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Obama and the Media:
Old Policy Resurfacing

PJ Media, by Abraham H. Miller Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/6/2013 5:09:23 AM Post Reply

When Amory Gutierrez from the Pleasanton Weekly wanted to do a puff piece on the Obamas’ helicopter, “Marine One,” the White House put out the welcome mat. After all, Pleasanton is a very upscale bedroom community attached to Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Democrats outnumber Republicans there more than two to one. Gutierrez, however, did not keep to the anticipated script. Her piece gushed over the helicopter flown by a Marine crew, but then went on to repeat what the Marines had told her. In nearly four years of flying the Obamas,

Newest CPAC speaker: Donald Trump

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/6/2013 4:55:18 AM Post Reply

The conservatives I follow on Twitter, none more so than the boss emeritus, are tearing him and CPAC apart for this. (See Twitchy for a round-up.) But there’s an obvious explanation for why he’s invited, isn’t there? The American Conservative Union (ACU) today announced Donald Trump will address CPAC 2013, the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference. America’s largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists to be held Thursday, March 14 – Saturday, March 16, 2013. “Donald Trump is an American patriot and success story with a massive following among small government conservatives,”

Scola reaches youth through
Kerouac and McCarthy

Associated Press, by Colleen Barry Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/6/2013 4:45:23 AM Post Reply

VARESE, Italy -- To illustrate that life is a journey, one of the Italian cardinals touted as a favorite to be the next pope doesn´t just turn to the Scriptures - but also to Jack Kerouac and Cormac McCarthy. Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, is seen as Italy´s best chance at reclaiming the papacy, following back-to-back popes from outside the country that had a lock on the job for centuries. For one night last month, during the historic week that saw the shock resignation announcement of Pope Benedict XVI, Scola came across as a simple pastor leading a flock

Camels used to live in the Arctic,
reveal scientists (although it was
3½million years ago when it
was at least 14C warmer)

Daily Mail [UK], by Nick McDermott Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/6/2013 2:30:01 AM Post Reply

They are known as the ships of the desert which makes it all the more surprising that the remains of a giant camel have been discovered in the high arctic. Bone fragments of the shaggy creature were found on Canada’s Ellesmere Island--the furthest north the species has ever been discovered. They reveal that the creature must have roamed the frozen northern forests around 3.5 million years ago and that it was 30 per cent larger than its modern counterparts. Although the region where the fragments were found would have been between 14C to 22C warmer than today, the land

Moonbats mourn
another Red thug

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: babsathome- 3/6/2013 2:23:33 AM Post Reply

Poor Joe Kennedy, mourning the loss of his grand amigo, “El Comandante,” the tinpot Latin American thug who put the “profit” back in “non-profit” for the Kennedy kleptocracy. How can Hugo be dead, Joe? He went to Cuba for medical treatment. They took him straight to the hospital from the airport in a DeSoto ambulance. Let’s go right to the Joe K press release: “President Chavez cared deeply about the poor … while some of the wealthiest people on our planet have more money than they can ever reasonably expect to spend.”

Investors know who to thank
as the Dow sets a new high

Telegraph [UK], by Richard Blackden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/6/2013 1:43:18 AM Post Reply

Less than a week after America introduced its first major spending cuts since the financial crisis, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has swept to a record high. The gap in mood between Washington and Wall Street has left many scratching their heads. Home to companies including Coca-Cola, IBM and Pfizer, the Dow has more than doubled since plummetting to 6,547.05 almost four years ago. Those investors who have enjoyed the rally have at least three factors to be grateful for. The first is evidence that the world´s largest economy is at least sustaining its momentum even as the US

Sensible benefits

Telegraph [UK], by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/6/2013 1:18:13 AM Post Reply

Figures unearthed by the Tory MP Dominic Raab show that more than half a million unemployed EU citizens claim benefits in Britain, of whom 140,000 have never worked. Whether or not the welfare system acts as a magnet for immigration, how can it be right that people who have made no contribution to this country should receive its largesse?[Snip] Following the Tories’ third place in last week’s Eastleigh by-election, ministers have said they want to restrict access of foreign nationals to benefit payments, social housing and the NHS without proper entitlement. But how is this to be achieved?

North Carolina to Give Some
Immigrants Driver’s Licenses,
With a Pink Stripe

New York Times, by Kim Severson & Julia Preston Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/6/2013 12:13:25 AM Post Reply

Raleigh, N.C. - In a move some are calling a modern-day scarlet letter and others say is the best way to manage changing federal immigration policy, North Carolina this month will begin giving some young immigrants driver’s licenses marked with a bold pink stripe and the words “no lawful status” printed in red. (Snip) Under the program, young people who qualify receive deferrals from deportation for two years. They are no longer illegal, but they do not become fully legal either. While the program allows them work permits, many still need to drive to their jobs. So in January, the federal agency that administers

Nicolas Maduro, loyal spokesman,
to succeed Chavez

Associated Press, by Christopher Toothaker Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/5/2013 11:52:21 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - Vice President Nicolas Maduro is taking over leadership of Hugo Chavez´s political movement after the socialist leader died Tuesday at age 58 following a nearly two-year bout with cancer. Maduro now faces the daunting task of rallying support in a deeply divided country while maintaining unity within his party´s ranks. Maduro decidedly lacks the vibrant personality that made Chavez a one-man political phenomenon in Venezuela, but he has the advantage of being Chavez´s hand-picked successor. The mustachioed 50-year-old former bus driver won Chavez´s trust as a loyal

British troops to leave
Germany after six decades

ABC News [Australia], by Barbara Miller Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/5/2013 11:38:09 PM Post Reply

Britain has announced that its army bases across Germany are being closed and thousands of troops are being brought home, ending one of the enduring legacies of World War II. British troops have been stationed in Germany since 1945, and many have forged close links with local German communities. But with the Cold War threat from Russia long over, the UK government has been gradually reducing its presence in Germany. Now it has announced that the majority of the 16,000 troops still there will be brought back to the UK by 2015, with the remainder out by 2019.

Marijuana: the fuel
to Silicon Valley´s fire

News Limited [Sydney, AUS], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/5/2013 11:23:53 PM Post Reply

Innovation isn´t the only thing the tech types in Silicon Valley are high on, if a report out of Business Week is to be believed. The medical marijuana business is ablaze with customers from tech giants, the business publication reported. (Snip) "We´re seeing people from some semiconductors, lots of engineers, lots of programmers," assistant manager Ernie Arreola said. The shops are around the corner from some of the area´s biggest names including Google, Adobe Systems, Apple and eBay, Business Week reported. "Also, people in Silicon Valley do like their pot."

A Scientist´s Misguided Crusade

New York Times, by Joe Nocera Original Article

Posted By: Northcross- 3/5/2013 11:10:27 PM Post Reply

Last Friday, at 3:40 p.m., the State Department released its “Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement” for the highly contentious Keystone XL pipeline, which Canada hopes to build to move its tar sands oil to refineries in the United States. In effect, the statement said there were no environmental impediments that would prevent President Obama from approving the pipeline. Two hours and 20 minutes later, I received a blast e-mail containing a statement by James Hansen, the head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA — i.e., NASA’s chief climate scientist.

NKorea vows to cancel
´53 Korean War cease-fire

Associated Press, by Foster Klug Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/5/2013 11:05:13 PM Post Reply

Seoul, South Korea - North Korea´s military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose punishing sanctions over the North´s recent nuclear test. Without elaborating, the Korean People´s Army Supreme Command boasted of having "lighter and smaller nukes" and warned late Tuesday of "surgical strikes" meant to unify the divided Korean Peninsula. The statement cited ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills that Pyongyang propaganda considers invasion

The Childish Defense
of Bradley Manning

FrontPage Magazine, by Alan W. Dowd Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 3/5/2013 10:44:56 PM Post Reply

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has confessed to providing military and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks, pleading guilty to 10 criminal counts for what he once braggingly—and erroneously—called “the largest data spillage in American history.” In fact, what Manning perpetrated was the purposeful, premeditated and arguably treasonous publication of stolen national-security secrets. This was not a leak or a spill. [Snip] Over the years, Assange and his anarchists have published operations manuals for the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay; classified reports on the Battle of Fallujah;

Boy,7, suspended for shaping
pastry into gun, dad says

FOX News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 3/5/2013 10:31:33 PM Post Reply

A 7-year-old Maryland boy was suspended from school for two days for shaping a breakfast pastry into what his teacher thought looked like a gun, according to his father. FoxBaltimore.com reports that Josh Welch, a second-grader at Park Elementary School in Baltimore, was eating a strawberry tart when he decided to shape it into a mountain. "All I was trying to do was turn it into a mountain but, it didn´t look like a mountain really and it turned out to be a gun [kind of]," Josh told the station. Josh, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,

February sets another record
for Kansans applying for
concealed carry permit

Wichita Eagle [KS], by Rick Plumlee Original Article

Posted By: wildcat1- 3/5/2013 10:18:05 PM Post Reply

Two months of record-setting applications for permits to carry concealed handguns has put a strain on the state’s ability to handle those requests as quickly as required by law. State law requires the applications be approved or denied within 90 days. “We are processing applications right at the 90-day statutory requirement,” Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Monday. For a second consecutive month, the state received a record number of applications. Schmidt’s office reported that 3,573 applications were filed in February. That surpasses the previous one-month record

Anti-Obesity Programs
Fatten Government

Investor´s Business Daily, by Betsy McCaughey Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/5/2013 10:17:57 PM Post Reply

On Feb. 26, first lady Michelle Obama walked into the produce section of a Wal-Mart in Springfield, Mo., to announce the three-year anniversary of her Healthy Food Financing Initiative, a program to bring stores selling fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods deemed "food deserts." Making it easier to buy produce will reduce obesity, Mrs. Obama claimed. (Snip) In truth, the federal government is spending recklessly on anti-obesity programs based on sham science. Before the president whines again that shaving 2.4% off the federal budget will harm the neediest,

But You Are the Pizza Police

National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/5/2013 9:55:09 PM Post Reply

To find what is wrong with what passes for opposition to Obama-style Big Government, look no further than this afternoon’s confounding post, “The Pizza Police,” authored by two Beltway Republican leaders, Reps. Fred Upton (House Commerce Committee chairman) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (House Republican Conference chairwoman). It is especially precious to find Rep. Upton complaining about the president’s “Washington-knows-best regulatory state” in light of his distinction as co-author of the incandescent light bulb ban, his enthusiasm for taxing Americans to underwrite Leviathan’s green-energy scam, his support for government bail-outs of favored private industries, and so on.

Exxon Mobil plans multibillion-
dollar Baytown plant expansion

Houston Chronicle, by Emily Pickrell Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/5/2013 9:42:27 PM Post Reply

Exxon Mobil Corp. is expanding the capacity of its Baytown complex to boost its capacity for turning natural gas into petrochemical building blocks, a multibillion-dollar upgrade the company believes makes sense even if gas prices rise from lows that have driven a manufacturing surge. The company announced the project Tuesday afternoon at the IHS CERAWeek conference, a five-day gathering of industry heavyweights at the Hilton Americas downtown. Permit applications are pending. Irving-based Exxon Mobil is the largest U.S. producer of natural gas and plans to leverage its bounty into a huge expansion

Portland terrorism arrest:
Man accused of assisting Pakistan
bomber is city employee

The Oregonian, by Helen Jung Original Article

Posted By: Mushroom- 3/5/2013 9:42:02 PM Post Reply

A Portland man accused of helping a suicide bomber in a deadly 2009 attack in Pakistan is a wastewater operator for Portland´s Environmental Services bureau. Linc Mann, the agency´s spokesman declined to give any more details about Reaz Qadir Khan, saying ´´we´re just learning about this.´´ Khan, 48, was charged in federal court on Tuesday with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. He has pleaded not guilty.

Fox Biz slams CNBC´s
switch to reality TV

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/5/2013 9:40:46 PM Post Reply

The business TV wars are heating up, now that CNBC has moved to air reality shows about car salesmen and treasure hunters, potentially providing Fox Business Network with an opening to grab more business news-focused viewers. The recent dust-up between the two business networks followed a recent story revealing that CNBC has a policy prohibiting guests from appearing on other business TV, like Fox or Bloomberg, within 24 hours of a CNBC appearance. Fox jumped on the story, airing an ad asking: "Does CNBC really think they can order CEOs around." They even ran the ad on CNBC,

Sean Penn on Hugo Chavez´s
Death: ´I Lost a Friend´

The Hollywood Reporter, by Rebecca Ford Original Article

Posted By: Hermoine- 3/5/2013 9:36:57 PM Post Reply

"I mourn a great hero," said Oliver Stone of the Venezuelan president who died on Tuesday after a long bout with cancer. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a long bout with cancer. He was 58. The controversial leader had a slew of Hollywood heavyweights supporting him throughout his reign, with the most vocal two being actor Sean Penn and filmmaker Oliver Stone.

Airports to Janet Napolitano:
You’re wrong about delays

Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/5/2013 9:34:49 PM Post Reply

Officials with airports cited by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as examples of how the sequester would delay airline travelers say she’s wrong — they’re not delaying flights one bit. “We haven’t had any slowdowns at all,” said Marshall Lowe, a spokesman for Los Angeles International Airport, one of the airports named by Ms. Napolitano, The Telegraph reported. Mr. Lowe added that he had been on duty all weekend — and even then, there were no reports of the security delays Ms. Napolitano warned was occurring as a result of mandated budget cuts.

Russians Conduct Huge Nuke Drill

Washington Free Beacon, by Bill Gertz Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/5/2013 9:31:25 PM Post Reply

Russian nuclear forces conducted a major exercise last month that tested the transport of both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons near Europe, according to United States officials. The exercise raised concerns inside the Pentagon and with the U.S. European Command because it was the largest exercise of its kind in 20 years and involved heightened alert status of Russian nuclear forces. The nuclear drills were part of other military maneuvers in Russia carried out between Feb. 17 and Feb. 21. The exercises followed a recent surge in Russian strategic bomber flights

Drone strikes against Americans
on U.S. soil are legal

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/5/2013 9:27:11 PM Post Reply

Attorney General Eric Holder can imagine a scenario in which it would be constitutional to carry out a drone strike against an American on American soil, he wrote in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. “It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question about whether Obama

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