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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oversight and controls for more than $40 billion in U.S. funds to rebuild Afghanistan have been "sloppy" so far despite lessons from Iraq, the U.S. chief inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction said on Tuesday.
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FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were found not guilty of fraud, a decision that could make government prosecutors less likely to bring criminal charges against Wall Street executives for their role in the financial crisis.
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MJ Santos HAPPY VETERANS DAY!! I am GI Bill kid and former VA "slave", so I WILL ALWAYS have a soft spot for you. LOVE AND RESPECT!! -MJ

Yesterday at 1:30am
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#tsrp #Blackwater Approved $1 Million in #Iraqi Payments After '07 Shootings #tcot #sgp Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support. Top execs confirmed that Gary Jackson, former company's president, had approved the bribes, and the money was sent ...from Amman, Jordan where Blackwater maintains an operations hub, to a top manager in Iraq. -MJRead More

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#tsrp #security New #jihad code threatens #alQaeda #tcot #sgp Leaders of one of the world's most effective jihadist organizations, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), have written a new 417-page religious document/CODE entitled "Corrective Studies" for jihad. The code's most direct challenge to al Qaeda is this: ..."Jihad has ethics and morals because it is for God. That means it is forbidden to kill women, children, elderly people, priests, messengers, traders and the like. Betrayal is prohibited and it is vital to keep promises and treat prisoners of war in a good way.

Standing by those ethics is what distinguishes Muslims' jihad from the wars of other nations." In essence the new code for jihad is exactly what the West has been waiting for: a credible challenge from within jihadist ranks to al Qaeda's ideology.
While the code states that jihad is permissible if Muslim lands are invaded -- citing the cases of Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine -- the guidelines it sets down for when and how jihad should be fought, and its insistence that civilians should not be targeted are a clear rebuke to the goals and tactics of bin Laden's terrorist network. -MJ
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Source: edition.cnn.com
From within Libya's most secure jail a new challenge to al Qaeda is emerging.
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MJ Santos #tsrp #tcot #sgp Happy 234th Birthday United States Marine Corp - Semper Fi & 40th Sesame Street! Woohoo!! -MJ

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MJ Santos #tsrp #tcot #sgp #fusionist Anita Dunn, #WH Communication Director will be stepping down at the end of the month and will be an outsider communications strategy consultant. How interesting how she would be in a role that technically showed ineptitude by telling everyone she is Maoist in freedom-loving America. -MJ

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pressure sucks :p But as a fellow communication strategist, I find it so interesting WHY she didn't use wisdom about Mao when she is high profile in a charged climate. She needs her own adviser. -MJ
Yesterday at 12:14am
Robert Watkins
Robert Watkins
maybe she needs a new job ??
Yesterday at 1:28pm
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MJ Santos #tsrp #economy #tcot #sgp #US Treasury turned down Fannie Mae's request to sell ca. $2.6 bn in low-income housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs. It was nixed because it wasn't in Tax payers' best interests.(Berkshire Hathaway also had interest.) Over past 5 quarters Fannie has lost $85 bn. Goldman could have used LIHTCs to reduce its tax burden to US Govt. -MJ

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MJ Santos #tsrp #tcot #sgp #geopolitics Behold, BIG BROTHER APPROACHES. The DAWN of Governments Keeping an Eye on its Citizens. Where will ALL our FREEDOMS go? -MJ

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by private citizens is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.
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MJ Santos #fusionist #quote #MJSANTOS ANY Relationship is like a HIRING situation. There are usually many people applying. An interviewer (YOU) needs to have ways of quickly FILTERING thru & disqualifying unacceptable CANDIDATES. A REAL SAVVY interviewer will have ways of quickly finding the EXCEPTIONAL candidates. KEY: KNOW YOURSELF, WHAT YOU WANT and HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS HANDY AT ALL TIMES. -MJ

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MJ Santos #fusionist #quote Global challenges need global solutions & these can only come w right global governance w/c today 20 yrs later remains too weak - WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy

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MJ Santos #tsrp #healthcare #tcot #sgp House health bill passes 220-215; 39 #Dems & 1 #GOP defect. To quote Pelosi at a press conference, "We're glad to take responsibility for this bill passed and the credit." Oh believe me, YOU WILL TAKE ALL THE CREDIT for this, Madame. AMERICA, YOUR MOVE. What say ye? Now that you are OFFICIALLY BROKE for generations. -MJ

Source: thehill.com
The House passed its $1 trillion healthcare overhaul late Saturday by the thinnest of margins. 1965.
Neal Rubin
Neal Rubin
Major mistake by the socialists. They do not know, repect or understand the people of this country. Game on.
November 8 at 8:49am
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MJ Santos #fusionist #tsrp #tcot #sgp Congrats to both Teams #Obama (USA) & #Brown (UK) for bankrupting their countries! Pls SHARE your notes with us because we want to make sure that we really quote YOU well in history for being inept Leftists who defied basic economic principle: DON'T SPEND WHEN YOU'RE BROKE while you hypocritically teach your own children the opposite. I now dub thee, Sirs Maladroit! -MJ

November 8 at 12:53am
Robert Watkins
Robert Watkins
don't laugh toooo hard at us .girl cause we did not want it to happen ,but we just did not have all the votes that we needed to stop it from happening.. Robert
November 8 at 10:43pm
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#tsrp #politics #US #tcot #sgp THE SILENT MAJORITY IS NO MORE SILENT. GRASSROOTS KEEPS GROWING. Tens of thousands of people from across the country made a "House call" on the west side of the Capitol yesterday. These Americans traveled to Washington to register their objections to the mammoth government health care bil...l that Democrats are rushing through Congress. The size and spirit of the rally were a testament to the explosion in grass-roots activism opposed to the expansion of government under President Obama's and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's watch. The silent majority is silent no longer. -AdminsRead More

Source: www.washingtontimes.com
Tens of thousands of people from across the country made a "House call" on the west side of the Capitol yesterday. These Americans traveled to Washington to register their objections to the mammoth government health care bill that Democrats are rushing through Congress. ...