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On general principal I don't pass along emails that are floating from dummy to dummy. (Who even reads these things?) But an exception must now be made:

The federal government is sending each and everyone of us a $600 rebate.

- If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China.

- If we spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.

- If we purchase a computer it will go to India.

- If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.

- If we purchase a good car it will go to Japan.

- If we purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan...and none of it will help the American economy.

The only way to keep that money here at home is to buy prostitutes and beer, since these are the only products still produced in the US.

Thank you for your help.

-Dippold

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Headline Roundup: All Three Branches of Government

• Belarus says uncovers U.S. spy network [ABC News]
• Sources: Air marshals missing from almost all flights [CNN]
• U.S. Navy Fires On Boat In Suez Canal: Small Egyptian Boat Reportedly Ignored Warning From Military-Contracted Cargo Ship [CBS News]
• Kevorkian announces run for Congress [USA Today]
• Supreme Court overrules Bush, OKs Texas execution [CNN]
• Puerto Rico Moves Up Primary [HuffPo]
• Clear Channel wants the FCC to force XM / Sirius to obey indecency laws [Engadget]
• Pentagon Admits Mistaken Arms Shipment [WashPo]

-Dippold

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Change-Congress.org Launches

Larry Lessig -- a Stanford Law professor known for his work with Creative Commons, a copyright alternative -- launched Change-Congress.org Thursday with intent to reduce the influence of money on policy-making.

The professor wants lawmakers to pledge to do four things:

1. Not accept contributions from registered lobbyists or PACs.
2. Support the abolition of "earmarks."
3. Support reform to increase transparency in Congress.
4. Support public financing of public elections.

Candidates can make their pledge on the site which will then generate a graphic they can place on their election campaign web sites.

The site also calls for volunteers to track congressional candidates' positions on these issues and the results will be plotted on a Google map.



-Dippold

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Idaho Senatorial Candidate Changes Name To 'Pro-Life'

An older news clip on 'Pro-Life'

A Senate candidate running for Larry Craig's vacated Senate seat in Idaho is so gung-ho about his anti-abortion stance he legally changed his middle name to 'Pro-Life' so he can appear on the ballot that way.

Marvin 'Pro-Life' Richardson was initially denied the use of his name on the ballot of his unsuccessful run for governor in 2006 because state policy bars use of slogans.

The AP reports:

Now, though, officials in the Idaho secretary of state's office say they have no choice because Pro-Life is his full and only name. He says he will run for the highest state office on the ballot every two years for the rest of his life, advocating murder charges for doctors who perform abortions and for women who obtain the procedure.

April Reign writes on her blog:

Pro-Life,66 (not to be confused with his cousin Route) said; “If I save one baby’s life, it’s worth it.”

I figure if he confuses the hell out of just one uterus fascist it’s worth it!

-Dippold

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Airlines Blast Fingerprint Plan

The Department of Homeland Security want airlines to pay for fingerprinting foreign travelers as they leave the United States. Airlines are protesting the plan saying it would create long lines.

Congress has required the 33 million foreigners who enter the country every year to be fingerprinted when they enter and leave the country. They did not specify, however, who should take the prints.

The DHS, who currently fingerprint foreigners coming into U.S. airports, want the airlines to start taking the fingerprints of foreigners leaving the country.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) -- representing 240 airlines worldwide -- urged the White House to kill the plan.

Boingboing reminds us:

this is part of the failed US VISIT program, which has spent $15,000,000,000 without catching a single terrorist (the program has caught approximately 1,000 minor immigration cheats who'd overstayed their visas -- a cost of $15,000,000 per cheat).

-Dippold

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Three Spy Stories

Here are three spy stories I read today worth passing on. The only slight surprise here is the World of Warcraft story.

• NSA shifts to e-mail, Web, data-mining dragnet [Cnet News]
• Stunning New Report on Domestic NSA Dragnet Spying Confirms ACLU Surveillance Warnings [ACLU.org]
• U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft [Wired: Threat Level]

World of Warcraft terrorism


-Dippold

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Upcoming 2008 Caucuses and Primaries

A Caucus

• Pennsylvania Primary
• April 22
• 158 Democratic delegates; 71 Republican delegates

• Guam Democratic caucus
• May 3
• 4 Democratic delegates

• Indiana primary
• May 6
• 72 Democratic delegates; 27 Republican delegates

• North Carolina primary
• May 6
• 115 Democratic delegates; 66 Republican delegates

Source: Newsvine

-Dippold

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Minnesota Lawmaker Wants Fragrance Awareness Program in Schools

Continuing with the offbeat state legislative news, there is word from the Huffington Post today about a Minnesota lawmaker who proposed a bill Monday urging an educational campaign to deter students from soaking themselves in certain fragrances that irritate classmates with asthma and other health conditions.

At first, Rep. Karen Clark, a Democrat, wanted to ban fragrances in Minneapolis schools, but the bill she introduced Monday just mandates an awareness program in Minneapolis schools and in other districts that volunteer. The campaign could involve letters to parents, Web sites, signs in schools, e-mail and fact sheets.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the only other states where lawmakers have attempted to enact scent-free legislation in the past two years.

-Dippold

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Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Ban Annonymous Online Posting

Last week Kentucky representative Tim Couch introduced a bill that would make anonymous posting online illegal in order to cut down on online bullying.

His bill would require anyone who posts on a website register their real name, address and email with that site. And their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

A fine of $500 fine would be levied on the website operator for a first time offense and a $1000 every time thereafter.

Slashdot links to an Electronic Privacy Information Center article about the battle for anonymous online free speech.

-Dippold

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Rebate Letters Will Cost $42 Million

The IRS is spending nearly $42 million to tell roughly 130 million households that a rebate check -- part of the economic stimulus plan -- will soon be in the mail. The letters go out this month.

And, yeah, that about the gist of it. If you want to know if you are eligible for this just wait for the letter or make clicky here.

-Dippold

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Andrew W.K. Crafts Rock Song about McLaughlin Group

Wonkette comes correct with word that party anthem rocker Andrew W.K. became so moved by The McLaughlin Group that he penned a song, inspired by this exchange:

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Question: Does Romney's endorsement seal the deal? Is McCain now the inevitable Republican nominee? I ask you, Pat.

MR. BUCHANAN: John, absent celestial intervention, I think he's going to get the nomination.

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Absent what?

MR. BUCHANAN: Celestial intervention.

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Well, it happens, Pat. May he rest in peace, Paul Wellstone. John Heinz was killed in an airplane crash.

MR. BUCHANAN: Well, let's not speculate on it.

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Death comes in the night on cats' paws, Pat. You never know.

MR. BUCHANAN: On little cats' feet. That's the fog, John, that comes in on little cats' feet.

For those of you not in the know, The McLaughlin Group is a PBS show where John McLaughlin plays ringleader to various journalists and pundits. He comically over-enunciates certain slightly foreign sounding words, whips opinions out of his guest and frequently cuts them off all while shouting.

Anyway, check out the tune.

Download/Listen to The McLaughlin Groove:
local-national-683145.mp3

-Dippold

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Big Primary Day?

Lots of hype, punditry, predictions and analysis floating around the press today as another set of primaries is upon us. Let's take a look at some of the headlines, yes more headlines:

• 8 Questions That Today's Primaries Could Answer [WashPo]
• POLL: Should She Stay or Should She Go?: By a Large Margin, Dems Want Clinton to Remain in Race Even if She Loses Texas or Ohio [ABC News]
• Democrats, Today Could Be The Day: Obama Hopes Ohio, Texas Primaries Will Ensure Nomination; Clinton Tries To Stay Alive [CBS News]
• Clinton, Obama Face Day of Reckoning [AP/Newsvine]
• Record Turnout Expected in Ohio Primary [AlterNet]
• US contenders in key polling day [BBC News]

According to the media every primary or caucus since Iowa "could determine the Democratic candidacy." But the reality is it has been a close race and the majority of the media is milking it for all it's worth.

-Dippold

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