[Iran Press TV] A former Republican state Senator has been sentenced up to 10 years in state prison on charges of misusing taxpayer appropriations and forgery.
Former Pennsylvania Republican Senator Jane Orie has been ordered on Monday to serve from 2.5 to 10 years in state prison for using her taxpayer-funded legislative staff to do campaign work and forging defense exhibits to try to cover it up.
Presiding judge Jeffrey Manning said Orie may have received a shorter sentence if she hadn't introduced fraudulent documents as evidence during her first trial in March 2011, which caused a mistrial.
"You stand convicted of crimes that demean the sanctity of all we do as lawyers," said Judge Jeffrey Manning, adding that "the sin is overborne by the deflection; the crime overshadowed by the cover up."
Prosecutors insisted Orie deserved incarceration because she showed no remorse and continued to minimize her crimes even when pre-sentencing Sherlocks interviewed her.
On March 26, Orie had been convicted on 14 counts including five felonies ranging from theft of services, conflict of interest and forgery.
The judge has yet to decide whether Orie must repay up to USD 2 million in restitution, legal fees and other costs.
Orie had been elected to the Senate in a 2001 special election to fill an empty seat and was re-elected three times.
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What's good for the goose is good for the Gander.
ItĀs D-Day and President Obama is hitting the beaches Ā of sunny California! It's Hell out there!
Instead of scheduling a brief event to mark the 68th anniversary of AmericaĀs brutal landing on the shores of Normandy, Obama is already on his way to San Francisco, where he will hold two fundraisers before moving on to Beverly Hills to stage two more. Who care what happened 68 years ago? I gotta solicit money!
Obama failed to mark D-Day with either a speech or a written proclamation both last year or the year before. He did give a speech in 2009, the 65th anniversary of the event. The man is absolutely heartless.
First Lady Michelle Obama, who has made much of her ĀJoining ForcesĀ campaign to support military families, also has nothing planned for D-Day. SheĀll be in New York City for a fundraiser and then in Philadelphia to meet with campaign volunteers. She's only after votes for The Once. Those people mean nothing to her.
ObamaĀs failure to mark D-Day in any significant way is both a shame and a political mistake. How can it be a Shame when the man is Shameless? Don't you realize it's all about Him? He wasn't there so it can't be important. He can't take credit for any of it.
According to the Department of VeteransĀ Affairs, two critical swing states Ā Florida and Pennsylvania, are among the top five states in terms of veteransĀ population. Within the top twelve are four others Ā Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina Ā all states Obama desperately needs to carry.
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[Haaretz] U.S. President Barack Obama told a delegation of the U.S. Orthodox Jewish community at the White House on Tuesday that his administration is "decidedly more attentive to Israel" than it is to the Palestinians.
Obama was speaking at a meeting between White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew and community leaders included Dr. Simcha Katz and Rabbi Steven Burg, President and the Managing Director of the Orthodox Union.
Asked about what lessons he has learned from the events related to the Israel-Paleostine grinding of the peace processor, Obama said that it's "really hard,"
The profundity amazes. Truly this man is the deepest thinker in the room as well as the smartest.
and that there are many possibilities for misunderstanding. There is only tensions because both sides feel pressured to compromise, he said.
He assured his guests that he and Netanyahu get along well on a personal level -- but that Netanyahu does not want to appear weak
. Obama also said that he understands the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "wants no restraints," like the leader of any country. He assured his guests that he and Netanyahu get along well on a personal level -- but that Netanyahu does not want to appear weak.
In the past, President B.O. and other administration officials warned the window of opportunity for making peace might not remain open for long. At Tuesday's meeting he said that maybe it is already closed, but still expressed hope that progress is still possible, although he admitted that the position of the Paleostinians has tanked.
We'll keep trying, he promised his guests - and asked them not to doubt his fidelity to this cause. Being a friend, he stressed, doesn't mean to agree with Israeli leaders on every single issue.T
Obama said that peace is good for Israel, and stressed that he has been a "stalwart believer" Israel should thrive - and that he has provided much support for the country. According to Obama, recent events in Syria and Egypt provide yet another example of why a solution to the conflict is needed.
Part of the discussion was dedicated to the issues of state and religion - especially the controversial issue of whose responsibility it is to pay for contraception - and whether religious hospitals should perform abortions and circumcisions.
Obama said he is a person of deep religious conviction and a "strong supporter of conscious causes." It's not that he thinks the government can do it better, he said - but stressed that millions of women working in religious institutions shouldn't be discriminated and not receive their healthcare because of their employers objections to contraceptives.
Tuesday's meeting followed a meeting last week, between Obama and White House Lew and about 20 Conservative Jewish community leaders, in which they thanked them for the work they do to improve communities around the country, and discussed their shared commitment to rebuilding the U.S. economy.
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Is this guy taking lessons in mental gymnastics and logical somersaults from Gilani and Zardari?
I mean I thought the Paks were Olympic class liars and folder/spindlers/mutilators of logic but this is absolutely the gold medal winner.
How can the Jewish community in the US listen to this crap and not burst out laughing. I mean if they didn't tar and feather this guy and run him out of the meeting on a split rail, they are hopelessly deluded.
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Israelis are able to behave themselves, perhaps one should be more attentive to the paleos.
Otherwise, a SOP generic talk. Said about himself, said about himself, so forth; if you wanted auto manufacturing to come back to the USA you would have him selling foreign cars.
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The Orthodox Jewish community leans Republican/conservative. One notices that their rabbis met with the Chief of Staff, and not directly with the president himself, suggesting where they stand in his mental hierarchy. Especially as they were asking challenging questions instead of accepting his wonderfulness as a given.
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I get it. This is a finish the sentence game. Cool.
"My administration is decidedly more attentive to Israel, than we would like to be."
or
"My administration is decidedly more attentive to Israel now, because it didn't go away when we were ignoring it. Obviously it will take a bigger push."
Governor Walker won, the unions and the Democratic Party lost. As of the time this was posted, with 50% of precincts reporting, it was Walker 58% to Barrett 41%. Click on the headline to get the latest count.
The Ace of Spades Decision Desk has a very cool county-by-county map.
Barrett won by a margin of about 100k in Dane county where about 260k votes were counted. The law allows election day registration and the Donks brought in thousands to do this (and, yes, there were likely many illegal registrations, although many were legal). In Milwaukee, Barrett won by about 90k. Here also there were a lot of election day registrations.
These two jurisdictions reported fairly late so the early margins didn't hold up.
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Hopefully the end of the beginning.
Now is not the time to let up.
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06/06/2012 4:48 Comments ||
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Lot's of election day shenanigans by the unions (buses of 'voters' from Michigan, Illinois, etc.). Hopefully there will be some modicom of investigaton, but there probably won't be as the cross-border stuff falls under the Feds.
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cross-border stuff falls under the Feds
Huh? How stupid. If I were governor, I'd investigate it anyway. What could they do about it? Talk about meddling in state affairs.
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The Wisconsin most likely will attempt to investigate it. I'm saying that the Feds will noisily claim custody of it (as it is across borders) and nothing will happen.
Meddling in state affairs? This administration is particularly noted for that.
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They won, even though the other side cheated, which means the real win was even more overwhelming. Now is the time to repeal on-the-spot voter registration, pass photo i.d. requirements, and start cleaning up the voter rolls to prevent shennannigans in November. Prosecution is a waste of time, it seems to me, when there are more critical chores to complete.
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TW you hit it out of the park.
After November, when we get an honest AG and get rid of all of the leftist satraps in the DOJ, THEN you prosecute.
Until then, defang and leash the beast.
By the time the DOJ gets all of their cease and desist orders in place, it will be too late.
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I live in Sun Prairie, a suburb of Madison. And with two more elections ahead, I think the whole state will be politicsed out by the time November's results come in.
Yesterday I thought of a bumper sticker that could be a hit among left and right alike in Wisconsin:
I HAVE STRONG POLITICAL VIEWS
BUT NEED A REST FROM THE DRAMA
President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, even temporarily, past their January 1 expiration, the White House said Wednesday as it coped with the fall-out from comments by Bill Clinton. What is "wealthy" now in the WH's terms....those who make minimum wage?
"We should not extend -- and he will not extend -- the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of the American people. It's bad policy, it's bad for the economy, it's bad for our fiscal picture," spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. When asked about himself riding aboard AF1 more than any other Prez, Mr. Carney replied, "Let them eat cake!"
Asked whether that applied to a short-term extension, Carney did not hide his irritation: "He will not -- could I be more clear? -- he will not support extension of the upper-income Bush tax cuts." Then a bell rang aboard AF1 marking Round 2 of the Class Warfare sparring match between the WH and all those who work for a living.
Carney's forceful declaration came after delighted Republicans seized on Clinton's remarks in an interview with CNBC in which he seemed to suggest that the Bush tax cuts, set to expire at the end of this year, be temporarily extended, which would be a sharp break from Obama. "They will probably have to put everything off until early next year," he told CNBC. "That's probably the best thing to do right now. But the Republicans don't want to do that unless he agrees to extend the tax cuts permanently, including for upper income people, and I don't think the president should do that."
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It would be interesting to see what they would approve of as a replacement, aside from something by P-Diddy or some such nonsense. If they actually had to come up with something and not just say some fluff like "something other than the Star Spangled Banner", they'd have to shut up.
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I've got a Rat Terrier that has a vocabulary of 435 words and barks at strangers. I'll put her up against Bill Press, Rachel Maddow, and Chrissie Prissy Matthews any time. Heck, she can out debate them on FACTS on the economy 3 all at the same time.
Have you noticed the Dems are into their smear tactics early? They don't have a leg to stand on so they are trying to divert attention away from their incompetence.
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Just me --- but I've always thought every finalist of any "singing contest" show should have to sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" as part of the final. So many of them do perform it in many arenas, after the contest. And usually, not so good....
A good song for a finale -- it is hard to sing -- but when done right --- is outstanding!!!
Sign us up among the people who would elect Bruce Springsteen to write a new national anthem for the good olĀ red, white and blue.
According to a poll conducted by Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes, 22 percent of Americans would choose Springsteen if they were asked to find someone to do it. Why not, after all?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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