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- Teeny-Tiny Drone Fires Teeny-Tiny Missile
- Florida Tea Party leaders celebrate a session with limited victories
- China now world’s biggest buyer of gold
- Cain to declare candidacy at Sat. rally
- Questions swirl around two-tour Iraqi vet shot 60 times by AZ SWAT team
- Will President Obama willing violate the war powers act?
- Number of Brits waiting more than 18 weeks for health care rises 26%
- NY Conservative Party Still Pushing Gas Tax Break
- Top lawmakers agree to Patriot Act extension
- ‘Tea Party’ Ringer May Spoil N.Y. House Race for GOP
| Teeny-Tiny Drone Fires Teeny-Tiny Missile Posted: 21 May 2011 05:54 AM PDT By Spencer Ackerman, Wired.com TAMPA, Florida — Never let it be said that small isn't powerful. A Northern California company has just built commandos perhaps the smallest drone that can kill you. Underscoring the point, it's even painted camouflage, like Stallone in Rambo. The Arcturus company built its eponymous drone as the unmanned aerial equivalent of a compact car. Its wingspan is just over 17 feet, making it slightly smaller than the Army and Marine Corps' Shadow drone. Arcturus is "primarily" a spy plane, says engineer Eric Folkestad. Emphasis on "primarily." Because the life-size Arcturus on display at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference here has a conspicuous add-on under its left wing. That's a Saber, a 10-pound laser-guided missile (.pdf) manufactured by MBDA. In tests, Arcturus discovered that the wings of its drone can carry 22 pounds' worth of cargo, making it a candidate to wield MBDA's missiles. "No one else can do that in our size category," Folkestad says. Not for lack of trying. For years, both the Army and Marine Corps have tried to weaponize the Shadow, an attempt to make it the pint-sized Salacious Crumb to the Jabba the Hutt of drones, the Hellfire-armed Predator. If it works, a battalion commander won't have to call headquarters for unmanned air support. He'll have the air support himself. So far, though, armed drones of this size haven't made it out of the testing stage. And that includes the Arcturus. To read more, visit: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/teeny-tiny-drone-fires-teeny-tiny-missile-gulp/ |
| Florida Tea Party leaders celebrate a session with limited victories Posted: 21 May 2011 05:48 AM PDT By Michael C. Bender, Times/Herald TALLAHASSEE — Tea party leaders are cheering one of the most conservative legislative sessions in recent history, even if it was only a fraction of what they wanted. They claim significant victories on the budget, pension reform and health care, but most of their proposals failed to pass the Republican-controlled House and Senate. Organizers in the conservative movement parrot Gov. Rick Scott when asked to summarize the session, saying progress was made and more will be accomplished next year. But while some tea party leaders talk about learning the give and take of the legislative process, others already have identified Republicans to target in the 2012 elections. Tim Gaitens, state director for Florida FreedomWorks, said he plans to recruit primary opponents to run against Republican Sens. Jack Latvala of St. Petersburg, Jim Norman of Tampa and Thad Altman of Melbourne. To read more, visit: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gubernatorial/tea-party-leaders-celebrate-a-session-with-limited-victories/1170873 |
| China now world’s biggest buyer of gold Posted: 21 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT by Carolyn Cui and Rhiannon Hoyle, The Wall Street Journal-Yahoo Chinese investors are snapping up gold bars and coins, buying more than ever before in the first quarter of 2011 and overtaking Indian buyers as the world’s biggest purchasers of the metal. China’s investment demand for gold more than doubled to 90.9 metric tons in the first three months of the year, outpacing India’s modest rise to 85.6 tons, the World Gold Council said in its quarterly report on Thursday. China now accounts for 25% of gold investment demand, compared with India’s 23%. The report underscores the rising appetite for gold among the growing middle-class in China. Fears of the country’s soaring inflation, as well as a search for new investments, is luring investors to gold, and marketing of the precious metal has also increased in recent months. “I think people will be surprised by the strength in the Chinese demand, but we think this is a trend that is set to continue,” said Eily Ong, an investment research manager at the gold council. Historically, India has been the largest investment market for gold. In 2007, just before investing in gold began to take off globally, India’s physical gold demand accounted for 61% of the world’s total. China’s was 9%. In terms of total consumer demand, which also included jewelry, India is still a bigger consumer of gold than China, taking in 291.8 tons in the first quarter, compared with China’s 233.8 tons. Still, the voracious appetite shown by Chinese buyers prompted the gold council to increase its forecast for the nation’s demand. To read more, visit: http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112783/china-top-gold-bug-wsj?mod=bb-budgeting&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode= |
| Cain to declare candidacy at Sat. rally Posted: 21 May 2011 05:37 AM PDT By Carla Caldwell, Atlanta Business Chronicle Georgian Herman Cain plans to announce during a rally Saturday at Centennial Olympic Park he's officially in the 2012 presidential race, according to Cain’s website. Cain is a former Atlanta-based radio host, former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza, and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joins fellow Georgian Newt Gingrich in seeking the office. The rally is from noon until 3 p.m.. The event is free and open to the public. To read more, visit: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2011/05/cain-to-declare-candidacy-at-sat-rally.html |
| Questions swirl around two-tour Iraqi vet shot 60 times by AZ SWAT team Posted: 21 May 2011 05:33 AM PDT By Fernanda Echavarri, Arizona Daily Star The man shot and killed by Pima County SWAT officers was linked to a home-invasion crew, the attorney representing the officers said Thursday. Attorney Michael Storie said authorities found rifles, handguns, body armor and a portion of a law-enforcement uniform inside the house where Jose Guerena was shot by officers serving a search warrant May 5. “Everything they think they’re going to find in there they find,” Storie said in a news conference called a day after the Sheriff’s Department complained that media reports on the incident spread misinformation and encouraged speculation about events surrounding the shooting. The Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that it would provide no details about the case to the public until the investigation is complete. The search warrant and court documents showing what deputies were looking for and seized from Guerena’s home have been sealed by a judge and are unavailable to the public. On Thursday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Department declined to comment on what the attorneys said. All statements made by Storie on Thursday morning came from the five SWAT officers he is representing, he said. To read more, visit: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_a978c23a-a40f-5d0a-a203-76b88ac67e86.html?mode=story |
| Will President Obama willing violate the war powers act? Posted: 21 May 2011 05:19 AM PDT
Is President Obama about to violate federal law? It's possible, though the administration is currently exploring several options that would enable a continued presence in Libya without superseding executive powers. It's been two months since the president sent Congress a letter announcing the U.S.-led mission in Libya. And now, 60 days later, Obama's time frame for securing Congressional approval has expired. The 1973 War Powers Act requires that the president get congressional authorization at the end of the two-month mark. If permission isn't granted, the mission must conclude within 30 days. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently testified that the president has operated under the War Powers Resolution since the beginning of the Libya mission and that he will continue to do so. But, unless the president has plans to make major changes to U.S. involvement in the mission or find another work-around plan today, he will find himself violating federal law. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are less than pleased with the lack of protocol being employed. CNN has more: Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, tells CNN he believes Obama is trying to "bring democracy to Libya while shredding the Constitution of the United States." To read more, visit: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/will-president-obama-willingly-violate-the-war-powers-act/ |
| Number of Brits waiting more than 18 weeks for health care rises 26% Posted: 20 May 2011 10:32 AM PDT By: James Ball and Dennis Campbell, guardian.co.uk Doctors are blaming financial pressures on the NHS for an increase in the number of patients who are not being treated within the 18 weeks that the government recommends. New NHS performance data reveal that the number of people in England who are being forced to wait more than 18 weeks has risen by 26% in the last year, while the number who had to wait longer than six months has shot up by 43%. In March this year, 34,639 people, or 11% of the total, waited more than that time to receive inpatient treatment, compared with 27,534, or 8.3%, in March 2010 – an increase of 26% – Department of Health statistics show. Similarly, in March this year some 11,243 patients who underwent treatment had waited for more than six months, compared with 7,841 in the same month in 2010 – a 43% rise. Despite rising demand for healthcare caused by the increasingly elderly population and growing numbers of people with long-term conditions, the NHS treated 16,201 fewer people as inpatients in March 2011 compared to March 2010, the latest Referral To Treatment data disclose. The British Medical Association said the longer waits and fewer treatments were inevitable: “Given the massive financial pressures on the NHS, it was always likely that hospital activity would decrease and waiting times would increase,” said a spokesperson. “The capacity of hospitals has been limited by staffing freezes, and commissioners of care are under pressure to ration surgical procedures considered to be of low value. As well as the personal impact on individual patients, there is a potential long-term consequence for NHS hospitals, which are at risk of being financially destabilised as they lose income.” To read more, visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/19/nhs-hospital-waiting-times-longer |
| NY Conservative Party Still Pushing Gas Tax Break Posted: 20 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT By: wptz.com ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long isn’t giving up trying to suspend some of the taxes on high gasoline prices. Now the influential party boss is seeking to have counties and cities end the windfall they are making whenever gas prices spike. But local governments say their prices for fuel also soar, so the result isn’t really a windfall. Long is also seeking to get the state to cap its tax. But the state sets a ceiling, so motorists don’t pay more for gas at $4 a gallon than they do when gas was $3 a gallon. To read more, visit: http://www.wptz.com/news/27963802/detail.html |
| Top lawmakers agree to Patriot Act extension Posted: 20 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT
WASHINGTON—Top congressional leaders agreed Thursday to a four-year extension of the anti-terrorist Patriot Act, the controversial law passed after the Sept. 11 attacks that governs the search for terrorists on American soil. he deal between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner calls for a vote before May 27, when parts of the current act expire. The idea is to pass the extension with as little debate as possible to avoid a protracted and familiar argument over the expanded power the law gives to the government. Support for the extension was unclear. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wanted tighter restrictions on the government’s power and may seek to amend it. In the House, members of the freshman class elected on promises of making government smaller were skeptical. “I still have some concerns, and at this point I’m leaning against (voting for) it,” said one, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md. The legislation would extend three expiring provisions until June 1, 2015, officials said. The provisions at issue allow the government to use roving wiretaps on multiple electronic devices and across multiple carriers and get court-approved access to business records relevant to terrorist investigations. The third, a “lone wolf” provision that was part of a 2004 law, permits secret intelligence surveillance of non-U.S. individuals without having to show a connection between the target and a specific terrorist group. From its inception, the law’s increased surveillance powers have been criticized by liberals and conservatives alike as infringements on free speech rights and protections against unwarranted searches and seizures. To read more, visit: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/05/20/top_lawmakers_agree_to_patriot_act_extension/ |
| ‘Tea Party’ Ringer May Spoil N.Y. House Race for GOP Posted: 20 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT By: John Gizzi, Humanevents.com With days to go before voters in New York's 26th District fill the vacancy in their U.S. House seat, guessing is rising among Republicans and Democrats and in the press that the outcome of the contest could be for Democrats what Scott Brown's win in the Massachusetts Senate race in 2010 was for the Republicans. Making the contest a referendum on ObamaCare and drawing support from conservatives throughout the nation, Brown made headlines worldwide by putting the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy (and before him, brother Jack) into Republican hands. In the Buffalo-area 26th District, Democrat Kathy Hochul is trying to make the special election on Tuesday a referendum on the Republican alternative budget championed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.). Should Hochul emerge triumphant in a district that has been in Republican hands for the last 41 years (18 of those with the late Rep. Jack Kemp), it seems a safe bet to say the liberal media will spin the results into a voter repudiation of the Ryan budget. The latest Siena College poll shows Erie County Clerk Hochul trailing Republican State Assemblywoman Jane Corwin by a margin of only 36% to 31%, with a whopping 23% going to dubious “Tea Party” nominee Jack Davis. A Public Policy Polling survey shows Hochul leading Corwin by 35% to 31%, with 24% going to Davis. In TV broadsides for the past few weeks, Hochul has been hammering Corwin for her endorsement of the Ryan budget, which the Democratic nominee declares "would essentially end Medicare." Hochul's campaign kitty is fueled by national appeals from groups such as the New York Working Families Party, an offspring of ACORN, whose ballot line Hochul carries along with that of the Democratic Party. Alerting liberals nationwide that "[t]his race can and should be a referendum on the Ryan budget," the Working Families mailings urge, "[T]he Republicans expect to win this race, but if we can upset their apple cart, it would be a huge deal across the nation." To read more, visit: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=43621 |
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