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Life after Chernobyl: Sergei
Gaschak’s photography from
inside ´the zone´

Independent [UK], by Shaun Walker Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:55:59 PM Post Reply

Sergei Gaschak’s photography offers an unparalleled glimpse at animal life inside “the zone”, the area of Ukraine and Belarus that has been officially closed off to human habitation since the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe of 1986. Using camera traps to take photographs mechanically, as well as taking photographs personally, Gaschak has captured what few have been able to see with their own eyes – the remarkable diversity of wildlife within the zone.

White House, senators
launching immigration push

Associated Press, by Julie Pace and Erica Werner Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:45:31 PM Post Reply

Washington -- Reviving an issue that has languished for years, President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation´s flawed immigration system and creating legal status for millions, as a bipartisan Senate group nears agreement on achieving the same goals. The proposals from Obama and lawmakers will mark the start of what is expected to be a contentious and emotional process with deep political implications. Latino voters overwhelmingly backed Obama in the 2012 election, leaving Republicans grappling for a way to regain their standing with an increasingly powerful pool of voters.

Indian women given kitchen
knives, chili to fend off rapists

Reuters, by Kaustubh Kulkarni Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:42:12 PM Post Reply

Mumbai - India´s radical Hindu nationalist party governing Mumbai has handed out kitchen knives and chili powder to women following a gang rape in the capital New Delhi that ignited a national debate on the best way to tackle sex crimes. The Shiv Sena party, an ally of the main opposition BJP, said it had handed out 21,000 knives with three-inch blades to women in the city and surrounding areas and plans to distribute 100,000. Mumbai police said they were examining the knives and considering legal action.

Russian parliament backs
ban on "gay propaganda"

Reuters, by Gabriela Baczynska and Alissa de Carbonn Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:31:14 PM Post Reply

Russia´s parliament backed a draft law on Friday banning "homosexual propaganda" in what critics see as an attempt to shore up support for President Vladimir Putin in the country´s largely conservative society. Only one deputy in the State Duma lower house voted against the bill, but passions spilled over outside the chamber, where 20 people were detained after scuffles between Russian Orthodox Christians and gay activists who staged a "kiss-in" protest. "We live in Russia, not Sodom and Gomorrah," United Russia deputy Dmitry Sablin said before the 388-1 vote in the 450-seat chamber.

Biden: Mental Health Check
May Have Prevented
Virginia Tech Shooting

ABC News, by Matthew Larotonda Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:27:20 PM Post Reply

Vice President Biden says a mental health check on gun sales may have averted the 2007 mass shooting on Virginia Tech‘s campus. Biden’s comments came after a roundtable discussion in Richmond today that included experts involved with the gun control commission convened after the university tragedy. The vice president reported the panel had reached “pretty broad consensus” over what criteria they proposed should deny a sale, including “mental capacity.” “One of the problems that was pointed out here was that there was an adjudication of the young man that committed the crime at Virginia Tech,

Mamet On Gun Control: ´The
Left Loves A Phantom Statistic´

Breitbart's Big Hollywood, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 1/25/2013 9:15:12 PM Post Reply

Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony nominee, Oscar nominee, film director, and reformed liberal, David Mamet, penned a lengthy warning today about Obama´s gun control push for the Daily Beast: The Left loves a phantom statistic that a firearm in the hands of a citizen is X times more likely to cause accidental damage than to be used in the prevention of crime, but what is there about criminals that ensures that their gun use is accident-free? If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors,

FDA won´t regulate Pa.
birth control machine

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 9:11:14 PM Post Reply

Shippensburg, Pa. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration won´t take any regulatory action over a vending machine at a Pennsylvania college that dispenses the morning-after pill. FDA spokeswoman Erica Jefferson said Friday that officials looked at publicly available information about the Shippensburg University vending program, spoke with university and campus health officials, and decided no action was necessary. The pill is available for $25 at a health center vending machine that´s accessible to students and university employees.

Tina Turner ´to become Swiss,
give up US passport´

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 8:27:05 PM Post Reply

US pop legend Tina Turner, who has been living in Switzerland since 1995, will soon receive Swiss citizenship and will give up her US passport, Swiss media reported Friday. "I´m very happy in Switzerland and I feel at home here. ... I cannot imagine a better place to live," Turner told German language daily Blick. Turner, 73, who was born Anna Mae Bullock, lives in picturesque town of Kuesnacht, on the shores of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland, and has passed a local civics test and interview, according to an official announcement published in the Zuerichsee-Zeitung daily.

Mourning the Filibuster’s Survival

National Review Online, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/25/2013 8:24:34 PM Post Reply

They might not realize it yet, but President Obama’s liberal supporters have had a rough week. On Monday, they watched and cheered as their triumphant leader outlined a boldly progressive vision for the country, hitting all the high points: climate change, gay rights, equal pay, immigration reform, entitlement denialism, and “peace in our time.” But whatever hopes they may have had for realizing that vision suffered a serious blow yesterday. It happened the moment Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) scrapped his plans to “nuke” the filibuster. Eliminating the filibuster would have

Gatorade pulls ingredient
linked to flame retardant

Los Angeles Times, by Tiffany Hsu Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 8:22:20 PM Post Reply

Brominated vegetable oil, a synthetic chemical that has been patented in Europe as a flame retardant, will no longer double as an ingredient in Gatorade sports drinks. Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for Gatorade owner PepsiCo Inc., said the company has been considering the move for more than a year, working on a way to take out the ingredient without affecting the flavor of the drink. A recent petition on Change.org to drop the chemical – which has more than 200,000 supporters – did not inspire the decision, Carter said, though she acknowledged that consumer feedback was the main impetus.

North Korea threatens war
with South over U.N. sanctions

Reuters, by Jack Kim* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/25/2013 8:21:38 PM Post Reply

Seoul - North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, as Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions following Pyongyang´s rocket launch last month. In a third straight day of fiery rhetoric, the North directed its verbal onslaught at its neighbor on Friday, saying: "´Sanctions´ mean a war and a declaration of war against us." The reclusive North this week declared a boycott of all dialogue aimed at ending its nuclear program and vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests after the U.N. Security Council censured it

UK heads for triple dip
as GDP contracts 0.3pc

Telegraph [UK], by Philip Aldrick Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 1/25/2013 8:17:37 PM Post Reply

The UK economy shrank by 0.3pc in the final three months of last year, raising the prospect of a triple dip recession, as Britain’s manufacturers suffered their worst year since the financial crisis. The official figures were the fourth quarter of negative growth in the last five and mean that the UK flatlined for last year as a whole – posting zero growth. The economy is smaller than it was in September 2011 and still 3.3pc below its pre-crisis peak.

Judge Dismisses Government Seizure
Attempt Of Tewksbury Motel

WBUR [Boston, MA], by David Boeri Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/25/2013 8:02:47 PM Post Reply

BOSTON — In what is being called a triumph for property rights, a federal judge in Boston has rejected the federal government’s attempt to seize a family-owned motel in Tewksbury under a controversial civil forfeiture law. The owners of Motel Caswell have never been charged with any crimes and have never come under police suspicion. But in a trial last November, the U.S. attorney’s office sought to take the property because it alleged the motel — the building — had “facilitated” drug crimes. “I’m in shock right now,” said 69-year-old Russell Caswell Thursday.

September 11 trial threatened
by legal dispute

Telegraph [UK], by Peter Foster Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/25/2013 7:51:45 PM Post Reply

The US defence department is at loggerheads with the chief prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay over what the charges should be. The five men, whose pretrial hearings reconvene at the naval base next week, face eight different charges. However, Brig Gen Mark Martins, the chief prosecutor, said the charge of conspiracy should be dropped because it was no longer "legally viable" following a court ruling that conspiracy – a charge that seeks to punish suspects for association with al-Qaeda – was not a recognised war crime under international law. This meant it could not legitimately be brought before a

Court overturns another
Guantanamo conviction

Reuters, by Jane Sutton Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/25/2013 7:44:17 PM Post Reply

MIAMI- A U.S. appeals court on Friday overturned the Guantanamo war crimes conviction of an al Qaeda videographer, a ruling likely to lead to dismissal of conspiracy charges in the pending trial of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out the conviction of Yemeni prisoner Ali Hamza al Bahlul, ruling that the charges of which he was convicted-conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and soliciting murder - were not internationally recognized as war crimes when the acts were committed.(SNIP)Prosecutors had stopped defending Bahlul´s conviction

RE: Obama’s Power
Grab Slapped Down

Commentary Magazine, by John Steele Gordon Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/25/2013 7:41:39 PM Post Reply

As a follow-up to my previous post, I have now read the decision, and it is a very strong one indeed. All three judges agreed that the Senate is only in recess when it has adjourned sine die (Latin for “without a day,” i.e. without setting a date to meet again). This happens only at the end of the first session of a Congress when the second session will begin (as per Amendment XX, Sec. 2) on the next January 3rd, or at the end of the second session, when a newly elected Congress will assemble on that date.

North Korea One Example Of
Obama Diplomacy´s Failure

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/25/2013 7:39:57 PM Post Reply

Not-So-Superpower: The flare-up in North Korea is a reminder that the U.S. is no longer effectively diffusing hostile world trends. From Pyongyang to Tehran, America has become a hapless bystander. ´Settling accounts with the U.S. must be done with force, not with words, as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival." Obama´s foreign policy is "jungle law"? Wasn´t President Bush the practitioner of cowboy diplomacy? This fresh declaration from North Korea bears little resemblance to the expected fruits of the engaged, effective diplomacy that was supposed to be personally conducted by a charismatic president whose

Major Court Defeat
for Obama: ´Recess´
Appointments Unconstitutional

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ken Klukowski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/25/2013 7:34:33 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama just suffered a humiliating defeat in federal court. A top federal appeals court has removed three presidential appointees from power, and invalidated all actions they’ve taken over the past twelve months. One year ago, Obama filled three seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)--an essential power center for Obama’s labor-union allies--with recess appointments, claiming that the U.S. Senate was in recess even though the Senate was still in session. No president in history had ever done such a thing, and Republicans and conservatives immediately denounced it as an unconstitutional power grab.

Illinois bond rating sinks to worst
in the nation with S&P downgrade

Sun-Times [Chicago, IL], by Dave McKinney & Zach Buchheit Original Article

Posted By: Rat Patrol- 1/25/2013 7:33:15 PM Post Reply

Springfield — Citing inaction on pensions, a prominent Wall Street bond-rating agency downgraded Illinois’ bond rating Friday, making the state the nation’s worst credit risk. The move by Standard & Poor’s to rate Illinois’ bonds at A- with a negative outlook comes as the state is preparing to go out on the market Wednesday with a $500 million bond issue. With the new lowered rating, Illinois eclipsed California as the least creditworthy state in the country in Standard & Poor’s eyes and could face higher borrowing costs. “We assessed what the pension fund status is,

Global Warming: One NASA
Scientist Vs. More Than 20

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/25/2013 7:28:10 PM Post Reply

Environment: President Obama warned in his second inaugural address of some who "may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science." Is he talking about the former NASA scientists who say man isn´t warming Earth? The most famous NASA scientist is James Hansen, the political activist and expert on the Venusian atmosphere who sounded the man-made global warming alarm at a 1988 congressional hearing. He´s just one man, but the media and the political left have made him out to be an infallible voice on climate change. We live in a society where dissent from the left-wing

Hoist on His Own Petard

National Review Online, by Todd Gaziano Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/25/2013 7:26:26 PM Post Reply

President Obama seems to take pleasure in acting unilaterally in matters that are properly shared with Congress, especially if his acting alone energizes his base and dispirits conservatives and others who cling to constitutional order. He may believe it is worth taking the risk that a court will overturn a few of his illegal actions. But what if a court does more than simply invalidate the actions themselves? Today, a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down President Obama’s purported “recess appointments” of three members of the NLRB — and went

Gun Laws and the Fools of Chelm

Daily Beast, by David Mamet Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/25/2013 7:21:26 PM Post Reply

The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so. Karl Marx summed up Communism as “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” This is a good, pithy saying, which, in practice, has succeeded in bringing, upon those under its sway, misery, poverty, rape, torture, slavery, and death. For the saying implies but does not name the effective agency of its supposed utopia. The agency is called “The State,” and the motto, fleshed out, for the benefit of the

Court Finally Reins In
Obama´s Imperial Presidency

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/25/2013 7:14:49 PM Post Reply

Four days after President Obama pledged to "protect and defend the Constitution," the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that he violated that oath in making several appointments last year. The court said Obama´s three "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board weren´t recess appointments at all, since the Senate was still in session when he made them. Assuming the Supreme Court upholds the panel´s ruling, all the decisions the board made over the past year will be nullified, since without those three there weren´t enough members on the board to make any rulings at all.

Priebus elected to a second
term as RNC chair

CNN, by Mark Preston Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/25/2013 7:13:43 PM Post Reply

Charlotte, North Carolina - Reince Priebus pledged to grow his party by making direct appeals to minority and young voters as well as dedicating campaign resources to try and win in traditional Democratic states, as members of the Republican National Committee re-elected him Friday to a second two-year term at their Winter Meeting. "We must compete in every state and every region, building relationships with communities we haven´t before," he said. "At the RNC, we are dropping red and blue analysis. We must be a party concerned about every American in every neighborhood." Last month, Priebus created a task

NLRB: We will continue to act
despite the Appeals Court decision

Washington Examiner, by Sean Higgins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/25/2013 7:13:22 PM Post Reply

Mark Gaston Pearce, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, issued the following statement in reaction to today’s DC Appeals Court decision that President Obama use of recess appointments to install three people on the NLRB last year was unconstitutional. The action renders the board without a quorum to act and potentially invalidates a year’s worth of actions and rulings by it. Pearce indicated that the NLRB will attempt to continue on regardless: The Board respectfully disagrees with today’s decision and believes that the President’s position in the matter will ultimately be upheld. It should be noted that

Democrats send wish list to Obama
for executive action on climate change

The Hill, by Zack Colman Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/25/2013 7:01:04 PM Post Reply

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Thursday outlined a slate of climate change actions that President Obama could execute with his own authority. The lawmakers conveyed a bleak outlook for climate legislation this Congress, noting considerable Republican opposition in the House. But they said Obama’s climate comments during his Monday inaugural address raised the prospects for administrative action to address the issue. “Congress has not been interested in acting, especially in the House, in the last two years. So we’re calling on the president to develop a plan for the administration to take

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