Nope. Never heard of her. But I got a feeling that's gonna change...
The same day Amanda Bynes was charged with driving under the influence following an April arrest in which she allegedly struck an L.A. County sheriff's cruiser, the 26-year-old actress called on President Barack Obama to "fire the cop who arrested me." Get on that, Holder.
Right away, sir.
"Hey @BarackObama... I don't drink," read a tweet on the actress' verified Twitter account Tuesday. "Please fire the cop who arrested me. I also don't hit and run. The end." Tweeting is...hard!
The actress was arrested about 3 a.m. on April 6 near the corner of Robertson and Santa Monica boulevards in West Hollywood after her black BMW allegedly hit the rear corner of the sheriffs vehicle, one incident in a series of traffic mishaps she has been involved in recently. Okay, Missy. Time to do the Sidewalk Olympics.
Do you know who I am?
Ummmmmmm...nope.
Bynes denied the allegations in another tweet last month."I can't help but laugh at all of you writing fake stories about me," she wrote May 27. "I was not in any hit and runs. I don't drink so the DUI is false." I just like to drive around at three in the morning and sideswipe police cruisers.
She is slated to appear before Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Elden Fox, who oversaw much of actress Lindsay Lohan's DUI case. Bynes is also charged with refusing a Breathalyzer or blood-alcohol test. Awww, c'mon, boss. Don't you have a capital murder case on the docket for me? An axe murderer or something?
Now now, Elden. You've found a niche. Judge to the Bimbo Stars.
Bynes, who quickly rose to fame as a comedy star in the Nickelodeon show "All That," later starred in movies, including the film adaptation of the musical "Hairspray." Ummmmmmmmmm...nope.
The president did not respond to Bynes' tweet. Jeez, what an asshole...
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If she wasn't drugged or drunk she's the worst driver ever and should lose her license on those grounds. I mean really:
"after her black BMW allegedly hit the rear corner of the sheriff's vehicle"
Most people have a sort of a heightened vigilance when driving near police cars. Not Amanda.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] The South Sudanese Government has opened a bank account in Kenya into which money allegedly looted from public coffers can be returned.
This follows disclosures that about $4 billion had so far disappeared through official corruption.
President Salva Kiir Mayardit has appealed to those involved in the plunder of public resources to voluntarily surrender the money and deposit it into "South Sudan Stolen Funds Recovery Account" at Equity Bank. The account number is 0810299067373.
The anti-corruption commission has so far recovered $60 million, which had been lost in fraudulent deals involving various government institutions.
In a statement signed by the President, the government asked the culprits to return the stolen funds either in full or partially promising them amnesty and confidentiality.
President Kiir said the government had over the past six months taken several specific measures to tackle official corruption.
They include the appointment of a new chairman of the anti-corruption agency and sending out letters to more than 75 former and current bigwigs to recover stolen funds.
Early this year, the government sought the assistance of eight heads of state in Africa, the United States, Middle East and Europe in the recovery of the money.
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"Dear Sir,
I am the son of the former Emperor of South Sudan, Haile Abacha, and wish you to join me in the transfer of some 15 millions of funds ($) to your account(s) for Safekeeping (!)....
Please provide me with your informations so that I may make the transfer..."
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LOL--clever, Frank.
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Dear Frank: I am Haile Unlikely, Please send me your bank numbers and I will share my ill-gotten gains with you.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Malawi's new leader, Africa's latest woman president, does things differently.
Joyce Banda is toning down the bling and returning to basics in one of the world's poorest countries.
Mrs Banda has announced the sale or lease of a $13.3-million (Sh1.1 billion) presidential jet controversially bought by her predecessor three years ago as well as 60 limousines ferrying cabinet ministers and top government officials.
These steps are meant to heal breaches with international donors who pulled the plug on vital aid to the southern African nation, citing poor economic policies and governance under late president Bingu wa Mutharika.
"There is urgent need in our country to change the way we do things," the 62-year-old Banda -- who was vice president from 2009 until she became president on April 7 -- told parliament.
Since taking over after Mutharika's death from a heart attack in April, she has launched a national austerity drive which seeks to "cut back on government expenditure through a number of on-going measures."
Africa's second woman president after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Banda has also signalled a desire to reform her country's ailing farm-based economy.
Part of the cost-cutting schemes is getting rid of the luxury vehicles and plane, symbols of power and status in this poor nation where nearly 40 per cent of the 13 million people scrape by on less than a dollar a day.
"My government has set up a cabinet committee to determine what to do with the presidential jet: whether to sell it or lease it out," Mrs Banda told parliament last month.
"I can as well use private airlines. I am already used to hitch-hiking," she told a news conference later.
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Fears are mounting that Zim-bob-we's military will seize power in the event of President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... 's death or electoral defeat.
A top army general on Wednesday said they would not allow anyone who does not share the ideals of the veteran ruler's Zanu PF party to lead the country.
"As the military, we do not only believe, but act in defence of these values and we will not respect any leader who does not respect the revolution," Zim-bob-we National Army (ZNA) chief of staff Major General Trust Mugoba said.
"We will not even allow them to go into office because they do not represent the ideology we fought for. "As the military establishment, we have an ideology that is represented in the mission of Zanu PF."
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai believes that such statements are aimed at him and is worried about a repeat of the violence that marred the 2008 elections.
President Mugabe who turned 88 in February and is rumoured to be battling ill health wants elections this year.
The army was blamed for the deadly violence that marred the previous elections where over a hundred supporters of Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were killed.
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The term Genocide was coined by a jurist named Raphael Lemkin in 1944 by combining the Greek word genos (race) with the Latin word cide (killing). Genocide as defined by the United Nations in 1948 means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, including: (a) killing members of the group (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group (c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part (d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group (e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
[Iran Press TV] Britannia's mainstream media coverage of the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations focused on the picturesque extravaganza of the event, while there were other aspects to that.
First comes the huge costs the event imposed on the public purse, which the government estimates showed that the cost to the taxpayer would be as much as £3 billion.
The cost estimates exposed as The Guardian revealed on Monday June 4 that coach-loads of long-term unemployed jobseekers had been taken to London to work as unpaid stewards during celebrations marking the Queen's 60th year on the throne.
Second came the news blackout of the protests the anti-monarchy and republican groups held to denounce such an outdated extravaganza.
The 100 protesters gathered near the million+ celebratingon the banks of the Thames River to censure "the hereditary system" in Britannia, which they considered as an offence to "all democratic values".
They used to say that it is increasingly difficult to see why, with 60 percent of the population not interested in such an outdated mechanism, the taxpayer has to pay for it.
However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... their voices were left unheard by the mainstream media outlets, which only showed interest to the 1000-flotilla of boats accompanying the queen and the music concert that was held on her honor.
Britannia's unhealthy habit of dwelling on past glories has blinded those in power as well as many ordinary people to the fact that the country is now largely insignificant in the world.
The country's outdated ideals and policies are failing to recognize the evolution of modern society and consequently enslaving the UK into a way of life that most other countries regard as either 'quaint' or primitive.
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"recognize the evolution of modern society", I call that de evolution. The left is always unhappy. Regressive progressives.
The regional authority overseeing the $6 billion Dulles rail project dealt a blow to union labor on Wednesday -- a day after voters in Wisconsin and California did much the same.
The issue divided those who support and oppose project labor agreements (PLAs) -- pre-project collective bargaining pacts made between contractors and unions that outline conditions and wages for workers. Virginia, where the rail-line construction will take place, is a right-to-work state, meaning that union membership cannot be required as a condition for employment. Meaning PLAs result in a union project.
Maryland and the District are overwhelmingly Democratic and generally considered in bed with friendly to labor, while President Obama issued an executive order in 2009 encouraging the use of PLAs on high-dollar federal construction projects.
The contractor for the first phase of the rail project employed a PLA that was voluntarily adopted after the bid was won in June 2007, under the administration of former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat. Supporters of the PLA said the agreement helped ensure a safe, steady supply of union drones capable workers on Phase 1 of the 23-mile line.
When the issue of a PLA for the second phase was introduced last year, the board engaged in countless debates with officials in Virginia, where Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, threatened to withhold funding for the project if the language was kept.
The airports authority board eventually watered down the PLA requirement on phase two to a preference, stating that contractors bidding on the project would receive a 10 percent scoring bonus if they agreed to use a labor agreement. When competing contractors are short-listed based on qualifications, a ten-percent bonus would often be a deciding factor.
After more than a year of haggling during which Virginia's funding for the project was uncertain, Mr. McDonnell wrote to DOT Secretary Ray LaHood this week saying that if the MWAA board voted to remove the PLA language entirely, the state would provide a pledged $150 million next year "without any further conditions." The move helped prompt the MWAA board to vote 11-1 on Wednesday to abandon the PLA preference. Another slap at the socialist state of Maryland and the socialist in the White House.
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Windmills in Pennsylvania are being constructed with union workers from Texas. Forget Pa., Md, and WV. They asked for help because they are behind. They asked for local union help to work night shift to catch up. They said no way. That would have made them look good. The area ground is nothing like Texas. I think rocks just grow in Pennsylvania.
[Iran Press TV] The U.S. media declared the results of Wisconsin recall election while many people were still waiting in line to vote in the city of Milwaukee.
That is according to Norman Stockwell, Madison-based journalist and operations coordinator for WORT/FM radio, who spoke to Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday.
"There is some question about the ethics of declaring a race while people still haven't voted yet," he noted.
Republican Governor Scott Walker became the first governor to survive a recall election in U.S. history.
On Tuesday, Walker handily defeated his Democratic rival, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, with 53.5 percent to Barrett's 45.9 percent.
Sixteen months ago, Walker's decision to cut collective bargaining rights for most public workers set off one of the fiercest political wars in memories of Wisconsin's residents.
Stockwell said that activists and labor organizers are now looking at the election results as they are trying to figure out how to "move the state of Wisconsin back to progressive traditions" of the past fifty years.
This article starring:
Norman Stockwell
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Barrett may had won iff POTUS Bammer was willing to send America back to the Moon + beyond, etc. + iff our future OWG-NWO = [proto] SPACE GOVT-ORDER was willing to discuss how to setup a Star Trek-style Federation + Cashless Global Credit-Financ System.
FIRST THINGYS COME FIRST.
DON'T GET WAY WAY W-A-Y-Y-Y AHEAD OF OURSELVES, OTHERWISE ....
* E.G. DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE? RISING NUMBERS OF OF AMERICANS SCORN BOTH DEMS + GOP.
Fox News AM = "THROW THEM ALL OUT ..."!
* FREEREPUBLIC > CBO: US DEBT [Public] WILL BE TWICE/2X GDP BY 2037 [109% by 2026, =< 200.0% by 2037], wid more + more Amers seeing themselves as Political Independents.
FREEP POSTER = aasked how can Japan sustain its economy on a Curren Debt-to-GDP ratio of 197%.
* CHINESE MIL FORUM > AMERICA'S HUNGRY TWICE THE POPULATION OF NORTH KOREA | COMMENTARY: 46.0MILYUHN AMERICANS ON FOOD STAMPS, + [but yet]]THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING???
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Stockwell said that activists and labor organizers are now looking at the election results as they are trying to figure out how to "move the state of Wisconsin back to progressive traditions" of the past fifty years.
Long forgotten now, but the late Robert E. Fassnacht became an early victim of "progressive traditions" and social justice at University of WisconsinMadison, Sterling Hall, on Aug 24, 1970.
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...yeah, that clown's concept of 'democracy' is as found in Peoples Democratic Republics of the 20th Century. That might be found in the NEA recommended curriculum.
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The radio station 'WORT' is also called 'Radio Free Madison' and has been since the 60's.
Mr. Stockwell's personal website might be somewhat informative as to his leanings.
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You may have heard that a Barrett supporter slapped him after he gave his concession speech, claiming that people were still voting. At 10 pm. When the polls closed at 8 pm. Hmmmm.....
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Yeah, cause 200,000 new voters will just show up with no questions asked. Barret knew he'd lost flat-out before Tuesday. It was just a matter of formality.
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The Eagle Has Landed.
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[Dawn] The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar High Court on Tuesday ordered judicial inquiry into the allegation that a local jirga had fined a petitioner for violating a customary practice called ghag under which a man could lay claim on a female for marriage.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth took exception to the non-compliance of its earlier order by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... government about enacting a law for checking the practices of swara and ghag. The bench gave last chance to the government for introducing a law in this regard.
Lal Jan Khattak, an additional advocate general, sought two weeks time for activating all relevant heads of departments for tabling a proper bill in the provincial assembly to make such detestable acts punishable with sufficient imprisonment and fine so that the evil phenomenon was brought to a halt.
The bench ordered that it would be last chance for the provincial government otherwise the court would be constrained to pass an order regarding unwillingness of government to enact a law so as to prevent such sins and crimes and also to assess what kind of writ be issued in that regard. The bench was hearing a writ petition filed by father of two minor girls, Mohammad Nawaz, who alleged that a jirga comprising some members of local peace committee had ordered him to pay Rs275,000 to his two nephews because he had denied giving hands of his daughters to them in marriage.
The word ghag literally means "a call" and it stands for a one-sided demand from the male side to have engaged the female for a marriage.
The bench directed Peshawar district and sessions judge to appoint a senior judicial officer to conduct inquiry into the matter and fix criminal responsibility, if any, and submit the inquiry report before next date of hearing.
Advocate Essa Khan appeared for the petitioner and said that one of his daughters, Shaista, was about 13 whereas the second one, Zainab, was around 11. He said that the petitioner used to work as crane operator at UAE for the last 11 years, but owing to that problem he had to rush back to Pakistain on April 9 following which he was expelled from employment and his visa was also cancelled.
Mr Khattak said that as per the earlier orders of the court police had provided security to the family.
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[Iran Press TV] A US college has joined the international campaign of boycotting Israeli products to protest against Tel Aviv's policy of illegal land seizure and destruction on Palestinian lands.
The Flaming Eggplant, a student-run cafe at the Olympia Evergreen State College in Washington, has announced that students have voted for the boycott of Israeli products from illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian lands to end the complicity of their college in the Israeli violation of Palestinian rights, according to Olympiabds.org.
The students say purchasing Israeli goods is in conflict with their mission which ''supports political participation and direct action to create a just and egalitarian society.''
''We are proud to join this non-violent movement to pressure Israel until it ends its human rights violations against Palestinians,'' they said in a statement.
The Flaming Eggplant is the most recent business to join the growing international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli products from Jewish settlements.
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They better return their computers and other hi-teck equipment then (if they're serious)
Seriously we need to find out why our kids are being brainwashed and clean house at the Universities promoting this crap.
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An progressive institution "praised" by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Sierra Magazine, Planet Green, "The Hipster Handbook" and the EPA. Little more need be said.
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Compare to Patrice Lumumba U. in regards to quality of education.
At least at PLU you'd learn a second language.
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Does anyone know where students from Sally Struthers Technical Institute(tm) stand on this issue? Inquiring minds and all.....
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Olympia Evergreen is the same "institution" that gave us St. Pancake (Rachel Corrie). I'm sure the GDP of Israel dropped a nano-shekel with this boycott
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Boycotting Juicy goods, eh? Try this one on for size: The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Fears are mounting that Zim-bob-we's military will seize power in the event of President 
The regional authority overseeing the $6 billion Dulles rail project dealt a blow to union labor on Wednesday -- a day after voters in Wisconsin and California did much the same.
The 
A US college has joined the international campaign of boycotting Israeli products to protest against Tel Aviv's policy of illegal land seizure and destruction on Palestinian lands.
