While his car was parked at the house where he was living, Castellanos had fired several rounds in no particular direction, and when deputies arrived, they blocked his car from exiting the driveway. As a deputy approached the drivers side door, Castellanos rolled down the window and pulled out an AK47 assault rifle and pointed it at the deputy in a threatening manner.
The deputy then reportedly fired his handgun at Castellanos and struck him in the hip and head. He was taken to the Maricopa County Medical Center where he later died.
Castellanos had 30 rounds in the magazine attached to the assault rifle. Detectives also found an additional 30 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and a handgun with Castellanos.
The brother of the deputy involved in the shooting has Tweeted:
The man my brother shot in the line of duty was carrying guns provided by Operation Fast and Furious. Bravo, ATF, for handing him an AK-47.
However, there has been no confirmation of this from any of those involved, including the Maricopa County Sheriff's office.
---arrested for human smuggling (1986) and a denied visa application
---More than a decade later, Castellanos was lawfully admitted to the country as a non-immigrant.
---While Castellanos was in the country unlawfully in 2001, he applied for a visa, which was denied in 2004.
ICE agents picked up Castellanos from the traffic stop and took him to a U.S. detention center. Less than two weeks later, he was released from custody after the immigration hearing.
#1
That really cheered me up. Kiss your savings goodbye.
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#2
"your savings goodbye" Like property, they just loan it to you. The Fed has not protected the value of our money. What are charge cards now 25-30% inte4rest. Banks can barrow at near zero interest. Checking or savings account interest about 1% interest. When you keep a savings accout now in the bank you are losing money. New crime wave is getting your bank account money. So we have our government and occoupy types coming after us. Any perceived value is target now.
#4
As a good Marxist Obama just knows economics is a zero sum game so all those with surpluses must have robbed someone and it's only just that the state nationalises them, or they get used for the public good, by the dear leaders friends.
#5
Don't think "more regulation". Think "fair regulation". The problem has not been more or less regulation, but that it is not been applied fairly or wisely.
Government has negatively horned in to the process in two ways, forcing business to make bad business decisions based on idealistic economic directives; and protecting business from the consequences of their bad business decisions.
The alternative is to going back to *not* requiring business to make bad decisions, and *not* protecting them from market forces when they do so on their own.
For example, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac were required by Bawnie Fwank to make home loans to people who should never have been given home loans, based on their financial viability. But then, when Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac were ruined by this, the government "had" to bail them out.
Another example is government efforts to require insurance companies to provide insurance that would never be given otherwise. And this applies to most kinds of insurance, not just health and flood insurance.
The permutations of this are cancerous, and always result in favoritism to one business over its competitors. It also sustains monopolies and oligopolies, protecting them from the market forces that would destroy them.
So the most important thing is to get big government out of the way, to get them to stop interfering trying to defy reason, logic and reality.
Only *after* that point is regulation even a consideration. It exists to prevent unfair exploitation of consumers by business. So its purpose is just a fraction of how it is applied today.
Overall, the average annual percentage rate (APR) for credit cards of all types fell to 14.98% in November.
The average APR for low interest cards is 10.6%. Average rates for other types of cards ranged up to 15.5% for higher risk, instant approval cards.
Average initial rates as of last week are listed here. As the chart shows, credit card rates are the same as or very slightly above those of 6 months ago on a category - by - category basis.
Only cards issued to people with extremely bad credit ratings averaged 25% - and that rate has been unchanged for some time.
#8
---- Government has negatively horned in to the process in two ways, forcing business to make bad business decisions based on idealistic economic directives; and protecting business from the consequences of their bad business decisions.
MoFo Global's implosion is solely related to the last half of that statement. Jon Corzine pushed his business over the edge & probably misappropriated hundreds of millions of dollars because he knew he could get away with it. None of the abuses in this case or in the futures/options markets were forced by government action.
--- What would be the consequences of having no futures / options markets at all?
#9
From my simple understanding of F/O markets, they serve to disclose values of commodities & debts at a given moment & for the future, to the best extent possible. This disclosure enables investors to have a little more confidence when risking their savings. The market no longer discloses accurate prices, and investors are leaving in droves. From Zerohedge: Separate risk from gain, obliterate transparency and choke the market with zero interest rates, and you've not only destroyed capitalism, you've also destroyed the economy by rewarding the most venal, corrupt, fraudulent and capital-destroying players while stranding the prudent on an island of opacity where the true price of assets, credit and risk cannot be discovered.
That is how government action/inaction is promoting this destruction.
#10
* "Destroyed by the MF Global collapse" > thats a stretch for one to believe.
* "The Markets no longer give accurate prices" - IMO you mean stable, non-flux or LT prices.
Broadly true, but IMO only because the POTUS Bammer Admin = USA is failing to denote to US Investors + Corporations WHAT NEW MARKETS IS WALL STREET + US SMALL BUSINESS GETTING ACCESS TO AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE US-LED GWOT.
HARD OR SOFT, OPEN OR COVERT, GOVT. OR FREE MARKET/PRIVATE SECTOR, one has to give the economics of imperialism its due.
Right now, US individual + organized investors as a class have tremendous uncertainty as to LT US intentions or presence in all of these unstable Countries + Regions. THATS THE FAULT OF WASHINGTON, POTUS BAMMER + THE CONGRESSCRITTERS, NOT THE MARKETS.
#11
Lotp I haven't had a charge card for years now but just repeated what others have experienced. Some have even had their credit limits reduced. Then others have been discontinued because of lack of use. I say again that the Fed is not protecting the value of the our currency. As I recall in 1970 their powers or responsibilities were expanded, hence our current dilemma.
Except for true emergencies (and wanting a new pair of shoes or a new drill - when the old one works fine - are NOT emergencies), if you can't pay it off each month, you shouldn't be charging in the first place. Treat your credit card as though it's a debit card (but with someone between access to your bank account and the thief who took your card).
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AH spot on as always. I believe the information on just about everything is just a bunch of lies and more lies. They manipulate information to suit their needs.
My first post was confusing. I had brain fog. I try to say in the fewest words possible what I wish to express. Like speed reading it may not flow smoothly at times.
#14
Barbara yes. I know a man hounded to take $30,000 interest free for thirty days. He took it and invested the money. He made a good return and paid them off. Not everyone could pull that off. He has a store with gaming machines. Welfare people mostly spend what money they are given. If they can't play they sell him anything they have of value to keep playing. When they win they tip the attendant very well, like they are high rollers. He grew up in an inner city home for boys. Street wise, successful devoted family man.
From jammie wearing fool.
Hmm, let's see. None if this happened after 9/11, but what the heck, with Tebow-mania sweeping the nation, who knows how rowdy those Broncos fans could become?
I admit I've been tempted to bust some things up when my New York Giants lose tough games, and I was perilously close to calling for mass deportation after that DeSean Jackson fiasco last December. But really, is a man who causes such inspiration capable of unknowingly inciting mass violence?
For all the Tebow analysis from non-football types, this may be the dumbest.
People are always looking for signs of God's beneficence, and a victory by the Orange Crush over the blue-clad Patriots, from the bluest of blue states, will give fodder to a Christian revivalism that has already turned the Republican presidential race into a pander-thon to social conservatives, rekindling memories of those cultural icons of the '80s, the Moral Majority and "Hee Haw." The culture wars are alive and well, and, if the current climate in Washington is any indicator, the motors are being revved up for what will undoubtedly be the most cantankerous Presidential campaign ever. When supposedly well-educated candidates publicly question overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change and evolution and then gain electoral traction by fabricating conspiracies about a war on Christmas, these are not rational times.
Into the middle of it all rides Tebow. Absolutely confident that God is on his side, he comes across as a humbler version of the biblical Joseph, who, in this week's Torah portion, audaciously lays claim to being the Chosen One, and then goes out and proves it. Tebow's sanctimonious God-talk has led even pious peers like Kurt Warner to suggest that he cool it. Joseph could have used the same coaching.
If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants. While America has become more inclusive since Jerry Falwell's first political forays, a Tebow triumph could set those efforts back considerably.
Little of this insanity, mind you, has to do with Tebow himself. I admire much of what he stands for. His mom's decision to risk her own life rather than abort her fetus flies against my own -- and Judaism's -- values, but neither am I pro-choice in all cases. His story is so improbable that if he were to win it all, a part of me would be wondering whether there is a Purpose behind it, just as I saw a divine hand in the equally unbelievable Red Sox victory of 2004. And it makes me wonder whether other Jews, the ones who don't happen to have advanced degrees in religion and a few decades of rabbinic experience, might be even more seduced by this unfolding drama. Will legions of Southern Baptist missionaries hit the college campuses the very next day, spreading this new gospel of Tim? Already there is a "Jews for Tebow" Facebook page.
No, this wasn't some deranged satire from a Daily Kos post, but it's execrable nonetheless. Sad to see it's authored by a rabbi, who should know better. Such ugliness and bigotry should not be coming from such quarters. Sadly, this jerk seems to be infected with the disease known as liberalism.
Shameful. People like this rabbi need to be openly mocked and ridiculed.
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With an 8-5 record, the Broncos have now taken the lead in the AFC West. Dunno about the the Moral Majority but, as a Raider fan, I'm already upset. Can somebody please stop this guy?
#4
Any rabbi who sees God's hand in some baseball victory (the Red Sox are a baseball team, yes? And not some other sport I also don't follow?) is a few candles short of a menorah.
And it makes me wonder whether other Jews, the ones who dont happen to have advanced degrees in religion and a few decades of rabbinic experience
You know what they call the rabbinic student who graduated dead last in his class? "Rabbi", just like the one's who did well and got jobs with high-paying congregations.
The piece has been taken down and I apologize to all those whom it has offended. Some additional reflections will be forthcoming. Thank you.
Posted by Joshua Hammerman 1 comments
It wasn't my comment he published, oddly enough, which suggests he got plenty of food for thought today -- a hopeful sign that he was able to learn that much.
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He's just FUN to watch. You can't predict him at the end of the game. And he's motivated the entire team. Remember Kurt Warner? He was a great player, but he caused everyone to BELIEVE. Tebow might not be ready, or ever be great. But he makes people BELIEVE.
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Darth, thats great.
People offended? You showed yourself to be a lunatic, the most offended are likely your family and congregation. Leagues of degrees and years experience, fat lot of good it did ya you twit.
Really, all that brain power and don't you know who I am enthusiasm channeled into a piece like this; Hee-Haw is as accurate portrayal of rural life as your ideas on, well, real life.
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