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The Holocaust: FDR’s indelible failure

Washington Post, by Richard Cohen Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 3/13/2013 4:48:38 AM Post Reply

On April 12, 1945, my grandfather approached me as I played outside the house and asked where my mother was. He looked stricken, and so I quickly followed him inside and heard him say words that made my mother burst into tears: President Roosevelt had died. My mother’s grief and panic were so palpable — her brother was fighting in the Pacific, her brother-in-law was fighting in Europe — that it scared me. In our house, FDR was not merely the president. He was a god. He is a god no more. His New Deal is no longer solely credited

Drops in Approval & Trust
on the Economy End Obama’s
Post-Election Honeymoon

ABC News, by Gary Langer Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 3/13/2013 4:44:25 AM Post Reply

The post-election party is over for Barack Obama, with the president slipping in overall approval and relinquishing his advantage over congressional Republicans in trust to handle the economy. But it looks not so much like a gain for the GOP as a sequester-inspired pox on both houses. The automatic budget cuts now in effect are unpopular, if not overwhelmingly so – Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll disapprove by 53-39 percent. But concerns about their impact are broad, and, by a 14-point margin, more put responsibility on the Republicans in Congress than on Obama for the sequester taking place.

Recess Appointments
Ruling to Be Appealed

New York Times, by Charlie Savage Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 1:26:57 AM Post Reply

Washington - The Obama administration has decided that it will appeal to the Supreme Court a sweeping ruling by an appeals court in January that President Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate in making three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board last year. While the dispute grew out of a narrow and novel legal question — whether brief “pro forma” sessions by the Senate could prevent the president from making recess appointments during a lengthy winter break by lawmakers — the appeals court blew past that issue and called into question nearly two

China pulls nearly 6,000 dead
pigs from Shanghai river

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/13/2013 1:24:47 AM Post Reply

Officials say the number of pig carcasses found in Shanghai´s Huangpu River has risen to nearly 6,000. [Snip] But it said water from the river was safe, with water quality meeting government-set standards. It is believed that the pigs may have come from Jiaxing in the neighbouring Zhejiang province, although the cause of their deaths is still not clear. In a statement, the Shanghai municipal government said that the water in Huangpu River, which is a major source of drinking water for Shanghai, was safe. It also said that no diseased pork had been detected in markets.

Venezuela: Panel Will Investigate
Roots of Cancer That Killed Chávez

New York Times, by William Neuman Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 1:04:25 AM Post Reply

Venezuela will create a scientific panel to investigate the illness of Hugo Chávez, after an accusation by the interim president last week that the former president’s cancer was mysteriously caused by his enemies. “We have this intuition that our Commander Chávez was poisoned by dark forces that wanted to get rid of him to destroy the Bolivarian revolution and strike at Latin America and the Caribbean,” Nicolás Maduro, the interim president, (Snip) The government has refused to say what type of cancer Mr. Chávez had, but Mr. Maduro said that it had behaved in a very unusual way.

U.S. Will Provide Millions
More in Storm Aid for New York

New York Times, by Jenny Anderson Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 12:52:30 AM Post Reply

The federal government has agreed to spend an additional $436 million to repair dunes, beaches and sea walls in coastal communities in New York that were hammered by Hurricane Sandy, officials announced on Tuesday. Four projects that had previously been authorized but never completely financed will now receive full federal support through the hurricane relief bill, which was signed in January, according to Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York. (Snip) The $51 billion emergency aid package passed by Congress authorized the federal government to finance 65 percent of these projects.

You don´t beat poverty by trapping
families on welfare benefits, Archbishop

Daily Mail [UK], by Melanie Phillips Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/13/2013 12:33:20 AM Post Reply

How very disappointing. It appears that the arrival of a new head of the Church of England has not managed to prevent the collective clerical knee from jerking in the same old way over the poor. When he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, there were high hopes that Dr Justin Welby would usher into the Church a new era of more rigorous thinking. As a former oilman, he was thought to be more worldly than his predecessor, Dr Rowan Williams, who had come out tiresomely with one Left-wing political position after another. Expectations that Dr Welby would be more

Official: Cyberattacks, N. Korea,
jihadist groups top U.S. threats

CNN, by Chelsea J. Carter & Pam Benson* Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/13/2013 12:27:12 AM Post Reply

Washington - Cyberattacks pose more of a threat to the United States than a land-based attack by a terrorist group, while North Korea´s development of a nuclear weapons program poses a "serious threat," the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday. The warning by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper came in his annual report to Congress on the threats facing the United States. "Attacks, which might involve cyber and financial weapons, can be deniable and unattributable," Clapper said in prepared remarks before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Winnie Mandela could face murder inquiry
after police exhume bodies of two
anti-Apartheid activists last seen
at her home 24 years ago

Daily Mail [UK], by Simon Tomlinson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/13/2013 12:26:16 AM Post Reply

Forensic scientists today exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The case reopens a dark chapter in the life of the then-wife of Nelson Mandela, who is still revered by many as ´the mother of the nation,´ but by others as a vengeful and heartless operator. Police have opened a new murder investigation into the deaths of Corlett ´Lolo´ Sono, 21, and 19-year-old Siboniso Anthony Shabalala. They were among about 21,000 people killed in political violence during apartheid by agents of the white-minority regime or by fellow

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.

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