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Obama Backed Release Of Lockerbie Bomber – The Australian
The U.S. government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be “far preferable” to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.
Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama regime considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.
The intervention, which has angered U.S. relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the U.S. embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.
The document, acquired by a well-placed U.S. source, threatens to undermine U.S. President Barack Obama’s claim last week that all Americans were “surprised, disappointed and angry” to learn of Megrahi’s release.
Scottish ministers viewed the level of U.S. resistance to compassionate release as “half-hearted” and a sign it would be accepted.
The U.S. has tried to keep the letter secret, refusing to give permission to the Scottish authorities to publish it on the grounds it would prevent future “frank and open communications” with other governments.
In the letter, sent on August 12 last year to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and justice officials, Mr LeBaron wrote that the U.S. wanted Megrahi to remain imprisoned in view of the nature of the crime.
The note added: “Nevertheless, if Scottish authorities come to the conclusion that Megrahi must be released from Scottish custody, the US position is that conditional release on compassionate grounds would be a far preferable alternative to prisoner transfer, which we strongly oppose.”
Mr LeBaron added that freeing the bomber and making him live in Scotland “would mitigate a number of the strong concerns we have expressed with regard to Megrahi’s release”.
The U.S. regime lobbied the Scottish government more strongly against sending Megrahi home, under a prisoner transfer agreement signed by the British and Libyan governments, in a deal now known to have been linked to a pound stg. 550 million oil contract for BP.
It claimed this would flout a decade-old agreement between Britain and the U.S. that anyone convicted of the bombing would serve their sentence in a Scottish prison. Megrahi was released by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on the grounds that he had three months to live, making his sentence effectively spent.
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Goldman Sachs: Billions In Bailout Cash Went To Overseas Banks – USA Today
Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night.
Goldman disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance Committee after a threat of subpoena from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-LA) who remarked, “taxpayers deserve to know what happened to their money.”
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If you thought the hateful speech by race-healer Shirley Sherrod was bad wait until you hear this… Dan Riehl of the ‘Riehl World View’ posted a video of Charles Sherrod, husband of Shirley Sherrod, railing against the white man and “Uncle Toms”.
So will the leftist, state-run media dare to report this after canonizing Saint Shirley this past week? Don’t count on it.
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Power Outages Plague DC After Storm – Washington Examiner
Hundreds of thousands of people were without electricity Monday in the Washington area after powerful storms toppled utility poles, power lines and trees and left two people dead.
A cold front that pushed through Sunday triggered the storm and took the edge off a nearly two-week heat wave, but highs up to 90 were still forecast as crews labored to restore the power grid.
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Khmer Rouge Jailer Faces Only 19 Years For 16,000 Deaths – Yahoo News
A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people – the first verdict involving a senior member of the “killing fields”.
Victims and their relatives burst into tears after learning that Kaing Guek Eav – also known as Duch – will actually serve only 19 years after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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U.S. Spent $314,613 Studying Increase In Family Violence After NFL Upset Losses – CNS
The National Institutes of Health spent $314,613 to determined that family violence increases about three times as much on the 4th of July as it does after the local NFL team suffers an “upset” loss.
“Taken together our findings suggest that emotional cues based on the outcomes of professional football games exert a relatively strong effect on the occurrence of family violence,” the study concluded.
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Anita Moncrief To File FEC Charges Against Obama Regime – Big Government
ACORN whistle-blower Anita Moncrief held a press conference Friday at the Right Online Convention in Las Vegas, announcing that she will press FEC charges against the Obama regime for the campaign’s illegal coordination with ACORN during the 2008 election.
Anita also rolled out her new website ‘Emerging Corruption’. The website will focus on fraud and corruption in ACORN and affiliated groups.
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Former Congressman Tom Tancredo is in the race for Colorado governor. “I will officially announce at noon that I will seek the nomination of the constitution party,” Tancredo said.
Tancredo must file some papers with the Colorado Secretary of State and register as a member of the American Constitution Party, then “he’s ready to go,” raising money, disclosing his platform and launching a website.
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Man Robs Bank With BB Gun While Wearing Clown Pants And Fake Breasts – NewsMeat
A Pittsburgh-area man robbed a bank wearing a woman’s blond wig, fake breasts and clown pants. Swissvale police say 48-year-old Dennis Hawkins was sitting in a parked car covered in red dye from an exploding packet in a bag of money when he was arrested Saturday.
Police Chief Greg Geppert says Hawkins robbed the bank using a toy BB gun he had shoplifted from a store.
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Pub Launches Menu For Dogs – The Telegraph
For dogs around the country, a walk to the pub has long been rewarded with only a dish of water and the odd tantalising tid-bit. But now they can tuck into a meal of their own as Butcher’s Pet Care, in partnership with gastropub chain Brakspear, offers a tasty range of pub lunches for dogs.
Meals offered on the new the menus include ‘Liver & Garden Veg’ chunks in gravy and ‘Chicken & Beef’ chunks in jelly.
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‘Dead’ Woman Found Alive After Medical Mix-Up – Fox News
A young Arizona woman thought killed in a car accident last week was found to be alive Saturday in what was described as a medical mix-up, FOX 10 reported.
Abby Guerra, 19, was one of five friends from Ironwood High School in Glendale, Arizona, who were on their way home from California’s Disneyland when they crashed July 18. Guerra’s family was told the promissing young soccer star died at the scene.
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Chinese Man Addicted To Eating Light Bulbs – Orange News
He may not be very bright, but a man from China has admitted that is addicted to eating… light bulbs. Wang Jun, 52, has munched his way though over a 1,000 glass light bulbs and usually eats about 25 a month, reports The Sun.
He said: “I remember eating my first light bulb when I was 12. I did it as a dare with my friends and actually had quite a nice feeling afterwards. It was very satisfying.”
Posted on July 26, 2010, in Comic Relief, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Douchebags, Economics, Government Pork!, International Scene, Jihadist Swine, Left-Wing Hate, Liberal Maladies, Marxist Morons, Moral Retardation, News You Can Use, Our precious Liberty, Politics, Race Pimping, Spending and the Economy, Sports, Stuck on Stoopit!, That is just freaking weird!, War on Terror and tagged ACORN. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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Another great Monday collection, Doug. It’ll be fodder for at least on post at my place.
Thanks! Appreciate it!