Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:33:46 GMT Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:33:46 GMT Lucianne.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:49 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=528003 F14523D7D191137018479EDDC3727B78EE0E7C7045F60CC846E189B2D153368C Washington Times, by Matthew Vadum Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:49 GMT New election'fraud charges against employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in Wisconsin are a helpful reminder that the scandal'prone, far'left liberal group remains as determined as ever to cause trouble come election time. (Snip) But ACORN isn't worried. To the nationwide network of hundreds of tax'dollar'devouring nonprofit affiliates, it's business as usual: another day, another vote'fraud scheme. Doing voter registration right is unimportant to ACORN because accuracy takes a back seat to volume. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:28:44 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=528002 81E58B7FEB02966ED2C4F487F52CEB996C27E08CC80EECA1C7F25711F4886986 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: fishmonger- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:28:44 GMT Federal prosecutors filed charges yesterday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant following allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc, which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product. According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Tests confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:26:34 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=528001 C97E8D401E688E392DACF499C9E263E70BA708371C25B5F0B9CA6C80D409B41A Washington Examiner, by Mark Tapscott Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:26:34 GMT So you get home in the evening from a hard day at the office and grab your mail. There, you find an official'looking envelope from the State of Oklahoma. You open it and read it. And then you faint. Why? It's a bill for $9,000. That's your family's share of the $14.8 billion required to fund the state's Teacher Retirement System and other state'level public sector pensions that Oklahoma politicians have for years been making more generous without providing a way to pay for that generosity. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:23:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=528000 1CB8DF220BFBC694DCDD9E2609DCF12C7647408DC109505E9B86B402954E422D Guardian [UK], by Andrew Clark Posted By: fishmonger- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:23:31 GMT A court'appointed US bankruptcy examiner has concluded that there are grounds for legal claims against top Lehman Brothers bosses and auditor Ernst & Young for signing off misleading accounting statements in the run'up to the collapse of the Wall Street bank in 2008 which sparked the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. A judge last night unsealed a 2,200'page forensic report by expert Anton Valukis into Lehman's collapse which includes scathing criticism of accounting "gimmicks" used by the failing bank to buy itself time. These included a contentious technique known as "repo 105" which temporarily Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:22:59 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527999 B6414820A0B61190DCF65715B197A15FBBA7D68F8945493BF4232E5A92AB9027 USA Today, by William M. Welch Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:22:59 GMT Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months. States from New York to Hawaii that have been hard'hit by the economic downturn say they have either delayed refunds or are considering doing so because of budget shortfalls. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:30 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527998 2FD2C8CF760104041BDCF82E868FFE9D80B2FDEC50BEE13728E744B0139B48E9 Los Angeles Times, by Bob Drogin & Tina Susman Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:30 GMT Washington /New York ' The abrupt transformation of Colleen R. LaRose from bored middle'aged matron to ''JihadJane,'' her Internet alias, was unique in many ways, but a common thread ties the alleged Islamic militant to other recent cases of homegrown terrorism: the Internet. From charismatic clerics who spout hate online, to thousands of extremist websites, chat rooms and social networking pages that raise money and spread radical propaganda, the Internet has become a crucial front in the ever'shifting war on terrorism. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:11:39 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527997 AB6DB28FF8B40124AA99FB993899BEBF7EBCA45FA1D35E41B2BFE786A5407F0F Reason, by Staff Posted By: fishmonger- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:11:39 GMT The ongoing recession has raised a troubling question for otherwise resurgent Keynesian economists: How can the American economy keep getting worse under the intensive care of an interventionist economic team almost universally praised for its brilliance? The answer may be that the Obama administration is dealing with a fictional economy, one that bears little resemblance to the economy the rest of us inhabit. And when the difference between fact and fiction becomes too apparent, they just make stuff up. Herewith, five big lies the administration loves to tell and the mainstream media (with some notable exceptions) love to repeat: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:11:16 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527996 350422ECBDCF0C9358D45B6D6E64F8994D19F477CE1F464056332B5EFEAC3463 Mainichi Daily News [Japan], by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:11:16 GMT In an apparent world first, Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing intestine from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which can develop into various types of cells in the body. Nara Medical University professor Yoshiyuki Nakajima and other researchers successfully produced the intestinal section in an experiment using mice. (Snip) It exhibited the same peristaltic movement characteristic of intestines, and was observed trying to push out waste matter Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:06:36 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527995 621E21EF42C71353638784230544A3374D1BDAA36D78578CB08A75719FAC90C5 Los Angeles Times, by Alexandra Zavis Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:06:36 GMT The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District said Thursday that he would reassign three South Los Angeles elementary school teachers after they had their students display pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History Month parade. Supt. Ramon C. Cortines said he had no evidence that the teachers' actions were racially motivated. (Snip) The teachers, who are white men and reportedly had a reputation as pranksters Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:18 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527994 ED6946099EF04DCD061923A8DC36014C8013F54E7080521F10BBC6A1511755F1 Los Angeles Times, by Anthony York Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:18 GMT San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor, people who have been contacted by him say. Newsom, a Democrat, has been busily lining up big'name support and donors to make the statewide run. He has called elected officials and potential donors to inform them he is in the race. Sources familiar with Newsom's plans say he will unveil a list of endorsements that includes many of the state's top Democratic leaders. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:56:33 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527993 B0148E246A8F131DBC6F2AC81F78E7265D778590190A5619EC4DA7BA6AC6CA16 Washington Examiner, by Julie Mason Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:56:33 GMT President Obama's opening pitch for his health care plan was a promise to save American consumers money. A year later, they're still not buying it. A complicated and shifting White House message strategy, an intense, election'year atmosphere of public distrust, and conflicting claims about savings have undermined Obama's efforts to win support for the plan. ''The message up until now has been inordinately complex,'' said John F. Wasik, author of ''The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America.'' Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:38:51 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527992 8477C6F24842D1ADE76193574085E9ACB67DF429968DFA05D6668A871FF76447 Independent [UK], by David Keys Posted By: Engraved'on'His'hands- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:38:51 GMT They were notorious for their ruthless attacks on England but the Vikings were also victims of Anglo'Saxon barbarism, new archaeological evidence from Dorset has revealed. Detailed forensic examination of human remains found in a mass grave four miles north of Weymouth has found that 55 Viking warriors were executed and mutilated, almost certainly by an Anglo'Saxon death squad some time in the 10th or early 11th century. It is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever unearthed in Britain and is of international importance. The most likely date the find dates back to is 1002, when the English king, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:30:04 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527991 24EDC67BFE56FD51935199BD88283C7FB56FC4B50728A08AA0EE9D4CFFF70963 Philadelphia Inquirer, by Daniel Rubin Posted By: Ribicon- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:30:04 GMT Heinz Gabel knew three years ago it was time to leave the city, but he couldn't say goodbye. His neighbor Kwok Wai'Ho had been killed ' mugged by a neighborhood kid who'd told his friends he wanted to "catch a body." A few days later, Gabel went to go biking in the Pennypack when he passed a group of teens who'd taken over the corner. He didn't go out of his way to avoid them. At 65 he was big and strong, and this was his neighborhood. He just kept looking straight ahead, as though they weren't there. One called out. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:23:57 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527990 DAA772A7E98622E730D2FED63F36D1D13E84E8E75FF0D458C6D5BD0CB4B07CF1 San Francisco Chronicle, by Bob Egelko Posted By: gg- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:23:57 GMT The federal court that touched off a furor in 2002 by declaring the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion took another look at the issue Thursday and said the phrase invokes patriotism, not religious faith. The daily schoolroom ritual is not a prayer, but instead "a recognition of our founders' political philosophy that a power greater than the government gives the people their inalienable rights," said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a 2'1 ruling. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:17:17 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527989 CED0E5B2E0113E7ADA713922AB5EE49547F40BBDED66E96A408A1B8734633CB8 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:17:17 GMT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the US media. (Snip) Penn has visited Chavez several times and frequently defends the president's leftist political policies. Chavez welcomed Penn's comments this week and thanked the actor for standing up to his detractors. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527988 B5CB003753016E52B9DDF7FA11E8E2FA1007523F96043877A2BB54D2A6FAC2FF Beaufort Observer [Washington, NC], by Staff Posted By: Engraved'on'His'hands- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMT The Beaufort Observer webservers had the biggest day they have ever had yesterday (3'10'10) as a result of this article that was posted on the national www.lucianne.com website under their ''Must Read of the day'' posts. (see the graphic). The piece got over a quarter of a million page views in one day and the servers are still smoking. So if you had difficulty accessing our site yesterday or today you now know why. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:58:15 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527987 2C9EE28A06A377E50A46FCB9321C0E982F0B54A4BEF6FFA3DF8E409759E55781 Guardian [UK], by Hadley Freeman Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:58:15 GMT Readers, it is my sad lot to inform you that Marina Hyde is MIA and unconfirmed reports are suggesting it's a hostage situation. Hyde, who was on an Oscars fact'finding mission, was last spotted flinging herself in front of Trudie Styler while crying, ''Trudie! Can I cadge a lift back to London?'' (Snip) Due to the amount of poisonous serum injected into her face, one actor was incapable of expressing surprise at yet another Valley'of'the'Dolls'lite plot revelation. So instead, someone allegedly gave her a coffee cup to hold and drop after said revelation. This is known as acting'by'way'of'panto. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:37 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527986 ECFAF897157CCB7A8B01FB0864E24CB16C7CE77C3942398664C15B1263F7B06C Detroit News, by Jillian Melchior Posted By: Obelisk- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:37 GMT Two gentlemen from an older generation sat in a café recently, discussing their memories of the collegiate political scene in the 1960s '' Berkley and riots and flaming cars and tear gas. They were unaware of an eavesdropping youth. "Students went crazy back then," one said. "Well, of course," the other replied. "They saw that their (ahem, futures) were on the line. And they had to react to that threat." Today's youth are slowly realizing that their assets are on the line, too. Political leaders have already acquired debt on their behalf, increasing the rate of deficit spending. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:06 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527985 5BD4DE278317D4FF9A6306643E7E56BE6963A901EAF92CBE4C2AAD0A39DF410F Guardian [UK], by Kate Connolly Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:06 GMT Germany's state broadcaster is locked in a row with the Church of Scientology which wants to block an upcoming feature film that depicts the controversial organisation as totalitarian and unethical. Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt, or Until Nothing Remains, dramatises the account of a German family torn apart by its associations with Scientology. A young married couple joins the organisation but as the wife gets sucked ever more deeply into the group, her husband, who has donated much of his money to it, decides to leave. In the process he loses contact with his young daughter who, like his wife, is Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:43:35 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527984 5DC16173080CFD22161CFB8566134F9BF5832D5D24A0822F67A66AFB369D5120 Politico, by Lisa Lerer & Nia'Malika Henderson Posted By: Scottyboy- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:43:35 GMT In a meeting aides described as “frank but cordial,” members of the Congressional Black Caucus told President Barack Obama on Thursday that he has to do more to help African'Americans. Members of the caucus have complained — both publicly and privately — that they aren’t getting enough from the nation’s first black president. Thursday’s hourlong session was their chance to make that case directly with Obama, and aides said they did just that. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:43:18 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527983 543E353CB1F5A44BAF29596BC062B4613AAA35C4B8135D5B7377F08764D995D4 Daily Mail [UK], by Steve Doughty Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:43:18 GMT Burglars should not be jailed unless they cause damage or hurt someone when committing their crime, Government advisers said yesterday. The Sentencing Advisory Panel called for judges and magistrates not to hand down prison sentences to ordinary burglars who were responsible for 'minimal loss or damage'. But even criminals who operate in gangs or steal large sums of money may walk free under the guidelines, which suggest 'community' punishment for many offenders. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:40 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527982 C017C05E48ABBB463617318716A246CAAD93B9EF4870CD4D676D87AC577B67EE Investor's Business Daily, by Patrick Seitz Posted By: slyscribe- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:40 GMT The video game industry posted another disappointing sales month in the U.S. in February, with revenue down 15% from a year ago. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories totaled $1.26 billion, vs. $1.48 billion in February 2009, the NPD Group said late Thursday. Sales of game consoles took the biggest hit last month, with revenue down 20% to $426 million. “Honestly, I had expected the industry to perform somewhat better this month,” Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:09 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527981 3A481EA5819965F67BB1C84C14A4CCD69A005F7AC8326C6037489ABBEE0E1EA9 ADN Kronos International [Italy], by Syed Saleem Shahzad Posted By: Photoonist- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:09 GMT Islamabad ' Afghan president Hamid Karzai met the head of the Pakistani army General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday in a bid to seek communication with Taliban leaders through the commanders now in Pakistani custody. Karzai reached Islamabad late Wednesday and held crucial talks with Kayani, president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani during his visit. Sources close to the top Pakistani military leaders revealed that Kayani assured the visiting president that Pakistan's director general of military operations would establish a channel of communication between the Taliban leadership and Karzai in a bid to seek reconciliation. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:34:36 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527980 CFE72278263E8D193EC97D8E2CFF73EF6848172BE9A47E599482231EBDE02F18 Washington Post, by Aaron C. Davis Posted By: Dreadnought- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:34:36 GMT In recent years, Maryland has raised its sales tax, income tax, corporate tax and cigarette tax; added a surcharge called the "millionaires' tax"; and created taxes on electronic bingo, tip jars and even septic systems '' the "flush tax." But lawmakers have not touched alcohol taxes. For 37 years, Maryland's levies on beer and wine have remained unchanged, and its pennies'per'drink charge on hard alcohol has not budged since 1955 '' a testament to the influence of the state's alcohol lobby. This week, advocates for the poor and mentally ill have made hours'long pleas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:32:35 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527979 6AC5781193F20E375FE4C7344858C78082ACE05CE43D20E0C0C7031C4800C9C1 Canada Free Press, by Warner Todd Huston Posted By: Scottyboy- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:32:35 GMT It’s a veritable cornucopia of Obamagandistic musical agitprop. You’ll recall the militaristic, fascist'styled Obama youth corps from 2008 where a line of inner city youth stamped out their obeisance militia'like to The One like good little automatons? Perhaps the slickly produced exploitation of sweet faced children from Hollywood that same year will ring a bell? Or maybe your favorite is this misuse of class time in Georgia? Or per chance you’ll recall “Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm”? These are excellent examples of the Obama version of Leni Riefenstahl’s art. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:58 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527978 3F8700B3419BB98DBBB44EB010678784D0F83FDAE2CE44E90A0768D0BF7EF2E8 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Rumblehog- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:58 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) '' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday '' the wife with a broken back and neck '' after their minivan was rear'ended by a tractor'trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, and the couple's daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va.