Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Obama-era Surveillance Timeline | Sharyl Attkisson
Obama-era Surveillance Timeline | Sharyl Attkisson:
"You can find many timelines that follow allegations of Russia tampering in the U.S. election and alleged involvement of Trump officials. But I couldn’t find any comprehensive timelines cross-referencing Obama-era surveillance of whistleblowers, journalists and other U.S. citizens with Russia surveillance allegations. So I built one. Please note: temporal proximity of events doesn’t necessarily imply a connection."
"You can find many timelines that follow allegations of Russia tampering in the U.S. election and alleged involvement of Trump officials. But I couldn’t find any comprehensive timelines cross-referencing Obama-era surveillance of whistleblowers, journalists and other U.S. citizens with Russia surveillance allegations. So I built one. Please note: temporal proximity of events doesn’t necessarily imply a connection."Corporations Have Rights. Why Not Rivers? - The New York Times
Corporations Have Rights. Why Not Rivers? - The New York Times
DENVER — Does a river — or a plant, or a forest — have rights?
This is the essential question in what attorneys are calling a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, in which a Denver lawyer and a far-left environmental group are asking a judge to recognize the Colorado River as a person.
If successful, it could upend environmental law, possibly allowing the redwood forests, the Rocky Mountains or the deserts of Nevada to sue individuals, corporations and governments over resource pollution or depletion. Future lawsuits in its mold might seek to block pipelines, golf courses or housing developments and force everyone from agriculture executives to mayors to rethink how they treat the environment.
...suit was filed Monday in Federal District Court in Colorado by Jason Flores-Williams, a Denver lawyer. It names the river ecosystem as the plaintiff — citing no specific physical boundaries — and seeks to hold the state of Colorado and Gov. John Hickenlooper liable for violating the river’s “right to exist, flourish, regenerate, be restored, and naturally evolve.”
Because the river cannot appear in court, a group called Deep Green Resistance is filing the suit as an ally, or so-called next friend, of the waterway..."
DENVER — Does a river — or a plant, or a forest — have rights?
This is the essential question in what attorneys are calling a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, in which a Denver lawyer and a far-left environmental group are asking a judge to recognize the Colorado River as a person.
If successful, it could upend environmental law, possibly allowing the redwood forests, the Rocky Mountains or the deserts of Nevada to sue individuals, corporations and governments over resource pollution or depletion. Future lawsuits in its mold might seek to block pipelines, golf courses or housing developments and force everyone from agriculture executives to mayors to rethink how they treat the environment....suit was filed Monday in Federal District Court in Colorado by Jason Flores-Williams, a Denver lawyer. It names the river ecosystem as the plaintiff — citing no specific physical boundaries — and seeks to hold the state of Colorado and Gov. John Hickenlooper liable for violating the river’s “right to exist, flourish, regenerate, be restored, and naturally evolve.”
Because the river cannot appear in court, a group called Deep Green Resistance is filing the suit as an ally, or so-called next friend, of the waterway..."
Two former city employees rack up $614,0000 in Flint water crisis legal bills | MLive.com
Two former city employees rack up $614,0000 in Flint water crisis legal bills | MLive.com:
"FLINT, MI -- Two former city officials who worked under state-appointed emergency mangers have run up more than $614,000 in legal fees tied to the Flint water crisis, and there's no agreement for the state of Michigan to reimburse the city for those costs.
...invoices have built up even though neither Croft nor Johnson has faced a preliminary examination in Genesee District Court, a preliminary phase of the criminal cases against them and an indication that both could still have far to go in the legal system..."
Read on!
"FLINT, MI -- Two former city officials who worked under state-appointed emergency mangers have run up more than $614,000 in legal fees tied to the Flint water crisis, and there's no agreement for the state of Michigan to reimburse the city for those costs....invoices have built up even though neither Croft nor Johnson has faced a preliminary examination in Genesee District Court, a preliminary phase of the criminal cases against them and an indication that both could still have far to go in the legal system..."
Read on!
This Man Just Risked Everything To Leak AWFUL Truth NFL Doesn’t Want Americans To Know..! - Proud Trumpers
This Man Just Risked Everything To Leak AWFUL Truth NFL Doesn’t Want Americans To Know..! - Proud Trumpers:
"Stuart Varney has now joined Fox and Friends on Monday to talk about the NFL national anthem controversy. This Sunday, two-hundred NFL players and staff knelt down to protest the national anthem.
"Stuart Varney has now joined Fox and Friends on Monday to talk about the NFL national anthem controversy. This Sunday, two-hundred NFL players and staff knelt down to protest the national anthem.
Varney reminded the entire FOX and Friends nation that the NFL stadium has collected $1 billion in federal subsidies.
Stuart Varney: “There’s $1.1 billion in direct subsidies from taxpayers to the NFL… Taxpayer subsidies go to the building of stadiums. There have been 20 new NFL stadiums since 1997. All of them have received a degree of taxpayer subsidies.”
Wow. They don’t respect the country, yet all these NFL teams use taxpayer funds to build their massive stadiums.
According to Fox Sports, the American public has spent $7 billion to build and renovate NFL stadiums over the last 20 years. The US taxpayer often pays 46 percent of the cost to build these projects..."
Varney: NFL stadiums have collected over $1B in federal subsidies. My message to the NFL is "don’t bite the hand that feeds you."
Voter group puts 248 counties on notice over bloated voter rolls - Washington Times
Voter group puts 248 counties on notice over bloated voter rolls - Washington Times:
"The Public Interest Legal Foundation is warning nearly 250 counties that they could face a lawsuit over bloated voter rolls, after their own analysis released Monday found they have more people registered to vote than could theoretically be eligible.
New York City’s big counties are on the list, with New York County — also known as Manhattan — listing 54 percent more names on its voter rolls than the total number of people of voting age, according to Census Bureau figures.
The other boroughs also made this PILF list this year, as did San Diego in California."
New York City’s big counties are on the list, with New York County — also known as Manhattan — listing 54 percent more names on its voter rolls than the total number of people of voting age, according to Census Bureau figures.
The other boroughs also made this PILF list this year, as did San Diego in California."
One In Four Michigan School District Teachers Chronically Absent [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
One In Four Michigan School District Teachers Chronically Absent [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"A new report released by the Thomas Fordham Institute found that school teachers in Michigan’s conventional school districts are almost twice as likely to miss 11 or more days of school than teachers in public charter schools.
In Michigan, 24.7 percent of school district teachers miss 11 days or more – which the federal Office for Civil Rights defines as “chronically absent” – while 12.4 percent of charter school teachers miss that many.
Nationwide, the report says, 28.3 percent of public school teachers and 10.3 percent of charter school teachers are chronically absent.
The report suggests that a significant factor in the difference between the groups is whether the teacher has a union collective bargaining agreement..."
"A new report released by the Thomas Fordham Institute found that school teachers in Michigan’s conventional school districts are almost twice as likely to miss 11 or more days of school than teachers in public charter schools.In Michigan, 24.7 percent of school district teachers miss 11 days or more – which the federal Office for Civil Rights defines as “chronically absent” – while 12.4 percent of charter school teachers miss that many.
Nationwide, the report says, 28.3 percent of public school teachers and 10.3 percent of charter school teachers are chronically absent.
The report suggests that a significant factor in the difference between the groups is whether the teacher has a union collective bargaining agreement..."
History for September 27
History for September 27 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Nast 1840 - Political cartoonist that created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey, William Conrad 1920, Wilford Brimley 1934 - Actor
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) 1947, Shaun Cassidy 1958, Gwyneth Paltrow 1972 - Actress
1938 - The League of Nations branded the Japanese as aggressors in China.
1939 - After 19 days of resistance, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1940 - The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was set up. The military and economic pact was for 10 years between Germany, Italy and Japan.
1954 - The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host.
1968 - The U.K.'s entry into the European Common Market was barred by France.
1979 - The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress.
1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
2004 - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon announced that North Korea had turned plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. He also said that the weapons were to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent nuclear war in northeast Asia. The U.S. State Department noted that the U.S. has repeatedly said that the U.S. has no plans to attack North Korea
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Sessions to declare free speech 'under attack' on campus, in broadside at political correctness | Fox News
Sessions to declare free speech 'under attack' on campus, in broadside at political correctness | Fox News:
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to declare freedom of speech is “under attack” at American colleges and universities, during an address Tuesday taking aim at political correctness run amok on campus.
Sessions plans to tackle the hot-button issue of free speech on campus at Georgetown University Law Center, following a series of clashes at Berkeley and beyond over conservative speakers. "
Sessions plans to tackle the hot-button issue of free speech on campus at Georgetown University Law Center, following a series of clashes at Berkeley and beyond over conservative speakers. "
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