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Immigration Activist´s Role
Did Not Lead to Mother´s
Arrest, ICE Says

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/12/2013 2:17:30 PM Post Reply

Phoenix –U.S. federal immigration officials on Friday released the mother of an immigration activist along the southwest border, less than 24 hours after the woman and another relative were arrested at the family´s Phoenix-area home. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "did not target" the relatives of activist Erika Andiola because of her role with the Dream Act Coalition, the agency said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. ICE officials also said Maria Arreola was released with an order of supervision, meaning she must check in periodically with the agency.

Obama: U.S. Accomplishments
'Short of Ideal' in Afghanistan

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/12/2013 2:02:56 PM Post Reply

In Jan. 11 comments made with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Obama said the U.S. has "[fallen] short of ideal" in Afghanistan. Moreover, although he took the time to recognize "our extraordinary military, intelligence, and diplomatic teams," Obama made it clear that in his opinion we have not "achieved everything that some might have imagined us achieving in the best of scenarios." Fortunately, at least he thinks "we are in the process of achieving [our] goal" in Afghanistan--we´re just not there yet.

Major report warns climate change
could raise temperatures by 10 degrees

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ben Geman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 1:34:10 PM Post Reply

A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other changes, and warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit if global carbon emissions keep soaring. The third National Climate Assessment, released Friday, said there’s “unambiguous evidence” that earth is warming, and that climate change over the past 50 years is driven primarily by human activity, especially from burning fossil fuels. “Certain types of weather events have become more frequent and/or intense, including heat waves,

Waxman urges attention to
mental health in gun debate

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Elise Viebeck Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 1:25:29 PM Post Reply

A leading House Democrat urged Vice President Biden Friday not to ignore mental health issues as his panel grapples with U.S. gun violence. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote to Biden recommending better gun-safety standards, more research applying a public-health perspective to gun violence and greater mental health coverage for people in the United States. "Experts agree: the prevalence of guns and gun violence in our society is not just a criminal justice problem; it is also a public health and safety problem,"

White House responds to secession
petitions, calls for unity instead

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexandra Jaffe Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 1:20:09 PM Post Reply

The White House has responded to a handful of petitions calling for various states to be given the right to secede from the United States, calling for unity and participatory government instead. "In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial. And that´s a good thing. Free and open debate is what makes this country work, and many people around the world risk their lives every day for the liberties we often take for granted," writes Director of the Office of Public Engagement

Montclair teens
impersonate historic figures

Montclair Times (NJ), by George Wirt Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 1:10:06 PM Post Reply

History came alive in the classrooms of Montclair High School. More than a dozen students in the school´s Civics and Government Institute put on costumes and wigs as they tried to capture the look of famed social activists they were portraying in CGI´s annual social reform panel. As part of their U.S. History and Literature curriculum, teens in CGI are assigned to study an American reformer or revolutionary. The students research the individuals, dress like them, and come to the evening panel to represent them before an audience of faculty, parents, classmates and community members.

Business booming for
Lauer Custom Weaponry

Chippewah Herald (WI), by Candice White Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 12:58:12 PM Post Reply

In his 12 years owning Lauer Custom Weaponry, Steve Lauer has been a busy, busy man. At 54, he owns one of the Chippewa Valley’s most successful companies. While many other businesses are feeling the sting of hard times, business is booming at LCW, no matter how you look at it. First-time gun owners, prompted by possible restrictions being placed on gun ownership, are surging forth to buy multiple firearms. (snip)“We can’t build them fast enough,” he said, noting that he’s gone from a mere two to 14 employees over the years.

Grandma With Gun Halts Store Robbery

ABC News, by Ben Waldron Original Article

Posted By: WIBadger- 1/12/2013 12:57:41 PM Post Reply

A gun-carrying grandmother in Milwaukee foiled an attempted robbery when she pulled a firearm on the suspect as he grabbed for her grocery store cash register. Ernestine Aldana, 48, was behind the counter at the San Ignacio Market when a man in a dark hat pulled a knife on her and attempted to rob the store register, police said. Aldana pulled a handgun from behind the counter on the man, causing him to flee. “All I remember is being scared,” Aldana told ABC News. “I believe if I would have had my finger on the trigger I would have shot, thank god it actually didn’t come to that,

Section 8 Housing voucher
distribution canceled after thousands
waiting in line get out of control

WXYZ-TV (Southfield, MI), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 12:50:24 PM Post Reply

TAYLOR, Mich. - A chaotic scene erupted at the Taylor Human Services Center when the crowd waiting for a Section 8 Housing voucher distribution got out of control. The center is located at Eureka and Lange Roads. That´s between on Eureka, between Beech Daly and Inkster. Police say thousands of people from all over the area were at the center. Many were homeless, single moms, or disabled. They were hoping to get help paying for their housing from the government. 7 Action News is being told there were 1,000 vouchers available and 5,000 people showed up trying to get one.

ESPN, Brent Musburger, and
the Idiocy of Political Correctness

Breitbart's Sports, by Ron Futrell Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 12:29:05 PM Post Reply

The media never disappoints with its asinine twisting and turning to ensure political correctness. You can no longer say a beautiful woman is beautiful during the broadcast of a live sporting event. ESPN has issued an apology for their play-by-play guy, Brent Musburger, saying that Katherine Webb, Miss Alabama, was a "lovely lady." Webb is the girlfriend of AJ McCarron, the ´Bama quarterback who was out there on the field winning the national championship in college football while Musburger was making his horribly politically incorrect statements. Musburger also encouraged young athletes to

Analysis: Israel left wing
sees Jewish state´s end

Associated Press, by Dan Perry Original Article

Posted By: Dignitary Protection- 1/12/2013 12:26:48 PM Post Reply

Tel Aviv, Israel — An apocalyptic tone has crept into Israel´s hitherto muted election season, with opposition leaders and others sounding increasingly desperate warnings that a few more years of rule by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s heavily favored right wing might well destroy the Jewish state. The idea is that by holding onto the lands Palestinians want for their state — and continuing to settle them with Jews — the Israeli right is marching blindly toward a future in which Arabs could outnumber Jews in the country and ultimately take over. Perhaps the most strident proponent

Al Jazeera Celebrates
Hagel Nomination

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 12:21:07 PM Post Reply

How bad is Chuck Hagel for the state of Israel? Al Jazeera is rejoicing in his nomination for Secretary of Defense. And who is leading the celebration in a piece written for their website called “Obama Defeats The Israeli Lobby”? Why, none other than MJ Rosenberg, the anti-Semitic Jew who used to be the former Foreign Policy Senior Fellow at the radically liberal, Obama mouthpiece Media Matters, until his departure was triggered by anti-Semitic vitriol such as calling those Americans who support a strong Israel “Israel Firsters."

Nigeria sends air force
team, commander to Mali

Vanguard[Nigeria], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/12/2013 12:12:56 PM Post Reply

The federal Government has sent an air force technical team and the commander of a planned African-led force to Mali to assist the country’s military as it battles Islamists, a presidency spokesman said Saturday. The confirmation of Nigerian military personnel on the ground comes after French air power helped Mali mount an offensive against the Islamists who control the country’s north and who have been seeking to push further south. However, it was not yet clear when a planned 3,000-strong African-led force could be sent despite 15-nation west African bloc ECOWAS giving its go-ahead on

Congress Must hold Hearings
into the Al Jazeera Deal

Accuracy in Media, by Cliff Kincaid Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 12:10:48 PM Post Reply

If Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) lets the Al Jazeera-Al Gore deal go through without scrutiny, then every broadcast entity or communications facility in America is ripe for the plucking by any of our nation’s enemies and adversaries. For those who haven’t been paying attention lately, the government of Qatar has announced a deal through Al Jazeera with former Democratic Vice President Al Gore for his Current TV cable channel, in order to transform it into an arm of its Jihadist or “Terror TV” network, once known as a mouthpiece for mass

Americans feel austerity´s
bite as payroll taxes rise

Reuters, by Jason Lange Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/12/2013 12:06:45 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON - Americans are beginning to feel the pinch from Washington´s decision to embrace austerity measures aimed at bringing down the nation´s budget deficit. Paychecks across the country have shrunk over the last week due to higher federal tax rates, and workers are already cutting back on spending, which will drag on the economy this year. In Warren, Rhode Island, Ben DeCastro got his first paycheck on Friday in which taxes on his wages rose by 2 percentage points. That works out to about $30 a week. "You sit back and do the calculation, and that´s $30

Dangerous Old Men

American Thinker, by Ebben Raves Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 1/12/2013 12:00:46 PM Post Reply

Everybody knows a Walt Kowalski. He is the grizzled Korean War veteran Clint Eastwood played in the movie Gran Torino. A man who spends his days sitting on the porch, keeping his house and yard immaculate, satisfied to drink his cheap beer while watching his neighborhood and country go to hell around him. (Snip) Both of these men are fictional characters, but is it just fantasy? Let us look back at Samuel Whittemore. Samuel was an old man -- seventy-eight years old, to be exact -- on April 19, 1775. After many years of service bearing arms for the British Crown,

Chuck Hagel’s Roadmap to
Normalize Relations with Iran

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 11:59:13 AM Post Reply

Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel’s Atlantic Council predicted that Iran will one day be a natural partner for the United States and has prepared a roadmap to achieve that partnership. Hagel was named chairman of the nonprofit Atlantic Council just one month after he left the Senate. The Atlantic Council produced a major analytic policy compendium on U.S.-Iranian relations under Hagel’s leadership. Although he did not pen the report, it aligns with Hagel’s positions that the U.S. should engage directly with Iran and scale back economic sanctions. The report asserts that the inconsistent history of United States

Ex-Rep. Jackson´s wife quits
Chicago alderman post,
cites family health issues

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 11:51:40 AM Post Reply

The wife of ex-Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned Friday from her Chicago alderman post, saying she cannot adequately represent her ward while dealing with "very painful family health matters." Alderwoman Sandi Jackson’s letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn’t include specifics, but it follows her husband’s recent resignation from Congress in which he cited mental-health problems and a federal investigation. The first indication of Jackson’s metal-health problems occurred in June when the 10-term congressman unexpectedly left Capitol Hill.

Social Media Outcry Spurs
Obama to Release Illegal Alien

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 11:47:55 AM Post Reply

In Barack Obama’s America, an entrepreneurial American family whose hard work has built a billion-dollar company faces the jackboot of the government. But a social media outcry can and has gotten him to release a repeat lawbreaker. PHOENIX — Immigration agents arrested the mother and brother of a prominent activist during a raid at her home here late Thursday, unleashing a vigorous response on social media and focusing new attention on one of the most controversial aspects of the Obama administration’s policies on deportation. Phoenix, by the way, suffers mightily from the

Judge tosses Alaska polar
bear habitat designation

Associated Press, by Becky Bohrer Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 11:40:19 AM Post Reply

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska has thrown out a plan designating more than 187,000 square miles as habitat for threatened polar bears. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline, in a written order dated Thursday, said the designation was too extensive and presented ‘‘a disconnect between the twin goals of protecting a cherished resource and allowing for growth and much needed economic development.’’ He sent the matter back to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to correct ‘‘substantive and procedural deficiencies.’’

The photograph that shows
women DO have a say in the
White House! Obama looks
uncomfortable as he comes under
fire from two female advisers...
while the other men in the
room fade into the background

Daily Mail (UK), by Leslie Larson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/12/2013 11:38:23 AM Post Reply

President Obama may be regretting his newfound commitment to appoint women to the top ranks of his administration. Judging from a photo taken on Thursday at a White House meeting, Cecilia Muñoz, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, is holding the president´s feet to the fire as she leans in and gives the Commander-in-Chief an earful. Ms Muñoz´s aggressive stature was featured in the White House Photo of the Day, a continuation of Mr Obama´s public relations campaign to show that women are well-represented in his inner circle.

Insurance Analysts: Obamacare to
Increase Out-of-Pocket Premium Costs,
Despite Lavish Subsidies

Forbes Magazine, by Avik Roy Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/12/2013 11:33:23 AM Post Reply

In 2009, when a prominent accounting firm released a report describing how Obamacare would drive up the cost of health insurance, supporters of the health-care bill were furious, declaring that only insurance-industry shills would be craven enough to produce such poppycock. After all, President Obama had repeatedly promised that his bill would “bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family.” In addition, they argued, Obamacare will spend trillions of dollars on health insurance subsidies, such that the uninsured wouldn’t be exposed to any purported rate hikes.

Catholic League´s Donohue Responds
to Lawrence O´Donnell: Obama
Should Swear On Das Kapital

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 11:25:01 AM Post Reply

MSNBC´s Lawrence O´Donnell on Thursday went on a disgraceful tirade about how the Bible should have nothing to do with the upcoming inaugural festivities. On Friday, Catholic League President Bill Donohue responded saying, "Given Obama’s ideology, perhaps it would make more sense for him to swear on Das Kapital." Donohue began by claiming that it´s obvious "Lawrence O’Donnell hates Christianity...A transcript of his diatribe does not do justice to what possesses him—you have to see him strut his stuff to get a sense of his true pathology." He then addressed the controversy surrounding Atlanta Pastor

Choirboy, 13, gunned down

Boston Herald, by Richard Weir Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/12/2013 11:22:17 AM Post Reply

A 13-year-old who police said was an innocent victim was shot in the stomach last night on a Roxbury street while walking to church for choir practice. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center after the 7:10 p.m. shooting on Humboldt Avenue. Police said he is in critical condition and that his mother was by his side.About two dozen plainclothes gang unit officers swarmed the scene in the pouring rain last night right after the shooting to go door-to-door hunting for any tips. “We’re looking for the public’s help,” said police Superintendent Kevin Buckley,

´Girls´ Star: Brian Williams On
Set So Much We Want ´BriWi-Cam´
to See Reaction to Daughter´s
Sex Scenes

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/12/2013 11:19:47 AM Post Reply

If your daughter was an actress doing a sex scene in a movie or television show, would you want to watch? On the CBS Late Show Thursday, Girls star Lena Dunham said that not only is NBC´s Brian Williams often on the set for the filming of this sex-packed HBO program, the cast jokes about having a "BriWi-cam" on him to gauge his reactions to his daughter Allison´s sex scenes (video follows with transcript and commentary): DAVID LETTERMAN, HOST: We had Brian Williams on the show the other night. His daughter, one of your lovely stars. LENA DUNHAM: Allison.

Chicanery Row

Weekly Standard, by Shawn Macomber Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/12/2013 11:05:54 AM Post Reply

In 1956, the celebrated novelist John Steinbeck declared journalism to be “the mother of literature and the perpetrator of crap.” To the non-Nobel ear, this might sound like denigration or enmity. But Bill Steigerwald’s idol-slaying travelogue of truth suggests the bon mot may have been more aspirational than previously believed. First, a bit of background. After 30 years toiling in journalism, Steigerwald accepted a buyout package from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in 2009—or, as he puts it, “I dove from the deck of the Daily Titanic and swam off to look for books to write till I die.”

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