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Thefts force Trenton
library to ration toilet paper

Times of Trenton [NJ], by Erin Duffy Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/23/2013 3:22:17 PM Post Reply

Trenton — As stewards of the Trenton Free Public Library, librarians and staff are used to handing out reference materials and library cards. Now toilet paper is on the list. Library staff have taken to passing out toilet paper and hand sanitizer from a sanitation station by the front door to combat a growing wave of theft and vandalism going on inside the Academy Street library’s first floor bathrooms. Library director Kimberly Matthews sounded bewildered this week as she tallied incidents that have taken place in recent months: whole rolls flushed down the toilet, toilet paper and paper towels stolen,

Thrones, gold seat buckles
and a concert hall: Inside
the gloriously opulent
private jets of the world´s richest
including a prince´s ´flying
palace´ and Trump´s $100m plane

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 3:22:14 PM Post Reply

For most people, flying is a boring and uncomfortable experience. But in the customized private jets that belong to the ultrarich the possibilities are endless, and it´s astounding to look at. These incredible aircraft include cinemas, marble baths, aquariums, Rolls Royce garages, glass floors, concert halls, wellbeing rooms, thrones, chef´s kitchens and gold seat buckles. Each unique jet can be personally designed down to the tiniest luxurious detail for work or play. Photographer Nick Gleisspecializes in picturing such planes. But many of the owners wish to remain anonymous,

Woodward: Obama repeatedly
lied about responsibility
for budget sequester cuts

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Gregg Re Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 3:14:01 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama and former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew repeatedly lied by last year by claiming congressional Republicans were responsible for the looming $85 billion cut in the federal budget through sequestration, according to The Washington Post editor Bob Woodward. Based on interviews with two senior White House aides who were directly involved in budget planning, Woodward’s report notes that Obama personally approved Lew’s plan to propose the mandatory trigger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in July 2011. A majority of Republicans ultimately voted for the

One day, turning off the
lights won´t be up to you

Telegraph [UK], by Christopher Booker Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/23/2013 3:08:23 PM Post Reply

Readers of this column might have been astonished by the media response last week to that warning by Alistair Buchanan, retiring head of the energy regulator Ofgem, that next month we will see the closure of five major coal-fired power stations that between them contribute nearly a sixth of the UK’s average electricity needs. Over the next few years, Mr Buchanan feared, we will be dangerously close to not having enough power in the grid to keep Britain’s lights on.[Snip]Tony Blair signed us up to an energy policy centred on building thousands of windmills, already fully aware

Federal court: No Second Amendment
guarantee for concealed carry

Denver Post, by Karen Auge Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 2/23/2013 2:57:59 PM Post Reply

The Second Amendment´s guarantee of a right to bear arms does not extend to the right to carry a concealed weapon in public, a federal appeals court in Denver has ruled. "We conclude that the carrying of concealed firearms is not protected by the Second Amendment . . ." Justice Carlos Lucero wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Lucero cited case law dating to the 1800s that put restrictions on walking around in public with a gun. "In light of our nation's extensive practice of restricting citizens' freedom to carry firearms in a concealed manner,

Pompom Girl for Feminism

New York Times, by Maureen Dowd Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/23/2013 2:56:10 PM Post Reply

Sheryl Sandberg is not one to settle for being the It Girl of Silicon Valley. Nor is the chief operating officer of Facebook willing to write a book that people might merely read. (Snip) The debut assignment is a video on how to command more authority by altering how you speak and sit. Women are encouraged to send in stories about leaning in, but no sad sacks allowed: “Share a positive ending about what you learned from the experience,” says the instructional material for Lean In Circles. And no truants: “Don’t invite flakes.” That leaves me leaning out.

Las Vegas seen as
dangerous even as crime drops

Associated Press, by Hannah Dreier Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/23/2013 2:53:29 PM Post Reply

Las Vegas - Variously known as an adult playground and Disneyland for grown-ups, Las Vegas brands itself as a place where tourists can enjoy a sense of edginess with no real danger. But a series of high-profile episodes of random violence amid the throngs of tourists is threatening Sin City´s reputation as a padded room of a town where people can cut loose with no fear of consequences. A car-to-car shooting and fiery crash that killed two bystanders and an aspiring rapper Thursday followed a bizarre elevator stabbing and a movie theater parking lot shooting. Though crime has been falling

Egypt imports 140,000
teargas canisters from US

Al-masry Al-youm [Cairo, Egypt], by Mohamed El-Garhi Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/23/2013 2:33:33 PM Post Reply

In January, the Interior Ministry ordered the import of 140,000 teargas canisters from the United States at a cost of LE17 million. Letters between Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry officials revealed that the order was made to address the country’s shortage of teargas after months of violent clashes between police and protesters. (Snip) “In light of the ongoing incidents and growing need for gas bombs to deal with rioters and preserve the nation’s safety, Al-Guindy Company for Imports and Exports, a representative of the US Combined System Company in Egypt, has been contracted to import

´Miracle on Ice´ hockey
jersey, Schilling´s bloody
sock on the auction block

Reuters, by Jonathan Allen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 2:32:58 PM Post Reply

New York - The jersey worn by the captain of the men´s Olympic hockey team in its "Miracle on Ice" victory over the Soviet Union in 1980 goes on the auction block on Saturday and is expected to sell for at least $1 million. A blood-stained baseball sock is also among more than 100 items of sports memorabilia offered up by Heritage Auctions on Saturday night. Bids for the sock worn by Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling during the 2004 World Series were expected to top $100,000, the auctioneer said. The hockey jersey worn by Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 gold medal winning

DC Government ‘Reviewing’
Firefighters’ Appearance
With Obama

ABC News, by Matthew Larotonda Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 2:28:15 PM Post Reply

The District of Columbia’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services says there are no plans to punish first responders for their participation in an economic speech by President Obama, but are still reviewing the event. Earlier this week, Obama surrounded himself with police and other first responders during remarks regarding the real world impact of the across-the-board package of federal spending cuts known as sequestration, looming in March should Congress fail to reach a deficit reduction agreement. But Washington’s fire and EMS chief told a local TV station the appearance of three firefighters at the

20 Of The Most Embarrassing
Moments In The History Of
The Democrat Party

Townhall, by John Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: lcl4- 2/23/2013 2:17:45 PM Post Reply

For example, one will virtually never hear that the Palmer Raids, Prohibition, or American eugenics were thoroughly progressive phenomena. These are sins America itself must atone for. Meanwhile, real or alleged “conservative” misdeeds — say McCarthyism — are always the exclusive fault of conservatives and a sign of the policies they would repeat if given power. The only culpable mistake that liberals make is failing to fight “hard enough” for their principles. Liberals are never responsible for historic misdeeds because they feel no compulsion to defend the inherent goodness of

Egypt’s President Could Win a Trip to
Space, Whether He Wants One or Not

New York Times, by Robert Mackey & Liam Stack Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/23/2013 2:17:29 PM Post Reply

A group of Egyptian activists who reluctantly endorsed Mohamed Morsi in last year’s presidential election, and have been bitterly disappointed by his performance in office, are again urging their fellow citizens to cast a vote for him. This time, however, a victory for Mr. Morsi would send him not to the presidential palace, but into space. The scheme, unveiled Thursday by members of the April 6 Youth Movement, is to garner enough support in an online competition to win Mr. Morsi a trip to space sponsored by the deodorant company Axe. According to a description of the plan on the group’s

Britain´s credit rating downgraded

American Thinker, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 2:13:22 PM Post Reply

A failure of the govenment to deal with the debt burden. Sound familiar? Telegraph: Moody´s announced on Friday night that it had cut the Government´s bond rating one notch from ´Aaa´ - the highest possible level - to ´Aa1´. He also took comfort that Moody´s noted that "the UK´s creditworthiness remains extremely high" thanks in part to a "strong track record of fiscal consolidation". The move is a significant setback for Chancellor George Osborne, who has faced criticism that his strategy for dealing with UK´s huge debt burden is failing to deliver.

Press explosion in
Egypt brewing trouble?

Al Arabiya News Channel [UAE], by H.A. Hellyer Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/23/2013 2:06:35 PM Post Reply

Since President Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, was elected last summer, there have been increasing concerns around the freedom of the press within Egypt. Those concerns suddenly became more pronounced over the last couple of weeks, raising new questions. Those questions go beyond, however, the freedom of the press in Egypt – they also raise other ones about its integrity, as well as its role in a revolutionary transition within this, the Arab world’s most populous country. There have been concerns for quite some time around freedom of expression and freedom of the

Egypt´s Mursi calls
elections beginning April 27

Reuters, by Marwa Awad & Yasmine Saleh Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/23/2013 1:48:56 PM Post Reply

Cairo - President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday called parliamentary elections that will begin on April 27 and finish in late June, a four-stage vote that the Islamist leader hopes will conclude Egypt´s turbulent transition to democracy. The vote will take place in a country deeply divided between Islamist parties that have come out on top in all elections held since Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 and more secular-minded opposition parties that have struggled (Snip) With Egypt so polarized, the stakes are high for the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

US Troops in Niger
to Set up Drone Base

Associated Press, by Julie Pace & Robert Burns Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/23/2013 1:00:37 PM Post Reply

Washington - President Barack Obama said Friday that about 100 American troops have been deployed to the African nation of Niger. Two U.S. defense officials said the troops would be setting up a base for unarmed drones to conduct surveillance. Obama announced the deployment in a letter to Congress, saying that the forces (Snip) The move marks a deepening of U.S. efforts to stem the spread of al-Qaida and its affiliates in the volatile region. It also underscores Obama's desire to fight extremism without involving large numbers of U.S. ground forces.

NRA uses Justice memo
to accuse Obama on guns

Associated Press, by Alan Fram Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 2/23/2013 12:30:52 PM Post Reply

Washington - The National Rifle Association is using a Justice Department memo it obtained to argue in ads that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans won´t work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration — ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support. (Snip) Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record. The memo has the look of a preliminary document and calls itself "a cursory summary" and assessment of gun curb

Obama: Marxist Revolutionary

Canada Free Press, by Michael Oberndorf Original Article

Posted By: draggingtree- 2/23/2013 11:40:04 AM Post Reply

As most real conservatives know, Obama, by his own admissions, appointments, associates, and actions, is a hard-core, 21st century, Marxist revolutionary. This means that while he has no real plan for what his utopian, pie-in-the-sky collectivist state would look like, or how it would survive as an economic entity, he is dedicated to destroying our existing free, constitutional, capitalist republic to start the process. It also means that like all Marxists, archaic and modern, his primary enemy is what Marx called the bourgeoisie – the Middle Class. As those who went to school while actual history

After the Sequester,
Bring on the Blame Game

Forbes Magazine, by Bill Frezza Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 2/23/2013 11:07:35 AM Post Reply

Should a miracle occur and the pending sequester actually kick in to reduce the growth of federal spending—said slowdown derided as “draconian budget cuts” even as actual spending rises—the political playing field will shift to new ground. The moment big-spending Democrats wrap up their “save us from sequester” theatrics and dump this Obama-originated bipartisan idea squarely onto the Republicans’ laps, they will pivot to a new narrative. After four years of justifying the abysmal Obama economic recovery using the mantra, “It could have been worse!” they will shift the narrative,

A call for the Ben Carson Network

Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 2/23/2013 11:04:02 AM Post Reply

In the desolation of an Obama badgered America comes an unwavering bold beam of light tethered to real Hope & Change. Now that the Progressive propagandists in the mainstream media are going for the jugular of what could be the most trusted voice out there in the wilderness, it is time for Dr. Ben Carson to throw his natural followers a lifeline. The natural followers of the brilliant brain surgeon are already on board with his thinking that Political Correctness is killing off civil society with uncountable paper cuts.

How Media´s ´Team Hagel´
Did Obama´s Dirty Work

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/23/2013 10:39:04 AM Post Reply

Throughout the fight over Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense, a devoted group of pro-Hagel journalists has been determined not only to defend Hagel, but to attack his critics and their credibility. They have gone beyond the “normal” mainstream media bias, which for most outlets merely meant ignoring flaws in Hagel’s record and his refusal to disclose key information. “Team Hagel” has even ignored its own scoops. For example, BuzzFeed was the first outlet on Feb. 14 to recover and post the prepared text of a controversial speech that then-Sen. Hagel delivered at Rutgers University in March 2007.

Former Ambassador Still Feels
Slighted by Argo, Says Canada
Deserves Mention at Oscars

Slate, by Daniel Politi Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/23/2013 10:21:14 AM Post Reply

The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in protecting a group of Americans during the Iran hostage crisis says it would reflect badly on Ben Affleck if he doesn’t in some way mention Canada during the Academy Awards Sunday. But the former ambassador, Ken Taylor, who says he feels like his role was diminished by a film that seeks to make the CIA the heroes in the rescue of six U.S. citizens, isn’t expecting anything, reports the Associated Press. "I would hope he would” mention Canada if Argo wins the Academy Award

Obama: 100 US Military
Personnel Deployed to Niger

ABC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/23/2013 10:13:50 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama says about 100 U.S. military personnel have been deployed to the African nation of Niger (nee-ZHEHR´). In a letter to Congress, Obama says the forces will focus on "intelligence sharing" with French troops fighting Islamist militants in neighboring Mali. He says the American forces have been deployed with weapons, quote, "for the purpose of providing their own force protection and security." The U.S. and Niger signed agreement last month spelling out legal protections and obligations of Americans who might operate from the African nation. But U.S. officials declined at the time to discuss

Obama: Sequester is Congress´
fault, not mine

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 2/23/2013 9:43:55 AM Post Reply

Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a country right now should be doing everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts that will do the exact opposite. They will slow our economy. They will eliminate good jobs. They will leave many families who are already stretched to the limit scrambling to figure out what to do.

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