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Since rejoining rotation, righty has been strikeout machine
Tyson Ross has established himself in the Padres' rotation in the last month and a half, a stark contrast from the starter he was at the beginning of the season. The Padres will go for a series win over the Rockies on Saturday at Petco Park after Friday's 4-3 win on Jesus Guzman's walkoff single.
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The Rockies activated Roy Oswalt on Friday and will use him on Sunday in tandem with rookie Chad Bettis.
"I'd like to get a good look at him before the end of the season," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "We feel like he could help us. He's missed a lot of time, but we still like him enough to watch him pitch the rest of the year."
Bettis will start on Sunday, and will be followed by Oswalt. Oswalt hasn't pitched in the Majors since July 7, when he strained his left hamstring. In a rehab start on Tuesday, Oswalt allowed just three hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
• Nolan Arenado was out of the starting lineup for Friday's game with a right thumb bruise (he entered as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning), but he insists the injury won't cost him any more time.
• Dexter Fowler left Saturday's game in the middle of the sixth inning after aggravating his left knee injury. He is day to day.
Worth noting
• Will Venable has hit 10 home runs since the All-Star break, which ranks second in the National League behind only Washington's Jayson Werth (11).
• Ronny Cedeno has a hit in 12 of his last 13 games, batting .333 (14-for-42) with a .548 slugging percentage during that span.
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Sheriff Don Eslinger fires deputies Erik Ducharme, Chris Clutter
Two Seminole County Sheriff's Office deputies were kicked off the force after a turbulent traffic stop that was caught on the officers' dashboard camera.
In a stinging rebuke, Sheriff Don Eslinger said deputies Erik Ducharme and Chris Clutter not only acted inappropriately at the scene but also lied and put the lives of others in danger with their irresponsible actions.
Dashcam video from a May 19 traffic stop in Sanford shows the deputies getting out of their vehicles with a shotgun and Taser drawn. They immediately begin screaming and using profanity at the men in the car, who they pulled over on an alleged seatbelt violation.
The men in the car said they were, in fact, wearing seat belts and did nothing to provoke the stop or what took place after.
The deputies claimed the driver did not stop right away after they started running their lights and sirens, but an internal investigation and the dashcam video showed that was not true.
In the video, it does not appear that the men in any way threatened the deputies. At one point, Clutter shocked the driver with a Taser without warning.
Investigative reports released on Monday included a statement from another officer who said he was in the line of fire and that things were so out of control he feared he was about to get shot by his own zone partner.
Eslinger fired the deputies on Monday, and in a sharply worded notice of discipline stated, "You exercised poor judgment in the escalating levels of force you used as compared to the resistance offered by the occupants of the car. Your conduct at the scene was compounded by the dishonesty in your characterization of the incident in your report further demonstrating a lack of regard for the policies and procedures of this agency."
Both deputies had been with Seminole County for less than three years. Neither had been disciplined before.
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"Warren buffet, an investor..." rarely has a fact, so plainly stated, elicited such laughter for me. Let any new Economist readers take note, it's not just in politics that they eschew hyperbole in favor of tastefully distilled observations. Bravo!
Interest rates will remain low... just like house prices can never fall. And, of course, we couldn't possibly have loose credit like just a few years aho, right?
I think that the real key here is that as the articles states, "You really have to believe interest rates are going to stay low for the foreseeable future." With the economy slowly getting back on it's feet, people are still being cautiously optimistic about our financial state; as they should be. With the "fiscal cliff" looming over the head of Americans I can't see the housing market bouncing back. Even with measures in place, as well as measures being debated on, it is expected that the tax increases and budget cuts are going to hurt the economy. We can expect that when taxes rise again the average income will drop, so even if interest rates do hold we should see a drop in housing market value. If the interest rates rise on top of the tax increases then we can forget about seeing the housing market rise anytime in the near future.
This is a completely different economy then it was 15 years ago. The article even states, "shares in home builders and Home Depot, a do-it-yourself store, are up sharply" and "people still need a place to live, which pushes them to rent instead of buying". Although there are certainly opportunities to gain profits in this market, the risk for most outweighs the return. If someone can figure out the way to get the housing market back to its former glory immediately than great, but until then I'm convinced we are in for the long haul.
Its former glory was nothing we need see return.
Housing inflation is not something to cheer about.
TE got it right on this one.
I doubt TE will be buying property in Detroit. I anticipate this newpaper will continue to focus on in its respective comparitive advantage, which is, of course, writing damn good newspapers. But this is good for me, because I will continue to buy property in Detroit, and the less buyers, the lower the prices. The lower the prices, the greater my long-run returns.
And when I am even richer you angry commentors, I will be laughing even harder at you than I already am.
Dont worry, I wont forget to send my gift taxes. Youll all get a piece of the action.
Have nice lives you dirty dirty 99%. Me and Mitt are going cruising in our Audis.
"[...]the less buyers, the lower the prices. The lower the prices, the greater my long-run returns."
Good luck with that strategy.
Actually, its a great strategy. Its essentially what Warren Buffett does in stocks. Find solid companies, wait for the them to trade really cheap and buy.
If you're going to be buying homes for next few years, you better be wishing prices to fall. The cheaper you buy, the better the returns - at least if you're a LONG TERM (5-10 years) investor.
Of course, IF and when "guest-iowjwlw" makes a bundle on his investment, some people will be howling about "wealth transfers" and a gamed system.
Is it just a coincidence that Geithner, Bernanke and their Bush and Clinton administration predecessors made all the right moves to reward the big money investors (except for the few who had to be thrown under the bus to make the whole thing work) and at the same time screw the common folk? Is it coincidence that this massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the .1%, aided by government policy, occurred just as these same investors were making huge political contributions? And now they just happen to be in position to make the right moves to turn all those former middle class homeowners into rent serfs? This is government of the .1%, by the .1% lackeys, for the .1%.
Same in Arab countries except if anyone say something he will be imprisoned, slaughtered etc. In your place, they do it with hospitality and they add numbers on it, but same results wealthy people to stay wealthy. And to keep the wealthy ones stay wealthy you must keep the poor ones hungry all the time.
Are you saying you believe that the government encouraged risky lending practices in an effort to bankrupt consumers while tipping off hedge fund managers so that they might gain from shorting mortgages or selling properties at the height of the bubble and get the added benefit of being able to buy properties from bankrupt borrowers and rent it bank to them for profit? Interesting theory ColoradoJack. I suppose you have a lot of other great theories.
thank you. some hedgies are short term long on housing revival. (QE has worked for this sector). Long term short against interest rate rise with interest rate sensitive instruments.(Don't try if not comfortable as you need to be nimble). Hedgies wish that they get such "sure bet" tips or a safety net from Fed. No it is just calculated risk taking.
There is at least one fool born every minute. Those who bet on the housing market, and on "green shoots" sprouting, will be in for disillusionment. The "bottom" of the market will not be reached for another five or more years, at least in America.
There were green shoots during the Great Depression of the last century as well, which did not end until the onset of World War II, at the earliest. This depression will continue through the end of this decade, with much worse yet to come.
Hold on tight. Things will get very ugly!
See http://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continu... ("Housing: The Abyss") (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
Lastly, the cartoon that accompanies this Economist article is apt. People will be staring into the abyss for a long time to come, while the green shoots turn into "dead weeds."
How long can this bet really get?
The more they invest, the higher house prices become, the slower the housing market will recover.
They also expose investors to the risks of small town taxes.
Great, we can all be serfs to Blackstone. I wonder if they will let us put up a painting or plant a rose (short answer: no).
Dear Economist - please back this argument up by acquiring property in Detroit and then reporting back to us on your periodic returns. Thank you.
Well said!
Structural problems of euro for Joseph E. Stiglitz : http://www.diarioseconomicos.blogspot.com/2012/12/structural-problems-of...
Although the signs of recovery are apparent, the success of the housing market is reliant upon the banking sector (mortgage lending) being sensible with lending.
One would hope they have learnt their lesson after issuing high loan to value mortgages and no/low money down deals, only to realise the business model is not that great if no-one can afford to repay - however, as history often shows - mistakes are often repeated.
As for using Buffet as an example - he is really the exception to the rule in many of his investments, simply because of the size of investments he/Berkshire can make.
The housing industry has began to recovery from the low period in 2009, it attracted many investors to start investing in real estate industry. As is known to all, the real estate is a hot industry, investors can get huge profits from it, because people respond to incentives, so more and more people are engaged in the real estate industry.
In recent years, house prices soaring in China is a common phenomenon.As the house is rigid demand, every people want to have one house that belongs to themselves,but the reality is cruel, most people work hard all his life without owns one house that belongs to himself.Instead, some rich people hoarded lots of houses to rent or resell that make the price raise.
The house industry in American now seems to be recovering, and attract some large investors like Blackstone, hedge founds, even Warren Buffett.In practice, they do profit from American housing which once poisoned the financial system and threatened to the world economy.Compared with real estate in China,I have to admit that American housing still are regular. when actual value of house is lower than its price, the price went up with market share. when its price seriously deviated from actual value, market crashed.All these are still in accord with economic laws.
However, real estate of China is more like a big monster.since 2008, house price keep rising dramatically all the time. Even now people can not find any hope the house price may bring down after China government take some measures like property-purchasing limitation to stabilize the crazy price.Almost Chinese people know that housing are robbing their money but they all believe the price will go up. therefore, it is like a strange circle people full of high expectation to house price which it difficult to buy one house in China,and the more hard purchasing a house,the higher expectation to house people have.Maybe you will suggest just rent a apartment instead of buying.however, it dose not work in China where people pay more attention to family and house to gain a sense of safety.Total real estate amount to half of GDP, local government dare not compel house price go down. If the China housing collapsed, it will be a huge disaster to China economy. In other words, China economy has been kidnapped by its real estate.
Really ? Almost all Chinese people know that housing prices are robbing their money but they all believe the price will go up ? Look like a nation of moronic real estate investors (I say investors not speculators) and real estate lenders supervised by an idiotic Central Bank. Local governments (i.e. provincial/state governments)are the largest influence of China's private housing market? China's economy kidnapped by its real estate? Let's hope it is right and short this totally unbalanced second largest economy in the World.
By the author saying "American housing, once so toxic it made the global economy choke, is once again attractive to investors." I just feel that all of these are like a circulation which is going to repeat again and again. Maybe this year comes to the recover, few years later it collapse again. It is easy to explain that business or economy experiences cycles.
The subprime mortgages has brought enough calamities to the Americans, as the author says "it would poison the financial system". However what's funny is that people seem to be full of it and never get tired. Those "subprime mortgagers" may just walk away when they find their house is devaluate and actually they do not have guarantee that they are able to pay back. If people are resbonsible and practical, they'd better rent instead of borrowing to buy, because it is really risky.
However,as the cycle runs, we shall just let it run as it operates. Whether the America's housing market will be prosperous or stagnant in the days and years coming, we'll wait and see.
Well, there's a reason it is called the 'business cycle'. Boom, then bust...boom, then bust...
But you are mistaken regarding the 'riskiness' of buying over renting a home. In comparison to the nation-wide rise in average rents, what risk is there in buying? If the property value plunges (which is highly unlikely for the next 3-5 years, I estimate), you walk away - that decision ceased to be 'irresponsible' according to the lenders when the big banks threatened to "walk away" and got bail-out funds from the federal government. Interest rates are at all-time lows - so low that mortgage money is almost *free* relative to the early '80s interest rates of 15-18%. And if inflation takes off in the next 3-5-7 years, interest rates will rise and that 3.25% interest rate will look incredible for the rest of the mortgage term. If the risk you are referring to is that you might lose your job and not be able to pay the mortgage, how will you pay the rent on that apartment you have leased? Or is walking away from a lease agreement you signed somehow less 'irresponsible' than walking away from a mortgage you signed? There is always risk, we just have to decide if the reward is worth it...
You need 20% down to get that 3.25% rate. That's what your risking. If you walk away you lose your equity and ruin your fico score, which translates to higher borrowing costs in the future. That's not a meagre sum. And good luck finding a bank willing to give you a mortgage with 0 down nowadays.
I think home values will more likely stagante. The so-called "shadow inventory" is HUGE and nowhere near depleted from the data I've seen. But servicers are not going to flood the market all at once with this supply. They'll likely sell these foreclosures piecemeal. The result will be home price appreciation moving very slowly. And when you take into consideration closing costs, interest payments, maintenance costs, opportunity costs, and other expenses related to owning a home (not to mention the structural unemployment it encourages) it becomes clear that owning a home can easily become more expensive than renting. Renting with a lease is a small fixed expense while owning can vary from very expensive to very profitable. Owning = risky.
So true.
While owning any large asset (such as a home) is an investment that can rise or fall in value, it is difficult to conceive of a scenario where average home prices in the U.S. would drop by 20% or more from the Dec. 2012 prices in the next 1-3 years. In Dallas, average prices dropped less than 10%, most areas around Dallas were down no more than 6% at the trough. As of last month, Dallas average prices are back to the peak reached in 2006, but I realize Dallas has fared better than most U.S. cities. Even if prices stagnate over the next several years, the cost of renting is still far higher in absolute dollar terms, though the 'opportunity cost' of not being able to move on short notice means there is a potential future cost should a great job opportunity arise if you can move in the next 3 months.
At the risk of oversimplifying (and I have no way of quantifying opportunity cost for unknown future opportunities), let me give you a three-year rental vs. owning example (3 years is minimum 'rule of thumb' time frame to purchase and own a home - shorter time frame almost guarantees you will lose money on the transaction costs): $200,000 new townhome in far north Dallas (that's my line of work, so I know it well) vs. rental of the same new property - I sold one to a guy who immediately leased it out for $1,900 per month (including pet fees)
Purchase: $20,000 down payment (10% down - that is still available around Dallas), results in ~$180,000 30-year mortgage at 3.5% - Principal and Interest = $808/month, R.E. taxes = $350/month, HOA which includes HO insurance and yard maintenance = $115, total monthly cost = $1,273. Add $100 for home maintenance reserves, total: $1,373 per month, let's round it up to $1,400. 36 months x $1,400 = $50,400 + $20,000 down payment = $70,400 out-of-pocket expense
Rent the same property: $2,000 deposit (including pet deposit), + $1,900 x 36 months (assuming no rent increase, which is not very likely) = $68,400, thus -> $2,000 + $68,400 = $70,400 out-of-pocket expense.
I didn't actually plan those numbers to be equal when I started this exercise, but those are actual numbers for properties I personally know of in this community. The big difference at the end of the 3 years, however, is that if you bought it and choose to sell it (and let's assume the value remains stagnant at $200,000), your sale price of $200,000 less 7% transaction costs (commission, etc.) = $186,000, which pays off the remaining mortgage balance of $168,000 and leaves you with $18,000 in your pocket (tax-free income - it's really return-of-capital). If prices rise 1% per year, you gain another $5,500, and walk away with $23,500. If you wait until year 5, your sale price would be about $210,000 yielding $195,300 after 7% transaction costs, but your mortgage would be down to about $161,000, letting you walk away with $34,300. When you leave the rental property after year 3 or year 5, you always walk away with less than your full $2,000 deposit, in my experience with landlords.
To me, rent is usually a mistake if you expect to stay in the area for 5 years or more, because the tenant is ultimately paying for all those ownership costs (taxes, insurance, interest on the money invested, maintenance, occasional major repairs) - landlords of single-family homes are not operating at a loss, if they have the same expectation of low appreciation. But it is certainly a personal decision that each individual must make based on his expectations for his future income, career/family opportunities, desired living arrangements, etc.; I'm not going to spend other people's money for them - that's what Congress is for - and they do it so well, don't they?
Your reference to the "structural unemployment it encourages" is a mystery to me, however.
Hilarious: "While owning any large asset (such as a home) is an investment that can rise or fall in value, it is difficult to conceive of a scenario where average home prices in the U.S. would drop by 20% or more from the Dec. 2012 prices in the next 1-3 years."
Oh, let's see how many more restrictions you can lump in there. How about "would drop by 90% or more in the next nine days, at the end of which Ben Bernanke shoves a tulip up his WHOOPSIE and throws himself off the Empire State Building screaming the chorus from 'Jump, you #*&$ers!'."
It was difficult to foresee real estate falling by 30% nationwide, yet it did.
Well, that depends on the state laws, doesn't it. In most states, the homebuyer is on the hook for all of the loan, not merely 20%, and while the homebuyer can walk away, wait for a deficiency judgment, and then declare bankruptcy, that's hardly a situation most people want to contemplate.
Huh? What restrictions have been lumped in? My 'crystal ball' says home prices will *not* fall 20% in the next 1-3 years (beyond 3 years, my crystal ball reads "try again later" - oh wait, I'm looking at my Magic Eight Ball again).
Short of a war/major global shock, Americans will still want and need to live in the housing stock currently existing, if not new homes. According to the Case-Shiller Price Index (we can argue about which index to use, but I think C-S is pretty good), the national peak was in 2006 Q1 (191.01), and the trough in 2011 Q4 (126.15), almost six years later. From that index, I calculate average prices dropped by 33.9% from that peak, and have recovered to be about 30% down, as of 2012 Q3 (132.7). I think it worth noting, however, that six years prior to the peak in 2000 Q2, the index was at 103.42, 85% lower than the 2006 peak - that's a big return for a 6-year investment that you can use/live in while it is increasing in value, if you timed the sale just right (right...). On the flip side, if you are going to take the long view (which seems to be the original article's main point and what Americans used to do by buying and staying in one house for 15-20 years or more), from 2001 Q3 (114.80, mostly before 9/11, which apparently had little effect on average home prices) to 2012 Q3 - 11 years of owning one home - the average home price nationwide would have yielded an appreciation of 15.6%. That's not a great return (slightly under 1% annually), but it's a tax-free return (tax favored if you figure in mortgage interest and property tax deductions) and that appreciating asset kept you warm and dry - which is a lot more than I can say for my bank accounts and equity investments.
So, all that said, in what non-catastrophic scenario (no nuclear war, anarchist revolution in China, etc.) do you foresee home prices dropping a further 20% or more in the next 1-3 years from the 2012 Q3 average price?
Yeah I have to admit you are right on the riskiness side. No matter where you live, in the house you bought or the one you rented, there is risk, just of differnet rates. "Walking away" from anything you didn't pay while you should will be irresponsible.
Wish those mortgagers a good result.
I do agree with you that nowadays renting a honse is cheaper than owning one. While you live in the house you rent, you don't have to worry about the depreciation of it and you don't have to pay that much if you are actually a mortgager. All you have to worry about is where you can rent another house if the house owner found it is no longer a lucrative deal to own the house and just "walked away"...
So I rent and do not buy and sign a long term say 10 year contract with a landlord on rental rate increase pegged to inflation rate only. Very interested in finding such a landlord.
So I hope you can succeed in finding and keeping that landlord~
"In practice, this is a fiddly process that involves finding, buying and managing thousands of homes scattered around the country." - great description of the situation.
This piece really underscores the value for individuals or small real estate companies to buy and flip property. The process is far more intimate this way and there is less room for error (companies buying homes by the hundreds having never stepped foot inside may find not all goes as planned). And this way, it's not all about the wait. There is some payoff immediately.
Wade into the census data and some caution is in order.
The Big Long is now slowly taking shape. House prices have (((stabilised))) since their 2009 trough, and have even made small but steady gains in recent months. Investors convinced that a full-blown housing recovery is under way—a big "if"—are looking for ways to profit from it.
According to Robert Shiller, houses are never seen as the best bet against inflation. The increase in prices over decades/centuries is due to short and sudden spurt in prices during certain periods.
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So America lets house prices collapse and now is starting to see a recovery. UK house prices are still 20-25% over long term fundamentals and the economy is dipping in and out of recession.
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Laser Max brand pistol sight
. Authorities have said one of the pistols Hasan used in the attack was outfitted with a red-laser sight. The plastic packaging in the apartment bore a $229.99 price tag. That is identical to those on Laser Max pistol sights sold at Guns Galore, a Killeen gun store where authorities say he purchased the weapons used in the attack.
Wouldn't this be considered evidence tying the alleged perp to the murder weapon? Has there ever been a mass random-rage killer who hasn't left an incriminating trail of evidence like extra guns and ammo in his domicile and his vehicle? [They haven't talked about his car yet, but you can bet it had incriminating evidence left behind too.]
One bottle, still holding about a dozen pills, had a label stating that the prescription "Combivir" was issued for Hasan in 2001 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio
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Seriously, if you were cleaning house for the last time, would you leave behind evidence that screams ''I'm gay''? I guess if the ''he was an Al-Queda nutcase'' theory of motive doesn't pan out, they will fall back on the 'self-loathing, closeted gay man under an HIV death sentence'' theory of motive.
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Massive Media Fail: Female Cop Did Not Bring Down Fort Hood Killer
With the publication of an interview with Sgt. Mark Todd, the actual cop who gunned down the killer at Fort Hood -- following its account of an unnamed eyewitness last night -- The New York Times finally underlined what some of us noticed from nearly the start: the media fell hook, line and sinker once again for a military account of what happened during the tragedy.
First, it was the "death" of Major Hasan, not corrected for many hours. Then, for days, the story of how a white female cop brought down the shooter, even as she was receiving serious wounds. Yet I noticed just hours after the attack that scattered eyewitnesses, via the Web and Twitter, were saying that the killer re-loaded after Kimberly Munley went down.
How could he have done that if she had just plugged him four times, supposedly ending the rampage? Some of those witnesses said they yelled at the second cop to shoot Hasan--which he did, and then went up and kicked his gun away. Yet for almost a week the media rarely questioned the military's "official" story of Munley as savior. The New York Times was one of many who put Munley on the front page and declared that she was the person who nailed Hasan. Its headline: "She ran to gunfire, and ended it." It said flatly that she "brought down the gunman."
To its credit: The Times much later did help bring out the truth.
Most news outlets for days labeled Munley "the" (singular) Fort Hood hero. She was the "Mighty Mouse." It wasn't until two days ago that Sgt.Todd got feature billing, although in a secondary role. Now, in the past day, he is finally getting his due as the original account begins to fall away. The cop who saved the day is a black man, not a white woman.
What else will turn out false about Fort Hood claims from military, e.g. the "Allahu Akbar" shouts by Hasan?
Was there any reason that the military deliberately boosted Munley and slighted Todd?
Yes, Munley is a hero for facing the bullets. And, no, this isn't another Jessica Lynch case, but it does have some disturbing similarities. Fool me once, blame the military. Fool me twice, blame the media. What happens next?
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:17 pm
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All that set up by the feds was leading up to this?
From the 'Houston Chronicle':
FBI says Hasan wasn't involved in terrorist activities
The FBI said today that it appears Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan acted alone in the Fort Hood shootings, and was not involved in terrorist activities when a joint terrorism task force crossed paths with him last year.
At this point, there is no information to indicate Major Nidal Malik Hasan had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot,
the FBI said in a statement. The investigation to date has not identified a motive, and a number of possibilities remain under consideration. We are working with the military to obtain, review and analyze all information relating to Major Hasan in order to allow for a better understanding of the facts and circumstances that led to the Fort Hood shooting. Understandably, there is a large volume of information in various forms, and it will take us some time to complete this work.
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At this point, there is no information to indicate Major Nidal Malik Hasan had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot,
the FBI said in a statement.
Other than all those early reports of additional shooters, of course--
At least one person is "neutralized" in connection with the incident, and
a second
is "cornered," retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore told CNN, citing "unofficial, unconfirmed reports" from two sources.
Armed gunm
n Thursday killed .....
A suspect was in custody, Master Sergeant Tim Volkert at Fort Hood told AFP.
But a Killeen police department spokeswoman warned
there were still suspects at large
. "There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and all the suspects are not in custody at this time," she told AFP. "
I know they have active shooters out there
MSNBC reported there were at least two shooters, with one in custody, adding there was speculation that
there may be a third gunman
One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said.
A third shooter may be involved
, according to NBC News affiliate KCEN in Waco...
There are
suspect shooters
, one in custody and another surrounded by swat in a building on post.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks ... says
two shooters were apparently involved
Fort Hood spokeswoman Sgt. Rebekah Lampan says
authorities believe at least two gunmen were involved
in the attack on Thursday.
Milly Land, who works at the base fitness center, said she was headed for the graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Howze Theater when the campus was locked down. She went back to the fitness center. She said she spoke by phone with friends at the
soldier processing center
, who said a gunman walked in about 1:30, walked to the medical area of the processing center, and started shooting.
A second gunman was shooting at the theater next door
, she said.
of the people believed to have carried out the shooting
were soldiers, Lt. General Bob Cone told reporters Thursday evening.
--rick perry (gov and bilderberg member) said
there were 3 shooters
Base spokesman Sergeant Major Jamie Poston
"At this point we're looking for
the other shooter
.... " he added.
"We are on the lookout for
the second shooter
," Poston said.
--''They are reporting
a third shooter
[That source was Ms. Shine from the Public Affairs office of Killeen, TX]
3rd shooter now being reported
as having been shooting "moments ago".''
--''Shepard Smith was talking with someone who
confirmed a 3rd shooter
--pg19[dwiggen] ''My buddy at Hood just told me that there's
a FOURTH SHOOTER
! ....There is a confirmed FOURTH SHOOTER who is still at large. They just launched aircraft to search for him. My buddy.. is an Apache mechanic, and they just got word to spin their birds up and go lookin for this guy.''
One gunman was caught quickly but
the second
went on the run and was cornered by SWAT teams
KCEN-TV in Waco is reporting that one gunman is in custody, the other is involved in a standoff with police. The station is reporting that
there is a third shooter
Details of the events were sketchy, but
officials said the shooting involved two men
with M-16 rifles and began about 1:30 p.m.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:49 am
Post subject: Can I get a witness
Just so that we all understand Hasan acted alone, there is a new veil which had dropped in the striptease: He climbed up on a table when he shouted "Allahu Akbar" and started firing away. No, he did not slink around a doorway, he just got right up there and let fly.
That means - he was by himself. So now we know. Must have been a sturdy table. Mustn't have been being used for anything else. Must have just been sitting there waiting for him to very athletically mount it and do his thing.
I do think it is interesting that military people were not thought brave enough to overcome, but civilian police, like the passengers on Flight 93, were ready to charge right in. As someone has asked - Where were the MP's? Does the US Army have them anymore or are their jobs outsourced?
Another thing we are learning for "Golam Ahktar" or some such name, a person who saw him at some mosque a lot of times, is that Hasan believed 9/11 was partly done by the US as an inside job. Which is a dangerous thing to say, you know. It could help to build an insanity defense. Just imagine a person going around angry like that, at Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush. He could have hurt somebody when he was in Washington.
Heard an interview yesterday with soldiers in Afghanistan (on the ambiguous National Public Radio) - they noted that in their patrols they are constantly coming upon wrecked Soviet vehicles like their own, unsuited to the terrain. Those who spoke to the interviewer said they wanted out of the hellhole, and would leave in an instant if they could. I'm sure that is how the other 80,000 troops would feel if they showed up. It wouldn't take long for the glow to come off the experience.
Hasan will give the public a new sense of threat, and in that sense he is useful (pace Rumsfeld). But most people will have a paradoxical reaction. They'll understand on some level that whether or not he really did it, he could have, and his wigging out was understandable under the circumstances. Maybe in the end, we will think less like Brits (who if they staged this must have called it "Operation Guy") and more like the weary nations who have seen empires come and go. We are going to be more Latin in the uS - Mexican and Italian and Catholic, rather than Nordic and Protestant - as time goes by. And our taste for long occupations is going to wane. Our demographics may save us in the end, which is what is so quirky about America.
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Well this didn't take very long to play out. GOP accusing the White House of withholding information on Ft Hood.
How completely crazy is this thing?
Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood
Well they said hiding
Freaking Nut jobs.
Looks like PC Spin is the new angle of easing the pain of airing dirty laundry in public.
The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising "red flags" about what the White House was hiding.
"When they withhold information, you always start asking questions," Hoekstra told Fox News. "That's what raises red flags. What do they know that they don't want us to know?"
Hoekstra linked President Barack Obama's handling of Fort Hood to a chain of other GOP criticisms of the president, including the administration's treatment of detainees and an investigation into possible CIA abuse.
Lions, Tigers, and Bears OH MY
"It is a political correctness that is making it unable for us to identify the real threat of homegrown terrorism," he alleged.
Hoekstra warned that "we have similar Hasans" in the country. The Michigan Republican has called for his committee to investigate the incident. Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) has so far declined, preferring to wait for the conclusion of the joint FBI-Army investigation.
I wonder if the World has similar Ted Bundy's about, or Jeffrey Dahmer's under anyone's nose. How about crazy High School students with .223 Bushmasters and home made bombs?
These Fucks are pissing on us with their arrogant IGNORANCE.
They are now calling this Chap a Lazy worker and a poor student: Question: How the hell did he get straight A's and membership to the Deans list? Achieved a Doctorate. Get Fucking real for once in your miserable life already.
This Military RAH RAH Club must be one exclusive WHITE club, chock full of a bunch of dumbass Robots. Why would they be afraid of a Lazy Muslim Shrink?
Why not acknowledge the retired BLACK COP who put Hasan down?
Still nobody outside of retired Military has the balls to ask WHY no one jumped the guy when he reloaded. Easily the biggest red flag of all!
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:57 am
Post subject: There is some doubt
According to this story:
in spite of (as noted by Hombre) his impeccable academic record, professors cannot recall this student. There are many science students who are quiet, but that doesn't mean profs don't get to know them. These are not breeze-shooting classes where assertive personalties rule the day (as most people are familiar with in the courses called "gut" that get you through college). So to believe that this summa cum laude graduate who was an honor student (Advanced Placement - i.e. college level - in high school) from his earliest years made no impression argues that there must be a reason for that. Given that he lived in the Intelligence Nest of the US one possible explanation is that his transcripts were hacked up to take him into something funny from his enlisted man days (a la Oswald). But while this may be true, it does not have to be true. Perhaps he is just being disowned by people. Anyway, this article is so loaded with information that it seems to have been put together by someone other than a total troll, some energetic type. Maybe.
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Post subject: PS
With regard to the above reference to the article: do not imagine that the US is a monolith. You can count on infighting in getting out a message, so that the message itself morphs over time.
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Post subject: Re: PS
musings wrote:
With regard to the above reference to the article: do not imagine that the US is a monolith. You can count on infighting in getting out a message, so that the message itself morphs over time.
Yes, and that parallels a theme I was going to do in a separate thread post - that sometimes we tend to see everything "conspiratorial" as part of an overriding NWO agenda.
There are small (and large) battles still fought, e.g., along ideological lines. Sometimes those are independent of a puppet masters' oversight, and sometimes they are allowed or even augmented by the PTB, because they further the intended global agenda. One 'version' of 9/11 fits nicely into that - the 'first level' of that onion reveals evil Neocons with advance knowledge 'allowing' the attacks to succeed. Nowadays, when I encounter an entrenched Liberal friend who never before bought 9/11 as an inside job, they have often reached this first level. "I have no problem believing Bush had something to do with it" is often the sentiment.
With the massive number of globalism-based benefits derived, it's obvious that 9/11 was way bigger than 'an angry moment by PNAC' and/or the disgruntled military-intel network that we had with the JFK hit. There, I believe, was almost a purely ideologically driven op - even though, it's resulting war expansion was certainly in harmony with the NWO's eventual plans - to use the mighty US military to help bulldoze non-Western friendly markets in the Middle East. Perhaps a case of "do what you need to do, we'll stay out of the way." (Now where have I heard that before... oh yeah, spoken by the State Dept to Saddam right after he found out the Kuwaiti's were slant-drilling into his oils fields.)
This "shocking NEW (lol) imperialistic American aggression" is simply the tool used to level the playing field. And the shrewdest use of the US military will be for it to be stretched as thin as possible, and "used up" in the process. Then broken down, both externally (attrition) and internally (scandals, "political correctness run amok", etc), so that it's power and resources can be successfully assimilated into the coming Global Army (picture NATO on steroids). Very similar to how the US political system is
obviously being broken down as well, as every Alex Jones or Aaron Russo "underground" film has so clearly detailed, that "the two parties are street gangs owned by the same people." Well, Duh. But this is an important component of the overall scheme - the economy must collapse, and the people must be convinced that they have been supporting a broken political setup, and it's time for more (total) global oversight.
So, getting back to intel ops - in my book (which will never be published), smaller-time hits and ops go on all the time, and the global PTB stay away unless someone oversteps a boundary of some sort. But I would also assume that anyone in a sufficient position of power would know ahead of time what is considered a bad move and what is considered "making your bone." That kind of foresight is how you get into a "position of power."
Just thinkin' out loud again....
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Post subject: 'Way bigger than an angry moment was 9/11
I just picked up a slightly aged Business Week in my dentist's office. The story which drew me was about how the oil companies are moving back into Iraq, agreeing to what had seemed just months ago to be an overly self-interested deal from the Iraqi government (which is like an Indian tribe dealing with the casino-building Mafia, and deciding they want 1% more of a cut). The idea is that they want to undermine OPEC and the Saudis (how Godfather can you get). The rest of the Business Weeks were about wary consumers fearing to run up their credit cards (thus inconveniencing the retailers, who have to come up with two-hour sales during the Super Bowl to draw in the impulsive), about the possible failure of the dollar, and about the implosion of the commercial real estate market (not because it is falling "naturally" but because the terms of financing are being recast to bring about the collapse). All very heady stuff.
So I guess those who benefit from their oil interests (like Peter Galbraith in Kurdish Iraq, who designed their deal with Baghdad to benefit his own interests) may be very happy indeed that there was a 9/11 to get their foot in the door. The conspiracy does not have to have been huge to start it. Most people were not in on the original deal. But they do not want to know who did it, because they are getting too much out of it.
If Galbraith plays his cards right and cuts the right people in on his coup, then he'll be able to keep what's left in his poke.
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Ok so its Webster Tarpley?
Doesn't mean we shouldn't read it........
Obvious question - Did Hasan think it was a drill like everyone else - or was he part of the drill??
Have a gander at this...
Major Hasan Of Fort Hood A Patsy In A Drill Gone Live?
by Webster G. Tarpley Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at 5:07 AM
In the wake of the massacre at Fort Hood Texas , two principal theories have emerged to explain the conduct of the accused shooter, identified by the U.S. Army as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist of Jordanian-Palestinian ancestry.
One of these theories is embraced by left liberals and other supporters and acolytes of the Obama regime, and argues that Major Hasan is a sincere and devout Muslim who was the victim of a tragic contradiction between his religious faith and the logic of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, both the heritage of the odious Bush-Cheney regime. According to this version, Hasan must be viewed as a troubled and tormented individual who snapped, breaking down psychologically under the stress of his awful predicament. Here is how Obama summed up this approach: Even within the extraordinary military that we have and I think everybody understands how outstanding the young men and women in uniform are under the most severe stress there are going to be instances in which an individual cracks. (New York Times, 10 Nov and ember 2009) Calling Major Hasan a terrorist amounts, in this view, to racism and vindictive prejudice.
The other theory is the one advocated by assorted neocons, reactionaries, Islamophobes and others generally hostile to Obama. This account maintains that Major Hasan was a homegrown, self-starting Islamic terrorist, trumpeting his devotion to jihad and suicide bombing, seeking to make contact with Al Qaeda, and generally filled with hate for America , for freedom, and for his fellow soldiers. In this view, it is only the pervasive political correctness and multicultural obsession of the subversive-riddled and soft on terrorism Obama regime that prevented Major Hasan from being neutralized before he could act, and which prevents Obama and his Democratic allies from telling the truth after the fact.
These views are both superficial, naïve, and inadequate.[1] They amount to two prongs of an articulated campaign of media hysteria and mass manipulation designed on the one hand to prod the dithering Wall Street puppet Obama who is having second thoughts about his own political survival into an early decision in favor of massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan for the purpose of hastening the breakup of Pakistan, and thus threatening China. On the other hand, the delirium of Islamophobic hatred being ginned up against Major Hasan by the usual cast of reactionary radio ogres (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin) seeks to accentuate and strengthen the racist and xenophobic elements in the militant anti-Obama opposition, in particular among the Tea Party movement. The decision to put the infamous Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his confreres on trail in New York City, plus the recent government seizure of numerous US mosques and other buildings on the grounds that they are Iranian assets, also contribute to a growing mood of anti-Moslem hysteria. This atmosphere is accentuated by the reckless and irresponsible actions of some Moslem groups which happen to be foundation-funded, and must thus be considered as part of the apparatus of US domestic social control.
The media narrative which is now being consolidated a week after the shootings is full of contradictions, embarrassed silences, and absurdities. A third and distinct approach to this case is therefore required, one which regards Major Hasan as a manipulated patsy in the context of a relatively sophisticated operation mounted by forces within the US intelligence community, using methods and assets which by now ought to have become familiar. Major Hasan can be seen as a mixture of Lee Harvey Oswald, legendary 9/11 suicide pilot Mohammed Atta, and Cho Seung-Hui (the alleged April 2007 Virginia Tech shooter). He also has elements of reputed Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, and of John Hinckley Jr., who was involved in an attempt to kill President Reagan both of whom survived the operations in which they were implicated. He thus represents a new cocktail of patsy ingredients. Until now, Islamic terrorists had come in collectivist groups, and not alone. Major Hasan by contrast is a troubled loner in the tradition of Oswald, at the same time that he embodies the religious fanaticism of Atta, along with some of his peccadilloes. Major Hasan is that novelty, a troubled Islamic fundamentalist loner, even though this is something of a contradiction in terms. Like Cho, Major Hasan emerges from the psychiatric clinic, in his case as a practicing psychiatrist, but as a shrink with egregious symptoms of his own. Like all patsies, Major Hasan combines the flamboyant and bombastic proclamation of his personal creed with a seeming immunity from bureaucratic countermeasures which would normally be automatic in shutting him down. Hasan is revealed as a fanatic, a misfit, and a quasi-psychotic or psychotic mental case in his own right who could not subsist without protectors in high places of the US intelligence community.
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Radical imam Anwar al-Aulaqi:
Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan 'trusted' me,
but I didn't spark rampage
BY Brian Kates - DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, November 16th 2009, 10:12 AM
A radical Yemeni cleric who helped turn the Fort Hood gunman into a devout Muslim said he played no role in Maj. Nidal Hasan's bloody rampage.
Imam Anwar al-Aulaqi said Hasan "trusted" him and that the two developed an e-mail correspondence, according to an account in the Washington Post Monday.
But al-Aulaqi said he neither pressured nor ordered Hasan to carry out the Nov. 5 attack at the Texas Army base, where he allegedly killed 13 people in a barrage of bullets.
Yet he called Hasan a "hero" and said of the attack, "I blessed the act because it was against a military target. And the soldiers who were killed were not normal soldiers, but those who were trained and prepared to go to Afghanistan and Iraq."
The American-born cleric, said to be in his late 30s, made the fiery statements in an interview with a Yemeni journalist, portions of which were published in the Washington Post.
Al-Aulaqi said he thought he played a role in transforming Hasan into a devout Muslim eight years ago, when the Army psychiatrist listened to his lectures at the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Northern Virginia. The two corresponded in a dozen or so emails over the past year, he said.
U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted some of the emails but the FBI concluded they posed no danger and did not launch an investigation.
"The bullets of the fighters of Afghanistan and Iraq are a reflection of the feelings of the Muslims towards America," al-Aulaqi wrote on his website on Dec. 23, 2008, days after he said Hasan first e-mailed him, according to the NEFA Foundation, a private South Carolina group that monitors extremist Web sites.
Print, video and audio files of the radical imam's words reportedly have been found on computers of terrorism suspects in the U.S. in 2007 and 2008 and in Canada in 2006.
The cleric refused to be interviewed by an American journalist, but told his story to Yemeni journalist Hider Shaea, who shared it with the Washington Post.
Shaea said he was allowed to review the e-mails between Hasan and al-Aulaqi, but did not provide them to The Post.
The thick-bearded al-Aulaqi, who was born in New Mexico, served as an imam at two mosques attended by three of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, Virginia's Dar al-Hijra and another in California.
U.S. officials have accused him of working with al-Qaeda networks in the Persian Gulf after leaving Northern Virginia. In mid-2006, he was detained in Yemen, his ancestral homeland, at the request of U.S. authorities. He was released in December 2007.
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I'm about 15:00 through,
this is a great audio so far guys.
Quite the circus...
Hasan and the Mystery Teen
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Thanks for the audio, Fintan, I appreciate you keeping the multiple shooters scenario alive. It has totally dropped out of the news here. Sad to say there is little doubt this is another orchestrated event designed to stir up racial unrest...their favorite game. Glad you see what I see and are willing to ask the obvious questions.
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