[POLITICKER] The New York City Council hopes to pass legislation that would reduce the speed limit on most residential and side streets to 20 miles per hour, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced today.
"We are actively working on that bill and our goal is to pass it before the end of the year," Ms. Quinn said during an unrelated presser this afternoon before the month's final council meeting. "We're actively working on it right now."
The bill, introduced by Councilman David Greenfield, is aimed at reducing serous pedestrian injuries and traffic fatalities. Last year, 148 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents and crashes.
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How about 5 MPH? That would be even safer, right?
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Hmmm. 148 pedestrian fatalities is roughly 1 every other day in a city of 8 million people. Doesn't seem particularly high, off hand. Gotta wonder how many take place on residential streets vs main thoroughfares.
Hey, you don't suppose this is all about revenue generation, do you? (100 tickets/day * $100/ticket * 300 days = 3 million dollars)
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Drive in Manhattan everytime I go back to LI. Never have got up to above 20MPH except when past 3rd St. heading to the tunnel. What a joke. They want you to slow down for DeBlasio's resurrection of the New Squeeze Man.
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[NBCPHILADELPHIA] Drivers could possibly be pulled over for snacking, smoking or putting on make-up behind the wheel under a bill that has been advanced in the New Jersey Assembly.
The proposed law would fine drivers found to "engage in any activity unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that interferes with the safe operation of the vehicle."
The bill advanced by a 12-0 vote Monday in the Assembly's transportation committee. It does not spell out which activities would and would not be considered distracted driving, instead leaving that determination up to police.
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What's next - I can't smoke in my own house or something?
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Probably a good thing actually. I once had a colleague who ran a stop sign and was T-boned whilst enjoying non-conjugial relief. He survived, but was ticketed, his auto insurance doubled, lost half his pension along with the house. Some things, they just can't be explained away.
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] At a Beverly Hills estate last night, President B.O. heard a complaint from a major donor: There's no valet parking at the White House. The complaint was made by Haim Saban, who hosted a fundraiser with the president last night.
Via the pool report:
Haim Saban introduced President B.O. with a four-minute speech that needled the commander in chief for the lack of valet parking at the White House.
Saban said, "Last Friday, the president and first lady were very generous and kind with their time, they invited us to the White House for a very small intimate dinner. And we had a wonderful time -- great food, great company, very inspiring. No valet parking! You know what? I had to walk to the White House. We have valet parking at the Sabans! So, Mr. President, if you would, please, thank you. Taxpayers' money? I'll fund it, no problem."
President B.O. responded to the valet parking complaint:
President B.O. then spoke for about 14 minutes. He began by saying, "Now, let me clarify something. First of all, there was valet parking -- for Cheryl. We thought it was appropriate for Haim to get some exercise. Cheryl, being the wonderful person that she is, declined the valet parking, and so she might have joined him. But I would have been happy to have her drive right up into the South Lawn."
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In the early days Champ was well-trained in taqiyya. Haim Saban is worth about $3.4 bil. Pay for it yourself whiner--don't expect the taxpayers to pick your tab.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] The IRS said the new set of rules defining political activity is the first step, and still to come is another rule laying out just how much political activity is allowed before a nonprofit goes too far and loses the right to tax-exempt status.
"We are committed to getting this right before issuing final guidance that may affect a broad group of organizations," said Mark J. Mazur, assistant secretary of the Treasury. "It will take time to work through the regulatory process and carefully consider all public feedback as we strive to ensure that the standards for tax-exemption are clear and can be applied consistently."
Under the rules proposed Tuesday, groups would be considered to engage in politicking if they contribute to candidates or parties or advocate for their election or defeat. But so would distributing voter guides or even hosting a politician at an event, if it's within 60 days of a general election.
Congress' chief tax writer, House Boodle Central Chairman Dave Camp, said the IRS was acting too quickly, particularly since there are several ongoing congressional investigations into how the agency treated the tea party.
"Before rushing forward with new rules, especially ones that appear to make it harder to engage in public debate, I would hope Treasury would let all the facts come out first," the Michigan Republican said. "This smacks of the administration trying to shut down potential critics."
And groups that were targeted by the IRS said the new rules appear to be an effort to blame poor wording in the law and the tea party groups themselves, rather than to blame the officials who oversaw the targeting.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, who is also investigating the IRS, said the new rules will only hurt small grass-roots organizations, not the major labor unions or well-funded business groups that often back the B.O. regime's agenda.
"This is a crass political effort by the administration to get what political advantage they can, when they can," the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Republican said.
The IRS ran into trouble when it decided to single out applications from tea party groups for special scrutiny. The agency sent many of those groups intrusive questions asking about books they were reading, guests they were hosting, names of group officers and, in some instances, about their links with other groups.
Auditors said those questions were out of bounds, and also said the agency was holding up many of the applications it received for far too long as it tried to probe for answers.
On Tuesday, agency officials said the new rules will reduce the need for that intrusive screening, or what it called "fact-intensive inquiries," because the rules for what activities cross the line will be clearer to both sides.
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IRS moves to clean up scandal evidence of tea party targeting.
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Why? Really? Just why? All they have to do is say it never happened and like the Stalin government we are under it will just disappear. Knockout's a myth, we have it on video, but then its still a myth, Benghazi - "What good will it do now"? The pre election unemployment numbers, Florida's voter fraud, Even the Iran agreement, it goes on and on.
Now the DNC is sending talking points to our youth telling us how to argue with their relatives? Pol Pot did this in Cambodia. Mao did this in China, we are on a frightening road. I've seen this through history and in person, we will not make two more years - to election- if something does not change.
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Their goal Pan, is to not have another election.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] The B.O. regime, in what's been called an egregious slap in the face to the Vatican, has moved to shut down the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See -- a free-standing facility -- and relocate offices onto the grounds of the larger American Embassy in Italia.
The new offices will be in a separate building on the property, Breitbart reported.
And while U.S. officials are touting the relocation as a security measure that's a cautionary reaction to last year's attacks on America's facility in Benghazi, several former American envoys are raising the red flag.
It's a "massive downgrade of U.S.-Vatican ties," said former U.S. Ambassador James Nicholson in the National Catholic Reporter. "It's turning this embassy into a stepchild of the embassy to Italia. The Holy See is a pivot point for international affairs and a major listening post for the United States, and ... [it's] an insult to American Catholics and to the Vatican."
Mr. Nicholson -- whose views were echoed by former envoys Francis Rooney, Mary Ann Glendon, Raymond Flynn and Thomas Melady -- also called the justification for closing the existing facility a "smokescreen," Breitbart reported.
"That's like saying people get killed on highways because they drive cars on them," he said in the report. "We're not a pauper nation ... if we want to secure an embassy, we certainly can."
Moreover, the existing facility has "state of the art" security, he said.
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"And while U.S. officials are touting the relocation as a security measure that's a cautionary reaction to last year's attacks on America's facility in Benghazi,.."
WTF over - you got to be kidding me. I've been to both. Embassy Rome sits right on the flipping street and is MUCH more vulnerable than Embassy HS. Funny how they love us when they need us (security concerns "cough" bullshit "cough") but otherwise consider us second class citizens (at best) otherwise.
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retribution for Catholic-run companies seeking Obamacare birth control exemptions
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There is a joke from this weeks news 'a rabbi and a priest walk into the whitehouse....'
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This is clear case of Chicago politics: use your power to punish those who oppose you. The US Catholic Church via several dioceses, and many of its organizations have been big legal challengers all over the country in fighting the Obamacre law, and may yet force its repeal - the whole law. No severability clause means if one piece goes, the whole thing goes.
This is straight up thuggery from the thug-in-chief.
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And he's really upset that he's been out-thugged by the Persians.
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OldSpook, the lack of a severability clause is the main reason that the Supreme Court will never rule against ObamaCare. Roberts doesn't have the balls to throw out the entire law. The court will find some way to ignore the whole severability issue.
I really wonder what Obama has on Roberts to get him to declare the ACA mandate a tax.
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As a Catholic, I share the feelings about the embassy closing, and it's motivations, but let's not forget that Catholic clergy were big supporters of passing Obamacare.
Maybe they should have read the Book of Esther and paid attention to what happened to Haman.
[Wash Times] Add to the list of the millions of Americans who are expected to receive a massive price increase from Obamacare: House Speaker John A. Boehner. Something to really cry about now.
The Ohio Republican RINO said hes just learned from HealthCare.gov that his deductible will triple and his new premium will be nearly twice the current price, Fox News reported. How about forgetting about yours, and "learning" about OURS ?
Here is the bottom line, said a spokesman for Mr. Boehner on Fox News. Before Obamacare, through the program for all federal employees, the Boehners monthly premiums totaled $433 with a $700 deductible. As a congressman, I'd be ashamed to even mention it, but of course they know no shame.
But under the new health care plan, costs soar. But only for those trying to work for a living. Everyone else's is free, just like the fone, housing, and EBT card.
Now, the Boehners will pay around $800 per month, with deductibles somewhere near $2,000, the spokesman said. Of course, the speaker and Mrs. Boehner are fortunate enough to be able to afford these higher costs. Theyre not asking anyone to feel sorry for them. We stress that. I "feel sorry" for him, but for other reasons.
The speakers office gave out the information only in response to an inquiry from Fox News, for the sake of transparency, the spokesman said. See, we're just like all of you little people out there.
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He is the POS that folded and went against the Tea Party. He is getting what he deserves. If he would have stood his ground instead of being a woos he might not be in this position. But then the PACs will pick up his tab.
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That is what happens when you are a wuss and don't lead. NOTHING he has done right was not accomplished by railing on him to do the right thing. And he is the Speaker of the House. No leadership. None at all.
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That's what comes from legislation that is passed without reading. Of course, this turd (Obamacare) falls on Pelosi's plate. When this was passed, the Dems had control of the Presidency and both houses. Good thing to remember at the voting booth next time--payback time.
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The truth won't stop the media from blaming it on the Republicans JohnQC - or the sheeple from swallowing every word of it as gospel.
After all they pretty much successfully blamed the housing bubble on the republicans even when the democrats controlled both houses.
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As republican stock slowly and cautiously begins to rise, strange that Boehner and McConnell appear helpless to exploit the opportunity. Or perhaps, not so strange after all. :-(
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If this is really news to him, then he must be getting most of his news from WaPo, NYT and the like. Anyone who pays attention to any source which is not state run propaganda knew this was coming since before ObamaCare was even passed.
So, either he's lying, or he's an idiot and a tool. Probably both.
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I thought Congress was going to keep their pre-Obamacare, cream-of-the-crop plan?
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Hmm, for a crème de la crème health care plan, $433 a month with a $700 deductible is about what I was paying the last time I had health insurance provided by an employer.
$800 a month and a $2000 deductible? I can only imagine what some families in California, Massachusetts, and New York are going to be paying.
ObumbleCare is a massive Ponzi scheme. People who don't want or don't need health care are paying for a lot of mandated coverages to cover the losses on those who have illnesses covered by the mandates.
So if you are single, male, and in perfect health, the contraception, abortion, OB/Gyn, nursing home, pediatric, and geriatric premiums are going to pay for someone else's treatment.
The problem is the massive wealth transfer is not working. The money goes from the middle class to the poor and then to the wealthy oligarchy of physicians who seem to want to bleed this country dry.
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Exchange deductibles for a family plan are 3x that. I think all DC employee benefits should be means tested above the US median income. Sound fair?
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Take it from the natives, mister boner. Cheaper to see a horse doctor. Since doctors are retiring in droves, horse doctors will default as the smarter bunch.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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