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COMMISSION RECOMMENDS GOVERNORS HAVE CONTROL OF ALL MILITARY IN STATE
DURING DISASTERS
STATELINE - A congressionally chartered commission recommended that
governors gain authority over all military forces in their states - not
just the National Guard - during disasters like Katrina. While some say
it's a good move, Pentagon officials have assailed the proposal,
claiming it violates the Constitution, undermines presidential power and
"invites confusion" over military command during emergencies. The
National Governors Association isn't sure whether to back the plan, and
the commission itself anticipates resistance. . .
The commission maintains the change is "fully consistent with law and
precedent." Active-duty troops, for example, are routinely placed under
the control of foreign commanders in military alliances such as NATO,
according to the commission.
Expanding governors' military powers would not require an act of
Congress and could be accomplished by the Department of Defense in
coordination with states, according to the report.
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId-279163
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BREVITAS
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
POLITICS 1 - DNC Chair Howard Dean told NY1 that a convention fight
between Clinton and Obama is "not a good scenario . . . I think we will
have a nominee sometime in the middle of March or April. But if we
don't, then we're going to have to get the candidates together and make
some kind of an arrangement because I don't think we can afford to have
a brokered convention."
http://www.politics1.com/index.htm
TIM DICKINSON, ROLLING STONE - It seems that the Clinton campaign has
hit the cash skids. . . Bonus fun from via Ben Smith at Politico: In
Iowa earlier this season, Bill Clinton said such self-financing by
candidates "would clearly violate the spirit of campaign finance
reform."
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/02/06/
clintons-cash-crunch-leads-campaign-to-violate-the-spirit-of-campaign-finance-reform/
RICHARD PRINCE, JOURNAL-ISMS - Radio's syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning
Show" monitored calls from citizens reporting voter irregularities, the
weekly Afro-American newspapers continued their campaign coverage as if
they had daily deadlines, and Los Angeles-based La La Opinion, the
nation's largest Spanish-language newspaper, made use of the six
reporters its parent company had deployed around the country. It was
Super Tuesday, the country's closest approximation of a national
primary. A voter empowerment hotline, 1-866-MYVOTE1, received more than
1,000 calls reporting irregularities, the Joyner show's parent Reach
Media said in a news release
http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/080206_prince/
ABC NEWS - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each got 6,001 votes
in Syracuse in the state primary, according to preliminary Board of
Elections results. The odds of that happening are less than one in a
million, said Syracuse University mathematics professor Hyune-Ju Kim,
who analyzed the state- and city-wide votes. Indeed, the tie no doubt
will be broken when election officials add in absentee votes and
affidavit ballots, which are similar to provisional ballots used in
other states when a voter's eligibility cannot be determined.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/231024745/wireStory
YEA & NEA, DC EXAMINER - 50: Percentage increase in the number of
Obama-themed items sold in the past two weeks on eBay, according to eBay
Marketplace Research. . . 81: Percentage decrease in the number of
Clinton-themed items in the same period. . . 72: Percentage decrease in
McCain-themed items in the same period
http://www.examiner.com/yan
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
REUTERS - In a study of 361 men seen at their infertility clinic,
researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found an association between the
patients' cell phone use and their sperm quality. On average, the more
hours the men spent on their cell phones each day, the lower their sperm
count and the greater their percentage of abnormal sperm.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080206/hl_nm/cell_phone_dc_1
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FREEDOM BEAT
HOW WILL REAL ID AFFECT YOU?
http://www.news.com/How-will-Real-ID-affect-you/
2009-1028_3-6229517.html?part-rss&tag-2547-1_3-0-5&subj-news
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BUSH WHACKS
BUSH PROPOSES BIG CUTS IN PUBLIC BROADCASTING
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/06/6885/
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FURTHERMORE. . . .
HOW TO FIND A PLACE TO PLAY SQUASH
http://current.com/items/88834271_playing_squash_in_public
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COMMISSION RECOMMENDS GOVERNORS HAVE CONTROL OF ALL MILITARY IN STATE
DURING DISASTERS
STATELINE - A congressionally chartered commission recommended that
governors gain authority over all military forces in their states - not
just the National Guard - during disasters like Katrina. While some say
it's a good move, Pentagon officials have assailed the proposal,
claiming it violates the Constitution, undermines presidential power and
"invites confusion" over military command during emergencies. The
National Governors Association isn't sure whether to back the plan, and
the commission itself anticipates resistance. . .
The commission maintains the change is "fully consistent with law and
precedent." Active-duty troops, for example, are routinely placed under
the control of foreign commanders in military alliances such as NATO,
according to the commission.
Expanding governors' military powers would not require an act of
Congress and could be accomplished by the Department of Defense in
coordination with states, according to the report.
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId-279163
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BREVITAS
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
POLITICS 1 - DNC Chair Howard Dean told NY1 that a convention fight
between Clinton and Obama is "not a good scenario . . . I think we will
have a nominee sometime in the middle of March or April. But if we
don't, then we're going to have to get the candidates together and make
some kind of an arrangement because I don't think we can afford to have
a brokered convention."
http://www.politics1.com/index.htm
TIM DICKINSON, ROLLING STONE - It seems that the Clinton campaign has
hit the cash skids. . . Bonus fun from via Ben Smith at Politico: In
Iowa earlier this season, Bill Clinton said such self-financing by
candidates "would clearly violate the spirit of campaign finance
reform."
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/02/06/
clintons-cash-crunch-leads-campaign-to-violate-the-spirit-of-campaign-finance-reform/
RICHARD PRINCE, JOURNAL-ISMS - Radio's syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning
Show" monitored calls from citizens reporting voter irregularities, the
weekly Afro-American newspapers continued their campaign coverage as if
they had daily deadlines, and Los Angeles-based La La Opinion, the
nation's largest Spanish-language newspaper, made use of the six
reporters its parent company had deployed around the country. It was
Super Tuesday, the country's closest approximation of a national
primary. A voter empowerment hotline, 1-866-MYVOTE1, received more than
1,000 calls reporting irregularities, the Joyner show's parent Reach
Media said in a news release
http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/080206_prince/
ABC NEWS - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each got 6,001 votes
in Syracuse in the state primary, according to preliminary Board of
Elections results. The odds of that happening are less than one in a
million, said Syracuse University mathematics professor Hyune-Ju Kim,
who analyzed the state- and city-wide votes. Indeed, the tie no doubt
will be broken when election officials add in absentee votes and
affidavit ballots, which are similar to provisional ballots used in
other states when a voter's eligibility cannot be determined.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/231024745/wireStory
YEA & NEA, DC EXAMINER - 50: Percentage increase in the number of
Obama-themed items sold in the past two weeks on eBay, according to eBay
Marketplace Research. . . 81: Percentage decrease in the number of
Clinton-themed items in the same period. . . 72: Percentage decrease in
McCain-themed items in the same period
http://www.examiner.com/yan
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
REUTERS - In a study of 361 men seen at their infertility clinic,
researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found an association between the
patients' cell phone use and their sperm quality. On average, the more
hours the men spent on their cell phones each day, the lower their sperm
count and the greater their percentage of abnormal sperm.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080206/hl_nm/cell_phone_dc_1
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FREEDOM BEAT
HOW WILL REAL ID AFFECT YOU?
http://www.news.com/How-will-Real-ID-affect-you/
2009-1028_3-6229517.html?part-rss&tag-2547-1_3-0-5&subj-news
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BUSH WHACKS
BUSH PROPOSES BIG CUTS IN PUBLIC BROADCASTING
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/06/6885/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FURTHERMORE. . . .
HOW TO FIND A PLACE TO PLAY SQUASH
http://current.com/items/88834271_playing_squash_in_public
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