Now, why would Russia know something about the Tsarni boys?

The Boston Bomber can't afford a lawyer? Right? I am sure his Uncle could. At least according to a silly old blogger.

Halliburton MONEY sponsored the families move to the USA. Why would Russia be interested? Anyone's guess, right? "W"rong.

Business Wire [New York] 15 Apr 2005: 1.
Big Sky Energy Corporation, (click here) (OTCBB:BSKO) (NASDAQ:BSKO) (the "Company") Announced today that Mr. Bruce H. Gaston has been appointed as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, replacing Mr. Tom Milne, who will remain a Director of the Corporation. In addition, Mr. Ruslan Z. Tsarni joins the management team as the new Vice President, Business Development & Corporate Secretary....

...Mr. Ruslan Tsarni, a U.S. citizen, has over 10 years of professional experience in oil and gas legislation and corporate law. Previously, Mr. Tsarni served as Corporate Counsel of Nelson Resources Limited Group of companies, as well as Managing Director of several of its operating subsidiaries, responsible for all matters relating to corporate governance and placements and filing requirements under the securities regulations of Toronto Stock Exchange and AIM. He worked with financial institutions and banks on raising funds for acquisition and development of the assets operated by Nelson's subsidiaries, as well as managed legal and administrative matters for all such subsidiaries. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Tsarni worked as Head of Legal Affairs of Golden Eagle Partners LLC where he developed downstream and upstream oil and gas businesses in Kazakhstan and served as Managing Director of its wholly owned subsidiary Tobe LLP. From 1998 to 1999 Mr.Tsarni worked as Senior Associate with Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn providing legal advise to major multinational companies on different aspects of Kazakhstan legal issues on development of mineral resources, corporations, taxation, currency, customs, employment, banking, bankruptcy and trade marks. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Tsarni served as a consultant for Financial Markets International LLC and Arthur Andersen LLP contracted by USAID for projects aimed to develop securities markets in Central Asia, where he trained corporate governance and corporate finance principals to state and private companies....

Tsarni served USAID for two years. Why didn't Russia engage in detailed information with the FBI? To begin that is not really heard of. Tipping off another government to prevent tragedy is an acceptable form of communication, but, cooperation beyond alerting the USA...hmmmmm....that would mean Russia would have to give up it's sources. I don't think so.

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Daniel Hopsicker

...At a time when vast natural resources (click here) and enormous fortunes were ‘in play’  during the economic free-for-all after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 24-year old Tsarni was already a ‘player.’

Its long been an open secret that USAID is often used overseas to house CIA and other US intelligence operatives.

Oddly enough, just six months ago the country competing with the US for influence in the region, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, unceremoniously kicked USAID out of Russia for, Putin spokesmen alleged, encouraging his political opposition....

...Out on the ragged bleeding edge of the former Soviet Union, Ruslan Tsarni had a decade-long business relationship with Halliburton, the multinational juggernaut run by Dick Cheney before  he became Vice President of the United States....

Russia can't possibly believe they can block attempts to stop such use of Sarin.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary-general of NATO, expressed concern over the Syrian crisis spilling over borders [AP]

Rasmussen also said that NATO was concerned about the risk of the conflict spilling over Syria's borders.

"I can assure you that we stand ready to defend, protect our allies, in this case Turkey, as a neighbour of Syria. We have all plans ready to ensure effective defence and protection of Turkey," he added.

"The situation in Syria has dramatically deteriorated," Rasmussen said. "This continues to pose a threat to regional stability."

There is a lot on the line. But, Europe cannot allow mass murder in Syria. If there was a release of Sarin gas and it was used as a weapon against the people, it cannot be ignored.

There are also reports Israel intercepted a drone from Lebanon. If that is true, then it is a shot over the bow of the west. Lebanon does not want a war next door.

But, if the drone didn't belong to Lebanon or any Lebanese group, then there are still Iranians working out of that country. At the beginning of this month an Iranian spy was found there, too. So, more than likely it is the same group. They don't care if it shot down over Israel so long as it can transmit pictures back of any preparedness to launch missiles.

More than likely it was an Iranian drone. The entire region is in flux and Europe wants to be careful. I don't blame them. I'd like to be a fly on the wall in knowing what the options are Hagel is looking at.

...Meanwhile, NATO wants to restrict its role (click here) strictly to that of defending its member Turkey, and to avoid any thought of military intervention in Syria, for which NATO has no mandate. It's stationed defensive Patriot missiles at the Turkish-Syrian border, manned by German troops....

Buy the leases from the Interior Department and put up wind turbines

See the entries below

There are regulatory changes (click here) that can occur to facilitate wind production permits rather than oil and gas permits. The Cabinet Secretary would have to request the BLM and Ocean Energy Management to find the needed changes. But, it is doable.

Courts could be accessed to provide the opportunity for wind when these lands were not offered for alternative energies.

The reason I mention the courts is because leases for 2012-2017 have already been auctioned. But, if there is an INEQUITY of LAND USE of public lands AND/OR there is more profitable and more wind potential of these lands then it is possible the government will have to redraw the maps to accommodate the best outcomes of alternative energies.

There is no reason alternative energies should be provided with inferior areas of exploration any different than the petroleum industry. If anything there should be a preference for that energy source over carbon emitting fuels.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar spoke at an oil and natural gas lease sale conducted by the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome Wednesday.

Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 6:53 PM

The first oil and natural gas lease sale (click here) in the central Gulf of Mexico area where the Deepwater Horizon exploded two years ago attracted more than $1.7 billion in high bids from energy companies, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The lease sale, the second the U.S. has held in any region since BP's Macondo well erupted in April 2010, killing 11 rig workers and causing one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation's history, put about 39 million acres -- or 7,434 tracts -- up for bid, from as close as three miles to as far as 230 miles off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama....

The USA Military demands some of the lands from BLM be used for their purposes. The national security of the USA can't be deterred if the oil and gas are required by the USA. While abroad the USA military purchases their fuel needs, so the amount they need at home is limited to their overall capacity globally.

Buy the leases from the Interior Department and put up wind turbines

See the entries below

The best part of the George W. Bush Library is the Prairie Grass Park.

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, (click here) former first lady Laura Bush, center, talks with Herb Sweeney, right, landscape architect, and Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation, during a tour of the Texas interpretation of the White House Rose Garden at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. A 15-acre park at the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Center will recreate a Texas prairie, complete with a wildflower meadow, a special blend of native grasses and even trees transplanted from the former president's ranch. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Prairie Grass was promoted during the administration as a viable option for American Farmers to produce ethanol. He has right to the legacy.

...The park's landscaping, which was just completed this month, recreates the kind of prairie landscape that would have existed in the area before the city was here, said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation.

The wildflower meadow should include Indian paintbrush, evening primrose, and, of course, Texas' beloved state flower, the bluebonnet, when it blooms next year....

The theme is NATIVE plants and grasses. The attack on invasive species in the USA began with vigor under the administration. Native plants are a wonderful reality for any state in the nation.

Everyone in the pool!

Boner is pulling another one.

We need a measure of PATRIOTISM of the people we elect. 

I know what they are thinking and there are several sides to this coin.

There is personal greed accompanied by those that believe legislators can cause harm to the people over time as they whittle away at paradigm shifts that do not serve their political goals. ie: SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.

No. Not this time and any legislator voting for exemptions as a federal bill should be voted out of office. I don't care who they are. This is ridiculous. 

There has to be a measure of legislators that stand with their constituents other than having disasters such as the report generated by Issa and Boner regarding Benghazi. The House Benghazi report puts the the average citizen point of view without the benefit of reading intelligence reports by the agencies into the report to sell politics. 

Dangerous. So, to insure the electorate knows who the person they elect actually are, there needs to be a PATRIOTIC measure of their legislative activities. This is one of them.

There is the other side of sanity regarding this that states if a legislator is exempt from the impacts of any bill they are more likely to be less self serving. Hence, "The Patriot Index." It will help to stop this mess.

"The Patriot Index" = Did the legislator serve the best interests of their people without corruption while sharing their quality of life including the same standard for health care.

President Obama and his Cabinet took pay cuts along with "The Sequester" employees. Positive Number for The Patriot Index. Follow? They don't have to change their lives with their families, but, they have to demonstrate they walk in the very shoes of the people that elected them. "The Patriot Index."

By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JAKE SHERMAN

4/24/13 9:49 PM EDT

Congressional leaders in both parties (click here) are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

The talks — which involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Obama administration and other top lawmakers — are extraordinarily sensitive, with both sides acutely aware of the potential for political fallout from giving carve-outs from the hugely controversial law to 535 lawmakers and thousands of their aides. Discussions have stretched out for months, sources said....

Seven more explosions in Alabama. Three human beings critically injured. Why do any of the ports, including the Port of Louisiana receive any funds from the federal government or receive services from the US Army Corp? Close the port.

We can't continue to throw good federal money after bad. This is outrageous. The state structure of Louisiana is designed to be a blood sucker off the federal government to give the petroleum industry a comfy nest within the state. ENOUGH!

Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph on the east side of the Mobile River earlier this month. On Wednesday two fuel barges on the river exploded, rattling windows and blowing open doors in communities nearby.

AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling

A year doesn't go by that the people of the USA aren't dumping millions and millions into Louisiana. MOVE THE PORT. Louisiana doesn't deserve it. 

This is outrageous. PATHETIC ! Louisiana is a parasite. 

MOBILE, ALA.

Firefighters (click here) from Mobile, Ala., and U.S. Coast Guard crews responded Wednesday night to four explosions and a fire on fuel barges in the Mobile River....

Louisiana is so dense in petroleum interests it should have a floating rescue armada that puts the US Coast Guard to shame, but, that isn't happening is it?

Louisiana's politics screams CONSERVATIVE so much and so frequently it sounds like a gay legislator that votes to destroy gay rights. Same thing. Louisiana exists on federal money. Enough, already. The Governor doesn't have to get his head off the pillow when an emergency like this happens because he knows the reputation of the waterfront of Louisiana is well known to the US Coast Guard. I don't want to carry the state on the back of the federal government anymore.

"Sequester Louisiana!" it will solve the dilemma with the national debt. No lie. In ten years we won't have to worry about the level of debt to the nation anymore.

Louisiana has vast resources made available to the petroleum industry. The industry is well established there. The people of Louisiana live in poverty paid for by the federal government. Eighty percent of Louisiana's Medicaid is paid for by the federal government PRE-Affordable Care Act. Like, what? And the people of that state are suppose to believe and be brainwashed to believe Jindal would never accept federal monies for Medicaid. Yeah. Right.

Close the port, I am tired of lives hanging in the balance of incompetents in the Louisiana State Government. I don't want anymore Louisiana deaths on my hands. I want NO federal money feeding these dangers to human beings. If the people of the USA are supporting the people of Louisiana through the federal system I want either an end to the dangers as supported by STATE REGULATION AND INSPECTION AND PLENTY OF STATE FUNDING AND/OR no more federal dollars to the state government. I do not want my taxes to go to the deaths in Louisiana supported by NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER currently supported by the state government.

I want out! I want out of all of them. They don't care about people in the Gulf States that have sold out to petroleum industry. They have deregulated every aspect of decency and they don't deserve the monies they get from the federal government.

Gulf of Mexico Fact Sheet (click here)

End the pipelines!

These are the wind maps of the USA. Some of the best places in the country to place wind turbines that would also return shrimp beds and fishing lie along the Gulf Coast. The reason it is not being done is because of the plans for the pipelines and refineries.

From the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. It replaced Minerals Management Service. If the Gulf Coast wants to continue to deprive the people of a decent quality of life then they can do it by themselves.

Offshore Wind Energy (click here)

Offshore winds tend to blow harder and more uniformly than on land. The potential energy produced from wind is directly proportional to the cube of the wind speed. As a result, increased wind speeds of only a few miles per hour can produce a significantly larger amount of electricity. For instance, a turbine at a site with an average wind speed of 16 mph would produce 50% more electricity than at a site with the same turbine and average wind speeds of 14 mph. This is one reason that developers are interested in pursuing offshore wind energy resources. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides a number of maps showing average wind speed data through its Resource Assessment & Characterization page and through National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) MapSearch. 

Apr. 24, 2013 9:44 PM  
Local governing bodies (click here) have filed suit against BP, Halliburton and Transocean for tax and tourism revenue they say they lost as a result of the 2010 oil spill.
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, school districts in both counties, the city of Pensacola and the Downtown Improvement Board filed the separate suits last week in federal court in Pensacola.
They say they they lost money after the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20, 2010, which dumped 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, soiled more than 1,000 miles of shoreline and ravaged the coast’s ecosystem....

...None of the governing bodies, except for Escambia County and the county’s school district, has received any money for to compensate for lost revenue after filing claims in the past three years, Barr said.

Escambia County settled a claim with BP in early 2011 for $1.84 million in lost revenue and tourism taxes. The same year, the Escambia County School District settled another claim for about $363,000 for money lost between May and September 2010 from local option sales tax revenue.

The suits were filed around the same time the state of Florida became the fourth state to sue for damages from the oil spill. Their suit was filed against BP and Halliburton in U.S. District Court in Panama City....

Well, I'll be darn, the state that has three times more gun deaths than the national average, has 80% of the cost of the Louisiana population on medicaid paid by the federal government, had the largest oil spill in the history of the country, does it again.

How many died this time? Is Jindal awake? He might want to do something now.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Firefighters from Mobile, Ala., (click here) and U.S. Coast Guard crews are responding to explosions and a fire on two fuel barges in the Mobile River.
    
Mobile Fire and Rescue officials tweeted Wednesday night that two natural gas barges exploded and three people were hospitalized. Information on the extent of their injuries was not immediately available.
    
Video from WALA-TV (http://bit.ly/15NEYJl) shows flames engulfing a large section of the barge. The news station reports the barge is on the east side of the river.
    
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Ofc. Carlos Vega said officials were on their way to the scene.
    
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear....

I understand Jindal is refusing the Medicaid offered by the Affordable Care Act. I don't know why, he receives 80% funding already, may as make it 100% unless of course he has decided to actually raise taxes on the petroleum industry to help pay for it.

I want Louisiana to pay for the time and materials of the USA Coast Guard that responds to their emergencies. It can start with the BP Deep Horizon Gulf Oil Spill and work forward from there. Louisiana gets a lot of services out of the US Coast Guard. It is time for them to carry some of the cost because these accidents are pure negligence by the state and local authorities.

I want to know when the US Attorneys are going to begin prosecution of state officials in the cases of negligence causing these emergencies where there is loss of life, including, West Texas. Companies aren't suppose to have to VOLUNTEER to provide safe working conditions.

The White House has noted this is National Park Week.

Enjoy the National Parks, its free on lands that belong to all of us.

Celebrate National Park Week! (click here)

Saturday, April 20^th was the first day of National Park Week – an annual tradition celebrating, enjoying and giving back to our country’s great natural and cultural landscapes. For the next five days, parks across the country will waive their entrance fees to provide free access to thousands of miles of trails and coastlines, as well as battlefields, archeological sites and waterways. With spring now in full swing, National Park Week is a great opportunity to dust off your bicycle or sneakers, grab some healthy snacks and a water bottle and get moving outside.
You don’t have to be an outdoor expert or live near an iconic park to enjoy the broad network of national parks across the country. Some of the most treasured and well-used parks are located in and around America’s major cities, including San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, Miami, San Antonio, Baltimore – and right here in Washington, D.C....

If Conspiracy Theories are a political directive, then educate the public and remove credibility of those that lie.

This You Tube video illustrates the confusion regarding the explosion at the West, Texas fertilizer plant. Given the fact his plant was so dangerous, the town should have had a mindfulness that tragedy could happen there and to never approach the area of the plant if there was ever smoke or fire. That is not what happened in West, Texas. The people became alarmed and moved toward the smoke out of ignorance and curiosity placing themselves in greater danger than moving away into safer areas of the town. That scenario has been noted on far more than this occasion, even among people belonging to the school system. So the profound ignorance of the town is criminal at this point.

What also has occurred as a result is an anti-government film which manipulates the images of the video of the fire ball noted at the blast. The video states the fire balls were from a missile fired at the fertilizer plant. All those theories prey on people's lack of knowledge.

Lack of knowledge surrounded this event. It still surrounds the event. People are still confused although there have finally been some lawsuits filed. The fact of the matter is there should be manslaughter charges filed against the management of the fertilizer plant. To date there is not one arrest. Not that I am aware of.

This tragedy was completely preventable. It should never have happened. The way right wing governments in the USA allow the people to control their naivety about the actual science is to honor the conspiracy theories floated that explain why there is never responsibility rendered. Justice remains elusive because the truth is never admitted.

There are currently 14 deaths attributed to the explosion. There should have already been arrests made, but, there are none. As long as a government ignores the brevity of the deaths of citizens allowing them to be under or uneducated about the dangers within their own lives; there is going to be populous conspiracy theories. 

It has been my experience, conspiracy theories are not uncommon in minority communities. I might add THE POOR is a minority in the USA regardless of race. I remember hearing the words from a well educated minority man spoken to another minority person in the community outspoken about a local theory, "Someday, perhaps it will be known." he stated.

People believe the worst about their government for many reasons. They rarely believe the worst about their governments for the right reason in the case of right wing government structures. In this case; why haven't they arrested the people that permitted these conditions? West, Texas and the State of Texas and the West Texas Fertilizer Plant will spread around sympathy and money so the excitement goes away. The poor will be somewhat better off because of the misfortune.

Allowing people to exist in ignorance when a society can 'do better' and provide integrity instead of conspiracy is a political calculation. That in itself is criminal, but, I have yet to know of any arrests for racketeering to allow corruption and symbiotic relationships between the power brokers.

If the media wants people to regain their integrity, they might try to actually spend time with them to bring information rather than selling sensationalism to them. In the meantime, I'll keep writing and hoping that enough anger exists and is growing against the Right Wing media to actually believe his man wants more than money from the message of his sign.

More definitions for the Assault Weapons Ban Amendment

``(VII) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. (below) 

Accompanying description: ...Two things I learned from Brian is that funky looking flash hider is actually a booster that helps increase gas pressure to help cycle the action since it's so short. Not only does it assist in the function of the pistol but it also makes a sweet wire cutter, or so I've been told...From ALL RUSSIAN parts kits with 416 stainless steel McGowan barrels. These pistols also have a special one piece rear trunnion made of 4130 steel heat treated to 35 Rockwell. They come standard with an ACE pivoting sling swivel at the rear. Adapter plates are available from Krebs Custom to enable conversion to short barreled rifles (SBR). All NFA rules apply to such conversions. Each pistol exhibits the fit, finish and quality for which Krebs Custom is renowned. Only ten (10) are available so you might want to move quickly - we don't expect them to remain available for long!

7.62x39mm
Barrel: 8.25"
Length: 20"
Weight: 5lbs 

$1,650.00 (click here)


       ``(ii) All AR-15 types, including the following:

       ``(I) American Spirit AR-15 pistol.(below)

Accompanying Tread: This is a 7.5-inch DPMS barrel on a Doubelstar lower. I have changed it only a little since the last time I posted pics, raplacing the magpul BUIS set with a YHM. but that may change again. This gun did not function properly until I added an extractor upgrade kit - I think I used the Buffer Technologies version. Works great now.. I wanted to maintain a pinned gas block, so I chopped off a standard FSB and polished it up with a dremel tool to allow it to fit under the carbine length YHM handgaurd. (click here)

       ``(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. (below) Description of picture: This picture illustrates not only the spectacular "light show" that accompanies using the Bushmaster Carbon 15 (click here), but also the great effectiveness of the detachable muzzle brake in controlling muzzle rise. Not only is the Carbon 15 useful for many tactical situations, it is just plain fun to shoot! 

It not only shoots the game it cooks it at the same time. Multitasking.


``(III) DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol.

Effective Immediately!! (click here for DoubleStar Corporation)


Due to the recent changes in 2nd Amendment laws that are pending or currently enforced by states across the country, the J&T Family of Companies which includes J&T Distributing, DoubleStar Corp., Ace Limited, and the DoubleStar Training Academy has been forced to reassess our policies regarding government and law enforcement sales. Effective immediately, the J&T Family of Companies will be joining other manufacturers and distributors by ceasing sales of regulated items in states that have altered the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms.

The JTFOC will no longer sell prohibited items to law enforcement agencies or any government agencies in states, counties, cities, and municipalities that have enacted restrictive gun control laws against their law abiding citizens.  We hope other companies will join us with their support.  We applaud those already involved with this effort to protect our 2nd Amendment rights.

Be Victorious

       ``(IV) DPMS AR-15 pistol.(below) For sale from Littleton, Denver, Colorado for $900.00 (click here)


``(V) Olympic Arms AR-15 pistol. (below)


       ``(VI) Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol. (below)


       ``(iii) Calico Liberty pistols.(below) I've listed a variety of these before. They have 100 round magazine at the top of the gun. This one has a scope, too. I think they are very dangerous. Easy to hide, exceptionally easy to handle and adaptable to covert use. This one is selling for $1200.00. I don't know how any legislator could leave these weapons on the streets of the USA. It has no other purpose except to kill people in large numbers. The power of these guns remove a conscience.


       ``(iv) DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol. (below) Accompanying thread: Do you think I can get this on a CHL (Concealed Handgun Licensing Program -click here) permit as my CCW (concealed carry weapons? These weapons are being used for concealed carry. Dear god what next? Now, I ask you, if the regulations state the applicant can't carry this gun do you honestly think that will stop them? There is only one way to end this madness and that is to ban them.


``(v) Encom MP-9 and MP-45.(below)


       ``(vi) Heckler & Koch model SP-89 pistol. (below) Selling for $9500.00 out of Wisconsin (click here)


``(vii) Intratec AB-10, TEC-22 Scorpion, TEC-9, and TEC- DC9. (below)


       ``(viii) Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol. (below) Caption:Flying brass illustrates the superb control and negligible recoil found in the PLR-16.



More tomorrow. Thank you for your interest.

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 2:39 PM EDT

New Orleans, LA -A strong line of storms (click here) swept through the New Orleans area around noon, cutting power to many homes and bringing damaging winds and street flooding.
Entergy's web site showed 36,000 homes without power in Jefferson and Orleans - 24,000 in Jefferson and 12,000 in Orleans.
Winds in excess of 50 miles per hour were reported in some areas and some windows were blown out in cars in Metairie. There was some damage also in Kenner.

4 hours ago

Heavy rain, lightning and a severe weather warning (click here) have disrupted Wednesday's Pro-Am event at the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic, (click here) briefly forcing players and fans to take shelter in the TPC Louisiana clubhouse.

Authorities briefly evacuated the course and temporary tents while the worst weather passed the New Orleans area.

For about a half hour, the clubhouse restaurant and pro shop were jammed. Some players retreated to the locker room. But others, including Jeff Overton and 14-year-old Guan Tianlang, remained in the dining area where some fans approached for a brief chat or handshake.

The tents have been reopened, but steady rain has caused a lengthy disruption to the charity Pro-Am.

Officials say the 10-year-old course drains well is expected to be playable for Thursday's first round.

Five people dead in family killing. Six year old girl hospitalized.

Yellow tape in American neighborhoods. Quite a legacy for the gun culture in the USA.

1 hour ago  •  Associated Press

Illinois State Police say two women, one man and two young boys (click here) were found shot to death at a home in a small town.

A sixth person, a 6-year-old girl, was taken to a hospital.

State Police Lt. Col. Todd Kilby said the suspected gunman took the girl out of the Manchester residence and handed her to a neighbor. Manchester Mayor Ronald Drake says the suspected gunman was his nephew.

The suspect later died after a car chase and gunfire exchange with police.

The suspect was identified as 43-year-old Rick Smith of rural Morgan County.

Police said he entered the home through a back door. They say two victims were found in one bedroom, two in another bedroom and an adult male in a hallway....

It is a political document at the expense of the USA Treasury. The report is focused on a prospective Presidential hopeful and does not include the US House's responsibility in cutting the funding of the nation's national security.

Secretary Boner's Interim Report about Benghazi. (click here)

While the USA was still at war, in 2010, Congressional Republicans set their sites on government spending. As a result every Executive Branch Cabinet Department was issued cuts in spending. The State Department was one of them. The cuts to security in Libya were established by the Congress, not the Secretary of State.

The cuts to the nation's security continues under "The Sequester" furthering the dangers to our diplomatic missions. So, the Republicans need to step up to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for the increased dangers to our national security.

This report was directed to be done by the House Speaker. Basically, "Go ahead and spend the bucks and travel to place far and wide to nail it down so we have a better 2014 election and a shot at 2016."

From Page 4 "...The Committees paid particular attention to investigating allegations receiving public attention after the attacks and associated findings are included in the report...."

Populous politics. This is a waste of money and a dangerous practice. It could ultimately even cause war if populous opinion is raised to a prominence in official documents. These reports are suppose to be based in factual evidence without priority to political populism. Additionally, this is now precedence that could require every citizen with a question have it answered through a US House Committee costing trillions over time.

The USA has about 150 embassies around the world. What is happening to the rest of them because of cuts to their budgets by the Republican political fervor topic of MONEY to win elections?

This report also seeks to blame President Obama for not micromanaging the activities of the Libya mission. That is not remotely appropriate, adds to the political directive of the report. The Speaker and the Committees need review for ethics violations.

They spent taxpayer money for this junk! I suppose their excuse is that it is an Interim Report. Releasing an interim report is a politically strategic plan to 'get it right' in the final report. They want to know what they can get away with for 2014 and 2016.

Give me a break, this Committee report lead by Issa wanted President Obama to anticipate attacks on September 11th and DO SOMETHING more than self-defense. I suppose President Obama was suppose to attack the Libyan people first. He wanted APPROPRIATELY deployed military assets to have been stationed to defend embassies. If military assets were appropriately deployed what difference would it have been to tell them to 'defend diplomatic facilities' RATHER THAN 'self - defense.' Did I miss something in those semantics? Is "self-defense" not "defending?" I mean the only other possibility is aggression and not self-defense.

It is amazing the chaos Republicans seek to cause in manipulating language. The Speaker needs to ask for a Congressional Conference to share information between the House and the Senate and at least look competent enough to discern political hazing of the Executive Branch.

At this point the House Committees seem to focused on their political agenda for the interim report and come to conclusions. At this point I don't know if they actually used good information available to them. I suggest the Senate Committees issue a comprehensive report so the House Speaker has a compare and contrast of their focus. I can't believe I am wishing Boner finished the eighth grade.

The Interim Report deliberately seeks to divide the response to Benghazi into Democratic and Republican values. 

Page 6: 

During the attacks: ...U.S. security teams on the ground in Benghazi exhibited extreme bravery...Department of Defense and military personnel reacted quickly to the attacks in Benghazi... But, they needed orders to defend and not simply self-defense. Those are attempts at pure confusion of the facts for political gain and what to include in this Interim Report to enhance their political prowess. This report is not credible.

After the attacks: In this report it is stated the intelligence agencies were spot on. Therefore, the intelligence talking points would have been as spot on. But. While Secretary Rice used the talking points of the intelligence services: The administration willfully perpetrated a deliberately misleading and incomplete narrative that the attacks evolved from a political demonstration caused by a You Tube video. So, the Speaker's commissioned Committees states the intelligence agencies are good, but, the UN Ambassaor is bad. Got it.

The Interim Report contains too much subjective information. Issa's leadership does not set definitions and/or standards for their statements.

Example: "...Email exchanges during the interagency process (modified to protect classified information) do not reveal any concern for protecting classified information. What criteria did the Committees use to determine concern for classified information. Did the Administration have to use the words, "...we are concerned for classified information..." or did they have to use the words, "...define classified information so we know what words to use.". This report is worthless and I refuse to spend any more time on it.

If the Republicans are trying to impeach President Obama and malign Secretary Clinton, they have a long way to go. Those hanging their hats on this report for 2014 or 2016 have a high rate of failure to achieve their goals.

Based on this Interim Report the final report's title should be: "Kudos to everyone with all the funding they needed, except, for two people namely dim witted President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton."

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