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What Liberals Need to
Understand About ´Gun Guys´

Atlantic, by Hope Reese Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 3/7/2013 3:34:59 PM Post Reply

Dan Baum is not your typical gun guy. He has a lifelong love of firearms he can trace back to the age of five. But he´s also a Jewish Democrat and a former staff writer for The New Yorker and feels like a misfit next to most gun owners, who identify overwhelmingly on the conservative side of the spectrum. In order to bridge this gap, Baum set off on a cross-country journey, chatting with everyone from a gun store owner in Louisville to a wild boar hunter in Texas to a Hollywood armorer.

U.S. to send delegation to
Chavez funeral

Washington Post, by Nick Miroff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/7/2013 3:31:11 PM Post Reply

Venezuela’s long, weepy goodbye to Hugo Chavez carried on Thursday as foreign heads of state — and even a delegation sent by the Obama administration — made their way to Caracas in advance of Friday’s funeral. Venezuelan authorities have not said when Chavez will be laid to rest, nor exactly where. It was just one of many uncertainties facing the country after Chavez succumbed to a long battle with cancer Tuesday at age 58, after 14 years in power. In what appeared to be a conciliatory gesture, U.S. officials said a delegation of congressional members and State Department

Why Rand Paul´s Case Against
the White House Matters

National Journal, by Ron Fournier Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 3:26:32 PM Post Reply

Why was that so hard? Only after Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky rallied public support against President Obama did the White House answer a simple and constitutionally critical question: “Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on an American soil?” Attorney General Eric Holder wrote a two-sentence letter to Paul on Thursday, saying the answer is no. White House spokesman Jay Carney added that “if the United States were under attack, there were an imminent threat,” the president has the authority

Berlusconi gets jail sentence
in wiretap trial

Reuters, by Manuela D´Alessandro Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 3:23:15 PM Post Reply

MILAN - An Italian court sentenced ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday to one year in jail over the publication by his family´s newspaper of a transcript of a leaked wiretap connected to a banking scandal in 2006. Under Italian law, the 76-year-old media billionaire would not have to serve any jail time until the appeals process has been exhausted, and a higher court could overturn the ruling.

J.C. Penney has a terrible week

MSN Money, by Kim Peterson Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/7/2013 3:22:01 PM Post Reply

Could things get any worse for J.C. Penney (JCP)? Nearly every day of the past week has brought fresh news about something going wrong at the struggling retailer. It´s hard to keep track of all the misfires surrounding the company right now. Thursday, news emerged that Penney had laid off 2,200 employees in its stores and corporate offices. The layoffs actually cheered investors up a bit: Penney´s stock price was up more than 2% in afternoon trading. Here´s a list of the setbacks Penney and CEO Ron Johnson have suffered recently: Analysts losing faith. There aren´t many analysts left

Was Mother Teresa
actually sort of a jerk?

The Week, by Keith Wagstaff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/7/2013 3:07:55 PM Post Reply

A new study claims the beloved nun might not have been as helpful to the poor as she could have been. It´s highly likely that one day, the Catholic Church will officially recognize Mother Teresa as a saint, a position she´s held in the popular imagination for years. A new study in the religious studies journal Religieuses, however, says that the late Mother Teresa´s reputation is mostly hype — a result of a church declining in popularity trying to boost its image. (Snip) Of course, this isn´t news to fans of Christopher Hitchens, the erudite atheist who made it

US postpones award for Egyptian
woman over anti-Semitic tweets

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 2:54:24 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who was subjected to a "virginity test" after protesting in Cairo´s Tahrir Square. The State Department had said Samira Ibrahim would be among recipients of an International Women of Courage award presented by Secretary of State John Kerry and first lady Michelle Obama on Friday. Now the State Department says she won´t be honored Friday because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments on her Twitter account. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday officials will first study the tweets, which include support for attacks against U.S. diplomatic

Applebee’s waitress asks patron
for ID, gets own stolen driver’s
license in return

Yahoo News, by Dylan Stableford Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 3/7/2013 2:49:48 PM Post Reply

Imagine you´re a waitress, out with friends on a night off, when you lose your wallet. Cash, credit cards, driver´s license—all gone. Your bank later informs you that checks are being issued in your name. It´s a pain, but you carry on. Two weeks later, you´re at work when four people walk in and sit in your section. They start ordering drinks. You ask to see their IDs. A woman in the group hands a driver´s license to you. You look down, and it´s yours.

Transgender MMA Fighter´s
License Under Review

ESPN, by Franklin McNeil and Melissa Isaacson Original Article

Posted By: Phosphene- 3/7/2013 2:48:37 PM Post Reply

Florida State Boxing Commission officials are reviewing the mixed martial arts license of Championship Fighting Alliance women´s featherweight tournament participant Fallon Fox after learning she is a transgender female. Fox revealed her original gender to SI.com on Monday, two days after Fox landed a knee to the chin of Ericka Newsome, who was knocked out in 39 seconds of their quarterfinal bout in Coral Gables, Fla. It is believed that Fox is the first transgender male or female to participate in an MMA event.

Pelosi: Obama has given
GOP plenty of time

Politico, by Jake Sherman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 2:48:34 PM Post Reply

Nancy Pelosi is not one of the legions of political insiders who thinks President Barack Obama´s distance from Republicans is a stumbling block to a grand deficit bargain. "This president has been so respectful and has given so much time to the Republicans and their views to the point at that one time in one of our meetings I said to the president, ´Mr president, I´m busy and I don´t have any more time for this. You´re the busiest person in the world. If and when they come up with a new idea why don´t we

Limbaugh Heaps Praise On Rand
Paul In Interview: You Are ‘A
Hero To A Lot Of People Today’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 2:38:40 PM Post Reply

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh invited Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on his program on Thursday for a thorough debriefing following the senator’s marathon filibuster on Wednesday. In a wide-ranging interview, Paul told Limbaugh that he was thought it was important to have a debate about President Barack Obama‘s approach to American citizens who are viewed by the administration as being subject to a drone strike. Limbaugh heaped praise on Paul for his ability to “take this president on” and said that many see him as “a hero” today. “I was thinking of

Socialism Is Why Greece, Italy
And Detroit Suffer

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/7/2013 2:32:11 PM Post Reply

Government Failure: From Greece to Portugal to Detroit, it would seem some alien being called "austerity" has descended on their bankrupt economies. In reality, it´s the consequences of socialism itself. Socialism: Railing against "austerity," from Greece to Italy to Portugal to even Detroit over the weekend, it would seem some unwelcome alien being has descended on these once-vibrant socialist economies. In reality, it´s the consequences of socialism itself. No doubt about it, austerity is bitter medicine. From higher taxes to cuts in public spending, to the reality that some multilateral entity is now managing a state´s affairs,

Boeing 787 Battery Fire
Was Difficult to Control

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/7/2013 2:28:56 PM Post Reply

Washington - An investigation of a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787 shows mechanics and firefighters made repeated, unsuccessful attempts to put out the blaze through smoke so thick they couldn´t see the battery. The documents released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board paint a more dangerous picture of the Jan. 7 fire than previously portrayed. The Japan Airlines plane had just landed after an overseas flight. It was parked at Boston´s Logan International Airport when a cleaning crew smelled smoke. The 184 passengers had departed the plane six minutes earlier,

McConnell: Proud of Paul, calls
Obama dinner a PR gimmick

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 2:22:49 PM Post Reply

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell went to bat today for the new Senate filibuster king, Sen. Rand Paul, after his Kentucky colleague was rapped by GOP old bulls like Sen. John McCain angry with Paul´s tactics. "We should all be proud of Rand´s efforts," said McConnell, who was with Paul on the Senate floor at midnight Wednesday. "We encouraged everybody to stand with him. Because what he was trying to get, frankly, is the answer to a question that´s really not an intelligence question, but a straightforward legal one. ´Does the president

God and Jeb at CPAC

Townhall, by Craig Shirley Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 3/7/2013 2:22:20 PM Post Reply

John McCain’s presidential campaign manager from four years ago, Steve Schmidt, has compared the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to the “Star Wars bar scene.” Reflecting on the dysfunctional 2008 freak show that passed for a campaign against Barack Obama, Mr. Schmidt would know. The conference’s problem, for many longtime participants, is not the diversity and raucous freedom one might expect to find in a social club on an alien planet.

Obama administration
responds to Paul on drones

CNN, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 2:14:45 PM Post Reply

Attorney General Eric Holder says the president does not have the authority to use a drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil, according to a letter he addressed to Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday. "It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: ´Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?´ The answer to that question is no," the letter states. At 1:15 p.m. ET, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the

North Korea threatens nuclear
strike, U.N. expands sanctions

Reuters, by Jack Kim & Louis Charbonneau Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/7/2013 2:14:15 PM Post Reply

Seoul & United Nations - North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a preemptive nuclear strike, raising the level of rhetoric just before the U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against the reclusive country. The White House said North Korea´s threats would only lead to Pyongyang´s further international isolation and declared that the United States was "fully capable" of defending against any North Korean missile attack. (Snip) A North Korean general said on Tuesday that Pyongyang was scrapping the armistice. But the two sides remain technically at war as the civil war

Journalism in 8-Minute Chunks:
A Back-and-Forth on ‘House of Cards’

New York Times, by David Carr and Ashley Parker Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 2:00:42 PM Post Reply

Every couple of days, Ashley Parker and David Carr kick around an episode of “House of Cards.” We are now deep in the story and deconstruct, but if you want to catch up with past chats, you can find episode one, two,three or four in the archives. But be warned that there is a thicket of spoilers there, and in the discussion that follows.Episode 5 Synopsis: After Frank Underwood and Zoe Barnes consummate the more intimate aspects of their alliance, Zoe decides to leave The Washington Herald and join a nascent political blog.

When Will the GOP Pursue
Policies Americans Care About?

FrontPage Magazine, by Ann Coulter Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 3/7/2013 1:55:58 PM Post Reply

Republicans don’t control the U.S. Senate and they don’t have the presidency. Instead of wasting time and energy in doomed efforts to defeat President Obama’s Cabinet nominees or sucking up to illegal aliens, why not focus on issues where Republicans can be off-the-charts popular while forcing Democrats into taking stupid positions? After the slaughters at Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., Tucson, Ariz., and Newtown, Conn., every sentient person knows we need to do something about institutionalizing the mentally ill and — at the very least — keeping guns out of their hands.

Liberals fret over
Obama-GOP talks

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexander Bolton Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 1:52:15 PM Post Reply

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other liberals in Congress are ratcheting up pressure on President Obama to back away from a proposal to curb the growth of Social Security benefits. Sanders and other liberals are concerned Obama may strike a deficit-reduction deal with Republicans that would reduce Social Security benefits by adopting a less generous way of adjusting benefits for inflation. Obama has previously said he would consider using a formula known as chain-Consumer Price Index that would lower the growth of entitlements by slowing benefit increases for inflation.

Paul Injects Life into Party
with Nearly 13-Hour Filibuster

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/7/2013 1:21:49 PM Post Reply

In December 2010, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) conducted the longest talking filibuster in 27 years, speaking for 8.5 hours in opposition to President Obama’s tax deal with Republicans — a speech Sanders later turned into a book. On Wednesday into Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) busted the “Filibernie” record (Snip) as he demanded answers from the Obama administration on policy regarding domestic drone strikes. “I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights

Pelosi: ´Life is too short´
to watch Rand Paul filibuster

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Mike Lillis Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/7/2013 1:18:07 PM Post Reply

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did not tune in to this week´s marathon filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) because, she said, "life is too short." Paul on Wednesday managed a nearly 13-hour filibuster against President Obama´s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, in protest of the administration´s refusal to rule out domestic drone strikes against U.S. citizens. Pelosi said she was well aware of the spectacle, but she wasn´t enticed enough to watch. "There are certain things that fall into the category of, ´Life is too short,´

Pro-Obama group reverses
stance on corporate cash

Los Angeles Times, by Matea Gold Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/7/2013 1:00:19 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group formed to bolster President Obama’s agenda has reversed its decision to accept corporate donations and promised more transparency about its contributors after fielding a torrent of criticism about its fundraising structure. (Snip)The new policies announced by Messina were aimed at squelching the attacks. The organization, which already said it would decline donations from federal lobbyists and foreign donors, will now also refuse money from corporations. However, the group will still accept money from labor unions, according to spokeswoman Katie Hogan.

Secret Obama Group Won’t
Disclose Secret Meeting Location

Washington Free Beacon, by Lachlan Markay Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 12:50:54 PM Post Reply

A controversial dark money group recently created to promote Democratic policies and officials has refused to disclose the location of a secretive donor meeting it will hold in Washington, D.C., next week. Organizing for Action (OFA), a 501(c)(4) advocacy group created by President Barack Obama’s former campaign manager, will hold an event called the “founders summit” in a Washington hotel on Wednesday, March 13, according to an NPR report.

Bin Laden son-in-law
seized, held by U.S.

CNN, by Barbara Starr Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 12:47:02 PM Post Reply

Osama bin Laden´s son-in-law has been captured and is in the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, two administration officials said on Thursday. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, was captured within the last week in Jordan, according to a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York. The lawmaker had been told of the capture by law enforcement officials. Congress was notified when Ghaith was taken into U.S. custody, the officials said.

The Art of Washington War:
Know Your Enemy

National Journal, by Ron Fournier Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/7/2013 12:38:58 PM Post Reply

President Obama has reversed course to adopt a Leadership 101 tactic that he and his advisers ruthlessly mocked: Get to know the opposition. The president extended a rare invitation Wednesday night for Republican lawmakers to join him for dinner at a restaurant near the White House. He will be eating lunch Thursday with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. And next week, at his request, Obama will go to Capitol Hill to meet separately with both parties in the House and Senate. Traveling to Congress is a modest act of humility for a president who has told officials privately

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