Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Tuesday 6/26/12
Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Immigration Law
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a split decision on Arizona's 2010 immigration law. The court unanimously sustained the best-known part of the law, which requires state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if there is reason to suspect that the individual might be an illegal immigrant. But it blocked the implementation of other provisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/26/us/scotus-immigrationlaw-analysis.html
Obama and Romney both challenged on Latino vote
When it comes to Latino voters, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have very different challenges. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2012/0623/Obama-and-Romney-both-challenged-on-Latino-vote
House passes Bishop border security measure
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, H.R.2578, that included a section to allow the Border Patrol to fully operate on federally-owned lands within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Patrol section was originally part of Rep. Rob Bishop's (R-Utah) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) offered an amendment to strip Bishop's section from the larger bill, but the House voted down the amendment.
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-20-2012/house-passes-bishop-border-security-measure.html
Unions threatened by Rubio's RAISE Act
Last month Senator Marco Rubio introduced the RAISE Act in Congress. The RAISE Act has a very simple goal: "To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/Unions-Threatened-by-Rubio-s-RAISE-Act?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29
Supreme Court delivers blow public sector union fee hikes
The Supreme Court dealt a chastening blow to the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and organized labor Thursday, ruling 7-2 to reverse a decision that would force nonmembers of public-sector unions in California to pay a fee that would help to finance the unions’ activities.
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/06/21/supreme-court-delivers-blow-public-sector-union-fee-hikes/
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Show Notes: 05-24-2012
Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 5/24/12
British and Spanish ships almost come to blows over-The-Rock
Spain ceded control of Gibraltar to what is now the United Kingdom in 1713 in the Treaty of Utrecht. The minute territory of 2.6 square miles nicknamed the “Rock” is a peninsula off Spain on the Mediterranean coast just off the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean and it gives Britain access to the Mediterranean.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0524/British-Spanish-ships-almost-come-to-blows-over-The-Rock
Israel land of Jewish refugees riled by influx of Africans
In an ironic twist, Israel's most tolerant city erupted in violent riots against African migrants last night, eliciting comparisons with "pogrom" attacks on European Jewish communities in the 19th and 20th centuries.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0524/Israel-land-of-Jewish-refugees-riled-by-influx-of-Africans
Rubio: Failure to ‘Accommodate’ Illegals Within Confines of U.S. Law = ‘Missed Golden Opportunities’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told a crowd of small business leaderswith the Latino Coalition that the failure to "accommodate" the status of young illegal aliens within the confines of U.S. laws constitutes "missed golden opportunities" fueled by partisan politics.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rubio-failure-accommodate-illegals-within-confines-us-law-missed-golden-opportunities
Long commute time linked with poor health
A new study shows A study published this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that the longer people drive to work, the more likely they are to have poor cardiovascular health.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-23/long-commute-poor-health/55162620/1
Russia claims new missile can overcome missile defenses
Within days of NATO's announcement that its European antimissile shield is now "provisionally operational," Russia has claimed to have tested a new type of intercontinental missile that can outwit the new missile defenses.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0524/Russia-claims-new-missile-can-overcome-missile-defenses
DCCC fundraiser to honor 25years since Barney Frank cam out
House Democrats will hold a fundraiser next week honoring the 25th anniversary of Rep. Barney's Frank (D-Mass.) coming out of the closet.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/229363-dccc-fundraiser-to-honor-25-years-since-barney-frank-came-out
Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on 'Mythology'
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee began the latest round in a decades-long fight to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), known as the Law of the Sea Treaty.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology
British and Spanish ships almost come to blows over-The-Rock
Spain ceded control of Gibraltar to what is now the United Kingdom in 1713 in the Treaty of Utrecht. The minute territory of 2.6 square miles nicknamed the “Rock” is a peninsula off Spain on the Mediterranean coast just off the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean and it gives Britain access to the Mediterranean.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0524/British-Spanish-ships-almost-come-to-blows-over-The-Rock
Israel land of Jewish refugees riled by influx of Africans
In an ironic twist, Israel's most tolerant city erupted in violent riots against African migrants last night, eliciting comparisons with "pogrom" attacks on European Jewish communities in the 19th and 20th centuries.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0524/Israel-land-of-Jewish-refugees-riled-by-influx-of-Africans
Rubio: Failure to ‘Accommodate’ Illegals Within Confines of U.S. Law = ‘Missed Golden Opportunities’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told a crowd of small business leaderswith the Latino Coalition that the failure to "accommodate" the status of young illegal aliens within the confines of U.S. laws constitutes "missed golden opportunities" fueled by partisan politics.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rubio-failure-accommodate-illegals-within-confines-us-law-missed-golden-opportunities
Long commute time linked with poor health
A new study shows A study published this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that the longer people drive to work, the more likely they are to have poor cardiovascular health.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-23/long-commute-poor-health/55162620/1
Russia claims new missile can overcome missile defenses
Within days of NATO's announcement that its European antimissile shield is now "provisionally operational," Russia has claimed to have tested a new type of intercontinental missile that can outwit the new missile defenses.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0524/Russia-claims-new-missile-can-overcome-missile-defenses
DCCC fundraiser to honor 25years since Barney Frank cam out
House Democrats will hold a fundraiser next week honoring the 25th anniversary of Rep. Barney's Frank (D-Mass.) coming out of the closet.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/229363-dccc-fundraiser-to-honor-25-years-since-barney-frank-came-out Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on 'Mythology'
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee began the latest round in a decades-long fight to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), known as the Law of the Sea Treaty.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology
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