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Money Mitt Ain’t Isht! GOP Presidential Candidate Toasts Million Dollar Donors Aboard Tax-Free Cayman Islands Registered Yacht [Video]

More super shady isht going down in Tampa SMH ! Mitt Romney held a “secret squirrel meeting” to thank the big ballers who are bankrolling his campaign: Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign toasted its top donors Wednesday aboard a 150-foot yacht flying the flag of the Cayman Islands. The floating party, hosted by a Florida developer on his yacht “Cracker Bay,” was one of a dozen exclusive events meant to nurture those who have raised more than $1 million for Romney’s bid. “I think it’s ironic they do this aboard a yacht that doesn’t even pay its taxes,” said a woman who lives aboard a much smaller boat moored at the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina. Romney’s Cayman-based investments have come under fire during the campaign. The event, attended by no more than 50 people, along with Romney relatives, including older brother Scott, appeared on no public calendars. ABC News obtained a schedule of the Romney campaign’s “Victory Council” and waited dockside to speak with members. Registered in the Caymans, and flying a version of the Caymans’ “civil ensign” or merchant flag, the Cracker Bay has an impressive art collection and can seat 30 for dinner. The Cracker Bay is owned by Gary Morse, developer of the Villages retirement community. Companies controlled by Morse gave nearly $1 million to the pro-Romney Restore Our Future superPAC. Romney to date has declined to identify the names of his top “bundlers” — those who gather checks from scores of donors on the candidate’s behalf. “He is the first nominee in 12 years to withhold these names,” said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money on the website opensecrets.org. “These are the most important insiders,” she said. “The public needs to know who these people are because thy are the one’s who stand to gain the most from a Romney presidency.” Her group and others have gathered more than 20,000 signatures from people calling on Romney to name his top bundlers. Campaign officials at the event declined comment. Among those attending was Mel Sembler, a former top supporter of President George W. Bush and Charlie Moncrief, an oil executive from Texas, and his wife Kit. Other guests covered up their nametags as they exited for waiting busses and SUVs to take them to their next event. Kit Moncrief said she and her husband had pledged to raise $1 million for Romney. When asked about the fundraising, she said: “We don’t like it either, but it’s the system,” she said. Romney’s donors and guestlist might be a “secret” but we’ll tell you what’s not. The people who are paying his way to the White House want him there to keep their money in their pockets and to keep getting richer. Romney has no interest in protecting the average American’s economic livelihood, he only cares about the people like him, who hide their money away and let poor people pay higher taxes than them. SMH. Shame on this muhfugga. Source

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Money Mitt Ain’t Isht! GOP Presidential Candidate Toasts Million Dollar Donors Aboard Tax-Free Cayman Islands Registered Yacht [Video]

Florida Seniors Pledge Allegiance To Mitt Romney

Presidential hopeful makes a patriotic stop in Lady Lake, Florida, but not all his supporters were quite as upbeat. By Gil Kaufman Seniors pledge support for Mitt Romney Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/ AFP LADY LAKE, Florida —The citizens of the Villages in Lady Lake, Florida, are used to visits from big politicians. How do I know? Because before Mitt Romney took the stage a day before Tuesday’s Florida primary , we were treated to a Hollywood-style greatest-hits reel spotlighting past visits from former President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. The town square of the Villages was out of central casting for a Steven Spielberg movie, with patriotic bunting hung with care, rows of pimped-out golf carts lining the spaces of Main Street and the smell of hot dogs, elephant ears and popcorn wafting on the cool night breeze. As far as the eye could see, more than 1,000 fit and fired-up seniors mingled and watched the montages on a series of large video screens. A giant “Florida Is Romney Country” banner framed by towering palm trees served as a backdrop to … pretty much the same thing we saw twice earlier in the day. Except this time, we not only sang the national anthem, but we also recited the pledge of allegiance. The feelings of good cheer and patriotic spirit didn’t last long, though. At one point before Romney took the stage, a crowd member interrupted a shoot with MTV’s Andrew Jenks by yelling at him to speak up. I went over to speak to the gentleman, and he asked who we were with, since he’d never heard of MTV and was sure we were mocking him and his neighbors. When I explained that we were traveling with the Romney campaign for the day and covering the election from a youth perspective, he shouted, “He’s with Obama! They’re Obama!” I wasn’t really sure how to react to that, so I shook his hand and wished him well. But I totally should have introduced him to that woman with the “don’t believe the liberal media” sign. You hear a lot about how the candidates give the same stump speech every time, but there are some telling nuances if you really pay attention. At the Villages, Romney mentioned that he watched President Obama’s State of the Union address the other night and that he heard the Obamas had been to Orlando’s Disney World recently. Then, he wondered, was the president living in Fantasy Land? Big cheer. And this time, instead of just reciting his favorite verses of “America the Beautiful,” he asked the crowd to join him in singing it. MTV is on the scene in Florida! Check back for up-to-the-minute coverage of the primaries and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the 2012 presidential election season. Related Videos Florida Primary: The Race Is On!

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Bird Protection Clashes with Bride Prospects in India

A Great Indian bustard. Photo via Madras Ramblings . When the animal a national park was designated to protect hasn’t been seen in the area for 16 years, is it worth maintaining the land as a sanctuary? Residents of the villages around the Karera bird sanctuary in India say no — and argue that their economic, and marital, prospects are being hindered by their inability to use the land devoted to the Great Indian bustard …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Powered Fridges Have Huge Impact on Struggling Villages in Swaziland

photo: J. Novak Swaziland is one of the poorest and most rural nations in the world. Most of the villages have no running water, electricity, or refrigerators. But a new innovation is serving to make life a lot more manageable for rural families in Swaziland. The communal building in many of the villages now has a solar powered fridge. See how these responsible refrigerators are impacting many African villages…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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3 ancient species of Crocs found

The three new species, along with new examples of two previously known ancient crocodiles, were detailed Thursday by researchers Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago and Hans Larsson of McGill University in Montreal. They spoke at a news conference organized by the National Geographic Society, which sponsored the research.

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Afghan woman defies threats, discrimination to run for re-election

SHEIKHABAD, Afghanistan — The threats come at least once a week in the dark of night, Zaiba Habib Durrani said. The caller vows to kill her or disfigure her face with acid.

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