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Senator Squatter? Heller Won´t
Give Up Office Space

Roll Call, by Meredith Shiner Original Article

Posted By: garnet- 3/11/2013 4:40:25 PM Post Reply

Staffers for Sen. Dean Heller have been bullying other senators’ aides to protect the Nevada Republican’s space in the Russell Senate Office Building, CQ Roll Call has learned. As part of the biennial Senate office lottery, junior members are obligated to show their office suites to more senior members, who then have 24 hours to decide whether to claim that space as their own. Heller’s office suite — which he inherited after the scandal-fueled resignation of Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. — may be particularly attractive to other senators because its floor plan includes a larger-than-average member office.

Fukushima Radiation Proves
Less Deadly Than Feared

Bloomerg, by Robert Peter Gale & Eric Lax Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 3/11/2013 4:15:29 PM Post Reply

It is two years since Japan’s 9.0- magnitude earthquake, one so powerful it shifted the position of the Earth’s figure axis by as much as 6 inches and moved Honshu, Japan’s main island, 8 feet eastward. The tsunami generated by the earthquake obliterated towns, drowned almost 20,000 people and left more than 300,000 homeless. Everyone living within 15 miles of Fukushima was evacuated; many are still in temporary housing. (Snip) And what of the lasting threat from radiation? Remarkably, outside the immediate area of Fukushima, this is hardly a problem at all.

Judge tosses Mayor Bloomberg’s
ban on large sugary sodas one
day before it goes into effect

New York Daily News, by Erin Durkin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 4:07:37 PM Post Reply

A judge has invalidated Mayor Bloomberg´s controversial plan to ban large sugary drinks from restaurants and other eateries, one day before the new law was to take effect. State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling in Manhattan ruled the new regulation was “arbitrary and capricious” and declared it invalid, after several soda and business groups had sued the city challenging the ban. Mayor Bloomberg had touted the ban as a way to reduce obesity. But beverage manufacturers and business groups had called the law an illegal overreach that would infringe upon consumers´ personal liberty. Hours before the judge’s ruling,

Surviving the coming collapse

Canada Free Press, by Doug Hagmann Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 3/11/2013 4:06:54 PM Post Reply

“How do you think it will play out? What will it look like… the economic collapse that you’ve been writing about? I have money invested in the stock market, investments, sitting in the bank. Will my investments be safe? What should I do to prepare?” Those are the most common questions I’ve been receiving since writing about the coming collapse of the U.S. dollar and looming economic crisis. Since my recent article titled Racing for the exits was published, I’ve received nearly one thousand e-mails with these very questions from people all over the world.

US expels 2 Venezuelan
diplomats in retaliation

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 3:55:19 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats, U.S. officials said Monday, in retaliation for Venezuela´s expulsion of two U.S. military attaches. Washington wants to repair ties with Venezuela after President Hugo Chavez´s death but has made little headway so far. Shortly before Chavez died last week, Venezuela expelled two U.S. Air Force attaches in Caracas for alleged espionage. The Obama administration waited until after Chavez´s funeral on Friday to announce any reciprocal action. Monday´s move comes as Venezuela prepares for an April election to choose a new leader.

The First Lady of Fashion:
Michelle Obama named Best
Dressed woman in new list but
Lady Gaga given title of Worst Dressed

Daily Mail (UK), by Becky Evans Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 3:41:44 PM Post Reply

She is already regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world and now she has a new title to prove it. Michelle Obama was praised for using fashion as a ´force for good´ by the judges of the first Best Dressed List in The Sunday Times. Experts from Style magazine said she won for her ´understanding that, as her primary role as first lady is visual, fashion can be a force for good used to inspire and entertain.´ The First Lady is known for her style and the influence she wields on public trends.

White House denies OFA is
selling access to Obama

Washington Times [DC], by Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 3:36:39 PM Post Reply

The White House is strenuously denying that Organizing for Action, President Obama’s former re-election campaign that morphed into a nonprofit group, is selling access to the president despite the group’s own coy implications and his cooperation with it. While the group does not guarantee that donors will receive regular visits from Mr. Obama and other administration officials, it has said the president and other administration officials will periodically stop by its events to give updates on progress on top agenda items. In fact, Mr. Obama on Wednesday will speak to the advocacy group’s “founders’ summit,” a two-day event

Obama Silent on American
Christian Pastor Held in Iran

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: US veteran- 3/11/2013 3:35:49 PM Post Reply

The wife of an American pastor held captive in an Iranian prison for nearly a year said she has yet to hear from President Obama or Secretary of State John Kerry and to her knowledge the administration has not done anything to help free her husband. “I have not received a telephone call from President Obama,” said Naghmeh Abedini, wife of Rev. Saeed Abedini. “I have not received a telephone call from Secretary of State John Kerry – unfortunately.”

Paul, Lee & Cruz

National Review, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 3/11/2013 3:08:58 PM Post Reply

When a staffer texted Senator Mike Lee that his friend and colleague Rand Paul was mounting a talking filibuster to demand greater transparency on the administration’s drone policy, Lee did not hesitate. “I alerted my staff that I would need to be going to the floor,” he says in an interview. Lee was the first of Paul’s Republican colleagues to formally join the filibuster, providing some relief by delivering a speech in support. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas would soon follow, bearing news of the tremendous outpouring of public support on social media

The surprising recipients
of an agricultural tax break

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Greg Bluestein Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/11/2013 3:06:48 PM Post Reply

A sales tax break designed to help agricultural businesses was written with sweeping language aimed at a range of Georgia farmers. But faced with a growing horde of applicants, state officials are racing to clarify a vast gray area determining who should qualify for the lucrative benefits. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis shows more than 20,000 businesses have rushed to apply for the tax break since it passed last year, and regulators have few resources to scrutinize the wave of applications. The program, which took effect in January, broadens sales tax exemptions for equipment and supplies bought by farmers in Georgia.

Judge skeptical of
ex-senator´s campaign cash use

Associated Press, by Frederic J. Frommer Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/11/2013 3:00:13 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge sounded skeptical Monday of former Sen. Larry Craig´s claim that he properly used $217,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense after his arrest in a 2007 airport bathroom sex sting. Craig contends that the airport bathroom trip fell under his official, duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and Washington for work, and therefore the legal fees could be paid for with campaign money. But at a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that such a broad reading of official travel could be taken to extremes.

Series of earthquakes
strikes Southern California

Los Angeles Times, by Joseph Serna and Frank Shyong Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/11/2013 2:59:59 PM Post Reply

A series of moderate earthquakes -- the largest a magnitude 4.7 -- struck the Riverside County desert area Monday morning, officials said. The biggest quake rattled large parts of Southern California but was felt most strongly in the Inland Empire area and parts of Imperial and San Diego counties. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Here is the U.S Geological Survey time line of the morning´s quakes. 4.6 2013/03/11 09:56:06 4.7 2013/03/11 09:55:50 4.7 2013/03/11 09:55:42 The temblors were centered about 23 miles from Palm Springs and 64 miles from San Diego.

McCain is both Obama antagonist
and collaborator on national
security, immigration, budget

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/11/2013 2:55:44 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the Democrat the next on immigration and the budget. So who is the real McCain? There’s the national security expert pounding the Obama administration with words like “cover-up” and “incompetence” over the deadly assault in Libya last September, snarling about the administration’s lack of backbone on Syria and ripping into Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel over the Iraq war. But there’s also the Arizona lawmaker reviving his past bipartisan effort on immigration by reaching out to Obama

Nun & poll worker
charged with voter fraud

WXIX-TV [Cincinnati, OH], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/11/2013 2:46:04 PM Post Reply

CINCINNATI, OH - A nun, a poll worker and a senior citizen are charged with voter fraud in Hamilton County stemming from the contentious 2012 presidential election. Russell Glassop, 75, Melowese Richardson, 58 and Sister Marguerite Kloos each face charges of voter fraud. Glassop is charged with voting via absentee ballot on behalf of his deceased wife. Officials say Glassop forged her signature on an absentee ballot after she´d passed on. Richardson, a Hamilton County poll worker for at least 14 years, was charged with eight counts of illegal voting. The prosecutors

Chavez celebrated at SEIU
offices in New York

Daily Caller, by Patrick Howley Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/11/2013 1:51:52 PM Post Reply

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 1199 in New York City allowed a celebration of the life of the late socialist Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to be held in their offices Friday. The event, organized by the pro-Chavez Bolivarian Circle of New York, was held last Friday at 6:30 PM and promoted on Facebook. The event’s Facebook announcement declared that the event was to be held in the auditorium of the 1199 SEIU building on 43rd street in New York City. “Those who die for life can not be called dead,” the announcement reads.

Budget Chairman Ryan Projects
Balance Through $5 Trillion
in Spending Cuts, Medicare Shift

Roll Call [Washington,DC], by Emily Ethridge Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 1:50:49 PM Post Reply

The House Republican budget will balance the budget over 10 years in part by cutting spending by about $5 trillion and turning Medicare into a premium support program, Rep. Paul D. Ryan said Sunday. The Wisconsin Republican, whose previous budget resolutions have been signposts for GOP economic policy priorities, said the fiscal 2014 plan that he will release Tuesday will not need to make dramatic changes from previous proposals because of improved economic circumstances. “We always got close to balancing the budget but not quite there,” the House Budget Committee chairman said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Senate Democrats vow to run
against Ryan budget in 2014 cycle

Hill [Washington,DC], by Cameron Joseph Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 1:38:58 PM Post Reply

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee promised Monday to make Rep. Paul Ryan´s (R-Wis.) new budget a focal point of their 2014 campaigns. "The Ryan budget will be a gift that gives throughout the 2014 cycle for Democrats," pollster Geoff Garin said on a Monday call hosted by the DSCC. House Democrats ran hard against Ryan´s budget in 2012 and picked up some seats, though some believe the attacks didn´t have as much of an impact than they were hoping. The budget was a factor in some Senate races like North Dakota, though it wasn´t as much of a focus.

GOProud founder ´seriously´
considering challenge to
Lindsey Graham

Hill [Washington,DC], by Cameron Joseph Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 1:33:57 PM Post Reply

Bruce Carroll, a co-founder of the conservative gay group GOProud, has resigned from the organization´s board in order to concentrate on a potential bid against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), he announced on Monday. "In the spirit of transparency and honesty, I informed my fellow GOProud board members that I could not dedicate the time to the organization while I seriously considered the effort it will take to challenge Senator Graham in the 2014 primary," Carroll writes in an open letter on gaypatriot.net Monday morning. "Over the next few weeks, I will be studying the resources, time and effort

Ryan: 2016 White House bid
now ‘more realistic,’ rules
out running for Speaker

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

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 1:25:47 PM Post Reply

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says the prospect of running for president has become “more realistic” to him but he will not think about a 2016 bid before completing deficit-reduction talks. Ryan also told Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace that he has no intention of replacing John Boehner (R-Ohio) as House speaker. Ryan said he looks back on the 2012 presidential campaign, when he served as Mitt Romney’s running mate, as a very positive experience. He said it made running for the presidency himself seem more likely but he pledged not to weigh a run until deficit-reduction talks in Congress

Ex-Detroit mayor convicted
of sweeping corruption charges

Reuters, by Steve Neavling Original Article

Posted By: mambo 5- 3/11/2013 1:14:47 PM Post Reply

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, once seen as a rising star in Democratic Party politics, was convicted on Monday on two dozen federal charges of corruption and bribery while in office. U.S. prosecutors accused Kilpatrick, 42, his father and a city contractor of widespread corruption, extorting bribes from contractors who wanted to be awarded or keep city contracts, turning the mayor´s office into "Kilpatrick Incorporated" during his seven year tenure.

Dems´ big 2014 obstacle:
President Obama

Politico, by Alex Isenstadt Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 1:14:13 PM 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, reflect a tone-deafness to the challenges they face competing for moderate and conservative-leaning

Del. Holmes Norton: A Shrinking
Federal Government is Why There’s
Little Private Sector Growth

Cybercast News Service, by Eric Scheiner Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 3/11/2013 12:38:24 PM Post Reply

Del. Eleanor Norton (D-District of Columbia) says private sector jobs are not showing much growth because the federal government is shrinking. “What is shrinking is not the private sector – it’s hard for them to grow because the public sector, both the state sector and the federal government is shrinking and they are having to grow it all by themselves and that is why we don’t have much growth,” Holmes Norton said. The delegate discussed her economic theory during last Friday’s House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on "The Impact of Sequestration on Women and Families."

Mali war disrupts cocaine
supply to Europe

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 12:30:46 PM Post Reply

Paris–France’s surprise intervention in northern Mali against Islamist fighters involved in lucrative drug-running has disrupted cocaine supply to Europe but smugglers are already finding new routes, analysts said. The former colonial power sent its jets and troops exactly two months ago to eliminate Al-Qaeda-linked groups that had been controlling northern Mali for nine months and were threatening to move south towards the capital. The jihadist network in Mali’s north has funded itself by taking foreign hostages but also by levying a tax on smugglers running drugs from Latin America to feed Europe’s ever-growing market.

On Questioning the Jewish State

New York Times, by Joseph Levine Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/11/2013 12:01:14 PM Post Reply

I was raised in a religious Jewish environment, and though we were not strongly Zionist, I always took it to be self-evident that “Israel has a right to exist.” Now anyone who has debated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have encountered this phrase often. Defenders of Israeli policies routinely accuse Israel’s critics of denying her right to exist, while the critics (outside of a small group on the left, where I now find myself) bend over backward to insist that, despite their criticisms, of course they affirm it. The general mainstream consensus seems to be that to deny Israel’s right

Time, options running out
for Aussie to stay in Wyoming

Casper Star-Tribune [WY], by Kyle Roerink Original Article

Posted By: Husker Infidel- 3/11/2013 11:58:33 AM Post Reply

It is a myth that wedding rings and sacred vows guarantee permanent residency in this country. Ashley Fuller applied for citizenship after he was married. The federal government denied him a green card.“It’s only in the movies,” said Fuller’s wife, Cindy. Fuller is facing deportation on Friday. He’s lived the American dream alongside his wife for 25 years. Like many expatriates who arrive on U.S. soil, Fuller spawned a symbiotic relationship between himself and the community. The father of three owns a business, employs four workers and volunteers with two charity groups in Casper.

Jury convicts ex-Detroit
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of
racketeering conspiracy, corruption

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 3/11/2013 11:57:12 AM Post Reply

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including a racketeering conspiracy charge that carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008.

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