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Ex-DNC chair: ´The good
thing about Newtown is
it was so horrific that
it galvanized´ people

Washington Examiner [DC], by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 4:10:01 PM Post Reply

Former Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., found a silver lining in the shooting in Newtown, Conn., by observing that the tragedy has strengthened the gun control movement. “The good thing about Newtown is [that] it was so horrific that I think it galvanized Americans to a point where the intensity on our side is going to match the intensity on their side,” Rendell, one of Hillary Clinton’s most loyal allies, said on MSNBC today. Rendell has pushed for gun control apropos of shootings before, although he apologized at the time. “What the Congress ought to do,

Kerry´s words on Assad
certain to draw scrutiny

Associated Press, by Donna Cassata Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 4:05:38 PM Post Reply

Sen. John Kerry has held up Syria as a country that could bring peace and stability to the Mideast and predicted that the now-disgraced government of President Bashar Assad would pursue a legitimate relationship with the United States. Those assertions are certain to draw scrutiny at Kerry´s confirmation hearing to be secretary of state as Assad´s brutal crackdown has plunged his country into civil war.

Andrea Mitchell Reports
President Obama ‘Absolutely
Committed’ To Assault Weapons Ban

Mediaite, by Tommy Christopher Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 4:02:13 PM Post Reply

In the wake of Vice President Joe Biden‘s remarks following meetings with gun ownership groups and the NRA Thursday, in which he emphasized consensus on issues like background checks and high-capacity ammunition magazines, there has been widespread speculation that the package of proposals to emerge from the Biden task force might not include an assault weapons ban. On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports Friday afternoon, anchor Andrea Mitchell reported that, according to senior administration officials, President Obama is “absolutely committed” to including an assault weapons ban, as well a universal background checks, in his package of proposals.

Self Governance is Under Attack,
not just the Second Amendment

American Thinker, by Neil Snyder Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 3:57:42 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday, Rasmussen Reports released the results of a poll revealing that only "74% of American Adults continue to believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of an average citizen to own a gun." This finding is perplexing because the Constitution hasn´t changed. You can actually see it in the National Archives, and right there in the Bill of Rights you will find the Second Amendment. It reads as follows: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,

Top Democrats tell Obama to
ignore Congress on debt limit

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 3:54:49 PM Post Reply

Senate Democrats on Friday urged President Obama to do an end-run around Congress and claim the power to borrow more money on the credit of the U.S. The move, should Mr. Obama follow their advice, would likely force another constitutional battle between the executive branch and congressional Republicans. But the Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid, said Mr. Obama should turn to the strategy as a way of circumventing the GOP on the debt limit.
Headline resplit by staff.

Venezuelan government seizes
warehouses owned by Pepsi-Polar

El Universal [Caracas, Venezuela], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/11/2013 3:40:13 PM Post Reply

A process to seize the warehouses of Pepsi-Cerveza Polar in northern Vargas state was formally launched on Wednesday upon an inspection conducted by local authorities to ascertain the hoarding of products. The information was disclosed by Vargas state solicitor Pedro Rodríguez, who said that the governor´s office will request the warehouses of Pepsi-Cerveza Polar to be declared of public utility, which is the first step towards expropriation. The plant´s operations manager, Alejandro Simancas, said that the warehouses stored nothing but soft drinks,

Somali Pirate Kingpin Calls
It Quits as Hijackings Plummet

Wired News, by Spencer Ackerman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 3:26:41 PM Post Reply

Have we reached — and passed — Peak Pirate? The dread Somali pirate Mohamed Abdi Hassan — also known as “Afweyne,” or “Big Mouth” — is retiring from the hijacking life. Big Mouth has picked a good time to get out of the game: Piracy is way, way down. “After being in piracy for eight years,” Big Mouth told a press conference (!) in Somalia on Thursday, “I have decided to renounce and quit, and from today on I will not be involved in this gang activity.” Hassan played a huge role in the late-2000s

Hagel vs. too-big-to-fail
Defense Department

Orange County Register (Ca), by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/11/2013 2:58:34 PM Post Reply

If you had buttonholed me in the Senate men´s room circa 2003 and told me that a decade hence Joe Biden would be America´s vice president, John Kerry Secretary of State, and Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense, I´d have laughed and waited for the punch line: The Leahy administration? President Lautenberg? Celebrate lack of diversity! But even in the republic´s descent into a Blowhardocracy staffed by a Zombie House of Lords, there are distinctions to be drawn. Sen. Kerry

Heavy snowfall turns
Holy City Jerusalem white

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/11/2013 2:49:59 PM Post Reply

Jerusalem has been transformed into a winter wonderland after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the region white, bringing hordes of excited children onto the streets. As temperatures plummeted, the bitter winds and rain that have battered the Middle East since Sunday turned into snow, blanketing the Holy Land in white and closing schools and businesses. As dawn broke, at least 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow had settled in Jerusalem, which lies at an altitude of about 800 metres (2,625 feet), giving its pine-covered hills the unusual aspect of a ski resort. During the height

Quentin Tarantino and his films
are part of the problem

Deseret News [Utah], by Jim Bennett Original Article

Posted By: Stallion_Cornell- 1/11/2013 2:40:57 PM Post Reply

I’ve had a number of odd jobs in my time, but one of the oddest was when I worked as a profanity counter. As I recounted in an earlier column, I used to get paid to sit through movies and chronicle all the naughty bits. (Snip) After recording 273 utterances of the most notorious R-rated profanity in the movie "Reservoir Dogs," I decided that I would never again voluntarily subject myself to another flick written or directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Kathleen Sebelius Joins Gun Talks

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 2:37:41 PM Post Reply

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will join the ongoing talks on gun control taking place at the White House. Vice President Joe Biden´s schedule indicates she´ll be joining him, as well as Attorney General Eric Holder, later today. "At 2:15 PM, the Vice President will meet with representatives from the video game industry as part of the Administration’s effort to develop policy proposals in response to the tragedy in Newtown," the vice president´s White House schedule reads. "The Vice President will be joined by Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human

U.S. warns on Java
software as security
concerns escalate

Reuters, by Jim Finkle Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/11/2013 2:32:41 PM Post Reply

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable Oracle Corp´s Java software, amplifying security experts´ prior warnings to hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses that use it to surf the Web. Hackers have figured out how to exploit Java to install malicious software enabling them to commit crimes ranging from identity theft to making an infected computer part of an ad-hoc network of computers that can be used to attack websites. "We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem," the Department of Homeland Security´s Computer Emergency Readiness Team said

Mark Sanford Will
Run for Congress

Weekly Standard, by Michael Warren Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/11/2013 2:32:15 PM Post Reply

Mark Sanford, the former governor of South Carolina, will run for the House of Representatives, sources close to Sanford confirm. He will try to win election to the seat formerly held by Tim Scott. Sanford, a Republican who held the House seat himself from 1995 to 2001, will announce his intention to run early next week, ahead of the January 18 filing deadline. The special election to succeed Scott, who was appointed to the Senate by Governor Nikki Haley last month, will take place on May 7, with a GOP primary being held on March 19.

Abbas hails Qatar´s support
for Palestinian UN bid

Qatar News Agency, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 2:27:40 PM Post Reply

Doha: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas highly appreciated Qatar´s support for the Palestinian bid to become a non-Member Observer State of the United Nations. Speaking to Qatari Arabic daily " Al Watan" published today, Abbas expressed hope to continuously receive the strong support provided by the State of Qatar and other Arab countries and achieve full UN membership as a step towards recovering all national rights. He also praised the joint efforts being exerted by Qatar and Egypt to support the Palestinian cause and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people and their struggle

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

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