“Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this fall is a little-known case that could upend your ability to resell everything from your grandmother’s antique furniture to your iPhone 4.

At issue in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is the first-sale doctrine in copyright law, which allows you to buy and then sell things like electronics, books, artwork and furniture, as well as CDs and DVDs, without getting permission from the copyright holder of those products.”

Read more here

Or maybe this. Now maybe we can get to the bottom of this failure of policy.

From CBSNews

” CBS News has learned that congressional investigators have issued a subpoena to a former top security official at the US mission in Libya. The official is Lt. Col. Andy Wood, a Utah National Guard Army Green Beret who headed up a Special Forces “Site Security Team” in Libya.

The subpoena compels Lt. Col. Wood to appear at a House Oversight Committee hearing next week that will examine security decisions leading up to the Sept. 11 Muslim extremist terror assault on the U.S. compound at Benghazi. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his colleagues were killed in the attack.

Lt. Col. Wood has told CBS News and congressional investigators that his 16-member team and a six-member State Department elite force called a Mobile Security Deployment team left Libya in August, just one month before the Benghazi assault. Wood says that’s despite the fact that US officials in Libya wanted security increased, not decreased.”

Read more here

October 8, 2012 by the real Aj

Prayer Requests 10-8-12

This is the thread for all things prayer related.

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

October 8, 2012 by the real Aj

Our Daily Thread 10-8-12

Good morning!

This is the Daily thread. You know what to do.

Quote of the Day

“You can observe a lot by just watching.”

Yogi Berra

Oooops!

I almost forgot, Happy Columbus Day!

October 6, 2012 by the real Aj

100! Our Daily Thread 10-6-12

That’s right folks! This is post 1oo!

That’s the reason things appear in a different order. I thought it was fitting that this thread gets the honors.

Thanks folks. This doesn’t work without you. It’s been my pleasure to know you all, and I look forward to our continued discussions.

Allen

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

October 6, 2012 by the real Aj

Prayer Requests 10-6-12

This is the place for prayer requests and updates.

And as always, Thank You!

October 6, 2012 by the real Aj

News/Politics 10-6-12

This is the News thread. What’s news today?

How ’bout this?

Some good news. Via The Jerusalem Post

“Britain extradited Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States on Friday to face terrorism charges after the one-eyed radical preacher finally failed in his eight-year battle to avoid deportation.

The Egyptian-born Abu Hamza is accused by Washington of supporting al-Qaida, aiding a kidnapping in Yemen and plotting to open a training camp for militants in the United States.”

“He was taken from a high-security prison in central England in a convoy guarded by large numbers of police to a US airbase where he was handed over to US officials and put on a plane to the United States.”

Read more here

The BBC says he will be held in NY.

“He is expected to be held at the Metropolitan Correction Centre in New York in an area reserved for high-profile prisoners.

A pre-trial hearing is likely to take place within about three weeks. The actual trial, which should take place in a public courtroom, could take between one and three years.

A US District Court hearing has been scheduled for Mr Ahmad and Mr Ahsan in Connecticut later, according to officials.

Read more here

October 5, 2012 by the real Aj

The Economy 10-5-12

The new Unemployment rate is out.

And it’s dropped to 7.8%— Yay!

Or not.

CBS would like you to think so.

“The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 114,000 jobs in September. The economy also created 86,000 more jobs in July and August than first estimated. Wages rose in September and more people started looking for work.

The revisions show employers added 146,000 jobs per month from July through September, up from 67,000 in the previous three months. The unemployment rate fell from 8.1 percent in August, matching its level in January 2009 when President Barack Obama took office.

The decline could help Obama, who is coming off a disappointing debate performance against GOP challenger Mitt Romney.”

It’s not until the last paragraph that they mention this,

“Still, many of the jobs added last month were part time. The number of people with part-time jobs who wanted full-time work rose 7.5 percent to 8.6 million.”

Read more here

More here from AEI

“Is this the Obama October Surprise?

Only in an era of depressingly diminished expectations could the September jobs report be called a good one. It really isn’t. Not at all.

1. Yes, the U-3 unemployment rate fell to 7.8%, the first time it has been below 8% since January 2009. But that’s only due to a flood of 582,000 part-time jobs. As the Labor Department noted:

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August to 8.6 million in September. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job.”

“4. The shrunken workforce remains shrunken. If the labor force participation rate was the same as when President Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 10.7%. If the participation rate had just stayed steady since the start of the year, the unemployment rate would be 8.4% vs. 8.3%. Where’s the progress?”

Read more here

And this from ZeroHedge

“We already noted the absolutely stunning surge in reported Household Survey jobs which “added” 873,000 jobs, or the most since 2003 and the
second most in the past decade, which was just a little bit off the Household Survey used in the monthly NFP jobs changes, which came at 114,000, or about 8
times less. But what was the reason for this epic jump in Household survey jobs? Simple, and those who have read our series on America’s transition to a
part-time worker society know the answer. The reason is that the number of part-time people employed for economic reasons soared by 582,000 to 8,613,000,
the most since October 2011, and the largest one month jump since February 2009, when “restoring” confidence in the economy was all the rage… and just before
the Fed announced the full blown QE1 in March of 2009. Odd symmetry.

So putting it all together, what does this mean for the true state of the US economy? Recall back in September one of our Charts of the Day was the number of Unemployed and Underemployed for the month of August, which was 25.8 million. Readers may be surprised to learn that when putting it all together, in September this number increased to 26.2 million.”

The charts are here

Rick Santelli over at CNBC isn’t buying it.

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/santelli-smells-rat-i-told-you-theyd-get-it-under-8-they-did

You can see the whole video from CNBC here

Good news? Depends who you ask.

October 5, 2012 by the real Aj

Life Matters 10-5-12

Here are some recent stories of possible interest to pro-lifers.

From LifeNews, and hardly surprising,

“The Obama administration is suing the state of Arizona and claiming that its new law revoking taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business runs afoul of federal laws.

The Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act of Arizona (HB 2800) de-funded abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood of state family planning money. The bill is based on model legislation developed by the SBA List and the Alliance Defense Fund, and prioritizes family planning funds away from abortion-centered businesses like Planned Parenthood to entities that provide women with comprehensive health care.

The measure prohibits the state or any local government from using public money to contract with an organization that includes abortions.”

Read more here

Also this from LifeSiteNews, as if we needed another reason to dislike the UN.

“The recently re-appointed UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, has issued a document calling for governments to criminalize organised opposition to abortion by non-governmental groups such as pro-life lobbyists or even family members. The UN Human Rights Council published its “technical guidance” to address maternal mortality and morbidity in July, to “assist policymakers in improving women’s health and rights.”

The document starts from the abortion industry’s assertion that the best way to reduce maternal mortality is to introduce legalised abortion and reduce legal and other restrictions on abortion. Under the “rights-based” approach to women’s health care, the document says, states are “obliged” to use “maximum available resources” to “protect against interference with sexual and reproductive health rights by third parties by enforcing appropriate laws, policies, regulations and guidelines.””

Read more here

And this, from Reuters, who seems to provide lots of details from the pro-abortion side, but very little from those opposed to it.

“Morocco blocked a Dutch “abortion ship” from entering one of its harbours on Thursday during a campaign group’s first attempt to visit to a Muslim country to raise awareness about safe methods of abortion.

The Women on Waves ship, which already has visited traditionally Roman Catholic countries Spain, Portugal and Ireland at the invitation of local women’s groups, had planned to arrive at Smir, northern Morocco, but was denied entry.

“The harbor is totally blocked by warships so no one can get in, and there are a lot of police here,” said Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves who had gone on shore.”

Read more here