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POPSChris Cox on the IACP Why does a new report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police read like every gun-ban strategy we’ve heard for the last 10 years? I'm going to describe a group that recently demanded enactment of a sweeping federal gun control agenda. Let's see if you can guess who it is. The group has 22,000 members in more than 100 countries. Membership categories include "city managers, highway safety specialists, psychologists, attorneys, coroners and management analysts," among others. The group has offices in Europe and the Caribbean, and the group's website describes its governing board in your choice of English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Why does a new report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police read like every gun-ban strategy we've heard for the last 10 years? To find out, all one has to do is follow the money. http://www.freeople.com/blog/international-association-chiefs-police-iacp-backed-pro-gun-control-institutions/1184
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POPSQaddafi/Gadhafi/Gaddafi/Qadhafi Brings His Stand Up Show To The UN
The View From Twitter Mark Knoller: If Qadhafi ever gives up the de facto leadership of Libya, could you see a talk show in his future? Andy Levy: Qaddafi: We are all pirates. Except for the pirates. America? Pirates. Israel? Pirates. Pirates? Not pirates. Ben Smith: RT @mkoshark: Gadhafi is set to close his #UN speech with a shameless plug to watch his stint on next season’s Dancing With the Stars Chris Lehmann: I’m assuming the aide responsible for giving an Attaboy to Qaddafi after that performance is now planning to defect. Mike Madden: RT @owillis:Qadafi: so this is what @glennbeck sounds like in a diff language. Jake Tapper: AND…Qadaffi’s done. Roughly 90 minutes of sheer poetry. Ben Smith: Qaddafi: You are the ones who hate the Jews. Mark Knoller: At 90 minutes into the Qadhafi speech, 2nd shift of UN translators come on duty. Mark Knoller: Qadhafi even has his own health care reform: accuses capitalist countries & companie
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POPSNRA Senators resist NRA extremes Most NRA members are not as extreme as NRA leadership; Senators of both parties who are on the NRA's A-list decided the lobby was wrong on Sotomayor.
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POPS25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis
Rebubbacans and Ayn Rand disciples abound. Kathleen Corbet Corbet ran the largest agency, Standard & Poor's, during much of this decade, though the other two major players, Moody's and Fitch, played by similar rules. By slapping AAA seals of approval on large portions of even the riskiest pools of loans, rating agencies helped lure investors into loading on collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) that are now unsellable. Dick Fuld steered Lehman deep into the business of subprime mortgages Lehman even made its own subprime loans. The firm took all those loans, whipped them into bonds and passed on to investors billions of dollars of what is now toxic debt. Marion and Herb Sandler In the early 1980s, became the first to sell a tricky home loan called the option ARM. And they pushed the mortgage, which offered several ways to back-load your loan and thereby reduce your early payments, over the next two decades. pocketed $2.3 billion when they sold their bank to Wac
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POPSReplace Western Capitalism With Islamic Economic System? This is so because, at its core, Shariah is sedition: It explicitly espouses the violent overthrow of all secular governments and constitutions – including those of the United States – in favor of a global Islamic theocracy. The Yerushalmi memo makes clear that Shariah advisors – who play a central role in this industry as it falls to them to determine whether transactions are Shariah-compliant or not – and/or the companies that employ them appear to be involved in one or more of the following: racketeering, anti-trust violations, consumer and securities fraud or material support for terror. Senator Jon Kyl, the Senate's number two Republican and senior member of Finance Committee found the conclusions of the Yerushalmi memo to be sufficiently alarming that in August he sought official reactions to its findings from Bob Kimmitt's boss, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, SEC Chairman Chris Cox, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
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POPSBut, John, You Can't Fire the SEC Chair One of the biggest myths of the current presidential campaign is the competence of John McCain. He makes elementary blunders often (like thinking that the Pime Minister from Spain is located in Latin America). Some are now speculating that something is "up" with his capacity to reason. It might be more charitable to simply point out that he graduated second-to-last in his class for nothing.
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POPSDownload scrubs episodes online season 1 Season 1 was premiered on 10-2-2001 and the opening episode of the season was ‘My First Day’. Season starts with Dr. JD Dorian’s first day as an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital along with Dr. Chris.
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POPS List Of Plausible Picks For McCain's Vice President Five meet all the important criteria to be John McCain's running mate this fall. They are: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John Kasich, Rob Portman, and Chris Cox. They edge out other superb candidates such as Mike Pence, Mark Sanford, and Paul Ryan. (former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating.) To review, the best candidate 1) will be obviously ready to become president at a moment's notice; 2) will be a Reaganite conservative; 3) should at least put into play a state, region, or constituency that otherwise would be far less attainable for McCain or for a typical Republican; 4) should be well rounded, preferably with at least interesting non-political item on his resume; 5) should have some executive or serious organizational experience; 6) should be intelligent, widely respected, good on TV, and preferably "cool" in persona to balance McCain's sometimes fearsome intensity; and 7) should clearly be a reformer with a record of occasionally bucking the establishment on behalf of principle.
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POPSWhich is more important: Guns or Habeous Corpus? This is completely absurd. Apparently the only right that shouldn't be arbitrarily denied to someone "based on mere 'suspicions' of a terrorist threat." is the right to arm yourself with weapons who's sole purpose is the taking of human life. I am ashamed to live in a society that holds the right to arm yourself with military weapons sacrosanct, far above the rights of Habeous Corpus and Due Process, which have essentially been discarded altogether.. This is a brutal and uncivilized set of priorities.
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