About a dozen militants arrived in an armored
four-wheel drive truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes. They fired in the
air to intimidate people and started smashing the tombs, said Ibrahim
Cisse, who witnessed the scene.
The
new destruction comes after attacks last week on other historic and
religious landmarks in Timbuktu that UNESCO called "wanton destruction".
Islamists of the Ansar Dine group say the centuries-old shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam are idolatrous. [Oh, that wondrous religion of peace.....] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/10/us-mali-crisis-timbuktu-idUSBRE8690O420120710
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The Obama administration is moving to shut down nine Border Patrol
stations across four states, triggering a backlash from local law
enforcement, members of Congress and Border Patrol agents themselves.
Critics of the move warn the closures will undercut efforts to
intercept drug and human traffickers in well-traveled corridors north of
the U.S.-Mexico border. Though the affected stations are scattered
throughout northern and central Texas, and three other states, the
coverage areas still see plenty of illegal immigrant activity -- one
soon-to-be-shuttered station in Amarillo, Texas, is right in the middle
of the I-40 corridor; another in Riverside, Calif., is outside Los
Angeles.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it's closing the stations in
order to reassign agents to high-priority areas closer to the border.
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Republicans, eager to put Senate Democrats on record on taxes, tried
to force a vote Wednesday on President Obama's proposal to extend
middle-class tax cuts but raise taxes for the rich, but Majority Leader
Harry Reid objected, essentially sidelining the president's plan.
Sen.
Mitch McConnell, Republicans' leader, tried to set up competing votes —
one on the GOP's plan to extend all the tax cuts for one year, and
another on Mr. Obama's proposal to extend them only for households
making $250,000 or less.
But Mr. Reid objected to the request, saying he didn't want to have the vote on the GOP's legislation.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/jul/11/dems-block-obamas-tax-cut-bill/
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Former President George W. Bush has kept a relatively low profile in
the United States since leaving office. But in Africa this week he is
publicly promoting his institute's initiative to prevent and treat
cervical cancer. While Bush is following a familiar post-presidential
path in supporting humanitarian causes, he would prefer to focus on
quiet service, to lead through example and hard work.
He worked alongside other volunteers in Kabwe - Zambia's second-largest
city - to renovate a health clinic which specializes in the early
detection and treatment of cervical cancer.
http://www.voanews.com/content/george-bush-africa-cervical-cancer/1363615.html
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The Senate Appropriations Committee has created a $20 million fund
for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to invest in
biotech startups, shifting money to a program that some say resembles
the Department of Energy’s controversial loan guarantees.
The Strategic Investor initiative allocates $20 million to “allow the
Federal Government to partner with small biotechnology companies in
order to foster and accelerate the generation of novel medical
countermeasures and technologies,” according to the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
“That money is coming at the direct expense of funding that would
directly fund anti-terrorism preparedness measures,” said a source
familiar with the biotech industry.
http://freebeacon.com/a-solyndra-for-sebelius/
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Elections are about numbers, and right now the president's are bad.
To understand why, consider 2008 as a reference point. That year, Barack
Obama received 69,456,897 votes to John McCain's 59,934,814.
But a big chunk of President Obama's
9.5 million-vote advantage is probably gone. Let's break this down.
According to exit polls, 44.8 million Republicans showed up to vote in
2004 while only 41.4 million did in 2008.
Almost all those 3.4 million
Republicans who stayed home have been energized by Mr. Obama's agenda
and are now eager to vote against him.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303343404577518990180932640.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
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Jurassic Park in a Petri dish: Scientists bring 500 million-year-old bacteria back to life - what could possibly go wrong?
- 'Frankenstein' germ spliced with gene from 500-million-year-old bacteria
- Bacteria is now thriving in lab
- Some of the 'chimeric' E Coli is now stronger than normal bacteria
- Scientists hope to 'restage' evolution
- Will answer questions about how and why organisms evolve
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Much of the recent commentary about the Supreme Court rulings last month
had to do with Obamacare and Chief Justice Roberts' controversial
decision. Not much has been said about the earlier immigration decision
which ruled that Federal immigration laws have precedent over states in
most cases. Well, imagine that. This means that all those mayors of
U.S. sanctuary cities are breaking federal law and should be sued by the
taxpayers. -
http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2012/07/10/time_for_good_lawyers_to_start.html
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Seem billions of dollars of America's Stimulus Funds for American jobs have been given to China-owned companies with Chinese workers!
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We are NOT a Christian nation, Mr. President? Here's a history lesson for you:
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A Manhattan couple is suing New York City after an incident last July that began with them swing dancing on a subway platform and ended with them spending a night behind bars.
The couple is suing for unspecified damages, claiming they spent a
miserable night behind bars handcuffed and were later told it’s not
illegal to dance on the platform after all.
The charges of resisting arrest and blocking the flow of traffic were eventually dropped.
The New York City Law Department is reviewing the lawsuit.
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About a dozen militants arrived in an armored
four-wheel drive truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes. They fired in the
air to intimidate people and started smashing the tombs, said Ibrahim
Cisse, who witnessed the scene.
The
new destruction comes after attacks last week on other historic and
religious landmarks in Timbuktu that UNESCO called "wanton destruction".
Islamists of the Ansar Dine group say the centuries-old shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam are idolatrous. [Oh, that wondrous religion of peace.....] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/10/us-mali-crisis-timbuktu-idUSBRE8690O420120710
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