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House GOP grills top Obama
immigration official over
release of illegal detainees

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jordy Yager Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/19/2013 4:35:10 PM Post Reply

House Republicans grilled the Obama administration’s top immigration official on Tuesday for releasing more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from detention facilities.(Snip) Morton stressed that career agency officials made the decision to release 2,228 illegal immigrants in February and place them on supervised monitoring programs in an effort to decrease operational costs in the agency ahead of the vast budget cuts under sequestration. Morton said he was reluctant to ask Congress to reprogram the agency’s funding because he would have had to take money away from the domestic investigations division

Ohio School Shooter TJ Lane Laughs,
Gives Finger at His Sentencing

abc news, by Christina Ng Original Article

Posted By: snakeoil- 3/19/2013 4:26:47 PM Post Reply

Ohio school shooter TJ Lane spewed vile and unprintable words today at the families of three students he killed, gave them the finger and then laughed and smiled as they described him as an animal and a monster. Lane, 18, got another chuckle when the judge sentenced him to three life terms in prison with no chance for parole. Lane was waiting for a bus to an alternative school when he killed three students during a Feb. 27, 2012 rampage at Chardon High School.

Syrian ´Chemical Attack´ Leaves
Both Sides Pointing Fingers

U.S. News & World Report, by Paul D. Shinkman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/19/2013 4:26:21 PM Post Reply

The two-year old conflict in Syria appears to have escalated into unprecedented violence on Tuesday following reports that one side had employed chemical weapons against the other. Both opposition fighters and forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime accused one another of a chemical attack outside the northern city of Aleppo early Tuesday, which has served as a hub for much of the fighting. Sixteen people were killed according to some estimates and 86 were wounded in the missile attack on Khan al-Assal, according to Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi. The White House said Tuesday afternoon

Rand Paul´s Website:
´I Do Not Support Amnesty´

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 4:20:21 PM Post Reply

"I do not support amnesty, I support legal immigration and recognize that the country has been enriched by those who seek the freedom to make a life for themselves," says the "Immigration" section of Sen. Rand Paul´s website. But on Tuesday, in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Paul revealed an apparent change of heart: "If you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you." The conservative senator from Kentucky, a likely 2016 presidential contender, said he wanted to start the conversation

On Second Chances

American Spectator, by Mark Sanford Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/19/2013 4:16:36 PM Post Reply

I have come to learn that life has many turns and twists. Some come by chance, providence, or God’s plan; others instead seem more the consequences of our own action or inaction—for good or bad. I now stand at one of those turning points. I had thought politics was forever over for me, yet I am now running for Congress, campaigning on a longstanding belief in the need for more liberty and limited government. A U.S. senator, Jim DeMint, retired, something that never happens in our state.

Marine Corps Rips Reid:
"Pure Political Posturing On
The Backs Of Those Dead Marines"

Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 4:10:34 PM Post Reply

NBC´s Jim Miklaszewski reports: Now I can tell you, Marine Corps officials this afternoon are taking a strong exception to what Harry Reid implied. Saying that this this exercise, for example, was planned well in advance, had nothing to do with the budget cuts. There were no corners cut, and if they couldn´t afford to have all the safety precautions into place, they wouldn´t do the exercise. And in fact, one Marine Corps official told us a short time ago that he considers this nothing but pure political posturing on the backs of these dead Marines.

Sen. Reid accused of using Marine
tragedy to score political points

Washington Times, by Jessica Chasmar Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 4:04:36 PM Post Reply

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the floor Tuesday to link sequestration to the tragic event Monday night where seven Marines were killed during a training exercise in Hawthorne, Nevada. "Mr. President, it´s very important we continue training our military, so important," Mr. Reid said on the Senate floor. "But one of the things in sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance. That´s the way sequester was written. Now, the bill that´s on the floor, we hope to pass today helps that a little bit." Seven Marines were killed

Up to 13,000 Romanians and
Bulgarians will move to UK next year,
officials finally admit (but Eric
Pickles doesn´t believe them)

Daily Mail [UK], by Matt Chorley Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/19/2013 3:52:48 PM Post Reply

Up to 13,000 Romanians and Bulgarians will move to Britain when immigration rules are relaxed, according to official calculations. The figures were placed on the communities department website 18 months ago despite official denials that any estimates existed. But Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said he had ´no confidence´ whatsoever in the figures suggesting they could be an underestimate. He bluntly dismissed them, claiming the Government actually had ‘no idea’ about the possible influx when restrictions are lifted next year. The Home Office has repeatedly said it has not produced forecasts and Downing Street has previously insisted it would not publish predictions.

A $67 million solution to
violent crime in Oakland, East Bay

San Francisco Chronicle, by Chip Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/19/2013 3:34:27 PM Post Reply

Oakland residents are starving for police patrols and a greater law enforcement presence on the streets – and Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern wants to deliver it to them. An ambitious federal grant proposal from the county law enforcement agency would create a 90-officer task force that would scour the county for violent crime trends, narcotics, robbery, burglary sprees, gang activity and homicides. And while everyone involved acknowledges that Oakland is a major contributor to crime across the East Bay, stopping it in Oakland could go a long way toward reducing it in nearby cities as well. With an estimated

Where’s the concern? Seven
Marines die and Obama tweets
this picture of snack time

Washington Times, by Emily Miller Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 3:10:17 PM Post Reply

President Obama is still so fixated on fundraising and divisive campaign tactics that major tragedies and world crises get ignored. At 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, the @BarackObama Twitter feed posted a tweet that said “Snack time” along with a photo of two small children picking up apples from a bowl in the Oval Office. First Lady Michelle Obama, who has been on a national media tour to discuss childhood obesity, is shown sitting with the toddlers in the photo, holding her own apple. The infamous White House branded M&M boxes are, of course, nowhere to be found.

Masked men smash case, steal
Rolexes from Pentagon City store

Washington Post, by Allison Klein Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/19/2013 3:08:01 PM Post Reply

Four masked men, one of them armed with a hammer, walked into a watch store at the Pentagon City mall, smashed a display case and grabbed almost two dozen Rolex watches valued at $609,000, according to Arlington police. It happened Tuesday morning just after 10:30 a.m. at the Torneau store at Fashion Centre at Pentagon City. The men had masks covering their faces, hoods and gloves on their hands, said Dustin Sternbeck, spokesman for Arlington County police. The thieves walked into the mall at the South Hayes Street entrance, near the store, shattered a display case with a hammer and grabbed the watches.

SEVEN Marines killed in
accidental mortar explosion
during military training
exercise at Nevada base

Daily Mail (UK) & Assoc.Press & Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/19/2013 3:01:04 PM Post Reply

Seven Marines have been killed in an explosion during a Marine Corps training exercise last night in Nevada. The mortar blast occurred at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada, which houses and disposes of ammunition. The Marine Corps said in a statement this morning that the accident, at about 10pm last night, also injured several with the 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Scroll down for video -The Marines immediately issued an indefinite moratorium on firing of all such mortars worldwide until an investigation clears as safe the type of weapon and ammunition in the tragedy.

FBI focusing on recovery
in 1990 Boston art heist

Tampa Bay [St. Petersburg] Times, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 3/19/2013 2:58:56 PM Post Reply

At 1:20 a.m. on March 18, 1990, two men disguised as police officers rang the intercom at the service entrance of a Boston art museum. There was a disturbance, they told the young night watchman, who let them in. Once inside, they bound the guard and one other watchman in handcuffs and duct tape, and went to work removing valuable artworks from the walls. In exactly 81 minutes, thirteen items were stolen. The robbery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ranks as the single biggest museum theft in history in terms of the potential sales value of the missing

Cyprus lawmakers reject bill to
tap bank deposits to fund bailout

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 2:58:00 PM Post Reply

NICOSIA, Cyprus – URGENT: Cypriot lawmakers have rejected a critical draft bill that would have seized part of people´s bank deposits in order to qualify for a vital international bailout. The bill, which had been amended Tuesday morning to shield small deposit holders from the deposit tax, was rejected with 36 votes against, 19 abstentions and zero votes in favor. One deputy was absent. Hundreds of protesters outside Parliament cheered in jubilation and sang the national anthem when they heard the bill had not passed.

Now Elmo puppeteer accused
of luring underage ´victim´
into crystal meth-fueled drug
and sex parties in New York

Daily Mail [UK], by Laura Collins and Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/19/2013 2:51:10 PM Post Reply

The longtime voice and puppeteer of beloved Sesame Street character Elmo lured a minor into drug-fueled underground sex parties, a sensational new allegation claims today. Sheldon Stephens claims in a lawsuit filed today and obtained by MailOnline that Kevin Clash lured him into his New York City apartment for crystal meth sex parties. Stephens said he was 16 at the time of the alleged sexual encounters, and further added that Clash gave him ‘poppers’ – or alkyl nitrates – inhaled as an aphrodisiac. According to the suit, Stephens says he and Clash met at a social networking event. The two later

Assault weapons ban dropped
from Senate gun control bill

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 2:44:55 PM Post Reply

The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote. The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., revealed that Reid told her the proposed ban would not be in the initial package. Feinstein said she´s "disappointed" with the decision, and is expected to nevertheless offer it as an amendment. But the move by Reid to cut it from the main bill signals a lack of congressional

Illinois Dem Knocks Obama, Praises
Republicans on Immigration Reform

Weekly Standard, by Michael Warren Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 2:39:57 PM Post Reply

Democratic House member Luis Gutierrez of Illinois reiterated his support for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants while acknowledging that in order to receive Republican support, that path may not be "clean, clear and quick." He also stated that illegal immigrants who want to become citizens ought to embrace American culture and encouraged them to learn English. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) Kateland Oakes/The Christian Science Monitor "My name will not be on any bill that prevents citizenship from those who are legalizing under a comprehensive immigration plan," said Gutierrez at a Tuesday morning breakfast

Horse-Slaughter Plant’s Lawyer
Says Opening Three Weeks Away

Bloomberg News, by Alan Bjerga Original Article

Posted By: MDMuskrat- 3/19/2013 2:01:07 PM Post Reply

The lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant that wants to be the first to slaughter horses in the U.S. since 2007 says the facility may be operational in three weeks. (snip) The plant may eventually have about 100 employees processing as many as 100 horses a day for export, he said. The company is one of several that have applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to slaughter horses, a practice that ended in 2007 after Congress defunded government inspections at the facilities. That measure lapsed in 2011

Boehner voices support for
emerging House immigration deal

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Russell Berman & Mike Lillis Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 1:58:53 PM Post Reply

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday voiced support for the work of a secretive bipartisan immigration coalition in the House, but he said Republican lawmakers must be educated on the issue before legislation can advance. A group of eight lawmakers — four Republicans and four Democrats — has been meeting privately for years to craft a comprehensive immigration overhaul, and they told Boehner and other Republican leaders last week that they were close to a deal. “They’re essentially in agreement over how to proceed,” Boehner told reporters at a press conference.

Test of anthrax vaccine in
children gets tentative OK

Reuters, by Sharon Begley Original Article

Posted By: Pinkpanther- 3/19/2013 1:49:17 PM Post Reply

A presidential ethics panel has opened the door to testing an anthrax vaccine on children as young as infants, bringing an angry response from critics who say the children would be guinea pigs in a study that would never help them and might harm them. The report, however, released on Tuesday by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, said researchers would have to overcome numerous hurdles before launching an anthrax-vaccine trial in children. It now goes to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, who will decide whether to

Van Hollen: Boehner will be
‘pressured’ to allow immigration vote

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Meghashyam Mali Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 1:41:39 PM Post Reply

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday expressed optimism that Congress would be able to pass immigration reform this session, despite House GOP opposition. “I ultimately think Speaker Boehner [R-Ohio] will be pressured to allow a full vote in the House,” said Van Hollen on CNN’s “Starting Point.” “I fear that you’ll still get an overwhelming number of House Republicans voting against it, but since we’ll have enough Democrats in the House combined with some Republicans, hopefully we can ultimately get it through,” he added. Van Hollen’s comments come as a Senate bipartisan group,

What´s happening in
Cyprus could happen here

Fox News, by Neil Cavuto Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 1:36:36 PM Post Reply

This is what happens when the tax man goes too far. Taxpayers go nuts and take to the streets -- especially when they can´t get their own money because the government has closed their banks. It´s happening in Cyprus. But I´m telling you, this could easily be us. Let me explain. The government there wants to tax peoples´ bank accounts -- up to 10 percent of what they have in those bank accounts. So if you have 10 grand there, say goodbye to a thousand bucks. Right away. Wired away. Wham. Bam. No thank you, ma´am.

Why President Obama’s
Concept of the Middle East
Will Fail: Just Listen to It

PJ Media, by Barry Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/19/2013 1:33:41 PM Post Reply

To put it plainly, the press briefing intending to indicate how President Barack Obama thinks about Israel on the eve of his trip here was a combination of fantasy and insult. It is likely that the Obama administration made such statements for show — to persuade the Arabic-speaking world that the United States is striving for peace, is not acting like a puppet (or should one say “ally”?) of Israel, and is using its influence to change Israeli policy even as it does nothing of the sort. As proof that Obama isn’t going to do anything,

House Dem calls for penny-a-
gallon increase in the gas tax

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/19/2013 1:29:22 PM Post Reply

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) on Tuesday said Congress needs to pass legislation increasing the federal gasoline tax in order to pay for increased and ongoing demands on U.S. infrastructure. DeFazio warned on the House floor that the federal highway trust fund will fall to zero by next year, and said the government is spending billions less on infrastructure each year, which is hurting job creation. He said a recent report from the American Society of Civil Engineers shows that the U.S. is falling behind on maintaining its infrastructure compared with other countries.

How the New York Times
Smeared Pope Francis Today

PJ Media, by Andrew Klavan Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 3/19/2013 1:20:09 PM Post Reply

When Benedict XVI was pope, the New York Times ran a scurrilous, distortion-infested campaign intended to link the former Joseph Ratzinger with the awful abuse scandals that have so harmed the Catholic Church. These pieces were manifestly dishonest and substance-free when you read them through. But the Times editors know most people don’t read the articles — they read the headlines and the first paragraph. So this morning, the pseudo-journalists at the Times began their campaign of lies against the new pope, Francis, under the damning (and damnable) headline: “Starting a Papacy, Amid Echoes of a ‘Dirty War’”:

Jersey City gets $500K federal
grant to study extension of
road into Liberty State Park

Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ], by Terrence T. McDonald Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/19/2013 1:19:16 PM Post Reply

Jersey City has won a $500,000 federal grant to study whether to extend Jersey Avenue over Mill Creek into Liberty State Park, part of $2.2 million awarded for capital projects statewide. The proposed extension would give motorists a shortcut from Downtown Jersey City to Liberty State Park and the Liberty Science Center, as well as the New Jersey Turnpike. The project has been explored for as long as two decades, city officials have said. “Vehicular and pedestrian access to Liberty State Park is very limited and needs to be expanded,” Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy said in a statement.

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