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Obama Leans Left With Pick
Of Chuck Hagel For Defense

Investor´s Business Daily, by Michael Barone Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 1/9/2013 11:42:43 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama, we have been told by his admirers on the left and right, is an instinctive centrist, a moderate always ready to negotiate compromises, a politician deeply interested in the nuances of public policy. (Snip) On foreign policy and defense issues, Hagel stands not somewhere between the two parties but conspicuously to the left not only of Republicans but of most Democrats — and to the left of many of the president´s own policies.

Obama needs some
binders of women

Washington Post, by Ruth Marcus Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:57:38 PM Post Reply

About all those white guys: What a shame. Not an outrage, but a shame. The face of power that President Obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second-term Cabinet picks is striking — except for the African American president at the top of the pyramid — for its retro look, white and male. It’s “Mad Men” Goes to Washington, except Peggy’s leaving. On the foreign policy team, white guy for secretary of state, white guy for defense secretary, white guy for CIA. For Treasury secretary, white guy. Obama’s replacement as chief of staff

Budget cut likely to hit most
Pentagon civilian workers: analyst

Reuters, by David Alexander Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/9/2013 10:55:44 PM Post Reply

Washington - Almost all of the Pentagon´s nearly 800,000 civilian employees would likely have to be placed on unpaid leave for a month this year if automatic defense spending cuts go into effect in March as now planned, a top defense budget analyst said on Wednesday. (Snip) Almost all of the Pentagon´s nearly 800,000 civilian employees would likely have to be placed on unpaid leave for a month this year if automatic defense spending cuts go into effect in March as now planned, a top defense budget analyst said on Wednesday. The Pentagon's base budget under the current funding

‘Gangster Squad’ set to
debut after reality check

Associated Press, by Derrik J. Lang Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:54:54 PM Post Reply

LOS ANGELES — “Gangster Squad” director Ruben Fleischer was stepping out of the shower on the night of July 20 last year when he received a chilling phone call from a studio executive at Warner Bros. There had been a deadly shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo. The studio was pulling the trailer for its “Gangster Squad” movie. The problem was that the preview, which had been scheduled to debut before some showings of the latest Batman film that weekend, featured a peek at a pivotal moment in the 1940s true-crime romp when

Solis joins exodus of
diversity in Cabinet

Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:49:25 PM Post Reply

Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis announced Wednesday that she will leave the administration — a surprise resignation that adds to what is turning into a major shake-up among President Obama’s team. The White House was already poised to announce that Mr. Obama will promote White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew to the Treasury secretary post, setting up another contentious confirmation battle on Capitol Hill, where the president’s selection this week of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon is already running into opposition.

In campaign for tougher
gun laws, Obama and allies
work to tilt public opinion

Washington Post, by Philip Rucker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:47:49 PM Post Reply

The White House is working with its allies on a well-financed campaign in Washington and around the country to shift public opinion toward stricter gun laws and provide political cover to lawmakers who end up voting for an assault-weapons ban or other firearm restrictions. With President Obama preparing to push a legislative agenda aimed at curbing the nation’s gun violence, pillars of his political network, along with independent groups, are raising millions of dollars and mapping out strategies in an attempt to shepherd new regulations through Congress.

Time for a balanced-
budget amendment

Washington Post, by George F. Will Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:46:06 PM Post Reply

“Even victors are by victories undone.” — John Dryden Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their “fiscal cliff” victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush’s tax rates, especially those on middle-class incomes, to expire, liberalism lost its nerve and began what will be a long slide into ludicrousness. Those temporary rates were enacted in 2001, when only 28 House Democrats supported them, and in 2003, when only seven did. But with the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” — did liberals think about that title?

On Guns, Like Other Issues,
Liberals Are Out of Ammo

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:33:38 PM Post Reply

One of the striking features of the current debate over gun control is how tired the liberals’ ideas are. Chief among their proposals is re-instituting the ban on “assault weapons.” But we’ve already tried that: a ban on “assault weapons”–a meaningless term that finds significance only in the arbitrary definitions of the defunct federal statute–was in effect for ten years, from 1994 to 2004, and no one claims that it did any good. Connecticut, like a number of other states, already bans “assault weapons,” but that availed the kids at Sandy Hook nothing.

Venezuela´s Supreme Court approves
delaying Hugo Chavez´s inauguration

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/9/2013 10:28:09 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuela´s Supreme Court president said Wednesday that the upcoming inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez can legally be postponed. Supreme Court President Luisa Estella Morales made the statement amid a heated debate between the government and opposition over whether the constitution requires the cancer-stricken leader to be sworn in for a new term on Thursday. The congress voted to delay the ceremony on Tuesday. Morales announced her stance after the country´s opposition coalition said it would ask the court for an opinion on the

Cuomo Does the NRA a Favor

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:25:09 PM Post Reply

Governor Andrew Cuomo was merely appealing to his blue state liberal base when he said recently that “confiscation could be an option” when considering possible changes in New York’s gun laws. Since then, Cuomo has acknowledged that forcing citizens to give up their legally owned firearms is not the most practical idea to emanate from Albany. New York already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban. But Cuomo, like President Obama, is looking to capitalize on the public outrage about the Newtown massacre to build up support for even more restrictions

New York Times Reporter
Lays Out ´Far-Right Agenda´
of Texas Tea Party

Newsbusters, by Clay Waters Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:22:05 PM Post Reply

The New York Times´s Manny Fernandez greeted the opening of the biannual Texas legislative session in Austin in Wednesday´s paper: "Texas Budget Surplus Proves as Contentious As a Previous Shortfall." After explaining how Texas has become flush with cash over the last two years, going from a budget deficit to surplus, Fernandez couldn´t help working in a cut against the "far-right" Tea Party. Shortly after noon inside the Capitol’s Senate chamber, Gov. Rick Perry told senators that the comptroller’s revenue estimate released the day before was good news, but cautioned them to retain the state’s fiscally conservative model.

Threat of Executive Order
on Guns: Chicago Thuggery

Breitbart´s Big Government, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/9/2013 10:15:47 PM Post Reply

In a gun-grabbing scheme as desperate as it is wrong, President Obama is threatening to bypass Congress and go it alone via Executive Orders if legislators don´t move fast. The sudden rush to Executive Orders comes as Obama sees the writing on the wall: the American people do not want more gun control, and the Republican Congress is listening to the people. Thus, Obama´s roots are showing -- his Chicago thuggery is coming out. And through the threat of Executive Orders, he´s basically telling citizens that he will get what he wants... and they will like it.

White House defends its record
of women in leadership positions

NBC News, by Ali Weinberg Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/9/2013 10:05:48 PM Post Reply

A photo of President Barack Obama meeting with his nearly all-male staff – a barely visible Valerie Jarrett being the exception -- to discuss fiscal cliff negotiations prompted questions at Wednesday´s White House briefing about the number of high-level women in his administration. The issue has gained relevance recently as news unfolded that the president would appoint men to all of the highest-profile cabinet positions (State, Defense and Treasury), even as some women were in the running. The number of women senior staff shrank even further Wednesday with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

Will this be the worst signature
ever to grace a dollar bill?
Revealed, the new Treasury
Secretary´s childish squiggle

Daily Mail [UK], by Hayley Peterson* Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/9/2013 10:02:51 PM Post Reply

When President Obama named Jack Lew as his pick for Treasury Secretary, he no doubt took his years of experience, both within the government and in finance, into consideration. Yet one small detail the president seems to have overlooked is Lew´s bizarre signature - a particularly important fact as it could soon be gracing dollar bills across the nation. Lew, who would replace outgoing secretary Timothy Geithner if he is confirmed into the role, has an almost comedic signature which resembles a spring, an extended slinky or a curly French fry. New York Magazine calls it ´the world´s worst signature´,

Obama´s 81% Support in
New York City is Best in 114 Years

Bloomberg News, by Greg Giroux Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 1/9/2013 9:56:28 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama’s support from New York City in the 2012 election was the highest recorded for a candidate in more than 100 years, according to a final tally of votes. Obama beat Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 81 percent to 18 percent in the nation’s largest city, according to a certified vote count released Dec. 31 by the state board of elections. Some New York ballots were counted late in part because of complications caused by Hurricane Sandy. Obama’s share of the vote is the best showing by a presidential nominee in New York since its five boroughs

US Officials: China Refuses
to Help Stop Investment Scams

ABC News, by Matthew Mosk & Brian Ross* Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/9/2013 9:40:12 PM Post Reply

The Chinese government snubbed a U.S. request for help in cracking down on a string of alleged investment frauds that have cost Americans billions, outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro told ABC News. The lack of cooperation has stymied efforts to recoup investor losses, she said, in one of the largest sprees of alleged financial crimes in recent memory -- one that has gone largely unnoticed by most Americans. "The consequence is it´s very much more difficult for us to prove our cases," Schapiro said in one of her final interviews before leaving the post,

Ryan asks if Obama will
meet deadline to submit a
budget request this year

The Hill [Washington DC], by Erik Wasson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/9/2013 9:38:44 PM Post Reply

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday asked the White House if it will once again miss the legal deadline for submitting an annual budget to Congress. Under the law, Obama must submit a budget by the first Monday in February, but he has met the deadline only once. The annual budget submission is supposed to start a congressional budgeting process, but that has also broken down. The Senate last passed a budget resolution in 2009. “Given the critical importance of addressing our nation´s fiscal problems, I am writing to ask whether the President will submit

Sen. Sessions: ´Jack Lew
Must Never Be Secretary
of Treasury´

Breitbart Big Government, by Wynton Hall Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/9/2013 9:23:40 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said he plans to vigorously oppose President Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew. "Jack Lew must never be Secretary of Treasury,” said Mr. Sessions in a statement. "His testimony before the Senate Budget Committee less than two years ago was so outrageous and false that it alone disqualifies.” On Feb. 13, 2011, Mr. Lew appeared on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley and said of Mr. Obama´s proposed budget: Our budget will get us, over the next several years,

Obama political machine to be
fired up, ready to go for second term

CNN, by Mark Preston Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/9/2013 9:23:03 PM Post Reply

Washington - President Barack Obama’s campaign operation is about to be fired back up just a few months after helping him win a second term with a new mission to assist the president in promoting his top legislative goals and progressive issues. Senior Obama campaign aides are currently working on the specifics of how to restructure Obama for America, but are considering several different options such as converting it to a 501c4 or perhaps a super PAC, a source familiar with the campaign said. The new campaign organization will be headed by Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager who oversaw

Chávez, or at Least His Sash,
Is Set for Venezuela Inauguration

New York Times, by William Neuman Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/9/2013 9:20:26 PM Post Reply

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez’s supporters have not ruled out swearing him in from his hospital in Havana. His detractors are calling for government investigators to check his pulse themselves. The justices whom Mr. Chávez’s allies have named to the Supreme Court have decided that he can continue to govern in absentia. In a country that Mr. Chávez, 58, has so long dominated, his health crisis and the decision to proceed on Thursday with a quasi-presidential inauguration that he is unable to attend is producing a stream of bizarre developments and national angst about who is in charge.

AIG decides not to join lawsuit
against US government, after
lawmakers´ warnings

Fox News*, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/9/2013 9:18:11 PM Post Reply

American International Group´s board of directors announced Wednesday that the bailed-out company will not join a lawsuit against the U.S. government -- after lawmakers repeatedly warned the firm not to bite the hand that fed it. (Snip) Starr International Co. Inc., the investment firm of former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg, had filed the lawsuit in November 2011 on behalf of the firm and AIG shareholders. The complaint asserts that the government didn´t provide shareholders fair compensation when it took a nearly 80 percent stake in the insurer as part of its bailout. AIG said that,

Obama’s Cabinet Shuffle:
Who is Leaving and Who
Was Asked to Stay

ABC News, by Jonathan Karl Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/9/2013 9:17:59 PM Post Reply

With the departure of Hilda Solis at Labor, we have now seen five members of the President’s cabinet announcing their intention to leave since the election: Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, Leon Panetta, Lisa Jackson (EPA) and now Hilda Solis. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has also long suggested he would not stay for a second term. There’s nothing unusual about 2nd term cabinet changes, of course, and there may be more to come. But a senior White House official tells me that at least three other cabinet secretaries have been asked to stay

Hasbro aims to jazz up
Monopoly with new token

Associated Press, by Mae Anderson Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/9/2013 9:11:29 PM Post Reply

New York — The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat? Or another of their board game buddies? Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight tokens that identify the players and introduce a new one. Possible new tokens include a cat, diamond ring, guitar, toy robot and helicopter.(Snip) Monopoly´s tokens have actually changed quite a lot over the years. The original version also included a lantern, purse, cannon and a rocking horse. A horse and rider token was used in the 1950s.

Sarah Palin Praises Ben
Shapiro´s Book ´Bullies´

Breitbart News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/9/2013 9:08:29 PM Post Reply

Former Alaska Governor and Fox News contributor Sarah Palin has penned a glowing endorsement of the new book from Breitbart News´ Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro, Bullies: How the Left´s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans. Ben Shapiro has a great new book out called “Bullies: How The Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America.” Ben’s premise about the left’s silencing tactics is absolutely correct. Obviously I’ve witnessed the left’s bullying behavior up close and personal when it’s been directed at those so close to me. And, of course, I’ve seen how nasty it can be for

Krauthammer: ‘Unconstitutional’
gun confiscation ‘would cause
insurrection in the country’ [Video]

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: Donttaxmebro- 1/9/2013 8:15:00 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer acknowledged a link between gun ownership and gun violence, but said Americans would revolt if Congress implemented sweeping, unprecedented gun control legislation. “I think we are going to end up exactly where we started,” Krauthammer said. “We’re probably going to try an assault weapons ban. It will be a little bit tighter, but it didn’t work. It lasted for 10 years … If we had honest debate, the gun owners would admit, ‘Yes of course, guns contribute to homicide.’ … Japan had 11 gun homicides last year.

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