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Friday 30 September 2011
Drone strike ends long hunt for U.S.-born Awlaki
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen on Friday by a U.S. drone strike is the culmination of two years of extensive U.S. efforts to track down the American-born member of al Qaeda and put him out of action. 
Anwar al-Awlaki: The killing of a U.S. jihadist
U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was on "hit list" of terror targets; His death in drone attack raises debate over the reach of U.S. law 
Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/j3bdIOoqOs4/main20114032.shtml
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Midday open thread
- Today's comic is Troy Davis, Inc., by Matt Bors:
- Ron Paul's campaign announced it raised over $5 million in the third quarter.
- Which is apparently more than Newt Gingrich:
Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta asked Gingrich how his fundraising numbers were shaping up as the quarter ends Sept. 30. "See, I knew you couldn't resist. I'm not going to answer you," he said after releasing his "21st Century Contract With America."
"You should really go home and think about why you would even ask that today," he said.
- This should hack off the homophobe crowd:
The Pentagon has decided that military chaplains may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation.
The ruling announced Friday by the Pentagon's personnel chief follows the Sept. 20 repeal of a law that had prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
- And speaking of homophobes:
As you know, the Blend broke the news that NC State Senator James Forrester has been falsely touting himself as a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine ...
Matt Comer at QNotes has found that, well, it?s probably easier to state which of Forrester?s credentials are true, since others are now up in the air.
Further reports have indicated that Forrester might also be fibbing on his association with the Aerospace Medical Association. Despite claims on his resume, Forrester?s name is not listed on a current list of group?s associate fellows.
Questions now fall on Forrester?s claim of membership in the Christian Medical and Dental Association. He lists his current membership with the organization on his resume at his personal campaign site and at a web page on the Gaston County Republican Party?s website.
- Even for something as stupid as Muffingate, the media sucks:
From Sept. 20 through Sept. 28, there were 223 stories that mentioned either "$16 muffins," "$16 per muffin," "sixteen dollar muffin" or "16 dollar muffin," according to a LexisNexis search. Of those, 178 reported the issue critically or didn't even mention the Hilton hotel's response. Thirty-seven stories offered an explanation for the cost of the muffins or attempted to correct the record.
- In case the 2012 GOP field needs more loonies, Sarah still might be interested:
Sarah Palin told Fox News she would be making any decisions on a presidential run by her own self-imposed deadline by the end of September.
Said Palin: "I hold my political cards close to my chest. I've certainly learned lessons along those lines, and I'm going to continue to do that until I'm ready to make an announcement. This is a serious decision, and I'm engaged in serious deliberations and within the next 24 hours, don't look for me to make a decision."
- School are saying no to the teabaggers version of the Constitution:
Earlier this year, tea party groups sparked a bit of an uproar when they announced plans to pressure public schools into teaching their version of constitutional history during the federally mandated Constitution week that began September 17. Led by a large umbrella group, Tea Party Patriots, activists planned to pressure local school officials into using controversial curriculum developed by the National Center for Constitutional Studies (NCCS). The NCCS was founded by Glen Beck's favorite pseudo-historian, W. Cleon Skousen, who argued in his book The 5,000 Year Leap that the creation of the US was a divine miracle. When the news got out, liberal legal groups expressed outrage and urged schools to reject the plan.
As it turns out, many schools weren't that keen on having tea partiers in their midst. There have been only scattered reports of the Tea Party Patriots successfully getting their curriculum into schools, but there have also been a number of complaints from educators who say tea party activists have been trying to intimidate them.
- Of course, not everyone sees it this way:
Anwar al-Aulaqi, a radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric and one of the most influential al-Qaeda leaders wanted by the United States, was killed Friday in a U.S. drone strike in northern Yemen, Yemeni and American authorities said, eliminating a prominent terrorist recruiter who inspired attacks on U.S. soil.
- Watch the trailer for a documentary on Netroots Nation: American Spring
- Best wishes for successful treatment and recovery:
Landra Reid, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer and is being treated in Washington, DC.
Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/V0XhGm-DLVs/-Midday-open-thread
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Watch: Stephen Hawking Says There Is No Heaven
Famous physicist says he considers the afterlife a 'fairy story.'
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=fa5fd5737f4ead1bfcb06fb9f1a450bf
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Christie's Calif. speech may not quash rumors
Gov. Chris Christie didn't say yes, but he didn't say no explicitly, so his speech on "American exceptionalism" still may fan rumors that he's wavering on a run for the presidency.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44692528/ns/politics-decision_2012/
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The Fix: The frontrunner-less Republican presidential field
For months now, it's been clear that the 2012 Republican presidential field lacks a strong frontrunner.
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House Republicans try to defund Affordable Care Act through appropriations bill
The draft legislation [pdf] would attempt to derail implementation of the law. It would specifically block any money from going to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight ? the office handling the bulk of the implementation effort ? as well as the recently disbanded office in charge of setting up the controversial CLASS program.All told, the bill would rescind $6.8 billion, according to the Appropriations Committee. It would block funding for the Affordable Care Act until legal challenges over the law?s individual coverage mandate have been settled.
But the bill isn?t likely to see a markup any time soon. Although it would cut spending on a wide range of programs within the Health and Human Services Department, its total spending levels are still too high for two of the committee?s Republican members.
So, even though it attempts to kill the Affordable Care Act, it isn't sufficiently austere for two members of the committee. And, according to The Hill it's not even teabaggy freshmen who are objecting; it's Reps. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY). Once they iron that out, and slash enough other programs, the ACA defunding will likely proceed apace. Until it gets to the Senate.
The draft bill also cuts off funding for NPR and the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" education program. It's hard to believe that they forgot to throw Planned Parenthood in there, too. And don't forget that there's probably going to be another FEMA funding fight before this is all over.
Isn't it great that Democrats made a deal with them to ease the 2012 budget process?
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Thursday 29 September 2011
2chambers: Fla. Democratic congressman faces sexual harassment allegation
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alcee Hastings, accusing the 10-term Florida Democrat of sexually harassing a policy adviser who worked on a commission that Hastings once chaired.
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Disaster Recovery Projects in Limbo Despite Senate Budget Deal
FEMA's disaster-relief funding problems will not go away any time soon despite a last-minute budget deal struck in the Senate this week, leaving thousands of residents in neighborhoods across the nation wondering how they will rebuild following a torrent of recent natural disasters.
Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/-bhO5lXq-zQ/
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Tax-exempt status of Karl Rove's Crossroads challenged
[S]ection 501(c)(4) organizations are required to primarily engage in the promotion of social welfare in order to obtain tax exempt status. Court decisions have established that in order to meet this requirement, section 501(c)(4) organizations cannot engage in more than an insubstantial amount of any non-social welfare activity, such as directly or indirectly participating or intervening in elections.The 23-page letter goes on to detail the significant level of electoral activity for each organization involved.Thus, the claim made by some political operatives and their lawyers that section 501(c)(4) organizations can spend up to 49 percent of their total expenditures on campaign activity and maintain their tax exempt status has no legal basis in the [Internal Revenue Code] and is contrary to court decisions regarding eligibility for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(4). An expenditure of 49 percent of a group?s total spending on campaign activity is obviously far more than an insubstantial amount of non-social welfare activity.
The IRS applies the ?primarily engaged? test on the basis of the ?facts and circumstances? of an organization?s formation and operations. Here, we believe, the ?facts and circumstances? show that each organization has engaged in far more than an insubstantial amount of participation or intervention in elections and that the overriding purpose of each organization is to influence elections. Thus, under the IRC and court decisions interpreting the IRC, these organizations are not eligible to receive section 501(c)(4) tax exempt status.
So why does this matter? Beyond any immediate penalties, such organizations would instead have to register themselves as 527 organizations or, even, PACs or SuperPACs. And once you get into that space, donors have to be disclosed?and these groups do not want that. As the opening section of the letter concludes:
Absent timely and appropriate action by the IRS, widespread abuses of the tax code by groups organized under section 501(c)(4) are likely to become commonplace in the 2012 presidential and congressional races. These abuses will come at the expense of the integrity and credibility of the tax laws and of the right of the American people to know the identity of the donors providing money to influence elections.
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Lax Internal Revenue Service rules help groups shield campaign donor identities
American Crossroads GPS, an advocacy group that reported spending about $17 million on advertising before the midterm elections, generated controversy by using its nonprofit status to shield donors' identities.
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Right Turn: Mitch Daniels doubles down on social issues 'truce'
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) was recently interviewed by the Hoover Institution's Peter Robinson. The full interview airs Monday, but the released clips are already causing a stir:
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Wednesday 28 September 2011
Perry aides told different stories in lawsuit
(Reuters) - Contradictions in sworn statements about Rick Perry's fundraising for his 2006 reelection bid raise questions about whether aides to the Texas governor, who is now running for president, gave false or misleading testimony under oath. 
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Obama Pitches Jobs Plan in Denver
It is the final day of his three-day western swing.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=75b5ad8c00239f38cc0e10bf096739d3
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