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White House eyes gun
violence package

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 7:25:21 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- The Obama administration is formulating a broader strategy for gun control as it looks to reduce U.S. gun violence, those privy to the discussions say. Rather than just pursuing the reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, a White House working group led by Vice President Joe Biden is looking at a multi-prong approach that would include universal background checks for gun purchasers, creation of a national database to track guns, strengthening of mental health checks, and tougher penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors, sources told The Washington Post.

Americans Are Voting With
Their Wallets On Guns

Breitbart Big Government, by Awr Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 7:22:03 PM Post Reply

No matter where you look, the news is the same--guns are flying off the shelves, bulk ammo can´t be found, and applications for concealed permits are going up, up, up. In short, Americans have weighed in on the gun debate and the winners are the right to keep and bear arms and the duty of self-defense. Just look at Florida, the state in which the huge national push for concealed carry began in earnest in the late 1980s. In 2012, in the Sunshine State, the number of background checks for gun purchases was 797,970. Which is 200,000 higher

Second time with Obama
not as thrilling as before

Associated Press, by Darlene Superville Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 7:16:40 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America´s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. president is still a big deal. But the ceremony that Washington will stage in a few weeks won´t be the heady, historic affair it was in 2009, when nearly 2 million people flocked to the National Mall to see Obama take the oath of office. This time, District of Columbia officials expect between 600,000 and 800,000 people for Obama´s public swearing-in on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 21.

Troublesome ´devil birds´
spread across U.S.

USA Today, by Elizabeth Weise Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/6/2013 7:02:24 PM Post Reply

San Francisco — In Houston, they tried air cannons so loud neighbors called in the SWAT team. In New Mexico, it took a half-dozen men and thousands of explosives. In Austin, technicians go out night after night with heavy-duty lasers. All to battle an 8-ounce, highly adaptive bird that´s colonizing the country — and leaving behind inch-thick layers of droppings as it goes. The great-tailed grackle, called by some the devil bird, is lovely to look at. Males are jet-black with a violet-blue iridescent sheen to their feathers that made them prized by Aztec kings

Step into the Dark City:
Evocative 1930s´ pictures reveal
the eerie alleys and lost
buildings of London

Daily Mail [UK], by Sam Webb Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/6/2013 6:31:34 PM Post Reply

These atmospheric images show buildings, alleys and streets from the rapidly-disappearing London of the 1930s - cloaked in darkness. They were collated by a pair of photographers called John Morrison and Harold Burdekin for a book called London Night, which was published in 1934. They show the capital as it was before smog, before the Blitz changed the face of the city forever, and before the brutalist concrete monoliths of post-war rebuilding. They used newly-emerging night photography techniques to capture London´s unique atmosphere. It was a city of alleys lit by dim lamps, stark contrasts of light and dark and

Americans face higher
prices, flat wages in 2013

Des Moines Register [IA], by Victor Epstein Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/6/2013 6:23:38 PM Post Reply

Des Moines, Iowa — The new norm will be the same as the old norm for most American households this year: financial suffering and a continued slow recovery from the Great Recession. Americans can expect price tags for many goods and services to increase faster than take-home pay again this year. Higher costs are expected for food, airline flights, rent, housing prices, government fees, shipping costs and college tuition. While gasoline prices are expected to fall by a small amount, they´ll do so after two consecutive years of record prices at the pump. Many households will be confronted by the additional

´They´re starting to seriously worry´:
Concern growing about low turn-
out at Obama inauguration

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff* Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/6/2013 6:14:54 PM Post Reply

Crowds may have flocked to the National Mall to see President Obama make history in 2009, but the team behind the president´s 2013 inauguration bash later this month are bracing themselves for a ton of empty seats. The ceremony that Washington will stage in a few weeks won´t be the historic affair it was in 2009, when nearly 2 million people flocked to the Capitol o watch Obama take the oath of office. This time, District of Columbia officials expect between 600,000 and 800,000 people for Obama´s public swearing-in on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, January 21.

Even Though

National Review, by Yuval Levin Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 1/6/2013 6:08:52 PM Post Reply

The New York Times’ Fox Butterfield is famous for repeatedly reporting with astonishment that crime rates went down as the prison population went up without giving much heed to the possibility that the two trends might be correlated rather than (as the paper’s house ideology insists) contradictory. Here’s a good instance. Well, he now seems to have some competition in the “incredulous about cause and effect” department at the Times. In today’s paper, Times business reporter Reed Abelson notes with barely masked bewilderment that insurance premiums are rising sharply as Obamacare’s insurance regulations begin to take effect.

Flash mob at Mall of Louisiana
goes horribly wrong when
massive 200-person brawl
breaks out instead

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/6/2013 6:04:39 PM Post Reply

A flash mob at the Mall of Louisiana turned violent last night, causing the shopping center to be evacuated. As many as 200 young people were in the food court of the Baton Rouge mall for an apparent flash mob, but things turned ugly quickly. Around 6pm Saturday night, police officers responded to calls that there was a fight in the second story of the food court.[Snip]As the altercation escalated, the woman said that people started overturning tables and jumping over them. She told the station that she grabbed her child and ran as fast as she could

NBC’s Gregory Frets: If
Only Republicans Had Caved
Earlier on Tax Hikes

Newsbusters, by Brent Baker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/6/2013 4:15:16 PM Post Reply

Getting reactions to the “fiscal cliff” deal/postponement from Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles – they of the much-cited “Simpson-Bowles Commission” – Meet the Press host David Gregory wistfully speculated on what might have been, had only Republicans agreed a year ago to raise income taxes. He cued up Bowles: “Had Republicans conceded the point on revenue earlier, say, in 2011, could we have had a broader agreement along the lines that you think is necessary?” Gregory’s question came after he explained how “Democrats reject this idea that there is some sort of equivalency

The GOP Can’t
Surrender on Debt Ceiling

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/6/2013 4:11:29 PM Post Reply

On Friday, my friend and colleague Peter Wehner wrote about the question of how the Republican Party can avoid a repeat of the fiscal cliff debacle in the upcoming months as a new deadline for raising the debt ceiling looms. Throughout the last few weeks, Pete has been spot-on in his analysis of what he rightly called the Republicans’ “losing hand” as President Obama and the Democrats forced them to accept a terrible fiscal cliff deal. Though some think the debt ceiling discussion will be very different from the cliff debate, Pete fears the GOP is headed

Obama: ´I Will Not
Compromise´ on Debt Ceiling

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/6/2013 3:57:15 PM Post Reply

In his weekly internet address on Saturday, President Obama continued his bullying rhetoric over Americans debt problem. With the fiscal cliff deal signed into law – the deal raised income taxes dramatically on everyone making above $400,000 per year and payroll taxes on everyone regardless of income – the debate has turned to the debt ceiling. America has reached its statutory limit on borrowing authority again, this time at an unthinkable $16.4 trillion. And Republicans want spending cuts in exchange for granting more borrowing authority.

McConnell Suggests He’s
Willing to Risk Gov’t Shutdown
to Force Spending Cuts

National Review Online, by Eliana Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/6/2013 3:45:21 PM Post Reply

Making the rounds on the Sunday news programs this morning, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, pressed by NBC’s David Gregory, suggested that, yes, he’s willing to risk a government shutdown in order to hold the line in the upcoming negotiations over the debt ceiling. You may recall that President Obama, for his part, has announced that he will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling: “While I will negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay

Boehner Coup Attempt
Larger Than First Thought

Roll Call, by Jonathan Strong Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 1/6/2013 3:31:13 PM Post Reply

A concerted effort to unseat Speaker John A. Boehner was under way the day of his re-election to the position, but participants called it off 30 minutes before the House floor vote, CQ Roll Call has learned. A group of disaffected conservatives had agreed to vote against the Ohio lawmaker if they could get at least 25 members to join the effort. But one member, whose identity could not be verified, rescinded his or her participation the morning of the vote, leaving the group one person short of its self-imposed 25-member threshold.

What Obama´s Senate
Mafia Means for America

National Journal, by Michael Hirsh Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/6/2013 3:21:24 PM Post Reply

In the summer of 2008, while the two of them were on a trip to Afghanistan, then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., gave a bit of advice to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. "I told Obama he should pick [Joe] Biden as his running mate," Hagel recalled in a 2010 interview with National Journal. "I said, ´He understands governance better than anyone else. In particular, he understands Congress. He understands how it fits together like no one else you could get. He´s got the political piece. He ´s got the policy piece. There´s nobody in his league.´"

Michael Jackson´s daughter Paris fends off
greedy relatives and plots movie stardom

New York Post, by STACY BROWN Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 1/6/2013 3:02:32 PM Post Reply

She’s heir to a $1 billion fortune, keeper of the legacy of pop’s biggest star. She grew up with a father who spent money with abandon, popped pills, wasted away into emaciation — all while living in perpetual childhood. So the most surprising thing about Paris Katherine Jackson, age 14, is how normal she is. That’s all thanks, ironically, to her damaged, brilliant father, Michael Jackson.

Battling bottle ban in Concord

Boston Herald, by Richard Weir Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 2:42:50 PM Post Reply

A new shot has been fired in the battle in Concord over the plastic water bottle ban, with opponents now vowing to repeal the controversial law — considered the first of its kind in the nation — that went into effect Tuesday. “People should have the freedom to buy a legal product in the town they live in,” contends Robin Garrison, who has spearheaded a group called Concord Residents for Consumer Choice that hopes to bring single-serve plastic water bottles under 1 liter back to stores in town. “It should not be outlawed.”

Obamas dine at Buzz´s

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 2:35:01 PM Post Reply

KAILUA, Hawaii- The first family dined out at Buzz´s steakhouse on the last night of their vacation and prepared to bid aloha to Hawaii ahead of a Sunday return to Washington. President Obama and his family dined with unidentified family friends at the local eatery near Kailua Beach Park. Their outing attracted a crowd. The press wasn´t made privy to what the president and his family did the rest of his final day in Hawaii, but a small group of demonstrators showed up in the neighborhood holding up signs. One implored "No Drone Warfare,"

Obama says ´aloha´ to
vacation as first family
arrives back in Washington

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 2:28:03 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama has returned to Washington after a winter vacation in Hawaii that was interrupted by the ´fiscal cliff´ crisis. Obama arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sunday morning after an overnight flight as Sasha and Malia return to school tomorrow. The president´s annual end-of-year visit to his native state was disrupted just after Christmas when he was forced to return to the capital to help broker a solution on a plan to avert a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that could have plunged the economy back into recession.

A Contrary View: Fiscal
Cliff Deal a Win for
Republicans and America

American Thinker, by Mike Razar Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 2:21:24 PM Post Reply

As a recent critic myself of Republican leadership, I would like to congratulate Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor and the entire Republican leadership in the House and the Senate. They have succeeded in luring the President and his minions into a deal they will come to regret. All the wise guys disagree with me. Of course, the progressive media are crowing about President Obama´s great victory. They are touting his brilliant negotiating skills. They are positively giddy with schadenfreude for conservatives.

Rep. Tiberi (R-OH):
´No Faith In This President
To Lead on Anything´

Breitbart Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2013 2:17:53 PM Post Reply

With President Obama busy demagoguing, Republicans are moving toward the conclusion – too late, of course – that they should stop relying on the President for negotiations and compromise. With regard to spending cuts and the debt ceiling, Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), chairman of the Ways and Means subcommittee on taxes, said to The Hill, “Clearly, having presidential leadership on any big issue makes it a heck of a lot easier to get it done.” But, he added, “we don’t have faith in this president to lead on anything.

Missing Fashion Mogul Vittorio
Missoni Turned Family Business
Into a Global Brand

ABC News, by Alyssa Newcomb Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/6/2013 2:08:49 PM Post Reply

Rescuers searched by air and sea today off the coast of Venezuela for the plane carrying Italian fashion mogul Vittorio Missoni, the man credited with turning his father’s fashion house into a global empire that includes hotels, housewares and bicycles. The 58-year-old left the remote Los Roques archipelago Friday on a twin-engine plane bound for Caracas, Venezuela. On board were his wife, two friends and two pilots. Thirty minutes after takeoff, the plane vanished into the Caribbean, leaving the tight-knit Missoni clan anxiously waiting for answers.

Can You Imagine
King George III Telling Our Nation’s
Founders They Couldn’t Have Muskets?

Townhall, by Doug Giles Original Article

Posted By: lcl4- 1/6/2013 2:03:57 PM Post Reply

Don’t you love how the Left and their step-n-fetch media mavens are trying to make law-abiding gun owners the bad guys? You don’t? Yeah, me neither. From Hollywood’s heavily armed guarded elite to the radical, anti-gun commie rag Journal News, peaceful and upright average Joes are being isolated and concentrated on as the bane of America’s existence just because we righteously and lawfully keep and bear arms. Hollywood has even cobbled together a little tsk-tsk black and white video demanding our government do something about gun violence

Stark Evidence of US,
British Naval Decline

American Thinker, by James G. Wiles Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 1/6/2013 12:33:18 PM Post Reply

Is it actually possible that, as you read this, the United States Navy has only one supercarrier battle group at sea? Read on - and be amazed. Look no farther than these two news items, both from today´s Sunday Times of London, to see the effect of two decades of shrinkage in the size of the United States Navy and the retreat of the Royal Navy from the high seas

Vitriol Over Falklands
Resurfaces, as Do Old Arguments

New York Times, by John F. Burns Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/6/2013 12:09:23 PM Post Reply

LONDON — They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica. President Ronald Reagan, who tussled with Margaret Thatcher over them as he rarely did on any other issue that engaged the two leaders, described them once as “that little ice-cold bunch of land down there.” But the Falkland Islands, the focus of a short war between Britain and Argentina in 1982

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