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To: bentway who wrote (821555)	12/9/2014 1:45:07 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 1583713

I've been looking at the Soros-Obama language recently. Check this bit of code: RACE WAR, RACE WAR. RACE WAR.

To: bentway who wrote (821555)	12/9/2014 1:58:19 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1583713

Attkisson: I’ve Been On Receiving End Of Obama Official’s Profanity-Laced Tirades .......................................................................................................................... 12/08/2014 dailycaller.com Appearing on “The Steve Malzberg Show” Monday afternoon, author Sharyl Attkisson responded to former ABC News correspondent Ann Compton’s claim that President Barack Obama and his officials routinely direct profanity-laced tirades at reporters. Attkisson told Malzberg she has been on the receiving end of those conversations in the past, and others, specifically The Associated Press, have been subject to scorn at the hands of Obama officials. “Maybe this is just me or a personal opinion that a profanity-laced conversation with professionals in the press by the president of the U.S. is probably inappropriate,” said Attkisson. “That’s not surprising to me,” the former CBS investigative reporter told Malzberg. “There have been profanity-laced discussions on their part with members of the Obama administration that they’ve talked to me about similar things, thinking that a cover story…was not warranted or fair.” “They haven’t just done this with me, but with reporters at The Associated Press and other colleagues,” said Attkisson. “This is a tactic and a strategy.” “I don’t know if it’s heartfelt or sometimes it’s just to create the kind of pushback that leads to a self-censorship, because you’re so beaten down…by what they say, by the social media campaigns and the blog campaigns that they launch,” Attkisson added. Attkisson recently authored “Stonewalled,” which recounts her troubles getting her stories on the air at CBS that were perceived to be critical of the Obama administration.

To: bentway who wrote (821555)	12/9/2014 11:27:07 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1583713

Florida officials reject ‘Sunshine State’ label 12/09/14 10:07 AM—Updated 12/09/14 10:09 AM By Steve Benen State officials in Florida, at the behest of power companies, recently agreed to gut the state’s energy-saving goals and scrap Florida’s solar-rebate programs. It’s part of the larger effort to discourage renewable energy in the state, boosting power companies’ profits. What’s striking is how proponents of these moves are trying to justify themselves. The Palm Beach Post’s Frank Cerabino reported yesterday on a quote I hadn’t heard before. You might imagine that you live in the Sunshine State, but there are sunshine deniers among us. It’s easy to find them. Just mention that Florida is woefully lagging when it comes to using solar energy. “I think the whole ‘Sunshine State’ is just a license plate slogan,” Public Service Commission Chairman Art Graham said during a recent commission hearing. “When you look at it, we are No. 5 overall when it comes to rainfall of all the other states.” Graham’s not alone as a sunshine denier. For years, state lawmakers have been scuttling renewable energy plans by claiming that “intermittent cloud cover” makes sunshine too unreliable in Florida. Yes, we’ve officially reached the point at which Florida officials, so eager to undermine renewable-energy programs, *are now publicly rejecting the idea that the Sunshine State has, well, sunshine.* For the record, despite what the head of Florida’s Public Service Commission may want the public to believe, “Sunshine State” is not just “a license plate slogan.” As Rachel noted on the show last week, it’s the state’s official motto and a key element of Florida’s identity. “Florida is technically speaking the Sunshine State. That’s their official state nickname. They do not mean it as a metaphor. They mean that as a founding principle, right? A main attraction of what Florida is. “The Florida Department of Citrus has a new branded Avengers character called Captain Citrus. Captain Citrus runs on solar power. The circles on his hands are solar pods. ‘Maybe it’s my solar pods, but you are going down!’ “Florida is so much the Sunshine State the whole ad campaign for the city of Ft. Lauderdale is called Find Your Sunny. And you can find Ft. Lauderdale at Sunny.org. Explore your sunny side in Florida, the Sunshine State. “And so, now, naturally, because it’s Florida, Florida has declared war on the sun, even as it still wants to be known as the Sunshine State. This past week, very quietly just before Thanksgiving, Florida incredibly decided to try to kill solar power in the state of Florida. They voted to kill entirely the rebate program in the state for installing solar panels.”