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Maryland lawmakers vote
to repeal death penalty

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/16/2013 4:11:05 AM Post Reply

Maryland lawmakers approved a measure abolishing the death penalty on Friday and sent the bill to Gov. Martin O´Malley, who has long supported banning capital punishment. The House of Delegates voted 82-56 for legislation already approved by the Senate. Eighty Democrats and two Republicans voted for the bill, which needed 71 to pass. Eighteen Democrats joined 38 Republicans to vote against it. The vote represented a major win for the Democratic governor, who has pushed for the death penalty´s repeal for five years. He is also widely believed to be weighing a presidential bid in 2016.

Abortion bills passed

Bismarck Tribune [ND], by Nick Smith Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/16/2013 3:58:10 AM Post Reply

Two bills that would increase restrictions on North Dakota’s abortion laws are headed to the governor’s desk after passage by the Senate on Friday. If signed, the bills would create some of the toughest abortion laws in the nation. House Bill 1305 would make it a Class A misdemeanor for a physician to willingly perform an abortion based specifically on gender or on genetic abnormalities. House Bill 1456 requires a physician to determine whether there’s a detectable heartbeat prior to performing an abortion. A physician who willingly performs an abortion after the detection of a heartbeat could be subject

NOPD baffled as to why 3 men
attacked a stranger in the
Marigny without robbing him

Times-Picayune [New Orleans, LA], by Naomi Martin Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/16/2013 12:12:24 AM Post Reply

New Orleans police said Friday they are bewildered as to why three young men brutally beat a stranger on a Marigny street corner last weekend, but did not rob him. The lead detective on the case said the assailants, armed with a bottle, had "ample opportunity" to rob the victim, who can be seen on surveillance footage lying immobilized on the ground during much of the attack. The victim, who was left severely injured and his face disfigured, still had his cell phone and cash after the beating, police said. "I´ve never had an incident like this. Usually there´s a reason

DHS Approves Two $450 Million
No Bid Contracts For More
Weapons and Ammo

Gateway Pundit, by Jim Hoft Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 9:58:04 PM Post Reply

Let’s see… According to one estimate, since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm. DHS also reportedly purchased 2,700 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) to go with their bullet stockpile. ATK is one company that won a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to provide 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition in 2012. Now this…The Department of Homeland Security approved two more $450 million contracts for more weapons and ammo recently. The Obama File reported: Dave Gibson is reporting that on Monday,

Colorado’s magazine-limit bill further
reaching than opponents imagined

Daily Caller, by Greg Campbell Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 9:49:39 PM Post Reply

Colorado Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields, whose bill to ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds ignited an ongoing firestorm of protest and which could cost the state jobs if a manufacturer of such equipment makes good on its promise to move to another state, didn’t realize that her bill would outlaw practically every magazine currently for sale in the state. That’s because the bill specifies that magazines that can be “readily converted” to hold more than 15 bullets will also be outlawed. Practically every magazine on the market can be easily converted with readily available

Intercept and Defend

Washington Free Beacon, by Bill Gertz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/15/2013 9:38:14 PM Post Reply

North Korea’s deployment of a new road-mobile missile that can hit the United States prompted the Pentagon on Friday to add more ground-based anti-missile interceptors to bases in Alaska and California, senior defense and military officials said on Friday. Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that North Korea’s new, road-mobile KN-08 ICBM has emerged as a threat “a little bit faster than we expected.” “We believe the KN-08 probably does have the range to reach the United States, and our assessment of where it exists and its lifetime is something that

Ted Cruz Reacts to Clash With Dianne
Feinstein: ‘Others Can Hurl Insults My
Way, My Focus Remains on the Substance’

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 9:34:54 PM Post Reply

Yesterday, Senators Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein got into a heated back-and-forth during a Judiciary Committee hearing on the ban on assault weapons. Following the clash, Feinstein said that she felt patronized and called Cruz arrogant. He responded on today’s Your World, saying, “Listen, other senators can choose to hurl whatever insults they like in my direction, I have no intention of reciprocating.” Cruz promised to remain above the fray, saying, “My focus has been and will remain on the substance.” The senator took

NBC: Portman Joins ´Growing List´
of Republicans for Gay Marriage
as GOP Faces ´Identity Crisis´

NewsBusters, by Kyle Drennen Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 9:20:53 PM Post Reply

On Friday´s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer touted "breaking news" that Ohio Senator Rob Portman, "a leading figure in the Republican Party," was now in favor of gay marriage after learning that his son was gay. Leading off the report that followed, White House correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed that Portman "...is now joining a growing list of Republicans to come out in support of gay marriage..." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Turning to coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Alexander asserted: "The Republican Party now faces an identity crisis, with no clear

Sen. Graham claims Benghazi survivors
´told to be quiet´ by administration

Fox News, by Bret Baier & Catherine Herridge Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 9:10:32 PM Post Reply

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, in an interview with Fox News, alleged that the injured survivors of the Benghazi terror attack have been "told to be quiet" and feel they can´t come forward to tell their stories -- escalating his push for more information about survivors who have never been publicly identified. The White House is denying any attempt to exert pressure on them. "I´m sure that the White House is not preventing anyone from speaking," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, when asked about the survivors. But Graham told Fox News, "the bottom line is they

Hoyer warns GOP to abandon
efforts to repeal healthcare law

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Pete Kasperowicz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 8:56:41 PM Post Reply

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned his Republican counterpart on Friday that the GOP will have no hope of finding bipartisan agreement on any issue if it continues to insist on repealing the 2010 healthcare law. "If we want to do something in a bipartisan fashion, if we want to get to an end here, we ought to stop pretending that we´re going to repeal the Affordable Care Act," Hoyer told Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). "We had an election about that. We won. The president won." Hoyer´s comment

Trump criticized by Democrat for
‘bigoted’ immigration message

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 8:45:36 PM Post Reply

The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Friday tore into Donald Trump’s immigration message to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), calling his comments “bigoted” and borderline “racist.” “Donald Trump may provide comic relief, but his bigoted comments at CPAC have no place in the discussion for realistic solutions to our country’s immigration problems,” Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (R-Tex.) said in an email to The Hill. As the first speaker at Friday’s CPAC event, the real estate mogul and reality TV host called immigration reform a “suicide mission”

Federal Judge Finds National Security
Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them

Wired, by Kim Zetter Original Article

Posted By: Alex- 3/15/2013 8:43:11 PM Post Reply

Ultra-secret national security letters that come with a gag order on the recipient are an unconstitutional impingement on free speech, a federal judge in California ruled in a decision released Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered the government to stop issuing so-called NSLs across the board, in a stunning defeat for the Obama administration’s surveillance practices. She also ordered the government to cease enforcing the gag provision in any other cases. However, she stayed her order for 90 days to give the government a chance to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Video: Every Senate Budget
Committee Democrat Votes
´No´ on Balancing the Budget

Townhall, by Guy Benson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 8:39:12 PM Post Reply

Their own plan doesn´t even come close to balancing, of course, and they´re not interested in other ideas to get there. The first Republican amendment they torpedoed yesterday called for increasing federal spending at a clip of "only" 3.4 percent per year over the next decade, rather than the major acceleration that Democrats have advanced. The second proposed making it more procedurally difficult to pass a budget that does not balance with ten years. Watch as each Democrat-aligned committee member votes in lockstep against these provisions. Make no mistake,

Conservatives War with GOP Consultants

National Review Online, by Katrina Trinko Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/15/2013 8:31:52 PM Post Reply

Here at CPAC, it’s evident that in the aftermath of the devastating November election conservatives are turning not on the losing candidates — Mitt Romney, for one, was warmly received – but on the people who ran their campaigns. With an eye to 2014 elections, some conservatives and tea partiers are pushing a new solution: Down with the consultants. In an interview with NRO, Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, blasted the professional political class, decrying “any consultant who thinks that they can come into a state and say, ‘this is who you need

McConnell decries ´crybaby caucus,’
tells conservatives they must unify

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexander & Alexandra Jaffe Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 8:31:06 PM Post Reply

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday called for conservatives to put aside their differences with fellow Republicans and unify to fight President Obama’s agenda, specifically the implementation of healthcare reform. McConnell told the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference it is time for the party to stop wallowing in the losses of the 2012 election. “I’m a little tired of the hand-wringing. Conservatives were never meant to be part of the crybaby caucus,” he said. “I know folks have a lot of opinions about what happened in November, but

Weiner Polled for
N.Y. Mayoral Bid

National Journal, by Steven Shepard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 8:04:40 PM Post Reply

Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner´s dormant New York City mayoral campaign paid more than $100,000 to a San Francisco-based polling firm earlier this month, suggesting the once-prominent Democrat whose career was derailed by allegations he sent salacious texts and photographs to various women online was contemplating a return to politics in this year´s elections. The expenditures were disclosed in a filing with the city´s Campaign Finance Board late Friday. Weiner´s campaign paid David Binder Research $52,500 on March 4 for "research," and then another $54,000 on March 5 for "polling costs," according to

Justices crack door to letting
cameras in Supreme court

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 7:41:11 PM Post Reply

Two long-standing "No" votes on letting TV cameras capture oral arguments at the Supreme Court indicated a change Thursday that could eventually lead to the installation of C-SPAN cameras like those in the House and Senate and White House briefing room. At a hearing to discuss the court´s $86 million budget, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy openly fretted that advertising-starved newspapers have been snuffing out court reporters around the country and that might require cameras in courts. "One of the things that we´re facing with newspapers facing critical financial problems, they are laying off court reporters," said the justice.

Keystone XL Benefits Too
Great To Allow More Delays

Investor´s Business Daily, by Senator Fred Upton Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/15/2013 7:31:49 PM Post Reply

When it comes to producing jobs, economic growth, energy security and more affordable gasoline prices for struggling Americans, the pending Keystone XL pipeline project includes some history worth repeating. TransCanada, a Canadian energy company, has proposed the Keystone XL pipeline expansion to carry nearly a million additional barrels of oil from Alberta to U.S. refineries in the Midwest and Gulf Coast. The pipeline would create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and give Americans access to long-term, safe North American energy supplies. Keystone XL could play a role in moderating high gas prices by increasing the supply of

‘Racial Undertone That Never
Goes Away’: Morning Joe Spars
Over Whether Obama Endures
New ‘Level Of Vitriol’

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 7:29:41 PM Post Reply

Amid a discussion about Washington’s effort to reach a budget deal, the Morning Joe panel took a bit of a tangent turning to the topic of vitriol and attacks in politics. The panelists quickly found itself at odds with each other, not seeing eye to eye on whether the nastiness on the political scene has gotten worse. The New Yorker‘s David Remnick argued that we tend to “mythologize” the Kumbaya cooperativeness of the Clinton era, and that their battles were “more ferocious” than that. “But I think also you can’t

4 Reasons To Ban
Domestic Drone Strikes

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/15/2013 7:24:12 PM Post Reply

Drone War: The attorney general claims the president has unilateral, secretive authority to fire missiles at Americans on American soil. Congress must disabuse him of this insane notion. Targeting U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar Awlaki was the right move. He clearly was an enemy combatant posing an imminent threat. But Awlaki was hiding in Yemen. Capturing him in that mountainous Islamic country was next to impossible. The commander in chief had no choice but to take him out with a Hellfire rocket. If Awlaki had been hiding in America, it would have been different. U.S. authorities have arrested, convicted and locked up

McCain Apologizes For Calling Rand
Paul, Ted Cruz ‘Wacko Birds’ On
Fox News: ‘That Was Inappropriate’

Mediaite, by Matt Wilstein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 7:20:49 PM Post Reply

Friday afternoon on Fox News, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered his first on-camera apology to his Senate colleagues Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) for calling them “wacko birds” in an interview with The Huffington Post following Paul’s filibuster. Responding to a question from Neil Cavuto about his recent confrontations with the younger generation of his party, McCain offered a humble and sincere apology. “In an interview I said that Senator Paul and Senator Cruz were ‘wacko birds,’” he said. “That was inappropriate. I apologize

An Order From Obama Puts
Another Boot On The Economy

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/15/2013 7:17:33 PM Post Reply

Anti-Industry: The president reportedly will tell federal agencies they can´t approve major projects until their impact on global warming has been weighed. Why halt commerce in an economy in dire need of more? According to Bloomberg media, "President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipelines to highways." Bloomberg says Obama plans to "expand the scope of a Nixon-era law," the National Environmental Policy Act, "that was first intended to force agencies to assess the effect of projects on air,

Could We See a Hillary Clinton-
Michelle Obama Ticket in 2016?

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/15/2013 7:14:44 PM Post Reply

Just three months into President Obama’s second term, rumors are already swirling about First Lady Michelle Obama’s plans after the White House. After a series of high-profile appearances, some are even speculating about a Hillary Clinton–Michelle Obama ticket in 2016. Democratic pollster Doug Schoen told Megyn Kelly that while it would certainly be a good ticket, he thinks that it is more likely that Michelle Obama would run for an Illinois Senate seat. Schoen thinks she’d stands a good chance of winning, saying, “She’s one of the most popular, if not the most popular person in America.”

GOP Must Launch Reality Offensive

Creators Syndicate, by David Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/15/2013 7:10:52 PM Post Reply

How can anyone take President Obama seriously when he tells us our national debt is no big deal? Well, we have to take him seriously, because, unserious thinking or not, he has serious power, including the power to obstruct progress on reducing the debt. I´m not making this up, of course, which is too bad because it illustrates why it is so hard for Republicans to work with this man. He neither views the fiscal world from the same lens nor shares the goal of significant debt reduction. In an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Obama said, "We don't have an immediate crisis in terms

Vatican defends Pope Francis against
Argentia ´dirty war´ allegations

Washington Post, by Jason Horowitz Original Article

Posted By: Zarin- 3/15/2013 7:06:52 PM Post Reply

Rome - The Vatican vigorously defended Pope Francis on Friday by seeking to discredit accusations that he failed to oppose and may even have collaborated with Argentina’s feared military junta during the so-called “dirty war” against left-wing activists. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, departed from his recent good cheer since the pope’s election to excoriate the criticisms in the press. He called the accusations against the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who served as a Jesuit provincial superior and then archbishop of Buenos Aires, stale and the work of

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