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Bill Kristol: Rand Paul is
‘spokesman for the Code
Pink faction’ of the GOP

Daily Caller, by Matt K. Lewis Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:54:23 AM Post Reply

Rand Paul’s filibuster united and excited disparate wings of the conservative movement, but not everyone is happy. Over at the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol writes, [P]aul’s political genius strikes us as very much of the short-term variety. Will it ultimately serve him well to be the spokesman for the Code Pink faction of the Republican party? How much staying power is there in a political stance that requires waxing semihysterical about the imminent threat of Obama-ordered drone strikes against Americans sitting in cafés? And as for the other Republican senators who rushed to the floor

Spokesman: ‘Senator Cruz
is a U.S. citizen by birth’

Washington Examiner, by Byron York Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:45:59 AM Post Reply

In the past few days, there has been renewed buzz on the Internet about the presidential eligibility of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz has only been in the Senate for about 60 days and does not appear to be behind any of the talk. But he has certainly been in the news in recent days, and in response to a request for comment, his spokesman, Sean Rushton, sent me this note: Sen. Cruz is a U.S. citizen by birth, having been born in Calgary to an American-born mother. He is focused entirely on his new role in the Senate,

What’s “Wacko” Among Republicans?

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:40:47 AM Post Reply

As I wrote on Friday, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham didn’t do themselves any good this week when they angrily trashed Senator Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster about drone attacks on the Senate floor. Sounding like angry old men telling the kids to get off their lawn isn’t the best way to respond to an event that galvanized the country and inspired admiration from both the right and the left. But rather than turn down the heat, McCain doubled down on his critique when he subsequently referred to Paul, Senator Ted Cruz and fellow libertarian

Boy Scouts must stand
firm for their principles

Washington Times, by David Cortman Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:34:06 AM Post Reply

W. D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on Feb. 8, 1910. Within the first two years of the organization’s existence, its moral compass was clearly outlined via the pledges within the Scout oath: “On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” Since the inception of the Boy Scouts, those taking this pledge have had a strong influence on our society. They have become presidents, congressmen,

Immigration reform
opponents have it wrong

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 3/11/2013 5:27:28 AM Post Reply

Conservatives, at least a bunch of them, have become too fatalistic these days. The GOP can’t change on immigration, is the frequent refrain, not surprisingly from those who themselves don’t favor immigration reform. Matt Continetti (who has guest blogged here) writes, “Illegal immigration is not the reason Hispanic voters support the Democratic party. Hispanic voters support the Democratic party because they tend to agree with its domestic policy agenda of redistributing money to the middle class and needy . . . Not only would an amnesty fail to win Latino votes, it would tear the Republican coalition apart.”

For Republicans, Time to Think Ahead

American Enterprise*, by James Pethokoukis Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 3/11/2013 5:22:30 AM Post Reply

Here’s a scary thought for the already demoralized Republican party: If consensus economic forecasts are correct — and of course that’s always a big if — the 2016 Democratic nominee will appear to have a strong case for a de facto third Obama term. A new forecast from IHS Global Insight is more or less typical: The firm sees GDP growth averaging roughly 3 percent a year from 2014 through 2016. Now, that would hardly be a Reaganesque or Clintonesque boom; it would fall well short of the sort of growth normally expected after a deep downturn.

An Auschwitz Survivor Searches
for His Twin on Facebook

Daily Beast, by Nina Strochlic Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 3/11/2013 5:12:00 AM Post Reply

It’s most likely that Menachem Bodner last saw his identical twin in 1945, in Dr. Josef Mengele’s gruesome Auschwitz laboratory. He was four then, and doesn’t remember his time in the notorious death camp. But in the 68 years that have followed, Bodner says he’s “always” been certain he was one of a pair. He just didn’t have any proof until this past year. Now, he’s searching for Jeno, a man who probably looks just like him, and who has a distinctive “A-7734” tattoo on his forearm. And one million Facebook users are helping him look.

‘Ban jury jews’

New York Post, by Mitchell Maddux Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:04:00 AM Post Reply

An attorney has hatched a shocking scheme to defend an accused terrorist in Brooklyn federal court: Purge the Jews. Lawyer Frederick Cohn will ask a judge today to bar Jews from the jury hearing the case against Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, who’s accused of lying about trying to join jihadists in Pakistan. “Given that there’s going to be inflammatory testimony about Jews and Zionism, I think it would be hard for Jews to cast aside any innate antipathy,” said Cohn, who is Jewish. “The American Jewish community is heavily aligned with Israel and Zionism. Here is a guy

Al Gore’s Digital Utopia

PJ Media, by Roger L. Simon Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 4:57:52 AM Post Reply

Al Gore was apparently the hot ticket at SXSW (South by Southwest) over the weekend, attendees “turned away in hordes” for his discussion with AllThingsD editor Walter Mossberg, according to TechHive. The website’s report on the colloquy concludes with a portentous statement from the former veep, which is getting a fair amount of play: “We need to move everything to the Internet as quickly as we possibly can. If we do that, the future will belong to a well-informed citizenry.” Let’s leave aside for a moment all our preconceptions about Gore and examine this Internet millennialism.

Loathsome nutritionist thinks loathsome
nanny-state mayor doesn’t go far enough

Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 4:54:03 AM Post Reply

Michael Bloomberg has received more than a few broadsides for his seemingly endless parade of new, nanny-state laws designed to tell you how to live. (You know… for your own good.) And now he’s taking another shot across the bow from New York University professor and nutritionist Marion Nestle. But unlike most of the criticism that you’ve read here – or from other sane sources – Ms. Nestle feels that Bloomberg’s reign of lecturing simply doesn’t go far enough. Let’s take a look. Barring any late legal surprises, Mayor Bloomberg’s 16-ounce cap on sugary sodas

US citing security to
censor more public records

Associated Press, by Joe Gillum & Ted Bridis Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 4:47:55 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government, led by the Pentagon and CIA, censored in the name of national security files that the public requested last year under the Freedom of Information Act more often than at any time since President Barack Obama took office, according to a new analysis by The Associated Press. Overall, the Obama administration last year answered its highest number of requests so far for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more, and it slightly reduced its backlog of requests from previous years. The AP´s analysis showed the government released all or portions

Iran’s Ahmadinejad received a
standing ovation at Chavez
emotional funeral

MercoPress [Montevideo, Uruguay], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/11/2013 1:32:05 AM Post Reply

Iran´s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cuba´s Raul Castro joined on Friday about thirty other heads of state at Hugo Chávez´s funeral in an emotional farewell to the charismatic Venezuelan leader who during his fourteen years in office had a major impact on South American politics. Chávez died this week aged 58 after a two-year battle with cancer, devastating millions of mostly poor supporters who loved him for putting the country´s vast oil wealth at their service. A frequent visitor to Caracas and fellow “anti-imperialist,” Ahmadinejad received a standing ovation as he took his place in a guard of honour by Chávez´

Venezuela candidate: Govt
exploits Chavez death

Associated Press, by Jack Chang and E. Eduardo Castillo Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/11/2013 12:26:07 AM Post Reply

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Sunday launched what many consider a doomed candidacy to replace Hugo Chavez with a no-holds-barred attack against a government he accused of coldly betraying Venezuelans´ trust. Chavez´s political heirs have toyed with Venezuelans´ hopes, lying to them about his deteriorating health by suggesting he could recover and even producing decrees he supposedly signed, said Capriles, whom Chavez defeated by a 12-point margin in October. He did not make direct reference to the decision to embalm Chavez

Bubba Watson purchases Tiger
Woods’ Isleworth home

Bay News 9 [Tampa], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/10/2013 11:46:30 PM Post Reply

Windermere--Masters champion Bubba Watson has a reason to arrive in Orange County a little earlier than he normally would for the Arnold Palmer Invitational this month. That’s because he and his family are moving here from Palm Beach County. Watson told ESPN he and his wife looked at dozens of homes before settling on the former home of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren in a gated Isleworth neighborhood. Watson said he´s done a lot of renovating and his family plans to move in next week. But why would he leave his oceanfront mansion behind on Jupiter Island?

It´s Obama´s Economy -- at Last

National Journal, by Michael Hirsch Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 3/10/2013 11:03:42 PM Post Reply

For most of his first term, President Obama successfully sold a line to the public that economists will tell you is, at least in part, intellectual snake oil. He managed to blame our historically slow economy almost entirely on President George W. Bush. Polls taken right after the 2012 election showed that one of Mitt Romney’s biggest failures—and the GOP presidential candidate had staked almost everything on this point—was persuading U.S. voters otherwise. But this week’s dramatic economic news, timed with the start of Obama’s second term, suggests that the political debate,

Rep. Paul Ryan: Thursday
lunch was first extended
conversation with Obama

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/10/2013 10:58:54 PM Post Reply

Rep. Paul Ryan said that a Thursday lunch with President Obama at the White House was the first conversation between the two men that lasted more than a few minutes. “This is the first time I’ve ever had a conversation with the president lasting more than, say, two minutes or televised exchanges,” Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the House Budget Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “So I’ve never really had a conversation with him on these issues before. I’m excited that we had this conversation — we had a very frank exchange. We come from different perspectives

Venezuelan opposition leader
Henrique Capriles announces
he will run for president

Washington Post, by Juan Forero Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/10/2013 10:55:47 PM Post Reply

CARACAS, Venezuela —Henrique Capriles, a young governor who ran a spirited but unsuccessful effort to unseat President Hugo Chavez in an October election, said Sunday he will run against the late president’s hand-picked successor in a snap vote that will determine the future of the late leader’s self-styled socialist revolution. Capriles, 40, said he will accept the nomination of a coalition of opposition groups to face off on April 14 against Nicolas Maduro, who served Chavez as vice president until Chavez died Tuesday after a long ordeal with cancer. On Friday, Maduro, 50, was inaugurated president and vowed

Why Rand Paul´s Filibuster Matters

Rolling Stone, by John Knefel Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 3/10/2013 10:53:39 PM Post Reply

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) held the Senate floor for 12 straight hours this week, from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, in an attempt to block the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. But the junior senator from Kentucky had a much deeper purpose – namely, seeking an answer to what he saw as a fairly straight-forward question: Can the president order the extra-judicial killing of a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil in a non-battlefield context? Though the filibuster is over, the Obama administration still has yet to clearly and directly answer that question.

Yellowstone gets real
about budget cuts

Washington Post, by Lisa Rein Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/10/2013 10:51:39 PM Post Reply

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — The giant yellow snowplows that wake Yellowstone from its winter slumber every March are idled, waiting for the sun to make up for federal budget cuts that are forcing the park to open late for peak season. Mandatory cuts kicked in three days before the plows were to start clearing snow and ice from 300 roads at altitudes that reach 11,000 feet. Faced with an order from Washington to slice $1.8?million from his budget, the park superintendent, Dan Wenk, had considered his options.

Hundreds of Christians clash
with Pakistani police after
homes burned by Muslim mob

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/10/2013 9:31:37 PM Post Reply

LAHORE, Pakistan –Hundreds of Christians protesting the burning of their homes by a Muslim mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against the Islam´s Prophet Muhammad clashed with police on Sunday in eastern and southern Pakistan. Around 150 people have been arrested for setting dozens of Christian houses on fire in the eastern city of Lahore after a non-Muslim was accused of making offensive comments about the prophet, police said. Christians across the country rallied against the incident, but the main demonstrations were in Lahore, the southern port city of Karachi, the capital, Islamabad, and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi.

Dana Milbank: Future Scholars
Will Be Shocked By Number of
F-bombs Dropped By This White House

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/10/2013 9:26:13 PM Post Reply

UPDATE AT END OF POST: Ari Fleischer responds to accusation Milbank made about him in this segment. The Washington Post´s Dana Milbank made an interesting observation Sunday about the vulgarity prominent in the current presidential administration. Appearing on CNN´s Reliable Sources, Milbank said, "The number of F-bombs being dropped by this White House, scholars are going to look in the national archives in 20 or 30 years and they´re going to be shocked by the language that was coming out of this place" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Krauthammer: Of all issues,
Rand Paul’s drone concern
‘most ridiculous and absurd’

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: ragu- 3/10/2013 8:52:49 PM Post Reply

On this weekend’s broadcast of the syndicated “Inside Washington” television program, conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer blasted Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s recent filibuster and mocked the idea of a drone attack on United States soil.“Well look, I am grateful he raised this issue, because I think we have reached a point in the country where we are sick and tired of the way the administration is going around blowing people to kingdom come while sitting in their living rooms because of a suspicion — I’m talking about Americans,” Krauthammer said.

California cat sanctuary
where worker was
killed reopens to public

Reuters, by Stephen Keleher Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/10/2013 8:38:06 PM Post Reply

DUNLAP, California - The California wildlife sanctuary where an African lion attacked and killed a worker last week reopened on Sunday, allowing the public to view all the remaining wild cats, including the lion´s mate. Project Survival´s Cat Haven resumed regular operations, including guided tours, with the consent of the family of Dianna Hanson, founder Dale Anderson said at a news conference. (Snip) A 4-year-old male lion named Cous Cous escaped from his feeding pen, apparently by pushing open an improperly secured gate, and pounced on Hanson, fracturing her neck and killing her instantly, Fresno County Coroner David Hadden said.

Karzai Inflames U.S. Tensions

Wall Street Journal, by DION NISSENBAUM And YAROSLAV TROFIMOV Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/10/2013 8:15:33 PM Post Reply

KABUL—America´s fraught ties with Afghanistan suffered a jarring blow Sunday, when Afghan President Hamid Karzai said during a visit by the new U.S. defense secretary that the Taliban was killing Afghan civilians "in service to America." The remarks, in a televised speech hours before Mr. Karzai´s meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, capped a series of confrontations between the Afghan president and the U.S. over his demands to assert Afghan sovereignty and curtail American military operations. Mr. Karzai met Mr. Hagel a day after suspected Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 18 people

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