Alabama house speaker says state will not be ‘sanctuary for illegal aliens’ as appeals court upholds police detention provision Supporters of Alabama’s new immigration law claimed a partial victory on Friday when a federal appeals court upheld a provision that allows police to detain immigrants who are suspected of being in the country illegally. In a temporary ruling, the 11th US circuit court of appeals blocked parts the new law which requires schools to check the immigration status of students and which made it a criminal offence for immigrants not to carry papers to prove their legal status. The court issued the order after the Justice Department challenged what is considered the toughest immigration law in the nation. The opinion also blocked a part of the law that makes it a crime for immigrants to not have proper documentation. But Alabama house speaker Mike Hubbard, who championed the law, the most draconian in the country, said the “most effectual parts” remained in place. “We’ve said from the beginning that Alabama will have a strict immigration law and we will enforce it,” he said. “Alabama will not be a sanctuary state for illegal aliens, and this ruling reinforces that.” The judges also let stand parts of the law that bar state courts from enforcing contracts involving illegal immigrants and make it a felony for an illegal immigrant to do business with the state for basic things like getting a driver’s license. Groups who challenged the law said they were hopeful the judges would eventually block the rest of it. “I think that certainly it’s a better situation today for the people of Alabama today than it was yesterday,” said Omar Jadwat, an attorney for the ACLU, which challenged the law along with the Obama administration. “Obviously we remain concerned about the remainder of the provisions, and we remain confident that we will eventually get the whole scheme blocked.” Alabama Republicans have long sought to clamp down on illegal immigration and passed the law earlier this year after gaining control of the Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. Governor Robert Bentley signed the measure, saying it was crucial to protect the jobs of legal residents amid the tough economy and high unemployment. The law has already had a deep impact in Alabama since a federal judge upheld much of it in late September. Many frightened Hispanics have been driven away from Alabama, fearing they could be arrested or targeted by police. Construction workers, landscapers and field hands have stopped showing up for work, and large numbers of Hispanic students have been absent from public schools. To cope with the labor shortage, Alabama agriculture commissioner John McMillan at one point suggested farmers should consider hiring inmates in the state’s work-release program. It’s not clear exactly how many Hispanics have fled the state. Earlier this week, many skipped work to protest the law, shuttering or scaling back operations at chicken plants, Mexican restaurants and other businesses. The Justice Department has called the Alabama law a “sweeping new state regime” and urged the appeals court to forbid states from creating a patchwork of immigration policies. The agency also said the law could strain diplomatic relations with Latin American countries, who have warned the law could impact millions of workers, tourists and students in the US The law, it said, turns illegal immigrants into a “unique class who cannot lawfully obtain housing, enforce a contract, or send their children to school without fear that enrollment will be used as a tool to seek to detain and remove them and their family members.” “Other states and their citizens are poorly served by the Alabama policy, which seeks to drive aliens from Alabama rather than achieve cooperation with the federal government to resolve a national problem,” the attorneys have said in court documents. Immigration has become a hot-button issue in Alabama over the past decade as the Hispanic population has grown by 145 percent to about 185,600 people, most of them of Mexican origin. The Hispanic population represents about 4 percent of the state’s 4.7 million people, but some counties in north Alabama have large Spanish-speaking communities and schools where most of the students are Hispanic. Requiring school officials to check the immigration status of students in public schools helped make the Alabama law stricter than similar measures enacted in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia. Federal judges in those states have blocked all or parts of those laws. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this year asked the US Supreme Court to resolve the legal fight over her state’s tough immigration law. The Justice Department called the Alabama law a “sweeping new state regime” in court filings last week and urged the appeals court to forbid states from creating a patchwork of immigration policies. The agency also said the law could strain diplomatic relations with Latin American countries, who have warned the law could impact millions of workers, tourists and students in the US “Other states and their citizens are poorly served by the Alabama policy, which seeks to drive aliens from Alabama rather than achieve cooperation with the federal government to resolve a national problem,” the attorneys have said in court documents. Thomas Perez, head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, said Friday before the ruling that a team of attorneys is in Alabama trying to determine whether the law was leading to civil rights violations. The school requirement was an area of particular worry, and the federal government is trying to determine how many absentees and withdrawals might be linked to the law, Perez said. “We’re hearing a number of reports about increases in bullying that we’re studying,” he said after a meeting with leaders and advocates for the Hispanic community. 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Continue reading …Good Grief… Occupy Wall Street Protester Fakes Being Run Over By Cop For Media Sympathy (Video)
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Oh, Good Grief! Performance Art on Display at Occupy Wall Street– Earlier today a photo was released of a poor peaceful Occupy Wall Street protester being run over by a “brutal” New York cop on a motorcycle. “One man lost … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 14/10/2011 16:38 Number of articles : 7
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Advisory bodies and campaigners urge investors to oppose up to 13 of media firm’s 15 directors amid phone-hacking allegations Up to 25% of shareholders are expected to protest against Rupert, James and Lachlan Murdoch retaining their positions on the News Corporation board at the embattled media group’s annual meeting in Los Angeles next week. A string of advisory bodies and corporate governance campaigners have issued recommendations to vote against up to 13
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Court rules that police are allowed to detain immigrants who are suspected of being in the US illegally A federal appeals court issued a ruling Friday that temporarily blocked parts of an Alabama law requiring schools to check the immigration status of students but let stand a provision that allows police to detain immigrants that are suspected of being in the country illegally. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order after the Justice Department challenged what is considered the toughest immigration law in the nation. The opinion also blocked a part of the law that makes it a crime for immigrants to not have proper documentation. A final decision on the law won’t be made for months to allow time for more arguments. Since a federal judge upheld much of the law in late September, many frightened Hispanics have been driven away from Alabama, fearing they could be arrested or targeted by police. Construction workers, landscapers and field hands have stopped showing up for work, and large numbers of Hispanic students have been absent from public schools. To cope with the labor shortage, Alabama agriculture commissioner John McMillan at one point suggested farmers should consider hiring inmates in the state’s work-release program. It’s not clear exactly how many Hispanics have fled the state. Earlier this week, many skipped work to protest the law, shuttering or scaling back operations at chicken plants, Mexican restaurants and other businesses. Immigration has become a hot-button issue in Alabama over the past decade as the Hispanic population has grown by 145% to about 185,600 people, most of them of Mexican origin. The Hispanic population represents about 4% of the state’s 4.7m people, but some counties in north Alabama have large Spanish-speaking communities and schools where most of the students are Hispanic. In addition to the Obama administration, a coalition of advocacy groups also filed a separate appeal of the law, claiming it has thrown Alabama into “chaos.” Alabama’s law was considered by both opponents and supporters to be stricter than similar laws enacted in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia. Federal judges in those states have blocked all or parts of those measures. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this year asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the legal fight over her state’s tough immigration law. The Justice Department has called the Alabama law a “sweeping new state regime” and urged the appeals court to forbid states from creating a patchwork of immigration policies. The agency also said the law could strain diplomatic relations with Latin American countries, who have warned the law could impact millions of workers, tourists and students in the U.S. The law, it said, turns illegal immigrants into a “unique class who cannot lawfully obtain housing, enforce a contract, or send their children to school without fear that enrollment will be used as a tool to seek to detain and remove them and their family members.” “Other states and their citizens are poorly served by the Alabama policy, which seeks to drive aliens from Alabama rather than achieve cooperation with the federal government to resolve a national problem,” the attorneys have said in court documents. State Republicans have long sought to clamp down on illegal immigration and passed the law earlier this year after gaining control of the Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed the measure, saying it was crucial to protect the jobs of legal residents amid the tough economy and high unemployment. US immigration Alabama United States guardian.co.uk
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Ten people have died in the latest clashes as protesters urge more people to defect from the Syrian security forces Large rallies urging further defections from the Syrian security forces have been attacked by government gunmen, as a senior United Nations official warned that the country was sliding towards a full-blown civil war. At least 10 people were killed across Syria, taking the death toll in the six-month uprising to more than 3,000, not including loyalist members of the security forces who continue to target demonstrators. Deir Azour in the Kurdish north was a scene of violent clashes between security forces and defectors who had been urged to swap sides by thousands of chanting activists. In recent weeks a largely passive rights movement inside Syria has taken on a more militant tone, with activists openly seeking weapons and soldiers who have fled the army battling with their former colleagues. The Syrian government says around 1,100 security officers have been killed. On Thursday, at least 36 people were killed nationwide, 25 of them either former or serving security force members. Friday’s demonstrations were called in support of the defectors, who Syrian activists say hold the key to the future of an uprising that has become a grinding struggle. “We know the world is not coming to help us,” said one man speaking by phone from Homs. “We will do what we have to do. Our brothers in the security forces are increasingly waking up. And soon we will fight alongside them in large numbers.” The UN human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay, called for more to be done to stop the violence. “The onus is on all members of the international community to take protective action in a collective manner, before the continual ruthless repression and killings drive the country into a full-blown civil war,” she said in a statement. “As more members of the military refuse to attack civilians and change sides, the crisis is already showing worrying signs of descending into an armed struggle.” The UN and the international community have been accused of being flat-footed in their response to the crisis, in stark contrast to the enthusiastic intervention in Libya that led to Muammar Gaddafi’s ousting in August. The US and Europe have ruled out military intervention and Washington’s push for more aggressive sanctions against Damascus was stymied last week by the UN security council after Russian and Chinese vetoes. The US and Britain this week demanded that the Syrian regime stop intimidating activists abroad. US officials announced the arrest of a Syrian national who they claimed had filmed and threatened activists in Washington and then flown to Damascus to discuss opposition activities inside the US with the president, Bashar al-Assad, and his inner sanctum. Britain called in the Syrian ambassador to warn against using embassy officials to threaten UK-based activists. Amnesty International recently claimed regime monitoring of activists was taking place in around 30 capitals. In Lebanon, the Syrian ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali denied claims that Syrian officials had been responsible for the abduction of three opposition activists near Beirut. The Lebanese security force chief, Major General Ashraf Rifi, said the alleged evidence against the embassy was “conclusive”. Sources close to him said they had video evidence, written testimonies and intelligence evidence that proved the embassy was active in the abductions. Ali called on him to publicly reveal what he had. Assad this week claimed that the “most difficult phase” of the uprising had passed. His supporters staged a mass rally inside Damascus, which was cast almost as a victory parade. However, Friday’s protests erupted in areas that the regime was considered to have controlled in recent months. The city of Homs remains out of its control, with armed demonstrators protecting neighbourhoods and the Syrian military stationed on the city’s perimeter. The former Lebanese president Amin Gemayyel said Assad had little option but to continue with the lethal crackdown if he intends to try to cling to power. “Such a regime needs a minimum of brutal repression. Without it he won’t be able to lead the country,” he said. “His regime has been built on fear and repression and if you take that away he has no legitimacy. If the people start to lose their fear he is finished. But they are not there yet.” A protester from Homs said the city feared no one. “Tell Bashar he is finished and we will prevail,” he said. He would not give his name. Syria Middle East Martin Chulov guardian.co.uk
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The man accused of Yeates’s murder covers his face as jurors see pictures of her body and injuries The man accused of murdering the landscape architect Joanna Yeates broke down in tears as photographs of her bruised and bloodied body were shown at his trial on Friday. Vincent Tabak put his face in his hands and appeared to peer through his fingers when the graphic images were displayed on screens around the court, including one close to him in the dock. Tabak, 33, who has admitted manslaughter but denies murder, then took his glasses off and dabbed away tears. The court heard details of some of the 43 injuries Yeates is alleged to have suffered as Tabak attacked and strangled her at her flat in Bristol. A pathologist said she must have been alive when some of the injuries were caused. The prosecution alleges Tabak abducted his 25-year-old neighbour after she returned home after an evening in the pub, and that he bundled her body into his car and left her on the side of a country road, Longwood Lane at Failand, three miles from the scene of the murder in Clifton. Yeates’s body was found by a dog walker, Daniel Birch, on Christmas morning, eight days later. In a statement read out to court, Birch said: “I saw a lump in the snow and what appeared to be a denim jeans pocket on the left-hand verge. I didn’t think about it straightaway and continued walking. After about 10 paces, my mind was saying: ‘That’s a body.’ ” Yeates was lying with her knees pointing towards a quarry wall. Birch remembered the top of Yeates’ white knickers and part of her bare back being exposed through the snow. Mr Justice Field told the jurors they would have to see images of the body “in the interests of justice” . Among the photographs shown were ones of Yeates lying in a foetal position on Longwood Lane, her body covered in snow and leaves. The prosecution alleges Tabak tried to throw the body over the quarry wall but then concealed it beneath a pile of leaves. Images also showed her body being lifted on to a stretcher so that it could be removed from the scene. More pictures of the body were taken at a nearby mortuary. Yeates was still in a foetal position, her pink top pulled up to just under her shoulders. Her grey bra was visible as was part of her left breast. At this point Tabak broke down in the dock, turning towards a female Dutch interpreter helping him with medical terms. Yeates’s nose was bloodstained and a red-tinged icicle hung from it. Her eyes were puffy and red and there was bruising on her forehead, behind her ear and under her eyelids. Her cheeks and neck were also bruised. She had an abrasion on her lip and red bruises on her chin. Her blond hair was bloodstained. Home Office pathologist Russell Delaney said some of the injuries must have been suffered while Yeates was alive. Delaney said: “Bruising only occurs when the heart is beating – so the injuries occurred during life.” Her jeans were in place and Delaney told the court there was no indication they had been tampered with. A picture of Yeates’ right foot with the sock missing was also shown to the jury. The prosecution has alleged that Tabak took the sock. The trial at Bristol crown court continues. Joanna Yeates Crime Bristol guardian.co.uk
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Conservative minister apologises after being photographed binning papers but insists they contained nothing sensitive Oliver Letwin, a minister in the Cabinet Office, has apologised after being photographed dumping work-related documents in bins in a park close to Downing Street but insisted that none of the ditched papers contained classified information. David Cameron’s chief policy adviser gave the assurance after the revelations , backed by photographs of one piece of correspondence thrown away and of the minister putting papers in different bins, sparked concern about potential security risks as well as data protection breaches. On Friday morning, the office of the Information Commissioner said that it was launching an investigation into potential breaches of the Data Protection Act. The Daily Mirror reported that Letwin was seen on five separate days binning sensitive correspondence on terrorism, national security as well as constituents’ private details in the park near No 10. In all, the Mirror claimed that Letwin threw away more than 100 papers containing private information, including five intelligence and security committee letters. In one, MP Andrew Tyrie reportedly tells the ISC chairman, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the committee “failed to get to the truth on UK involvement in rendition”. Another discarded document refered to al-Qaida links to Pakistan, the newspaper claimed. Cameron, the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, and the chancellor, George Osborne, are all said to be mentioned in the dumped papers, as are organisations including the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office and the NHS. The paper described the Cabinet Office minister’s actions as a security breach, but a spokesman for Letwin insisted on Thursday evening that the papers were not of a sensitive nature. The newspaper reports triggered a letter from Labour MP and shadow minister without portfolio Michael Dugher to the cabinet secretary, Gus O’Donnell, calling on him to investigate the classification of any discarded documents and whether strict procedures for the disposal of government documents were breached. By late Friday morning, Downing Street confirmed that the Cabinet Office was looking into whether any sensitive material had been among the papers dumped. “Our understanding is that there were no classified documents,” a spokeswoman for No 10 said. “Most of the business Mr Letwin does in the park is constituency based. In the light of what has been reported, the Cabinet Office is looking into it.” Asked what the prime minister’s view was, she added: “Clearly, it’s not a sensible way to dispose of documents. Mr Letwin has agreed he will not dispose of documents in this way again.” The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, accused the minister of “treating important papers with contempt” and engaging in “very strange behaviour”. A fresh statement was issued by an aide to Letwin with an apology attached and the insistence that none of the information ditched had related to “official government business”. “Oliver Letwin is an incredibly hardworking constituency MP,” the spokesman said. “He does some of his parliamentary and constituency correspondence in the park before going to work in the morning and sometimes disposed of copies of letters there. These documents related to constituency and parliamentary rather than official government business, and did not contain any classified information. “Mr Letwin sincerely apologises to any concerned constituents and would like to make assurances that he will no longer dispose of copies of documents and constituency correspondence in this way.” Letwin, the MP for West Dorset, is an early riser who does a morning circuit of St James’s Park, usually starting at 5.30am. In this period he dictates letters for typing by his secretary during the day. The Labour backbencher Jeremy Corbyn told Radio 5 Live that while he enjoyed the “idea of ministers walking around the park in the morning”, carrying confidential documents was wrong. “It’s a remarkably silly thing to do,” the MP for Islington North said. “To then dump them all in a bin is really very stupid, because he could easily be spotted and followed and anybody could then pick them up.” A spokeswoman for the office of the Information Commissionersaid: “We are aware of the allegations and are making inquiries. Keeping personal data secure is a key principle of the Data Protection Act, and the ICO takes any breach of that principle very seriously.” Speaking in Leeds, Miliband said: “If it’s true that there were constituents who’d written to him and he was looking at constituency letters and they just ended up in the bin, I don’t think it’s the right way to act and the right way to treat people and people’s concerns. “I think he’ll have learnt his lesson, and I hope he does learn his lesson. I think most people would think, you’re dealing with sensitive correspondence, you should treat it in a sensitive way.” “There are plenty of ways of getting rid of sensitive documents. All the parliamentary papers are shredded and so are the ones in the House of Commons and presumably the ministry as well.” The revelations present a further headache for Cameron in a week during which Downing Street has been forced onto the back foot over the defence secretary, Liam Fox who was forced to resign on Friday. Zac Goldsmith, the Tory MP for Richmond, tweeted: “How is Oliver Letwin working in the park newsworthy?! Whoever in Labour has asked for (yet another) inquiry should be put to sleep.” Oliver Letwin Conservatives Hélène Mulholland Allegra Stratton guardian.co.uk
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• Defence secretary steps down over links to controversial unofficial adviser Adam Werrity • How the Guardian broke the story 4.32pm: Here is the full text of David Cameron’s letter to Liam Fox. Like Fox, Cameron (left) focuses on his work as defence secretary, especially in Libya and in reforming the finances of the Ministry of Defence. Dear Liam, Thank you for your letter. I understand your reasons for deciding to resign as defence secretary, although I am very sorry to see you go. We have worked closely for these last six years, and you have been a key member of my team throughout that time. You have done a superb job in the 17 months since the election, and as shadow defence secretary before that. You have overseen fundamental changes in the Ministry of Defence and in our armed forces, which will ensure that they are fully equipped to meet the challenges of the modern era. On Libya, you played a key role in the campaign to stop people being massacred by the Gaddafi regime and instead win their freedom. You can be proud of the difference you have made in your time in office, and in helping our party to return to government. I appreciate your commitment to the work of this government, particularly highlighting the need to tackle the deficit, and the relationship between Britain’s economic strength and our national security. You and Jesme have always been good friends, and I have truly valued your support over the years. I will continue to do so in the future. Yours ever, David. Jesme is Fox’s wife, Jesme Baird. 4.23pm: The resignation letter goes into very little detail about his links with Adam Werrity or the allegation that he was in effect running a shadow foreign policy regarding Sri Lanka . He says only that he “mistakenly” allowed the distinction between “my personal interest and my government activities” to become blurred, and that the “consequences” of this have become clearer. David Cameron has said he is very sorry Fox has resigned but “I understand your reasons”. Fox’s was a tricky case to handle for Cameron. The prime minister will not have wanted to alienate his own right wing by being seen to abandon one of their most high-profile standard bearers. Fox was a leadership rival of Cameron’s in 2005 and may have seen himself as a replacement for Cameron one day. In that sense he may be more dangerous for Cameron on the backbenches, where he may become a focus for internal Tory opposition to the prime minister. My colleague Allegra Stratton has written about Fox’s resignation here . She points out that Fox is the first Tory to be forced out of the coalition, and the resignation will trigger the prime minister’s first reshuffle, “an operation he had wanted to hold out doing until half way through the parliament”. It is expected Cameron will perform a limited reshuffle, Allegra writes, merely replacing Fox without going reorganising his entire government line-up. Fox is said to have crumpled under the weight of this week’s revelations and the prospect of another weekend of speculation He could not hold out until the inquiry into his behaviour wound up officially – expected to be at some point next week. The prime minister had always held out the right to exercise his own judgment and keep Fox in his post even if O’Donnell’s report had been critical, but the defence secretary decided to short-circuit the process and limit the personal and political damage. It is understood that Werritty’s appearance before Sir Gus O’Donnell – the man performing the inquiry to establish the propriety of his work – did not impress the cabinet secretary. 4.21pm: Here is Liam Fox’s letter of resignation to the prime minister in full: Dear David, As you know, I have always placed a great deal of importance on accountability and responsibility. As I said in the House of Commons on Monday, I mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred. The consequences of this have become clearer in recent days. I am very sorry for this. I have also repeatedly said that the national interest must always come before personal interest. I now have to hold myself to my own standard. I have therefore decided, with great sadness, to resign from my post as secretary of state for defence — a position which I have been immensely proud and honoured to have held. I am particularly proud to have overseen the long overdue reforms to the Ministry of Defence and to our armed forces, which will shape them to meet the challenges of the future and keep this country safe. I am proud also to have played a part in helping to liberate the people of Libya, and I regret that I will not see through to its conclusion Britain’s role in Afghanistan, where so much progress has been made. Above all, I am honoured and humbled to have worked with the superb men and women in our armed forces. Their bravery, dedication and professionalism are second to none. I appreciate all the support you have given me – and will continue to support the vital work of this government, above all in controlling the enormous budget deficit we inherited, which is a threat not just to this country’s economic prosperity but also to its national security. I look forward to continuing to represent my constituents in North Somerset. Yours ever, Liam 4.19pm: Tory MP Peter Bone says “it’s typical of Liam to put the country first” in resigning. “I think it was largely a media-driven [story]. I didn’t see the hanging offence, I’m afraid,” says Bone. Here is a bit more detail from Fox’s statement: I mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred. The consequences of this have become clearer in recent days and I’m sorry for this. 4.14pm: This is the second forced resignation since the coalition was formed. The first was the Lib Dem David Laws, who stepped down soon after becoming chief secretary to the Treasury over his expenses. You can see all of the Guardian’s coverage of the Liam Fox story since June here . 4.12pm: The defence secretary, Liam Fox, has resigned after increasing pressure over his links to his unofficial adviser and best man, Adam Werrity. His office has just confirmed the news. In his resignation statement, Fox said he “mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred”. 4.10pm: The defence secretary, Liam Fox, has resigned. More details soon … How the Guardian broke the story The Guardian’s Rupert Neate broke this story in June and has led the way in uncovering new developments. Here’s how the story unfolded: 27 June 2011 Government weighs into ‘blackmail’ row over 3M and MRSA test 13 July 2011 US firm 3M could summon Liam Fox to give evidence in blackmail case 7 August 2011 Liam Fox forced into U-turn over legal spat with US multinational 3M 18 August 2011 Liam Fox’s friend set up crucial legal meeting 29 August 2011 Liam Fox under fresh pressure over adviser 4 October 2011 Liam Fox faces questions for allowing former flatmate access to MoD 5 October 2011 Charity created by Liam Fox axed after watchdog issues criticism 7 October 2011 Liam Fox was joined by former flatmate on official visit to Sri Lanka Liam Fox had already been warned over Adam Werritty links Liam Fox, his adviser, and an irregular meeting in Dubai ‘Adviser’ Adam Werritty ran charity from Liam Fox’s office 8 October 2011 Businessman met Fox’s friend two months before ‘chance’ Dubai meeting Emails and video footage pile pressure on beleaguered Liam Fox 10 October 2011 Revealed: how lobbyists were paid to facilitate meeting with Liam Fox Werritty remains silent as spotlight falls on his earning and business dealings 11 October 2011 Liam Fox battles to save career as PM gives only conditional support Liam Fox row: Adam Werritty to be quizzed over sources of income 12 October 2011 Liam Fox furious as friends brief against Werritty 13 October 2011 Liam Fox took five MPs to Washington with donor’s money Labour questions £170,000 cost of Liam Fox’s official advisers Liam Fox faces fresh questions on Sri Lanka links Fox and Werritty joined stag party during taxpayer-funded trip to Dubai 14 October 2011 Rightwing Tories rally to Liam Fox’s side Liam Fox and Adam Werritty links Liam Fox Paul Owen guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Bill O’Reilly Says Wall Street Occupiers are Infested with Rats, Drugs and Outdoor Sex
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Click here to view this media Bill O’Reilly had his wingnut mojo working Thursday night. He tries to paint Occupy Wall Street protesters as drug trafficking potheads who are also boffing each other outdoors in the squalid conditions of Zuccotti Park. Billo asked one of his favorite culture warriors Margaret Hoover, who lives a few blocks away from the riff-raff if she smelled the weed. She says, yes, but really no since she didn’t actually smell it, but her friend did. O’Reilly:…three weeks is enough. It’s dirty and filthy, there’s rats running all over, there’s dope all over the place. They’re having sex outside at night around. (inaudible) Does that say anything about the entire movement? Man, when can I book a flight? Now this is the left-wing movement I remember! OK, that’s Billo’s fantasy minus loofahs and Andrea Mackris so what’s he all bothered about?
Continue reading …The media despised the Tea Party in its infancy, but now that they're trying to boost the “Occupy Wall Street” (OWS) movement, they're describing the latter as a liberal version of the former, without actually reporting on the hard-left Marxist underpinnings of the protests. NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell and Fox News's Sean Hannity discussed the media's coverage of OWS plus the media's bias against rising GOP candidate Herman Cain during an October 13 “Media Mash” segment on FNC's “Hannity.” You can watch the full segment in an embedded video below the page break .
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