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PARTISAN PERDUE PANEL WILL SCREEN JUDICIAL CANDIDATES

News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Fri, Jan 06, 2012 Judicial panel irks N.C. Republicans BY ROB CHRISTENSEN – rchristensen@newsobserver.com tiwabu@newsobserver.com Perdue RALEIGH Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has named a panel to help screen judicial candidates, but Republicans immediately criticized it as being too laden with partisan Democrats. The governor named an 18-member commission, including

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THE SUPER PAC BOOMERANG

JANUARY 4, 2012 Campaign-finance scolds denounce the system they created. Here come the Presidential primaries, and right on schedule here come the campaign-finance scolds. The latest target of the folks who deplore the role of money in politics are so-called super PACs, or political action committees that can raise and spend unlimited funds as long

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ILARIO PANTANO, A WAR HERO IS VINDICATED–AGAIN

The Patriot Post · http://patriotpost.us Ilario Pantano, A War Hero Is Vindicated — Again By Arnold Ahlert · Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Seven long years after he allegedly committed “premeditated murder,” Iraq war veteran Ilario Pantano, who gave up a comfortable life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to fight for his country following the September

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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON TRIAL – FANNIE AND FREDDIE

DECEMBER 21, 2011 The Financial Crisis on Trial The SEC fingers the government-backed mortgage buyers, not Wall Street greed. By PETER J. WALLISON The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuits against six top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced last week, are a seminal event. For the first time in a government report, the

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MOVEON.ORG EMAIL RE ARIZONA SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO

From: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:13:25 +0000 To: ReplyTo: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Subject: Victory! America’s Most Nativist Sheriff Gets His Wings Clipped Dear Huge news! The Department of Justice just issued a scathing report against one of the most prominent enemies of the Latino community. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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FINANCIAL REGULATION: WORSE THAN A CRIME

DECEMBER 12, 2011 In the U.S. mortgage crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis, bad policies subsidized bad investments. By L. GORDON CROVITZ EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The reason prosecutors can’t prove criminal intent is that in many cases the bankers were simply trading in compliance with the regulations governing them. Art imitates life, even

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OBAMA AND THE HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST

DECEMBER 7, 2011 In Jan. 2007, Ali Musa Daqduq helped kill five Americans in Iraq. He may soon be released into Iranian custody. By DAVID B. RIVKIN, JR. And CHARLES D. STIMSON Mr. Rivkin served in the Justice Department during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Mr. Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage

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COURT RECORDS SEALED OF BRIAN TERRY’S MURDER

Border Patrol officials and government watchdogs believe there is a huge cover-up in the Obama Administration regarding the murder of Border agent Brian Terry. Credits: DHS/CBP Obama cover-up? Court records of border patrol agent murder sealed By Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner The Obama Administration has suddenly and without warning sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican

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GILLIBRAND BILL ENCOURAGES LGBT ADOPTION

Calls on agencies not to discriminate By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times Monday, October 31, 2011 Increasing LGBT marriages mean “we have a great opportunity to place children without a family into happy homes,” Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand says. (Associated Press) For the first time in Senate history, a bill has been introduced to

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