Bloggers’ Free Speech Rights Under Attack

(aclj.org)...a number of conservative bloggers have been targeted with a dangerous and illegal tactic that's become known as SWAT-ing - (making false 911 calls sending police to the homes of bloggers, claiming a crime has occurred.) The tactic has been used in retaliation for posts that conservative bloggers have written.
SWAT-ing and other intimidation tactics to silence conservative viewpoints are quickly becoming a favorite tool of the radical left.
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has recognized this growing problem and is calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the SWAT-ting cases to see if federal laws have been violated. In a letter to the Attorney General, Sen. Chambliss wrote:

Any potentially criminal action that incites fear, seeks to silence a dissenting opinion, and collaterally wastes the resources of law enforcement should be given close scrutiny at all levels. . . . Regardless of any potential political differences that may exist, threats and intimidation have no place in our national political discourse. (more)

If they don't like your message, and your message is truth... you are subject to all information taken out of context because everything is subjective for those you offend

there are going to be 851 new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria.

Well, of course no one expected the world to be pleased that there are going to be homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria.

The government announced authorization of 851 new homes in the settlements despite an anticipated wave of international condemnations because it believes that – as in previous instances – the storm will pass, officials said on Thursday.
The officials spoke even as the US, France and UN already slammed the decision to build the new housing units.
The decision was made on Wednesday shortly after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blocked Knesset legislation that would have saved unauthorized settler homes from demolition – paving the way for the evacuation of five buildings built on private Palestinian land in the Ulpana outpost, on the outskirts of Beit El.
“We had no illusions that the international community was going to embrace the move,” one official said. He pointed out, however, that with the exception of Kiryat Arba, all the new housing units were to be built in settlements that Israel considered as large settlement blocs that would remain part of Israel under any agreement.
He also said the units would be built within the confines of existing settlements, and did not represent the construction of new communities.

Read the whole thing if you can stand it.
And someone please explain to me why Jerusalem and 'refugees' are issues for 'final status talks' that cannot be changed from the current reality, while it is presumed that the borders with the 'Palestinian' reichlet have already been decided.

via israelmatzav.blogspot.com

How could anyone assume the borders are settled when it isn't. Build homes.

Moscow Gay Pride Banned For 100 Years.

Moscow Gay Pride Banned For 100 Years.(RN).The Moscow City Court upheld on Thursday a district court’s decision to ban gay parades in Moscow for the next 100 years, Gayrussia.ru reported. The ban came after Moscow gay activists submitted requests on August 23, 2011, to the City Hall to hold gay rallies up until 2112. The LGBT-activists used a loophole in the law that only determines the deadline for submitting rally applications (no later than 30-45 days before the event), but does not state how far in advance events can be submitted. Moscow City Court dismissed the requests, with the district court issuing a 100-year ban on public homosexual rallies, according to Gayrussia.ru. After the city’s main court upheld the district court’s decision, Moscow gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev told Gayrussia.ru that he would appeal to the European Court on Human Rights in Strasbourg. Alexeyev, the leader of GayRussia, also said on Thursday in his Twitter that he had paid the first fine for propagating homosexual "propaganda." The activist is the first to be fined 5,000 rubles ($170) under a new local anti-gay law in St. Petersburg after he was detained for picketing outside St. Petersburg's legislature building in April in protest at what he described as the "homophobic" new law. The legislation, which makes it illegal to "disseminate homosexual propaganda" among minors, was signed by St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko in March, making it the fourth Russian city to adopt such a ban. Several politicians and church figures have called for the law, which sets fines of up to to 500,000 rubles ($17,000) for violations, to be passed at the federal level. Homosexuality was only decriminalized in Russia in 1993, and anti-gay sentiments remain strong in society, including Russia's political establishment. In 2007, Former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov described attempts to hold a Gay Parade in the capital as "satanic." No Gay Parade has ever been officially permitted in Russia.Read the full story here.

via mfs-theothernews.com

Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2012 | OpenSecrets

LEGEND:   Republican    Democrat    On the fence
	= Between 40% and 59% to both parties = Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%) = Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%) = Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%)

Rank	Organization	Total '89-'12	Dem %	Repub %	Tilt
1	ActBlue	$62,816,969	99%	0%
2	AT&T Inc	$48,860,161	43%	55%
3	American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees	$47,977,038	92%	1%
4	National Assn of Realtors	$41,882,616	47%	49%
5	National Education Assn	$41,412,233	74%	5%
6	Goldman Sachs	$38,332,420	58%	39%
7	Service Employees International Union	$38,237,146	75%	2%
8	American Assn for Justice	$35,844,429	88%	8%
9	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$35,233,775	96%	2%
10	American Federation of Teachers	$33,615,766	87%	0%
11	Laborers Union	$32,890,940	87%	7%
12	Teamsters Union	$32,547,028	87%	5%
13	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$31,603,758	86%	10%
14	Communications Workers of America	$31,415,947	92%	0%
15	Citigroup Inc	$29,470,275	49%	49%
16	American Medical Assn	$28,017,311	40%	59%
17	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$27,986,755	92%	0%
18	United Auto Workers	$27,928,282	98%	0%
19	National Auto Dealers Assn	$27,680,508	32%	67%
20	Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union	$27,579,727	98%	1%
21	United Parcel Service	$26,539,008	36%	63%
22	Altria Group	$25,871,832	27%	72%
23	American Bankers Assn	$25,597,590	38%	60%
24	EMILY's List	$25,253,931	98%	0%
25	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$24,890,795	34%	65%
26	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$24,469,931	50%	49%
27	National Assn of Home Builders	$24,000,105	35%	64%
28	Microsoft Corp	$23,944,597	54%	44%
29	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$23,702,584	82%	9%
30	AFL-CIO	$22,274,050	82%	4%
31	Morgan Stanley	$22,259,476	44%	54%
32	Lockheed Martin	$22,003,634	42%	56%
33	Blue Cross/Blue Shield	$21,945,254	37%	62%
34	Time Warner	$21,856,943	72%	26%
35	General Electric	$21,309,873	50%	49%
36	Verizon Communications	$21,156,386	41%	58%
37	Bank of America	$20,959,723	44%	55%
38	Credit Union National Assn	$20,504,056	48%	51%
39	FedEx Corp	$19,915,059	40%	59%
40	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$19,677,520	95%	2%
41	Ernst & Young	$19,429,335	44%	55%
42	Deloitte LLP	$19,308,403	35%	64%
43	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$19,164,293	78%	16%
44	Plumbers & Pipefitters Union	$19,050,106	94%	5%
45	National Rifle Assn	$18,838,064	17%	82%
46	American Hospital Assn	$18,554,684	53%	46%
47	American Dental Assn	$18,418,536	45%	53%
48	PricewaterhouseCoopers	$18,311,909	36%	63%
49	Operating Engineers Union	$18,133,174	84%	14%
50	UBS AG	$18,008,348	40%	58%
51	Boeing Co	$17,427,765	46%	52%
52	Air Line Pilots Assn	$17,276,347	83%	15%
53	AFLAC Inc	$16,853,134	44%	55%
54	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$16,721,024	42%	57%
55	Pfizer Inc	$16,136,118	32%	66%
56	Union Pacific Corp	$15,709,915	25%	74%
57	United Transportation Union	$15,266,460	88%	11%
58	Ironworkers Union	$15,217,474	92%	6%
59	United Steelworkers	$15,128,396	99%	0%
60	Northrop Grumman	$15,058,277	43%	56%
61	Comcast Corp	$14,529,430	57%	42%
62	Credit Suisse Group	$14,500,455	43%	55%
63	Merrill Lynch	$14,496,422	37%	61%
64	National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$14,195,321	50%	49%
65	American Postal Workers Union	$14,137,823	95%	3%
66	Club for Growth	$13,945,389	0%	90%
67	Reynolds American	$13,916,753	24%	75%
68	American Institute of CPAs	$13,912,544	42%	57%
69	Anheuser-Busch	$13,656,661	48%	51%
70	General Dynamics	$13,655,151	47%	52%
71	BellSouth Corp	$13,015,350	45%	54%
72	Honeywell International	$12,957,488	45%	54%
73	Exxon Mobil	$12,912,309	13%	86%
74	American Financial Group	$12,845,192	17%	79%
75	National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$12,793,108	78%	20%
76	DLA Piper	$12,742,738	68%	30%
77	Koch Industries	$12,733,249	9%	90%
78	Raytheon Co	$12,477,116	46%	53%
79	Walt Disney Co	$12,387,688	68%	30%
80	KPMG LLP	$12,272,645	34%	65%
81	News Corp	$12,126,304	58%	41%
82	Chevron	$12,094,048	23%	75%
83	GlaxoSmithKline	$11,949,051	30%	69%
84	New York Life Insurance	$11,928,495	51%	48%
85	Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn	$11,421,000	77%	22%
86	Newsweb Corp	$11,265,071	88%	0%
87	American Crystal Sugar	$11,162,739	61%	38%
88	Wal-Mart Stores	$11,035,658	29%	70%
89	Prudential Financial	$11,013,872	50%	49%
90	American Health Care Assn	$11,001,024	51%	47%
91	Associated Builders & Contractors	$10,942,457	1%	98%
92	Human Rights Campaign	$10,923,766	90%	8%
93	National Restaurant Assn	$10,916,545	16%	82%
94	CSX Corp	$10,753,392	34%	65%
95	American Society of Anesthesiologists	$10,730,437	42%	57%
96	Southern Co	$10,729,229	31%	68%
97	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	$10,622,358	39%	60%
98	American Academy of Ophthalmology	$10,509,158	51%	47%
99	MetLife Inc	$10,494,150	54%	45%
100	Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America	$10,485,525	39%	60%
101	Saban Capital Group	$10,329,849	99%	0%
102	Associated General Contractors	$10,246,039	14%	84%
103	Eli Lilly & Co	$10,102,026	31%	68%
104	General Motors	$10,084,846	39%	60%
105	MBNA Corp	$10,074,056	17%	82%
106	American Optometric Assn	$10,048,934	58%	40%
107	AIG	$10,028,686	49%	49%
108	National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare	$9,978,858	81%	18%
109	UST Inc	$9,966,011	21%	78%
110	Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn	$9,943,712	44%	55%
111	Freddie Mac	$9,852,850	43%	56%
112	Lehman Brothers	$9,764,341	52%	46%
113	American Maritime Officers	$9,704,231	46%	52%
114	Skadden, Arps et al	$9,433,800	77%	21%
115	Amway/Alticor Inc	$9,246,800	0%	99%
116	Painters & Allied Trades Union	$9,232,945	87%	11%
117	Transport Workers Union	$9,142,649	95%	4%
118	National Assn of Broadcasters	$9,130,796	45%	54%
119	Seafarers International Union	$9,098,465	84%	15%
120	American Airlines	$9,044,045	46%	53%
121	Ford Motor Co	$9,031,268	38%	61%
122	Archer Daniels Midland	$8,946,349	42%	57%
123	National Fedn of Independent Business	$8,838,182	6%	92%
124	National Cmte for an Effective Congress	$8,707,940	99%	0%
125	Fannie Mae	$8,445,831	54%	45%
126	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp	$8,384,035	31%	68%
127	American Council of Life Insurers	$8,227,335	38%	61%
128	Amalgamated Transit Union	$8,176,618	93%	6%
129	Wachovia Corp	$8,174,130	31%	68%
130	American Trucking Assns	$8,140,790	28%	71%
131	MCI Inc	$8,120,072	46%	53%
132	Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn	$7,945,766	45%	54%
133	Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn	$7,759,778	74%	25%
134	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$7,504,149	22%	76%
135	Bear Stearns	$7,337,732	54%	43%
136	MGM Resorts International	$6,807,912	46%	49%
137	Enron Corp	$6,577,935	28%	71%
138	BP	$6,362,811	29%	70%
139	Andersen	$6,349,052	37%	62%
140	Vivendi	$5,203,118	68%	31%

Based on data released by the FEC on April 25, 2011.

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