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Holy See how it’s done, Bam?

New York Post, by Michael Goodwin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 5:14:22 AM Post Reply

Millions of people around the world watched two global powerhouses conduct their most important business in public last week. One did it with dignity and respect. The other was the government of the United States. The solemn transition marking the end of Pope Benedict’s reign stood in dramatic contrast to the seedy events in Washington. It was the difference between something done right, with pride, and the undignified, embarrassing way our government does things these days. When did it become standard procedure for American leaders to behave like contestants in a freak show? When did it become acceptable for a president

Second-Term Blues

Weekly Standard, by Fred Barnes Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 5:08:01 AM Post Reply

Why do presidents get in trouble in their second terms? They think they have a mandate when they don’t. They believe they’re stronger politically than they really are. They’re convinced they can get away with things other presidents couldn’t. They think too highly of themselves personally and act accordingly. President Obama hasn’t hit the second-term skids—yet. And he insists he knows the perils of four more years in the White House and how to avoid them. But there are signs of trouble ahead, signs that Obama and his advisers appear not to have recognized. Sign number one is the sequester.

Dennis Rodman ‘Won’t Apologize’For
‘My Friend’ Kim Jong Un’s Murderous
Regime: ‘We Do The Same Thing Here’

Mediaite, by Garrett Quinn Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/4/2013 4:58:17 AM Post Reply

Former NBA start Dennis Rodman stood by his controversial trip to North Korea and remarks about its dictator Kim Jong-Un on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Rodman downplayed his trip that some are calling “basketball diplomacy” saying that he is not a diplomat while brushing aside allegations about North Korean death camps by saying “we do the same thing here.” Rodman, wearing sunglasses indoors and dressed in a money jacket and blue polo baseball cap, said he did not talk about politics with Kim, sticking to basketball and having a good time with the North Korean dictator.

Concealed Carry Coming To
Illinois, Gang Capital Chicago

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 3/4/2013 4:57:12 AM Post Reply

Guns: An Illinois court has ruled that the Second Amendment means what it says and has ordered the state legislature to adopt a law by June that lets citizens bear arms in self-defense, not just keep them. On Feb. 22, a 5-4 majority of the 10-member U.S. Seventh Court of Appeals upheld the Dec. 11 decision, which had been rendered by a three-member panel, to address absurdity and inconsistency of Illinois gun laws that allowed ownership of a firearm, but not the right to carry it outside the home.

Biden Leads Re-enactment
of Voting Rights March

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/4/2013 4:53:13 AM Post Reply

SELMA, Ala. — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans´ votes haven´t stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls. More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma´s annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event commemorates the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers — including a young Lewis — by state troopers as they began a march to Montgomery in March 1965.

Jeff Sessions for President

PJ Media, by Michael Ledeen Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:48:45 AM Post Reply

We found a leader, but hardly anybody noticed. Never mind Rubio and Ryan, or people named Bush. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama is the best we’ve got, and he’s plenty good. In fact, his words on the Senate floor when he implored his colleagues to reject the nomination of Jack Lew for Treasury secretary are as good as it gets. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard anything as elegant, compelling, honorable, and philosophically coherent as Sessions’ speech on the 27th of February. You probably missed it, what with all the excitement of the epic gladiatorial combat

The slow slide toward
state run media

Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:40:15 AM Post Reply

In the aftermath of the increasing strange story about Bob Woodward being threatened by the White House, there seem to be a few competing entries in the, “what does it all mean” sweepstakes. There is clearly some debate over precisely how much of a “threat” it really was or was intended to be, but does that mean that it was a big nothingburger? Matt Lewis seems to be leaning that way, opining that we’ve all been played. Sperling’s email eventually does say, “I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret

California becoming a feudal society

Washington Examiner, by Conn Carroll Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:32:29 AM Post Reply

For most of its history, California has occupied a special place in the mind of most Americans. From the height of the Gold Rush through the 1980s, California´s warm weather and booming economy drew enterprising, educated and talented immigrants from across the country. California was the melting pot of America´s melting pot, leading all states in the number of residents who were born in other U.S. states. As I wrote in The Washington Examiner´s "California in Crisis" series last week, that California is dead and gone. According to a 2012 University of Southern California study on state demographics,

NY High School Raises
$489K With Marathon Dance

Associated Press, by Michael Hill Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/4/2013 4:27:59 AM Post Reply

South Glens Falls, N.Y. - The 710 students from South Glens Falls High School danced for more than a day: Conga lines, "Gangnam Style," giddy-ups, hand jives and the "Harlem Shake." Then, flushed and weary, the teens showed why this is a dance marathon with a difference. Students cleared a path for a group who walked or were wheeled to the stage set at one end of the gym. One by one — a woman battling cancer in a stocking cap, mothers of ailing children, car crash survivors — thanked the teenage dancers who just raised almost $500,000

Cardinals begin pre-conclave
meetings amid scandal

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/4/2013 4:22:17 AM Post Reply

VATICAN CITY -- Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI´s decision to retire. Cardinals were treated like rock stars as they entered the Vatican on Monday morning, with television crews swarming around the red-capped churchmen and their handlers pushing their way through the crowds. The core agenda item is to set the date for the conclave and set in place procedures

Cardinal Keith O’Brien
admits sexual misconduct

Scotsman, by Rory Reynolds and Natalie Walker Original Article

Posted By: Scramus- 3/4/2013 2:17:46 AM Post Reply

Cardinal Keith O’Brien dramatically broke his silence last night to admit sexual misconduct during his career with the Roman Catholic Church. The former archbishop and leader of the Church in Scotland said there had been times when his behaviour had “fallen below the standards expected” of a priest, archbishop and cardinal.

Conservatives Pushing Boehner, Cantor
to Defund Obamacare
in Continuing Resolution

Breitbart, by Matthew Boyle Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 3/4/2013 2:14:57 AM Post Reply

Conservative House Republicans are circulating a letter calling on House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to defund Obamacare in the upcoming continuing resolution that funds the government. Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a freshman, and Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp are leading the charge.

"In the real world we
were kidding ourselves"

Salon Magazine, by Steve Kornacki Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 3/3/2013 11:27:34 PM Post Reply

There was a popular theory for much of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign that Newt Gingrich wasn’t actually running for the GOP nomination – that he was instead leveraging the stature and visibility that comes with being a candidate to market his personal brand. Whether by brilliant design or complete accident, though, the former House Speaker managed to catch fire – twice – delivering a memorable blow to Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary before falling apart in Florida and fading from contention. That rise-fall-rise-fall cycle neatly reflects the role Gingrich plays in

In Oakland, Photojournalists
Covering Crimes Become the Victims

New York Times, by Carol Pogash Original Article

Posted By: beancounter- 3/3/2013 11:12:37 PM Post Reply

OAKLAND, Calif. — In recent months, journalists covering crime and other stories here have themselves become victims of crime, robbed of expensive cameras, sometimes at gunpoint. In less than a year, every major television news station in the Bay Area has been a victim, some more than once. One experienced newspaper photographer has lost five cameras. In the most brazen episode, a group of men punched a KPIX-TV cameraman last November while he was filming at midday in front of an Oakland high school. The robbers fled with his camera while it was still recording.

Evernote hacked:
50 million passwords reset

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/3/2013 10:46:57 PM Post Reply

London — Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. says it has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users´ passwords as a precaution. The Redwood City, California-based company said in a post published late Saturday that an attacker had been able to access sensitive customer information and that every user would have their account reset "in an abundance of caution." Evernote says the attacker was able to access an unspecified number of customers´ encrypted passwords. Decoding such passwords can be difficult but is far from impossible. The company says it has seen

Supreme Court:
Another Chance to Kill Obamacare

Oregon Magazine, by Matt Barber Original Article

Posted By: teapartyM- 3/3/2013 10:34:22 PM Post Reply

“Unconstitutional? Absolutely. It’s like dropping a Ford Pinto engine into a totaled Ferrari body, patching it up and then selling it to some unsuspecting dupe as a “brand new Ferrari.” “But Republican governors are folding like cheap lawn chairs,” you say. “And political eunuchs in the GOP establishment are bowing to Obama like he bows to foreign dictators. Any hope of repeal is long dead, and besides, Chief Justice John Roberts put the final nail in the judicial coffin last summer, didn’t he? Any chance of killing the Obamacare zombie is gone, right?” Wrong.

Mexico´s ruling party says
´yes´ to energy reform

Associated Press, by Adriana Gomez Licon Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/3/2013 10:10:24 PM Post Reply

MEXICO CITY — Mexico´s ruling party changed its platform on Sunday to allow for private investment in the oil industry, paving the way for a possible overhaul of a state-owned company that is seen as a pillar of the nation. Nearly 5,000 members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, also known as the PRI, voted unanimously at their national convention to remove language in the party´s platform that for years had opposed injecting private money in the sector. Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, is the only company that can carry out oil refining

Deal to avert government
shutdown likely, officials say

Washington Post, by Kimberly Kindy & Rosalind S. Helderman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/3/2013 10:06:32 PM Post Reply

Congress returns to work this week with no plan to reverse across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday, but with hope on both sides of the aisle of averting an end-of-the-month showdown that could result in a government shutdown. The House plans to vote Thursday on a spending measure that would keep the government running after its current funding mechanism elapses March 27. It would provide funding through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, allowing new flexibility to the Pentagon to manage the $40 billion hit the military took Friday but otherwise locking in the sequester’s

Romney in interview
explains his defeat

Washington Post, by Philip Rucker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/3/2013 10:04:04 PM Post Reply

One hundred seventeen days later, Mitt Romney still isn’t over it. Making his first public comments since losing last November’s presidential election, Romney appeared mystified still that the country didn’t see things his way. He went on the attack against President Obama during a wide-ranging interview on “Fox News Sunday,” as if the Republican hadn’t lost a beat since giving his last stump speech. Explaining the defeat, Romney and his wife spread around the blame — Mitt to Obama winning over so many blacks and Hispanics by enacting universal health care, Ann to a news media she

Obama just wants to
watch the world burn

Washington Times, by Joseph Curl Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/3/2013 9:42:22 PM Post Reply

“Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” — The Joker in “The Dark Knight” No one can continue to assert that President Obama is simply incompetent. Yes, he is indeed that. Into his fifth year as president, America is worse under his command: Millions are still out of work — unemployment stands exactly where it was the day he took office; millions more are on food stamps; and despite his claim otherwise, the U.S. is less respected

Matthews: ´Has Obama Put Himself
at Political Risk if the
Big Cuts Do Not Wreak Havoc?´

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/3/2013 9:38:19 PM Post Reply

Chris Matthews asked a question Sunday that should truly offend people on both sides of the aisle. During the syndicated program bearing his name, Matthews asked his panel, "Has President Obama put himself at political risk if the big cuts do not wreak havoc?" (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: When we come back, the big question of the week: has President Obama put himself at political risk if the big cuts do not wreak havoc? After a commercial break: MATTHEWS: Welcome back. This week´s big question: Has President Obama played

Biden apologizes for not being
in Selma in 1965

CNN, by Ashlely Killough Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/3/2013 8:41:26 PM Post Reply

At the commemoration of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights march, Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed guilt for not joining the Alabama demonstration nearly half a century ago. The vice president also used the opportunity to lament the dozens of voting restrictions proposed by states in the last couple of years and argued against a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that´s now being heard in the Supreme Court.In his speech, Biden said he watched the first bloody march as a senior in college. The scene, he said, gave him heavy convictions.

Swiss overwhelmingly vote for
golden parachute ban

Agence France-Presse, by Nina Larson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/3/2013 8:32:37 PM Post Reply

A large majority of Swiss voted Sunday to rein in executive pay and force business leaders to give up golden parachutes, according to final results of the popular vote. A full 67.9 percent of those who voted came out in favour of the initiative, which passed in every single one of Switzerland´s 26 cantons, the federal chancellory said, adding that 46 percent of eligible voters had cast their ballots. The man behind the so-called Minder Initiative, businessman and senator Thomas Minder, said he was not surprised it passed. "The people have decided to send a strong signal

Is Obama´s brother a wife beater?
President´s sibling is accused of
attacking two of his TWELVE wives
and seducing a schoolgirl. Now he´s
using his White House links to
launch his own bid for power

Daily Mail [UK], by Andrew Malone Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/3/2013 7:52:52 PM Post Reply

On the broiling shores of Lake Victoria, a man in Islamic garb is making a politician’s sales pitch to a group of baffled villagers and the resident witch doctor--a wild-eyed character with green and pink parrot feathers in his hair. He is pontificating on an oddly familiar theme: a time for change. Yet the man on the election stump in this remote part of Africa perhaps has more right than most to appropriate the message that helped Barack Obama become America’s first black president. For the tall, paunchy figure trying to win over the villagers is 55-year-old Roy Abong’o Malik

Korean War vet gets dying wish
to see the Laffey, his old ship

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/3/2013 7:33:57 PM Post Reply

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC - A Korean War vet has had his dying wish fulfilled by walking the decks of the destroyer he served on during the war 60 years ago. Gerald Bowman of Elkins, Ark., returned Friday to visit the USS Laffey at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant. The 82-year-old Bowman has been diagnosed with advanced heart disease and has been told he has less than a year to live. Bowman and his daughter learned the Laffey was at the museum when they saw television coverage of its return after undergoing repairs last year.

Obama renews budget offer
to cut social safety nets

Reuters, by Richard Cowan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/3/2013 7:33:01 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama raised anew the issue of cutting entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security as a way out of damaging budget cuts, a White House official said on Sunday, as both sides in Washington tried to limit a fiscal crisis that may soon hit millions of Americans. Signaling he might be ready to explore a compromise to end automatic spending cuts that began late Friday, Obama mentioned reforming these entitlement programs in calls with lawmakers from both parties on Saturday afternoon. "He´s reaching out to Democrats who understand

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