But that’s no problem. He’s a Democrat. The progressive race baiters will give him a pass. See that? He caught himself halfway. He knew he f-ked up. See Fox News, ” Biden halts apparent foreign accent mid-sentence in New Hampshire speech .” And at Instapundit, ” THAT’S OKAY, HE’S NOT A REPUBLICAN: Biden Does Fake Indian Accent During Outsourcing Speech? ” Freakin’ progressive asshat hypocrites. PREVIOUSLY : ” It’s Come to This: Progressives Reduced to Racist Slurs Against American Power ,” and ” The Pale Scot at American Nihilist .” BONUS : ” Racist Walter James Casper III Doubles-Down on Endorsement of Revolutionary Anti-Semitic Occupy Wall Street ,” and ” Hate-Blogger Walter James Casper III and Progressive Evil: Denial of Israel-Hatred Enables Exterminationist Anti-Semitism .”
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Vice President Joe Biden (Bigot-D) Fakes Indian Accent During Outsourcing Speech
Headline first, then I’ll give you all the sordid background. The Detroit News reports this afternoon that the Obama administration is canceling subsidies to Russian steel firm Severstal for production of advanced high strength steel for autos in Dearborn, Michigan. Pricetag: $730 million … (h/t William Amos) Russian steel maker’s North American subsidiary will no longer be receiving a $730-million loan to produce advanced high strength steel for autos in Dearborn. A U.S. Department of Energy official confirmed today that after reviewing Severstal North America’s project — which received a conditional loal commitment under the agency’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program months ago — it was decided that the agency would not award the funding after all. It was not immediately apparent whether the loss of funding would put jobs at risk. At the time the conditonal loan commitment was announced last summer, Severstal North America had already filled more than half of the plant jobs expected to be created by the loan. When the conditonal loan commitment was announced in July, the company said it expected its modernization efforts in Dearborn to create an estimated 2,500 construction jobs, 260 permanent manufacturing jobs and allow it to retain 1,400 manufacturing jobs. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a release then that the project would “help make American automakers more competitive as demand for lighter, more fuel efficient vehicles increases” and reduce imports. But as the loan review went forward, Energy Department officials found reasons not to go ahead with the loan. Par for the course: The White House/Energy Department will not reveal what those reasons were. But it’s GOP watchdogs who raised questions about the deal last fall. The Hill: The planned loan had come under attack from several GOP lawmakers, including House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and some of Severstal’s steel industry competitors. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) applauded the decision not to move forward. “This announcement is a victory for taxpayers and steel manufacturers in Indiana,” he said in a statement. “The Severstal loan commitment never passed the sniff test, as multiple producers are already manufacturing this high strength steel without taxpayer financing.” The rejection of the Severstal financing also comes amid wider GOP criticism of DOE loan and loan guarantee programs following the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra last year. But LaVera said the decision not to move ahead with the Severstal loan was made on the merits of the specific case. “As we have consistently said, the additional due diligence the Department conducts after a conditional commitment is signed is an important part of the process and is vital to protecting the taxpayers,” he said. Coats’ office , which assailed the White House policy of government picking winners and losers (all LOSERS from the taxpayers’ standpoint), applauds the decision: “This announcement is a victory for taxpayers and steel manufacturers in Indiana,” said Coats. “The Severstal loan commitment never passed the sniff test, as multiple producers are already manufacturing this high strength steel without taxpayer financing. This is another example of why the government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers.” In July, the DOE issued a $730 million loan to Severstal under the department’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program to produce high strength, lightweight steel in Michigan. Six companies already manufacture the Advanced High Strength Steel that Severstal received a loan to produce– including Arcelor Mittal, Steel Dynamics and U.S. Steel in Indiana. High strength steel has been manufactured in the United States since the 1980s and the current capacity for this steel actually surpasses current demand. Coats first raised concerns about the Severstal loan in a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu on August 2, 2011 and asked whether the DOE conducted appropriate market analysis before issuing its loan commitment. In November 2011, Coats and Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) sent a letter to Inspector General (IG) Gregory H. Friedman requesting a formal review of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) issuance of a conditional loan commitment to Severstal. In their November letter, the senators wrote: “Given the tremendous fiscal crisis that we find ourselves in today, it does not seem appropriate for the program to subsidize technologies that have already achieved commercial success through private sector means. American taxpayers deserve to know how the Department of Energy is making decisions regarding these types of loan investments.” House GOP Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair underscores that but for conservative lawmakers’ objections, this rotten deal would have gone through: “While I am pleased that the Department of Energy has reconsidered it decision to fund a $730 million loan to Severstal, it’s deeply disconcerting to know that this loan would have gone forward had Congress not raised concerns,” said Chairman Issa. “Following the waste of taxpayer dollars in the collapse of Solyndra, the Department of Energy needs to work on being better guardians of taxpayer dollars.” *** Author Craig Bouchard, Vice Chairman and co-founder of Esmark Inc., has a related book, America for Sale , that provides investigative details on how Obama manufacturing czar/Big Labor lawyer Ron Bloom attempted to force his company to sell to Severstal. He wrote me a few years ago: For background. I’ve spent nearly two years negotiating with and then against Ron in his role with the USW. Its been a brother/nemesis relationship. I can’t think of anyone who spent as much time with him in recent years as me. His support and that of the USW helped my company shock the steel world in 2006/2007when we won our hostile battle against the giant Brazilian firm CSN to acquire a nasdaq company (Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel). In the process we went from a very small company to becoming the 4th largest American steel producer. In 2008 the tables turned and after our board voted to sell our company to an Indian firm (Essar), the steel workers under Ron’s leadership opposed our board action.They preferred a Russian firm (Severstal), after a quiet deal made with Frankin Templeton’s Mutal shares (led by Peter Langerman). The USW/Russians/Franklin went hostile trying to force us to sell to Severstal. This was a very visible public fight. The USW finally litigated against us. I went up against Ron in a secret arbitration in Washington DC and won. All of this makes very interesting reading in the book. By the way, did you know the USW committed 500 people to Obama’s campaign? Ron [o]rchestrated that. Ron’s top two agenda items are card check and legalizing 12 million illegal aliens. The USW believes both to be the key to increasing union participation/dues. (people forget…it[']s a business) I used the knowledge I gained to write quite a bit about foreigners buying critical US assets. For instance, in steel, foreign companies now own 51% of US Steel production, with the Russians owning half of that. These Russian firms all received Russian “Tarp” money, so, in a sense, Putin controls a big chunk of the firms that build our national defense.
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$730M fed loan to Russian-owned steel firm withdrawn after GOP challenge
Scaly-foot snail found at the vent. (Photo: David Shale via The Telegraph)
Shrimps such as this one were found all around the vent. (Photo: David Shale via BBC)
The yeti crab researchers found could potentially be a new species. (Photo: David Shale via The Telegraph)
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(AP) On a summer morning in 2009, in canal locks east of Toronto, police made a grisly discovery : In a submerged Nissan car were the bodies of three teenage sisters and a 52-year-old woman. A joyride gone tragically wrong, claimed the father, Mohammad Shafia, 58, who reported the disappearance. An “honor killing,” prosecutors allege. A murder trial is under way, heating up a national debate about how to better absorb immigrants into the Canadian cultural mainstream. The prosecution accuses Afghan-born Shafia, his wife, and their 20-year-old son of killing the daughters because they dishonored the family by defying its disciplinarian rules on dress, dating, socializing and going online. The older victim was Shafia’s first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad, who was living with him and his second wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, in Montreal. It was a polygamous relationship, the court has been told, and if revealed, could have resulted in their deportation. The parents and son, Hamed, have pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder. The family had left Afghanistan in 1992 and lived in Pakistan, Australia and Dubai before settling in Canada in 2007. Shafia, a wealthy businessman, married Yahya because his first wife could not have children. The second marriage produced seven children. The months leading up to the deaths were not happy ones in the Shafia household, the court has heard. Zainab, the oldest at 19, was forbidden to attend school for a year because she had a young Pakistani-Canadian boyfriend, and she fled to a shelter, terrified of her father, the court was told. The jury heard testimony that Zainab’s sisters, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, were hounded and trailed by their brothers because the parents suspected them of dating boys; that Sahar repeatedly said her father would kill her if he found out she had a boyfriend; that she had bruises on her arms; that Mohammad, the first wife who was helping to raise the children, also was brutally treated. Zainab ran away from home for a couple of weeks and her sisters contacted authorities, saying they wanted to be removed from the home because of violence and their father’s strict parenting, the prosecution said. Prosecutor Laurie Lacelle presented wire taps and cell phone records from the Shafia family in court. In one phone conversation, the father says his daughters “betrayed us immensely.” Fazil Javad, Shafia’s brother-in-law, said Shafia tried to enlist him in a plan to drown Zainab. “Even if they hoist me up to the gallows, nothing is more dear to me than my honor. There is nothing more valuable than our honor,” Lacelle quoted Shafia as saying in an intercept transcript. Taking the stand and speaking in his native Dari through an interpreter, Shafia portrayed himself as a loving father with his daughters’ best interests at heart. He repeated his contention that the family members were returning from a Niagara Falls holiday, were in two cars, and were overnighting at a motel when Zainab took one of the cars. The daughters met an accidental but “rightful” death for their disobedience, he said. “You believe there’s no value in life without honor, don’t you?” asked Lacelle in cross-examination. “My honor is important to me,” Shafia replied. “But you can’t regain your honor with murder, respected lady, you must know that. “I’m a strict Muslim, but I’m not a killer.” Other relatives — two of the children and a brother-in-law of Shafia — testified in support of the joyride scenario and portrayed the family as loving and caring.
Zainab Shafia (Court Exhibit)
Sahar Shafia (Court Exhibit)
Geeti Shafia (Court Exhibit)
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Honor Killings Prompt Debate in Canada on Assimilating Immigrants
On December 16, 1773, the taxpayers of Boston had had enough. The Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum website recounts the story: On the cold evening of December 16, 1773, a large band of patriots, disguised as Mohawk Indians, burst from the South Meeting House with the spirit of freedom burning in their eyes. The patriots headed towards Griffin’s Wharf and the three ships. Quickly, quietly, and in an orderly manner, the Sons of Liberty boarded each of the tea ships. Once on board, the patriots went to work striking the chests with axes and hatchets. Thousands of spectators watched in silence. Only the sounds of ax blades splitting wood rang out from Boston Harbor. Once the crates were open, the patriots dumped the tea into the sea. The silence was broken only by the cry of “East Indian” as patriots caught Charles O’Conner filling the lining of his coat with tea. George Hewes removed O’Connor’s coat, threatened him with death if he revealed the identity of any man present, and sent him scurrying out of town. The patriots worked feverishly, fearing an attack by Admiral Montague at any moment. By nine o’clock p.m., the Sons of Liberty had emptied a total of 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. Fearing any connection to their treasonous deed, the patriots took off their shoes and shook them overboard. They swept the ships’ decks, and made each ship’s first mate attest that only the tea was damaged. When all was through, Lendall Pitts led the patriots from the wharf, tomahawks and axes resting on their shoulders. A fife played as they marched past the home where British Admiral Montague had been spying on their work. Montague yelled as they past, “Well boys, you have had a fine, pleasant evening for your Indian caper, haven’t you? But mind, you have got to pay the fiddler yet!” Montague’s words were to be an omen for the patriots. The party was indeed over for Boston. Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill today: GOP leaders: Pipeline stays in payroll tax bill And last night, another Band-Aid, stop-gap government spending bill passed. $1 TRILLION for 9 months. What would the original Tea Partiers think and do? *** In the spirit of the original Tea Party movement circa 1773 and circa 2009, Gateway Grassroots Initiative has launched — advancing limited government principles through targeted, locally-based action. Go here for more information. It’s a terrific model for grass-roots conservative activism. More: The Tea is Brewed: GGI.
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Boston Tea Party: 238th anniversary
The House of Representatives passed a bill to make it easier for skilled workers to get green cards, a measure that particularly affects employers who want to hire Chinese and Indian nationals
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Bill Eases U.S. Residency for Foreign Skilled Workers
A break from the mayhem. At USA Today : SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Most Americans spent Thanksgiving snug inside homes with families and football. Others used the holiday to give thanks alongside strangers at outdoor Occupy encampments, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement that has gripped a nation consumed by economic despair. In San Francisco, hundreds of campers at Justin Herman Plaza in the heart of the financial district prepared turkey dinners that were handed out by volunteers, church charities and supporters of the movement against social and economic inequality. Across the bay in Oakland, where protesters and police previously clashed when an Occupy encampment was broken up, occupiers enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast outside City Hall with music and activist speakers, including Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the Minnesota-based American Indian Movement. And in New York, Occupy organizers distributed Thanksgiving meals at Zuccotti Park, where the protest movement began on Sept. 17 before spreading nationwide. Protesters were evicted from the park on Nov. 15. “So many people have given up so much to come and be a part of the movement because there is really that much dire need for community,” said Megan Hayes, a chef and organizer with the Occupy Wall Street Kitchen in New York. “We decided to take this holiday opportunity to provide just that — community.” Oh, please. These people need to take a bath and start pounding the pavement for jobs. Losers.
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Occupy Movements Nationwide Celebrate Holiday
The guy below is off his head. He is right that English is used in many nations in a way that diverges from standard English — but have you ever tried to understand (say) Indian English? It can get close to impossible. I have even seen signs up outside shops in
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AP – The Obama administration remains firm in its opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits the federal government’s authority to hold Indian tribal land in trust, Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes told a group of tribal leaders Tuesday.
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The “Occupy” movement continues to spread across America. Since its inception on September 17, there has been no shortage of bizarre video, complimenting the rhetoric and head-scratching confusion surrounding what, exactly, the protesters are seeking. In yet another strange video, a speaker at the Occupy L.A. appears to be calling for violence as a means to achieving the protesters’ objectives. While speaking to the crowd, the individual depicted in the clip praised the French Revolution, called Gandhi a tumor, heralded socialism and revolution and said that “the bourgeoisie won’t go without violent means.” Blogger Zombie provides a complete transcript of the rallying cry: “One of the speakers said the solution is nonviolent movement. No, my friend. I’ll give you two examples: French Revolution, and Indian so-called Revolution. Gandhi, Gandhi today is, with respect to all of you, Gandhi today is a tumor that the ruling class is using constantly to mislead us. French Revolution made fundamental transformation. But it was bloody. India, the result of Gandhi, is 600 million people living in maximum poverty. So, ultimately, the bourgeoisie won’t go without violent means. Revolution! Yes, revolution that is led by the working class. Long live revolution! Long live socialism!” Watch the video for yourself, and listen as the people cheer his comments:
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Occupy L.A. Speaker: ‘Bourgeoisie Won’t Go Without Violent Means’
