Money Flees From Eurozone, Gary Johnson Polling at 7% in NH, Rosa Parks Estate In Dispute: P.M. Links

Money Flees From Eurozone, Gary Johnson Polling at 7% in NH, Rosa Parks Estate In Dispute: P.M. Links

| May 17, 2012

  • The green police, inside of my head. The green police, they come to me in my bed. The green police, they’re coming to arrest me, oh no.Capital flight isn’t just a
    Greek phenomenon —
    billions of euros are pouring     from Belgium, France, Italy and
    Spain, with much landing in the UK, as depositors go hunting for
    safe havens for their money.
  • Saying, “I do not believe a republic can exist if you permit
    the military to arrest American citizens and put them in secret
    prisons and be denied a trial,” Ron Paul
    added his liberty-loving support     to a bill sponsored by Rep.
    Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich, that would
    ensure due process rights are guaranteed to anyone detained in the
    United States.
  • Not only is Mitt Romney matching the incumbent president’s
    tepidity of support, but also his fundraising. The GOP candidate

    brought in $40.1 million in April    , close to Obama’s $43.6
    million haul.
  • George Zimmerman was
    diagnosed with a broken nose, two black eyes and lacerations
    after his encounter with Trayvon Martin, lending support to his
    story that the shooting of Martin occurred in response to an
    assault. Autopsy results on Martin showed
    injuries to his knuckles    .
  • Gary Johnson is polling at
    seven percent     in New Hampshire and
    six percent     in North Carolina. Added to his standing in other
    recent state-level polls, he seems nicely positioned to make Barry
    and Mitt sweat a little.
  • New scientific evidence supports something java heads have
    always known:
    coffee is good for you and extends life    . Just don’t get between
    us and the pot.
  • The estate of civil rights icon
    Rosa Parks was looted    , claims attorney Stephen G. Cohen, who
    has filed suit alleging Judge Freddie Burton Jr. conspired with
    probate lawyers John Chase Jr. and Melvin Jefferson Jr. to run up
    unnecessary legal fees and freeze out Parks’s intended heirs.
  • Ever-vigilant to shield residents from … something,
    Massachusetts officials
    dispatched armed environmental police     to shut down an ice cream
    stand at a public dairy farm after manager, Mark Duffy, expanded
    the stand without a permit. Said a puzzled Duffy, who lives on the
    farm, “I make improvements every single day and have for 26 years.”
    (HT db)

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