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Gay marriage could signal return
to ‘centuries of persecution’,
- say 1,000 Catholic priests

Telegraph [UK], by John Bingham Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 1/11/2013 6:15:31 PM Post Reply

In one of the biggest joint letters of its type ever written, they raise fears that their freedom to practise and speak about their faith will be “severely” limited and dismiss Government reassurances as "meaningless". They even liken David Cameron’s moves to redefine marriage to those of Henry VIII, whose efforts to secure a divorce from Katherine of Aragon triggered centuries of bloody upheaval between church and state. They claim that, taken in combination with equalities laws and other legal restraints, the Coalition´s plans will prevent Catholics and other Christians who work in schools,

Author Says: My Book Is A
Lie & I’m A Head Case

American Conservative, by Rod Dreher Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/11/2013 6:13:38 PM Post Reply

An update on the Feminist & The Cowboy story, one that deserves its own separate post. This is from author Alisa Valdes’s blog. A week after her book was published, here she is saying that the Cowboy is a roaring turdbucket who dumped her, and the book is a disaster that it will lead women astray. Excerpts: I believe very firmly that the truth is the only currency a writer has, and that if there is any hope of redeeming this book and making it meaningful it lies in the full story of my relationship

His Word Is Not a Bond

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 1/11/2013 5:45:51 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday we refuted Nancy Pelosi´s "14th Amendment solution" to the crisis that would result if Congress fails to raise the statutory limit on public debt. In brief, Pelosi´s argument is that the 14th Amendment´s clause providing that "the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, . . . shall not be questioned," implies that the president has the authority, even without congressional approval, to borrow money if necessary to pay off public obligations. The trouble with this argument is that it ignores the distinction between public debt and spending that Congress has mandated.

‘Shock and anger’ as New York
Times eliminates environment desk

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 1/11/2013 5:33:23 PM Post Reply

The Gray Lady’s readers are seeing red over a decision to shut down the paper’s green desk. The New York Times plans to shutter its standalone environment “pod” -- a pool of editors and reporters dedicated to green issues and the climate -- and redistribute them to other teams. The paper’s top editors claim the move won’t affect the paper of record’s efforts to cover the climate, however. (Snip)Margaret Sullivan, the Times´ public editor, expressed dismay at the news. "Symbolically, this is bad news. And symbolism matters – it shows a commitment and an intensity of interest in

Luxury pad with its own
launch pad: Family live in
converted former missile
base bought for $48,000

Daily Mail (UK), by Mario Ledwith Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 5:24:16 PM Post Reply

At ground level there is nothing out of the ordinary about the former Atlas E missile base in Dover, Kansas. But delve below the surface and beyond the military detritus and you will soon discover a subterranean wonderland. Ambitious Edward Peden spent 12 years converting the bunker into the place he now calls home. Where once there was a cutting-edge missile ready to be deployed at the height of the Cold War, there are now homely rugs, sofas and even a few bongos. The former schoolteacher purchased the 37 acre site in 1983 for $48,000,

Obama: U.S. Has Fallen ´Short
of the Ideal´ in Afghanistan

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: Evocatus- 1/11/2013 5:20:55 PM Post Reply

In remarks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai at the White House this afternoon, President Barack Obama said the U.S. has fallen "short of the ideal" in Afghanistan: "So, you know, I think that, have we achieved everything that some might have imagined us achieving in the best of scenarios? Probably not. You know, there´s a human enterprise, and you know, you fall short of the ideal," said Obama. The president went on to say that America has achieved some measure of success in Afghanistan, however. "Did we achieve our central goal? And have we been able, I think,

Breaking: Ald. Sandi Jackson
has resigned from City Council

FOX 32 News[Chicago], by Jacqueline Anderson Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/11/2013 5:15:35 PM Post Reply

As FOX 32´s Political Editor first reported last month, the mayor´s office confirmed Friday that Sandi Jackson has resigned from Chicago City Council, effective January 15th. Mayor Emanuel released a statement, saying, "As Sandi takes this time to focus on her family, we give her our deepest thanks and support for her service to our City and the residents of her ward. Her leadership has been greatly appreciated in the Chicago City Council." The process to replace and identify an Alderman for the 7th district will be announced early next week, according to the release. Her resignation letter

Report: BBC Star Abused
Hundreds of Children While
Under NYT CEO´s Watch

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Warner Todd Huston Original Article

Posted By: dolphin- 1/11/2013 5:13:58 PM Post Reply

British police have finally issued their first major report on the criminal sex scandal that has rocked Britain´s TV and entertainment industry, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), for well over a year and the details are shocking. Late BBC TV and radio star Jimmy Savile is accused of physically abusing hundreds of children--the youngest of whom was just 8--as well as many young adults whom he met through his high profile charity work at various children´s hospitals throughout England. Savile's crimes began in Manchester in 1955, peaked in the late 70's and early 80's,

´She could see them and
then they were gone:´ Two
women killed by ´rogue wave´
in Mexico while walking
in shallow surf as friend
watched in horror

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 5:13:36 PM Post Reply

Two lifelong friends drowned after they were pulled out to sea by a rogue wave in Mexico while they were walking in the shallow surf - and a third friend watched in horror as it happened, according to the victims´ families. Donna Batta, 53, and Gail Binmore, 54, both from Mansfield, Massachusetts, were swept out to sea on Tuesday night as they walked along the beach at a Cancun resort. Binmore´s former husband, Joe Doherty, spoke with WBZ and WCVB-TV about the tragedy.

No casual Fridays for Marines;
new uniform regulations in place

Los Angeles Times, by Tony Perry Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/11/2013 5:10:00 PM Post Reply

San Diego - In much of the civilian world, today is Casual Friday, in which at-work dress codes, if there are any, are relaxed so employees can feel more comfortable and collegial. Not so for Marines at Camp Pendleton and elsewhere. Starting this month, all Marines except those who are deployed are ordered to wear service uniforms on Friday. They can no longer show up in utility uniforms, often referred to as camouflage. Depending on the season, there are two sets of acceptable service uniforms. The "bravos" consist of a long-sleeve khaki shirt with tie and trousers.

NBC’s Gregory won’t be charged for
displaying ammunition clip on TV

Washington Post, by Peter Hermann Original Article

Posted By: GOPJihad- 1/11/2013 4:41:21 PM Post Reply

The host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” David Gregory, will not be arrested or charged with a crime for waiving what he claimed was a high-capacity ammunition gun clip on national television last month. D.C. attorney general Irvin B. Nathan announced his decision Friday afternoon by releasing a letter to an attorney for NBC. Nathan wrote that though the device Gregory held up “meets the definition” of the criminal statute, he wrote that prosecution “would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes...

CBS Actually Covers Gun
Self-Defense Case Promoted
By NRA; ABC, NBC Punt

Newsbusters, by Matthew Balan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 4:40:09 PM Post Reply

On Friday´s CBS This Morning, Bill Plante refreshingly spotlighted how firearms are used to protect the lives of ordinary Americans. Plante noted how the National Rifle Association "Tweeted a story...about Melinda Herman, a Georgia woman who shot an intruder in self-defense as she waited with her two children in a closet....She fired at the man multiple times with a .38 caliber handgun." The two other Big Three morning shows failed to mention this story during their coverage of the current gun control debate. ABC´s GMA actually minimized the air time

Nordstrom Rack hostage
‘scared,’ ‘terrified’ at ordeal,
brother says

Los Angeles Times, by Rosanna Xia Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 4:31:32 PM Post Reply

Worried friends and relatives of Nordstrom Rack hostages gathered at the Los Angeles Police Department´s Pacific station on Friday, waiting for detectives to release their loved ones. The mother and brother of a 19-year-old female hostage – both of whom are also employees at the Westchester store -- tried to reach the woman about 11 p.m. at the end of her shift Thursday night, but got no answer and assumed she was working late. "My sister finally called at 3 and asked if we could go get her at the mall,"

Obamacare’s Other Shoe - Thread Closed

National Review, by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/11/2013 4:25:26 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. Senator Kerry having been reliably wrong on every foreign-policy issue of the last 40 years,

Holder: Lansing men charged
in 2010 homicide won´t
face death penalty

Lansing State Journal (MI), by Kevin Grasha Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/11/2013 4:11:52 PM Post Reply

GRAND RAPIDS — Four men facing federal charges in the 2010 drug-related killing of a Lansing woman will not face the death penalty, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided. In a letter to federal prosecutors in Grand Rapids, dated Jan. 7, Holder wrote: “You are authorized and directed not to seek the death penalty against” the four defendants. The four Lansing men — Mustafa Al-Din, 25, Walee Al-Din, 23, Charles Lewis Sr., 35, and Ralphael Crenshaw, 23 — are charged in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids in the July 2010 killing of Shayla Johnson. A trial is expected this year.

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

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