCain's staffers targets of the FBI mortgage fraud probe?
Silly me, I thought that bad guys go to prison. In Republican land they get private islands, private jets and a mega bank full of money for being major criminals.
I checked; all the major newspapers are not headlining the FBI probe article. Is CNN the only responsible news organization?
I don’t believe it. These very same targets of the FBI probe are looking for a Trillion Dollar gift from Congress. When is everyone going to get it that the Titians of Wall Street could also be the Titians of organized crime?
I believe that these guys are criminals and should be locked up. McCain and the Republicans think they deserve a Trillion Dollars.
I wonder if any of McCain’s staffers are on the FBI’s list.
Jim
First Published: September 23, 2008: 9:12 PM ET
Find this article at:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/companies/fbi_finance/index.htm?cnn=yes
FBI probing bailout firms
Investigators start search for fraud at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG, sources say.
By Kelli Arena, CNN Justice Correspondent
Last Updated: September 23, 2008: 11:25 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI is investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG - and their executives - as part of a broad look into possible mortgage fraud, sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Tuesday.
The sources would not speak on the record because the investigation is ongoing.
FBI spokesman Special Agent Richard Kelko had no comment on that information, but said that 26 firms were currently under investigation as part of the bureau's mortgage fraud inquiry.
Earlier this month, FBI director Robert Mueller told Congress that 1,400 individual real estate lenders, brokers and appraisers were now under investigation in addition to two dozen corporations.
"The FBI currently has 26 pending corporate fraud investigations involving subprime lenders," Kelko said. "As we have seen, this number can fluctuate over time, however we do not discuss which companies may or may not be the subject of an investigation."
Previously, CNN has reported that Countrywide is part of the investigation.
More at: http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/companies/fbi_finance/index.htm?cnn=yes
I checked; all the major newspapers are not headlining the FBI probe article. Is CNN the only responsible news organization?
I don’t believe it. These very same targets of the FBI probe are looking for a Trillion Dollar gift from Congress. When is everyone going to get it that the Titians of Wall Street could also be the Titians of organized crime?
I believe that these guys are criminals and should be locked up. McCain and the Republicans think they deserve a Trillion Dollars.
I wonder if any of McCain’s staffers are on the FBI’s list.
Jim
First Published: September 23, 2008: 9:12 PM ET
Find this article at:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/companies/fbi_finance/index.htm?cnn=yes
FBI probing bailout firms
Investigators start search for fraud at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG, sources say.
By Kelli Arena, CNN Justice Correspondent
Last Updated: September 23, 2008: 11:25 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI is investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG - and their executives - as part of a broad look into possible mortgage fraud, sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Tuesday.
The sources would not speak on the record because the investigation is ongoing.
FBI spokesman Special Agent Richard Kelko had no comment on that information, but said that 26 firms were currently under investigation as part of the bureau's mortgage fraud inquiry.
Earlier this month, FBI director Robert Mueller told Congress that 1,400 individual real estate lenders, brokers and appraisers were now under investigation in addition to two dozen corporations.
"The FBI currently has 26 pending corporate fraud investigations involving subprime lenders," Kelko said. "As we have seen, this number can fluctuate over time, however we do not discuss which companies may or may not be the subject of an investigation."
Previously, CNN has reported that Countrywide is part of the investigation.
More at: http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/23/news/companies/fbi_finance/index.htm?cnn=yes
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