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Death of Osama bin Laden *************** Bin Laden is DEAD: Celebrations across America as U.S. special forces shoot dead terror chief in mansion hideaway in Pakistan By Daily Mail Reporter U.S. embassies on alert over al Qaeda reprisal attacks for bin Laden killing President announces that mission planning began in August Mr Obama declares 'Justice has been done' David Cameron says death is 'massive step forward' Terror chief blasted in head after refusing offer to surrender Three adults including bin Laden's son killed after forming human shield Body reportedly buried at sea to prevent extremist shrine *************** Osama bin Laden Killed; ID Confirmed by DNA Testing By DEAN SCHABNER and KAREN TRAVERS Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight *************** Obama: Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead By JULIE PACE and MATT APUZZO, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. *************** Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night. *************** Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton Issue Statements on Osama Bin Laden Death Former presidents are weighing in on the killing of Osama bin Laden by American forces operating inside Pakistan. *************** Bin Laden killed in helicopter raid Osama bin Laden has been killed in a helicopter raid on a mansion in Pakistan. *************** Bin Laden, the terror godfather next door: Local children playing in his garden, his own at a nearby school - the charade that let him evade capture for six years By Daily Mail Reporter ISI official: 'We were looking in the wrong areas. It's an intelligence failure' Local children received $2-3 if their ball entered the compound Visiting doctor asked to leave after commenting on SUVs CIA chief feared telling Pakistanis would 'alert targets' Full story of how courier unwittingly led commandos to Bin Laden's lair David Cameron: 'We should be tough in asking the big questions' Prime Minister hints at swifter troop exit from Afghanistan **************** WikiLeaks: Bin Laden's courier 'trained 9/11 hijack team' The courier who led American special forces to Osama bin Laden's hideout was an al-Qaeda computer expert who helped train the 9/11 hijack team, according to leaked US government files. **************** The European Media Reacts to Death of Osama Bin Laden European journalists have focused on whether the killing was permissible under international law; some are now calling for an international commission to investigate the American action. **************** Londonistan erupts with tributes, funerals for bin Laden What was regained by patriotic Britons a week ago was overrun by bin Ladenites today. *************** *************** Anti-Christian violence wracks Egypt Is it something in the Nile water? Egypt seems about as ready for democracy as Paleolithic cavemen as renewed religious violence hit Cairo *************** War & Terror *************** Afghanistan: Fierce fighting follows Kandahar attack Intense fighting has taken place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs. *************** Evidence at bin Laden’s home raises nuclear concerns Pakistani government links suspected *************** Is the ISI Al-Qaeda? by Richard Fernandez “A top White House official said it was ‘inconceivable’ Osama bin Laden had not had a support system to help him inside Pakistan, but he declined to speculate if there had been any official Pakistani aid,” according to Reuters. Gulf News reported that the compound which Bin Laden occupied may once have been an ISI safe house. “Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin and other senior senators sharply questioned Monday whether the Pakistani military and intelligence community had protected Osama bin Laden before Navy SEALs killed the terrorist leader in a Sunday night raid.” National *************** Due to Rent Control, S.F. Has 31,000 Vacant Housing Units As Frustrated Landlords Give Up Professor Mark Perry quotes this amazing Bay Citizen article on regressive San Francisco: "In San Francisco, one of the toughest places in the country to find a place to live, more than 31,000 housing units — one of every 12 — now sit vacant, according to recently released census data. That’s the highest vacancy rate in the region, and a 70 percent increase from a decade ago." *************** Issa Calls Holder to Account How bad does Project Gunrunner get? by Patrick Richardson On May 3, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) managed to haul Attorney General Eric Holder in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where he is the chairman, to discuss “Project Gunrunner.” *************** SEIU drops mask, goes full commie by Zombie A May Day rally in Los Angeles, co-sponsored by the SEIU and various communist groups, as well as other unions, reflected yet another step in the normalization of self-identified communist and socialist ideologies in the Obama era. Not only did the SEIU help to organize the rally in conjunction with communists, they marched side-by-side with communists, while union members carried communist flags, communists carried union signs, and altogether there was no real way to tell the two apart. *************** California’s Secret Government Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State. *************** Free speech dies in Denmark Another bad blow against freedom in the west. Lars Hedegaard, President of the Danish Free Press Society and The International Free Press Society, was yesterday found guilty of hate speech under the Danish penal code. *************** Reading Not All the Rage in Detroit by Jazz Shaw Some stories are just too sad to make fun of, and this is clearly one of them. In the city of Detroit, a new study finds that nearly half of all residents are functionally illiterate. I’m fairly sure that there are stretches of the Amazon River where the residents have never heard of electricity that can beat that number. *************** Sandoval staff member says school layoffs not needed By ED VOGEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY --- Gov. Brian Sandoval's top staff member said Wednesday school districts shouldn't need to do layoffs because the governor's new budget plan restored all but $15 million of the state cut made to education during a special session last year. *************** Are You Better Off Than You Were Five Years Ago? Posted by: Mike Chamberlain If you’re a member of the SEIU in Clark County the answer to that question is a resounding “YES!” *************** An IP Address Does Not Point To a Person, Judge Rules Posted by Soulskill A possible landmark ruling in one of the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the US may spell the end of the 'pay-up-or-else-schemes' that have targeted over 100,000 Internet users in the last year. District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena the ISPs of alleged copyright infringers, because an IP-address does not equal a person. *************** 'Before we give you that contract, we'll just need to see how much you've spent to re-elect the President' Timothy P. Carney As part of an application for a government contract, the White House wants to require the company to report all the company's political activity. The administration presents this as a way to increase transparency. It strikes me as a way to further politicize the process of government contracts. Economy
& Taxes *************** Obama’s man on the NLRB supports ‘restraining the free flow of capital’ The Daily Caller digs up some of Craig Becker’s law schools writings that, as Jazz Shaw remarks, sounds like it could have come straight from Marx. *************** Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile By Pete Kasperowicz The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive. *************** Boehner "optimistic," demands trillion-dollar cuts (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner voiced optimism on Thursday about new deficit-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden, but said Republicans will not vote to raise the debt limit without trillions of dollars in spending cuts. *************** International *************** Athens Mulls Plans for New Currency Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone *************** Harper finally wins majority as NDP surges into Opposition PATRICK BRETHOUR Canadian voters have radically redrawn the country’s political landscape, handing the Conservative Party its long-sought majority in an election that decimated the Bloc Québécois and humbled the Liberals. *************** Opinion *************** If Supermarkets Were Like Public Schools What if groceries were paid for by taxes, and you were assigned a store based on where you live? *************** |
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