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[WizardofOz]

Ex-student ID'd as suspect in shooting at Oikos University in California that killed 7

Police Chief Howard Jordan said Monday that One L. Goh is in custody after surrendering at a shopping center about an hour after the shooting at Oikos University on Monday morning. Authorities say he was a former student at the Christian school.

 

[WizardofOz]

Next Great Depression? MIT researchers predict ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030

A new study from researchers at Jay W. Forrester's institute at MIT says that the world could suffer from "global economic collapse" and "precipitous population decline" if people continue to consume the world's resources at the current pace. Smithsonian Magazine writes that Australian physicist Graham Turner says "the world is on track for disaster" and that current evidence coincides with a famous, and in some quarters, infamous, academic report from 1972 entitled, "The Limits to Growth." Produced for a group called The Club of Rome, the study's researchers created a computing model to forecast different scenarios based on the current models of population growth and global resource consumption. The study also took into account different levels of agricultural productivity, birth control and environmental protection efforts. Twelve million copies of the report were produced and distributed in 37 different languages. Most of the computer scenarios found population and economic growth continuing at a steady rate until about 2030. But without "drastic measures for environmental protection," the scenarios predict the likelihood of a population and economic crash. However, the study said "unlimited economic growth" is still possible if world governments enact policies and invest in green technologies that help limit the expansion of our ecological footprint. The Smithsonian notes that several experts strongly objected to "The Limit of Growth's" findings, including the late Yale economist Henry Wallich, who for 12 years served as a governor of the Federal Research Board and was its chief international economics expert. At the time, Wallich said attempting to regulate economic growth would be equal to "consigning billions to permanent poverty."

Is the world headed toward economic collapse? What would be the leading factor causing it? Will we crash and burn unless we protect the environment and its resources? Should we protect the environment even if it would hurt the economy? Do resources need protecting? Should economic growth be regulated?

 

[WizardofOz]

Why the U.S. May Be Secretly Cheering a Muslim Brotherhood Run For Egypt’s Presidency

Liberals and secularists are furious at the decision this week by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to name Khairat al-Shater as its candidate next month’s presidential election. Even many members and leaders of the Brotherhood itself are livid at the decision, an eleventh-hour reversal of a longstanding undertaking to stay out of the race to elect a successor to President Hosni Mubarak. Curiously enough, though, the New York Times reports that U.S. official are “untroubled and even optimistic about the Brotherhood’s reversal of its pledge not to seek the presidency”. In a vignette of just how much the political landscape has changed since the days when the U.S. pinned its hopes on a Mubarak regime that imprisoned the likes of Shater, the Times reports that the Brotherhood’s candidate is in regular contact with U.S. Ambassador Anne Paterson, and that U.S. officials have praised his moderation, intelligence and effectiveness. The 62-year-old millionaire financier seen as a pragmatist and modernizer, dedicated to reviving Egypt’s moribund economy rather than seeking confrontation with Israel or the U.S. And, of course, the Brotherhood represents an attractive alternative in comparison to the more extreme Salafists who have emerged as the wild-card in post-Mubarak politics. The Salafist Nour party ran the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party a close second, finishing with 28% of the vote (against the FJP’s 38%) in the parliamentary elections that concluded in January. Without a Brotherhood candidate in the race, some officials fear that Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, the charismatic Salafist presidential hopeful who talks of emulating Iran’s theocratic political system and of ending the peace treaty with Israel, could produce an upset — particularly if the election goes to a head-to-head run-off between the two leading vote-getters if no candidate wins an outright majority.

US likes Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat al-Shater in Egypt? Or, is the enemy of our enemy our friend?

An Al Ahram poll conducted before Shater entered the race gave the Salafist candidate around 22% of the vote. Another, more liberal Brotherhood figure, Abdel Moneim Abdoul Futouh — who had been expelled from the movement when he threw his own hat in the ring — is polling far behind Abu Ismail with around 8%, while another moderate Islamist, Mohammad Salim al-Awa had around 4%. The leading candidate in that poll, with 33%, was a secular nationalist, Mubarak’s former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa (who remains popular for his legacy of publicly challenging Israeli and U.S. conduct in the Middle East, sometimes to the annoyance of his then-boss). More significant, though, is the fact that the poll also found that 58% of the electorate would prefer an Islamist candidate: If the field without Shater went to a runoff, as the numbers seemed to indicate, the Salafists would be in pole position. And that’s an outcome as unpalatable to the Brotherhood as it would be to Washington and to the SCAF. Given the competitive Islamist field and the likelihood that Shater joining the fray could rally secular and nationalist voters behind a figure like Amr Moussa, the Brotherhood’s decision has certainly made the election outcome difficult to predict. And that, of course, is a hallmark of democracy.

What is in store for the future of Egypt? This election will help answer that question....

 

[drbrumley]

They Laughed at Ron Paul...
Posted by Daniel McAdams on April 4, 2012 03:02 PM

They laughed at Ron Paul when he said the fences — physical and otherwise — erected to keep the "illegals" out would someday be used to keep us in.

As usual, he was right:"Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers"

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[WizardofOz]

When will people start listening to this crazy kook? He's always right yet people want to paint him as the crazy uncle.

:sozo: He's always right!

 

[drbrumley]

When will people start listening to this crazy kook? He's always right yet people want to paint him as the crazy uncle.

:sozo: He's always right!

:cheers:

 

[john w]

The St. Louis Cardinals have won more games in the MLB 2012 season than anyone else, and their "magic number" for clinching is now down to 161.

 

[WizardofOz]

The St. Louis Cardinals have won more games in the MLB 2012 season than anyone else, and their "magic number" for clinching is now down to 161.

Actually, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's also each have 1 win.

And....the Brewers are taking the central so it's wild card berth for last years champs.

 

[john w]

Actually, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's also each have 1 win.

And....the Brewers are taking the central so it's wild card berth for last years champs.

"Actually, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's also each have 1 win."

Nope-the games were played in Communist territory, so they don't count.

"the Brewers"

You missed it-pay attention.

"in the MLB"-St. John W

The operative phrase-"Major League," which would eliminate the Brewers already.

 

[WizardofOz]

"Actually, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's also each have 1 win."

Nope-the games were played in Communist territory, so they don't count.

Japan is communist? :liberals: Mmmk

"the Brewers"

You missed it-pay attention.

"in the MLB"-St. John W

The operative phrase-"Major League," which would eliminate the Brewers already.

Brewers are not in the majors? Who won the NL Central last year?

Card fans just plain ain't that smart :dunce:

 

[zoo22]

"Actually, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's also each have 1 win."

Nope-the games were played in Communist territory, so they don't count.

1) Wha?? 2) Japan is communist? lain:

Even if Japan was communist, which it's not, why in the world would that make a lick of difference regarding the outcome of a ballgame?

 

[WizardofOz]

1) Wha?? 2) Japan is communist? lain:

Even if Japan was communist, which it's not, why in the world would that make a lick of difference regarding the outcome of a ballgame?

I think perhaps he's mistaking Japan for China....or North Korea? :liberals:

But, he's a Cardinals fan so no real surprises really

 

[MaryContrary]

Son: She Didn't Like That I Was Gay
Teen In Custody After Mother's Stabbing

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Fort Smith police have a teen in custody in connection with his mother's stabbing Wednesday morning.

Officers responded to a 911 call at an apartment on Meandering Way where a woman had been stabbed. Police said they found a 55-year-old Natividad Saluten Parker sitting on the porch with stab wounds to her face and neck. She was taken to St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and is in critical but stable condition, police said.

Officers said the Parker's 18-year-old son, Brian Duvall, was seen running away from the apartment and was captured a few blocks away.

Jo Ellison was at the scene when the teen was captured. She said Duvall was covered in blood when he was put into a patrol car.

"She didn't like that I was gay," the suspect told Ellison when she asked why he stabbed his mother.
And when she asked Duvall if he tried to kill his mother he said, "Yeah, I did."

Authorities said they think the teen will be charged with first-degree battery.
(source)

 

[MaryContrary]

Coral Springs woman accused of attacking boyfriend for refusing sex

A Coral Springs woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly attacking her boyfriend when he refused to have sex with her.

Inez Nunez, 18, was arrested on a domestic battery charge around 2:30 p.m. at their home in the 5700 block of West 47th Court, police said.

Nunez's boyfriend had called police and said Nunez hit him in the face and pushed him because he said she was "ugly" and wouldn't have sex with her.

The boyfriend's father said he heard a slap and saw Nunez pushing her boyfriend and fighting with him on the floor. Nunez told police she did slap and push her boyfriend because he was disrespectful. She added that he choked her and punched her in the chest, although she later changed her account.

Nunez was booked at the Broward County Jail on a $2,500 bond amount.
(source)

You know, I really want to comment on this one...but I honestly don't know where to begin. :idunno:

 

[aCultureWarrior]

A liberal FINALLY speaks the truth!



Chris Matthews: I watched them deal with Buchanan [referring to MSNBC's recent firing of conservative commentator Pat Buchanan]….I don’t believe in fatwas. I don’t believe in silencing people. I don’t believe in it, OK? I want Rush Limbaugh on the air. I want him on every day. I want people to hear it. I want everybody to hear all the arguments; it’s a free country.–

“Faithful America” activist: We want a progressive–

Matthews: You want to silence people! You want to silence people [stronger emphasis].–

“Faithful America” activist: We want a progressive Christian …[unclear]–

Matthews: …What channel do you want Tony Perkins on? What channel would you like him on?

“Faithful America” activist: Well, I’d prefer that he’s not–

Matthews: See, you want to silence him!

“Faithful America” activist: It would be great if he is going to be on, to have a progressive Christian [on opposite Perkins]…

Matthews: [Perkins] doesn’t hold out that homophobic stuff on my show, he never does it…

“Faithful America”: But when he’s on your show, you lend legitimacy to the things that he says off your show.–

http://americansfortruth.com/2012/0...osexual-activists-you-want-to-silence-people/

 

[WizardofOz]

"She didn't like that I was gay," the suspect told Ellison when she asked why he stabbed his mother.
And when she asked Duvall if he tried to kill his mother he said, "Yeah, I did."

Authorities said they think the teen will be charged with first-degree battery.
:doh:

"Yes, I tried to kill her"
THAT is first-degree battery? What about.....uh....attempted murder?!

 

[kmoney]

link

So Rep. Allen West thinks the Democratic Party is full of communists? Wait until he gets a load of the new Nazi lobbyist. No, seriously.

On Tuesday, the same day that West was fantasizing about 80 members of Congress being card-carrying members of the Communist Party, the actual American Nazi Party was making its move onto the Hill. One John Bowles registered with the Clerk of the House that day as a lobbyist for for the white supremacist group (hat tip LegiStorm). Bowles was the National Socialist Movement's presidential nominee in 2008.

[See the latest political cartoons.]

What could the Nazis want to lobby the Congress about? "Political Rights and ballot access laws," according to the registration form, which also lists lists accounting, agriculture, clean air and water, civil rights, health issues, the Constitution, immigration, manufacturing, and retirement as "general lobbying issue areas." Who knew the Nazis had strong views on agriculture?

The Nazis will now have an official lobbyist.


Finally, someone who can lobby for Trad's views. lain:

 

[aCultureWarrior]

link

The Nazis will now have an official lobbyist.

I looked into this, and West was talking about the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus

If you would like to go down the list one by one...

Bobby Rush, former Black Panther.
Bawney Fwank, fag and doper.
Sheila Jackson Lee, fan of Communist Venezuelan El Presidente' Hugo Chavez.
Jim McDur MUTT (fan of everything anti American).

The list goes on. Allen West knows what he's talking about in this case.

 

[aCultureWarrior]

Quote:
Originally Posted by WizardofOz
When will people start listening to this crazy kook? He's always right yet people want to paint him as the crazy uncle.

He's always right!

:cheers:

Yet Ron Paul isn't smart enough to know not to mess with the institution of marriage.



The right to perversion at the state level: only Ron Paul (and his homosexual allies). would advocate that.

 

[WizardofOz]

Yet Ron Paul isn't smart enough to know not to mess with the institution of marriage.

The right to perversion at the state level: only Ron Paul (and his homosexual allies). would advocate that.

Quote the statement from your video that you disagree with.

“I oppose federal efforts to redefine marriage as something other than a union between one man and one woman.” In August, Paul repeated, “I think that marriages should be between a single man and a single woman.” The Texas Congressman and 1988 Libertarian Party presidential candidate has a consistent record of supporting each state’s right to define marriage for itself: opposing attempts to overturn state anti-sodomy laws on one hand and to implement a federal constitutional amendment protecting marriage on the other. However, Paul has also taken his libertarian views even further, repeatedly stating that he hopes the state will stop sanctioning marriages altogether. “I think the government should just be out of it. I think it should be done by the church or private contract, and we shouldn’t have this argument,” he said recently. “Who’s married and who isn’t married. I have my standards but I shouldn’t have to impose my standards on others. Other people have their standards and they have no right to impose their marriage standards on me.” “But,” he continued, “if we want to have something to say about marriage it should be at the state level, and not at the federal government.” In his newest book, Liberty Defined, Paul’s chapter on “Marriage” states, “In a free society…all voluntary and consensual agreements would be recognized.” He adds, “There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage.” “Everyone can have his or her own definition of what marriage means, and if an agreement or contract is reached by the participants, it would qualify as a civil contract if desired…Why not tolerate everyone’s definition as long as neither side uses force to impose its views on the other? Problem solved!” source

Perhaps start a new thread as old news isn't the intent for this thread.