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Nevada governor: Federal cattle roundup is 'intimidation'

AP
CBS Las Vegas
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:09 UTC
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© Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesNevada Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Aug. 28, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.
Nevada's governor is criticizing a federal cattle roundup and what he calls "intimidation" in a dispute with a rancher who claims longstanding grazing rights on open range outside Las Vegas.

Federal Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service officials didn't immediately respond Wednesday to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval's call for the BLM to "reconsider its approach."

Sandoval says he's most offended that federal officials have tried to corral people protesting the roundup into a "First Amendment area."

Federal officials say 277 cows have been rounded up since Saturday from a 1,200-square-mile area that it has closed to the public for the operation about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
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Cow

Feds move in on Nevada rancher's herd‏

Rober Gearty
Fox News
Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:16 UTC
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© Bundy RanchOn Saturday, federal authorities began seizing Bundy's cattle.
For 20 years, a tough-as-leather Nevada rancher and the federal government have been locked in a bitter range war over cattle grazing rights.

This weekend the confrontation got worse, when the feds hired contract cowboys to start seizing Cliven Bundy's cattle, which have been grazing on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The government officials brought a show of force that included dozens of armed agents in SUVs and helicopters.

Bundy, 67, who has been a rancher all his life, accuses BLM of stampeding over on his rights.

Comment: The argument from the BLM is a bunch of nonsense. Competing with tortoises? Trampling rare plants!?
Why herds of grazing cattle may be the answer to all our problems

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Handcuffs

Indentured servitude: UK university students will be repaying loans into their 50s

Richard Adams
The Guardian
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00 UTC
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© Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesA middle-earning graduate will still owe about £32,000 by the time they reach 50, researchers found.
Government urged to rethink fees and loans system after study finds average student will graduate more than £44,000 in debt

The majority of undergraduates now at university will be paying off their student loans well into their 40s and 50s, with three-quarters of them unable to clear the debt before it is written off after 30 years, according to an analysis published on Thursday.

The report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Sutton Trust estimates that the average student will leave university more than £44,000 in debt.

A middle-earning graduate will still owe about £39,000 at today's prices by the age of 40, and will still owe about £32,000 by 50.

"For many professionals, such as teachers, this will mean having to find up to £2,500 extra a year to service loans at a time when their children are still at school and family and mortgage costs are at their most pressing," said Conor Ryan, the Sutton Trust's director of research.
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Gift

Pope Francis gives Queen unusual present to baby George, as she gives him whiskey

Rob Williams
The Independent
Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:23 UTC
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© IndependentThe unusual, and not very child-friendly, gift was presented to the Queen by Pope Francis at their first meeting at the Vatican this afternoon
What to get the eight-month-old who has everything? A lapis lazuli orb decorated with a silver cross of Edward the Confessor, the 11th Century English King who was made a saint, of course.

The unusual, and not very child-friendly, gift was presented to the Queen by Pope Francis at their first meeting at the Vatican this afternoon.

Pope Francis gave the Queen a present for her great-grandson Prince George as she apologised for a delay in meeting him at the Vatican.

The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, shook hands with the leader of the Catholic Church and said: "Sorry to keep you waiting, we were having lunch with the president", before heading into a private meeting with the pontiff.

The private conversation between the royal couple and the Pope lasted around 17 minutes and was followed by a formal exchange of gifts.
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Cow

Police state America: Nevada rancher's land surrounded by heavily-armed federal agents, his cattle confiscated


RT
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:14 UTC
Cattle
© Reuters / Brian Snyder
After 20 years of battling the US government for use of his family's land, a Nevada rancher's "one-man range war" may soon end. The family says heavily-armed federal agents have surrounded the ranch as "trespass cattle" are removed from the disputed land.

Cliven Bundy - the "last rancher in Clark County, Nevada" - has since 1993 refused to pay fees to the federal government for the right to raise cattle on land his family has ranched since the 1870s, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

After years of legal wrangling, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) attained a federal court order to have Bundy's nearly 1,000 head of cattle removed, according to the family.

Bundy says the government is taking the task seriously, arming the agents with military-style weaponry.

"They're carrying the same things a soldier would," he told the Free Beacon. "Automatic weapons, sniper rifles, top communication, top surveillance equipment, lots of vehicles. It's heavy soldier type equipment."

Carol Bundy, Cliven's wife, said hundreds of armed BLM and FBI agents are set up around their property, as helicopters circle the area, and nearby roads remain off limits.

"We're surrounded," Carol Bundy said. "We're estimating that there are over 200 armed BLM, FBI. We've got surveillance cameras at our house, they're probably listening to me talk to you right now."

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Coffee

10 reasons why you could quit your job


Huffington Post
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:59 UTC
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© Yuri via Getty Images
This was going to end badly.

My boss screamed at me in front of my colleagues. I had done something wrong of course. I had sent a product to the client without debugging it thoroughly. It was my fault. But I don't like being yelled at.

And fortunately I was sitting on a job offer that I decided to take that moment. So the next day I said the magic words, "I quit."

And then a few years after that, I quit again, and never went back to work in the corporate world.

And now it's too late. Now the course of history has finally written its next chapter. There's no more bullshit. I'm going to tell you why you have to quit your job. Why you need to get the ideas moving. Why you need to build a foundation for your life or soon you will have no roof.

Comment: While this article gives good inspiration, nothing is black and white. Sometimes is it necessary to stick to one's job as a means to attain an aim separate from it. Each situation is different and requires unique course of action.

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Heart - Black

Rhino poaching increasing in South Africa, with 277 killed this year


The Sydney Morning Herald
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:59 UTC
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© AFPApproaching extinction: Rhinos graze in South Africa.
Rhino poaching is on the rise in South Africa, with 277 of the endangered animals killed this year despite government attempts to clamp down on poaching, the environment ministry said Wednesday.

Illegal hunting is up more than a third compared to the same time a year ago, when 203 of the giant animals were slaughtered by poachers, the ministry said in a statement.

More than half of the attacks were in Kruger National Park, where 166 animals were killed in the first three months of 2014, despite the deployment of troops to protect them.

Authorities in the vast national park, which borders Mozambique, have been battling to curb the scourge of rhino poaching that threatens to drive the endangered species into extinction.
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"Please God, don't bless America any more" - An open letter to Obama from a Christian priest in Syria


Syria News Press/Youtube
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:59 UTC
US tyranny
© Unknown
A appeal to Obama from a Christian priest in Syria.

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Stormtrooper

California cop puts crying boy in chokehold, yells: 'stop speaking Spanish!'

M.B. David
Counter Current News
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:46 UTC
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© Elvia Fernández
A Santa Ana, California School Police Officer was recently filmed by Elvia Fernández, putting a crying 14-year-old boy in a chokehold.

To make matters worse, the officer yelled at Fernández when she tried to reassure the boy.

Elvia filmed the clip on her cell phone. She speculates that the boy was 10. Amidst the child's screams, Fernández tried calming him down in a mix of English and Spanish, saying, "No te muevas", "Relájate", and "Aquí estamos nosotros". In translation, she was saying: "Don't move", "Relax," and "We're here."

This apparently enraged the officer, who yelled "Stop speaking Spanish!"

Another man yells to the officer: "You're choking him".

The motionless boy screams: "Help me! Help me!"

The officer yells: "Stop fighting me!"

The boy responds, choking out the words: "I'm not fighting you!"

The Chief Communications Officer for the Santa Ana Unified School District, Deidra Powell forwarded an official statement to the OCWeekly, saying "Safety is our number one concern. We are investigating this matter involving a Santa Ana School Police Officer and a 14-year-old juvenile. We don't want to speculate on the case because it may compromise the integrity of the investigation and we want to be fair to all parties."
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Arrow Down

Iowa city with a population of 7,000 will receive armored military vehicle

Michael Krieger
Liberty Blitzkrieg
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:24 UTC
I've covered the militarization of the domestic police force on several occasions on this website. For those of you who need a refresher, I suggest reading the following:

There are Over 50,000 SWAT Team Raids Annually in America

Retired Marine Colonel to New Hampshire City Council: "We're Building a Domestic Army"

Video of the Day - Thuggish Militarized Police Terrorize and SWAT Team Iowa Family.

Moving along to the subject of today's absurdity, the tiny city of Washington, Iowa with a population of 7,000 and 11 police officers, will be receiving a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle. Yes, they will be employing one of these in the field:
MRAP
© Liberty Blitzkrieg

These things normally cost $500,000, but will be given to Washington, Iowa for free under a Defense Department program that gives surplus military equipment to domestic law enforcement.
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