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Barack Obama, Straight Shooter?

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/4/2013 4:28:19 PM Post Reply

Just seven weeks after a massacre at an American elementary school, the White House released a photo of the president firing a gun. Strangely, no one seems to think this is in atrocious taste. We imagine the reaction would be quite different if it were, say, George W. Bush. But a lot of people, including this columnist, doubt that the photo depicts what it purports to show. The White House distributed the pic in response to widespread skepticism of President Obama´s assertion, in an interview with a liberal editor and a former campaign coordinator, that "up at Camp David,

Clinton Crashes Koch Funeral

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/4/2013 4:26:35 PM Post Reply

RUSH: Not long ago, ladies and gentlemen, there were a rash of deaths within the political ranks of the Democrat Party. And for every one of them the Clintons showed up. Bill and Hillary showed up at every one of these famous Democrat funerals and made the whole funeral about them. And we produced a little bit called The Funeral Crashers. You know, that reminds me, it was the Coretta Scott King funeral, and Bill Clinton showed up. He was one of the eulogists, and it took him 45 or 50 minutes

´Little House´ illness, explained:
Laura Ingalls Wilder´s sister Mary
went blind from brain disease,
not scarlet fever, new research reveals

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/4/2013 4:24:32 PM Post Reply

Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder´s beloved "Little House" books knows how the author´s sister Mary went blind: scarlet fever. But turns out that probably wasn´t the cause, medical experts say, upending one of the more dramatic elements in the classic stories. An analysis of historical documents, biographical records and other material suggests another disease that causes swelling in the brain and upper spinal cord was the most likely culprit. It was known as "brain fever" in the late 1800s, the setting for the mostly true stories about Wilder´s pioneer family. Scarlet fever was rampant and feared at the time

Dodge Ram’s Super Bowl
Spot Features Paul Harvey’s
Tribute to Farmers

ABC News, by Suzan Clarke Original Article

Posted By: beancounter- 2/4/2013 3:46:13 PM Post Reply

It wasn’t flashy or filled with special effects, but Dodge Ram’s Super Bowl commercial that featured the late radio broadcaster Paul Harvey’s tribute to U.S. farmers might have won the hearts and minds of viewers Sunday night. The two-minute spot featured a series of stark photos of farmers at work. Along with a montage of still images, Harvey’s distinctive voice delivers the narration: his “So God Made a Farmer” speech, which he gave in 1978 at the National Future Farmers of America Convention. He died in 2009 at age 90. Ram commissioned 10 noted photographers, including National Geographic icon

Argentina freezes prices to break
inflation spiral

Associated Press, by Almudena Calatrava Original Article

Posted By: schnapps- 2/4/2013 3:45:05 PM Post Reply

Buenos Aires, Argentina — Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation. The price freeze applies to every product in all of the nation´s largest supermarkets — a group including Walmart, Carrefour, Coto, Jumbo, Disco and other large chains. The companies´ trade group, representing 70 percent of the Argentine market, reached the accord with Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno, the government´s news agency Telam reported.

Price of rice soars by 80%
following dramatic drop in
production of basmati variety

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/4/2013 3:41:08 PM Post Reply

Curry lovers are likely to see a hefty hike in the price of their favourite meal following a dramatic drop in the production of basmati rice. Rising demand from other countries has also helped push the cost up by more than 80 percent in the past year. Pulsa basmati, a higher yielding variety mostly used in supermarket own-label products, has also shot up by around 65 percent. According to the Rice Association, prices have soared largely because the 2012 Indian harvest was up to 40 percent smaller than in 2011. The Indian government has also introduced a minimum support price

“Buy American”: Path to
an Economic Train Wreck

Heritage, by Ryan Olson Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 2/4/2013 3:29:12 PM Post Reply

Commuters on Washington, D.C.’s Metro system may finally have something to look forward to on their commutes other than broken escalators and single-tracking. By 2014, Metro plans on introducing state-of-the-art new rail cars that include LCD screens and ergonomic designs. While these new features may sound exciting, the cost is not. At over $2 million per car, Metro’s order comes to around $886 million. Why the big bucks? In part it is because of “buy American” clauses that Metro activated when it tapped into a $300 million federal matching grant for mass transit.

Labor Department union boss:
We were happier under Bush

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 3:16:09 PM Post Reply

“Why did you lead us out of Egypt?” the Labor Department union boss, who recalls happier times under President George W. Bush, must wonder when he looks at a picture of President Obama. The local 12 chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is so frustrated with the political appointees at the top of the Labor Department that they are now reduced to pining for the Bush years. “At our meeting today, of about fifty members, there was general consternation about the fact that Seth Harris is Acting Secretary of Labor

White House blames ‘fiscal cliff’
for missed budget deadline

Washington Examiner, by Michal Conger Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 3:12:02 PM Post Reply

The White House on Monday missed the Feb. 4 deadline for filing its fiscal 2014 budget, blaming the uncertainty caused by “fiscal cliff” negotiations for the failure. “[B]ecause these issues were not resolved until the American Taxpayer Relief Act was enacted on January 2, 2013, the Administration was forced to delay some of its FY 2014 Budget preparations, which will in turn delay the Budget’s submission to Congress,” wrote Jeffrey Zients, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director, in a letter to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on January 11.

Biden Praises French Military´s
´Incredible Competence and Capability´

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 3:08:24 PM Post Reply

After a meeting today in Paris with the French president, Francois Hollande, Vice President Joe Biden praised "the incredible competence and capability" of the French military. He was specifically referring to the recent military action taken by the French in Mali. "And as the [French] President indicated, we discussed an array of issues starting and including Mali and North Africa more broadly. And let me say again on behalf of the President, the people of the United States, we applaud your decisiveness and I might add the incredible competence and capability of your French military forces," said Biden.

Will Boy Scouts Commit
Gay-Activist-Assisted Suicide?

Oregon Magazine, by Matt Barber Original Article

Posted By: TeapartyM- 2/4/2013 3:07:46 PM Post Reply

In coming days the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether to violate – eliminate, really – its own mission statement, oath and law by changing its policy to allow, within its ranks, Scouts and Scoutmasters who are open practitioners of the homosexual lifestyle. Sadly, to do so would destroy BSA’s credibility as a “morally straight” organization. Such foolhardy capitulation to extremist pressure groups would spell the demise of Scouting as we’ve known it. The Prince of the Earth seeks to corrupt and ultimately destroy all that is righteous, honorable and good.

The Dynastic Temptation

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 3:05:26 PM Post Reply

According to Fox (and others) Mitt Romney´s son, Tagg “is reportedly considering a run for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.” Leading one to ask ... why? Mr. Romney hasn´t held public office. His experience in politics, so far, amounts to advising his father in his two unsuccessful Presidential campaigns. He isn´t identified with any particular school of thought or body of ideas when it comes to public policy. Hasn´t written any books suggesting that he has thought through any of the issues of the day. So if he were to run,

New York Times: Late Ed Koch
Fostered Racist Assaults, But
´Redeemed´ By...Al Sharpton?

NewsBusters, by Clay Waters Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:52:42 PM Post Reply

Joseph Berger´s long tribute to the late, legendary former New York City mayor Ed Koch made the front of the New York Times Sunday Metro section -- "So, How´d He Do?" But Berger stained Koch´s memory by citing the irresponsible, inflammatory voices of Rev. Calvin Butts and Al Sharpton and bizarrely suggesting Koch´s rhetoric played a part in racist assaults against blacks: "Despite his condemnation of the mob beatings, it was hard to tamp down a sense among blacks that his public rhetoric -- in the 1988 presidential campaign, for example, he said Jews would be ´crazy´

´From nothing to the Super Bowl
champion!´ The moment Blind Side
inspiration Michael Oher celebrated
victory with his adoptive parents
(while birth mother watches on TV)

Daily Mail [UK], by Meghan Keneally Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:42:54 PM Post Reply

The football star who shot to fame because of his role in the hit film ´The Blind Side´ now has another title to his name after his team won the Super Bowl. Michael Oher celebrated on the field amid the confetti with the Tuohy family, who adopted him in high school and helped lead him to both academic and athletic success. ´I came so far from nothing to a Super Bowl champion. I´m in shock right now!´ he told Good Morning America´s Josh Elliott. ´We won the Super Bowl!´ adoptive mother Leigh Ann Tuohy said as

If Nigel Farage stands in Chris
Huhne´s seat, the Conservatives
should not contest it

Telegraph, by Toby Young Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/4/2013 2:24:35 PM Post Reply

Chris Huhne´s resignation as the member of Parliament for Eastleigh will mean a difficult by-election for the Conservatives and the Lib Dems. Huhne won in 2010 with a majority of just 3,864, making Eastleigh one of Grant Shapps´s target seats. This is particularly awkward for David Cameron. In order to reassure his sceptical backbenchers, who think he´s made far too many concessions to Nick Clegg as it is, he´ll have to go all out to win, with frequent trips to the constituency. Not only will that mean an unseemly punch up between the Coalition parties

Warming to Senate Bid,
Geraldo Slams GOP

Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by Warner Todd Huston Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:24:21 PM Post Reply

Geraldo Rivera recently announced on his radio show that he was considering a run as a Republican for the Senate from the state of New Jersey. But as is Geraldo´s wont, he´s already criticizing the very party whose blessing he seeks. On Jan. 31, Rivera told his radio audience that he is "truly contemplating" a run for Senate and he wants to represent the Republican Party. But only a day later, on Fox News´ "Studio B With Shepard Smith," he was heard criticizing the GOP as a "party of scolds" and saying

Woods, McIlroy Team Up For
Nike Golf Commercial

CBS, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/4/2013 2:23:23 PM Post Reply

Now that Nike has two of the world’s best golfers under contract in Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the company can have some fun with advertising. In the commercial below, titled No Cup Is Safe, Woods and McIlroy show off their skills at a driving range, relentlessly trying to one-up each other. Check it out below! When all is said and done, who do you think will have the better career?

Steve Capus Oversaw ´Erosion
of Journalistic Values´

Breitbart´s Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:20:34 PM Post Reply

"The Baltimore Sun´s" David Zurawik doesn´t mention the acts of outright journalistic fraud committed under Capus´ scandal-plagued tenure as NBC News president (which ended Friday), but he does at least nod to the elephant in the room: Ending a tenure marked by the costly decline of the ´Today´ show, the failure of the newsmagazine ´Rock Center´ and an erosion of journalistic values, Steve Capus Friday resigned as president of NBC News after almost eight years on the job. … lost any respect I had for Capus as a news executive when he hired

Radicalism in the
Department of Justice

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tom Fitton Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:16:00 PM Post Reply

Who is running the Justice Department? It certainly appears evident, as President Obama enters his second term, that leftist radicals have a seat at the table inside Justice and are making both policy and personnel decisions. As Judicial Watch has previously disclosed, the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) has colluded with a number of leftist special interest groups. For example, the DOJ worked closely with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) regarding the dismissal of the voter intimidation lawsuit filed against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

Woman linked to Menendez
denies prostitution claim

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jonathan Tamari Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/4/2013 2:14:32 PM Post Reply

One of the women alleged to be a prostitute connected to New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has denied the claim, which was first put forward by a mysterious e-mailer. Yaneisi Fernandez told Spanish-language television station Univision she had never seen Menendez before. “I’ve never participated in those activities, don’t know those people or that man,” Fernandez, 21, told Univision. Politico obtained a translation of the report. (Snip )Williams’ e-mails were circulated to reporters last year, but with no one able to confirm his information, the mainstream media did not publish the allegations and the story was confined

Jim Carrey: ´Assault Rifle´
Owners Have ´Very Little
in Their Body or Soul Worth
Protecting´

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:09:52 PM Post Reply

Actor Jim Carrey said Saturday that anyone who has bought an “assault rifle” since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School retain little that is “worth protecting.” “[Anyone] who would run out to buy an assault rifle after the Newtown massacre has very little left in their body or soul worth protecting,” said Carrey on Twitter, Feb. 2. Gun sales have soared since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., which left 26 dead, including 20 first graders, as politicians have proposed stricter gun control legislation. Data released by the FBI showed a record number of

Cola wars: SodaStream’s
Super Bowl ad rejected by
CBS, company says, but gains
popularity online

New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/4/2013 2:06:18 PM Post Reply

The Super Bowl ad sidelined by CBS for taking shots at soda giants Pepsi and Coke can claim a victory online. The 46-second spot for SodaStream — a machine that lets people make their own bubbly beverages at home — has been viewed more than 2.5 million times since Wednesday. The buzz started after ad man Alex Bogusky, who’s behind the company’s campaign, questioned CBS for yanking the commercial from its lineup. Israel-based SodaStream had purchased air time during the Super Bowl’s fourth quarter, according to Ad Age. “Soda Stream has the right to show competitors,” Bogusky tweeted.

Someone´s Wrong: CIA and State Dept.
Accounts of Benghazi Contradict Gen.
Dempsey’s Explanation for Why
DOD Sent No Help

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 2:04:37 PM Post Reply

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is telling a different story about Benghazi than the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency. If the story Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, is telling is correct, then the story the State Department Accountability Review Board (ARB) and the Central Intelligence Agency have told is not. If the story the State Department and the CIA have told is correct, than Gen. Dempsey is telling an inaccurate story to explain why the Defense Department sent no help to the State Department and CIA personnel

Obama: Boy Scouts Should Expose
Homosexuals to Opportunities

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/4/2013 1:59:28 PM Post Reply

One day after President Obama said "yes," he thinks the Boy Scouts of America should admit homosexuals -- to expose them to "opportunities and leadership" -- dozens of conservative groups are running a newspaper ad, urging the Boy Scouts to "show courage" and "stand for timeless values." The 41 conservative organizations, in a full-page ad in Monday´s USA Today, said it would be a "grave mistake" for BSA to change their longstanding policy against having openly homosexual Scout leaders or Scouts. In a Sunday interview with "60 Minutes"

When Can the U.S. KillAmericans?
The White House Won´t Say.

National Journal, by Sara Sorcher Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/4/2013 1:53:10 PM Post Reply

Sen. Ron Wyden has spent two years demanding that the Obama administration share its legal opinions justifying the targeted assassinations of suspected American terrorists abroad. After all, as a member of the Intelligence Committee, the Oregon Democrat is entitled (and cleared) to know. How can his panel provide oversight if officials won’t say what legal authority they have, let alone in which countries it applies? The White House has spent those two years stonewalling. “The administration’s position is basically, ‘Trust us,’” Wyden tells National Journal. “Nowhere in the charge to the committee does oversight get defined as trusting the

Gloria Steinem calls Texas Gov. Rick
Perry ´dictatorial, unacceptable
American´

Fort Worth Star-Telegram [TX], by Anna M. Tinsley Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/4/2013 1:48:17 PM Post Reply

FORT WORTH, Texas — Feminist icon Gloria Steinem said Gov. Rick Perry has without a doubt created a lasting legacy in Texas. When the state´s longest-serving governor and former GOP presidential candidate signed off on plans to shrink funding for family planning -- and revamped the women´s healthcare program, excluding Planned Parenthood from participating -- his place in history became clear, she said. "He personally will go down in history as an authoritarian -- a dictatorial, unacceptable American," Steinem, 78, told the Star-Telegram on Friday before speaking to a crowd of more than 800

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