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February 1, 2010
CHARLES FORDJOUR, PETITIONER,v.JANET NAPOLITANO, ET AL. RESPONDENTS.
Petitioner is currently in the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). He seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his detention. Currently before the court are respondents' motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, Dckt. No. 46, petitioner's motions for preliminary injunctive relief, Dckt. Nos. 45, 48, and petitioner's renewed request for counsel. For the reasons explained, the court has jurisdiction over part of the instant petition and lacks jurisdiction over part, and respondents' motion to dismiss must therefore be denied in part and granted in part. Additionally, petitioner has not shown entitlement to preliminary injunctive relief, and his motions seeking such relief must therefore be denied. However, because petitioner's case presents complex issues, the court finds that justice would be served by granting his request for appointed counsel.
Lastly, upon review of the instant petition and petitioner's additional petition at Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK, the Court concludes that the cases are related and will be consolidated.
I. Procedural History
Neither party has submitted a complete record of the prior proceedings in this matter, which are many, although petitioner has submitted numerous exhibits to his petition, Dckt. Nos. 1, 5, 11.*fn1 The following recitation of the case's procedural history has been compiled from the exhibits which have been provided and the facts asserted by the parties in their briefs, where not disputed.
Petitioner is a native and citizen of Ghana. Resps.' Mot. to Dism. at 2. He entered the U.S. as a "B1/B2 non-immigrant visitor" in 1977. Id.; Pet'r's Mot. for Appointment of Counsel & FRAP 23 Release (Docket No. 1, hereinafter "Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel"), Ex. 10 (petitioner's Ninth Circuit petition for review) at 4. He became a lawful permanent resident in 1986. Id. In 1988, the then-Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") placed petitioner in deportation proceedings. Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 1 (OSC from INS). The INS charged petitioner with deportability under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1184(a)(iv) based on his conviction on May 27, 1987 of obtaining credit by false pretenses in violation of California Penal Code section 532 (for which petitioner was sentenced to two years in prison). Id. In 1993, petitioner's INS case was apparently administratively closed.Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 10 at 5.On July 10, 1998, removal proceedings were again initiated against petitioner, adding additional charges under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1231(a)(2)(A)(iii) (conviction of aggravated felony) and 1231(a)(2)(A)(ii) (conviction of two crimes involving moral turpitude). Id. The added charges were based on another conviction sustained by petitioner on February 9, 1998 for violation of Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-2310 (fraudulent schemes and artifices). Pet'r's Supp. Exs., Ex. 13, Attach. A. Charges may also have been filed based on an August 18, 1986 conviction for violation of Cal. Penal Code § 532 (obtaining credit by false pretenses); the IJ's decision does not mention this conviction, however. Id.; Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 10 at 5; Resps.' Mot. to Dism. at 2. Additionally, in 2009, petitioner was convicted of violating Cal. Penal Code § 69 in 2007 by obstructing and resisting an executive officer, incurring a sixteen-month prison sentence, but it is unclear whether immigration authorities have added charges to petitioner's removal proceedings based on that conviction. Pet'r's Supp. Exs., Dckt. No. 5, Ex. 13, Attach. D (abstract of judgment).Petitioner disputes that he has ever been convicted of an aggravated felony or crime of moral turpitude, or, for that matter, "any offense in any court of law." Pet., Dckt. No. 32, at 20 (page marked "(2J)").
On November 5, 2002, an immigration judge ("IJ") denied petitioner's application for termination of the deportation proceedings based on his claim of U.S. citizenship and ordered him deported under all three charges (8 U.S.C. §§ 1184(a)(iv), 1231(a)(2)(A)(ii) & (iii)*fn2 ). Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 13, Attach. A. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("the Board" or "BIA") affirmed the IJ's decision on June 28, 2003. Resps.' Mot. to Dism. at 3. Petitioner sought review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which remanded the matter to the Board after the government submitted an unopposed motion seeking remand so that the Board could reconsider whether petitioner was eligible for a waiver of inadmissibility under section 1182(c). Pet'r's Supp. Exs., Ex. 11 (government's motion); Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 2 (Ninth Circuit's order).On remand from the Ninth Circuit, the BIA vacated its June 28, 2003 decision and remanded the matter back to the IJ. Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 3.
In 2005, petitioner was released after posting bond. Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Exs. 4-5. At that time, he had a federal habeas petition pending challenging his detention, and the case was dismissed as moot following his release. Id., Ex. 5. At some point, petitioner was again arrested by immigration authorities -- petitioner alleges that he has been detained by ICE continuously since December 17, 2006. Pet. at 10-11 (pages marked "page 3 of 5" and "(2A)"). Respondents, on the other hand, state that petitioner was not in ICE custody for some unspecified period during some of 2008 and 2009 while serving a state prison term (presumably for the Cal. Penal Code § 69 conviction). Resps.' Mot. to Dism. at 3 (stating that the IJ closed petitioner's case on August 11, 2008 because he was not in ICE custody, that petitioner was at some point returned to ICE custody upon completion of his state prison term, and that the IJ ordered him deported on June 4, 2009). The Court is therefore unable to determine currently the actual length of petitioner's detention by ICE; it appears to be somewhere between one-and-a-half and three years. During that time, petitioner sought release on bond from ICE, but was denied by both ICE Assistant Field Director Erik Bonner on February 2, 2008 and IJ Anthony S. Murry on April 23, 2009. Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Exs. 5-6.
On remand from the BIA, the IJ found that petitioner was not eligible for a waiver of inadmissibility under section 1182(c) and ordered him deported on June 3, 2009. Resps.' Mot. to Dism., Attach. A. Petitioner appealed to the BIA, which rejected the IJ's reasoning and remanded the case back to the IJ on December 2, 2009 to again consider petitioner's eligibility for waiver of inadmissibility. Pet'r's "Traverse and Objection Response Brief to Respondent's Response to Order to Show Cause, Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction" (hereinafter "Pet'r's Opp'n"), Ex. A. By all indications, the case is currently under consideration by the IJ pursuant to the BIA's December 2, 2009 order.
Petitioner filed the instant habeas petition on July 15, 2009, arguing that his indefinite detention by ICE violates his constitutional rights to substantive and procedural due process and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. He seeks his immediate release on his own recognizance or with reasonable conditions of supervision and termination of his deportation proceedings because he has not committed crimes justifying deportation and is a U.S. citizen.
II. Respondents' Motion to Dismiss
On September 29, 2009, this court ordered respondents to submit an answer or motion in response to the petition, and respondents have accordingly submitted a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, Dckt. No. 46. Respondents argue that petitioner must wait until he has a final order of removal from the IJ and BIA and then seek review of that order in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, not this Court. In the meantime, respondents contend that petitioner is not entitled to release or a bond hearing because he is subject to mandatory detention under section 1226(c).
To the extent that petitioner seeks review of the merits of any removal order that may finally issue at the termination of his administrative proceedings, respondents are correct -- the Court of Appeals is the exclusive venue to obtain such review. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5); Singh v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 969, 977-79 (9th Cir. 2007). Under § 1252(a)(5), this Court lacks jurisdiction to review whether petitioner is subject to deportation because he has committed crimes subjecting him to deportation and is not a U.S. citizen, and petitioner must pursue review of those issues in the Court of Appeals. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5); see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(5) (providing that the Court of Appeals may determine citizenship issues that present no genuine issue of fact or transfer citizenship issues that present a genuine factual issue to the district court for the district in which the petitioner resides). The undersigned therefore recommends that the district judge dismiss petitioner's request that the Court terminate his deportation proceedings because he has not committed an aggravated felony or crime of moral turpitude and is a U.S. citizen.
The bulk of the petition, however, seeks review of a matter independent of the merits of the removal order -- whether petitioner's detention is unlawful. This Court has jurisdiction over that claim, to the extent that it does not implicate the merits of the removal order. Singh, 499 F.3d at 978 (§ 1252(a)(5) applies only to challenges to orders of removal and not "challenges that arise independently"); see Casa-Castrillon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 535 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2008) (reviewing the merits of a district court's order on petitioner's § 2241 petition challenging his detention by immigration authorities).
Respondents argue that petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks (release on his own recognizance or a bond hearing), because he is detained under section 1226(c), which provides for mandatory detention of aliens found deportable for having committed certain crimes. Petitioner argues that he is not subject to section 1226(c). The Court agrees.
As noted by the Ninth Circuit in Casas-Castrillon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., whether petitioner must be released or provided a bond hearing "turns in part on locating him within the statutory framework of detention authority provided by" sections 1226 and 1231, because "'[w]here an alien falls within this statutory scheme can affect whether his detention is mandatory or discretionary, as well as the kind of review process available to him if he wishes to contest the necessity of his detention.'" Casas-Castrillon, 535 F.3d at 945 (quoting PrietoRomero v. Clark, 534 F.3d 1053, 1057 (9th Cir. 2008)). Generally, an alien initially detained under section 1226(c) remains detained under the authority of that section until proceedings before the BIA are complete and the agency has issued its final order of removal. CasasCastrillon, 535 F.3d at 947-48. If the alien seeks review of the removal order before the Ninth Circuit, the government's authority to detain him shifts to that provided for by section 1226(a) until the court completes review. Id. at 948. If the court denies relief and lifts its stay of removal, the government's authority to detain the alien shifts again to that provided for by section 1231(a). Id. at 947. If, instead, the court grants relief and remands the case to the BIA, the government's authority to detain the alien remains under section 1226(a). Id. at 948.
Although the initial order of removal is no longer final after remand from the Court of Appeals, the government's authority to detain the alien does not shift back to that provided for by section 1226(c) -- "the mandatory, bureaucratic detention of aliens under § 1226(c) was intended to apply only for a limited time" and ends when the BIA affirms the first removal order. Id.
The parties do not dispute that petitioner sought review of his final order of removal in the Ninth Circuit and that that court stayed his removal and remanded the case to the BIA to determine petitioner's eligibility for waiver of inadmissibility under section 1182(c). Accordingly, under Casas-Castrillon,even if petitioner was initially properly detained under section 1226(c), the government may no longer claim authority from that section to detain him. Instead, the authority for petitioner's detention now comes from section 1226(a). Id. ("An alien whose case is being adjudicated by the agency for a second time -- after having fought his case in this court and won, a process which often takes more than a year -- has not received expeditious process" and is therefore not subject to detention under section 1226(c)). Under section 1226(a), the Attorney General must provide an alien subjected to prolonged detention with a bond hearing to determine whether he poses a flight risk or danger to the community. Id. at 951. Accordingly, respondents' contention that petitioner is not entitled to release or a bond hearing because he is detained under section 1226(c) is contrary to the law of this Circuit, and the undersigned recommends that their motion to dismiss the petition on that ground be denied.
III. Petitioner's Requests for Injunctive Relief
Petitioner has submitted two requests for injunctive relief: (1) a motion for a preliminary injunction ordering his release on his own recognizance, Dckt. No. 45 and (2) a motion for an order directing respondents to transfer petitioner to JP Morgan Chase & Co. in San Francisco and to the ICE facility in San Francisco, Dckt. No. 48. Petitioner has also submitted a request for expedited ruling, Dckt. No. 47, and a request for status on the same, Dckt. No. 53. For the reasons provided below, petitioner has not shown his entitlement to injunctive relief and the motions should be denied.
A. Motion for Preliminary Injunction
In his motion for a preliminary injunction, plaintiff alleges that federal authorities have continually subjected him to "torture, illegal experiments, kidnapping, false imprisonment, entrapments, CAT, burning, attempted murder on a daily basis, conspiracy to commit murder, torture by genital mutilation, obstruction of justice, inducement of cancer, exposure to radiation and electromagnetic radiowaves, microwaves, permanent damages and injuries to internal organs and bones from the daily and continuous illegal experiments on 24 hours basis and 365 days and so forth." Pet'r's Emergency Mot. for Prelim. Inj. at 7-8. For ease of exposition, the court will refer to these factual allegations collectively as "torture" herein. He further alleges that "[r]espondents have continuously obstructed justice and manipulated legal and court proceedings to subject petitioner Fordjour to indefinite detention since December 17, 2006." Id. at 8. He seeks release on his own recognizance pending resolution of his habeas petition, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 23, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, and Maharaj v. Ashcroft, 295 F.3d 963 (9th Cir. 2002) (holding that traditional standard for interim injunctive relief applies to motions for such relief pending appellate review of the denial of an alien's habeas petition).
Fed. R. App. P. 23(b) provides:
While a decision not to release a prisoner is under review, the court or judge rendering the decision . . . may order that the prisoner be:
(1) detained in the custody from which release is sought;
(2) detained in other appropriate custody; [or]
(3) released on personal recognizance with or without surety.
The Court finds that petitioner's request comes too early to fall within the authority granted by Rule 23(b), as no "decision not to release" petitioner has yet been issued by this Court. Nevertheless, the Court considers petitioner's traditional motion for a preliminary injunction under the same standard. Nadarajah v. Gonzalez, 443 F.3d 1069, 1083 (9th Cir. 2006) (in considering a request for release under Rule 23(b), the court employs the same standard applicable to similar motions for interim injunctive relief).
"A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest." Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 365, 374 (2008); Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky, 586 F.3d 1109, 1127 (9th Cir. 2009).
Petitioner argues that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his action based on the following conclusions: (1) that he has been subjected to continuous violations of his constitutional and statutory rights; (2) that he has been subjected to continuous torture; (3) that he is not deportable because he has not committed an aggravated felony or crime of moral turpitude; (4) that he is not deportable because he is a U.S. citizen; (5) that he has been subjected to indefinite detention in violation of due process; and (6) res judicata bars respondents from relitigating unspecified issues already determined in prior proceedings. As to the first and second of these conclusions, petitioner has not provided the court with any evidence of torture other than his complaints to Yuba County Jail, ICE, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which contain only the same vague conclusions and no details of how respondents have tortured him or obstructed justice. As to the third and fourth conclusions, this court has jurisdiction only to determine the legality of petitioner's detention and not the correctness of ICE determinations underlying his removal order (e.g., that he is deportable), as discussed above. As to the sixth conclusion, the Court cannot determine from petitioner's motion which issues he asserts respondents may not relitigate due to res judicata and what impact, if any, application of that doctrine would have on the merits of the petition.
The fifth conclusion -- that respondents are violating petitioner's due process rights by subjecting him to indefinite detention -- merits some discussion. As the court has determined, petitioner is currently detained under section 1226(a). That section does not authorize indefinite detention. Rather, it limits detention to a period reasonably necessary to bring about an alien's removal from the U.S. Prieto-Romero, 534 F.3d at 1063. Where an alien's detention is prolonged by his pursuit of judicial review of his administratively final removal order, however, that detention is not impermissibly "indefinite," so long as no bar exists that would prevent the alien's removal (e.g., the destination country's refusal to accept the alien, removal barred by U.S. law, or lack of a repatriation treaty with the destination country). Id. at 1063, 1065. The fact that the detention lacks a certain end-date does not render it "indefinite" in a constitutionally problematic sense. Id. at 1063. Rather, detention is "indefinite" only where there is no significant likelihood that the alien could be removed upon completion of judicial review of a final removal order. Id. at 1063-65; see also Casas-Castrillon, 535 F.3d at 948-49.
Petitioner has not presented any evidence or argument that there is no significant likelihood that he could be removed to Ghana upon the completion of the Ninth Circuit's review of his final removal order (once it issues). Thus, he has failed to show that it is likely that this court will find his detention unconstitutionally "indefinite" and grant habeas relief on that ground. As to petitioner's request for release on bond, the court has concluded, as noted above, that he is entitled to a bond hearing under Casas-Castrillon:
Because the prolonged detention of an alien without an individualized determination of his dangerousness or flight risk would be constitutionally doubtful, we hold that § 1226(a) must be construed as requiring the Attorney General to provide the alien with such a hearing. Thus an alien is entitled to release on bond unless the government establishes that he is a flight risk or will be a danger to the community.
935 F.3d at 951 (emphasis in original, internal citations and quotation marks omitted). It is unclear, however, whether respondents have failed to provide such a hearing. Petitioner has submitted evidence that he was afforded a bond hearing in the spring of 2009 but was denied release. Pet'r's Opp'n, Decl. in Supp. Thereof, ¶ 15; Pet'r's Mot. for Counsel, Ex. 6 (order of IJ denying change in custody status, reasoning not provided). As it appears from the evidence submitted by petitioner that he may have already received the bond hearing to which he is entitled under section 1226(a), he has not established a likelihood that he will succeed in his request for such a hearing via this habeas petition.
As petitioner has not established a likelihood that he will succeed on the merits of his habeas petition, the Court may not grant his request for preliminary injunctive relief, Dckt. No. 45, and need not consider whether petitioner has shown irreparable harm, a favorable balance of equities, or public interest favoring his release. Petitioner's requests for expedited ruling on the motion and for the status of the motion, Dckt. Nos. 47, 53, should be denied as moot.
B. Motion for Transport
Petitioner has submitted an additional motion for injunctive relief, asking the Court to order respondents to transport him to two locations in San Francisco: J.P Morgan Chase & Co. at 401 California Street and "USDOJ/USDHS/USBICE Federal Building and Courthouse" at 630 Sansome Street.
Petitioner asserts that he must be transported to J.P. Morgan Chase to discharge his parental duties to his children "as mandated by California state laws and federal laws and statutes," specifically California Probate Code §§ 3900 et seq., 12 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(5). Petitioner does not clearly explain why his parental duties require his presence at J.P. Morgan Chase, but asserts that some sort of "proceedings under the California Probate Code, §§ 3900 et seq. and California Uniform Transfers to Minor Act" will take place there, presumably a transfer of funds to his children. None of the statutes cited to by petitioner provide authority for this court to order respondents to transport petitioner to J.P. Morgan Chase. Accordingly, petitioner's request for such relief should be denied.
Petitioner asserts that he must be transported to the ICE facility in San Francisco for biometric procedures. Although somewhat unclear, it appears that petitioner argues that, because he must provide biometric information along with an application for immigration relief under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.47, respondents must transfer him to the San Francisco facility to obtain that biometric information. That regulation provides, in part:
Failure to provide biometrics or other biographical information of the applicant or any other covered individual within the time allowed will constitute abandonment of the application or of the other covered individual's participation unless the applicant demonstrates that such failure was the result of good cause. DHS is responsible for obtaining biometrics and other biographical information with respect to any alien in detention.
8 C.F.R. § 1003.47(d). The regulation does not provide authority for this court to order respondents to transport petitioner to the ICE facility in San Francisco. Accordingly, petitioner's request for such relief should be denied.
IV. Consolidation of Cases
It has come to the Court's attention that petitioner has filed another habeas petition at Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK. Examination of that petition and the petition in the instant case reveals that the two cases involve similar factual questions and some identical legal issues. Resolution of the two cases by different judges would "entail substantial duplication of labor," and the court therefore finds the cases related under Local Rule 123(a)(4). Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. Accordingly, the cases are reassigned at the conclusion of the order.
Given that the two petitions involve similar factual questions and some identical legal issues, the Court finds that they should be consolidated under Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). The Clerk will be directed to administratively close the file in Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK, and all future pleadings shall be filed in this action.
V. Petitioner's Renewed Request for Counsel
In his opposition to respondents' motion to dismiss, petitioner renews his request for appointment of counsel, which this court initially denied in its order of September 29, 2009 without prejudice to renewal after service of a responsive pleading. In that order, the court noted that the petition raised a number of complex issues. Although the issues presented by petitioner's case have come into sharper focus following the court's analysis of respondents' motion to dismiss and petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction, the case continues to present some complicated issues (e.g., whether petitioner has been afforded an adequate bond hearing). The court has therefore determined that the interests of justice warrant appointment of counsel. See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B); Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir. 1983).
VI. Order and Recommendations
For the reasons stated above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. This action, Case No. Civ. S-09-1800 JAM EFB P, is related to petitioner's habeas petition at Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a)(4). The cases are properly consolidated pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). Accordingly, Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK is hereby REASSIGNED to District Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan. The Clerk is directed to make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for the reassignment. In accordance with this order,
a. Case No. Civ. S-09-1800 JAM EFB P is designated as the "master file";
b. The Clerk is directed to copy the petition and other pertinent documents in Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK and to place said copies in the "master file";
c. The Clerk is directed to administratively close Case No. Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK; and
d. The parties are directed to file all future pleadings ONLY in Case No. Civ. S-09-1800 JAM EFB P.
2. The Court finds that the complexity of issues presented by this case warrants the appointment of counsel for petitioner. Accordingly, the Federal Defender is appointed to represent petitioner.
3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of the petitions in the consolidated cases (Civ. S-09-1800 JAM EFB P and Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK) and this order on David Porter, Assistant Federal Defender.
4. A Status Conference is set for May 5, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 24.
5. All parties shall appear at the status conference by counsel.
6. Fourteen days prior to the conference, the parties shall file and serve status reports which address the timing and order of the following matters:
a. Discovery and investigations;
b. Anticipated motions; and
c. The need for and timing of an evidentiary hearing.
The court further concludes that petitioner's detention is not authorized by 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), but rather § 1226(a). Therefore, respondents' motion to dismiss, to the extent it is based on the premise that petitioner is lawfully detained under § 1226(c), should be denied. However, because the court lacks jurisdiction over petitioner's claims that he is not deportable, respondents' motion to dismiss should be granted in part, and those claims should be dismissed.
Lastly, the court concludes that petitioner has not met his burden of showing his entitlement to preliminary injunctive relief releasing him from custody or ordering his transport to San Francisco, and his motions for such relief should be denied.
Accordingly, IT IS RECOMMENDED that:
1. Respondents' November 12, 2009 motion to dismiss, Dckt. No. 46, be granted in part, and petitioner's allegations that he is not deportable be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction;
2. The remainder of respondents' November 12, 2009 motion to dismiss be denied;
3. Respondents be directed to file a response to the petitions in the consolidated cases (Civ. S-09-1800 JAM EFB P and Civ. S-09-2806 FCD CMK) within thirty days of any order adopting these findings and recommendations;
4. Petitioner's October 30, 2009 motion for preliminary injunctive relief, Dckt. No. 45, be denied; and
5. Petitioner's requests for expedited ruling, Dckt. No. 47, and status, Dckt. No. 53, of his motion for preliminary injunctive relief be denied as moot.
These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty-one days after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations." Failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court's order. Turner v. Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).
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This study was undertaken to determine the concentrations of carbofuran residues in water, soil and plant samples from selected sites in the farmlands in Kenya and to demonstrate the impact of Furadan use on the local environment. Soil, water and plant samples obtained from agricultural farmlands where the technical formulation Furadan has been used extensively showed high environmental contamination with concentrations of carbofuran and its two toxic metabolites 3-hydroxycarbofuran and 3-ketocarbofuran, separately, ranging from 0.010-1.009 mg/kg of dry surface soil, 0.005-0.495 mg/L in water samples from two rivers flowing through the farms and bdl-2.301 mg/L in water samples from ponds and dams located close to the farms. Maize plant samples contained these residues in concentrations ranging from 0.04-1.328 mg/kg of dry plant tissue. The significantly high concentration levels of carbofuran and its metabolites, 3-ketocarbofuran and 3-hydroxycarbofuran, found in various matrices demonstrate that Furadan was used extensively in the two areas and that there was environmental distribution and exposure of residues in water which posed risks when used for domestic purposes or as drinking water for animals in two wildlife conservancies where the dams and ponds are located. Surface soil contamination was also high and posed risks through run-off into the dams and rivers as well as through secondary exposure to small birds and mammals. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Source
Vegetation composition and structure influences bird species community assemblages in the highland agricultural landscape of Nyandarua, Kenya
Ndang'ang'a P.K.,BirdLife International Africa Partnership Secretariat |
Ndang'ang'a P.K.,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
Njoroge J.B.M.,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
Githiru M.,Ornithology Section
Ostrich | Year: 2013
We examined the effects of vegetation composition and structure on bird species diversity and richness of foraging guilds in the highland agricultural landscape of Nyandarua, Kenya. Bird point counts and vegetation surveys were undertaken during four sampling periods. Linear mixed models were used to examine the effects of vegetation variables on bird species diversity and richness of respective foraging guilds, and logistic generalised linear models used to examine vegetation effects on the presence/absence of the 17 most common bird species. Bird species diversity increased with increasing density of woody plant species and vegetation structural heterogeneity. Two gradients of increasing vegetation structural heterogeneity were most important in influencing bird community composition and had positive effects on species diversity and the presence of most of the species assessed: (1) increasing closed cover due to woody plant density, which also had positive effects on species richness of frugivores and nectarivores, but negative effects on carnivores, and (2) increasing fallow and cultivation versus decreasing grassland/pasture cover, which also had a positive effect on species richness of granivores and omnivores. This study reaffirms the need to maintain a structurally rich agricultural landscape for it to support agrobiodiversity. © 2013 Copyright © NISC (Pty) Ltd. Source
Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae)
Cox S.C.,University College London |
Cox S.C.,Bird Group |
Prys-Jones R.P.,Bird Group |
Habel J.C.,TU Hamburg - Harburg |
And 2 more authors.
Molecular Ecology | Year: 2014
The Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot composed of highly fragmented forested highlands (sky islands) harbours exceptional diversity and endemicity, particularly within birds. To explain their elevated diversity within this region, models founded on niche conservatism have been offered, although detailed phylogeographic studies are limited to a few avian lineages. Here, we focus on the recent songbird genus Zosterops, represented by montane and lowland members, to test the roles of niche conservatism versus niche divergence in the diversification and colonization of East Africa's sky islands. The species-rich white-eyes are a typically homogeneous family with an exceptional colonizing ability, but in contrast to their diversity on oceanic islands, continental diversity is considered depauperate and has been largely neglected. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of ∼140 taxa reveals extensive polyphyly among different montane populations of Z. poliogastrus. These larger endemic birds are shown to be more closely related to taxa with divergent habitat types, altitudinal distributions and dispersal abilities than they are to populations of restricted endemics that occur in neighbouring montane forest fragments. This repeated transition between lowland and highland habitats over time demonstrate that diversification of the focal group is explained by niche divergence. Our results also highlight an underestimation of diversity compared to morphological studies that has implications for their taxonomy and conservation. Molecular dating suggests that the spatially extensive African radiation arose exceptionally rapidly (1-2.5 Ma) during the fluctuating Plio-Pleistocene climate, which may have provided the primary driver for lineage diversification. © 2014 The Authors. Molecular Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Source
Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest
Callens T.,Ghent University |
Galbusera P.,Center for Research and Conservation |
Matthysen E.,University of Antwerp |
Durand E.Y.,University of California at Berkeley |
And 3 more authors.
Molecular Ecology | Year: 2011
Habitat fragmentation can restrict geneflow, reduce neighbourhood effective population size, and increase genetic drift and inbreeding in small, isolated habitat remnants. The extent to which habitat fragmentation leads to population fragmentation, however, differs among landscapes and taxa. Commonly, researchers use information on the current status of a species to predict population effects of habitat fragmentation. Such methods, however, do not convey information on species-specific responses to fragmentation. Here, we compare levels of past population differentiation, estimated from microsatellite genotypes, with contemporary dispersal rates, estimated from multi-strata capture-recapture models, to infer changes in mobility over time in seven sympatric, forest-dependent bird species of a Kenyan cloud forest archipelago. Overall, populations of sedentary species were more strongly differentiated and clustered compared to those of vagile ones, while geographical patterning suggested an important role of landscape structure in shaping genetic variation. However, five of seven species with broadly similar levels of genetic differentiation nevertheless differed substantially in their current dispersal rates. We conclude that post-fragmentation levels of vagility, without reference to past population connectivity, may not be the best predictor of how forest fragmentation affects the life history of forest-dependent species. As effective conservation strategies often hinge on accurate prediction of shifts in ecological and genetic relationships among populations, conservation practices based solely upon current population abundances or movements may, in the long term, prove to be inadequate. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Source
African vultures don't follow migratory herds: Scavenger habitat use is not mediated by prey abundance
Kendall C.J.,Princeton University |
Virani M.Z.,Ornithology Section |
Hopcraft J.G.C.,Frankfurt Zoological Society |
Bildstein K.L.,Acopian Center for Conservation Learning |
Rubenstein D.I.,Princeton University
PLoS ONE | Year: 2014
The ongoing global decline in vulture populations raises major conservation concerns, but little is known about the factors that mediate scavenger habitat use, in particular the importance of abundance of live prey versus prey mortality. We test this using data from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa. The two hypotheses that prey abundance or prey mortality are the main drivers of vulture habitat use provide alternative predictions. If vultures select areas based only on prey abundance, we expect tracked vultures to remain close to herds of migratory wildebeest regardless of season. However, if vultures select areas where mortality rates are greatest then we expect vultures to select the driest regions, where animals are more likely to die of starvation, and to be attracted to migratory wildebeest only during the dry season when wildebeest mortality is greatest. We used data from GSM-GPS transmitters to assess the relationship between three vulture species and migratory wildebeest in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem. Results indicate that vultures preferentially cluster around migratory herds only during the dry season, when herds experience their highest mortality. Additionally during the wet season, Ruppell's and Lappet-faced vultures select relatively dry areas, based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, whereas White-backed vultures preferred wetter areas during the wet season. Differences in habitat use among species may mediate coexistence in this scavenger guild. In general, our results suggest that prey abundance is not the primary driver of avian scavenger habitat use. The apparent reliance of vultures on non-migratory ungulates during the wet season has important conservation implications for vultures in light of on-going declines in non-migratory ungulate species and use of poisons in unprotected areas. © 2014 Kendall et al. Source


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THE BREAKFAST CLUB meets ZOMBIELAND in this head-busting zombedy. A group of teenagers trapped in detention fight for survival after their classmates turn into a ravenous zombie horde. Can a stoner, a jock, a bully, a goth, and a nerd put aside their differences for one night to take on the undead? Will they live to see the morning? Fat chance! This is high school after all. Starring: Jacob Zachar (TV's GREEK), Alexa Nikolas (TV's THE WALKING DEAD), Christa B. Allen (TV's REVENGE), Jayson Blair (TV's THE NEW NORMAL), Justin Chon (21 & OVER, TWILIGHT FRANCHISE), and Max Adler (TV's GLEE).
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Cycling, Britain's most successful sport at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, has suffered a 4.29 million-pound ($5.4 million) funding cut in the build-up to the 2020 Games in Tokyo, UK Sport announced on Friday. Four of Britain's less successful Olympic sports - archery, badminton, fencing and weightlifting - have lost all their funding completely along with the Paralympic sport of wheelchair rugby. Britain's cyclists won 12 medals in Rio, including six golds, helped by investment of 30 million pounds but that figure has been cut to 25 million for the Olympic cycle leading up to Tokyo.
That's the message the Hendrick Motorsports driver delivered Friday during a conference call with media members, one day after announcing he was medically cleared to race and two days after a private -- and secret -- test at Darlington Raceway. "We worked to get stronger than we were before," Earnhardt said. "I wouldn't be coming back … if there was any risk other than the typical risk that every driver faces on Sunday. I feel very confident in what I've seen in myself and my improvement, and I feel confident in what my doctors are telling me about my future and the risks that I'm taking. "We all feel pretty confident not only am I as healthy as I was before, but I'm actually stronger." Earnhardt
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BARA: The fighting between the Kukikhel Amn Lashkar and Tehrik–e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) continued in Sra Vella area of Tirah valley on Tuesday in which two members of the peace body sustained injuries, tribal sources said. The sources, who are associated with the Kukikhel Amn lashkar, claimed that its fighters had regained two positions from the TTP militants in the fighting. They claimed that three militants belonging to the Tariq Afridi group of the TTP also suffered injuries in the fighting.
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Don't pass up Rostok. The tours, except for St. Petersburg, were expensive and unnecessary. Helsinki and Arrhus could have been bypassed to give more than 4 hours in Stockholm. Two days in every city would have been nice.
Food was great except for any beef dish. It seemed to me that beef quality was sacrificed. The best salad was the Greek salad, available at the salad/dessert station before the dining room. That was also where you get the best chocolate desserts. The men at the salad station and also the hot dog station was very friendly and got to know what I wanted as soon as I got there. Chocolate ice cream had a strange taste.
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Nudity! Guns! Broken Glass! Check Out the Dress Code for Lady Gaga's Concert at the AAA
Hey, little monsters.
Crossfade knows you want to look superfierce for Wednesday's Lady Gaga concert at the American Airlines Arena. But there are still a few guidelines that you'll have to carefully follow if your fabulously freaky ensemble's gonna be up to code.
In fact, arena management has posted a warning on its website for those visiting "The House [sic, everyone knows she spells it Haus] of Gaga."
Check the cut for the AAA's full dress code as well as three of Crossfade's own additions.
Prohibited items
No guns or weapons of any kind (as props), no spikes, no masks, no broken glass and no posters will be allowed in the arena
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No nudity of any kind and soda can hair rollers will be allowed (as long as the cans are open and empty). Disco sticks will be allowed as long as they are not made with materials that are prohibited (such as broken glass).
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Isn't this all common sense? Well, let us be clear, little monsters, if you're planning to replicated Gaga's fashionable aluminum can rollers from the "Telephone" video, you'll need to empty them regardless. There is absolutely no way anyone's hair could support the weight of several unopened cans of soda. Also, using broken glass for anything (aside from cutting a bitch) isn't recommended.
And yet the arena authorities didn't cover it all. There are still a few Lady Gaga looks that aren't covered in the AAA guidelines. See below, little monsters, and proceed only with the greatest of care:
Cigarette Sunglasses
It's best to keep these unlit. Sure, the smoke is cool. But having fire that close to your face is not recommended. You don't want a human torch moment.
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The whole world couldn't wait to see what crazy crap Gaga might pull out of the closet for this year's Grammys. And as always, she was upped the oddness when she was delivered in a dino-sized version of those plastic Easter eggs. Usually, they're filled with candy. But this one was stuffed with nothing but Gaga. Now the arena's security will surely frown upon this look. But if you must, punch a few holes in the shell so you can breathe.
Meat Dress
Veganism aside, the meat that now rests on your own, er, meat could have fed a hungry family. Not to mention, you smell like a rotting corpse. Let's keep the food-borne illnesses to the arena's concession stands.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — David Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.
The resignation shocked Washington's intelligence and political communities, bringing a sudden end to the public career of the best-known general of the post 9/11 wars.
Petraeus, who turned 60 on Wednesday, said in a statement to CIA employees that he had asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign and on Friday the president accepted. Petraeus said he had shown "extremely poor judgment" in having the affair.
"Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours," the retired general said. He has been married for 38 years to Holly Petraeus, whom he met when he was a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She was the daughter of the academy superintendent.
Obama said in a statement that the general had provided "extraordinary service to the United States for decades" and had given a lifetime of service that "made our country safer and stronger." Obama called him "one of the outstanding general officers of his generation."
The president said that CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell would serve as acting director. "I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission," Obama said.
For the director of the CIA, being engaged in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat. If a foreign government had learned of the affair, the reasoning goes, Petraeus or the person with whom he was involved could have been blackmailed. Military justice considers conduct such as an extramarital affair to be possible grounds for court martial.
Mrs. Petraeus is known for her work helping military families. She joined the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to set up an office dedicated to helping service members with financial issues.
Though Obama made no direct mention of Petraeus' reason for resigning, he offered his thoughts and prayers to the general and his wife, saying that Holly Petraeus had "done so much to help military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at this difficult time."
Petraeus said in his statement to CIA employees, "Teddy Roosevelt once observed that life's greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing. I will always treasure my opportunity to have done that with you, and I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end."
The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Petraeus' departure represented "the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants. From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country."
Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, now with the Brookings Institution, noted that other directors have "resigned under unpleasant and unflattering circumstances."
CIA Director Jim Woolsey left "under embarrassing circumstances over the discovery of a KGB mole, and director John Deutch left after putting some classified information on his home computer," Riedel said
Before Obama brought Petraeus to the CIA, he was credited with salvaging the U.S. war in Iraq.
"His inspirational leadership and his genius were directly responsible – after years of failure – for the success of the surge in Iraq," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday.
President George W. Bush sent Petraeus to Iraq in February 2007, at the peak of sectarian violence, to turn things around as head of U.S. forces. He oversaw an influx of 30,000 U.S. troops and moved troops out of big bases so they could work more closely with Iraqi forces scattered throughout Baghdad.
Petraeus' success was credited with paving the way for the eventual U.S. withdrawal.
After Iraq, Bush made Petraeus commander of U.S. Central Command, overseeing all U.S. military operations in the greater Middle East, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
When the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was relieved of duty in June 2010 for comments in a magazine story, Obama asked Petraeus to take over in Kabul and the general quickly agreed.
In the months that followed, Petraeus helped lead the push to add more U.S. troops to that war and dramatically boost the effort to train Afghan soldiers and police.
House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., said he regretted Petraeus' resignation, calling him "one of America's most outstanding and distinguished military leaders and a true American patriot."
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein also regretted the resignation but gave Morell high marks, too.
"I wish President Obama had not accepted this resignation, but I understand and respect the decision," she said.
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Something is off about this resignation. I find it hard to believe that a man with such a stellar career would resign over a personal matter. He's now being implicated in the Benghazi incident/cover-up, so I think he's using this to leave on a high note.
This country has a track record for being very forgiving of extramarital affairs of men in high positions, especially if you're doing your job well (i.e. Clinton, JFK)
Also, when a high ranking official has an affair, there are PAGES of details about the affair. There is not one name,verb, adjective, or timeline listed about this affair. No photos, commentary, interviews.Nothing.
If his morals or judgment were that horrible, it would've also reflected in his work. From what I've read about him, this man is a work horse and a hero. He's been praised for his work in the CIA and Iraq.
I highly doubt someone from his opposition would use an affair to blackmail him. Again…leaving on a high note before the bombshell about "something" drops.


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#156410 May 21, 2013
Since: Sep 09
#156411 May 21, 2013
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#156413 May 21, 2013
For sure
#156414 May 21, 2013
For 6 out of 8 years Bush and Cheney had a Republican House and a Republican Senate.
They increased the size of government with the greatest deficits in history.
BTW: Obama, Reid, Pelosi are all corporate Centrist Democrats and NOT LIBERAL.
#156415 May 21, 2013
I am very aware of the crazies on this thread.
#156416 May 21, 2013
I do give Daddy Bush credit for Iraq war One.
90% of the cost was paid by the Arabs, Germans, Japanese, and Daddy Bush had most of the whole world with the USA.
Dumbya Junior Bush did the exact opposite of his father.
Bush and Cheney stuck the American taxpayer with the WAR BILL.
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Iraq Quagmire: That, George Bush, knew!
#156417 May 21, 2013
O'Connor questions court's decision to take Bush v. Gore
April 27, 2013 / http://tinyurl.com/c9sy69e
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor hasn't given much thought to which was the most important case she helped decide during her 25 years on the bench. But she has no doubt which was the most controversial.
It was Bush v. Gore, which ended the Florida recount and decided the 2000 presidential election.
Looking back, O'Connor said, she isn't sure the high court should have taken the case.
"It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue," O'Connor said during a talk Friday with the Tribune editorial board. "Maybe the court should have said,'We're not going to take it, goodbye.'"
The case, she said, "stirred up the public" and "gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation."
"Obviously the court did reach a decision and thought it had to reach a decision," she said. "It turned out the election authorities in Florida hadn't done a real good job there and kind of messed it up. And probably the Supreme Court added to the problem at the end of the day."
#156418 May 21, 2013
No other future Supreme Court or any court is allowed to use Bush v Gore as precedent. Bush is truly an illegitimate President. http://tinyurl.com/2ps3e3
George W. Bush's January 20, 2001 inauguration was unconstitutional. This isn't because Bush lost the popular vote. Nor is it because he lost Florida and thus the electoral vote. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the Florida recount lawsuit, Bush v. Gore, violated the U.S. Constitution. It's a states' rights issue. Elections fall under state law; the highest court that may resolve a legal challenge about an election is a state supreme court. The U.S. Supreme Court--a federal body--didn't have jurisdiction in the case.
Has Bush v. Gore Become the Case That Must Not Be Named?
August 15, 2006 / http://tinyurl.com/qbx2s
At a law school Supreme Court conference that I attended last fall, there was a panel on The Rehnquist Court. No one mentioned Bush v. Gore, the most historic case of William Rehnquists time as chief justice, and during the Q. and A. no one asked about it. When I asked a prominent law professor about this strange omission, he told me he had been invited to participate in another Rehnquist retrospective, and was told in advance that Bush v. Gore would not be discussed.
The ruling that stopped the Florida recount and handed the presidency to George W. Bush is disappearing down the legal worlds version of the memory hole, the slot where, in George Orwells 1984, government workers disposed of politically inconvenient records. The Supreme Court has not cited it once since it was decided, and when Justice Antonin Scalia, who loves to hold forth on court precedents, was asked about it at a forum earlier this year, he snapped,Come on, get over it.
There is a legal argument for pushing Bush v. Gore aside. The majority opinion announced that the ruling was limited to the present circumstances and could not be cited as precedent. But many legal scholars insisted at the time that this assertion was itself dictum the part of a legal opinion that is nonbinding and illegitimate, because under the doctrine of stare decisis, courts cannot make rulings whose reasoning applies only to a single case.
#156419 May 21, 2013
The born in Kenya story is the height of the loony side of the birther movement. It is based on forgeries like that of Lucas D. Smith, and falsificationssuch as the claim that Obamas Kenyan grandmother said that he was born in Kenyawhen she actually said right on the same tape that he was born IN HAWAII, and she said in another interview that the first that her family in Kenya had heard of Obamas birth was in a letter FROM HAWAII.
Lucas D. Smith, a convicted felon, claimed that he went to Kenya and got Obamas birth certificate at a hospital in Mombasa. But Lucas D. Smith has constantly refused to show proof that he, Smith, had ever gone to Kenya. All that he would have to do would be to show a Kenya stamp on a page of a passport, but Lucas D. Smith has refused to do that, constantly, and he has also constantly refused to say why he will not show that proof.(Moreover, his birth certificate uses US date formats [month/day/year] and not the day/month/year format used in Kenya.)
Laying aside for a moment the overwhelming proof that Obama was born in Hawaii, the evidence that Obama was NOT born in Kenya is also very strong. There were a grand total of 21 people who came to the USA from Kenya in 1961. Of these only seven were US citizens. And the birther myth has always been that Obamas parents went there and returned by plane, but only one person came to the USA from Kenya in 1961 by plane and that person was, wait for it, NOT a US citizen. And Obamas father did not go to Kenya in 1961 either (making it unlikely that his mother did, since travel late in pregnancy was rare, and even more rare without the husband going along). WND has proved with a FOI Act request that Obama senior stayed in Hawaii throughout 1961.
And the Kenyan government investigated the born in Kenya story, and found that it was not true.
Jon Chessoni, a first secretary at the Kenyan Embassy in Washington, cant understand why his office gets so many baseless questions about whether Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
Its madness, said Chessoni on Monday.His father, in 1961, would not even have been in Kenya. When this matter first came up, the Kenyan government did its research and confirmed that these are all baseless claims.
Obama has a Hawaii birth certificate that says that he was born in Hawaii, in Kapiolani Hospital, and the officials of both parties in Hawaii have confirmed that fact. It is also confirmed by the birth announcement in the Hawaii newspapers in 1961, which were sent to the papers only by the DOH of Hawaii.
Obamas birth announcement appeared in a section of the newspapers called Health Bureau Statistics. As the name indicates, and as the papers and the DOH also say, ONLY the DOH of Hawaii could send birth notices to the Health Bureau Statistics section of the paper. And the DOH only sent out those notices for children that it had issued birth certificates for, and in 1961 the DOH was not allowed to register the births of children who were not born in Hawaii.
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#156421 May 21, 2013
Bill Clinton's tawdry extra-marital affairs were a devastating side-effect for Al Gore's election bid.
And Gore's inability to speak in anything other than choppy sentences was not an asset to him or the country either. He couldn't even carry Tennessee.
He's nearly as stiff as John Kerry.
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OMG, you can not believe this sh*t. My good old friend, Dr. James Hansen, use to not only believe in Global Cooling some 35 odd years ago but he believed we were entering another Little Ice Age.
But not only that, he thought the New Little Ice Age would mean more TORNADOES!!!
Thank you God, thank you God, for exposing Dr. James Hansen as the idiot I knew he was!!!
Oh, make sure you go to the link and read the newspaper release from 1975!!!
Oklahomas Tornadoes Caused by Global Cooling 1975 Theory Written by Gary North on May 21, 2013
There is a simple explanation for the tornadoes in Oklahoma: global cooling. That was hot stuff in 1975.
James Hansen, an up-and-coming climate scientist with NASA in 1971, laid the groundwork with his computer model that showed that a new ice age was coming. Hard to believe? Click here. Today, he is the most famous of the global warmers sorry,climate change scientists.
As for tornadoes in Oklahoma, the ever-alert Real Science blog posted this clipping.
Read more: http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/05/21/oklah...
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#156423 May 21, 2013
Yep, if good old Owl Gore had won his home state, he would not have needed FLORIDA!!!
Why in 1984 Walter Mondale won his home state which was the ONLY state (+ D.C.) he won!!!
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#156425 May 21, 2013
Global Warming Petition Project
Signers by state;
And I thought you Libtards said that 97% of all Scientists agreed that manmade Global Warming was real?!?!
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#156426 May 21, 2013
Sheeple larky!!! LOL
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#156427 May 21, 2013
Yep, still whining after 23 years. You need to get a life!
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#156428 May 21, 2013
Ah Tootzie, how long did it take for the IRS to approve YOUR tax exempt status?
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#156429 May 21, 2013
I talked to a friend last night and he mentioned that the Army depot in Pennsylvania has not overhauled a M109 Paladin self-propelled field gun in three years!!! When they return from the Mideast, they are just lined up and sit!!!
Apparently the same thing is happening to M1 Abrams tanks and M2/3 Bradleys.
Most of the cost of these vehicles is the hull which almost never wear out and you ran refurbish and update these for a fraction of their real cost. Case in point is the M109 which served in Vietnam and is still economically repairable and updateable.
But the real concern is, what if we have another war and these vehicles will need six month plus to get back in the supply line. Obama is doing the same thing Carter did and that is to gut the military which only endangers our men and women in uniform!
Editorial: M1 tanks? No thanks Sunday, May 5, 2013
The addiction to pork in Washington is coming in 70-ton servings the M1 Abrams tanks the U.S. Army says it can't stomach but Congress keeps serving. This is bipartisan spending run amok to preserve jobs back home, and it reflects what is wrong with a Congress that talks tough on reducing the fiscal deficit but wastes taxpayer money on military equipment the Army doesn't even want.
The Army wants to stop the ongoing refurbishing of Abrams tanks, which would largely idle a General Dynamics plant in Ohio until 2017 and save roughly $3 billion. After the Pentagon first announced its plan two years ago, the company estimated more than 500 subcontractors employing up to 18,000 people could be affected.
The predictable pushback from Congress came amid aggressive lobbying and campaign contributions from General Dynamics' employees and political action committees, according to the Center for Public Integrity. As the donations rolled in, Congress reauthorized the tank spending in fiscal year 2012, and last year 173 Democratic and Republican House members signed a letter urging the Defense Department to continue tank production to "preserve the industrial base.''
The Army has 2,300 of the M1 Abrams tanks deployed and 3,000 more sitting idle at a military base in California. The Army has said its needs for a 2,384-tank fleet can be met by the end of this year, but Congress wants to spend $436 million to keep refurbishing additional tanks despite the military's objections. Never mind that the Pentagon must absorb $42 billion in sequester cuts by September and cut $487 billion over the next decade. This is another waste of public money just when the pressure to cut spending is increasing.
#156430 May 21, 2013
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