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Monday, November 24
Former Franken worker helped with ballot recount
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 07:02 PM EST
A woman who volunteered to help count ballots in the U.S. Senate recount in Wilkin County probably would not have been allowed to do so if the county auditor had known that she had also worked for a Senate candidate in Otter Tail County. ''Had I known that, she probably wouldn't have been part of the team,'' Wilkin County Auditor Wayne Bezenek, told The Forum of Fargo, N.D. ''That would have been the right thing to do.'' More>>>
‘Narcissistic Sovereignty’ Has Kept U.S. from Ratifying U.N. Treaty on Children’s Rights
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 06:11 PM EST
Advocates for a United Nations treaty on children’s rights blamed American arrogance for it not being ratified by the United States, but critics charge signing onto the Convention on the Rights of the Child could mean international law trumping U.S. state and federal laws and the rights of parents to make decisions about raising and educating their children...Smith said that if Congress ratifies the treaty, it would give the United Nations authority to object to federal and state laws that it thinks violate the treaty and give Congress the power to pass laws to make the country comply with its tenants – a fact advocates do not deny. “It’s a power grab, pure and simple, by radicals like him (Harold Cook, a non-governmental organization representative at the U.N. and a fellow with the American Psychological Association),” Ruse said. Smith said the most dangerous thing about the convention is that rather than building stronger families, it could damage relationships by giving children “rights” to question their parents’ decisions on a range of issues, including discipline, religious training and education. “It pits children against their parents,” Smith said More>>>
Conservative Nation
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 05:48 PM EST
How many of our liberal friends are willing to acknowledge that, despite spending millions on hateful Moveon.org and Soros-funded campaigns that portray conservatives as war criminals, as haters of the poor, as greedy, ignorant, intolerant, and incompetent, Americans have grown more conservative over the past eight years? If we also obsess over the state exit polls, conservatives will be relieved to learn that they still outnumber liberals in 42 states. (See map.) With the exception of Massachusetts (where liberals carry the day by 11 points, 32 percent to 21 percent) and Vermont (where they enjoy an eight-point edge), the liberals’ advantage where it does exist is actually quite modest. We’re talking about six points in New York, four in Hawaii, three in Maryland and Rhode Island, two in Connecticut and a tie in New Jersey — not exactly overwhelming endorsements of EU-style socialism. Even in that den of Left Coast liberalism — California — conservatives hold a modest five-point advantage over their liberal brethren. More>>>
China state media blast new Guns N' Roses album
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 05:06 PM EST
In an article Monday headlined "American band releases album venomously attacking China," the Global Times said unidentified Chinese Internet users had described the album as part of a plot by some in the West to "grasp and control the world using democracy as a pawn." The album "turns its spear point on China," the article said...The Global Times article referred only to the title of the album and not to specific song lyrics. The record's title track makes a reference to the Falun Gong meditation movement that was banned by China as an "evil cult" and warns "if your Great Wall rocks blame yourself," in an apparent message to the country's authoritarian government. Songs from the album could be heard on Internet sites such as YouTube and the band's MySpace page on Monday and it was not immediately possible to tell whether China's Internet monitors were seeking to block access to it. More>>>
IHT: U.S. to inject $20 billion into Citigroup
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 01:22 AM EST
Under the agreement, Citigroup and regulators will back up to $306 billion of largely residential and commercial real estate loans and certain other assets, which will remain on the bank's balance sheet. Citigroup will shoulder losses on the first $29 billion of that portfolio. Any remaining losses will be split between Citigroup and the government, with the bank absorbing 10 percent and the government absorbing 90 percent. The Treasury Department will use its bailout fund to assume up to $5 billion of losses. If necessary, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will bear the next $10 billion of losses. Beyond that, the Federal Reserve will guarantee any additional losses. In exchange, Citigroup will issue $7 billion of preferred stock to government regulators. In addition, the government is buying $20 billion of preferred stock in Citigroup. The preferred shares will pay an 8 percent dividend and will slightly erode the value of shares held by investors. (H/T to our friend Semra) More>>> |
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