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4. Raising the minimum wage helps the poor. The president wants to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from $7.25, with the tagline “Let’s give America a raise.” The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the hike would cost 500,000 jobs, one blow to the low-wage earners it claims to help. Employment aside, only 18% of the earnings benefits of a $10.10 hike would flow to people living below the poverty line, according to analysis from University of California-Irvine economist David Neumark. Nearly 30% of the benefits would go to families three times above the poverty line or higher, in part because half of America’s poor families have no wage earners. Minimum-wage increases help some poor families—at the expense of other poor families.

You won’t hear that from Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who in September lived on $79 for a week to show his public-relations solidarity with minimum-wage earners. Keep in mind: Only 4.7% of minimum-wage earners are adults working full-timetrying to support a family, and nearly all would be eligible for the earned-income tax credit and other welfare programs.

5. Global warming is causing increasingly violent weather. Tell that to Floridians, who are enjoying the ninth consecutive season without a hurricane landfall. The Atlantic hurricane season in 2013 was the least active in 30 years. Oh, and global temperatures have not increased for 15 years.

Still, something must be done! On Monday, the Hill reported that an internal memo circulating among five environmental groups detailed plans for spending to support candidates “who want to act” to combat climate change. “We are on track to spend more than $85 million overall including more than $40 million in just six Senate races,” the memo said. The beneficiaries include Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.), who got $12.1 million, and Rep. Bruce Braley (D., Iowa) with $7.2 million.

6. Genetically modified food is dangerous. Farmers have been breeding crop seeds for 10,000 years, but the agricultural innovation known as genetic modification makes liberals shudder. Not a single documented illness has resulted from the trillions of meals containing “genetically modified organisms,” or GMOs, that humans have consumed since the mid-1990s. The technology has been declared safe by every regulatory agency from the Food and Drug Administration to the European Commission.

But insisting on labeling food containing GMOs has turned into a liberal cause. The California Democratic Party platform in 2012 added a demand for GMO labeling; more recently the Oregon Democratic Party climbed aboard. In May 2013, self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced a farm-bill amendment that would allow states to require GMO labeling for food; co-sponsors of the amendment, which failed, included Sens. Mark Begich (D., Ala.) and Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.).

7. Voter ID laws suppress minority turnout. More than 30 states have voter-ID laws, which the left decries as an attempt to disenfranchise minorities who don’t have identification and can’t pay for it. Yet of the 17 states with the strictest requirements, 16 offer free IDs. The Government Accountability Office this month released an analysis of 10 voter-ID studies: Five showed the laws had no statistically significant effect on turnout, four suggested a decrease in turnout (generally among all ethnic groups, though percentages varied), and one found an increase in turnout with voter ID laws in place.

The Democratic Senate candidate in Kentucky, Alison Lundergan Grimes, has nonetheless been running radio ads in urban areas claiming that “Mitch McConnell and the Republicans are trying to take away our right to vote,” based on a 2007 voter-ID amendment the minority leader introduced.

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kalawasa compatissant a écrit:

Eddie a écrit:

, pistolets qui m'ont été
épinglés en tant que MP d'honneur par un colonel du Pentagone en 1994, une fierté pour ma pomme
assortie d'une myriade d'emmerdes de la part de l'Institution :

Bonjour, cher Eddie,

                                 Vous pouvez nous en dire un peu plus sur vos emmerdes subies de la part de l'institution ?

Bonjour Cher Kalawasa,

OK mais uniquement par MP !

Congrats, Eddie (pour la medaille pas pour les "emmerdements" )

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AP Source: FBI Completes Federal Probe of Ferguson Shooting Washington Shooting— Jan 21, 2015, 9:52 PM ET

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

Associated Press

The FBI has completed its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

The Justice Department has not yet announced whether it will file a federal civil rights charge against former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. But officials and experts have said such a prosecution would be highly unlikely, in part because of the extraordinarily high legal standard federal prosecutors would need to meet.

The official was not authorized to discuss the case by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson declined to comment.

Wilson, who is white, was cleared in November by a state grand jury in the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown, a shooting that touched off protests in the streets and became part of a national conversation about race relations and police departments that patrol minority neighborhoods. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Ferguson in the days after the shooting to try to calm tensions and to meet with Brown's relatives and federal law enforcement.

Wilson, who shot Brown after a scuffle in the middle of a street, told the St. Louis County grand jury that spent months reviewing the case that he feared for his life during the confrontation and that Brown struck him in the face and reached for his gun. Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him.

To mount a federal prosecution, the Justice Department would need to show that Wilson willfully deprived Brown of his civil rights. That standard, which means prosecutors must prove that an officer knowingly used more force than the law allowed, is challenging for the government to meet. Multiple high-profile police-involved deaths, including the 1999 shooting in New York City of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant have not resulted in federal charges.

Wilson, who had been on administrative leave since the shooting, resigned days after the grand jury decision was announced. A lawyer for Wilson did not immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

A separate, broader Justice Department-led investigation into the practices of the Ferguson police department remains open. That investigation, which will examine potential discriminatory practices among officers, has the potential to have more sweeping consequences than any individual criminal prosecution, experts say. The Justice Department has initiated roughly 20 such investigations of police departments during Holder's tenure.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Justice Department lawyers were preparing a memo recommending against prosecuting Wilson, and that Holder — who is expected to leave his position within weeks — had not yet made a decision. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and Mayor James Knowles said Wednesday that they had no information about the status of the investigation.

Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for Brown's family, said in a statement that the family would not address speculation from anonymous officials and was waiting for an official Justice Department announcement.

The Justice Department, meanwhile, is conducting a separate federal civil rights investigation into the police chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York City. In that case, too, a local grand jury declined to indict the officer. The U.S. attorney whose office is handling that investigation, Loretta Lynch, has been nominated to replace Holder and faces a Senate confirmation hearing next week.

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Associated Press writers Alan Scher Zagier and Jim Salter in St. Louis contributed to this report.

Follow Eric Tucker on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/etuckerAP

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Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him.: and others said he did not and they, also, were Blacks; mais bon, des manifestations avec des gens les mains en l'air, hurlant "Hands up, don't shoop" ca a tout-de-meme du chien peu importe si c'est vrai ou pas. Un jeune mort c'est pourtant deja pas mal.

Lorsqu'un candidat a la presidentielle est la cible des media c'est en general que la gauche le craint.

Cette semaine, l'ancien secretaire du parti democrate, Dean (oui il refait surface - pas honteux pour deux sous) s'en est pris a Scott Walker pour ne pas avoir termine ses etudes, oubliant la liste des plus grands reussites tant chez les anciens presidents que chez les dirigeants de societes mondealement reconnues et ce w.e., le NYTimes etait oblige d'imprimer une retraction après avoir condamne Walker pour des decisions qu'il aurait prises concernant le licenciement d'enseignants alors qu'il n'etait meme pas encore a la direction de l'Etat.

New York Times corrige son article - Scott Walker

Apres les emeutes de Ferguson et la destruction professionnelle du policier et de son epouse malgre un non-lieu, le meurtre de 2 policiers assis dans leur voiture et le cirque de la gauche souligne par certains clowns d'Hollywood et certains sportifs professionnels levant leurs mains en signe de rendition et scandant: "hands up, don't shoot", etc.., pas un mot, de cette meme gauche* concernant ce jeune assassine par un illegal relache de prison plus tot que prevu. Son assassinat n'est pas P.C.

Jamiel Shaw

* a Miami, les choses se calment entre la police et Waze, reel soulagement!!!

Leonard Nimoy

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Sylvette a écrit:

* a Miami, les choses se calment entre la police et Waze, reel soulagement!!!

Ah vous voyez, vous aussi...

Bien evidemment d'autant que nous y passerons en allant aux Keys...

Sylvette a écrit:

Bien evidemment d'autant que nous y passerons en allant aux Keys...

Ne connaissant rien aux us et coutumes politiques US (oui, je sais, c'est ma faute), je me contenterai bientôt d'aller aux champignons.
Entre-temps, j'apprécie beaucoup le bateau de votre avatar, Sylvette !

Il est beau n'est-ce=pas? Il etait amarre a St Marys, Georgia le mois dernier.

The PeaceMaker

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Je ne faisais aucune allusion politique, Biloulou. Les Keys sont un archipel tout au sud de la Floride. En fait lorsque vous visitez Key West. Vous vous trouvez au point le plus meridional des Etats Unis. Tout pres de Cuba! Nous retournons a Islamorada en juin (reunion familiale)

The Keys

Quelques photos: (pas les miennes meme si j'en ai de jolies aussi. )

Les Keys

Aussi a Key West, la jolie et pacifique maison du grand Ernest. Ernest Hemingway

Ah, vous me rassurez, mieux vaut être parano qu'ignorant - ou le contraire, à cette heure-ci je ne sais plus...
En tout cas ça m'a donné l'occasion d'apprendre quelque chose et de voir des photos de ces lieux idylliques, c'est autre chose que Marbella (j'espère que Lawrence nous lira).

Oui, superbe navire, on l'aurai cru  beaucoup plus âgé que ça (moi, c'est le contraire).
En tout cas j'ai appris un peu sur lui et j'ai retrouvé, à ma grande surprise et joie, des références au Cutty Sark - non, pas celui du capitaine Haddock, non !

Je  vais bientôt prendre la cap de mon lit, bonne fin de journée à vous, Sylvette !

Merci, Biloulou. Reposez-vous bien. A demain!

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On y fait des rencontres interessantes aussi.. et je ne parle pas de la faune humaine.. "/>

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Bonsoir Chère Sylvette, ¿Cómo está usted? (oui, je parle floridien fluido   )

Je regardais le lien concernant la photo de votre nouvel avatar et  je suis resté interloqué lorsque j'ai cliqué
sur un lien qui se rapportait aux proprios du raffiot en question : les Douze Tribus. Une allusion biblique, qui
sous nos latitudes très circonspectes à l'endroit de la religiosité donne l'impression que ces pèlerins-là
devraient être - comment dire - plutôt "singuliers", surtout quand la slogan qui s'affiche sur leur page
d'accueil sonne comme suit : "Lorsque la fessée ne sera plus de mise s'ouvrira la boîte de Pandore "
(When the spanking stopped, all hell broke loose ) .

La fessée est-elle encore "légale" aux E-U ?

Oui Eddie elle l'est encore d'apres ce que j'ai trouve sauf au Delaware: 00cc]http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/family/item/13005-delaware-law-bans-parents-from-spanking-their-kids]Delaware - Spanking[/url]

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Merci Chère Sylvette,

Je dirais que c'est frappant pour une Nation qui considère que l'enfant est roi .

.. et pourtant il est tres tres rare quand vous etes dans un endroit public de voir un enfant pleure sans etre console ou bien etre fesse.

Sylvette a écrit:

John Coleman, 80-year-old award-winning meteorologist and founder of the Weather Channel explains the history of the global warming fraud.

Bonjour Sylvette !

À son âge, John Coleman n'a plus peur d'aborder les sujets maudits enterrés par la bienséance et les mediazozordres ( Mab).
Non seulement John semble être un type bien, mais encore il fait preuve de bon sens, savoir et sagesse, sans craindre les fessées des faiseurs d'impostures.

Oui, un type bien, on dirait...

Bonjour Biloulou!

Jai pense que vous apprecieriez cette petite video...

Netanyahu en direct devant AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee). Demain devant le Congres americain a l'invitation du leader republicain de la Maison des Representants n'en deplaise a notre president, a Iran, et a beaucoup de Democrates.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2553193403001/pm-netanyahu-speaks-at-american-pro-israel-lobby/?#sp=watch-live

"no one makes alliances with the weak"!

Hillary et ses comptes email.

De quoi, de quoi? La loi devrait s'appliquer a elle aussi?

P.M. Netanyahu en direct devant le Congres ce matin.

La Maison Blanche a fait savoir que notre president ne regarderait pas la tele. Nah!! et il a ete rappele au Premier Ministre israelien qu'il avait interet a faire tres attention de ne pas "lacher" quelques secrets concernant les negociations entre les US et Iran. (On se demanderait presque qui est l'allie de notre government et qui est l'ennemi...) C'est un peu comme Obamacare, d'abord on signe, après on nous en nous donnera -peut-etre- les termes... (a ce sujet, ca me rappelled Nancy; elle avait annonce qu'elle aurait d'autres chats a fouetter il y a 2 ou 3 semaines, EST LA!!!

Une soixantaine de Democrates seront absents

Donc en gros:

1) Le P.M. n'a commis aucune indiscretion, tout ce dont il a parle se trouvant sur Google.. Assez terrible deja en sois, des lors on ne peut qu'imaginer ce que notre president est pret a laisser passer pour "fermer" ce deal.

2) une consequence, notre president sera peut-etre pousse a donner les details avant une signature finale

3) Si le deal passe, Israel devra se defendre seule (et la standing ovation dans la sale) donc, il a l'accord du Congres; notre president a refuse encore et toujours a Israel a) d'agir b) de leur laisser avoir la bombe necessaire a faire sauter les installations necessaires.

Toutefois si les sanctions sont renforcees et 3 demandes acceptees* par Iran, Israel pourrait, sans gaite de coeur, accepter un statu quo.

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a) Arreter toute incursion chez ses voisins
b) arreter d'etre le sponsor international du terrorisme
c) arreter de claironner son desir de detruire Israel

Le tout dit tres tres diplomatiquement.

Le monde a été fort éloigné de moi ces dernières heures, forcément, mais j'ai été surpris de voir la réaction du Congrès aux propos de Netanyahu : plusieurs standing ovations (28, lis-je dans la presse française, pourtant...)!
C'est dire...