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Missouri Sheriffs Pledge To Not
Enforce Obama’s Gun Control Laws

KMOX CBS (St. Louis), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/23/2013 4:48:47 AM Post Reply

JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo – As President Barack Obama continues to push gun control proposals in Washington D.C., Sheriff Charles M. Heiss, R-Johnson County is asking fellow law enforcers to sign and send this letter to the president. The letter expresses concern with the Obama administration and the president’s gun control laws he laid out before Congress last week. “It appears to me and many Americans that there is a genuine desire on the part of your administration to restrict the Second Amendment rights of law abiding American citizens in the interest of curbing gun violence in our nation,” Heiss wrote.

House GOP debt-limit bill gains
momentum ahead of floor vote

The Hill (DC), by Russell Berman & Bernie Becker Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/23/2013 4:44:55 AM Post Reply

A House Republican bill to suspend the debt ceiling through May 19 appeared to be headed toward passage on Tuesday as staunch conservatives largely held their fire and the White House gave its blessing. The short-term debt-ceiling hike was only offered by House Republicans four days ago, but has quickly been embraced by members of both political parties. The turnaround highlights a shifting power structure in Washington, with a newly inaugurated President Obama promising a more active government and Republicans adjusting to a minority position against a popular president and larger Senate Democratic majority.

The Gun-Control Fight
Harry Reid Can’t Win

Daily Beast, by David Freedlander Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:41:14 AM Post Reply

In 2010 Harry Reid was facing perhaps the toughest campaign of his five-decade political career. The Senate majority leader has never had particularly high approval ratings back home in Nevada, and Republicans made clear that sending him back to his hometown of Searchlight was their top priority, just as the Tea Party wave was slated to crest. But the year before, Reid cut the ribbon on Clark County Shooting Park, a 2,900-acre facility he helped build with $61 million in federal earmarks. Reid brought his antique .22-caliber rifle to the opening and proclaimed himself a fan of firearms.

In four years, we´ll be
inaugurating President Marco Rubio

The Week, by Matt K. Lewis Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:36:39 AM Post Reply

I know it´s premature. But as I watched President Barack Obama take the oath of office for a second term on Monday, I couldn´t help thinking that four years from now, it´ll probably be President-elect Marco Rubio´s turn. Why do I think Rubio is likely to be our next president? Because the Florida senator has the vision, charisma, brains, and communications skills to fix the problems that will no doubt linger long after Obama has returned to Chicago. Of course, this is not an entirely original observation. Four years out, Rubio is already at the top of what many consider to be

Clinton 2008 now debt-free

Politico, by Tarini Parti Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:31:55 AM Post Reply

More than four years after Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for president, Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign is finally debt-free, new reports filed by the campaign show. Clinton’s campaign committee paid off about $25 million in debt and now has a surplus of $204,832. The campaign retired its debt just as Clinton is preparing to step down from her job as secretary of state. Clinton supporters are pushing her to run for the presidency again in 2016. The campaign raised more than $233,000 in the last three months of 2012. Of that, more than $62,000

5 Americans Who Need
Washington’s Help to Come Home

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:27:40 AM Post Reply

As President Obama was celebrating the beginning of his second term yesterday, Algeria’s prime minister delivered the sobering news that a standoff with terrorists at a remote natural gas facility ended with 37 hostages dead. That included three Americans: Victor Lynn Lovelady, 57, of Houston; Gordon Lee Rowan of Oregon; and Frederick Buttaccio, 58, of Katy, Texas. (Snip)The loss of the Americans echoes in the case to be resurrected on Capitol Hill tomorrow when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations and the House Foreign Affairs committees on Benghazi.

Revealed: Why Michelle Obama
rolled her eyes at Boehner

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:20:53 AM Post Reply

An understandable reaction in hindsight once you know what was said. Quote: “Another term for Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, huh?” No, no, I kid. I’m sure the Obamas love Debbie. Which is why O just assigned Jim Messina to basically do her job from now on. The truth is more prosaic: So what was said? We asked expert lip reader Larry Wenig. Wenig believes John Boehner is asking President Obama whether he had a chance to have a cigarette before the luncheon. President Obama gave up cigarettes three years ago. Boehner is a known chain smoker.

Some Algeria Attackers
Are Placed at Benghazi

New York Times, by Adam Nossiter Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/23/2013 4:15:59 AM Post Reply

ALGIERS — Several Egyptian members of the squad of militants that lay bloody siege to an Algerian gas complex last week also took part in the deadly attack on the United States Mission in Libya in September, a senior Algerian official said Tuesday. The Egyptians involved in both attacks were killed by Algerian forces during the four-day ordeal that ended in the deaths of at least 38 hostages and 29 kidnappers, the official said. But three of the militants were captured alive, and one of them described the Egyptians’ role in both assaults

Pakistan coming apart at the seams

Tribune Media Services, by Joel Brinkley Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/23/2013 1:14:04 AM Post Reply

If the Taliban do ever succeed in toppling the government, they would almost certainly seize the nukes -- a terrifying prospect. Distracted by the deadly violence in Mali and Algeria, no one seems to be paying adequate attention to the tragicomedy under way in Pakistan. This matters because events of the last week demonstrate without equivocation that Pakistan is an utterly failed state -- but one that possesses nuclear weapons. The country is tumbling down the abyss. Where else could a fundamentalist Muslim cleric who lives in Canada draw tens of thousands of fans to a rally calling

Legal pot in Washington:
What it should look like

News Tribune [Tacoma, WA], by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/23/2013 1:03:56 AM Post Reply

Here’s a gig. The state Liquor Control Board is looking for consultants who can tell it “how marijuana is grown, cultivated, harvested, cured and processed.” Also, “How marijuana is infused into food and beverages. How marijuana should be packaged, labeled, transported and sold at a retail level. There are plenty of experts out there, no doubt. The question is, do they have to pass a background check? This sums up the fix the liquor board is in as it tries to turn legal marijuana into reality. Initiative 502 ordered the board to create a full-blown, highly regulated industry – “from seed to sale,”

Numbers are hard, for teachers

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by Michelle Malkin Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/23/2013 12:51:15 AM Post Reply

America´s downfall doesn´t begin with the "low-information voter." It starts with the no-knowledge student. For decades, collectivist agitators in our schools have chipped away at academic excellence in the name of fairness, diversity and social justice. "Progressive" reformers denounced Western civilization requirements, the Founding Fathers and the Great Books as racist. They attacked traditional grammar classes as irrelevant in modern life. They deemed ability grouping of students (tracking) bad for self-esteem. They replaced time-tested rote techniques and standard algorithms with

Ben Shapiro: ‘NBC News is a
disaster area, an unholstered
weapon for the left

Daily Caller, by Jamie Weinstein Original Article

Posted By: Vastrightwingconspirator- 1/23/2013 12:46:27 AM Post Reply

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro says in a new book that conservatives are getting bullied by the liberals — even by mild-mannered NBC news anchor Brian Williams. “Brian Williams is an excellent example of how the media bullies the right,” said Shapiro, author of the new book ”Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans,” in an email. “He claims objectivity, but he’s obviously a leftist. I don’t mind bias – I’m biased. But I don’t lie about it. He sits atop NBC News, then allows his news outlet to slander George Zimmerman as a ‘white’ guy

North Korea to go nuclear
after tightened UN sanctions

Bloomberg News, by Flavia Krause-Jackson * Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/23/2013 12:37:22 AM Post Reply

North Korea vowed to boost its nuclear capability after the United Nations Security Council, including its ally China, imposed new sanctions against the totalitarian state for last month’s rocket launch. (Snip) North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket in December, boosting its ballistic capabilities after a failure last April. South Korean officials have warned that the North is prepared to conduct a nuclear weapons test ‘‘soon’’ in a follow up to the missile launch. Kim Jong Un, who succeeded his late father Kim Jong Il as North Korea’s leader in December 2011,

Health Insurance Brokers Prepare
Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock

Forbes Magazine, by Dr. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/23/2013 12:14:24 AM Post Reply

A California insurance broker, who sells health plans to individuals and small businesses, told me that she’s prepping her clients for a sticker shock. Her local carriers are hinting to her that premiums may triple this fall, when the plans unveil how they’ll billet the full brunt of Obamacare’s new regulations and mandates. California is hardly alone. Around the country, insurers are fixing to raise rates by double digits. They’re privately briefing politicians in Washington on what’s in store. Those briefings are leaving a lot of folks up and down Pennsylvania Avenue jumpy. What’s gives? President Obama, after all

Barack Obama Is Boring

Real Clear Politics, by Robert Tracinski Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 1/23/2013 12:05:13 AM Post Reply

I was not going to comment on President Obama´s second inaugural address until I saw a headline quoting a line from the speech: "We are made for this moment." Really? "This moment"—again? (Snip) This is the president´s favorite false alternative: either we do things "alone," or government does them for us "collectively." What this world view leaves out, of course, is the voluntary cooperation of private individuals, particularly their cooperation in the free market. Which is to say that he excludes from his world view the actual majority of human activity. But this is the basic false alternative

Sloane Stephens beats Serena
Williams in Australian Open

BBC News, by Piers Newbery Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/23/2013 12:05:01 AM Post Reply

Title favourite Serena Williams went out of the Australian Open in a huge shock as injury derailed her hopes against Sloane Stephens in the quarter-finals. The 15-time Grand Slam champion led her fellow American by a set and a break, but after being treated for a back spasm in the second set went down 3-6 7-5 6-4. Stephens, 19, is on the verge of breaking into the world´s top 20 and was playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final. She gave a good account of herself in the opening stages, but Williams looked to have seen off

Stricken dolphin who ´asked´ Hawaii diver
for help: Moment mammal stuck on fish-
ing line pushed itself into scuba instructor
and waited patiently to be freed

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:38:06 PM Post Reply

A dolphin tangled in fishing line sought help from a diver in the waters of Hawaii.[Snip]Mr Laros was leading a group of snorkelers for a manta ray dive experience off the Big Island´s Kona International Airport when the dolphin squealed out, with the man telling the local media ´there was no question this dolphin was there for help.´ The group were enjoying the aquatic sights when suddenly they heard a dolphin cry and the bottlenose dolphin swam in their direction. Mr Laros told KITV how he soon noticed that the dolphin´s movements were inhibited because it was

GM foods pose new risk as ´viral
gene´ is missed in crops

Daily Express [UK], by John Ingham Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:24:30 PM Post Reply

New fears were raised over genetically modified food yesterday after researchers found regulators had missed an "unsuspected viral gene" in widely used crops. A study published last month found that the commonest modification in GM crops includes a "significant fragment of a viral gene" known as Gene VI. The study by European Food Standards Agency experts published in the journal GM Crops and Food said the gene “might result in unintended phenotypic changes" which means it could have unintended genetic or environmental consequences. [Snip] Two thirds of GM crops approved in the US contain the hitherto unidentified viral gene.

Prince Harry Compares War to
PlayStation, and Taliban
Are Not Amused

New York Times, by Robert Mackey Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/22/2013 11:12:38 PM Post Reply

A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Prince Harry must have “mental problems,” following the broadcast of remarks by the royal in which he said that killing militants from an Apache helicopter was similar to playing video games. (Snip) In another edit of the footage, posted online by The Guardian, Prince Harry, who is known as Captain Wales in the army, explained that he was glad to have been “pushed forward to the front seat,” the one reserved for the attack helicopter’s gunner. That was, he said, “a joy for me because I’m one of those people that loves playing PlayStation and Xbox,

Collin County Sheriff Won´t
Enforce Gun Laws That He
Says Violate Constitution

NBC Universal [Dallas], by Kevin Cokely Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 11:11:27 PM Post Reply

Collin County Sheriff Terry Box says he, nor his deputies, will enforce unconstitutional gun laws put in place by whom he calls misguided politicians. In the statement, Box said the following: In light of recent events I feel I need to make a public statement of my views on this subject. As the Sheriff of Collin County, Texas, I have for the past 28 years served to protect and keep safe all citizens of our county, recognizing the trust placed in me with this profoundly important responsibility. Unfortunately, the recent surge in the numbers of innocent victims who have died at the hands of unstable criminals

To Malians, al-Qaeda is
a foreign invader

Telegraph [UK], by David Blair Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:07:36 PM Post Reply

The refugees came home on board a canoe, paddling across a verdant swamp forming a cool oasis in the wastes of the Sahel. As they disembarked, I asked why they felt safe enough to return to their town in central Mali, barely five days after fleeing its capture by radical Islamists. “Because the French have come,” replied Mahmadou Djire. “They are here to save us.” Nearby, the first Tricolours were flying in Diabaly, welcoming a French military column with a blaze of blue, white and red. Anyone who saw the recapture of this town of 35,000 people after its brief

David Cameron promises an in-out
referendum on Britain in Europe.
You can thank Ukip for this

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/22/2013 11:01:31 PM Post Reply

So, now we know what the big applause line is going to be in the Prime Minister’s much anticipated speech on Europe. Today, David Cameron will tell the world that democratic consent for the EU is “wafer thin” and “it is time for the British people to have their say.” If the Tories form a government in 2015, they will hold an in-out referendum on our membership. It’s a game-changing proposal and music to this Eurosceptic’s ears. With one speech, the Prime Minister has morphed from Ted Heath to Margaret Thatcher. If only his backbenchers could convince him to drop

Obama faces new pressure
on Keystone pipeline

Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/22/2013 10:44:24 PM Post Reply

President Obama’s Inauguration Day vow to fight climate change is facing an unexpectedly early test as a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline now rests solely with his administration. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman on Tuesday removed the only other remaining hurdle by formally approving the pipeline’s modified 194-mile route through his state, skirting sensitive ecological areas and clearing up the last major question mark on the course of the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas project. “Construction and operation of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline … would have

Apple May Face First
Profit Drop in Decade
as IPhone Slows: Tech

Bloomberg News, by Adam Satariano Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:41:46 PM Post Reply

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is feeling the heat. Eighteen months after taking over from Steve Jobs, Cook is facing rising production costs, competition from Samsung Electronics Co. and slowing growth in smartphones, threatening profits for the world’s most valuable company. An earnings report tomorrow may show that fiscal first- quarter net income slipped 2 percent to $12.8 billion, or $13.48 a share, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the first drop since 2003. In all except one quarter since that same year, profit has jumped more than 10 percent.

Netanyahu, allies narrowly cling
to victory in Israeli election

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/22/2013 10:37:15 PM Post Reply

Jerusalem – In a stunning setback, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s hard-line bloc fared worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, exit polls showed, possibly forcing the incumbent Israeli leader to invite surprisingly strong moderate rivals into his government and soften his line toward the Palestinians. TV exit polls showed the hard-liners with about 61 seats in the 120-seat parliament, a bare majority, and the counts could change as actual votes are tallied. The unofficial TV results had Netanyahu winning only 31 seats,

Sting operations reveal Mafia
involvement in renewable energy

Washington Post, by Anthony Faiola Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/22/2013 10:36:21 PM Post Reply

PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy. “Uncle Vincenzo,” implored the businessman, Angelo Salvatore, using a term of affection for the alleged head of Sicily’s Gimbellina crime family, 79-year-old Vincenzo Funari. According to a transcript of their wiretapped conversation, Salvatore continued, “for the love of our sons, renewable energy is important. .?.?. it’s a

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