Quit picking on Obama……
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What's the one word you don't want to hear from your company commander, your dentist, or the EPA?
"Oops."
"Oops."
The EPA is saying the spill is tragic. If it was another company who did this I've no doubt they'd say it was CRIMINAL!
Klansman allegedly plotted to use 'death ray' on Obama, Muslims
T.G. Branfalt Jr., REUTERS
First posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 08:27 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 08:41 AM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. - A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch," as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday.
But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford at the start of his trial said that government undercover agents dragged him further into the plot to build what media dubbed the "death ray" machine after he tried to pull away in the initial stages, when he had no more than "a piece of paper" sketching out his ideas.
In opening arguments at U.S. District Court in Albany, a lawyer for Crawford, 51, of Galway, N.Y., said the device would have never been built if not for the government supplying the necessary components via "criminal" sources.
"(Crawford) has strong political views and he saw Muslim extremism in Europe coming here," defence lawyer Kevin Luibrand said.
Crawford and Eric Feight were arrested in 2013 and charged in the plot to unleash radiation at a mosque in Albany and a Muslim school in nearby Colonie.
The men also planned to attack the White House, according to a recording of their May 2012 conversation played at the trial, in which Crawford described himself a Klansman and called the remote-controlled device "Hiroshima on a light switch."
Feight, of Hudson, N.Y., pleaded guilty in 2014 to providing material support to terrorists. He faces 15 years at his sentencing, which has been delayed, and it was not known whether he would testify against Crawford.
Rodney Margolis, chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, testified that Crawford tried to interest Jewish leaders in a "black-bag operation" that "would kill Israel's enemies while they slept."
Margolis said that Crawford scared him and he immediately called police. As a result, the FBI in Albany soon began surveilling Crawford at home and ultimately deployed a confidential source to further discuss Crawford's scheme with him, U.S. Attorney Stephen Green said.
Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that prosecutors could show jurors the device, which was built from an industrial X-ray machine and electronic beam welders.
Crawford faces three charges, including attempting to produce, construct, acquire, transfer, receive, possess and use a radiological dispersal device. The other two charges are conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and distributing information with respect to a weapon of mass destruction.
Klansman allegedly plotted to use 'death ray' on Obama, Muslims | World | News |
T.G. Branfalt Jr., REUTERS
First posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 08:27 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 08:41 AM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. - A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch," as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday.
But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford at the start of his trial said that government undercover agents dragged him further into the plot to build what media dubbed the "death ray" machine after he tried to pull away in the initial stages, when he had no more than "a piece of paper" sketching out his ideas.
In opening arguments at U.S. District Court in Albany, a lawyer for Crawford, 51, of Galway, N.Y., said the device would have never been built if not for the government supplying the necessary components via "criminal" sources.
"(Crawford) has strong political views and he saw Muslim extremism in Europe coming here," defence lawyer Kevin Luibrand said.
Crawford and Eric Feight were arrested in 2013 and charged in the plot to unleash radiation at a mosque in Albany and a Muslim school in nearby Colonie.
The men also planned to attack the White House, according to a recording of their May 2012 conversation played at the trial, in which Crawford described himself a Klansman and called the remote-controlled device "Hiroshima on a light switch."
Feight, of Hudson, N.Y., pleaded guilty in 2014 to providing material support to terrorists. He faces 15 years at his sentencing, which has been delayed, and it was not known whether he would testify against Crawford.
Rodney Margolis, chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, testified that Crawford tried to interest Jewish leaders in a "black-bag operation" that "would kill Israel's enemies while they slept."
Margolis said that Crawford scared him and he immediately called police. As a result, the FBI in Albany soon began surveilling Crawford at home and ultimately deployed a confidential source to further discuss Crawford's scheme with him, U.S. Attorney Stephen Green said.
Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that prosecutors could show jurors the device, which was built from an industrial X-ray machine and electronic beam welders.
Crawford faces three charges, including attempting to produce, construct, acquire, transfer, receive, possess and use a radiological dispersal device. The other two charges are conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and distributing information with respect to a weapon of mass destruction.
Klansman allegedly plotted to use 'death ray' on Obama, Muslims | World | News |
White supremacist convicted in New York 'death ray' case
T.G. Branfalt Jr., REUTERS
First posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 06:00 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 06:17 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called "Hiroshima on a light switch" to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
After less than three hours of deliberation in U.S. District Court in Albany, New York, the jury unanimously found Glendon Scott Crawford guilty of all three charges against him.
Crawford, 51, wearing a grey suit and eyeglasses, showed no emotion as Judge Gary Sharpe read the verdict.
He was convicted of use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to build and use a radiological dispersal device. He was also convicted of distributing information with respect to a weapon of mass destruction.
"Glendon Scott Crawford was a terrorist who attempted to acquire a weapon of mass destruction and to use it to kill innocent members of the Muslim community," said Richard Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
Hartunian credited the public with giving tips to law enforcement that led to an investigation of Crawford.
At his sentencing on Dec. 15, Crawford faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years to life in prison and a US$2 million fine for the radiological dispersal device charge, up to life in prison for the weapon of mass destruction charge and up to 20 years in prison for the distribution of information charge.
In the trial's closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss said the scheme was "very real, very viable and very deadly."
Crawford, 51, is a Ku Klux Klan member from Galway. The KKK is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an American hate group.
Summing up the five-day trial, Belliss played videotapes in which Crawford said he planned for decades to create the device and unleash it on his enemies - Muslims and the White House. Belliss said one target was "a certain liberal politician" who Crawford said was in the White House.
Defense lawyer Kevin Luibrand told jurors that Crawford had been entrapped by the government, and he blamed undercover Federal Bureau of Investigations agents for creating the device.
In his closing argument, Luibrand said if "Crawford is guilty of anything, it is proliferating information" but said the government was responsible for creating what the media dubbed the "death ray" machine.
Crawford went to North Carolina to discuss funding his project with Chris Barker, KKK Imperial Wizard of the Loyal White Knights, who turned out to be cooperating with the FBI.
Belliss held up a glass-enclosed metal "X-ray tube" that he said was similar to the device, saying it was proof that Crawford did "more than hand out pamphlets."
Luibrand also played several video clips of meetings between two undercover FBI agents and Crawford, who admitted he did not have the technical knowledge to make or operate such a device.
"The government is not allowed to encourage someone to commit a crime," Luibrand said.
In this photo taken June 20, 2013, Glendon Scott Crawford leaves the federal courthouse in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/The Albany Times Union via AP)
White supremacist convicted in New York 'death ray' case | World | News | Toront
T.G. Branfalt Jr., REUTERS
First posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 06:00 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 06:17 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called "Hiroshima on a light switch" to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
After less than three hours of deliberation in U.S. District Court in Albany, New York, the jury unanimously found Glendon Scott Crawford guilty of all three charges against him.
Crawford, 51, wearing a grey suit and eyeglasses, showed no emotion as Judge Gary Sharpe read the verdict.
He was convicted of use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to build and use a radiological dispersal device. He was also convicted of distributing information with respect to a weapon of mass destruction.
"Glendon Scott Crawford was a terrorist who attempted to acquire a weapon of mass destruction and to use it to kill innocent members of the Muslim community," said Richard Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
Hartunian credited the public with giving tips to law enforcement that led to an investigation of Crawford.
At his sentencing on Dec. 15, Crawford faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years to life in prison and a US$2 million fine for the radiological dispersal device charge, up to life in prison for the weapon of mass destruction charge and up to 20 years in prison for the distribution of information charge.
In the trial's closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss said the scheme was "very real, very viable and very deadly."
Crawford, 51, is a Ku Klux Klan member from Galway. The KKK is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an American hate group.
Summing up the five-day trial, Belliss played videotapes in which Crawford said he planned for decades to create the device and unleash it on his enemies - Muslims and the White House. Belliss said one target was "a certain liberal politician" who Crawford said was in the White House.
Defense lawyer Kevin Luibrand told jurors that Crawford had been entrapped by the government, and he blamed undercover Federal Bureau of Investigations agents for creating the device.
In his closing argument, Luibrand said if "Crawford is guilty of anything, it is proliferating information" but said the government was responsible for creating what the media dubbed the "death ray" machine.
Crawford went to North Carolina to discuss funding his project with Chris Barker, KKK Imperial Wizard of the Loyal White Knights, who turned out to be cooperating with the FBI.
Belliss held up a glass-enclosed metal "X-ray tube" that he said was similar to the device, saying it was proof that Crawford did "more than hand out pamphlets."
Luibrand also played several video clips of meetings between two undercover FBI agents and Crawford, who admitted he did not have the technical knowledge to make or operate such a device.
"The government is not allowed to encourage someone to commit a crime," Luibrand said.
In this photo taken June 20, 2013, Glendon Scott Crawford leaves the federal courthouse in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/The Albany Times Union via AP)
White supremacist convicted in New York 'death ray' case | World | News | Toront
Thanks!
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ho...n-in-stocks-even-after-market-rout-2015-08-24
Households just saw $1.8 trillion in wealth vanish as stocks fall
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ho...n-in-stocks-even-after-market-rout-2015-08-24
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The glass is 3/4 full right now.
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He's a busy guy.
Obama Achieves Two Milestones: 250 Rounds Of Golf And 443 Fundraisers | Weasel Zippers
This sheriff is racist.
Obama Achieves Two Milestones: 250 Rounds Of Golf And 443 Fundraisers | Weasel Zippers
This sheriff is racist.
Native American tribes win $940 million in suit against the feds
Source: Washington Examiner
Acknowledging the U.S. government's "sad history" with Native American tribes, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced on Thursday that the Obama administration is settling hundreds of 25-year-old claims by tribes and their members against the government for almost $1 billion.
The proposed settlement ends the class-action lawsuit filed by 645 members regarding under-payment for contracts to manage educational, police, fire and other federal services on reservations.
The tribes maintained, and in 2012 the Supreme Court agreed, that the government did not allot enough money to pay the contracts in full.
"This landmark settlement represents another important step in the Obama administration's efforts to turn the page on past challenges in our government-to-government relationship with tribes," Jewell said. "Tribal self-determination and self-governance will continue to be our 'North Star'" as the federal government works to assist tribes in running their own reservations and lands, Jewell said.
Read more: Native American tribes win $940 million in suit against the feds | Washington Examiner
These folks won't be ''picking'' on Obama ...