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A shame Ed had to miss
this farewell blowout!

New York Post, by Andrea Peyser Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:14:21 AM Post Reply

Were it not for a previous engagement with the Almighty, there’s not an icicle’s chance in hell or heaven that Ed Koch would have missed this party. Movers, shakers, machers and ordinary schmoes from the dreaded outer boroughs risked pain and frostbite to stand on the frigid Upper East Side for a chance to schmooze and say goodbye. A former president, a disgraced ex-governor, political sworn enemies and lifelong allies. A secretary. A laborer. An ex-police employee. All were welcome, and Koch would have loved every minute of it. For these were Koch’s peeps who came to Temple Emanu-El

The new (suicidal)
GOP establishment

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:12:02 AM Post Reply

There is a new conservative establishment in America, made up of those who claim to be the anti-establishment. The New Establishment’s leaders claim to speak for the very loose agglomeration of voters who gathered three years ago under the banner of the Tea Party, and they angrily assert that anyone who has a different view of how best to achieve conservative aims isn’t a conservative at all. Now they’re up in arms at reports that “big donors” are supposedly going to try to “play a role” in picking Republican senatorial candidates. The goal of this effort

Oppose Brennan for CIA Director

PJ Media, by Andrew C. McCarthy Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:07:10 AM Post Reply

To cut to the chase, a country that was serious about its national security would never put John Brennan in charge of its premier intelligence service. Of course, it is by no means clear that the United States is any longer a serious country in this regard. Serious countries do not fund, arm and “partner with” hostile regimes. They do not recruit enemy sympathizers to fill key governmental policy positions. They do not erect barriers impeding their intelligence services from understanding an enemy’s threat doctrine – in conscious indifference to Sun Tzu’s maxim that defending oneself requires knowing one’s enemies.

Super Bowl Ads:
The power of sweetness

Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Ham Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 2/5/2013 5:00:50 AM Post Reply

There are four kinds of Super Bowl ads. Shock ads (encompassing both sexy and gross-out shock), Joke ads, Stunt casting ads, and Sweet ads. They sometimes overlap– gross-out Shock + Joke (the Doritos oeuvre) or Joke + Stunt casting, etc. It’s Shock, Joke, and Stunt that get the pre-game coverage, with the networks threatening to ban certain ads and companies happily riding the wave of publicity (the Go Daddy strategy). But I’d argue it’s the Sweet ads that win the day. One of the few memorable ads of the last several years is the VW Darth Vader ad,

Hail Columbia!

City Journal [NYC,], by Aaron M. Renn Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 2/5/2013 4:53:04 AM Post Reply

The Washington, D.C., region has long been considered recession-proof, thanks to the remorseless expansion of the federal government in good times and bad. Yet it’s only now—as D.C. positively booms while most of the country remains in economic doldrums—that the scale of Washington’s prosperity is becoming clear. Over the past decade, the D.C. area has made stunning economic and demographic progress. Meanwhile, America’s current and former Second Cities, population-wise—Los Angeles and Chicago—are battered and fading in significance. Though Washington still isn’t their match in terms of population, it’s gaining on them in terms of economic power and national importance.

Menendez forcefully denies
prostitution allegation

Associated Press, by Henry C. Jackson Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 2/5/2013 4:49:16 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- After ducking comment for days, Sen. Robert Menendez is forcefully denying allegations he engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, calling the claims false "smears." Menendez told reporters on Monday that he had done nothing wrong. His voice rose with anger as he described "anonymous, nameless, faceless individuals" who he said have driven false stories into the mainstream media. "That´s what they´ve done successfully," he said his first public remarks since the allegations began to spread on Wednesday. "The bottom line is all of those smears are absolutely false."

Dominican lawyer defends
Melgen, Menendez

Miami Herald [FL], by Ezra Fieser Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/5/2013 2:40:17 AM Post Reply

SANTO DOMINGO -Prominent Dominican lawyer Vinicio Castillo on Monday said allegations that linked U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to sex parties with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic were part of a “dirty campaign” aimed at discrediting his cousin, a Florida eye doctor who has a stalled multimillion-dollar contract for security at Dominican ports. Castillo said Monday he will formally request Dominican authorities open an investigation into the source of allegations that claimed Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen had sex parties with prostitutes, including some that were underage.

Justice Department memo reveals legal
case drone strikes on Americans

NBC News, by Michael Isikoff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/5/2013 2:34:30 AM Post Reply

A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” -- even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S. The 16-page memo, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News, provides new details about the legal reasoning behind one of the Obama administration’s most secretive and controversial polices: its dramatically increased use of drone strikes against al-Qaida suspects, including those aimed at American citizens,

Memo: Drone strikes on U.S.
citizens legal

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/5/2013 2:27:53 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- The United States can target its own citizens with drone strikes if they have recently been involved in violent attacks, a Justice Department memo says. NBC News reported Monday it had obtained a copy of the confidential 16-page memo. The case made for targeting U.S. citizens in countries such as Yemen is similar to, but goes beyond, the one laid out by Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials. "The condition that an operational leader present an ´imminent´ threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a

Good-humored New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie laughs at fat
jokes as he eats a donut
during an interview with
David Letterman

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/5/2013 2:18:49 AM Post Reply

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Letterman have shared some laughs about the many fat jokes the comedian has made about the lawmaker´s ample girth. Christie has termed his plumpness ´fair game´ for comedians. And during his first appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, the outspoken Republican and potential 2016 presidential contender read two of Letterman´s jokes that he said were ´some of my personal favorites.´ Scroll down for video -Those jabs included a zinger about how there would be a billion dollars spent on potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday, and that was only

Mark Levin: ´Who the hell died and
made Karl Rove queen for the day?´

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: sparky86- 2/5/2013 1:49:36 AM Post Reply

On his Monday program, syndicated conservative talker Mark Levin was irate at the news that former Bush administration deputy chief of staff Karl Rove is launching a political action committee to help electable Republicans win primaries. “I just love the way these crony capitalist Republicans — these big government Republicans, these establishment Republicans — I love the way they invoke William Buckley,” Levin said. “They invoke Ronald Reagan. Sometimes they like Obama; they invoke the Founding Fathers. And to what ends? To trash us? See, we can’t win, but the problem is we do win. Yeah, we have our losses

Progress is uncertain in N.J. for
African-American history curriculum

The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Monsy Alvarado Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/5/2013 12:49:03 AM Post Reply

More than a decade ago, New Jersey became one of the first states to pass a law calling for school districts to infuse African-American history into their social studies curriculum. During the past three years, 584 school districts, universities and libraries statewide have linked to the curriculum provided on the Amistad Commission’s website, the state says. In Bergen County, 82 districts, colleges and charters have registered to access the curriculum, and in Passaic County that number is 25. And teachers are encouraged to attend training sessions on how to integrate black history into their regular lessons.

Superdome Officials Worried
About a Power Outage

Associated Press, by KEVIN McGILL and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/4/2013 11:55:29 PM Post Reply

NEW ORLEANS - The cause of a 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl remains under investigation, but public records released Monday show that Superdome officials were worried about a power outage several months before the big game. An Oct. 15 memo released by the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, which oversees the Superdome, says tests on the dome´s electrical feeders showed they had "some decay and a chance of failure." Entergy New Orleans, the company that supplies the stadium with power, and the structure´s engineering staff "had concerns regarding the reliability of the Dome service from Entergy´s
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Ex-Sniper Extended Hand to Troubled
Marine Accused in His Death

New York Times, by Manny Fernandez Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/4/2013 11:49:02 PM Post Reply

LANCASTER, Tex. — On Saturday, when Chris Kyle, a retired Navy SEAL sniper, parked his truck outside Eddie Ray Routh’s house in this Dallas suburb, the two men were virtual strangers. Their plan was to spend the afternoon at a remote shooting range, one of Mr. Kyle’s techniques for helping struggling veterans adjust to civilian life. But by the evening, the police had arrested Mr. Routh, charging him with the shooting deaths of Mr. Kyle and another man, Chad Littlefield. (Snip) he knew Mr. Routh’s mother, Jodi Routh, who had recently asked for help for her son, a former Marine

Richard III’s Body
Discovered in Leicester

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 11:08:57 PM Post Reply

This is, to me, one of the most interesting news stories in quite a while: DNA testing has confirmed that a skeleton dug up under a parking lot in Leicester is that of Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England and one of Shakespeare’s great villains. This is what the skeleton looked like when it was discovered amid the foundations of a Franciscan friary, the very place where historical sources said Richard’s body was taken after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485: The body’s hands appeared to have been tied, and Richard seems to have died

Speculators driving
spike in gasoline prices

Houston Chronicle, by David R. Baker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 11:02:39 PM Post Reply

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Gasoline prices almost always rise early in the year. Just not this fast. Or this high. The national average for a gallon of regular jumped 17 cents in the last week, reaching $3.52. In Houston Monday, the average price was $3.357 a gallon, up from $3.175 a week ago. Californians suffered even more of a shock, with the statewide average climbing 23 cents in one week, to hit $3.91 on Monday, according to a daily price survey from the AAA auto club. Gas in California now costs more than it ever

Gov. Perry woos California
businesses with radio ads

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:59:58 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is airing radio ads in California to convince companies there to relocate to the Lone Star state. A public-private marketing partnership called TexasOne is paying for the 30-second advertisement that touts the state´s low taxes and industry-friendly regulations along with strict limits on lawsuits. In the ad, Perry says that he hears "building a business in California is next to impossible." He calls on California businesses to "come check out Texas."

Ted Nugent Attacks Piers
Morgan For His ‘Obsession’
With Guns: ‘Will You Leave
Us The Hell Alone?’

Mediaite, by Matt Wilstein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/4/2013 10:57:19 PM Post Reply

When Ted Nugent sat down with Piers Morgan in Texas tonight, he delivered the CNN host his most explosive interview since last month’s showdown with Alex Jones. Morgan began by asking Nugent to explain to him, “in the least inflammatory way possible” why Americans need the AR-15 assault rifle. When Nugent began talking about the millions of Americans who own guns and have “never caused a problem, never had an accident and will never commit a crime,” Morgan responded by listing off the number of gun murders and suicides each year in this country. “Do you care about murders?”

Major changes from oil revolution

Washington Times, by Patrice Hill Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:51:47 PM Post Reply

For Americans who came of age in an era marked by worries about scarce world oil supplies, dominant international oil cartels and unrest in the Middle East, the times are changing — quickly. Technologies bred in America are unlocking reserves of oil that for decades were considered out of reach. With oil production from shale rock, oil sands and deep-sea drilling booming in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and elsewhere, worries about Middle East-based oil cartels and vulnerable Persian Gulf supply lines are close to becoming things of the past.

What shall we do with
these killer cats?

Washington Post, by Charles Lane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:50:12 PM Post Reply

Former president George W. Bush’s dog Barney has gone to that great kennel club in the sky. But I’ll bet Barney died smiling. He lived to see the day when humans finally acknowledged that cats are a menace. In fact, government-affiliated scientists have produced statistical proof of feline perfidy, in a new study showing that cats stalk and kill 2.4?billion birds and 12.3?billion mammals in the United States each year, give or take a few billion. This “kill rate” is two to four times higher than previously believed

Obama’s new contraception
rules try to fool Catholics

Washington Post, by Michael Gerson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:48:55 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy was welcomed by some religious people as a breakthrough, even a “miracle.” Upon reflection, it seems less like the parting of the Red Sea than a parlor trick. At issue is whether Obamacare’s broad mandate of insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and abortifacients should apply to institutions with moral objections. For more than a year, the administration has struggled to clarify a set of regulations, while provoking 44 legal challenges.

John Kerry, finally
where he belongs

Washington Post, by Dana Milbank Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:47:51 PM Post Reply

For a change, people were laughing with John Kerry, not at him. Through much of his political career, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, his party’s 2004 presidential nominee, was easily lampooned for his awkward self-importance. But when he showed up in Foggy Bottom on Monday for his first day as secretary of state, Kerry delivered punch lines without strain or struggle. “So here’s the big question that’s before the country and the world and the State Department after the last eight years,” he told hundreds of diplomats who packed the State Department lobby

UK sends hand-held helicopter
drones to war zone

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/4/2013 10:45:21 PM Post Reply

LONDON— British soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of a man´s hand. The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs as little as 16 grams (roughly half an ounce) — the same as a finch. The 4-inch (10-centimeter) -long helicopter is fitted with a tiny camera which relays still images and video to a remote terminal. "We used it to look for insurgent firing points and check out exposed areas of the ground before crossing, which is a real asset," said Sgt. Christopher Petherbridge, with Britain´s Brigade Reconnaissance Force.

Michelle Obama’s posterior again
the subject of a public rant

Washington Post, by Krissah Thompson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:43:36 PM Post Reply

They’re at it again. The latest public rant against Michelle Obama’s effort to promote low-calorie school lunches was recently caught on tape in Alabama — the usual protest against the federal government meddling in local business. And then it quickly found its way around to the first lady’s posterior. “Fat butt Michelle Obama,” said Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.” Grisham, who was suspended Monday

For insurance exchanges,
states need ‘navigators’ — and
hiring them is a huge task

Washington Post, by N. C. Aizenman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:41:04 PM Post Reply

Signing up an estimated 30 million uninsured Americans for coverage under the health-care law is shaping up to be, if not a bureaucratic nightmare, at the very least a daunting task. While some people will find registering for health insurance as easy as booking a flight online, vast numbers who are confused by the myriad choices will need to sit down with someone who can walk them through the process. Enter the “navigators,” an enormous new workforce of helpers required under the law. In large measure, the success of the law and its overriding aim

All Atwitter

American Spectator, by Teresa Mull Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/4/2013 10:36:50 PM Post Reply

Last night, as millions of viewers across America watched, Beyoncé Knowles wiggled, shook, thrusted, strutted, shrieked, and convulsed during the Super Bowl halftime show. Her outfit left little to the imagination, except perhaps to speculate on which Satanic cult lent her the risqué costume. The singer’s choice of moves and attire bars her from future complaints of being reduced to a sex object. But Michelle Obama is proud of Beyoncé, tweeting her approval of the “phenomenal” performance

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