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President Obama gives
peace a chance

BBC News [UK], by Mark Mardell Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/22/2013 5:26:26 AM Post Reply

US President Barack Obama came with a desire to inspire. As at home, he reached over the heads of the politicians to the people. He has made a clever speech invoking passion, morality and Jewish history to argue for a new peace process. But cynics may note no-one doubts he is good with words. Good at painting a big, visionary picture. [Snip] No president wants this idea--the two-state solution--to die on his watch. So a bit of energetic, over-optimistic resuscitation cannot do him any harm, even if the patient does pass away.

The Assault Weapons
Ban Ain´t Dead Yet

Mother Jones, by Gavin Aronsen Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/22/2013 5:18:19 AM Post Reply

On Monday, Harry Reid told a disappointed Dianne Feinstein that her assault weapons ban, which passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote, wouldn´t be in the gun control legislation Democrats are preparing for the full Senate because it had insufficient support to get past a filibuster. But Thursday night, Reid said in a statement, "I will ensure that a ban on assault weapons, limits to high-capacity magazines, and mental health provisions receive votes" as amendments to the bill. The bill moving forward now will include the provisions on background checks, school safety,

Chicago to close more than
60 schools in budget cut

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/22/2013 5:15:08 AM Post Reply

The city of Chicago plans to close more than 60 schools, in one of the largest mass school shutdowns in US history. The move, which would affect about one in ten schools, is an effort to plug a $1bn (£659m) budget shortfall and address declining enrolment. Parents fear their children will be displaced from familiar neighbourhood schools and forced to commute longer through dangerous areas of the city. The city board of education will take a final vote on the proposals in May. About 30,000 students out of 403,000 would be affected by the changes.

Congressional Black Caucus Is
Unhappy With Obama’s Cabinet Picks

Daily Beast, by Eleanor Clift Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/22/2013 5:13:00 AM Post Reply

The numbers are stark: of President Obama’s nine new Cabinet appointments, three are women and one is Hispanic. This has prompted African-Americans, who voted for Obama in record numbers, to question whether they are getting their fair share of representation. Ohio Democrat Marcia Fudge, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, sent Obama a letter last week saying that his appointments “have hardly been reflective of this country’s diversity.” She noted numerous phone calls from constituents to the offices of the CBC’s 42 members “questioning why none of the new appointees will be able to speak

Three dead after gunman kills
two Marines before shooting
himself at Quantico base

Daily Mail [UK], by Alex Gore Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/22/2013 5:11:41 AM Post Reply

Three people have died after a gunman killed two Marines before shooting himself at a base in the United States. A stand-off between authorities and the suspect at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia began at around 11pm last night after a shooting which left one person dead. The suspect was barricaded in the barracks at the base and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound earlier today along with the second victim. No names have been released but both victims were Marines, according to Lt. Agustin Solivan. Authorities believe the suspect was a staff member at the officer candidate

Oops: The U.S. Secret Service almost
accidentally shot Iran´s president

The Week, by Peter Weber Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/22/2013 5:05:05 AM Post Reply

T he public has all but forgotten the U.S. Secret Service´s Colombian prostitute scandal, but the past 24 hours have probably dredged up bad memories for the agency´s PR department. One Secret Service agent traveling with President Obama in Israel is in hot water for reportedly junking the president´s heavily fortified limousine by filling it with diesel instead of gas ("This is why we bring multiple vehicles and a mechanic on all trips," says agency spokesman Brian Leary.) Hours later, The Atlantic published a short but eye-catching excerpt from Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry,

Obama’s Israeli 180

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/22/2013 5:01:04 AM Post Reply

Has any president ever shown such a complete change of position on a central matter of American foreign policy as Barack Obama has this week in relation to Israel and the Palestinians? Obama took office in 2009 determined to alter the American relationship with Israel as part of an overall reset in US Mideast policy. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he basically said: Nah, forget it. Back to Bush. Oh, he had a press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and he told an audience of wildly enthusiastic (and presumably rather carefully selected) Israeli students

Threats Galore

PJ Media, by Claudia Rossett Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/22/2013 4:57:08 AM Post Reply

For rogue regimes to threaten America and its allies is nothing new. But I have the distinct sense these days that the threats are both prolific and becoming more boldly specific. North Korea isn’t just making its usual threats to drown South Korea in a sea of fire. Pyongyang has been cranking out cheesy videos depicting missile attacks on Washington, and just threatened to attack American military bases in Japan and on Guam. Iran’s rulers are not only expressing their usual generic wish to wipe Israel off the map. Iran’s top boss, a.k.a. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,

Rubio: If we can’t come up
with a solid guest-worker
program, we’ll have 10 million
new illegals here in a decade

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/22/2013 4:51:08 AM Post Reply

What’s wrong with this picture? SEN. MARCO RUBIO, in an interview for “Behind the Curtain,” on the likelihood of immigration reform going to President Obama’s desk this year – the first time Rubio has said this: “A lot of it is going to hinge on the viability of a guest worker program. There are elements in organized labor that don’t want one. I think, really, that’s going to become the critical issue in this debate … whether we can create a viable guest worker program that protects American workers, but also ensures that in the future

Roger Waters: Boycott
against Israel is ´way to go´

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 3/22/2013 4:45:21 AM Post Reply

Former Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters has asked fellow musicians to boycott Israel and asserted that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel was "the most effective way to go." In an interview with The Electronic Intifada, Waters accused Israel of being an "apartheid regime," and said sanctions like those imposed in the past on South Africa are the only way to handle the situation in the Palestinian territories. Waters also told The Electronic Intifada that he is planning on publishing an open letter addressed to his musician colleagues worldwide,

The Abolition of Sex

American Thinker, by Fay Voshell Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/22/2013 3:20:21 AM Post Reply

The Massachusetts public school system has taken the tired mantra "You can be whatever you want to be" to new heights of absurdity. It is now possible for any student to declare what his sex is regardless of whether it is the biological opposite of what she was born as. (Snip) The basic premise is that a student has the right to decide what sex he or she is, and the school is required to support the child´s self-proclaimed identity in every respect. According to the aforementioned document, if a boy decides he is a girl, he is to be addressed as "she," and school records are to reflect his new preference

As Pollution Worsens in China,
Solutions Succumb to Infighting

New York Times, by Edward Wong Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/22/2013 2:52:27 AM Post Reply

Beijing - China’s state leadership transition took place this month against an ominous backdrop. More than 13,000 dead pigs were found floating in a river that provides drinking water to Shanghai. A haze akin to volcanic fumes cloaked the capital, causing convulsive coughing and obscuring the portrait ofMao Zedong on the gate to the Forbidden City. So severe are China’s environmental woes, especially the noxious air, that top government officials have been forced to openly acknowledge them. (Snip) Li Keqiang, the new prime minister, said the air pollution had made him “quite upset” and

North Carolina: Pink Licenses Dropped

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/22/2013 2:38:28 AM Post Reply

The state is abandoning a plan to give pink-striped driver’s licenses to certain illegal immigrants, saying the computer and printing coding is easier if the licenses are the same as those for other drivers. The licenses will still say “No Lawful Status.” The state will issue them to young adults brought illegally to the United States as children.

Virginia Marine Corps base
on lockdown after shooting

Los Angeles Times, by Connie Stewart Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/22/2013 2:31:14 AM Post Reply

The Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., was on lockdown early Friday after an isolated shooting at the Officer Candidate School, the base said. The gunman was at large but surrounded. Base residents were ordered to stay inside and lock their doors. The threat level was boosted to FPCON Delta, the base said on its website and Facebook page. That threat level can describe an active shooter or a terrorist attack. The suspect, believed to be a male Marine, had barricaded himself at the base and was surrounded by police, the Marines said. Prince William County and military police had responded.

Study finds nearly 2 in 3
hate crimes unreported

Associated Press, by Pete Yost Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/22/2013 12:21:46 AM Post Reply

Washington — Despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen in recent years as more victims of violent attacks express doubt that police can or will help. Nearly 2 of 3 hate crimes go unreported to police, the Justice Department´s Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Thursday. For the years 2003-06, 46 percent of hate crimes were reported to police. But more recently, for 2007-11, just 35 percent were reported. There was an increase in the percentage of victims of violent hate crimes who didn´t report the crime because they believed the police

Coulter Clashes With Hannity Over The
GOP: ‘Passion And Principle Is Great,
But You Need To Win Elections’

Mediaite, by Josh Feldman Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/21/2013 11:04:43 PM Post Reply

Sean Hannity tonight said Congress should not have passed a continuing resolution on the budget earlier today, arguing that the GOP needs to take a stand if it is going to successfully repeal Obamacare. Ann Coulter disagreed vehemently with Hannity, saying that the Republican party needs to prioritize winning elections over “passion and principle” until they have clear majorities in both the House and Senate. Hannity told Coulter he likes Paul Ryan‘s budget, but said it is not going to repeal Obamacare, so Republicans need to take a stand by being willing

Stage set for Senate
gun control debate

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 11:03:06 PM Post Reply

Senate Democrats said Thursday they will take up gun control immediately after a two-week Easter vacation, and said the bill they’ll bring to the chamber floor will include universal background checks for all firearms sales and a crackdown on gun trafficking and straw purchases. The background checks are the biggest sticking point — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will include a strict measure written by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, rather than wait for a bipartisan compromise to emerge.

Federal appeals court restores
Maryland’s concealed carry law

Washington Times, by David Hill Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 11:00:01 PM Post Reply

A federal appeals court has ruled that Maryland can require concealed-carry handgun permit applicants to provide a “good and substantial reason” for wanting to carry a gun outside the home, leaving state officials feeling vindicated and Second Amendment advocates vowing to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion Thursday overturning a March 2012 U.S. District Court ruling that struck down the permit law as unconstitutional. The plaintiff in the case, Raymond Woollard, had argued that the state violated the Constitution when it denied renewal

Senate to take up gun
control after break

Washington Post, by Paul Kane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 10:55:11 PM Post Reply

Gun control will be the first order of business in the Senate when lawmakers return in April from their two-week holiday break. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) formally moved a package of gun-related bills onto the legislative calendar Thursday night, setting up the most serious debate on gun control in Congress in more than a decade. While it will not include a ban on assault weapons — Reid said Tuesday that proposal has less than 40 Senate votes behind it — the package will include provisions for a universal background check system, stricter federal criminal laws

The 50 percent solution

Washington Post, by Charles Krauthammer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 10:52:55 PM Post Reply

The proposition that entitlement curbs are the key to maintaining national solvency is widely accepted, though not by many congressional Democrats. President Obama, however, has endorsed it on various occasions. And he could make it happen. If he wants. I remain skeptical that he does. But national solvency is important enough to test this proposition at least once more. The obstacle is Obama’s current position that entitlement cuts must be “balanced” with new revenue from closing loopholes. Republicans are adamantly opposed. No more revenues, Mr. President. You got your tax hike on Jan. 1. Is there a solution?

Liberal Law Prof: Sen. Feinstein´s
Gun Ban Full of Loopholes,
Likely Unconstitutional,
Hurts Gun Control

Newsbusters, by Ken Shepherd Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 10:48:07 PM Post Reply

While much of the media reaction about Majority Leader Harry Reid´s decision to scrap the assault weapons ban has been predictably shrill and overwrought, to its credit the Daily Beast ran an interesting analysis from a liberal law professor that argued that a) the Feinstein gun ban was easy to get around with all its loopholes b) might not pass muster in federal court given Supreme Court precedent and c) that the focus on a weapons ban had poisoned the well for liberal gun control advocates who might have had more success had they not pursued

No Charges for Father
of 10-Year-Old Holding
Hunting Rifle on Facebook

Breitbart´s Big Government, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 3/21/2013 10:43:41 PM Post Reply

Reports indicate that police in Carneys Point, NJ will not file charges against Shawn Moore, the father who posted a picture of his 10-year-old son holding a .22 caliber hunting rifle on Facebook. As Breitbart News reported on March 20, the rifle was made to look like an AR-15, and the Moore family believes that, when someone saw the photograph on Facebook, they called New Jersey´s anonymous child abuse line. Carneys Point Police Chief Robert DiGregorio said officers went to the Moore house about 8:15 PM on March 15, after receiving "anonymous tips

U.S. cyber plan calls for
private-sector scans of Net

Reuters, by Joseph Menn & Deborah Charles Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/21/2013 10:22:53 PM Post Reply

San Francisco - The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country´s private, civilian-run infrastructure. As a result, more private sector employees than ever before, including those at big banks, utilities and key transportation companies, will have their emails and Web surfing scanned as a precaution against cyber attacks. Under last month´s White House executive order on cybersecurity, the scans will be driven by classified information provided by U.S. intelligence agencies

World’s Largest Solar Company
Files for Bankruptcy

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/21/2013 10:10:16 PM Post Reply

The world’s largest solar panel maker, China’s Suntech Power, put its Wuxi subsidiary into bankruptcy following poor sales and sanctions on the company, reports CNN Money: Last week, the company missed a payment on $541 million in debt, and the company’s CEO said he was exploring strategic alternatives. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, the company owes nine creditor banks a total of $1.2 billion. […] The U.S. Commerce Department announced stiff tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels last year, after finding that Chinese solar cell manufacturers were “dumping” their

Shutting Down Tehran

Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 3/21/2013 10:05:40 PM Post Reply

Sens. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) on Thursday jointly introduced an amendment aimed at cutting off Iran’s access to a European financial institution that has permitted Tehran to skirt Western economic sanctions. The measure aims to force the European Union to cut off Tehran’s access to the European Central Bank (ECB), which allows Iran to conduct financial transactions in euros. The loophole has allowed the cash-strapped Iranian regime easy access to money in Europe. The EU has discussed cutting off Iran’s access to the ECB and its Target2 system,

Reid Reverses Course, Will
Introduce Tough Gun Bill

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/21/2013 10:03:13 PM Post Reply

Harry Reid will reverse course and allow a tough gun bill to be introduced in the Senate. The Huffington Post reports, "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will introduce gun control legislation Thursday night that includes a proposal for universal background checks, a high-ranking source told The Huffington Post." The liberal website adds: "The news will cheer up gun control advocates who were left despondent days ago after Reid announced the baseline bill would not include a ban on assault weapons. That measure, which is sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), will be considered as

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