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President Obama unveils his proposals
for immigration reform (Transcript)

Washington Post, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 1/29/2013 4:09:55 PM Post Reply

Here’s a running transcript of President Obama’s remarks at an event in Las Vegas where he is calling for broad changes to the nation’s immigration laws. Remarks are being updated as they become available. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you.(APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. It is good to be back in Las Vegas.

Texas Woman´s Execution
Halted; DA Won´t Appeal

Associated Press, by Michael Graczyk Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/29/2013 4:06:39 PM Post Reply

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -A Texas woman won a reprieve from the death chamber Tuesday, mere hours before she was scheduled to be the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. State District Judge Larry Mitchell, in Dallas, rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy´s punishment for April 3 so lawyers for the former nursing home therapist could have more time to pursue an appeal focused on whether her predominantly white jury was improperly selected on the basis of race. McCarthy is black. (Snip) The 51-year-old McCarthy was convicted and sent to death row for the 1997 stabbing, beating and robbery

Unusual Weather Hits Most
of Country

ABC News, by Max Golembo & Daniel Clark Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/29/2013 4:01:51 PM Post Reply

A fluctuation in the jet stream unusual for mid-winter has created a wild range of weather. Tornado watches have been issued for parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, and April-like thunderstorms are expected in Chicago. Other states from Texas to Florida, Kansas and parts of the Midwest and Northeast are experiencing record heat. Record warmth is expected today ahead of the storms, with record highs possible in Chicago, St. Louis and Tampa that could reach 60 degrees or more, 73 degrees and 83 degrees, respectively. Additionally, a powerful cold front will slam into

Obama: ´Now´s the time´
for immigration reform

Fox News & Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 3:24:03 PM Post Reply

DEVELOPING ... President Obama said Tuesday that "now´s the time" for immigration reform, using an address in Las Vegas to try and energize renewed talks in Congress toward comprehensive legislation. "I´m here today because the time has come for common-sense comprehensive immigration reform," Obama said. The president, setting out to craft an immigration overhaul where many before him have failed, was running into trouble even before he gave his address. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of four Republican senators involved in a bipartisan effort to craft immigration reform legislation, earlier in the day blasted

Egypt Erupts Against The Islamist
Regime Favored by Obama

Canada Free Press, by Joseph A. Klein Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/29/2013 3:23:44 PM Post Reply

During last Sunday’s “Sixty Minutes” joint interview with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama boasted that “You know, when it comes to Egypt, I think, had it not been for the leadership we showed, you might have seen a different outcome there.” It’s hard to disagree with the president. His administration contributed to the turmoil now gripping Egypt and leading to what some observers on the ground there have characterized as “a complete state of collapse,” to quote Al Jazeera. Under Obama’s self-described “leadership,” his administration promulgated the false

A Lib Dem MP gives voice to
Britain´s national sickness

Daily Mail [UK], by Melanie Phillips Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/29/2013 3:21:23 PM Post Reply

People have been expressing severe shock and revulsion at the ugly remarks by Lib Dem MP David Ward about Israel and the Holocaust. As The Commentator reported, to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day Ward said the following: ‘Having visited Auschwitz twice--once with my family and once with local schools--I am saddened that the Jews, who suffered unbelievable levels of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a few years of liberation from the death camps be inflicting atrocities on Palestinians in the new State of Israel and continue to do so on a daily basis in the West Bank and Gaza.’

Casey Anthony on the beach: First
pictures reveal ´most hated mom in
America´s´ life of freedom as she
breaks silence to complain of
´things holding me back´

Daily Mail [UK], by Paul Thompson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 3:17:35 PM Post Reply

In a candid photograph Casey Anthony relaxes on a Florida beach as she soaks up the sun and chills out by reading a book. In another, the beaming 26-year-old stands with the legal team that successfully defended her from charges she murdered her three-year-old daughter, Caylee. The never before seen pictures of the ´most hated mom in America´ - the first of her in more than a year - come as Anthony breaks her silence to reveal she is seeking ´closure´ on ´these things holding me back´. Anthony, who has been in hiding since the trial,

UK to send 350 soldiers
to help African forces in Mali

Evening Standard [London, UK], by Nicholas Cecil Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/29/2013 3:10:05 PM Post Reply

Britain is to deploy up to 350 military personnel to support the fight against Islamic fanatics in west Africa. About 40 military trainers are set to be sent to Mali to improve the Malian army’s ability to take on extremists based in the north of the country. Between 150 and 200 more British troops could be part of a wider west African training mission; they may be based in countries neighbouring Mali such as Nigeria. About 70 UK military personnel are already in Senegal from where a Sentinel surveillance aircraft is operating. There is also a small number of special forces personnel in the Malian

Obama Photo-Op in Vegas for
Immigration: $1.6 Million

Breitbart´s Big Government, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 3:06:02 PM Post Reply

How much will Barack Obama spend for a photo-op while he pushes his immigration policies? For his round-trip today to Las Vegas, where he will speak about immigration reform at a local high school, Obama’s trip on Air Force One will cost over $1.6 million. Air Force One costs $182,000 per hour, and the trip will total 9 hours. Obama’s schedule states, "While in Las Vegas, the President will deliver remarks on the need to fix the broken immigration system so that it is fairer

Indiana environmental justice:
Save a deer. Go to jail.

Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 3:01:15 PM Post Reply

An Indiana couple faces jail time for nursing a near-dead deer back to health, in apparent violation of the state’s Department of Natural Resources rules for returning wild animals to the forest. The couple — Jeff Counceller, a police officer, and his wife, Jennifer — found the deer in 2010 on a porch, curled into a ball, with maggot-filled puncture wounds, the Associated Press reported. The two cared for the animal on their 17-acre Connersville home, according to the Associated Press. State conservation officers recently visited the home and discovered the deer, according to ABC News.

´Shotgunner´ Obama
´hates´ Camp David

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 2:37:56 PM Post Reply

Did anyone else raise an eyebrow when President Obama over the weekend told The New Republic that he likes to shoot skeet at Camp David? "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," he told the magazine. His comments seemed remarkable for two reasons: His fondness for shotguns has never been revealed before. But his disdain for Camp David has. "He hates it," said New York Times White House reporter Helene Cooper last May on the Chris Matthews show. "Obama doesn´t like going there," she added. The reason: It doesn´t
Headline split by staff.

Jeb Bush urges expanded
charters in Arkansas

Associated Press, by Andrew DeMillo Original Article

Posted By: jackson- 1/29/2013 2:35:37 PM Post Reply

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush urged Arkansas lawmakers Tuesday to expand the use of charter schools in the state, calling increasing education options a civil rights issue that remains unresolved 56 years after the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Speaking at a rally at the state Capitol staged by a group lobbying for changes in the way Arkansas approves charter schools, the Republican called on state legislators to find ways to expand educational opportunities to the state´s low-income students through charter schools and other programs. The Republican

Ex-CIA bigs: Obama jeopardizes
U.S. safety without brutal
interrogations

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 2:34:41 PM Post Reply

In a surprising endorsement, three top former CIA officials Tuesday praised the controversial anti-terror film "Zero Dark Thirty," claiming that it properly showed that brutal interrogation worked in the early war against al Qaeda, despite administration claims. What´s more, the three, including a former CIA director and his top spy, said that without so-called "enhanced interrogation," which President Obama killed in his third day in office, the nation´s security is at risk. "I fear for the safety of our national security because of that," said Jose Rodriguez,

Terrifying moment man attacks
ex-girlfriend inside courtroom
as she seeks an order of
protection against him

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/29/2013 2:23:47 PM Post Reply

A courtroom surveillance camera has captured the terrifying moment a man brutally assaulted his ex-girlfriend as she sought an order of protection against him. Rashad Greene, 30, was left alone with his grandmother and 28-year-old ex-girlfriend after Magistrate Tracy Stoner briefly left the Summit County courtroom in Ohio on Friday. They had attended the hearing after the woman applied for a restraining order against Greene, whom she said threatened and abused her, on January 16. In the footage, the magistrate leaves the room and Greene can be seen yelling and becoming increasingly agitated as his ex-girlfriend sits around the other

Twitter refuses to hand
member information to police

Telegraph [UK], by Christopher Williams Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/29/2013 2:20:21 PM Post Reply

Despite a series of high profile cases involving so-called “trolling”, computer hacking, harassment and abuse via anonymous accounts, Twitter provided information to investigators just once in the second half of last year, its second biannual Transparency Report said. (Snip) Twitter said it refused requests that did not relate to a specific account, were “overly broad” or when members challenged them. Its robust approach has caused frustration among investigators, according to law enforcement sources. Identifying anonymous Twitter members can be very difficult,

Cairo affirms sentence for 7
Copts over anti-Islam film

Agence France Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/29/2013 2:16:50 PM Post Reply

A Cairo tribunal on Tuesday upheld death sentences passed on seven Egyptian Coptic Christians in absentia for their involvement in a movie that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed, a judicial source said. The accused, including the director of the movie that triggered outrage across the Muslim world when it surfaced last September, are currently living in the United States. Terry Jones, an American pastor based in Florida who is said to have promoted the film and who had also been sentenced to death in absentia, had his sentence reduced to five years in jail by the tribunal.

Al Gore: ´Our Democracy
Has Been Hacked´

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 2:15:20 PM Post Reply

This morning on the Today show, former vice president Al Gore claimed that "our democracy has been hacked." "There are some things I miss about it, yes," said Gore, in response to a question about whether he misses politics. "And I continue to speak out on issues. But one of the themes of this book, Matt, is that our democracy has been hacked. That´s a computer term, of course, that implies control of the way our political system works has been taken over. In this case, by big money, corporations designated as persons, anonymous donors.

Conservative Hispanic group
tells GOP to avoid ‘amnesty’ label

Yahoo News, by Liz Goodwin Original Article

Posted By: mambo 5- 1/29/2013 2:08:30 PM Post Reply

A conservative pro-immigration reform group has issued talking points to Republican lawmakers, telling them to avoid referring to the U.S. citizen children of illegal immigrants as "anchor babies" or calling for the construction of an "electric fence" on the border, among other things. (Snip) The memo urges lawmakers to call them "undocumented immigrants" and to avoid terms such as "aliens" or "illegals," which are seen as offensive and dehumanizing. Another phrase to avoid? "Send them all back."
Link repaired and Snip added by staff.

Carville also out at CNN;
Erickson moving to Fox?

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 2:07:58 PM Post Reply

CNN is making a number of moves this week regarding on-air talent. Both James Carville and Mary Matalin are out, mainly because of their lack of access to Washington DC: CNN contributors and political power couple James Carville and Mary Matalin are leaving the network, Carville told POLITICO today. The decision was CNN’s, Carville told POLITICO: “I was told that they wanted the contributors to be more available — essentially, closer to Washington,” he said. “I’m not always available, I don’t live there.” Carville and Matalin, his wife, live in New Orleans, La. Our friend Erick Erickson

Ted Cruz to Rahm Emanuel:
Back off the gun makers
and their banks

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/29/2013 1:56:01 PM Post Reply

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s suggestion that banks stop working with gun makers by telling ‘the Godfather’ he’s a bully and inviting the companies involved in the gun industry to run their businesses out of Texas. “[Y]our city’s longstanding policies stripping citizens of their constitutional right to keep and bear arms have, in turn, produced some of the very highest crime and murder rates in the nation,” Cruz wrote to Emanuel, whom he suggested is pushing “a partisan agenda” at the expense of Chicagoans. “Regardless, directing your attack at legitimate firearms manufacturers

Do pregnant women
have different rights?

BBC News, by Kate Dailey Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/29/2013 1:55:01 PM Post Reply

A pregnant women´s group claims that criminal action against expectant mothers is on the rise. Is the US going too far in trying to protect foetal rights? When Bei Bei Shuai was eight-months pregnant, her boyfriend - the child´s father - ended their relationship. Distraught, Shuai - who worked at a Chinese restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana - took rat poisoning (Snip) That note is the basis of a criminal case against Shuai, who survived her suicide attempt and went on to deliver the baby - only to have the child die four days later. As a result, Shuai is charged with murder and attempted foeticide.

Al Gore defends Al Jazeera

Washington Times, by Jennifer Harper Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/29/2013 1:51:54 PM Post Reply

He´s got a new 600-page book out Tuesday. He´s embarking on a 20-city national tour to promote it. But Al Gore cannot escape questions about the recent sale of Current TV, the news channel he founded seven years ago, to Al Jazeera, the Arabic language channel based in Qatar. Critics question the reported $100 million profit Mr. Gore made on the sale and they fret the transaction gives the network a leap of influence in broadcast markets around the world. "I´m very pleased Al Jazeera has established itself as a really respected news gathering network," Mr. Gore said

It´s time we stood up to
the vicious bullies of
the ´caring´ liberal Left

Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/29/2013 1:45:29 PM Post Reply

Who are the most unpleasant people on the internet? Obviously with so much competition, it is, to paraphrase Dr Johnson, like arguing the toss between lice and fleas. Nonetheless, after the recent experiences of critic and author Philip Hensher--which I describe in more detail here--I’d suggest that disability rights activists are a strong contender. Hensher wrote a piece suggesting--not unreasonably given the state of our shrinking economy and the size of our debt--that maybe 2.4 percent of GDP is a bit much for Britain to spend on disability benefits (US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain all spend less) and that maybe

Consumer confidence
plunges on higher taxes

Associated Press, by Martin Crutsinger Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 1/29/2013 1:36:52 PM Post Reply

U.S. consumer confidence plunged in January to its lowest level in more than a year, reflecting higher Social Security taxes that left Americans with less take-home pay. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped 8.1 points in January from December to a reading of 58.6, the lowest since November 2011. The index has declined for three straight months since hitting a nearly five-year high of 73.1 in October 2012. It´s still above the post-recession low of 40.9 reached in October 2011. Conference Board economist Lynn Franco said the tax increase was the key reason confidence tumbled in January

Man, Sex, God and Yale

Imprimis, by Nathan Harden Original Article

Posted By: rarebear- 1/29/2013 1:35:59 PM Post Reply

IN 1951, William F. Buckley, Jr., a graduate of Yale the year before, published his first book, God & Man at Yale. In the preface, he described two ideas that he had brought with him to Yale and that governed his view of the world: "I had always been taught, and experience had fortified the teachings, that an active faith in God and a rigid adherence to Christian principles are the most powerful influences toward the good life."

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