Rush Limbaugh - Obama Has Announced He Will Be Running For President As A Socialist - YouTube:
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Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Yesterday: Obama Preaches Class Warfare To The 99% — Today: Meets With His 1% Backers At $38,500 Per Person Fundraiser…
Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Yesterday: Obama Preaches Class Warfare To The 99% — Today: Meets With His 1% Backers At $38,500 Per Person Fundraiser…: President Barack Obama has met with a small number of donors at a Washington fundraiser to benefit his re-election bid.
Democratic Party officials say about 20 people attended the fundraiser at The Jefferson hotel in downtown Washington. Tickets cost $35,800 a person, with the money going to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account by the Democratic Party and Obama’s re-election campaign.
The White House says the event was closed to the media because the president wasn’t making formal remarks.
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Democratic Party officials say about 20 people attended the fundraiser at The Jefferson hotel in downtown Washington. Tickets cost $35,800 a person, with the money going to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account by the Democratic Party and Obama’s re-election campaign.
The White House says the event was closed to the media because the president wasn’t making formal remarks.
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CONFIRMED – Obama Election Team “Scrambling” To Deal With Gingrich Campaign - The Ulsterman Report
CONFIRMED – Obama Election Team “Scrambling” To Deal With Gingrich Campaign - The Ulsterman Report:
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”The idea of seeing him go against Barack Obama…that appeals to a lot of people, right? It’s still early – Iowa is soon, but overall, it’s still very early. But Gingrich has the Obama campaign scrambling a bit – that’s for sure.” -INSIDER
With a new batch of polls now indicated Newt Gingrich is solidifying his GOP front-runner status, President Obama’s re-election insiders apparently in scramble mode in preparing for the possibility of having to face Gingrich instead of Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.
A recently published report from Politico details the following:
President Obama’s advisers, long convinced that Romney would be their opponent, now think Obama has a realistic chance of facing Gingrich, and are frantically rewriting a playbook that has been three years in the making. The campaign hadn’t even put together a comprehensive opposition research folder on Gingrich, in part because they expected Romney as the nominee but also because of the assumption that his record was so well-known.
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Eric Holder – Barack Obama’s Lawyers – Guns – And Money Man… - The Ulsterman Report
Eric Holder – Barack Obama’s Lawyers – Guns – And Money Man… - The Ulsterman Report: For Barack Obama’s Attorney General – tomorrow may in fact be the day the proverbial “Sh-t has hit the fan” for Mr. Eric Holder. Not only will Attorney General Holder be facing down a mounting pile of evidence implicating his Department of Justice and its complicity in the failed and deadly Operation Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal, but now Congressman Darrell Issa is launching yet another investigation into a similar scheme involving the Obama DOJ assisting Mexican drug cartel leaders in their efforts to launder substantial sums of money.
This most recent investigation appears to in part – lead BACK TO CHICAGO. (See recent news stories regarding Zeta drug cartel and Chicago)
It also appears Congressman Issa is in no mood to accept further stonewalling from Eric Holder:
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This most recent investigation appears to in part – lead BACK TO CHICAGO. (See recent news stories regarding Zeta drug cartel and Chicago)
It also appears Congressman Issa is in no mood to accept further stonewalling from Eric Holder:
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White House Insider Called It – ATF used “Fast and Furious” To Make Case For Gun Regulations - The Ulsterman Report
White House Insider Called It – ATF used “Fast and Furious” To Make Case For Gun Regulations - The Ulsterman Report:
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Months earlier our White House Insider alluded to documents that would prove the Obama administration’s intent to utilize their own Fast and Furious gunrunning program and the resulting violence from that program as the impetus for enhanced gun control laws. A just released CBS report now confirms those documents do in fact exist.
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Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.
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Medvedev's Twitter obscenity provokes shock | Reuters
Medvedev's Twitter obscenity provokes shock | Reuters: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev caused shock and jeers on Wednesday after an obscene insult directed at political opponents appeared on his official Twitter feed.
The Kremlin chief and his more powerful mentor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have been facing growing opposition to their rule by protesters who say parliamentary elections on Sunday were not fair.
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The Kremlin chief and his more powerful mentor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have been facing growing opposition to their rule by protesters who say parliamentary elections on Sunday were not fair.
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Dozens arrested in Occupy D.C. protests - The Washington Post
Dozens arrested in Occupy D.C. protests - The Washington Post: More than 60 people were arrested Wednesday during a chaotic and often-tense day of protests in downtown Washington as members of the Occupy movement blocked intersections and snarled traffic along K Street for hours.
Hundreds of protesters from Occupy D.C. and around the country joined in the “Day of Action: Occupiers Unite,” targeting K Street NW — the symbolic hub of the country’s lobbying industry.
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Hundreds of protesters from Occupy D.C. and around the country joined in the “Day of Action: Occupiers Unite,” targeting K Street NW — the symbolic hub of the country’s lobbying industry.
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German Politician: Euro Downgrade Is an American Plot | The Weekly Standard
German Politician: Euro Downgrade Is an American Plot | The Weekly Standard: Standard & Poor’s warning that no less than fifteen eurozone states, including Germany, could lose their AAA credit rating has been met with howls of protest from leading German politicians. The general secretary of the Social Democratic party (SPD), Andrea Nahles, described the Standard and Poor’s announcement as “shameless.” Former German finance minister Peer Steinbrück, also of the SPD, spoke of a “provocation” and urged the European Commission to subject the rating agencies to “far stricter regulation.”
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Deutsche Bank CEO Target of Suspected Letter Bomb - CNBC
Deutsche Bank CEO Target of Suspected Letter Bomb - CNBC: The New York Police Department alerted Wall Street after confirmation that a letter bomb was sent to the CEO of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
"NYPD learned that a letter bomb was detected by x-ray equipment in the bank’s mail room this morning, 1 p.m. Frankfurt time. We stepped up security at Deutsche Bank offices in New York and reminded — out of an abundance of caution — our 10,000 private security “Shield” members to follow guidelines for the detection and handling of suspicious packages and letters," said Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, NYPD.
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"NYPD learned that a letter bomb was detected by x-ray equipment in the bank’s mail room this morning, 1 p.m. Frankfurt time. We stepped up security at Deutsche Bank offices in New York and reminded — out of an abundance of caution — our 10,000 private security “Shield” members to follow guidelines for the detection and handling of suspicious packages and letters," said Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, NYPD.
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3 arrested in protest over Occupy SF raid
3 arrested in protest over Occupy SF raid: SAN FRANCISCO -- At least three Occupy demonstrators were arrested this afternoon after blocking traffic outside the Federal Reserve building on lower Market Street in San Francisco, part of a demonstration against the police shutdown of their encampment earlier today.
The three men were among 50 people who were trying to disrupt Financial District operations before a planned attempt to reoccupy Justin Herman Plaza after a 5 p.m. rally there. Most of the protesters dispersed soon after the arrests.
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The three men were among 50 people who were trying to disrupt Financial District operations before a planned attempt to reoccupy Justin Herman Plaza after a 5 p.m. rally there. Most of the protesters dispersed soon after the arrests.
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Police Clear Out Occupy New Orleans Camp | Fox News
Police Clear Out Occupy New Orleans Camp | Fox News: NEW ORLEANS – Scores of police officers marched into an encampment of protesters and homeless people across from City Hall before dawn Tuesday, forcing the dozens of occupants out and removing tents in a peaceful eviction that drew loud, sometimes raucous complaints but did not result in violence.
"You people are treasonous!" one protester shouted as more than 100 uniformed officers moved through the makeshift camp grounds at Duncan Plaza, a city block of green space that has been home to the loosely knit Occupy New Orleans movement since Oct. 6.
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"You people are treasonous!" one protester shouted as more than 100 uniformed officers moved through the makeshift camp grounds at Duncan Plaza, a city block of green space that has been home to the loosely knit Occupy New Orleans movement since Oct. 6.
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Documents: ATF used "Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations - CBS News Investigates - CBS News
Documents: ATF used "Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations - CBS News Investigates - CBS News: Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation "Fast and Furious" to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.
PICTURES: ATF "Gunwalking" scandal timeline
In Fast and Furious, ATF secretly encouraged gun dealers to sell to suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels to go after the "big fish." But ATF whistleblowers told CBS News and Congress it was a dangerous practice called "gunwalking," and it put thousands of weapons on the street. Many were used in violent crimes in Mexico. Two were found at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
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PICTURES: ATF "Gunwalking" scandal timeline
In Fast and Furious, ATF secretly encouraged gun dealers to sell to suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels to go after the "big fish." But ATF whistleblowers told CBS News and Congress it was a dangerous practice called "gunwalking," and it put thousands of weapons on the street. Many were used in violent crimes in Mexico. Two were found at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
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DOJ Documents Raise New Questions on Fast & Furious - Fox News Video - Fox News
DOJ Documents Raise New Questions on Fast & Furious - Fox News Video - Fox News:
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Insider Trading Witness: Studies Show Disturbing Pattern With In Congress | MRCTV
Insider Trading Witness: Studies Show Disturbing Pattern With In Congress | MRCTV:
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Bill Gates Talking With China To Develop Nuclear Reactor « CBS Seattle
Bill Gates Talking With China To Develop Nuclear Reactor « CBS Seattle: BEIJING (AP) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.
“The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste,” said the billionaire during a talk at China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
Gates said he had largely funded a Washington state-based company, TerraPower, that is developing a Generation IV nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium. TerraPower says it has discussed its plans with India, Russia and other countries with nuclear energy programs.
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“The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste,” said the billionaire during a talk at China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
Gates said he had largely funded a Washington state-based company, TerraPower, that is developing a Generation IV nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium. TerraPower says it has discussed its plans with India, Russia and other countries with nuclear energy programs.
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Israel rift roils Democratic ranks - POLITICO.com Print View
Israel rift roils Democratic ranks - POLITICO.com Print View: Two of the Democratic Party’s core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade.
The Center for American Progress, the party’s key hub of ideas and strategy, and Media Matters, a central messaging organization, have emerged as vocal critics of their party’s staunchly pro-Israel congressional leadership and have been at odds, at times, with Barack Obama’s White House, which has acted as a reluctant ally to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government.
The differences are ones of tone – but also of bright lines of principle – and while they have haven’t yet made any visible impact on Democratic policy, they’ve shaken up the Washington foreign policy conversation and broadened the space for discussing a heretical and often critical stance on Israel heretofore confined to the political margins.
The daily battle is waged in Media Matters’ emails, on CAP’s blogs, Middle East Progress and ThinkProgress and most of all on Twitter, where a Media Mattters official, MJ Rosenberg, regularly heaps vitriol on those who disagree as “Iraq war neocon liar” (the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg) or having “dual loyalties” to the U.S. and Israel (the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin). And while the Center for American Progress tends to walk a more careful line, warm words for Israel can be hard to find on its blogs.
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The Center for American Progress, the party’s key hub of ideas and strategy, and Media Matters, a central messaging organization, have emerged as vocal critics of their party’s staunchly pro-Israel congressional leadership and have been at odds, at times, with Barack Obama’s White House, which has acted as a reluctant ally to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government.
The differences are ones of tone – but also of bright lines of principle – and while they have haven’t yet made any visible impact on Democratic policy, they’ve shaken up the Washington foreign policy conversation and broadened the space for discussing a heretical and often critical stance on Israel heretofore confined to the political margins.
The daily battle is waged in Media Matters’ emails, on CAP’s blogs, Middle East Progress and ThinkProgress and most of all on Twitter, where a Media Mattters official, MJ Rosenberg, regularly heaps vitriol on those who disagree as “Iraq war neocon liar” (the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg) or having “dual loyalties” to the U.S. and Israel (the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin). And while the Center for American Progress tends to walk a more careful line, warm words for Israel can be hard to find on its blogs.
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President Obama won't go to Hawaii while payroll tax is in limbo - TheHill.com
President Obama won't go to Hawaii while payroll tax is in limbo - TheHill.com: President Obama is not vacationing in Hawaii with his wife and children while the extension of the payroll tax holiday remains in limbo, and has warned GOP congressional leaders to stay in town as well.
Obama had planned to fly to Hawaii with his family on Dec. 17 and stay there through New Year’s.
After getting ripped by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over his vacation plans, Obama told Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday that he will stay in town until Congress finishes work on the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and other issues.
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Obama had planned to fly to Hawaii with his family on Dec. 17 and stay there through New Year’s.
After getting ripped by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over his vacation plans, Obama told Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday that he will stay in town until Congress finishes work on the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and other issues.
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Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre 'Workplace Violence' | Fox News
Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre 'Workplace Violence' | Fox News: Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home.
During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam.
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During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam.
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Is Holder’s resignation imminent? « Coach is Right
Is Holder’s resignation imminent? « Coach is Right: In a pathetically transparent effort to temper otherwise endless political fallout, look for the Obama Regime to “reluctantly” accept the tendered resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder sometime during the attention-diverting hustle and bustle of the Christmas season.
Though the calls of 60 or more Republican members of Congress for the AG’s resignation have naturally been far from front page news in the Regime’s adoring media, even Democrats are said to be increasingly concerned that mounting blowback from the Fast and Furious debacle and the Attorney General’s ham-handed efforts to cover it up will threaten not only the re-election prospects of the Regime, but those of some in Congress as well.
Tomorrow, Holder will make a widely anticipated appearance before the House Committee on Government Reform. Chaired by Regime stalker and Holder antagonist Darrell Issa, the afternoon promises to be a waking nightmare for the richly deserving Attorney General.
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Though the calls of 60 or more Republican members of Congress for the AG’s resignation have naturally been far from front page news in the Regime’s adoring media, even Democrats are said to be increasingly concerned that mounting blowback from the Fast and Furious debacle and the Attorney General’s ham-handed efforts to cover it up will threaten not only the re-election prospects of the Regime, but those of some in Congress as well.
Tomorrow, Holder will make a widely anticipated appearance before the House Committee on Government Reform. Chaired by Regime stalker and Holder antagonist Darrell Issa, the afternoon promises to be a waking nightmare for the richly deserving Attorney General.
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Bachmann sticks to guns despite drop in polls | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner
Bachmann sticks to guns despite drop in polls | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: ROCK HILL, S.C. - After her victory in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll last August, Michele Bachmann went from front-runner to back-in-the-packer faster than any candidate in this volatile political season. First Rick Perry, then Herman Cain, and now Newt Gingrich have risen to challenge establishment choice Mitt Romney, while Bachmann's support has been stuck in the single digits, not only here in South Carolina but in Iowa, New Hampshire and across the country.
But now there's something happening with the Bachmann campaign. It's not a boom, not even a boomlet. But many Republican voters are recognizing Bachmann's sheer determination and tenacity. They've seen her take a lot of hits and keep going. They've seen her make mistakes and correct them. And as conservatives, especially social conservatives, look for a candidate to support against Romney, some are giving Bachmann a second look.
In the latest Des Moines Register poll, Bachmann is in fourth place in Iowa, behind Gingrich, Romney, and Ron Paul. Eight percent of likely Iowa caucus-goers support Bachmann, and another 11 percent say she would be their second choice. While she's far behind Gingrich's 25 percent, she has inched ahead of Rick Perry and Rick Santorum, and will also likely receive some part of Herman Cain's remaining support.
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But now there's something happening with the Bachmann campaign. It's not a boom, not even a boomlet. But many Republican voters are recognizing Bachmann's sheer determination and tenacity. They've seen her take a lot of hits and keep going. They've seen her make mistakes and correct them. And as conservatives, especially social conservatives, look for a candidate to support against Romney, some are giving Bachmann a second look.
In the latest Des Moines Register poll, Bachmann is in fourth place in Iowa, behind Gingrich, Romney, and Ron Paul. Eight percent of likely Iowa caucus-goers support Bachmann, and another 11 percent say she would be their second choice. While she's far behind Gingrich's 25 percent, she has inched ahead of Rick Perry and Rick Santorum, and will also likely receive some part of Herman Cain's remaining support.
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Russia chides Clinton over election criticism | Reuters
Russia chides Clinton over election criticism | Reuters: Russia took a swipe at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday over her criticism of its parliamentary election, saying it was "not Hyde Park" where speakers could just arrive, hold forth and leave without listening to others.
Clinton, visiting Lithuania Tuesday for a meeting of security body the OSCE, cited serious concerns about the weekend election to the State Duma (lower house of parliament).
"This is not Hyde Park, this is not Triumfalnaya (Triumph) Square in Moscow, where speakers arrive to pour out their soul and then turn around and leave, not listening to others," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
He was referring to London's Hyde Park and its famed "Speakers' Corner" and to the square in Moscow that was the site of Tuesday's protest over the parliamentary election.
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Clinton, visiting Lithuania Tuesday for a meeting of security body the OSCE, cited serious concerns about the weekend election to the State Duma (lower house of parliament).
"This is not Hyde Park, this is not Triumfalnaya (Triumph) Square in Moscow, where speakers arrive to pour out their soul and then turn around and leave, not listening to others," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
He was referring to London's Hyde Park and its famed "Speakers' Corner" and to the square in Moscow that was the site of Tuesday's protest over the parliamentary election.
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9 arrests in wild Staten Island incident, as unruly crowd overruns cops, police say | SILive.com
9 arrests in wild Staten Island incident, as unruly crowd overruns cops, police say | SILive.com: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Firefighters came to the rescue of two police officers outnumbered in Mariners Harbor today, in a scene so chaotic that New York’s Bravest employed a truck-mounted deluge gun -- a water cannon -- to fend off the marauding group of teens.
The scene unfolded at about 3:30 p.m. in front of 83 Harbor Rd., where a large group of teenagers had amassed to confront a teenage girl who lives in the residence.
By the time it was over, two officers were sent to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, for treatment, and nine teens ended up under arrest, said Inspector John Denesopolis, the 120th Precinct's commanding officer. Police also recovered a starter pistol, he said.
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The scene unfolded at about 3:30 p.m. in front of 83 Harbor Rd., where a large group of teenagers had amassed to confront a teenage girl who lives in the residence.
By the time it was over, two officers were sent to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, for treatment, and nine teens ended up under arrest, said Inspector John Denesopolis, the 120th Precinct's commanding officer. Police also recovered a starter pistol, he said.
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Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia - Yahoo! News
Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia - Yahoo! News: MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities should annul the parliamentary vote results and hold a new election, ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Wednesday as popular indignation grew over widespread reports of alleged election fraud.
Thousands of Russians have rallied in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the last two days, facing off against tens of thousands of police and Interior Ministry troops. Hundreds of protesters have been detained in both cities.
Gorbachev told the Interfax news agency that authorities must hold a fresh election or deal with a rising tide of discontent.
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Thousands of Russians have rallied in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the last two days, facing off against tens of thousands of police and Interior Ministry troops. Hundreds of protesters have been detained in both cities.
Gorbachev told the Interfax news agency that authorities must hold a fresh election or deal with a rising tide of discontent.
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The Polar Bear is Thriving, Not Threatened - YouTube
The Polar Bear is Thriving, Not Threatened - YouTube:
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Hillary has greater problems closer to home | Jerusalem Post - Blogs
Hillary has greater problems closer to home | Jerusalem Post - Blogs: Now that Americans and Israelis may have finished arguing about the campaign to bring emigrants back home, they are in full tilt about comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At a "closed" but thoroughly leaked meeting of Israeli and Americans concerned with public affairs, she expressed deep concern over what she termed a wave of anti-democratic legislation, and Israeli treatment of women.
She is said to have taken special aim at a Knesset bill meant to limit overseas donations to human rights organizations. She is also shocked by the fact that some Jerusalem buses have separate seating areas for men and women, which made her think about the story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up a seat to a white passenger in the 1960s. The practice of some IDF soldiers to leave events with female singers reminds her of Iran.
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She is said to have taken special aim at a Knesset bill meant to limit overseas donations to human rights organizations. She is also shocked by the fact that some Jerusalem buses have separate seating areas for men and women, which made her think about the story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up a seat to a white passenger in the 1960s. The practice of some IDF soldiers to leave events with female singers reminds her of Iran.
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Sipsey Street Irregulars: SSI Exclusive: "Sick to his stomach"??? Must have found his Phenergan. Melson email to Burke shoots his "What, me Gunwalker?" defense in the head.
Sipsey Street Irregulars: SSI Exclusive: "Sick to his stomach"??? Must have found his Phenergan. Melson email to Burke shoots his "What, me Gunwalker?" defense in the head.: What, me Gunwalker?"
Over the Fourth of July weekend earlier this year, Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson came in for a voluntary interview with staff members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He brought his own lawyer. On 5 July, Senator Charles Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. This is how he characterized Melson's testimony:
Yesterday, Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson participated in a transcribed interview regarding Operation Fast and Furious and related matters with both Republican and Democratic staff. He appeared with his personal counsel, Richard Cullen of McGuire Woods LLP. His interview had originally been scheduled through the Justice Department to occur on July 13 in the presence of DOJ and ATF counsel. As you know, however, under our agreement Department witnesses who choose to attend a voluntary interview with their own lawyer are free to exercise that right rather than participate with counsel representing the Department's interests.
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Over the Fourth of July weekend earlier this year, Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson came in for a voluntary interview with staff members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He brought his own lawyer. On 5 July, Senator Charles Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. This is how he characterized Melson's testimony:
Yesterday, Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson participated in a transcribed interview regarding Operation Fast and Furious and related matters with both Republican and Democratic staff. He appeared with his personal counsel, Richard Cullen of McGuire Woods LLP. His interview had originally been scheduled through the Justice Department to occur on July 13 in the presence of DOJ and ATF counsel. As you know, however, under our agreement Department witnesses who choose to attend a voluntary interview with their own lawyer are free to exercise that right rather than participate with counsel representing the Department's interests.
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Krauthammer: Obama Channeling FDR In Reelection Bid, Not Theodore | RealClearPolitics
Krauthammer: Obama Channeling FDR In Reelection Bid, Not Theodore | RealClearPolitics: Charles Krauthammer says President Obama is not channeling Theodore Roosevelt, but his cousin Franklin, the 32nd president.
Krauthammer says FDR ran in 1936, in a bad economy, by scaring the electorate into believing the plutocrats were squeezing the middle class. In other words, it is nothing that Obama did that caused things to be the way they are.
"So what does he do? He has decided he is not going to channel Teddy Roosevelt. He didn't break up any trusts. Did he break up the banks? No. Did he break up any cartels in healthcare? No. On the contrary, he's going to centralized healthcare," Krauthammer said on FOX News' "Special Report" panel.
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Krauthammer says FDR ran in 1936, in a bad economy, by scaring the electorate into believing the plutocrats were squeezing the middle class. In other words, it is nothing that Obama did that caused things to be the way they are.
"So what does he do? He has decided he is not going to channel Teddy Roosevelt. He didn't break up any trusts. Did he break up the banks? No. Did he break up any cartels in healthcare? No. On the contrary, he's going to centralized healthcare," Krauthammer said on FOX News' "Special Report" panel.
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Report: Mother Of Obama’s Murdered Gay Lover Speaks Up – With Video at Pat Dollard
Report: Mother Of Obama’s Murdered Gay Lover Speaks Up – With Video at Pat Dollard: All 3 Homosexual Members Of Obama’s Trinity Church Murdered Within 6 Weeks.
In late May, Wash. DC-based investigative journalist Wayne Madsen had a bombshell revelation about Obama’s membership in a Chicago gay club, Man’s Country. Madsen also reported on Obama’s sexual relationships with other men, including named D.C. politicians and Donald Young, the openly-gay choir-director of the church in Chicago of which Obama was a member for some 20 years — Jeremy Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ black liberation theology.
Obama’s relationship with Young was confirmed by Larry Sinclair, who claims to have had two sex-cocaine trysts with Obama.
There were two other openly gay men in Wright’s church: Larry Bland and Nate Spencer. In late 2007, as Obama began his ascent to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, in a span of 1½ months, all three men “conveniently” died:
Bland was murdered execution-style on November 17, 2007;
Young was murdered execution-style on December 24, 2007;
Spencer reportedly died of septicemia, pneumonia, and HIV on December 26, 2007. (Death certificates of Bland and Young, HERE.)
Now, Young’s elderly mother is speaking out about her suspicions that her son was murdered to protect Obama’s reputation and assure his political future as President.
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In late May, Wash. DC-based investigative journalist Wayne Madsen had a bombshell revelation about Obama’s membership in a Chicago gay club, Man’s Country. Madsen also reported on Obama’s sexual relationships with other men, including named D.C. politicians and Donald Young, the openly-gay choir-director of the church in Chicago of which Obama was a member for some 20 years — Jeremy Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ black liberation theology. Obama’s relationship with Young was confirmed by Larry Sinclair, who claims to have had two sex-cocaine trysts with Obama.
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In late May, Wash. DC-based investigative journalist Wayne Madsen had a bombshell revelation about Obama’s membership in a Chicago gay club, Man’s Country. Madsen also reported on Obama’s sexual relationships with other men, including named D.C. politicians and Donald Young, the openly-gay choir-director of the church in Chicago of which Obama was a member for some 20 years — Jeremy Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ black liberation theology.
Obama’s relationship with Young was confirmed by Larry Sinclair, who claims to have had two sex-cocaine trysts with Obama.
There were two other openly gay men in Wright’s church: Larry Bland and Nate Spencer. In late 2007, as Obama began his ascent to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, in a span of 1½ months, all three men “conveniently” died:
Bland was murdered execution-style on November 17, 2007;
Young was murdered execution-style on December 24, 2007;
Spencer reportedly died of septicemia, pneumonia, and HIV on December 26, 2007. (Death certificates of Bland and Young, HERE.)
Now, Young’s elderly mother is speaking out about her suspicions that her son was murdered to protect Obama’s reputation and assure his political future as President.
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In late May, Wash. DC-based investigative journalist Wayne Madsen had a bombshell revelation about Obama’s membership in a Chicago gay club, Man’s Country. Madsen also reported on Obama’s sexual relationships with other men, including named D.C. politicians and Donald Young, the openly-gay choir-director of the church in Chicago of which Obama was a member for some 20 years — Jeremy Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ black liberation theology. Obama’s relationship with Young was confirmed by Larry Sinclair, who claims to have had two sex-cocaine trysts with Obama.
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Jon Kyl | Eric Holder | Fast And Furious | US Attorney General | The Daily Caller
Jon Kyl | Eric Holder | Fast And Furious | US Attorney General | The Daily Caller: Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, the Minority Whip, told The Daily Caller that the United States would be a better place if Eric Holder wasn’t the attorney general for a number of reasons, including Operation Fast and Furious.
“There are a lot of reasons the country would be better off without Eric Holder as attorney general,” Kyl told TheDC. “Fast and Furious is just one of them.”
As the second-highest-ranking Republican senator, Kyl is by far the most prominent member of Congress to say Holder’s continuation as Attorney General isn’t good for the country. Kyl’s comment comes just a few days after Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney demanded Holder’s resignation during an interview with Fox News in New Hampshire on Saturday.
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“There are a lot of reasons the country would be better off without Eric Holder as attorney general,” Kyl told TheDC. “Fast and Furious is just one of them.”
As the second-highest-ranking Republican senator, Kyl is by far the most prominent member of Congress to say Holder’s continuation as Attorney General isn’t good for the country. Kyl’s comment comes just a few days after Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney demanded Holder’s resignation during an interview with Fox News in New Hampshire on Saturday.
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We Can't Wait | 2008 Rhetoric | Barack Obama Slogan | The Daily Caller
We Can't Wait | 2008 Rhetoric | Barack Obama Slogan | The Daily Caller: The “we can’t wait” slogan used by President Obama to market executive actions this year appears to have been inspired by campaign rhetoric used by the then-senator’s 2008 presidential campaign, as shown in this April 2008 video of Obama speaking in Philadelphia.
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“We can’t afford to wait. We can’t wait to fix our schools. We can’t wait to fix our health care system. We can’t wait to bring back good jobs and good wages. We can’t wait to deal with crime on the streets of our major urban centers,” Obama said on April 14, 2008.
“We can’t wait to bring back after school programs and summer school programs for our youth. We can’t wait to bring this war in Iraq to a close. We cannot wait and that’s why I’m running for president of the United States of America.”
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“We can’t afford to wait. We can’t wait to fix our schools. We can’t wait to fix our health care system. We can’t wait to bring back good jobs and good wages. We can’t wait to deal with crime on the streets of our major urban centers,” Obama said on April 14, 2008.
“We can’t wait to bring back after school programs and summer school programs for our youth. We can’t wait to bring this war in Iraq to a close. We cannot wait and that’s why I’m running for president of the United States of America.”
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Obama and Obamism | FrontPage Magazine
Obama and Obamism | FrontPage Magazine: Karen Lugo: –And his discussion–the poll statistics that he was showing on both Sharia law and [Molly Norris] are dramatic and also have proved out in having public discussions as I go before city councils and newspaper editorial boards, county boards of supervisors, speaking in public on these issues, it is very difficult to make a segue into talking about Sharia law unless we can talk about things that matter to people and that demonstrate that the U.S. has already made concessions in these areas. I have just completed a survey of family law in America and the judges that have incorporated Sharia into family law decisions, Frank Gaffney in the back and Center for Security Policy have also done–they have done a fantastic report on the broader areas of law where our American courts have incorporated Sharia into the decisions. So I encourage you to take a look at that very useful information and good to know that people do care and are paying attention.
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Obama: I’ve Done More for Israel’s Security Than Any President | FrontPage Magazine
Obama: I’ve Done More for Israel’s Security Than Any President | FrontPage Magazine: When you’re the most anti-Israel president in the history of America’s relationship with that staunch Middle Eastern ally, self-delusion would seem to be a useful defense mechanism. Speaking recently to prominent Jewish supporters at a New York City fundraiser, President Obama said:
I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more for the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration.
It’s difficult to decide which claim in this statement is more arrogant and laughable: that Obama’s accomplishments are so laudable and numerous that he must refrain from patting himself on the back too much, or that his administration has been the most supportive of Israel’s security. As argued in the Horowitz Freedom Center’s new video, “Obama: The Anti-Israel President,” the reality is that no administration has done less to secure Israel from Muslim aggression.
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I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more for the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration.
It’s difficult to decide which claim in this statement is more arrogant and laughable: that Obama’s accomplishments are so laudable and numerous that he must refrain from patting himself on the back too much, or that his administration has been the most supportive of Israel’s security. As argued in the Horowitz Freedom Center’s new video, “Obama: The Anti-Israel President,” the reality is that no administration has done less to secure Israel from Muslim aggression.
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Ron Paul expelled from advisory board of Young Americans for Freedom - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Ron Paul expelled from advisory board of Young Americans for Freedom - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) was booted off the Advisory Board of the conservative group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) over what the group calls his "delusional and disturbing alliance with the fringe Anti-War movement."
According to a post at the organization's web site:
“It is a sad day in American history when a one-time conservative-libertarian stalwart has fallen more out of touch with America’s needs for national security than the current feeble and appeasing administration,” said YAF’s Senior National Director Jordan Marks.
Paul has served on the Advisory Board for the conservative organization for more than two decades, and was once honored with the "Guardian of Freedom" award, YAF's highest honor.
The group's founding document, The Sharon Statement, clearly states:
THAT we will be free only so long as the national sovereignty of the United States is secure; that history shows periods of freedom are rare, and can exist only when free citizens concertedly defend their rights against all enemies…
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According to a post at the organization's web site:
“It is a sad day in American history when a one-time conservative-libertarian stalwart has fallen more out of touch with America’s needs for national security than the current feeble and appeasing administration,” said YAF’s Senior National Director Jordan Marks.
Paul has served on the Advisory Board for the conservative organization for more than two decades, and was once honored with the "Guardian of Freedom" award, YAF's highest honor.
The group's founding document, The Sharon Statement, clearly states:
THAT we will be free only so long as the national sovereignty of the United States is secure; that history shows periods of freedom are rare, and can exist only when free citizens concertedly defend their rights against all enemies…
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Ron Paul says U.S. should offer friendship to deal with Iranian nuclear threat - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Ron Paul says U.S. should offer friendship to deal with Iranian nuclear threat - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com: On Sunday, GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul said that "offering friendship" to Iran instead of sanctions would be a better solution in dealing with a potential Iranian nuclear threat.
Paul told Fox News' Chris Wallace that sanctions are "acts of war" and said America should treat the Iranian regime "differently."
When pressed by Wallace, Paul said simply, "don't put sanctions on them."
"How are we going to persuade them not to pursue a nuclear weapon?" Wallace asked.
"Maybe by offering friendship to them," Paul responded.
He added that the U.S. negotiated with the former Soviet Union and China - regimes that had thousands of nuclear weapons.
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Paul told Fox News' Chris Wallace that sanctions are "acts of war" and said America should treat the Iranian regime "differently."
When pressed by Wallace, Paul said simply, "don't put sanctions on them."
"How are we going to persuade them not to pursue a nuclear weapon?" Wallace asked.
"Maybe by offering friendship to them," Paul responded.
He added that the U.S. negotiated with the former Soviet Union and China - regimes that had thousands of nuclear weapons.
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Ron Paul: 'Flawed' U.S. policy to blame for 9/11 - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Ron Paul: 'Flawed' U.S. policy to blame for 9/11 - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com: On Sunday, Texas Congressman and GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul said "flawed" U.S. foreign policy is the reason al Qaeda terrorists killed nearly 3,000 Americans on Sept 11, 2001.
"Just remember that immediately after 9/11, we removed the base in Saudi Arabia, our policies definitely had an influence," Paul told CBS's Bob Schieffer.
"To argue the case they want to do us harm because we're free and prosperous I think is a very dangerous notion, because it's not true," he added.
Schieffer asked Paul if that was the same as blaming America for the attacks.
"If you have a flawed policy, that may have influenced it… that's a far cry from blaming America," he responded.
"So what you're saying is that it was the government's fault," Schieffer said, pressing the Congressman.
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"Just remember that immediately after 9/11, we removed the base in Saudi Arabia, our policies definitely had an influence," Paul told CBS's Bob Schieffer.
"To argue the case they want to do us harm because we're free and prosperous I think is a very dangerous notion, because it's not true," he added.
Schieffer asked Paul if that was the same as blaming America for the attacks.
"If you have a flawed policy, that may have influenced it… that's a far cry from blaming America," he responded.
"So what you're saying is that it was the government's fault," Schieffer said, pressing the Congressman.
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Obama: New income inequality rhetoric, old policies - Dec. 6, 2011
Obama: New income inequality rhetoric, old policies - Dec. 6, 2011: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Obama traveled to the heart of Republican Kansas on Tuesday, where he presented Americans with a choice: a "fair shot" with him, or a return to "you're on your own economics."
Obama firmly embraced the rhetoric of income inequality, and laid out a plan to rebuild the middle class.
"This is a make or break moment for the middle class, and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class," Obama said. "At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, and secure their retirement."
Problem is, his plan was pretty short on details.
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Obama firmly embraced the rhetoric of income inequality, and laid out a plan to rebuild the middle class.
"This is a make or break moment for the middle class, and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class," Obama said. "At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, and secure their retirement."
Problem is, his plan was pretty short on details.
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Nation pauses to remember Pearl Harbor - CNN.com
Nation pauses to remember Pearl Harbor - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Survivors of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will remember the 2,400 people who lost their lives 70 years ago Wednesday.
The annual commemoration in Hawaii begins at 7:40 a.m. (12:40 p.m. ET ) at the Pearl Harbor visitor center.
About 3,000 guests will witness a rifle salute, wreath presentations and recognition of those who died, according to the National Park Service, which operates the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. The venue overlooks the USS Arizona memorial.
At 7:55 a.m., the exact moment the attack began, a moment of silence will be observed. A U.S. Navy ship will render honors to the Arizona, followed by an aerial flyover in a "missing man" formation.
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The annual commemoration in Hawaii begins at 7:40 a.m. (12:40 p.m. ET ) at the Pearl Harbor visitor center.
About 3,000 guests will witness a rifle salute, wreath presentations and recognition of those who died, according to the National Park Service, which operates the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. The venue overlooks the USS Arizona memorial.
At 7:55 a.m., the exact moment the attack began, a moment of silence will be observed. A U.S. Navy ship will render honors to the Arizona, followed by an aerial flyover in a "missing man" formation.
The commemoration at the Pearl Harbor visitor center will include a rifle salute and wreath presentations.
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Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul not the Tea Party, blames America for 9/11 - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul not the Tea Party, blames America for 9/11 - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com: On Tuesday, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh responded to a caller who claimed the Tea Party would rally around either Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann or Ron Paul instead of Romney or Gingrich.
"All right, once again, let me bring some reason and sanity to all this," Limbaugh said.
"We just heard that the Tea Party is gonna support Ron Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, or bust. And this guy is not a Tea Party caller. This guy's a Ron Paul caller."
Digging into a Gallup poll showing Gingrich leading Romney 37 - 22, Limbaugh found that Paul currently polls at seven percent among Tea Party supporters.
"The Tea Party is not the Ron Paul campaign," Limbaugh said.
"Ron Paul has nothing to do with the Tea Party, zilch, zero, nada. There is no way that you can back Ron Paul and also back Bachmann and Santorum."
The reason Limbaugh cited is foreign policy, which he said "has nothing in common with Tea Party foreign policy" and "nothing in common with Bachmann or Santorum foreign policy."
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"All right, once again, let me bring some reason and sanity to all this," Limbaugh said.
"We just heard that the Tea Party is gonna support Ron Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, or bust. And this guy is not a Tea Party caller. This guy's a Ron Paul caller."
Digging into a Gallup poll showing Gingrich leading Romney 37 - 22, Limbaugh found that Paul currently polls at seven percent among Tea Party supporters.
"The Tea Party is not the Ron Paul campaign," Limbaugh said.
"Ron Paul has nothing to do with the Tea Party, zilch, zero, nada. There is no way that you can back Ron Paul and also back Bachmann and Santorum."
The reason Limbaugh cited is foreign policy, which he said "has nothing in common with Tea Party foreign policy" and "nothing in common with Bachmann or Santorum foreign policy."
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Bernanke to Hill: Flawed reporting on Fed loans | Reuters
Bernanke to Hill: Flawed reporting on Fed loans | Reuters: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday pushed back against reports that the Fed had lent banks $7.77 trillion or more during the financial crisis, saying they contained "egregious errors and mistakes."
Bloomberg Markets Magazine last month published an article called "Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion Undisclosed to Congress." The article was widely referenced by other news organizations, including The New York Times.
The Bloomberg article said the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion as of March 2009 to rescuing the financial system when all guarantees and lending limits were added up.
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Bloomberg Markets Magazine last month published an article called "Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion Undisclosed to Congress." The article was widely referenced by other news organizations, including The New York Times.
The Bloomberg article said the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion as of March 2009 to rescuing the financial system when all guarantees and lending limits were added up.
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School turns heating off to ‘save planet’ | The Sun |News
School turns heating off to ‘save planet’ | The Sun |News:
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A HEADTEACHER got a roasting yesterday for turning the school heating OFF on one of the coldest days of the year — to save the planet.
Pupils shivered in coats, hats and scarves as temperatures fell to just 1°C (34°F).
Head Rob Benzie switched off the radiators to show how the secondary school could cut its carbon footprint.
'Success' ... Mr Benzie
But some staff and parents slammed the "barbaric" plan.
One teacher called it "beyond stupid" and added: "It was absolutely ridiculous.
"I've never worked in such cold. I'm all for saving the planet but this was barbaric.
"Nobody could work properly and kids could not even grip a pen through their gloves." The mum of a 12-year-old at Ansford Academy in Castle Cary, Somerset, said: "She was shaking when she came home. I was absolutely furious."
A dad added: "Turning the heating off in December is just mental.
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Woman Charged With Stabbing At Occupy Baltimore « CBS Baltimore
Woman Charged With Stabbing At Occupy Baltimore « CBS Baltimore: BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say a woman has been charged with assault in a stabbing at the Occupy Baltimore site.
Officers say Desiree Nicholson, 23, of Halethorpe has been charged with assault in the incident early Sunday at the encampment at the Inner Harbor. She is being held on $75,000 bond.
According to a police report, the unidentified victim says she and Nicholson had gotten into an argument “because [Nicholson] was not taking care of her cat.”
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Officers say Desiree Nicholson, 23, of Halethorpe has been charged with assault in the incident early Sunday at the encampment at the Inner Harbor. She is being held on $75,000 bond.
According to a police report, the unidentified victim says she and Nicholson had gotten into an argument “because [Nicholson] was not taking care of her cat.”
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Red October for real: Maps suggest Soviet subs cruised Canadian Arctic - Yahoo! News
Red October for real: Maps suggest Soviet subs cruised Canadian Arctic - Yahoo! News: The old Soviet Union may have been just as familiar with Canada's Arctic waters as Canadians.
Sections of Cold-War-era nautical charts obtained by The Canadian Press suggest that Russian mariners have for decades possessed detailed and accurate knowledge of crucial internal waterways such as the Northwest Passage.
Those charts, which may offer the first documentary proof of the widely held belief that Soviet nuclear submarines routinely patrolled the Canadian Arctic during the Cold War, are still in use by Russian vessels. In some places, they are preferred to current Canadian charts.
"In some cases the Russian charts are more detailed than the Canadian ones and the navigators have them out on the chart table beside the Canadian ones in order to cross-reference any questionable soundings," said Aaron Lawton of One Ocean Expeditions, an adventure tourism company that charters the Russian-owned ship Academik Ioffe for Arctic cruises.
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Sections of Cold-War-era nautical charts obtained by The Canadian Press suggest that Russian mariners have for decades possessed detailed and accurate knowledge of crucial internal waterways such as the Northwest Passage.
Those charts, which may offer the first documentary proof of the widely held belief that Soviet nuclear submarines routinely patrolled the Canadian Arctic during the Cold War, are still in use by Russian vessels. In some places, they are preferred to current Canadian charts.
"In some cases the Russian charts are more detailed than the Canadian ones and the navigators have them out on the chart table beside the Canadian ones in order to cross-reference any questionable soundings," said Aaron Lawton of One Ocean Expeditions, an adventure tourism company that charters the Russian-owned ship Academik Ioffe for Arctic cruises.
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Woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children - Yahoo! News
Woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children - Yahoo! News: SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman in the border city of Laredo, Texas who was angry because she had been denied food stamps killed herself and shot and critically wounded her two children late on Monday, authorities said on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old woman entered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission office in downtown Laredo on Monday afternoon and demanded to speak to a supervisor, said investigator Joe Baeza of the Laredo Police Department.
The woman, whom he declined to identify, pulled out a handgun and started walking through the office, threatening several employees, he said.
"She had issues and felt that she had been let down by social services in general," Baeza told Reuters on Tuesday. "She was making all sorts of outlandish claims."
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The 38-year-old woman entered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission office in downtown Laredo on Monday afternoon and demanded to speak to a supervisor, said investigator Joe Baeza of the Laredo Police Department.
The woman, whom he declined to identify, pulled out a handgun and started walking through the office, threatening several employees, he said.
"She had issues and felt that she had been let down by social services in general," Baeza told Reuters on Tuesday. "She was making all sorts of outlandish claims."
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Woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children - Yahoo! News
Woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children - Yahoo! News: SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A woman in the border city of Laredo, Texas who was angry because she had been denied food stamps killed herself and shot and critically wounded her two children late on Monday, authorities said on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old woman entered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission office in downtown Laredo on Monday afternoon and demanded to speak to a supervisor, said investigator Joe Baeza of the Laredo Police Department.
The woman, whom he declined to identify, pulled out a handgun and started walking through the office, threatening several employees, he said.
"She had issues and felt that she had been let down by social services in general," Baeza told Reuters on Tuesday. "She was making all sorts of outlandish claims."
She took an office supervisor hostage in a room in the office, he said, and a SWAT team managed to evacuate the other three dozen people in the office and clear the area.
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The 38-year-old woman entered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission office in downtown Laredo on Monday afternoon and demanded to speak to a supervisor, said investigator Joe Baeza of the Laredo Police Department.
The woman, whom he declined to identify, pulled out a handgun and started walking through the office, threatening several employees, he said.
"She had issues and felt that she had been let down by social services in general," Baeza told Reuters on Tuesday. "She was making all sorts of outlandish claims."
She took an office supervisor hostage in a room in the office, he said, and a SWAT team managed to evacuate the other three dozen people in the office and clear the area.
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Alec Baldwin -- Tossed by American Airlines Plane Captain | TMZ.com
Alec Baldwin -- Tossed by American Airlines Plane Captain | TMZ.com: The last straw in the Alec Baldwin/American Airlines incident came when he "slammed" the bathroom door so loudly the captain of Flight 4 had to get involved ... according to people on the plane.
We're told Baldwin's tweets about the incident are on point -- flight attendants wanted him to shut off his cell phone in the middle of a game of "Words with Friends" ... after the cabin door closed, but the plane remained at the gate.
But according to passengers ... after the confrontation over his phone, Alec got up to go to the bathroom and angrily slammed the lavatory door. We're told it was so loud the captain called back to flight attendants to find out what was happening.
That's when the captain himself made the call to have Baldwin removed.
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We're told Baldwin's tweets about the incident are on point -- flight attendants wanted him to shut off his cell phone in the middle of a game of "Words with Friends" ... after the cabin door closed, but the plane remained at the gate.
But according to passengers ... after the confrontation over his phone, Alec got up to go to the bathroom and angrily slammed the lavatory door. We're told it was so loud the captain called back to flight attendants to find out what was happening.
That's when the captain himself made the call to have Baldwin removed.
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Alec Baldwin thrown off AA flight at LAX for playing game on phone - NYPOST.com
Alec Baldwin thrown off AA flight at LAX for playing game on phone - NYPOST.com: What a smart Alec.
Hot-head Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight this afternoon in Los Angeles because he was playing a game on his phone apparently past the point when passengers are supposed to have turned off their devices.
On his Twitter account, Baldwin wrote: "Flight attendant on American [Airlines] reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving."
Fellow passengers stuck on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport quickly tweeted about the incident moments after it took place.
Michael J. Wolf, founder of the website Activate.com, tweeted at around 4:20 p.m. ET that Baldwin had been tossed from the flight.
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Hot-head Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight this afternoon in Los Angeles because he was playing a game on his phone apparently past the point when passengers are supposed to have turned off their devices.
On his Twitter account, Baldwin wrote: "Flight attendant on American [Airlines] reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving."
Fellow passengers stuck on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport quickly tweeted about the incident moments after it took place.
Michael J. Wolf, founder of the website Activate.com, tweeted at around 4:20 p.m. ET that Baldwin had been tossed from the flight.
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More Americans Go Abroad for Economic Opportunities - US Business News - CNBC
More Americans Go Abroad for Economic Opportunities - US Business News - CNBC: Derek Capo was living the high life. He was in his early 20s, an analyst at hedge fund Everest Capital monitoring international equities, and soaking up the weather and nightlife of his hometown of Miami.
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But looking ahead, as he'd been trained to do, Capo didn't like what he saw. The housing bust was starting to strangle the Florida economy, the stock market was looking increasingly erratic and he didn't want to pursue a pricey MBA in the middle of an economic crisis.
He also wanted to test his entrepreneurial muscles, by starting his own business, ideally in a locale that felt economically vibrant, with seemingly limitless possibilities. To do that, Capo left the U.S. in 2007.
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But looking ahead, as he'd been trained to do, Capo didn't like what he saw. The housing bust was starting to strangle the Florida economy, the stock market was looking increasingly erratic and he didn't want to pursue a pricey MBA in the middle of an economic crisis.
He also wanted to test his entrepreneurial muscles, by starting his own business, ideally in a locale that felt economically vibrant, with seemingly limitless possibilities. To do that, Capo left the U.S. in 2007.
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NewMediaJournal: The 94-Year-Old Frenchman Behind ‘Occupy’
NewMediaJournal: The 94-Year-Old Frenchman Behind ‘Occupy’: A little more than 13 months ago, a left-wing French publishing house specializing in Third World advocacy published a very short (32 pages) and very cheap (three euros) political brochure titled Indignez-vous! (Time for Outrage!).
The author was nonagenarian Stephane Frederic Hessel: a Nazi camp survivor, a former ambassador, and a regular French talk show guest. The booklet was an instant bestseller: one million copies in the first ten weeks, 1.5 million in the first year.
It still remains, as of today, the number one book on French bestseller lists.
The reasons for such a stunning success were quite obvious. Those people who read a bit, but not much, were thrilled to buy what passed for a serious essay by an important person for less than the price of a magazine. They were even happier to find out that Hessel’s philosophy was a perfect fit for their own intellectual and ethical size.
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The author was nonagenarian Stephane Frederic Hessel: a Nazi camp survivor, a former ambassador, and a regular French talk show guest. The booklet was an instant bestseller: one million copies in the first ten weeks, 1.5 million in the first year.
It still remains, as of today, the number one book on French bestseller lists.
The reasons for such a stunning success were quite obvious. Those people who read a bit, but not much, were thrilled to buy what passed for a serious essay by an important person for less than the price of a magazine. They were even happier to find out that Hessel’s philosophy was a perfect fit for their own intellectual and ethical size.
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NewMediaJournal: Where Your Rights End & Mine Begin
NewMediaJournal: Where Your Rights End & Mine Begin: As a child, I used to play with the neighbors across the street in one of the coolest sandboxes one could imagine. It was built into the landscape, with giant boulders lining the back and sides. Five kids could easily play in it, building sandcastles and manipulating bulldozers and dump trucks to their hearts content. Hours could go by before being called home to dinner. There was only one problem...neighborhood cats considered that magical place as their personal giant sized litter box. We were often told, sadly, that we could not play in it because of this ongoing problem.
These past few months, renting a home in a beach community has allowed my dog and I the opportunity to take a daily walk along the shore, where I hunt for shells, watch for porpoise, and occasionally exchange niceties with the fisherman who set up their poles in the sand, and with the locals who are also enjoying their surroundings. Every day, I thank my blessings that I’ve been given this chance to live in such surroundings but my happiness is often interrupted by dogs roaming the beach, unleashed, in violation of the rules which are clearly posted at each entrance. Not only do these dogs defecate on the sand but often they are not well behaved, running at leashed dogs, children, solitary walkers, and anyone within their proximity.
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These past few months, renting a home in a beach community has allowed my dog and I the opportunity to take a daily walk along the shore, where I hunt for shells, watch for porpoise, and occasionally exchange niceties with the fisherman who set up their poles in the sand, and with the locals who are also enjoying their surroundings. Every day, I thank my blessings that I’ve been given this chance to live in such surroundings but my happiness is often interrupted by dogs roaming the beach, unleashed, in violation of the rules which are clearly posted at each entrance. Not only do these dogs defecate on the sand but often they are not well behaved, running at leashed dogs, children, solitary walkers, and anyone within their proximity.
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Gingrich: 'House Should Immediately Condemn' Pelosi If She Uses Ethics Panel Materials Against Me | CNSnews.com
Gingrich: 'House Should Immediately Condemn' Pelosi If She Uses Ethics Panel Materials Against Me | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday that the U.S. House of Representatives should "immediately condemn" House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) if she uses materials gathered by the House ethics committee to attack Gingrich in his presidential campaign.
Such an act, Gingrich said, would be "a fundamental violation of the rules of the House."
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently told ‘Talking Points Memo’, “One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich. When the time is right. I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
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Such an act, Gingrich said, would be "a fundamental violation of the rules of the House."
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently told ‘Talking Points Memo’, “One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich. When the time is right. I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
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Gallup: Real 99 Percenters Twice as Likely to be Conservative as Liberal | CNSnews.com
Gallup: Real 99 Percenters Twice as Likely to be Conservative as Liberal | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) - An analysis of more than 65,000 Americans polled by Gallup during the Obama presidency indicates that among the 99 percent of American adults who do not rank in the top one percent for income, conservatives outnumber liberals by approximately 2-to-1.
According to Gallup's data, Americans in the 99 percent are slightly more likely to say they are conservative than Americans in the top 1 percent—although the difference between the percentage of self-professed conservatives in the 99 percent and the percentage in the top 1 percent falls within the polling margin of error.
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According to Gallup's data, Americans in the 99 percent are slightly more likely to say they are conservative than Americans in the top 1 percent—although the difference between the percentage of self-professed conservatives in the 99 percent and the percentage in the top 1 percent falls within the polling margin of error.
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Final Medical Loss Ratio Rule Rebuffs Insurance Agents – Capsules - The KHN Blog
Final Medical Loss Ratio Rule Rebuffs Insurance Agents – Capsules - The KHN Blog: The Obama administration issued a rule today that is sure to disappoint insurance agents: Fees paid to brokers and agents won’t count as medical care, under limits imposed on insurers in the 2010 federal health law.
That’s key because under the health law, insurers must spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on medical care and quality improvement – or issue rebates to consumers. The target is 85 percent for large-group issuers.
Brokers had lobbied hard to have their fees exempted from the calculation of administrative costs, which also includes such expenses as marketing and executive salaries, saying that without such a move, commissions will be cut and agents could lose their jobs, leaving consumers without as much access to brokers who help them choose health insurance.
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That’s key because under the health law, insurers must spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on medical care and quality improvement – or issue rebates to consumers. The target is 85 percent for large-group issuers.
Brokers had lobbied hard to have their fees exempted from the calculation of administrative costs, which also includes such expenses as marketing and executive salaries, saying that without such a move, commissions will be cut and agents could lose their jobs, leaving consumers without as much access to brokers who help them choose health insurance.
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U.S. Drug Agents Launder Profits of Mexican Cartels - NYTimes.com
U.S. Drug Agents Launder Profits of Mexican Cartels - NYTimes.com: WASHINGTON — Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials.
The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across borders, those officials said, to identify how criminal organizations move their money, where they keep their assets and, most important, who their leaders are.
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The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across borders, those officials said, to identify how criminal organizations move their money, where they keep their assets and, most important, who their leaders are.
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U.S.-Mexico tunnel yields 32 tons of pot - The Washington Post
U.S.-Mexico tunnel yields 32 tons of pot - The Washington Post: MEXICO CITY — The most elaborate cross-border tunnel ever found linking Mexico and United States — a passageway complete with electric rail cars, hydraulic doors and an elevator — was uncovered in a San Diego warehouse this week, along with a record haul of 32 tons of marijuana, authorities announced Wednesday.
“This is without a doubt the most sophisticated tunnel we’ve ever found along the Mexican border,” said Derek Benner, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s special agent in charge of investigations in San Diego, in an interview.
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“This is without a doubt the most sophisticated tunnel we’ve ever found along the Mexican border,” said Derek Benner, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s special agent in charge of investigations in San Diego, in an interview.
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Moonbattery » Greenpeace Militants Invade French Nuclear Plant
Moonbattery » Greenpeace Militants Invade French Nuclear Plant: This would make a great premise for either a horror movie or one of those Mad Max-type post-apocalypse adventures. Unfortunately it’s real:
Greenpeace activists invaded a French nuclear power plant site before dawn Monday — a media stunt that deeply embarrassed the government as it was carrying out a safety review of France’s crucial atomic energy sites.
Fortunately the moonbats didn’t penetrate the reactor, where they could cause meaningful physical damage. Yet the economic damage they are attempting to inflict on France might be more devastating still.
France is a big supporter of nuclear power
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Greenpeace activists invaded a French nuclear power plant site before dawn Monday — a media stunt that deeply embarrassed the government as it was carrying out a safety review of France’s crucial atomic energy sites.
Fortunately the moonbats didn’t penetrate the reactor, where they could cause meaningful physical damage. Yet the economic damage they are attempting to inflict on France might be more devastating still.
France is a big supporter of nuclear power
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Fatwa Permits Mujahideen to Kidnap, Imprison, and Have Sexual Intercourse with Infidel Women | EuropeNews
Fatwa Permits Mujahideen to Kidnap, Imprison, and Have Sexual Intercourse with Infidel Women | EuropeNews: On October 28, 2011, the jihadi forum Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad published a fatwa by Sheikh Abu Humam Al-Athari, a member of its shari'a council, in which he unequivocally permits mujahideen to capture the infidels' women and have sexual intercourse with them, even those who are married, on the claim that their marriage bonds to infidels are dissolved as soon as they are taken captive.
Following are the fatwa's main points:
The inquiry in response to which Al-Athari issued the fatwa reads as follows:[1] "Is it permissible for mujahideen in jihad fronts to kidnap the infidels' women and hold them as their captives? What is the ruling regarding a captive in our times? How should they be divided [among the mujahideen]? Is it permissible to imprison [an infidel woman who has been taken captive] in an infidel land, or must she be brought to Dar Al-Islam [the abode of Islam]? How much time must one wait before having sexual intercourse with her, regarding both one who is a virgin and one who is not?"
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Following are the fatwa's main points:
The inquiry in response to which Al-Athari issued the fatwa reads as follows:[1] "Is it permissible for mujahideen in jihad fronts to kidnap the infidels' women and hold them as their captives? What is the ruling regarding a captive in our times? How should they be divided [among the mujahideen]? Is it permissible to imprison [an infidel woman who has been taken captive] in an infidel land, or must she be brought to Dar Al-Islam [the abode of Islam]? How much time must one wait before having sexual intercourse with her, regarding both one who is a virgin and one who is not?"
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Pelosi: My Gingrich intel dump would be legal - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
Pelosi: My Gingrich intel dump would be legal - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi clarified Monday that the "conversation" she wants to have about her knowledge of Newt Gingrich's past will be based on information already in the public record - not anything confidential she learned while investigating the former House Speaker during a year-long ethics investigation into his actions.
In a recent interview with Talking Points Memo, Pelosi said she knows "a lot" about Gingrich because of the year she spent investigating him.
"One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich," Pelosi told TPM. "I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
In a statement Monday, Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill told Hotsheet the minority leader was "clearly referring to the extensive amount of information that is in the public record," when she made the statement - "including the comprehensive committee report with which the public may not be fully aware."
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In a recent interview with Talking Points Memo, Pelosi said she knows "a lot" about Gingrich because of the year she spent investigating him.
"One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich," Pelosi told TPM. "I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
In a statement Monday, Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill told Hotsheet the minority leader was "clearly referring to the extensive amount of information that is in the public record," when she made the statement - "including the comprehensive committee report with which the public may not be fully aware."
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Hang This Around Nancy’s Neck | Godfather Politics
Hang This Around Nancy’s Neck | Godfather Politics: “The Hill” reports that Jon Corzine, “former CEO of MF Global, has given tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party in recent months, putting Democratic lawmakers in awkward positions ahead of Corzine’s subpoenaed appearance before a House committee next week.”
Corzine has been involved in a multi-million dollar fraud case. Corzine was the Democrat governor of New Jersey and Senator. Let me repeat, Corzine is a Democrat.
MF Global, where Corzine had served as the chief executive, is missing an estimated $1.2 billion in customer funds.
Corzine gave $15,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Sept. 28 and $30,800 to the Democratic National Committee in June.
While he has contributed to Democrats such as Reps. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and George Miller (D-Calif.), Corzine has become a political liability to his former allies on the Hill.
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Corzine has been involved in a multi-million dollar fraud case. Corzine was the Democrat governor of New Jersey and Senator. Let me repeat, Corzine is a Democrat.
MF Global, where Corzine had served as the chief executive, is missing an estimated $1.2 billion in customer funds.
Corzine gave $15,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Sept. 28 and $30,800 to the Democratic National Committee in June.
While he has contributed to Democrats such as Reps. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and George Miller (D-Calif.), Corzine has become a political liability to his former allies on the Hill.
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China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat - Yahoo! News
China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat - Yahoo! News: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.
The navy should "accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security," he said.
Addressing the powerful Central Military Commission, Hu said: "Our work must closely encircle the main theme of national defence and military building."
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The navy should "accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security," he said.
Addressing the powerful Central Military Commission, Hu said: "Our work must closely encircle the main theme of national defence and military building."
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Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive - FederalNewsRadio.com
Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive - FederalNewsRadio.com: Tweets, emails and other electronic communications can be considered "government documents" and must be preserved. The National Archives handles official government materials, while the Library of Congress' mandate is to deal with anything that may have long-term historical interest.
"We're basically in the same situation as the National Archives, only on a much larger scale," said Bill Lefurgy, digital initiatives program manager at the Library of Congress national digital information infrastructure and preservation program. "We tend to have a much larger perspective in terms of what we collect." He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris Tuesday morning to talk about the library's digital mission.
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"We're basically in the same situation as the National Archives, only on a much larger scale," said Bill Lefurgy, digital initiatives program manager at the Library of Congress national digital information infrastructure and preservation program. "We tend to have a much larger perspective in terms of what we collect." He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris Tuesday morning to talk about the library's digital mission.
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Obama Now Blames The Internet For Job Losses | RealClearPolitics
Obama Now Blames The Internet For Job Losses | RealClearPolitics: "Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle. And these changes didn't just affect blue collar workers. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the internet," President Obama said at a campaign event in Kansas.
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Okay, We Lied « Frank Miniter
Okay, We Lied « Frank Miniter: The Obama administration admits they misled Congress about Operation Fast and Furious. Attorney General Eric Holder’s U.S. Justice Department has spent almost a year denying that guns were intentionally allowed to “walk” into Mexico. But now, in a document dump 1,400-pages deep on Friday December 2, the White House revealed parts of its cover-up and its lies. The scandal erupted late last year, after at least two F&F weapons were found at the southern Arizona scene of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Holder for an explanation.
The response was a February 4 letter from assistant AG Ron Weich. He said, “The allegation … that ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons … is false.” The ATF, Weich went on, “makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico.”
Now that letter has been withdrawn. “Facts have come to light during the course of this investigation that indicate the Feb. 4 letter contains inaccuracies,” wrote deputy attorney general James Cole.
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The response was a February 4 letter from assistant AG Ron Weich. He said, “The allegation … that ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons … is false.” The ATF, Weich went on, “makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico.”
Now that letter has been withdrawn. “Facts have come to light during the course of this investigation that indicate the Feb. 4 letter contains inaccuracies,” wrote deputy attorney general James Cole.
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Congreessional Inquest Brings More Justice Dept. Lies About 'Fast And Furious' To Light - Investors.com
Congreessional Inquest Brings More Justice Dept. Lies About 'Fast And Furious' To Light - Investors.com: Scandal: The Justice Department has formally withdrawn a letter to Congress denying it sanctioned or allowed guns to be transferred to Mexico because it contained "inaccuracies." That's one way of putting it.
Back in February, Assistant Attorney General Ron Welch, in response to the investigations by Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley of the Fast and Furious gun "walking" program run out of ATF's Phoenix office, wrote a letter stating that the "allegation that ATF 'sanctioned' or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons is false."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Welch contended, "makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico." Another Friday document dump has confirmed what agent testimony and other information have already shown — this letter, and almost everything in it, was a complete fabrication.
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Back in February, Assistant Attorney General Ron Welch, in response to the investigations by Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley of the Fast and Furious gun "walking" program run out of ATF's Phoenix office, wrote a letter stating that the "allegation that ATF 'sanctioned' or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons is false."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Welch contended, "makes every effort to interdict weapons that have been purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico." Another Friday document dump has confirmed what agent testimony and other information have already shown — this letter, and almost everything in it, was a complete fabrication.
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NAACP Pushing Race Riots and United Nations Intervention For 2012 Elections? - The Ulsterman Report
NAACP Pushing Race Riots and United Nations Intervention For 2012 Elections? - The Ulsterman Report:
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The longstanding civil rights organization warns Black and Hispanic voters in America that Republicans will attempt to suppress their right to vote in the 2012 election – and is asking the United Nations to intervene.
In a move that appears to further substantiate earlier warnings from D.C. insiders of an Obama administration intent on pushing the race card to never before seen levels of extremism, the NAACP has launched an all-out attack against what they claim to be “voter suppression” tactics by Republican-majority states. Part of a recent statement from the organization said the following:
The NAACP contends that [America is] in the throes of a consciously conceived and orchestrated move to strip black and other ethnic minority groups of the right to vote. William Barber, a member of the association’s national board, said it was the “most vicious, co-ordinated and sinister attack to narrow participation in our democracy since the early 20th century.
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The Daily News | Blog | Montcalm County gets homeland security snow cone machine
The Daily News | Blog | Montcalm County gets homeland security snow cone machine:
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Montcalm County is now in possession of a $900 Arctic Blast Sno-Cone machine, thanks to a grant from the Michigan Homeland Security Program. — Daily News/Elisabeth Waldon
STANTON — The United States is fighting terrorism — one snow cone at a time.
Montcalm County recently received a $900 Arctic Blast Sno-Cone machine.
The West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission (WMSRDC) is a federal- and state-designated agency responsible for managing and administrating the homeland security program in Montcalm County and 12 other counties.
The WMSRDC recently purchased and transferred homeland security equipment to these counties — including 13 snow cone machines at a total cost of $11,700.
HOMELAND SECURITY!???
Can Obama waste tax dollars any faster or dumber???
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Obama FDA Considers Putting Morning-After Pill on Supermarket Shelves | The Weekly Standard
Obama FDA Considers Putting Morning-After Pill on Supermarket Shelves | The Weekly Standard: The Washington Post reports that, under President Obama and his Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Food and Drug Administration is considering letting “anyone of any age buy the controversial morning-after pill Plan B directly off drugstore and supermarket shelves without a prescription.” The Post writes,
birth control pills
“The Food and Drug Administration has until Wednesday to respond to a request from the drug’s manufacturer to make the pill as easy to get as toilet paper and toothpaste....
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birth control pills
“The Food and Drug Administration has until Wednesday to respond to a request from the drug’s manufacturer to make the pill as easy to get as toilet paper and toothpaste....
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Euro Crisis Uncertainty: Anxious Greeks Emptying Their Bank Accounts - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Euro Crisis Uncertainty: Anxious Greeks Emptying Their Bank Accounts - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: Many Greeks are draining their savings accounts because they are out of work, face rising taxes or are afraid the country will be forced to leave the euro zone. By withdrawing money, they are forcing banks to scale back their lending -- and are inadvertently making the recession even worse.
Georgios Provopoulos, the governor of the central bank of Greece, is a man of statistics, and they speak a clear language. "In September and October, savings and time deposits fell by a further 13 to 14 billion euros. In the first 10 days of November the decline continued on a large scale," he recently told the economic affairs committee of the Greek parliament.
With disarming honesty, the central banker explained to the lawmakers why the Greek economy isn't managing to recover from a recession that has gone on for three years now: "Our banking system lacks the scope to finance growth.
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Georgios Provopoulos, the governor of the central bank of Greece, is a man of statistics, and they speak a clear language. "In September and October, savings and time deposits fell by a further 13 to 14 billion euros. In the first 10 days of November the decline continued on a large scale," he recently told the economic affairs committee of the Greek parliament.
With disarming honesty, the central banker explained to the lawmakers why the Greek economy isn't managing to recover from a recession that has gone on for three years now: "Our banking system lacks the scope to finance growth.
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China to Cancel College Majors That Don't Pay - China Real Time Report - WSJ
China to Cancel College Majors That Don't Pay - China Real Time Report - WSJ: Much like the U.S., China is aiming to address a problematic demographic that has recently emerged: a generation of jobless graduates. China’s solution to that problem, however, has some in the country scratching their heads.
China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according to state-run media Xinhua. The government will soon start evaluating college majors by their employment rates, downsizing or cutting those studies in which the employment rate for graduates falls below 60% for two consecutive years.
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China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according to state-run media Xinhua. The government will soon start evaluating college majors by their employment rates, downsizing or cutting those studies in which the employment rate for graduates falls below 60% for two consecutive years.
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Female CEOs | Over-Regulation | Uncertainty | Economic Recovery | The Daily Caller
Female CEOs | Over-Regulation | Uncertainty | Economic Recovery | The Daily Caller: Over-regulation, uncertainty and a dearth of qualified candidates for tech jobs were the most notable grievances listed Monday at the “Women’s CEO Panel on Jobs and the Economy,” convened by Republicans.
With an estimated 50 women and a few men in attendance, a panel of female business leaders addressed Republican congresswomen about the challenges their respective companies face and how “the administration’s economic policies and regulations have affected business growth and job creation.”
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With an estimated 50 women and a few men in attendance, a panel of female business leaders addressed Republican congresswomen about the challenges their respective companies face and how “the administration’s economic policies and regulations have affected business growth and job creation.”
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Pearl Harbor and 9-11: Imagination, Deception and Audacity - Austin Bay - Townhall Conservative
Pearl Harbor and 9-11: Imagination, Deception and Audacity - Austin Bay - Townhall Conservative: Imagination, deception and audacity, in combination, are the deadly acme of warfare. Japan’s Pearl Harbor ambush of America’s Pacific Fleet, which occurred 70 years ago this week, displayed these traits. So did al-Qaida’s 9-11 savaging of American cities.
Despite clues and suggestive bits of intelligence, both attacks caught America by surprise and thrust the nation headlong into ongoing global wars that it either tried to avoid or ignore. In other words, both imaginative and deceptive attacks, executed with audacity, leveraged American self-deception and lack of imagination.
Both attacks spawned critical re-examination of intelligence data and grim reflection on the complex process of intelligence assessment and political decision-making.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his administration understood the strategic context in the Pacific. Japan was an imperialist state engaged in a land war in China that needed raw materials to supply its war effort. The Japanese government chafed at economic sanctions imposed by Washington for Japanese depredations in China. Restrictions on oil and scrap metal exports hampered Japanese war materiel production.
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Despite clues and suggestive bits of intelligence, both attacks caught America by surprise and thrust the nation headlong into ongoing global wars that it either tried to avoid or ignore. In other words, both imaginative and deceptive attacks, executed with audacity, leveraged American self-deception and lack of imagination.
Both attacks spawned critical re-examination of intelligence data and grim reflection on the complex process of intelligence assessment and political decision-making.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his administration understood the strategic context in the Pacific. Japan was an imperialist state engaged in a land war in China that needed raw materials to supply its war effort. The Japanese government chafed at economic sanctions imposed by Washington for Japanese depredations in China. Restrictions on oil and scrap metal exports hampered Japanese war materiel production.
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Qaradawi, the “Arab Spring” and The Treason of the Intellectuals » Blog » Family Security Matters
Qaradawi, the “Arab Spring” and The Treason of the Intellectuals » Blog » Family Security Matters: Friday February 18, 2011 marked the triumphal return to Cairo of Muslim Brotherhood "Spiritual Guide" Yusuf al-Qaradawi. After years of exile, his public re-emergence in Egypt was sanctioned by the nation's provisional military rulers. 1 Qaradawi's own words were accompanied by images and actions during his appearance which should have shattered the delusive view that the turmoil leading to President Mubarak's resignation augured the emergence of a modern, democratic Egyptian society devoted to Western conceptions of individual liberty, and equality before the law.
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GBTV: Antisemitism on US college campuses due to Islam | MRCTV
GBTV: Antisemitism on US college campuses due to Islam | MRCTV:
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Teacher Makes 3rd Graders Write School Board To Protest Budget Cuts | MRCTV
Teacher Makes 3rd Graders Write School Board To Protest Budget Cuts | MRCTV:
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Darrell Issa | Eric Holder | Smuggling Investigation | The Daily Caller
Darrell Issa | Eric Holder | Smuggling Investigation | The Daily Caller: House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa announced late Monday that he’s expanding his probe into the Justice Department’s questionable gun-walking programs to include drug money the Drug Enforcement Agency reportedly helped smuggle into the hands of the drug cartels in Mexico.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that “in operations supervised by the Justice Department and orchestrated to get around sovereignty restrictions” drug enforcement agents “laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels.”
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The New York Times reported on Sunday that “in operations supervised by the Justice Department and orchestrated to get around sovereignty restrictions” drug enforcement agents “laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels.”
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We Can't Wait | 2008 Rhetoric | Barack Obama Slogan | The Daily Caller
We Can't Wait | 2008 Rhetoric | Barack Obama Slogan | The Daily Caller: The “we can’t wait” slogan used by President Obama to market executive actions this year appears to have been inspired by campaign rhetoric used by the then-senator’s 2008 presidential campaign, as shown in this April 2008 video of Obama speaking in Philadelphia.
“We can’t afford to wait. We can’t wait to fix our schools. We can’t wait to fix our health care system. We can’t wait to bring back good jobs and good wages. We can’t wait to deal with crime on the streets of our major urban centers,” Obama said on April 14, 2008.
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“We can’t afford to wait. We can’t wait to fix our schools. We can’t wait to fix our health care system. We can’t wait to bring back good jobs and good wages. We can’t wait to deal with crime on the streets of our major urban centers,” Obama said on April 14, 2008.
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Reid fast-tracks radical anti-gun judge; vote Tuesday at noon | American Vision News
Reid fast-tracks radical anti-gun judge; vote Tuesday at noon | American Vision News: Harry Reid is trying to fast track a rabidly anti-gun judge into a Federal Court position. Gun Owners of America (GOA) reports,
With the help of tons of emails from Gun Owners of America members that poured into the Senate earlier this year, a gun-hating Obama judicial nominee had been kept from coming to the floor for a vote.
But thanks to good old Harry Reid, who likes to pretend he supports gun rights, that nominee is coming up for a vote on Tuesday.
Using his power as Majority Leader, Senator Reid made a procedural move last week to force a vote on Caitlin Halligan, formerly the solicitor general of New York and an avid leader in the effort to destroy firearms manufacturers using frivolous litigation.
How bad is Halligan? GOA tells:
In a speech on May 5, 2003, Halligan called for “handgun manufacturers [to be held] liable for criminal acts committed with handguns.”
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With the help of tons of emails from Gun Owners of America members that poured into the Senate earlier this year, a gun-hating Obama judicial nominee had been kept from coming to the floor for a vote.
But thanks to good old Harry Reid, who likes to pretend he supports gun rights, that nominee is coming up for a vote on Tuesday.
Using his power as Majority Leader, Senator Reid made a procedural move last week to force a vote on Caitlin Halligan, formerly the solicitor general of New York and an avid leader in the effort to destroy firearms manufacturers using frivolous litigation.
How bad is Halligan? GOA tells:
In a speech on May 5, 2003, Halligan called for “handgun manufacturers [to be held] liable for criminal acts committed with handguns.”
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Obama's Payroll Tax Cut Defunds Social Security - The Rush Limbaugh Show
Obama's Payroll Tax Cut Defunds Social Security - The Rush Limbaugh Show: RUSH: Obama is now 40 minutes late for an appearance on extending the payroll tax cut extension. I have a question, and I've asked this question on previous occasions. If, as the liberals say, there is a Social Security trust fund -- and if it is funded, as the liberals say, by direct payroll tax deductions...?
In fact, folks, Social Security is funded by only one thing, payroll taxes, FICA. That's the only way Social Security is funded. So the question then begins: "How does Obama get away with arguing that we need to cut payroll taxes that cut Social Security funding so that individuals have a thousand dollars, but then he also gets to claim to defend Social Security, which he is depleting by his own logic?" Extending the payroll tax cut depletes the Social Security trust fund. For those of you seasoned citizens, you have to understand the language. The payroll tax cut is "cutting taxes" paid into the only mechanism that funds Social Security.
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In fact, folks, Social Security is funded by only one thing, payroll taxes, FICA. That's the only way Social Security is funded. So the question then begins: "How does Obama get away with arguing that we need to cut payroll taxes that cut Social Security funding so that individuals have a thousand dollars, but then he also gets to claim to defend Social Security, which he is depleting by his own logic?" Extending the payroll tax cut depletes the Social Security trust fund. For those of you seasoned citizens, you have to understand the language. The payroll tax cut is "cutting taxes" paid into the only mechanism that funds Social Security.
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Donald Trump now casts even more doubt on Obama
Donald Trump now casts even more doubt on Obama: The mainstream media are "protecting" Barack Obama's "unconstitutional" tenure in the White House, refusing to investigate allegations that he fails to meet the Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural born citizen," according to flamboyant billionaire Donald Trump.
In a conference call today with reporters, WND asked Trump why, if he believes defeating Obama is so significant in 2012, doesn't he use his influence to mount a formal investigation into Obama's eligibility.
There have been allegations since long before Obama's election in 2008 that he is not a "natural-born citizen," a requirement imposed on no other official.
Obama's critics believe that at the time the Constitution was written, the Founders understood "natural-born citizen" to mean the offspring of two citizens.
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In a conference call today with reporters, WND asked Trump why, if he believes defeating Obama is so significant in 2012, doesn't he use his influence to mount a formal investigation into Obama's eligibility.
There have been allegations since long before Obama's election in 2008 that he is not a "natural-born citizen," a requirement imposed on no other official.
Obama's critics believe that at the time the Constitution was written, the Founders understood "natural-born citizen" to mean the offspring of two citizens.
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CNN Anchor Admonishes GOP, 'Stop Blaming the Media'
CNN Anchor Admonishes GOP, 'Stop Blaming the Media': CNN's Don Lemon attacked the "classic GOP move" of claiming liberal media bias, on Sunday's 10 p.m. edition of Newsroom. The liberal CNN host lampooned Sarah Palin's "lamestream" media line and – rather sloppily – faulted the GOP candidates for their own travails.
"Long story short – maybe it's time for politicians who get caught in unflattering situations or who might have a bit of trouble with the truth to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming the media," lectured Lemon, who as a member of the liberal media didn't exactly "take responsibility" in deflecting blame back at the GOP and Fox News without refuting their claims of liberal media bias.
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"Long story short – maybe it's time for politicians who get caught in unflattering situations or who might have a bit of trouble with the truth to take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming the media," lectured Lemon, who as a member of the liberal media didn't exactly "take responsibility" in deflecting blame back at the GOP and Fox News without refuting their claims of liberal media bias.
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CNN: Dems Acting Like 'Conservative Republicans' In Payroll Tax Debate
CNN: Dems Acting Like 'Conservative Republicans' In Payroll Tax Debate:
In its Monday afternoon coverage of the Congressional battle over extending the payroll tax cut, CNN repeatedly emphasized a Democratic advantage and claimed that the Democrats are acting like "conservative Republicans." Political analyst Gloria Borger even gave the Democratic talking point that the party roles on tax cuts have been switched.
"You know, if you're a true believer, and you're a Republican who believes that the tax cuts will pay for themselves, the question really is not how do you pay for it, but why do you pay for it, right? I mean, why pay for it at all?" CNN's Borger asked of the Republican insistence that the cuts be paid for without raising taxes elsewhere. "The Democrats, ironically, are acting much more like the conservative Republicans here," she boldly added.
If Obama talking taxes is "breaking news" .. then the past three years never happened!!!
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In its Monday afternoon coverage of the Congressional battle over extending the payroll tax cut, CNN repeatedly emphasized a Democratic advantage and claimed that the Democrats are acting like "conservative Republicans." Political analyst Gloria Borger even gave the Democratic talking point that the party roles on tax cuts have been switched.
"You know, if you're a true believer, and you're a Republican who believes that the tax cuts will pay for themselves, the question really is not how do you pay for it, but why do you pay for it, right? I mean, why pay for it at all?" CNN's Borger asked of the Republican insistence that the cuts be paid for without raising taxes elsewhere. "The Democrats, ironically, are acting much more like the conservative Republicans here," she boldly added.
If Obama talking taxes is "breaking news" .. then the past three years never happened!!!
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Disgraced CNN Journalist Who Accused U.S. Troops of Atrocities to Produce GOP Debate
Disgraced CNN Journalist Who Accused U.S. Troops of Atrocities to Produce GOP Debate: A former top CNN executive who accused U.S. troops in Iraq of attempting to murder reporters will produce a Republican debate to be hosted by Donald Trump. As Michelle Malkin noted, a press release touted the "prestigious" and "top notch" job Eason Jordan will do.
The debate is being sponsored by the Ion network and the conservative Newsmax magazine.
In November of 2004, Jordon said this about the American military: "Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by U.S. forces." These egregious comments resulted in him resigning in February of '05.
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The debate is being sponsored by the Ion network and the conservative Newsmax magazine.
In November of 2004, Jordon said this about the American military: "Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by U.S. forces." These egregious comments resulted in him resigning in February of '05.
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North Korea making missile able to hit U.S. - Washington Times
North Korea making missile able to hit U.S. - Washington Times: New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according to Obama administration officials.
The intelligence was revealed in a classified Capitol Hill briefing last month. Its existence was made public in a letter to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta from five House Republicans.
“As members of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces …, we write out of concerns about new intelligence concerning foreign developments in long-range ballistic missile development, specifically ballistic missiles capable of attacking the United States,” the Nov. 17 letter said.
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The intelligence was revealed in a classified Capitol Hill briefing last month. Its existence was made public in a letter to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta from five House Republicans.
“As members of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces …, we write out of concerns about new intelligence concerning foreign developments in long-range ballistic missile development, specifically ballistic missiles capable of attacking the United States,” the Nov. 17 letter said.
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No happy ending: the end of Obama's Hollywood romance - Americas - World - The Independent
No happy ending: the end of Obama's Hollywood romance - Americas - World - The Independent: He was young, good looking, and photogenic. He swept to power against heavy odds on the back of a heart-warming, hopey-changey message, completing a rags-to-riches journey that might have come straight out of a blockbuster movie. It isn't hard to see why Barack Obama's election in 2008 was the toast of Hollywood.
Five-figure cheques poured into his coffers bearing such blue-chip names as Hanks, Clooney, and Spielberg. By this stage in the last election cycle, the entertainment industry's hearts, minds and wallets were already won.
Four years later? Not so much. When they enter the polling booths, the stars and the power brokers who run this town will still put their crosses against his name. But the sense of warm, fuzzy optimism that characterised his last election has more or less vanished.
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Five-figure cheques poured into his coffers bearing such blue-chip names as Hanks, Clooney, and Spielberg. By this stage in the last election cycle, the entertainment industry's hearts, minds and wallets were already won.
Four years later? Not so much. When they enter the polling booths, the stars and the power brokers who run this town will still put their crosses against his name. But the sense of warm, fuzzy optimism that characterised his last election has more or less vanished.
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Women kicked off airplane at PBIA claim unruly flight attendant was to blame
Women kicked off airplane at PBIA claim unruly flight attendant was to blame: PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - Three women were escorted off a New York bound flight at Palm Beach International Airport Monday afternoon by airline staff and Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies. The women claim they did not do anything wrong and that a flight attendant on board was the only one behaving poorly.
The women -- a lawyer, a therapist and a retired travel agent -- were complete strangers until they were seated near one another on AirTran Flight 1451 to White Plains, New York. They were buckled in and ready to take off when they said a male flight attendant began mishandling some overhead luggage.
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The women -- a lawyer, a therapist and a retired travel agent -- were complete strangers until they were seated near one another on AirTran Flight 1451 to White Plains, New York. They were buckled in and ready to take off when they said a male flight attendant began mishandling some overhead luggage.
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3 elderly women say TSA agents made them pull down pants, underwear | News - Home
3 elderly women say TSA agents made them pull down pants, underwear | News - Home: NEW YORK -
With age come such things as catheters, colostomy bags and adult diapers. Now add another indignity to getting old — having to drop your pants and show these things to a complete stranger.
Two women in their 80s put the Transportation Security Administration on the defensive this week by going public about their embarrassment during screenings in a private room at John F. Kennedy International Airport. One claimed she was forced to lower her pants and underwear in front of an agent so that her back brace could be inspected. Another said agents made her pull down her waistband to show her colostomy bag.
While not confirming some of the details, the TSA said a preliminary review shows officers followed the agency's procedures in both cases. But experts said the potential for such searches will increase as the U.S. population ages and receives prosthetics and other medical devices, some of which cannot go through screening machines.
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With age come such things as catheters, colostomy bags and adult diapers. Now add another indignity to getting old — having to drop your pants and show these things to a complete stranger.
Two women in their 80s put the Transportation Security Administration on the defensive this week by going public about their embarrassment during screenings in a private room at John F. Kennedy International Airport. One claimed she was forced to lower her pants and underwear in front of an agent so that her back brace could be inspected. Another said agents made her pull down her waistband to show her colostomy bag.
While not confirming some of the details, the TSA said a preliminary review shows officers followed the agency's procedures in both cases. But experts said the potential for such searches will increase as the U.S. population ages and receives prosthetics and other medical devices, some of which cannot go through screening machines.
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OWS: How Far We Have Fallen - Harry R. Jackson, Jr. - Townhall Conservative
OWS: How Far We Have Fallen - Harry R. Jackson, Jr. - Townhall Conservative: On November 15, 2011, the NYPD expelled Occupy Wall Street Protestors from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan after about two months of round the clock protests. As the protests spread to several cities, OWS has drawn numerous comparisons to the Civil Rights Movement for its objection to the disproportionate power and wealth wielded by the upper “1 percent” of the country. Even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Reverend Bernice King, proclaimed that her father would have agreed with the protestors’ grievances in this regard.
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Barack Obama's America, In His Own Words - Page 1 - Charlotte Hays - Townhall Conservative
Barack Obama's America, In His Own Words - Page 1 - Charlotte Hays - Townhall Conservative: Sometimes in unguarded moments the Obamas have said revealing things that later needed to be explained away—the president’s “bitter clingers” remark and Mrs. Obama’s being proud of her country “for the first time in my adult life” spring to mind.
The president seems to be making more of these bloopers as the pressure of running for re-election on his record gets to him. Speaking at a fundraising event with New York millionaires and billionaires the other day, he said this:
Our kids are going to be fine...And I always tell Malia and Sasha, look, you guys, I don’t worry about you . . . they’re on a path that is going to be successful, even if the country as a whole is not successful. But that’s not our vision of America. I don’t want an America where my kids are living behind walls and gates, and can’t feel a part of a country that is giving everybody a shot.
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The president seems to be making more of these bloopers as the pressure of running for re-election on his record gets to him. Speaking at a fundraising event with New York millionaires and billionaires the other day, he said this:
Our kids are going to be fine...And I always tell Malia and Sasha, look, you guys, I don’t worry about you . . . they’re on a path that is going to be successful, even if the country as a whole is not successful. But that’s not our vision of America. I don’t want an America where my kids are living behind walls and gates, and can’t feel a part of a country that is giving everybody a shot.
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Protest This: Occupy Whatever and ACORN Search for a Few Fools - Page 1 - John Ransom - Townhall Finance
Protest This: Occupy Whatever and ACORN Search for a Few Fools - Page 1 - John Ransom - Townhall Finance: In their stunning off-off Broadway debut, Occupy Whatever sure created a lot of mass- as in trash.
30 tons in LA, and more in New York City.
And that’s just the trash they left behind, not the weight of the newsprint wasted on unsuccessfully explaining a movement to the American people that either absolutely had a definite platform or didn’t depending on the day, the hour, the park and the spokestree making the statement on behalf of Occupy Something.
But the Movement without a Cause isn’t quite dead yet- in fact it might be feeling much better now that they’ve taken on even more trash.
And soon they’ll be at your house, whether you invited them or not.
See, they have a few nuts to plant in your front yard, as in ACORNs.
But careful: That’s not a fish they are dumping in that hole with the acorns.
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30 tons in LA, and more in New York City.
And that’s just the trash they left behind, not the weight of the newsprint wasted on unsuccessfully explaining a movement to the American people that either absolutely had a definite platform or didn’t depending on the day, the hour, the park and the spokestree making the statement on behalf of Occupy Something.
But the Movement without a Cause isn’t quite dead yet- in fact it might be feeling much better now that they’ve taken on even more trash.
And soon they’ll be at your house, whether you invited them or not.
See, they have a few nuts to plant in your front yard, as in ACORNs.
But careful: That’s not a fish they are dumping in that hole with the acorns.
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BP says Halliburton 'intentionally destroyed evidence' after Gulf oil spill - CNN.com
BP says Halliburton 'intentionally destroyed evidence' after Gulf oil spill - CNN.com: (CNN) -- BP is accusing Halliburton of having "intentionally destroyed evidence" related to the explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that led to the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
The accusation comes in court papers filed by BP Monday in federal court in New Orleans as part of a lawsuit aimed at having sanctions imposed on Halliburton Energy Services Inc., which was a contractor for BP on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. An explosion on the rig on April 20, 2010, killed 11 people working on the rig and injured 16 others. The explosion led to more than 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf.
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The accusation comes in court papers filed by BP Monday in federal court in New Orleans as part of a lawsuit aimed at having sanctions imposed on Halliburton Energy Services Inc., which was a contractor for BP on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. An explosion on the rig on April 20, 2010, killed 11 people working on the rig and injured 16 others. The explosion led to more than 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf.
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