Amerika, zemlja velika

[Takeshi]

Republican unveils worst school idea ever: Make poor kids clean floors

But on Saturday, Kingston came out against free lunches, saying that children should have to pay at least a nominal amount or do some work like sweeping cafeteria floors.“But one of the things I’ve talked to the secretary of agriculture about: Why don’t you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them that there is, in fact, no such thing as a free lunch? Or maybe sweep the floor of the cafeteria — and yes, I understand that that would be an administrative problem, and I understand that it would probably lose you money. But think what we would gain as a society in getting people — getting the myth out of their head that there is such a thing as a free lunch,” he said.

[pacey defender]

...and yes, I understand that that would be an administrative problem...

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[Indy]

[Gandalf]

http://www.rawstory....bic-flashcards/A former college student detained at Philadelphia International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials discovered he was carrying Arabic language flashcards lost his bid to sue the federal agents who detained him....According to Chief Judge Theodore McKee’s ruling, despite the fact that George clearly had the right to carry the flashcards, the TSA agents were “at the outer boundary” of justifiability in detaining him. In addition to everyday words and phrases like “day before yesterday,” “fat,” “cheap,” and “pink,” the deck of flashcards also contained and phrases like “bomb,” “terrorist,” “explosion,” and “to target.”...TSA AGENT: Do you know who did 9/11?GEORGE: Osama bin Laden.TSA AGENT: Do you know what language he spoke?GEORGE: Arabic.TSA AGENT: Do you see why these cards are suspicious? Edited December 28, 2013 by Gandalf

[Indy]

two agents from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrived and questioned him, asking whether he was a member of a ... “communist” group

[pacey defender]

Kako beše ono....Koliko godina imaš?24Aha, znaš li ko je jednom imao 24?Ko?Osama Bin Laden.

[Indy]

Dobar nacin da se bude u pravu je da zivis duze od bilo koga... :D Chomsky @ Salon.

[pacey defender]

Murders Drop in Five Largest Cities The number of homicides fell sharply in several of the nation's largest cities in 2013.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303640604579294961439965026?mod=e2tw

The number of homicides fell sharply in several of the nation's largest cities in 2013, with both New York and Chicago dropping to levels not seen since the 1960s.New York City had 333 homicides in 2013, a 20% drop from the previous year and the lowest number since the New York Police Department began keeping records in the early 1960s. There were 419 homicides in 2012 and 649 in 2001, the year before former MayorMichael Bloomberg took office.Los Angeles, the nation's second largest city, saw a drop in homicides as well, with 246 through Dec. 21, the last day available in that city's online database, compared with 295 during the same period in 2012. The 17% decrease accompanies a 12% drop in violent crimes.Homicides in Los Angeles last year were a fraction of the nearly 1,200 murders in 1992, the worst year for the city, according to a police spokesman.The number of murders in Chicago dropped to 415 in 2013, down 18% from the 503 in 2012, according to the Chicago Police Department. The 2013 tally is the lowest since 1965 in the nation's third largest city, despite several high-profile shootings early in the year that drew national attention.Houston won't release year-end tallies for a few weeks, but through November the city had 185 murders. In all of 2012, the fourth largest city had 217 murders, a Houston Police spokesman said.In Philadelphia, homicides fell by 26% in 2013, according to its police department. As of Dec. 29, the last day of available statistics, the nation's fifth-largest city had 247 homicides, compared to 332 in 2012. The drop accompanies an overall decrease in violent crimes of all types.

[Prospero]

[Indy]

Koch-backed political network, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012

[расејан]

Са географске стране, тај Арлингтон и Александрија дођу реонском граду Вашингтону као Земун и Нови Београд... два спојена насеља преко реке. С тим што у америчком случају та два и законски припадају Војв Вирџинији.

[DarkAttraktor]

[Roger Sanchez]

How Did Mild-Mannered Maine Get America’s Craziest Governor?Paul LePage, explained. By COLIN WOODARD January 08, 2014

a bite:

LePage’s first major initiatives as governor—to roll back all state environmental laws to weaker federal standards and stop a ban on bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, in baby bottles—were drafted by his special adviser, a registered lobbyist for many of the affected industries. LePage defended the restoration of BPA in bottles by

, with a smirk, that the worst that could happen was that “some women may have little beards.” Even as that effort collapsed, crowds of protesters were on the steps of the statehouse condemning LePage’s removal of a mural illustrating the history of Maine’s labor movement from the Department of Labor because an anonymous letter writer had likened it to North Korean efforts to “brainwash the masses.”

[DarkAttraktor]

bridgegate, day 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC7NuoaqJv8& 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jvcfQrNBk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KngOuqUm-mQ

[Roger Sanchez]

“n recent decades,” writes Gates, “presidents confronted with tough problems abroad have too often been too quick to reach for a gun. Our foreign and national security policy has become too militarized… On the left, we hear about the ‘responsibility to protect’ from civilians to justify military intervention in Libya, Syria, Sudan and elsewhere. On the right, the failure to strike Syria or Iran is deemed an abdication of U.S. leadership. And so the rest of the world sees the U.S. as a militaristic country quick to launch planes, cruise missiles and drones deep into sovereign countries or ungoverned spaces.”“There are limits,” he concludes, “to what even the strongest and greatest nation on Earth can do—and not every outrage, act of aggression, oppression or crisis should elicit a U.S. military response. This is particularly worth remembering as technology changes the face of war.”