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North Korean Video
Shows Obama in Flames

New York Times, by Choe Sang-Hun Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/20/2013 2:27:39 PM Post Reply

North Korea has released a new propaganda video that shows President Obama and United States troops in flames and credits Washington with leading the impoverished country to become a proud nuclear power. Songs, operas and novels that stoke hatred against the United States and belittle South Korea are daily fare for North Koreans living under a leadership that uses propaganda as a critical tool of governing. In the last several years, the country has taken its campaign to the Internet, posting thousands of videos onto YouTube that provide outsiders with rare glimpses into the world of North Korean propaganda.

Kerry comes out swinging
on climate change

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ben Geman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 2:23:47 PM Post Reply

John Kerry used his first major speech as secretary of State to make that case that failing to confront climate change means missing big economic opportunities — and worse. “If we waste this opportunity, it may be the only thing our generation — generations — are remembered for. We need to find the courage to leave a far different legacy,” Kerry said in a wide-ranging address at the University of Virginia. Kerry again signaled that he hopes to use his role as top diplomat to promote green energy technologies, arguing they can

You May Be Right,
Mr. President, But This Is Crazy

National Journal, by Ron Fournier Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 2/20/2013 2:20:45 PM Post Reply

Your federal government is almost certain to blow past the March 1 deadline for averting $1.2 trillion in haphazard budget cuts that could cost 700,000 jobs. Don’t worry. We know whom to blame. President Obama makes a credible case that he has reached farther toward compromise than House Republicans. But knowing who’s at fault doesn’t fix the problem. To loosely quote Billy Joel: You may be right, Mr. President, but this is crazy. Is this fiscal standoff (the fifth since Republicans took control of the House in 2011) just about scoring political points, or is it about governing?

Lance Armstrong won´t meet
with USADA, attorney says

CBS News/Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 2:10:01 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN Lance Armstrong´s attorney says the cyclist won´t interview under oath with a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency official who wanted Armstrong to tell them all he knows about doping. The agency has said Armstrong´s cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports is to be reduced. USADA officials had said Armstrong must speak with them if he hoped to reduce his lifetime ban from sports. Wednesday was the deadline for him to agree to interview. After more than two months of negotiations with USADA,

Climate contradiction:
Less snow, more blizzards

Associated Press, by Seth Borenstein Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/20/2013 2:07:23 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit. Then, when a whopper of a blizzard smacked the Northeast with more than 2 feet of snow in some places earlier this month, some of the same people again blamed global warming. How can that be? It´s been a joke among skeptics, pointing to what seems to be a brazen contradiction. But the answer lies in atmospheric physics. A warmer atmosphere can hold, and dump

More of us who relocate
are moving down, not up

USA Today, by Haya El Nasser Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 2:05:29 PM Post Reply

The Great Recession has upended the American tradition of moving to greener pastures. Instead of moving to a bigger home or for a higher-paying job, more Americans moved because they couldn’t afford to stay where they are. During the 2007-09 recession, 9 percent of Americans — about 4million — moved locally, the highest level in a decade. And a growing number moved to cheaper housing or doubled up with family and friends, according to an analysis out Wednesday of census data through 2010. By contrast, moves across county and state lines declined. People moved the most in

Obama renews call for $50B in
new spending on roads, bridges

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Keith Laing Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:51:04 PM Post Reply

President Obama on Wednesday renewed his call for Congress to spend $50 billion to improve the nation´s roads and infrastructure. The proposal is a repackaging of Obama proposals from his 2011 "American Jobs Act" and he previewed it in last week´s State of the Union address. The White House outlined the plan in a press release Wednesday, saying Obama wants to spend $40 billion on “most urgent upgrades” to highways, bridges, public transportation systems and airports. The remaining $10 billion of the plan would go toward

Renewables constitute all new US
electricity capacity added in January

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:46:31 PM Post Reply

Renewable energy accounted for all new electric capacity added in the United States last month, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In all, 1,231 megawatts of new generating capacity were installed in January. Of that total, wind provided 958 megawatts, solar chipped in 267 megawatts and biomass contributed 6 megawatts. That´s a marked difference from January 2012, when coal led the way with 808 megawatts of the 1,693 megawatts added. Natural gas followed with 445 megawatts, and wind tossed in 276 megawatts to take the pole for renewables. On Wednesday, President Obama sought to expand promotion of

Report: Universal theme park
will quit offering healthcare
to part-time workers

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Sam Baker Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:39:46 PM Post Reply

A 17,000-employee Florida theme park says it´s dropping healthcare benefits for part-time workers as a result of President Obama´s healthcare law. Universal Orlando will quit offering coverage because its bare-bones plan is about to become illegal, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Only about 500 of the park´s thousands of part-time workers are enrolled in the healthcare plan, the Sentinel reported. Universal offers what´s known as a "mini-med" plan. The policies offer low premiums, but also come with tight caps on the benefits they´ll pay out. Universal´s, for example, will only cover $5,000 per year in hospital stays.

Michelle Obama returning to
Chicago next week

Chicago Tribune, by Jenifer Delgado Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 1:38:58 PM Post Reply

First lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago next week as part of a nationwide tour to promote her children’s health campaign and announce how schools will bring back physical activity, according to a press release. The two-day trip highlights the third anniversary of “Let’s Move,” an initiative that promotes health and physical activity in children. The tour stops in Chicago on Feb. 28 and will showcase the initiative’s progress since 2010, the release states. Obama was in Chicago earlier this month, when she attended the funeral of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton,

Pentagon informs Congress of
plans to furlough 800K civilians

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Jeremy Herb Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:33:27 PM Post Reply

The Pentagon notified Congress on Wednesday it will be furloughing its civilian workforce of 800,000 employees if sequestration goes into effect March 1. Defense officials have warned lawmakers that sequestration will devastate the military and lead to a hollow force, but the civilian furloughs will be one of the first major impacts felt by the across-the-board cuts. The Pentagon furloughs will affect civilians across the country. Pentagon officials have said that civilians could face up to 22 days of furloughs, one per week, through the end of the fiscal year in September.

Debate Commission Co-Chair:
Yeah, Candy Crowley Was
a ´Mistake´

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 1:33:07 PM Post Reply

In a lecture to conservatives at the Las Vegas Country Club, Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, admitted that the selection of CNN´s Candy Crowley to moderate the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney in October 2012 had been a "mistake." Crowley stirred controversy by intervening in the town hall-style debate to support Obama´s contention that he had referred to the Sep. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi as a terrorist attack the day after it had occurred.

Kerry slams critics of foreign aid
in first major speech as secretary

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:28:29 PM Post Reply

John Kerry on Wednesday ripped his former colleagues in Congress for contributing to public opposition to foreign aid during his first major address as secretary of State. Kerry said many Americans believe that the United States spends 25 percent of its budget on foreign affairs, instead of the real figure of just over 1 percent. He said politicians looking for an applause line have contributed to that misperception. “Where do you think this idea comes from?” Kerry asked. “Well I´ll tell you, it´s pretty simple. As a recovering politician, I can tell you that nothing gets a crowd clapping

USDA staff taught that the pilgrims
were ´illegal aliens´ in compulsory
´Cultural Sensitivity Training´ video
that cost the taxpayer $200,000

Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/20/2013 1:27:47 PM Post Reply

The USDA is under fire for spending $200,000 of taxpayers money on a mandatory ´Cultural Sensitivity Training´ program in which employees were told to refer to the Pilgrims as ´illegal aliens´ and minorities as ´emerging majorities´. In previously unseen footage, diversity trainer Samuel Betances, who describes himself as a ´citizen of the world´, tells the audience to repeat that ´every federal agency has discriminated against African-Americans, Hispanics, Native American Indians and other groups.´ Made public on the government watchdog website Judicial Watch who obtained it through a Freedom of Information made on May 18th, 2012, Betances says that everyone

Conan O’Brien To Headline White
House Correspondents’ Dinner

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 1:24:27 PM Post Reply

This year, late-night host Conan O’Brien will be headlining the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It will be his second time doing so at the so-called “nerd prom.” White House Correspondents Association president Ed Henry tweeted the news on Wednesday: [Tweet] In addition to the dinner on April 27, O’Brien reportedly “privately agreed to join forces with the Correspondents’ Association on other initiatives focused on the group’s scholarship fund.” The last time O’Brien entertained at the event was in 1995.

´I don´t want to go to Disney
World anymore´: Parents´ fury
as TSA agents detain their crying
wheelchair-bound daughter, three,
and confiscate her stuffed animal

Daily Mail [UK], by Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/20/2013 1:23:45 PM Post Reply

The parents of a toddler with spinal bifida are outraged after TSA officials forced their daughter to undergo a series of additional security measures ahead of their flight to Disney World. Nathan and Annie Forck were flying out of their home state of Missouri on a February 8 flight bound for Orlando, Florida with their wheelchair-bound daughter Lucy and their two other children. Mrs Forck took a six-minute video detailing their toddler’s cries as she said through tears that she didn’t want to go to Disney World anymore, and is claiming the TSA discriminates against people who use mobility devices.

Regulator set to weigh lifetime
futures-trading ban for Corzine

New York Post, by Kaja Whitehouse Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:23:23 PM Post Reply

The future is murky for former NJ governor and fallen financial titan Jon Corzine. Two directors of the National Futures Association will move tomorrow to ban Corzine from the multibillion-dollar futures trading industry in light of the scandalous collapse of MF Global — the commodity futures brokerage firm Corzine once headed. If the motion is approved, NFA would hold hearings to determine whether Corzine, MF’s former CEO, deserves a “lifetime ban” from the industry. Such a ban could hinder his reported plans to launch a hedge fund. "He [Corzine] doesn’t need to be near

Name That Party: MSNBC´s
Jansing, Roberts Note Jesse
Jackson Jr. Guilty Plea,
Omit Party Label

Newsbusters, by Ken Shepherd Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 1:20:02 PM Post Reply

Twenty minutes into her February 20 Jansing & Co. program, MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing noted that former Illinois Democrat Jesse Jackson was entering a federal courtroom later that hour to plead guilty to campaign finance violations. Only Jansing left out the part about Jackson being a Democrat. What´s more, while Jansing noted that Jackson´s wife Sandi was answering charges of filing false tax returns, she failed to note that Sandi Jackson, also a Democrat, resigned her seat as Chicago city alderman in January.

Santa Fe releases names from
gun buyback program

Daily Times (NM), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: cjjeepercreeper- 2/20/2013 1:19:45 PM Post Reply

The city of Santa Fe has released the names of dozens of people who recently surrendered guns to police despite promises of anonymity. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the city released this week to a city finance committee a list of people who got IOUs when they surrendered their guns at police headquarters after the city´s gun buyers ran out of pre-paid Visa gift cards. Among the names released were Brian Egolf, a Santa Fe lawyer and Democratic state legislator, who surrendered a Russian-made assault rifle and two handguns.

With Election Over, Obama Announces
Medicare Cuts to Fund ObamaCare

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Dr. Susan Berry Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/20/2013 1:17:34 PM Post Reply

During the 2012 election campaign, Democrats denied that ObamaCare made $716 billion in cuts to Medicare in order to provide funding toward $1.9 trillion in new entitlement spending over the next ten years. In an announcement on Friday, however, the Obama administration revealed that it would be significantly reducing funding for Medicare, a move that one health insurance analyst said “would turn almost every plan in the industry unprofitable.” Health insurance stocks tumbled following the announcement that a big chunk of the Medicare cuts would come from the popular Medicare Advantage program, a market-oriented system in which participants can

The unemployment figures pulverize
any remaining argument for stimulus
spending

Telegraph [UK], by Daniel Hannan Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/20/2013 1:15:52 PM Post Reply

There are more than 580,000 additional people in work than twelve months ago. The jobless total fell by 14,000 in the last three months for which we have figures, and the total number of people who are unavailable for work is now lower than at any time since… well, since the last Conservative Government. These figures are quite a blow to all those Keynesians who have been insisting that unemployment would reach unprecedented levels as a result of the government´s refusal to spend more. In 2009, the economist David Blanchflower forecast that, if David Cameron was in power, unemployment would

Boehner: Obama gutless on
coming sequester

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/20/2013 1:14:29 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama was gutless for warning about $85 billion in looming U.S. spending cuts but offering no viable alternative. "Having first proposed and demanded the sequester, it would make sense that the president lead the effort to replace it," the Ohio Republican said in an op-ed piece published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. "Unfortunately, he has put forth no detailed plan that can pass Congress, and the Senate -- controlled by his Democratic allies -- hasn´t even voted on a solution, let alone passed one,"

Todd Akin, the Most Controversial
Senate Candidate of 2012,
Was Also the Most Conservative
Member of the House

National Journal, by Brian Resnick Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 2/20/2013 1:13:35 PM Post Reply

Although he may be gone from national politics, Todd Akin, R-Mo., will not soon be forgotten. After making a misguided comment about "legitimate rape" during his campaign for the Senate, he defied party higher-ups (including GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney) and remained in the contest. A Senate seat that seemed likely to be his swung back to Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, and Democrats nationwide used the incident to advance the idea that Republicans were tone deaf on women´s issues.

Former senator Pete Domenici
kept son secret for decades

Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/20/2013 1:13:00 PM Post Reply

Former New Mexico senator Pete Domenici, a Republican, disclosed Wednesday that he has a son born in secrecy over 30 years ago. “More than 30 years ago, I fathered a child outside my marriage,” Domenici told the Albuquerque Journal in a statement. “I deeply regret this and am very sorry for my behavior. I hope New Mexicans will view that my accomplishments for my beloved state outweigh my personal transgression." Domenici said that he kept the matter secret because the mother of the child, Michelle Laxalt, asked him to do so. Her father, Paul Laxalt, was himself a U.S.

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