Republican Civil War Erupts: Business Groups v. Tea Party

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-18/republican-civil-war-erupts-business-groups-v-tea-party.html

  Scott Reed, senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said “The need is now more than ever to elect people who understand the free market and not silliness.”

We wish it was only silliness. The problem with the Tea Part group is that it is composed  primarily by ideologue fanatics, no different from their Islamic extremist fanatics. In this instance, the Tea Party members preferred to launch the Nations credit rating into a spiral, which as a consequence would have brought in catastrophic effects on the world economies. But, what else to expect from a group that denies sciences and are bent on simply oppose anything that the current Administration brings in to the table? What else you can expect of a group composed of Extreme Right Wing Christian fanatics who want to trigger an Apocalyptic event that will bring the advent of the alleged "savior" of mankind? This is the tragedy of religious fanaticism when they are empowered with enough money to buy candidates and put them on key positions of our Constitutional Government. May G-d definitely have mercy upon us, those who prefer to find middle ground and compromise for the sake of our Country as a whole, not for the sake of one fringe ideal and the group that represents them.

Obama et al. "civil rights" leadrers mum

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/08/jackson-sharpton-stay-silent-on-school-bus-beating/

"Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who both blasted Florida in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting and the acquittal of George Zimmerman in Martin's death, with Jackson calling it an "apartheid state" and "our Selma," have not spoken publicly of the brutal beating aboard a school bus caught on cellphone and surveillance video."

Neither has Mr. Obama who, as we all know made a press conference on the Zimmerman matter a few days after the controversial verdict. Of course, it is politically correct for African Americans to assault and batter Caucasians.

Obama is giving Putin the cold shoulder

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/08/obama-cancels-meeting-with-putin-amid-snowden-tensions/

"President Obama is giving Vladimir Putin the cold shoulder, canceling plans to meet with the Russian president next month amid tensions over the decision to grant NSA leaker Edward Snowden temporary asylum. "

Although it can be said that the Snowden incident is the last straw on a series of  disagreements between the leaders of the 2 most powerful nations. Being the support the Kremlin has given to the Assad regime in the Syrian war  on the top of the list.

Kudos to Mr. Obama for this decision, a line had to be drawn, and he just did that.

And the most NAIVE headline goes to...USA TODAY and their "Arrest could break cartel's hold in Mexico"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/16/zeta-drug-cartel-trevino-morales/2520345/


Although we applaud his arrest,  it is illusory and naive to think it will break cartel's hold on Mexico. His lieutenants must be, by now, plotting to kill each other in an attempt to seize power in the cartel. It is how that business works, with blood, sweat and bullets.The government should have seized the opportunity to simply crush them, but the priority was to just parade Trevino in a good old fashioned publicity stunt.

Jury finda Goerge Zimmerman not guilty on all charges

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-acquitted-murder-in-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-found-not-guilty/2514163/


As I expected, and any reasonable legal mind should have, a Florida jury acquitted Mr. George Zimmerman on all the charges in the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin back in February 2012.

Dear readers, let's remember our criminal justice system's foundation is that the prosecution must prove his case beyond reasonable doubt. In a society easily influenced by the media, it is easy to loose our perspective. Let's keep that in mind.

As the Judge reminded the jury, I remind everyone,

"Your verdict should not be influenced by feelings of prejudice, bias or sympathy," Judge Debra Nelson told the jury, reading from a 27-page set of instructions. "Your verdict must be based on the evidence, and on the law contained in these instructions."

This was not a slam dunk case, like the infamous Rodney King case more than 2 decades ago. The Zimmerman case was polluted by reasonable doubt from the get go. Are we to send a person to jail under such circumstances?

I  agree with many legal experts who thought the prosecution had a weak case based largely on circumstantial evidence. Some said the state could possibly succeed if they appealed to the emotions of jurors. However, sympathy was not supposed to play a part in the verdict and defense attorneys reminded jurors of that fact repeatedly.

 

Russia orders typewritters to prevent data leaks

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/russia-orders-typewriters-to-prevent-data-leaks.html

After a flurry of headlines involving international espionage and intelligence leaks, Russia is taking an old-fashioned approach to the new face of security: the humble typewriter.

The Telegraph reports that the Federal Guard Service (FSO) has placed an order for 20 German-made electric typewriters. The FSO is an agency tasked with Russian communications and President Vladimir Putin's safety.

The FSO declined to comment to The Telegraph on the reason behind the order, but told Russia's Izvestiya paper it was concerned with protecting their national secrets from leaking.

"After scandals with the distribution of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being bugged during his visit to the G20 London summit (in 2009), it has been decided to expand the practice of creating paper documents," the source told Izvestiya.

 

That is what I call creativity. Obviously,  printing physical documents alone ensures that data isn't stored on a computer drive, preventing anyone from making a copy, hacking into servers full of confidential data, or leaking said data to the press. Not to mention that you can easily hold accountable whoever is in charge of typing and archiving classified documents for any leaks if they manage to make it out of the chain of custody.

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Obama dissapointed with China over Snowden

 http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/12/obama-china-snowden-russia-national-security-agency/2511551/


"The President expressed his disappointment and concern with China's handling of the Snowden case," said the White House.

Has the President realized that China is not an ally? I wonder if also thinks that Russia is a trustful friend.  That is all I have to say about this particular news.