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Mummy scans reveal heart disease
plagued our ancestors BEFORE the
emergence of junk food and cigarettes

Daily Mail [UK], by Damien Gayle Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/11/2013 7:26:07 AM Post Reply

A macabre study of mummified corpses shows that heart attacks and strokes may have plagued the ancient world as well as the modern one - even without temptations like fast food and cigarettes. Researchers say their findings suggest heart disease may be more a natural part of ageing rather than being directly tied to modern vices like smoking, eating fatty foods and not exercising. CT scans of 137 mummies showed evidence of atherosclerosis, or hardened arteries, in one third of those examined - including those from ancient people believed to have healthy lifestyles.

The Sequestered Life of Julia

AmericanThinker.com, by Randy Fardal Original Article

Posted By: javaboy- 3/11/2013 6:55:07 AM Post Reply

A meticulous new analysis examines the benefits of government-administered socialism among a representative cross section of individuals. It is an insightful departure from the usual studies of socialism that analyze only collective benefits to society using statistics about such things as income quartiles and poverty levels. The new study is 27 pages and can be accessed as a PDF file via this link. As its author, I´ll summarize the results here. Julia, the president´s comic book heroine, is used as the baseline.

Death to Daylight Saving Time

American Spectator, by David Catron Original Article

Posted By: garnet- 3/11/2013 6:47:27 AM Post Reply

This morning you were required to get out of bed an hour earlier than you rose last Monday. If you are like most people, you did so in the same spirit of resignation with which you endure winter rain, believing that there are benefits to be gained from Daylight Saving Time that outweigh its discomfort and inconvenience. This belief, however, has no basis in reality. (snip) It causes dramatic spikes in expensive health problems like heart attacks, traffic accidents, and workplace injuries. In addition, it forces us to consume more energy, which is not getting any cheaper

Why Ex-Presidents
Should Stay Home

American Spectator, by George H. Wittman Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 6:16:04 AM Post Reply

There is a tendency for high-ranking former government officials traveling around the world as honored and highly paid guests to give simple solutions to complex problems. Former President Bill Clinton recently stunned politicians and journalists in Nigeria by stating that the terrorism problems in the north of that country could be overcome by the government investing more in developing agriculture in that region. Clinton’s intent clearly was to suggest that the Islamist groups such as Boko Haram were not terrorizing the northern Nigerian communities for religious reasons. He went on to state that Nigeria’s violence may appear to be rooted

How Mrs. Wyatt
Earp rewrote history

Fox News, by Amy Kirschner Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 6:13:11 AM Post Reply

Let us now praise great men -- and let us take a good look at their women. You’ll find many who were remarkably talented and forceful in their own right, others who were minor footnotes and forgotten muses. I was thinking about these partnerships when I went in search of Mrs. Wyatt Earp, the “Lady at the O.K. Corral.” Fascinated as I was by this unknown woman with a famous last name, I had to acknowledge that she was no Eleanor Roosevelt or Madame Chaing Kai-shek. Her most memorable act was burying her legendary husband in a Jewish cemetery.

President Obama´s War
On Women And Minorities

Forbes, by Peter Ferrara Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 6:06:55 AM Post Reply

The 2012 election featured the bottom feeding charge of a Republican War on Women. The grounds for such a charge were less than zero. But with the Democrat Party outright controlling so much of the national media, every Democrat talking point takes on added weight. opposition to abortion indicative of a “war on women?” That would overlook the fact that at least half of babies aborted are female. Maybe it is a liberal war on women. The most braindead allegation was that Republicans harbored a secret plan to ban contraceptives. The effectiveness of that charge

Why Florida Persists in
the Zimmerman Prosecution

American Thinker, by Jack Cashill Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 3/11/2013 5:59:34 AM Post Reply

Prodded by a president with a weakness for racial agitation and enabled by a politically complicit media, the State of Florida persists in a prosecution that can come to no good end. The defendant is neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. The charge is the second-degree murder. The potential outcomes range from major injustice, if Zimmerman is convicted, to mayhem in the streets, if he´s acquitted. And the state plods on as though the angels were on its side. They are not. The witnesses to the February 2012 shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin are proving even more troublesome

Some Democrats seek
distance from Obama

Politico, by Alex Isenstadt Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/11/2013 5:57:33 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama says he’s ready to do whatever it takes to help Democrats win the House next year — a feat that could make the difference between limping to the end of his presidency and going out with a bang. But some Democratic candidates and operatives in the districts on which control of the House will hinge said in interviews with POLITICO that the message and issues Obama has emphasized since the election are creating a difficult political headwind for them. Obama’s political choices, they say, reflects a tone-deafness to the challenges they face competing for moderate and conservative-leaning

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.

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