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Surprise! Rahm Emanuel Elected Mayor of Chicago

Raw Story
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:50 UTC

Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected as mayor of Chicago on Tuesday.

Emanuel, who will be succeeding the retiring Richard Daley, won over fifty percent of the vote with 86 percent of the precincts reporting.

The famously foul-mouthed Emanuel, 51, has been the clear front-runner in the race to run America's third-largest city ever since he resigned as White House chief of staff and moved back to Chicago in October.

His lead in the polls grew even as opponents dropped out of the once-crowded race to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley, who has governed the Windy City for more than 22 years.

And so, in a move characteristic of rough and tumble Chicago politics, opponents tried to cut him off in the courts, saying he had abandoned his Chicago residency when he moved his family to Washington to work for Obama.

How Long Will Americans Stay Apathetic To The Reality?

Say No To Corporate America
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:27 UTC

<'How Long Will Americans Stay Apathetic To The Reality?!'

I remember watching this episode of 'Boston Legal' and I recall thinking just how absolutely right he was in this argument. It was astonishing to hear so much truth on MSM, but I suppose it is classified as fiction. Sadly, it is true. The Bush Administration did more to dismantle Freedom and Liberty protected by our Constitution than any previous President. Worse yet, the Obama Administration has done nothing to restore the Rights lost and many Americans remain apathetic. Obama's 'hope and change' have left me still hoping for change. Obama has only worsened the situation by extending the [un]Patriot Act, appointing top corporate men in top government positions, giving DHS authority over food, net neutrality and adding another war (illegal and undeclared military action in Pakistan). Although some people have come around, the situation has only worsened so WAKE UP to the REALITY NOW!!!

Witnesses report bodies in the streets in Libya

Maggie Michael
My Way News
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:44 UTC

Cairo - The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge.

The eruption of turmoil in the capital after a week of protests and bloody clashes in Libya's eastern cities has sharply escalated the challenge to Gadhafi. His security forces have unleashed the bloodiest crackdown of any Arab country against the wave of protests sweeping the region, which toppled leaders of Egypt and Tunisia.

The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, citing sources inside the country, said Tuesday that at least 250 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the crackdown on protesters in Libya. New York-based Human Rights Watch has put the toll at at least 233 killed. The difficulty in getting information made obtaining a precise figure impossible.

Top Sunni cleric says army should kill Kadhafi

Agence France-Presse
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:33 UTC

Doha - Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi issued a fatwa on Monday that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Moamer Kadhafi should do so "to rid Libya of him."

"Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Kadhafi should do so," Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric who is usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television.

He also told Libyan soldiers "not to obey orders to strike at your own people," and urged Libyan ambassadors around the world to dissociate themselves from Kadhafi's regime.

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can't Read Proficiently - Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest

Terence P. Jeffrey
CNS News
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:42 UTC

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Students from Appleton West High School protest a proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker that would make teachers pay a fraction of their own pension and health-insurance costs.

Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.

In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009 - the latest year available - only 32 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned a "proficient" rating while another 2 percent earned an "advanced" rating. The other 66 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned ratings below "proficient," including 44 percent who earned a rating of "basic" and 22 percent who earned a rating of "below basic."

The test also showed that the reading abilities of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders had not improved at all between 1998 and 2009 despite a significant inflation-adjusted increase in the amount of money Wisconsin public schools spent per pupil each year.

Reversing Itself, US Navy Grants Ensign Conscientious Objector Status

Mark Spencer
Hartford Courant
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:32 UTC

Reversing two earlier denials, the U.S Navy has granted conscientious objector status to Michael Izbicki, a Naval Academy graduate most recently stationed at the Naval Submarine School in Groton.

Izbicki, 24, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Hartford in November, asking for an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector, contending that the Navy's hearings on his two requests were deeply flawed with legal, factual and procedural errors.

Deborah H. Karpatkin, a New York City attorney who represented Izbicki along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, said the Navy offered no explanation of why it overruled its earlier decisions.

Airline Apologizes To Jewish Customers

Chris Pollard and Vince Soodin
The Sun
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:27 UTC

London - UK budget airline easyJet apologized Tuesday to Jewish customers after the only food choices served on a flight from Israel were ham melts and bacon baguettes.

Passengers who follow the faith's ban on eating pork were forced to go hungry for the four-and-a-half hour journey from Tel Aviv to London.

The airline introduced the route in November, proudly promising that in-flight menus would feature kosher food that met Jewish dietary laws.

San Francisco May Ban Infant Circumcision

Matt Baume
NBC Bay Area
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:56 UTC

Self-described "civil rights advocates" say that a ballot proposition to ban circumcision is on track for gathering signatures, meaning that San Franciscans may vote on the measure this November.

The proposed law is being spearheaded by local resident Lloyd Schofield, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

It's part of a national push to end the procedure, which some say is steeped in tradition but poses risks and has little medical benefit. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association do not recommend routine circumcision.

Michigan orders DPS to close half of schools

Jennifer Chambers
The Detroit News
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:39 UTC

Lansing - Swift and severe changes are coming to Detroit Public Schools.

State education officials have ordered Robert Bobb to immediately implement a financial restructuring plan that balances the district's books by closing half of its schools, swelling high school class sizes to 60 students and consolidating operations.

This week, Bobb, the district's emergency financial manager, said he is meeting with Detroit city officials and will set up a meeting with Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency to discuss consolidation opportunities in areas such as finance, public safety, transportation and other areas.

Bobb also is preparing a list of recommended school closures and Friday said layoff discussions are under way and would be announced closer to April, when notices would be issued. "We are moving forward with the plan," he said "Right now my focus is on my transition plan and the DEP (deficit elimination plan)."

Bill Calls for Illegals to Be Dumped at Offices of Congressmen

Jim Forsyth
WOIA
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:30 UTC

This should get their attention.

A measure filed by State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) would allow any law enforcement agency that has custody of an illegal immigrant to take the illegal to 'the office of a U.S. Senator or Representative' and leave them there.

1200 WOAI news reports the measure also allows county sheriff's deputies or city police officers to 'request an agent or employee of the United States Senator or United States Representative to sign a document acknowledging the release or discharge of the illegal immigrant at the senator's or representative's office.

The measure covers individuals who are 'not a citizen or national of the United States' and who is 'unlawfully present in the United States.'

Kolkhorst concedes the measure is a 'cry for help' to convince federal officials to secure the border, but she says she is serious about getting the measure approved by the Legislature.

I remind you.....In 2014 Pope Francis' peace doves were attacked by both a seagull and a crow. The signs were there. (Google the images..) Ignore...

danny esq

@ Lemuel I don't think, this has anything concerning the the alien agenda, it is nothing more than humanity. As Shakespeare (before he will be...

Joan

Where, physically, is Macron? Is he afraid to face the people?

ReRan

Why we didn’t see it coming ...... Those who have been warning of the coming ‘New World Order’ never seriously believed the Elite would try...

danny esq

Great read. Especially the last line, " The edifice of American imperial power has never been challenged at its foundation. It is now."

ReRan

Society's Child

Surprise! Rahm Emanuel Elected Mayor of Chicago

How Long Will Americans Stay Apathetic To The Reality?

Witnesses report bodies in the streets in Libya

Top Sunni cleric says army should kill Kadhafi

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can't Read Proficiently - Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest

Reversing Itself, US Navy Grants Ensign Conscientious Objector Status

Airline Apologizes To Jewish Customers

San Francisco May Ban Infant Circumcision

Michigan orders DPS to close half of schools

Bill Calls for Illegals to Be Dumped at Offices of Congressmen

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