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New York´s ´SAFE´ Act:
The ´Rape´ of the
Second Amendment

American Thinker, by Michael Filozof Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 2/5/2013 8:43:20 AM Post Reply

In January, the New York State Legislature passed the Orwellian-sounding "SAFE" (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement) Act. The act was debated in closed session without committee hearings, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law within an hour of its passage(snip)The statute criminalizes, potentially criminalizes, or places under state surveillance even the most innocuous, banal, and pedestrian forms of gun ownership, and it restricts the right of self-defense.

First Comes Honor

American Thinker, by Steve McCann Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 2/5/2013 8:40:42 AM Post Reply

A nation without honor is a nation without a future. Today the United States finds itself in a quagmire of ever-increasing self-doubt and foreboding. Chief among the factors that have brought America to this point has been the abandonment of a sense of what is right, just and true as it relates to the duty imposed by conscience. Honor is being abandoned and replaced by duplicity, avarice, self-aggrandizement, cowardice, and an unbridled lust for power and notoriety. These characteristics are symptomatic of the bulk of the American governing class

DOJ white paper lays legal basis
for drones targeting US citizens

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/5/2013 8:22:32 AM Post Reply

The Department of Justice has developed a white paper outlining the specific circumstances under which the United States can conduct a lethal drone strike against an American citizen, a copy of which was obtained Monday by NBC News. The paper provides the first detailed look at the criteria the Obama administration uses to judge if it can legally kill American citizens traveling abroad without the benefit of due process. The release of the administration´s legal rationale comes days before CIA nominee John Brennan is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Panel members, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),

Santorum warns Rubio to
´be very careful´ of Durbin,
Schumer on immigration

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/5/2013 8:17:50 AM Post Reply

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum warned Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to "be very careful" in his bipartisan negotiations over a comprehensive immigration reform package. Appearing on the "Laura Ingraham Show" on Monday, Santorum was asked what advice he´d dispense to Rubio for working with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), two of the leading Democratic negotiators. “That’s a very dangerous group you’re playing with.” Santorum said. “These are folks who do not have the interest of finding a bipartisan solution.” Santorum, a former senator for Pennsylvania, went on to warn Rubio that he had "never"

Feds Investigating Sandi Jackson:
Report

NBC Chicago, by BJ Lutz Original Article

Posted By: NYBruin- 2/5/2013 8:17:07 AM Post Reply

Former Congressman Jesse Jackson isn´t the only member of the house getting looked at by the feds, according to one published report. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing sources, reported Monday that federal investigators are also taking an independent look at former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson. Sandi Jackson acknowledged to NBC Chicago back in December that state officials had questioned her about a $69,000 discrepancy between her campaign finance reports and those of her husband. She blamed the conflict on clerical errors made by transitioning staff members and said amendments to her reports were being made
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Hagel´s Hruska Defense

Wall Street Journal, by Brett Stephens Original Article

Posted By: tocsin- 2/5/2013 8:02:51 AM Post Reply

Once upon a time, a Republican senator from Nebraska spoke up for the right of mediocrities to occupy eminent positions of public trust. "Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers," said Sen. Roman Hruska in 1970 as a defense of G. Harrold Carswell, Richard Nixon´s ill-fated nominee to the Supreme Court. "They are entitled to a little representation, aren´t they, and a little chance? [snip] Which is why America needs another senator from Nebraska to vindicate the cause of the mediocre man. That man is Chuck Hagel.

´Fat Butt´ Frenzy: WashPost
Indicts Football Coach, Rush
Limbaugh for Racist Insults of
Mrs. Obama, Black Womanhood

Newsbusters, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/5/2013 7:52:50 AM Post Reply

The Washington Post is suggesting Tuesday that it´s somehow national news that a high-school football coach in northern Alabama was caught on tape mocking Michelle Obama for having a "fat butt." Post reporter Krissah Thompson used this mini-story -- football coach secretly recorded by students who apparently want him fired, and he´s already been suspended -- to remind people that Rush Limbaugh and Rep. James Sensenbrenner have also mocked the First Lady´s rear end, and this means our "country of white people"

Michigan Union Tell-All

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: tocsin- 2/5/2013 7:46:21 AM Post Reply

When Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state late last year, everyone knew unions would try to overturn or otherwise neuter the law. That´s the message from a December 27-28 memo to local union presidents and board members from Michigan Education Association President Steven Cook, which recommends tactics that unions can use to dilute the impact of the right-to-work law. One bright idea is to renegotiate contracts now to lock teachers into paying union dues after the right-to-work law goes into effect in March. Another is to sue their own members who try to leave.

The Unconventional Ted Cruz

National Review Online, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 2/5/2013 7:39:23 AM Post Reply

Ted Cruz (R., Texas) has been a United States senator for only 34 days, but already he is making his mark on national politics. His conspicuous presence and aggressive tone have thrilled his conservative cheerleaders, while inducing fits of rage in liberal detractors and Joe Scarborough. In the past week alone, Cruz has tangled with veteran Democratic spin-master Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Meet the Press, sent a tongue-in-cheek letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, introduced legislation to fully repeal Obamacare, and recorded “no” votes on major items, including Hurricane Sandy relief,

King of the hill, top of
the heap: Koch’s swan song
is ‘New York, New York’

New York Post, by David Seifman and Leonard Greene Original Article

Posted By: drive- 2/5/2013 7:28:21 AM Post Reply

New York gave the ultimate send-off to beloved former Mayor Ed Koch yesterday — a standing ovation as his casket was carried out of a synagogue to the tune “New York, New York,” played as a dirge. Luminaries and ordinary citizens from every borough filled Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side to hear funny and poignant tales about the tall, bald one-man public-opinion poll with the whiney voice who personified New York City.

The GOP´s
ObamaCare Flippers

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: tocsin- 2/5/2013 7:27:00 AM Post Reply

As D-Day looms for ObamaCare, one big question is how many states will sign up for its Medicaid expansion. The recent and spectacular flip-flop of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is a case study in the political pressure and fiscal gimmicks designed to get states to succumb. It´s also a study in the arcane and perverse ObamaCare incentives that are intended to gather ever more health-care spending under federal control. Arizona´s current Medicaid program is well run by the program´s standards—a low bar—but it is also too large. The program now finances one of every two in-state births

Margaret Thatcher had ´psychopathic
tendencies´ says actress who played
the politician in her younger years

Daily Mail [UK], by Anna Edwards Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/5/2013 7:03:31 AM Post Reply

The actress who played a young Baroness Thatcher believes the politician had ´psychopathic tendencies´ because she did not feel enough guilt over her actions. Actress Andrea Riseborough says she believes Lady Thatcher, who she played in a BBC drama, had a ´loose´ connection with humanity. Riseborough, 31, played the young Margaret Thatcher in The Long Walk To Finchley, based on the former prime minister´s early years in politics. The Never Let Me Go and Made In Dagenham actress told the Radio Times: ´Mrs Thatcher had oversights when it came to thousands of people. No, millions.

´Even BABIES must wear the burka´:
Saudi cleric says newborn girls
should have their faces veiled
to help ward off sex attacks

Daily Mail [UK], by Kerry Mcdermott Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/5/2013 6:46:05 AM Post Reply

A Saudi cleric has sparked outrage by declaring that baby girls must wear the burka. Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, who said all female newborns should wear the veil, insisted the burkas would help to protect the infants against the threat of sexual attacks. His comments, made in an interview with an Islamic television station that has surfaced online, have been widely condemned as ´disturbing´ and harmful to the religion. In the interview broadcast on al-Majd TV last year, Sheikh Daoud cited instances of babies being sexually molested in Saudi Arabia, and quoted unnamed medical and security sources, a report on Al

U.S. Sues S&P Over Ratings

Wall Street Journal, by Jean Eaglesham * Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 2/5/2013 6:45:16 AM Post Reply

The Justice Department sued Standard & Poor´s Ratings Services late Monday, alleging the firm ignored its own standards to rate mortgage bonds that imploded in the financial crisis and cost investors billions.The civil charges by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder against the New York company, one of the bond-rating industry´s three giants, are the first federal enforcement action against a credit-rating firm over the crisis. Several state attorneys general are likely to join. S&P said in a statement earlier Monday that the government suit would be "entirely without factual or legal merit," and denied wrongdoing.

Obama, Gun Violence & Fort Hood

American Spectator, by Aaron Goldstein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 6:10:56 AM Post Reply

Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, President Obama has made eight public statements regarding gun violence. His most recent remarks took place on Monday in Minneapolis. In those remarks, President Obama has not only deplored the gun violence that took place at Sandy Hook but the gun violence that has taken place over the past couple of years in Tucson, Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He has also made reference to gun violence in cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia. Consider these remarks made by President Obama on January 16, 2013,

Al Gore’s disastrous book tour:
a breath of fresh air

Daily Caller, by Timothy Philen Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 2/5/2013 6:08:10 AM Post Reply

There has always been something strangely fascinating to me about Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. Maybe it’s those stern Superman looks that make him seem resentful that we woke him up to save Gotham. Or the Jekyll and Hyde lector-hector duality in his persona. Perhaps it’s his improbable ascendancy to Nobel Laureate through less-than-fastidious science. Or the breathtaking hypocrisy of his personal carbon footprint. Maybe it’s just the alleged release of his second chakra in a Portland hotel room. Whatever it is, and whatever quirks and contradictions I’ve observed, nothing prepared me for the rogue wave of hubris that crashed

North Korea video shows
US city under attack

Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/5/2013 6:05:21 AM Post Reply

The footage was uploaded Saturday by the North´s official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media. The video is shot as a dream sequence, with a young man seeing himself on board a North Korean space shuttle launched into orbit by the same type of rocket Pyongyang successfully tested in December. As the shuttle circles the globe--to the tune of "We Are the World"--the video zooms in on countries below, including a joyfully re-unified Korea. In contrast, the focus then switches to a city--shrouded in the US flag--under apparent missile attack with its skyscrapers, including what

John Kerry, Secretary of Retrenchment

Commentary Magazine, by Seth A. Mandel Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 6:03:39 AM Post Reply

An admiring portrait of now-former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the New York Times (is there any other kind of portrait of Clinton in the Times?) over the weekend is in some ways a follow-up to a comment let slip by Clinton’s successor, John Kerry, last week. Kerry told the Boston Globe that President Obama called and offered him the job a full week before Susan Rice dropped her embattled bid for the post and withdrew her name from consideration. If that’s true–if Obama really always wanted the dour and pliable Kerry over the sharp, independent and tough Rice–

US vice president Joe Biden to
lunch with Cameron today

Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/5/2013 5:59:36 AM Post Reply

Joe Biden and his wife Jill arrived in the UK last night at the end of a short tour of Europe that also took in Berlin and Paris. Ahead of his meetings with the Prime Minister and, separately, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Mr Biden reiterated US concerns about the prospect of Britain withdrawing from the EU. "We value our essential relationship with the UK, as well as our relationship with the EU, which makes critical contributions to peace, prosperity, and security in Europe and around the world," Mr Biden told The Times yesterday. "We believe the United Kingdom is

After Richard III, archaeologists set
their sights on Alfred the Great

Telegraph [UK], by Rosa Silverman Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/5/2013 5:51:49 AM Post Reply

His remains are believed to lie in an unmarked grave in Winchester and a team is reportedly applying for permission to dig up the spot at St Bartholomew’s Church. It is thought Alfred’s skeleton could be found among a collection of bones there. “The problem is, where would we get a comparative sample from? It’s a hell of a lot further to go back to trace a living descendant.”[Snip] Alfred the Great, an Anglo-Saxon king who ruled from 871 to 899, is known for his social and educational reforms and his military successes against the Danes.

A Play-By-Play Account of the FBI´s
Heroic Hostage Rescue in Alabama

Atlantic, by Adam Clark Estes Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:50:18 AM Post Reply

It was initially unclear what happened in Midland City, Alabama on Monday afternoon. There were reports of an explosion, gunfire, a dead suspect and a freed hostage. Combing through reports from both local and national news outlets, though, we´ve been able to piece together a play-by-play account of what happened in the final moments Jimmy Lee Dykes´ life and the first few moments of freedom his 5-year-old hostage, Ethan, had seen in a week. It sounds like a scene from a Bruce Willis movie, except it only lasted a few seconds. Trouble started brewing about 24 hours before Monday´s raid.

Corzine’s Crime of the Century

National Review Online, by Bruce Bialosky Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:43:04 AM Post Reply

Last week, a court approved a settlement deal among commodities firm MF Global’s bankruptcy trustees that will reimburse its customers for 93 percent of the value of their accounts, from which about $1.6 billion had disappeared during the firm’s bankruptcy. But even if they eventually see 100 percent of their funds returned, the firm’s misappropriation of customer funds under the leadership of Jon Corzine will remain a shocking example of financial malfeasance. It looks like Corzine could have gotten away with the crime of the century. If you aren’t familiar with Jon Corzine, he is the man

Are ObamaLeaks an
impeachable offense?

Washington Post, by Marc A. Thiessen Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:40:01 AM Post Reply

Imagine if The Post broke a story about the biggest scandal of the Obama-era — and Washington responded with a collective yawn? That’s precisely what happened recently when The Post reported on its front page that senior Obama administration officials were being investigated by the FBI and Justice Department for the leak last summer that the president had personally ordered cyberattacks on the Iranian nuclear program using a computer virus developed with Israel called Stuxnet. The Post quotes a source who says that FBI agents and prosecutors are pursuing “everybody — at pretty high levels.” The paper further reports

Obama the Bargainer

Weekly Standard, by Jay Cost Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:36:18 AM Post Reply

The recent inaugural festivities would have seemed more than a little strange to the Framers of the Constitution, had they been on hand to see the show. (Snip)Thus, with the festivities finished and the glow of the inauguration fading, it is fair to ask: Just how powerful will President Obama be in his second term? In other words, how successful will he be at persuading the diverse agents of our government to do what he wants them to do? If the lessons of his first term guide our expectations for the second, then the most likely answer is:

Electric cars head
toward another dead end

Reuters, by Norihiko Shirouzu* Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:27:40 AM Post Reply

Tokyo/Detroit-Are electric cars running out of juice again? Recent moves by Japan´s two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals, still is not ready for prime time - and may never be. In the meantime, the attention of automotive executives in Asia, Europe and North America is beginning to swing toward an unusual but promising new alternate power source: hydrogen. The reality is that consumers continue to show little interest in electric vehicles, or EVs, which dominated U.S. streets in the first decade of the 20th century

Richard III dig: Facial reconstruction
shows how king may have looked

BBC, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/5/2013 5:18:50 AM Post Reply

A skeleton found under a car park in Leicester has been confirmed as that of the king. The reconstructed face has a slightly arched nose and prominent chin, similar to features shown in portraits of Richard III painted after his death. Historian and author John Ashdown-Hill said seeing it was "almost like being face to face with a real person". The development comes after archaeologists from the University of Leicester confirmed the skeleton found last year was the 15th Century king´s, with DNA from the bones having matched that of descendants of the monarch´s family. Richard was killed

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