Sunday, July 10, 2011

Photo Credit: Julie Bass

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/michigan_woman_faces_jail_planting_veggie_garden.php

It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this.

Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor.

Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard.

Bass says that she planted the garden after her front yard was torn up for some sewer repairs. Rather than wasting the opportunity to start with a clean slate by planting a lawn, she decided to really put the area to use, and plant a vegetable garden.

Her garden consists of 5 raised beds, where she grows a mix of squashes, corn, tomatoes, flowers, and other veggies. Bass received a warning from the city telling her to remove the vegetable garden, because it doesn't adhere to city ordinances (more on that later.) When she refused, she was ticketed and charged with a misdemeanor. Her trial, before a jury, is set to begin on July 26th. If she is found guilty, she can be sentenced to up to 93 days in jail.

About the City Ordinance http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/michigan_woman_faces_jail_planting_veggie_garden.php

Colleen Vanderlinden: Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/michigan_woman_faces_jail_planting_veggie_garden.php

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Mashable: What’s In a Name: Google+ Is Your Plus One

What’s In a Name: Google+ Is Your Plus One

9 hours ago by Jennifer Van Grove http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/google-plus-plus-one/30

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Google+, the long-awaited and highly ambitious Circle-driven social network from Google, has a clumsy name. It’s a search-unfriendly and seemingly unfitting moniker for the world’s next great social network. So, why this bizarre name choice?

At launch, Google+ project co-leader Bradley Horowitz told AllThingsDthat the name denotes how the product will make every other Google product social. “It’s almost the smallest modifier on Google itself that you can imagine,” he said.

http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/google-plus-plus-one/

That small modifier carries one huge meaning. It’s not just Google any longer, it’s Google plus you, where Google becomes your plus one for the web...

http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/google-plus-plus-one/

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The six ways you can appeal new copyright "mitigation measures"

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/the-six-ways-you-can-appeal-the-new-copyright-alerts.ars

The six ways you can appeal new copyright "mitigation measures"

By Nate Anderson | Published a day ago http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/the-six-ways-you-can-appeal-the-new-copyright-alerts.ars

Under the new voluntary antipiracy regime agreed to this week by Internet providers, users who receive a first "alert" regarding copyright infringement on their account won't be able to challenge that alert. Nor can they challenge the second alert, or the third, or the fourth. They can only challenge the alerts when they move from "education" to "mitigation"—after the fifth or sixth alert, depending on the Internet provider.

(RIAA head Cary Sherman told me yesterday that this was because the first "educational" alerts are like traffic warnings rather than traffic tickets; there's no penalty, so who would want to challenge them?) ... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/the-six-ways-you-can-appeal-the-new-copyright-alerts.ars

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Saturday, July 09, 2011

Washington Post: Breaking News Alert: Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits off northeast Japan coast

Breaking News Alert: Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits off northeast Japan coast
July 9, 2011 9:43:42 PM
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has hit off the northeast Japan coast, prompting a tsunami warning, the Associated Press reports.

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/8VXTM7/C5I7QQ/R1CUCO/1SRPIH/RK2KN/AZ/h

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com

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Friday, July 08, 2011

Washington Post Breaking News Alert: Betty Ford dies at the age of 93

Breaking News Alert: Betty Ford dies at the age of 93
July 8, 2011 9:17:18 PM
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Betty Ford, 93, a self-proclaimed "ordinary" woman who never cared for political life but made a liberating adventure out of her 30 months as first lady, died Friday, The Washington Post has confirmed.

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/6041ZA/26ZG29/LRBJBT/HOCI8J/MM8AE/1G/h

Washington Post Breaking News Alert: Betty Ford dies at the age of 93

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Washington Examiner Political Digest: Byron York - Wisconsin schools buck union to cut health costs

Byron York - Wisconsin schools buck union to cut health costs

The Hartland-Lakeside School District, about 30 miles west of Milwaukee in tiny Hartland, Wis., had a problem in its collective bargaining contract with the local teachers union. The contract required the school district to purchase health insurance from a company called WEA Trust. The creation of Wisconsin's largest teachers union -- "WEA" stands for Wisconsin Education Association -- WEA Trust made money when union officials used collective bargaining agreements to steer profitable business its way. Read More

Susan Ferrechio - Obama, GOP inching toward debt deal

President Obama on Thursday told congressional leaders in a closed-door meeting that he wants to reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion as the two sides inched closer to a deal that could allow the government to avoid defaulting on its debt. Congressional aides said Obama laid out the three deficit reduction proposals during the meeting, but favored the most sweeping plan, which would require budget-saving changes to Social Security and Medicare and include tax increases. Read More

Hayley Peterson - Obama expands mortgage aid for unemployed

The Obama administration on Thursday started a new initiative that would require mortgage lenders to give some unemployed homeowners who have fallen behind in their payments up to a year before the banks can foreclose on their homes. Read More

Timothy Carney - A call to end a corporate welfare agency

If you believe the likes of liberal columnists Thomas Frank, Frank Rich, and Jane Mayer, the Cato Institute is part of a "pro-corporate movement." I would like Frank, Rich, and Mayer, then to explain this Cato Institute paper calling for the abolition of the most blatant bit of corporate welfare in our government -- the Export-Import Ba Read More

David Fredosso - Dozens of 'Fast & Furious' guns were confiscated from illegal aliens in Phoenix

In case you weren't aware, Phoenix's ABC 15 News recently reported that guns from the ATF's disastrous "Operation Fast and Furious" are being used in local crimes. This week, ABC 15 compared the serial numbers of dozens of Fast and Furious" guns to those seized from a group of illegal aliens in an April drug bust. Read More

Phillip Klein - GOP discussing blocking Obama from making future NLRB recess appointments

House Republicans have been in talks with their counterparts in the Senate about blocking President Obama from filling two upcoming vacancies to the National Labor Relations Board through recess appointments, which would leave the body deadlocked with just two members, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., said on Thursday. Read More

Barbara Hollingsworth - Virginia: Tea Party Senate candidate calls for abolition of airports authority

On the same day a federal judge was dismissing a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia was calling for MWAA's abolishment. U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga ruled in Alexandria that MWAA has the right to levy tolls without the consent of the Virginia General Assembly under the Constitution's interstate compact provisions. Read More

Conn Carroll - Charticle: Defense spending vs entitlement spending

A constant claim among liberals is that government spends more on defense than anything else in the federal budget. The reality is that even after paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, Washington spends twice as much on entitlement programs than on defense. Read More

Francesca Chambers - It's not that Democrats don't "own" the economy, it's that they just don't care

Ahead of what of today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on the number of jobs created in June, the WH is downplaying the importance of the unemployment rate to Obama’s reelection. At a Bloomberg breakfast yesterday, Obama’s 2008 campaign manager said this: Read More

Barbara Hollingsworth - Documents confirm Obama administration’s ‘catch and release’ immigration policy

Well, what do you know. Obama administration officials at the Department of Homeland Security deliberately misled Congress when they denied using “selective enforcement” to deport convicted criminals in the U.S. illegally. Read More

Gene Healy - Uncle Sam, robot

Here's a new wrinkle in the debt-limit debate: it turns out that the feds may not be able to turn off the spigot even if the deadline passes and they're legally required to. Reuters reports that: Read More

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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Kevin Dayhoff The Tentacle More Maryland Redistricting Food for Thought

July 6, 2011

More Redistricting Food for Thought

Kevin E. Dayhoff

On the Fourth of July Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced a five-member committee to draft a legislative and congressional redistricting plan for the state.

If you missed it, count yourself into a large club. Many keen political observers missed the ‘dog whistle’ announcement and – candidly – it is a bit of a mystery as to just how it was announced. And why in the world announce the make-up the committee on the Fourth of July?... http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4500

See also: Joe Getty’s article “National, State and County Redistricting Coming’ from May 26, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/3pbyvxa and Chris Cavey’s redistricting article in The Tentacle “Power and Money” http://tinyurl.com/3csu2v7

Kevin Dayhoff The Tentacle More Maryland Redistricting Food for Thought: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4500

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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

WBFF Fox 45 Fox Baltimore: Man killed, toddler shot after Baltimore fireworks

Man killed, toddler shot after Baltimore fireworks
July 05, 2011 02:14 EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A 4-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a man was killed in a stabbing as violence marred the Fourth of July fireworks show in downtown Baltimore... http://www.foxbaltimore.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wbff_vid_8222.shtml?wap=0

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