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Retiring Parsippany police chief
to get $132K a year, state says

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Brendan Kuty Original Article

Posted By: Phosphene- 2/15/2013 4:49:36 AM Post Reply

Parsippany - The township police chief will soon retire with an annual benefit of $131,951.76, according to state Department of Treasury spokesman William Quinn. Anthony DeZenzo filed a retirement application with the New Jersey Police and Firemen´s Retirement System on Feb. 8, according to Quinn. DeZenzo was sworn in on Sept. 1, 2011, to lead the department, which boats more than 90 officers, making it the largest in Morris County. He joined the Parsippany Police Department in 1982 after a year with the sheriff´s office. Quinn said DeZenzo will get a monthly benefit of $10,996.

U.S. agriculture wary as Monsanto
heads to Supreme Court

Reuters, by Carey Gillam Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 4:24:42 AM Post Reply

A 75-year-old Indiana grain farmer will take on global seed giant Monsanto Co at the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a patent battle that could have ramifications for the biotechnology industry and possibly the future of food production. (Snip) A central issue for the court is the extent that a patent holder, or the developer of a genetically modified seed, can control its use through multiple generations of seed. The Supreme Court´s decision to hear the dispute has sparked broad concerns in the biotech industry as a range of companies fear it will result in limits placed on their own patents of

Tesla CEO Musk writes rebuttal
to NY Times report he called "fake"

Fox News, by Gary Gastelu Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 4:08:33 AM Post Reply

“When the facts didn’t suit his opinion, he simply changed the facts.” That’s the charge by Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk against New York Times reporter John M. Broder, who wrote an unflattering story about his experience in the company’s latest electric car. (Snip) Broder issued a detailed response to Musk´s claims on Thursday, denying the assertion that he set out to sabotage the test. Broder’s initial review recounted a trip from Washington, D.C., to Connecticut in the $101,000 Model S, which has an EPA rated range of 265 miles per charge. Tesla has installed two sets of high-speed charging

Mali slavery problem
persists after French invasion

USA Today, by Clare Morgana Gillis Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 3:48:15 AM Post Reply

Toya, Mali - The insurgents who have fled from invading French troops in Mali have been taking with them some of their most important possessions — slaves. The Tuareg tribes that overran Mali´s military with the help of Arab extremist groups aligned with al-Qaeda have long held slaves and many of the captives are from families that have been enslaved for generations. (Snip) Some Tuaregs took advantage of their newly won control to reclaim freed or runaway slaves, mostly black Africans. The French military arrived in January and retook Timbuktu from the Tuaregs,

Mali faces long-term threat,
House panel is told

Washington Times, by Guy Taylor Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 3:30:37 AM Post Reply

French forces quickly dislodged terrorist enclaves from the West African nation of Mali during the past month, but a high-ranking State Department official told Congress on Thursday that the threat is long-term and that containing this branch of al Qaeda is a challenge that covers the whole region. (Snip) Compounding the situation is the fact that the group has gotten its hands on weaponry that U.S. allies originally channeled to nearby Libya, to aid groups that were fighting for the ouster of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi two years ago. After Gadhafi’s fall, the weapons “moved in all

Pope Benedict XVI gives emotional
farewell, while Vatican reveals he hit
head during 2012 trip to Mexico

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 3:20:31 AM Post Reply

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI´s emotional farewell took an intimate turn Thursday as he held off-the-cuff reminiscences with Roman priests. In the background, questions kept mounting about the true state of Benedict´s health and his influence over the next pontiff. (Snip) Italy´s La Stampa newspaper reported Thursday that Benedict had hit his head on the sink when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar bedroom in Leon, Mexico. Blood stained his hair, pillow and carpet, the report said. No one outside the pope´s inner circle knew, the report said, because the cut

Meteorite falling over
Russia caught on camera

Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/15/2013 3:03:00 AM Post Reply

A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia´s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. Amateur video showed a trail of smoke hanging in the sky followed by a loud bang. Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement. Interior Ministry spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov said 102 people had called for medical assistance following the incident, mostly for treatment of injuries from glass broken by the explosions.

Obama’s Anaconda Plan Squeezes
the Entire Economy

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: steveW- 2/15/2013 1:57:05 AM Post Reply

Let’s take a step back and recognize the breadth and width of the Obama administration’s assault on the US economy. We tend to divide ourselves along economic lines, upper, middle and lower or working class. It’s clear that Barack Obama has a plan for all three levels. If you’re a top earner, in his mind you’ve “made enough money” and should pay more in taxes. That’s his plan for the wealthy: Pay more taxes. This will take some money out of investments and companies and send it to the government. Some jobs will be either lost or aborted.

Slavery, not horse meat, is the
real scandal on our doorstep

Telegraph [UK], by Fraser Nelson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/15/2013 12:26:35 AM Post Reply

Long business supply chains are corruptible and can hide a multitude of crimes if no one checks for fraud or criminal activity. Dining in North Korea is, according to those who have tried it, a pretty depressing affair. No matter what it says on the menu, you tend to end up eating dog. Most of the country’s cattle were killed in one of its periodic famines a few years ago, and the collapse of its economy wiped out anything resembling a functioning farming industry.[Snip]As every food scamster knows, revulsion lies in the mind, not the palate. Fake reassurance

Eurozone crisis: today’s dismal growth
figures hide future tensions between
Germany and France

Telegraph [UK], by Mats Perssons Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/15/2013 12:20:15 AM Post Reply

The euro has started the year on a relatively positive note. But today saw a whole raft of negative stats and abysmal growth figures coming out of the eurozone. This was a reminder of the bloc’s greatest challenge: how to reverse the trend of slow, grinding economic decline. According to Eurostat, Q4 2012 saw the eurozone economy shrink by a massive 0.6 percent. Germany hit the average, posting a contraction of 0.6 percent, Italy 0.9 percent and Portugal 1.8 percent. Adding to the pain, the Italian statistics agency confirmed the country’s growth at -2.2

Minnesota high school placed on
lockdown after cafeteria food
fight turned into huge brawl
over racial tensions between
black and Muslim students

Daily Mail [UK], by Snejana Farberov Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/14/2013 11:55:06 PM Post Reply

What started out as a lunchtime food fight in a Minneapolis high school ended in a massive brawl involving hundreds of students and police officers wielding canisters of Mace. Minneapolis South High School was placed on lockdown shortly before 1pm Thursday after violence broke out during third-period lunch inside the cafeteria between Muslim and black students. The fight involved 200-300 students and lasted about 15 minutes, leaving four people injured. Teaching continued as usual during the lockdown, but students had to remain in their classrooms.[Snip] Dozens of police officers who arrived on the scene tried to disperse the crowd of

Congressman says deleted tweets were
to his recently discovered daughter

NBC News, by Luke Russert and Frank Thorp Original Article

Posted By: Calvinesq- 2/14/2013 11:49:53 PM Post Reply

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., tells NBC News that the 24-year-old woman he tweeted at during the State of the Union address was not a romantic interest, but in fact his daughter. After “The Hill” reported that Cohen -- who is not married -- deleted tweets saying “ilu,” short for “I love you,” to Victoria Brink, Cohen claimed that nothing was inappropriate and that the woman was a daughter of an old family friend. That old family friend turned out to be an old girlfriend of Cohen’s and Victoria Brink´s mother. Cohen claimed the reason for tweeting Brink

It wasn´t just redistricting
that gave Republicans
their House majority

Washington Examiner [DC], by Michael Barone Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 11:27:14 PM Post Reply

Here’s something to think about for those who say that the only reason Republicans won a majority of House seats last November is favorable redistricting. I agree that Republicans did have a net advantage in redistricting in the 2010 Census cycle, but not an overwhelming one: Republican advantages in Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania were offset to a significant extent by Democratic advantages in Arizona, California and Maryland. But there’s another factor that gives Republicans an advantage in equal-population districts: clustering. Democratic voters, particularly in the two Obama elections, tend to be clustered

Former mayor gambled $US1 billion

Los Angeles Times, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/14/2013 11:25:21 PM Post Reply

She married a fabulously wealthy man decades her elder, and became the first female mayor of San Diego. But when Maureen O´Connor left public life, she spent countless hours seated in front of video-poker machines. Over a nine-year period, she wagered an estimated $US1 billion ($965 million), including millions from a charity set up by her late husband, who founded Jack in the Box, a US fast-food chain. That was the portrait that emerged in a US court on Thursday as the frail former mayor tearfully acknowledged she skimmed more than $US2 million from a charity founded by her late husband,

GM reports $4.86B profit
in ´12, to pay workers
up to $6,750 in bonuses

Detroit News, by Melissa Burden Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/14/2013 11:12:47 PM Post Reply

General Motors Co. said Thursday it earned $4.86 billion in 2012, down from a record $7.59 billion profit in 2011 mainly due to one-time tax accounting changes and a non-cash charge in Europe of certain assets that hit the carmaker´s bottom line. The Detroit automaker reported its third consecutive yearly profit and earned $2.92 a share for the year, down from $4.58 a share the year before. During 2012, unfavorable special items cut earnings by half a billion, or 32 cents a share. The 2011 full year included a favorable impact of $1.2 billion in special items

Rick Perry at ease,
deep in the heart of Texas

American Thinker, by Russ Vaughn Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 11:12:28 PM Post Reply

When Rick Perry flubbed his presidential chances so badly on the national stage, there were many among his supporters who were bewildered at his seeming inability to transfer his many successes in Texas to the national stage. Although just as frustrated as those folks were, some of us were not quite as baffled because there was a suspicion within us that Rick Perry simply didn´t want the job nor the heat and heartbreak it entails. There was a sense that Perry was simply contented with being the popular and longest serving governor of the world´s 14th or so largest economy.

GOP to Menendez:
Happy Valentine´s Day

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jonathan Tamari Original Article

Posted By: Calvinesq- 2/14/2013 11:10:08 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- How do you express your love in Washington? With a sly Valentine’s Day card that doubles as a biting partisan attack. The Republican National Committee is featuring Valentine’s Day e-cards on its Web site, including one that makes a not-so-subtle reference to the most salacious allegations involving New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez. The card features a smiling Menendez alongside the words “Can I interest you in a romantic get-a-way?”

Obama shares his Valentine´s
plans with Michelle... and
hints that eldest daughter
Malia is dating

Daily Mail (UK), by Leslie Larson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/14/2013 11:08:17 PM Post Reply

President Obama has revealed this Valentine´s Day that his eldest daughter could be dating. Mr Obama said on Thursday that as his children get older, ´they have sleepovers and dates,´ prompting speculation there could be a first boyfriend for 14-year-old Malia. The White House refused to comment on the subject, as the first couple have repeatedly tried to shield their daughters from the spotlight. Scroll down for video.Mr Obama´s big reveal came as he visited a school in Decatur, Georgia and weighed in on the challenges of parenting.

Hundreds of students
brawl at Minn. high school

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/14/2013 11:00:45 PM Post Reply

MINNEAPOLIS - A food fight quickly turned into a brawl involving hundreds of students at a Minneapolis high school on Thursday, forcing police to use chemical spray to break up the melee. Four people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, including a staff member who was hit in the head with a bottle, according to the school and police. The 15-minute fracas broke out during lunchtime at South High School. No weapons were used, but about 200 to 300 students were involved, Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. Bill Palmer said. Students were throwing food, plates, pop bottles

Hero-worship for a cold-
blooded killer: The cult
of Christopher Dorner

Washington Times, by Patrick Hruby Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:46:27 PM Post Reply

Former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner is believed to have murdered four people, including two cops, the daughter of a retired police captain and her fiancee. He is suspected in the shootings of three other police officers. Following a massive, violent manhunt that involved hostage-taking, a high speed car chase and an entire region set on edge, he reportedly was killed Wednesday during a shootout with police at a cabin in Big Bear, Calif. Nevertheless, Mr. Dorner has a Facebook fan page — dozens of them, actually

NRA chief fires
back at president

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:43:17 PM Post Reply

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre accused President Obama Thursday of trying to exploit the recent Connecticut school shootings to advance a decades-old gun-control agenda in his first public response to Mr. Obama’s State of the Union address. Mr. LaPierre, who has fast emerged as the face of unapologetic gun-rights enthusiasts and the scourge of gun-control advocates in recent months, criticized the president for not once mentioning the phrase “school safety” in Tuesday night’s hourlong presidential address. “It’s not about keeping kids safe at school

Chuck Hagel makes
history as first to be
blocked from Defense

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:41:05 PM Post Reply

Republicans succeeded Thursday in blocking a vote on Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s defense secretary nominee, by launching the first filibuster in history against a president’s choice to fill the Pentagon’s top civilian post. GOP senators said they are delaying the confirmation in order to have more time to study Mr. Hagel’s record and to obtain more information on the White House’s handling of the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a matter on which they accuse the administration of stonewalling or providing wrong information.

At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’
becomes ‘shift to Africa’

Washington Post, by Craig Whitlock Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:38:52 PM Post Reply

In his first term, President Obama instructed the Pentagon to pivot its forces and reorient its strategy toward fast-growing Asia. Instead, the U.S. military finds itself drawn into a string of messy wars in another, much poorer part of the world: Africa. Over the past two years, the Pentagon has become embroiled in conflicts in Libya, Somalia, Mali and central Africa. Meantime, the Air Force is setting up a fourth African drone base, while Navy warships are increasing their missions along the coastlines of East and West Africa. In scope and expense, the U.S. military

Obama’s ideological fatigue

Washington Post, by Michael Gerson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:37:11 PM Post Reply

President Obama’s second inaugural address and his recent State of the Union have been described as “two acts in the same play.” They are matched “bookends.” They belong together “like bagels and toothpaste.” Actually, that last characterization is mine. It is difficult to imagine two more different speeches in intention or ambition. The inaugural presented Obama’s unvarnished progressivism as the culmination of the American founding. The State of the Union presented a grab bag of proposals, some recycled (infrastructure spending, the Paycheck Fairness Act), some piddling (college affordability scorecards

Senate Republicans
filibuster Hagel nomination

Washington Post, by Paul Kane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:35:26 PM Post Reply

Senate Republicans delivered a sharp rebuke to President Obama on Thursday when they began an unprecedented filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense. The confirmation process stalled Thursday when GOP senators deprived Hagel of the 60 votes needed to move it to its final stages. Republicans said they were seeking a delay so they could look more closely at the nominee. Both sides still think the former GOP senator from Nebraska will be confirmed, but the filibuster brought stark condemnations from Obama and Senate Democrats, who decried it as partisan obstruction.

Hagel cloture fails:
Now what about Iran?

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/14/2013 10:33:47 PM Post Reply

The cloture vote on Chuck Hagel failed today by one vote. This gives the Senate the recess to mull things over. One item to mull is Iran. Hagel got tripped up badly in his confirmation hearing on our current policy on Iran. First he said our policy was containment. Then he said we didn’t have a policy on containment. And then Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) bailed him out, explaining that we are against containment. Hagel has a history of opposition to unilateral sanctions. These are intensely problematic

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