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The remarks by Indra Nooyi, an India-born woman who also serves as PepsiCo's chief financial officer, came during a speech Sunday to graduates at Columbia Business School. Nooyi then went on to say the five major continents in the world can each be represented by a finger on the hand. She said Africa was the pinkie; She said our thumb is Asia; Europe was compared to the index finger; South America, including Latin America, was likened to the ring finger; She said her analogy "leaves the long, middle finger for North America, and in particular, the United States.

At one end of the street stands the United Nations; at the other end stands the United States Congress. At issue: whether the U.N.'s diplomatic immunity trumps the subpoena power of the U.S. Congress.Volcker has persistently blocked congressional efforts to secure information about the multi-billion-dollar oil-for-food scandal. The genius of the American system of governance is the checks and balances built into the government by the U.S. Constitution and the ultimate authority of the electorate, which can dump the entire government on election day. The U.N. is accountable to no one.

Within an hour, the entire village would learn that the 25-year-old married woman had been discovered in a darkened nearby hut with her lover. Within two days, Amina was dead -- killed by her fellow villagers April 20 after the men of the community ruled that she had violated Islamic law by having an affair with a neighbor....Under Sharia, the punishment for adultery is death by stoning. But the code requires that there be undeniable proof of the crime -- for instance, multiple witnesses to the sex act, a confession, or other signs such as an inexplicable pregnancy....

Within an hour, the entire village would learn that the 25-year-old married woman had been discovered in a darkened nearby hut with her lover. Within two days, Amina was dead -- killed by her fellow villagers April 20 after the men of the community ruled that she had violated Islamic law by having an affair with a neighbor....It was a beautiful spot, shaded by an enormous tree and offering a charming view of the village clinging to the mountainside. It was also an ideal place for a stoning.

A Video of Lou Dobbs interviewing, Peter Gadiel (PRESIDENT, 9/11 FAMILIES FOR A SECURE AMERICA) DOBBS: "We talked, of course, as we have a number of times, with the consulate of Mexico. They said that the card you have they simply wanted to let you know that it was invalid and they have a far more secure one now. GADIEL: "Right. Well, I took care of that problem. Hal Netkin (ph), a friend of mine out in California, got me -- got me a new one. And while I was in the process, he also got you one." DOBBS: "Oh,...

(Paraphrasing): Senator Chuck Hagel was heard to be wavering on whether he would support Bolton under questioning by George Step-En-Fetch-Enopolous at 11:55 a.m. (EST) He would not comment on whether he would vote to send Bolton's nomination to the floor and said he would reserve judgment until he had heard all of the evidence. Worst yet were his comments on his (apparent) [non]support for the Constitutional Option with regards to ending filibusters on Presdident Bush's judicial nominations.

Residents of Hawaii, Wyoming and Connecticut shoulder the heaviest state tax burdens in the nation. The least state taxes per person are paid by those living in Texas, South Dakota or Colorado, U.S. Census figures for 2004 show. The tax burden is important because it helps determine a state's business climate, carves a hole into taxpayers' wallets and influences individual decisions on where to live. The tax burden weighs so heavily in some states that people have called the moving van to escape to a lower-tax state.

This Backgrounder briefly summarizes the legal authority upon which state and local police MAY act in rendering such assistance and describes the scenarios in which this assistance is most crucial. The law on this question is quite clear: arresting aliens who have violated either criminal provisions of the INA or civil provisions that render an alien deportable "IS WITHIN THE INHERENT AUTHORITY OF STATES." And such inherent arrest authority has never been preempted by Congress. The source of this authority flows from the states’ status as sovereign entities. THEY ARE SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS possessing all residual powers not abridged or superceded...

NEW IPSWICH - In the latest twist of his public battle against illegal immigrants, Police Chief Garrett Chamberlain has taken what may be a unique legal approach: He has charged a man from Mexico with criminal trespass because he was in town without legal documents. As defined in state law (RSA 635:2), a person is guilty of criminal trespass “if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place.” “If we’re going to have immigration, it needs to be controlled and we need to know what’s happening on our borders. Nobody...

CBS's Lesley Stahl and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, both liberal Democrats, whined repeatedly on Hardball about bloggers and other alternative media who have deflated the liberal media monopoly Matthews, who hosts a show of unedited opinions, rued how news is "coming out of blog sites and stuff that is unedited in a lot of cases, which is my big problem with it."There's no editors around." Stahl complained "it's contributing to the public's continuing dislike of us and mistrust of us." Stahl, who works for an outlet which used forged memos in a political hit job, lamented that instead of checking facts,...

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a surprise news conference this evening, announced the appointment of former U.S. Senator John F. Kerry, as Special Envoy of the United Nations to France

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a surprise news conference this evening, anounced the appointment of former U.S. Senator John F. Kerry, as Special Envoy of the United Nations to France

”For MEDICAL and LEGAL purposes, partial brain “impairment,” MUST be distinguished from complete and irreversible loss of brain functions or “WHOLE BRAIN DEATH.”

Yet more evidence that Judge Greer ignored the law by allowing Michael Schiavo to remain her guardian in spite of the fact that under Florida Law, MS was/is guilty of a Misdomeanor in the Second Degree. I was prompted to look this up when some asked about bigamy laws in Florida. I also found and posted yesterday the Statute which makes it a crime (punishable by up to a year in prison) in Florida to starve an animal. I have yet to read anywhere that the Schindlers raised this as an issue when trying to get Michael removed as guardian...

27 March, 2005 Dorene Thomas Chief of Police Pinnelas Park, Florida Dear Chief Thomas: In as much as we have been inundated with media coverage with the Terri Schiavo state of affairs, one aspect seems to have escaped scrutiny (and of which I am certain you and your department, no doubt are relieved) and that is the role you and your department have played in assisting this state-sanctioned “execution.” In my opinion (and that of many others) you and your “blue shirts” are complicit and an accessory (both before an after the fact) to the taking of an innocent human...