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September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009Late Friday night, President Barack Obama once again broke his central campaign promise not to raise "any form" of taxes on Americans making less than $250,000 per year. Bowing to pressure from organized labor, he made a decision to place a 35 percent tariff on tire imports from China. Full release.
Will Bowen, Founder of A Complaint Free World, presented Dr. Maya Angelou with the 6 millionth Complaint Free purple bracelet on September 10, 2009. Full release.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Oussama Abdullah Kassir, aka "Abu Abdullah," aka "Abu Khadija," was sentenced today to life in prison for, among other things, providing material support to al Qaeda. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge John F. Keenan in Manhattan federal court. On May 12, 2009, following a four-week jury trial before Judge Keenan, Kassir was found guilty of charges relating to his participation in an effort to establish a jihad training camp in Bly, Ore., and his operation of several terrorist Web sites. Kassir was found guilty of all 11 counts against him, including: conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; providing material support to terrorists; conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda; providing material support to al Qaeda; conspiracy to kill or maim persons overseas; and distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction. Full release.
U.S. policy makers are in the grips of "dangerous and costly illusions" if they think that France is a model showing how nuclear power could be implemented aggressively in the United States, according to Yves Marignac, a leading international consultant on nuclear energy issues and the executive director of the energy information agency WISE-Paris. Full release.
A small packet of inexpensive Chinese and Cypriot coins imported from England by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) have been seized by Customs in Baltimore, Maryland. Full release.
The Leadership Institute today launched CampusReform.org, a new social networking website for conservative student activists. Designed to help student groups promote conservative principles and fight liberal abuses at colleges and universities across the country, CampusReform.org offers its users advanced networking capabilities, training, and a variety of continually updated activism resources. Full release.