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‘Open carry’ bill latest proposal
to expand gun laws in Texas

Houston Chronicle, by Kolten Parker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:13:56 PM Post Reply

As the federal government moves forward on its plans to tighten gun restrictions, Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation to expand gun rights in the state. The latest proposal is HB 700 filed Thursday by state Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, that would allow individuals with concealed handgun licenses to carry weapons in plain view on a belt or shoulder holster. “For some it is a matter of personal safety, for others it is simply a convenience/personal preference issue,” said Lavender, who carried similar legislation that failed last session. He added others view it as a constitutional issue.

Feinstein: Reinstate
assault weapons ban

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:08:58 PM Post Reply

Sen. Dianne Feinstein rolled out sweeping legislation that would ban more than 150 types of military-style semiautomatic rifles on Thursday, kicking off the congressional debate on a new assault-weapons ban that both sides say faces a steep uphill climb on Capitol Hill. The measure is by far the most ambitious of the number of gun-control bills introduced in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., last month. “This is hard to do. It’s not easy to do,” Mrs. Feinstein, California Democrat, said. “I think if the people in [a] red state want their representative

Fracking’s rise in U.S.
inspires the world

Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:05:33 PM Post Reply

Fracking is going global. The U.S. energy industry clearly still leads the way on the revolutionary drilling method that has upended global energy markets, but the rest of the world is beginning to catch up as nations seek to replicate American success in oil and natural gas development. Taking the lead in Europe, Poland plans to begin producing shale gas using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, as soon as next year, the country’s treasury minister said recently. More than 100 exploration concessions to more than two dozen companies have been awarded, and the Polish State Geological Institute

Hillary Lets the Jihadist
Cat Out of the Bag

Front Page Magazine, by Robert Spencer Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 1/24/2013 10:58:07 PM Post Reply

After four years of pretending there is no jihad against the free world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blurted out the truth during her testimony on the Benghazi jihad massacre Wednesday: “We now face a spreading jihadist threat,” she said, adding: “We have to recognize this is a global movement.” We do? Yet the Obama administration has for years steadfastly and repeatedly denied both that there was a jihadist threat at all and that it was a global movement. So far has the Obama administration been from acknowledging that there was a jihad threat
Headline repaired.

White House working around
Capitol Hill as it pushes far-
reaching gun measures

Washington Post, by Philip Rucker and Ed O´Keefe Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:54:55 PM Post Reply

The White House has decided to circumvent Capitol Hill as it concentrates its gun-control efforts on speeches and other public appearances by President Obama and Vice President Biden outside of Washington, according to officials with knowledge of the plans. With Obama’s gun agenda dependent on centrist Democratic senators who are nervous about their reelection prospects, the administration has calculated that the president is better off helping to build a groundswell of popular support within the lawmakers’ states rather than negotiating directly with them, officials said.

Senate leaders reach deal
modifying filibuster rules,
keep 60-vote hurdle

Washington Post, by Paul Kane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:51:22 PM Post Reply

The Senate approved a deal Thursday that will keep the chamber’s long-standing 60-vote threshold for halting a filibuster but streamline some of the chamber’s more cumbersome procedures. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), largely accepting the recommendations from a bipartisan team of senior senators, won broad bipartisan support for a package of reforms that will streamline operations but leave intact rules that give the minority more rights than any other legislative body in the world.

The Feinstein “Assault Weapons”
Ban: What’s It All About?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:46:20 PM Post Reply

Today Senator Dianne Feinstein unveiled her long-promised legislation to ban “assault weapons.” Since there is no such thing as an assault weapon, we will have to read the text of the law to see what it actually does. So far, I haven’t seen the text anywhere, but Feinstein’s web site has a fairly detailed description of the bill, including a list of the 157 weapons that are specifically banned. News coverage of Feinstein’s proposal has been laughably bad. Feinstein’s bill purports to toughen the 1994 assault weapons ban by reducing the number of “military style” features that make a firearm

Washington Post Hypes
´Hard-Right´ Heritage
Foundation´s Lobbying Division

Newsbusters, by Matthew Balan Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:44:11 PM Post Reply

Washington Post writer Suzy Khimm, a former reporter for far-left magazine Mother Jones, did her best to portray the Heritage Foundation´s lobbying outfit, Heritage Action, as an extreme cabal in a Thursday item on the front page of the Style section. Khimm used two variations of "hardline" to label the two-plus year old group, as well as the term "hard-right." In her article, "The right’s latest weapon: think-tank lobbying muscle," the writer ballyhooed Heritage Action´s influence in the halls of Congress, particularly in the continuing budget battle. She first likened the organization to the alter-ego

Be Afraid: Media Will
Never Hold Obama
Accountable For Anything

Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:41:07 PM Post Reply

Over the past 24 hours there have been a number of good columns published that take issue with outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton´s testimony yesterday. Some mocked Congressional and Senate Democrats for choosing to fawn all over Hillary, instead of probing into the unnecessary deaths of four Americans. Others, like PJ Media´s Bryan Preston, are rightfully angry at Republicans who were completely outgunned and outmaneuvered by Madam Secretary, and as a result blew their last chance to get real answers. Simpering Democrats. Feckless Republicans.

Rick Perry to Democrats
Planning Texas Invasion:
´Bring It On´

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Matthew Boyle Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 10:36:55 PM Post Reply

A spokeswoman for Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry told Breitbart News the state’s GOP isn’t afraid of efforts from national Democrats to descend on his state and turn the longtime Republican stronghold blue. “They can bring it on,” Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier told Breitbart News. “We are well aware of the Ds´ wishes to have more of a presence in Texas, and it´s no surprise they´d want to share the credit of Texas´ success story, but they will be hard-pressed to make much progress with the proven success conservative policies have had in our state. Ironically, the very reason Texas

N.J. issues more than 1,200
contractor registrations

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/24/2013 10:36:05 PM Post Reply

Trenton — New Jersey state officials have issued more than 1,200 registrations to out-of-state contractors since Nov. 1 for post-storm cleanup. Some New Jersey-based companies say they´re worried that contractors from other states will flood the market. Many were hoping that New Jersey companies and workers would benefit the most from repair work in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Jeff Gamble of the real estate division of the Stafford-based Van Dyk Group tells The Asbury Park Press that he believes New Jersey has enough local contractors to get the job done. The Christie administration estimates that

Army Removes Crosses,
Steeple from Chapel

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/24/2013 10:32:45 PM Post Reply

The U.S. military reportedly ordered soldiers to remove a cross and a steeple from atop a chapel and to board up cross-shaped windows at a remote American forward operating base in Afghanistan. The removal of Christian symbols from the chapel at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E came after a solider complained — leading American Atheists president David Silverman to send a letter to the Pentagon. “Soldiers with minority religious beliefs and atheists often feel like second-class citizens when Christianity is seemingly officially endorsed by their own base,” Silverman told Fox News.

Father of Chandra Levy concerned
about latest development in case

Fox News, by Cristina Corbin Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/24/2013 10:22:38 PM Post Reply

Prosecutors and defense attorneys from the Chandra Levy murder case are meeting secretly to discuss the testimony of a witness, according to Levy´s father, who said he hopes the conviction of his daughter´s killer is not in jeopardy. The U.S. attorney´s office in Washington has not commented on the post-trial proceedings, but lawyers on both sides have reportedly met twice since December. Robert Levy told FoxNews.com he had been told the talks involve the testimony of a witness, but did not know the specific subject matter. "It´s all secret," Levy said of the meetings in Washington

Clinton Added Teeth To CRA,
Obama Turned Them Into Fangs

Investor´s Business Daily, by Paul Sperry Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 1/24/2013 10:12:32 PM Post Reply

Despite new evidence the Community Reinvestment Act led to riskier lending and played a key role in the subprime mortgage crisis, the Obama administration is broadening the anti-redlining regulation´s authority and scope, spooking bankers. A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nation´s pre-eminent economic research group, states that the CRA "clearly" had a major impact on the flood of subprime loans made in the late 1990s and 2000s, which directly led to the housing crisis.

Cyber Threat Looms

Washington Free Beacon, by Bill Gertz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/24/2013 9:54:54 PM Post Reply

The United States is facing a catastrophic cyber attack by nations or non-state groups that could cripple the country’s economy, a former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday. Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell, who headed both the National Security Agency (NSA) and served as director of national intelligence, said in a speech that one example of a devastating cyber attack would be the crippling of the U.S. economy through cyber attacks on banks and financial institutions. “We have a national problem and it is significant. The next big issue will be a cyber 9/11,” McConnell said during

Top ´Fast and Furious´
official to resign

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 9:21:36 PM Post Reply

Republicans expressed satisfaction Thursday at news Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, the top Justice Department figure who had knowledge of the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation, is resigning. "He knew about reckless tactics, failed to take seriously allegations that they were continuing, and only owned up to his failures once they were publicly exposed," said House oversight committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, who led a months-long investigation into the botched operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Mother deemed insane when she
drowned her daughter, 3, in
2010 is free because doctors
say she´s regained her sanity

Daily Mail [UK], by Rachel Quigley Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 1/24/2013 9:19:33 PM Post Reply

A mother who was deemed insane after drowning her three-year-old daughter in the bathtub has been allowed to walk free from jail just three years later - because doctors say she regained her sanity. Jennifer Bigham, from Modesto, California, admitted killing the toddler in 2010 and was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. After doctors ruled she is now sane, Bigham has been allowed to walk free and was released from jail on Tuesday. The 26-year-old was pictured smiling in her blue hospital gown as she was released from the hospital.

Reporter On Obama’s ‘Amateurish’
Press Corps: ‘When They’re Near
Him, They Lose Their Minds’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 8:43:23 PM Post Reply

Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings, author of the BuzzFeed special book on the 2012 campaign Panic 2012, joined Martin Bashir on Thursday where he revealed that journalists who covered President Barack Obama during the campaign were sometimes so overcome by his presence that they would “lose their minds” and behave in “juvenile” and “amateurish” ways. Among other anecdotes, Hastings admitted that he once had the opportunity to ask the president hard questions, but was so similarly moved by his presence that he only asked “soft” questions. (Snip) Hastings revealed one

Report: USAID probed
for alleged bid-rigging

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 7:50:22 PM Post Reply

Criminal investigators are looking into allegations that the top lawyer for the State Department´s aid agency rigged a bid and that top officials tried to cover it up, according to The Associated Press. The AP reported Thursday that the Justice Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development´s inspector general are investigating whether USAID general counsel Lisa Gomer interfered last year to guarantee that a now-canceled bid for a “senior government-to-government assistance adviser” would be won by the agency´s retiring chief financial officer, David Ostermeyer.

A Superb Appointment for SEC Chief

PJ Media, by Andrew C. McCarthy Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 7:43:26 PM Post Reply

President Obama has nominated my former boss, Mary Jo White, to be the next chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He could not have made a better choice. I worked for Mary Jo for nearly a decade when she was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for nine years, from 1993-2002. It’s not enough to say she’s one of the best lawyers in the country; she’s also one of the best people I’ve been fortunate to know. She is whip smart and tough. She is also a model of integrity and rectitude. She will do what the SEC ought to do: aggressive enforcement against

Bank of America issues "bond crash´
alert on Fed tightening fears

Telegraph [UK], by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/24/2013 7:36:55 PM Post Reply

The US lender said investors face a treacherous moment as central banks start fretting about inflation and shift gears, threatening a surge in bond yields. This happened in 1994 under Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan when yields on US 30-year Treasuries jumped 240 basis points over a nine-month span, setting off a “savage reversal of fortune in leveraged areas of fixed income markets”. A similar shock this year is “likely” if the US economy continues to gather strength. “The moment we hear the first rhetorical talk of exit strategies by central banks this could turn,” said chief investment strategist,

Panetta: ´Everyone Entitled to a
Chance´ to be Combat Soldier
in ´Gender Neutral´ Military

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 7:34:22 PM Post Reply

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that whether they are male or female "everyone is entitled to a chance" to become a combat soldier in a military that will now adopt "gender netural" standards. “If members of our military can meet the qualifications for a job--and let me be clear, we’re not talking about reducing the qualifications for a job--if they can meet the qualifications for the job then they should have the right to serve,” Panetta said at a Pentagon press conference. The Defense Department announced today that it would rescind its 1994 policy restricting women

Shaming fat people into losing
weight is the only way to solve
obesity epidemic, leading health
academic claims

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 7:27:44 PM Post Reply

A leading health academic has called for fat people to be ´shamed and beat upon socially´ in order to halt the obesity crisis. In a controversial article, Daniel Callahan, the 82-year-old president emeritus of The Hastings Center a New York think-tank specializing in health policy ethics, calls for increased stigmatization of obese people to try spur weight-loss across America. The senior research scholar says fat people should be treated like smokers who have become increasingly demonized in recent years and thus ´nudged´ by negative attitudes of those around them into giving up the unhealthy

Honey, I Shrank The Army;
On Brink Of A Hollow Force

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/24/2013 7:18:05 PM Post Reply

Defense: As sequestration looms and an advocate of military budget cuts prepares to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, the Army reports that it will have to cut base operations by almost a third, jeopardizing its missions. ´The readiness of our Armed Forces is at a tipping point," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey wrote to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a Jan. 14 letter also signed by the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

Barack Obama provides
landing pad for fly

Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/24/2013 7:17:00 PM Post Reply

The buzzing insect stole the show as the President announced his two new members of his second administration, cutting wild loops around the leader of the free world before landing squarely on his forehead. The official White House transcript simply reads: "This guy is bothering me here - (swatting at a fly.)" Meanwhile, the pool report which describes the President´s movements throughout the day, noted that "the president spoke for about five minutes while being menaced by a house fly". It wasn´t the first time Mr Obama has shared camera time with a fly.

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