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War Games: Unstable North
Korea Voids 1953 Armistice

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 8:18:16 PM Post Reply

War: A decaying regime with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles threatens war. It would be dangerous to dismiss this as mere bluster from a leader who consults ex-NBA stars with a fondness for wedding dresses. North Korea´s army has formally declared invalid the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953, an article in Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea´s ruling Workers´ Party, reported Monday. Threats from North Korea have customarily been treated with a high degree of skepticism. This is not 1950 with a revolutionary China ready and willing to come to its aid.

How Hugo Chavez helped
create Apprenda

Business Review [Latham, NY], by Barbara Pinckney Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/11/2013 8:11:34 PM Post Reply

It might be said that the late Hugo Chavez played an important role in the founding of one of the Albany, NY area’s fastest growing technology firms. Abe Sultan, co-founder of Apprenda—a Clifton Park firm whose cloud computing software has attracted $16 million in venture capital and clients such as JP Morgan Chase—fled his native Venezuela in 1999 to escape Chavez’s socialist rule. He planned on staying in the United States for less than a year, but the threat remained as long as Chavez was in power. Chavez died March 5 of cancer,

Obama Should Cut His Million-Dollar
Golf Games, Not White House Tours

Investor´s Business Daily, by Michael Ramirez Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 8:04:14 PM Post Reply

According to NBC, canceling White House Tours would save the administration $74,000 a week. Taking a separate vacation and pretending to be on the PGA tour to train with Tiger Woods´ coach and then play a round with Tiger himself cost U.S. taxpayers over $1 million. As Sen. Jeff Sessions estimated, that was "enough money to save 341 federal workers from furlough." Incidentally, it happens to be enough to finance the White House tours of the "People´s House" for half of the remaining fiscal year. The White House claims canceling the tours were "mandatory." Jay Carney called the tour cancellation "unfortunate"

The GOP Plan to Balance
the Budget by 2023

Wall Street Journal, by Paul Ryan Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 7:57:24 PM Post Reply

America´s national debt is over $16 trillion. Yet Washington can´t figure out how to cut $85 billion—or just 2% of the federal budget—without resorting to arbitrary, across-the-board cuts. Clearly, the budget process is broken. In four of the past five years, the president has missed his budget deadline. Senate Democrats haven´t passed a budget in over 1,400 days. By refusing to tackle the drivers of the nation´s debt—or simply to write a budget—Washington lurches from crisis to crisis. House Republicans have a plan to change course. On Tuesday, we´re introducing a budget that balances in 10 years—without raising taxes.

Debt Soared $5.5 Trillion
Since Last Senate Budget

Investor´s Business Daily, by John Merline Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 7:55:38 PM Post Reply

If you want a sense of just how massive the nation´s debt problem is, consider this: The U.S. added $226 billion in new debt in just the 35 days since President Obama missed the legal deadline to submit his budget. That´s more than the government will spend this year on education, homeland security, law enforcement, housing aid, energy and the environment, combined. A 1921 law requires the president to submit his budget plan to Congress on the first Monday in February, but Obama so far hasn´t produced one, and the White House says it won´t release its plan to get

Surprise: Mitt Romney Planned
Big Middle-Class Tax Hike

Investor´s Business Daily, by Jed Graham Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 7:49:25 PM Post Reply

You probably never heard that Mitt Romney had a plan to raise taxes on the middle class, but it´s true. Just ask the Wall Street Journal editorial board. This pretty interesting fact apparently occurred to them a few weeks after Romney lost the election, as they were tackling the subject of entitlement reform. Progressive indexing of Social Security benefits — an approach embraced by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan — "is tantamount to a tax increase," the WSJ said in no uncertain terms. Actually, during the heat of the campaign, the WSJ editorial writers seemed to heap praise on Romney for

Obama to visit Church of Nativity,
Iron Dome to be moved to airport
for photo-op - Thread Closed

Haaretz (Israel), by Barack Ravid Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 7:47:07 PM Post Reply

During his trip to Israel this month, U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to pay a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, members of his delegation told Israeli government ministry representatives on Monday. According to a high-ranking Israeli official, that stop, scheduled for Friday, March 22, was added to his itinerary only in the past few days. UNESCO recognized the Church of the Nativity as a Palestinian World Heritage Site in June 2012, several months after Palestine became a full-fledged member of the organization. The advance American delegation responsible for organizing President Obama´s visit

Five Guys: Obamacare will
boost burger prices

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 3/11/2013 7:25:11 PM Post Reply

The fight over Obamacare, so far held at the 30,000-foot level, is about to hit home. The latest impact hot off the grill: prices of burgers and hot dogs at Five Guys, the national chain that started in Washington, are going to rise to cover the president´s mandated insurance coverage. "Any added costs are going to have to be passed on," said Mike Ruffer, a Five Guys franchise holder with eight of the popular restaurants in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. area.

Judge halts mayor´s soda ban,
calls it ´arbitrary and capricious´

New York Post, by David Seifman and Julia Marsh Original Article

Posted By: Rafter- 3/11/2013 7:21:28 PM Post Reply

A state judge today put a cork in City Hall´s plans to ban Big Apple restaurants and other venues from selling large sugary drinks -- a bubble-bursting defeat for Mayor Bloomberg, who has made public health a cornerstone of his tenure. Before the stunning ruling by New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling, restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues, convenience stores and other places regulated by the city´s health department would have been prohibited -- starting tomorrow -- from selling sugary drinks of more than 16 ounces.

Bad Science
and Bad Journalism
are a Bad Combination

Canada Free Press, by Alan Caruba Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 3/11/2013 6:53:03 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday, March 6, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent out a notice that its hearing on global warming was cancelled due to the chilly weather and a snowstorm that was about to hit the nation’s capital. The Committee was going to be treated to “a comprehensive briefing on how well scientists understand the climate and humans’ effect on it.” On the same day in 1961, the temperature had hit a record 81 degrees. In 1888, it had been 10 degrees.Anyone who thinks that humans had anything to do with either is mistaken.

Obama meets with
Arab-American groups

Politico, by Byron Tau Original Article

Posted By: Buckeyeron- 3/11/2013 6:42:47 PM Post Reply

President Obama met Monday with a number of Arab American groups in advance of his trip to the Middle East next week, according to a statement released first to Politico. "We are pleased to have shared with President Obama our recommendations for the vital message that he should convey to the Palestinian people. Today’s meeting was an important opportunity for Arab Americans to share our views, and continue to serve as a bridge between the US and the Arab world. Our meeting underscored the President´s recognition of the importance of our community´s contributions to discussions of policy in

Mark Steyn declares America
´doomed´ in wake of Pop
Tart gun suspension

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: Donttaxmebro- 3/11/2013 6:36:36 PM Post Reply

On Rush Limbaugh’s radio show on Monday, National Review’s Mark Steyn explained why an incident involving a seven-year-old boy’s punishment and the subsequent reaction for chewing a Pop Tart in the shape of a gun is a sign the country is “doomed.” Steyn, author of “After America: Get Ready for Armageddon,” compared this generation of children, who may have felt threatened by the so-called Pop Tart gun, to the American generation that stormed the beaches of Normandy. “You’re doomed, America,” Steyn said. “You’re done for. No society can survive this level of stupidity.

As papal conclave begins,
friends reflect on Canadian´s
rise through church ranks

Canadian Press, by Andy Blatchford Original Article

Posted By: Buckeyeron- 3/11/2013 6:13:37 PM Post Reply

La Motte, Que.-A Canadian man who could become the next pontiff has frequently told friends he was surprised about his own rapid rise within the Roman Catholic Church. A "totally euphoric" Cardinal Marc Ouellet, now considered among the contenders for the papacy, phoned longtime friend Claudette Boucher in 2001, shortly after he learned that Pope John Paul II would soon ordain him a bishop. She says Ouellet asked her and her husband, Yvan, to pray for him because he didn´t think he was worthy enough for the new role. "He told us that he needed us," Boucher said

3 women a day killed by
a partner in South Africa

Associated Press, by Michelle Faul Original Article

Posted By: Hermoine- 3/11/2013 5:49:39 PM Post Reply

JOHANNESBURG — Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine´s Day by an intimate partner, according to a study on violence against women that damns South Africa as having "the highest rate ever reported in research anywhere in the world." Steenkamp´s killing came the day before she planned to wear black in a "Black Friday" protest against the country´s excruciatingly high number of rapes, spurred by the particularly brutal gang-rape and mutilation of a 17-year-old that made front-page news in February.

Former CFO Erin Callan
Regrets Not Having Children,
Reignites Work-Life Balance Debate

Yahoo! Shine, by Beth Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/11/2013 5:34:48 PM Post Reply

Former Lehman Brothers CFO Erin Callan joined in the ongoing public debate on work-life balance this week, telling the world she had regrets over the sacrifices she made for success, and prompting renewed buzz on the topic. “I can’t make up for lost time,” she wrote in a Sunday New York Times opinion piece, “Is There Life After Work?” In it, Callan, who resigned as CFO in 2008, describes how work always came first for her, often at the expense of family, friends and her marriage (which eventually ended in divorce). It also got in the way

Conservatism and the
Search for Apostates

Commentary Magazine, by Peter Wehner Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/11/2013 5:22:52 PM Post Reply

During a recent interview on NBC’s The Today Show, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was asked whether the Republican Party should put revenue increases on the table in order to reach a grand bargain. (Snip)But the main point I want to underscore is the danger to conservatism when someone like Jeb Bush (or Mitch Daniels, or Bob McDonnell, or Chris Christie) is considered an apostate. Let’s consider Bush’s record as governor. While Bush never signed an anti-tax pledge, he never raised taxes. In fact, he cut taxes every year he was governor (covering eight years and totaling $20 billion).

First lady promotes fruits,
vegetables, kickboxing

CNN, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 5:19:57 PM Post Reply

Michelle Obama may be the first first lady who can kick your butt. In comments as part of a "Twitter Town Hall" she hosted Monday morning, the first lady said kickboxing is her favorite stress reliever. Of course, she also said children should be exercising 60 minutes a day and that they should steer clear of processed foods whenever possible. Questions ranged from how to encourage healthy eating habits among children to what steps can be taken to combat negative body image among young adults. The first lady emphasized serving fruits and vegetables at a young age

The Otter Way of Stopping

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/11/2013 5:13:47 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration continues to drag its feet on approving the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada through the American Great Plains to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists oppose the pipeline because they hate oil, which they claim causes "climate change." The New York Times editorial page demands that President Obama reject the pipeline "for one overriding reason: A president who has repeatedly identified climate change as one of humanity´s most pressing dangers cannot in good conscience approve a project that--even by the State Department´s most cautious calculations--can only add to the problem."

46,609,072 People on Food Stamps
in 2012; Record 47,791,996 in December

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 5:13:17 PM Post Reply

On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the food stamps program, officially known as SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The numbers reveal, in 2012, the food stamps program was the biggest it´s ever been, with an average of 46,609,072 people on the program every month of last year. 47,791,996 people were on the program in the month of December 2012. The federal government also says that in a given month in 2012, the number of households on food stamps was 22,329,713. The state with the highest average number of participants

The Amazing Bill Richardson!

Weekly Standard, by Ethan Epstein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:04:59 PM Post Reply

Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson granted an interview this weekend to the online magazine Salon, in which he discussed his most recent vacation to Pyongyang. Richardson calls for “out of the box” diplomacy toward the regime, and lauds Dennis Rodman’s recent visit there as “healthy.” He also claims to back the recently adopted U.N. sanctions, though he criticizes them for “driv[ing] [the regime] further into hostility.” All in all, it’s pretty boring, predictable stuff. With one notable exception, that is: Richardson makes a truly amazing admission in the interview. It turns out he can read minds!

In 2010, Ashley Judd
accused Apple customers
of ‘financing mass rape’

Daily Caller, by Alex Pappas Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 5:00:23 PM Post Reply

Using graphic language in an opinion piece about “conflict minerals,” potential U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Judd in 2010 accused those who buy Apple products of “financing mass rape.” “Apple is known for the clean lines of their products, the alluring simplicity of their designs,” Judd wrote in the article. “Dare I….go so far….as to suggest…this signature cleanness is stained by the s**t and urine of raped women’s leaking fistulas?” Judd, the Hollywood actress and liberal activist considering a run as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, made the comments in an article

Ex-Detroit mayor convicted of
widespread corruption

Reuters, by Steve Neavling Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/11/2013 5:00:01 PM Post Reply

DETROIT- 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 during his seven year tenure. 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" from 2001 until he resigned in 2008. Many people in Detroit believe Kilpatrick contributed to the decline of the city, home of the auto industry.

Six months later, where are
the Benghazi survivors?

CBS NEWS, by Sharyl Attkisson Original Article

Posted By: Northlander- 3/11/2013 4:55:11 PM Post Reply

Today marks six months since the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya in which four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Some watchdog groups, members of the media and Republican members of Congress are asking: Where are the more than two dozen U.S. personnel who survived the attack but haven´t been seen nor heard from in public since? There were also an undisclosed number of witnesses at the U.S. compounds in Tripoli but they also have not spoken publicly.

Is the GOP Finally Winning?

Real Clear Politics, by Caitlin Huey-Burns Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/11/2013 4:45:11 PM Post Reply

A funny thing happened on the Republicans’ way to rebranding themselves. Before they could get around to any serious recalibration, the nation’s fiscal crisis intruded, and since the start of this new Congress and President’s Obama’s inauguration in January, Republican lawmakers have dug in their heels on the budget, refused to cede ground on sequestration cuts, opposed new tax increases as a requisite for a deficit reduction deal, and cribbed off journalist Bob Woodward’s reporting of the 2011 debt ceiling debacle to blame Obama for taking a meat cleaver to the federal budget. These tactics are not new.

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.

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