Well…..
The Republican’s wanted Cut..Cuts…..and More CUTS….
Actually they wanted Entitlements like your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cut….
That’s Not happening…..
Instead …..
The Sequester that President Obama and his team cocked up and got Congress to agree to is here for a while….
It’s reported to be only $85 Billion , which is less then 3% of the US expected budget expenditures of $3.4 Trillion*……(The Sandy Relief Aid package ws $51 Billion)
The amount involved could be absorbed without a blip…..IF the PRESIDENT WANTED IT THAT WAY…..
He doesn’t…..
The President has one upped the GOP and will initiate cuts is very PUBLIC places to apply pressure on the Republicans to grant tax increases on the Rich, something he has been trying to get since he was sworn into office in January 2009….
This budget theatre will go on for AT LEAST a month while the media hypes the consequences of the sequester and the President and the Republican’s wait for a blink….
The sad thing is this IS gonna exact a hurt on up to hundred of thousands of workers and the American economy if it goes on too long…..
Hell of a way to run a country, eh?
Oh, yea….
There have ALREADY been cuts in 2011 in Defense, Medicare and Medicaid spending*….
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“John Brennan approved by Senate Intel committee
12 to 3…….”
Thats supposed to be a secret!
“DuPont”
Considering the Dupont Company invented Teflon®, I wonder why he has not done better.
Good for him the world will always need bug spray.
Hugo Chavez has passed…..
Died is the word.
Lets see what strong man takes his place.
Húgo Chávez has died, according to NBC.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced. (BBC News)
Mr Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba, and had not been seen in public for several months.
Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday evening, flanked by political and military leaders.
Earlier, he said the 58-year-old Venezuelan leader had a new, severe respiratory infection and had entered “his most difficult hours”.
In Tuesday evening’s emotional address, a tearful Mr Maduro said Mr Chavez had died at 16:25 (17:55 GMT) “after battling a tough illness for nearly two years”.
Military loyal
“We have received the toughest and tragic information that… Comandante President Hugo Chavez died today at 4:25 pm,” said Mr Maduro in a nationally televised address.
He spoke of a plot against Venezuela, saying he had no doubt that Mr Chavez’s cancer, first diagnosed in 2011, had been induced by foul play by Venezuela’s enemies – the US promptly rejected the accusations as “absurd”.
He said a scientific commission could one day investigate whether Mr Chavez’s illness was brought about by what he called an enemy attack.
Struggling to hold back tears, Mr Maduro called on the nation to close ranks after their leader’s demise.
He said the government had deployed the armed forces and police nationwide “to accompany and protect our people and guarantee the peace.”
Earlier, he said he had expelled two US diplomats from the country for spying on Venezuela’s military.
A statement by the military said it would protect the sovereignty, integrity and security of the country. It would remain loyal to the vice-president and to parliament, it added, urging people to remain calm.
Under the constitution, the head of Venezuela’s Congress, Diosdado Cabello, will assume the interim presidency before an election is held…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez dead
BY JIM WYSS
The Miami Herald
jwyss@MiamiHerald.com
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez survived four elections, a coup and a recall attempt as he became one of Latin America’s most charismatic, influential and controversial leaders. But on Tuesday, the socialist firebrand lost his long-running battle with cancer. He was 58.
The former tank commander died in Venezuela’s Military Hospital, just a few months after winning a fourth presidential term that would have kept him in office until 2019. His passing puts Vice President Nicolás Maduro at the helm of Latin America’s fifth-largest economy until new elections can be scheduled within 30 days.
It also leaves a power vacuum in this nation of 27 million – where Chávez had been the face and force of his administration since 1999.
Chávez had been fighting an undisclosed form of cancer since at least June 2011, and had undergone four rounds of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. His last round of treatment began Dec. 10, when he was hustled onto an airplane bound for Cuba. It was the last time he would be seen in public or heard from. The surgery was plagued with problems and led to a respiratory infection, which required a tracheotomy that made it difficult for the once-verbose leader to speak.
Using the nation’s vast oil wealth to push through socialist reforms and build a collation of like-minded leaders in Latin America, Chávez became a darling of the global left and beloved by many of the nation’s poorest. As he built homes, hospitals and schools, his “21st Century Socialism” dramatically reduced the income gap.
But as his power grew, so did the abuses. His administration expropriated thousands of acres of land and hundreds of companies, drawing fire from the business class and the traditional ruling elite. Corruption and impunity plagued his administration. Venezuela became one of the most dangerous countries in the hemisphere, beset by power outages and food shortages.
Despite the problems, Chávez’s popularity rarely waned, and he won the Oct. 7 presidential race with 55 percent of the vote and an 11-point margin over his nearest rival.
“Hugo Chávez will be remembered as an extraordinary politician and as a failed leader,” Venezuelan columnist and the nation’s former trade minister, Moisés Naím, told The Miami Herald. “Sadly, his legacy will not reflect any of the positive and lasting transformations that could have been achieved with the political hegemony and financial resources that he enjoyed. The Venezuela he leaves behind is politically polarized, economically weak, and terrifyingly murderous. But mostly it is poorer, more unjust and vastly more corrupt than what it was before Hugo Chávez ruled it.”…
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/05/v-print/3268408/venezuelas-hugo-chavez-dead.html#storylink=cpy
In South Florida, Venezuelans react to Hugo Chávez’s death
By Patricia Mazzei and Daniel Chang
The Miami Herald
pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com
In the South Florida enclaves crowded with Venezuelans who fled President Hugo Chávez’s regime, Chávez’s death Tuesday afternoon prompted spontaneous gatherings in familiar places. Local politicians weighed in offering predictions. And television and radio stations ramped up their news coverage, in what could be a preview of how Miami reacts to the eventual death of Fidel Castro.
Several news crews broadcast live in the early evening from Doral, home to scores of Venezuelans and a Venezuelan-born mayor. A celebratory mood spread at El Arepazo 2, a popular Venezuelan family restaurant, where more than 300 people gathered.
They waved Venezuelan flags and cheered “ Venezuela presente” — Venezuela is present. Some men sat outside playing dominoes. Others danced joropo, a traditional Venezuelan dance. No one seemed to mind to wait an hour for an arepa.
It was a far different gathering than the one five months ago, when somber crowds filled with supporters of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski watched presidential election returns showing a victorious Chávez.
“We are not celebrating someone’s death,” Mary LaBarca, whose grandmother was dancing outside the restaurant, said in Spanish. “We are celebrating freedom.”
Doral Mayor Luigi Boria, Florida’s first Venezuelan-born mayor, called for unity in his native country.
A robust crowd spilled into the street at a sister restaurant of the same name, El Arepazo 2, in Weston, another city with a high concentration of Venezuelans.
The eatery, inside a strip plaza off Weston Road, began filling up with customers, some of them women with baby strollers, others men drinking Polar beer — a Venezuelan brand. A TV news crew conducted interviews. Later, the crowd spilled out into the street.
News of Chávez’s death was welcomed with cheers and hope for a more Democratic future. Customers gathered around a flat screen TV tuned to Telemundo’s live broadcast of the news from Venezuela. Others waited in line for arepas, their gazes fixed on the TV.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/05/v-print/3268693/in-south-florida-venezuelans-react.html#storylink=cpy
I sent this a minute ago, but it didn’t print; I hope I’m not duplicating something awaiting moderation:
In South Florida, Venezuelans react to Hugo Chávez’s death
By Patricia Mazzei and Daniel Chang
The Miami Herald
pmazzei@MiamiHerald.com
In the South Florida enclaves crowded with Venezuelans who fled President Hugo Chávez’s regime, Chávez’s death Tuesday afternoon prompted spontaneous gatherings in familiar places. Local politicians weighed in offering predictions. And television and radio stations ramped up their news coverage, in what could be a preview of how Miami reacts to the eventual death of Fidel Castro.
Several news crews broadcast live in the early evening from Doral, home to scores of Venezuelans and a Venezuelan-born mayor. A celebratory mood spread at El Arepazo 2, a popular Venezuelan family restaurant, where more than 300 people gathered.
They waved Venezuelan flags and cheered “ Venezuela presente” — Venezuela is present. Some men sat outside playing dominoes. Others danced joropo, a traditional Venezuelan dance. No one seemed to mind to wait an hour for an arepa.
It was a far different gathering than the one five months ago, when somber crowds filled with supporters of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski watched presidential election returns showing a victorious Chávez.
“We are not celebrating someone’s death,” Mary LaBarca, whose grandmother was dancing outside the restaurant, said in Spanish. “We are celebrating freedom.”
Doral Mayor Luigi Boria, Florida’s first Venezuelan-born mayor, called for unity in his native country.
A robust crowd spilled into the street at a sister restaurant of the same name, El Arepazo 2, in Weston, another city with a high concentration of Venezuelans.
The eatery, inside a strip plaza off Weston Road, began filling up with customers, some of them women with baby strollers, others men drinking Polar beer — a Venezuelan brand. A TV news crew conducted interviews. Later, the crowd spilled out into the street.
News of Chávez’s death was welcomed with cheers and hope for a more Democratic future. Customers gathered around a flat screen TV tuned to Telemundo’s live broadcast of the news from Venezuela. Others waited in line for arepas, their gazes fixed on the TV.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/05/v-print/3268693/in-south-florida-venezuelans-react.html#storylink=cpy
Kenyans anxiously waiting for poll results
Wednesday 6 March 2013 05:38
SABC (South Africa Broadcasting)
Kenyans are still waiting to know who will be the country’s 4th president. Delays in relaying results to the National Tally Centre in the capital Nairobi have raised anxiety among presidential candidates and their supporters.
The Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has denied speculation that officials may be tampering with the results. Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is still leading his closest rival Prime Minister Raila Odinga with a margin of about half a million votes.
At the National Elections centre – result transmission stalled for hours – heightening anxiety and suspicion among Kenyans.
IEBC chairperson, Isaack Hassan, says: “This commission is aware of the delays and that this is giving rise to different speculation and rumours that the server of the commission has crashed that we have no back up, I want to assure you that this is not true.”
That did not however stop the questions – why did the process, touted as more advanced than the manual transmission of results seem slow? Hassan says: “It was a delay caused by the large number of voters, the large number of seats which were contested and the fact that each has to be counted at the tally centre.”
And could Kenyans who had this time put their trust on new electoral laws and technology still trust the process?
Hassan says: “I strongly and firmly believe the elections are credible, there were free and fair and the results we are going to announce here are going to reflect the will of the people of Kenya.”
There are 14 million registered voters in this election, by the time of going to press only results for 5.5 million voters had come in. It is Kenya’s first election since the post election violence all eyes are on the commission and integrity of the process – all in the hope that a repeat of 2007 does not happen.
http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/f50d1e004ec94d378045fa7da4cd6ad7/Kenyans-anxiously-waiting-for-poll-results-20130603
Jomo Kenyatta was a Kikuyu (the dominant tribe in Kenya); Oginga Odinga, the opposition leader in Kenyatta’s time, was a Luo. One television report I saw quoted Kenyans as saying there’s relatively little inter-tribal tension, except every five years when politicians find it to their advantage to exploit such differences (cf. the old Yugoslavia). Kenyatta is wanted by one of the Hague tribunals for lethal ethno-political violence in the blood-stained elections of 2007. — Dave
Morning people…..
Another 24 hours of weather due over these parts….
Morning ladies and gentlemen.
I’m NOT surprised about Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez’s death from cancer, his fate was sealed two years ago when he was diagnosed.
Look for the Chavez regime’s allies to be jockeying for positioning and divisiveness to occur inside the regime, where it’s possible the opposition could win back the Presidency in the upcoming special election.
I also feel that it’s a devastating blow to Chavez allies like Morales in Bolivia, Correa in Ecuador, Ortega in Nicaragua, Kirchner in Argentina, and others, who’ve followed his repressive tactics to stay in power.
Morning all….
The storm isn’t a storm aropund my way so far…..
It’s been too warm….
The precep is just rain or snow showers…
The sun is actually out….
They now think tonight for the tail end to give us some snow…..
Hope they’re wrong AGAIN….
from twitter…..
Wall Street Journal @WSJ
Breaking: Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is like to face trial in New York, where many al Qaeda conspirators have … http://on.wsj.com/WMRqRh
Stay tuned on this…
The last time the Fed’s tried to bring a high profile terrorist case to NYC….
Not that the NYPD couldn’t help the Fed’s do it ……
Bloomberg led the charge to get THAT idea moved….
Bad for Business and those things scare people….
We’ll see….
from twitter….
POLITICO @politico
Obama’s half-brother loses gubernatorial bid in Kenya: http://politi.co/WwUkit
This silly shutting down of White House Tours?
PURE “D” DUMB!
It trivializes this very serious issue of the sequester and gives the Republicans a ready made talking point
Just damn DUMB
Note to Obama
Whoever had this bright idea?
Fire them! That will probably save as much money as youre saving by taking this unnecessary PR hit.
But Jack you’re talking about it….
And THAT’s the point…isn’t it?
The Republicans are having a field day with it.
Now kids who were planning field trips to DC are posting protests in social media.
Its absurd.
This is NOT helping Obama at all.Im a Democrat and I think its DUMB.It is opening him up to ridicule.
Question :How is Obama cutting spending?
Answer: :By not letting school kids tour the White House.
Horrible PR and yes
DUMB is the word.
British Columbia couple find tsunami-driven Japanese fishing boat, then meet the couple that owned it:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/03/06/boat-tsunami-japan-bc.html
Morning…..
It’s 7:47 AM I’ve cleared two cars of snow….sholved the front and back…and I’m here!
Rough morning for a dog and I haven’t had a bone!
New Thread coming up….