Now More Than Ever
Get Your Eagles Up!
Lucianne Tees - in
Black or White
Click to Buy

Latest Articles

Post New Article

U.S. officials warn N. Korea
after it scraps armistice

Washington Post, by Anne Gearan & Chico Harlan Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 12:15:58 AM Post Reply

The Obama administration bluntly warned North Korea on Monday that it will use military force if necessary to protect the United States and its allies in Asia from a North Korean nuclear strike or to prevent the impoverished North from selling nuclear weapons or expertise. (Snip) “We will draw upon the full range of our capabilities to protect against, and to respond to, the threat posed to us and to our allies by North Korea,” he said. Donilon added that while the United States would like better relations with North Korea, it “refuses to reward bad North Korean behavior.”

´Killing Jews is worship that brings
us closer to Allah´: Outrage
over ´racist´ ad campaign
launched in San Francisco

Daily Mail [UK], by Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/13/2013 12:15:08 AM Post Reply

Several anti-Islamic ads featuring the photographs and quotes of Osama bin Laden, the Times Square Bomber, and the alleged Fort Hood shooter have caused outrage in San Francisco after their release today. The ads, which will run for the next month, are featured on 10 buses in the Bay Area and have caused a stir in the community, sparking a fierce debate between free speech and hate speech. The ads were paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative. One of the spots contains a quote attributed to Hamas, the militant Islamic group, and reads: ‘Killing Jews is worship that

Colorado lawmakers approve
bill for same-sex civil unions

Reuters, by Keith Coffman Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 12:07:57 AM Post Reply

Colorado - A bill to legalize same-sex civil unions in Colorado won final approval from state lawmakers on Tuesday and was expected to be signed into law, reflecting a recent shift to the left in the political balance of power in the Denver statehouse. (Snip) Colorado is one of 30 states with a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. Assuming enactment of the newly passed bill, Colorado would join eight states that recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships in lieu of gay marriage, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Dueling budget plans debut in Congress

Reuters, by Richard Cowan & David Lawder Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/12/2013 11:59:47 PM Post Reply

Washington - President Barack Obama´s charm offensive to end Washington´s budget wars hit a bump on Tuesday when Republicans and Democrats in Congress offered up vastly different plans to slash long-term deficits. (Snip) The Republican proposal, sponsored by House Budget Committee Chairman and former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan, promises to balance the budget without raising taxes in ten years. It would eliminate President Obama´s health care overhaul and make large cuts in spending, particularly to so-called safety-net programs such as Medicare and

Missed chance: Obama’s tax problem

Politico, by Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:44:02 PM Post Reply

President Obama faces huge, and probably insurmountable, obstacles to reviving a grand bargain — none higher and more difficult to overcome than his decision to increase taxes by $600 billion in December. At the time, Obama claimed victory, slapping new taxes on the rich while protecting George W. Bush’s cuts for everyone else. In retrospect, it looks more like a missed opportunity than a political or policy triumph. Instead, it now seems likely that $600 billion in tax increases is all the new revenue Obama gets. That’s a far cry from the $1.6 trillion

Regrettable

Slate, by Tanner Colby Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/12/2013 10:43:33 PM Post Reply

A little more than a week ago, during an interview with Politico, Bob Woodward came forward to claim he’d been threatened in an email by a “senior White House official” for daring to reveal certain details about the negotiations over the budget sequester. The White House responded by releasing the email exchange Woodward was referring to, which turned out to be nothing more than a cordial exchange between the reporter and Obama’s economic adviser, Gene Sperling, who was clearly implying nothing more than that Woodward would “regret” taking a position that would soon be shown to be false.

Media Protects Obama From
Post-Sequester Poll Collapse

Breitbart Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 10:28:28 PM Post Reply

Last month when Obama´s poll numbers were soaring after winning the first round of budget battles with Congress, the media was falling all over themselves to report on those. But now that Obama´s numbers are tanking in the wake of his and his media´s failed Chicken Little-ing of sequester, we´re hardly hearing a peep from the ObamaMedia. Today, thanks only to Daniel Doherty at Townhall, I came across a new Marist poll that has Obama underwater in approval, 45-48%. Those are his worst numbers in over a year, and confirm what we´re seeing from other polling firms.

Twinkies buyer says cakes
could return by summer

Associated Press, by Candice Choi Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:25:42 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — Hostess is moving ahead with plans to sell its Twinkies, and one of the new owners says the spongy cream-filled snacks could be back on shelves by summer. The bankrupt company had earlier picked a $410 million joint offer from Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management as the "stalking horse" bid to set the floor for an auction. In a document filed in U.S. bankruptcy court on Monday, however, Hostess Brands said the auction would not be held because no other qualified bids were submitted for the cakes, which include Ding Dongs and Ho Hos

Justice Dept.: Racial disputes
abound in voting section,
but no partisan slant

Washington Times, by Jerry Seper Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:20:50 PM Post Reply

Deep ideological divisions within the Justice Department’s voting rights section fueled disputes harmful to its operation and often evolved into the harassment of its employees and managers, but there was “insufficient evidence” to show that either the Bush or the Obama administration used the enforcement of voting laws to seek improper partisan advantage, the agency’s inspector general said Tuesday. The long-awaited report, spawned by the New Black Panther Party voter harassment investigation, was released as Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, who oversees the section, is being considered

Broadcast Networks Ignore
Kwame Kilpatrick Conviction;
PBS Fails to Report Party Label

Newsbusters, by Paul Bremmer Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 10:20:50 PM Post Reply

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) was convicted yesterday on 24 separate federal corruption charges, which could cost him up to 20 years in prison. However, ABC, CBS, and NBC could not be bothered to even mention the conviction of this disgraced ex-mayor of a major, blighted American city on their nightly news programs. Perhaps they were busy with what are clearly weightier matters. Monday’s NBC Nightly News, for example, found time to mention Justin Timberlake’s recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, the ten worst places to retire in America, and the plight of penguins in Antarctica.

Thomas Perez Should Be Blocked

American Spectator, by Quin Hillyer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:18:04 PM Post Reply

If President Obama thinks he can get away with appointing an obvious prevaricator to be Secretary of Labor – and a radical, race-baiting one at that – he has lost all touch with reality. Even a group as confused and fractious as the caucus of Senate Republicans is sure to find the collective backbone to block the (expected) appointment of Thomas Perez. As I described in detail last August, Perez is one of the most loathsome figures in the thoroughly loathsome political ranks of Obama’s Justice Department. He has led the administration’s racial scaremongering

Matthews: ‘If You Waterboard
Cheney,’ We would Learn Real
Reasons For Iraq War

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 10:16:08 PM Post Reply

MSNBC host Chris Matthews scoffed at a guest on Tuesday who suggested that conservatives were beginning to come around to the notion that President George W. Bush “mismanaged” the war in Iraq. Matthews fumed at the suggestion that the war was just poorly managed. He said that if former Vice President Dick Cheney was subjected to waterboarding, he would confess that even Bush administration officials knew they were justifying that war based on a false pretense. In an interview about the legacy of the Bush presidency for the Republican Party, Bush’s Brain author Wayne Slater told Matthews

Ryan sets stage for a budget
duel, targets health-care law

Washington Post, by Lori Montgomery Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:14:49 PM Post Reply

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are drafting radically different budget blueprints that offer little room for compromise, even as President Obama presses lawmakers to take another shot at a far-reaching agreement to tame the national debt. On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rolled out a 10-year spending plan that would revive the most controversial prescriptions from last year’s GOP budget, including a partial privatization of Medicare and a repeal of the health-care law that is Obama’s signature policy achievement.

Scouts survey members on
whether to keep gay ban

Associated Press, by Nigel Duara Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 10:10:53 PM Post Reply

PORTLAND, Ore. — Faced with a backlash against their ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in policy. A questionnaire distributed to 1.1 million adult Scouts uses fictional situations to discern where Scouting´s membership falls on questions of homosexuality, gays camping with children and gays in church leadership. It allows adult Scouts to indicate a range of feelings, from strong support to strong opposition to the ban on gays. Some questions are direct queries of the respondent´s feelings on homosexuality and children. "Bob is 15 years old,

Notorious priest at center of $10-
million church abuse payout

Los Angeles Times, by Harriet Ryan and Victoria Kim Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/12/2013 10:03:47 PM Post Reply

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to four men who say they were molested by one of the region’s most notorious pedophile priests. The agreement brings to an end four lawsuits against the archdiocese involving Michael Baker, a charismatic parish priest accused of molesting at least 23 boys over three decades. The church has settled numerous cases brought by Baker’s victims in the past, but the $9.9-million settlement announced Tuesday is the first settlement since the January release of 12,000 pages of internal archdiocese records about abuse.

Exclusive: Baucus Bashes Fellow
Democrat Murray over Budget

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Matthew Boyle Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/12/2013 10:02:13 PM Post Reply

Senate Democrats are infighting on the eve of the release of Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray’s budget, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed Murray on Tuesday evening through a spokesperson. A Baucus spokesperson told Breitbart News that the Montana Democrat believes Murray’s decision to include what The Hill’s Erik Wasson describes as “reconciliation instructions

F.D.A. Raises Heart Alert
on Antibiotic in Wide Use

New York Times, by Sabrina Tabernise Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/12/2013 8:34:58 PM Post Reply

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday toughened a warning it made last year about the potential risks of azithromycin, a commonly used antibiotic that can cause changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead to a fatal irregular heart rhythm in some patients. The risks, which have been noted in the warning labels on the drug since March 2012, were quantified in greater detail in a study published last spring in the New England Journal of Medicine that was led by a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University.

Obama ´Preschool For All´
Unlikely To Live Up To The Hype

Investor´s Business Daily, by Lance T. Izumi Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/12/2013 8:22:21 PM Post Reply

An outline released by the White House contends that President Barack Obama´s universal preschool proposal will "improve quality and expand access to preschool" by, among other things, using federal funding incentives to require states "to meet quality benchmarks that are linked to better outcomes for children." There is justifiable skepticism, however, regarding the quality of those benchmarks and whether they are really linked to higher student results. In the initial wave of reaction to the president´s "Preschool for All" plan, many opponents have emphasized research, such as a recent HHS study of the federal Head Start preschool program,

It Took A Judge, But NYC´s
Soda Nazi Is Stopped Flat

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/12/2013 8:11:10 PM Post Reply

Liberty: The New York State Supreme Court came down hard on the side of average New Yorkers, and against their out-of-control despot, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Strike one on the Soda Nazi. In a ruling stunning in its strong language and moral censure, Judge Milton Tingling struck down the Big Apple´s infamous ban on large sugary soft drinks on the brink of its implementation. The judge declared Mayor Mike "Big Gulp" Bloomberg´s soda diktat "unconstitutional," "arbitrary and capricious," and said it "would create an administrative Leviathan and violate the separation of powers doctrine." More than that, according to Judge Tingling,

A Ryan Reboot

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/12/2013 8:08:53 PM Post Reply

The political class seems to be scandalized that Paul Ryan had the cheek Tuesday to propose another reform budget. Doesn´t the House Budget Chairman understand that the 2012 election settled every political question in President Obama´s favor? Er, no. The federal fisc is still a shambles—despite the tax increase on millionaires and billionaires that Mr. Obama said would solve everything and despite the modest sequester spending cuts he says are too painful to abide. Thus Mr. Ryan´s proposal for fiscal 2014 is still an important document, even if it has no chance of becoming law this year, because it

Ryan Shows How To Balance
The Budget Without Tax Hikes

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/12/2013 8:07:03 PM Post Reply

Deficits: Rep. Paul Ryan´s latest budget plan shows that we can balance the budget in just a decade without any new taxes and still increase spending if we get rid of the massive cost of ObamaCare. Released on Tuesday, the House budget committee chairman´s plan achieves what seemed impossible only recently — a balanced budget in 10 years. Even more astounding, Ryan gets there without touching Social Security and by leaving Medicare virtually untouched over the next decade. And he does so while letting spending climb an average 3.4%. How? First, Ryan takes the current revenue forecast as a given.

Infant the latest victim
of Chicago gang violence

Associated Press, by Don Babwin Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/12/2013 7:59:23 PM Post Reply

CHICAGO — A 6-month old girl became the latest innocent victim of Chicago gang violence when a gunman ambushed her father while he was changing her diaper along a South Side street and unloaded round after round into the two of them. Jonylah Watkins died at a hospital Tuesday after surgeons did what they could to repair the damage from the five bullets that tore through her body during Monday´s attack in Woodlawn. Her father, Jonathan Watkins, was in serious but stable condition Tuesday after receiving treatment for wounds to his buttocks and side and a graze to his face

Obamacare May Bite You
At The Vet’s Office

CBS Miami, by Eliott Rodriguez Original Article

Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 3/12/2013 6:52:05 PM Post Reply

Pet owners listen up: You may want to start saving more money for veterinarian care this year. The reason goes all the way back to Washington and an unintended consequence from medical reform. Dog owner Lori Heiselman was surprised where her veterinarian posted a warning on Facebook. The notice read: “Because medical equipment and supplies will be going up in cost, that extra expense will have to passed on to the customers.”

Rubio vs. Paul vs. Issa
for top lawmaker

Washington Examiner [DC], by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 6:32:59 PM Post Reply

On the eve of the annual conservative bash known as CPAC, the titans of the movement are gathering Wednesday night to determine who the best lawmakers, journalists, activists and staffers are in the business. Maybe the hardest choice for those attending the Weyrich Awards sponsored by Coalitions for America: who is the top Washington lawmaker, Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Darrell Issa or Sen. Marco Rubio? The annual event is adding something new this year. It has renamed the award for congressional staffer of the year for Michael Schwartz, the former chief of staff to Sen. Tom Coburn

George P. Bush runs for Texas office

Associated Press NewsBreak, by Will Weissert Original Article

Posted By: Rafter- 3/12/2013 6:13:33 PM Post Reply

George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family´s political dynasty in one of the country´s most-conservative states. Bush spokesman Trey Newton told The Associated Press that Bush spoke with current Land Commissioner Jerry Paterson before formally declaring his candidacy Tuesday. Paterson has already announced he´s leaving the post to run for lieutenant governor. An attorney and consultant from Fort Worth and Spanish-speaker, Bush is considered a rising star among conservative Hispanics.

Paper Nightmare! 20,000
Pages of Federal Regulations
Create Obamacare Tower (Photo)

Gateway Pundit, by Jim Hoft Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/12/2013 6:04:02 PM Post Reply

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tweeted out this photo today of what he described as a #RedTapeTower – nearly 20,000 pages of #Obamacare regulations versus the original #Obamacare bill.What a nightmare. Thank you, Democrats. Mitch McConnell added this on his Facebook page: Just take a look at this giant stack: one day’s worth of ObamaCare regulations. 828 pages in one day. Overall, there are nearly 20,000 pages – with many, many more to come. This is the owner’s manual

Next 25 Articles