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Posted in Politic(k)s. Posted by dave-o at 12:21 PM | Permalink

And suddenly Santorum is the Republican frontrunner

Tonight he won the contests in Minnesota and Missouri and maybe also in Colorado. And he won Iowa earlier. What has Romney won so far? Florida? This is about to get deeply weird. I wish Hunter Thompson were alive to see this.

Rick Santorum Projected As Winner In Minnesota, Missouri | TPM2012

Posted in Politic(k)s. Posted by Mojo at 11:47 PM | Permalink

CalTrans employee caught trying to smuggle military tech to China

The State Worker: Former Caltrans employee indicted for trying to export high-tech parts to China

The Colorado federal grand jury indictment alleges that He drove to the port of Long Beach on Dec. 11 with 200 radiation-hardened integrated circuits worth nearly $550,000 in the trunk of his car. The circuits, which are considered sensitive defense articles banned from export without federal authorization, were concealed in plastic infant formula containers inside five sealed boxes marked "milk powder" in Chinese. At the port, the indictment alleges, He met two men "in front of a docked ship bearing a (Chinese) flag. The (Chinese) flagged ship was registered to Zhenhua Port Machinery Company LTD, a subsidiary of the ... state-owned corporation China Communications Construction." One of the men had a Chinese passport and the ship was scheduled to return to China in a few days. He allegedly obtained the circuits illegally from Colorado-based Aeroflex Colorado Springs. After his arrest, he was extradited to Colorado and now faces up to 35 years and $1.5 million in fines on charges of conspiracy, attempted unlawful export and attempted smuggling of defense articles. He appeared in U.S. District Court in Denver on Friday where he was advised of his rights and the charges against him

Posted in Politic(k)s. Posted by Mojo at 12:36 AM | Permalink

Private charities have never been enough, we need government to help those less fortunate

Fred Clark debunks an all-too-common right wing talking point. slacktivist -- Ross Douthat’s utopia exists, in Haiti

If only “the government” would get out of the way, then private charities could step in, step up, and fix all of our problems. This is not a serious suggestion, but it’s a popular one, perennially put forward by people who insist we should take them seriously. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat offers a recent version of this in a recent column titled, tellingly, “Government and Its Rivals.” “Rivals,” you see, because it’s a competition. If X helps a poor person, then no one else can. All responsibility is exclusive and competitive, etc. The first and largest problem for Douthat and others arguing this is that the facts and numbers are easy to find and they all run counter to the theory. The scope of private charity is not adequate. Nor has it ever been. Before Social Security, private charities worked hard to provide a small measure of economic security to a small percentage of America’s elderly poor. But the massive reduction in poverty among America’s elderly came about through Social Security, not through private charity. After the establishment of Social Security, of course, private charities have continued to assist the elderly and — contra Douthat — the existence of Social Security has leveraged their effectiveness, not diminished their efforts. That’s the second problem for those calling for the total privatization of the public safety net — they are contradicted by the vast majority of those who are actually working in the very private charities they praise. From the top leadership to the foot soldiers in the trenches, the people who are doing the hard work of those private charities overwhelmingly wish to see more and more vigorous public support, not less, and certainly not none. They do not view themselves as “rivals” of the government. . . .

Posted in Politic(k)s. Posted by Mojo at 11:57 PM | Permalink

Obama puts the screws to Iran

Iran previously said that if harsher sanctions were leveled they'd block the Straits of Hormuz. So either Obama has called their bluff or he's about to kick off another war. Obama Tightens Sanctions, Freezes Assets In Bid To Isolate Iran | ThinkProgress

The Obama administration released today a letter to Congress submitted Sunday reviewing a new executive order from the President drawing on provision of existing laws to enact sanctions against entities doing business with the Iranian central bank, including freezing any assets that do such business held by foreign branches of American banks. President Obama cited “deceptive practices” by Iranian banks “to conceal transactions of sanctioned parties” when enacting the sanctions. The moves are widely seen as part of a program to further isolate Iran from the international economy, devaluing its currency and increasing the cost on Iran for its policies, particularly its standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

Posted in Politic(k)s. Posted by Mojo at 09:15 PM | Permalink

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