Points to a possible effort to allow an attack just to make Obama look bad…

Alex Lantier reports:

…Official testimony now records that US intelligence agencies deliberately let Abdulmutallab board Flight 253, putting the lives of hundreds of passengers at risk, in the course of an as yet undisclosed intelligence operation. Whether US agencies were unaware of Abdulmutallab’s plans, or consciously decided to allow an attack to proceed, remains unclear.

In this context, it should be noted that the reason for US inaction given at the hearing—that US intelligence did not want to alert Al Qaeda that it was watching Abdulmutallab—does not hold water. As congressmen noted during the hearing, US Customs and Border Protection had prepared to interrogate Abdulmutallab upon arrival in Detroit, as he was on the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database. This would be counterproductive if US agencies were mounting a concerted effort to hide their interest in Abdulmutallab.

There are a number of possible explanations for the decision to allow Abdulmutallab to board Northwest Flight 253. One possibility is that it was bound up with efforts by elements within the US intelligence apparatus to politically destabilize the Obama administration.

To seriously investigate the possible motivations behind the government’s actions, the question must be asked: What would have been the consequences of a successful attack? Hysterical media coverage would have provided fodder for the most right-wing factions in the ruling class to demand war against Yemen or other Muslim countries. At home, there would have been calls for a mass dragnet like that after the September 11 attacks, and immense political pressure for a new battery of police-state laws.

Even having failed, the attack was used as a pretext for expanding US military operations in Yemen, adding further security restrictions at airports, and expanding the “no-fly” passenger list and other databases by agencies unaccountable to the American people….

Sarah Palin and her supporters are severely mentally challenged. Please stop laughing at them, for it is cruel to ridicule god’s creation. For instance:

And she won’t take back her unfortunate “paling around with terrorists” comment:

Funny Shite

huffingtonpost.com reports:

….[his name is Scott Lee Cohen. And he’s Hating it alright.] His running mate-to-be, Gov. Pat Quinn, not so subtly suggested that he drop out of the race, saying he wouldn’t want “anything to distract” from the issues come November. “The only appropriate thing to do is step aside,” Quinn said, in a victory press conference that was hijacked by the Cohen issue….The court documents alleged that Cohen tried to force his ex-wife to have sex with him.
“On May 9, 2005, after having confessed to several affairs he had, he tried to have sex with me, and despite my refusals, he tried to force himself on me until I pushed him away and emphatically told him no,” his ex-wife alleged. “In fact, I had been having family members, including my mom and sister, stay with me for the past several weeks because I’m afraid to be home alone with him.”
Five days earlier, Cohen “came home around 2 a.m., and he could not find his keys to the house. He called the house, but no one answered because we were all sleeping, so he kicked in the garage door disturbing everyone in the house,” she said.

His ex-wife also alleged that Cohen had been “taking injectable anabolic steroids, including but not limited to Winstrol, Cretine, and Steen.”

Cohen responded to the documents, saying, “I never, ever touched anyone in my family, ever.” He did, however, admit to steroid use.

Well thank God he admitted to something! It couldn’t ALL be Bullshit!

EEEHHHH Actually, still hating it.

AP Reports:

NEW YORK – A former New York cable TV newsman convicted of assaulting his wife at their home has been released from jail after serving 19 days of a 30-day sentence.

Sheriff’s Department Detective Lt. William Barbera told the Journal News that 45-year-old Dominic Carter was released Tuesday after his sentence was reduced for good behavior and time served. As part of his sentence, he must stay away from his wife for two years.

Carter was convicted in November of attacking his wife Marilyn during an October 2008 argument at their Ramapo home, northwest of New York City. He is appealing his conviction.

Carter was influential in city and state politics as host of NY1’s “Inside City Hall.” He was taken off the air after NY1 learned of the incident.

I guess if Corporations are persons they can hate it too!

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RUSH LIMBAUGH!!

Time to become the hypocrite she is!

Yahoo.com Reports:

…Palin’s non-rebuke rebuke of Limbaugh comes after she called on President Obama, earlier in the week, to fire his chief of staff after using the word. According to the Wall Street Journal, Rahm Emanuel called liberal activists who wanted to run ads against conservative Democrats “f—— retarded” in a closed-door meeting at the White House. On her Facebook page, Palin likened Emanuel’s “slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities” to using the “N-word,” something she deemed “unacceptable” and “heartbreaking.” Emanuel later issued an apology to Special Olympics chairman and CEO Tim Shriver.

However, Palin’s conservative cohort Rush Limbaugh took offense to people, presumably including Palin, protesting Emanuel’s remark. On his radio show, Limbaugh lamented that “our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards.” …

Is the conservative icon using political donations to pad her wallet?

theweek.com reports:

Sarah Palin’s political action committee has spent more money on buying copies of her memoir, “Going Rogue,” than on contributions to political candidates. According to ABC News, Palin’s Sarah PAC spent $63,000 on copies of “Rogue” to give to donors, plus $8,000 on specially designed bookmarks and $20,000 to send Palin’s personal photographer and an aide along on Palin’s book tour. Is Palin enriching herself at the expense of her political donors?