http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=waterloo Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:22:28 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=waterloo Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:05:36 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d7_1371138146 Proud_Canadian_1978 TORONTO - An Etobicoke apartment/condo complex linked to the Rob Ford crack cocaine scandal is the subject of a police raid this morning. Toronto Police blocked off vehicular traffic leading to 320 Dixon Rd. at Kipling Ave. around 5 a.m. The building is believed to be the same complex where an alleged video of the mayor smoking crack cocaine was being stashed. Ford has said no such video exists and that he does not use crack cocaine. Police said approximately 30 warrants were executed, targeting guns and drugs and the raids were a part of "Project Traveller." Chief Bill Blair is expected to update the media at police headquarters at noon. A Sun photographer at the scene said "I've never seen so many cruisers at one scene in my life," - Dave Thomas The Kingsview Village complex has a history of gun violence. On May 21, less than a week after American gossip website Gawker said it had been offered the alleged video, there was a shooting on a 17th-floor apartment. A man in his 20s suffered a gunshot wound to his leg. Several days after the shooting, the Toronto Sun was told a man who allegedly possessed the video also lives on the 17th floor. Toronto Police won't talk about the video or the shooting, so it's unclear if the two are connected. The man who is believed to have shot the 90 seconds of footage with his cellphone, and may have been killed for it, also lived in Kingsview Village. Anthony Smith, 21, was shot to death outside a King St. W. nightclub March 28 and his 19-year-old pal, who can't be named because of a publication ban, was wounded. Both men are also in a much-publicized photo where they and a third man appear to be socializing with the mayor. That photo is believed to have been taken outside a house 15 Windsor Rd. That street is connected by a pathway to the Dixon Rd. highrise complex. ---- More than 800 police executed search warrants early today at more than 30 addresses, including 320 Dixon Rd., an apartment building linked in published reports to the crack-smoking scandal involving Mayor Rob Ford. Starting just before 5 a.m. ET, heavily armed tactical officers carried out a series of searches as part of Project Traveller, which police say is targeted at guns, gangs and drugs. Other Project Traveller raids were carried out by police in Windsor, Guelph and Waterloo. The building at 320 Dixon Rd., in the northwest Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, is reportedly the location mentioned in reports suggesting drug dealers may have stashed an alleged video showing Ford smoking crack cocaine. The Dixon Road building is steps away from a house on Windsor Road linked to a notorious picture of Ford that appears to show the mayor posing with suspected drug dealers. That photo was shown to journalists by people trying to sell the alleged video. The video has yet to surface, but the allegations have roiled Toronto City Hall since the story first broke in mid-May. 'You know as much as I do,' Ford tells media Ford was asked about the raids as he arrived at city hall on Thursday morning, and said he first heard about them on the radio news as he drove in to work. "The cable was out last night. I know as much as you do," he told reporters. "I've not been in touch with the chief. Your guess is as good as mine on what happened last night. "I support the police 100 per cent." CBC News reporter Trevor Dunn said the raids at 320, 330, 340, 370, 380, 390 Dixon rd began just before 5 a.m. Thursday, after hundfreds of officers assembled at a nearby staging area before charging into the apartment building. The searches shut down the area around Dixon Road for more than an hour. "Loud bangs were heard from inside the building, possibly stun grenades or doors being knocked down," Dunn reported. Police were seen leading people out of the building in handcuffs and into police vehicles. In the hours after the raid began, boxes of evidence were also seen being wheeled out of the building by police. CBC News has seen a copy of one of the search warrants issued for an apartment at 320 Dixon Rd. The warrant allows police to search and seize cellphones, laptop computers and other electronic devices as well as items and documents related to the distribution of controlled substances and banking documents. The warrant also said police are seeking information on the following gangs: Dixon City Bloods. Dixon Crew. Dixon Blood City. Toronto police Chief Bill Blair is scheduled to speak about the raids at a news conference starting at noon Thursday. CBC.ca will carry the news conference live. To watch, just click on the link posted at the top of this story. Some pictures from the scene: Map: https://maps.google.ca/?q=43.6967888,-79.55233279999999 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d7_1371138146 Proud_Canadian_1978 Massive raids conducted by multiple police forces this morning in Toronto including where the Alleged &quot;Rob Ford Crack Video&quot; is located Massive, Raid, Police, Search Warrant, Toronto, Etobicoke, Somali, Rob Ford, Crack, Scandal, Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:03:16 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a0d_1370803858 Donegal I came across this film a few years ago and I believe you can see the very first stones thrown ( at around 1:12 ) that started what is now known as "The Battle of the Bogside" which in itself started 30 years of what we know as "The Irish Troubles". The annual Apprentice Boys parade on 12 August commemorated the Protestant victory in the Siege of Derry in 1689 and was considered highly provocative by many Catholics. Derry activist Eamonn McCann wrote that the march, "was regarded as a calculated insult to the Derry Catholics". Although the march did not pass through the Bogside, it passed close to it at the junction of Waterloo Place and William Street. It was here that trouble broke out. Initially, taunts were exchanged between the loyalists and Bogsiders. Stones were then thrown from both sides for a period, before the police forced the nationalists into Rossville Street and the Bogside itself. They were followed by local supporters of the Apprentice Boys, and the confrontation escalated. Large crowds turned out in the Bogside, pelted the police with stones and Molotov cocktails, and manned pre-prepared barricades to block their progress - which the RUC tried to clear with armoured cars. Out of 59 officers who made the initial incursion, 43 were treated for injuries. Further Reading Here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bogside http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a0d_1370803858 Donegal A Moment in History: The Rock that started the Irish Troubles - Battle of the Bogside 12th August 1969 Irish Troubles, Battle of the Bogside, Apprentice Boys Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:58:09 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c15_1370205738 Donegal Half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre, and the Legion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in Newtownards , County Down . A paternal ancestor of his was Gordon Turnbull , who led the famous Scotland Forever Charge at Waterloo . He also played International Rugby for Ireland and The British Lions Further Reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Mayne http://en.ww2awards.com/person/42139 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c15_1370205738 Donegal Rogue Warrior of the SAS: Lt Col. Paddy Mayne ( His Grave ). Robert Blair &quot;Paddy&quot; Mayne, Northern Ireland, Ulster, County Down, SAS, The Originals Thu, 30 May 2013 23:24:55 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d8_1369970135 moanranger Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week. CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth statistical analysis now shows that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. "Conventional thinking says that the emission of human-made non-CFC gases such as carbon dioxide has mainly contributed to global warming. But we have observed data going back to the Industrial Revolution that convincingly shows that conventional understanding is wrong," said Qing-Bin Lu, a professor of physics and astronomy, biology and chemistry in Waterloo's Faculty of Science. "In fact, the data shows that CFCs conspiring with cosmic rays caused both the polar ozone hole and global warming." "Most conventional theories expect that global temperatures will continue to increase as CO2 levels continue to rise, as they have done since 1850. What's striking is that since 2002, global temperatures have actually declined - matching a decline in CFCs in the atmosphere," Professor Lu said. "My calculations of CFC greenhouse effect show that there was global warming by about 0.6 ^0C from 1950 to 2002, but the earth has actually cooled since 2002. The cooling trend is set to continue for the next 50-70 years as the amount of CFCs in the atmosphere continues to decline." The findings are based on in-depth statistical analyses of observed data from 1850 up to the present time, Professor Lu's cosmic-ray-driven electron-reaction (CRE) theory of ozone depletion and his previous research into Antarctic ozone depletion and global surface temperatures. "It was generally accepted for more than two decades that the Earth's ozone layer was depleted by the sun's ultraviolet light-induced destruction of CFCs in the atmosphere," he said. "But in contrast, CRE theory says cosmic rays - energy particles originating in space - play the dominant role in breaking down ozone-depleting molecules and then ozone." Lu's theory has been confirmed by ongoing observations of cosmic ray, CFC, ozone and stratospheric temperature data over several 11-year solar cycles. "CRE is the only theory that provides us with an excellent reproduction of 11-year cyclic variations of both polar ozone loss and stratospheric cooling," said Professor Lu. "After removing the natural cosmic-ray effect, my new paper shows a pronounced recovery by ~20% of the Antarctic ozone hole, consistent with the decline of CFCs in the polar stratosphere." By proving the link between CFCs, ozone depletion and temperature changes in the Antarctic, Professor Lu was able to draw almost perfect correlation between rising global surface temperatures and CFCs in the atmosphere. "The climate in the Antarctic stratosphere has been completely controlled by CFCs and cosmic rays, with no CO2 impact. The change in global surface temperature after the removal of the solar effect has shown zero correlation with CO2 but a nearly perfect linear correlation with CFCs - a correlation coefficient as high as 0.97." Data recorded from 1850 to 1970, before any significant CFC emissions, show that CO2 levels increased significantly as a result of the Industrial Revolution, but the global temperature, excluding the solar effect, kept nearly constant. The conventional warming model of CO2, suggests the temperatures should have risen by 0.6^0C over the same period, similar to the period of 1970-2002. The analyses indicate the dominance of Lu's CRE theory and the success of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. "We've known for some time that CFCs have a really damaging effect on our atmosphere and we've taken measures to reduce their emissions," Professor Lu said. "We now know that international efforts such as the Montreal Protocol have also had a profound effect on global warming but they must be placed on firmer scientific ground." "This study underlines the importance of understanding the basic science underlying ozone depletion and global climate change," said Terry McMahon, dean of the faculty of science. "This research is of particular importance not only to the research community, but to policy makers and the public alike as we look to the future of our climate." Professor Lu's paper, Cosmic-Ray-Driven Reaction and Greenhouse Effect of Halogenated Molecules: Culprits for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change , also predicts that the global sea level will continue to rise for some years as the hole in the ozone recovers increasing ice melting in the polar regions. "Only when the effect of the global temperature recovery dominates over that of the polar ozone hole recovery, will both temperature and polar ice melting drop concurrently," says Lu. The peer-reviewed paper published this week not only provides new fundamental understanding of the ozone hole and global climate change but has superior predictive capabilities, compared with the conventional sunlight-driven ozone-depleting and CO2-warming models. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d8_1369970135 moanranger What?... it's NOT carbon dioxide ? CO2,global warming,CFCs,chlorofluorcarbons Tue, 14 May 2013 09:12:14 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f6_1368536416 Detroit Iron The White House spokesman founders in front of a newly curious press corps. MAY 14, 2013 4:00 AM By Charles C. W. Cooke Thank you for that question," White House spokesman Jay Carney said feebly when, early in Friday's press conference, the issue of Benghazi was raised. And then he reflexively tried to recruit the questioner to his side. Look, Carney insisted, those darned Republicans are involved in an "ongoing attempt to politicize a tragedy that took four American lives." We're not going to fall into their trap and ask questions of the administration, are we? We're not like those other outlets that are engaged in a "pattern of spreading misinformation." Right, guys?Evidently, Carney had not yet realized that things had changed. What had been a fringe story had by now gone mainstream: The New Yorker had written that new evidence "seriously undermines the White House's credibility on this issue"; ABC News's Jonathan Karl had averred that developments "directly contradict what White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said . . . in November"; Thursday's Morning Joe panel had agreed that the news was troubling for the White House; and George Will was gearing up to go onto the Sunday shows and complain that the nation had been "systematically misled." Newly intrigued, the assembled press corps ignored Carney's ploy; so, too, his flippant, Obamaesque insistence that "efforts to re-fight the political battles of the past are not looked on kindly by the American people." Benghazi might well have "happened a long time ago," as Carney hilariously assured the media on May 1, but the fourth estate was now interested.Cutting short the dismissal, Jim Acosta of CNN inquired of Carney why the State Department had removed Anshar al-Sharia's name from the CIA's story, and what the discovery of this edit has done to the credibility of the White House. "References to that group are removed from the conversation and don't make their way into the talking points," Acosta argued. "That is not a stylistic edit. That is not a single adjustment as you said back in November. That is a major, dramatic change to the information." "I appreciate the question and the opportunity," Carney said, twitching slightly and starting to go red. But apparently he didn't appreciate it enough to answer it. Nor to take the opportunity to admit that his prior claim that "the CIA drafted these talking points and redrafted" them - and that only "stylistic and non-substantive" changes were made from outside - was demonstrably false. At the fork in the road, Carney once again chose the well-worn low way. Acosta was visibly unimpressed. Here it became clear that we were in it for the long haul. "Let me just follow up on this once and for all," he eventually asked. "Do you promise once and for all?" pleaded Carney. "Maybe not ," Acosta shot back. "You are comfortable with the way you characterized this back in November? That this was a single adjustment?" "I do. I do stand by it," Carney replied. "Jay, you told us that the only changes were stylistic," asserted ABC's Jonathan Karl, who earlier in the day had mainstreamed the yeoman's work of The Weekly Standard 's Stephen F. Hayes. (Hayes had blown the lid off the talking-points deception almost a week before, to little public thanks.) "Is it a 'stylistic' change to take out all references to previous terror threats in Benghazi?" Karl asked. "I appreciate the question again ," Carney answered, closing his eyes and twitching a little. "I accept that 'stylistic' might not precisely describe a change of one word to another . . . " Bristling, Karl interrupted, observing that the original talking points referred to al-Qaeda and to Anshar al-Sharia and had "extensive discussion of the previous threats of terrorist attacks in Benghazi." A new set of talking points, "based on input from the State department" was written, Karl added. It featured none of those things. "Do you deny that?" he jabbed. "I've answered this question several times now," Carney pretended. "I'm happy to answer it again if you'll let me?" he continued. Looking anything but happy to answer it, Carney started to list the branches of government involved in the draft. Then he moved back to blaming Republicans for creating a "distraction." Frequently, Carney attempted to assure the press that the government's talking points had been carefully put together in order to make "concretely for sure" that no mistakes were made. After all, he insisted, we weren't sure who did it, so the aim was "limiting the talking points to what we knew, as opposed to speculation about what may or may not have been, in the end, relevant to what happened in Benghazi." The message: Better "not include things we could not be sure of." Like blaming protests on a YouTube video, perhaps? The only thing that was inaccurate about his previous assertions, Carney insisted, was his claim that there were anti-video demonstrations outside the Benghazi compound on September 11 last year. Besides, he continued, Republicans are wrong to accuse the White House of "playing down an act of terror and an attack on the embassy," because "the president himself" took to the Rose Garden on September 12 and told the country that the attack was an "act of terror."This was quite an astonishing thing for Carney to repeat, not just because the CBS transcript is available to anyone who cares to look it up but also because Carney himself claimed on September 14 that the attack "was a response to a YouTube video." Worse, five days after that, he told the press: Our belief based on the information we have is it was the video that caused the unrest in Cairo, and the video and the unrest in Cairo that helped - that precipitated some of the unrest in Benghazi and elsewhere. What other factors were involved is a matter of investigation. This line was repeated at least once by Hillary Clinton, many times by Susan Rice, and, on September 26, by President Obama in his speech to the United Nations. We are thus supposed to believe that the government was so " about the integrity of the investigation," to use Carney's peculiar words, that it removed all the suspects from public discussion while simultaneously blaming the attack on a video. Among their many claimed sins, Republicans also drew Carney's ire for "leaking" information "for political reasons." "That's their prerogative," he sniffed. But this disgust at leaks struck a false note, given that the White House had held a secret meeting just a few minutes earlier in which it passed - "for political reasons"? - unattributable information to reporters. Just a few minutes before Carney's on-air press conference, Politico 's Dylan Byers reported : The White House held a "deep background" briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon to discuss recent revelations about the Benghazi investigation, sources familiar with the meeting tell POLITICO. . . . I asked Earnest to explain the meaning of "deep background," as defined by the White House, for my readers. He emails: "Deep background means that the info presented by the briefers can be used in reporting but the briefers can't be quoted." At times, Carney veered into abject nonsense: The effort is always to, in that circumstance, and with an ongoing investigation and a lot of information, some of it accurate, some of it not, about what had happened and who was responsible, to provide information for members of Congress and others in the administration, for example, who might speak publicly about it that was based on only what the intelligence community could say for sure it thought it knew. Glad we got that cleared up, then. Until those damnable journalists got involved, May 10 had been billed by the White House as "Health Care Day" - a happy occasion on which the virtues of Obamacare were to be extolled. It was not to be. Six months late, curiosity about Benghazi finally intruded on the president's parade. "A throne," Napoleon held, "is only a bench covered with velvet." If the president is to ride this one out, Jay Carney is going to have to start nailing that velvet back down. - Charles C. W. Cooke is an editorial associate at National Review . http://www.nationalreview.com/article/348217/jay-carney%E2%80%99s-waterloo/page/0/1 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f6_1368536416 Detroit Iron Jay Carney's <span class="highlight">Waterloo</span> ojay carney Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:09:47 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d0_1365278856 wtfbrahh I'm confused.. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d0_1365278856 wtfbrahh What's Your Name? what's your name, remix, autotune, toronto, crazy, waterloo Fri, 10 May 2013 08:47:01 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=737_1368188104 SvenVonErick The Rothchild Dynasty ] and other bankers have told massive populations that they owe us on paper and we have to pay them to breath. Excerpt: In June 1815, Nathan Rothschild, after being told by his agent that Wellington had defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, immediately dashed to London and ordered his agents to dump consuls. This triggered a selling panic, with traders believing that Wellington had lost. Only when stocks plummeted and could be bought for a song did it emerge that Wellington had in fact won, something that Rothschild knew all along, and by this point his agents had bought up cheap stocks for next to nothing. The stock market soared again and the Rothschild family made obscene profits, enabling them to become the richest family in the world. This gargantuan Rothschild ploy was documented in the excellent documentary, The Money Masters . Watch a clip below. source for more ] - The government of the UK did not prosecute and then hang the bankers who pulled a scam on paper. Elite criminals have populations war on each other so we are all debt slaves on paper. I did not agree to be owned by international bankers on paper. I owe them nothing except helping others who have been likewise abused to manage a rope. Do you know who won the War of 1812? The UK who was by then taken over by international bankers and what would become global corporate organized crime invaded the US and burned and sacked Washington DC. Sailors (American) were kidnapped by the British right off of US ships. Then the US doubled in size soon after. Who really "won" that war. Secret taxes are collected then after to go to the Crown and to bankers. US judges and lawyers sold us out back then. The story of the missing 13th Amendment click here ]. Small Farmers, also known as Family Farmers, had their phones tapped, mail read, and were spied on by Town Hall Mafia, police, riggers of courts, the FBI, CIA, international bankers, and corporate organized crime. Their taxes were raised. So, farmers paid huge taxes, corporations paid little to none. Corporations then bought up all the land. Corporate organized crime bribes and owns US officials and decides who is to hold office. We only think we have elections. Small farmers were set up for false arrests, family break ups, prison, and property confiscation. Having our phones tapped, all our conversations recorded, and video surveillance is for our protection right? International bankers care. When we are spied upon at will we are owned as slaves. Slavery to the elite is good, right? The self-employed and small business are under siege ]. International bankers loath the US Constitution. They want it dismantled piece by piece. Give up your guns, your free speech, your liberty, property, family unity, and be a slave to bankers because they tell you to through their liar corporate owned mainstream media. Obey. Bankers need to end religion so that there is no resistance. They are God. Worship your new Gods. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=737_1368188104 SvenVonErick The U.S. Government is Broke! US, UN, take over, world, domination, OWS, NDAA, Martial Law, Patriot Act, DHS, TSA, abuse, brutality, state, connecticut, police, boston, bombing, Newtown, schoolyard, shooting, Sandyhook, hoax, scam, false flag Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:25:49 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b44_1365455718 Donegal Before the outbreak of WW1, Laura lived at 6 Bayview Terrace, on Asylum Road, currently the premises of accountancy firm, Mc Cambridge's. Laura Marion Gailey was the youngest daughter of William Gailey, stationer, and Margaret Elizabeth Gailey . William Gailey had served his apprenticeship as a printer, and was afterwards in business with a brother-in-law in the Strand Road, before he commenced the stationery business in Waterloo Place with which his name was for so long associated. Gailey's in Waterloo Place remained in family hands until the mid-1930's until bought over by the McClure family who respectfully continued to trade under the Gailey family name. The shop was bombed by the Provisional IRA in July 1972. Gailey's newsagents and stationer's plied their trade roughly where Poundworld and the Foyle Hospice shop now do business in Waterloo Place. William Gailey, and his family, including Laura Marion Gailey, had a lifelong connection with Great James Street Presbyterian Church. William Gailey served as a Sunday School teacher, and as an elder of the Congregation. In his 1904 obituary in the Londonderry Sentinel, it is recorded that "As a member of several committees, he ungrudgingly gave of his time and experience. He was convener of the committee which was entrusted with the renovation of the church. As an elder he conscientiously visited his districts, while the Poor Fund and the benevolent side of the Church's work claimed his interest, being convener of the committee which collected the subscriptions for the Orphan Society. He was a member of the committee of the Young Men's Christian Association and he was also for a period a member of the committee of the Presbyterian Working Men's Institute (situated in the Diamond). In politics he was a Liberal, until William Gladstone introduced the first Home Rule Bill. " In May 1893 The Derry Standard notes that he was one of the local organizers of the Unionist opposition 'Voices of the Past - Sharing our Future' Playhouse Theatre, Derry/Londondery will also feature the story of Dunree's Father James McRory who, as a chaplain, served throughout World War 1 . The mysterious Holy Grail-like story of the chalic e that served Father James at the Front, (which has just recently been returned into the safe keeping of the McRory family), will also be dramatised featuring both boys and staff from St Columb's College- Father James was a student there, back at the turn of the 20th century. Short Film Can Be seen Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QswV_ONUGvU http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b44_1365455718 Donegal World War 1- Nurse Laura Marion Gailey Returns To Derry/LondonDerry WW1, Derry, Londonderry, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ulster, Laura Marion Gailey, War Memorial Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:54:44 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ae3_1293410675 thecleaner001 prisoners are meeting their Waterloo as they are loaded onto a train presumably on their way down to 'the island' (Isle of Wight) whilst the public are held back - the toffs in first class have been allowed on though! if I can find the rest of it I will post it - this is just a few minutes taster of the fim BFI stuff Creative Common Licence http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ae3_1293410675 thecleaner001 <span class="highlight">Waterloo</span> 1961 Waterloo Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:09:42 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=15a_1248501033 Songun Jim DeMint says that the health-care debate will be Barack Obama's Waterloo, and now Rush Limbaugh riffs on that to point out that Obama's flop in the prime-time presser will be the media's Waterloo, too. He makes a better point than DeMint, too: Rush has this dead-on correct, especially in the weird promotion of the press conference. Perhaps they did the same thing for George Bush, who held very few prime-time press conferences in eight years, but I don't recall it. The media, especially the televised media, appear to have hung their economic fortunes on Obama. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=15a_1248501033 Songun 'The Press Has Met Their <span class="highlight">Waterloo</span> &amp; It's Obama' Jim DeMint,Rush Limbaugh,Waterloo Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:02:26 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5d_1248270700 QIQrrr A telling episode recounted by Senate Finance ranking member Charles Grassley reveals the Obama administration might be more worried than they are letting on that a Republican senator's comparison of the healthcare overhaul to Waterloo might be dangerously close to the truth. Grassley said he spoke with a Democratic House member last week who shared Obama's bleak reaction during a private meeting to reports that some factions of House Democrats were lining up to stall or even take down the overhaul unless leaders made major changes. "Let's just lay everything on the table," Grassley said. "A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn't going to pass if there weren't some changes made ... and the president says, 'You're going to destroy my presidency.'" The White House did not respond to requests for comment. Grassley did not name the member but said he was not from the senator's home state of Iowa. He brought up the anecdote in response to a question about whether the president's rebuke of the Waterloo remark Monday was affecting Finance Committee negotiations on a bipartisan overhaul bill. Grassley said the imbroglio was not taking a toll on the bipartisan effort. President Obama and the Democratic National Committee pushed back hard this week against South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's remark Friday that the healthcare overhaul could be Obama's Waterloo. Obama went directly after the comment in a speech Monday and Democratic leaders and organizations have fired off countless e-mails to call out Republicans for attempting to bring down the effort rather than offer constructive alternatives. Most of the Blue Dog Coalition opposes the House overhaul bill and have managed to delay the Energy and Commerce Committee markup. (See related story, page 1.) Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., the Blue Dogs' Health Care Task Force chairman, said Tuesday he is not the member Grassley was referring to. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., defended Obama even though he is also opposed to House Democrats' bill. "I can't see him saying that," Stupak said. "He's got too much self-confidence." House Republicans Tuesday made hay of the issue, with Ways and Means minority staff sending out an e-mail asking, "Who's really blocking health care reform?" "Do not be fooled by the president's repeated attempts to create a Republican straw man for his health care troubles," the e-mail reads. The GOP pointed to ads the Democratic National Committee is running to pressure Democratic lawmakers. Meanwhile, the Finance Committee continues to negotiate its bipartisan bill. Seven negotiators have been at the table, but Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus referred Tuesday to "all six in the room." Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has not been noticed attending the meetings for some time. Senators discussed offsets for the $1 trillion measure Tuesday afternoon with Thomas Barthold, chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation. An offset offered by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., meant to be a compromise on taxing employer-based health benefits, is under discussion, Baucus said. Kerry's idea is similar to a proposal pushed in 1994 by former Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., and approved by the Finance Committee that would tax the difference between the average health insurance premium in a region and insurers' higher-cost plans. Unions have come out heavily against that proposal because of the potential for higher costs to be passed down to workers. Most big companies offer their own insurance plans to employees, meaning the pain could be spread beyond the insurance industry. An industry source expressed concern that "self-insured" company plans would be victimized, noting a 2008 Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found 77 percent of firms with more than 200 employees fund their own workers' benefits, rather than contract with an outside insurer. That figure goes up for firms with 1,000 or more workers, where the vast majority are self-insured, said Marisa Milton, vice president for healthcare policy and government relations at the HR Policy Association. Finance members are looking at the exclusion that protects employees from paying taxes on employer-based health benefits to try to reduce the growth of healthcare spending, but have run into pushback from Democratic leaders and Obama. The bipartisan Finance group met earlier in the day with two actuaries to discuss potential penalties for individuals and businesses that do not acquire insurance. Senate Majority Leader Reid insisted Tuesday that the Finance panel would produce a bill this week and begin a markup Saturday, but Finance members were skeptical. Baucus raised his hands and laughed when asked about Reid's comment and Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad went just with a good laugh. (National Journal - Wednesday, July 22, 2009) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5d_1248270700 QIQrrr Dems Start To Push Back Hard To Prevent A '<span class="highlight">Waterloo</span>' Obama, Health Care, Healthcare, Reform, Reforms, Socialized Medicine, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Deficit, Spending, Bankruptcy, Napoleon, Bonaparte, Waterloo Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:13:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1db_1346420193 ElegantDecline One of the turning point battles of history and an epic film with a cast of over 20,000 The Charge of the British Heavy Cavalry dispersed the French infantry columns, however fatefully they rode on to clear the artillery behind. 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