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CPAC Highlights: Rubio and West

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/14/2013 5:24:42 PM Post Reply

RUSH: CPAC is underway. As I said earlier, I don´t even know why they do CPAC anymore. After my speech, what is there left to be said? But I guess it is a social weekend for the youngsters. They come and hobnob and play around. You know, there are people out there, folks, when I say things like that (snarky imitation), "See, he really means it. He really thinks he´s so big and so important and so smart, that CPAC really shouldn´t even have a convention anymore because he´s made the one speech that nobody ever can top."

Sources: Olbermann´s inability to get
a job cited in Current TV settlement

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/14/2013 5:19:21 PM Post Reply

Keith Olbermann has settled his $50 million lawsuit with Current TV, bringing an end to the almost year-long legal dispute over the outspoken host´s dismissal from the liberal news network. The terms of the settlement, which was reported earlier this week, were not released. But two sources familiar with the negotiations now tell POLITICO that during the mediation stage, Olbermann´s legal representatives cited his inability to get a job at another network -- a move one source close to the negotiations interpreted as an effort to gain sympathy for Olbermann. "One of the cards his people played was hardship,"

Popes and Dopes

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/14/2013 5:17:27 PM Post Reply

The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and The New Yorker´s Jane Kramer brings her readers the astonishing news that "you will not see women in the priesthood anytime soon; or married clergy; or an end to the bans on divorce, abortion, and contraception; or a reprieve for the nuns in trousers who go forth to give food, music, and solace to the poor; or even an acknowledgement that ´unrepentant´ gay and lesbian Catholic men and women might, conceivably, get to heaven."

A Tea Partier Gets Some
Unusual Defenders

Commentary Magazine, by Seth Mandel Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/14/2013 5:14:45 PM Post Reply

Last week I wrote about the entertaining series of stories in which reporters asked Senate Democrats why they didn’t stand with Rand Paul during his filibuster of John Brennan over civil liberties concerns. I noted that congressional Democrats judge foreign policy stands on partisanship alone, and the Democrats’ confused responses to reporters last week signaled they thought reporters were in on the joke. But there are Democrats outside of government starting to pipe up on the issue of drones and secrecy, and it suggests Paul’s filibuster was even more successful from a publicity standpoint than it seemed at the time.

Sarah Palin’s War
on Christmas book

Washington Post, by Alexandra Petri Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/14/2013 5:05:57 PM Post Reply

I understand that at this point commenting on anything Sarah Palin does is like socking a punching bag that has been slowly deflating since 2008, but she has just announced that she is coming out with a Christmas book, and I couldn’t help myself. Well, more specifically, a book about the War on Christmas. This is the moment that most I feared when I gave her up cold turkey months ago. My sponsor is going to have some stern words for me. Still… Titled “A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas,” it seems destined to go

10 Things That Are Simpler Than
Applying For Obamacare

Buzzfeed, by Anna Forth Original Article

Posted By: happywarrior- 3/14/2013 5:01:07 PM Post Reply

The draft application for health insurance under Obamacare is out, and it´s long — 21 pages, to be exact. That´s close to ten times longer than an individual tax return, and significantly longer than an application for citizenship or a federal housing loan. It´s even longer than an application to establish a bank. The sheer complexity of the application is likely to spawn a cottage industry of Obamacare preparers, the Washington Post speculates. Which means a potential new addition to healthcare expenses: the cost of paying someone to help you apply.

Pope Francis´ humility:
stops by hotel to get bags

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/14/2013 4:58:09 PM Post Reply

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style of papacy than his tradition-minded predecessor who tended to stay ensconced in the frescoed halls of the Vatican. The break from Benedict XVI´s pontificate was evident even in Francis´ wardrobe choices: He kept the simple iron pectoral cross of his days as bishop and eschewed the red cape that Benedict

Pope Francis branded Britain
´usurpers´ over Falklands conflict

Telegraph [UK], by Donna Bowater Original Article

Posted By: HKMK55- 3/14/2013 4:52:31 PM Post Reply

Rio de Janeiro - During a Mass on April 2 last year to mark the 30th anniversary of the start of the war, Bergoglio called for the vindication of "all" of those who fought against the British over the Falklands Islands. "We come to pray for those who have fallen, sons of the homeland who set out to defend his mother, the homeland, to claim the country that is theirs and they were usurped," he said. "Many young people were there and could not return. Others returned but none could forget. "Many scars, many families destroyed by permanent absence or a return cut short. The country needs to remember them all."

We can´t wait for the
crisis, Mr. President

Washington Examiner [DC], by Philip Klein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/14/2013 4:52:22 PM Post Reply

Let´s say your car is on cruise control at 100 miles per hour, and there´s a brick wall in the distance. The responsible course of action would be to slow down gradually and turn the car so it´s no longer pointed toward the brick wall. But if President Obama were driving the way he conducts fiscal policy, he´d be lowering the speed to 98 miles per hour and continuing on the same trajectory -- simply assuming he´d be able to slam on the brakes right before impact. During a Wednesday interview with ABC´s George Stephanopoulos, Obama warned

Jeb Bush Opts Out
CPAC Straw Poll

National Review Online, by Betsy Woodruff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/14/2013 4:47:25 PM Post Reply

CNN just confirmed that Jeb Bush asked not to be included in CPAC’s straw poll: “He requested not to be put on the poll this year,” an official with the American Conservative Union, the group that puts on CPAC, told CNN. The official asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely. And that was quickly confirmed by a spokesman for Bush. Does this mean he doesn’t get to be president? Probably not — the CPAC straw poll is a less than reliable predictor of presidential success, as NPR explains.

It’s On: Paul, Rubio Stir Up
CPAC with 2016-Caliber Speeches

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/14/2013 4:41:48 PM Post Reply

Among the interesting choices for musical introductions at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) walked out to the menacing, driving intro of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” Coupled with Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) speech just beforehand, the theme song should’ve been “Enter 2016.” Both senators gave mighty speeches, effortlessly weaving either conservatism with populism or libertarianism with conservatism. Both brought the crowd to its feet. Both were at their personal best in terms of ease, messaging, and humor.

U.S. Tax Cheats Nailed After
Swiss Adviser Mails It In

Bloomberg, by David Voreacos & Patricia Hurtado Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/14/2013 4:38:51 PM Post Reply

Everybody knows the danger of sending things inadvertently in an e-mail. Beda Singenberger’s case shows you also have to be pretty careful when you mail things the old-fashioned way. Over an 11-year period, federal prosecutors charge, Swiss financial adviser Singenberger helped 60 people in the U.S. hide $184 million in secret offshore accounts bearing colorful names like Real Cool Investments Ltd. and Wanderlust Foundation. Then, according to a prosecutor, Singenberger inadvertently mailed a list of his U.S. clients, including their names and incriminating details, which somehow wound up in the hands of federal authorities. Whoops!

Obama joins Republicans for
lunch, doesn´t get to eat food

The Hill [Washington DC], by Emily Goodin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/14/2013 4:26:50 PM Post Reply

President Obama joined the Senate Republicans for lunch on Thursday — he just couldn´t eat the food. "He looked longingly at it," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who organized the menu, told reporters afterward. "Apparently he has to have essentially a taster, and I pointed out to him that we were all tasters for it — that if the food had been poisoned all of us would have keeled over." Collins arranged for food from her home state to be served: University of Maine lobster salad, Fox Family potato chips, and Wild Maine blueberry pie.

Under Obama, Veterans Wait
2000% Longer for Disability Benefits

FrontPage Magazine, by Daniel Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/14/2013 4:13:47 PM Post Reply

Obama Inc’s standard policy seems to be screwing veterans. Between the cuts to veteran health care via Tricare, education funding and mass firing of military personnel while handing out billions of dollars to his backers, Obama has inflicted catastrophic damage on countless military families. But Obama’s worst impact may have been on the most vulnerable veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to provide key information to Congress and the public that shows the agency’s ability to quickly provide service-related benefits has virtually collapsed under President

President Obama: I´m no
Dick Cheney on drones

Politico, by Josh Gerstein & Manu Raju Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/14/2013 4:12:09 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama’s defense to Democratic senators complaining about how little his administration has told Congress about the legal justifications for his drone policy: Dick Cheney was worse. That’s part of what two senators in the room recounted of Obama’s response when, near the outset of his closed-door session with the Senate Democratic conference on Tuesday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) confronted the president over the administration’s refusal for two years to show congressional intelligence committees Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memos justifying the use of lethal force against American terror suspects abroad.

Gov´t acknowledges thousands
released from jails

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/14/2013 4:08:07 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON— The Obama administration contradicted itself Thursday, acknowledging to Congress that it had, in fact, released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from immigration jails due to budget constraints during three weeks in February. Four deemed especially dangerous have been placed back in jail. The administration had claimed only a "few hundred immigrants" were released for budgetary reasons, challenging as inaccurate an Associated Press report that more than 2,000 immigrants had been released and that 3,000 more would be released this month. However, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Morton, testified Thursday that his agency released 2,228

Climategate: FOIA – The Man
Who Saved The World

Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/14/2013 4:00:49 PM Post Reply

FOIA--the anonymous leaker who brought the Climategate and Climategate II emails to light has emerged briefly from the shadows. He has released to selected parties (not me) the password to the cache of Climategate II emails in the hope that someone will have the time and energy to sift through them in search of exciting new revelations about the ongoing "Climate Change" scam. No doubt we´ll hear much more in the coming weeks. In the meantime, I think it´s worth dwelling on some of the clues he offers as to his identity and motivation. (I´m assuming it is a "he",

University College London bans
hard-line Islamic group which tried
to segregate men and women at
a debate held on university premises

Daily Mail [UK], by Harriet Arkell Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/14/2013 3:47:33 PM Post Reply

A leading London university has banned an Islamic organisation from holding events on its campus after it told women to sit separately from men and couples at a debate there. Audience members at the public debate at University College London (UCL) were told to enter the chamber through either the men´s or women´s entrances. Event organisers iERA (Islamic Education and Research Academy) then asked women to sit at the back, while men and couples were allowed to sit at the front. The audience was there for a public debate on the subject ´Islam Or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense?´.

Flowers for the Virgin Mary, half
an hour of prayer and settling his
hotel bill: Low-key Francis reschedules
first morning as Pope

Daily Mail [UK], by Suzannah Hills* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/14/2013 3:41:10 PM Post Reply

Pope Francis I today held his first Mass since being elected as supreme pontiff, gathering with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel to offer prayers for the future of the Church. (Snip) Speaking in Italian without notes, he said: ´We can walk all we want, we can build many things, but if we don´t proclaim Jesus Christ, something is wrong. We would become a compassionate NGO and not a Church which is the bride of Christ. ´He who does not pray to the Lord prays to the devil. When we don´t proclaim Jesus Christ, we proclaim the worldliness of the

Two Years After Fukushima,
Japan Reassesses Nuclear

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 3/14/2013 3:26:20 PM Post Reply

Nuclear Power: Buoyed by data showing that outside the immediate area, radiation dangers remain small, Japan´s pro-nuclear prime minister seeks to restart other shut-down reactors to restart a stagnant economy. It has been two years since the March 11, 2011, Honshu quake and tsunami that killed nearly 19,000 people, smashed Tokyo Electric Power Co.´s Fukushima plant, and put the brakes on the worldwide commercial use of nuclear power. Days after the quake — which registered at 9.0 on the Richter scale and was equal to about 336 million tons of TNT

TDSB sics police on sarcastic blogger

Toronto Sun, by Joe Warmington Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 3/14/2013 2:52:19 PM Post Reply

TORONTO - Can writing a sarcastic but clearly tame blog comment really land two cops at your doorstep? It happened to Blazingcatfur blogger Arnie Lemaire Wednesday for musing "OISE and the TDSB need to be purged, or burnt to the ground whichever is more effective." He´s, quite rightfully, upset about it. But, often critical of the Toronto District School Board and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Lemaire said he will not back down from efforts to "intimidate" him. "Dear TDSB, You Can´t Silence Me," was a headline on the blazingcatfur.blogspot in response.

CO Gov. Hickenlooper: From So-
Called ‘Blue Dog’ To True Blue Stater

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/14/2013 2:48:50 PM Post Reply

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper ran for office as a “Blue Dog” Democrat and has carefully cast himself as an independent-minded man who isn’t beholden to the partisans on either side. Rewind to Denver Magazine, May 2011: The governor lifted a tie from the SUV’s center console. Hickenlooper doesn’t usually wear a tie. He takes great pride in not wearing a tie. He thinks ties are “off-brand.” Like much of what he does, it’s strategy to perpetuate the image of him as the beer man who Forrest Gumped his way into politics, and specifically to avoid looking

IG Report Confirms PJ Media:
Obama DOJ’s Leftist Election
Lawyer Hiring Blitz

PJ Media, by J. Christian Adams Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/14/2013 2:33:21 PM Post Reply

(Also see: Inspector General Report on Racialist Dysfunction inside DOJ.) It took a few years, but the report issued this week by the DOJ inspector general confirms reporting (here) by PJ Media: the powerful DOJ Voting Section ran an ideologically charged attorney recruitment and hiring effort that deliberately sought left-leaning lawyers. Sources familiar with the thinking of Civil Rights Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez report that he and others in the department believe the damning inspector general report actually vindicates the attorney hiring decisions over the last few

University of Tennessee
uses Student Fees to pay
for Lesbian Bondage Expert

Townhall, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/14/2013 2:21:20 PM Post Reply

A lesbian bondage expert and a campus-wide condom scavenger hunt are among the activities planned for The University of Tennessee’s first-ever “Sex Week” – an event paid for in-part by student fees. Sex Week is sponsored by the university’s Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee club. The six-day event is expected to cost nearly $20,000 – covered in part by university grants, student fees and contributions from academic departments. University of Tennessee spokeswoman Karen Simpson confirmed to Fox News that the conference is being funded by student fees and university money.

Health Care Law Projected to
Add $6.2 Trillion to U.S. Deficit

American Magazine, by Christopher J. Conover Original Article

Posted By: Eleanor Bartow- 3/14/2013 2:17:52 PM Post Reply

It turns out President Obama was right when he said his health care law wouldn´t add one dime to the federal deficit. Figures from the Government Accountability Office suggest that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will in fact add 62 trillion dimes over the next 75 years. (To give that $6.2 trillion some perspective, our national debt is currently $16.7 trillion.) Sometimes called the congressional watchdog, the GAO is the official auditor for the U.S. Congress. GAO is the agency that designated Medicare and Medicaid as high-risk programs because they are particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments. And it is likewise the agency that ultimately will be tasked with identifying all the bureaucratic snafus associated with Obamacare as it continues to roll out, affecting more and more Americans.

Pelosi: GOP ‘at war with its
own government’ [Video]

Daily Caller, by Nicholas Ballasy Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/14/2013 2:13:35 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans are “at war” with their “own government” by trying to “shrink” its role in society. Pelosi added that it is impossible for Congress to balance the federal budget in one decade, as House Republicans have proposed. “We don’t want any more government than we need, but we respect the public role, in public-private partnerships, in putting a referee on the field, a cop on — a referee for — whether it’s to monitor clean air, clean water, food safety, a cop on the beat for the protection

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