Issa and Waxman share laugh, photo Dec. 9, 2008

Tweet "House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., shares a laugh with committee member Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, as they wait for the starts of the committee's hearing on the financial meltdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)"

Dr. Barbara Bellar explains ObamaCare in one sentence

Tweet 10/6/12, Dr Barbara Bellar explains Obamacare in One Sentence



"We are going to be gifted with a healthcare plan [the ACA]:

* We are forced to purchase, and fined if we don't;
* Which purportedly covers at least 10 million more people
* Without adding a single new doctor; but
* Provides for 16,000 new IRS agents;
* Written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it;
* Passed by a Congress that didn't read it; but
* Exempted themselves from it; and
* Signed by a president who smokes;
* With funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes;
* For which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect;
* By a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare;
* All to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese; and
* Financed by a country that's broke."

And managed by an unelected 15 member panel appointed by the president and not subject to congressional approval. (as Dr. Bellar says on the video).


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Antarctic Sea Ice, NSIDC, Sept. 2012

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The Suppers Programs explained in 'Logical Miracles' by Dor Mullen

Tweet "Logical Miracles: 100 Stories of Hope and Healing," Dor Mullen. The story of the Suppers Programs



"Logical Miracles is a collection of stories by people in The Suppers Programs who found their personal solutions by experimenting with whole food. In an environment of nonjudgment, we cook, taste, and feel our way to health, and we forge new friendships based on healthy living. For five years, pilot Suppers groups have been helping people with a range of food-related challenges find their path, especially people with depression, anxiety, learning issues, obesity, diabetes, and problems with alcohol. No special diets. No fees. No commercial messages. The only requirement for membership is the desire to lead a healthier life. Now we’d like to share our logical miracles, our road maps, our recipes, and especially our hard-earned wisdom related as stories of hope and healing. Welcome to Suppers."

Suppers Programs, "Message to Parents"

"There is very compelling research coming out of Columbia University showing that children who regularly eat dinner at the family table have much lower incidences of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use. The vast majority of teenagers surveyed said they want to eat dinner with their families. 59% of our children regularly do. Though it doesn’t always seem that way, our children and particularly teenagers want to spend time with us. If creating a family dinner table is beyond you, or if you need help re-establishing the habit, your therapeutic friends in the Suppers Programs can help you make this vital force for parenting a reality in your household. At Suppers we believe that doing whatever it takes to sit down regularly as a family to wholesome meals is the single most important thing a family can do."

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5/2/12, "From This Garden, Plentiful Food for Thought," PrincetonInfo.com, by Priscilla E. Hayes



Dorothy Mullen, photo from Princeton Info

The Chain, performed March 11, 2009, Boston

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This is my selection In Memory of Andrew Breitbart

NBC's Brian Williams orders Tampa debate audience to 'stay quiet,' giving media and GOP establishment control of the narrative

Tweet The Tampa debate crowd submits to NBC's Brian Williams' order to 'stay quiet.' The narrative is taken away from the people. The GOP wants primaries to be over so they can get back to selling this country out. As Rush Limbaugh said Monday, "Newt is a vessel" for long silenced and scorned ordinary Americans.

1/23/12, "Gingrich Lost His Crowd-Pleasing Groove in Tampa," National Journal, Tim Alberta

"NBC's Brian Williams asked the audience to stay quiet." (parag. 3)

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The audience was told to shut up so the media and establishment can create the narrative that Newt was 'a dud.' This is not to say Gingrich can or will win just based on cheering audiences.



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UN and others won't give up deadly climate scam easily, trillions have been made, trillions more at stake

Tweet 12/9/2011, "Doomed UN Climate Summit in Durban Ridiculed as “Science” Crumbles," New American, Alex Newman

"But even as many scientists say the climate “scam” is unraveling, analysts noted that the vested interests would not be disappearing without a long and hard fight. Researchers on the taxpayer dole, dictators seeking handouts, Western governments looking for new revenue streams, global bureaucrats after more power, and many others all

• depend on the perpetuation of alarmism.

There are literally trillions of dollars at stake. And if the global-warming crusade publicly implodes, it will all come crashing down. Plus, the next UN scheme will be much harder to market."

via Tom Nelson

At least 7 Occupy members found dead in tents, latest in Denton, Texas

Tweet Occupy members found dead in tents so far in at least 7 sites: Vancouver, New Orleans, Burlington, Vt., Oklahoma City, Bloomington, Ind., Salt Lake City, and Denton, Tx., below.

12/4/11, "Man Found Dead at Texas 'Occupy' Camp," Newscore

"A man was found dead Saturday afternoon in a tent at the "Occupy Denton" campsite on the grounds of the University of North Texas, KNTU-Radio reported.

University and city police found the body at the eight-tent encampment after someone contacted authorities between 5:00pm and 5:30pm local time, UNT spokesman Buddy Price told the station.

Price said crime scene tape had been put up to block off the campsite and that protesters would not be allowed back in to the area until investigations into the death had been finalized.

A statement published on the university's Facebook page said police had not yet identified how the as-yet unidentified man had died, but believed he was a participant in the "Occupy" protest.

"According to the UNT Police Department, the time and cause of death is unknown ... The area has been secured while the UNT Police conduct an investigation," the statement said.

The body was taken from the camp by a Denton County coroner about 8:30pm, the North Texas Daily reported, adding it was not believed the man was a student at the university.

Garrett Graham, a spokesman for "Occupy Denton," told the university's student newspaper the dead man "is a friend of ours who had found a family here. We're dealing with it like a family.""

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11/5/11, "Woman dies at Occupy Vancouver site," Vancouver Sun, by Mike Hager

"Tensions are high at the Occupy Vancouver site after a female, who is believed to be in her 20s, died late Saturday afternoon in what Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services are calling a "medical emergency."...

VFRS spokesman Capt. Gabe Roder confirmed the woman who died was in a tent...Shaw said he didn't know if it was an overdose or not, but they don't know how long she was unresponsive because the woman had been in the tent alone....

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11/08/11, "Man found dead in Occupy New Orleans encampment," New Orleans Times-Picayune, L. Williams

"A 53-year-old man was found dead Tuesday inside a tent pitched at the Occupy New Orleans encampment at Duncan Plaza across from City Hall. He appears to have been living in the tent inside the occupation zone, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office.

The man appears to have been dead for at least two days, Gagliano said."...

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11/16/11, "Occupy Burlington shooting victim had gun all week," Burlington Free Press, Sam Hemingway

"Burlington police say the man who died last week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Occupy Burlington encampment at City Hall Park had been carrying the gun with him for the previous week.

Joshua Pfenning, a 35-year-old transient, shot himself in the head with a handgun shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday. He was pronounced dead three hours later at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.

Deputy Burlington Police Chief Andi Higbee said Tuesday that Pfenning told the three people in the tent with him just before the shooting about having the gun with him

• at the camp for the past seven days.

“There was no discussion at the camp about him having a gun before it was produced by him in the tent,” Higbee said. “The only time it was present or seen was at the event just minutes before the (shooting) happened.”

Higbee said police still are trying to determine whether the shooting was accidental or an act of suicide. Police have said Pfenning pointed the gun in a threatening manner toward another person in the tent before Pfenning suffered the fatal gunshot wound.

Police have spoken to all three people who were in the tent when the shooting occurred. Two were interviewed shortly after the incident, but police were unable to locate the third person immediately. The three told essentially the same story about the events that led to the shooting, Higbee said.

The shooting prompted police to declare the encampment a crime scene. Thursday night, protesters angry about being barred from returning to their tents engaged in a confrontation with police after a woman was arrested. A potential riot was averted when Mayor Bob Kiss persuaded police to release the woman.

Police on Friday said that because of the shooting and evidence of excessive alcohol consumption and drug use at the encampment, all tents would have to be removed."...

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10/31/11, "Occupy OKC participant found dead in tent at Kerr Park," newsok.com, Matt Dinger

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11/7/11, "City Still Supports Occupy Bloomington After Man’s Death," IndianaPublicMedia.org

Man found dead in tent was said to be homeless, needed place to stay.

11/11/11, "Man found dead in Pioneer Park, Occupy SLC ordered to leave both camps," KSL, Pat Reavy

Man found dead in tent.

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11/10/11, "Man fatally shot near Occupy Oakland camp," CBS News


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