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Gun-friendly states
woo firearms makers

USA Today, by Chuck Raasch Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/24/2013 5:11:20 PM Post Reply

The effort to attract firearms companies has escalated in the wake of gun-control efforts that followed the murder of 20 children and six adults in December in Newtown, Conn. States claiming to be friendly to the Second Amendment are trying to poach gun and ammunition makers and related manufacturers from other states, especially those that have passed or are contemplating tougher gun laws. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, this month has written at least 13 manufacturers in states from Oregon to New York saying his state would not impose "unwarranted government intrusion into

Danica Patrick finishes
eighth in Daytona 500

USA Today, by Jeff Gluck Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/24/2013 5:01:07 PM Post Reply

Daytona Beach, Fla. - Danica Patrick finished eighth in the Daytona 500 on Sunday. She appeared to check up on the final lap when a crash erupted behind her. NASCAR did not throw a caution flag. "You needed a hole. You needed people to help you out," she said. "I had a feeling I was going to get freight-trained (if I went low)." Jimmie Johnson won the race. Patrick led a lap at the Daytona 500, not quite halfway through the 200-lap event. She ran in the top 10 most of the day, and was running third toward the end of the race. Patrick, the first woman to ever win the pole for a Sprint Cup Series race,

Cypriot conservative romps
to presidential victory

Reuters, by Michele Kambas & Deepa Babington Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/24/2013 4:55:18 PM Post Reply

Nicosia - Cypriot conservative leader Nicos Anastasiades won an overwhelming victory in a presidential run-off election on Sunday, promising to quickly finalize a financial rescue to stave off the island´s bankruptcy. (Snip) Anastasiades immediately pledged to hammer out a quick deal with foreign lenders and bring Cyprus closer to Europe, in a shift from the policies of the outgoing Communist government that first sought aid from Russia before turning to the EU. "We want Europe on our side. We will be absolutely consistent and meet our promises. Cyprus belongs to Europe," Anastasiades told

Coburn: Hagel will be weak secretary

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

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/24/2013 4:00:33 PM Post Reply

The Senate will approve the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) this coming week, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) predicted Sunday, but with so many “no” votes that he´ll be an ineffective secretary of Defense. “He doesn´t have the confidence of the vast majority of the Senate, which weakens him in that position,” said Coburn, the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “The fact is that in modern times we haven´t had one Defense secretary who´s had more than three votes against him.

Union Didn’t Disrupt
‘Night Before’ Party

Deadline Hollywood, by Ross Johnson Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 2/24/2013 3:06:29 PM Post Reply

Deadline contributor Ross Johnson reports that Beverly Hills Hotel security kept a handful of members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West well back from guests arriving for Saturday night’s 11th Annual ‘Night Before’ Oscars Party. It’s the fundraiser for the Motion Picture and Television Fund thrown by Jeffrey Katzenberg. Union personnel were prohibited from setting foot on hotel property, demarcated by blue tape on the sidewalk next to the main entrance and on the traffic island outside the hotel.

Double Barrel Biden, Rape Whistle
Salazar and My AR-15 Giveaway

Townhall, by Doug Giles Original Article

Posted By: lcl4- 2/24/2013 3:06:04 PM Post Reply

Boy, the anti-gun goobers were out in full force this past week giving us plebeians the down low on what we “need” to protect ourselves during everything from home invasions to rape situations. It was like listening to Obama talk about economics or Roseanne Barr gloss smoothly on the importance of Southern etiquette in marital conflicts. I heard so much horse scat coming from the left last week regarding self-defense that I am now befuddled as to whom I should give my “Are You Blanking Kidding Me” award to. Damn you, tyranny of many options. Damn you!

Pistorius ´DID beat model girlfriend
with a cricket bat´ before he shot her
police tell horrified family and relatives
have seen her extensive head injuries

Daily Mail [UK], by Barbara Jones Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 2/24/2013 1:38:58 PM Post Reply

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius crushed his girlfriend’s skull with a cricket bat before shooting her dead, police have told her family. Details of the post-mortem examination of South African model Reeva Steenkamp were withheld from last week’s bail application hearing. But grieving relatives who saw her body before Tuesday’s cremation in Port Elizabeth described horrific injuries from the cricket bat, and entry wounds from 9mm bullets fired by Pistorius.

Obama’s new political group
to lure unlimited donations

Washington Post, by Tom Hamburger Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 1:17:18 PM Post Reply

In close consultation with President Obama, two of his top political strategists are designing an ambitious new organization funded by donations from wealthy individuals and corporations aimed at making political and legislative gains at the federal and state levels. The fledgling Organizing for Action says it will be nonpartisan and steer clear of election activity. But the line between issue disputes and electoral politics can be a fuzzy one. The first of an expected wave of ads on gun control, for example, has targeted only Republicans. And OFA board member Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s reelection

Robert Gibbs: As press secretary,
I was ordered not to acknowledge
the existence of the drone program

Washington Examiner [DC], by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 1:12:54 PM Post Reply

During a discussion about President Obama’s lack of transparency about the drone program, former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs explained on MSNBC this morning that he was ordered to never acknowledge the existence of the drone program. “One of the first things they told me was, you are not even to acknowledge the drone program, you are not even to discuss that it exists,” Gibbs said frankly, explaining why he could never be forthcoming about the issue with White House reporters. Gibbs added that in his opinion, the Obama administration’s denial of the program “undermines people’s confidence overall

Improperly assigned teachers a problem

San Francisco Chronicle, by Joanna Lin Original Article

Posted By: wydleyred- 2/24/2013 1:10:38 PM Post Reply

Public schools across California have assigned thousands of teachers to classes without the proper credentials or legal authorization, a persistent problem that state and local education officials blame on mismanagement, budget shortages and a limited pool of qualified specialists. Untrained teachers have been assigned to a variety of difficult classes, including those filled with English-language learners and others with special intellectual and physical needs. In many cases, these teachers lack training in a particular subject that they´ve been assigned to teach, such as English or math.

The case of the phantom ballots:
an electoral whodunit

Miami Herald, by Patricia Mazzei Original Article

Posted By: chicodon- 2/24/2013 1:06:22 PM Post Reply

The first phantom absentee ballot request hit the Miami-Dade elections website at 9:11 p.m. Saturday, July 7. The next one came at 9:14. Then 9:17. 9:22. 9:24. 9:25. Within 2½ weeks, 2,552 online requests arrived from voters who had not applied for absentee ballots. They streamed in much too quickly for real people to be filling them out. They originated from only a handful of Internet Protocol addresses. And they were not random. It had all the appearances of a political dirty trick, a high-tech effort by an unknown hacker to sway three key Aug. 14 primary elections,

Lobbying efforts take off
for airport name change

San Francisco Chronicle, by Heather Knight Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 1:01:27 PM Post Reply

Like so many San Francisco firsts, the effort to make our airport the first in the world to be named after a gay person has become a national and international cause celebre. A new Change.org petition calling for San Francisco International Airport to be named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk has gathered about 20,000 signatures - many of them coming from outside California and even the United States. High-profile gay rights organizations including the Human Rights Campaign, the Courage Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have also added their names to the effort.

Oxnard teacher, fired for
performing in porn films, appeals
to court to get her job back - Thread Closed

Ventura County Star [Ventura, CA], by Wendy Leung Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/24/2013 11:30:53 AM Post Reply

A science teacher fired for her past involvement in pornographic films will continue to fight for her job at the Oxnard School District. Stacie Halas and her attorney have filed an appeal to the Ventura County Superior Court, seeking a reversal to an administrative law ruling made last month that upheld the firing. Halas’ attorney Richard Schwab said the fact that his client is being judged on her past profession brings up very significant legal issues. “I think we have to look at what is the purpose of a hearing. Is it to look at your past and judge you?”

Bloomberg´s soda ban prohibits
2-liter bottles with your pizza
and some nightclub mixers

New York Post, by Brad Hamilton & Susan Edelman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 11:18:55 AM Post Reply

Take a big gulp, New York: Hizzoner is about to give you a pop. Nanny Bloomberg unleashes his ban on large sodas on March 12 — and there are some nasty surprises lurking for hardworking families. Say goodbye to that 2-liter bottle of Coke with your pizza delivery, pitchers of soft drinks at your kid’s birthday party and some bottle-service mixers at your favorite nightclub. They’d violate Mayor Bloomberg’s new rules, which prohibit eateries from serving or selling sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. Bloomberg’s soda smackdown follows his attacks on

Changing of the young guard at the
Obama White House

Los Angeles Times, by Christi Parsons Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 11:07:57 AM Post Reply

Tommy Vietor was the first youthful convert to pack his bags, leave home and sign on to the Barack Obama campaign, joining the Chicago operation before his boss, then running for the Senate, had even given the convention speech by which the rest of Democratic America would discover him. He rose from driver of a press van across rural Illinois to fixture of the White House situation room. Now, the 32-year-old is contemplating something new -- a future not working for Obama. Amid the high-level departures and appointments of Obama´s second term, a quieter changing of the guard is

Athletes cash in on
California´s workers´ comp

Los Angeles Times, by Marc Lifsher Original Article

Posted By: beancounter- 2/24/2013 10:49:13 AM Post Reply

Sacramento — In his seven-year career with the Denver Broncos, running back Terrell Davis, a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, dazzled fans with his speed and elusiveness. At the end of his rookie year in 1995, he signed a $6.8-million, five-year contract. Off the field he endorsed Campbell´s soup. And when he hung up his cleats, he reported for the National Football League Network and appeared in movies and TV shows. So it may surprise Californians to find out that in 2011, Davis got a $199,000 injury settlement from a California workers´ compensation court for injuries related to football.

The big sequester gamble:
How badly will the cuts hurt?

Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/24/2013 10:47:43 AM Post Reply

With the ax set to fall on federal spending in five days, the question in Washington is not whether the sequester will hit, but how much it will hurt. Over the past week, President Obama has painted a picture of impending disaster, warning of travel delays, laid-off firefighters and pre-schoolers tossed out of Head Start. Conservatives accuse Obama of exaggerating the impact, and some White House allies worry the slow-moving sequester may fail to live up to the hype. “The good news is, the world doesn’t end March 2. The bad news is, the world doesn’t end March 2,”

Speedway fence repaired, ready for 500

New-Journal [Daytona, FL], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 10:26:13 AM Post Reply

Repairs to a section of catch fence at Daytona International Speedway damaged by airborne parts of a race car on Saturday were completed by 2 a.m. Sunday, Speedway officials said this morning. Fans, officials and teams are ready to go racing today and the Daytona 500 is scheduled to begin as planned at 1 p.m. Officials with the Speedway and NASCAR are conducting two press conferences this morning to discuss further details. Saturday night´s crash injured at least 28 people, including 14 who were taken to area hospitals by ambulance and 14 who were treated at

A Conservative Provocateur,
Using a Blowtorch as His Pen

New York Times, by Jim Rutenberg Original Article

Posted By: mikkins2- 2/24/2013 10:05:43 AM Post Reply

At 11:42 a.m. on Feb. 14, a conservative online magazine called The Washington Free Beacon posted a dispatch about a speech Chuck Hagel gave in 2007 in which it said he called the State Department “an adjunct to the Israeli foreign minister’s office.” The report was based on “contemporaneous” notes an attendee posted online. An hour later on the floor of the United States Senate, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina urgently cited that statement as another reason to delay Mr. Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary.

´It´s like a warzone´: fan´s
heart-stopping video of moment
NASCAR car crashes into stand
just yards away sending debris
including a TIRE flying into the
crowd - injuring at least 33
people as organizers push forward*

Daily Mail (UK), Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 10:03:54 AM Post Reply

Shocking footage filmed from the stands at Daytona International Speedway shows the moment when debris from yesterday´s massive multi-car pile-up flew into the packed crowd injuring at least 33 fans - including a 14-year-old boy who is in a critical condition. The terrifying scene unfolds during the last lap as Kyle Larson´s car is catapulted by the crash into a catch fence separating the tens-of thousands of fans from the track - almost shearing the car in half. And as the fiery wrecks filter past the section of the speedway hit, the footage filmed by spectator Tyler Andersen

´Devastating´ sequester cuts:
True or False?

American Thinker, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/24/2013 9:55:23 AM Post Reply

I suppose it depends on your point of view. If you lose one fifth of your pay because you´re a federal employee and are furloughed one day a week, it´s pretty bad. But is Obama right about the effects of the sequester? He says that it would be "a huge blow to middle-class families and our economy as a whole." Oh, really? Bill Wilson writing in Forbes: According to Obama, the sequester would represent "a huge blow to middle-class families and our economy as a whole." Obama´s White House has also referred to the sequester as "devastating," saying

What Our Leaders Wrought:
Boehner Cries and Obama Lies

Town Hall, by John Ransom Original Article

Posted By: mikkins2- 2/24/2013 9:49:09 AM Post Reply

twfox wrote: Jan. 24,2013 - Bobby Jindal urges the GOP to "stop being the stupid party"---hmmmm. And now you knuckle draggers want to call the Presidents supporters stupid? Good luck with that! - The Big, Big Government Push Dear Comrade Fox, You apparently don’t know the context in which Jindal was talking about “stop being the stupid party.” What Jindal is referring to are the candidates who made bizarre comments during the election, like Todd Akin the Missouri Republican, who said this about the odds of getting pregnant from rape: “From what I understand from doctors, that´s really rare.

Karzai expels US special forces
from Afghan province

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/24/2013 9:47:00 AM Post Reply

The Afghan president has ordered US special forces to leave Wardak province within two weeks over allegations of disappearances and torture. The measures were being taken due to the actions of Afghans considered to be part of US special forces, said a spokesman for Hamid Karzai. The strategically significant, central province of Wardak has been the recent focus of counter-insurgency operations. A US spokesman said it took all allegations of misconduct seriously. But he said he could not comment specifically on this latest development.

Robert Smith-Barry: The man
who taught the world to fly

BBC News [UK], by David McKenna Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/24/2013 9:38:46 AM Post Reply

As the RAF´s Central Flying School celebrates its centenary year, BBC News looks back at the career of the daring and inspirational war veteran who became its icon. "They´ve only seven hours flying, sir--and it´s bloody murder." It was the summer of 1916--the early days of the Battle of the Somme--and squadron leader Major Robert Smith-Barry was venting his frustration at the commander of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), in France. Although considered a brilliant pilot himself, Smith-Barry was deeply concerned about some of the British recruits being pitched against highly-trained German fighter squadrons. "They have barely learned to fly,

$2.5b crap out

New York Post, by Josh Kosman Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/24/2013 9:22:23 AM Post Reply

Last May, when the Revel casino opened in Atlantic City, the traffic light out front was reset on a four-minute cycle — in anticipation of epic traffic jams, one taxi driver says. Today, that cabby turns off his engine at the light to save gas. He’s one of only a handful of cars waiting. Revel was suppose to be a new kind of casino — no low-cost buffets, no smoking and a casino on a different floor than reception, with windows that looked on to the best Atlantic City beach, so gamblers did not lose track of place and time.

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