Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, A Full Spectrum Confrontation World?
A History of the World, BRIC by BRIC
Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies
Posted by Pepe Escobar at 9:31am, April 26, 2012.
Marine Discharged for Anti-Obama Facebook Posts
By Andrew Chow, JD on April 26, 2012 5:56 AM
"...Stein's comments violated a Pentagon policy that limits service members' political speech while in uniform, military prosecutors alleged. Stein also ignored repeated warnings from superior officers about his online conduct, the AP reports..."
Just one of many stinky Pentagon policies that strip servicemembers of their rights if you ask me.
The 10 Least Peaceful States in the US
The 10 least peaceful states are:
1. Louisiana
2. Tennessee
3. Nevada
4. Florida
5. Arizona
6. Missouri
7. Texas
8. Arkansas
9. South Carolina
10. Mississippi
Red and blue states
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Based on my own experience
I would have to say that I believe that there is definitely some believable storylines here:
Study: Rich People Are More Inclined To Lie, Cheat, Steal
By Christopher Robbins in News on February 28, 2012 1:13 PM 80
House Investigator Issa Has Faced Allegations As Well
"Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House oversight committee, made news recently for going after the Justice Department's botched gun operation, known as Fast and Furious. Here, Issa listens during Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony in February. text size A A A April 16, 2012 The man driving the investigation into the General Services Administration, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, took the top seat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after the GOP won a majority in 2010. Issa has led several splashy investigations since. But he's also been dogged by allegations of his own..."
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Samsung family in public spat over inheritance
By YOUKYUNG LEE AP
Technology Writer
"... Lee, who is South Korea's wealthiest individual, on Tuesday took the rare step of publicly attacking his brother, Lee Meng-hee, declaring on YTN television that the 81-year-old "has been already kicked out from our home." Lee Meng-hee had earlier called his brother "greedy" and "childlike...."
How ALEC Helps Companies Keep Fracking Ingredients Secret
The nonprofit famous for supporting "Stand Your Ground" also aids drilling companies in protecting their "trade secrets."
— By Cora Currier, ProPublica
| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 1:30 PM PDT
Study: Rich People Are More Inclined To Lie, Cheat, Steal
By Christopher Robbins in News on February 28, 2012 1:13 PM 80
House Investigator Issa Has Faced Allegations As Well
"Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House oversight committee, made news recently for going after the Justice Department's botched gun operation, known as Fast and Furious. Here, Issa listens during Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony in February. text size A A A April 16, 2012 The man driving the investigation into the General Services Administration, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, took the top seat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after the GOP won a majority in 2010. Issa has led several splashy investigations since. But he's also been dogged by allegations of his own..."
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Samsung family in public spat over inheritance
By YOUKYUNG LEE AP
Technology Writer
"... Lee, who is South Korea's wealthiest individual, on Tuesday took the rare step of publicly attacking his brother, Lee Meng-hee, declaring on YTN television that the 81-year-old "has been already kicked out from our home." Lee Meng-hee had earlier called his brother "greedy" and "childlike...."
How ALEC Helps Companies Keep Fracking Ingredients Secret
The nonprofit famous for supporting "Stand Your Ground" also aids drilling companies in protecting their "trade secrets."
— By Cora Currier, ProPublica
| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 1:30 PM PDT
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money
Published on Monday, April 16, 2012 by Common Dreams
Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money
by Paul Buchheit
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Sarah Palin Attacks Obama's 'Terrifyingly Naive' Assault On Energy Production
"Really, our president's naive assault on American energy is going to doom our economy."
Oh nonsense.
What's dooming this country is an assumption by the 1% who pay big advertising dollars for eyeballs that are attached to brains that they believe are stupid enough to give Molly McMooseturd's opinion anything but disdain.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
escaping today
It's weird to hear slang that I suspect originated in California used by British teenagers.
And I do NOT understand the British obsession with Shakespeare . I don't understand the theater's obsession with Shakespeare.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
Monday, Apr. 16, 2012
By MICHAEL TARM
"We're troubled by this ban," said Ed Younka, Chicago spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union. Tweeting and social media are "merely the 21st century version of what reporters have always done — gather information and disseminate it."
Judges, he said, should embrace Twitter as a way to shed light on the judicial process, which, for many Americans, remains shrouded in mysterious ritual.
The judge in the Illinois case fears that feverish tweeting on smartphones could distract jurors and witnesses when testimony begins April 23.
"Tweeting takes away from the dignity of a courtroom," said Irv Miller, media liaison for Cook County Judge Charles Burns. "The judge doesn't want the trial to turn into a circus."
Hmmm.
By MICHAEL TARM
"We're troubled by this ban," said Ed Younka, Chicago spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union. Tweeting and social media are "merely the 21st century version of what reporters have always done — gather information and disseminate it."
Judges, he said, should embrace Twitter as a way to shed light on the judicial process, which, for many Americans, remains shrouded in mysterious ritual.
The judge in the Illinois case fears that feverish tweeting on smartphones could distract jurors and witnesses when testimony begins April 23.
"Tweeting takes away from the dignity of a courtroom," said Irv Miller, media liaison for Cook County Judge Charles Burns. "The judge doesn't want the trial to turn into a circus."
Hmmm.
Michael Franks - Charlie Chan In Egypt
Please tell me if you can, Doc
What's causing my depression?
The fact we now engage in
Unprovoked aggression?
These kids we're sending out
To quote "defend our nation"
Come home completely shattered
A broken generation?
I feel like a stranger
In a strange land
Like I can't
Reveal my secret
Wherever I go
Wherever I am
I feel like
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Can all this sit-com laughter
Still conceal our sadness
While down in Foggy Bottom
They manufacture madness?
Thanks to the World Wide Web
And its near complete dominion
We're suffocating in
The quicksand of opinion
I feel like a stranger
In a strange land
Like I can't
Reveal my secret
Wherever I go
Wherever I am
I feel like
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Whoa! I didn't know about the HuffPo's Pulitzer for the series "Beyond the Battlefield" when I posted this song.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Buffet rule failed to pass in Senate
Buffett rule' fails, but it will be back
The Buffet rule to raise taxes on millionaires couldn't get through the Senate, but both parties promise to make it a campaign issue as the nation heads toward Election 2012.
Christian Science Monitor
By David Grant / April 16, 2012
"...The 51-to-45 vote meant the bill fell short of the 60 votes it needs to avoid a filibuster...
... He noted how many Republicans have signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge, which obligates them to reject any tax increases, but have endorsed a Republican budget proposal that cuts food-stamp funding and sets up tougher restrictions on Medicaid funding.
Am I surprised? Oh fuck no! I wonder how much watering down it will take to get these fuckers to pass anything that might raise their taxes?
The Buffet rule to raise taxes on millionaires couldn't get through the Senate, but both parties promise to make it a campaign issue as the nation heads toward Election 2012.
Christian Science Monitor
By David Grant / April 16, 2012
"...The 51-to-45 vote meant the bill fell short of the 60 votes it needs to avoid a filibuster...
... He noted how many Republicans have signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge, which obligates them to reject any tax increases, but have endorsed a Republican budget proposal that cuts food-stamp funding and sets up tougher restrictions on Medicaid funding.
Am I surprised? Oh fuck no! I wonder how much watering down it will take to get these fuckers to pass anything that might raise their taxes?
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Prostitution Scandal: 5 Members Of U.S. Military Accused Of Misconduct At Same Hotel As Secret Service
Holy moly, am I the only one who caught the fact that this story is a HUGE distraction from what is really going on at the Summit of Americas?
no, Bloomberg got it
"U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-14/obama-criticizes-media-coverage-of-summit-of-the-americas.html
and so did the BBC
"US President Barack Obama has said that legalising drugs is not the answer to the problems caused by the trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Americas....
...But he said that he was open to a debate about the issue...."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17716926
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Should America Be Involved in Democracy Promotion in the Arab World?
"...I provided a contrarian view that said, quite simply, "no."
Yep, totally understand that, but definitely not for the reasons you go on to describe. Change needs to come from within, not outside, which is why it's silly to expect Americans to understand this tidbit:
"...As our polling makes clear, what most Arabs want from America is not democracy, it is for Washington to play a role in pressuring Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian lands..."
Did y'all drink the Kool-Aid? How can you lump together "America" and the DC power structure? Y'all think that "we the people" can penetrate, and effectively influence the DC bubble?
Puhleeeeeeeze!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Secret Service Agents Relieved Of Duty Following Colombia Misconduct Allegations
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Ummm. Like this stuff is rare? What really happened? Oh ain't it fun to play with an article that tells ya nuthin?
to which someone replied:
What really is a shame is all the false outrage by baggers.
to which I replied:
I know huh? Makes you wonder if the baggers are stupid, unimaginative, hypocritical, or just so brainwashed that they can't wrap their head around it? Or maybe the powers that be just get away with this crap during a "conservative" administration? I mean, secret service agents' employment sometimes spans multiple administrations, right?
Anyway, these dudes should have known that working in the first black US President's administration, and a Dem administration would make their jobs harder. That they would have to be better than the best, and on their best behavior.
That gettting stupid drunk and forgetting to pay the hookers was a big-time no-no:
Secret Service Colombia scandal: Agents working too hard, or not hard enough?
By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer / April 14, 2012
CS Monitor
Twelve US Secret Service agents were sent back to the US from Cartagena, Colombia, after allegedly drinking heavily and consorting with prostitutes. Is the long-veiled agency struggling with an increasingly complex mission?
Thursday, April 12, 2012
JPMorgan Chase: The Great White Whale Of The Global Economy
Jamie Dimon is as full of poop as a Christmas goose. It's his job.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Anti-abortion activists using legislation to win
WEDNESDAY, APR 11, 2012 10:47 PM PDT
Abortion options fade in South
Have antiabortion activists finally found a way to drive two women's clinics out of Mississippi and Alabama?
BY IRIN CARMON
A million different thought flew through my mind as I read this article. Disgust was the predominate feeling. Who do the anti-abortion activists think they are? If you have ever had to cross those whack-jobs' picket lines yourself then you may understand the urge to take their retarded picket sign and beat them over the head with it, just long enough to shut them the fuck up.
Unfortunately, those vultures feed on anger if you show it to them. There is no such thing as trying to reason with them, they are completely convinced that they are correct and they have the right to shove their beliefs down your throat. There is no reasoning with that kind of mind, it's like beating your head against a brick wall.
The more vocal ones that I have encountered have been men, which infuriates me.
Abortion options fade in South
Have antiabortion activists finally found a way to drive two women's clinics out of Mississippi and Alabama?
BY IRIN CARMON
A million different thought flew through my mind as I read this article. Disgust was the predominate feeling. Who do the anti-abortion activists think they are? If you have ever had to cross those whack-jobs' picket lines yourself then you may understand the urge to take their retarded picket sign and beat them over the head with it, just long enough to shut them the fuck up.
Unfortunately, those vultures feed on anger if you show it to them. There is no such thing as trying to reason with them, they are completely convinced that they are correct and they have the right to shove their beliefs down your throat. There is no reasoning with that kind of mind, it's like beating your head against a brick wall.
The more vocal ones that I have encountered have been men, which infuriates me.
Do they already have a crapload of kids that they don't make enough money to feed, clothe shelter and provide health insurance for?
Do they get up in the middle of the night to feed and change a baby that may be seriously disabled? For 4o fucking years?
Do they adopt? Would they adopt a child whose chances for survival to adulthood were low and whose chances for independence if they did reach adulthood were non-existent?
Do they struggle with basic survival?
Do they go to work every day for shit pay as a single parent and depend on the government to provide checks for a daycare provider who constantly threatens to dump the kid if their check is delayed one more time?
Do they risk losing their job if they have to stay home with a sick kid because daycare won't take a sick kid?
Do they have abusive spouses that may eventually abuse the child that they made such assholes of themselves to "save?"
Their constant refrain seems to be "God will provide."
Hmmmm. Well God provided a planet that already has 7 billion humans on it, and only 3% of of the water on the planet is fresh water, approximately 1% is usable by humans. Last time I checked crops need water and crops feed humans, and lack of fresh water can kill humans in as little as 2 days. Don't even get me started on climate change and people's attitudes towards it.
Do they get up in the middle of the night to feed and change a baby that may be seriously disabled? For 4o fucking years?
Do they adopt? Would they adopt a child whose chances for survival to adulthood were low and whose chances for independence if they did reach adulthood were non-existent?
Do they struggle with basic survival?
Do they go to work every day for shit pay as a single parent and depend on the government to provide checks for a daycare provider who constantly threatens to dump the kid if their check is delayed one more time?
Do they risk losing their job if they have to stay home with a sick kid because daycare won't take a sick kid?
Do they have abusive spouses that may eventually abuse the child that they made such assholes of themselves to "save?"
Their constant refrain seems to be "God will provide."
Hmmmm. Well God provided a planet that already has 7 billion humans on it, and only 3% of of the water on the planet is fresh water, approximately 1% is usable by humans. Last time I checked crops need water and crops feed humans, and lack of fresh water can kill humans in as little as 2 days. Don't even get me started on climate change and people's attitudes towards it.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Murder charge in Trayvon Martin killing
Okay then.
WATCH LIVE: Zimmerman’s lawyer speaks to reporters
By David Edwards
Thursday, April 12, 2012 13:34 EDT
WATCH LIVE: Zimmerman’s lawyer speaks to reporters
By David Edwards
Thursday, April 12, 2012 13:34 EDT
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Subsidizing the Most Profitable Industry on Earth
Subsidizing the Most Profitable Industry on Earth
April 5, 2012
by Bill McKibben
Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies.” Last week, for instance, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez proposed ending some of the billions of dollars in handouts enjoyed by the fossil-fuel industry with a “Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act.” It was, in truth, nothing to write home about — a curiously skimpy bill that only targeted oil companies, and just the five richest of them at that. Left out were coal and natural gas, and you won’t be surprised to learn that even then it didn’t pass.
April 5, 2012
by Bill McKibben
Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies.” Last week, for instance, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez proposed ending some of the billions of dollars in handouts enjoyed by the fossil-fuel industry with a “Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act.” It was, in truth, nothing to write home about — a curiously skimpy bill that only targeted oil companies, and just the five richest of them at that. Left out were coal and natural gas, and you won’t be surprised to learn that even then it didn’t pass.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Bill Moyers, Paul Volcker
Published on Monday, April 2, 2012 by Common Dreams
Five Preposterous, Persistent Conservative Myths
by Paul Buchheit
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Fracking California
Unregulated Fracking for Decades? Why California May Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen
It appears fracking has gone virtually unregulated in California for decades and now lawmakers are pushing back with legislation to expose the truth.
It appears fracking has gone virtually unregulated in California for decades and now lawmakers are pushing back with legislation to expose the truth.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Trayvon/Alawadi conflation
I'm tired, I'm cranky, my head hurts, my shoulder hurts.
4/12/12 update:
"...The documents also show the woman's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin..."
I'm sick of people conflating the Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi cases. There have been like 3 "hate crimes" in El Cajon in 4 years would everyone jut STFU and wait till the investigation has come to any kind of conclusion?
You know, come to think of it this is what I really really know about these two cases:
I WASN'T THERE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REALLY FUCKING HAPPENED.
4/12/12 update:
"...The documents also show the woman's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin..."
Monday, April 02, 2012
OIl and money, money and oil
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.
Posted by Michael Klare at 5:09pm, April 1, 2012.
"...Fracking Our Way to a Toxic Planet
Such pressures in the Third World have forced the major U.S. and European firms -- BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Total of France -- to look elsewhere for new sources of oil and natural gas. Unfortunately for them, there aren’t many places left in the world that possess promising hydrocarbon reserves and also welcome investment by private energy giants. That’s why some of the most attractive new energy markets now lie in Canada and the United States, or in the waters off their shores. As a result, both are experiencing a remarkable uptick in fresh investment from the major international firms.
Both countries still possess substantial oil and gas deposits, but not of the “easy” variety (deposits close to the surface, close to shore, or easily accessible for extraction). All that remains are “tough” energy reserves (deep underground, far offshore, hard to extract and process). To exploit these, the energy companies must deploy aggressive technologies likely to cause extensive damage to the environment and in many cases human health as well. They must also find ways to gain government approval to enter environmentally protected areas now off limits...
Put another way, North America will have to be Third-Worldified."
Raymond J. LearsyAuthor, 'Oil and Finance: The Epic Corruption Continues'
Shell Supports Iran's Murderous Mullahs; Should We Be Supporting Shell?
Posted: 04/ 2/2012 5:16 am
Russia Moves to Drill in Arctic, Oil Companies Follow Suit
Brian Merchant
Business / Corporate Responsibility
February 15, 2011
SUNDAY, APR 1, 2012 2:00 PM PDT
How billionaires destroy democracy
Wealthy Wall Streeters have rigged the economy and the government against the people. Here's how they did it
BY LINDA MCQUAIG AND NEIL BROOKS
Posted by Michael Klare at 5:09pm, April 1, 2012.
"...Fracking Our Way to a Toxic Planet
Such pressures in the Third World have forced the major U.S. and European firms -- BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Total of France -- to look elsewhere for new sources of oil and natural gas. Unfortunately for them, there aren’t many places left in the world that possess promising hydrocarbon reserves and also welcome investment by private energy giants. That’s why some of the most attractive new energy markets now lie in Canada and the United States, or in the waters off their shores. As a result, both are experiencing a remarkable uptick in fresh investment from the major international firms.
Both countries still possess substantial oil and gas deposits, but not of the “easy” variety (deposits close to the surface, close to shore, or easily accessible for extraction). All that remains are “tough” energy reserves (deep underground, far offshore, hard to extract and process). To exploit these, the energy companies must deploy aggressive technologies likely to cause extensive damage to the environment and in many cases human health as well. They must also find ways to gain government approval to enter environmentally protected areas now off limits...
Put another way, North America will have to be Third-Worldified."
Raymond J. LearsyAuthor, 'Oil and Finance: The Epic Corruption Continues'
Shell Supports Iran's Murderous Mullahs; Should We Be Supporting Shell?
Posted: 04/ 2/2012 5:16 am
Russia Moves to Drill in Arctic, Oil Companies Follow Suit
Brian Merchant
Business / Corporate Responsibility
February 15, 2011
SUNDAY, APR 1, 2012 2:00 PM PDT
How billionaires destroy democracy
Wealthy Wall Streeters have rigged the economy and the government against the people. Here's how they did it
BY LINDA MCQUAIG AND NEIL BROOKS
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Bill Moyers | The Real Costs of War
Bill Moyers | The Real Costs of War
Sunday, 01 April 2012 12:48
By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers & Co. | News Analysis
*sigh*
Sunday, 01 April 2012 12:48
By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers & Co. | News Analysis
*sigh*
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Palm Beach Elections Overturned After Hand-Count Reveals Op-Scans Mistallied Results
By Brad Friedman on 3/30/2012 3:00pm
"...Yes, it's true that Palm Beach County simply cannot carry out an election properly on any type of voting system. It's true that..." (just read it)
March 29, 2012, 11:56 PM NYT opinion
Suppress the Vote!
By JIM ARKEDIS and LINDSAY MARK LEWIS
"...Yes, it's true that Palm Beach County simply cannot carry out an election properly on any type of voting system. It's true that..." (just read it)
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| People Who Are Destroying America - Teachers | ||||
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March 29, 2012, 11:56 PM NYT opinion
Suppress the Vote!
By JIM ARKEDIS and LINDSAY MARK LEWIS
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Price of Oil: Saudi Hypocrisy, Our Gullibility
"Speaking of speculation -- or worse, manipulation -- and given the lack of transparency in the trading of oil futures in the world's commodity markets..." Eggzakly!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Rachel Maddow on Supreme Court
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
This woman is brilliant!The Wall Street multibillion-dollar scandal no one is talking about
By Stephen Gandel, senior editor FORTUNE
"Much of the talk about bad behavior on Wall Street since the financial crisis has been about mortgages...
...But there is another scandal that has come out of the financial crisis that at least to me makes the mortgage underwriting scandal look like small peanuts, and it has been heating up lately. Two weeks ago, the government disclosed that it is looking into bringing criminal cases against traders and banks that manipulated a key bank lending rate, called LIBOR....
...Consider what went on here. Banks took a rate that they artificially set themselves, and then went out and convinced municipalities and pension funds and others to bet against them on the rate.... "
Read the whole thing and tell me you are surprised? Or gee, maybe this article from 2003 was a clue?
I'm not surprised, especially since I have had a cautious at best and hateful and disgusted at worst attitude towards traders, and their disdain for government regulations.
"Much of the talk about bad behavior on Wall Street since the financial crisis has been about mortgages...
...But there is another scandal that has come out of the financial crisis that at least to me makes the mortgage underwriting scandal look like small peanuts, and it has been heating up lately. Two weeks ago, the government disclosed that it is looking into bringing criminal cases against traders and banks that manipulated a key bank lending rate, called LIBOR....
...Consider what went on here. Banks took a rate that they artificially set themselves, and then went out and convinced municipalities and pension funds and others to bet against them on the rate.... "
Read the whole thing and tell me you are surprised? Or gee, maybe this article from 2003 was a clue?
I'm not surprised, especially since I have had a cautious at best and hateful and disgusted at worst attitude towards traders, and their disdain for government regulations.
Remember those Enron energy traders and what they did to Californians? I sure as fuck do, I hated those arrogant little pricks.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Let the investigation continue in the Al-Awadi case
Update Thurs April 5, 2012
"...The documents also show the woman's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin..."
"...Records obtained at El Cajon Superior Court on Wednesday showed the victim's plans to leave her husband..."
"...Fatima also had a previous run-in with police last November when she was caught having sex with a 21-year-old man in a parked car, the search warrants stated.
After being picked up by her mother, Fatima jumped out of her mother's car going 35 mph, according to the search warrants. Fatima suffered a possible broken arm and was placed on a medical hold...."
Sat Mar 31 2012 The reporters must be frustrated at how little information is being revealed by the investigators. Perhaps the investigators are frustrated with how little new information is being discovered? Anyway they have no "persons of interest" at this time.
Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq
By BUSHRA JUHI and HADI MIZBAN Associated Press
Posted: 03/31/2012 08:50:21 AM PDT
NAJAF, Iraq—An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death....
Hate crimes in El Cajon rare
"...The documents also show the woman's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin..."
"...Records obtained at El Cajon Superior Court on Wednesday showed the victim's plans to leave her husband..."
"...Fatima also had a previous run-in with police last November when she was caught having sex with a 21-year-old man in a parked car, the search warrants stated.
After being picked up by her mother, Fatima jumped out of her mother's car going 35 mph, according to the search warrants. Fatima suffered a possible broken arm and was placed on a medical hold...."
Sunday April 1, 2002
Ok, now there were 3 'go back to your country' notes, one 5 days before the killing, one left at the scene and one at the hospital, according to this Al-Jazeera report. 4/5/12 update --
The sheriff's crime lab determined it was a copy, not the original, according the documents.
The sheriff's crime lab determined it was a copy, not the original, according the documents.
Sat Mar 31 2012 The reporters must be frustrated at how little information is being revealed by the investigators. Perhaps the investigators are frustrated with how little new information is being discovered? Anyway they have no "persons of interest" at this time.
Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq
By BUSHRA JUHI and HADI MIZBAN Associated Press
Posted: 03/31/2012 08:50:21 AM PDT
NAJAF, Iraq—An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death....
(here is the statewide hate crimes report, I think the reporter mixed something up in her last paragraph
HATE CRIMES, 2010 ) Hey, where did that last paragrapgh go? lol.
Update: Police logs describe possible suspect in murder of El Cajon mother
Updated: Mar 28, 2012 5:50 PM PDT
Update: Family of murdered Iraqi-American woman recounts story of brutal attack
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Last Updated: Tue Mar 27, 2012 18:12 pm (KSA) 15:12 pm (GMT) Al Arabiya News
"...Hamidi said he and his wife are both from the city of al-Samawa in the governorate of al-Muthana in southern Iraq.
“We got married in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia.”
...
HATE CRIMES, 2010 ) Hey, where did that last paragrapgh go? lol.
Update: Police logs describe possible suspect in murder of El Cajon mother
Updated: Mar 28, 2012 5:50 PM PDT
Update: Family of murdered Iraqi-American woman recounts story of brutal attack
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Last Updated: Tue Mar 27, 2012 18:12 pm (KSA) 15:12 pm (GMT) Al Arabiya News
"...Hamidi said he and his wife are both from the city of al-Samawa in the governorate of al-Muthana in southern Iraq.
“We got married in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia.”
...
Where Are The Protests Against the Killing of Shaima Al Awadi?
A muslim mother of four gets beaten to death in her California home and left with the message "Go back to your country, you terrorist." But there won't be a million hijab march for her.
By NINA BURLEIGH | @ninaburleigh | March 28, 2012
A muslim mother of four gets beaten to death in her California home and left with the message "Go back to your country, you terrorist." But there won't be a million hijab march for her.
By NINA BURLEIGH | @ninaburleigh | March 28, 2012
I added Ms. Burleigh's TIME magazine article because there is a tiny bit of background information on Iraqi refugees in the US, but I don't believe that she has been following local news reports or neighbor's interviews on this particular case and frankly, her article belongs on the opinion page where I found it.
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I don’t know why that no one has been arrested in in the case of Shaima Alawadi, but her body is being flown back to Iraq:
By Andre Tartar
Mar 25, 2012 NYmag
"We don't want to jump to any conclusions and say it's a hate crime when there is still a lot of investigation to be done," said Edgar Hopida, spokesman for CAIR in San Diego.
Update Tuesday March 27, 2012 7:45pm
"...10News learned that the family mini-van was hauled away on a flat-bed tow truck for forensic examination, as police crime scene technicians combed the house and backyard in search of additional clues on Tuesday morning..."
Hmmmmm. Maybe there is a suspicion that the attacker was acquainted with the family well enough to leave clues in the van? The attacker came in the house through the garage and grabbed the tire iron the daughter mentioned on the way into the house? The coroner's report was sealed by the police at least 2 days ago.
San Diego murder victim Shaima Alawadi to return to Iraq
A hate crime appears to be the most obvious answer because of the note (s), but I have alternate theories that may still pertain to the hateful note. It might have been smokescreen left there by the killer(s) and used by the police in order to continue their investigation.
Here are some other things to think about.
Even if the killer was a racist pig and/or a right-wing nut-job, methamphetimine use in El Cajon is well known, and the area is pretty well mixed as far as socioeconomic and educational levels go and racial make-up in the area is varied. (According to this, El Cajon is whiter than I thought, and thank you wikipedia for cluing me into the fact that there is a Chaldean mafia in bed with Mexican drugs cartels AND the Sicilian Mafia, because I didn't know about these arrests).
Also well known is that the Iraqi community in El Cajon has a majority of Chaldeans (kind of like Catholic Christians) and the Al Awadis are Shia and her “dream was to work and build bridges between the Muslim and Christian communities.”
"Redman said the ECPD (El Cajon Police Department) had never before recorded a hate crime against Iraqis or Chaldeans, tens of thousands of whom live in the East County."
The husband had worked for a US Army military contractor in San Diego as a cultural advisor to train US soldiers who were going to be deployed to the Middle East, as did the brothers.
Yeah, sorry, but daughter’s dramatic skills are on display for the cameras here. I know that when I cry you can hear the stuffed up sinuses. Since the family came to the US in the early 90’s that kid was raised here, and most 17-year-olds do not consider their mother their best friend, even if the mother was very young when she started a family (15 in this case).
Common police procedure is to suspect the husband first, although he was taking some of his kids to school while his oldest daughter was sleeping upstairs and his wife was being hit in the head with a tire iron downstairs. Well some reports say she was sleeping upstairs and others say she came in the house and found her mother unconscious. The victim's father was a Shia cleric in Iraq. Neighbor interviewed by local tv station says it looked to her that the back slider door's glass shattered out, not in.
From what I can gather, the mother’s last name and the daughter’s last name are not the same, and the family lived in San Diego before and had very recently moved back.
So, those may be some factors in why nobody has been arrested in this case yet, or there just may not be any evidence that the killer(s) left, the labs haven’t finished processing any evidence or interrogations haven’t tripped anyone up yet. Obviously the killer(s) haven’t been caught.
Tragic Beating Death of Shaima Alawadi Feeds Into Trayvon Martin Race DebateBy Andre Tartar
Mar 25, 2012 NYmag
"We don't want to jump to any conclusions and say it's a hate crime when there is still a lot of investigation to be done," said Edgar Hopida, spokesman for CAIR in San Diego.
Update Tuesday March 27, 2012 7:45pm
"...10News learned that the family mini-van was hauled away on a flat-bed tow truck for forensic examination, as police crime scene technicians combed the house and backyard in search of additional clues on Tuesday morning..."
Hmmmmm. Maybe there is a suspicion that the attacker was acquainted with the family well enough to leave clues in the van? The attacker came in the house through the garage and grabbed the tire iron the daughter mentioned on the way into the house? The coroner's report was sealed by the police at least 2 days ago.
Health Care Reform: Opening Day At The Supreme Court
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http://billmoyers.com/2012/03/26/defending-obamacare-in-and-out-of-court/
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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