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SEC probes suspect Heinz stock trades

USA Today, by Kevin McCoy Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/15/2013 6:07:08 PM Post Reply

Federal securities regulators Friday obtained an emergency court order freezing assets in a Switzerland-based trading account that was used to generated more than $1.7 million in "highly suspicious" trading before the surprise acquisition deal for food giant H.J. Heinz. The order came in response to a Securities and Exchange Commission court complaint that targeted as-yet unidentified "foreign traders or traders trading through foreign accounts" who allegedly had illegal inside information about the $28 billion purchase announced Thursday by Warren Buffet´s Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.

You Don’t Negotiate With
Terrorists – or Democrats

Canada Free Press, by Erik Rush Original Article

Posted By: draggingtree- 2/15/2013 6:00:06 PM Post Reply

Leaving aside for the moment the likelihood that parties and party politics in America will become moot within the next few years (owing to the emergence of a single party or the country’s dissolution into civil war), conservatives and libertarians are finding themselves at an unpleasant crossroads. While some observers gave up on the leadership of the Republican Party long ago, it is now becoming apparent to rank-and-file Republicans that the GOP leadership and its prominent operatives are wholly complicit in the fundamental transformation of America.

Federal charges filed against
Jesse Jackson Jr., wife

Chicago Tribune, by Katherine Skiba Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/15/2013 5:55:19 PM Post Reply

Federal prosecutors in Washington today charged both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, alleging the former congressman misused $750,000 in campaign funds while she understated their income on tax returns for six years. (Snip) Jackson Jr., 47, a Democrat from Chicago, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and false statements. He faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and other penalties. Sandi Jackson was charged with one count of filing false tax returns. She faces up to three years in prison,

Man sentenced in 2011 Portsmouth
kidnap attempt, almost has to
pay for victim´s gun as well

Union Leader [Manchester, NH], by James A. Kimble Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 2/15/2013 5:32:16 PM Post Reply

Brentwood - A Portsmouth man received the maximum sentence for attempting to kidnap a woman as she got out of her SUV at a shopping plaza, and almost got ordered to pay for the gun she later bought to protect herself. James Perry, 37, was sentenced to 7½ to 15 years in state prison Thursday, drawing harsh words from Judge N. William Delker about the lifelong fear he imposed on the victim, Katherine Booth. "My only regret in this case is that I can´t sentence you to more than the maximum," Delker said. "You are a complete predator. ... You are a walking example of what society fears

My Obama Theory Validated

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/15/2013 5:28:57 PM Post Reply

RUSH: TheHill.com: " Obama Waging an ´Endless Campaign´." Where have we heard this? I love this. I must tell you, I love this. I elucidated, enunciated what turns out to be a profound theory on Tuesday and Wednesday, and it´s being picked up now. This is actually just more support for the theory. And what they´re saying is, Obama doesn´t want to govern. He only wants to campaign because governing would make him responsible for what is happening. He doesn´t want to compromise. That would put his name on something.

Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with
conspiracy, fraud, other counts

Washington Post, by Paul Kane, Michael Laris Original Article

Posted By: Toledo- 2/15/2013 5:27:57 PM Post Reply

Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. took part in a conspiracy to misuse approximately $750,000 in campaign funds, according to court papers filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington. The then-congressman purchased a $43,350 gold-plated, men’s Rolex watch with campaign funds, and also bought $9,587.64 in children’s furniture, and had the items sent to his home in the District, according to the documents. He made direct expenditures from the campaign’s accounts of $57,792.83 for personal expenses, according to court documents. He and a co-conspirator used a campaign credit card

America Has Its
Head in the Sand

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/15/2013 5:23:48 PM Post Reply

RUSH: This is Bill in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Great to have you here, sir. Hi. CALLER: Thank you very much, Rush, for taking my call. RUSH: You bet. CALLER: I just to say that I don´t share your optimism for our future. I believe in the next 36 months that the Supreme Court will uphold whatever invasive gun laws that Obama seeks to push upon us. I believe that we will lose the House of Representatives in 2014 and I honestly believe that Obama is going to be reelected in 2016.

Critical Condition

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/15/2013 5:19:45 PM Post Reply

When we saw the headline "Four Ways ObamaCare Could Still Fail," our reaction was that it sounded like an unrealistically low estimate. But we read the article because we were intrigued because of the source: TalkingPointsMemo.com, a news site with a strong (and acknowledged) liberal Democratic slant. Its framing as friendly criticism makes the piece, by congressional reporter Sahil Kapur, a powerful indictment of ObamaCare. To be sure, it´s not clear Kapur intends to indict ObamaCare, and if he does, he downplays it, presumably in order to avoid alienating his liberal readers or his liberal editors.

Rubio vs. Menendez:
A tale of two Hispanic
senators and media hypocrisy

The Hill, by Cheri Jacobus Original Article

Posted By: hornet- 2/15/2013 5:00:26 PM Post Reply

A Hispanic Republican senator drinks water on TV, and the media demolish him. A Hispanic Democratic senator is accused of having sex with underage prostitutes, and the media ignores it. Freshman Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, by any definition a rising star in politics, was an obvious choice to deliver the GOP response to the State of the Union address. He’s smart, a great communicator, hard-working, sincere, and proud of his Cuban heritage and his Republican affiliation. He connects his heritage with his reasons for being a Republican in ways that scare the heck
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NJ Transit workers take trip
to Super Bowl on taxpayers´ dime

The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Karen Rouse Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/15/2013 4:29:15 PM Post Reply

NJ Transit sent four employees to the Super Bowl in New Orleans — including a key rail official who was in charge of the Hoboken terminal when dozens of rail cars and locomotives, left to sit in low-lying yards, were damaged during superstorm Sandy — at a taxpayer cost of $14,505, expense reports show. The bills, obtained by The Record through an Open Public Records Act request, include: $7,800 for lodging from Jan. 31 through Feb. 4, 2013; $5,241 for airfare; $423 in miscellaneous expenses. The intent of the visit was to ground NJ Transit officials in procedures used to handle

Feminist, HuffPo Blogger Naomi
Wolf in Talks to Join Al Jazeera

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 4:06:07 PM Post Reply

Political consultant, feminist, and Huffington Post blogger Naomi Wolf is in talks to join Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned news network that recently purchased Al Gore´s cable network, Current TV. Responding to inquiries, Wolf said the talks are "extremely informal and very, very preliminary." Wolf currently writes for both the Huffington Post and the UK Guardian; she has already scaled back her work for the British newspaper. Huffington Post has reported that Wolf will be ending her association with the site, though no terms were announced. Naomi Wolf has a long history of feminist activism, authoring such books

Magical Fairyland budgeting

Orange County Register (Ca), by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 2/15/2013 3:59:18 PM Post Reply

"I´m also issuing a new goal for America," declared President Obama at his "State of the Union" on Tuesday. We´ll come to the particular "goal" he "issued" momentarily, but before we do, consider that formulation: Did you know the president of the United States is now in the business of "issuing goals" for his subjects to live up to? Strange how the monarchical urge persists even in a republic two-and-a-third centuries old. Many commentators have pointed out that the modern State of the Union is in fairly obvious mimicry of the Speech from the Throne that precedes a new

Maureen O’Connor: Former San
Diego Mayor Bet More Than $1
Billion as a Result of Gambling Addiction

Time Magazine, by Madison Gray Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 2/15/2013 3:32:02 PM Post Reply

As Maureen O’Connor stood in court Thursday somberly admitting over the course of years that she had bet a total of more than $1 billion in casinos due to her compulsive gambling, it was the sad culmination of an addiction that dismantled a vast fortune and left her broke and in failing health. The former mayor of San Diego — and widow of millionaire Jack-in-the-Box restaurant chain founder Robert Peterson, who died in 1994 — lost a total of $13 million to casinos,

GOP lawmaker asks how Obama
could sleep during Benghazi attack

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Pete Kasperowicz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 3:31:13 PM Post Reply

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Friday questioned how President Obama was able to sleep on the night of September 11, 2012, knowing that the U.S. consulate was under attack and the lives of U.S. officials were at risk. "I have no idea if the President required a sleep aid that night, but if he did, anybody else in America has trouble sleeping, you better get what he had, because it works well," Gohmert said on the House floor. "How the President of the United States can sleep that night, as the ambassador that he put in place, that

Senate Dems introduce bill
expanding military benefits
to gay members

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ramsey Cox Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 3:21:01 PM Post Reply

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill Thursday that would give same-sex spouses in the military equal benefits. The Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act would require the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to honor any marriage that has been recognized by a state and provide equal benefits to the spouses of all service members. “This legislation is an important step forward in achieving full equality for all of our men and women serving and fighting for our nation,” Gillibrand said. “Same-sex partners of military service members

Democrats: No VT Skiing,
Maryland Destroyed If Global
Warming Not Addressed

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 3:16:36 PM Post Reply

A group of House Democrats labeling themselves the Safe Climate Caucus held a press conference today to warn that if Congress does not address global warming, the country could face dire consequences, including detrimental effects to California wines and an end to Vermont skiing. One Democratic representative even worried that global warming could destroy the state of Maryland. “If we do nothing about what is happening, it will destroy our economy, it will destroy our state, and it will have a broad impact not just here in this country but around the world,”

Taxpayer dollars used
to fund study tying Tea
Party to tobacco lobby

Fox News, by Judson Berger Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 3:05:36 PM Post Reply

Taxpayer dollars were used to fund a study that painted the Tea Party movement as the spawn of the tobacco lobby -- a premise that Tea Party leaders say is absurd. The study was published earlier this month in the Tobacco Control journal and was formally presented by its authors at an on-campus symposium in San Francisco Feb. 8. "The Tea Party that we see in 2009 actually has decades of influence from tobacco and other corporate interests," co-author Amanda Fallin said at the time, downplaying the notion that the group is just a "spontaneous grassroots movement."

Wal-Mart Executives Sweat Slow
February Start in E-Mails

Bloomberg News, by Renee Dudley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/15/2013 3:05:34 PM Post Reply

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had the worst sales start to a month in seven years as payroll-tax increases hit shoppers already battling a slow economy, according to internal e-mails obtained by Bloomberg News. “In case you haven’t seen a sales report these days, February MTD sales are a total disaster,” Jerry Murray, Wal- Mart’s vice president of finance and logistics, said in a Feb. 12 e-mail to other executives, referring to month-to-date sales.[Snip] Wal-Mart and discounters such as Family Dollar Stores Inc. are bracing for a rise in the payroll tax to take a bigger bite from the paychecks

Tenaris announces $1.5B
Eagle Ford pipe plant

Houston Chronicle, by Jeannie Kever Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/15/2013 3:05:13 PM Post Reply

Tenaris announced Friday it will build a $1.5 billion pipe manufacturing plant in Matagorda County to serve drillers in the Eagle Ford and other booming shale plays. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said a $6 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund helped to close the deal, which came down to a contest between Matagorda County and Louisiana. Proximity to the Eagle Ford Shale mattered, said German Cura, president of Tenaris’ North American division, which is based in Houston. But because pipe produced at the plant will be shipped to all of the nation’s shale plays, it wasn’t

Bozell, Hannity Examine
´Media Onslaught´ Against
Marco Rubio´s Response to
State of the Union

Newsbusters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/15/2013 2:57:37 PM Post Reply

Liberal journalists like NBC´s Matt Lauer and CBS´s Scott Pelley have been acting like "whiney crybabies" recently as they lamented Republicans daring to challenge the president for his lack of leadership in tackling the nation´s tremendous national debt. "Toughen up fellas," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell chided the liberal media on the February 14 edition of Fox News Channel´s Hannity. The Media Research Center president and the Fox News host also discussed how the analysts on MSNBC quickly set out to smear Marco Rubio following his response to the State of the Union. "It´s a sign of the times that

Waxman: Obama Should Regulate
Oil Refineries, Household
Appliances to Stop Global Warming

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 2:55:42 PM Post Reply

Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said the Obama administration should regulate oil refineries, household appliances, and even renegotiate climate treaties if Congress does not pass legislation dealing with global warming. “The president will be taking action by executive order through his administration,” Waxman said at a press conference on Friday unveiling his Safe Climate Caucus, which will work to pressure House Republicans to take up a climate change initiative. Waxman, who said that Obama’s executive actions would also pressure the GOP, explained that there

Triggerman gets 49 years in
pizza deliveryman’s slaying
in North Charleston

Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Natalie Caula Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/15/2013 2:51:05 PM Post Reply

The teenager who pleaded guilty to killing a pizza delivery man last year was sentenced inside a Dorchester County General Sessions courtroom in St. George this morning. Stephawn Brown, 19, of North Charleston, pleaded guilty to murder and armed robbery on Thursday, three days into his trial. Sentencing had been postponed until today. Circuit Judge Ed Dickson sentenced Brown to 49 years for the murder and 30 for the armed robbery, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Brown is not eligible for parole. Brown’s attorney, Mark Leiendecker, a public defender, asked the judge for 45 years, which was on

Mali´s Militants - Did They
Really Just Vanish?

National Public Radio, by Korva Coleman Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 2/15/2013 2:50:44 PM Post Reply

An enormous cache of explosive material turned up this week in Gao, one of the northern Malian cities retaken by French and Malian troops. There are varying reports on its complexity and size, but the Associated Press reports the French military pulled about 1,700 pounds of explosive material out of a single building. Although Islamist fighters first withdrew from Gao without heavy fighting more than two weeks ago, they came back in waves last weekend. Last Friday, a suicide bomber set off a device at a security checkpoint. A second suicide bomber detonated a device on Saturday,

Panetta Says Hillary Clinton
Inspired His Women-in-Combat
Decision

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/15/2013 2:48:46 PM Post Reply

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Hillary Clinton inspired his decision to allow women in combat. “And in many ways, I have to tell you, it was her inspiration that encouraged me to move forward to be able to bring down the last barriers for women in the Department of Defense and to give them the ability to have a chance to engage in combat. I thank you for that inspiration,” Panetta told Clinton at a Pentagon ceremony on Thursday. Panetta bestowed the Defense Department’s highest honor--the Distinguished Civilian Service Award--on the former secretary of state.

House overrides Obama,
votes to freeze federal
pay for third year

The Hill [Washington DC], by Pete Kasperowicz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/15/2013 2:48:42 PM Post Reply

The House voted Friday to freeze the pay of federal workers for the third year in a row over the objections of congressional Democrats and the Obama administration. Members voted 261-154 in favor of the bill, which would also lock in a pay freeze for members of Congress. It exempts people serving in the military. The bill won significant support from Democrats — 43 voted for it — while 10 Republicans voted against it. The legislation is an attempt to override President Obama´s executive order in December that seeks to give federal workers a 0.5 percent pay

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