Research Center http://www.united4freedom.net/ en Sat, 19 May 2012 19:29:40 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.united4freedom.net/images/misc/rss.jpg Research Center http://www.united4freedom.net/ <![CDATA[Court: Military power of attorney can’t be copy]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115332&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lyndon and Latonya Bartholomew wanted to give Lyndon the legal ability to take care of the family mortgage and other issues while she deployed to Iraq with the military in 2010, so they brought a photocopy of a notarized form granting military power of attorney.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115332 Official: If needed, U.S. ready to strike Iran http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115331&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT JERUSALEM — The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington’s envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115331 Essex arrives at San Diego Bay after collision http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115330&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT SAN DIEGO — Sporting crumpled catwalks and smashed lifeboats, the Navy vessel Essex managed to glide into San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after colliding with a tanker in the Pacific Ocean when the aging warship’s steering apparently failed.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115330 New attempt made to quash NASCAR sponsorships http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115329&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT The $608 billion defense bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday includes an amendment to prohibit Pentagon spending on... The $608 billion defense bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday includes an amendment to prohibit Pentagon spending on NASCAR, professional fishing and professional wrestling events.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115329 VA effort fights heart disease in women http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115328&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT The Veterans Affairs Department is stepping up efforts to diagnose and treat heart disease in women as part of a cooperative effort with the American... The Veterans Affairs Department is stepping up efforts to diagnose and treat heart disease in women as part of a cooperative effort with the American Heart Association.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115328 Lawmaker: Post per-taxpayer war costs online http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115327&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Each American taxpayer’s share of the cost of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would be calculated and posted on the Defense Department’s website, under an amendment to the 2013 defense authorization act passed Thursday by the House on a voice vote.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115327 Panel calls for cuts to DoD propaganda spending http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115326&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON — A powerful House committee voted Thursday to cut by nearly one-third the Pentagon’s budget for “military information support operations.”

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115326 House turns down amendments against F-35B, V-22 http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115325&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT A handful of Democrats put forward amendments that would have canceled or cut funding to weapons so that more money would be available for deficit... A handful of Democrats put forward amendments that would have canceled or cut funding to weapons so that more money would be available for deficit reduction during House debate of the 2013 defense authorization bill Thursday. All of the amendments were voted down.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115325 House OKs continued war in Afghanistan http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115324&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115324 Sangin Marines brace for summer of combat http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115323&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT SANGIN, Afghanistan — Lying on a dusty rooftop, Lance Cpls. Jacob Bisek and Daniel Buzalsky watched suspiciously as a man down the road peered at them. He was pointing at the Marines and holding a cell phone, raising the prospect he was a Taliban spotter.

More... ]]> Military Times -News RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115323 New York state says jobless rate steady at 8.5 pct http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115322&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT (Reuters) - New York state's unemployment rate was unchanged in April from March at 8.5 percent but the state has won back all the private sector jobs lost during the recession, the state's Department of Labor said on Thursday.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115322 Mississippi high court declines to rehear pardon case http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115321&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT TUPELO, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi's high court on Thursday rejected a motion by its state attorney general to reconsider its approval of 10 pardons issued in January by then Governor Haley Barbour.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115321 Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115320&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic... LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed to its final port call.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115320 Oklahoma park accused of letting kids play with tigers http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115319&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose... OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose for photographs with juvenile tigers in what they called "a petting zoo for carnivores."


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115319 Kansas governor apologizes for century of segregation http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115318&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized on Thursday to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he... KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized on Thursday to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he marked the anniversary of a ruling that struck down segregation in schools.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115318 Protests after Houston cop cleared of beating black teen http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115317&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT HOUSTON (Reuters) - The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African... HOUSTON (Reuters) - The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African American burglary suspect, community activists rallied a crowd of at least 200 people on the courthouse steps to protest.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115317 Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115316&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An FBI expert found crucial evidence in the Trayvon Martin case was inconclusive, saying it was impossible to tell if... ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An FBI expert found crucial evidence in the Trayvon Martin case was inconclusive, saying it was impossible to tell if the voice screaming for help belonged to the black Florida teenager or his shooter George Zimmerman just before the neighborhood watch captain pulled the trigger.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115316 Anti-war protesters march at Obama campaign headquarters http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115315&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful "die in" on Thursday at President Barack Obama's election campaign headquarters in Chicago to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan and unmanned drone aircraft attacks overseas.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115315 Parents of slain Chinese students sue California university http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115314&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of two Chinese graduate students slain near the University of Southern California last month have filed a... LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of two Chinese graduate students slain near the University of Southern California last month have filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the school of misrepresenting the area as safe and failing to provide security patrols.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115314 More minority babies than whites in U.S.: Census Bureau http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115313&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born in the United States than white... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born in the United States than white babies, according to government data released on Thursday that confirm a long-growing trend.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115313 Senate votes put Fed board at full strength http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115312&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed two nominees to the Federal Reserve, bringing its short-handed board up to full strength for... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed two nominees to the Federal Reserve, bringing its short-handed board up to full strength for the first time in six years as it wrestles with a tepid economic recovery and a revamp of financial rules.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115312 Senate Republicans block Iran sanctions vote http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115311&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans blocked legislation for new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector on Thursday saying they needed more time to study the bill, a surprise move that drew anger from Democrats who wanted approval ahead of nuclear talks next week.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115311 <![CDATA[Facebook's Saverin fires back at tax-dodge critics]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115310&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, under fire over the tax consequences of renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said on Thursday... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, under fire over the tax consequences of renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said on Thursday he is obligated to and will pay "hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the United States government."


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115310 <![CDATA[U.S. eyes funding boost for Israel's "Iron Dome" shield]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115309&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in the coming months for its short-range rocket... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in the coming months for its short-range rocket shield, known as the "Iron Dome," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said after a meeting with his Israeli counterpart on Thursday.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115309 Kochs help Republicans catch up on technology http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115308&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologies to raise money, mobilize... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologies to raise money, mobilize voters and target his message of change.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115308 Top Republican boosts pressure for U.S. tax rewrite http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115307&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Thursday stepped up pressure to force action next year on a rewrite of the U.S. tax code, which... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Thursday stepped up pressure to force action next year on a rewrite of the U.S. tax code, which both major political parties agree has become overly complicated and inefficient.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115307 Ex-Senator Edwards tried to bypass campaign law: prosecutor http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115306&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate John Edwards knew campaign finance law well enough to concoct a scheme to try to... GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate John Edwards knew campaign finance law well enough to concoct a scheme to try to circumvent the law to hide his mistress, a prosecutor said as he and defense attorneys delivered closing arguments on Thursday in Edwards' federal trial on political corruption charges.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115306 U.S. defense budget debate touches on Afghanistan, NASCAR http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115305&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - War-weary U.S. lawmakers clashed over Afghanistan policy and vented their frustration with Pakistan's border closings on Thursday as they debated an annual defense policy bill that seeks $642.5 billion in military spending for the 2013 fiscal year.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115305 Anti-war protesters march at Obama campaign headquarters http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115304&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful "die in" on Thursday at President Barack Obama's election campaign headquarters in Chicago to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan and unmanned drone aircraft attacks overseas.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115304 <![CDATA[Plan for ads about Obama's former pastor ignites firestorm]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115303&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed $10 million conservative ad campaign seeking to revive President Barack Obama's link to his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright ignited a political firestorm on Thursday, with Obama's camp and Republican Mitt Romney trading charges of character assassination.


More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115303 Poll shows Greece electing pro-bailout government http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115302&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday, offering potential... ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday, offering potential salvation for European leaders who say a snap Greek election next month will decide whether it must quit the euro.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115302 U.S. suspends sanctions on investment in Myanmar http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115301&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday suspended sanctions barring U.S. investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday suspended sanctions barring U.S. investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state, drawing praise from some U.S. lawmakers but criticism from human rights advocates.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115301 Strong Wal-Mart profit trumps bribery probe concerns http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115300&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's profit and sales surpassed expectations as more people shopped at its established U.S. stores and spent more, pushing shares up more than 4 percent despite ongoing internal and government probes into possible bribery.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115300 Japan government ups economic outlook on consumption, exports http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115299&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government took a brighter view of the economy in a report on Friday, thanks to improvements in private consumption and exports, but it warned that Europe's debt crisis and financial market swings could worsen the outlook.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115299 Former editor says Murdoch sowed seeds of hacking scandal http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115298&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch sowed the seeds of the phone hacking scandal that has tarnished his reputation by forcing Britain's most respected newspapers into "a Faustian bargain" with the powerful, a former editor of the UK's Times newspaper said on Thursday.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115298 <![CDATA[JPMorgan's Dimon says will testify before Congress]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115297&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has agreed to testify before Congress over the bank's recent trading losses, which have ignited a political debate over whether large U.S. banks need to be reined in by regulators or new laws.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115297 Spain beset by bank crisis, downgrades, bond pressure http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115296&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalized Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings cut.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115296 Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115295&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An FBI expert found crucial evidence in the Trayvon Martin case was inconclusive, saying it was impossible to tell if... ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An FBI expert found crucial evidence in the Trayvon Martin case was inconclusive, saying it was impossible to tell if the voice screaming for help belonged to the black Florida teenager or his shooter George Zimmerman just before the neighborhood watch captain pulled the trigger.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115295 Exclusive: U.N. probes possible North Korea arms trade with Syria, Myanmar http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115294&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is investigating reports of possible... UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is investigating reports of possible weapons-related deals between Pyongyang and Syria and Myanmar, the panel said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115294 Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115293&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.

More... ]]> Reuters RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115293 No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115292&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add... WASHINGTON (AP) — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115292 GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115291&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. More...... WASHINGTON (AP) — For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115291 Romney to run first general election TV ad http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115290&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115290 Biden: Running company not same as leading country http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115289&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the... MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115289 THE RACE: Politics a factor in weekend summits http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115288&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet U.S. presidential politics... President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet U.S. presidential politics will be lurking just offstage at both.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115288 <![CDATA[Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115287&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global... WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the economic mess in Europe and finding scarce money to boost a postwar Afghanistan — and in both cases the solutions lie mostly overseas.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115287 <![CDATA[Romney's April money suggests GOP rallying for him]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115286&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general... WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama's overwhelming cash advantage.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115286 Billionaire tied to Wright ad blitz a rising force http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115285&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President... WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President Barack Obama and his former pastor is a rising conservative maverick with ties to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He's also linked to a "super" political action committee that bankrolled an upset in Nebraska's recent Republican Senate primary.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115285 AP Interview: Walker not afraid to lose recall http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115284&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he's not afraid to lose the historic recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115284 Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115283&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now many have eaten... YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now many have eaten the planting seed — and their future with it.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115283 <![CDATA[S.Africa's ANC fumes over art ridiculing president]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115282&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation's best-known artists that ridicules the party and the president with graphic and provocative imagery.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115282 <![CDATA[Life's a beach for civil servants at London Games]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115281&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LONDON (AP) — Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home — but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of beach volleyball at the London Games.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115281 Greece hands Olympic flame over to Britain http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115280&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic torch was passed to London — witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas. More...... ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic torch was passed to London — witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115280 <![CDATA[Cuban president's daughter gets US visa]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115279&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm... HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who called her an enemy of democracy and a shill for the Communist government her family has led for decades.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115279 US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115278&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115278 <![CDATA[Greek party most extreme of Europe's far right]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115277&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Twenty-one members of Golden Dawn were sworn into Greece's Parliament on Thursday, making it arguably the most far-right party to enter a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany. Europe's financial crisis is changing the tone across the continent, with frustrated voters turning to extremists on both the right and left. None seem as extreme as Golden Dawn, whose leaders claim that the Nazis did not use gas chambers to kill death camp inmates during the Holocaust. The party — which won 7 percent of the vote in a May 6 election — says it wants to rid Greece of immigrants and plant landmines along the border with Turkey.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115277 Syrian opposition head offers to resign http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115276&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revolution, including accusations that the movement is becoming as autocratic as the regime it wants to drive out.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115276 Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115275&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb... THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115275 Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115274&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115274 Van Halen postpones summer concert dates http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115273&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Van Halen is postponing some dates on its summer concert tour. More...... LOS ANGELES (AP) — Van Halen is postponing some dates on its summer concert tour.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115273 Sweet 16: Streaking Spurs go up 2-0 on Clippers http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115272&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, Tim Duncan had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the fading Los Angeles... SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, Tim Duncan had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the fading Los Angeles Clippers 105-88 on Thursday night, pushing their winning streak to 16 and taking a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115272 <![CDATA['American Idol' down to final 2 singers]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115271&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT LOS ANGELES (AP) — "American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be belting it out on this season's final showdown.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115271 Commercial rocket will fly to the space station http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115270&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115270 US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115269&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115269 Romney denounces idea of Obama-Wright campaign ads http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115268&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups playing a new role this year with big-money TV ads.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115268 Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115267&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT NEW YORK (AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. ... NEW YORK (AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115267 House OKs continued war in Afghanistan http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115266&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the... WASHINGTON (AP) — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115266 Documents shed new light on Trayvon Martin killing http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115265&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the... ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115265 <![CDATA[Facebook's IPO one of world's largest]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115264&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.

More... ]]> Associated Press RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115264 Uniformed Military Banned from Downtown Chicago During NATO http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115263&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Image: http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2012/05/17/Recruits.jpg The Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes,...

The Commanding Officer of U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes, just north of Chicago, has ordered all uniformed military personnel to stay out of downtown Chicago from May 18 to 22 during the NATO Summit. Given threats of violent protest at the meeting of international leaders, the Navy cannot guarantee their safety.

The order represents a unique hardship to new sailors in the U.S. Navy, who traditionally visit downtown Chicago after completing several weeks of rigorous training at Great Lakes before being deployed to their new bases.

Anarchists, socialists, Occupiers, and other activists of various kinds have begun descending on the NATO Summit site in the hopes of inciting confrontations with police, attracting attention, and re-igniting the dormant Occupy Wall Street movement that was the darling of the mainstream media in the fall of 2011.



More... ]]> BigPeace RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115263 Reuters: Iran Smuggling Arms to Syria in Violation of UN Sanctions http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115262&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Image: http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2012/05/17/Syria.png Reuters reports that Iran continues to violate United...

Reuters reports that Iran continues to violate United Nations sanctions by shipping arms to Syria, as that nation's government crushes its opposition with Iranian and Russian assistance:
Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Iran, like Russia, is one of Syria's few allies as it presses ahead with a 14-month old assault on opposition forces determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

News of the panel's report came as Tehran and the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency try narrow their differences on how to tackle concerns over Iran's atomic program, and as Iran prepares for talks with the five permanent council members and Germany in Iraq next week.

The report also says that UN sanctions are having some impact on Iranian imports of "some critical items required for its prohibited nuclear program."

Photo: CBS News



More... ]]> BigPeace RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115262 America’s Aging Aviation Force: Father and Son Flew Same Fighter Jet 30 Years Apart http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115261&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Image: http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2012/Soldiers/air-forve.jpg The youngest B-52 bomber rolled off the assembly line...

The youngest B-52 bomber rolled off the assembly line 50 years ago. Remarkably, it’s still flying.

Like many of the aircraft still used by the U.S. Air Force, the B-52 is a telltale example of America’s geriatric aviation force. At a time when our military is asked to do more with less, fiscal constraints have hampered the military’s modernization and recapitalization strategy.

The Heritage Foundation is highlighting those challenges as part of three-part video series. Breitbart TV carried the first video about an Army colonel who relied on an SUV during the war in Iraq.

The B-52 might be among the Air Force’s most recognizable planes. Its maiden flight was in April 1952 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower occupied the White House and the Cold War posed the greatest threat to America’s security. Today it is still flying out of Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.

It’s not the military’s only aging aircraft, however. Along with tankers and fighters, America’s aviation force today is jeopardy of sacrificing dominance in the air environment that came with advancements in the 1960s and 1970s. Simply modernizing and updating those aircraft won’t provide the same edge.

David A. Deptula, a retired three-star general, has witnessed this “geriatric aviation force” firsthand. He earned his wings and flew an F-15 for the first time in 1977. Thirty years later, another Deptula boarded the aircraft. His son, Lt. David A. Deptula II, flew the same F-15 at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan.

The Wall Street Journal documented the amazing father-son story last fall to illustrate the challenges facing the aging force. The elder Deptula recounted how the fighter was originally designed for a 4,000-hour service life. That was later extended to 8,000 hours.

“We have really flown these aircraft well beyond what originally would be believed as their replacement lifetime,” Deptula said of the F-15s. “And now, because of some of the fiscal constraints that are being imposed on the Department of Defense, there is consideration being given to extending the lifetime even further.”

Before retiring from the Air Force in 2010 as a lieutenant general, Deptula traveled to Kadena for a high-aspect mission with his son. He flew the F-15 and saw firsthand some of its deficiencies compared to newer aircraft like the F-22 and F-35.

He knows the risks associated with flying an older aircraft. While serving as the joint task force commander in 1998 and 1999 for Operation Northern Watch, he flew 82 combat missions over Iraq. On one mission, as he was headed to a tanker to refuel, the master caution light came on, revealing a problem with the plane. His fuel gauge went to zero. Meanwhile, he was 500 miles away from his base. He was able to land safely.

“The insulation was so old it simply had deteriorated to the extent where it came off and all of the wiring shorted out,” Deptula explained. “Those are the kinds of things that happen when airplanes get to certain ages.”

While his aircraft was grounded, another set of airplanes traveled from Kadena Air Force Base in Japan, on other side of the world, to replace the one that was being repaired.

In the years that followed, the Air Force was forced to ground its entire F-15 fleet in 2007 after one fighter disintegrated during a training mission in Missouri.

Deptula worries that fiscal constraints imposed on the military -- including more than $600 billion of mandatory defense cuts on the horizon -- will result in future challenges.

“I hear people talk about, well you know, the U.S. military spends more money than the next 17 nations combined,” Deptula said. “Well, the next 17 nations combined are not committed to maintaining peace and stability around the world. We are.”

Heritage’s James Jay Carafano, an expert on defense and national security issues, worries that under the Obama administration, the military will continue to suffer from ill-advised budgeting.

“Today’s air forces are the oldest in the history of U.S. air forces,” Carafano explained. “Replacing old airframes and ensuring the U.S. maintains its superiority over potential adversaries is a national security priority. Yet Obama has done little to show he takes the challenge of modernizing the air fleets seriously.”



More... ]]> BigPeace RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115261 Spain Faces Run On Banks http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115260&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Image: http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2012/05/17/Bankia.jpg In another sign that the financial crisis in Europe is...

In another sign that the financial crisis in Europe is worsening, Bankia, Spain’s fourth biggest bank, which was formed in 2010 through a merger of seven regional savings institutions, is suffering from a recent run on the bank of l billion euros. This news, revealed in the El Mundo newspaper, triggered shares in the bank dropping yesterday by 27 percent. Spain's IBEX index fell nearly to its lowest level since mid-2003. In addition, the pan-European FTSE 300 index dropped to 984.22, the lowest since January.





What is happening in Spain only adds to the fears sweeping the European content following the disaster in Greece. The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks because they have not been recapitalized. Since the Greeks have blindly rejected austerity measures which the European Union and the International Monetary Fund imposed and elected the Radical Left party leader Alexis Tsipras and former Prime Minister George Papandreou, there is expectation that Greece will flee the Eurozone. Investors are now worried that Greece leaving the alliance will trigger the same action from Spain and Italy, and they are reluctant to put their money in those countries. Spain especially is looking like a bad investment; it slipped back into recession during the first quarter, and the country's medium-term borrowing costs rose sharply during a bond auction.





Royal London Asset Management's European equities fund manager Neil Wilkinson, who manages around 425 million euros worth of assets, said his portfolio was 70 per cent invested in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, but only a small amount in Italy and Spain.



More... ]]> BigPeace RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115260 Governments Bully Corporate Cowards http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115259&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT More... (http://www.newsmax.com/Reagan/Governments-Bully-Corporate-California/2012/05/17/id/439470) More... ]]> Newsmax RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115259 Woman Finds Satanic Symbols on Car http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115258&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT A Fort Worth, Texas, woman discovered a "666," upside down cross and pentagram had been drawn on the underside of her car -- presumably by an auto technician -- when she recently took the vehicle in for an oil change. "I believe in God. It's just so disrespectful and ridiculous to deface somebody's property with those kinds of beliefs," the woman told CBS DFW. "Who does that? Being the Satanic symbols, it puts a bad omen. I mean, what if it's a curse?"




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115258 U.S. Babies Now Majority Minority http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115257&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation's babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures. Population estimates show that 50.4 percent of children younger than 1 last year were Hispanic, black, Asian American or in other minority groups -- above the 49.5 percent counted in April 2010. The latest estimates reflect an immigration wave that began four decades ago.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115257 Fired-Up Biden Rips Romney http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115256&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden lit into Mitt Romney and Republicans for what he called a failure to understand the... At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden lit into Mitt Romney and Republicans for what he called a failure to understand the plight of the middle class. "I resent when they talk about families like mine that I grew up in. I resent the fact that they think we're talking about envy: it's job envy, it's wealthy envy; that we don't dream," an impassioned Biden told a crowd of manufacturing workers. "My mother and father believed that if my brother or sister wanted to be a millionaire, they could be a millionaire! My mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams! They don't get us! They don't get who we are!"




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115256 <![CDATA[Congressman: Obama 'Not an American']]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115255&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) said during a recent fundraiser that President Obama is "not an American" and raised doubts about him being born in the United States. "I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that," Coffman said. "But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American." Audio of the May 12 event was shared online by a supporter, Brooks Imperial, who said, "I'm glad the congressman said it. Not enough have. More should."




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115255 Greeks Withdraw $894M from Banks http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115254&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Greeks withdrew almost $900 million from banks on Monday, prompting political leaders in Athens to discuss emergency government Wednesday to deal... Greeks withdrew almost $900 million from banks on Monday, prompting political leaders in Athens to discuss emergency government Wednesday to deal with a possible run. Greeks are withdrawing euros from banks, afraid of rapid devaluation if the country leaves the European currency and returns to the drachma. "We could have a new currency in a couple of days and nobody knows for sure what will happen," said one woman who took out money. "There are no lines to withdraw money, but maybe that's because many Greeks have precious little left in the bank."




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115254 Donna Summer Dies http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115253&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT The singer Donna Summer, a five-time Grammy winner who became a disco star with hit songs like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff," and "Bad Girls," has died in Florida after a battle with cancer, according to the gossip site TMZ. She was 63. Summer had two daughters with Bruce Sudano and another from a previous marriage.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115253 Obama Seeks Tougher Bank Rules http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115252&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT In the wake of a $2 billion trading loss at J.P. Morgan Chase, the White House is seeking to ensure a tough interpretation of a regulation designed... In the wake of a $2 billion trading loss at J.P. Morgan Chase, the White House is seeking to ensure a tough interpretation of a regulation designed to prevent banks from making bets with their own money, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Volcker rule, named for former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, will seek to stop banks trading for profit rather than for clients or hedging purposes, on the grounds that taxpayers are on the hook if such efforts go awry.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115252 <![CDATA[Ayatollah Puts Bounty on Rapper's Head]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115251&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT A $100,000 bounty has been put on the head of an Iranian rapper by a grand ayatollah that his song insults an Islamic Shiite imam. Shahin Najafi, who... A $100,000 bounty has been put on the head of an Iranian rapper by a grand ayatollah that his song insults an Islamic Shiite imam. Shahin Najafi, who sings in Farsi and lives in Germany, said his song "Naghi" criticizes Iranian society, not the imam. "Following the affront by rap singer Shahin Najafi against Imam Hadi (7th Imam of Shias) in a song called 'Naghi', his apostasy sentence has been issued by Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani," Iran's official Fars News Agency announced.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115251 Judge Blocks Indefinite Detention http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115250&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a National Defense Authorization Act provision that could subject Americans to indefinite military... A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a National Defense Authorization Act provision that could subject Americans to indefinite military detention for activities including news reporting and political activism. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan today ruled in favor of a group of writers and activists who sued President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Defense Department. The complaint was filed Jan. 13 by a group including former New York Times reporter Christopher Hedges. "The government was given a number of opportunities at the hearing and in its briefs to state unambiguously that the type of expressive and associational activities engaged in by plaintiffs -- or others -- are not within Section 1021," Forrest said. "It did not. This court therefore must credit the chilling impact on First Amendment rights as reasonable -- and real."




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115250 <![CDATA[O'Keefe Vote Fraud Sting Bogus]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115249&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Conservative activist James O'Keefe's latest video stunt features two people he claims are "non-citizens" who committed vote fraud by casting ballots in North Carolina. One of the men, Zbigniew Gorzkowski, has been a U.S. citizen for decades. The other, William Romero, became a citizen in early 2011, his family said. Romero's family told ThinkProgress they had begun receiving harassing telephone calls two weeks before a family member was ambushed outside Romero's house by O'Keefe's film crew.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115249 Porsche Hybrid Getting 74 MPG http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115248&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT A prototype of the new Porsche 918 Spyder, the automaker's first plug-in hybrid, is developing 770 HP and returning up to 74 MPG, reports the car blog Jalopnik. "Massive performance is combined with lightweight materials, low emissions and the kind of fuel economy that'd make the average Prius driver convulse in envy," the blog reports.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115248 Bain Took Tax Breaks, Cut Jobs http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115247&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Dade Behring, a Miami medical equipment manufacturer that lost 850 jobs while Mitt Romney was leading Bain Capital and controlled the company,... Dade Behring, a Miami medical equipment manufacturer that lost 850 jobs while Mitt Romney was leading Bain Capital and controlled the company, received $7 million in tax breaks for creating jobs in Puerto Rico a year before closing those facility at a cost of almost 300 jobs, the Tampa Tribune reports. Romney's venture capital firm bought Dade Behring in the late 1990s and made it buy half of Bain's shares in 1999, earning Bain $242 million in profits. The company reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002, $1.5 billion in debt.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115247 <![CDATA['Ring of Fire' Eclipse This Sunday]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115246&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Thousands of people are planning viewing parties in the western United States for Sunday's annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon. The eclipse will be visible on a path from northwestern Texas through New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southern Utah, Nevada, northern California and southwestern Oregon late in the day on May 20. The last annular eclipse appeared in the United States in 1994.




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115246 Arizona Pol Snared in Bribe Sting http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115245&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT The FBI set up a fake real estate company in a sting operation that caught a newly elected Arizona state legislator taking thousands of dollars of... The FBI set up a fake real estate company in a sting operation that caught a newly elected Arizona state legislator taking thousands of dollars of sports tickets as bribes. State Rep. Ben Arredondo (D), 63, a former city councilman who switched parties in 2009, once spelled out exactly why he was taking the tickets: "You guys will ask, you guys will have. I don't know how else to say it."




More... ]]> Drudge Retort RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115245 Renouncing Citizenship and the Schumer/Casey bill http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115244&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Eduardo Saverin the co-founder of Facebook renounced his citizenship in order to save $67M in taxes when the company ipo kicks in today. This has... Eduardo Saverin the co-founder of Facebook renounced his citizenship in order to save $67M in taxes when the company ipo kicks in today. This has now become the catalyst for Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey to unveil a bill that would tax those who leave to avoid taxes, tax future investments in the US and not be able to set foot in the country again.
So this is a two part question. First, if you were to make over $4B in profits from your US based start up, would you give up your citizenship for the $67M? And second, do you support the Schumer/Casey bill?

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...mmigration.php



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115244 Time to go. http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115243&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT IMHO it is time to leave Afganistan. No more loss of life of our men and women supporting Karzai. Image:... IMHO it is time to leave Afganistan.

No more loss of life of our men and women supporting Karzai.



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115243 Oopsy! Bio of Obama from first Literary Agent says born in Kenya http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115242&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Uh-oh. Breitbart has a 1991 Booklet from bammys literary agent and his bio reads: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii'. Is this a lie to promote himself as more "international", or was it true?? What a damned liar this guy is! A fraud and a phony. Like I have said many times---if this guy's lips are flapping, he is lying. I wonder if this is the agency that ended up dropping him because he never produced the book for which he was paid up-front money to write. Of course, most folks believe Bill Ayers is the one that eventually ended up writing the fantasy book on bammy.

Let the vetting begin! This is pretty telling. It tells you that the media did not do their job on Obama. They could have found much more about what a liar this guy is with minimal effort. Pretty sad. I wonder what will be uncovered once this guy is thoroughly vetted. Makes you wonder. Is it that Breitbart has much better journalist, or that the msm is just so in the tank for this guy they didn't even bother to check him out?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...donesia-Hawaii

This post / thread is in violation of the ONE and ONLY policy. However, I am going to let it stand for now. A future merger is a possibility. LEE



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115242 I told you Romney would not attack Obama the way he did his fellow Republicans http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115241&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT He's already beginning with the "----- is off the table" crap.


Just another reason why I will never vote for this guy.



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115241 H.R. 4133: United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115240&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT To express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the President to submit to Congress reports on... To express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the President to submit to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:
Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA7]
Status:
Passed House

Votes
411 Yea
2 Nay


Quote:

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States:

(1) To reaffirm the enduring commitment of the United States to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. As President Obama stated on December 16, 2011, Americas commitment and my commitment to Israel and Israels security is unshakeable. And as President Bush stated before the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel on May 15, 2008, The alliance between our governments is unbreakable, yet the source of our friendship runs deeper than any treaty.

(2) To provide Israel the military capabilities necessary to deter and defend itself by itself against any threats.

(3) To veto any one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations Security Council.

(4) To support Israel inherent right to self-defense.

(5) To pursue avenues to expand cooperation with Israel in both defense and across the spectrum of civilian sectors, including high technology, agriculture, medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, and energy.

(6) To assist Israel with its on-going efforts to forge a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that results in two states living side by side in peace and security, and to encourage Israels neighbors to recognize Israels right to exist as a Jewish state.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4133/text






Can someone please tell me how Eric Cantor preaches rugged individualism, cutting Medicaid for Americans and cutting spending.

Yet, Eric has no problem handing another country a blank check. While having the nerve to bring up America's national debt!!

Where is this pulling oneself up by the bootstraps, like when Cantor said, that damage caused by hurricane Irene would have to be fully offset by cuts in other programs.

Quote:
Just like any family would operate when struck with disaster, it finds the money to take care of a sick loved one or what have you, and then goes without trying to buy a new car or put an addition onto the house


How is it that all these perps will bash poor Americans on food stamps.
But won't bat an eye when handing over the purse to a country that has basically free healthcare?

This is a form of welfare.




Another thing I noticed in the Bill is that it guarantees that Israel is a Jewish State.
Do we guarantee that America is a Christian Nation...How's that?

Unfreaking believable



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115240 Communism-The system of satan http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115239&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT Congress has reached a new low of a 6% approval rating. Congress is our direct link, voice, representation, the reflection of the people. They... Congress has reached a new low of a 6% approval rating.

Congress is our direct link, voice, representation, the reflection of the people.

They have become politically correct, weak and easily seduced by lobbyists, foreign organizations and their own gain. They no longer answer to us and are screened by staffers who hold the curtain while they do their dirty deeds at our expense.

They do reflect us as we have lost our way and have made govt, systems and technology god.

Where God is removed from the foundation of a nation, communism is inevitable.

Without God, how else can society succeed? Since there is no God, humanity then must be responsible to create their own utopia.

For it to be utopian, such a goal can only be accomplished by collective effort.

We've heard how socialized medicine cannot work without all participating.

If we all join together, humanity, there is nothing we can't accomplish.

This folks is the first trick in the Book, when Eve was tempted by the serpent that the fruit was good for her, that her eyes would be opened and she could know what God knows (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) that He would not be angry but glad that she ate. Adam was convinced as well, and they died. Their death was spiritual in that they seperated their direct connection with God and became subject to their flesh....(they immediately knew they were naked).

In Gen 11 an attempt was made by humanity to join and build a tower to heaven.

(Paraphrasing) God saw this and said the people had joined together and would become gods and accomplish whatever their hearts imagined, so He dispersed them throughout the earth by confusing their language. The tower of Babel.

History is repeating itself now as we depend on insurance, govt, human systems with complex policies that we believe neccessary to our physical existence, willing to join the collective to limit our risks and protect our every move to insure our safety.

It's the first trick in the Book, Satan's plan to seperate us from God and to destroy us.

Communism's foundation is that man is god and must create his own utopia...that we can be equal to God ourselves...same thing Satan thought before being cast out.

We cannot save our country by electing Mitt Romney or by electing a better congress, judges etc..

Our only hope is turning to God through Jesus, forsaking our dependence on the things of our own big ideas, giving ourselves to Him, entering into His covenant, doing His will, finding our security in Him.

True Liberty comes from Him...man deceived by satan, through pride is where slavery lives.



More... ]]> Hannity RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115239 <![CDATA[CBS's Rose Fishes For 'High Marks' For Obama From Robert Gates]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115238&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By Matthew Balan (http://www.united4freedom.net/author/matthew-balan) Image:... By
Matthew Balan


Charlie Rose desperately tried to find confirmation from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday's CBS This Morning on whether President Obama is a good commander-in-chief: "You can answer this question as well as anyone I know....do you give President Obama high marks in the national security arena?" Gates exposed Rose's pro-Obama tactic when he laughingly replied, "If I don't, I'm so

read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115238 <![CDATA[Balance: Lib Chris Matthews to Another Lib: How Do 'Tea Party Crackpots Keep Winning?]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115237&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By Scott Whitlock (http://www.united4freedom.net/author/scott-whitlock) Image:... By
Scott Whitlock


Diversity of thought on MSNBC: Liberal Chris Matthews on Wednesday talked to liberal journalist David Corn and liberal Congressman Steve Israel about the "Tea Party crackpots" and whether the GOP is trying to "sabotage" the economy in order to defeat Barack Obama.


read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115237 <![CDATA[Networks Ignore Embarrassing Political Defeat for Obama: 99-0 Defeat of President's B]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115236&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By Scott Whitlock (http://www.united4freedom.net/author/scott-whitlock) Image:... By
Scott Whitlock


Barack Obama suffered an embarrassing defeat, Wednesday, when the U.S. Senate rejected his budget 99-0. But, one wouldn't know it on ABC or CBS. The two networks completely skipped the political setback. NBC offered a single news brief on Thursday's Today.


read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115236 <![CDATA[NBC's Star Jones Rants: Okay 'Rich White Guy' Zuckerberg Wears Hoodie, But 'Ghetto' F]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115235&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By Kyle Drennen (http://www.united4freedom.net/author/kyle-drennen) In a bizarre attempt to make Facebook... By
Kyle Drennen


In a bizarre attempt to make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wearing a hoodie at a recent Wall Street meeting into a racial issue, on Thursday's NBC Today, attorney and panelist Star Jones decried the supposed "hypocrisy" of it all: "...when we talk about Mark Zuckerberg, rich white guy, wearing a hoodie, we call him brainy and self-confident....But when a young black kid walks down the street in a hoodie, that's ghetto." [Listen to the audio]


read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115235 <![CDATA[NBC's Medical Editor Praises Obama Newsweek Cover: Tina Brown Has 'Revolutionized' Ma]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115234&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By
Kyle Drennen


During the Today's Professionals panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman cheered the latest cover of Newsweek magazine that proclaimed President Obama to be "The First Gay President": "[Newsweek editor-in-chief] Tina Brown has revolutionized how provocative and how much you can push magazine covers.

read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115234 <![CDATA[Charlie Rose Parrots NY Times' Dig at 'Hard-line' GOP Super PAC]]> http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115233&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:12 GMT By Matthew Balan (http://www.united4freedom.net/author/matthew-balan) Image:... By
Matthew Balan


In the latest example of the liberal media painting the Republican Party as somehow extreme, Charlie Rose touted a headline from the New York Times on Thursday's CBS This Morning that negatively spotlighted a Republican group's upcoming ad campaign against President Obama: "The New York Times has a s

read more ]]> Media Research Center RSS Feed http://www.united4freedom.net/showthread.php?t=115233