Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Prison imam released without bail, with a murderous past was released without bail this afternoon, Manhattan-prosecutors failed to meet a deadline

By LAURA ITALIANO

A Correction Department chaplain with a murderous past was released without bail this afternoon, after Manhattan prosecutors failed to meet a deadline for winning a felony indictment on charges he smuggled three razor blades and a pair of scissors into a downtown lock-up where he works.
Imam Zulqarnain Abdu-Shahid, 58, can now remain free pending his next court date, April 27, by which time a grand jury may have voted on his case.
Abdu-Shahid had been incarcerated -- in a Suffolk County jail, to avoid his mingling with local inmates -- since his arrest last week, unable to post $50,000 bail.
Officials say they found the sharp objects in his duffel bag when he arrived at work at the Manhattan Detention Complex -- also known as "The Tombs."
The items were found after an X-ray machine alerted correction officers to the presence of metal in the bag, according to prosecutors.His lawyer, James McQueeney, insisted the blades are not the kind of straight razors found in barbershops. Instead they are "some kind of small little razor things," as the lawyer described it to reporters this morning. Abdu-Shahid intends to testify before the grand jury, and tell them that he had no idea the blades were in his bag, McQueeney said this morning.
While still not indicted, he remains charged with four counts of first-degree promoting prison contraband -- a felony carrying a maximum seven-year prison term. He served 14 years for a murder he committed during a robbery in the '70s.
Correction officials did not immediately return phone calls seeking information on Abdu-Shahid's work status.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/prison_imam_to_face_grand_jury_sfdFrgwzQyG12qPBpII64O
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Health care dept breached privacy of 49,352 people who receive adult day-care from the state include each patient's Social Security number on labels

By Andrew McIntosh

The Sacramento Bee
The Department of Health Care Services said Monday it has breached the privacy of 49,352 people who receive adult day-care services from the state.
The department said that letters it mailed a week ago to 49,352 Medi-Cal beneficiaries wrongly included each patient's Social Security number on their address labels.
The department said the security incident took place Feb. 1, but it was only told about it on Thursday. It started to notify the 49,352 beneficiaries about the problem over the weekend.
On Saturday, the department said it began sending notification letters to the 49,352 beneficiaries alerting them to the security breach.
The letter also advised beneficiaries how to protect themselves from identity theft by contacting the three credit reporting agencies and placing a fraud alert on their files.
Department of Health Care Services Director David Maxwell-Jolly said the breach occurred when officials sent a notice to beneficiaries, entitled: "Notice of Change in Medical Necessity and Eligibility Criteria for Authorization of ADHC Services."
read full article here: http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2522919.html
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Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna sentenced to 25 years

HELP SAVE LT MICHAEL BEHENNA!

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On March 20th, 2009, Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Ali Mansur, a known Al Qaeda operative while serving in Iraq. Mansur was known to be a member of an Al Qaeda cell operating in the lieutenants area of operation and was suspected to have organized an attack on Lt. Behennas platoon in April 2008 which killed two U.S. soldiers and injured two more. Army intelligence ordered the release of Mansur and Lt. Behenna was ordered to return the terrorist to his home.During the return of Mansur, Lt. Behenna again questioned the Al Qaeda member for information about other members of the terrorist cell, and financial supporters. During this interrogation, Mansur attacked Lt. Behenna, who killed the terrorist in self-defense. The government subsequently prosecuted Lt. Behenna for premeditated murder.Not only is this a miscarriage of justice on the behalf of Lt. Behenna, who was acting to prevent further loss of life in his platoon, it is demoralizing to the U.S. troops who continue to fight on behalf of the freedom and security of our nation. Whether it is U.S. border patrol agents, members of the armed forces, or FBI agents, no individual who is serving on the frontlines in the War on Terror should be so blatantly mistreated

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We label a member of Al Qaeda “victim” and a U S soldier, who defended himself, “Murderer.”

Dr. Savage, Since you first began discussing Michael’s case we have received approximately $40,000 in donations to his legal defense fund, that does not include the $10,000 you sent from your legal defense fund. For that we are truly grateful. As you know Michael’s case is in the Army Court of Appeals. Mr. Zimmermann, Michael’s lead defense counsel, filed Michael’s appellate brief on December 22, 2009. The government’s response brief was due January 22, 2010, but they requested an extension so their brief is now due on April 21, 2010. (The second year anniversary of the IED attack on Michael’s platoon.) We are praying that the government will not request another extension. While the appeal is pending, we had the opportunity to present a request to the Army Clemency and Parole Board, wherein we requested clemency for Michael. I spoke to the board and asked them to suspend Michael’s sentence while his appeal was pending, due to the fact that his appeal raises serious issues regarding the withholding of evidence, i.e. Dr. MacDonell’s opinion, that would have exonerated him. I told the board that Mansur was a member of Al Qaeda who tried to attack Michael and that his response in shooting Mansur, was a combat specific incident that would not be repeated in a civilian situation. I also told the board that the Army never believed Michael was a danger to society. Specifically, while Michael was pending charges on premeditated murder, the Army assigned Michael to work on President Bush’s security detail. President Bush visited Ft. Campbell the home of the 101st Airborne Division, in November 2008. Michael was assigned to that security detail and was responsible for clearing the public through the hanger where President Bush was to speak. Clearly, the Army did not consider Michael to be a threat otherwise they would never have allowed him to work that closely with the Secret Service. In addition, after Michael was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, we had post-trial motions pending on the failure of the government prosecutors to turn over the exculpatory evidence. The judge did not place Michael in confinement during those three weeks he was considering the defense motions for a new trial. Instead, the Judge allowed Michael to continue to go to work, and live off base. My reason for raising these issues was to convince the board to let Michael go. The board as you know did not suspend the rest of Michael’s sentence but they did reduce his sentence to 15 years. I was told prior to the hearing that the board would not grant Michael any clemency while his appeal was pending. I believe that the board granted clemency to Michael because your listeners were writing letters to their representatives, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Army. Since the board’s decision I have been contemplating what my next step should be. I can’t just sit here and wait for the appellate court to reverse Michael’s conviction that could take another year. So I am committed to requesting a personal meeting with the Secretary of the Army, John McHugh and ask him to release Michael. In that regard, I would appreciate it if your listeners could continue to write letters to their representatives and the Secretary of the Army. I believe that if the Army knows that the American public is outraged at what has happened to Michael, that they will be more inclined to release him. Finally, Michael has received over a thousand letters from your listeners. He had a rather rough weekend last week and the letters of support he has received from your listeners reminds him that he is a hero, who acted to protect his men from harm, and that he should never give up hope. Most importantly he knows that there are people other than his Mom and Dad who are fighting for his release. I think that’s all I have to report right now. Thank you for helping me get my son home. Thank you for helping us retire some rather large debt we have incurred to defend our son. And most importantly thank you so much for caring about a mere 1LT in the US Army who would have laid down his life to defend the country he loved. God Bless, Vicki Behenna It is a sad day in our nation’s history, when we label a member of Al Qaeda “victim” and a United States soldier who defended himself against the terrorist “Murder.” Write to him: Michael Behenna #87503 1300 N. Warehouse Road Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-2304 http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=9916

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Curse of Cham [Ham]

The source of the "curse of Ham" interpretation comes from Genesis 9:20-27, which states the story of Noah's family, soon after the flood: 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Ham is not directly cursed for his actions; instead the curse falls upon his youngest son Canaan. The curse seems unusually severe for merely observing Noah unclothed. An explanation sometimes offered notes that the phrase "exposing or uncovering nakedness" is used several times elsewhere in the Pentateuch as a euphemism for having sexual relations. See Leviticus 18:6-19 in which this phrase is mentioned in connection with a variety of women in the family--one's mother, stepmother, sister, half sister, granddaughter, aunt, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law-- as well as in certain relationships (during her menstrual period, sleeping with a mother and daughter, etc.) Early Jewish interpretations The Torah assigns no racial characteristics or rankings to Ham. Moses married a Cushite, one of the reputed descendants of Ham, according to the Book of Numbers, Chapter 12. Despite this, a number of early Jewish writers have interpreted the Biblical narrative of Ham in a racial way. The Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 108b states "Our Rabbis taught: Three copulated in the ark, and they were all punished — the dog, the raven, and Ham. The dog was doomed to be tied, the raven expectorates [his seed into his mate's mouth], and Ham was smitten in his skin." {Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 108b} The nature of Ham's "smitten" skin is unexplained, but later commentaries described this as a darkening of skin. A later note to the text states that the "smitten" skin referred to the blackness of descendants, and a later comment by rabbis in the Bereshit Rabbah asserts that Ham himself emerged from the ark black-skinned.[2][3] The Zohar states that Ham's son Canaan "darkened the faces of mankind".[4] The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse that Ham's father Noah placed upon Ham's son Canaan, after Ham "saw his father's nakedness" because of drunkenness in Noah's tent. It is related in the Book of Genesis 9:20-27. Some Biblical scholars see the "curse of Canaan" story as an early Hebrew rationalization for Israel's conquest and enslavement of the Canaanites, who were presumed to descend from Canaan.[1] The "curse of Ham" had been used by some members of Abrahamic religions to justify racism and the enslavement of people of Black African ancestry, who were believed to be descendants of Ham. They were often called Hamites and were believed to have descended through Canaan or his older brothers. This racist theory was widely held during the 18th-20th centuries, but it has been largely abandoned since the mid-20th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham

WHY AMERICA IS EXCEPTIONAL - A MINORITY VIEW BY WALTER E. WILLIAMS

"Americans are harder workers, more philanthropic, individualistic, self-reliant, anti-government than people in most other countries. We've turned what was an 18th-century Third World nation into the freest and most prosperous nation in mankind's entire history. Throughout our history, the United States has been a magnet for immigrants around the world. What accounts for what some have called American exceptionalism?" We Americans, as human beings, are no different from any other people, including Germans, Russians, Chinese, Africans and other people who have produced tyrannical regimes such as those of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Idi Amin. As such we are just as capable of committing acts of gross evil that have been a part of mankind throughout history. We've not been a perfect nation, but we've never approached the level of hideousness seen in other nations. That's despite the fact that our population consists of people who have for centuries been trying to slaughter one another in their home countries, whether it's between the French and Germans, English and Irish, Japanese and Chinese, Palestinians and Jews, or Igbos and the Hausa of Nigeria. Thrown into the American mosaic are religions that have been in conflict for centuries such as Catholic and Protestant, and Christian and Muslim. The question is: Why is the United States an exception and will it remain so? At the heart of the American idea is the deep distrust and suspicion the founders of our nation had for government, distrust and suspicion not shared as much by today's Americans. Some of the founders' distrust is seen in our Constitution's language, such as Congress shall not: abridge, infringe, deny, disparage, violate and deny. If the founders did not believe Congress would abuse our God-given rights, they would not have provided those protections. After all, one would not expect to find a Bill of Rights in heaven; it would be an affront to God. Other founder distrust for government is found in the Constitution's separation of powers, checks and balances and the several anti-majoritarian provisions, such as the Electoral College and the requirement that three-quarters of state legislatures ratify changes in the Constitution. read full article here: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113484

SHOCKING NUMBERS: REAL UNEMPLOYMENT TOPS 22%

The true rate of unemployment for October 2009 may be 22.1 percent, not the 10.2 percent reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. Unemployment at 22.1 percent, if accurate, would be at numbers not seen since peak unemployment during the 1973 to 1975 recession. Unemployment at 22.1 percent, if accurate, would be at numbers not seen since peak unemployment during the 1973 to 1975 recession. Economist John Williams, publisher of ShadowStats.com, estimates that the peak of unemployment in nonfarm unemployment in the Great Depression of the 1930s would, by his methodology, have registered at 34 to 35 percent in 1933. So, how does the Obama administration get away with reporting the lower unemployment percentage? Corsi explained that the Clinton administration changed the way BLS calculates unemployment statistics by excluding "discouraged workers," those who had given up looking for a job because there were no jobs to be found. Since the Clinton years, discouraged workers looking for a job for more than one year are not counted as "unemployed" because they are considered to have dropped out of the labor force. The BLS still includes in "U6 Unemployment" calculations short-term discouraged workers, as long as they have been looking for a job less than one year. This definition permits the Obama administration to under-report "U3 unemployment" at 10.2 percent when real unemployment as calculated before the Clinton administration redefinition is twice that amount, Red Alert contends, and U6 unemployment lies somewhere in between. These differences are illustrated in the following chart that Williams produces in the "Alternative Data" section of his website named "Shadow Government Statistics: Analysis Behind and Beyond Government Economic Reporting. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115487

25 YEARS BEHIND

JUSTICE DEPT. ASKED FOR NEWS SITE'S VISITOR LISTS...WHY?

In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day. The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization. Kristina Clair, a 34-year old Linux administrator living in Philadelphia who provides free server space for Indymedia.us, said she was shocked to receive the Justice Department's subpoena. (The Independent Media Center is a left-of-center amalgamation of journalists and advocates that – according to their principles of unity and mission statement – work toward "promoting social and economic justice" and "social change.") The subpoena (PDF) from U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison in Indianapolis demanded "all IP traffic to and from www.indymedia.us" on June 25, 2008. It instructed Clair to "include IP addresses, times, and any other identifying information," including e-mail addresses, physical addresses, registered accounts, and Indymedia readers' Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and so on. "I didn't think anything we were doing was worthy of any (federal) attention," Clair said in a telephone interview with CBSNews.com on Monday. After talking to other Indymedia volunteers, Clair ended up calling the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, which represented her at no cost. Under long-standing Justice Department guidelines, subpoenas to members of the news media are supposed to receive special treatment. One portion of the guidelines, for instance, says that "no subpoena may be issued to any member of the news media" without "the express authorization of the attorney general" – that would be current attorney general Eric Holder – and subpoenas should be "directed at material information regarding a limited subject matter." Still unclear is what criminal investigation U.S. Attorney Morrison was pursuing. Last Friday, a spokeswoman initially promised a response, but Morrison sent e-mail on Monday evening saying: "We have no comment." The Justice Department in Washington, D.C. also declined to respond. But the Justice Department never replied. "This is the first time we've seen them try to get the IP address of everyone who visited a particular site," Bankston said. "That it was a news organization was an additional troubling fact that implicates First Amendment rights." http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/09/taking_liberties/entry5595506.shtml

HATE CRIME BILL IS A TROJAN HORSE AGAINST FREE SPEECH

"In a 68-29 vote, senators passed 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the hate crimes measure that adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” as well as disability, to the current categories — such as race, religion and gender — protected from hate crimes. The House of Representatives voted 281-146 on Oct. 8 for the same defense legislation, which was used as a vehicle for the hate-crimes measure though it is not directly related to the controversial provision. President Obama has said he would sign the bill." This bill could lead to an age of “Pre-Crime” and “ Preventative Detentions “, if say the FBI suspects you of potentially committing a hate crime you can be prosecuted and detained even if no crime was even committed. It can also lead to cyber-bullying laws which could mean an expensive fine or prison-time for internet bullying, this bill can also lead to ‘political hate laws’ where any dissent against the government or its policies could make you a political prisoner. The White House is already planning to create an “enemies list” where any dissent against its policies can land many into a permanent White House database. The U.S. Government and Homeland Security have established its hatred for dissidents in this country, they have established that anti-New World Order groups, Alternative Media Outlets (like this one) are potential violent terrorist tools. Anything about the U.S. Constitution, any partisan activists or any civil disobedience of any kind is now considered potential violent extremism by Homeland Security. The unclassified Homeland Security memo even says people who are concerned about loss of U.S. sovereignty, illegal immigration and gun-control who are genuinely upset about encroaching freedom may be considered a potential insurgents against the U.S. government! Even liberal environmental activism, anti-war activism is considered potential violent extremism. When you think of the phrase “hate crimes” remember that hate speech is a form of free speech and protected by the 1st amendment of the Bill of Rights and Constitution. The whole point of free speech is to protect unpopular speech like hate speech. When Obama signs this hate crimes bill into law the government will officially turn free speech into a criminal act, and soon it will become a terrorist/extremist act if Homeland Security (aka: the American Gestapo) gets its way. http://www.infowars.com/hate-crime-bill-is-a-trojan-horse-against-free-speech/

White House collects, stores comments, videos on sites such as Facebook,Twitter and YouTube

By Audrey Hudson EXCLUSIVE: The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet. Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the White House signaled that it would insist on open dealings with Internet users and, in fact, should feel obliged to disclose that it is collecting such information. The White House has not been adequately transparent, particularly on how it makes use of new social media techniques, such as this example," he said. Defenders of the White House actions said the Presidential Records Act requires that the administration gather the information and that it was justified in taking the additional step of asking a private contractor to "crawl and archive" all such material. Nicholas Shapiro, a White House spokesman, declined to say when the practice began or how much the new contract would cost. Susan Cooper, a spokeswoman for National Archives and Records Administration, said the presidential records law applies to "social media" and to public comments "received by the president or immediate staff." Mr. Obama signed a memo in January stating that his efforts to maintain an open government would be "unprecedented" and "ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration." An Obama campaign document on technology pledged that, as president, Mr. Obama "will strengthen privacy protections for the digital age and will harness the power of technology to hold government and business accountable for violations of personal privacy." In a June 5, 2008, article in PC Magazine, Mr. Obama said, "The open information platforms of the 21st century can also tempt institutions to violate the privacy of citizens. We need sensible safeguards that protect privacy in this dynamic new world." " read full article here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-web-users-data/

Ever notice when you put the words "THE" and "IRS" together, it spells 'THEIRS'

Ever notice when you put the words "THE" and "IRS" together, it spells \
ROFLMAO!... STOP!... YOU'RE KILLING ME!... NO... REALLY?

Best Bob Hope movie line

912 GATHERING OF 2 MILLION PATRIOTS IN DISTRICT OF CORRUPTION

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"I FEAR ALL WE HAVE DONE IS TO AWAKEN A SLEEPING GIANT AND FILL HIM WITH A TERRIBLE RESOLVE."-Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

TO SERVE MAN... IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!!! "BEWARE OF THE DO-GOODERS" Michael Savage