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Ignatius Begs Obama: Spare Rubio

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/11/2013 5:42:49 PM Post Reply

RUSH: A most amazing thing, to me, anyway. This may not be that big a deal to you, but to me it is. I found this on Newsbusters. I didn´t actually see this. Chris Matthews has a syndicated show that runs on Sundays throughout the country. This is not his nightly MSNBC tingle-up-the-leg show. And on his show yesterday was Washington Post columnist David Ignatius who literally begged Obama, implored Obama not to destroy Marco Rubio in the upcoming immigration debate. I think this is a tantamount admission to what´s going on.

Benedict XVI leaves the
papacy much as he found it

Washington Post, by Editorial Board Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 2/11/2013 5:40:03 PM Post Reply

IN EIGHT years as pope, Benedict XVI’s boldest act may have been his last one. (Snip) Pope Benedict’s response to the greatest challenge he faced — the explosion of sexual-abuse scandals in Catholic dioceses around the world — was inadequate. During his visit to the United States in 2008, he met with victims of predatory priests; he later apologized for the crimes and oversaw modest Vatican measures to extend the statute of limitation for cases and prevent further abuse. But the pope never acted against bishops who covered up crimes, and he never admitted or apologized for his own failures

Giffords pleads on gun
control: ‘Let’s get this done’

New York Daily News, by Dan Hirschhorn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/11/2013 5:33:47 PM Post Reply

Gabby Giffords is taking her campaign for gun control to the airwaves. Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in 2011, launches a new TV ad this week through her recently-formed "super PAC." The 30-second spot, in which Giffords herself implores America to "get this done," is targeting congressional leaders with ad buys that will reach constituents of House Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Over pictures of grieving families after recent massacres in Newtown, Aurora and Tucson, Giffords, who is still

With Ignorant Climate Change Question,
CNN Anchor Demonstrates She´s a Typical
Journalist Who Knows Nothing

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/11/2013 5:29:10 PM Post Reply

RUSH: I don´t know if you people heard this or not. I´m gonna get back to this Ignatius thing in a minute, because I haven´t made the point yet. There´s an infobabe at CNN by the name of Deb Feyerick. And over the weekend, I guess Saturday afternoon,she was reporting on CNN about an approaching asteroid that will pass by the earth on February 15th, and it´s gonna be relatively close in astronomical terms. It doesn´t pose any kind of a threat yet.

Chris Dorner Becomes
Liberal Hero

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/11/2013 5:17:47 PM Post Reply

RUSH: Christopher Dorner, the fired LA cop is still on the loose. If you hear that Dorner is anywhere near where you live, based on what I´ve heard from the left in recent weeks, the safest thing you can do is turn in your guns. That´s what will make you safe. I´ve heard every Democrat, I´ve heard the media say this, that the way we´re gonna make this country safe is for everybody to get rid of their guns. So if this Dorner guy, who´s already killed three cops, shows up in your neighborhood, somehow

Biden on Philly visit decries
´Sandy Hook-plus´ of daily shootings

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Michael Matza Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/11/2013 5:17:36 PM Post Reply

Accumulated gun violence in America produces "a Sandy Hook-plus" of deaths every day, Vice President Biden said Monday following a meeting with regional law enforcement and elected officials in Philadelphia. He was referring to the 26 children and teachers killed in the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Monday´s breaking news about a fatal shooting at a courthouse in Wilmington in Biden´s home state of Delaware only underscored "the urgency" of the need for "common sense" restrictions on gun sales, he said. The vice president said there

Not the Drones They
Thought They Knew

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/11/2013 5:12:19 PM Post Reply

What goes around comes around, as the New York Times reported yesterday: Four years into [President Obama´s] tenure, the onetime critic of President George W. Bush finds himself cast as a present-day Mr. Bush, justifying the muscular application of force in the defense of the nation while detractors complain that he has sacrificed the country´s core values in the name of security. It seems that last week, as Times media columnist David Carr puts it, "the debate over drone strikes broke out into plain view during the confirmation hearings for John O. Brennan" for CIA director.

D.C. Ranked First in
Extra-Marital Affairs –
For Second Time in a Row

Cybercast News Service, by Melanie Hunter Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/11/2013 5:11:47 PM Post Reply

For the second time in two years, Washington, D.C., has been ranked the number one city for cheaters. According to AshleyMadison.com, a web site that bills itself as “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” the nation’s capital was at the top of the list of America’s Least Faithful Cities with 34,157 sign-ups – more sign-ups per capita in 2012. “With enormous public attention paid to political cheating scandals this year, including the Gen. Petraeus affair, there was no doubt that Washington residents would be influenced.

GOP Aide: Hagel Might Not Have Enough
Republican Votes to Beat Filibuster

National Review Onine, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/11/2013 5:01:29 PM Post Reply

The Senate Armed Services Committee will vote Tuesday on Chuck Hagel’s nomination for secretary of defense, committee chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.) announced today. Reports suggest Levin has grown tired of requests for details about the various groups Hagel spoken for and received compensation from, as well as GOP threats to filibuster the nomination until more information is disclosed about the September 11 attacks in Benghazi and the administration’s response. One Republican aide said Levin’s decision to rush through a committee vote was an effort to “snuff the momentum” building in opposition to the Hagel’s nomination.

How will he pay for it?
Fiscal realities put
Obama agenda in question

NBC News, by Tim Curry Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/11/2013 4:49:05 PM Post Reply

Less than one month into his second term, President Barack Obama looks to complete the outlines of an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. In his inaugural speech, the president telegraphed several initiatives he wants Congress to pursue and pass this year: gun control legislation, a bill to create a legalization process for many of the nation’s illegal immigrants, subsidies for renewable energy technologies and legislation to respond to climate change. Obama will likely return to those topics Tuesday night, but the White House has signaled that this speech will focus

Parents of slain Chicago teen
to attend State of the Union

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Emily Goodin Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 4:23:52 PM Post Reply

The parents of 15-year-old Chicago shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton will be among Michelle Obama´s guests at the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The first lady attended the funeral of Pendleton, who performed at the presidential inauguration, on Saturday. Her parents, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel Pendleton, will be in Obama´s box in the House chamber to watch President Obama´s speech, a White House official said. The first lady did not speak at the service but was seen comforting Cowley-Pendleton. The teen was shot and killed on Jan. 29. in a park close to

Obama to hang out on Google

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jennifer Martinez Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/11/2013 4:02:53 PM Post Reply

President Obama will participate in a Google Plus Hangout on Thursday to answer questions about his State of the Union address. Selected participants "who regularly discuss important issues of the day online" will take part in the video chat with the president and ask questions about his highly anticipated address to Congress on Tuesday, said Ramya Raghavan, head of Google Plus Politics, in a blog post published on Monday. Google is also soliciting questions for the president from the public via the White House´s YouTube channel.

Alec Baldwin, Morgan Freeman press
Obama to fight climate change

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Zack Colman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 4:01:30 PM Post Reply

Actors Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman are among the stars warning President Obama that his legacy will rest on what he does to stop climate change. In an advertisement that ran Monday in Beltway publications, the stars call on Obama to exercise “the strongest resolve in fighting the climate crisis on every front.” “Your legacy as 44th President of the United States rests firmly on your leadership on climate disruption. Only the president has the power to lead an effort on the scale and with the urgency we need to phase out fossil fuels and lead America,

Manchin opposes
assault weapons ban

The Hill [Washington DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/11/2013 3:59:43 PM Post Reply

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Monday that he opposes an assault weapons ban. Speaking on MSNBC Manchin, who has an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association and in December called for federal action to reduce gun violence, said he thinks there´s a better way to reduce mass shootings without introducing new restrictions for gun owners. "I do not support an assault weapon ban because the definition of assault weapon is still hard to come by," Manchin said. "So I am not going to comment on people´s legislation. I do not support that approach right now."
Headline corrected by staff.

McCain says ‘maybe’ to new
taxes to avert sequestration

Washington Post, by Ed O’Keefe Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:49:45 PM Post Reply

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he is willing to consider supporting new tax revenue as part of a plan to avert $85 billion in looming budget cuts, as the White House pushed back against Republican lawmakers who say President Obama is solely responsible for the spending reductions. McCain made the comments as he once again warned about the adverse effects of the spending reductions, known as sequestration, that will require federal agencies to slash $85 billion in spending by Sept. 30 — including $43 billion at the Pentagon.

City hikes taxes on
Sandy-hit houses

New York Post, by Rich Calder Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:42:15 PM Post Reply

Homeowners in an exclusive waterfront enclave in Brooklyn thought Hurricane Sandy was as cruel a blow as they could suffer — until the taxman proved them wrong. The city is claiming that property values have actually shot up for many homes in Manhattan Beach and it’s going ahead with hefty tax hikes for the houses devastated by the October superstorm, shocked property owners told The Post. Homeowners in other neighborhoods hit by Sandy, including Coney Island, the Rockaways and parts of Staten Island, also said they’ve received

Chicago Police Supt.: ‘Stop
Adopting The Rhetoric Of Gun
Advocates, Chicago Does
Not Have Strict Gun Laws’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:33:56 PM Post Reply

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, flanked by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, held a news conference on Monday where he sought to clear up what he characterized as misconceptions about the Windy City’s gun laws. “Stop adopting the rhetoric of the gun advocates,” McCarthy implored the press. “Chicago does not have strict gun laws.” (Snip) "We’re here today to talk about the fact that we need mandatory minimum sentences in the state of Illinois,” McCarthy began. He said that he has seen the impact mandatory sentences can have in his prior role as the director
Headline resplit by staff.

Fox Conservative Guest Slams Dr.
Ben Carson For ‘Inappropriate’
Political Speech At Prayer Breakfast

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:29:45 PM Post Reply

On Monday, a panel on Fox News Channel debated the appropriateness of a speech delivered at last week’s National Prayer Breakfast by Dr. Benjamin Carson in which he advocated conservative reforms at a venue attended by President Barack Obama. Conservative guest Cal Thomas broke with many on the right when he said that it was not appropriate for Carson to advance conservative policy arguments at what is supposed to be an apolitical event. (Snip) Jon Scott asked Thomas and Fox News Contributor Alan Colmes about the reaction by CNN Anchor Candy Crowley to Carson’s speech when she

Dream Scenario For The GOP:
Dr. Ben Carson, Republican
Presidential Nominee

Mediaite, by Joe Concha Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:25:08 PM Post Reply

This week’s TIME magazine cover features 2016 GOP frontrunner Marco Rubio with an inescapable headline: “THE REPUBLICAN SAVIOR”. Given Mitt Romney’s stinging defeat in November and the almost-comical party-infighting since, Republicans could use that kind hero right now. While Mr. Rubio’s story is inspiring (son of Cuban immigrants graduates law school cum laude, overwhelmingly elected to the U.S. Senate at only age 38), and while he’s currently the best candidate to take on Hillary Clinton in 2016 (assuming she runs, which she will), there may be a very distinguished someone (who has never held public office) ready

Ted Nugent to be guest at
State of the Union

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: MattMusson- 2/11/2013 3:04:22 PM Post Reply

While other members of Congress are hosting gun-control advocates for Tuesday´s State of the Union address, Rep. Steve Stockman has given one of his visitor´s gallery tickets to Ted Nugent, the conservative gun-rights supporter. "I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama," Mr. Stockman said in a statement announcing the choice. "After the address I´m sure Ted will have plenty to say."

Durbin: Obama’s
Sequester ‘a Threat’

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 3:02:14 PM Post Reply

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that President Obama originally designed the budget sequester as a threat to get Republicans to agree to raise taxes, never intending it to actually be policy. “[S]equestration was designed as a budget threat, not as a budget strategy, Durbin said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “When the president proposed the sequester, it was as an incentive to those of us in Congress to work together on a bipartisan basis to solve these problems. It was supposed to be so awful that the super committee would finally reach a bipartisan agreement.”
Headline split by staff.

White House disagrees with
Pelosi on ´spending problem´

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 2:46:19 PM Post Reply

If the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem, Democratic leaders are not quite in agreement on the question of federal spending. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that President Obama does believe Washington has a spending problem, contradicting a claim by House Minority Leader Nancy E. Pelosi. Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said Sunday it is "almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem." She instead called the fiscal crisis "a government deficit problem."

Obama: Job of debt
reduction nearly done

Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/11/2013 2:42:29 PM Post Reply

One thing you won’t hear when President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday: An ambitious new plan to rein in the debt. In recent days, the White House has pressed the message that, if policymakers can agree on a strategy for replacing across-the-board spending cuts set to hit next month, the president will pretty much have achieved his debt-reduction goals. “Over the last few years, Democrats and Republicans have come together and cut our deficit [over the next decade]

Zorro returns! Family´s joy as
Great Dane who was stolen by
burglars shows up on their
doorstep A YEAR later

Daily Mail [UK], by Matt Blake Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/11/2013 2:16:35 PM Post Reply

A Great Dane has returned to his owner a year after he was snatched by burglars during an opportunistic raid on her home. The heart-warming tale began when Zorro, who weighs 170lbs, vanished from owner Marcie Trogdon´s house, in Jamestown, Virginia, in November 2011 after she popped out, leaving the door on the latch. When she returned minutes later, she realised thieves had struck and Zorro was nowhere to be seen. ´A laptop or a TV can be replaced. Zorro is like a family member. All my kids are grown, so he’s my baby,´ she told Fox News

Hold On To Your Wallets: Price
Of Gas Approaches $4 A Gallon

WJZ-TV [Baltimore, MD], by Adam May Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/11/2013 2:05:06 PM Post Reply

BALTIMORE — Hold on to your wallets. Gas prices make the biggest February jump in decades. Adam May explains why. At the rate we’re going experts say $4 a gallon is just around the corner. 2013 is on track to be one of the most expensive years to fill ‘er up. Gas prices in Maryland–up 16 cents in just one month–nationally up 17 cents. AAA says it’s just the beginning. “The way prices have been increasing over the past few weeks we wouldn’t be surprised to see prices approach near $4 a gallon here in Maryland,” said Christine Delise, AAA.

´It´s like a bunch of savages´:
Thousands of passengers stranded
on a disabled Carnival cruise ship
fighting over food and toilets
and sleeping in tents

Daily Mail [UK], by Sarah Malm Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/11/2013 2:03:38 PM Post Reply

The more than 3,000 passengers on the stricken cruise ship stuck off coast of Mexico have turned into ´savages´ and are fighting over food, relatives have claimed. Those on board have no power and have been forced to sleep on deck in tents as there is no air conditioning in the sweltering cabins. The toilets are also not working meaning that passengers have had to make do with bags or buckets. Brent Nutt, whose wife Bethany is on board, claimed that brawling had started because some passengers have got so hungry and food is so scarce.

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