Mayor James Valley on Thursday called for a lockdown of the roughly 10-block neighborhood northwest of City Hall, in what was formerly West Helena.
No loitering. No walking the streets. "No hanging out."
On Thursday night, 18-20 police officers carrying M-16 rifles, shotguns and night-vision scopes saturated the "cur-1 few zone" for 5/2 hours, arresting about eight people and confiscating drugs and loaded weapons, police said.
"It's something akin to martial law in that particular area," Valley said. "It got to the point where somebody was going to get seriously hurt or killed if we didn't do something."
It calls for photographing, and scanning the license plates of, cars and trucks at all bridges and tunnels and using sensors to detect the presence of radioactivity.
Data on each vehicle — its time-stamped image, license plate imprint and radiological signature — would be sent to a command center in Lower Manhattan, where it would be indexed and stored for at least a month as part of a broad security plan that emphasizes protecting the city’s financial district, the spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said.
But, he told delegates to the American Bar Association annual meeting, "not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime. In this instance, the two joint reports found only violations of the civil service laws."
The Government Accountability Office is set to release a report that says most U.S. corporations pay no federal income taxes.
And most foreign companies that do business in the United States aren't paying corporate taxes.
The study says about two-thirds of American corporations paid zero income taxes to Uncle Sam between 1998 and 2005.
Here's something else that could create political complications for John McCain in key swing states as he continues to defend measures that would maintain tax breaks for the oil industry: He recently opposed extending tax breaks for the wind-power industry.
Making this more difficult for McCain, the fledgling wind-power industry is popular in key upper Midwest and central plains states -- and here you have McCain protecting such tax breaks for Big Oil, but opposing them for Big Wind, or, if you prefer, Little Wind.
While many eyes are focusing on the housing meltdown and its hugely negative effect on an economy clearly moving into recession, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards. You would never know it by watching those slick VISA card ads on the Olympic TV broadcasts.
Combined with the subprime losses, such a credit card nightmare has the potential, experts say, of bringing down the entire financial system and global economy.
You and your credit card have become key players in the highly unstable financial crunch. Mortgage lender cupidity and bank credit card greed wedded to financial institution deregulation supported by both political parties, have been made manifestly worse by Bush administration support-the-rich policies. It has brought us to a brink not seen since just before the Great Depression.
The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of dependence on private firms for help in the war, according to a government report to be released Tuesday.
The report, by the Congressional Budget Office, according to people with knowledge of its contents, will say that one out of every five dollars spent on the war in Iraq has gone to contractors for the United States military and other government agencies, in a war zone where employees of private contractors now outnumber American troops.
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Morning, comrades!
TriSec is all poopy and un-motivated for personal reasons today. Bob with the happy shiny blog!
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This caller is wrong - Georgia is not without blame in this...
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BUNNY!
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PUPPIES!![]()
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Puppies are cute and don't contribute (much) to Global Warming!
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Puppies are cute and don't contribute (much) to Global Warming!
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you people are blogging slackers
heya everyone! breezing in for a little while before I head back out.
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you people are blogging slackers
heya everyone! breezing in for a little while before I head back out.
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you people are blogging slackers
heya everyone! breezing in for a little while before I head back out.
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you people are blogging slackers
heya everyone! breezing in for a little while before I head back out.
:reaches across the miles: :hug:
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Am I having deja vu? Didn't we have this caller yesterday???
:blink:
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Aunt Azalea (who is black) just said:
"OMG, this guy is nuts. He's not losing his job to blacks. There aren't any 'black graphic artists'. Thats such a 'white' job!"
:rofl:
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Hi mfaye. I think we need to wake this blog up, it's moving a little slow this morning. Kind of like me.![]()
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Good evening. Tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of "Deja Vu". That strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before. Tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of "Deja Vu". That strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before.
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Aunt Azalea (who is black) just said:
"OMG, this guy is nuts. He's not losing his job to blacks. There aren't any 'black graphic artists'. Thats such a 'white' job!"
:rofl:
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Aunt Azalea (who is black) just said:
"OMG, this guy is nuts. He's not losing his job to blacks. There aren't any 'black graphic artists'. Thats such a 'white' job!"
:rofl:
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Hi mfaye. I think we need to wake this blog up, it's moving a little slow this morning. Kind of like me.![]()
sorry for not doing my part - I was taking the Kiz out for a walk...
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Jim - McCain DID bring up the pipeline...
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Aunt Azalea (who is black) just said:
"OMG, this guy is nuts. He's not losing his job to blacks. There aren't any 'black graphic artists'. Thats such a 'white' job!"
:rofl:
Blog Reminder: Raine is a trained, experienced graphic designer.
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Aunt Azalea (who is black) just said:
"OMG, this guy is nuts. He's not losing his job to blacks. There aren't any 'black graphic artists'. Thats such a 'white' job!"
:rofl:
Blog Reminder: Raine is a trained, experienced graphic designer.
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So, can Aunt Azalea have her job? And, will it come with benefits?
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Rush is a giant anal cyst.
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just another reason to not completely trust robots
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just another reason to not completely trust robots
So much for Isaac Asimov's rules for robots.
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just another reason to not completely trust robots
So much for Isaac Asimov's rules for robots.
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just another reason to not completely trust robots
So much for Isaac Asimov's rules for robots.
The Three Laws of Robotics and the corollary Zeroth Law have not been implemented. Remember, today's robots are not all that sophisticated. (Mind you, the Laws of Robotics would be a good idea. I do not know if they are technically feasible.)
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TriSec's law of robotics: Obey ME!
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TriSec's law of robotics: Obey ME!
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Blog? BLOG! Come on, dammit!
CLEAR!
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Run towards the light.
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Blog? BLOG! Come on, dammit!
CLEAR!
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Blog? BLOG! Come on, dammit!
CLEAR!
AGAIN!
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Love the ghost stories. If they are told right ya can get some serious chills.
I recommend the Alexandria Ghost Tour to those who come to my neck of the woods
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Love the ghost stories. If they are told right ya can get some serious chills.
I recommend the Alexandria Ghost Tour to those who come to my neck of the woods
Only if you promise to come with me.
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Love the ghost stories. If they are told right ya can get some serious chills.
I recommend the Alexandria Ghost Tour to those who come to my neck of the woods
Only if you promise to come with me.
I love taking that tour. Did the one in Occaquan too that's one's not as good. Maybe you'll make it to the next meet up in April
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It's a terrorist threat-level assessor!
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Blog? BLOG! Come on, dammit!
CLEAR!
AGAIN!
I'm gonna max it out to 200 Joules
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How's NY treating ya?
*grunt* You're only 3 hours from here, give or take....pity there's not enough time.
: ducks Bob :
:peace:
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Russia has issued an ultimatum to America BTW.. Either you are with us or you are against us... Breaking....
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I am so angry at McCain right now... he said this is not the time for partisanship... it is not the time for political posturing... WHILE he is giving a presser as a CANDIDATE!
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I am so angry at McCain right now... he said this is not the time for partisanship... it is not the time for political posturing... WHILE he is giving a presser as a CANDIDATE!
It's rather presumtive of him. He should be saying nothing that puts the country in a bad position.
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I am so angry at McCain right now... he said this is not the time for partisanship... it is not the time for political posturing... WHILE he is giving a presser as a CANDIDATE!
It's rather presumtive of him. He should be saying nothing that puts the country in a bad position.
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I am so angry at McCain right now... he said this is not the time for partisanship... it is not the time for political posturing... WHILE he is giving a presser as a CANDIDATE!
It's rather presumtive of him. He should be saying nothing that puts the country in a bad position.
what the hell is the Solidarity Express?
Arkansas Democratic chairman killed in shooting
CNN) -- The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday, hours after a shooting at the party's headquarters, police said.
Chairman Bill Gwatney died at 3:59 Wednesday afternoon after a gunman entered his Little Rock office and shot him several times in the upper body, Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said.
Authorities confirmed the news shortly after former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement expressing their condolences.
"We are deeply saddened by the news that Bill Gwatney has passed away," the former governor and first lady of Arkansas said. "His leadership and commitment to Arkansas and this country have always inspired us and those who had the opportunity to know him."
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I posted about the shooting in Arkansas, and did not get a response for a while. It does seem to slow down in the evening, Random.
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I don't believe this, TriSec. I'm sitting outside in the back yard blogging. I came home from work and everything is actually dry and I don't see any sign of rain.
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Cindy McCain Was hospitalized from a sprained wrist she got from shaking hands at a campaign stop.
She has been released... and is ok... but... SHEESH!
a sprained wrist from shaking hands????
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btw: Will in Chicago is moving to Phoenix?
I wish you great success Will!
But are you gonna become Will in Phoenix? Can't get used to that!!
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Cindy McCain Was hospitalized from a sprained wrist she got from shaking hands at a campaign stop.
She has been released... and is ok... but... SHEESH!
a sprained wrist from shaking hands????
The REAL story: spousal abuse! Not that I'm starting a rumor or anything.
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Cindy McCain Was hospitalized from a sprained wrist she got from shaking hands at a campaign stop.
She has been released... and is ok... but... SHEESH!
a sprained wrist from shaking hands????
The REAL story: spousal abuse! Not that I'm starting a rumor or anything.
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You mean she sprained her wrist slappin John around?
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Cindy McCain Was hospitalized from a sprained wrist she got from shaking hands at a campaign stop.
She has been released... and is ok... but... SHEESH!
a sprained wrist from shaking hands????
The REAL story: spousal abuse! Not that I'm starting a rumor or anything.
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You mean she sprained her wrist slappin John around?
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btw: Will in Chicago is moving to Phoenix?
I wish you great success Will!
But are you gonna become Will in Phoenix? Can't get used to that!!
I can make it Will from Chicago, as someone else suggested. It provides a transition, and I was born and raised in Chicago. I will have to update my location and my name where I post.