Mel Green and Shannyn Moore


On the third day of public testimony at the Anchorage Assembly on AO 2009-64, which would extend protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

It was my privilege to finally meet Shannyn Moore, blogger extraordinaire of Just a Girl from Homer, a few minutes after she finished testifying in support of the ordinance. She graciously consented to being in a photo with me — here she seems fascinated (as many are) by the cool ability of my Nikon Coolpix S10 to split-rotate so I can see what the heck is in the lens when I’m doing self-portraits.

Shannyn Moore


On the third day of public testimony at the Anchorage Assembly on AO 2009-64, which would extend protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

It was my privilege to finally meet Shannyn Moore, blogger extraordinaire of Just a Girl from Homer, a few minutes after she finished testifying in support of the ordinance.

Baby P killers will need protection from vigilantes…


Page one: "evil unmasked". Page five: "now everyone knows what they look like the taxpayer will foot the bill in protecting their new identities". As a taxpayer whose money would not have been wasted quite so much had the media run the front-page story, can I sue the media for damages?

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Question by winona wacker: Identity Protection Services – can someone suggest the best site?
It seems that every other article I see is about the hazards of identity theft. I am conscientious about shredding my mail. Identity Protection Services – can someone suggest the best site?

Best answer:

Answer by Sharon
They are all a ripoff. Use online banking and check your credit report. There are three credit bureaus and each are required to give you a free credit report every year. That way you can get one every three months. Don’t get into buying any credit monitoring. They are all a waste of money.

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Identity Protection Online – Seven Tips For Password Protection

There are thieves everywhere and the Internet has its fair share of bandits of all types. The most frightening and potentially dangerous thief is the identity thief. An identity thief can go beyond stealing the contents of your bank accounts or running up debts on your credit card. Identity theft can result in you being pursued for debts incurred in your name by the thief, being blacklisted by credit reference agencies and even being arrested on criminal charges. By taking a few simple precautions, you can ensure your identity is safe online. The following are seven effective tips for password protection online.

Password Protection Tips

1. Do not use the same password for everything. There are many people who use one password for everything because they would have trouble remembering numerous passwords and can’t be bothered to write them all down. If you use the same password for everything and a thief gets hold of it, he has access to every online facility you use. If a crook gets hold of your personal details for any program, one of his first actions will be to check to find out if you have a PayPal account where you use the same password.

2. Do not use any words to be found in the dictionary as passwords. Passwords should be a meaningless mixture of letters, numbers and (if the login permits) symbols. Thieves use software programs that can identify dictionary words when they are used as passwords.

3. Do not use obvious things for identity confirmation. Your date of birth, mother’s maiden name, father’s middle name etc are matters of record that are available to thieves. Choose a more obscure option such as your favourite color or the name of your first school. If a program gives you no choice and you have to provide your mother’s maiden name, don’t give the real one, make one up (and use a different one for each program requiring this information) but make sure you don’t forget the names you invent.

4. Never click a link in any email asking you to update personal information. Any email asking you to do this will be a “phishing” email from thieves trying to get hold of your personal details. If a genuine company needs you to confirm anything, it will ask you to log into your account, it will not ask you to click through via a “special” link.

5. Never tell anyone else your password. No legitimate company will ever ask you to give them your password.

6. Use a software program to store your passwords on your PC. The Mozilla Firefox toolbar will save your login passwords for you and enable you to log in to programs with just one mouse click. Roboform will do the same thing. It will also record the url of sites you log in at and recognize any attempt at phishing. Roboform also has a function to generate completely random passwords for any program you use. The “portable” version of Roboform can be plugged into any pc, thereby enabling you to use your passwords without fear of theft by keystroke loggers.

7. Change your passwords regularly, being sure to use brand new passwords, not recycled ones from a month or two ago. This way the damage will be limited if a thief gets access to a database containing your details.

Identity thieves are everywhere. They are happy to rummage through your garbage in the hope of finding a copy of your bank statement or a discarded utility bill. Compared to that dirty work, stealing your identity via a password you use on the Internet is a pleasant option. It is up to you to make sure the pleasant option is not an easy option for the thieves.

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In the age of the Internet ID protection is more important than ever as identity thieves come up with new scams and methods to solicit your personal information and or steal your identity. How many of you have gotten an e-mail that seems to be from your bank asking for personal information. When in fact it’s an identity thief hoping you fill out that sensitive personal information and send it right back to him.

There are so many ways, identity thieves can steal your identity these days. It’s too much to even keep up with from Internet and e-mail scams to account takeovers, new loans, new credit and even employment and government benefits or phone and utilities are being hijacked by thieves. Some even committing crimes while protecting their real names all with identities stolen from hard-working Americans.

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Just 10 years ago ID protection was almost unheard of now in 2009 the losses from identity theft were in the billions with the average unprotected consumer spending over 300 hours and thousands of dollars to repair the damage and havoc these thieves wreak on our lives. now the criminals are focusing on children and seniors. So it’s more important than ever to put a solid, well-rounded ID protection plan in place. It’s easy and affordable. So there’s no excuse to go unprotected. Many companies offer 30 day free trials and include free credit reports backed buy a million guarantee I would encourage you to take a look at our ID protection matching service and find a plan that’s right for you and your family. Take comfort knowing your protected!

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Question by donnasaucier0829: What is the best identity protection out there and is there any out there that doesn’t cost to much or is free?
Hello all i want to know if anyone out there knows a best identity protection which one do you think is better and tell me why also do anyone know where i can get it free or not to much cost thank you.
come on give me some websites that i can go on and check it don’t give me gibberish ruby i know all that just want to know the best identity protection for free thanks

Best answer:

Answer by Gaytheist Buddha
For FREE, you can place a credit freeze through all three agencies. This is the identical protection that LifeLock provides. You can pay them or do it yourself.

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The Identity Theft Protection Guide (2004)

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“Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free” ~


~ Douglas Horton ~

Rigs & I passed by these 12 Grackle birds all lined up on this wire walking around Cranes Roost Park.

Please view on the LARGER sizes to see a bit more details ~

Bird on a Wire (film)
Wikipedia~

Bird on a Wire is a 1990 feature film starring Goldie Hawn and Mel Gibson, directed by John Badham, and shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire".

Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) helped convict a drug dealing FBI agent named Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) and was placed in the witness protection program. 15 years later, his former fiance Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) crosses paths with him at a gas station in Detroit, Michigan. Rick refuses to recognize Marianne because Sorenson has since been released from prison and he doesn’t want to put Marianne’s life in danger.

Sorenson and his partner Albert Diggs (Bill Duke) are now out for revenge on Rick. Marianne has blown Rick’s cover, and he makes a frantic call to his relocation contact for a new identity — only to discover that his old contact has retired.

What’s more, his new contact, Joe Weyburn (Stephen Tobolowsky), is in league with Diggs and Sorenson. Just as Marianne prepares to confront Rick, Sorenson and Diggs show up at the gas station with guns blazing.

They kill Rick’s kindly old boss at the gas station and pin the murder on Rick and Marianne, sending Rick and Marianne on the run.

Like a well eaten arm unable to fly, our economy is in a constant state of flux …………… to be quite….. ……………….


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Do you trust your government? There are many reasons for you to doubt your government.

this is how I believe the U.S. feels now… how I believe I feel now.

Bailout type Cost to taxpayers (Source: Reuters)
Financial bailout package approved this week up to or more than 0 billion
Bear Stearns financing billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalization 0 billion
AIG loan and nationalization billion
Federal Housing Administration housing rescue bill 0 billion
Mortgage community grants billion
JPMorgan Chase repayments billion
Loans to banks via Fed’s Term Auction Facility 0 billion+
Loans from Depression-era Exchange Stabilization Fund billion
Purchases of mortgage securities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 4 billion
POSSIBLE TOTAL .8 trillion+
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PER U.S. CENSUS 105,480,101
POSSIBLE COST PER HOUSEHOLD ,064+

Last week, the Bush administration proposed a three-page bill to bail out Wall Street to the tune of 0 billion. It died in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week.

On Friday, though, the House approved a far bigger, broader, and beefier version of the bill–which has ballooned to a remarkable 442 pages. The vote was 263 to 171, with the bulk of the opposition coming from Republicans. Because the Senate already approved the measure, it immediately went to President Bush, who signed it into law.

On the theory that this would be a way to convince previously skeptical Democrats to approve the measure, one large chunk of the bailout bill is devoted to renewable energy, energy-efficient appliances, and so on (the "Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008"). The authors lured Republicans with protections from the alternative minimum tax (via the "Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008").

That includes, as the New York Post pointed out, millions in tax breaks and related pork for kids’ wooden arrows, Puerto Rican rum producers, auto race tracks, and corporations operating in American Samoa. (The likely explanation for the latter: StarKist has a large tuna-canning operation in American Samoa. And StarKist’s parent company happens to be located in the district of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.)

The bill has become, in other words, something almost unrelated to the business of bailing out Wall Street. The Beltway term for this is a "Christmas tree bill," meaning everyone gets to hang their favorite spending projects on it–though by the time Congress gets it through, it more closely resembles a slop bucket.

"We will not Christmas-tree this bill," Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat promised a few days ago. "The times are too urgent. Everyone has their own desires and needs. It’s going to have to wait."

So much for that idea.

Here’s a look a some of the green-tech measures:

• One-year extension for wind and refined coal energy tax credits. A production credit for electricity produced from renewable marine energy sources (meaning through wave power and river power, or by exploiting the differences in ocean temperature). Energy credits for "small wind properties," geothermal heat pump systems, and energy-efficient residential properties.

• New renewable-energy bonds. Up to 0 billion in energy bonds may be offered to the public, with a third from "public power providers," a third from governments, and the remainder from "cooperative electric companies."

• Tax credits for "cellulosic biofuels" and for "carbon dioxide sequestration." An extension of an alternative fuel credit. Tax credits for "new qualified plug-in electric-drive motor vehicles." Bicycle commuters get a nod, as do regulations aimed at "residential top-loading clothes washers."

IRS undercover operations: Privacy invasion?
The bailout bill also gives the Internal Revenue Service new authority to conduct undercover operations. It would immunize the IRS from a passel of federal laws, including permitting IRS agents to run businesses for an extended sting operation, to open their own personal bank accounts with U.S. tax dollars, and so on. (Think IRS agents posing as accountants or tax preparers and saying, "I’m not sure if that deduction is entirely legal, but it’ll save you ,000. Want to take it?") That section had expired as of January 1, 2008, and would now be renewed.

Starting with the so-called Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1988, the IRS has possessed this authority temporarily, with occasional multiple-year lapses. A 1999 internal report said the IRS had 126 "trained undercover agents" working in field offices at the time. This is the first time that such undercover authority would be made permanent.

Sens. Max Baucus (D) and Chuck Grassley (R) have been pushing to make it permanent for a while, claiming (PDF) in April that: "Undercover operations are an integral part of IRS efforts to detect and prove noncompliance. The temporary status of this provision creates uncertainty, as the IRS plans its undercover efforts from year to year."

There’s another section of the bailout bill worth noting. It lets the IRS give information from individual tax returns to any federal law enforcement agency investigating suspected "terrorist" activity, which can, in turn, share it with local and state police. Intelligence agencies such as the CIA and the National Security Agency can also receive that information.

The information that can be shared includes "a taxpayer’s identity, the nature, source, or amount of his income, payments, receipts, deductions, exemptions, credits, assets, liabilities, net worth, tax liability, tax withheld, deficiencies, overassessments, or tax payments, whether the taxpayer’s return was, is being, or will be examined or subject to other investigation or processing, or any other data received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or collected by the Secretary with respect to a return."

That provision had already existed in federal law and automatically expired on January 1, 2008.

What’s a little odd is that there’s been little to no discussion of the IRS sections of the bailout bill, even though they raise privacy concerns. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said this week: "I will continue to work with congressional leaders to find a way forward to pass a comprehensive plan to stabilize our financial system and protect the American people by limiting the prospects of further deterioration in our economy." He never mentioned the necessity of additional IRS undercover operations.

The bailout: Details, controversy, and loopholes
As my colleagues over at CBSNews.com reported on Friday, the law authorizes the Treasury Department to create a so-called Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, as well as a separate insurance fund.

The TARP program permits the Treasury to purchase mortgage-backed bonds or any other "troubled assets" from financial institutions. The idea is that because banks have become so hesitant to lend to each other, this law will help unstick the gears of the modern financial economy.

Some loopholes exist. It’s possible for a bank to buy 0 billion of bad debt–perhaps in the form of subprime mortgages that are becoming quickly worthless– declare bankruptcy, and sell it to the Treasury Department for 0 billion, or 0 billion. In other words, although the Treasury Department is supposed to look out for the best interests of taxpayers, there’s no law forbidding such profits in the case of firms involved in bankruptcy, receivership, or mergers.

The Treasury Department is authorized to "guarantee" home mortgages, essentially becoming a kind of co-signer, to reduce the number of foreclosures. If the home owner stops paying his or her mortgage, taxpayers would be on the hook. The Treasury Department can also eliminate a "reasonable" amount of a home owner’s mortgage debt, under section 109 of the new law, which would likely delay the process of house prices falling.

In response to grassroots pressure from Americans upset about Wall Street executives cashing in, Section 111 is titled "Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance."

It does not include, however, any statutory dollar limit on how high executive salaries of TARP bailout recipients can be. Instead, it lets Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, come up with "appropriate standards." In addition, only the top five executives will have their golden parachutes limited; all the rest will remain untouched, even if their second-tier salaries and bonuses happen to be in the millions or tens of millions of dollars.

Bear Stearns CEO James Cayne made .3 million from selling his shares a day after the JP Morgan bailout. Daniel Mudd, CEO of Fannie Mae, was replaced last month; he made .6 million in 2007. Richard Syron was chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac from 2003 until last month. He made .8 million last year. Martin Sullivan was ousted as president and CEO of AIG this summer, and was paid a million severance package.

While salaries of failed executives will have no statutory limit, TARP-participating companies will lose a tax deduction if they pay their top executives more than 0,000 a year. The 0,000 limit only kicks in if the company offloads over 0 million in assets through TARP.

Section 115 of the law says that the administration can, after notifying Congress and waiting 15 days, purchase and hold 0 billion of assets "at any one time." (It can buy and hold 0 billion without waiting.)

This, too, is a potential loophole. It permits the Treasury Department to buy up, say, 0 billion in 2008, sell those assets off gradually over the next year at a (probable) loss, and repeat the same process in 2009. Losses to taxpayers, in other words, could exceed 0 billion. Although the Treasury Department is instructed to try to avoid losses, the text of the law does not forbid that scenario.

If the TARP ends up costing taxpayers money, the president may ask Congress to consider enacting a law to recoup "from the financial industry an amount equal to the shortfall," presumably through higher taxes. But Congress is under no obligation to do anything; a mechanism to cover the shortfall does not exist in this law.

Even though FDIC coverage will be boosted from 0,000 to 0,000 per account through December 2009, premiums to banks may not take "into account" the higher account coverage. In other words, premiums can’t increase for that reason.

Also:

• This may be just the beginning of bailouts. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that the state may need a billion loan from the U.S. Treasury, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. That’s because the state has spent more than it takes in through tax revenue, with an annual budget deficit of billion or more, even though its individual income tax rate is arguably the highest in the nation.

• CBS News’ John Bentley reports from Arizona that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is taking some credit for the bailout’s passage: "I’m glad I suspended my campaign and went back to Washington to bring, and help bring, House Republicans to the table," he said on Friday. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama described the law as "absolutely necessary to prevent an economic catastrophe."

• Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who correctly predicted in 2003 that taxpayers would be "forced to bail out investors," said in a speech on the House floor that the legislation would "only further harm the economy" and was actually worse than the previous version. In a CNN interview, the former Republican presidential candidate said his colleagues are refusing to deal with the underlying problems and spending more tax dollars even though "this country’s bankrupt."

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average (-22 percent year-to-date) and the Nasdaq composite index (-27 percent) closed on Friday down 1.5 percent, despite the bailout. Gold ended at 4.80 an ounce, slightly up for the day and the year. Crude oil futures ended at .88 a barrel, slightly down for the day.

• U.S. jobs fell by 159,000, a decline of 760,000 this year. Technology firms have also contemplated hiring freezes and some, including Hewlett-Packard and Dell, have already laid off employees, as my colleague Ina Fried reports in a separate article.

Updated at 10:40 a.m. PDT to reflect the House of Representatives’ approval of the bill.

Updated at 3:30 p.m. PDT to add more details.

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Identity Protection | Million Dollar Guarantee!

When it comes to identity theft protection. It’s almost a necessity these days to have some kind of plan in place. Leaves are more cunning than ever, and as identity theft involves each year. Thieves are finding new cracks and crevices to crawl into our lives and exploit them whenever and wherever possible. Some of which are opening phone and utility accounts in stolen names.

Even complete account takeovers, and new loans. Not to mention new credit, medical insurance, and even obtaining a driver’s license and a stolen name or committing crimes while concealing their true identity is difficult economy has brought these identity thieves out of the woodwork. And it’s more important now than ever to have a comprehensive protection plan in place.

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Identity theft protection only takes minutes to sign up for, but provides a lifetime of value and comfort knowing you and your family are protected. Identity thieves are targeting seniors and children now more than ever. Unfortunately, most children who get their identities stolen don’t find out for years. When the damage is done and still takes an unbelievable amount of work to repair. If one has the stamina and the resources to get through such a trying process. So don’t waste another minute get signed up today and take comfort knowing you and your family are protected.

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Identity Protection: to Defend yourself Against Identity Theft

Identity theft takes place when someone acquires identifying information without permission to commit fraud or other crimes. Identity theives wants personal information to include Social Security number or credit card number.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is so permeating in society these days that anyone may have experienced some form of identity theft.

The crime of identity theft can takes many forms. Identity thieves may utilize your personal information to lease an apartment, obtain a credit card, or establish a telephone account. You may not realize the theft until you receive your credit report or a credit card statement and discover charges you did not incur or perhaps you received a phone call from a debt collector.

The problem of identity theft should be taken seriously. While some identity theft victims can resolve their problems quickly, others spend hundreds of dollars and many days repairing damage to their good name and credit record. Some consumers victimized by identity theft may lose out on job opportunities, or be denied loans for education, housing or cars because of negative information on their credit reports. In unusual cases, they may even be apprehended for crimes they did not do.

Identity theft is a very profitable business for thieves. Skilled identity thieves may use a variety of methods to get hold of your information. Their mode of stealing information may range from old-fashioned breaking in your home to get your personal information to high tech ways such as hacking into your or the government’s computers. More common ways to steal personal information include rummaging through trash looking for bills or other paper with your personal information; stealing credit/debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing your card; deceiving as a financial institution or company and send spam or pop-up messages to get you to disclose your personal information; deviating your billing statements to a different location by completing a change of address form; old fashioned stealing of wallets, purses and mail; and using false pretenses to obtain your personal information from financial institutions, telephone companies, and other sources.

Once they have acquired your personal information, identity thieves use it in several ways, to include credit card fraud, phone or utilities fraud, bank/finance fraud, and government documents fraud. In order to protect against identity theft, we must deter identity thieves by safeguarding personal information. We should also be wary of suspicious activity by routinely monitoring financial accounts and billing statements. There is no fool-proof way to avoid identity theft. However, there are steps you can take to minimize your chance of becoming a victim, and steps to take to minimize the damage should a theft occur.

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The hikers’ identities have been concealed for your own protection.

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The photogenic Marie’ happens to be hiding the identity of the fan clutching her. (Witness protection program?)

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