Reinke Faces Life

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110405/BENEFITS02/104050306/

Treasury may borrow federal retirement funds in debt emergency
By SEAN REILLY | Last Updated: April 5, 2011

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The government could temporarily tap tens of billions of dollars from two federal employee retirement programs if Congress fails to raise the federal debt ceiling next month, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers.

The government expects to hit a $14.3 trillion debt ceiling on May 16 or before, Geithner said in a Monday letter.

Geither implored Congress to extend the debt ceiling by that deadline and said that if Congress does not, Treasury will be forced to borrow money from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and the Thrift Savings Plan’s Government Securities Investment Fund, or G Fund, both of which are invested in U.S. Treasury securities. Those two moves could free up $142 billion through early July.

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Talk about brazen!

I’m not a fan of Gooferment workers, but stealing their retirement money. Someone should be in jail!

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/84684.html

Oppose DC? You Must Hate Mankind

Posted by Thomas Woods on April 4, 2011 03:27 PM

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Would it have been wrong for the states to try to nullify the internment of the Japanese in the 1940s?

Was it wrong for Wisconsin, expressly citing the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 (which introduced nullification into the American political lexicon), to oppose the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

Is the federal war on drugs just A-OK, even though it’s been called the new Jim Crow, just because it happens to be carried out by our wise overlords in Washington rather than by the states?

Would it have been easier or more difficult for the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century to carry out their atrocities against vulnerable minorities (whether Jews or Ukrainian “kulaks” as the case may be) had those countries instead been loose confederations of states?

In other words, although states at all levels are capable of great enormities, why is the moral benefit of the doubt given to the most murderous institution in human history, instead of to those decentralizing forces that seek to limit its predatory behavior?

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Why do we tolerate the Gooferment?

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http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/its-no-deal-its-a-sellout/

IT’S NO DEAL, IT’S A SELLOUT By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann 04.9.2011

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John Boehner has just given away the Republican victory of 2010 at the bargaining table. Like the proverbial Uncle Sam who always wins the war but loses the peace, he has unilaterally disarmed the Republican Party by showing that he will not shut down the government and will, instead, willingly give way on even the most modest of cuts in order to avoid it. He now has no arrows left in his quiver.

Having failed to stand firm for just $61 billion in cuts in a budget of $3.7 trillion, how can we expect him to stand firm over the debt limit extension or the 2012 budget?

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In short, we have accomplished nothing by our hard work in 2010.

Except we have learned a lesson.

And the lesson is this: We need to purify our party and purge it of the likes of John Boehner and all those Congressmen who vote for the budget sellout. The Tea Party must take the lead in this purifying fire. We must not let the RINOs win!

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Argh, maybe secession is the only alternative?

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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/06/2011-04-06_verdict_yer_a_joke_judge_forces_woman_to_eternal_jury_duty_after_racist_remarks_.html

Judge gives ‘Juror No. 799’ indefinite jury duty after she makes racist remarks on questionnaire

BY JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 4:00 AM

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An incensed federal judge sentenced a racist Brooklyn woman to indefinite jury duty on Tuesday after she trashed the NYPD and minorities.

“This is an outrage, and so are you!” Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis told the woman, holding up her bile-filled juror questionnaire.

Juror No. 799, an Asian woman in her 20s who said she works in the garment industry, was up for jury duty in the death penalty trial of Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano.

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Isn’t this slavery?

Mundanes must serve at the pleasure of the elite?

Didn’t Lincoln free the slaves?

Where is the woman’s rights? Surely this violates the Fourth and Fifth Amendment?

Argh!

Gooferment, politicians and bureaucrats.

Secession and revolt!

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The Hill newspaper reports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has effectively issued an ultimatum with a threat to shut down the federal government unless House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) agrees to continue long-term funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s #1 abortion provider, with your tax dollars.

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Time to try a new meme.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKT4OJ9tuU&feature=player_embedded

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Two-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi, a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard and a senior staff writer at WND, has written a new book that promises to be a game-changer on the issue of Barack Obama’s eligibility.

It’s called “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is Not Eligible to Be President.”

The result of more than two years of solid investigative research by Corsi and a team of WND reporters and editors, this book is destined to be a huge bestseller and change the dynamics of the debate over eligibility – IF, of course, the book is not spiked by the hostile establishment media.

Advance orders for this book from retailers across the U.S. already suggest it will be Corsi’s third No. 1 New York Times bestseller – probably bigger than the previous two. Imagine how that will change the character of the debate on this critical constitutional issue.

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As I’ve blogged and said before, I am NOT a “birth-er”. Those folks believe that BHO44 was not born in the USA. To me, that’s as irrational to believe that he was born in the USA. Neither belief has ANY evidence to back it up. Hence I am a “proof-er”.

The short form certificate produced by the DNC was an obvious kludge. You couldn’t get a passport, driver license, or such with it.

And, what about all the other “paperwork” that is being suppressed.

At a cost of millions of dollars.

What’s being hidden?

It’s always the coverup that’s worse than the disclosure.

The American Sheeple have a right to know the truth. We can handle it.

What is it, who knew it, and when did they know it?

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The other night, I couldn’t believe my ears. Two IT execs, both of whom I like and respect, advocated a return to the draft. Each for different reasons, but both advocated for it.

I was speechless.

… but only for a few minutes.

Having been drafted, had my life, and the live of my loved ones, ripped apart by the Viet Nam war — may Presidents IKE, JFK, and LBJ have a special ever lasting reward for their role in it — and seen loved ones inalterably changed by it. I saw a country ripped apart. Families divided. Old friends lost forever. And not just by battlefield deaths. I’ve seen at least one set of sweethearts ripped apart, never to marry, and never to have been what they could have been. Next to Lincoln’s War, what I call the War of Northern Aggression, can I imagine a more “natural disaster” type devastation on the USA. WW2 wasn’t as corrosive to the American spirit.

Any way, snapping back to reality, I took up the opposition.

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Point #1 — the draft would stop foreign wars because the American public would have their sons in any war; the all volunteer service means that the poor minorities fight the wars.

This was Charlie Rangel’s idea. The draft didn’t keep us out of Viet Nam. And, the big Gooferment war hawks don’t seem to be kept out of anything in the way of a foreign war. I believe the Dead Old White Guys knew that a standing army was dangerous. Too likely to be used. The Constitution calls for the Army to be around for only two years. How did we let it become an eternal institution? Only the Navy as an ongoing entity is “constitutional”. If you want to prevent wars, and Presidents who think they are above the Constitutional requirement for Congress to declare war, your going to have to impeach one or two to get the message across. And, the voters are going to have to back up that action.

Of course, when women get their act together, they can unilaterally stop offensive wars. “Yes, when we get out of here. We’re going to have to fix that. You know we control something that can get it done. Not the ballot box, but the other box. (A giant sucking sound as pure Miss Marie used that very rude idiom.) We can end war.” — character “Marie” being anti-war in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 1 Page 262

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Point #2 — the draft and boot camp would be good for the young; teaching them discipline and needed life skills. And, an unspoken “benefit” was to create a common bond that would transcend “culture”. (Omitted because of the racist overtones.)

This is the height of ego. I know what’s good for you young whippersnappers. Why in my day we walked (insert absurd number) to and from school. Uphill both ways.

If in fact, there was NO army, then, and only then, would there be an argument that every yungster might be called on to defend the homeland. Think Israel where every girl and boy does a tour in the Army; they have a Civil Defense problem. Or, Switzerland, where every man gets trained and a military grade rifle and ammo to take home; with follow up drills every so often.

But, to say “You have to go to basic because it’s good for you” is absurdly trivial. To quote a modern clergyman recently in the news: “Who the hell do you think you are?”

You have no right to force me to do anything.

If we had a culture of self-defense, then maybe you might say that as condition of voting, you have to be capable of defending the USA.

And, maybe it’s in the form of a voluntary summer camp for ten weeks the summer after your 16th birthday. And, maybe it’s a one shot opportunity. And, maybe it’s justified. And maybe there are different ones for boys and girls.

And, maybe the whole thing is a bad idea?

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http://www.house.gov/list/press/ny15_rangel/CBRStatementonDraft02142006.html

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http://ncc-1776.org/tle2011/tle612-20110327-03.html

Many of the Most Awake Have Been Most Touched by Government
by Jim Davidson

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It used to be said, in the early 1990s in my hearing and presumably before that, amongst students of the law that “a grand jury is a tool of the prosecution.” It might once have been that a grand jury was actually a group of concerned members of a community brought together to seek an actual truth. But in current times, if the prosecutor wants to conceal information from them, he does, and they are too ignorant, being mostly public schooled, to know it. If the prosecutor wants them to acquit, they will. If the prosecutor wants them to indict, they will.

Nowadays, jurors are prevented, often forcibly, with violence, from being informed that they have an ancient and legitimate right to rule that the law is unjust, as well as to consider whether the law was broken.

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So it has become the case that a jury is now a tool of the prosecution. Federal judges lie, they prevent jurors from hearing the truth, they instruct juries falsely, and they work to serve the system which oppresses the rest of us. They are, in fact, no damned good at all.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/foreign-banks-tapped-fed-s-lifeline-most-as-bernanke-kept-borrowers-secret.html

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The biggest borrowers from the 97-year-old discount window as the program reached its crisis-era peak were foreign banks, accounting for at least 70 percent of the $110.7 billion borrowed during the week in October 2008 when use of the program surged to a record. The disclosures may stoke a reexamination of the risks posed to U.S. taxpayers by the central bank’s role in global financial markets.

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You HAVE to be kidding me!

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369259/Egypt-protests-Women-forced-virginity-checks-arrests-Tahir-Square.html

Secret shame of Egypt’s army: Women protesters were forced to have ‘virginity checks’ after being arrested in Tahrir Square
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 10:10 AM on 24th March 2011

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Women arrested by the Egyptian police during protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square were subjected to forced ‘virginity tests’, according to Amnesty International. Eighteen demonstrators were detained after army officers cleared the square on March 9 at the end of weeks of protest. Amnesty today said that the women had been beaten, given electric shocks and then subjected to strip searches while being photographed by male soldiers. They were then given ‘virginity checks’ and threatened with prostitution charges if medics ruled they had had sex, according to the charity.

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Disgusting.

And, so much for the “religion of peace”.

I’m speechless.

And, because I’m a little L libertarian, I don’t initiate force. But what I would do is select 18 Egyptian diplomats at random and make the Persona Non Grata.

And, why do we have foreign aid? This seems like a good case for revoking it.

Could it happen here?

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http://dumpdc.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/secession-movement-spreads-well-beyond-texas-2/

Secession movement spreads well beyond Texas
By DAVE MONTGOMERY dmontgomery@star-telegram.com

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A campaign called “Bring the Guard Home” is pushing legislation in 23 states that would empower governors to recall state National Guard units from Iraq on the premise that the federal law authorizing such deployments has expired. “It’s gaining momentum, to say the least,” said Jim Draeger, program manager for Peace Action Wisconsin. He said the initiative has a respectable chance of passing the Legislature in his state.

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Bring the girls and boys home under any excuse!

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan153.html

It’s Their War, Not Ours
by Patrick J. Buchanan

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What is the theme, where is the consistency in U.S. policy?

We backed the dictators Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, who were as autocratic as Gadhafi, whom we demand be deposed.

We support the dictator in Yemen, the absolute monarch in Saudi Arabia, the king in Bahrain, the sultan in Oman and the emir in Kuwait, but back pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran, though there have been more elections in Iran than in all those other nations put together.

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You have to like how Pat cuts foreign policy to the bottom line.

We’ve ignored the Dead Old White Guys advice on so many things. Washington’s “no entangling alliances” is particularly on point.

Maybe the geniuses in DC should ask: “What would Switzerland do?”

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Despite having no children of my own, I fought about this during the NJ Tax Revolt of the 80’s. This is a multi-part problem. And, it’s not ALL the fault of the Teachers’ Union. The politicians and bureaucrats have created a mess and “We, The People” have allowed it to happen.

First problem is the Parents. Yup, they are part of the problem; probably the most important part. They tolerate this “barbara streisand”. No one has children and wants to see them ruined. Yet, that very decision they make to procreate, I am expected to pay for. Education is the parent’s responsibility. First and foremost. No one else’s. To assume that the Gooferment has a role, any role, in “education” is to cede the very ground that the battle must be fought on.

So now let’s deal with the situation at hand. We can’t wave a magic wand and make it “magically delicious”. People have been trained, like dogs doing tricks, into thinking that this is the best or only way. We have to reverse that over time and allow people to adapt.

Right now, “we” have Gooferment Skrules. The Gooferment “pays” and “operates”. So I would suggest we have to adapt out of it in two steps. Two twenty year plans! (Yeah, I know it sounds like the USSR and its always failing Five Year Plans.) Focus first on operation. Create vouchers equal to 20k and give them to 5% more students each year. At the end of 20 years, parents will have been trained to “buy” their children’s education. Then, for the next 20 years, reduce the voucher by 5%. This will push the bill more and more to the parents. (They decided to have them and they will have to pay to educate them.) Churches, businesses, and a civil society will create new forms of schooling for new subjects and the poor. (Remember Catholic schools were created for the poor.)

I think this would solve the problem. Not quickly but eventually it would. Permanently!

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The Huckster says R’s shouldn’t waste time on Obama’s birth certificate because “if there was any hard evidence Hillary would have found it”.

Sorry but what is being hidden?

I don’t agree with him. Where there’s smoke there is fire.

The Birgitta have raised a plausible and credible claim. Congress held hearings on McCain’s eligibility; why not Obama’s?

Was a deal struck between the D’s and the R’s?

As Judge Judy says about “notarized tongues”, I don’t trust any of them. Maybe Ron Paul, but none of the others.

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Bears’ Duerson shot himself; brain to be studied – Chicago Breaking Sports

Bears’ Duerson shot himself; brain to be studied

February 19, 2011 6:52 PM |

By Dan Pompei and Duaa Eldeib

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Former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Tribune.

His death has been ruled a suicide, but the Miami-Dade police department has yet to make the information public.

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Sad. Maybe the “game” needs more safety?

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https://ncc-1776.org/

Federal Marshals Threaten, Censor «Libertarian Enterprise» By L. Neil Smith

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“I’ll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.” L. Neil Smith

For the first time, in its sixteenth year of publication, this journal of libertarian views and opinion — bound by an absolute moral resolve never to initiate force against anyone for any reason, nor to advocate or delegate its initiation — has been threatened by agents of the federal government and ordered to remove content from its website.

We have done so. When you learn, in a general way, what that content consisted of, you will be perplexed, at first, then angrier and angrier as you see what has been done to what was once a free country, and realize precisely who is most responsible for having done it.

Last August, _TLE_ ran a piece by our frequent contributor Jim Davidson about the hypocrisy of the federal judiciary. Three federal judges had just authorized a practice in which armed government agents could feel free to trespass on a citizen’s property without a warrant or probable cause, in order to affix a GPS tracker to that citizen’s car.

Our columnist’s natural and logical response was to deprive these judges of privacy the same way they were allowing the privacy of the individuals who pay their salaries (however involuntarily) to be violated. Using only publicly available sources, he published their names, addresses, and other information. Let me state that again, so there can be no mistake: he published their names, addresses, and other such information which he had obtained from purely public sources.

This week — six months later — we have been notified, first by our domain registrar GoDaddy.com, then in an e-mail from the U.S. Marshals’ “service” that we must remove the offending article from _TLE_’s website, in order to assure the safety of the judges and their families. (This, of course, begs the question, why in the hell their information is publicly available if it constitutes a threat to their safety.) GoDaddy.com has refused to answer reasonable questions about this affair — such as precisely what Terms of Service we were in violation of — instead simply repeating the order to remove the material.

We have complied.

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Clearly, The Elite are becoming very concerned that “We, The People” know where they live. The Mundanes have no privacy; the Efete Elite do!

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Bribes to Brazil to Continue | Cato @ Liberty.

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An amendment to end what Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) rightly called “lunacy” failed this afternoon in a depressing show of cowardice on cotton subsidies. The amendment [Amendment No. 89] would have ended payments to Brazilian [yes, sic] cotton farmers that cost U.S. taxpayers $150 million a year.  The House rejected the amendment 183 to 246.

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Argh!

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