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Spoiling for a fight
over Chuck Hagel

Washington Times, by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/8/2013 3:57:15 PM Post Reply

If Barack Obama wants a fight over his appointment of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, the Republicans have a constitutional responsibility to give him one. The Senate’s role, to “advise and consent” to the appointment, is a description of duty, not a command to “echo and obey,” which is the president’s idea of how Congress should respond to all of his appointments, legislation, whims, wishes and dreams. Mr. Obama, like all other presidents, is entitled to choose his aides, helpers, assistants, deputies and seconds, subject to the advice of the Senate,

Cuba vies for control in
post-Chávez Venezuela

Miami Herald, by Carlos Alberto Montaner Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/8/2013 3:40:55 PM Post Reply

Hugo Chávez and the Castro brothers knew in the summer of 2011 that the Venezuelan’s chances of survival were almost nil and began to prepare for a post-Chávez era. They would try to cure the loquatious lieutenant colonel, of course, but ever since the doctors realized the type of cancer he had (an aggressive and rare rhabdomyosarcoma), the gravity and extent of the metastasis and the delay in taking him to the operating room, nobody had any illusions. But for a miracle, Chávez was sentenced to an early death.

Wendy´s and Taco Bell
Franchisees Talking About Cutting
Hours To Avoid ObamaCare Fines

Slate, by Matthew Yglesias Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/8/2013 3:33:08 PM Post Reply

One of the least-wise provisions of the Affordable Care Act is a plan to fine firms with over 50 employees that don´t provide health insurance to their workers to the tune of $2,000 per full-time worker. The natural response for many firms is to do exactly what Ned Resnikoff reports some Wendy´s and Taco Bell franchisees are doing and cut workers´ hours to below the 30 hours per week threshold, thus avoiding the fine. (Snip) But we should worry about the longer-term impact here. The origin of this policy, as I understand it, is in concerns expressed

Casey Anthony appeals
misdemeanor counts

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/8/2013 3:28:00 PM Post Reply

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate court is being asked Tuesday to decide whether Casey Anthony was in police custody when she made statements that led to her being convicted of four counts of lying to law enforcement officers. Anthony´s attorneys are appealing the misdemeanor convictions on the grounds that her statements were inadmissible at her murder trial since she hadn´t been read her Miranda rights, which warn suspects that they can remain silent and that their statements can be used against them in court. The three judges on the Fifth District Court

Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC
Sitting Out Hagel Fight

Daily Beast, by Eli Lake Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/8/2013 3:13:42 PM Post Reply

Opponent of Chuck Hagel´s nomination to be secretary of defense have been lining up for battle, citing concerns about the former senator’s position on Israel. Notably absent from the cast of critics: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, Washington’s largest and most well funded pro-Israel lobby. The powerful lobby, which doesn’t typically shy away from a fight, has decided to sit this one out, say several House and Senate staff members, as well as some pro-Israel activists in Washington. “Staffers and members are trying to find out what AIPAC thinks of Hagel, and we are not getting

U.S. will sell advanced Patriot
missiles to Taiwan in 2015: Senator

Central News Agency [Taiwan], by Chen Shun-hsieh* Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/8/2013 3:10:48 PM Post Reply

Taipei - The United States will sell Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles to Taiwan in 2015 and this is Washington´s firm promise, visiting U.S. Senator James Inhofe said Tuesday. Prior to that sale, the U.S. will sell Taiwan 30 Apache attack helicopters this year and 60 Black Hawk transport helicopters in 2014, Inhofe said during a visit to President Ma Ying-jeou at the Presidential Office. The co-chairman of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, a body consisting of senators friendly toward Taiwan, said the arms sales promises, as well as the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, are part of Washington´s

Boom: Energy cash influx leads
to a state surplus in Texas

Hot Air, by Erika Johnsen Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 3:03:59 PM Post Reply

While we all wait with bated breath for President Obama to figure out if he wants to be more or less of a stickler on domestic energy production, i.e. as he dithers at the fork in the road of letting the economy do what it does best and take fuller advantage of our abundant energy resources, or pandering more heavily to his greenie base and bringing the pain on non-’renewable’ energy sources, there is ample available evidence of the type of economic gains we could be letting loose if we could commit to the former choice on a national level. Thank goodness for federalism: egislators in Texas, the biggest energy producer among U.S. states, will begin deliberating its next two-year budget with a surplus forecast today to match an $8.8 billion record set in 2007.
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US says crashed drone
drifted into Philippine Sea

Antara News [Indonesia], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/8/2013 2:57:31 PM Post Reply

Manila - The United States confirmed Tuesday that it owned a drone found in Philippine waters, but said the craft only drifted into Filipino territory after crashing at sea four months ago. The unarmed target drone was deployed from the guided missile destroyer USS Chafee in war games off the coast of Guam in September last year, the US embassy in Manila said in a statement. "It appears the ocean currents brought the drone to where it washed ashore last week off Masbate island," it said. Fishermen found the drone drifting just off the coast of the island in central Philippines, about 2,500 kilometres

Stan McChrystal: We need
some serious gun-control laws

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 2:53:26 PM Post Reply

Surprised? Don’t be. It’s an open secret that McChrystal’s a liberal, to the point where he allegedly banned Fox News from TVs in his headquarters in Afghanistan. He’s kept a low profile since he retired but between this and his criticism of O’s dependency on drone strikes, I guarantee that some liberals will start murmuring about him as a Plan B in 2016 in case Hillary decides not to run. Their bench is thin and there’s a real chance that the GOP nominee, be it Rubio or Jeb Bush, will have formidable star power.

Flu bug overwhelms local hospitals

Chicago Tribune, by Patrick Svitek Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/8/2013 2:42:44 PM Post Reply

Seven Chicago-area hospitals have had to send ambulances elsewhere this morning as they deal with an influx of patients with flu-like symptoms. As of 9:45 a.m., the hospitals remained on bypass status, which means their emergency rooms are at capacity and non-critical patients are being re-routed to other hospitals, said Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Chicago-area hospitals included Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Chicago Medical Center and Swedish Covenant Hospital. Rockford Memorial Hospital was the only hospital outside of Chicago on bypass.

Iran hearts Hagel

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 2:34:10 PM Post Reply

Not everyone is cool towards the nomination of former Republican senator Chuck Hagel to become Secretary of Defense. The mullahs of Iran are pretty jazzed about it, as Reuters reports: Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it hoped the appointment of Chuck Hagelas the next U.S. defense secretary would lead to “practical changes” in Washington’s foreign policy. Iran and the United States, adversaries for more than three decades, are at odds over many issues, including the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, which Western countries say is aimed at forging a nuclear arms capability. Tehran denies this

Casting call for Clinton biopic

Boston Herald, by Gayle Fee Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/8/2013 2:30:28 PM Post Reply

Forget Anastasia Steele, the hottest guessing game from the Beltway to Hollywood is who will play a young Hillary Clinton and hubby Bill in a new flick about the ’70s-era romance between the young, ambitious Washington lawyer and a down home Arkansas boy with big political ambitions. But here at the Track, we’re all about who will play ex-Gov. Bill Weld. Because, according to the screenwriter, there is a scene in which Hillary — the youngest lawyer on the House Judiciary Committee — engages in an “office flirtation” with co-counsel Weld.

Rory McIlroy’s Nike deal
looms as he ditches long-time
sponsor Jumeirah

SB Nation, by Emily Kay Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/8/2013 2:27:36 PM Post Reply

When Rory McIlroy finally announces on Monday that he’s signed with Tiger Woods’ Team Nike, the golf world will expel a collective, “So what else is new?” But for those who harbor any residual doubt about the former Titleist and Oakley pitchman moving to Beaverton, the ending of his long-term contract with Jumeirah Group provides one more hint about what No. 1 will be wearing when he and Woods kick off their 2013 seasons next week at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. The Dubai-based hotel chain’s insignia has burnished the front of McIlroy’s cap for five years,

Sec. of State? Kerry’s
Criticism of U.S. Foreign
Policy Goes Back 42 Years

Cybercast News Service, by Penny Starr Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 2:26:57 PM Post Reply

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), considered to be President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton is expected to resign from the position this spring – has often been critical of U.S. foreign policy, likening some American soldiers in Vietnam to Ghenghis Kahn and to war criminals, and being “Messianic” and fueling international animosity, among other criticisms. If nominated for Secretary of State, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will have to vote to confirm him. Some of Kerry’s tough commentary on U.S. foreign policy are published below.

Fuel leak grounds 787
Dreamliner at Logan Airport

Boston Herald, by Ira Kantor Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/8/2013 2:26:20 PM Post Reply

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft headed back to Terminal E at Logan International Airport after a fuel leak today — the second major problem in as many days on the troubled Tokyo route. The venting of the fuel has stopped from the Japan Airlines flight headed to Tokyo, said Massport spokesman Matthew Brelis, adding the plane, carrying 178 passengers, had taxied out to depart when the leak occurred. Crews are still trying to determine what caused the leak, which is believed to have come from one of the plane’s wings, Brelis said. Nobody on board was injured.

Morsi: I want the US to
free the Blind Sheikh

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 2:11:14 PM Post Reply

Now that Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi has settled the constitutional issues facing his country, he can turn his attention to the truly pressing problems of the Arab Spring state. Would that be religious tolerance, economic growth, and the pursuit of peace in the region? Er … not exactly. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last night, Morsi urged Barack Obama to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, better known as the Blind Sheikh, currently serving a life sentence in a maximum-security federal prison in North Carolina for his involvement

How home schooling
threatens monopoly education

USA Today, by Glenn Harlan Reynolds Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/8/2013 2:10:25 PM Post Reply

"What about home schooling? You know, it´s not just for scary religious people any more." That´s a line from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and it should strike fear into the hearts, not of vampires, but of public-school administrators everywhere. The fact is, Americans across the country -- but especially in large, urban school systems -- are voting with their feet and abandoning traditional public schools, to the point that teachers are facing layoffs. Some are going to charter schools, which are still public but are run more flexibly. Some are leaving for private schools. But many others are going

No going back on same
sex marriage ban – Mark

Vanguard[Nigeria], by Joseph Erunke Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/8/2013 2:08:44 PM Post Reply

Abuja—Senate President, David Mark, has told proponents of same sex marriage to bury their dreams as such acts would not be allowed to infiltrate the Nigerian culture. He said the bill prohibiting the act was already in place, declaring that people found to have violated the law risked 14 years imprisonment. In a statement from Mr. Paul Mumeh, his Chief Press Secretary, weekend, Senator Mark told Catholic faithful and guests at the civic reception in honour of Cardinal John Onaiyean in Abuja, that it was a criminal offence for any one to indulge in such an act.

´Wow! What a beautiful woman!´
Meet the Miss Alabama girlfriend
of star quarterback who sent
broadcasters drooling during
game against Notre Dame

Daily Mail (UK), by Lydia Warren Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/8/2013 2:07:39 PM Post Reply

Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron may have been putting on a championship-winning performance on the field, but all eyes were on the stands - and his girlfriend - on Monday night. Katherine Webb sent broadcasters drooling and viewers tweeting their admiration after she cheered for McCarron as his team swiftly defeated Notre Dame to win the BCS National Championship. In the first quarter of the game, the ESPN cameras panned to 23-year-old reigning Miss Alabama, who was sitting with McCarron´s mother, and the sportscasters immediately perked up. ´I´m telling you, you quarterbacks, you get all the good looking women,´ 73-year-old

Nancy Pelosi coins a
new term for gun control

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/8/2013 2:00:30 PM Post Reply

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has adopted a new term for gun control, “gun violence prevention,” in hopes that the euphemism will make it easier to marshal public opinion in favor of new gun laws as well as other policies designed to prevent shootings. “If we come out of the Newtown experience and all we do is talk about it and not have a result,” Pelosi told The New York Times, “that would be a dereliction of duty on the part of us in public office. We must find a place where we

Terror-accused Swedes´
US extradition ´a failure´

The Local [Sweden], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/8/2013 1:59:23 PM Post Reply

Sweden´s foreign ministry has labeled as a "failure" its inability to successfully bring two Swedish citizens home from Djibouti before they were extradited to the United States to face terror charges. The two Swedes were detained in Djibouti in August after having left a terrorist training camp in Somalia run by al-Shabaab, a United States-designated terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda. (Snip) But before negotiations were concluded, the two men were taken to the United States to face charges of participating in weapons and explosives training with al-Shabaab during a four-year period beginning in 2008.

Nigeria to prosecute Russian
sailors over arms

Agence France Presse, by Pius Utomi Ekpei Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/8/2013 1:46:47 PM Post Reply

Nigeria´s navy has transferred for prosecution 15 Russian sailors detained since October for allegedly transporting illegal arms, a navy spokesman said Tuesday. "The police have taken over the custody of the 15 Russians because the navy does not have the power to prosecute them," Lieutenant Commander Jerry Omodara of the Western Naval Command in Lagos, told AFP.(Snip)Weapons found on the vessel included 14 AK-47 rifles with 3,643 rounds of ammunition as well as 22 Benelli MR1 rifles with 4,955 rounds of ammunition. The intended destination or planned use of the arms was not clear. Nigeria is awash with illegal

Brazil prostitutes to learn English

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: markinalpine- 1/8/2013 1:39:01 PM Post Reply

Prostitutes in one of Brazil´s biggest cities are beginning to sign up for free English classes ahead of this year´s Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. Cida Vieira, president of the Association of Prostitutes in the city of Belo Horizonte, said Tuesday that 20 have already signed up for the courses and she expects at least 300 (snip) "It will be important for the girls who will be able to use English to let their clients know what they are charging and learn about what turns them on," Vieira said by telephone.

New Gallup poll finds economic
confidence down after cliff deal

McClatchy Newspapers, by David Lightman Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/8/2013 1:35:39 PM Post Reply

People have grown less optimistic about the direction of the U.S. economy, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. "As lawmakers in Washington strained to finalize a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, Americans became less confident in the economy. And their confidence remains lower even after Congress passed and President Obama signed into law a bill that successfully staved off the fiscal cliff," a poll analysis said. "Now that the deal is done, it is possible that Americans will start to feel better about the economy in the days and weeks ahead. However, lingering concerns

The Inaugural Address of FDR

ABC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/8/2013 1:33:06 PM Post Reply

Delivered March 4, 1933 -I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself --

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland
to pass on rematch with John Kasich

Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH], by Henry J. Gomez Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/8/2013 1:25:59 PM Post Reply

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced this morning that he will not seek a 2014 rematch with Republican incumbent John Kasich. The decision, first reported by The Plain Dealer, was "very difficult," Strickland said in a statement emailed by the Ohio Democratic Party. "I look back fondly on my time as Ohio’s 68th governor -- and am proud of my administration’s efforts to guide our state through the greatest national economic crisis since the Great Depression," Strickland said. With the help of my first lady -- Frances Strickland -- my dedicated and loyal Cabinet

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