Anarchist Uses Twitter To Undermine Police During G20

PITTSBURGH -- The F.B.I. is now investigating a man who was arrested during the G-20.

Elliot Madison, 41, was discovered in a hotel room near Pittsburgh on September 24 surrounded by what police call a makeshift communications center.

According to the complaint, Madison and another man were listening to emergency radio frequencies and aiding illegal protests.

Police said Madison used Twitter to inform his partners of police actions and prevent their apprehension by authorities.

Madison, a self-described anarchist, works with a group in New York City called the People's Law Collective. The organization offers legal aid to protesters.

The F.B.I. raided his Queens home on Thursday and removed boxes of subversive materials, along with his personal computers.

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Tea Bag Protesters give advice to G-20 Protesters

David Letterman's Top Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Spending $63,500 On Dinner With Sarah Palin

10."Is the tip included?"
9."Do my kids really need to go to college?"
8."Is it 'All the Moose You Can Eat'?"
7."Should I prepare by reading every magazine and newspaper?"
6."Does it have to be at the Denny's where Todd works?"
5."Should we have dinner in Alaska or Russia?"
4."Will she hunt and shoot the main course?"
3."63 grand? That's nearly half of her weekly wardrobe budget!" Remember that reference?
2."Is there valet parking for my snowmobile?"
1."Will I be done in time to get to the 'Fire Dave' rally?"

Second GOP Senator Calls For 'Regime Change' In Iran
Ben Frumin

Talkingpointsmemo.com

Earlier we told you about Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) plan for Iran: sticks and "regime change."

Well, apparently Kyl's not the only GOP Senator pushing regime change in Iran today. Here's Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) on FOX News Sunday:

    We have to have strong sanctions, economic sanctions that can force either a regime change or the Ayatollahs to change their policy.

To be fair, Bond's suggesting sanctions -- not some all-out attack or covert military operation -- as the way to achieve regime change. But he is pushing regime change nonetheless. He also needled those suggesting diplomacy.

    Today's action in firing the missiles is really a poke in the eye to those who think that diplomatic efforts and agreements and inspections are going to change the way Iran's going.

For those keeping score at home, that's now no fewer than two Republican Senators who called today for regime change in Iran.

Palin Fan Pays $63,500 for Dinner
By: Lisa Derrick
 
Cathy Maples, a spunky stalker fan of Sarah Palin, paid $63,500 in a charity eBay auction to dine with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. The auction will benefit Ride to Recovery, a charity for service men and women disabled in the Iraqi war. Maples of Huntsville, Alabama owns a defense contracting business, so I guess what comes around goes around.

It won't be Maples' first time meeting ex-Gov GILF. Oh no, this granny is really a huge fan!

The first time the two met was at a fundraiser in North Carolina during the presidential campaign. The second time was this July in Alaska when Maples took her grandson, family members and friends to Alaska as a graduation present. The Hunstville Times reports:

    Maples, who said "persistent is something they say about me," made several phone calls trying to see Palin. Finally, Todd Palin himself called her to coordinate the meeting, which came just after Palin announced she was resigning as governor.

    The couple spent about 15 minutes with Maples' group at the Anchorage airport, and Palin posed for pictures with everyone.

The eBay auction terms prohibit the winner from reporting on or posting pictures of the Palin dinner, so don't expect Cathy Maples' Facebook page to be filled with glowing reports. In anticipation of the meal, Maples told the Huntsville Times his feelings about sassy Sarah:

    I like her morals, and I believe she loves America and would like to do what is best for America. She doesn't compromise her morals for votes. That's very unusual in a politician.

Maples beat out author/Palin critic Joe McGinnis who had bid over $60,000 for the dubious dining privilege. Since Palin had veto power over the winner, it seems unlikely she would have agreed to break bread with him anyway.

OBAMA BURYING THE BUSH LIES
By John Byrne

The man who helped oversee President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program now has a new job: a membership on the Public Interest Declassification Board.

Former Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, who led the National Security Agency under President Bush from 1999 to 2005 and the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 until President Barack Obama’s inauguration, was appointed during the Labor Day recess by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

The news was announced in the Congressional Record Sept. 8 and discovered yesterday by Secrecy News.

Hayden’s appointment may come as a surprise to critics of Bush-era secrecy. The onetime general isn’t known as an advocate of transparency — in fact, Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program was one of the administration’s most guarded secrets. Moreover, he’s been a critic of President Obama’s decision to release CIA and Justice Department memos, particularly those that detailed the agency’s policies on torture.

“If one were searching for an individual to represent the public interest in promoting declassification of government records, the first name that came to mind would probably not be Michael V. Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency,” Secrecy News’ Stephen Aftergood wrote Thursday.

“When the late Senator Daniel P. Moynihan conceived of a Public Interest Declassification Board a decade ago, he would not have imagined that the national security classification system might be employed by a present-day U.S. Administration to help circumvent laws against warrantless surveillance or torture,” Aftergood continued. “And yet here we are.”

McConnell, in an email to the Washington Post, said “The country is fortunate that Gen. Michael Hayden has agreed to serve as a member” and that “his long history of service as an intelligence professional makes him ideally suited for balancing the interests of secrecy and disclosure in protecting our national security.”

Hayden wasn’t simply the administrator of Bush’s wiretapping program: he was a self-proclaimed “leading architect.”

During his confirmation hearing in 2006, Hayden said he was a leading architect of the NSA program monitoring Americans’ phone calls and emails without obtaining court approval, and defended the agency’s collection of communications records on tens of millions of Americans.

The Classification Board, while having no direct jurisdiction, is developing new classification guidelines for the executive branch. Obama National Security Adviser James Jones plans a substantial revision of classification directives, which saw significant dilution under President Bush.

Declassification proponent? Not so much, says the ACLU.

“To this day, the NSA continues to conceal virtually all information about the warrantless wiretapping program,” Jameel Jaffer, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, has said. “As CIA director, General Hayden claimed that destruction of waterboarding tapes was ‘in line with the law.’ “

*This really sucks...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) tell America about the GOP Health Care plan.

"I don't Believe anyone is Dying because of a lack of Health Insurance." Rush "the drug addict" Limbaugh 10-01-09

Republican candidate holds 'machine gun social'
SC candidate raffles off AK-47 at campaign rally
Bullets and barbecue: SC candidate raffles off AK-47, offers target practice at campaign rally
AP News

A candidate to be South Carolina's next National Guard leader skipped the fiery speeches for firepower, launching his campaign with what he called a "machine-gun social."

The Greenville News reports some 500 people came out to a shooting range Saturday for Republican Dean Allen's political rally. He wants to be the next adjutant general, the person who leads the state's National Guard.

Attendees paid $25 for barbecue, a clip of bullets for target practice and the chance to win a semiautomatic AK-47. Whoever wins the rifle will have to undergo a background check.

Allen says he is an Army veteran who wanted to celebrate Second Amendment rights. South Carolina is the only state that elects its adjutant general.

After new disclosures, word of John Ensign investigations emerges
Hampton could also face serious legal jeopardy after his revelations about Ensign’s actions
By J. Patrick Coolican ,Lisa Mascaro

Nevada Sen. John Ensign faces the threat of expulsion from the U.S. Senate and possible criminal penalties, according to several legal and ethics experts interviewed by the Sun.

The New York Times reported Friday that the Republican senator faces a preliminary FBI investigation into his actions after an affair with a campaign aide who was married to his best friend, who was a top staff aide. Also, the Senate Ethics Committee is in the midst of a preliminary investigation.

The senator’s latest troubles arise from a story published Friday in the Times that detailed the extraordinary lengths Ensign, 51, went to mollify Doug Hampton, his then-co-chief of staff and the husband of the Ensign campaign aide, Cynthia Hampton, with whom the senator had the affair.

As the Sun reported this summer, Ensign enlisted the help of his longtime political aide Mike Slanker, who revived his then-dormant lobbying and consulting firm November Inc., so Hampton would have a job after leaving Ensign’s office.

Ensign then called on Nevada power brokers and companies, including Allegiant Air and NV Energy, to become November Inc. clients.

Hampton told the Times that Ensign assured him he would instruct chief of staff John Lopez to assist Hampton by helping the clients Ensign retained for Hampton.

Hampton has acknowledged to the Times failing to register as a lobbyist and ignoring the law banning lobbying for one year after leaving Capitol Hill, which is intended to prevent influence peddling and a revolving door between government and private interests.

Finally, as Ensign acknowledged this summer, Ensign’s parents gave the Hamptons $96,000.

Ensign’s office did not respond to written questions, though a spokeswoman told the Times that Ensign would cooperate with official inquiries.

Birthers question Jesus place of birth-demand certificate
Written by b kenneth mcgee

In a stunning announcement that surely will raise an outcry from many mainstream religeous leaders a spokesman for The Birther movement has isuead a statement that maintains that Jesus was not born in Bethlehem in Jerusalem as has been believed for over two thousand years.

"He was NOT born in THAT Bethlehem says the spokesman for the group. He was born in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, he certainly was NOT a JEW, and his father was NOT Joseph, the carpenter, but Joseph the Plumber.

We now know that his real name was Jim McCorkle, he was a blue eyed blonde person who walked the hills of Pensylvania and West Virgina spreading the gospel. He was NOt some dark skinned a-Rab who dressed like a sissy. The Hollywood and New York JEWS, faggots and commies have sold the myth of this here Jesus for too long. Let them show a REAL birth certificate for this guy. We don't think they can......and We say to all REAL Americans.....

It is time to put Jim McCorkle back into Christmas!"