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Busted Again: Charlie Rangel Fails to Report $200k in Political Donations
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Now, Rangel and New York City Councilwoman Inez Dickens are in the hot seat for not disclosing $200,000 in funds for their Harlem political club they have had since 1999.
NY Post reported:
A Harlem political club, which benefits from taxpayer money and boasts Rep. Charles Rangel and Councilwoman Inez Dickens as district leaders, has received more than $200,000 in donations since 1999 but didn’t report the income or even register with the state, officials said.
Dickens also happens to be the Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club’s landlord, collecting monthly rent.
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Video: Police Chief Addresses Girls Open-Carrying in a Walmart (+video)
In this video, Police Chief Doug Fannan, discusses the situation from Part 1. While there WERE errors committed by both me and the Marshfield PD, Chief Fannan strikes me as the type of individual who would recognize his mistakes and adjust his department according to the Constitutional, Freedom-protecting perspective. This is all a HUGE learning curve, and we need to combat the YEARS of Brain-washing that Statist agendas have foisted on our liberties.
The goal here is NOT to trash anyone, but to open an honest dialogue with those in law-enforcement who are serious about keeping their Oaths-of-office and safeguarding the freedoms of those they have sworn to protect and serve.
When cops become thugs and citizens don’t exercise their rights, freedom deteriorates and tyranny advances. There ARE a FEW good cops out there who REALLY care about the FREEDOMS of the people they serve. Our country certainly needs them to hold the line in this critical time on our country’s history!
WSJ: Former U.S. Secretary Lawrance Summers Withdraws Name for Federal Reserve Chairman Position
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The White House disputed a Japanese newspaper’s report that Summers will be named the next chairman of the Federal Reserve by President Obama, according to USA Today.
More from USA Today:
The Nikkei newspaper, which did not publicly name its sourcing for its story, said Obama was “set to” name Summers to the position, possibly as early as next week.
White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a tweet Friday that “the latest rumors this morning in the Japanese press aren’t true” and that Obama “has not yet made a decision on Fed Chair.”
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Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change
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There have already been leaks from this 31-page document, which summarizes 1,914 pages of scientific discussion, but thanks to a senior climate scientist, I have had a glimpse of the key prediction at the heart of the document. The big news is that, for the first time since these reports started coming out in 1990, the new one dials back the alarm. It states that the temperature rise we can expect as a result of man-made emissions of carbon dioxide is lower than the IPPC thought in 2007.
Admittedly, the change is small, and because of changing definitions, it is not easy to compare the two reports, but retreat it is. It is significant because it points to the very real possibility that, over the next several generations, the overall effect of climate change will be positive for humankind and the planet.
Specifically, the draft report says that “equilibrium climate sensitivity” (ECS)—eventual warming induced by a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which takes hundreds of years to occur—is “extremely likely” to be above 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), “likely” to be above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.4 degrees Fahrenheit) and “very likely” to be below 6 degrees Celsius (10.8 Fahrenheit). In 2007, the IPPC said it was “likely” to be above 2 degrees Celsius and “very likely” to be above 1.5 degrees, with no upper limit. Since “extremely” and “very” have specific and different statistical meanings here, comparison is difficult.
Still, the downward movement since 2007 is clear, especially at the bottom of the “likely” range. The most probable value (3 degrees Celsius last time) is for some reason not stated this time.
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Syria Claims Win in Weapons Deal
A high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria’s chemical weapons a “victory” for President Bashar Assad’s regime, but the United States warned on Sunday “the threat of force is real” if Damascus fails to carry out the plan.
The comments by Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar to a Russian state news agency were the first by a senior Syrian government official on the deal struck a day earlier in Geneva. Under the agreement, Syria will provide an inventory of its chemical arsenal within one week and hand over all of the components of its program by mid-2014.
“We welcome these agreements,” Haidar was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti agency. “On the one hand, they will help Syrians get out of the crisis, and on the other hand, they averted a war against Syria by removing the pretext for those who wanted to unleash one.”
He added: “These agreements are a credit to Russian diplomacy and the Russian leadership. This is a victory for Syria, achieved thanks to our Russian friends.”
There has been no official statement from the Syrian government.
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Audit Finds IRS Employees Don’t Follow Their Own Rules
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A review of the IRS Office of Appeals, which resolves disputes between the agency and taxpayers, found officials did not always follow proper procedures when dealing with taxpayers or their legally designated representatives. Under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, agents in the office are required to stop taking action against taxpayers if the taxpayer asks to consult with a representative – a financial assistant or the like.
It’s similar to how a suspect can request a lawyer before answering questions from police.
From that point forward, any action taken by the IRS is supposed to include the taxpayers’ official representative. But many times it does not.
In 11 of the 96 cases audited by theTreasury Inspector General, IRS employees violated those rules in one way or another – usually by contacting the taxpayer directly without going through the official legal channels.
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China Builds Fast to Trigger Drone Race with America
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Japanese F-15 jet fighters scrambled from a base in Okinawa last Monday to intercept the unmanned aerial vehicle, which turned back towards the Chinese coast.
Although the drone flew in international airspace, officials in Tokyo said it had entered Japan’s air defence identification zone. Last year Japan scrambled its fighters more than 300 times to intercept Chinese military aircraft.
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Discovered in Louisiana Plumbing System
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A four-year-old boy from Mississippi became the fourth confirmed infection in 2013 of the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, last week, after playing in water from the home in St. Barnard Parish, La.
The Department of Health and Hospitals in Louisiana has confirmed that the amoeba was found in the home’s plumbing system.
In previous cases, the CDC has linked the infections to warm water and drought conditions.
“When we go back and look at where exposure may have occurred, we see the infections occur where water levels are low or where there are drought conditions or after a heat wave,” Dr. Jennifer Cope, medical epidemiologist at the CDC, told AccuWeather.com.
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Biden has Tongues Wagging Over 2016 Race with Visit to Iowa
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The Democratic fund-raiser named for the veteran senator from Iowa is closely watched in this Midwestern state, which helps winnow out the crop of presidential contenders every four years leading up to the Iowa caucuses, the first voting event of each presidential cycle.
Addressing the crowd at the Warren County Fairgrounds, Biden mentioned 2016 in a sideways fashion, making light of the national media presence that showed up for the event.
“It’s amazing when you come to speak at the Steak Fry a whole bunch of people seem to take notice. I don’t know why the hell that is,” Biden said.
The 70-year-old Biden has left open the possibility of a run for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination in order to get a chance to succeed President Barack Obama.
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