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An Ohio School Board
Votes To Arm Janitors

Business Insider, by Erin Fuchs Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 2:26:07 PM Post Reply

The Montpelier Exempted Village Schools Board of Education, in Ohio, has unanimously voted to let school custodians carry handguns, the Toledo Blade reports. This will be the first school district in Ohio to have armed personnel, according to the Blade. Four custodians will be trained to carry handguns around the county´s K-12 campus. (snip)"Our main goal is to offer safety for our students while they are in the classrooms and in the building," Martin said. "We have to do something and this seems like the most logical, reasonable course to go with."

Is Saudi Prince Steering
News Corp. Coverage?

Townhall, by Diana West Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 2:23:27 PM Post Reply

Ever since Al Gore sold Current TV to Al Jazeera, the network founded and funded by the oil-rich emirate of Qatar, the former vice president has drawn continuous fire in conservative media. Fox News, the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, for example, have all castigated Gore, a man of the Left and leading avatar of "global warming," for such hypocrisies as timing the deal to avoid Lefty tax hikes and bagging $100 million in greenhouse-gas money. These same news outlets share something else in common: They all belong to Rupert Murdoch´s News Corp.

Rubbing Our Noses in His
Victory and Radicalism

Townhall, by David Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 2:11:16 PM Post Reply

Hey, folks, remember the good old days when candidate Barack Obama at least pretended to be bipartisan and conciliatory? Now it´s as if he´s on a mission to prove he was faking it. Obama is behaving like a bitter ex-spouse who knows all our hot buttons and delights in pushing them. He is governing by crisis, fear, alienation, cronyism and anti-constitutional fiat. He is openly flaunting his militant radicalism, as if he´s trying to provoke us -- and his second term hasn´t even begun. He is horrifying all Americans who have the

Obama and Karzai discuss
post-2014 US role in Afghanistan

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 2:10:10 PM Post Reply

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai hope to finalize an agreement on how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan soon, the White House said in a statement Friday released just moments before the two will hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House. Obama and Karzai met privately in the Oval Office earlier in the day, where the two "discussed the possibility of a post-2014 U.S. presence that is sustainable, that supports a capable and effective Afghan National Security Force, and that continues to pressure the remnants of al Qaeda and its affiliates,"

Al Gore Now Richer Than Romney

Breitbart´s Big Government, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 2:09:02 PM Post Reply

Al Gore is now richer than Romney, due to his sale of his Current TV network to Al-Jazeera. Gore has spent his time over the last two decades railing against oil companies while profiting from them, and who is part of a party that vilified Mitt Romney for his wealth. Gore grabbed $100 million from the sale, which added to his own vast personal wealth. This puts his fortune at over $300 million, more than Romney. (Don’t even mention the people who lost their jobs as a result of the sale; unemployment is not a primary Democratic concern.) Ryan Mac, a Forbes analyst, said:

Obama, Karzai agree to
speed military transition

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 2:02:03 PM Post Reply

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan´s security forces into the lead across the country, with U.S. troops shifting fully to a support role. The leaders also said Obama agreed to place battlefield detainees under the control of the Afghan government. The capabilities of the Afghan army are "exceeding initial expectations," the two said in a joint statement released after their private White House meeting and working lunch and in advance of a joint news conference. As a result, Obama said he acceded to
Source corrected by staff.

Not for the faint-hearted!
The tallest outdoor elevator
in the world (or you could
take the 2 ½ hr walk to the top)

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 1:57:35 PM Post Reply

If you suffer from a fear of heights, perhaps this one´s not for you. The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, carries tourists 1,070ft (330m) up the side of a massive sandstone column in a mountain range in China´s Hunan Province. Riding the glass lift, which carries up to 50 people at a time or 1,380 an hour, offers jaw-dropping, not to say vertiginous, views down to the bottom of the rocky mountain range in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie. Work began on the lift, which cost 120m yuan, or around £12m, in 1999 and

Medicaid advocates ´thrilled´
with Lew´s Treasury nomination

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Sam Baker Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 1:44:05 PM Post Reply

Jack Lew´s nomination to Treasury secretary will likely elevate one of the Obama administration´s most adamant supporters of Medicaid. Lew has been a staunch advocate for Medicaid in his role as President Obama´s chief of staff, and the program´s outside supporters are excited that Lew will now play a bigger role. "I´m thrilled. We´re gaining even a stronger voice in the Treasury Department, and Jack is undoubtedly going to play a pivotal role in many of the future budget negotiations," Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack said. Pollack said the entire administration is committed to protecting Medicaid —

DEA agents ´arranged meeting
with Colombian prostitute´ for
Secret Service before Obama visit

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 1:41:55 PM Post Reply

Two senior DEA agents arranged a rendezvous with a Colombian prostitute for their friend in the Secret Service ahead of President Barack Obama´s visit to the country last April, it was revealed on Thursday. The Drug Enforcement Agency officers, who both have top security clearances, also admitted to buying local hooker for themselves and using their government-issued Blackberry phones to set up the illicit rendezvous, a government investigation found. The report implicates yet another government agency in the prostitution scandal that caused international embarrassment for U.S. government. Twelve Secret Service agents and 12 U.S. military personnel were implicated

Rep. Gingrey: Todd Akin ´partly
right´ about rape and pregnancy

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Sam Baker Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 1:36:47 PM Post Reply

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) said former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) was "partly right" when he made controversial comments that women cannot become pregnant from a rape. Akin, then the Republican Senate nominee in Missouri, said a woman cannot become pregnant from a "legitimate rape" because the female body can "shut that whole thing down." Gingrey, who is an OB-GYN, said in a town-hall meeting that Akin was partially correct, according to a report in the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal. Gingrey said a rush of adrenaline can prevent the female body from ovulating —

Kate Middleton´s first official portrait
revealed: Painting of Duchess of
Cambridge met with mixed reaction

New York Daily News, by Rheana Murray Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 1:34:32 PM Post Reply

Duchess Kate Middleton’s first official portrait as a royal is here — like it or not. While the painting prompted mixed reactions after Friday’s unveiling in London, Middleton praised it as “absolutely brilliant,” according to The Prince of Wales website. Scottish-born artist Paul Emsley said he followed the royal mom-to-be’s instructions “to be portrayed naturally — her natural self — as opposed to her official self.” He doctored her eye color to match her blouse and the painting’s background. “She struck me as an enormously open and generous and a very warm person,” Emsley said.

Lawrence O’Donnell:
Get rid of the Bible on
Inauguration Day [Video]

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 1:32:11 PM Post Reply

On his Thursday program, MSNBC’s “The Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell said the Bible shouldn’t have any role in the upcoming Inauguration Day ceremonies. The news that Passion City Church of Atlanta Pastor Louie Giglio lost the honor of giving the benediction at the inaugural ceremonies because he delivered anti-gay sermons, O’Donnell said, is a reminder of how much undue influence the Bible has in modern discourse. “It turns out there is no better way for a pastor to get kicked out of the inauguration ceremony than quoting the Bible,” O’Donnell said. “That is what Louie Giglio, of

The terror threat of
runaway testosterone

Washington Times, by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/11/2013 1:25:19 PM Post Reply

Code Red: Washington put on full terror alert. The terror of horrific testosterone threatens to paralyze the nation’s capital. We haven’t seen fear like this since the capital expected the Confederate army to march down Pennsylvania Avenue after P.G.T. Beauregard and his men thrashed the Yankees good and proper at First Manassas. What’s got some Democrats cowering in full fury, particularly the ladies and their liege men, is that President Obama, who imagined that his re-election victory entitled him to pick the second-term Cabinet he wants, has so far picked only men. It could have been worse.

Mali crisis: France ready
to stop rebels, says Hollande

BBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 1:21:46 PM Post Reply

France is ready to stop Islamist militants who control northern Mali if they continue their offensive, French President Francois Hollande has said. However, Mr Hollande said France would only act under UN authorisation. (Snip) Armed groups, some linked to al-Qaeda, took control of northern Mali in April 2012. They have sought to enforce an extreme interpretation of Islamic law. Western nations are concerned that Mali´s north could become a base for terrorists to plan and launch international attacks. The UN has approved plans to send some 3,000 African troops to Mali to recapture the north

McDonald´s replaces Happy
Meal toys with books to
become UK´s largest book distributor

Daily Mail (UK), by Hugo Gye Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 1:16:15 PM Post Reply

McDonald´s is set to replace the toys which come with its famous Happy Meals with educational books as part of an effort to boost child literacy. The fast food giant will become the UK´s largest children´s book distributor after announcing plans to give away more than 15million books over the next two years. The company is teaming up with Dorling Kindersley and WH Smith for the promotion, which started this week. McDonald´s, which is frequently accused of helping to perpetuate childhood obesity, will be hoping to banish its image with the ´Happy Readers´ initiative.

Fed’s Plosser Says Stimulus
May Backfire, Fuel Inflation

Bloomberg, by Steve Matthews & Caroline Salas Gage Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/11/2013 1:15:53 PM Post Reply

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said the central bank’s record stimulus risks a surge in inflation and may impair efforts by households to repair their finances. “Attempts to increase economic ‘stimulus’ may not help speed up the process and may actually prolong it,” Plosser said in the text of a speech today in Somerset, New Jersey. Policy makers are discussing how long they will keep buying mortgage bonds and Treasuries as part of efforts to boost growth and bring down a 7.8 percent unemployment rate. The Fed last month linked its interest-rate outlook to economic thresholds,

Smaller US Paychecks In 2013 Spark
Twitter Outrage From Disgruntled
Obama Voters

International Business Times (UK), by Christopher Zara Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 1:07:00 PM Post Reply

Did you notice your paycheck was smaller this month? If you did, you’re not alone. And if you’re confused as to why, you’re not alone on that, either. For anyone who followed the “fiscal cliff” fiasco last month, you’ll recall that the main reason a deal needed to be hashed out before the first of the year was to prevent taxes from being raised on middle-income earners.(snip) Below is just a small sample of the tweets pouring in on the issue: @1keonclark: “This tax increase on my paycheck blows! Thanks Obama.” @

Man releases trapped mouse into the
wild rather than exterminate it… only
for hawk to swoop and kill it
within seconds

Daily Mail [UK], by Jill Reilly Original Article

Posted By: GOPJihad- 1/11/2013 1:01:57 PM Post Reply

A man carefully released a mouse he had captured back into the wild rather than kill only for a hawk to swoop and kill it within seconds. The unfortunate series of events was captured on camera by a friend who witnessed the doomed release. The YouTube clip begins with the man, is not identified, as he takes the mouse to a park in a bin to release it back into the wild. He reaches into the plastic dustbin and tries to coax the small animal out onto the ground covered in patches of snow.

Zimbabwe´s largest platinum mine
agrees to sell shares to gov´t under
black empowerment laws

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 1:01:47 PM Post Reply

Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe´s largest platinum mining company says it has signed a deal to sell off its majority shareholding to the government as part of the country´s black empowerment laws. South African-owned Zimplats chief Terence Goodlace said Friday the sale, worth $971 million, was "non-binding" until the end of June when the Zimbabwe government must pay $153 million for what he called a "release of ground agreement" and meet other obligations. It is the biggest handover in several years of an empowerment program to force foreign-owned mines to cede 51 percent control to black

Senator welcomes colleague
to ‘mustache caucus’

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Judy Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 12:53:52 PM Post Reply

Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) represented an ultra-exclusive group of lawmakers when they recently appeared on the same C-SPAN show — together they make up the entire (and entirely unofficial) Senate mustache caucus. The political pair — who each sport rather impressive lip sweaters — were interviewed in separate segments on “Washington Journal” last week. King told anchor Steve Scully, “You know that this lineup that you’ve had this morning is 100 percent of the Senate’s mustache caucus. John Hoeven and I are the two guys.”

FAA takes ´comprehensive
review´ of the Dreamliner

USA Today, by Bart Jansen Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 12:51:41 PM Post Reply

Washington - The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it´s undertaking a comprehensive review of the design and manufacture of Boeing´s 787 Dreamliner after a series of problems this week with the celebrated new plane. Despite the review, FAA chief Michael Huerta said the jetliner is safe for passengers to fly. "We believe this is a safe aircraft," he said. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood went further, saying, "I believe this plane is safe and I would have absolutely no reservations about boarding one of these planes and taking a flight." The announcement -- from Huerta and LaHood --

Sen. Boxer adds climate change post
to environment committee staff

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Zack Colman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 12:47:09 PM Post Reply

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has added a climate change counsel to her committee staff. Boxer said Thursday that environmental attorney Joe Mendelson would fill the newly created role. Mendelson was most recently policy director of climate and energy with the National Wildlife Federation. “Dangerous climate change poses an urgent threat and we have a responsibility to address that threat. I am so pleased that Joe Mendelson will be joining the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee team. We will make the most of his expertise as we craft solutions to

At Nordstrom Rack hostage
scene, mall employees try to
go to work

Los Angeles Times, by Matt Stevens Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/11/2013 12:45:04 PM Post Reply

Near the scene of an overnight hostage situation at the Nordstrom Rack store in Westchester, traffic was picking up Friday morning around the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center mall. As cars drove by on Sepulveda Boulevard and Center Drive, puzzled mall employees, many of whom were unaware of the hostage situation in which 14 Rack employees were held and later released, gathered at the main entrance to the mall and questioned authorities about what to do. Jackie Carter, 40, of Redondo Beach, works in technical support in a building on Center Drive.

Court upholds firing of
Paterson teacher who called
students ´future criminals´

NJ.com (New Jersey), by Dan Ivers Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 12:44:04 PM Post Reply

A state appeals court has upheld the firing of a former Paterson first-grade teacher who called her students "future criminals" on her personal Facebook page. Jennifer O´Brien, an Elmwood Park resident who began working for Paterson schools in 1998, claimed in her appeal that her comments were protected by the First Amendment, and that her right to express her opinion "was outweighed by the the district´s interest in the efficient operation of its schools."

Forget fundraising: Dems now
giving away raffle tickets to
low-turnout inauguration

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 12:42:54 PM Post Reply

Team Obama has used raffles to induce supporters to begin donating by offering a chance to visit with the president, but now Democrats have dropped the donation requirement in an effort to build a list for the 2013 inauguration, which is expected to have low turnout. “Are you ready to be blown away? You might want to sit down,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Kelly Ward wrote in an email this morning. “We’re rewarding all of our supporters with one FREE ENTRY into our contest to win a trip to DC for President Obama’s Inauguration weekend!

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