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A weekly round-up of noteworthy news that you may have missed from this past week. This week: Dems tampering with the Tea Parties, unions fighting for Viagra coverage, and Fannie Mae loses another $12 billion.

A weekly round-up of noteworthy news that you may have missed from this past week. This week: 'Cap and Trade' is dead, Wal-Mart deserves the Nobel Prize, a city outsources everything, and the most honest politician in the world.

A weekly round-up of noteworthy news that you may have missed from this past week. In this edition: gubernatorial race interviews, a rare death penalty case in Michigan, S.F. banning soft drinks, and St. Louis Cardinals' manager Tony LaRussa supporting the Arizona immigration law.

The harpy 's seat is empty in the White House briefing room. Good riddance. *** The Marathon Pundit is advising reporters to save their cash--the media will be banned at this annual stockholder meeting. No surprise there. It's in Chicago and it involves Obammy's pals. *** "As we know, we have a controlled main stream media, which is trying to shape public opinion instead of reporting. Most often then not the public is not buying, what they are selling." - Orly Taitz, candidate for California Secretary of State***Lie to me. *** Obammy - keeping it cl-ass-y*** Ya think? "Israel’s regional...

Noteworthy news you may have missed this week. A weekly round-up

What would happen if a USDA scientist discovered that one of the most commonly used pesticides on the planet with a reputation for having saved millions of tons of US soil from erosion was -- rather than a soil savior -- a soil killer? That, to quote a certain paranormal expert, would be bad. And yet, it's true. This news came to the fore thanks to a recently published must-read article from Reuters on how government regulators are “dropping the ball” on agricultural biotechnology. It begins with the story of USDA scientist Dr. Robert Kremer. Kremer has spent the last...

The superweeds could temper American agriculture’s enthusiasm for some genetically modified crops. Soybeans, corn and cotton that are engineered to survive spraying with Roundup have become standard in American fields. However, if Roundup doesn’t kill the weeds, farmers have little incentive to spend the extra money for the special seeds. Just as the heavy use of antibiotics contributed to the rise of drug-resistant supergerms, American farmers’ near-ubiquitous use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of tenacious new superweeds. But farmers sprayed so much Roundup that weeds quickly evolved to survive it. “What we’re talking about here...

Two-thirds of the 93 people arrested during the first day of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest crime and immigration sweep were believed to be illegal immigrants. The two-day sweep is being run in an area of west Phoenix with a high number of "drop houses" where smugglers hide immigrants who have been sneaked into the country. It's the 15th sweep that Arpaio has conducted since early 2008. During the sweeps, deputies flood an area of a city _ in some cases heavily Latino areas _ to seek out traffic violators and arrest other alleged lawbreakers. Critics say deputies racially...

Houston Police Deparment and Houston Municipal Courts Participate in the Great Texas Warrant Round Up The City of Houston's Police Department (HPD) will be among more than 180 law enforcement jurisdictions across Texas participating in the "Great Texas Warrant Round Up," which begins Saturday, March 7, 2009. This statewide initiative will target people who have outstanding warrants with their respective Municipal Courts. The City of Houston Municipal Courts encourages everyone to take advantage of one of the options listed below to settle any outstanding warrants before the Texas Round Up period begins at the end of next week. Notices are...

WASHINGTON – More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children were rescued in a three-day roundup targeting people who force children into prostitution. The FBI said the roundup by federal, state and local law enforcement took place in 29 cities, adding that the raids dismantled 12 large-scale prostitution operations run through call services, truck stops casinos and Web sites. At a news conference announcing the results of Operation Cross Country II, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said the arrests were made possible by intelligence gathered during a similar series of raids in June. “Sex trafficking of children remains...

CULTURE WATCH, Volume 22 by Nancy Morgan Right BiasLast week saw more progress in Iraq. Totally ignored by ABC, CBS and NBC, was the release of the May 2008 report card. The Iraqis met 15 of the 18 benchmarks. Only two, enacting and implementing laws to disarm militias and distribute oil revenues, are unsatisfactory. Draw your own conclusions. And shame on the media for failing to inform the American people. Regards the media: The increasingly rapid and broad decline of the newspaper business in recent months has surprised even the most pessimistic financial analysts. Most recent example: The Los Angeles...

CULTURE WATCH by Nancy Morgan It would be nice if the situation in Iraq could fit into a nice little soundbite. There’s comfort in knowing something is either black or white but reality often hovers somewhere in the grey area. Nowhere is this more apparent than in two news items out of Iraq that, as usual, were given short shrift by the old media. In what might be considered a sign of progress, Iraqis have moved from survival mode to complaining about a suggestion being floated by lawmakers that Baghdad should start paying a share of the war’s cost by...

Cows flee after seeing McDonald's The Associated Press WEST HAVEN, Utah --McDonald's? The burger joint? Stampede! Eight cows escaped from a trailer when the rear gate opened as the driver pulled into a McDonald's. It took about two hours to round them up Monday. "Maybe they were going to ... hop in the freezer, save the middleman," Weber County sheriff's Sgt. Dave Creager said. Lt. Kevin Burns had another theory: "They didn't like their future." The roundup was called "Operation Hamburger Helper." A nearby resident even hopped on his horse. "I thought my eyes were lying," said Wayne Sanders, who...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2007 – A South Carolina-based troop-support group and a national restaurant chain have teamed up to see that at least 500,000 servicemembers get a note of thanks this holiday season. Brian Bohlman (left), a chaplain with the South Carolina Air National Guard, visits with Army Cpl. Brandon Schadrie in September 2006, during his deployment to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Bohlman, who founded Operation Thank You, a troop-support group, shares notes of support his organization collected from people back home for deployed servicemembers. Photo by Thomas Warner, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution...

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Bayji Operations Round Up 'Black Jumpsuit' Cell Coalition Forces round up insurgents and get useful information leading to the capture of more insurgents. By U.S. Army Spc. Joshua R. Ford BAYJI, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2006 -- Eight armored vehicles crept through the narrow city street in Bayji searching for the objective. More than 20 Paratroopers would storm, secure and search the site for their target.“That’s it. Let’s move,” the platoon sergeant calmly said over the radio. Immediately the element dismounted their vehicles and raced toward the target house.Troops placed ladders and hurled themselves over the cement wall into the...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's attorney general said the arrest a group of corrupt cops along the border with California is imminent. Daniel Cabeza de Vaca told a Mexico City news conference today the cops protected a Tijuana cartel, the Arellano Felix gang, which smuggled tons of pot, cocaine and meth into the United States. Two were already arrested Saturday and charged with taking bribes to protect the gang. The attorney general said they worked at the Rosarito police department just over the border from San Diego border. The two are accused of decapitating three of their fellow officers. The news...

I've had enough. So I will just come right out and say what others in this business apparently will not: Mary Lacy, that's not your boy. John Mark Karr as much killed JonBenet Ramsey as Mickey Mouse did. This is a fool's errand you're on, and it won't end pretty. If you haven't noticed, the guy is a lunatic. OK, my upbringing tells me that it is a lousy thing to say about anyone. So let me put it this way: He is the saddest of all sad cases, a delusional, completely whacked out, early-teen-girl-marrying sociopath who writes bad poetry...

For your bookmarking assistance, this is a reference list of links to the Aug 2006 or newer Free Republic threads on the topic of the JonBenet Ramsey murder case and the possible arrest of John Mark Karr as a suspect in her murder.