Terrorist Obama Launches Chilling Purge Against Political Opposition He Calls Enemies, Americans Who Disagree With The World’s Biggest Terrorist Are Now Known As His Enemies!

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D’Souza & McDonnell charges part of accelerating crackdown on dissent

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Infowars.com
January 26, 2014
The political persecution of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza for alleged and comparatively minor infractions are part of an accelerating purge being led by the Obama administration in the run-up to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid.
Throughout history every culture has had maxims in law denouncing the openly corrupt sitting in judgment. The Obama Justice Department is openly launching a night of the long knives-style purge of their political enemies that should send chills up the spine of all Americans.
McDonnell was charged last week with illegally accepting gifts, donations and luxury holidays from businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr totaling $165,000 dollars in return for lending, “the prestige of the governor’s office to Williams’s struggling company, Star Scientific.”
Before the allegations emerged, McDonnell was seen as a genuine contender for the 2016 Republican nomination and a potential foe of Hillary Clinton.
This was followed on Friday with the news that Dinesh D’Souza, director of the hit 2012 documentary 2016: Obama’s America, had been arrested in New York for allegedly violating campaign finance laws for donating more than the legal limit to the campaign of Wendy Long, who ran in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Long’s opponent and victor in that race, Kirsten Gillibrand, is a vehement supporter of Clinton and recently declared that she was, “on the bandwagon for Hillary Clinton in 2016.”
D’Souza himself, whose donations to Long totaled just $20,000, was in the middle of producing another anti-Obama documentary entitledAmerica, which is set to be released later this year.
Matt Drudge responded to D’Souza’s arrest by tweeting that Attorney General Eric Holder was “unleashing the dogs” on Obama’s most prominent critics.
Original article  &  video Here.

The City of Kingman, Arizona - LawSuit Settled

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agingrebel.com
The City of Kingman, Arizona has paid former city employee Melissa Summerson $50.000 to drop her federal lawsuit. The city made the offer Monday. Summerson accepted the offer and formally dropped her suit yesterday.
In an emailed statement Summerson’s lawyer, David C. Kresin, told the Kingman Miner, “Melissa feels vindicated by the court’s entry of a substantial judgment in her favor on her constitutional claims. Because Melissa was such a good employee with an outstanding record, she quickly found other employment in the human resources field and worked hard to limit the economic harm that she suffered as a result of the city’s illegal conduct. Despite her successful efforts to mitigate her damages, she strongly desired to obtain a judgment holding the city liable for its actions and succeeded in that effort.”
Summerson filed the suit on May 9, 2013.

The Back Story

Summerson went to work for the city as a police dispatcher in 1996. She transferred to another city job two years later. The Kingman City Manager and the supervisor who eventually fired her attended her wedding in December 1999. She became Kingman’s Human Resources Administrator in April 2002. Her husband William joined the Desert Road Riders Motorcycle Club in 2004. Both Summersons ride Harley-Davidsons.
The Summersons moved to Pennsylvania to care for a terminally ill relative in 2006 but returned to Kingman in 2011. She was offered the job of Dispatch Director in February 2012 but turned it down because she wanted to pursue a career in human resources. Her performance reviews were all outstanding.
In October 2012, after the state of Arizona launched a federally funded war on motorcyclists in Northwestern Arizona, federal and state officials identified the Desert Road Riders as an “outlaw motorcycle gang.” The Desert Low Riders is a one piece patch club that is widely regarded to be a family club. The outlaw designation was based on the Desert Low Riders membership in the Arizona Confederation of Clubs which includes numerous clubs, such as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, that wear a three piece patch.

Summerson’s Firing

Summerson was fired after a Kingman police officer named Donald A. Daughty wrote an internal report that stated that William Summerson was a member of the Desert Road Riders, that Melissa Summerson had been observed “selling DRRMC raffle tickets,” and that William Summerson had not ridden in a Kingman Police Department charity motorcycle ride which forbid participation by members of motorcycle clubs.
Doughty’s report also alleged that “outlaw motorcycle gang members” have “their wives, girlfriends, sisters, or other acquaintances obtain employment in positions where sensitive information may be found.” Doughty also warned that Melissa Summerson might “have access to background and criminal history information if her position involves the hiring of new employees.” Doughty also reported that Melissa Summerson appeared in photos on the Desert Road Riders website.
Three days after Christmas 2012, Melissa Summerson was fired because she was associated with the Desert Road Riders which was a “documented criminal Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG)” and “a support club of the Hell’s (sic) Angels, which is a criminal street gang as defined by ARS 13-105.”

Infiltrating Southern California biker CLUB

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A gathering at a clubhouse in Petersburg, Va., is pictured in "Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws," written by Charles Falco with Kerrie Droban. Falco rose to "officer" status in three biker gaxxx. (St. Martin's Press)

By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times
Long before they sat down to write books, Charles Falco and George Rowe sold drugs and used them, raising hell as poor white guys in the desert small towns and exurban fringes of Southern California. They roamed with "tweakers" (meth addicts) and exploited them for cash.
But both Falco and Rowe saw the light. Eventually they joined the "good guys" in a crusade against the meanest, cruelest purveyors of darkness in their communities — the biker gaxxx that collectively share the name Vagos.
As it happens, Falco and Rowe each infiltrated the Vagos at about the same time, working on behalf of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. They're also both in the federal witness protection program.
The authors didn't know each other, at first, though both ascended the same biker ladder between 2003 and 2006. Funny thing: They both end up being characters in each others' books, both of which are being released this month.
In their separate books, Falco and Rowe start as "hang-around" biker-gaxxx wannabes, win promotion to "prospect" and finally become "fully-patched" members of the Vagos with the right to wear Vago patches on their jackets and to attend the biker meetings called "church." And their two books, both of which recount many assorted acts of biker depravity, make for equally page-turning, blood-curdling and nausea-inducing reading.
Falco rose to "officer" status in three biker gaxxx, and his book — "Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker gaxxx" — is the more polished, measured and authoritative of the two.
Having been caught and convicted of drug smuggling, Falco agrees to work for the ATF in exchange for a lighter sentence. He enters the subculture of the Vagos, acting first as a servant for "patched" members and pummeling rivals who threaten those members. His outlook shifts after witnessing the Vagos abusing women, intimidating civilians and killing rivals and innocent bystanders.
"I swelled with a sense of duty," Falco writes. "My role was no longer about self-preservation. It was about justice."
As an infiltrator, Falco's job is to gather the evidence (mostly recorded with a wire he hides in his underwear) that will get the most dangerous Vagos convicted in court.
Spending day after numbing day with the bikers, Falco witnesses not only the cruelty they inflict on rivals but also the ease with which they betray one another: "Code, club, colors was all illusion and delusion."
Falco writes of living with the constant fear that his identity as an informer will be uncovered. As he survives one close call after another, "Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws" becomes an increasingly taut and tense book.
After getting arrested for an assault committed by his Vago "brothers," Falco enters a baroque jail subculture in which he's forced to punish other inmates. Then, to protect his identity, he volunteers for the mental torture of solitary confinement. In these passages, his book reaches a kind of Dantesque apogee.
"Prison code dictated that wolves devoured rabbits," he writes, describing the punishment meted out to a suspected child molester mistakenly mixed with the general jail population. "Survival required adaptation. Child molesters excluded; no one protected them."
Near the middle of Falco's book, a biker-informer named "George" enters. Similarly, a biker-informer named "Charles" enters about halfway into George Rowe's book, "Gods of Mischief: My Undercover Vendetta to Take Down the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle gaxxx."
Rowe's book reads more like a true-crime confessional than Falco's. "Gods of Mischief" begins with Rowe agreeing to join the Vagos — not as part of a plea deal but to exact revenge for the Vagos' coldblooded, senseless killing of Rowe's friend in a Hemet bar. Becoming a "snitch" is, for Rowe, a way of giving something back to the neighborhoods he'd poisoned with the methamphetamines he sold.
"This … was about paying back a community that I'd dumped on for years," Rowe writes. The Vagos "were behaving like animals and had to be stopped."
But stopping the Vagos requires that Rowe immerse himself in their ways. He makes it his goal to earn a member's patch; it bears the Norse god of mischief in the middle.
Along the way he also picks up a young girlfriend, Jenna, who is a heroin addict and who becomes pregnant with his child — without knowing Rowe is a federal informant.
The writing in "Gods of Mischief" is at once livelier and cruder than in Falco's book — but it's credible in its crudeness. Reading Rowe is a bit like sitting on a bar stool next to a biker for several hours as he tells his story: You endure the misogyny and the profanity because the man has an amazing story to tell.
"To the casual observer, hitting an opponent upside the head with hard plaster might have seemed a bit unsportsmanlike," Rowe writes, describing an assault on a rival inflicted with the cast on his arm. (It's one of the few passages of his book that can be quoted in this newspaper.) "But when you were confronting an angry drunk wielding a cue stick and you only had one good hand, you used what you had to."

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-george-rowe-charles-falco-20130217,0,2801672.story

USA - Plunder-Lusting Quislings Seek to Repeal Posse Comitatus

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William Norman Grigg
While visiting the elite Battle Command Training Program at Fort Leavenworth, “I head discussion of the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids the National Guard to act as a local police force,” reported Robert D. Kaplan in his 1996 book An Empire Wilderness. “The implication was that turbulence within the United States might one day require the act to be repealed.”
During a discussion of the use of the military to suppress domestic terrorism, a Marine major declared: “The minute I heard about Oklahoma City, I knew who did it – rednecks, the kind of guys from southern Idaho.” That officer went on to predict that owing to the presence of such turbulent people “`a time may come when the military will have to go domestic,’” Kaplan related.
At least some of the “rednecks” who reside in southern Idaho agree with that anonymous major’s assessment. A bill before the Idaho State Legislature, HB 367, would effectively abolish the Posse Comitatus Act as it applies to law enforcement in the Gem State by permitting the National Guard to “assist federal and state law enforcement agencies in interdicting the importation of controlled substances” and participating in the officially licensed plunder called “civil asset forfeiture.” When authorized to act as a “state law enforcement agency,” the Guard will be allowed to participate “in the sharing of property seized or forfeited and receive property and revenues…..”
The amendment containing this enhancement of the Guard’s mission, significantly, would be inserted just above an existing provision allowing county sheriffs to enlist the aid of the Guard to deal with “any breach of the peace, tumult, riot, resistance to process of this state, or a state of extreme emergency, or imminent danger thereof….”
Translated into practical terms, this would allow any of the state’s 44 sheriffs to seek the assistance of the National Guard any time they anticipate resistance to a forfeiture action. After all, everybody in Idaho has guns, a fact that has been invoked by police officials across the state to justify the acquisition of combat-grade armored vehicles from the Pentagon. This means that any time law enforcement sets out to steal somebody’s property through “asset forfeiture” – something that was recently done as part of a federal investigation into “illegal” card games at a private residence – there is “imminent danger” of armed resistance.
Republican state representative Linden Bateman of Idaho Falls (which, for the record, is in southern Idaho) told the Idaho Reporter that “There seemed to be no major opposition to this bill” in the Legislature. Gov. Butch Otter has reportedly read and approved the draft measure. No objections have been heard from Idaho’s “constitutional sheriffs” – the officials who resolved to oppose new federal gun restrictions, but whose independence is neutralized by their dependency on federally supported asset forfeiture.
While Pentagon planners and their assets in law enforcement may be haunted by visions of a “redneck” uprising in Idaho, it’s clear that they can count on the support and cooperation of Quislings in the state government.
UPDATE:

Parrish Miller reports that “Rep. Mike Moyle has asked unanimous consent to send the bill back to committee for amending” — which means that it may be dead for this session. In addition, he pointed out that in the original version of this article I mistakenly attributed the quote from Rep. Bateman to Rep. Brandon Hixon. My thanks to Miller for the update, and the correction.

ARIZONA - Cars, motorcycles share the roads and the frustrations

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By Linda Williams, FOX 10 News - bio

PHOENIX (KSAZ) -Do you remember a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the driver of a sport utility vehicle in New York City?  It happened last September and stunned many across the country.Fortunately, things seldom escalate to this level on the road, but there is tension sometimes between car drivers and motorcyclists.How do you roll?  On four wheels or two wheels?  Either way, there is plenty of room on the roadways for cars and motorcycles to co-exist,  yet still there can be friction between their two drivers."As far as motorcycles in traffic, they scare me because they go between cars.""I think it's really the cars that are dangerous.. well the people who drive them, not the cars.""You're driving.. it's always they never see you."This biker calls Arizona a close call state, saying distracted drivers have forced him to lay his bike down several times to avoid collisions.  On the flip side, those motoring on four wheels have their complaints too."I'm very scared of motorcycles.  I think they are the most dangerous things in the world.""The car in front of me almost hit a motorcycle because they got on the freeway and cut that car off and they almost hit him.""It is incumbent on the motorcyclist to pay close attention to what cars are  doing."Some motorcyclists have a slang for me or any one who rides in a four wheel vehicle. They call us "cagers."The Urban Dictionary Definition: Derogatory four wheeled motor vehicle drivers. The car body effectively forms a cage, isolating the said driver from having to interact with other road users."I guess they are kind of cages, but I like having this cage around me, it keeps me alive and without that extra protection, motorcyclists are very vulnerable.  That's why so many of them getting hurt and killed."

How many are getting hurt and killed on Arizona streets and highways?

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) keeps track of all accidents.  In 2012, it documented over 103,000 crashes in Arizona.  Of those, 3,180 -- that's a little over 3 percent involved motorcycles. In those accidents, there were 139 fatalities.

The Arizona Crash Facts also breaks down who was at fault.  Of the 3,180 crashes in 2012, involving motorcycles, 1,580 were categorized as no improper action by the motorcycle driver.  In short, the accident wasn't the motorcyclist's fault.

"Many times, it's vehicles who pull out in front of a bike who fail to appreciate the bike that's coming," said attorney Geoffrey Trachtenberg.

Trachtenberg's firm, The Law Tiger, specializes in motorcycle accidents.  He says some are biased against those who choose to ride on two wheels.

"Some people actually blame bikers for riding bikes and getting hurt and the reality is A, not everyone can afford a car and B, a bike is far more fuel efficient," he said.

An avid biker himself, Trachtenberg says those who drive in vehicles are more likely to be dangerously distracted.

"Bottom line is when you're driving in a car, you're easily distracted by what's on the radio, by what's on your phone, your kids.. it's a very easy environment to get distracted.  It's much harder to get distracted when you're on a bike."

It was a distracted driver in a hurry who hit and nearly killed motorcyclist Scottie McElroy as he headed to work  one morning last February.

"I flew across four lanes of traffic right there at the intersection.. luckily a light rail wasn't coming."

McElroy broke bones in his hip, his pelvis, and his arm so badly that he can't work and can't ride a bike for long.
Trachtenberg represents him.

"We're all in too much of hurry on two wheels and four wheels. Slow down, be more careful, you could kill someone or  in his case -- kill their dreams," said McElroy.  "Hopes and dreams of becoming a full time firefighter.. that'll never happen.  That's a sad fact of life right there."

Another fact: it's getting more crowded on Arizona roads, and the popularity of motorcycles is growing.

Between 2008 and 2012, motorcycle registrations in Arizona rose from 155,000 to over 170,000. Up over 15,000.

More bikers rolling along with more cagers.  How much attention each pays to the other -- a matter of life and death.

Read more: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/24560678/2014/01/27/cars-motorcycles-share-the-roads-and-the-frustrations#ixzz2rjPymQKI

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If you are interested in knowing & following “AB 60, the state law that directs DMV to issue driver licenses to undocumented California residents

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CONTACT:        Office of Public Affairs                                               Follow DMV   

2415 First Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95818                                                    

(916) 657-6437 | dmvpublicaffairs@dmv.ca.gov

                        www.dmv.ca.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   

January 24, 2014

PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON AB 60 REGULATIONS

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will conduct the first public workshop to assist in the development of regulations related to the implementation of AB 60, the state law that directs DMV to issue driver licenses to undocumented California residents. 

The workshop is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Auditorium of the Secretary of State Building located at 1500 11^th Street, in Sacramento. 

Assembly Bill AB 60 (Chapter 524: Statutes of 2013) requires the department to issue an original driver license to an applicant who is unable to submit satisfactory proof of legal presence in the United States.  Driver license applicants under AB 60 must meet all other qualifications for licensure and must provide satisfactory proof of identity and California residency.

AB 60 also requires the department to develop regulations and consult with interested parties in an effort to assist the department in identifying documents that will be acceptable for the purposes of providing documentation to establish identity and residency.

At the workshop, any interested person may present statements, arguments, or contentions (orally, in writing or both) that are relevant to the development of the regulations as required by AB 60. A full agenda will be provided prior to the workshop and will be available on the DMV’s web site.

Participation in the workshop will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any participation in the formal rulemaking process. 

A live webcast of the workshop will be available.  For a direct link, please visit the DMV web page at http://apps.dmv.ca.gov/webcast/  during the workshop.

A second workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2014, in the Bell Community Center, 6250 Pine Avenue, Bell, CA. 90201.

Save Time Go Online! Doing business with the DMV has never been easier. The DMV offers an array of services to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through itsWebsite  including online appointments for written and drive tests; vehicle registration and driver license renewals, selection of personalized license plates, changes of address and payment of fees via secure debit transactions. Customers can also effect transactions by calling DMV customer service at (800) 777-0133. DMV is a department under the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.  

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Police Stops: What to Do If You Are Pulled Over

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If you are pulled over by the police, here's what to do and say.
If you are pulled over by the police, you will be in a much better position to challenge your ticket in court if you take a few simple steps.  Here are some suggestions.

When You See the Police Car

If a police car is following you with its siren blaring or emergency lights flashing, pull over to the right safely and quickly. Pull over in a way that will be most likely to calm down an angry or annoyed traffic officer. Use your turn signal to indicate any lane changes from left to right, and slow down fairly quickly, but not so quickly that the officer will have to brake to avoid hitting you. Pull over as far to the right as possible so that, when the officer comes up to your widow, he or she won't have to worry about being clipped by vehicles in the right lane.
By stopping as soon as you can, you'll have a better chance of figuring out exactly where the officer says you committed a violation. You may want to return to that area later to make sure the officer was telling the truth about how he or she judged your speed, saw your turn, or witnessed any other violation.

Right After You Stop

After you've pulled over to a safe spot, you might want to show the officer a few other token courtesies. At this point, you have little to lose and perhaps something to gain.
First off, roll down your window all the way. You may also want to turn off the engine, place your hands on the steering wheel, and, if it's dark, turn on your interior light. This will tend to allay any fears the officer may have. (After all, police officers are killed every day in such "ordinary" traffic-stop situations, and the officer's approach to the vehicle is the potentially most dangerous.)
Don't start rummaging through your back pocket for your wallet and license, or in your glove compartment for your registration, until the officer asks you for them. For all the officer knows, you could be reaching for a gun.
If you are at all concerned that the person who stopped you is not actually a police officer (for example, if the car that pulled you over is unmarked), you should ask to see the officer's photo identification along with his badge. If you still have doubts, you can ask that the officer to call a supervisor to the scene or you can request that you be allowed to follow the officer to a police station.

Avoid Giving the Officer an Excuse to Search

A police officer is normally not allowed to search your vehicle. However, there are several exceptions to this. An officer who observes you trying to either hide something under the seat or throw something out the window may legally search your car. Once cops are on your rear bumper with his spotlight silhouetting your every move, they're watching for any sort of furtive movement. A sudden lowering of one or both shoulders will tip them off that you're attempting to hide something under the seat.
If the officer has a reasonable suspicion you are armed and dangerous, he or she can frisk you (pat you down). Similarly, if the officer reasonably suspects that you are involved in criminal activity he or she can also perform a pat down, and if police officers have probable cause -- a reasonable basis or justification to believe that you or your passengers are involved in criminal activity -- they can search your car and objects belonging to passengers.
Even if the officer doesn't have reasonable suspicion or probable cause, once you are stopped, a police officer may seize any illegal objects in your car that are in "plain view." Once they see the object, such as open beer or wine bottles or drug paraphernalia, they can open the car door to reach in and get it. After that, they may come across other objects that are in plain view and shouldn't be in your car, and they can seize these, too.
Lastly, your car may also be searched if you or any occupant is arrested. Also, if you're arrested and your car is towed, the police may make an "inventory search" afterward, even if they have no reason to suspect there is anything illegal inside.

Learn more

To find more information about whether or not the police can search your car, see When Can the Police Search My Car.

Should You Get Out of Your Car?

An officer who stops you for an alleged traffic violation has the right to insist that you and your passengers get out of your car. You should do so if asked. Also, getting out of your car may make it easier for you to check road conditions, the weather, and the place the violation supposedly occurred.
However, many police officers prefer that you stay in your car and will tell you to stay there if you start to get out. If this happens, obviously you should cooperate. If you get out of the car against the officer's orders, don't be surprised to see a gun pointing at you. Cops are trained to expect the worst. When you get out of your car, they may assume you're about to pull a weapon or attempt to flee.
If an officer has any reason to believe that you might be dangerous, he or she has a right to conduct a quick "pat-down" search of your outer clothing while standing next to you, to make sure you don't have a concealed knife or gun. If the officer feels any weapon-sized object during the pat-down search, he or she can reach in and get it. Also, the officer's good faith belief that you may be dangerous justifies a search of the passenger compartment of your car for weapons.

Talking to the Officer

Many people stopped by an officer make the mistake of saying the wrong thing to him or her and failing to say the right things, and a case can be won or lost depending on what you say -- or don't say -- to the officer.
Don't speak first. Especially don't start off with a defensive or hostile "What's the problem?" or similar words. Let the officer start talking. He or she will probably ask to see your license and vehicle registration. Many people make the mistake of insisting the officer tell them why they were stopped before they'll comply. Don't make that mistake. Reply "okay" or "sure," then hand over the documents.
One of the first things traffic cops learn in the police academy is to decide, before leaving their vehicle, whether they're going to give a ticket or just a warning. They may act as though they still haven't made up their minds and are going to let you off only if you'll cooperate. Don't fall for this. The hesitating officer may be trying to appear open-minded in order to extract admissions out of you, to use them against you in court if necessary. The strategy is to try to get you to admit either that you committed a violation or that you were so careless, inattentive, or negligent that you don't know whether you did or not.
The officer might start by asking you the sort of question whose lack of a definite answer would imply guilt, like, "Do you know why I stopped you?" Or, he or she might ask, "Do you know how fast you were going?" Your answers, if any, should be non-committal and brief, like a simple "No" to the first question or a very confident, "Yes, I do," to the second. If the officer then tells you how fast he or she thinks you were going or what he or she thinks you did, don't argue. Give a noncommittal answer, like, "I see," or no answer at all. Silence is not an admission of guilt and cannot be used against you in court.

For further information about police stops, see The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System, by Paul Bergman and Sara J. Berman (Nolo).

USA - Tax Reform: The First Step Is Simple

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By CHRIS EDWARDS

New leadership is coming to the congressional tax-writing committees.Ron Wyden will be taking the helm of Senate Finance and Paul Ryan will be likely taking the helm of Ways and Means. This is good news, as both gentlemen are serious legislators and very interested in major tax reform.

One thing they should tackle is the personal income tax, which is a complex and high-rate mess. It should be restructured into a simple flat tax.

However, the most urgent needed reform is to slash the corporate income tax rate. Policymakers should put aside changes to deductions, credits, and loopholes for now. Those tax base issues are a diversion and policy quagmire, as the R&D credit illustrates. It is far more important to just cut the statutory corporate rate, which would automatically reduce the effects of tax-base distortions and make it politically easier to reform the tax base later on.

Our current high-rate policy is harming the U.S. economy, reducing job growth, and stifling wages—for no good reason. Abolition is a good long-term goal for corporate income tax reform, but we can start with at least chopping our federal-state rate of 40 percent down to the global average of 24 percent.

The charts show KPMG data for top statutory corporate income tax rates in 2013. KPMG shows UAE with the highest rate in the world at 55 percent. However, that rate just applies to foreign banks and foreign oil companies. So I don’t show UAE since the reported rate is not the general corporate rate.

That leaves the United States with the highest general corporate tax rate in the world, and that makes no sense in today’s competitive global economy.

Is This Guy The Best Second Amendment Defender Ever Or What?

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BY NEWSEDITOR

In this video, he explains why he needs assault weapons…

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USA - ASK A COP: Damn Those Deafeningly Loud Motorcycles

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Posted by Lindsey Hickman 

What's it take to give a ticket to unmuffled cycles that rattle the earth and destroy any chance of enjoying nature?

Every week Patch passes on your questions to law enforcement officers. Email yours to brad.kava@patch.com

Patch Reader: 

Hi I would like to know why CHP and local law enforcement agencies do not enforce muffler violations on those motorcyclists on Harley Davidson bikes seem to always ignore. Was behind one the other day in the fast lane doing 65 plus and he passed me like I was standing still! The noise almost broke the windows, He had no mufflers whatsoever, just straight pipes! Why is this allowed??

Answer from CHP officer Bradley Sadek:

Often we will observe a mechanical violation (ie: Illegal lighting, loud exhaust, tinted windows) and issue a "Fix-It ticket."  The unfortunate fact is, often those violators will correct the deficiency, get the citation signed off and paid for, then reinstall the equipment that got them the ticket in the first place.

It is also important to remember, just because a law exists, doesn't mean it isn't violated.  We get this question often relating to window tint. Just because motorists observe a lot of tinted windows doesn't mean we aren't enforcing that law, and the same is true for loud motorcycles and speeders.

With motorcycle exhaust, it can be a bit more tricky. Unfortunately our hands are tied up, just a bit.

(Info from AAA's website)

California Vehicle Code sections 27201 and 27202 established the following:

A noise limit of 92 decibels applies to any motorcycle manufactured before 1970. A noise limit of 88 decibels applies to motorcycles manufactured after 1969 and before 1973; 86 decibels applies to motorcycles manufactured after 1972 and before 1975; 83 decibels applies to motorcycles manufactured after 1974 and before 1986; 80 decibels applies to motorcycles manufactured after 1985.

Motorcycles registered in the state that are manufactured on or after 2013 or have an aftermarket exhaust system manufactured on or after 2013 must have the federal EPA noise emission label affixed to it in order to be operated, used, or parked in the state.

However, in order for us to enforce these regulations we are required to have a calibrated decibel meter! Psss..... we don't have calibrated decibel meters.

What we do have is section 27150 (a) which requires every motor vehicle to be equipped with "An adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise."

So what is excessive and unusual noise? If we can hear it from a distance of 50 feet, at freeway speeds, with our windows rolled up, and it is still uncomfortably loud, that is enough for us to stop that motorcycle for excessive exhaust noise.

Government Texts Sent Out: “Dear Subscriber, You are Registered as a Participant in a Mass Disturbance.”

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Jenna Natas / 16 hours ago

You may have heard about the public protests taking place in the Ukraine, but what you may have missed is frightening. Citizens of the country were in receipt of thousands of  unsigned texts, in which the Kiev cellular providers have denied ever sending. Each was in receipt of the same message; ” Dear Subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.”

The messages have come after the country banned public protest and demonstrations, of which the citizens are fighting back against.

Some predict that the text feat was pulled off using geo-tracking capability on the phones of the protestors assembled in downtown Kiev.  International media that was on the scene also received the text, so the geo-tracking is likely the method that was used by the sender.

This is not the first time this has happened.  A text blast was sent to protestors in Egypt during Mubarak’s presidency in 2011, appealing to “honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and protect our people and honor.”

As of now, Kiev cell phone companies are denying involvement and pointing to hackers.

The government has not released an official statement on their involvement or lack thereof.  Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, blamed the European Union and United States politicians for encouraging the fighting of the last week. 

These instances are eerily similar to a movie trailer known as “Dragon Day”, in which U.S. Citizens are prompted following invasion, to swear their allegiance to the republic after mass texts are sent out to the population.

USA - Civil Rights

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copblock.org

The following article was submitted by Michelle Williams.
Where is the Justice?
What has our state come to when the law enforcement can violate your civil rights? In Knox County, the Sheriff’s Department seems to operate under their ‘own law’! How is it that several people have landed in the hospital after being confronted by the law enforcement in this county? Yes, my dad, a very non-violent person, received a blow to the head during his arrest that required him to have brain surgery. He was arrested and kept in jail for two days while his head was bleeding inside and they just blew it off and did not seek medical attention for him.
Now, two months later my dad is living with me after a very intensive recovery. I am his legal guardian for the rest of his life. As his guardian, I went to Knox County Circuit Court Clerk to ask for a copy of the search warrant; they said they did not have one on file so they called the sheriff’s office, who also said they didn’t have one. I thought by law you had to have a search warrant to bust into someone’s home and business like they did. The justice system has been corrupt for years in Knox County.
In January 2012 there were videos posted to Youtube along with formal complaints filed with the state police, about illegal activity by one of our finest in the Sheriff’s Department. Well, it got around that it was my dad that made the complaints and posted the videos. He was trying to get public attention to what was happening and find help for the woman that was being abused by the Deputy. He also called the Attorney General and the Governor after there were threats made to this woman and her family if the videos were not taken off. From this moment on, they were determined to destroy my dad – but not in a million years did I think they could have done this and get away with it.
My question is: Where is the part of our democratic government that is supposed to oversee our law enforcement to make sure they are not violating people’s civil rights? The state has done nothing, so I went to the Federal Level. I finally got a response from the FBI and I thought maybe something would get done – but now it has been 6 weeks and I haven’t heard anything. Someone told me that the local FBI office was corrupt also because of the small area we are in, but I didn’t want to believe it.
My name is Michelle Williams and my dad, Bill Hamilton, will never be the same again. We live in Knox County, Kentucky where these actions by our law enforcement are allowed to continue.
Michelle Williams
mlwilliams229@windstream.net
UPDATE:
Since I wrote this, my dad has died from complications that arose from the brain injury. Now, I guess our law enforcement can get away with MURDER! Now, I have been given word to stay out of it and bring no further attention to this or I will be hurt. I am afraid for my life and my family, especially my brother who they are holding in jail without bond for an alleged forged deed they say my dad created; because my brother has the same name they are going after him since now my dad is dead. The lady whom my dad tried to stand up for because she had been sexually abused by the sheriff’s deputy and half of the politicians in Knox County, is now afraid for her life. She was also aware of a plot to murder a candidate that was running for sheriff. I believe her life is in danger because she knows too much and she has seen what happened to my dad for trying to help her. The government screams they will protect our CIVIL RIGHTS but I have contacted everyone that I know and nothing has been done, not even an investigation. Our Country is out of control when our Attorney General allows the law enforcement officers to play God. Since my dad’s death, I have had several people come to me and tell what has happened to them or a family member by the hands of law enforcement. They want something done but are afraid to make any noise because they have been threatened that if they do, they will send them to jail and never see daylight again. Now after they murdered my dad, they are not only afraid to go to jail but ALSO AFRAID TO BE KILLED.
I hope this letter finds its way to someone that can help the people of southeastern Kentucky.
I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY DAD AND ALL THE OTHER VICTIMS.
Michelle Williams

Donating to Wounded Warriors? Read this............

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apologies if you receive this more than once... while I couldn't find anything on Snopes... I did find this link:

http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-wounded-warrior-project-country.html

Which does shed some light on the Wounded Warriors Project.... here's what I received from the MCL Commandant of Massachusetts....

A friend sent me this about the Wounded Warrior Project.  Their 2012 tax return shows income of almost $155 million dollars with ONLY less than $5 million being given to real wounded warriors organizations or individuals.  Kind of makes you sick......Wonder if Trace Atkins knows about it.

 OMG... WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT TAX RETURN 2012... STOP THE DONATIONS NOW!

Woundedwear.org

Woundedwarriorregiment.org

Semper Fi Injured Marine Fund

Wounded Warrior Project

A friend who contributes wanted to know how they spent their money. so I went to www.guidestar.org, which publishes the 990 tax returns of non-profits, which are public record. (Yes, you can go there and find out what I made last year managing a non-profit.) It's free, but you must register. This is from the Wounded Warrior Project  2012 tax return. I support the Semper Fi Injured Marine Fund. Thought this might be of interest. ~Bob

Income:                                  $154,958,901                  THIS IS ALMOST  $155 MILLION DOLARS!

Expenses (scroll down for functional expenses):

(These appear to be the only expenses helping wounded warriors)

Grants to organizations:       $4,657,084

Grants to individuals:           $871,194

(These appear to be the overhead expenses.)

Compensation, Officers,

Directors & Trustees               $1,057,997

Other wages:                           $15,415,666

Pension Plan:                           $340,650

Employee Benefits:                  $2,266,457

Payroll Taxes:                          $1,594,740

Legal:                                      $499,509

Accounting:                             $131,746

Professional Fund Raising:        $1,901,169

Advertising & Promotions:       $146,299

Office Expenses:                     12,451,303

IT:                                           $254,319

Occupancy (rent):                   $2,490,195

Travel:                                     $4,085,509

Depreciation:                           $1,572,823

Insurance                                $215,654

Outside Services:                    $20,915,404

Meetings and events:               $9,637,863

Direct Response Service:         $6,930,429

Promotional Items:                  $4,055,567

All other expenses:                  $3,659,493

Joint Costs:                             $25,576,675

(Joint costs from a combined educational campaign and fund raising solicitation.)

http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2013/11/todays-political-news_12.html

http://www.guidestar.org/SearchResults.aspx  

So before you donate.... check info that's out there~!!

Semper Fi



Betsy E "Gypsy" Lister
Essex County Detachment #127 http://mclessexcountydetachment127.com/
Adjutant
Web Sergeant

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THE ORIGINS OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX REVEALED

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THE ORIGINS OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

FREE BOOK EXCERPT REVEALED

The new book the War State reveals:

• Why President Eisenhower really gave his famous warning against the "military industrial complex."
• How national security bureaucrats got Harry Truman to agree to a budget busting arms race that is still going on today.
• Why the United States turned from being a republic into a global empire after World War II.
• Why the nuclear arms race almost led to the end of the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Why the military industrial is more powerful today than ever before.

Listen carefully to every word spoken by Ted Nugent

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Ted Nugent: "Subhuman Mongrel" Obama Should Be Jailed For Treason

Listen carefully to every word spoken by Ted Nugent in this short video, as he speaks the truth with great sincerity.  He does not waste any time getting to the problems in America, especially in the White House and the Congress.  A very good job!

Click here: Ted Nugent: "Subhuman Mongrel" Obama Should Be Jailed For Treason
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