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Immigration Reform Bill = Money…..Over a Hundred Billion and More!

Posted by jamesb101 on June 18, 2013 2 comments

The Congressional Budget Office estimated Tuesday the Senate immigration bill would reduce deficits by $197 billion over 10 years, handing supporters a new economic argument for the bill as the upper chamber marches toward a final vote.

The CBO said the bill would increase spending by $262 billion between 2014 and 2023 by requiring new border security measures, but would increase revenue by $459 billion as those given legal status and newly admitted temporary workers pay taxes.

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The NSA comes out with more info…There is more crazy shit going on then we knew…So What?

Posted by jamesb101 on June 18, 2013 No comments

The program also helped them thwart a plan to bomb the New York City subway system–as previously reported–and a plan to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, he said.

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John Boehner has a problem …The Immigration Bill….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 18, 2013 No comments

Said one GOP leadership aide: “Our conference is all over the place. Our goal here is to try and find that little slice of land where we can walk through and we’re not crucified on either side.”

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In the end…The NSA is goona keep doing what they are doing…

Posted by jamesb101 on June 17, 2013 No comments

The media (and this place ) has detailed some of the stuff the NSA is doing , but we don’t know ALL the stuff they are into….Congress members are taking exception to the NSA actions but the ones doing so are NOT the leaders of the committee’s that are SOLIDLY behind the programs….

There where House and Senate Amendments to change things last week….They got deep six-ed ten minutes later…..

Personally, I don’t think the Supreme’s are gonna touch this with a ten foot pole….

Even THEY dodn’t want be holding the bag is something goes down and the NSA says ‘well we where told to stop listening….”

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Supreme’s Void Arizona Proof of Citizenship voting rule….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 17, 2013 4 comments

Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, No. 12-71, said a federal law requiring states to “accept and use” a federal form displaced an Arizona law.

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More details on What the NSA does and How they do it….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 16, 2013 No comments

……the internet changed everything, turning a well-monitored trickle of data into a high pressure firehose surveillance organizations rushed to capitalize on but found overwhelming in volume, rapidly falling behind both in technology, capacity and funding.

Again, 9/11 changed everything, when failing in their basic mission to intercept a threat, the organization got the argument and unquestioning compliance of the Executive and Congressional branches to fund an unprecedented expansion, including the justification to expand surveillance domestically…..

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Governor’s move ahead in giving license’s to immigrants…

Posted by jamesb101 on June 16, 2013 6 comments

The moves also show that key states are once again a step ahead of Washington in being willing to tweak their approach to immigration. While states have little direct influence on immigration policy, laws on aspects like driver’s licenses give the governors a chance to weigh in.

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PRISM, Verizon and MUCH More……

Posted by jamesb101 on June 15, 2013 1 comment

“You have to assume everything is being collected,” said Bruce Schneier, who has been studying and writing about cryptography and computer security for two decades.

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Congress is working to exempt Themselves from the Affordable Healthcare Law…Maybe

Posted by jamesb101 on June 15, 2013 No comments

Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting. [...]
“It’s a reality,” said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). “This is the law. … It’s going to hinder our ability with retention of members, it’s going to hinder our ability for members to take care of their families.” He said his fellow lawmakers are having “quiet conversations” about the threat.

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Most Senator’s Do NOT really care about Intel Briefing’s…..

Posted by jamesb101 on June 15, 2013 2 comments

Only 47 of 100 senators attended the 2:30 briefing, leaving dozens of chairs in the secure meeting room empty as Clapper, Alexander and other senior officials told lawmakers about classified programs to monitor millions of telephone calls and broad swaths of Internet activity.

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US Governmenet allows Facebook to reveal overall request numbers for Data…

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 No comments

The company reported that for the six months ending December 31, it had received between 9,000 and 10,000 user data requests from all government entities in the U.S., including local, state and federal. That tally includes national security-related requests, Ullyot said. Between 18,000 and 19,000 Facebook user accounts were affected by the requests, he said.

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LA votes to limit it’s marijuana shops….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 No comments

In the final tally released last Friday by the city clerk, Proposition D passed with support from 62.4% of the 376,000 city residents who voted on the measure.

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On temporary reprieves from deportation, a President Obama program….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 No comments

“I’m a human here in this country now; I didn’t feel like I was before,” said Luis Rey Ramirez, 26, a Mexican graphic designer who grew up in the Bronx and was granted the deferral in April. “I feel like I can just navigate this country easier in a legal way, in a way that I can contribute.”

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Open Thread for June 14, 2013…Syria…..

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 58 comments

How much aid for the Syrian Rebels?

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Gun Control June 2013…A Mixed bag….

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 No comments

In the six months since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, lawmakers in four key states have approved significant restrictions on access to firearms. But elsewhere in the USA, the picture is far from clear

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Political Roundup for June 14, 2013…NJ Court backs Christie Oct Senate Election date…RedRacing Horses

Posted by jamesb101 on June 14, 2013 No comments

In a 3-0 decision, a panel of the NJ Supreme Court has upheld Christie’s decision to schedule the Senate special for October 16, instead of concurrent with the November Gubernatorial election. The decision is a boon to Republicans who now have a chance to shunt Dem turnout away from the Gubernatorial (and more importantly, legislative) races.

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