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Hollywood Squares

American Spectator, by Daniel J. Flynn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/25/2013 8:00:03 AM Post Reply

Eva Longoria, Ashley Judd, Nick Cannon, and other beautiful people flocked to Hollywood-for-Ugly-People to attend Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The gift of convincing an audience, or constituents, that you are something that you are not remains a common denominator for success in the Capital and the Entertainment Capital. Superficial people attract one another like magnets. The made-for-television presidency got the inauguration it deserved. Beyoncé lip-synching the Star Spangled Banner reminded America that her business, like the president’s, is show business. If the inauguration offered anything faker than pretend singing, Alicia Keys’ stage-name surname may have been it.

The Reagan-Obama Presidential Olympics

American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/25/2013 7:56:47 AM Post Reply

Think of it as a presidential Olympics. Barack Obama takes on Ronald Reagan. One on one, mano a mano. To mix metaphors, two presidential matadors competing for the gold. The contest, begun on election night of 2008, is now in the final four years. As is true with the athletic Olympics, the world is watching. Who will win history’s gold medal as a great president? Which man will prove to be the better president? It is January 20, 2017. President Somebody Else has just finished taking the oath of office. As tradition dictates, President Else walks

Women have to work harder than
men to lose weight and get fit

Daily Mail [UK], by Anna Hodgekiss Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/25/2013 7:52:18 AM Post Reply

It´s bad news for women who work out with their partners. [Snip] Scientists at the University of Missouri who put obese men and women on the same fitness programme found men reaped significantly more benefits. And experts are now warning that while exercise alone might be enough for men to lose weight, women must also address their diet to get the same results. During the study, Professor Jill Kanaley and her colleagues looked at the heart rate and blood pressure of nearly 75 obese men and women with Type 2 diabetes. They all followed a programme of aerobic

Roe v. Wade:
Tragic Anniversary

PJ Media, by Hans von Spakovsky Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 1/25/2013 7:43:12 AM Post Reply

With the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, many are reflecting on the consequences legally, morally, spiritually, and ultimately in human lives. (Snip) Given our familiarity with German history because of our family background (my mother grew up in Nazi Germany), we are aware of the well-known, inspiring, chilling speech by Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor and vocal critic of Adolph Hitler who spent seven years in a concentration camp. My brother used that speech recently as an inspiration for speaking to a group about the March for Life:

Does Hillary have double vision after
blood clot scare? Close up shot shows
´Fresnel prism´ lenses in Clinton’s glasses

Daily Mail [UK], by Kerry McDermott Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/25/2013 7:40:55 AM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has wasted no time in getting back to business since returning to work following treatment for a blood clot. But tiny lines visible on the 65-year-old´s glasses when she appeared before the Senate this week indicate she may still be experiencing the after-effects of her spell of ill health. It is thought Clinton was wearing a Fresnel prism on her spectacles--a stick-on panel often used to treat double vision. The faint vertical lines are visible on the left lens of Clinton´s glasses in photographs taken during her testimony about the terrorist attack on the

Solving the Immigration Puzzle

Wall Street Journal, by Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick Original Article

Posted By: tocsin- 1/25/2013 7:31:09 AM Post Reply

The nation´s capital is awash with ideas about how to fix America´s immigration policy. The sudden ferment on this issue, which was largely dormant since efforts at comprehensive reform were torpedoed five years ago, is as welcome as it is overdue. The growing consensus on both sides of the political aisle that something needs to be done should not be squandered, for such opportunities are rare and fleeting.Some policy makers are calling for piecemeal changes—[Snip]Congress should avoid such quick fixes and commit itself instead to comprehensive immigration reform.

Separation of Church and State,
Disaster Edition

Wall Street Journal, by Avi Schick Original Article

Posted By: tocsin- 1/25/2013 7:22:00 AM Post Reply

In coming days, the Senate is expected to approve $50.5 billion in federal aid for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. This is in addition to the $9.7 billion in aid approved earlier this month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Housing and Urban Development will determine how most of the aid is distributed. Their to-do list should include a clear message that houses of worship and other religious institutions will be fully eligible for assistance. In New York state alone, hundreds of houses of worship were damaged by Sandy. More than 200 Catholic parishes were affected,

States’ crime rates show
scant linkage to gun laws

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 1/25/2013 7:09:00 AM Post Reply

President Obama has called for stricter federal gun laws to combat recent shooting rampages, but a review of recent state laws by The Washington Times shows no discernible correlation between stricter rules and lower gun-crime rates in the states. States that ranked high in terms of making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System also tended to have tighter gun laws — but their gun-crime rates ranged widely. The same was true for states that ranked poorly on disclosure and were deemed to have much less stringent gun-possession laws.

53 percent of British voters want to
leave the EU. Barack Obama and
David Cameron should take note

Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/25/2013 6:59:17 AM Post Reply

More than half of British voters would choose to leave the European Union if given the chance to take part in a referendum today, according to a new Times/Populus poll. Among Tory supporters, 56 percent would vote to leave, and even 37 percent of Labour voters and 35 percent of Liberal Democrats would opt to get out of the EU as well. If “don’t knows” are included in the survey, 40 percent of Britons would vote to leave, 37 percent would stay, and 23 percent are undecided. This is the latest in a series of polls which show that

Is Hillary seeing double? Daily News analysis points out
Secretary of State may suffer from vision impairments
following a concussion and blood clot near her brain

New York Daily News, by Tina Moore Original Article

Posted By: Toledo- 1/25/2013 6:55:22 AM Post Reply

Closeups of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taken during her Senate testimony Wednesday revealed that she may be seeing double.As she testified about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, the secretary of state appeared to have tiny vertical lines etched onto the left lens of her new brown specs.Clinton´s spokesman confirmed Thursday night she is wearing the glasses as a result of the fall and concussion she suffered last month, but he did not elaborate.

The craven retreat of the generals

Pruden and Politics, by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: truthfetish- 1/25/2013 6:53:16 AM Post Reply

Wars are won despite the generals. Every historian knows that. Combat is no place for a woman. Every grunt knows that. So do most women. Only generals are confused. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have finally succumbed to the pressure of the ladies who can’t imagine ever getting close to a gun, registered or otherwise, but who think it would be nifty if some of the cannon fodder for America’s wars could be “service members” of the female persuasion. This would make the ladies on the sidelines feel brave and good about themselves.
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It´s the Message, Morons

American Thinker, by William L. Gensert Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 1/25/2013 6:49:29 AM Post Reply

On November 6, 2012, almost 66 million Americans traded the nation´s future for a chance to worship a false god. In a country of over 315 million people, a minority of eligible voters traded prosperity for the illusion of forced fairness. In reelecting Barack Obama, with fewer votes than in 2008, voters traded harmony for the divisiveness of America´s most polarizing president. Woody Allen said, "eighty percent of success is just showing up." How true, because a little more than 20% of America has successfully forced upon the nation 4 more years of Barack the failure.

The fight against Al-Qaeda in Mali
could be a sign of how the West´s
wars are fought in future

Telegraph [UK], by David Blair Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/25/2013 6:48:23 AM Post Reply

I’m back in Mali’s capital, Bamako, after spending six days further north where French forces are now in action. The distances in this part of the world are immense – getting anywhere seems to involve a 3-hour drive--so I’ve spent more time on the road on this trip than during any other. Now that I’m back in the capital, let me offer a few thoughts. You will have read a lot about how French forces are fighting al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). This is entirely accurate, but it needs to be qualified. When AQIM and its friends

Emails show FBI investigating
Sen. Bob Menendez for sleeping
with underage Dominican prostitutes

Daily Caller, by David Martosko Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:49:57 AM Post Reply

Documents published online for the first time Thursday indicate that the FBI opened an inquiry into New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on August 1, 2012, focusing on repeated trips he took to the Dominican Republic with longtime campaign contributor and Miami eye doctor Salomon Melgen. TheDC reported in November that Menendez purchased the service of prostitutes in that Caribbean nation at a series of alcohol-fueled sex parties. The documents, which The Daily Caller had obtained hours earlier from an anonymous source, also indicate that Carrie Levine, research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW),

The Real Obama Climate Deal

Wall Street Journal, by Kimberley A. Strassel Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:46:08 AM Post Reply

President Obama set off a guessing game this week as to what he intended with his inaugural promise to double down on climate change. There´s no need to guess. California Democrat Barbara Boxer, the Senate´s climate guru, was happy to fill in the gory details. The president´s climate shout-out sent the green community into flurries of ecstasy, with grand hopes of a new push for cap-and-trade in Congress, or of a redoubled U.S. commitment to a global carbon pact. It fell to Mrs. Boxer to tamp down those ambitions, even as she reassured her devotees

Algeria Gas Compound
Lacked Armed Guards

New York Times, by Clifford Krauss & Nicholas Kulish Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/25/2013 5:39:21 AM Post Reply

HOUSTON — The companies operating the gas facility in the Sahara that was attacked last week had chosen not to deploy armed guards inside the sprawling compound, leading security analysts to question whether the assault by more than 30 Islamist militants might have been slowed if security had been tighter. Until the siege on the remote In Amenas facility last Wednesday, dozens of North African desert camps were thought to be virtually impregnable, with steel-wire fences, long-range reconnaissance equipment and army patrols amid the sand dunes.

Memo to D.C.:
Take Kerry, he’s all yours

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:33:07 AM Post Reply

None of his fellow solons was impolite enough yesterday to ask U.S. Sen. John Forbes Kerry the only question anybody really wants him to answer. “Senator, are you really worth $193 million?” Secretary of state? Who cares. I want to know how he got all that dough, and please, no jokes about how he made it the old-fashioned way, he married it. Whatever happened to prenups? I’d always heard Mama T gave him a couple Old Masters oil paintings or some other kind of art worth maybe $10 million so he wouldn’t feel like what he is,

Turning America´s water
into Big Green´s elite empire

Washington Examiner [DC], by Ron Arnold Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/25/2013 5:28:02 AM Post Reply

Two weeks ago, outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar named the White River -- which cuts 722 miles through its 17.8 million-acre watershed, crossing 60 counties in Arkansas and Missouri -- as the second National Blueway. What exactly, we should ask, is a National Blueway? In short, it´s the focus of the biggest federal land grab in American history. Physically, a National Blueway is an entire watershed, including its municipal, county and tribal governments, private property, businesses and everything else within the ridge line of the watershed. Consider the first Blueway, the 410-mile Connecticut River,

The GOP and the City

City Journal [NYC, NY], by Edward L. Glaeser Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:22:13 AM Post Reply

After the presidential election in November, New York Times exit polls found that Republican candidate Mitt Romney had received only 29 percent of the big-city vote to President Obama’s 69 percent. That gap prompted Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate, to conclude that it was “the turnout especially in urban areas” that “gave President Obama the big margin to win this race.” Ryan was right: the GOP has an urban problem. And it’s partly a self-created one. The party, nationally and even locally, has focused on winning suburban and rural votes and has stopped reaching out to city dwellers.

Hillary Clinton’s Dodgy Testimony

Tribune Media Services, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:19:45 AM Post Reply

A lot of people in Washington apparently forgot how good Hillary Clinton is at not telling the truth. Wednesday, in her testimony before the Senate and, later, the House, Clinton brilliantly fudged, dodged, and filibustered. Of course, she’s a pro. Clinton was slow-walking depositions, lawyering up, and shifting blame when many of her questioners were still civilians down on the farm. Aided by a ridiculous format, she outfoxed most of the Republicans with ease.Meanwhile, the Democrats, almost uniformly, seemed singularly interested in celebrating Mrs. Clinton as a global diva who somehow manages to carry the burden of her awesomeness

Obama short of judges
for his liberal agenda

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/25/2013 5:16:22 AM Post Reply

President Obama already has sketched out a left-leaning legal agenda for his second term on issues such as gun control, climate change and gay rights, but he is falling far short in nominating the judges to help him uphold it. During Mr. Obama’s first term, judicial vacancies rose about 50 percent. That was in stark contrast to the first terms of President Clinton and President George W. Bush, when vacancies on the federal bench declined by 65 percent and 34 percent, respectively, according to an analysis by the liberal Alliance for Justice think tank.

Schools must provide
sports for disabled, US says

Associated Press, by Philip Elliott Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:11:02 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- Students with disabilities must be given a fair shot to play on a traditional sports team or have their own leagues, the Education Department says. Disabled students who want to play for their school could join traditional teams if officials can make "reasonable modifications" to accommodate them. If those adjustments would fundamentally alter a sport or give the student an advantage, the department is directing the school to create parallel athletic programs that have comparable standing to traditional programs. "Sports can provide invaluable lessons in discipline, selflessness, passion and courage, and this guidance will help schools ensure

Fly in the ointment

New York Post, by Ed Cox & David Laska Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:06:21 AM Post Reply

President Obama is riding high in the afterglow of his second Inauguration — but the signs of trouble ahead are already becoming clear. First off, it now looks like the US economy peaked in the third quarter last year — growing at 3.1 percent, a huge leap from 1.3 percent in the second quarter and 2 percent in the first. That was perfect timing for his re-election, bringing unemployment below 8 percent for the first time since Obama took office and robbing Mitt Romney of one of his top talking points. But top economists believe things slowed

New Jersey Senator Bashes Cory
Booker´s Performance as Mayor

National Journal, by Elahe Izadi Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:59:42 AM Post Reply

Days after Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey compared Newark Mayor Cory Booker to one of his disobedient children who needs a spanking, he’s again criticizing the two-term mayor’s job performance. “He’s got a lot of work to do -- a lot of work that should have been done and hasn’t been done,” Lautenberg told National Journal. Lautenberg described Newark as a “city in desperate need of attention,” adding that “maybe if the mayor can solidify the fact that he wants to improve Newark by being there, things would be different. But he’s free to do as he wants to do.”

The Nonexistent Red Line

Weekly Standard, by Lee Smith Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:56:52 AM Post Reply

Last week, we learned of a secret State Department assessment that forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had recently used chemical weapons. The State Department cable, signed by the U.S. consul in Istanbul and based on interviews with doctors, defectors from the Syrian Army, and activists, made what one unnamed administration official called a “compelling case” that the Syrian military had used Agent 15, or BZ gas, in Homs last month against the Sunni-majority opposition. Nonetheless, within 24 hours, the State Department challenged the news report and the cable’s conclusion, stating

Brawl At Social Services
Office Caught On Video

Fox2Now [St. Louis, MO], by Andy Banker Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 1/25/2013 4:48:22 AM Post Reply

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. – An alarming video of a Tuesday afternoon brawl at a social services office in East St. Louis had workers and clients concerned for their safety and brought calls for action. A witness told FOX2 it began as a dispute over a place in line. In spite of all the flying fists, there have been no arrests. Workers and clients said that had to change. State and local authorities didn`t know about the video until FOX 2 News alerted them. East St. Louis Mayor, Alvin Parks, called for metal detectors at office at 9th and Missouri.

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