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Palestinians unenthusiastic
about Obama visit

Associated Press, by Mohammed Daraghmeh Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/17/2013 4:04:54 PM Post Reply

RAMALLAH, West Bank- President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the region. Obama´s trip, beginning Wednesday, appears aimed primarily at resetting the sometimes troubled relationship with Israel. But winning the trust of the Palestinians, who accuse him of unfairly favoring Israel, could be a far more difficult task. After suffering disappointments during the first Obama administration, Palestinians see little reason for optimism in his new term. The White House announcement that Obama will not present any new peace initiatives strengthened their conviction that the U.S. leader

Real Irish aren´t wearin´ the green
on St. Patrick´s Day

The Buffalo News, by Anne Neville Original Article

Posted By: ramona- 3/17/2013 3:47:59 PM Post Reply

Among the thousands of people who will celebrate the Irish and Ireland this weekend, you´ll find a small group whose accents give them away as natives of the Emerald Isle. They might stand out as the only people not draped in bright green from head to toe. Although members of the most recent wave of immigrant Irish are happy and proud to find Western New Yorkers exuberantly celebrating their culture and heritage, they also are a bit perplexed by some of our traditions.

More N.J. schools turning to
advertising to make ends meet

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Jeanette Rundquist Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/17/2013 2:30:20 PM Post Reply

The electronic sign in front of Linden High School may begin showing ads along with school messages, a deal Linden officials were told could bring in $100,000 a year. The North Hunterdon-Voorhees High School District is exploring "corporate partnership opportunities" that could paste company logos on everything from high school football scoreboards to library walls. In Lyndhurst, school officials next year will study the idea of selling ads and sponsorships on school buildings. Among the places they’re eyeing is the high school roof. "When you’re going into Newark Airport, you fly right over our high school," said Superintendent Tracey Marinelli.

Priebus’s Plan to Remake
the GOP Primary Calendar

National Review Online, by Daniel Foster Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/17/2013 2:18:16 PM Post Reply

On Face the Nation, RNC chairman Reince Priebus discussed in outline a plan for remaking the GOP presidential primary process that would involve include culling debates, dividing the country into four regional primary blocs, and moving up the convention. Priebus argued that the drawn-out 2012 process hurt Republicans. Transcript below:(Snip for video)Schieffer: let me ask you a little bit about what you want to do about the primary system that we have now. What — you’re saying too many debates, the debates start much too early,

Food stamps put Rhode Island town
on monthly boom-and-bust cycle

Washington Post, by Eli Saslow Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/17/2013 2:12:00 PM Post Reply

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – The economy of Woonsocket was about to stir to life. Delivery trucks were moving down river roads, and stores were extending their hours. The bus company was warning riders to anticipate “heavy traffic.” A community bank, soon to experience a surge in deposits, was rolling a message across its electronic marquee on the night of Feb. 28: “Happy shopping! Enjoy the 1st.” In the heart of downtown, Miguel Pichardo, 53, watched three trucks jockey for position at the loading dock of his family-run International Meat Market. For most of the month,

Nailin´ Palin: Karl Rove swings back
at Sarah Palin after she says GOP
consultants should run for office
themselves or ´stay in the truck´

New York Daily News, by Dan Hirschhorn Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/17/2013 2:08:56 PM Post Reply

Republican uber-strategist Karl Rove swung back at Sarah Palin on Sunday, implying the former VP candidate´s early exit from office hurts her credibility as a party critic. Rove has been Public Enemy No. 1 for conservatives looking to blame high-priced party strategists for the GOP´s recent election losses, and Palin piled on over the weekend when she said consultants who "keep losing elections" should either "buck up" and run for office themselves or "stay in the truck." But Rove, joking that he wouldn´t be a good candidate for office as a "balding white guy," added another knock on Palin.

Osborne vows to protect Britain´s armed
forces in Cyprus as cash machines
are EMPTIED and 60,000 British
savers face losing millions in
10% bank account tax

Daily Mail [UK], by Simon Watkins, Alex Hawkes Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/17/2013 12:51:20 PM Post Reply

George Osborne vowed today that those serving in Britain´s military or government in Cyprus will be protected after European finance chiefs ordered an unprecedented raid on personal bank accounts. Up to 60,000 British savers are to lose thousands of pounds each as expats in Cyprus have their savings decimated in part of a painful bid to bail out the bankrupt island. The Chancellor said the financial situation in Cyprus was ‘an example of what happens if you don´t show the world that you can pay your way’, adding: ‘We are not part of the bailout.’

More than 25 percent of Americans
raiding 401(k)s to pay bills

Los Angeles Times, by Shan Li Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/17/2013 12:48:48 PM Post Reply

More than 25 percent of Americans are dipping into 401(k) retirement accounts to pay bills, according to a recent report. U.S. workers are tapping into nearly a quarter of the $293 billion placed into their retirement savings each year to pay for mortgages, credit cards and other debts, according to a report from financial advisory firm HelloWallet. Those in their 40s are the most frequent raiders, with about one-third using their 401(k)s to pay current bills. Other studies bear out those results. Vanguard, an investment-management group, said American workers withdrawing money from 401(k)s

Tomorrow, Cyprus could vote to leave
the euro. This is political dynamite

Telegraph [UK], by Mats Persson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/17/2013 12:42:04 PM Post Reply

There are two ways to look at the hugely controversial bailout agreed for Cyprus in the early hours of Saturday morning, in which the small island nation--accounting for only 0.2 per cent of eurozone GDP but whose troubles will have an impact far beyond its size (including on some 25,000 Brits in Cyprus)--received a €10bn rescue package in return for a series of unusually harsh conditions. In a shock to everyone, including admittedly Open Europe, the deal included a “tax” on depositors: 6.75 percent for anyone with less than €100,000 in a Cypriot bank account, 9.9 percent for anyone with

CPS denies it banned book

Chicago Sun-Times, by Lauren Fitzpatrick Original Article

Posted By: brianod1- 3/17/2013 12:36:13 PM Post Reply

Chicago Public Schools’ removal of the graphic novel Persepolis from classrooms sparked protests Friday and outcry from the autobiographical novel’s Iranian-born author. The district denied Friday it had banned the book outright from CPS schools, saying instead it only removed them from 7th grade classrooms for being “inappropriate.” CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett also ordered up training for any high school teachers who wish to continue using the illustrated story of Marjane Satrapi growing up in revolutionary Iran.

Big names litter road to pension disaster

Chicago Sun-Tmes, by Dave McKinney Original Article

Posted By: brianod1- 3/17/2013 12:32:29 PM Post Reply

Federal securities regulators implicitly blamed former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his budget office for the fraudulent manner in which state bond investors were misled about Illinois’ sickly pension ledgers. But in making a nearly unprecedented case of securities fraud against the state, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday laid bare a trail of responsibility for Illinois’ nearly $100 billion pension crisis that extends far beyond the impeached ex-governor’s scandalous time in office.

Cardinal George on
Pope Francis: ‘This
Man Is a Pastor’

National Review Online, by Patrick Brennan Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/17/2013 12:11:45 PM Post Reply

This morning David Gregory interviewed Francis Cardinal George of Chicago about this week’s election of a new pope and the issues confronting the Church in general. The cardinal described Francis’s greatest strength as his eagerness to cultivate close relationships with his flock, “especially among the poor,” calling him a “pastor” above all else. The cardinal also expressed excitement over the new pope’s Latin American roots, saying that “he means very much to the Latino population” of the United States. He mentioned that “many priests

Ann Coulter does a 180
on Chris Christie

American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 3/17/2013 11:40:15 AM Post Reply

During a twenty minute-plus, highly entertaining speech/comedy routine at CPAC yesterday, Ann Coulter turned against Chris Christie, who was her darling not so long ago. I suppose Ann must now think it was a good thing that the GOP ignored her advice on making Chris Christie its nominee. And imagine if Ann had been so influential that voters had actually followed her advice and elected Christie President!

In Cyprus, bank depositors reamed
by EU, IMF in bailout deal

American Thinker, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/17/2013 11:05:53 AM Post Reply

How would you feel if your bank, through no fault of yours, needed a bailout and to help pay for it, the government demanded you give up 10% of your deposits? Yeah, I thought so. Wall Street Journal: Depositors in Cypriot banks will be hit with a one-off tax on their savings, as part of a €10 billion ($12.96 billion) bailout for the Mediterranean island from the euro zone and the International Monetary Fund. The deal, announced early Saturday, marks the first time in the euro zone´s five-year-old financial crisis

Arms Trade Treaty
Could Make Guns
as Scarce as Ammo

Breitbart´s Big Government, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/17/2013 10:48:03 AM Post Reply

Contrary to the American Bar Association´s (ABA) contention that the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) "is consistent with the Second Amendment" and "would not require new domestic regulations" to hamper the exercise of the rights therein, the reality is that if ratified, the ATT could make guns as scarce as ammo and the exercise of the Second Amendment difficult indeed. And here´s how this would happen--the ATT contains ambiguities regarding the application of new firearm regulations and import restrictions.

Obama library battle heats up

USA Today, by David Jackson Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/17/2013 10:47:44 AM Post Reply

March Madness is here, and the competition is getting intense. And the battle for President Obama´s library appears to have boiled down two finalists: Chicago and Hawaii. Universities and community groups in both places are busy lobbying the president´s people for the facility that the contestants see as an economic and cultural boon. (Snip) "Advocates for placing the library in Chicago speak of Obama´s coming of age as a community organizer there and his service in the Illinois Senate and as the state´s U.S. senator. They say a presidential library on the city´s South Side could revitalize the community

Ann Coulter at CPAC: ‘Stop
panicking Republicans, Obama is
the worst incumbent president’

PJ Media, by Matt Vespa Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/17/2013 10:42:18 AM Post Reply

Ann Coulter gave a feisty speech CPAC on Saturday afternoon. She blasted the media for disseminating false dog whistles about race saying,”calling someone ‘lazy’ is racist for liberals. Including the words ‘Chicago’, ‘Obama went golfing” etc., which served their purpose in protecting the president from his failed agenda with the electorate. She also railed against the so-called “War on Women,” saying that Democrats have already won that war – and that Ted Kennedy has the “only confirmed kill” in this non-conflict. She also took a jab

What Went Wrong With Bernard Lewis?

American Thinker, by Andrew Bostom Original Article

Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 3/17/2013 9:55:19 AM Post Reply

I spent an hour with my colleague, the prolific author Robert Spencer, discussing Bernard Lewis, nonagenarian doyen of Islamic Studies. [Snip] Accrued over a distinguished career of more than six decades of serious scholarship, Bernard Lewis clearly possesses an enormous fund of knowledge regarding certain aspects of classical Islamic civilization, as well as valuable insights on the early evolution of modern Turkey from the dismantled Ottoman Empire.

´Reactionary Liberalism´ Backfires

American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/17/2013 9:53:10 AM Post Reply

The Late Great Peter Bocking said of politicians: Of course they are utterly self obsessed, that is why they go into politics. Where else can these people get to play "Simple Simon Says" with everybody´s lives? They should have fixed terms, after which we strangle them and throw their bodies into a bog. The traditional way. This week, we saw two such self-obsessed politicians go one up on Peter´s suggestion -- they threw themselves into the bogs. There was Mayor Bloomberg´s comeuppance by the judiciary, which ruled his soda-buying limit was so arbitrary and capricious that it was unconstitutional.

Karzai gives U.S. more
time for handover

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/17/2013 9:50:33 AM Post Reply

KABUL, Afghanistan- Afghan President Hamid Karzai released a statement Sunday granting the United States an extra week to complete the handover of Bagram Prison. The transfer of control of the prison has been a persistent source of tension between Afghanistan and the United States. In a statement Wednesday, Karzai warned "any more delays could harm the bilateral relations." However, a new statement from the presidential palace said Karzai has agreed with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel´s request for an extra week

Being White in Philly

Philadelphia Magazine, by Robert Huber Original Article

Posted By: noproblems- 3/17/2013 8:58:58 AM Post Reply

My younger son goes to Temple, where he’s a sophomore. This year he’s living in an apartment with two friends at 19th and Diamond, just a few blocks from campus. It’s a dangerous neighborhood. Whenever I go see Nick, I get antsy and wonder what I was thinking, allowing him to rent there.One day, before I pick him up for lunch, I stop to talk to a cop who’s parked a block away from Nick’s apartment.“Is he already enrolled for classes?” the cop says when I point out where my son lives.

Danse Macabre:
A Scandal at the Bolshoi Ballet

New Yorker, by David Remnick Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 3/17/2013 8:43:29 AM Post Reply

Sergei Yurevich Filin, a man of early middle age and improbable beauty, sat behind the wheel of his car on a winter night driving toward home. It was 10 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of Moscow, a light snow in the air, snow on the rooftops, snow piled up in the lanes. Traffic was thick but brisk. Nearby, spotlights illuminated the Kremlin towers. Laughing skaters sliced along a vast rink set up for the season on Red Square.

Need leaders worthy of respect

Morning Journal [Lorain, OH], by Tom Skoch Original Article

Posted By: Harlowe- 3/17/2013 8:35:22 AM Post Reply

Respect for authority was one of the key concepts drilled into me as a child by my parents, who came of age in the Great Depression and then endured the rigors and discipline demanded by World War II. The inclination to respect authority stuck with me while many others in the Baby Boomer generation began to raise hell on the streets and inside of families, challenging parental and social authority. Having said that, the corollary of respecting authority is the expectation of being treated with respect by others, all the way up to our national leaders.

As drone monopoly frays,
Obama seeks global rules

Reuters, by Tabassum Zakaria Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 3/17/2013 7:29:46 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs.The United States was the first to use unmanned aircraft fitted with missiles to kill militant suspects in the years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

2 3/4 Cheers for Mitch McConnell

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/17/2013 6:51:38 AM Post Reply

CPAC is drawing to a close. The speakers who got the most press, and the most enthusiastic receptions, were mostly those you would expect: Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was also well worth listening to, and to some, I suspect, surprisingly hard-hitting:(Snip for video)There has been talk about a primary challenge to McConnell next year by someone ostensibly more conservative. We conservatives have done some stupid things in recent years, but trying to unseat McConnell would be a new low. McConnell is a solid conservative; his lifetime ACU rating,

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