Page 289 - Assertions News Today

And that can be applied to any law on the books. if that is done, the case is thrown out and the officer has to face criminal sanctions. so the laws constitutional and officers must, if they do racial profiling, theyre subject to penalty. >> neil: when i watched that exchange you were like andy griffith, asking a simple question and then a bombshell. no, i didnt read it. this isnt a 2 or 3,000-page healthcare law. its a 10, or 16-page version and you have the highest law enforcement official in ...

Have a political motivation. >> let me ask you about one other domestic component of this, richard. that is we are seeing fault lines in explanations of this. even in assertions about the validity of the nevada this case, you see kitt bond versus dianne feinstein, out of the same committee, dianne feinstein the chair. we are seeing in terms of the sourcing of what this story really is different law enforcement sources telling reporters different things. the nypd and fbi notoriously competitive o...

Have a political motivation. >> let me ask you about one other domestic component of this, richard. that is, were seeing fault lines in explanations of this. and even in assertions about the validity of the evidence in this case, you see kit mand versus diane finestein. coming out of the same briefing, the members of the same committee. diane finestein, the chair. were seeing in terms of the story and what it is, different law enforcement sources telling different reporters the same things. fbi ...

New information now on the times square bombing attempt. two top white house officials say the taliban and pakistan was behind the failed attack. both attorney general eric holder and homeland security adviser john brennan make those assertions in new interviews this morning and secretary of state hillary clinton has a stern warning though she praises the stepped-up efforts on fighting militants. she also says the u.s. has made it very clear that if, heaven forbid, an attack like this that we ca...

Of actual monkeys participating in elections. not metaphorical, real monkeys. arent they cute? yes. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. if youve been following all of the ongoing news about the times square attempted car bombing, you may have heard any of these assertions today. the suspect is connected to the pakistani taliban. the attempted bombing was retaliation for u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. the suspected bomber is not just singing like a bird, he wont stop talking. the fbi lo...

Im assuming hes not mentally impaired and wasnt drunk when he said this -- the bush administration has seven years after 9/11, no successful attacks in the united states. theres already been one successful attack under the obama administration. the bush administration excoriated for its tough, kept us safe. attack at north carolina, the el al counter in 2002, the d.c. sniper, anthrax. the last three were pronounced terrorist attacks by the bush administration. charles krauthammer is a stone cold...

The financial reform debate is in the final innings. it is time for the grown-ups to step in. flip assertions about what is and is not socially valuable, reflect a confusion about our market economy. showed a graph of job losses in carl levins state. it was titled people who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. say, mr. glassman, which is the following statement is the closest to the truth, the u.s. government ran out of money in 2008 and wall street had to bail it out to save the nationa...

>> absolutely not. its not my experience that a third party can -- wrecks a home. i believe the problems exist before a third party comes into the picture. >> so you dont think you wrecked his home? >> i do not believe i wrecked his home. >> its just one of many jaw dropping assertions in an interview that left little to the imagination. mark, lets start with you. you talked a lot about this in your fabulous book "game change." what you heard her say with oprah, does it reflect or differ with wh...

Calculated to benefit if housing prices fell. a senate serratedive committee found. lawmakers said the internal e-mails released saturday cant dikt what they said are goldmans assertions that the bank was not v not trying to profit from the decline of the housing market in 2007 and merely seeking to protect itself if prices collapsed. isnt this what fuels the anger at wall street? in effect yourks appear to have elements in a company betting against the market, betting against the economy to mak...

Prices fell. a senate serratedive committee found. lawmakers said the internal e-mails released saturday cant dikt what they said are goldmans assertions that the bank was not v not trying to profit from the decline of the housing market in 2007 and merely seeking to protect itself if prices collapsed. isnt this what fuels the anger at wall street? in effect yourks appear to have elements in a company betting against the market, betting against the economy to make money in a way that does not se...